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Evening star., 1946-07-27
Richmond RFC Office
Pledges Priority Aid
TO Small Businesses

Small business concerns which
have complained of dificulty in OBJ
tanning surplus war property from
disposal agencies or normal trade
channels received a promise OF
priority today from the RFC agency
in Richmond, covering the District,
Virginia, Maryland and West Vir-
ginia.
The new procedure places such
small businesses third on the prior
ity list, next to the Federal Gov
ernment for its own use and to vet
Grams for their own businesses.
Concerns now entitled to purchase
through the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. are limited to those with fewer
than 500 employees. They must be
privately owned and operated and
not engaged in agricultural or pro-
fessional pursuits, w. B. Cloe, Rich
mond Agency chief, explained
Under the new system, the RFC
will have representatives at War
Assets Administration sales to assist
small business applicants in pur-
chases. Original applications must
be made to agency offices.
One of the largest sales at which
small business concerns can exercise
their advanced priority position will
begin at Baltimore August 10. The
Richmond regional Office of WAA
announced that between $4,000, 900
and s20,000,000 worth of surplus
materials, ranging from camera
parts to large power units, will go
on sale that day at the Armys
Holabird Signal Depot in Baltimore.
The sales, from August 10 through
October 4, will be largely of photo
graphic equipment, hand tools and
hardware and electrical supplies.
Federal agencies will have priority
August 1928; veterans, August 26-
September 6; small business acting
through RFC, September ell; State,
county and local governments, Sept
ember 1918; on-profit institutions,
September 1920 dealers and COM
mercial users, September 23-Oc-
tober 4.
The War Department today in
vited sealed bids on several thousand
items of surplus clothing, shoes. caps
and raincoats which had been made
for enlisted men and women. Capt.
Lloyd Sparks, Quartermaster salvage
officer announced that the bids will
be opened at Fort Myer at 9 am.
August 7. The material can be in
spected from 730 to pm, Mondays
through Fridays at Warehouse 10,
Building 166
Evening star., 1946-07-27
DR.. Charles Huworth,
Mountain Climber, Killed

DR.. Charles C. Haworth, jr, who,
until recently was associated with
the Applied Physics Laboratory of
Johns Hopkins University, Silver
Spring, was killed Thursday while
on mountain climbing expedition
in Canada, according to word re-
ceived here yesterday.
A physicist, DR.. Haworth had
made his home in Silver Spring
since he came to work for the Ap-
piled Physics Laboratory three
years ago. Several months ago he
left here to accept a position with
the Naval Testing Base at Inyokern,
Calf.
The accident is said to have oc-
Cured while DR.. Haworth was
climbing a mountain in British
Columbia, where he had gone on a
vacation trip with group of friends.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Man Struck by Car
Dies; District Traffic
Deaths Mount 10 81

