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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

AS community, Whitefsh was
justly proud of the Visit White
fish lake" road signs that had
been erected last week near high
way No. 2 this side of Bad Rock
canyon.
It represented hard work and
planning on the part of a num-
Der Of young businessmen, and
they did a good job.
Then came the swingers of AK
es, the malicious, brain warped
destroyers. We never are rid of
them. Our only hope is that they
have some fear of law, or that
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Falls High In Fund Total

American Cancer society do
nations reports show that Column
bia Falls gave SITS. 48. Mrs. Tom
Crum was chairman of the To-
cal drive. Total donations, an
nounced Mrs. Daniel J.. Korn,
county chairman, were $2,1l8.82,
the highest ever raised.
Totals from the county were
Whitefish, SPOT .43; Kalispen, in
dividuals, $014.M; Martin City,
$25., Bolton, $16.96; Apgar, $35;
Somers, $119.62; Glacier park
headquarters, $25; Kila $10.55;
Lakeside, $9.03; Kalispel organi-
cations, $189; Oranges, $31; Far
mers Unions, $13.85; home dem
onstration clubs, $3018; and I'm
Mons, $64.5.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Sorry, Whitefsh

their b1ighted idea of right and
wrong is more subdued when it
expresses itself.
# it's any comfort to White
fish, we'd like them to know that
there is frequently heard com.
ment from Columbia Falls to Bel
to regretting the damage, and
there is definite opinion that in
this instance the offenders do
not live in our midst. Some indi-
cation of local telling is Col
umbia Falls businenssman's COM
ment, "We ought to help put it
up again" MIR
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

even more expression to the oc-
casion, "Tm going to be in Sec
ond grade"
Living thousands of miles away
and seemingly in a world apart
from the threat of communism,
the virtues of a loan to Greece
and Turkey, or the current labor
management issues, folks here
with less temper and lower blood
preSsures take time out to consid-
err graduation week progress of
the first order, and this Sunday
fishing season starts. MIR
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
A Week of Progress

This is the time of the year
that our communities take a big
step ahead. It's graduation week.
Uncomfortable in white shirt
and ties, or blushingly pretty in
spring frocks, the Is year-olds
have just received their high
school diplomas. Eighth graders,
too, suddenly have definite ideas
about being grown up, and eel
ebrated the step ahead with COM
mencement exercises. On the
Fairgrounds for the last day, the
six-year olds turned seven, gave
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23


Ralph M. Werner, Pastor
Sunday:
10 am. Bible School.
II am. Morning worship
500 p. m Evening service.
Wednesday:
800 pm. Young peoples
meeting.
Thursday:
1880 pm. Midweek service.
Friday:
400 pm. Christian Boys club.
You are invited to these SER
vices.
Bring a Bible and friend.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Missionary Society Meets

The women's missionary so
ciety met at the Dowler home
last Thursday. Mrs. Alvin Nash
gave report on missions. Devo-
tons were led by Mrs. Joseph
Willett. The next meeting will be
held June 10 at the home of Mrs.
Mash, South Fork. lunch will be
served at one o'clock. The reg
ular meeting will begin at two.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Al Girls Meet

HI Girls Meet
The Deer Park Al girls held
their last meeting at the home
of Rose Nelson. During the af-
ternoon sewing was done. A
lunch was served by Mrs. Fred
Nelson. Frank Stryker donated 81
of his music money to the girls
4-H fund. The next meeting will
be held May 81 at the home of
Velma Lewis.
Georgia Nelson, reporter
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

Sunday Services
1890 a. m. Coram Sunday
School. George Diller, Supt.
1890 a. m. Martin City Sunday
School, Mrs. Lewis Hurniston,
Supt.
1880 a. m. Martin City Morn
ing Worship.
1880 p. m. Coram Evening
Worship.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
HOLINESS METHODIST
CHURCH

Joseph Willett, Pastor
Sunday:
10 am. Sunday school.
II am. Preaching service.
Bpm. Preaching service.
Thursday:
8 pm. Bible study and
prayer meeting.
Everyone is welcome to attend
any Of these services.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

