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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-02-09
Events In Brief.


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March Is. to file your income tax.
See W. J. Fulgroat, accountant
and tax expert, located in Cecile
Milne building.
Help wanted Office girl as
stenographer nd bookkeeper;
give age, experience and salary
expected, together vi h name
and address in first letter in your
own handwriting. Reply to Post
office Box IS, care of Browning
Chief.
Get your ping-pongs taken now
at the Glacier Studio.
Mrs. Guy Robertson arrived
from Los Angeles last Saturday
to join her husband, who early
this year was appointed as super
intendent Of the B a C k f e e t
Agency. Mrs. Robertson had
been visiting relatives in Los
Angeles since his appointment.
The Robertsons formerly resided
at Lander, Wyoming.
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inc with electric pump; also twin
tubs with drains and stand. In
quire Mrs. Ernest Emery, phone
75-J.
Piano tuning and repair; mem.
Der of American Piano Tuners
technicians Association. w. B.
Anderson, M & N Cabins. 49tf.
Miss Grace B. Barnett of Babb
and Mrs. Ethel Walters are en-
joyjng a several weeks visit in
eastern states. The points visited
include Buffalo. N. Y, former
home Of Mrs. Barnett. A card
she sent to local friends from
Buffalo contains interesting news
of how, despite rapid change of
the old home town, the old fam
ilier things she loved so we'll, are
still to be enioyed.
Get your ping-pongs taken now
at the Glacier Studio.
Mrs. Eva Armour left last
Saturday for Pendleton, Ore. to
visit her daughter, Mrs. E. J.
Quaempts.
Rayon night gowns at So. SO at
the Economy Shop.
For quick sale-Ivers & Pond
piano, in good condition. See
John Loewen at Buttreys Foods.
Frillie panties at 81. Economy
Shop.
The Chief has received letter
from Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Show,
who recently arrived at Phoenix
from Florida. Presumably, they
will return home leisurely so that
their arrival will be timed with
the advent of favorable spring
weather. The Shows said that on
January 30 two inches of rain had
fallen over a 24-hour period.
Ladies tailored spring suits and
coats now in at the E n O m y
Shop.
Liberal re ward offered for re-
covery Of wheel and new Snow
Grip spare tire; WHY'S jeep truck;
tire size7. l6. Lost either between
Browning and Kiowa camp or
Browning and Roy House ranch.
Jess Shoop, box Cd, or III o n e
S3-M. 49-2tp.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wright
returned Wednesday from a H.
days motor trip through northern
and central Idaho and parts of
Washington and Oregon.
+, Levi Burd is reported to be
making steady recovery at his
home at Great Falls, following
delicate cerebral operation in
Great Falls hospital a month ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry johnson
left last weekend for a months
trip, which they plan to take
Evening star., 1951-09-16
By Jerome KeorfuI

posts. The plans for new State of
Franklin were ordered given up
Immediately
The rugged pioneers of Franklin
now could either retreat gracefully
and accept the administration of the
State of North Carolina-or they
could proceed boldly with their plans,
defy the parent State, and hope that
Congress would take their part. Once
started, the movement for an inde-
pendent State was hard to stop. The
Franklinites had tasted the flavor of
independent Statehood. They went
ahead
Another Franklin convention met
in December to adopt a constitution
and work out details for a State
administration. With a few changes,
the convention adopted constitution
similar to North Cardinals. Sewer
was chosen Governor, to take Office
March the following year.
The actual boundaries of the new
State were not very clearly defined.
In addition to the western counties
of North Carolina, number of West
ern VirginianS were interested in
seeding from their own State and
Incorporating their lands with Frank
lin. The Franklin government sent
representatives to Congress, asking
for recognition of the new State, but
Evening star., 1951-09-16

Capt. Sahuschai Sooyabhoth1 par
ticularly desires American people
to understand that he is a practical
man.
He has precisely three years to
master the entire financial structure
of the United States Army. Early in
1854 he must report back to the
Thailand Army's director general of
finance. The director general de-
sires-and expects-Capt. Sooyab-
hothi to be Bangkok's No. l author
ity on United States Army Finance
Corps methods.
Like most of his people, Capt
Sooyabhothi walks humbly and
speaks softly as tiny temple bell.
Nonetheless, he is man on time
table. Courtesy and practically must
be balanced like teacup and
saucer.
So, being practical, he tells you
how to pronounce his surname soon
after he meets you. "The t-h-i is
silent" explains Capt. Sooyabhothi.
THE name is pronounced SOO-ya-
boe.' He figures this explanation
may save several minutes of embar-
RAISING pauses in an hours conver-
Sation.
Arriving in Washington last jan
uary. Capt. Sooyabhothi took his first
practical step. He secured lodgings
at 3432 Thirty fourth street NV,
saw his military attache and then
Evening star., 1951-09-16