Harry r. Laughton, 63, of 291s
Yost place NE, became the Dis
trict's 34th traffic fatality yesterday
police reported, when he died in
Casualty Hospital of injuries re-
ceived when struck by an automo-
bile in the 2100 block of Rhode Is
land avenue NE. Tuesday.
| The driver of the car, David Klau
81, of the 1900 block of Rhode Island
avenue, Mount Rainier, Md, will ap-
pear before a coroners jury today
in an inquest at the District Morgue
according to police.
Mr.. Laughton, a native of Wash
ington, had been employed for 2s
years in the Mail Equipment Divi-
sion of the Post Office Department
He was member of Federal Ma
sonic Lodge No. /.
Masonic Services to Be Held.
Surviving are his widow, a son
Harry r. Laughton, jr., Washing
ton; his father, Edward F. Laugh
ton, Mount Rainier; two sisters, Mrs
Flora Baker, Mount Rainier, and
Mrs. Fannie Bateman, Harrisburg
Pa, and two brothers, Arthur P
Laughton, Mount Rainier, and Wal
ter P. Laughton, Churchtown, Md
Masonic services will be held at 2
pm. Monday at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth and Massachusetts
avenue NE. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
| Three other persons were injured
in traffic accidents in the Wash
iington area yesterday, police said
Child Hit by Car.
/ James Montgomery, 4, of the 20(
block of Second street Sc. is ir
undetermined condition at Provi.
dence Hospital with a possible skull
fracture, suffered when he wal
struck by an automobile near hi.
home yesterday. Police said driver
of the car was Walter G.. Mitchell
So, of Catonsville, Md.
Doloes West, 13, of the 250O block
of Ontaria road NV, suffered
minor injuries, police reported, wher
struck by hit-and-run automobile
in the 1700 block of Euclid street
NV. Police said the driver of the
automobile failed to stop.
Wilbur Rogers, 81, of 85o7 Green
wood avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
prominent Republican, was injured
seriously in an automobile crash or
Vfers Mill road, near Rockville. Md.
yesterday, according to Montgom-
cry County police.
Taken to Walter Reed.
Police said Mr.. Rogers car anc
one driven by Charles r. Turner, 26
of Rockville, collided head-on. Mr.
Rogers, a former Army colonel, wa!
taken to Walter Reed Hospital by
the Rockville Rescue Squad, where
he is being treated for a broken rib
possible internal injuries and cuts
Mr.. Turner suffered cuts and bruis-
es, police said.
| Mr.. Rogers, a supporter of De Witt
w. Zook in the race for member
ship on the County State Central
Committee, urged all Republicans
to vote the Democratic ticket wher
Mr.. zook was defeated in his owl,
party's primary.
Mr.. Turner was charged with
driving under the influence of liquor
and reckless driving, police said, anc
was lodged in Rockville Jail after
treatment for cuts.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Beyin Ordered TO Rest;
AitIee 10 Sit in Peace Par|ev
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, July 27.-The British
foreign Office announced today that
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had
been ordered by his doctors to take
complete rest OF at least a week
and that Prime Minister Attlee
will take his place at the Paris
Peace Conference.
Mr.. Bevin is at his home in Lon
don. A foreign office spokesman
said he did not know the nature of
the foreign secretary's illness and
II don't know whether he knows
or not
The spokesman said he could not
say whether the foreign secretary
planned to attend the peace con-
ference after the prescribed rest.
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day from Leonard S. May, whose
father. L. C. May, is vice president
of the May Hardware Co. of this
city, which is headed by his uncle
A. j. May. The witness told the
committee his family had no con-
nection with Representative Andrew
j, May, involved in the Mead Com
mittee probe of the Garssons
munitions combine.
1882 Involved in Deal.
Mr.. Nav said his firm had been
called early in June by an employe
of Mr.. Fields and asked if it was
interested in buying 539 rolls of the
bronze screening. The firm was in
terested, he testified. Later, he said
he was sent to Richmond, Va. to
see if the material was in good
condition.
He said he found 1t so, and ar
rangements were made to buy it.
However, the deal was Cancelled still
later when the firm was told the
check should be made out to Mr..
Fields, rather than to the War
Assets Corp. and that Mr. Fields
had insisted on the payment being
made first instead of after delivery
of the screening, Mr.. May added.
After the hearing Mr.. May told
reporters the price asked by Mr.
Fields was SIS a roll, or $8,085 plus
50 roll or s1,617 as his commission
This would have made the total bill
So. .692.
The material was stored in an
Army service depot at Richmond
and Mr.. May said he figured the
total screening stored there was
worth about 100000.
Reserved for Veterans.
While at Richmond, he said hi
was told by an agent of the Wa
Assets Corp. that that official un.
derstood the screening was not fol
sale because it had been reserved
for use in veterans housing. How
ever, he continued, he was permitted
to examine the screening because h,
| had been accompanied to Richmond
I by Robert Cummings, whom he de
/ Scribed as an agent for Gerald Stack
who he said apparently was an as
sociate or employe of Mr.. Fields
Mr.. Cummings, he testified, had will
him the number of the Government
release order" presumably obtained
from the War Assets Corp.
He said Mr.. Cummings told hin
that his office had received a til
from an unidentified woman tha
the surplus goods were available TO
sale. Mr. Riley sought to find ou
who was the woman tipster but MI
May said he had never learned he
identity.
Bought Other Surplus.
Mr.. May said his firm had bough
surplus materials earlier but onl
from the War Assets Corporation
not through any brokers.
Mr.. Riley insisted that officials o
the War Assets Corporation be calle
to testify He said he had a state
ment from the corporation showin
that Fields and his associates di
have an allotment" of $1,000 linea
feet of the bronze screening.
Mr.. Ridley added that the state
ment showed that at the same tim
WAA had made allotments of quit
substantial quantities of the ma
terial to other persons. He sal
he had information of the sale @
a large quantity to an Oklahom
City firm.
Representative Davis, who wa
acting as chairman of the commit
tee, approved the request of MI
Ridley, saying there would be an
other open hearing since the de
velopments apparently are leadin
to a rather far-reaching situate
Evening star., 1946-07-27
NoeIl to Head VMI
Fund Cumpuiqn Here
speciol Dispotch 10 The sior

