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ated by the air forces can meet this
requirement.
Navy Department View.
The Navy has no desire either to
compete with or, to dictate to, the
Army Air Forces. On the other
hand, the Navy feels that its ex-
perience qualities it to judge its own
aviation needs.
One reason for the Nays strong
conviction against a single depart
ment is the continued efforts of the
Army Air Forces to restrict and
limit naval aviation. The Navy
knows that these efforts, if success
full, would seriously impair our sea
power and jeopardize our national
security.
To accomplish its Fundamental
purpose, the Navy needs a certain
number of .landplanes for naval re-
connaissance. antisubmarine war;
fare and protection of shipping. Elk
perience indicates that such land
planes, to be effective. must be
manned by naval personnel trained
in naval warfare Lack of such air.
craft under complete naval control
as to design, procurement. opera
tons, personnel, training and adj
ministration might be disastrous to
our national security. Similarly the
Navy must have air transport essen
tial to its needs.
4. UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS.
The Navy and the Army differ
on the functions Of the United
States Marine Corps as follows:
War Department View.
There shall be maintained as a
constituent part of the naval service
balanced Fleet Marine Force in
Guiding its supporting air component
for
Cd service with the feet in the
seizure of enemy positions not in
volving sustained land fighting and
ca to continue the development
of tactics, techniques and equip
ment relating to those phases of
amphibious warfare which pertain
to waterborne aspects of landing
operations.
Navy Department View.
There shall be maintained as a
constituent part of the naval service
balanced Fleet Marine Force in
GLIDING its supporting air component
for
Cd service with the fleet in the
seizure or defense of advance naval
bases or for the conduct of such
limited land operations as are es-
sential to the prosecution of a naval
campaign and
'2> to continue the development
of those aspects of amphibious
operations which pertain to the
tactics, techniques and equipment
employed by landing forces.
There is agreement upon the
other primary duties of the Marine
Corps, viz:
% To provide attachments and
organizations for service on armed
vessels of the Navy, and
"a To provide security detach-
ments for protection of naval prop
erty at naval stations and bases.
These matters have been explored
| by us with sincere desire to COM
ply with your wishes that the mill
tary services reach complete mutual
agreement. Our failure to achieve
unanimity is due to no reason other
than that cur respective views on
the points Of difference are as sim
cere as they are divergent.
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White House Replies to Heads
of Army, Navy Defense Setup

Tert OF President Truman's
letter to Secretary of War Pat
terson and Secretary of the Nauy
Forrestal on untfcation OF the
armed forces:
I have read with care your Joint
report of May 81, 1916. 1t was also
helpful to me to have the full oral
presentation of the points involved,
WHICH you and the members of your
departments made to me on June f.
I am pleased and gratified at the
progress you have made. I feel that
we have come long way in narrow
ing the zone of disagreement which
had previously existed between the
services. The full understanding
reached on eight vital aspects of uni
flcation is significant accomplish
ment. These eight elements are
Council of Common Defense. Ma
tional Security Resources Board,
Joint Chiefs of Staff, omission of
single Military Chief of Staff, Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency, Procure
ment and Supply. Research Agen-
cies and Military Education and
Training.
In addition to these eight points
OF agreement, I am advised also by
representatives of both services that
they are in accord in their attitude
toward the provision in the Thomas
Bill, S. 2044, which provides for four
assistant secretaries in charge of
research, intelligence. procurement,
and training, respectively They
believe that such assistant secre-
taries are unnecessary. agree with
their position that the presence of
these four assistant secretaries is
undesirable because they would
greatly complicate the internal ad-
ministration of the services and
that such a plan would deprive the
secretaries of the respective serv-
ices of functions which are properly
| theirs.
Your report of May 81 listed four
items upon which you were unable
to agree. An analysis of your COM
ments contained in your report,
and in the lengthy discussion which
we had, discloses that the services
are not nearly so far apart in their
attitude toward these points as had
been reported. 1t is my firm convic-
ton that the determination OF these
questions in the manner which
present herein will result in a plan
which incorporates the best features
offered by the respective services.
With reference to the points upon
which full agreement was not
reached my position is as follows:
/. SINGLE MILITARY
DEPARTMENT.
There should be one Department
of National Defense. 1t would be
under the control of a civilian who
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opportunity to develop its maximum

