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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
Is This Tom Davis Brand of
"Americanism?"

Every once IN while for whom had
iousy held considerable degree of respect will commit
that seriously dlsillusons Then in attempting to justify
misplaced confidence back the years. attempt
ing to recall what had originally developed the respect
fidence you had in the person in question
Thus has been thinking since Sunday last when Howard
Johnson former chief justice of the Montana
went on the air and verbally assaulted Sen Jim Murray
Johnsons speech reflected little credit man who had
at time the black robes of supreme justice
fact for sheer smear-abty has only
in the 1913 campaign That when George Newcomer
the air Primary election and tore Wellington d. Rankin
apart in of the most nauseang worests to poute
Montana radio sets
termine said anything of ibeous character Both much
too clever lawyers do anything like that Both-Newohner
cutting ribbons the reputation of Mr. Rankin and Johnson
in trying to dscredt Murrayreed play of words to do
their dirty work Their vocal efforts not dissimar to the
misleading lying campaign carried by the motor
ious Montana Citizens Council which in 1916 effectively
poyed the Goebbes technique of the big e in defeat
ing Judge Left Erickson for the y. S. Senate.
That Mr.. Johnson should soop such undertaking in
his 1909 Americanism and his service record
YMCA director in Paris during World War l. sad COM
mentary noted jurist.
Interestingly enough-the undertaking in both instances
first Newcomer and recently Johnsonwas done
the interests of particular canddateTOM j. DAVIS
Surely the Newcomer brand of Americanism
the which Mr. Davis pays such blatant homage
Harry L. Billings
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
Politicians Agree On Referendums For
Greater University System

Montana's political candidates
seem agreed on one thing-support
of Referendums 81 and So, the Uni
versity aid measures. Ref. 81 seeks
an increase of the University millage
tax and Ref So is a S5,000,000 build
ing bond issue for the six units.
In endorsing the referendums
Sen. James E. Murray commented,
"The last substantial building pro-
gram was carried out during the de-
preston :. *. there has been a failure
since then to carry forward needed
construction to keep our educational
institutions up to modern standards"
His Republican opponent, Tom J.
Davis, stated Because of increased
enrollments and lack of space, | hope
the Montana electorate will provide
the university with this additional
support by voting for Referendums
81 and So"
Gov. Sam C. Ford and Democratic
candidate John w. Bonner are in
accord on the referendums. Gov
ernor Ford termed Montana's sons
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
NAzISM FAR FROM
D--SHIRER

Western Germany today is hot
bed of rabid German nationalism.
Gwen Nazism is far from Dead
warned William L. Shirer recently
in his WOR-Mutual report from Ber-
lin. Furthermore, there is also evil
dence that American officials, doing
a tremendous job in building up
western German economy" are I'M.
Willingly building up the same type
of Germany that unleashed two ter
rible wars"
The majority of Germans have not
changed mulch, Shirer reported, and
they still:
Believe that Nazism was a good
idea merely carried out wrongly.
Would prefer, given their choice,
a government that gives them eco
nomic security to freedom-as they
showed in 1888 when Hitler came
into power.
Want a strong Germany on the
old model-which would emerge, they
feel, following a western power war
with Russia.
AS to the Berlin blockade, Shirer
observed that 'it is not believed here
that the UN can solve it . Fairly
soon it is evident the Russians and
Americans must solve this Berlin
mess either by agreement or by
force.
Shirer predicted the Russians will
stall until about January 1st "They
want to know which American adj
they have to deal with
NY. Daily Star.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
Fraser Praises Value
OF Co-operatives
To Farmers

