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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21
Varied Siluer Using Plants Jeopardized
 Price Forced to $1. .29 an Ounce,
 Compared With Pre-War Level of $.35

The long-held determ1nat1on o! Senators of western, silver-produc- ing states to force the price of silver to $1.29 an ounce, as compared witt 8 pre-war level of $25 cents, today jeopardizes varied silver using in. dustrieS. Inherent also in the pres ent silver situation is the imitation. ary threat of much higher retail prices which probably will mean re. duced volume of sales.
 The silver states crusade fol $1.29 silver started with the Silver Purchase legislation of 1884, where in it was provided that the Treas ury buy silver until the volume held IS, by weight, three times the vol tune of gold held; or, until the mar ket price of silver reaches $1.29 an ounce. Since the Treasury steadily acquired more gold, the three-to- one ratio is a possibility of the very dim future. Or, some contend an impossibility.
 Background" on the present, acute silver crisis:
 The world has been producing silver at less than half the pre-war rate. Domestic output also has dropped sharply. We will mine this year less than one-quarter of the silver American industry needs.
 Metal "RatiOned"
 Silver was needed increasingly by war industries. The metal therefore was "rationed" to other industries Notably, to silverware manufactur- CTS, who reduced their Tines" to a few of the most necessary table ware items; and, many turned to war work for survival.
 Even with this careful manage ment of available metal there was not enough and Congress twice solved crises by authorizing indus trial purchases from the Treasury's idle silver, not needed for mone- tary purposes. This legislation ex- pired December 31, 1945.
 Industrial users of silve9, fore seeing the present shortage of sup- ply, began more than six months ago to seek legislation continuing the permission to buy Treasury sil- yer. In the House-an unusual thing-the majority and minority leaders jointly sponsored such legis- lation and it was passed. Later, a similar measure which had been in- troduced in the Senate by Senator Green of Rhode Island also was passed in the House. Thus, the lower chamber has voted favorably twice on legislation permitting such purchases at not less than Il cents, the present OPA ceiling.
 This legislation-as an amend ment to HR 5452, the Treasury and Post Ofice Departments Appropria- tion Bill-has been opposed and ob- structed by Silver Bloc Senators in committee. Some demanded legal ized $l.29 an ounce price now. Others have suggested $1.03-almost 8 50 per cent rise. A subcommittee compromise provided for @ 90 cents now and $l.29 in two years. House leaders vigorously opposed these figures; whereupon Silver Bloc Sen- ators-led by Senator McCarren- have repudiated compromise" and have renewed their 12-year crusade for $1.29 silver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21
Mckellar Reported ln Good Condition

Washington, May 2l = (UP) - Sen. Kenneth D. McKellar, O., Tenn.), was reported to be con- valescing satisfactorily today in Na- val Hospital at Bethesda, Md.
 The 77-year-old president of the Senate entered the hospital with cold last Thursday.
 Capt. R. E. Duncan, command ing officer at the hospital, issued the following bulletin:
 Sen. Mcclellan had a good night. His temperature and pulse were normal this morning. He Is conval- escing satisfactorily"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21
Million to Find CoIIegeShu
 Schools Are Unable
 To Handle Flood
 Of Fall EnroIIments

Washington, May 21-CUP)-Be- tween 100000 and 500,O00 would-be students, including 270, veterans, will be turned away this Fall by colleges and universities unable to handle the flood of enrollments, Re- conversion Director John w. Snyder estimated today.
 Snyder reported to President Tru- man that the country's colleges and universities will have potential stu dent body of 2,080, 900 but will be able to accommodate only 100000.
 The estimated that 100000 of the enrolles would be veterans taking advantage of their educational rights under the GG Bill of Rights. He predicted that the peak of veterans enrolment will be in the Fall of 1948, with the first significant de- cline in 1850.
 "The difficulties now apparent will persist for at least four years," Sny- der said in @ general report on vet- eranS' educational problems.
 The reconversion director recom- mended MT. Truman appoint com- nittee to study long-range problems.
 The report said educational insti- tutions need housing, additions to their plants, highly trained special iSts, equipment and supplies.
 Snyder said 6 dozen government agencies will speed more than $l,. COG, ,000, 900 in the coming fiscal year "as a down payment on the educa- tional pledges the American people have made to veterans"
 Half will go to the veterans in subsistence payments, an average of about $675 a student. Tuition and fees will absorb $20O OOOO,0 900 with the remaining $30O,000,000 being spent for housing. State governments, the report said, will spend an additional $500, ,000 900 in the coming academic year on higher education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21