opportunity to develop its maximum
usefulness.
4. UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS.
There shall be maintained as a
constituent part of the naval service
a balanced fleet Marine force, in
Guiding its supporting air compo-
nent, to perform the following func-
tons:
ID Service with the fleet in the
seizure or defense of advanced ma
val bases or for the conduct of such
limited land operations as are es-
sential to the prosecution of a naval
campaign.
ca To continue the development
of those aspects of amphibious OPP
erations which pertain to the tao
tics, technique and equipment en-
ployed by the landing forces.
go To provide attachments and
organizations for service on armed
vessels of the Navy.
a. To provide security detach-
ments for protection of naval prop
erty at naval stations and bases.
1t is important that the basic ele-
ments of the plan of unification be
stated clearly. The eight funda-
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for the strategic direction of
the United States military forces.
8. NO SINGLE MILITARY CHIEF
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B'nui Israel Sisterhood
To Install Officers

Mrs. Bernard Zarin will be In.
stalled as president of the B'nai
Israel Slsterhood at $50 pm. tomor-
row at B'nai Israel Synagogue
Fourteenth and Emerson streets
NV.
Other officers include Mrs. Mil
ton Cohen, Mrs. Fred Enrich and
Mrs. Celia Shapiro. vice presidents:
Mrs. Reuben Klaben, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. Jack Shefrin.. CORE
spending secretary: Mrs Israel Or
love, financial secretary, and Mrs.
Herman Oshinsky, treasurer.
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Red Cross Home Service
To Close on Week Ends

The Home Service Department of
the Red Cross, located on the ground
floor of the Corcoran Art GALLERY,
will close on Saturdays and Sum
days, beginning July l. Weekday
hours will be from am. to 5 pm,
Nat C. Wilson, manager of the Dis
trict Red Cross, announced yester-
day.
Mr. Wilson said members of FAM
lilies may telephone Republic 5275 in
cases of serious illness, death or
other emergencies in which home
service assistance is needed at night
or on week ends.
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AVIATION
War Denartment v;ew

procurement, maintenance and
operations Of the military air re-
sources OF the United States should
be function of the Air Forces with
the following exceptions, in which
cases these responsibilities should
be vested in the United States Navy:
(a) Ship, carrier and water biased
aircraft essential to naval operations
including those of the United States
Marines Corps. 90 Land-type air.
craft necessary for essential internal
administration and for air transport
over routes Of sole interest to Naval
forces and where the requirements
cannot be met by normal air trans
port facilities. fc) Land-type air.
craft necessary for the training OF
personnel for ca and Cb above.
(T'he Nation cannot afford the
luxury of several completely self
sufficient services. The war DEM
onstrated that they must be COM
plementary-mutually supporting
With respect to land planes, there
are no purely naval functions which
justify uneconomical duplication of
equipment and installations. For
example, the air force already per-
forms long-range reconnaissance for
the ground forces and itself. The
Nays recognized requirement for
the products Of long-range recon-
Nuisance can be effectively filled
by the air force. AS regards anti
submarine warfare, it is the view of
the War Department that the ex-
perience Of the Army Air Forces in
the last war adequately justifies the
belief that land-based planes oper-
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Ernie Old, aged II, cycled 200
miles from Melbourne to Adelaide,
in Australia, in two days.
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War Department View.

The military establishment should
contain three coordinate branches
naval, ground and air. Each should
have civilian head and a military
commander. These officials should
have access to the President, but not
cabinet rank since this would be
in derogation of the position of the
civilian head of the military estab-
lishment. AS was stated above, the
three branches should be given as
much autonomy as possible. (Our
experience in the last war clearly
indicates that parity for the air
force and the operation of all three
services as a team are essential TO
our national security. Everything
that we know of the future points
to an increase rather than a de-
crease IN the decisive role of air
power)
Navy Department View.
The Navy feels that our national
security requires maintenance of the
integrity of the Navy Department,
headed by civilian secretary of
Cabinet rank. Naval aviation, to-
gether with surface and subsurface
components, have been soundly in
tegrated within the Navy. The
Navy feels that similar indignation
by the Army of its air and ground
forces would be in the best interest
of our national security.
However. if the alternatives were
three military departments or one,
the Navy would prefer three depart
mentS.
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6. NATIONAL SECURITY
RESOURCES BOARD.