that body was unwilling to be drawn
into conflict with North Carolina
over the question and would take no
action.
The Franklinites were now in the
position Of rebels against the author
lty of the State of North Carolina,
but neither they nor the North Caro-
linians were at first disposed to resort
to any means stronger than those of
differences. Sewer and the Governor
of North Carolina exchanged friendly
letters.
While negotiations with North
Carolina continued, Franklin carried
on the functions of an independent
State. Elections for State office were
held, appointments to civil and mill
tary posts made and political agree
ments drawn up with the Indians
and the State of Georgia. Franklin
authorities found the question of a
standard currency very troublesome
and, for time, racoon and bear pelts
were authorized legal tender.
'LoyoIists' Appointed
In order to bring the Franklin
government under control, North
Carolina appointed loyal men to
county Offices in Franklin. Thus, in
several Franklin counties, there came
to be two. sheriffs, one supporting the
Franklin government, the other North
Carolina. When both tried to collect
taxes. trouble naturally arose. In
1888 John Upton an ardent member
of the North Carolina faction, de-
clared that Sewer was in arrears in
taxes owed to the State of North
Carolina. In Nolachucky Jacks
absence. Upton and his party seized
a number of slaves belonging to
Sewer in satisfaction of the alleged
debt. The Franklin Governor, with
a body of followers, thereupon at
tackled and laid siege to the quarters
where Upton and 40 North Carolina
loyalistS held the slaves. Severe
fighting. with number of casualties
followed. Finally Sewer Withdrew.
Franklin was declared in state of
revolt. Nolachucky Jack was reduced
to the position of renegade rebel.
For time, with a band of loyal fol-
lowers. he carried on an Indian war
in order to gain new lands and re-
establish himself.
But by the time a new Governor
assumed Office in North Carolina, the
State government of FRANKLIN had
almost ceased to function. The
speedy arrest of Sewer was ordered.
When that rugged individualist had
the hardihood to ride into Jones'
borough in October, 1888, he was
seized and brought to trial for trea-
son. The indictment was not pressed.
but it was the final act in the drama
Of Franklin history.
Evening star., 1951-09-16

meant somebody who was not full
fledged member of an organization.
Could the associate course possibly
be something inferior to the regular
course? If SO, such would be most
embarrassing to Capt. Sooyabhothi.
His fears were assuaged. "Asso-
ciate," the lieutenant explained, is
just word. There is no other course
comparable. Rest assured the asso-
ciate course is THE regular course for
finance officers. There is an advanced
course, and this you may take after
completing the regular associate
course"
The American lieutenant and the
Thai captain had one last dinner
together, the night Capt. Sooyabho-
thi was to leave for Indianapolis. Il
shall be back in the spring to Wash
ington, D. c." said Capt. Sooya-
bhothi. "I shall study the Depart
ments of the Budget and the Treas
ury while I am waiting to take the
advanced finance officers course"
The two bade each other good-by.
An hour later the lieutenant's phone
rang.
Capt. Sooyabhothi speaking"
said the voice, unnecessarily. "I am
at the railroad station. I have asked
for ticket to Indianapolis The
lady has told me 1 am going to
Indiana.
This Indiana-is it in Indian
apolis?"
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Diplomacy by Closure Turns West
By EorI H. Voss

Some refinements in the newly
developed Allied technique of dealing
with Russian obstructionism can be
expected as the Western nations turn
from the Far East to the other side
of the world in bolStering their de-
fenses against communism.
A three-month program of Western
diplomatic meetings. keyed to the
vital problem of unifying Western
Europe, now is under way. 1t looks
like the biggest diplomatic offensive
We have yet undertaken.
The kickoff was the Big Three
Foreign Ministers Conference here in
Washington last week. The North
Atlantic Treaty Council opened ses-
SionS yesterday in Ottawa to consider
the military side of unification in
Europe. This same group will re-
sumo discussions in October in Rome
1t is a good bet that these meet
ingS are working out variations on
the new theme first played at the San
Francisco Conference early this
month.
This new technique-it might be
called diplomacy by closure"-is a
slightly Self-conScious avoidance of
the veto-ridden United Nations. 1t
has been reluctantly embraced by the
United States and it's Allies as the
most effective countermeasure for
Soviet obstructionism. The free
world has relished the change and
diplomats now have every encourage
ment to continue along the same
lines. Bipartisan approval in
America has been typical of the re-
ception in most other parts of the
free world.
AS the great Macarthur debate
emphasized, most Allied governments
consider Western Europe to be the
most important theater of opera
tions in the cold war. Up to now,
the Soviet Union, aided by natural
rivalrieS among European nations,
has succeeded in frustrating Allied
attempts to weld the continent into
an effective bulwark against COM
muniSm.
Italy's effectiveness in the North
Atlantic alliance, for instance, has
been hampered by restrictive repara-
tionS and rearmament clauses in her
peace treaty. which was the end
result of an old-type diplomatic tug
of-war between Russia and the West
ern nations
Germany has been deprived of a
peace treaty and so has been reluc-
tant to cooperate at full capacity
in the Western European defense
setup. Austria has been hanging
in state of suspended animation,
occupied by rival powers, impatiently
awaiting peace treaty long over
due. Russia has thwarted every AL
lied effort to return these countries
to their normal place in world So
ciety.
The new diplomacy by closure
looks like the answer, which can
pull these cheStnuts out of the fire.
General plans for clearing the way
for unification are known. Western
Germany is to be given a separate
treaty with the free world-known
as a contract" This is the price
which Adenauer has demanded in
return for an effective German con-
tribution to the rearmament Of
Western Europe.
Differences of opinion among West
ern powers on how far to allow Ger
many to rearm and how much infiu-
ence to give her have developed along
World War I lines. with the French
being the most appreEf Efnsive and the
Evening star., 1951-09-16