Dick Haynes inherits the Koste- lanetz spot to June 9th The new Samba. ''Vem Vem," may win the Rum and Co-Oah Co-lah'' crown. Pancho introduced it at the Casino-on-the-Park. It's a combination samba-polka--the first of it's sort The suite, Man hattan Tower" written by Gordon Jenkins, with . commentary by El- liott Lewis, captures the New York flavor. It's on 12-inch Decca.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Scranton, Pa. (UP)-Barber Louis Vital gave his customers achance to stock up" on haircuts before his higher price schedule went into ef- feet.
 Vitall, vice president of the Penn sylvania Master Barber's Assn, of- fered a dozen haircuts ct the old price of 65 cents each. The new charge was 75 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21
300 Jap Farmers Fell Off Wagon

Kyoto, Japan, May 21 - (UP) - More than 300 Kyoto farmers fell of the wagon" with a bang today to end self-imposed 20-year period teetotalitarianism.
 In 1928 the farmers pledged them selves to abstain from their favorit beverage until they had saved enough money for new primary school. Last week they counted up the community's school fund and found they had 1,500,000 yen.
 There was plonty of sake at the celebration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-21
By ROD MacARTHUR

Paris, May 21 CUP) - Simone Hirsch, an attractive, red-haired divorcee, Tipped through a stack of ardent applications today in her search for a mail order American husband.
 My heart is so full with love and loneliness, must find him soon" |" she said.
 The petite divorcee, who served as a spy for the French under ground during the German occupa- tion, has received letters from men
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05

Advertising lis good business
for you-and it helps us.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Blackfeet Stampede Will Be
Held At Browning May 3

With a program of "a events,
the annual Blackfeet Stampede
will b e held at the Browning
high school athletic field on Fri.
day. May 8. beginning at 1:3U p.
N.
Unlike other years when con-
testants were grouped on the ba.
sis of weight, they will be group
ed according to age.
Classification Of contestants
will be as follows:
Class la years through 16.
Class PIP to Is years.
Class 80 and II years,
Class ~. 8 and 9 years.
Two entrants from each par.
ticipating school will be allowed
in each event. One contestant
can take part in events in only
one class besides open events.
Girls cannot take part in the
boys events, with the exception
of the relay race,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Indian Policies
Proposed For
Postwar By Congress

Chairman of the two congress
sional committees on Indian af-
fairs are considering whether d
"reassessment" of the federal
Indian policy is needed in the
light of postwar conditions.
The record of the Indians in
the services. their ready response
to the draft and their response
to the labor needs of war indus.
try indicates that we must reas.
sess the whole method of hand
ling the Indians" says Senator
.O'Mahoney. D.. Why. who heads
the senate committee.
And Chairman Jackson, D.,
WASH. of the house committee
revealed that he is considering
open hearings to learn what
steps the Indian Bureau is taking
TO reorient the Indian back to
civilian life."
The Indian bureau already has
anticipated the attitude of the
congressman and its interest has
been stimulated by indications
that the homecoming tribesmen
heve acquired a broader outlook
during their absense from the
reservations.
continued on last page)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
All Indians Are Not
LOUSY With Money!
Some Are In Poverty