LEXINGTON, Va, July 27.-J.
Carroll Noell 452 Argyle drive,
Alexandria, of the class of 1909.
has been named chairman for the
District of Columbia for the cam
paign to raise a $1,500.000 endow-
ment for Virginia Military Institute.
The campaign will begin August
10 under the auspices of V. M. I.
Foundation, Inc, an alumni or
ganization.
Evening star., 1946-07-27

months. This figure Is more than
half OF the total Hungarian produc-
ton of these foods in prewar 1898.
In the second half of 1945, Gen.
Smith wrote. the Red Army took out
OF the stocks of food available for
the urban population nearly all the
meats, one-sixth of the wheat and
rye, more than Is per cent of the
legumes, nearly three-quarters of
the lard. one-tenth of the vegetable
oil and one-flfth of the milk and
dairy products.
3. The United States has reliable
estimates that the total Hungarian
war damage amounted to S345,0O0,-
900 "of which s124 100000 was due to
rpn1Oya1c nv Coyiet forcoe
Evening star., 1946-07-27

COSTUME PARADE WINNERs-Winners a costume parade
contest at the
day Sally Van Horn TO- Fairfax eft and
Ellen Mccain TO- 80S Jefferson street. Bethesda standing
on table top Kimball Holland, of Himead Bethesda
standing bench; Pat and Billy Edmands and years
respectively $500 Bradley boulevard Chevy
right foreground Star staff Photo
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
BURNS CAUSE
SHELDON DEATH

Roy Louis Sheldon, 48, died
at 4 a.. m. on Sunday, March
"a, at st. Vincent's hospital in
Billings as a result of burns re-
ceived in the fire which de-
stroyed the Holly Sugar cor
poration's truck garage last No
vember.
Mr.. Sheldon was critically in
jured at that time, and had
been hospitalized continuously
ever since, first in Hardin and
after February /, in Billings.
He was born on December %,
1898, in Cape County, Mo He
came to Big Horn county about
IL years ago and married Am
ella Reichert in November, 1853.
The Sheldons, who had no
children, were making their
home on a ranch near st. Xav-
Ter.
Funeral services were held
today at 2 p. m. in the Baptist
church with Rev. c. A.. Bent
ley officiating. Interment was
in the Hardin cemetery. Mr..
Sheldon was a veteran of World
War I and a member of the
Odd Fellows lodge.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
4-h Club Council
To Meet Here
Also Pldn Reilly at
Lodge Gross; Cameron.
Stdte Leader. to Speak

R. E. Cameron of Bozeman,
state All cub leader, will be
in Big Horn county for a meet
ing of the All council on Sat-
urday, March 80, in the commu-
nifty room of the courthouse
and for a club rally at Lodge
Grass Friday night, March 20.
The council will convene at
10 a. m. and will be served a
pot luck lunch at noon. All
All leaders in the county have
been invited to attend. MI.
Cameron will give the leaders
pointers On their work and will
discuss state All activities.
The rally at Lodge Grass
will begin at 8 p. m. at Town.
send hall and is under the
sponsorship of the Home DEM
onstration clubs of the commit
nifty. All All members and
their parents are especially in
vited to attend.
Mr. Cameron will speak and
motion pictures will be shown.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
URGE GARDENS
TFiRO 1916

Farm and home gardeners,
who gardened more extensively
and industriously than usual
during the war years, are be-
ing urged by the Montana Ex-
tension service to continue their
efforts through 1916.
With food urgently needed to
prevent widespread starvation
in war-torn countries overseas,
producers in this country are
being asked to increase produc-
ton and consumers are urged
to voluntarily carry on a food
conservation program so that
more food, especially cereals
and fats and oils, will be avail
able for shipment overseas.
Gardening fits into this over
all program, extension workers
point out, since food produced
for home use reduces the de-
mand on commercial growers
and helps ease an already tight
transportation and farm labor
situation. Furthermore, home
gardeners who use their garden
products fresh and preserve
them for use later on can have
well balanced diets rich in the
nutrients that make for health.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
GIVE MIDLAND
FAIR TICKETS

