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Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
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HOMETOWN DISCOVERY

War conditions here at home have brought about a good
many changes in our ways of doing things-and some of these
changes are definitely for the better.
Prior to Pearl Harbor, for example, when our cars were
young" and tires and gasoline could be bought as easily as
q loaf of bread or a bar of soap, many of us thought nothing
of jumping into the family automobile and driving several
miles to do some shopping.
But when gas and tire rationing came into effect we
couldn't travel about so freely. We discovered, however, that
we had many things right here in our own community that
we once went miles to obtain. Our local explorations made us
more apprecative of the fact that our own home town nerch-
ants were well equipped to meet our needs. We became more
aware of their modern retailing methods which enable them
to obtain goods and products every bit as good as those in
stores in other places.
What is more, support of our home town enterprises is
just plain common sense. Not only can our local retailers
serve us just as we'll, or better, than those in ~neghboring or
distant towns, but the money we spend with them helps them
to prosper and this benefits the whole community.
The taxes they pay help to build and improve schools,
parks and public buildings and serve other useful purposes.
It's human nature to think that the pastures are greener
elsewhere, but now we know that our own are just as good or
better.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06

Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc.
Laurel, Montana
Farmers Union Grain & Supply Co.
Billings, Montana
Farmers Union Livestock Commission Co..
Billings, Montana
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producing ramie fiber and cloth In
Chungking.
China can use that fiber. The
country grows plenty of short-fber
cotton but has trouble getting the
more desirable long-fiber kind to
thrive.
Answer to Problem.
China's silk industry isn't large,
and she has no forests to provide
wood pulp for rayon. Ramie may
be the answer to China's textile
problem-450 million buyers of cloth
who could sway the textile markets
of the world by threatening to
lengthen their shirt tails a single
inch.
DR.. Feng's ramie process could be
momentous for China if it can be
used in small factories scattered
literally about producing areas. Be
cause China has few railroads and
poor highways, her economy will be
dispersed for a long time to come.
1t can affect world textiles be-
cause the new fine ramie is not
only strong and soft, but mixes well
with other fibers like wool and cot
ton with distinctive results. Cotton
takes on life and sheen. Wool be-
comes softer and smoother.
DR.. Feng doesn't think ramie is
going to revolutionize the industry
overnight.
There's still much to learn" the
Chinese news service quotes her as
"But I believe it will rank as one
Of the three important raw materi-
ais of the textile industry. With the
return of peace, the possibilities of
his new raw material will have a
chance to be tried out on an ade-
Iuate scale"
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Okinawa Dubbed Isle of
Despair by Stranded Men

OKINAWA. - This typhoon-bat-
tered island where some of the bit
terest fighting of the Pacific war
ragged has become the bottleneck for
U. S. servicemen frantic to return
home.
Already it has been labeled by
some as "the island of despair"
AS the war ended, Okinawa had
become a huge staging base pre-
paratory to invasion of Japan. The
collapse of the Japanese left the
island heavily populated with
troops.
Then, on October 9 and 10, a fierce
typhoon swept in from the sea, fiat
tening Quonset huts, smashing ship
ping, ripping grounded airplanes.
An already serious transportation
problem trebled overnight.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
WHY KID OURSELVES?

1t seems almost childish for price control agencies to try
to regulate the economy of the nation on one hand, while gov
eminent goes on borrowing and printing and spending and
giving away money as it sees fit.
Hold-the-ine orders for a pound of butter, a pair of stock
ings, or an automobile, may temporarily get public acclaim.
But it isn't long before the public finds it can't get butter,
stockings or automobiles when out-of-ine prices block produc-
ton. And it makes no difference whether the articles are rat
toned OF sold in a free market.
What our regulators of human activities should concentrate
on is encouraging production and admitting that the abnormal
costs of war have caused some initiation which can be controlled
if the costs of government can be controlled and if the people
will work hard and produce. Our regulators of human activity
must allow sufficient return to the producer and to the wage
Garner. based on our present initiation due to the national debt.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Church Anniversary
Celebrated By WSCS,
Mrs. MOrledge Speaker

