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Evening star., 1948-03-14
Light Rain Fails to Ease Drought
AS California Tanks Run Dry

per cent cut in Northern California
will mean the closing of most mines.
Farmers Pumping Water.
Farmers turned to pumping water
by gasoline engines. Gov. Warren
has asked the Federal Government
to make available any surplus gen.
orators, deep well and booster
pumps to aid the farmers. Power
was shut down for over 50o-kilowatt
users in four San Joaquin Valley
areas for a 12-hour period today.
The long dry season has left the
States big cattle industry withou,
enough pasturage. Some livestocl
men have begun to ship their ami.
mails to greener fields out of The
State. One cattle producer sent
his entire herd to Oklahoma. Ar
industry spokesman said cattle
slaughtering had increased 81 PEI
cent during the past week.
Use Of water has been curtailet
in some parts Of California for sew
eral months already. AS the, watel
tables dip lower all the time, q gen
eral water rationing program wa
proposed in the State Legislature.
Orchards May Be Retarded.
The State was beginning to worr,
about future effects of the drought
Orchardists say continued lack o
rain will retard their trees for years
perhaps permanently. And tn,
sharp drop in reservoir levels Civ,
cause for wondering what the stu
alton will be next year.
Where Fresno's seasonal rainfall
average is TOT inches, it is only 2.6'
inches to date. In the equally agri
cultural Sacramento Valley, Re,
Bluff has received 9.29 inches irsteat
of 1882; and Sacramento 5.83 instea.
of 14.15.
The State Division of Water Re
sources reports the snowpack wa
about 80 per cent below normal a
the beginning of March. It said 1947
48 was the poorest overall sno,
year in so years.
California has tried nearly every
thing, including praying, to end tn
drought. Now it can only wait.
Evening star., 1948-03-14

ate Civil Service Committee whos
consistently have supported bens.
ficial Government employee legis- ;
lation. we inadvertently left out the
names Of Senators Buck, Republican. /.
OF Delaware, and Ecton, Republi.
can, Of Montana. Both men have
good records In this respect. g
(Be sure to listen in today at 3:is =
pm. oDer WMAL, The Star Station,
TOR Joseph Young's broadcast Der. i,
sion OF the Federal Spotlight, ted.
turing additional netps OF Gopern. \
ment affairs and personalities.
Evening star., 1948-03-14

must promptly join the union, is
permitted under certain conditions.
Mr.. Johns said the 60-day- y-can-
collation. contract now being pro-
posed by union locals Is obviously
designed to further the no-contract
policy" because up until the Taft
Hartley Act the normal contract
had been one year.
Mr.. Johns said the unions fear
of imminent destruction by hostile
publishers Is pure fancy" Mr..
Van Arkel denied this. He said
the union had built over CEN
tury's time a protective shell, and
added:
The Taft Hartley Act has ripped
away great shreds Of that protection
- and left the living flesh exposed
to any hostile elements that might
wish to rend 1t apart" ~.
Mr.. Johns said the employers are
right in the middle" because they
must either accept Mr.. Randolph's
revolutionary position and be faces
with charges of violating the law, o.
be faced with slowdowns and strike!
and the economic disruption of thu
industry"
Lack Of Evidence Stressed.
Mr.. Van Arkel said the Govern
ment had produced no evidence tina
the international union had eve
asked for any illegal conditions.
IF there was any improper &C
tion," he said, ut was done through
the local unions"
He said illegal discrimination II
hiring must be discrimination agains
"definable individual' who can 81
in courtroom and say II was dis
, eliminated against"
Therefore, said he, Lets wait til
1t happens. Wh-- is there to en-
join at this point?"
Judge Swyge.o granted permission
to the lawyers to file certain brief
and other statements. The dead
line for this is March 23.
Evening star., 1948-03-14

as SSUO. 10eIldtOI
LANCER believes
t h q t low err
b r a C ket en-
ployes deserve
the largest cost
of-living pay in
creases because
they need it the
most.
Tying the pay
raises with 6
complete revi-
sion Of the clas-
sifcation A C t
also has resulted
in S / t u a t | o n S
x,,he,, a,,or oro.
Evening star., 1948-03-14
Health Group Meets Today