Two Midland Empire business
establishments are sponsoring
children's day at the Midland
Empire fair again this year,
and free tickets good for gen.
eral admission on Tuesday, Au-
gust 10. and Saturday, August
II, 1916. will be distributed to
all elementary school students,
1t was announced this week.
The sponsoring firms are
Sawyer Stores, Inc, and
Vaughn Ragsdale.
The tickets have already been
mailed to the superintendent of
schools here. She will distribute
the tickets to the elementary
teachers, who will give them to
the children.
The tickets also admit the
boys and girls to a special
grandstand show on the morn
ing of Tuesday, August 10, and
entitle them to free bleacher
seats at the afternoon show on
Tuesday only.
All admission is free to chill
dren under IL. Those IL years
old or older must pay the fed
eral tax on the general adnis-
sion and bleacher privileges.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
Five Local Businesses Entered by
Burglars. Loss More Than $1,000
Theft Thought to Be
Work Of Experienced
Sufe Crackers

Five local business houses
were entered by robbers Tues
day night, and losses of cash
were reported by four of them,
with the total amount taken
well in excess of $1,000, Sheriff
Roy G. Riley said Wednesday.
Exact amounts reported by
the four firms were not re-
ported.
Entered were the Occident
Elevator company, the Sheridan
Elevator company, the Stand
ard Seed company, the B. H.
McCarty company and the
Miles Ulmer Implement COM
pany. Heaviest loss was that of
Miles -Ulmer.
In two instances, the safe
crackers apparently opened
safes by working the combina-
ton dials. In another case, the
dial was hammered off the
safe with a sledge hammer. At
the fourth place, the cash was
kept in a locked drawer, which
the thieves forced.
At the Sheridan elevator,
there was evidence that the
building had been entered and
the safe tempered with, but the
miscreants were unable to open
it.
The burglaries were reported
at 7 a. m. Tuesday. After in
vestigation, Sheriff Riley said
that similar methods had been
used in burglaries of what was
thought to be a gang of safe
crackers operating in South
Dakota and Wyoming. Similar
o~ccurances were reported by Of
ficers in northern Wyoming
only last week, he said.
The doors were jimmied to
gain entry to the buildings.
Riley said, and the burglars had
apparently wiped off the safes
and all other articles touched
to %obliterate fingerprints.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
LIONS HONOR
HARDIN TEAM

Members of the Hardin high
school basketball team, Coach
Hugh Gotham and the cheer
leaders were guests of the Har-
din Lions club at the regular
meeting Monday night in the
banquet room of the Masonic
temple.
Another feature of the eve
ming was the presentation of a
desk set, awarded by Lions In
ternational for the successful
membership drive, to Chester
Bounous, president. Lion Bert
w. Kronmiller made the pres
entation.
Carl S. Carter, program
chairman, introduced Coach
Hugh Gotham, who in turn pre-
sented the members of the
team and the cheerleaders to
the club. Mr.. Gotham then gave
the group an account of the
state tournament at Bozeman.
About 10 members were pres
ent.
On the serving committee
were Art Platz, Darold Widdi-
combe, Adam Seader, Conrad
Seader, George Smith and Will
liam Colstad.
The luncheon at the next
meeting, April 8, will be served
by H. r. Salyer, Gus A. Sal
version, Fred Schaffer, Fred r.
Sharpe, Henry Schilreff and
James H. Sullivan.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
MEA IT'S
CROW

The Big Horn local of the
Montana Education association
held its regular meeting Tues
day evening at Crow Agency.
A school bus carried 20 Har-
din teachers to the session.
During the business session,
presided over by Miss Ethel
Schuster, the amendments to
the state constitution of the
group on dues for the all-inclu-
sive membership in the associa-
ton and on research and pub
lie relations departments were
discussed and voted upon. The
delegates to the state assembly,
Miss Schuster and Miss Anna
Wray, were instructed to cast
votes in favor of these amend
ments. The assembly is being
held in Helena Thursday and
Friday of this week.
It was announced that the
next meeting of the local will
be a dinner, given by the los
ing side in a recent member
ship and attendance contest, to
the winners. Carl S. Carter
was captain of the winners
and Paul M. Collier captained
the losers.
Included in the program were
a talk on Indian education by
Robert j. Murray, educational
field agent of the Indian de-
partment, and description Of
his work in Africa by d..
Theodore F.. Crabbe. Miss Ellen
Crabbe, DR.. Crabbe's daughter,
displayed a group of South
American figurines representing
various occupations on the
southern continent. She ex-
planned the work of the various
groups and also told of differ
ent types of entertainment.
The Crow Agency teachers
served refreshments at the
close of the program.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
Hardin Band
Is Honored
Group Invited to
Have Pictures. Story
In Bond

