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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08

our ucS1 SSo
place off the south coast Of Sicily.
Our ship was about three and a half
miles from shore, which in the world
of big guns is practically hanging in
the n n muzzle. Two or three
smaller ships were in closer than we
but the bulk Of our invasion fleet
stood far out to sea behind US. Our
Admiral had the reputation OF al
ways getting up close where he
could have a hand in the shooting.
and he certainly ran true to form
throughout this invasion.
We'd been stopped only a minute
when big searchlights blinked on
from the shore and began to search
the waters. Apparently the watchers
ashore had heard some sounds at
sea. The lights swept back and
forth across the dark water and
after a few exploratory sweeps one
of them conferred dead upon us and
stopped. Then a we held u
breaths the searchlights. n by
one, came down with their beams
upon our ship. They had found their
mark.
Caught BY Lights.
All five Of them stretching out
over a shore line of several miles
pinioned us in their white shafts as
we sat there as naked as babies and
just as scared. l would have been
glad to bawl like m if it would
have helped for this searchlight
business meant the enemy had us on
the block. We not only were dis
covered, we we're caught in a fun
mel from which there was no escap-
ing.
We couldn't possibly move
fast enough to run out Of their
beams. We were within simple
and easy cunning distance. We
were a sitting duck. We we're
stuck on the end Of five merci-
less poles of light. We ERE ut
terly helpless.
"uCu Shds "GA SSdISI4lSIl
stopped on US all my children be-
came orphans" one of the officers
said later.
Another one said, 1.-The straw that
broke my back was when the an
Choir went down."
A third one said. THE fellow stand
ing next to me was breathing
so hard I couldn't hear the anchor
60 down. Then I realized there
wasn't anybody standing next to
me-"
We got all set to shoot at the
lights but then we waited. Our Ad-
miral decided there was some pos
sibility they couldn't see US through
the slight haze. although he was at
a loss to explain why all five lights
stopped on US if they couldn't see
US.
We had three alternatives-to
start shooting and thus compel
return fire; to up anchor and
run for it: or to sit quiet like
a mouse and wait in terror. We
did the latter.
don't know how long the five
lights yer on US. 1t seemed like
hours. 1t may have been FIVE min
utes. At any rate at the end OF
some unbelievably long time one OF
them suddenly blinked out. Then
one by one. seemingly erratically
and with no purpose in mind. the
others went out. too. The last one
held us a long time as though play
ing with us. Then it too went out
and we were ono again alone in the
blessed darkness. Not a shot had
been fred.
Assault Boats Land.
Assault boats had been speeding
past US all the time and a few min.
utes later they hit the beach. The
searchlights flashed on again but
from then on they were busy fan.
ming the beach itself. 1t didn't take
our attacking troops long to shoot
the lights out from close range.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
Girls Carry on Vendetta

When a family living in the
mountains of Albania. loses it's last
man in a blood feud, the eldest
single daughter must renounce
marriage, don trousers and be-
come the head of the house, car
rying on the vendetta and living
as a man the rest of her life.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK
Warm, Pretty Knitted Baby Set

To obtain complete knitting instructions
for the ribbed bonnet n mittens Pat
tern No. 5820) send 16 cents In coin. YOU
name. address and The pattern number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current wal conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few a
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
on Stomach

Renewed IN , HlIr1utes or double money back
When excess stomach acid causes painful. ~suffocnt-
ing gas. sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually
prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known for
symptomatic relief medicinesli ike those in BeI-anD
Tablets. No laxative. Bell-ans brings comfort In .
jiffy or double your money back on return Of boetls
to Us. Csc at all d~ruggists.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
Knitted Baby Set

THIS easily made knitted set
fits any size baby-the ribbed
effect provides plenty of "give''
in the bonnet. The little six-inch
mittens are as pretty as they are
warm. Use soft pink, pale blue or
white baby wool for the set.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
PIANOS FOR SALE

PIANOS. Come to our che for re-
built pianos. fully guaranteed. with
benches. Fine makes. like Baldwin. Hamil-
ton, Howard. Cable, many others to choose
from. Prices from SIS. 90 to $500. 90. terms.
I. o. b. Fargo. For real bargains see us.
J.. M. WYLIE. 115 Broadway. Fargo.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08

