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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-07-17

This Is known as the func-
tional type of organization, I'M
der which the work of each in
dividual is made to cover the
largest territory practical. Thus,
for example, one set of special
lists serves the six states in de-
veloping the technical program
applicable to the Northern
Great Plains region, while oper-
ations are conducted on a state
basis.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-07-17
DISTRICT
M FOR PERSON

Massachusetts has the first
soil conservation district in the
Northeast - perhaps in the
nation to be named for a
person.
The Richard +. Fisher Soil
Conservation district is the new
destination of what was for
meriy the Northwestern Wor-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-07-17
PRESS SUPPORTS DISTRICTS

At the recent annual meet
ing of the Southern Newspaper
Publishers association, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, by the Southern
Newspaper Publishers associa-
ton at this annual meeting,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-07-17

cester County district. The
board of supervisors chose the
new name in honor of the
professor who attained world
wide fame as director of the
Harvard forest, which is iii
Worcester county and which
became a unique forestry in
stitution under his guidance.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-07-17

Controlled application of ir-
rigation water.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Cite Red Secy. For Contempt

WASHINGTON (P)-The House committee on un-American activi- ties voted unanimously today to cite Eugene Dennis, Communist party secretary, for contempt after he failed to respond to a subpoena.
 The committee also decided to ask the justice department to look into the possibility of prosecuting Dennis for conspiracy to commit contempt"
 The committee also voted to ask the justice department to consider prosecuting Leon Josephson and Gerhart Eisler for conspiracy to commute contempt.
 The committee has received evi- dence that Josephson participated in a Soviet espionage and false passport ring in America. It has called Eisler the supreme" Com munist authority iii this country.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Would Raise Vets' Wages, Allowances

WASHINGTON - HO - Rep. Kearney R.-N. YO filed a petition today seeking discharge from the House rules committee of legiSla- tion to raise ceilings on wages and allowances payable to veterans on- the-job-training.
 The petition, if signed by 2l8 member of the House, automatical- ly would bring the bill to the floor for consideration without action by the rules committee.
 The bill was approved unani- mously by the veterans committee on Feb. 26.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
CHAPLAIN AND MRS. YORK LEAVE FOR STATES

Chaplain and Mrs. James York and son left by plane at noon to- day for Anchorage and the States.
 Chaplain York has been station ed at the Nome Army Airbase for the past year, and will be missed by his many friends made through his service at the base and assist ance in the community.
 The chaplain intends to return to his studies in the ministry.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Henry Ford Left Vast Fortune

DETROIT, (PD Henry Ford himself probably never knew the exact amount of the fabulous for tune he amassed in the develop ment of his great motor car enter prise.
 He was one of l3 original share holders who pooled $28,00O to es- tublish the Ford Motor Go. in 1903. When the Ford Motor Go. filed Us annual statement of assets and Liabilities with the Massachusetts Tax Commission for the year end ed Dec. 3l, 1945, it reported $7lG,- eco, 1856, in assets.
 How much of these holdings, all within the Ford family, were wholly in the name of his wife, Clara Bryant Ford, in his own name and in possession of the heirs of his son, Edsel, has only been guessed at.
 Ford's personal fortune has been estimated in various sources at all the way from S2OO,0OO,OOO up to $500, 100000
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
MRS. ANDY NORDLIND IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Andy Nordlind entered the M. C. Hospital today for medical attention.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Strike Settlement Being Negotiated

Continued from Page One) to make a call to Alaska during the strike is from the telephone booths in the Federal building. These calls are not affected by the strike. Telephonic communications be- tween Seattle and Alaska points are maintained by the ACS.
 WASHINGTON, tP)-Negoti- ators in the nationwide telephone strike ended an eight-hour session early today with agreement almost within reach for key unit in the vast Bell system.
 All indications were that the cross-country shutdown Woul d continue for at least another "A | hours, however.
 The last-minute obstacle in gov ernment aided negotiations for the long distance lines of the American Telephone and Telegraph com pany involved the cost of arbitrat- ing wages and other issues in dis pute.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09

Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09

Photostat your Discharge Papers.
Evening star., 1947-08-10

and at the end of their stay there,
Mrs. Dunn will go to Park Rapids,
MINI.
Mrs. Dunn came here from
Wichita, Kans., two weeks ago and
during her stay here there have
been number OF parties for her.
Tuesday Mrs. Elble gave a lunch
con for Mrs. Dunn with nine guests
from Yorktowne Village. Wednes-
day there was another luncheon for
her with Mrs. Stanley Kappe as
hostess and Thursday there was a
little farewell party for her in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh B. Johnston
will have Mrs. Johnston's niece,
Miss Mary Jane Nelson, with them
for the next two weeks. She is ex-
pected to arrive from st. Petersburg,
Fla, early this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Morris left
today with a group of Washington
architects to attend the pageant
commemorating the settlement of
Williamsburg, Va. In their party
are Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Winslow,
the architect of the White House;
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Justment, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Saylor, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Morris, jr.; Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Berla, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Pickett, Prof. Edmund Campbell Of
Charlottesville, and a number of
others.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Mills enter
tanned at dinner Thursday. The
Evening star., 1947-08-10

dinner was a birthday celebration
for Mr.. Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Burr have
Mrs. Burr's mother, Mrs. Edith Pope
as their guest. They expect Mrs
Burr's sister, Mrs. John E. Connolly
to join them at their home on Bells
Mills road sometime this week. Mrs
Connelly's home is in Jackson
Heights, Long Island.
Dr. and Mrs. George B. Clendenin
have Mrs. Clendenin's mother, Mrs
r. I. Morrison of Wilmington, N. c..
as their house guest. She will be
with them for a month or more.
DR.. and Mrs. John Mcleod are
visiting relatives in Staples, MINI
They have been away month and
are expected back at their home
about the 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver F. Busby and
their dauhgter, Miss Katie Brown
Busby, are planning a trip to Chi
cago and to Rochester, Mimi, where
they will be guests of DR.. and Mrs
A. B. Hayden, who at one time lived
in Bethesda.
Col. and Mrs. Norman Ames are
at the Ames family home in West
moreland County, Va, for several
days. With them are Mrs. George
Wetherill and Mrs. George Dier-
mier, both of Westmoreland Hills
Mrs. Evan Condor has as her
guest Miss Helen McClossy of Tren-
ton, N. j. Mrs. Condon's sister, Mrs
c. w. Dickerson of Perryville, Md.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Bethesda.Lower Montgomery County
Garvim Family WISHING Here;
Other Marylamders Vacatiomiug

Tucker, their daughter, Miss Joan
Tucker, and Miss Sally Mahoney,
one of Miss fuckers classmates at
Trinity College, are vacationing in
st. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada.
Capt. and Mrs. o. D. F'outch of
Yorktowne Village are planning a
trip into Canada later in the month.
En- route to Canada they will 60 to
Boston to take Mrs. Foutch's two
nieces, who have been here all sum-
mer, back to their home there. And
they will make another stop in New
Hampshire to visit Mrs. Foutch's
mother, Mrs. F. R. Pride, and her
sister, Mrs. Harry Balmfort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Bishop
will leave this week for a vacation
in Canada. They will visit Beau
Sejour, the camp of Mr.. Bishops
brother, Mr.. Allen Reynolds Bishop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E. Morgan of
New York will 60 with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bishop on the trip to Canada.
Mrs. Otto Elble and her sister,
Mrs. Clinton c. Dunn, left yester-
day for several days in New York
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Bv Lillian Arthur

Three interesting visitors in Be-
thesda are Mrs. Gordon Garvin of
Valparaiso, her young granddaugh-
ter, Jean Robinson, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Gonzalez of Park
ersburg, w. Va.,-and their stories
of life on different continent de-
light their listeners wherever they
60.
Unlike most visitors who stay only
a few days or, perhaps, few weeks,
Mrs. Garvin will be here for year
or more.
just now they are staying in Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Chaffln's home
while they are at their plantation
near Woodville, Miss.
Next week they will be Joined by
another daughter of Mrs. Garvin-
Mrs. John Robinson of Valparaiso.
Speaking of her trip here, Mrs.
Garvin said she came by boat and
the trip took IS days, whereas Mrs.
Robinson will come by plane and the
trip will take less than 18 hours.
Columnist Ray Tucker and Mrs.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Dorothy ]. Boyle
To We'd Mr.. Hurck

Announcement has been made of
the engagement OF Miss Dorothy
Jane Boyle, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph E. Boyle of Bronxville.
N. Y, and Washington, to Mr.. Earl
Huyck, son of Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Huyck of lion, N. Y. The we'd
ding will take place September 13
in the Bethlehem Chapel of the
Washington Cathedral of st. Peter
and st. Paul.
The hride-elect is a graduate of
Carleton College, Northfield, Mimi,
and now is with the State Depart
ment in Washington. Mr.. Huyck
was graduated from Hamilton Col
lege and now is doing graduate work
at the School of Advanced Interna-
tional Studies in Washington, where
Miss Boyle has also studied.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Clyde Brotvns
On East Coast

