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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
NAILS FIGHT ION BEHALF OF
GERMAN WOMEN,

The Berlin correspondent of the
Stockholm Svenska Dagbladet reports
new tendency in the Nazi campaign
against defeatism. Death sentences
for desertion are now sometimes pro-
nounced as being ION behalf of Ger
man women according to the CORE
spondent, who reported that posters
have recently been observed in Ber-
lin making such announcements.
The Voelkischer Beobachter, the Of
fetal Nazi party newspaper, set the
form for this propaganda approach in
an article declaring that a deserter
is a traitor against every German wo-
man and that death will find him out
in the end, whereas at the front he
still has "big chance" of escaping
death.
Nevertheless, reports from Allied
correspondents on the Western Front
show that many German soldiers pre-
fer to take the more certain course
of escaping to the Allied lines.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
The Missouri
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cation, the consumptive uses shall
have preference.
For the encouragement of family
type farming Gas distinguished from
large corporate or commercial farm
ing), it provides that water for irriga
ton shall be supplied to not more
than $50 acres for any one owner, con
forming in this respect to existing rec
lamation laws.
This does not at all limit the total
acreage of an owner. He may include
in his farm or ranch as much unirri.
gated grazing land, wheat land or 9th.
er types of land as he wishes 1t is
simple justice, however, that the land
which is reclaimed and made highly
productive through public enterprise
uohsld be as widely distributed as is
consisted with good farming prac-
tees. 1t is essential to prevent the
gobbling up of such land by few
Public lands reclaimed through
MVA operations would be divided into
family-size units and made available
to private purchasers, veterans of the
present war having preference Re-
strictions written into the bill are in
tended to prevent exploitation of pub
licly irrigated lands by spectators.
Under the policy that irrigation
should stand on its own feet and
should be extended only where the
benefits will be sufficient to repay the
cost ouar q raaconob1a .a,iod sJ,a
bill provides that the MVA contract
for supplying water to responsible dis
tributing agencies and to individuals
Revenues from the water contracts
and from the sale of hydroelectric
power would be available to the MVA
to apply toward repayment to the fed
eral government of the cost of the i'm
provement program
The unification of the whole river
basin development program in the
MVA would make possible the pooling
of benefits in such a way that no
single function would have to bear a
share of the cost The
uses of projects under an in
tegrated plan would spread benefits
and cost most equitably over the
whole area.
Although management would be in
q board of three directors, as in the !
case of the IVA, an advisory COM
mittee would be established with a
majority of its members selected from |
The region This committee would |
nave II members, nine to be appoint |
ed by the president from the area,
equally agriculture, COM
nerce and labor. The other eight |
would be the heads of these federal
departments or agencies: Interior ag-
'iculture, commerce, justice, war, fed
,ral power commission, federal secur-
ty agency and federal reserve board.
Powers of this committee would be
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30

advisory and consultative" only.
The broad field of river basin de
velopment as pioneered by the IVA
and as envisioned in the light of post
war and future conditions is encom
passed in the bill.
The MVA as a corporation would be
directed to formulate and report to
the president and congress with the
utmost expedition and in any event
not later than two years from the en-
actment of this act" complete pro-
gram for unified development of the
Missouri valley region for all the pur-
poses defined in the measure.
This would leave the authority free
to draft comprehensive plan for
dams, reservoirs, irrigation works,
power plants, levees and other prof.
ects, in which varied and conflicting
interests would be reconciled and
adapted to the welfare of the area
and the nation.
The authority would be required to
give special consideration to the joint
plan of Missouri river improvements
agreed to by the army engineers and
the bureau of reclamation and author
lied in the 1914 flood control act.
Initial stages Of this plan could be
constructed by the MVA without
further authorization, but the direc-
tors of the authority would have the
power to make such notifications in
these projects as they deemed to be
for conformity with the
comprehensive. valley-wide program.
Fort Peck dam and reservoir, the
only major water control thus far con-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30