It Is the story Of a few minutes
when the fate Of this ship hung upon
the whim Of the enemy. For some
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
Ernie Pyle's Slant on the War:
Ernie Pyle's Slant on the War:
Navy Lands Troops on
Sicily According to Plans
Some anxious Moments We're
Experienced by Convoy Crew
BY Ernie Pyle

Editors Motel: This dispatch spas written and first published when Pyle
.oos 10Th The els landing on Sicily h Is nw IN his Sy to oua the boys
in the Pacific spy xones
WITH THE U. S. NAV ON WAY TO S1CILY.-As long as
this ship of ours sails the high seas, even after every men,
Der of the present crew has been transferred away, I'm sure
the story Of the searchlights will lnger on in the wardroom
and forecastle like a written legend.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08

Edwards Wolf : G: 6: ST.: ;s:s s::s::
one night that brought @121.5O Free formulas
and Instructions. Get Edwards real Coyote Scent.
GEORGE EDWARDS, LIVINGSTON MONT.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-08
BONES
FEATHERS

peAnaF eLOCATED in the Heart of
he66HI Butte's Business District.
hVlEl $1.50 !. Courtesy
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Very Hardy

IH- !, Daphne mezeroum
a'd there is also q white
lowered form II is a compact
little shrub. growing only about
three feet high and never need
.ng any pruning
There are Still q few more
flowers In evidence directly
after spring arrive, The
earliest CroCuS species &C.
Slcber!l ara-btoonNnE Fhe first
of The grape hyaclnthS NuSCaTl
a/urcum. ar' fun of buds
You see. there Is a variety OF
real spring flowers that YOU may
have in your garden If YOU so
desire
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Spring


"THE flowers that bloom in
L the spring, tra-la have
everything 10 do with this case
because that's what we are
going to talk about. Spring. As
a season. does not officially
start until the DIST of March
Many years, IN Michigan. this
date finds SNOW and zee still
abundant and the gardousauy-
thing but sprInghke So the
flowers of spring ought really
to bc those that viii bloom out
doers despite the tacdrirS of
the weather, about this date.
Maybe YOU think there aren't
any but If ~. you're wrong As
wrong can be In the woods.
and IN some gardens, the witch
hazel has put forth llS tiny
fgathcry blooms.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

THE MICHIGAN UORTT-
CULTURAL SOCIETY is >pon.
Sorlng a series of panel discus
SionS on practical gardening.
Any one may attend these Ses-
SlonS. There will FIRST be- talks
by specialists in the subject. then
an open forum for questions.
answers and any further discus
sion
Tho next of those meetings
VII be held March s al s p. m.
at the Main Library Building.
corner Kirby and Woodward.
Detroit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
Sensible Advice

..HNcl ii.. assistant var
food IlmH~lai0g sand some 1l
tae most sensible words that
C,rr came ont of Washington,
whom ho told garden leaders
What difference doc> o.
make u We raise too much .
Nna' 10 YOU care whether YOU
haze some of DO lel'T Why
pnIr> about that Wc drc 'yur-
Ffsu- 900 much ab1g' ne Things
Hn ug going 90 have left We
Worried about having ammtul-
ior Iril, \a. Itt, donf WORRY
about that Let's WurN about
ro' enough /. soy Want 'o he
>4re 10 eat -roN your own
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
What's S
New?

DERUSING The catalog We
Il find that As always. there
are new developments IN the
plant world. For instance the
following
A SeedlcsS Concord grape.
The fruit resembles Concord IN
color and flavor but the indi-
NIdual grapes are SccdlcSS.
Both grapes and clusters arc
small. Vines are vigorous and
hardy Especially recommended
as d table grape
4 YELLOW noWcrcd trumpet
Nne Everybody knows the
oldtime orange blooms Of this
Blgnonla Several years ago a
variety named Mime Gallen was
introduced ThlS has apricot
flowers. Now come the same
vigorous. husky vine, but bear
ing yellow flowers.
The parent plant OF Yellow
Trumpet. as the new Vaucty is
called, was found As a sport
on a plant growing on a Nlr-
Glnia plantation Perfectly
hardy Yellow Trumpet grows
rapidly and the golden chrome
yellow flowers which range
from 2ia TO 3 inches across are
,.r,tnT,.I ID, .-I,...,g.t.., t-..s.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

Kem- Tone drie, IN one hour. Rooms
MAJ be ited ~ ,ame dd) painted.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