The Rev. and Mrs. Clyde Brown
are dividing their time between
Washington and Cape May. N. ].
Each week end, for the next three,
DR.. Brown will come to this city
to be guest preacher at All Souls
Memorial Episcopal Church.
Yesterday, Miss Mary Ann Brown
Joined her mother in Cape May for
a two weeks stay and her brother
Evening star., 1947-08-10

spent the first part of the month
with Mrs. Condor and together they
took a, trip to visit relatives in
Thomasville, N. c.
Mrs. Richard E. Titlow and Mrs.
D. H. Eooks. both of Bethesda, are
in Ocean City. Md, for a To-day
vacation.
Mrs. Iveh L. Shear is visiting
friends in Waterville, Me.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
October Weddiug

Mrs. Irene Ann Holecek, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Holecek of
Washington, and Sergt. Talmage
Eugene Simpkins, son of Mrs. Leva
Simpkins Of River Forrest, Ill, will
be married October 10 at the Trim
ity Lutheran Church in Washing
ton.
Miss Holecek is secretary to the
president Of the National Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association
and Sergt. Simpkins is in the Ma
rine Corps, stationed at the Naval
Gun Factory.
Evening star., 1947-08-10

Sergt. Clyde E. Brown, also Is with
his family. The latter, who is sta.
toned at Fort Dix, N. j., will ac-
company his parents the last of the
month when they return to Barbe-
ton, Ohio, where DR.. Brown is rector
Of st. Andrews Church. DR.. Brown
formerly was diocesan missioner
of the Episcopal Church in Wash
ington and is honarary canon Of
the Washington Cathedral Miss
Brown will resume her position with
UNRRA until late fall, when she
will return to Ohio.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Miss Stein to We'd

No date has been set fer the we'd
ding of Miss Betty Audrey Stein to
ME-. Leon Altschuler, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Altschuler of this city.
Their engagement announcement is
made by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Stein.
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Undertaken Chambers BIomes
Rivals for Defocinq His Car Ads

he said, "but when they got up to
IS cards a day, that got me worried
IF it's the public that's doing 1t,
they don't know how mean they are
being to me. If It's my competitors,
I don't blame them for being mean
because I've stepped on their toes.
I'm going to fight this thing out
If 1t takes all summer. I've made a
million dollars In this business and
I've got it right where can put my
hands on It,"
After the vandalism got under
way, Mr.. Chambers said, the adver-
tising company men showed him
three approved undertaken car cards,
suggesting he select one of them.
None had a picture of the half
couch coffin or of Mr. Chambers
Mr.. Chambers said he rejected them
as dead
Then, he said, E. Cleveland Gid
dings, vice president Of the Capital
Transit Co, came to see him with
some soft soap" Mr.. Giddings said
car riders were complaining about
the Chambers ads, according to Mr..
Chambers account.
Il told him. Mr. Chambers said
II wished I had their business
Almost eyerybody's got to ride on
cars or buses and they've got the
one line The people ride for $l.5O
week, I told him, and I am paying
81 300 a month to ride my picture
around in his cars. And. I said
No matter how they resent it, every
body has to die"
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Cartoon in Proydo
Shows Eisenhower
Defending Pole
By the Assoeioisd Press

MOSCOW, June 28.-The Com
munist Party organ Pravda ran a
four-column cartoon today depict
ing Gen. Eisenhower leading Ameri-
can military forces in defense OF a
North Pole, where the only foes
shown were an Eskimo woman, her
two children, pair of penguins,
polar bears, reindeer and an Arctic
fox.
The American Chief Of Staff was
pictured atop jeep armed with a
submachine gun, two revolvers,
charts, a periscope, telescope, radar
and a telephone.
Behind the general was pictured
a host of tanks, artillery and bomb
ers. The cartoon was captioned
Eisenhower Is Defending"
Behind the general was shown a
man described as an average Amer
ican," who was asking. What's the
matter, general. Where is there
such combat activity in this unpopu-
lated region?"
Gen. Eisenhower was quoted as
replying What do you mean? Can't
you see the forces of the enemy con-
Icentrated here? This Is exactly the
spot where the threat to American
freedom comes"
The artist was Boris Efimov. So
Wet political cartoonist, noted for
his sketches Of Hitler, Goering and
GoebbeIs during the war.
Evening star., 1947-06-28