To establish and keep up to date,
policies and programs for the maxi
mum use of the Nations resources
in support of our national security.
It should operate under the council
and be composed of representatives
of the military services and of other
appropriate agencies.
7. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.
To formulate strategic plans, to
assign logistic responsibilities to the
services in support thereof, to inte-
CRATE the military programs, to make
recommendations for indignation Of
the military budget, and to provide
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16
Girl Scouts To Collect
Used Fats On Monday

Girl Scouts of troop No. 1 will
make a used fats collection Monday,
Oct. 81, Mrs. P. A. Johnston has
announced. The material will be
turned in for salvage.
Housewives are requested to have
the fat in tin containers and chilled.
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16
LAUREL FLA. AND al
BOYS HAVE WINNERS
At STOCK SHOW, SALE

Several Laurel Future Farmers of
America and All club members re-
ceived blue ribbons awarded Thurs
day at the Junior Fat Stock show
at the Midland Empire Fairgrounds
in Billings. Choice quality was in
Dictated by the awards.
Barrows receiving blue ribbons in
the judging were entered by Ted
Roman and blue ribbon lambs were
entered by Jerry Shay, Leo OSWALD
and Robert Hart.
Entries of growers in the baby
beef division included Hereford,
medium, James Frank; Hereford,
heavy, Darlene j. Frank and Gin
ton G. Frank.
Three hundred and twenty-five
animals were entered at the show
which was concluded with a sale
of livestock at the Billings public
stockyards Saturday.
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16
Telephone Office
Connects 1,000th
Local Subscriber

The one thousandth telephone
service was connected here Tues
day, according to R. B. Packard,
Laurel manager for Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
The t~housandth subscriber is A. II.
Eisenbraun who lives in the north
west part of town. The figure an
nounced represents the total num-
Der of subscribers the exchange
r within the corporate limits
of Laurel and in the surrounding
rural areas. Billings is said to
have in excess of 10000.
Packard said a third position has
been added to the Laurel switch
board, which gives an increase Of
80 lines and for which a third op-
orator is employed during daily
rush periods.
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Laurel Rebekahs Act
At District Meeting;
Mrs. Cooper HOnOred

The degree staff and delegates
of Evergreen Rebekah lodge attend
ed the district Rebekah meeting in
Billings Saturday, there the staff
introduced the past district presi-
dents. A report on the session was
given here at this weeks meeting
of Evergreen lodge by Mrs. Vir-
ginia Higgenbotham, noble grand.
Lunch was served at the Northern
hotel for the Laurel group attend
ing the Billings meeting. An as
ISOLATION of secretaries was formed
and Mrs. o. C. Cooperof Laurel was
elected president. The Laurel dele
cation presented her with a corsage.
Dinner for the Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs at the district meeting
was served at the Commercial club
at $50 p. m.
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16
COUNCIL GRANTS FOUR
PERMITS FOR BUILDING

Routine business, including de-
partment reports, reports Of officers
and granting of building permits
occupied the attention of the city
council at its meeting Tuesday eve
ming. Attending were Mayor Peter
d. Thomson and Aldermen Parker.
Smith, Wilson, Weber, Rodgers anG
Feuerbacher.
An ordinance granting the Bill
lings Gas company a franchise
authorized at a special election was
presented and read for final pas
sage. All aldermen present voted
FAYE" for it's adoption.
A letter to the state liquor con-
troll board relative to the Palace
bar moving from 107 West Main
street to 3O5 East Main street was
presented and read. On motion the
request was granted.
A report of the city engineer was
read in regard to the postal depart
ment saying that there is some
territory that could be included in
the new delivery service now in
progress, but due to the fact that
there are no sidewalks the carriers
do not have to deliver mail" The
letter was placed on file.
Reports for September were sub
mitted by the water commissioner,
water department, treasurer and
city clerk.
The mayor was authorized to
write the Montana Power company
for a lower rate or an adjustment
or the price of current for the
pump house. A warrant in the
sum of $500 was authorized for
The Neptune Meter company to re-
place a lost warrant. Instructions
we're given to draw a resolution for
transfer of funds to garbage No. q
fund and to the sewage disposal
The report of the state ex-
sminer was approved and placed on
lie.
Building permits were granted
following:
James J.. Thorne for an addition
by Is feet on a garage on lots
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MORE THAN 100 ARE
FORMING FOE. AER|E