Wsshington-Have you an idea
. that all Indiana are dripping
with oil riches? Well, it's not
so.
The office of Indian Affairs
has come up with statistics chow
ing that one third of the Indian
families living on the various
reservations had incomes of less
than $500 in 1916. And nearly
two-thirds received less than
$1,000.
A study of income trends for
the seven-year period beginning
with 1888 disclosed that the 1914
individual income total was al.
most 2t times that of 1888.
While figures are not available
to indicate the changes incident
to the wars end, a downward
trend already is apparent, Com
missioner William A, Brophy
said.
1.-THE study" Brophy com.
mented. "calls attention to a SER
ious situation, specifically, that
80 many Indians were forced to
live on so low an economic level
during a period when service
mems allotments, work in war
plants and other job opportunities
added greatly to their : reve.
nues.
They must be helped to help
themselves. That means greater
educational advantages. wider
health service. more aid in i'm
proving their land, their livestock
and other services comparable to
those eejoyed by non-Indians.'
Total 1914 incame approximate
e d $7S.OOO.000 This compares
with $3l 600, 900 in 1888.
| The incomes of Indians vary
from reservation to reservation.
Tribes which possess timber, oil
lor other natural resources natu-
rally fare better than tribes
which don't.
Indians of the klamath agency
lin Oregon. for example, had a
mean income per family Of $32, go
in 1914. compared with 1858 for
the families of the consolidated
Ute agency in Colorado.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Naming Trustees And
Acquiring Property
At Election Tomorrow

Voters of School District No. 8
will 60 to the polls in the Brown.
ing high building tomorrow af.
ternoon between and Z p. ~. to
name two trustees for three
year terms and to consider grant.
ing the board of trustees authori.
cation of purchasing part or all
Of Block SO, west of the present
school property for the site of 9
new building. 4
Separate ballots, of course, will
be used at the elections.
In the trustees election, Jos.
W. Brown, present member and
chairman of the board. and Mrs.
Vina Chattin, also member Of
the board. whose terms expire
this year, are two of four can
didates. i
The other candidates are Rol-
and Holland and Dennis Junesu
The following by Supt. K, w,
Bergan sets forth briefly per-
tinent details of the proposal:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05

The board of trustees Of
School District No. 9 is SUBMIT
ing to the voters at the school
election tomorrow the proposal to
enlarge the school site in Brown.
ing.
The city is building fast and
10 another year no land near the
school will be available for school
purposes without the purchase
and moving of many buildings.
THE school at t b e present
time needs four more classrooms
and rooms adapted to vocational
teaching such as shops and rooms
for mechanical equipment, which
the army plans to give schools in
the near future.
THE area to be voted on ia
Block 36 which lies directly West
of the present school site. In this
block there were seven govern
ment.owned lots which have
been decided to the School Dis
trict."
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
John James MacIennan
Sought By Scotch Courts
Through Notice In Chief

The whereabouts of John J.
Maclennan. a native of Scotland,
is sought here by Donaldson &
Henderson, Solicitors, of Marin.
Scotland. who have authorized
publication of a notice of the
quest in this weeks Chief. 1t
appears on the page containing
other legal publications.
Ambitious to expedite b e
Quest of Maclennan. the Chief
contacted several former resi-
dents of Scotland now living in
Browning. with the result that
he was located in Cut Bank early
this week.
Under the laws of Scotland
the courts, according to the legal
notice, would have acted on the
presumption that M acl e n a.
nan was legally dead as of De-
cember 81, 1885.
Information as to his where
abouts would have been consid-
cred up to July Is. 1916.
Publication order for the notice
was placed with the Chief by the
advertising firm of Robertson &
Scott of Edinburgh. Est a b.
lished in 1919, it is reputed to be
the oldest advertising agency in
Great Britain, having operated
for 127 years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Kerlyn Driners
Reach Madison:
No Oil Yet

What the Lucy Weaselhead
oil quest northwest of Browning
will yield is to be determined
within the next week or so. Ker-
Ign Drilling Company Of Oklaho-
ma City. Oklo. having struck the
Madison limstone Tuesday night.
With the Madison layer rang
ing In depth from 400 to 700 feet
and being the sand that contains
the oil-if there is oil-borinR
will continue under two condi-
tons, namely. providing drillers
don't bit water. which would
prove the absence of oil and pro-
viding that the present dry sand
inspires the continued optimism
of the Carter Oil Company in not
relaxing in the pursuit.
James Mcneil, field superinten-
dent of the Kerlyn Drilling Com
pany. who has had charge Of
Lucy Weaselhead operations
since the beginning Of drilling
last August. said that at any
depth through the Madison layer
oil may be struck.
If water was encountered. he
said, it would reveal. az every
school boy knows, that there
would be no oil below. since,
out Of the principle of natural
science, oil gravitates to the sur.
face of water.
Though the Lucy Weaselhead
quest to the average person has
been nothing to disturb his
pulse. to men ia the oil game it
has been an enRrossing drama,
and now that drillers are in the
Madison layer. their present re-
action is suspense-like one who
neared the foot Of the rainbow.
his hopes frightened as his the
DRY of the pot of gold goaded him
to the site.
The Lucy Weaselhead drilling
depth to the Madison surface is
approximately 10000 feet. Drill.
ers by the time the Chief went to
press last night h a d gone
Is to 20 feet through the layer.
making the hole probably 10000
feet.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Funds To Battle
Cancer Sought;
Drive Started

