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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-05
Ship of State Sails On-Many Passengers
Thrown Overheard To Tighten Cargo

streets, crying strange wares for
sale; new bonds of treasury, al
ready in stagnant debt of two hun
dred and fifty-two thousand million
dollars.
The actual revenue coming in to
the treasury is three or four billion
dollars short of the estimate. The
budget for expenses already exceeds
the estimate. The military, forget
full that wealth is made by labor
only, have, according to General Nc
Bride, expended in our royalty war
in Greece 900 million dollars more
than the appropriation of Congress
for that purpose. The expense of
our sustaining a fascist rule in Tur-
key is also several hundred million
dollars above the appropriation.
Law of Diminishing Returns" Soon
To Apply To Taxes
Congressman Doughton chairman,
finance committee), Senator George
chairman, finance committee), both
say that we have passed into that
state of affairs where to increase the
taxes will not increase, but diminish
the actual revenue collected, because
so many are already taxed more than
they can pay.
Income tax experts estimate some |
millions of persons will default this
year from lack of funds.
Under the Marshall plan the farm
ers of the United States are sup
porting the farmers of Russia,
hough the farmers here do not know
t, and many of them are still shout
ng to throw billions into European
after the total loss of an
stimated four billion in our fiasco
n China. This is how the farmers :
ere put the grain in the hopper,
nd the Russians get the flour. The
armers land other workers) make !:
II the wealth, of which taxes come.
'illions and billions go to build up
ne British factories. There ma
hinery is made. Last week Britain :
wapped machinery for some mil :
ons of tons of Soviet wheat, barley,
ats and rye. This machinery was
lostly made by our tax made from
ur wheat (sales?). We join up in
long winded Atlantic Pact with
ritain to prevent the spread of COM
lunism. While it is before our
enate, Britain trades vast shiploads :
f machinery, made by our money,
, Russia, for her surplus grain.
We are farm boys, duped by pa
mt medicine fakir at county fair. :
GLAND is communist. Last year :
ritain traded machinery, cutlery, :
C., made with our tax money, on :
x hundred million dollar deal, for :
,ain from Poland. :
British "Out-Visioned" Us In
China
While we were financing and :
aiming troops of Chang Kai Shek :
Evening star., 1949-05-08
ARTHUR o. BEYER.
By Hermon Schoden

All those old sourdoughs
named Yukon Jake might be
horrified by the Atomic Energy
Commissions latest. q hand
book for prospectors.
But it's not the gold Of the
KIondike or Summers Mill that
inspired this intrusion upon the
fictional figure of O man with
a burro, a mattock and shovel
and an urge to get away from
1t all.
Rather. it's with the hope
that thar's uranium in them
thar hills. that the Acc has
come out with q classic l23-
page tome that tells one every
thing he wants TO know about
the stuff except where to And II.
That Is the $4,000. 600. 900
question. That's what the Acc
would like to know--to keep .
$4,000. 600. 900 investment going.
Encouraged by Queries
OF the stuff that atomic
bombs are made. there In frank
skepticism that any prcspector.
however diligent. win come up
with another vast deposit like
Eldorado In Canada. Joach-
imsthal In Bohemia. or Shin
kolobwe In Belgian Congo.
This only underscores the
need for many discoveries OF
small fieldsenough TO Offset
the recent glum prediction OF
ous researcher that, st ths
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width of 30 inches. 1t VIII get
you s6ol.25 q ton.
There may be substitutes for
atomic energy. such as syn
tnetic plutonium. but thus far
only uranium 23S has been
found to start and maintain
chain reaction required for
atomic bombs.
The prospector's handbook
not too painfully informs one
there are 100 uranium bearing
minerals. most Of them pretty
hard 10 find.
Some of the Tests
Although the exact location
Of uranium Is now more OF 0
natural than military secret.
the Acc gives o few hints
The prospector should 90 I'D
where uranium has been found
before, "a where geological
conditions are similar 70 those
where uranium has been found.
or 90 where other metals hare
been found. All fairly logical.