Seventy-five members and guests
were in attendance when the Wo-
mans Society of Christian Service
entertained at the Methodist church
Friday afternoon in honor of the
anniversary of the church.
A guest speaker was Mrs. Roy
v. Morledge of Billings, Montana
chairman of the World Citizenship
Movement who discussed the organ
ization's plan for unity. To illus
trate her talk, Mrs. Morledge dis
played dolls dressed in costumes of
foreign countries.
Mrs. Edward l.. Coombs, presi-
dent, presided at the meeting and
the program was arranged and pre-
scented by Mrs. j. E. Galusha, vice
president of the society. Program
numbers included two selections
sung by Mrs G. C. Paisley, with
accompanies, Mrs. j. H. Albertus,
piano and Mrs. Philip Marsh, violin.
Twelve tables decorated to repre-
sent the months of the year and the
sponsors of each were January, Mrs.
W. T. Johnson; February, Mrs. R.
H. Sterrett; March, Mrs. M. j. Will
COX; April, Mrs. Paul Gerard; May,
Mrs. l.. w. Hageman; June, Mrs.
D. X. Chapman; July, Mrs. Paul
Wilson; August, Mrs. D. L. Hafer;
Mrs j. w. Long; Octo-
Der, Mrs. C. H. Barney; November,
Yrs. L. R. Ferrin and December,
hrs. Harold Richardson.
Decorated in Valentine appoint
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Newest Fabric
Beats Them ALI
Chinese Woman Chemist Has
Found Way to Get Fine
Fiber From Ramie.

WASHINGTON.-A Chinese wom-
an has leveled a test tube at the
textile industry around the world.
Producers of cotton, silk, wool, ray
on and nylon may well sit up and
lake notice because DR.. Ruth Feng
OF Chungking has figured out a way
to get fine, disable fiber from ramie,
according to the Chicago Tribune.
If you are interested in a smooth,
silky shirt or a bed sheet that is six
times stronger than silk and eight
times stronger than cotton, you are
entitled to get moderately excited
about ramie, too.
1t is possibly the strongest fiber
known. 1t grows in giant grass
blades from three to nine feet long,
and comes up wild on every CONT
nent. In this country it grows on
Florida swamp land. 1t thrives on
cultivation, yields two to four crops
a year, and grows from the same
set of roots for a decade.
There are Egyptian mummies
shrouded in ramie cloth which is
still intact after 1000 years.
But that cloth is coarse, because
until DR.. Feng came along no n
had found an easy way to separate
ramie fibers thoroughly without
mangling them. Consequently
ramie cloth has been coarse, stiff
stuff, but anyway it made a fine
cord for tires. 1t repels water and
resists mildew. It has been used
for gas mantles, typewriter ribbons,
parachutes, and grass linen" cloth
which you may have seer in i'm
ported table sets.
This fiber had to be processed by
hand, which made it expensive even
In a country like China.
Educated in U. S.
DR.. Ruth Feng was the first wom-
to graduate from Ohio State uni
versity with a degree in chemical
engineering. She went to Germany
1888 to study rayon production.
After four years she went back to
China, intent on finding a native
iber that could feed a Chinese tex
lie industry. She tried kaoling
stalks, rice straw, and sug-
cane. She tried ramie grass, and
~ the time of the war with Japan
had developed a method of sep
its stubborn fbers.
Somebody built her a factory in
'hungking, because China needed
10th. The japanese bombed it out
f existence, but she tried again,
nd today there are three factories
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
These cooperatives help build your commu

Laurel Cooperative Association
Laurel, Montana
Farmers Union Trading Company
Columbus, Montana
Farmers Union Cooperative Dreamer
Billings, Montana
Yellowstone County Farmers Union
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06

ments was a long luncheon table.
Hostesses were Mrs. w. E. Cham
berlin, Mrs. Clyde Bray, Mrs. Alder
tus, Mrs. T. H. Nicholas, Mrs. Ken
meth Walker, Mrs. l.. C. Foote, Mrs..
Lester Gerard and Mrs. Galusha.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Bulls Color Blind

Bulls do not get madden at a red
than a blue cloth. AS a matter of
fact bulls r color blind. They be-
come excited over any cloth waved
before them, regardless of color.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
First LOnghOrn Trek

1t is said that the idea of driv-
ing cattle from Texas to the rail-
road in Kansas came after the civil
war from a livestock dealer in I'LL
nois named Joseph Mccoy.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Baked APPLES

Fill the cavity of baking apples
with raisins. Press them in firmly.
Crown with a teaspoon of honey and
see how much better your baked
apples taste.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Smother Oil Fires

Tractor fires or oil fires can usual
ly be controlled by smothering them
with dust or dirt.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
DehYdrated Vegetables

Dehydrated vegetables u fruits
are of superior quality to those dried
by other methods.
Laurel outlook., 1946-02-06
Instant Coffee

Instant coffee is coffee brew which
has been evaporated to dryness un-
der pressure.
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Chemists 10 Honor
Dr.. Claude Hudson