The Executive Committee for the
National Conference on Undergrad
uate Professional Preparation for
Health Education, Physical Educa-
ton and Recreation will meet at
9 am. today in the Hotel Statler
Plans will be made for the con-
ference to be held at Jackson's Mill
w. Va, May is to 28.
Evening star., 1948-03-14
The Federal Spotlight
LANCER Seeks Larger Raises
lin Lower u. S. Pay Brackets
By Joseph Young

Chairman LANCER of the Senate Civil Service Committee is
hoping revise his committees Federal raise bill to he
little fellow" break.
Although the Flanders proposal before the group grants
raises which s51 Federal emoye employees
Evening star., 1948-03-14
Weather Report

District of Columbia and vicinity
Mostly sunny and warmer with
highest in middle Sos Sunday. Not
so cold Sunday night, lowest about
IS. Monday partly cloudy and
warmer.
Virginia, Maryland: Mostly sunny
and warmer Sunday, not so colo
Sunday night. Monday partly
cloudy and warmer.
River Report
From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferr,
and clear at Greats Falls; Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday Per Cent
n m a.
Evening star., 1948-03-14

Decree Days.
Degree days" yesterday 81
Accumulated degree days" 1907
Evening star., 1948-03-14

Many thousands whose earn
ings are around $4,000 or so
would receive pay raises as little
Evening star., 1948-03-14
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation in inches in thl
Capital (current month to date):
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
OF ROADS
STREETS, LIGHTS AIRED

Improvement of highways in
Montana and local needs fol
street and lighting improvements
were among topics Of importance
discussed last Thursday evening
at a meeting of the Laurel Com
mercial club at which Pres. Oliver
Void presided. Hugh Sweeney
was employed as new secretary Of
the club.
The building committee rend-
cred a report on recent improve
ments on the property on East
Main street, operated jointly BY
the city as a police station and
the Commercial club as a com
munity building. The log-like
structure was cleaned and a
ished during the summer.
B. L. Price reported concerning
activities of the road committee
on which Gov. Sam C. Ford had
requested him to serve, and said
that the district in which Laurel
is located is represented by a
resident of Hardin. The state
is faced with raising $2,500,000
to match federal funds, a prob
lem for whose solution the gov
ernor has enlisted the thinking
and skill of a number of the
states citizens. /
Price also spoke regarding the
Canada to Mexico highway, now
at a standstill because of work
vet to be done in two states.
When the links are completed and
named the way is open for secur-
ing a long-sought designation
number for the north-south high
wav.
Price revealed that a contract has
been let for improvement of the
Silesia road at a cost of $780,
900.
Continued on Page Eight
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
Chalk Up Sweeping Victory
FOrecasters Try To Explain Truman Victory
Over Republican Dewey-Democrats Win
Congress Control, Most ~GOvernOrships

the interior some 5000 Arabs
a popular vote of about $4,000
in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Car
DINA, North Dakota, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Texas and Vir
gina. Henry A. Wallace, pro-
gressive party candidate, received
a popular vote of almost a mil.
lion, but won no electoral votes. '
Dewey had the satisfaction of
carrying his home state, New
York, of which he is governor.
He is not likely to ever again
receive the Republican nominal
ton and he is reported contem-
plating retirement from politics.
With Truman the Democrats
elected enough seators and repre-
sentatives to control congress,
which should prevent the presi-
dent from reiterating his charges
of dad" when things in Wash
ington do not go to his liking.
Most of the governorships, in
Montana, were won by
the Democrats.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
LAUREL BEATS HAVRE
IN SEASONS CLIMAX