II not imaginative. conclusions.
When the 5000 or more pros
pectors get organized. II looks
like no Stone win he left un-
turned, for the handbook ~
serts that pitchbknde and
other veins might occur tn ai-
most any type rock
Then thu ore might bob uc
In sandstone. such - the com
paratiyeiy productive Colorado
Plateau mines: n shales and
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beer. 700 900 hot aagx zoo 600
rolls and other dellcAe1es soald h<
passed out free But as the masses
Of Germans started moving ward
the stands they wefe stopped N
their tracks BY some well-FeEneEn
oered sounds A martial fanfare
Fayorite Fare
One thing the Germans, soang
and old. like better than food Is n
military Show. To their pleasant
surprise they Saw 5000 StTAppins
xell-ted Germans III brand ne "
uniforms. with careines, ri.fcs ard
Suomaehine suns hanging from
their shoulders. marching along
the main avenue Of the Last
Earten. which wax the scene Of The
spectacular pArades o! the I'm
perial Guards in the days Of the
empire
The motley crowds al hall =
starved people temporarily forget
the "wuersIehens hot dogs
With tears in their eyes they
watched the 7th Brigade OF the
new Eastern German police force
(the name temporarily given 10
the .eo0-man German army
created In the Eastern sone Of the
Reich.
The troops were "wunderhar
the people remarked. and except
for the fact that they were not
goose stepping they surely looked
as good and as important as the
Kaisers Grenadier Guards and
Hitler's Elite Corps II the u s,
s. r. could make possible such q
revival OF German power. the
crowds no doubt thought. what
wonders could Russia work II the
whole of Germany were freed Of
the Western Allies?
This rather insignificant incl
dent did not escape the attention
Of the ehancellories OF the West
ern powers. for 1t serves as q
straw IN the wind for the nego-
tiationS which are expected 10
take place soon between East and
West for settlement OF the Ger
man problem.
+ While the Western powers have
followed hit-snd-miss policy to-
ward Germany. the Russians have
methodically strengthened their
political position in the Eastern
occupation zone. After ruthlesSly
liquidating the elements in Ger
many which they regarded as un-
reliable, and after making a ter
rife show OF strength. Russians
have turned toward the conserva-
tive Nationalists and told them
that Moscow's politics were 10
assist and not destroy the former
Reich's power.
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lover Bremen. Germany, December
20, 1943 in a Flying Fortress. Act
ing as radio operator and gun
ner, he was wounded in the thigh
and face. He asked to be thrown
overheard to tighten the crippled
plane. Though his eye was shot
away he managed to fend of at
tacking fighters until the ship was
ditched in the English Channel,
and then saved the wounded tail
gunner by holding him on the
ships wing until rescued.
Mr.. Vosler now lives at Marcel
lus, N. Y, and is employed by the
Veterans Administration at Syra-
cuse. Before joining the VA he
studied at Syracuse University and
later took a Job as radio station
engineer. While at the university,
Mr.. Vosler married the former
Virginia Slack of Springfield. VT.
They have a daughter, 3, and a
year-old son.
Mr.. Vosler's work with the VA
is as contact representative who
helps adjust the claims Of veter-
ans. Vets, he finds, rarely talk
about the war. One of his observa-
tions is that veterans who are
manned are the most reluctant to
take the benefits to which they
are entitled. He figures they "feel
lucky to be alive" and are willing
to let it 60 at that. The VA pays
him an annual salary Of $500.
Sergt. Charles e. Commando
Kelly. seth Infantry Division, was
awarded his medal after an all
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phosphates, or even In placer
deposits" Of sand and gravel
along rivers and beaches.
Testing for uranium could be
fascinating work. II one likes
the out Of doors and has no
particular place 20 30.
One recommended test 10
called fiuorescence. The pros
pector sets himself up in blsi-
ness with nm ultraviolet light
which operates on batteries or
electric current. By flashing
the light at night. he might
find q fiuorescent uranium
bearing mineral called asitonite.