Stores WITH Star Carry KEN Tone Only. No Paint at
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

criticize the Christian church when he condemned evil
tees of the ministry the century? the constructive
the establishment
wiped the immoral practices of the clergy Who
hruty examination Luther gave
And again. suppose Beecher Stowe John William
Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass other aboonsts had
bondage would still
formal of American m but for the violent and critical
animation sawart democratic spirits gave the existing
Criticism is the constructive influence in human society
The rapid Negroes understanding
ships with other units American life has largely resulted the
serious and critical examination that has been given American social
potaconomic organization by Negro The Negro
has actuay created such outstanding Souhers Governor
Arn of Georgia. Claude Pepper Florida and organizations
the CO. Southern Conference Human Welfare Unreenng %
csm the Negro has false propaganda presentation
truth and the development catholic spirit have done
lovers of liberty and fair play together than other
mentality
Well directed criticism ntraracial character helped
Negro define clearly its sincere leadership
Slowly but surely the Negro separating the
the chaf The Negroes able negnty den-
tate between the voice of sincerity and the bark Of Hypocrisy This
in vision and understanding has semmed from the light
Negro has given the field constructive criticism
We have said all of this because often miseader
rush about seeking to deud the with the thought that funda
mentally there something with honest criticism Examples
offered such digging the lives of Roosevelt other
characters rule These the
rule Seshness venaty and cunning would
continuous critical of those
less centuries sought work the dakoklahoma Black Dispatch
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Nothing Wrong With Honest Criticisms

We recall when the Black Dispatch questioned
the wisdom good Judgment of those who pod the Durham
ference where questionable alliance made with the forces Of
CATION open season. declared this publication by those who
felt the right to criticize
The attack the borrowing propnsie Of Elliott Roose
ve the President assault upon young
Elliott This young fellow inconsequential and mmaera the
f loan Of 100000 Those who howl attempting
besnh the haowed Franklin Delano Roosevelt although
he at this under the sod and the dew awaiting the judgment
day Corporate wealth vested interests who hated the New Deal
busy at the venting their spleen and casting
anathema record which still dapproved hour when
their arch enemy speak.
And again read daily that President Roosevelt had
advance knowledge Of the attack Pearl Harbr that state
parmen had acd the code long before the dy
Of nfamy" All Of this ghoush Amer-
public to exhume and drag through the gutter of American thought
the body of Roosevelt This is the price when they
seek to direct the affairs Of men.
the evil spirit that dragged
despite verdict of humanity 1000
Gogohas because he fought for
pattern Humanity makes mistakes sometimes crcizes unjus.
Despite the fact that there casual human judgment
there would not be much social for vigorous criticism
continually visited upon the thinking and action would
Ruide Criticism that
sincerely promoting and advancing social patterns
constructive
Suppose Martin Luther had failed to LIES and
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Flatfooed touedheaded Henry Wallace has summed his
philosophy full employment within the framework
system" his book published last week. Sixty
Million Jobs Without question this book will influence millions
of Americans make contribution national welfare
the conditions that Mr. Wallace claims needed for
full employment this country climate unity In the open
ing chapter unequvocaly IF America attain full
plyment lasting afford the social chaos
of racial and religious discrimination
STAND alongside all of great national leaders
history republic declares
have paid for that knowledge in life and
that whosoeve wfu society rearab damages
all remedy commercial fraud Surely,
racial religious intolerance foserd by organized
propaganda channels nothing less than social fraud
against society firmly believe, therefore, the Congress
should legal remedy making such social crimes punishable
with protection, course for civil liberties"
Getting down Mr. Wallace contends that Social tensions
many would be ntolerabe national life
Is million of people Negroes % million Catholics
and million total equal about onehrd of popua
of faced with holiness and
courage" To all of which add AmenMhigan Chronicle
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Birthday Greetings