DR.. Claude S. Hudson, director of
the Division of Chemistry at the
National Institute of Health, Be-
thesda, Md, will be honored for his
research in carbohydrate chemistry
at the 10th national meeting of the
American Chemical Society in Chi
cago September 9 to 13.
Chemists from England and Cam
ada will join their United States
colleagues in a symposium on car
bohydrate research sponsored by the
Soclety's Division of Sugar Chem
lStry and Technology. At the con-
Ventlon, DR.. Hudson will be pre-
sented with a two-volume collec-
ton of all his published papers.
DR.. Hudson, IS, is a native of
Atlanta, Ga, but has been at the
National Institute of Health, unit
of the United States Public Health
Service, since 1923. A graduate of
Princeton University, he served
briefly as an instructor at three uni
Versltles before becoming an assist
ant physicist with the United States
Geological Survey.
In 1908 he entered the Agriculture
Department as an assistant chemist
in the Bureau of Chemistry, later
becoming chief of the carbohydrate
laboratory. From 1923 to 1928 he
was a chemist in the Bureau of
Standards. DR.. Hudson has received
numerous awards from the Ameri-
can Chemical Society and other or
carnations, and is member of the
National Academy of Sciences
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Democratic Paper Calls
0PA Bill COP 'SwindIe'
BY The k.ssocioted Press

The Democratic National Commit
tees newspaper. The Democrat
today called the OPA bill which
President Truman vetoed a "Repub-
lican swindle."
That was the headline on an ar
ticle in the July issue which said
the President, by "courageously" re-
jecting the measure, performed "a
signal service not only to the people
Of the Nation, but to the Democratic
party 1t added:
The Republicans sponsored attack
on price controls had two primary
motives:
I'D To let down the bars so that
the National Association of Manu-
facturers and other greedy big busi-
ness interests might engage in ar
orgy of unrestricted profit taking,
and
"(2) To bring about a prolonged
period OF goods shortages, steadily
rising prices, wage demands by la
Dor, and consequent industrial un-
rest and delay in achieving full pro-
duction. all of which would be
blamed on the Democratic admins
tration and enhance the possibilities
of a Republican victory at the polls
in November.
There is little reason to doubt
that the plot would have succeeded
if the President had allowed the
enfeebled OPA bill to become law
Evening star., 1946-07-05
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA. July 5.-A
desperate battle scientists played
to keep vitally important atom
bomb records from being lost in
a storm tossed Army transport
plane was recounted today by
a Philadelphia newspaperman,
who said he is still shaky" from
the experience.
AT one time we thought We
would have to bail out and lose the
records from Bikini," said Alfred M
Klein, staff correspondent for the
Philadelphia Record. He said the
huge transport ran into thunder
storm over Nebraska early yester-
day.
The storm lasted about 30 min
utes," Mr.. Klein said, adding in a
copyrighted story:
I saw them tne Sclentists) dis
regard the pilots orders to take
to their parachutes. They threw
themselves on the heavy cases and
instruments which had torn loose
from their lashings. BY holding
down the boxes and steel cases with
their bodies, they prevented them
from crashing into the tail of the
plane and ripping out the sides Of
our C-54"
Mr.. Klein said the planes fight
after passing over Nebraska was
normal" The ship landed at Day.
ton. Ohio, Tor minor motor adjust
ments and then continued to Wash
ington, where it landed at 7:30 am.
The pilot of the plane was Capt.
Walter Ketron of Kingsport, Tenn,
and the navigator. 1t. James A.
Creighton of Kittanning, Pa, Mr..
Klein said
The newspaperman said the pas
sengers, among the first to return
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Bomb
Continued From First Page.)

ern feet can be affected-the bat
tleship Arkansas, the heavy cruiser
Pensacola, the light cruiser Sakawa,
submarine and transports.
In addition. the carrier Indepen-
dence was damaged beyond repair
and five other ships were sunk.
Capt. Shields Warren, Pathological
specialist, reported meantime that
about 10 per cent of the $500 ami
mails aboard the target feet died
from the atomic blast, radiation or
drowning.
Explaining that laboratory ex-
aminations are only beginning, Capt
Warren said as far as We can tell,
some died of the air blast and others,
We think" of radiation"
Salvage parties who entered the
lagoon a few hours after the ex-
plosion saw live animals aboard the
japanese cruiser Sawada, which
went down the next day. Presum-
ably the animals aboard drowned.
Scientists are pleased that no
more animals were killed because
live subjects are wanted.
Capt. Warren, referring to de-
layed effects of exposure to radia-
tioD, said he expected "a consider
able number" of deaths later on.
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Wire Tapping
CONTINUED From First Page.>