Autoniie always 3norescea.
but there's q catch. No other
uranium metal responds. and .
lot of non cn-urantilrn metals do.
THERE'S o way 20 ctrcamvest
this trouble. known ~ the bead
test. This involves . short
lesson in chemistry. simply er-
piained 10 prospective pros-
pset0rs-
Radioactive tests for uranium
are described In detail. One
simple method u 70 wrap IN
unexposed photographs Tim
In lignt-rspeliant paper. place
q bit OF metal On is. and on
t6p Of that the rock aample 70
b tested. n the Elm darksns.
radioactive rays are present
Ths handbook shouid BE- cd
sks Government Prinsans Ones
prsasss by Nay -.
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present rate of consumption. all
domestic uranium will be gone
in 80 years.
Encouraged by more than
5000 queries from potential
uranium hunters. Acc has
turned out a manual that. for
q small fee, will make o full
fiedged prospector out OF al
most any one.
But instead of divining rod,
goldbug and sitting pan, your
uranium hunter viii 60 into the
wilderness armed with Geiger
counter, eIectroscope and
camera.
; The Acc, is not asking that
it all be done In the name OF
patriotism. though that should
be O stimulating factor. Until
April, 1858, the commission is
guaranteeing $3.50 per pound
for domestic ore assaytng ~
least 10 per cent uranium
oxide.
And. for n jackpot. there Ii q
$4,000 bonus awaiting the
gentlemen who find q new de-
posit and deliver 70 the COM
mission the first 20 ahort tons
Of 20 per cent uranium The
bonus is In addition 70 the
usual bounty.
Matter of fact. II you can
find Q 7-inch-wide seam Or
vein Of pitchblende. most pro-
ductise OF uranium yielders.
and mine o chunk Of it 70 .
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night fight in q storehouse near
Altayilla, Italy. Out Of ammuni-
ton, he used 60-millimeter shells
as grenadeS. pulling the fuses with
his hands. Later. he held the post
until his comrades withdrew. load
ing and firing a rocket launcher
from the window.
Kelly an Investigator
Mr.. Kelly now is employed as
an investigator by Charles Mar
giotti. q criminal lawyer OF Pitts
burgh. He got the Job last De-
cember and it consists Of serving
papers and interviewing witnesses.
Mr.. Kelly is married and is the
father of two children. Virginia
Ellen, 3. and Charles. jr.. 2. After
his discharge he operated a gaso-
line station for a time but gave
it up because the overhead was
too high. Later he stumped for
the Young Republicans.
Broke. he appealed to Mr.. Mar
giotti for help and was given his
present job. Mr.. Kelly says he has
nothing left of the SAL 900 he got
from books. articles. movie rights
and radio. It went for clothing,
furniture and hospital bills.
Says Mr.. Margiotti: Kelly is
doing q very good job. He GER
tainly has a place with US as long
as he wants 1t. He Is still q hero
to me and to every one In our Of
fee"
Corpl. Arthur o. Boyer. 6o3d
Tank Destroyer Battalion. won
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pointed by President on April II,
t1943): Guy Mason, Democrat.
and Col. KutZ. From May /, 1943
(when Commissioner Young took
his OATH.
Fifty-fourth Board-Mr. Young.
Republican, president: Mr.. Mason.
Democrat (reappointed by Presi-
dent on August Is. 1914. Con-
firmed by Senate November 30,
1914. and took oath December II.
1944); and Col. Kutz. From De-
cember II, 1914. tCol. Kutz was
retired to inactive status)
Fifty-flfth Board-Mr. Young.
Republican. president: Mr.. Mason.
Democrat: Brig. Gen. Gordon r..
Young. September 25. 1945, when
Gen. Young took his oath.
Fifty-sixth Board-Mr. Young.
Republican. president (reappoint-
ed by the President on May IL.
1946): MIR. Mason, Democrat. and
Brig. Gen. Young. From May II.
1916. when Commissioner Young
took his oath.
Fifty seventh Board - Mr..