Birthday greetings in Mime
apolis: Nov. Ex-Governor Cook,
27O9 3Oth Ave. &c., Johnnie Har-
per, 1881 Bryant Ave. No., Rebec-
ca Hardeman, SIC 10th Ave. So;
Nov. 26-Sarah Vaughn, 1920
Fourth Ave. &c., Mabel Bell, 1929
Clinton, Mrs. Kathryn Elliot, 400
E. seth St.; Nov. 27-Edward
johnson, SIG Fremont Ave-; Nov.
29-Edward L. Boyd, 1888 Fourth
Ave. So, and Mrs. John H. Atkins,
1892 Fourth Ave. So; Nov. 30
Elizabeth Drake, 2209 Eliot Ave.
So.
Out of town greetings-Nov. 25-
Pvt. Hilary Hardeman, U. s. Army;
Nov. 27-Rev. F. VIM. L. Lane,
Cincinnati, and Glenn Warren, Los
Angeles, Calf; Nov. 20, VIM. H.
Walker, Excelsior, MINI.
j r CLAIBORNE, 72I St. Anthony; Mrs.
Mary Perry, 967 St. Anthony. Nov. rs
Mrs. Jean Waters, 1882 N. Avon; Nov. rs
Michael Edward Hill. SIT W: Central;
Nov. 29-Mrs. ]. L. James, 900 Carroll
Avenue. Nov. SO-Arthur v. Hall, 727
Rondo Avenue. Dec. Mrs. Mary BrauSh-
er, 739 Rondo Avenue.
Out of town greetings to Harold Brown
Jr., Merchant Marines, November ~. Ge-
neva Wesley, Washington, D. c., Novem.
Der 81.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
College Hitleridn Lows

false know many persons intelligence
taken for granted often be amazingly stupid when they
their Such the Ernest Martin Hopkins who pes
dent Of famed Dartmouth college President Hopkins has only
admitted that Dartmouth maintains the number of Jews who
study the college but he publicly defends restrictive quotas
the basis Of and religion.
While this revelation shocking enough, the reasoning of Dr.
Hopkins extraordinary He claims that the racial restc
tons Dartmouth designed tolerance In letter
director of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Sciences,
and Professions president Dartmouth stated that his college
would lose its racial tolerance which desperately anxious not to
os unexamned the blocks of Jewish appca
which in :"
For has charged that unve
sites maintained quota systems for Jews and Negroes
The medical schools the states have bn according wide
spread allegations the offenders Some colleges including Prince
have refused admit Negroes at all In quarters is
believed that Jewish students study harder than others and their
diligence has been used to limit their number certain
institutions.
We think downright criminal than this bust
Of restricting the educational opportunities of Americans solely
their religious belief racial identity Not only this
policy andmocratic and proft is absolutely dangerous
the national welfare Look the list of scientists who
credited with the which has enabled
to produce the atomic bomb-Exchange.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
American Soldiers and
Durkskin Girls