in behalf of constituents. While in
nocent enough, these conversations
can be made to look damaging when
revived on a phonograph record
later
The lawmakers wrath was direct
ed primarily at the War Depart
ment, which turned over to the
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee the record of a conversation be-
tween Chairman May of the House
Military Affairs Committee and an
Army ordnance officer in l943.
Incident Increases Tension.
The fact that the incident in
volved a prominent House member
and was spotlighted by Senate
committee did not tend to ease the
already strained relations between
the Senate and the House over legis-
lative differences.
TT looks like the Senate is trying
to embarraSs the House, and the
War Department is in on the deal
one prominent House member COM
mented.
One immediate effect of the Incl
dent may be a steady trek of Off
cials to Capitol Hill.
Hereafter" said House chief
tain. when I want to talk over
anything with a bureaucrat, I'm
going to exercise my prerogatiye and
demand that he come to my Office
where I know we can talk without
the whole world knowing about it.
Another more remote effect NAV
be congressional move to write
strict limitations into departmental
appropriation bills to Cd prevent
use OF any Federal money to pur-
chase recording devices, and 90 te
deny funds for the salary of any
Government worker transcribing OF
recording a conversation without
knowledge of the takers.
Evening star., 1946-07-05

of the waiting period could be ini-
tiated.
Neither man would say how or
when the party would leave for
Pittsburgh, except that the trip
would not be made by plane.
Discharged from Army.
Mr.. Thompson. now a pressman,
arrived here yesterday, they said
He was discharged from the Army
on July l, 1915.
The steWardess said the children's
mother appeared nervous" during
the trip, but that the babies
Madeline, Maureen and Michael
slept most of the way and cried
very little
Pale and apparently nervous, Miss
Carpenter left the airport in a taxi
cab about two hours after arrival.
She refused to talk to reporters,
saying;
I'm sorry, I can't stand any
more"
She carried Maureen in her arms
while a passenger carried the other
two children. Mr.. Warner and Mr.
Keller led the group to the waiting
cab. Again asked by reporters when
she planned to marry. she replied:
Il don't know, don't ask me any
more questions.
AS the cab pulled away neWsmen
discovered that Miss Carpenter had
left her two travelling bags on the
pavement. The cab stopped and the
suitcases were put in.
While customs formalities were
being completed, Maureen cried and
stamped her foot on a counter, but
Madeline played with a pencil and
Michael sat quietly watching the
proceedings.
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Wheat Damage Plot
Brings British Query
BY the Assccioted Press

KANSAS CITY. July 5.-There
was anxiety today over q bit of news
from Americas grain beta dis
patch concerning a rumor of an
attempt to destroy wheat stored in
elevators.
David Walker of the London
Daily Mirror called the Stars city
desk by telephone and asked for
any further information that might
be available.
officials of the Santa Fe Railroad
said Wednesday they had uncovered
rumors of "an organized effort to
damage wheat in storage"
Six hours later an elevator con-
tanning $4,000 bushels of wheat was
destroyed by fire of undetermined
origin
Guards have been posted at manv
elevators in the Southwestern grain
belt
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Cheering FiIipinos Stage
Big Parade in Honolulu

HONOLULU, July 5 tP).-Thou-
sands of Filipinos, cheering wildly,
paraded through the streets of Hon
olulu yesterday in celebration of
their newborn republic.
Many were dressed in the CAV.
colorful costumes of their native
islands, Hundreds of Filipino work.
ers from cane fields came into the
city for the parade. Filipino troops
OF the United States Army marched
also.
Col. G. A. Clarke, U. S. A., retired.
who entered Manila with Admiral
Dewey and was among the occupa- :
ton troops in the Philippines, Joined
the celebration.
Evening star., 1946-07-05
NonresidentiaI Work
Valued at S261,189
Approved by CPA