NEW A. c. HD7-W CRAWLER
with Gar Wood Angeldozer;
1912 XII International truck and
"a foot Fruehauf trailer, 800
tires, air brakes, very nice con-
dition, $4,000. w. M. Cocanough-
er, phone "a, Twin Bridges, Mon
tana. 81
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
ST. RICHARDS CATHOLIC

ST. RICHARDS CATHOLIC
Father H. A. Faley will cele-
brate mass Sunday mornings at
10 in st. Richards church, Co.
lumbia Falls.
Catholic services are also con-
Quoted by Father Faley on the
second and fourth Sundays in
Bolton at 1870, Park Recrea-
tional headquarters. Services at
Bigfork are on the first and
third Sundays at 1880.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

HONEYMOON LODGE TRAIL
er camp, for sale; one acre, three
room modern home on premises.
On No. 81, west side of Col. Falls.
43
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

TWO $1,000 Gallon Tanks, for
sale; Inquire across from An
CELLS Tavern, Coram. 49,
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

1885 CHEVROLET, master de-
luxe; automatic popcorn ma
chine for sale. Inquire recreation
center or News office. ~
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

/ ACRE TRACTS NEAR LAKE
Mcdonald for sale from $3.50
to $500. Also excellent dude ranch
opportunity; large investment not
necessary. Inquire H. D. Apgar:
Box Is, Bolton. II
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

WE SPECIALIZE IN OIL ROY
atty investments-ahead of the
drill. Write for particulars. c. E.
Matson, Box GIT, Shelby. Lie
ensed and bonded broker. tt
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

CORONADO CREAM SEPARAT-
or, for sale; Also Model D John
Deere Tractor; one disc; one rub
Der tired wagon; and miscellan-
eous articles. Mrs. F. E. Milks.
Phone 1000, Col. Falls. AZ
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

FINISHED 3-ROOM HOUSE for
sale, Y mile west of Balls
crossing. Phone 1912, c. A. Bow
dish. II
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
SERVICES
Columbia Falls
Morning Worship, II Am.
Services are held in st. Matt
hews Episcopal Church.
METHODIST CHURCH
r-~. r Cove Pastor

METHODIST CHURCH
George E Foye, Pastor
Sunday services:
10 am Church school
C1asses for all ages, Mrs. IL
C. Thoroman, superinten-
dent.
100 Morning worship.
7:30 pm. Methodist Youth
Fellowship.
Nursery for small children Sun
days during the morning wor-
ship
All are WELCOMED!
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

1881 CHEVROLET FORDOR, for
sale; fair condition. Inquire c.
w. Fowler, Red Bridge, Col.
Falls. a.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

TWO CABINS FOR RENT OR
sale, sturdy and movable. 81
yes IA x 10 and II x II. Mrs.
Beth Evans, Martin City. tt
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

NATIONAL TRAILER HOUSE
for sale; % feet long, good tires,
electric brake control, 1047 IL
cense, insulated, sleeps FOUR, In
quire Mrs. Joseph Willett, Hol-
mess Methodist church. Col.
Falls. AZ
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

KIND OF FIREWOOD you like
for sale; larch and fir; immedi-
ate delivery. Drop card to Mel
Mathisen, Col. Falls, or leave or
ders at Big Store. Also do haul
ing. tt
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

RESIDENTIAL LOTS for sale.
We have good selection IN
the third addition. Greene and
Tracy. u
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

WANTED, HOUSEKEEPER. 40
to so years old; Lake McDon-
aid summer home to Oct 18th.
No children. Good cook desired,
800 per month. M. ]. Gruber,
Box At, Bolton. As"
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

See Claude Bolick, notary pub
Lie, for bookkeeping service, pay
roll and deed work. At the Coy
Corner, Col. Falls. u
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WANT ADS

THERE'S MORE MONEY IN
QUALITY CHICKS. Vans
Hatchery on North Fork road,
Columbia Falls, specializes In U.
S. Certified pullorum controlled
chicks sired by (record and per-
formance) males. Order day old
or started chicks now. Vans
Hatchery, Columbia Falls. II
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

EASEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, and
foundations. Free Estimates.
See Columbia Concrete Products,
Col Falls. u
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

WANTED: Someone to clean doc
tors office. Will require one to
two hours in the evening. See
DR.. Mitschke. u
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