EDITORS NOTE: William McGaffin of
the Chicago Daily News Foreign Service
reported, Monday, that three young marine
officers had married three Japanese girls
dictated that the marine officers did not
take their marriages seriously. The edi-
torial below from the ST. LOUIS AMERI-
CAN discusses very pertinently the same
situation.
Did you not see the whole page
of pictures in the Sunday Post-Dis-
patch from Japan? They are
worth keeping and framing, if you
are one-world minded.
Well, did you see these pictures ?
They were a series of pleasing
and congenial poses of the U. S.
soldiers being entertained and fra
ternized by Japanese geisha girls.
The soldiers are smiling and girls
are coy. (There seems to be no
conjunction against American
soldiers and the brown women of
the world like there was against
fraternizing with the German frau
iens-wonder why? Guess Bilbo
and Rankin could really supply the
best answers. Nordic Mississippi
has had long liaison with the
brown and black women.)
1t is still hard to believe that
after all the terrible talk of the
beasty and treacherous Japs that
this pictorial admission of the coy
attractiveness of their women
should be allowed to go uncensored
and the very day Admiral Halsey
is in st. Louis, the man whose
hatred of the Japs goes to the
very depths.
Well, even Americans are hu-
man, all too human. And the Japa-
nese girls-the Hawaiians and the
Filipinos and Japanese too -
they are the poor butterflies" and
little Cherry Blossoms" to be
loved and left behind-maybe!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Ties. OIQ-ClmefS recall Lne Op
blacks after World War |; no
the streets of small southern
uniform they wore when they were
fighting to "save Democracy from
the Hun"
The disgraceful race rioting in
Atlanta, Washington, Chicago,
Tulsa, and elsewhere has never
been lived down.
Before the war Negros were fed
propaganda as well as were all
other Americans about what
Kaiser Bill was trying to do and
how important it was to save the
starving Armenians and the poor,
defenseless Belgians from the ter
ror that was being unleashed upon
them by the dastardly Hun.
They were led to believe that by
giving their lives for this white
cause" they would improve, some
how, the conditions under which
they lived here in America. Their
reward after the Armistice was
wholesale terrorism, lynchings,
burnings, intimidation, discrimina-
ton and Jim Crow at every hand.
Today at the cessation of de-
clared hostilities in World War
II, much of the same situation
exists. The Negroes condition hasn't
improved any too much discerni-
bly,. In fact, it has deteriorated
to an alarming extent.
Where in World War he had
not the mass intelligence he has
today, the pressure is of differ
ent sort. He is being overwhelmed
by the new fantasies of white su-
premacy that are built up in his
mind by wide publicity given to
the Atom Bomb, to Jet Propulsion,
to everything that points out the
power of the white man.
He reads in every daily paper
and magazine, evidence that the
white man is absolutely the great
est being on earth and great care
is stressed in relating to him the
plight of the Japanese who had the
temerity to challenge the white
mans right to rule. The propa-
ganda is insidious.
Confronted with the actualities
of his own plight in which he is
at the bottom rung of the ladder
and doomed to stay there under
existing conditions, the Negro can
only stand by and take it.
Right now evidences of the age
old white mans attitude toward the
Negro are cropping up on every
side despite the claims of the lib
erals in the labor movement, de-
spite the claims of the star-gazers
who see a black Shangrila in the
midst of the living hell and try
to convince all of us that it isn't
that bad. White students, egged
on by reactionary parents who,
themselves, are stepped in century
old beliefs of white supremacy, are
striking against colored classmates
attending the same schools with
them.
Negroes, themselves, contribute
much to these conditions by fail
ure to control their own young
sters, allowing them to drift off
early into lives of crime or in
dolence. All these factors point up
to bad examples of Negro leader
ship which offers nothing for the
masses to sink their teeth in and
nothing of a concrete nature.
They are long on promises, short
on results, and as a result, we
sink further into the mire of men,
tai and economic stagnation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Inconsistency of JimcrO
Is Ridiculous, Ex-SOldier
Writes After Discharge

Editor: l would like to tell you of
something l saw while in the
Philippines that shows how incon-
sistent and ridiculous American
jimcro is. On one night, at a Red
Cross club, only NEGRO" soldiers
were allowed while on the next
night only white" soldiers were
allowed. What made it ridiculous,
was that Filipino girls on one
night were classified as Negro"
so that they could go dancing with
the Negro soldiers, while on the
next night they were classified as
white" so that they could go dane
ing with the white soldiers. Is it
any wonder that the natives of
foreign countries are puzzled about
the democracy" Americans brag
about?
Jesse Crowder
st. Paul Minnesota
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

We do hope that a lot of Ameri-
can high school students will up
and ask their history and current
events teachers: "Will the off
springs of our American soldiers
in foreign countries be American
citizens?"
It's an important question, boys
and girls, because thousands of off
springs will be appearing from
1916 and on. And you can safely
bet that the OAR will not try to
ban that off Preservation consorting
with other than Caucasian women
either. Verify what the atomic
bomb has destroyed, the sexatomic
bombs shall Greatest. Louis
American.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Only Whites to Guard
Jap Prisoners of War
Writes Disguised GIL.

Editor: This is the last straw.
Over the loud-speaker, before
thousands of soldiers, an announce
ment was made for volunteers to
guard and accompany Jap PW's to
Japan, but only white soldiers could
be accepted!
viii someone please explain just
why this is? Despite the directives
and bulletins put out by the War
Department, which is really only
just so much reading matter, I've
found the benefits, rights, oppor-
tunities and everything else limited
for me. From my entry into this
Army of segregation and relega-
ton, I was tabled as a Negro
soldier, and my color has preceded
me at all times.
My skin was responsible for the
type of unit I was in, the stations
had while Stateside, the stations
l had overseas, the type of work
l was to do, and the opportunities
open to me. Even on the shipping
lists of soldiers returning to the
States 1 have a capital IN" after
my name. Is it any wonder that l
want out from the likes of this ?
was on the Fifth Army front, and
found the biggest joke of all, that
even on the tags one puts on the
dead and wounded, one must speci-
fly his color.
Ernest A. Schoop
APO 800
San Francisco, Calf.