The Laurel high school regis
tered it's fourth shutout of the
season and second in a row., to
wind up a second successful yea,
of class A football, last Satur-
day against the Havre Blue Pom
les, Z to 0. The win placed
Laurel in sole possession of sec
ond place, a spot it would have
shared with Havre had it lost,
and again stamp the Locomotives
as one of the best football teams
in the state.
The only loss in the seven
games this year was handed the
team by the only ~undefeated club
in the bigger circuit, the Butte
Central Maroons. The Maroons
will represent the Western divi-
sion for the state class A title
against the Eastern winners who
stand in a three-way deadlock.
This seasons fine showing leaves
Laurel with only two defeats as
against eight wins in two years
of "out-of-class" football. Last
defeat was from Living
ston, the state titleists. Butte
is favored this year to take that
honor.
The Havre Blue Ponies. al
though off to a slow start at
the beginning of the year, i'm
proved well enough to throw a
scare into the Great Falls Bis
ons in a ID to z game, and
then dropped one to Butte, went
into the game against Laurel de-
termined to avenge the Z to 6
.oss of the year before.
Taking the opening kickoff, the
Blue Ponies picked up a first
Town and then begged down
the 4-4-2-1 defense en-
by the Locomotives. This
Continued on Page Eight
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
COUNCIL GRANTS
WALK PERMITS
Authorizes Relaying On First
Avenue, Main Street-Trans-
fers Funds, Hears Reports

Permits were granted by the
Laurel city council Tuesday even
ing for rebuilding several sections
of sidewalk on First avenue and
Main street. Mayor Peter Thorn
son presided at the meeting, at
tended by Aldermen Feuerbacher,
Parker, Smith, Freebury and
Rodgers.
The sidewalk permits, all of
which were granted, had been
requested by E. NJ. Jackson for
replacement of the walk in front
of lots IL and ~, block 1, Lau-
rel Realty subdivision, at approx
imately 1925; j. H.. Moran, lot
4, block l, Laurel Realty, approx
mately $3.50; j. w. Wiechert, lot
8, block l, Laurel Realty, ap-
proximately $3.50; Laurel Security
company, lots 6. Z and 8, block
l, Laurel Realty, approximately
$453, and C. A. Biffle, lots 2
and 3, block l., Laurel Realty,
approximately $50.
Resolution No. 600 for trans
ferring funds was approved by
the aldermen.
Reports received were from the
library, police department, police
judge and the water department.
A letter was read from the
state highway commission in re-
gard to blinker lights and signals
on intersections in the city, which
was referred to the street and
police committees.
Permits were granted to Sches-
sler & Sons to build an addition
on a store on lots Ia and Is,
block 3, Laurel Realty, size 20
by 60, at an approximate cost
of $4,000; John Nolte to build
a ID by p attached frame garage
on a house on lots II and ~,
block 8, Laurel Heights, at an
approximate cost of $3.50, and
Gordon Allen to build a % by 80
frame garage on lots 10 and ID,
block 9, Laurel Heights, at an
approximate cost of $500.
G. w. Fenton appeared before
he council in regard to a liabil-
ty policy on the athletic park
md skating rink, on which no ac-
ion was taken.
The water and park commit
ees were given authority to pur-
base hose for use at the pump
.ouse and city parks.
Bills for the month of October,
pproved by the finance commit
ee, were ordered paid.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03

The takers of polls, some new!
magazines with astronomical cir,
culations, some political dope.
sters, and many persons claim.
ing prescience were wrong. The
little man from independence
Mo-, who often gets tangled up
in his words in radio broadcasts
won the national election for
president Tuesday, following g
journey of $4,000 miles around
the country, hundreds of stops
at wide places in the road and
civic-conscious big towns, and
perhaps 1000 pictures of himself
in the bosom of his smiling
family.
Candidate Thomas f. Dewey
threw in the Republican sponge
Wednesday morning about Q
o'clock after 16 or more hours
of hope against hope waiting when
he conceded the election to Harry
Truman, Democrat, the startled
man of a few years ago who
when informed that he had sue
ceeded to the office of president
because Franklin ID. Roosevelt
Roosevelt had died, said he felt
like a person on whom a bull
had just fallen.
Those who conduct post
mortems of lost card games and
elections Immediately went to
work to explain why the Repub-
Leans were wrong and the Demo-
Gratis right in their prediction
predictions.
Truman won with a plurality
of about 2 million and an cleo
toral college vote Of 304 to
Dewey's 189. Only 266 were
for election. Montana
vent Democratic as predicted by
he pollers, but some others with
much larger electoral votes who
we're supposed to join the Dewey
column went instead to Truman.
The popular vote for Truman
vas about 81, SEQ, 900; for Dewey
lbout 100000. Gov. j. Storm
Thurmond, states rights, who
loped to throw the election into
congress for final decision, had
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03