w. w. Chambers, the undertaken,
said today he thinks the constant
defacing of his streetcar ads Is due
to conspiracy Of competitors.
Mr.. Chambers is having one OF
the battles of his life to keep his
picture and that of his son before
the public In the car cards. He
says the advertising company that
sells the car cards Is trying to can
eel the fiye-year contract he signed
year ago. ...
A favorite method of defacing the
cards has been to draw handlebar
mustaches on Mr.. Chambers face,
he said. But another, he added, has
been to clip his picture from the
newspapers and paste it on the
shirred silk of the CONN. Amt that
awfuI?" he asked.
He has gone to the police and
offered $500 reward for arrest and
conviction of any Of the defacers.
Tuesday he is having a conference
with the advertising people.
Its got me worried he said.
"I've got to advertise. I can't stand
on a street corner and shout my
wares. When they threaten to keep
my picture out of the streetcars, it's
like blowing up one of my hearses. P"
Mr.. Chambers offered to tell how
it all started.
"One day." he said, II got tel
ephone call. A voice said. Well, you
blankety blank, see you've got your
sons picture in your ads. That makes
two blankety blanks. We're going to
rip those cards out Of the cars If we
have to hire men to do 1t.
The vandalism followed, he said
"I didn't think they could do much, u
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Man Held on CHARGE
'0f AssauIting Girl

A 22-year-old man, listed by police
as a student, was ordered held in
IS, 900 bond for the grand jury when
arraigned today In Municipal Court
on a rape charge arising from a
complaint by parents of a 17-year-
old girl.
The man, Fleet S. Hughlett, jr..
1900 Morningside drive NV,
pleaded not guilty and waived
preliminary hearing He was rep
resented by George E. Mcneil, pres
ident of the District Bar Association.
Hughlett appeared at police head
quarters yesterday after having
been asked to come in for ques-
tioning.
The complaining witness identi-
fed him as the man she said as
saulted her in an automobile the
night Of June 13, Detective Sergt
Richard Mccarthy said.
HughIett's father is chief ad-
Iuster in the claims department of
the Capital Transit Co.
The assault was alleged to have
been committed in the Northwest
section near the District line. Police
said the girl told them it was her
second date with Hughlett.
In another case, Edward E. Fling
20, Of the $500 block Of o street
NV, was held in $4,000 bond for
grand jury action when arraigned
on q charge Of assault with intent
TO commit rape. Police said the COM
plainant was married woman liv-
ing In the 1900 block Of Thirty-sixth
street NV. Fling waived prelim-
mary hearing and pleaded not guilty
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Jap Police Open Campaign
To Break Gangs Power
BY the Asseeioted Press

TOKYO, June 28.-Japanese police
today began serious attempt to
break the growing power of Tokyo's
populous and well organized gang
land.
Prodded by occupation authorities,
government heads summoned police
chiefs to an urgent conference to
map nationwide drive against
black marketeers, racketeers and
thieves. many of whom have been
boasting of being beyond the reach
of the law
Kinosuke Otsu, 5l-year-old re-
puted underworld king, was in Jail
charged with intimidation" after
refusing to yield space, obtained by
squatter's rights, on which he built
one of Tokyo's biggest black markets.
Many of the robbers belong to or
ganized gangs. The newspaper
Youniuri said 163 gambling bosses
control about 2,500 followers in
Tokyo. and that 140 black markets
with 10000 employees ARE operating
openly.
Gangs of thugs have wrecked es-
adjustments of owners who refused
to pay protection money"
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Beaten, Abandoned Child
Sees Mother, Turns Away
BY the Associated Press

YREKA, Calf, June 28.-Mrs.
Lucille Meddlin, %, Of Selma. Ore,
yesterday saw the 2-year-oid daugh-
ter whom she and a male companion
are accused of attempting to dis
pose OF because there were too
many kids around" but she received
only casual glance from the
child.
officers said Mrs. Meddlin. who
recently gave birth to her third
child, wept when she saw her
daughter at Siskiyou General Hos
pital where the child has been
under care since being found at
Weed, Calf, June Is, badly beaten.
The child, Mary Jane Meddlin,
saw her mother and turned away,
officers reported.
Mrs. Meddlin and Hugh Gilreath,
Is, itinerant sawnill hand with
whom she had been living, are
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder on Mary Jane.
The child's identity was unknown
TO authorities here for 10 days until
Gilreath admitted to Oregon police
that he abandoned the girl. He de-
MED the beating.
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Succession
Continued From First Page.)