"Co-operatives are the natura
g1 owth of the Democratic spirit OF
mutual self-help and good neighbor-
illness manifesting themselves in ou1
economy. Actually, they constitute
one of the greater bulwarks of the
Democratic, American way of life"
Willard Fraser, Democratic candidate
for congress, second district, told a
J farm rally in Chester Monday.
'They have been of particular
benefit to our farmers. The farmer
standing alone has little or no bar
gaining power against the great east
ern monopolists who control the
prices of both what the farmer has
to sell, and what he has to buy in
the way of manufactured products, .
Fraser continued. "Co-operatives
have enabled the farmer to maintain
a family type farm, freedom of ac-
ton, and the Democratic factors that
accompany these, and yet to compete
in world of eastern economic
giants.
"In spite of the good that Coop
eratives have done in the nation,
and especially in the west, they are
now under attack by selfish groups
intent of exploiting the farmer. This
attack takes many forms. At the
present time, it is an attempt to i'm
pose unfair taxation upon the CO.
operatives. Disguised as a move to
'equalize taxation these attacks real
aim is to destroy Co-operatives
through taxation by the federal gov
eminent. l would oppose this.
Pays Same Taxes AS Other
Small Business
Actually, the farmer who deals
through a cooperative is in no diff
ferent position with respect to taxes
them any small business man, or I'M
incorporated business. He pays ex-
actly the same taxes they do. The
Cooperative, in most cases, pays
it keeps to itself, and does
not return to its members Coop
eratives compete successfully with
because people like to
receive patronage dividends on their
purchases. Any corporation could
have this same right and appeal if
it would but turn back part of it's
profits as dividends. And if it did |
SO, that part of it's profits would
not be taxed" Fraser concluded.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
SERIOUS SERIES

In Ohio, PAC took advantage
of the high fever pitch over the
Cleveland Indians final drive to
the American league pennant.
Registration handbills -"Don't
Strike Out On Election Day" -
were handed out at the stadium to
the $4,000 who attended daily.
The brewery that broadcast the
games agreed to include spot reg
istration announcements. Five
sound trucks cruised the city.
Airplanes trailed banners over the
city.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22

and daughters as its greatest re
source" and urged support as wise
and prudent investment in the flu
ture. In Billings speech, Bonner
called for support of the referen-
dums in order that the university
system might fulfill it's proper func-
ton.
Rep. Mike Mansfield favors the
referendums because of the "great
good their passage can do for all
units of the university" 81 am sup
porting the referendums, stated
Rep. Wesley D'Ewart because of
the great need for additional funds
and more buildings" Candidate for
congress Willard Fraser declared,
"Montanans cannot afford to vote
on Referendums 81 and
81"
State candidates, including Miss
Elizabeth Ireland and Miss Mary
Condor, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction aspirants, have boosted
for the measures.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
ELECTRIFICATl0N
REACHES 68.6 Per
CENT I'm NATION

Farm electf111caI1On III the united
States has reached 6S.6 per cent, the
us. Department of Agriculture an
nounced September 80
It reached that level on June 30,
1913, after year in which more farms
received central station power than
in any other year. According to the
REA estimate, 4,019,476 farms were
electrified by that date, 44,S35 more
than the estimate for the same date
in 1947
OF the newly-connected farms, $780,
677 were reached by REA-financed
rural power distributors, who placed
into operation 1875 miles of lines
during the year, the department said.
In addition to those farms, REA Dor
rowers added about 100000 other rur-
al consumers to their systems during
the year.
Despite this unprecedented gain,
formidable job of rural identification
remains, USDA reported, for about
$4,000 farms still were without cleo
tricity.
The progress IN rural identification
since the war is indicated by the rec
ord of recent years. A year ago 81
per cent of the farms were electrified,
SAB per cent in 1916, 45.7 per cent in
1945 and 1919 per cent in 1885 at the
start of the federal rural electrical
ton program. Approximately 3,275,-
900 farms have received central sta
ton service since 1885 and of these
53.2 per cent are served by REA-fi-
nanced lines.
REA's survey shows that the great
est gains in the farm identification
during the fiscal year were made in
southern and middle western states.
Record loans for construction in the
great plains area were resulting in
greatly accelerated activity there as
the year closed.
Most of the unelectrified farms are
located in the great plains and in the
southern states, REA's survey shows. |
Commenting on the progress of farm
Administrator Claude |
R. Wickard said:
The progress in 1948 was most |
but we cannot afford to
slacken our efforts with 100000 |
arms and perhaps many other rural |
Establishments still without electri-
,ity. These unserved people are as
much entitled to electric power as
hose who already have it. But bring
IL +n~s - IL, H.
he ingenuity of all engineers and
,oWer suppIiers interested in this
ieId. Many of the farms are Iocat-
d in sparseIy settled areas, and many
n areas of rugged terrain.
"The problem of converting these
arms to the highline is paralleled by
he growing problem of providing ade-
uate power for those already served. Il
.verage consumption of power on the
arm is increasing at a rapid rate.
"The national power shortage is a
erious obstacle to expansion of rural
over service. Some applications for
ne construction now pending cannot
e approved because there is no power
valuable in the area. REA co-opera-
ives in many areas are finding it inn
ossibIe to purchase, from present
uppliers. the additional amounts of
over they need as the consumption
present consumers increase. This /
over shortage, judging from it's inn
act upon the rural electrification
rogram, is growing more acute"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
.l6,4O2 Transported
By Bus To School
I'm l947-48