A total of IS applications for non
residential construction valued at
s26l, ,lS9 were approved by the dis
trlct office of the Civilian Produc-
ton Administration during the last
week.
At the same time, the office denied
Is applications for nonhousing con-
struction valued at s255 1884. Edward
M. Synar, manager. said.
Since the CPA construction limi-
tatlon order became effective March
26, the office has approved 3l2 an
pilcatlons valued at s13,830, ,568 and
denied 215 applications valued st
$l0,574,0O9.
Applications were approved as fol-
lows:
one project valued at S2S 2S3 approved
because m 1t was considered vitally necessary
" p',h1i ptoilc welfare. health and safety.
Public Buildings Administration, install.
Iation OF surgeon sinks and plumbing re-
pairs U;l IN tuberculosis annex of Freedmen S
, One project valued at $4,000 approved
because it will provide urgently needed
Veterans er;. educational facilities.
ereetlon flnee ot Ge9rges ddisS Board Of Educaton
napollS road. Bladensburg, Nd. S35. 600.
ok projects valued at S125,95l approved
on me oasls OF essential and nondeferrable
PBAFederal Works Agency, repairs to
government central heating plant. central
neating plant. Thirteenth and c streets
PBA- Federal Works Agency. repairs to
ppo~ernouse and shop. Freedmen's Hospital,
Sixth and Bryant street NV, S27,4T6
American Association of University Wop-
en-. replacement of worn out coal stoker
system. 1884 Eye street NV, $3.50.
District of Columbia. repla cement of
boilers, Western High School, Thirty NTH
District of Columbia, replacement Of
and Harvard streets NV: 100000
PBA-Federal Works Agency. repairs to
primary electrical distributing system
Three projects, valued at SI37l5 ap-
proved because they do not effect the
| housing program.
Dr.. Samuel Goldman. installation of air.
Washington Gas Light Co. restoration
to commercial use of building being va
Gated by Government, 100 H street N w. :;
-, Harrington Hotel. alteration to hotel
Eleventh and E streets NV; SIS 900.
and with the use of minimum amount q
crltica lly- short materials:
Hertz Jewelry Co, installation of air.
.5PBA,Federal Works Agency. remodelins
l7ls Pennsylvania avenue NV; S47, 900
H street NV: $500. ''" III "N'' oo'
H. Zirkin and Sons, Inc, installation of
elevator s21 14th street NV; $4,000.
Evening star., 1946-07-05
40 Youths Weorinq
Red Paint on Thumbs
Worry Roxas Guards
By The Assoc.oied 7re,,

MANILA. July 5.-Plainclothesme
guarding President Manuel Roxas
showed visible anxiety today after
some 40 youths - each with his
left thumbnail painted red-were
rounded up from yesterdays In
dependence Day crowd.
Detectives spotted several moving
"covertly through the crowd" An
extra police detail trailed them, and
ultimately 40 were in custody.
Still undergoing questioning today,
the youths all gave the same an
sWers, police said-that the red nail
polish had been put on by sister or
sweetheart, for no known reason.
All denied any connection with
radical or lawless organizations.
Police did not say whether thev
considered it a prank or a plot
against President Roxas. There was
no report that any of the youths
had been armed
Evening star., 1946-07-05
By fhe k.koeioted RIxx,

by ms SsSooio1eo fTtsS
NEW YORK, July 5.-Norah Car
penter and her three surviving
quadruplet children arrived from
London by plane today for re-
union with the babies father, former
Staff Sergt. William Thompson,
Pittsburgh - but Mr.. Thompson
wasn't at the airport to meet them.
Present instead was his attorney,
Sam r. Keller, McKeesport. Pa,
and cousin, Jack Warner, Pitts
burgh.
Mr.. Keller said the mother and
father would be married 'as soon as
possible but that their reunion
would not take place in public. He
refused to say where the mother
and babies would meet Mr.. Thomp-
son or where the father was staylng.
Marguerite Roach, New York,
steWardess on the plane which
brought them, said that the chill
dren were fine on the trip. They
gave me no trouble at all"
Divorced After Births.
Mr. Thompson. who served In
England during the war, had not
seen the mother or babies in IS
months. He was divorced by his
first wife after the birth of the
children in March, 1914
Mr.. Keller and Mr.. Warner in
dicated that the reunion might take
place at a hotel here.
Mr.. Keller said the marriage
might be delayed by the required
three-day waiting period in Penn
sylvania but said an early applica-
ton for blood tests would be made
so that court request for waiver
Evening star., 1946-07-05
Second Indiana Elevator
Is DESTROYED by Blaze

INDIANAPOLIS. July 5 (P,.-The
second grain elevator fire in Indiana
in the last two days yesterday de-
stroyed the Carthage Grain Co. ele-
vator and New York Central Rail-
road freight depot at Carthage. near
Rushville. Loss was estimated un-
officially at $4,000.
Fire yesterday destroyed the
HuntertoWn Grain and Lumber
Co.'S elevator at Huntertown. near
Fort Wayne. Manager Ted Whan
estimated the loss at $4,000 to
$4,000.
The possibility of arson was dis
counted in both Indiana fires. Nj
Whan said he believed the Hunter
town blaze was caused by a short
circuit in machinery.
Both elevators contained rela-
lively small quantities of grain
Wheat harvest is just beginning in
their areas.