| In drive to stop the practice Of
individuals buying farm-slaughtered
beef without giving up red ration food
stamps, and storing it in their frozen
food lockers, the OPA is this week
completing a check of the records of
all food locker plants in the state
This was revealed today by District
OPA Director L. NJ A. Wass, as he
pointed out that the OPA was strong
ly concerned by this type of black
market violation of rationing regula-
tions.
The district OPA director further
stated that every means would be
used by the OPA enforcement division
to stop this illegal practice. He add
ed that such defiance of our neces-
sary wartime rationing regulations
was a serious offense against the
great majority of American citizens
who are living up to their wartime
responsibilities to comply with regu-
lations which have been set up for
the protection of our people.
Mr.. Wass concluded by pointing out
that every farm slaughterer either
giving or selling meat to another per-
son not member of his own house
hold must collect the proper number
of red ration stamps and turn them
in to his local war Price and ration
ing board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30

in dispatch to the German domestic
press, Germany's aim is "a strong so
cialist Europe, in which all people live
in freedom" Propaganda Minister Jo-
|seph Goebbels, at special reception
for delegates of various groups Of for
eign workers, said that "the great So
cialist European movement must be
supported by the broad masses of
workers" under Nazi leadership,
of course
Neutral press accounts indicate,
however, that foreign workers in Ger
many are not being taken in by this
propaganda. There are mounting re-
ports of sabotage and assertions by
these workers, especially as a result
of specific Instructions broadcast to
them from Allied supreme headquar-
tiers in the name of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
MASS FEEDING IN
GER MANY

Nazi authorities, facing the Difficult
ties Of deficiencies in the food sup
ply, the influx of evacuees into the
already overcrowded metropolitan cen
tiers and the lack of individual cook
ing facilities, have come to rely on
mass feeding as a solution of their
problem.
| Local food officials in Berlin have
already taken steps to institute COM
munity feeding, with orders that no
new feeding centers are to be estab-
lished in the city Instead, each con-
sumner will receive a guest card"
and be assigned to "some not fully
occupied restaurant" The authorities,
anticipating consumer complaints and
attempting to evade party RESPONSE
bility for them, have decreed that Gus
titled complaints should always be
made directly to the restaurant owner
or the trade organization of the res
taurant industry"
Outside of Berlin, increased mobi-
lization of hotels and restaurants for
mass feeding purposes is taking place.
The conversion of restaurants to self
service under the total mobilization
DEGREES and a new order calling for
the preparation of one-dish meals in
all restaurants, plus recent criticism
directed against restaurant owners
who do not complete repairs soon
enough after their restaurants have
been damaged in air raids, are furth-
er indications of the mobilization of
restaurants as mass feeding centers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
REPORT OF WORK
lin SUPREME
COURT FOR week

March 1eth-William H. Heiser ".
J. w. Severely and the State Game
Commission. Appealed from Lewis
and Clark county, Helena. Majority
opinion of the court prepared by JUS
tice Hugh R. Adair. Justices Albert
II .Angstman and C. F. Morris dis
scented.
Facts: Heiser sued the game COM
mission to recover possession of
gun and for damages for its taking
in a suit arising after the gun had
been taken from him while he was
hunting The appeal is by the game
commission after their demurrer was
overruled and judgment entered with
out further plea.
Held: The judgment was reversed
upon the ground that since the suit
was one against the state, the state
cannot be sued without its consent
being given, which consent was not
given in this case.
March 23d-G. r. ColwelI v. the city
of Great Falls. Appealed from Cas-
cade county, Great Falls. Unanimous
opinwion of the court prepared by
District Judge r. M. Hattersley, sit
ting in place of Left Erickson, form
er associate justice. District Judge
George w. Padbury Jr., sat in place
of Albert Anderson, former associate
Justice. (This case was heard before
Justices Erickson's and Anderson's
terms expired)
Held: Where plaintiff Colwell
sought to enjoin the city of Great
Falls from leasing the auditorium of
the Civic Center to E. Z. Harris. it
was held that the judgment of the
district court refusing the injunction,
be affirmed. The rule laid down by
the court is that "a city has no right,
as primary purpose, to erect build
lngs to rent but if ON erection of a
for its proper municipal uses,
It believes that it will tighten the
burden of its taxpayers to rent a part
If its building, whereby an income is
sained, in such manner as not to in
erfere with the uses for which 1t pri-
narily was designed, there is no
ound reason suggested why it may
ot do So"
ORDERS:
Court denied petition for rehearing
4 case Of Helen Brown v. Mrs. Sam
Bukvich and others. Appealed from
liver Bow county, Butte, and here
ofore reported in these releases.
Prepared and Released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Montana Supreme Court.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
INSIDE THE AXIS