,resentatives. His edge over nj.
opponent, Willard Fraser, Demo.
crat, was about 5000.
Gov. Sam c.. Ford, Republican
candidate for reelection, was de.
feated by John w. Bonner by
about 10000 plurality. Bonner
received about 10000 to Ford's
81, 500.
Paul Cannon (D) won over
Tom Burke (R) of Billings for
lieutenant governor, 105,500 to
92, 600.
Ernest T. Eaton (R) lost to
Sam w. Mitchell (D) for secre-
tary of state. The vote was
Mitchell 112,5OO, Eaton $500.
Other state results are:
Attorney general-Arnold H.
Olsen (D), 100000; Stanley E.
Felt, (R) $4,000.
State treasurer-Neil Fisher
(D), 10000; Harry G. Todd (R),
$4,000.
State auditor-John j. Holmes
(D), 10000; E. j. Nc (R), g.
900.
Railroad and public service
commissioner-Austin B. Middle
ton CD, 100000; George A.
Davis (R), $4,000.
State superintendent of public
instruction-Mary Condor (D),
$4,000; Elizebeth Ireland (R),
$4,000.
Associate justice of the SUI
preme court, long term-R. v.
Bottomly, 100000; l. w. Choate,
A, 200.
Associate justice of the su-
preme court, short term-Harry
j. Freebourn, $4,000; Fred L..
Gibson, $4,000.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
SOLDIER REMAINS
DUE HERE MONDAY
Pfc. Michaelis Was Killed
In Germany In 1916 While
Crossing Bridge

Relatives here were notified this
week that the remains of Pfc
Alexander Michaelis, who was
killed in Germany in 1916, will
arrive in Billings Sunday morn
ing. G. E. Settergren, undertake
er, said the remains will be
brought to the Michaelis home
here, pol Durland avenue, Mon
day morning and that committal
services will be conducted at Lau-
rel cemetery by Rev. H. c. Haem-
melmann, pastor of the Congre-
gational church. Burial, in charge
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
post, will be in the soldiers
plot at the cemetery.
Private First Class Michaelis
was born April %, 1926, in Wa
keeney, Kans., the son of Henry
Michaelis and Amelia Maier
Michaelis of Russia. The fam
lily moved to Billings in 1927
and to Laurel in 1885.
The son attended Laurel high
school and was indicted into the
service Aug. 16, 1914. He went
overseas Jan. 8, 1915, and served
in three major campaigns, for
which he was awared the good
conduct medal and three battle
stars.
He and his companion, Jackie
Cross, were killed May 16, 1916,
while on M. P. duty at Ulm,
Germany, in a jeep while cross
ing a temporary bridge.
The decedent is survived by
his parents, four sisters and two
brothers, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Michaelis, Mrs. Alex Defines of
Clearmont, Wyo., Mrs. Alex Frank
of Laurel, Mrs. Harry Mullen
berg of Hardin, Amelia at home,
and Henry Michaelis and Emanuel
Michaelis of Laurel.
He was a member of the Con-
gregational church and had been
employed at the Northern Pa
cific shop here before entering a,
the service.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03