LOST: Ladies wrist watch, solid
gold case and hand. Diamonds
and rubies around watch, Gothic
make. Liberal reward. Leonard's
Bar. If
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

GRAVEL, SAND AND BLANh
dirt for sale. Inquire Columbia
Concrete Products, Col. Falls u
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

= 49, = your baby -.
=. 4. Reds -RIP.s.
.ullets, Cockreas 1 s,.,I-M
available 3. in the als.. @,J
u >. approved an s
tested. Faha
Now s = The time . e,s., nj
from Oregon's .. 8 n.
ana ruAorum clean il.,s
inquire about a.
ior large scale tar,,r
6l1NEY's PoUln1
Kahspe1
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

BROOM FURNISHED HOUSE
for sale at Martin City. Will ac-
cept late model car. Verne Grill
ley, Martin City.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

FOR PLATE GLASS and plastic
tops for bars, see Pat Kelly, Co.
lumbia Falls lumber. tt
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

TWO BICYCLES, for sale; one
boys, one girls; good condi-
ton. Inquire Johnson's Barber
shop, Martin City. 81
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

EIGHTY GALLON ELECTRIC
hot water tank for sale. Inquire
Hungry Horse Bar, Martin City.
43
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

MODERN 2ROOM CABINS TOE
rent by week or month. west
of Columbia Falls on highway
81. Vernon Reese.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

DRILL YOUR OWN well. Com
plete outfit for sale including
two inch drill at Bonnie View,
Whitefish junction. 49,
LINOLEUM RUGS nm STOCK,
Choose from a large selection.
Kalispeu Furniture. 305 Main
street. If
ROOFING, CEMENT, WINDOWS
and window frames, doors and
door frames available at Column
bia Falls Lumber. If
CABIN AT MARTIN CITY for
sale or rent. Write or see w.
r. Neff, 327 OBrien Ave-, White.
fish. A
GROOM HOUSE, water and ell
ectricity, on 3-acre tract with
garden spot, chicken house. Across
from the old John Mikota place.
M. N. Reynolds, Col. Falls. 49,
ed: Mr.. and Mrs. Bert In1nan Of
Kalispell, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob An.
nan, Columbia Falls, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Cole and Mr.. and
Mrs c. P. Young, Whitefish.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03

A Thanksgiving dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Frank
south of Laurel was attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Teeters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Hatcher and their fam
lilies and Ted Griffith, all of Bill
lings, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Teeters. In the evening dessert
was served in honor of the second
birthday of Barbara Frank.
Mrs. T. ]. Hartley and daughter
Sharon and Jimmy Burrows visited
over Thanksgiving with relatives in
Missoula.
Mrs. w. G. Arnold and son Arth-
ur Arnold, left for a visit with
relatives in Los Angeles.
Spending Thanksgiving at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Bro
haugh of Billings were Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Brohaugh and sons, Don
aid and Jimmy, Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
don Brohaugh and son Gregg, Mr..
and Mrs. John Brohaugh and daugh-
tiers, Barbara and Jean.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.. PyZel spent
Thursday at Edgar the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Mcpherson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Phillips n
tertained at Thanksgiving dinner for
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Hackert Phillips and son
William Hackert, Jr., who arrived
from San Francisco for an extended
visit, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Starkey,
w. E. DeGarmo, and Miss Louise
DeGarmo.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03
The Outlook Says:

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Grace r the
parents of a daughter, born Mon
day, Dec. 1, at a Billings hospital.
Guests of Nh. and Mrs. Matt Van
berg were Miss Emma Maschera
and Prentiss Law at Thanksgiving
dinner, and Miss Lydia Michael, who
was a luncheon guest Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ]. Gavnor en-
tertained at Thanksgiving dinner for
Robert Mason and daughter Patsy
and Richard Bennett, all of Grey
bull, Wyo., and Mrs. Helen Kimber-
ley and son Bervyl Kimberley.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hartley en-
tertained at a family dinner Thurs
day for Captain and Mrs. Madison
Hartley and children of Great Falls,
MI. and Mrs. l.. E. Kucera and
daughter, Leslie and T. ]. Hartley.
The group was Joined in the even
ing by Mr.. and Mrs. F. O.. Hartley
and daughters Margery Lou and
Sandra.
C. V. Anderson, Miss Vera Ander-
son and Jack Mitchell of Missoula
spent Thanksgiving in Belfry. the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mitchell.
S. A. Remington of Belt visited
last week with his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John G..
Billings. and with his son, C. L. E.
Remington and family of Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03
TO GUT ROAD
DEATHS IS DESCRIBED
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
wide experience and statistical in.
formation.
The sad part of the picture, Love
lace said, is that the accidents SO
called are not accidents; they are
caused. They are not acts of God
and can be corrected by an expendi-
ture of a little money.
There are three things men are
prone to believe about themselves;
they can poke a fire better than
anyone else, are the best drivers,
and make love better than anyone
else. The speaker was not inter-
ested in the fire deal or the love,
but he was concerned about the
driving.
He said just ordinary persons go
ing places do the killing, by fail
ing to do the things they know
they should do, by forgetting or by
being careless. Contrary to belief,
the habituals are the minority.
Popping up and growing as a
factor is liquor. In one instance 80
per cent of the accidents were by
drunken drivers; in another so per
cent. There is a definite increase.
If the public would permit it the
applying what they know,
could reduce accidents so per cent.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03

But although the public is solidly
behind the accident prevention pro.
gram when it applies to the other
fellow, the individual squawks when
1t comes to him. He is still the
best fire poker, lover and driver.
Of all the cities, the speaker said,
Chicago is the worst in the matter
of traffic.
In most instances where the de-
partment that Lovelace represents
has been at work the accident re-
duction has been at least 80 per
cent. After finding from the rec
ords where the problems are and
when the accidents happen it is
then possible to proportion the per-
sonnet to those places and times
where and when most needed.
Undoubtedly better roads and
streets are needed. The engineering
is coming, but in the meantime 1t
is necessary to make the people
understand the limitations of the
highways.
A good place to start prevention
is in teaching boys and girls in high
schools. Results already achieved
in that direction have been excel
lent.
At the beginning of the meeting
President w. A. Ziegler stated that
the meeting a week hence would
be ladies' night and that DIR. w. A.
Mccormick and Arthur Strobel had
been appointed on the reception
committee, while Charles Giblin and
A. NJ. Dolven are on the attendance
committee. New officers for the
ensuing year will be installed, and
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03

President and Mrs. Merle Fagg are
to be among those attending from
Billings.
Vinton Shay and James Bare,
Laurel chief of police, were guests
at the meeting this week.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03
Another Circle of Earth

Enough Douglas fir plywood was
manufactured last year to make a
board walk eight feet wide and Is
inch thick, which would more than
encircle the entire earth at the
equator.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28
Nation
Commerce g. Trade

Commerce & Trode
The volume OF US. economic activ-
ity in the third quarter of 1947 made
little real advance over that of the
second quarter. the Department of
Commerce reported this week.
Measured on a money basis, there
was a three billion dollar annual rate
increase in the gross national product
the value of all goods and services
but, the department said, that was
due mostly to price spirals.
With that dollar boost, the gross ma
tional output went up to an annual
rate of 232 billion dollars by depart
'ment estimates.
Meanwhile business and industry
maintained high operating levels this
week. Electric power production was
the highest in history with steel close
to its best productive rate of the year.
The labor scene was the most tranquil
in months.
The first real wave of Christmas
buying was felt in stores across the
nation, aided in some places by de-
cided pickup in installment purchases
following the end of federal controls
over consumer credit
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28
Q Z ! } 7 ! ii Ell 3
FOUR: The Showdown on German,