Young. Republican. president:
Mr.. Mason. Democrat Geappoint-
ed by the President on January
20. 1s4s), and Brig. Gen. Young.
February Z. 1948. when Commits
sioner Guy Mason took his oath.
Grant Named Phelps
The pioneer president Of the
Board Of Commissioners. Seth
Ledyard Phelps. was nominated
by President Grant. after he had
been q member of the temporary
commission to govern the city.
Mr.. Phelps was . prominent
naval ofilcer and diplomat. He
was the grandson Of Seth Phelps.
Revolutionary War soldier. Com
missioner Phelps was schooled In
the Navy. went on the naval
astronomical expedition to Chile
and In the Civil War was on duty
on the Mississippi. Red. Tennessee
and Cumberland Rivers.
After Mr.. Phelps had com
pleted his service TO the City OF
Washington. President Arthur
1see BOARD. Page c-0J
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honor near Arlancourt, Belgium.
by destroying two machine-sun
positions. cleaning out six fox
holes. killing eight Germans and
taking lS prisoners. including two
bazooka teams.
Mr.. Boyer nov is a farmland
near Buffalo. N. Oak. He needs
plenty OF elbow room 10 move
around In. he says. He has pur-
chased 40 acres of his own near
Ogema. MINI. and has q house
there. He lives there when he
isn't working OF and on" for
Harry Mareks. his present farm
er-employer.
Mr.. Boyer says he likes farm
work and wants to have q good
farm OF his own. Before the war
he worked In q garage Mt St.
Ansgar. Iowa. but didn't like IL
because garage work Is no good
In winter"
Life Not Affected
Mr.. Boyer said war honors have
not affected. his life and Lou
Easton. Mayor Of Buffalo. added.
Boyer is a pretty good fellow: he
doesn't talk about his war record
seldom mentions It,"
The only effect the war had on
my career" said Mr.. Boyer. "is
the Army got me too quick. just
when was fixing to start farming
for myself" He will be 80 next
month.
Tech. Sergt. Junior j. Spurrier.
35th Infantry Division. was the
"one-man army" who liberated
Achain. Lorraine in November.
1914. He killed Is Of the enemy,
capturing 20 others. and later took
. hill In which he captured 20
more.
He is now the best known auto
salesman In Biuefield, w. Va.
Between his discharge In le46
and re-enlistment in l947. Mr..
Spurrier married Q hometown girl
"A colonel told me when + got
my medal that ! was a marked
man for life. I now know what
he meant"
Mr.. Spurrier added that ut tthe
medal) has helped me In some
ways and hindered mo In others"
Mr.. Spurrier turned down sew
eral offers to have his name iden-
titled as o Medal OF Honor winner
linked with local business enter
prises.
Though he Is no longer pointed
out on the street as the "one-man
army" Mr.. Spurrier's deeds have
not been forgotten. Most people
In Bluefield can tell you who
Junior Spurrier Ii. and what he
did.
Master Sgt. Vito Rocco Bertoldo
42d Infantry Division. defended
an exposed position near Hatten
France. for more than 20 hours
without rest. Armed with q ma
chine gun and later a rife. he
killed at least 20 Germans and
wounded many others.
Helps Other Vets
The son Of an italian immigrant,
he quit school before the war TO
work In an Illinois coal mine.
Today he is employed by the
San Francisco Veterans Admin
stration ONCE. investigating claims
for compensation. and helping vet
erans get their claims adjusted.
TITS gratifying work" Mr.. Ber-
toldo said. Il get q lot Of letters
from ex-soldiers whose cases ]
have handled"
Mr.. Bertoldo's VA superiors say
he Ia doing q fine job and gets
along well with veterans whose
cases he helps adjust.
Although many veterans spot
the Medal Of Honor rosette he
wears In his lapel. the public on
the whole Is unaware OF his
record. He Is happily married.
f,astYthutsd hy the Associated Prsss-b
Evening star., 1949-05-08

Four years ago the thunder over
Europe ceased, the long awaited
We day was proclaimed and the
largest military force ever assem-
bled under the American flag
looked homeward.