Two Laurel candidates for
county offices, both Republicans
survived the Democratic land
slide. Friends received the news
here Wednesday afternoon, re-
versing earlier reports. The WIN
ners are Charles B. Sande, can
didate for county attorney, and
Charles H. Barney, candidate for
county commissioner. Both re-
ceiyed majorities in their home
town that was decidedly Demo-
cratic.
Yellowstone county gave Re-
publican Dewey. for president
10,3S7 votes and Democrat Tru-
man 9,751; Socialist Thomas 81,
Progressive Wallace 226 and Pro-
hibitionist Watson %.
For United States senator,
Davis (R) received 10,36S; Muir
ray (D), 9,703; Hanna (Pro.), 81.
For representative in congress
the vote was D'Ewart (R), TO-
IT'S; Fraser CD. 1896.
State
Governor-Bonner (D), 10,260;
Ford (R), 9,9S9; Hamilton Isl,
80.
Lieutenant governor Burke
(R), 1902; Cannon (D), 1922;
Spriggs (S), 65
Secretary of state-Eaton (R),
BOOB; Mitchell CD, 1882:
Attorney general-Felt (R),
1O,146; Olsen Cd, $500.
Treasurer-Todd (R), 1852;
CD, $3.50.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
Harry S. Truman
Tbirty-seeond President of The
United States.
POLITICAL FAITH: Democrat.

POLITICAL FAITH: Democrat.
BORN: Lamar, Mo-, May 8, 1884
son of John and Martha Truman
Harry Humans active politica.
career began in 1922 when he was
elected judge of the Jackson county
(Mo.) court. He served in that ca
pacity until 1924, and following a
two-year interval held the Office OF
presiding judge from 1926 to 1884.
In 1884 he was elected to the u. S.
senate from Missouri, and he was
reelected in 1910. AS a senator he
achieved his most noteworthy prom
inence as chairman Of a special
committee to invc5tgste the ma
tional defense program.
In 1914 President Franklin D.
Roosevelt made Truman his choice
as vice-presidential candidate on the
Democratic ticket. He was elected
vice-president of the United States
on November z, 1914, and took Of
flee on January 20, 1945.
Three months later he became
President of the United States, sue
ceeding to that office upon the death
of Roosevelt, April IL, 1945.
During World War 1 he served
as a first lieutenant and captain
with the 10th field artillery, 35th
division, participating in the Vosges
operations, st. Mihiel and Meuse-
Argonne offensives with the AEF.
He was discharged as a major in
May, 1919, has held a commission
a colonel, field artillery, U. S.
army reserve corps, since 1927.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
K|WAN|ANS DISCUSS
ELECTION ASPECTS

A program topic from which
others might have shrunk was
successfully and entertainingly
presented Wednesday evening at
the dinner meeting of the XII
wants club when Program Chair
man Harlan Russell called on
various members for views and
opinions on the national election
of the day before. With remarks
unrehearsed, about IA responded.
Though each could give only his
individual tint of thinking, each
therefore was different from the
others.
They were, however, agreed on
several points, principal of which
was that they were fortunate
Americans living in a great coun-
try to which they first owed al
legiance, with party affiliations
and personal opinions on what
and how to do occupying minor
positions.
Speakers, usually occupying
five to seven minutes, were Har-
old Williams, j. Willard Baldwin,
James Whitson, H. Lee Hamlet,
B. B. Hageman, Ray Stevens, Eu-
gene Spilde, John Orndorff, Doc
tor Rosselot, Jack Pelowitz, Allie
Dolven, H. K. Porter, Harold
Collins and Neal Baker. Some
on second thought, OF stimulat-
ed by another's remark, asked
for the floor a second time.
The program chairman himself
often added a dash of condiment
in the between-time periods. The
discussion panel represented diff
ferent occupations, businesses and
some professions.
Among the points were that
the nations housewives who
wanted lower prices, farmers who
may have been alarmed by
recent price recessions, and labor
probably contributed to President
Truman's election.
Some other points were various
angles of taxes. All seemed to
think that, if anything, taxes
will be higher. One or two
speakers were frankly alarmed
by the direction in which taxes
are heading, and avered that if
unchecked there will be no in
centive in business and that
property taxes will be too heavy
to bear. Some speakers, n in
particular, declared that business
makes more money now than
heretofore, though there are
concerns that pile up excessive
reserves in an effort to avoid
taxation on the cash.
One or two said they were
glad the tail had gone with the
Continued on Page Twelve)
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
TELLS Of INVASION
Of AFRICA IN WAR