shown evidence of concern over prop
uganda leaflets dropped behind the
German lines by allied aircraft. Off
cial German reaction to this psyche
logical warfare has been much the
same as the Japanese = to ridicule
the pamphlets as being so "stpid" that
the people would "only laugh at
them but, in the same breath, to warn
the German populace that anyone
caught reading them would be shot
as traitor.
The Nazis have been conducting
their anti-propaganda campaign since
the beginning of the war Since the
early months of 1910, reports have
been emanating from both Berlin and
neutral sources telling of the execu-
ton of German civilians for having
listened to Allied radio broadcasts or
for having spread Allied ''propa-
ganda.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
JAPANESE CONCERNED BY
pROPAGANpAI LEAFLETS


With United States air raids on ia
pan and her island possessions in
creasing in frequency and scope, Japa
nese officials are showing increased
concern over the possibility that the
civilian population might pay toe
much attention to propaganda leaf
lets dropped by American filters.
Official Japanese reaction to the
leaflets has ranged from terming them
"abusrd and nonsensicap = but with
a cautious aside to the people to dis
regard them = to warnings that any
one who fails to turn the leaflets over
to the police will be shot as "spy
or traitor"
Tokyo newspapers, too, have eau
toned the people against these pamph-
let's The Tokyo Yominuri-Hochi said
recently that American aircraft had
dropped leaflets that they hoped
would serve the purpose of bringing
disunity to our homeland" and pre-
dicted that the United States would
make additional use of such propa-
ganda in the future
Dui ing tllC nCdfy AluSIlCdu CclIlCl
strikes on targets in the Tokyo yicin-
ity last month the Tokyo radio noted
that the enemy dropped leaflets In
some localities. The broadcast ''re-
quested" the populace to notify the
authorities regarding all pamphlets
that fell into their hands
The people of Formosa and Korea
too, have been cautioned against
touching anything dropped by the
enemy"
Following an American bombing Of
Formosa in February, the Taihoku ra
dio on Formosa, noting that the ZEN
envy also dropped bombs of paper"
attempted to steer the people of the
island away from the pamphlets by de-
claring that they were a part of a
nerve warfare" campaign and were
being distributed by the Americans to
"bewilder our citizens"
ITO prevent ourselves from being
cheated" the broadcast said, 1--WE must |
be careful that the enemy's treach-
cries won't succeed, by being reas-
sured that victory is certain A re-
minder is sent to everyone that moth
ing dropped by the enemy should be
touched. An injury may befall us if
we do this"
A much more threatening tone was
used by the Japanese in warning the
people of Korea against reading
said to have been dropped
by American planes during raids over
Korea in January and February. One
domestic Korean broadcast, declaring
that ''the enemy dropped leaflets in
an attempt to harass the morals of
our people," added:
Facing the enemys treacherous
warfare, we have to be
very careful not to fall into their
BOBBY trap. Any time that you discov-
er such leaflets, you should send them
to the police bureau Immediately.
If anyone should keep such leaf ;
let's and not send them to the police {
station, then he will certainly be pun
shed severely under the crime of i
being spy or traitor"
Nazi propagandists have similarly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
EVOLUTIONARY TREND
IN GERMANY

A continued inflationary trend in
Germany is indicated by Reichsbank
report of a few days ago showing a
7.3 per cent rise in banknote circula-
ton in month. The report, Incl
dentally, was for Feb. Is, but was
published month late; the usual time
lag heretofore has been one week.
The circulation figure, as reported by
the DNB agency to the German do
nestle press, was 59,64S, 900 reichs
marks.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30

structed on the Missouri river, which
was built by the army engineers.
would be transferred to the MVA. as
the Wilson dam on the Tennessee
river, also built by the army engi-
neers, was transferred to the IVA.
This would make Fort Peck available
for multiple purposes, including irri-
CATION, instead of being restricted pri-
marily to navigation improvement as
at present.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
'WARTIME MONTANA"