Elizabeth Ireland today reported
that nearly $4,000 Montana boys and
girls were given transportation aid
in some form during the school year
1947-48. A total of $1,702,036 was
expended for this service by the
state, counties and school districts.
Miss Ireland commended the Mon
tana Citizens Committee on Educa-
ton for the bill which it is proposing
for transportation This bill takes
care Of the two essential needs of
today, which are mandatory trans
portation and bus schedule.
A total of 16,402 pupils were
transported in 156 district-owned
buses and 408 private or contract
buses, while the parents of 9,537 pu-
pills were paid individual transporta-
ton for bringing their own children
to school, or for board and room in
lieu thereof. The total mileage of
all round trips by school buses is
21,098 miles daily, or an annual
mileage of 3,734, 346 miles travelled.
The average seating capacity of
these buses was 81 pupils.
The average cost per pupils trans
ported per year was $61.74 for those
carried in private or contract buses:
$7407 for district-owned buses, and
$94.94 for those carried in common
carrier buses. Individual transpor-
tation, paid out for family cars, or
board and room, came to $61.45 for
each one of the 1851 such pupils.
The average for each one of the 25,-
939 pupils given direct transporta-
ton aid or board and room in lieu
thereof, came to $65.62 for the year.
Under the present law the state pays
one-third of the cost of transporta-
ton according to a schedule, and in
1947-48 this amounted to 100000.
The balance of the cost is paid by
the county and school district.
The proposed bill of the Citizens
Committee includes the cost of trans
portation as a part of the Founda-
ton program for each district. Due
to the great distances in Montana.
has now become a
necessary part of the cost of educa-
ton for many of the pupils. With
these changes, and with the added
provisions for purchase of buses and
the transportation sys-
tenn should be on an equitable basis.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22
MAURY ON THE AIR

Lowndes Maury, prominent
Butte attorney, will speak over
the Z-Bar net in the interests of
the campaign of Henry A. Wal
lace and Glen Taylor, Friday, Oct.
20. His talk will be broadcast
between 6 and 6:15 pm.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-22

"The President in his fit of anger,
hated loyal American railroad work
ers more than the foreign enemies of
this country, even more than the Japs
who made the sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor. "A. F. WHITNEY, BRIT
President, in May 1916 over Presi-
dent Truman's "draft railroad strik-
erS plea to congress-
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01

The auction sale, sponsored by
the Smyrna Lions Club for the
benefit of erecting a Boy and Girl
Scout building, will be held on
Market Street Plaza, Saturday,
April II. Besides the brand new
1948 Ford automobile other sale
able items such as antiques, glass
ware, furniture and appliances will
go to the highest bidders. ]. C.
Walker will be the auctioneer.
Members of the Lions Club are So
liciting for furniture no longer in
use by the owners and the club
will make arrangements to have
donations collected. Anyone inter-
ested in giving to this sale can OBJ
tain further details by calling
Smyrna 5681. Lionesses will have
a bakery concession to auction off
cakes and other pastries. Recog-
nizing a long-felt need in this COM
munity for a building devoted to
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
Pyle-CaII Engagement

Announcement is made of the
of Miss Ruth Janet
Pyle, daughter of Mrs. R. Wallen
Pyle, of Smyrna and Mr.. w. A. F..
Pyle, of Wilmington, to Mr.. Car
son Bradford Call, son of Mr.. Law
renee o. Call, of Smyrna and Mrs.
Sarah Bradford Call, of Miami,
Florida. Miss Pyle was graduated
from the John Bassett Moore High
attended Beacon College,
and is a member of the staff of
the National Bank of Smyrna.
Mr.. Call was graduated from the
Alabama High School
and attended Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Ala. He served
during World War II for eighteen
with the U. S. Navy Sea-
bees in the Aleuthians. He re-
Gently enlisted in the u. S. Army
Air Corps and will leave April IA
to attend radio technician school
at Scott Field, Illinois. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
LIONS HOLD BENEFIT AUCTION
SALE FOR SCOUT BUILDING