Beginning April l. the annual
quest Of the American Cancer
Society for funds to continue its
battle against the cancer blight.
will continue through the month.
Glacier County's assigned goal
being SITS, Montana's goal is
$40, 900.
Mrs. Walter Peoples of Cut
Bank, Glacier County chairman,
pointed out that cancer is the ma
tons No. l disease. its victims
being men. women and children
alike. Education, service and re-
search, she said, are the triple
means by which it must finally
be graduated.
OF the States quota of $4,000,
she said. go per cent would be
allocated for work within the
state.
Kate Smith, Browning chair
man, said that the response of
volunteers locally, was most graf
flying. She submitted the follow
ing list Of the volunteers and the
station. where they would receive
subscriptions.
Mrs. T. E. SERVER, Brow ming
Mere; Mrs. Linn Brown, Yeaen
Hotel; Kate Smith, Agency; Mrs.
Ed Marion. Marion Court; Mrs.
George Morgan. Davis Hotel;
Mrs. Vera Burns, Boarding
School; Lorraine Halseth. Black
feet Trading Post; Mrs. Guy
Smith, Teeples Market; Mrs. Tom
Handy. Buttreys Clothing Dept;
Mrs. George Barger. First Ma
tional Bank; Mrs, Leo Kennerly,
Buttrey Foods Dept.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Four Students Are
To Get Essay Awards

Browning school students ad-
judged winners in the recent
American Legion Auxiliary essay
contest Include the following:
Senior high-Batsy Sherburne,
first and Alys May Pugh. second.
Junior high Margaret Mckay,
first. and Clara Campbell. second
The awards will be presented
ct . near date. it 10 announced.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Pecific Coast Lumber
Shipment Received
By Sherburne Nero.

The frat shipment of Pacific
coast lumber since December of
1914 was received by the Sher-
burne Mercantile Company this
week. 1t included two carloads of
finished lumber Of various demen-
sions and fills long need that
became more acute as wartime
scarcity developed.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05

Contestants will file early that
morning and be given an identi.
fication number.
Indoor baseball used for base.
ball throw contests must be bona.
fide students, who have not com
pleted the eighth grade. not over
16 years Of age, add who have
been in regular attendance al
yesr.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Still In Serious Condition

Word from A. M. Shannon,
who was called to Minneapolis
last week because of the serious
illness of his mother, ia that her
condition is unchanged.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Probation Officer
|Withee Comments
|On Pilot Editorial

With the next session of the
state legislature being but q few
months away. it is proper that
serious consideration of construc-
tive legislation iii behalf of solu.
ton of Montana's juvenile prob
lens be engaged in. in the mean
time.
Reprintina recently an editori-
al from the Whitefish Pilot, en-
titled THE Juvenile Problem, "
the Chief carries in this issue a
splendid reply article by Clara s.
Withee, Chief Probation Officer,
Juvenile Court. Ninth Judicial
District, her comment on the
juvenile situation meriting atten-
ton of parents. in fact. of all
citizens of the county.
The article Is as follows:
In the March Goth issue of the
Great Falls Tribune. Judge Dean
King, from the Whitefish dis
trict, corrected he assertion
that a police officer could not le-
gally arrest one Of juvenile age.
A law enforcement officer can
arrest juvenile. At this time
Judge King stressed the pre-
scribed difference in the handling
a juvenile case after apprehen.
sion, and this differentiation is a
most important point in juvenile
court procedure,
In municipalities where modern
police methods are used, an Of
Tense where juveniles are involv-
ed is Immediately reported to
special officers who meet special
qualifications for dealing with
the juvenile offenders. The off,
Ger finding the trouble may take
the potential offender to b i 8
home, or to a juvenile detention
home, until the special officer
gets in action, though the regu.
lar officer does not make the u.s.
ual ARREST" of a juvenile by TAX
ing the juvenile to a Jail and en-.
tering the case on the police blot
ter.
There is real difference in an
officer taking charge of 4 juvenile
offender when trouble happens,
and bis using adult methods in
making an arrest. The whole en-
phasis in the Juvenile Act is for
the welfare of the child. Means
of prevention toward further
grievances sgainst Society should
be had and utilized.
Our State Juvenile Act (Section
|25) forbids our detention of juv-
Continued on page five)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05
Clint Noel Family May Visit
Here This Coming Summer