capped by the fact that Mr.. Truman
himself had recommended putting
the Speaker of the House at the
head of the line of succession Al
though the Democrats controlled
Congress, with Representative Ray
burn, of Texas as Speaker, when
the change first was proposed, Mr..
Truman did not change his recon-
mendation when the Republicans
took over Congress.
Democratic Senator Russell of
Georgia sought to have the Senate's
presiding officer put ahead of the
Speaker. contending that the men
who have been chosen President
pro tenn. of the Senate Ito preside
in the absence of the Vice Presi-
denD would not suffer by compari-
son with the Speakers Of the past.
This change was squelched quick
ly, however, when Senator Vanden-
berg. Republican, of Michigan, now
President pro tenn, opposed 1t.
Declaring he favors leaving the
Speaker on top, Senator Vanden-
berg added: This is an impersonal
issue-not a popularity contest"
Postponement Defeated.
Senator Vandenperg summed up
the argument in support Of the
Speaker, by pointing out that he is
chosen by representatives of all the
people, who themselves have all
been elected within two years.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, of
Arkansas, sought to postpone the
effective date of the bill until the
end of Mr.. Truman's present term,
January 20, 1949 This was beaten,
so to 36.
Other efforts to send the whole
subject back to committee for fur
ther study also failed.
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Georgia Revokes Charter
Granted 10 CoIumbians
BY fhe Assoeiotsd Press

ATLANTA, June 2s,-The State
of Georgia has revoked the charter
1t granted Columbiarls, Inc. a Negro
hating. Jew-baiting group whose
members wore uniforms with a
thunderbolt shoulder patch.
No member appeared to answer
the States suit yesterday when AS
sistant Attorney General Claude
Shaw told Superior Court that the
organizations real purpose was to
create i'll will and hatred among
the people" The charter had been
issued for benevolent and chari-
table" organization.
Emory Burke, president of the
Columbians, is free under bond
pending appeal from a prison SEN
tence for rioting. Homer L. LOOMS,
jr., secretary, convicted of usurpa-
ton of police powers, Is also free
under bond.
Evening star., 1947-06-28
|Brifons Back ! ! Program, | !!
|Of S4()O, ,oOO, 900 Aid
For Colonial Areas
" The Assoeioisd Press

LONDON, June 90. Britain,s La
oor Government set out this week
toward Marshall plan" goal of its
own-for helping backward areas Of
the empire to their economic feet.
Unanimous support voiced for the
new fI00 600 900 ($400, 600 .000l co..
lonial development scheme an
nounced to the House Of Commons
Wednesday night by Colonial Secre-
tary Arthur Creech Jones-ap-
peared to be based solidly on major
economic, strategic and political con-
siderations.
Chief of these were:
/. The desperate need Of these
Islands for something. however far
distant, to lower their, dependence
on the United States for food and
other necessities.
IF dollars are scarce, Africa Is
ample" was the way Lord Beaver
brook, no friend of the government,
put 1t In his Daily Express.
2. The prospect of creating,
through bettering the lot of its peo-
Pile. q friendly countryside for the
land lifelines of empire across the
Dark Continent, which British off,
cials have confirmed will replace
the Mediterranean sea lanes in the
next few years.
g. A chance to prove that Britain S
Socialist rulers are not merely i'm
perialists" under q new name, as
the Russians are fond of charging
but are genuinely interested in
raising standards for inhabitants of
lands they inherited from the en-
pire builders.
These three important impiica-
tions, plus Mr.. Creech Jones as
surance to businessmen that the
scheme was meant to supplement,
not supplant" private enterprise in
the colonies. won cheers for the
plan from all sides.
ALI indications were that Iegisla-
ton to implement the plan would
be passed by Parliament, probably
in September following the sum-
mer recess, with hardly q dissent.
Evening star., 1947-06-28
China Orders Inquiry Here
On Release Of Marine
By the Associated Press

NANKING, June 2S.-The Chi
nese government has instructed Am
bassador Wellington Koo in Wash
ington to inquire about the impend-
ing release of Marine Corpl. William
G. Pierson, Sumter, S. c., from mill
tary prison, official sources said yes
terday.
Pierson was convicted by court
martial of raping a Chinese univer-
sity coed In Pieping last Christmas
and was sentenced to IS years. Ten
days ago, however, Gen. A. A. Van
degrift, Marine Corps commandant,
disclosed that the conviction would
be set aside.
Official sources here said the For
eign Ministry also had asked the
United States Government through
the American Embassy at Marking
to uphold the original sentence.
The case touched off a wave of
student Representations in Peiping
Shanghai, Marking and elsewhere.