Boy and Girl Scout programs, the
Lions Club is endeavoring to pro-
vide the initiative and leadership
in erecting such a building. The
building will be conveniently To-
Gated on Frazier Street near the
school athletic field and will have
rooms for meetings and rooms for
individual units in order that sus-
tanned programs may be carried
on. The one story building will
have an attractive appearance
suitable for its location. Two
Army surplus buildings have been
dismantled and are on the site.
Work on the foundation will begin
in the near future. Let's give uor
in the near future. Let's give our
where their needs come first. The
meeting rooms will be available to
other organizations at such times
that our Boy and Girl Scouts do
not need them.
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
Annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale

The annual Girl Scout cookie
sale is now under way and the CO.
operation of the public is asked in
the support of this project. The
Girl Scouts do not stage a drive
for funds and the money from the
sale of the cookies is their sole
source of revenue. The four local
troops are supported from the pro-
ceeds of the cookie sale. Mrs.
Stanley Middleton is general chair
man for the cookie sale. A troop
committee meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Thomas Russell on
Monday night to make summer
plans. More details of the cookie
sale, with names of those assisting
Mrs. Middleton, will appear next
week.
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
TO AID CANNON
MEMORIAL
DIR. Cannon, Authority on
Classification of Stars, Yet
To Be Recognized Here
BORN IN DOVER

Regional to aid in the work of
the Annie Jump Cannon Memorial
Committee, were announced by
Mrs. John Pilling Wright, general
chairman. They are: Sussex Coun-
ty, Mrs. Thomas Robinson, of
Georgetown; Kent County, Mrs.
James H. Hughes, of Dover; New
Castle County, Mrs. William E.
Holton, of Newark; Wilmington,
Mrs. Cummins E. Speakman. DR..
Cannon, whose brilliant record as
an astronomer has yet to be rec
ognized by the people of her native
state, became the world authority
on the classification of the spectra
stars. Working in the Harvard
Observatory from photographs
taken with a telescope and a
prism, she interpreted the mark
ings on the plates and developed
a method of classification now ac-
cepted as standard, for approxirn-
ately 100000 stars. She is the
only woman, with the exception of
Katharine Lee Bates, author of
America the Beautiful, ever
awarded three degrees by her alma
mater, Wellesley College. In the
years that followed, honorary de-
grees came to her from leading
universities both here and abroad.
One of the most notable was from
the University of Groningen, Hol-
land, the highest degree conferred
on a woman by European uni
versity. In 1929, DIR. Cannon was
included in a list of twelve select
ed by the National League of Wo-
men Voters as the most outstand-
ing women then living in the Unit
ed States. Miss Cannon was born
and reared in Dover, in a comfort
able-looking house on State Street,
two or three doors from the Hugh
es residence. 1t is painted white
now as it was when the girl, An
ME Cannon described it as "the
only white house on the street"
She attended the local public
school and the then Conference
Academy" DR.. Cannon who died
in 1941, is buried in the Lakeside
Cemetery, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
SMYRNA DOWNS
MIDDLETOWN
Smyrna Hornets Win Over
MiddletOwn in Second Game
of Play-offs, 4S-46
FINAL GAME HERE WE'D.

The Smyrna Hornets, playing
one of their finest defensive and
offensive games of the season
against major competition, stym-
led a late rally by Middletown and
won in an extra period, 1916,
Monday night on the home court,
which tied up the semi-final play
offs between these two clubs of
the Mar-Del league. With Jimmy
Ford making the initial two
pointer, Smyrna was in the lead
most of the game. A Middletown
rally, late in the last half, which
put the visitors in the lead, was
squelched when the Hornets tied
up the score shortly before the
final gun which sent the contest
into an extra period. Scoring hon.
ors went to Middletown with Van
Brunt and Buckworth accounting
for IL apiece while Bodley, O'Neill
and Jacobs, of Smyrna, trailed in
second place with 10. A best-of-
three series, Middletown won the
first game played on their court
last Thursday, 48-43, with Dick
Jones racking up 26 points against
the locals. BY a fiip-of-a-coin de-
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
FRESH AIR
GUESTS JULY 20
SMYRNA Clayton Frien n d y
Town Committee to Place
City Children
SPONSORED BY LIONS