Members of the Hardin high
school band have been invited
to send their pictures and a
story of their activities to the
band yearbook, First Chair of
America" for publication in
this years edition.
The yearbook, first printed in
1910, was suspended during the
war, but will be issued again
this year in Greenwood, Miss.
Only outstanding bands, or
chestra and choruses are given
space in the book, which has
the approval of the Music Edu-
Gators national conference. Sc
lection is made on the basis of
concert work, festival work both
in full band performance and
solo and ensemble work, con-
certs given in other cities and
parade performances.
In this years publication, the
Hardin musical aggregation will
be the featured band from the
state of Montana. Out of sew
eral thousand bands in the
United States, only 200 are
asked to send their pictures AMI
stories to the yearbook.
Carl S. Carter, director, and
the following members will
have their pictures shown in
dividually: Roanne Preston,
Jane Jackson, Patty Jackson,
Joan hammers, Dorothy Eshel-
man, Martha Saunders, Mary
Agnes Zelka, Lois Vickers, Billy
Snyder, Jimmy Swain, Billy
Simmons Mary Riebeth, Tom
Scally, Don johnson and Mary
Gable. Photos of the officers
will also be shown. They include
Jimmy Swain, president; Vern-
on OFT, vice president; Bobby
Saunders, secretary = treasurer;
Harold DeVore, head of library
staff; Tom Scally, head of uni
form committee; Edwin Jacob
son, head of equipment COM
mittee, and Evelyn Frickle,
drum majorette:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
GOES TO HELENA
TO GET AWARD

Bert w. Kronmiller will go to
Helena April 4 to attend a
luncheon and receive a certifi-
cate and medal for his services
as unemployment committeeman
in the Selective Service system.
All examining physicians,
dentists, members of medical
advisory boards and re-employ-
ment committeeman who had
served two or more years up to
and including November 30,
1915, are eligible to receive the
awards.
Drs. J. w. Schubert and L. H.
Labbitt, also eligible for the
presentation, are not at present
in Hardin. DR.. j. I. WeStphal,
also entitled to receive the
award, stated he was too busy
at present to make the trip.
Substance and Transporter
ton are to be allowed in &C
cordance with government reg
ulations.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
TO HAVE M1SSION
AT LOCAL CHURCH

The Rev. Jerome J. Murray,
S. j., will conduct a mission at
st. Joseph's church here, begin
ming. with High Mass on Sun
day, March 81, at 1890 a.. IN.
The Mission will conclude on
Sunday, April 7.
Services will consist of Ros-
airy, sermon and benediction
every evening at 7:3O p. m.
Morning services will be held
each day at tbs a. m.
There will be "a mission for
children every afternoon Mon
day through Friday at 4 p. m.
Father Murray has spent the
past four years at the theologi-
cal seminary at Alma college,
Alma, Cal. At present he is a
professor in the science depart
ment at Gonzaga university,
Spokane, Wash.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
High School Bond
Plays at Agency

The Hardin high school band
presented a concert in the Crow
Agency grade school gymnasi-
UNI on Friday evening, March
%.
Miss Ellen Crabbe of Crow
Agency acted as master of cere-
monies.
The program: Americans
ALL" Caneva-M cAllister; Cover
ture Americana" Forrest Buch-
tel; solo Pomposo," bass solo,
Don B. Johnson; "Zombies,'
Mexican Hot Dance" David
Bennett; American Seaman
Overture" Michael Edwards;
Deep Purple" Especial arrange
ment nv Paul Yoder), Peter De-
Rose; Fiesta Paso Doble," Ca
neva-McAllister; Ills Honor
Henry Fillmore.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-03-28
ELECTION FOR
TRUSTEE

An election will be held on
April 6 to choose one trustee
for School District 17-H.
The term of C. A. Corkins ex-
pires at that time, and to date
Mr.. Corkins is the only nominee
for the position. Nominations
must be made five or more days
before the election and the
nominating petition must be
signed by five qualified voters
of the district.
The polls at the Hardin grade
school, the Crow Agency grade
school and the St. Xavier
school will be open from noon
until 6 p. m.