The Atlantic struggle was prin-
cipally an Army show, fought by
ground troops and the air forces.
Just as the Pacific war and vi
day were to bring new glories to
the Navy.
The European warriors were a
cross section of the United States,
the mechanics, tellers, and clerks
of the land. Bravery was their
common spirit, and some achieved
the highest recognition of battle
accomplishment - the Congress
sional Medal Of Honor.
Now, four years after, the fight
ers have disappeared into the
anonymity Of civilian life.
From War Department annals,
the Associated Press drew a group
of Medal of Honor winners and
traced their experiences in civil
life. Their stories are in many
ways the account Of their millions
of brothers-in-armS.
Home in Barracks
Here they are:
Pfc. Mike Colalillo, Tooth Infan-
try Division, won his medal for
meritorious action near Inter
greieshem, Germany. April Z,
1945. He formed a one-man
spearhead for his unit and killed
rs Germans in bitter fighting atop
a tank and on foot.
Today, Mike and his young wife
Lima. with their 2-year-old son.
Albert. are living In q two-room
apartment with eight other fami-
lies in a barracks formerly used
for wartime shipyard workers at
Duluth. MINI.
He Is working at the Interlake
Iron Co. as O storeroom clerk. re-
ceiyes q fair salary but has had no
promotions.
Immediately after getting home
from the war he went to work for
the company, but soon left his Job
to try to graduate from high
school. He was able to finance
only two semesters before he had
to return to Interlake. where his
seniority rights were forfeited.
The Colalillos looked more than
a year before they found their
barracks home, for which they
pay $40 monthly. Their last place,
larger and heated for $40, was
so cold the baby awoke one morn
ing with blue cheeks and finally
had pneumonia.
A newspaper ad, brought several
responses with rent at $50 to 800
monthly. Guess they all thought
Mike was a millionaire" said Lima.
No Job Offers
Their present place has q cook
ing and heating stove in their
living room-kitchen. q bedroom
and shower. It is kept very neat
and clean. Mike doesn't complain,
but he said he would like to leave
Duluth If he could afford 1t. Asked
If the Congressional Medal had
brought any offers Of jobs. he said.
Not a one"
Sergt. Forrest L. Vosler, heavy
bombardment group, U. 8. Air
Forces, gained the medal for ex-
treme valor on q bombing raid
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Reds Try Brotherly Love
Approach on the Germans
Moscow Now Informs Conservatives
Ii Wants TO Aid, Not Wreck
0, Cen,ssa.ras sn.n

Some SOC 600 Germans gathered Aa Sunday ts latSaa
Berlin They attracted
Communist speakers hgt BY
participants ths MAY Day celebration
Il known thai leAs zoe
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Board of Commissioners
Bipartisan in Character
D. Has Had 16 Democratic Commissioners
toe. OPS Ii Since Present Form of
Government Was Set Up in 1878
By WiIIiom A. MiIlen

President in nominating Commissioned John Russell
Young following tradition In keeping the
bipartisan character of the Commissioners.
Mr. Young by the late President Roosevelt
Republican and his associate the
Commissioner observers
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Picked Best Officers

They enlisted German nation
alists on their side. regardless oil
whether they had paid lip service
to Hitler. They picked Out the
best officers of the broken Wehr-
macht and offered them the pos
sibility OF reorganizing q small
force ut first and creating a big
ger and better force In the future,
They did not ask them to swear
allegiance TO the hammer and
sickle. Neither did they ask them
how they stood on democracy
old or new style. They fully SUBJ
scribed TO the old military theory
that there Ia no such thing as q
democratic army.
Thousands OF competent ON
GERS and hundreds OF thousands
OF experienced soldiers fiockcd TO
the new standards. OF these only
handful--5o. 900 men~-were Sc
iected for immediate active duty.
The others were placed on special
rolls. ready for immediate call.
Meanwhile, they were given spe-
cial rations and occupations which
would build UP their physiques
and morale.