Ernest Richenbach of Billings
spent Wednesday here in the inter-
est of a Fraternal Order of Eagles
aerie which is being organized in
Laurel. More than the required
100 applications have been received
for a charter, he said. To date
there are about 125, with others
indicating a desire to join.
Richenbach said the fraternity is
non-political and non-sectarian and
has several national programs, in
Guiding promotion of various human
itarian movements. 1t is now work
ing on a sterilization employment
bill, modelled after a Canadian
measure.
The Laurel aerie will require II
officers, who will be appointed by
the grand aerie until an election is
held. A committee is to make
recommendations on a meeting place
and date of meeting.
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16

was in business in Laurel % years
Prior to coming here in 1916 she
had operated a rooming house -four
years in Douglas, Wyo., and when
she sold her hotel here she ended
80 years of active business.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Set
tergren chapel in Billings and burial
was in Mountview cemetery.
Mrs. Hurzler was born Dec. 10,
1879, in Missouri. She came to
Laurel in 1916 and leased the Lenox
hotel at Main street and Third AVE-
nue.. She married Carl c. Hurzler,
a Northern Pacific engineer, Jan.
&c, 1918, and continued to operate
the Lenox until the Hurzler hotel at
East First street and Pennsylvania
was completed in 1920.
Mr.. Hurzler died in 1871 and
Mrs. Hurzler sold the hotel in 1914
to Mr.. and Mrs. William Gerke,
who took possession April 1 of that
year.
Mrs. Hurzler was a member Of
the Laurel Woman's club many
years, repeatedly served as its treas
urer and often represented the club
at conventions. She was also n
member of Zidonian chapter, Order
Of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by a son, j. Glenn
formerly of Anaconda but
at present on government duty in
The Pacific; a daughter, Mrs.
George H. Miller of Alhambra,
two sisters, Mrs. Edith De-
Castro of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mrs.
R.. S. Baird of Emporia, Kans., and
brother, T. E. Laughery of Ma
,ional City, Calf.
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F. ". DELEGATES
HOLD SUCCESSFUL
CONVENTION HERE
Two Laurel Men Receive Ap.
pOintments AT Session At
tended By NOtables

With more than 100 delegates at
tending from Veterans of Foreign
Wars posts of the third Montana
district, resolution was passed at
a convention here Sunday which con
CURED with a resolution passed by
district No. l for introduction of a
bill in the state legislature which
would exempt service men from
state income taxes from Jan. l,
1911, to the end of the wal emerg-
ency.
Attending were several state and
district officers who appeared on
the program at the afternoon meet
ing in Riverside park. William A.
"Billy" Price post of Laurel was
host. Auxiliary delegates also held
a meeting in the park.
At the meeting of the veterans,
speakers were John Tomchek of
Helena, department commando r;
William Pilgeram of Helena, depart
ment quartermaster general; Bud
jenkins of Bozeman, state V. F. w.
athletic director; Paul Walters OF
the veterans administration office on
Billings, and Dewey Fellows of the
veterans welfare commission office
in Billings. George r. Robinson of
Billings, district commander, pre-
Two Laurel men, George Fl.
Prouty and R. w. Edwards, Jr., re-
ceived appointments. Prouty was
named deputy chief of staff and
Edwards became deputy inspector.
Frank Braley of Billings was ap-
pointed district athletic director.
The session was the first V. F..
w. convention held here in several
years.
In the evening approximately $50
attended a banquet and dance at
the park. Robert Freund, COM
mander of the Laurel post, presid-
ed as POSTMASTER at the after din
ner program. Guests introduced
we're Mayor and Mrs. Peter D..
Thomson; Mrs. r. o. Steele, presi-
lent of the American Legion Auxil-
airy; Mrs. C. B. Calvert; Mrs. o.
r. Burdett, past president of the
state V. F. w. Auxiliary; Mrs.
larson, president Of the Laurel v.
?. w. Auxiliary; Mrs. Irene Heune,
treasurer; o. R. Bur-
department historian; William
'ilgeram, department quartermaster,
md John Tomcheck, department
commander. The last two delivered
addresses.
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MRS.. GEORGE HUGHES
Of LAKE BASIN DIES