Friends of the Clint Noel fam
lily, formerly of Browning and
for the last three years residents
of Grand Junction, Colo., have
received word from them that
they may visit this section the
coming summer.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-04-05

Take q look at this U. 8. Savings
Bond, friend. You don't have to be
q seventh son Of seventh son to
see your future. II travel Is your
desire some Day or yo o'!i hope to see
dream Of owning q farm, this Bond
can help to make these dreams
come true. Bonds accumulate fast
er than you imagine when you save
regularly through the payroll saw
ings plan where you work. Every
$18.75 you put away in United States
Savings Bonds grows to SIS In ten
years. - 4 f.t y S. 7ssasuvv Department
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-08
BREAKDOWN OF OPA?

The House of Representatives action on the OPA bill was soury reminiscent of its treatment of draft extension Tn the case of the draft the House nom- nay continued selective service yet actually provided for the disntegraton of it. In its treatment Of the measure to extend the OPA it has done pretty much the same thing.
 Most of the amendments adopted by the House perhaps are plausible enough in themselves, especially when considered singly Each was supported by one or more militant groups (which is why they found their way into the bil) But considered in the aggre- gate we're afraid they have effect which neither the public nor bulk of business is likely to welcome Of course a careful study of the bill as amended would have to be made to determine precisely how much of the original scope and authority of the OPA is left At first blush, the amendments seem sweeping enough to jeopardze administration and enforcement of what parts left of the price control structure Rep A. J. Sabbath of Illinois, dean of the House may have overssted the bit when he shouted at his colleagues You have murdered OPA." Price Admin strator Paul Porter may have oversated it when he contended the House action tantamoun to repeal of OPA But certainly if the bill becomes law in its approximate form it will mean the end of OPA as an effective deterrent to spirang costs At best it could only conduct a rear-guard fight against a sudden
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-08
Mir. Petrillo's Answer
Washington Post)

With his customary impertinence, MT. James Caesar Perillo has in effect thubed his at the efforts of Congress restrict his activities by law In bill signed by President Truman Congress sought to limit severely certain unsavory practices of Mir Petrillos American Federation of Musicians in the radio broadcasting industry. But before the leg islation went to the White House, the willy MT. Petrillo had eluded its grasp by launching forth in another direction. He now has his eye the lush coffers of Hollywood MT. Petrlo is piker. He has asked for threefold increase in the number of studios along with 100 per cent pay raise for the 10 playing hours week permitted by the union. And, considering the iron bludgeon he to wield employers and musicians alike, the chances that his new requests will be met in substantial measure
 Congress of course, asked for this gesture of defiance Petrillos sweeping demands appear ridicu lous but no more than the apoplectic restriction bill passed by Congress MT Petrillo has amply dem onstrated the folly of any legislation aimed at one particularly union industry. Recognition in the law of what constitute legitimate practices and responsib
 ties of every union remains a grave national need unfortunately largely untouched far Alterations such as the Petrllo bill contribute nothing to equitable formula. It is disiusoning commentary on the ways of Congress that its members can become so irate and generate so much steam over the Musicians Union which affects only relatively small number of persons. But in matters of public utilities, steel and the present coal strike with the operation the Nations very productive machine at stake there is scarcely more than feeble yelp.