City; William Merlak of Brusett; and
Darwin Burke of Brusett.
w.
Nearly six million pairs of worn out
army shoes were reclaimed, rebuilt
and reissued to soldiers last year.
The one-half million gallons of
American gasoline captured or de-
stroyed during the German break
through in Belgium last December
would be enough for $4,000 automobile
"a" rations for a month.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
EXPLANATION

The Singapore radio has offered the
following explanation as to why the
Japanese navy failed to accept the
bold challenge of Vice Admiral Marc
A. Mitschers task force when it re-
Gently went into action near the home
land:
The answer is just this = they
did not choose to appear. 1t will be
interesting to see what will happen
to the American navy when the Japa-
nese navy does appear"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30

(This material is prepared by the
Office of War Information from in
formation contained in foreign
broadcasts and foreign newspapers,
and from other data received by the
OWL through various overseas chan
nels.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
vOLkSSTURM SONG

Austrians who were forced by the
Nazis to join the Volkssturm (peo-
pies army in preparation for the
eventual defense of Vienna have COM
posed a special song to sing under
their breaths as they parade in drill
formations. Words of the song were
scrubbed on many walls in Vienna.
According to the Swiss Zuericher
Tagesanzeiger, the song, set to the
tune of popular Austrian march,
goes as follows:
Volkssturm men, hold tight, hold
tight
Until we get our guns
Then the Nazis will learn outright
How we'll kick 'em out, the Huns!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
NAILS WOO FOREIGN
WORKERS

The Nazis are making final effort
to hold in line at least part of the
badly needed manpower represented
by their foreign guest" workers. The
appeal is to the class consciousness
of the workers, and European unity
is one of the rewards that the Nazis
insist will be result of laboring for
the faltering German war machine.
AS the DNB agency put it recently
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
Landlords Sued

Two Great Falls landlords, Asher
]. Rooney and Mrs. A. j. Rooney
have been named defendants in an
injunction suit filed in Federal Dis
trict Court by the OPA.
The injunction suit seeks to pre-
vent further violations of various rent
regulations in connection with the
rental of six apartments located at
214-220 Twelfth St., South, in Great
Falls. The OPA charges that the de.
PENDANTS charged more than the legal
authorized rent for the six apartments
since April l, 1914, that they failed
to show rent registration statements
to tenants. and that they failed to file
certain required forms with the Great
Falls area rent office.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30

District OPA Director L. M. A.
Wass today announced that the OPA
enforcement division had filed seven
more treble damage actions against
various producers Of alfalfa seed. The
seven suits, asking $2,266.0S in treble
damages were filed in Federal District
Court for the Billings division early
this week.
All of the violations occurred in the
eastern part of the state during the
fall of 1914, and overcharges totaled
s755.S6. The alfalfa seed producers
named in the suits were: Minnie Ed
wards and Dale Edwards of Broadus;
Royal A. Whitcher of Loesch; Duane
ones of Miles City; Theers Marcos of
Powderville; George Hanson of Miles
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-30
Eoqer Beover

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL!
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

But here are a few Of the
top-notehers and well print
more later. First comes Pvt.
Robert Y. Wheeler of Fort
Sam Houston, who admired
Franklin Roosevelt for his
courage most of all.
DEAR ELSIE:
Il liked Franklin Delano
Roosevelt most because of his
courage and self-confidence
when confronted by a difficult
or seemingly inSurmountable OBJ
stacle. 1t was this character
i>tic which made him the
greatest man of his day.
During his administration he
was confronted with the great
est depression and the greatest
wal in our nations history. The
greater part of the country was
m what amounted to a state of
panic but he said for all 10
hear, The only thing TO fear IS
fear itself
After the Japanese sneak at
tack on Pearl HaTbor he in
spircd the American people with
both courage and self-confidence
10y assuring them that the foes
OF democracy would be defeated.
Yes while others were i'm doubt.
Franklin Roosevelt was calm
and confident.
Il believe that the American
poodle expected more from Mr..
Roosevelt than they did from
the Supreme Court justices, 96
senators and hundreds of rep
rrScntatives. He lived up TO
these expectations"
PVT. ROBERT Y. WHEELER
ago 18,
Sec. I, War Dept, Personnel
Center,
Fort Sam Houston. Tex.
($l5 PRICE
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