For the sake Of appearances,
German Communists have been
put in top positions in Berlin and
some parts OF the eastern zone.
but Moscow Ia relying on the old
line German nationalists for the
future restoration Of the Reich,
Rudolf Eadolny. O German OF
Hungarian ancestry and q for
mer Ambassador 10 Moscow. is
their chief trump card. Nadolny
Is not and never has been q Com
munist sympathtzer. He Ia q
thorough German nationalist who
has decided TO accept Moscows
extended hand because he con-
siders that Germany can never be
restored 70 power with the assist
Evening star., 1949-10-25
Physical Ed Teachers
Invited to A. u. Session

Physical education instructor.
in colleges, high schools and ele.
mentary schools in the MetropoN.
tan Area are invited to the fall
get-together of the District o1
Columbia Health and Physica
Education and Recreation Asso.
citation tomorrow night at Amer.
ican University. The program will
start at 7::45.
Swimming, bowling, square
dancing and table tennis are
scheduled in the A. u. gym. Guests
will include DR.. Thomas Ferguson
Maryland physical education di-
rector, and Mrs. Clarice Smith
president of the District associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1949-10-25
Bo|Iston Indians After 81 900
7oFurther Recreation Plans

Arlington's T model recreation
Is bad for the kids"
2. Arlington doesn't have q
boys club, a swimming pool or
a ball park. We need them"
8. "Our annual drive for
funds-$1 .000-brought in $l04.
We are broke!"
The Indians this year fielded
three baseball teams which
played a total Of 108 games at
a cost of $1,500. To keep up
its work Club Director Dallas
Pearson estimates $1,000 will
be needed for the coming year.
"The need in Arlington is too
great" says Pearson. 1--WE can't
quit now"
Evening star., 1949-10-25
TK0 by Titone Dims
Cooper 'sHopet etoFighi
For Bantam Crown

Being beaten by Charley Titone
Of Brooklyn is no disgrace al
though it comes. rather hard to
Jimmy Cooper. local feather
weight, over whom Titone scored
8 sixth-round technical knockout
last night at Turner's Arena. It
was the first knockout scored
against Cooper and put a crimp in
his hopes for a bantamweight
title fight early next summer.
Titone's record and his actions
last night show him as a classy
and fast featherweight who has
beaten some fairly good fighters.
His recent split-decision loss to
Cooper was his first setback in
more than a year and he under
standably wanted to even matters
last night.
He did that and more. winning
three of the first four rounds be-
fore. a right cross hoored Cooper
for a nine-count in the fifth round.
In the sixth he continued his
advantage and, with hard rights
and lefts to the head, soon had
Cooper unable to defend himself.
Referee Marty Gallagher stopped
1t after Sc seconds.
That outcome undoubtedly saved
a big rhubarb about a "long
count" that a great many fans
thought Cooper got in the fifth
round when he was foored. When
Cooper staggered to his feet he
appeared very groggy. Referee
Gallagher gave him a few seconds
respite as he wiped off Cooper's
glove, looked him over to see what
shape he was in and asked him if
he was okay. That gave Cooper
two or three seconds to pull him.
self together and, before action
could start again, the bell saved
him.
Undoubtedly Gallagher's action
did help Cooper, but it is the regu-
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lar custom here and a good one.
Every time a fighter is downed he
gets the same treatment from all
District referees so that it is IL
to Is seconds before another blow
Is struck. The customers certainly
didn't like it last night and. during
the rest period between the fifth
and sixth rounds, booed Referee
Gallagher.
A crowd of 1.004 paid a net gate
Of SLABS from a gross of $1,904.
Also a humdinger of a battle
was the semiflnal in which Light
weight Pat Thomas kept his pro
record intact by taking a split
decision over tough and expert
enced Billy Unce in five rounds.
In prelims: Sam Kelsey TKO'd
Cy Redman in the fourth; Jim
O'Brien stopped Gene Kelley in
the first; George Carrigan TKO'd
Tonk Mayfleld in the fourth, and
Battling Moore won a split over
Kid Saucer.