THE Big Four foreign ministers
i meet in London Tuesday in a
second attempt to decide the fu-
ture of Germany, probably the
most important single postwar
problem in Europe.
Their first meeting ended in almost
virtual failure last spring in Moscow.
Continuing east-west differences,
highlighted in the United N Nations
General Assembly, have not tended to
make agreement on those problems
unsolved at Moscow last spring any
easier.
The London parley, however, will
be decisive one way or another. If
there is no agreement among the big
powers, the United States and Britain
are known to have discussed privately
alternative plans for separate treaty
with western Germany.
At Chicago before leaving for Lon
don, Secretary of State Marshall de-
manded that the "brazen and con-
temptuous" Soviet propaganda against
this country be stopped. He said he
will take an "open mind" to the par
leys and will seek basis of accord.
Germany, divided into four occupa-
ton zones, additionally has been the
cornerstone of the continents indus
trial welfare. At Potsdam, immedi-
ately after the war, the U.S., Britain
and Russia vowed that never again
would German militarists be allowed
to start another war. That pledge has
heen kept but the vital questions of
Germany's future as state-her po-
litical government and her industrial
strength-have not been solved.
Economic and Political
Now as at Moscow, America and
Britain would like to raise Germany's
industrial potential to at least part of
the prewar level to help build demo-
cratic Europe. Franc ce, invaded re-
peatedly by Germans, wants a dis
membered Reich with the Saar coal
under her supervision
The US. and Britain would like
Germany remodeled politically into a
confederation of states with decen-
tralized powers. Russia apparently has
no objection to strong united Ger
many, provided it is geared to Com.
. munism and Soviet policies for buffer
states.
The Marshall plan for Europe's eco.
nonic recovery hardly will be men.
toned in the London discussions bu
. its fate in Congress will be very
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28
Hot Shots

Q Two hunters were shot by their
dogs James Lilly ofBallengee, w. Va,
was wounded in the left foot when
he stopped to pick up a quail he had
bagged and his dog stepped on the
trigger of lis automatic shotgun.
Near Jacksonville, ILL.,, Doc Berry, 81,
was hunting rabbits with acompanion
when their dogs began lighting Both
laid down their guns to break it up,
but in the melee the dogs paved a
trigger and shotgun charge blew
off Berry's big toe
o In Cleveland, landlord Joseph
Vanek formerly enjoyed few drinks
with his upstairs tenant but no more
Vanek said he had joined Alcoholics
Anonymous and didn't want any more
drinking parties The Judge gave the
tenant until January z to move out.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28
SCIENCE: Atoms, Life & Death
Mon. d Century Plont

Man, q Century Plont
"a child born now can expect to
live to be 100 if he's given proper.
care in infancy and youth, and if he
avails himself of present medical
knowledge throughout his adulthood."
predicts DR.. Edward l.. Bortz, presi-
dent of the American Medical Asso-
citation.
present knowledge of the impor-
tance of proper nutrition during ad-
vanced years." he says, "can be used
to slow up the aging process"
End of the World
The end of the universe through a
cosmic scattering of all matter
through cold space is seen as a posi-
bility by Harvard's famed astronomer,
DR.. Harlow Shapley
His view is that creation may be
slowly dying IF negative gravitation"
"a cosmic force which already has
caused many distant star systems to
fly apart.
"The universe he said, "is steadily
approaching the heat-death-a cold
ness near absolute zero in an empty
world"
Absolute zero is 273 degrees below
zero Centigrade.
Shapley holds that most of the hun
dred-billion-odd star systems, far dis
tant from the Milky Way, are f1yins
away from one another with enormou:
velocity, which eventually may bring
about infinite dissipation of all the
bodies that go to make up the uni.
verse.
The Harvard astronomer thinks, o.
course, in terms of millions of years
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-28

pilot in World War l, then stayed in
uniform as an aviation specialist. His
record was brilliant, eliminating in
World War II as commanding general
of the Air Technical Service Com
mand at Wright Field, Dayton. He
was awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal for Outstanding contribu-
tions in preparing the B-29 for COM
bat" Married three times, Gen Mey-
ers liked to play poker, frequently
for high stakes.
At one time during the war, an
anonymous letter arrived at the War
Department charging Gen. Meyers
with profting from irregular activities
(buying stock in aircraft companies
before he approved their bids for
equipment). The letter was carefully
filed away, but no investigation ever
was made.
This week Gen. Meyers became a
central figure in the probe. Bleriot H.
Lamarre, 35, testified that Gen. Mey-
ers brought him and his wife from
California, where he was making S35
a week, and elected" him president
of an airplane parts firm by writing
minutes of meeting that never was
held. Lamarre said he drew $4,000 a
year as salary, but after paying in
come taxes kicked back" all but
$4,000 of it to Gen. Meyers.
In 1941, Lamarre said, Meyers or
dered him to raise from $l1 TO $44.5f
the price of fuse boxes it made under
a military subcontract.