been Love, labor and laugh
liked him because he was low
ing he cared for and sought TO
alleXite the misery of the less
fortunate. He labored long and
arduously at the work he loved
so well guiding his country
through perilouS times. He had
a deep. cheerful and infectious
laugh.
Il don't know OF two men 1
have enjoyed more in, an inn
personal way than Will Rogers
and Franklin Roosevelt. No
similarity at all. you will say
perhaps, but TO me there was.
Both had sympathy and UNDER
standing for their fellow MAN.
Il liked him because he dared
10 do. because he had Convic-
tionS and because he put those
worthy convictions into actions.
His serene courage. his mas
terful thinking. his indomitable
will made him a tower OF
strength not only to his coun-
trymen but to the whole world.
MRS. JOHN +. BANES JR.
FiOresville. Tex, Route /.
$3.50 prizel
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
Gre attest Of All

Here are warm words OF ap-
probation from Mrs. John +.
Banes Jr. and her u. S. Marine
husband:
"DEAP. ELSIE ROBINSON:
May pass the words of my
dear husband on to you on the
subject, What I like most about
the late President Roosevelt
My husband is in the engineer
ing branch of the Third Ma
rines. He participated in the
battle of Two Jima and from
that bloody island he wrote
words similar to these upon
hearing of the Presidents death.
One OF the greatest states
men Of all the ages. a renowned
humanitarian. a deep philoso-
phe=. a Christian gentleman, a
cheerful leader-all this may be
said OF Franklin Delano Roose-
Velt.'
ITO me his motto must have
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
His Generosity

Many others recognized and
admired Roosevelts courage.
but he had many other mag
niticent qualities as well Gloria
BirSenmeier loved him for his
generous spirit.
DEAR ELSIE ROBINSON:
His great generosity OF
spilit-of mind and of heart 80
was the quality l liked best in
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This
generosity was so often re-
Ncaled in his speeches and his
writing as well as his actions.
His great heart understood
the struggles of men, the needs
of men and the hopes Of men;
not only Of the American peo-
pie but ne seemed to understand
the universal struggle of all
men for freedom. justice and
equality.
His great mind worked 20
give the American people
greater freedom from need and
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
For Common Man

Ralph Kuhfeldt OF Detroit is
another admircr of Roosevelt'S
great courage.
DEAR ELSIE ROBINSON:
Franklin Roosevelt was a
great man for many reasons,
but foremost in my mind are
two things. First. his courage.
This is what enabled him TO be-
come one Of the great leaders
Of his country despite a tremen-
douS physical handicap which
would have made most men
falter. This alone made him
stand head and shoulders above
the other great men of his day.
Second, I admired him be-
cause he was always fighting
for the little fellow. Although
Franklin Roosevelt him @ (
came from a well-to-do family,
he did not cater TO the indus
trialists and the wealthy of the
nation, but worked to better
conditions for the common man,
and these people will miss him
most"
RALPH KUHIELDT
age 10,
I2l38 Whitehorn.
Detroit 5. Mich.
$3.50 price
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
John w. Boeninq's Troth Revealed

THE REV. AND MRS. CAL
WIN A. SCHMID of Berne, Ind,
announce the engagement of
their daughter. Julia. TO Gum
ner's Mate John w. Booming.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Booming of Royal Oak.
Miss Schmid attended Drake
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

University In Iowa. where she
was a member OF Sigma Alpha
Iota, and was graduated from
Heidelberg College. Ohio.
Mr.. Booming attended Heidel-
berg College prior 10 entering
the service. He had been sta
toned for 19 months in New
Guinea.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
WHAT ARE LIES BEST YEARS?

Martha Heller S55 f. Fourth street, New York City.
asks this question:
"What the best years of ones life, and
Uhy?"
We hear the expression you're only young once
the most of youth But believe the early
OF maturity % to 4O the best when is in the prime
of life with experience and to with it, Then
there are those who life Begins at 49, and honestly
believe it.
What's YOUR opinion? What do you consider the
happest in life? Let Young America ideas
in 200 words less give full and address,
send letter to Elsie Robinson in of this paper.
may win $40 prize Contest open to all Young Americans
under 80 years of age.