The landing in French occupied
/ North Africa during the war in
Europe was perhaps the first am
phibious invasion of a foreign
country by American forces, DR..
d. A. Nottingham of Laurel, who
was there, observed when he ad-
dressed the Rotary club and re-
lated some of his and compan-
ions experiences. Illustrating the
event were a number of on-the-
spot pictures he had taken. And,
contrary to many concepts, trans
portation was not the usually
touted best-in-the-world variety.
The ship on which he crossed, the
U. S. Scott, was obsolete equip
ment with two motors, one of
which failed to function.
Despite the difficulties, and
the burden on an ALREADY taxed
system of transportation that
conveyed personnel and material
thousands of miles to a rendeZ-
vous in a defended foreign coun-
try, the landings were made as
scheduled. All the ships may
have not been of the best and
even 80 per cent of the Higgins
craft may have been lost, but
the American Smelling was a
wonderful exhibition of accuracy.
The speaker told of pin-point tar
get work in an area where oil
tanks had to be saved while at
the same time quoting French
resistance. Many of the pictures
showed wreckage and where some
IF the taxpayers money had
gone on the beautifully sloping
white shore line. F.,
The doctors talk soon drifted
o the pleasures some of the =.
Americans experienced later and .
inland. The area described was
wonderful farm land. though the
was stirred and plowed with
wooden plows. 1t turned out
hat the land was owned by !
french and that Arab farmers
we're share troopers. What =,
wouldn't that land produce with l
modern methods and equipment?
he American asked himself at g
he time. &
A sport the invaders enjoyed
ras boar hunting, during which t
hey also learned about the ma I
The tribe Nottingham con- 7
unlike many others, was i
air skinned, had dark hair and
'as clean. In the mountains of G
Continued on Page Eight q
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
Methodist Quarterly
Conference Is Held

The Quarterly conference of the
Methodist church was held Mon
day evening at a $50 pot luck
Fellowship dinner. A large dele
cation from Park City was in
attendance. Rev. Reuben Dutton.
district superintendent of the
Yellowstone district, conducted
the meeting and during the din
ner hour gave an advance re-
port of the work of the church
in the next four years.
Other reports were given by
organization heads of Park CITY
and Laurel.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
Two Laurel Candidates Win; Most
County Offices Go To COP.

/ Auditor-Holmes (D), 11,4O1i
Mo (R), 8,040.
Railroad commissioner - Mid
dleton (D), 1O,799; Davis (R).
$3.50.
Superintendent of public in
struction-Condon (D), 10,043;
Ireland (R), 9,873.
Judicial
Associate justice, long term
Bottomly, 1882; Choate, 5,4O5.
Associate justice, short term
Gibson, 9,643; Freebourn, 1902.
District judge, two to elect
HARDWOOD, 1894; Derry, 14,254.
County
State representatives, six to
elect-Hoiness (R), 1O,S4S; Pet
ers (R), 1O,43S; Gebhardt (R),
9,846; Pierce (R), $500; Trip
(D), 1924; Krieg (R), 1856;
Williams (R), GAL; Maltese
CD, 9,147; Offender (D), 8,722;
Banderob (D), 1851; Kerr (D),
1926; O'Dea CD, 8,258.
Clerk of court-Davies (R),
1851.
Commissioner Barney (R).
1882; Lux (D), 8,501.
Attorney-Sande (R), 1O,441;
Meyer (D), 5000.
Auditor-Delano (R), 9,541;
German CD, 1920.
Amendment - For, 9,446;
against, 1882.
Referendum 51-For, 6,977;I
against, 1919.
Referendum 52-For, 1000;
against, 3,115.