Mrs. Minnie Hughes, 81, wife of
George Hughes, died at a Column
bus hospital Monday. She was
well known in this vicinity, having
been a resident of Laurel in the
early 1900's.
In 1911 Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes
homesteaded in the Lake Basin
country and lived there until about
four years ago when they retired
and moved to Columbus. Since
leaving Laurel Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes
often visited friends here.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday at the ~Settergren chapel in
Billings by Rev. H. H. Norman,
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Billings. Burial was in the Lau-
rel cemetery. Pallbearers were
Ralph Roman, Frank Baird, Joe
Cash, E. S. Downer, C. j. Karls
and Theodore Karls.
Mrs. Hughs is survived by her
widower, three half-sisters and n
h~alf-brother.
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LAUREL IS ASKED
TO GIVE $500 TO
USO IN CAMPAIGN
Bliss Heads Solicitation Here,
To Appoint Workers In Bust
ness Area, Industries

A 1916 quota of $500 which Lau'
rel people are asked to contribute
to the USO was announced thi:
week by S. S. Bliss who will serve
as campaign chairman. The collec-
ton is to start early in the com
ing week. Requests for financial
assistance have already been sent
to Laurel civic and fraternal
bodies.
The collection in Laurel is set up
as a unit separate from the rest
of the. county, Bliss said. H. II.
Perrigo of Billings is chairman for
the rest of the county.
Two solicitors are to be selected
to canvass each business block and
others will be appointed to receive
collections from refinery employees,
trucking industry and departments
of the railroad industry. AS col
~lections will be made at points of
employment and in the business
district there will be no solicitation
in the residential districts.
Anyone who may have been over
looked in the campaign may con-
tribute at the postoffice, where
Bliss is employed as a clerk.
To serve the million and a half
men still in the armed forces here
and overseas, and to care for hos
pitalized. veterans and the families
of service men, USO will carry on
to the end of 1947.
Among the largest operations
now in existence and to be con-
tinued through 1947 are the USO
clubs in the United States. During
1947 there will be between $50 and
400 of these, serving GIs at the
club, sending hostesses and volun-
teer entertainers for the various
needs of families of servicemen in
training areas.
There have been drastic changes
in the character, quantity and To-
cation of USO operations since VI
day. USO has had to keep in
tune with the entire rehabilitation
program of the army and navy.
During this time, millions of men
and women in the armed forces
have been discharged, but many
are still in service and new in
ductees are going into service
every day. In many communities
club attendance has reached new
highs since VI day.
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16

With sugar as scarce as it is
$4,000 pounds burned early We'd
nesday morning about a mile west
of Laurel on U. S. highway 10
According to information here the
fire started from a flat tire on
a truck trailer.
The driver came to Laurel for
help after he had emptied the hand
extinguisher the truck carried. The
fire could be doused temporarily,
but would rekindle. He asked that
the Laurel fire departments truck
be sent to the scene, but that could
not be done as all fire insurance in
Laurel would lapse the instant the
truck left town. John Brohaugh
of the department took hand ex-
tinguishers at 3 a. m. and attempt
ed to put out the blaze, which
spread to the load of sugar. The
driver had previously disconnected
the tractor unit and moved it to
safety. The tractor carried $4,000
pounds.
Brohaugh returned to Laurel at
about A o'clock while the trailer was
still burning. The truck, an N. P.
outfit had been loaded and sealed
at the Billings sugar factory and
was en- route to Bozeman. Accord
ing to Brohaugh, the driver stopped
near the weighing station west of
Laurel when he suspected a flat
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-16
Barrow Is Elected
Assistant Cashier
OF Yellowstone Bank

H. S. Barrow was elected assist
ant cashier of the Yellowstone bank
here at a recent meeting of the
board of directors. Barrow started
to work in the Laurel bank Feb. !,
1916, shortly after being discharg-
ed from the navy after 45 months
of service.
Prior to entering the service he
vas connected with the First Ma
tional bank, Belfield, N. D., for
five and a half years and held the
position of assistant cashier at the
time he entered the navy.
Barrow was born and raised at
Belfield. His father is agent for
the Northern Pacific there.