Some residents of Smyrna and
the country nearby watched last
summer the eyes of their Fresh
Air guests brighten with laughter
with the excitement of discovering
new world. AS a writer for the
Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
has said: ITO you, this world is
a pleasant and familiar home. To
the needy youngsters whose only
playground may be a. tenement
dump, your world is another
d-Paradise." Last year 311S
Fresh Air children enjoyed the
fun of visiting various Friendly
Towns. This year a Smyrna-Clay-
ton Friendly Town committee will
again serve to place the children
in this area, and anyone interested
in giving a vacation to an under
privileged child in the natural, linn
itless playground of the country,
may notify the local committee.
The young guests will arrive on
July 20 for two weeks. The chill
dren, who will arrive at Clayton,
may be sent to homes not only in
the towns of Clayton and Smyrna
but to Leipsic, Kenton, Hartly,
Woodland Beach, and the territory
between. For those who wish to
make this adventure in friendship
a call to any member of the COM
mittee will insure the arrival of an
appreciative boy or girl between
the ages of five and twelve (and
older children up to sixteen who
have been guests in previous
years.) The committee includes
William S. Bud, Wilson, chair
man, Clinton Robertson, of Clay
ton, John H. Fearon, bud" Diet
rich, Mrs. Warner w. Price, Jr.,
Mrs. Richard c. Price, Mrs. Will
liam B. Owens, and Mrs. Henry G..
Webb. The project is sponsored
locally by the Clayton and Smyrna
Lions Clubs through their welfare
committees.
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
PREPARE FOR
lTROTTING RACE
Ruth Bower Training For
Bohemia Point Farm
Stables
FOR KENT-SUSSEX FAIR

1t was a little difficult at first, to
recognize Ruth Bower in the heavy
road cart behind the bay gelding
turning in at the Bower stables at
the Kent & Sussex Fair grounds.
She had been jogging Royal Bo-
hemia, a 2-year-old PAGER and the
track was muddy. Mud was spat-
tered on her green sun glasses, her
CT field jacket, and her blue jeans.
AS she began to unhitch the bay
PAGER, she remarked that she had
five more horses to jog before the
afternoon was over. The 23-year
old blonde ordinarily trains but
three head for the Bohemia Point
Farm Stables, Chesapeake City,
Md. However, the owner, her
father, Ralph Bower, was under
the weather and she was training
the lot in preparation for Is nights
of par-mutuel racing, Conducted by
the Kent & Sussex Racing Asso-
citation, which gets under way at
the Harrington track Saturday
night, May 1. AS she sponged
Royal Bohemia, Miss Bower told
how she became an owner, trainer,
and even driver of harness horses.
my interest in horses started
when began riding ponies at
three and one-half years" she be-
gan. "In high-school, 1 rode
jumpers and took part in horse
shows. Later, while working for
Dupont research laboratories at
Gibbstown, N. j., bought Caddie
Hanover, a 3-year-old mare, and
started training her at the Pauls-
boro Matinee track. The sorrell
mare was hot headed but 1 babied
her and in the fall I drove her at
the Freehold Track when she made
her record of 2:11." Miss Bower
forgot to mention that she had
graduated from the University of
Delaware at 19, with a degree in
chemistry.
Smyrna times., 1948-04-01
I.O.O.F. ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
William G. Knots Named
Noble Grand at Recent
Local Election
NAME OTHER OFFICERS

Last Friday evening, March 26,
Morning Star Lodge, No. 8, I. o..
o. F., Smyrna, held an election of
officers at Odd Fellows Hall. The
following were elected: Vim. G..
Knotts, Noble Grand; Julian Dun
ming, Vice Grand; Recording Sec
retary, j. Austin Deamer. The
installation of the above named Of
ficers will take place at q future
date. Noble Grand c. Townsend
Vaughn and all members of Morn
ing Star Lodge No. 6 were graft
fled at the splendid attendance of
the following Past officers namely:
Past Grand Master w. e. Mat
thews, Jr., Past Grand Represent
ative Walter w. Hynson. The fol-
lowing State officers presided:
Grand Warden, Millaway Broad
way, Sr., Grand Representative
Harry c. Johnson, and the follow
ing Past Grands: Joseph Ennis,
Norman Shorts, James Fleming,
Harry Cloud, Harry Lower, Mere
dith Todd, Charles Burrous, and
one visitor: Geroge F. Gilliland,
Past Grand of Canada. Harry J.
Lower, Chaplain delivered an East
er message. His topic was the
story of the Crucifiction which he
vividly portrayed.
Banquet To Be Held
Arrangements have been COM
pleted to hold a banquet on April
18th, at Z o'clock at the Colonial
Hotel. A very interesting pro-
gram has been arranged according
to VIM. E. Matthews, Jr., Chair
man of the Banquet Committee.