Deputy Undersecretary Carl Hum
lesine, who said on a television
program several weeks ago that he
would fire any one he found feeding
information to Senator Mccarthy.
The Democrats would be frankly
delighted if McCarthyism were not
campaign issue, and they hope
that by this new strategy they may
have blunted it's effectiveness as a
Republican weapon. If it does come
up, however. they have served no
tice that they will meet it head-on
So the administration has taken
heart. They feel they can take on
Mccarthy without in any way dam
aging their own anti Communist
position. After all, as Senator Mar
garet Chase Smith. member of his
own party. put it in her declaration
of conscience: Opposition to COM
munism is surely not the exclusive
possession of the Senator from Wis
consin.''
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Who Remembers Our Lost State of Franklin?

Lost somewhere in the records OF
history is the story of our forgotten
State of Franklin. Yet, for several
years Franklin, lying in what is now
the eastern portion of Tennessee,
functioned under a full-grown State
government, with a Governor, State
courts, and a State militia. 1t had
its own constitution and legislature,
levied taxes, and made treaties with
the Indians. For a time, it seemed
that a State named in honor of Ben
Franklin was here to stay.
John Sewer, old ''Nolachucky
%Sck"-pioneer Indian fighter and
of the frontiermen-was the
don. Iting figure of Franklin. After
the Revolutionary War, he joined a
group of men formed to settle and
stake land claims in the western part
of North Carolina. When the North
Carolina Legislature, in 1874, passed
a resolution ceding her western lands
to the national Government, Sewer
and other leaders of the settlements
around the Watauga River which
were included in the cession deter
mined to set up a government Of
their own and apply for admission
as new State.
Becoming q Stote
The Continental Congress had re-
Gently provided that new States
formed from the Western lands
might be admitted to the Confedera-
ton either by organizing govern
ment and applying on their own
initiative, or by an action begun by
the national Government itself. By
adopting the first of these two al
ternativeS, Sewer and his associates
were obviously in the clear Func-
tioning as State, they would gain
two distinct advantages: They would
have a strong local government for
defense against the Indians, and they
would be confirmed in the titles to
their land.
In August, 1874, the hardy settlers
and their leaders in the ceded lands
of North Carolina lying beyond the
mountains met in a convention at the
village of Jonesborough to consider
the question of establishing new
State. The elected delegates voted
unanimously that this should be done.
and that the State should bear the
name of Franklin.
So far, all was smooth sailing. But
the parent State of North Carolina
tossed a bombshell into the plans of
the Franklinites by withdrawing the
cession offer to the National Govern
ment before Congress could act upon
1t. At the same time, the North
Carolina government attempted to
placate the rancor and chagrin Ot
the Franklin planners by proposing
new courts and a new military district
for the western counties. Sewer and
other leaders were named to official
Evening star., 1951-09-16

assistant chief of finance-with the
lieutenant as an escort.
The assistant chief, a colonel, sent
the Thai and his escort to another
assistant chief, also a colonel. Next
thing Capt. Sooyabhothi and his
escort knew, they were meeting the
chief Of finance himself-who COR
daily greeted them and suggested
they visit the chief of the Military
Personnel Division. The latter took
them to the chief of the Training
Branch.
The Training Branch, it developed,
had quite bit to do with the Army
Finance School. But" said the
major in charge, eve can't do any,
thing about your enrolment. That's
all handled by CO (Army Intelli-
gencel. You'll have to see your mill
tary attache about it. Have him clear
it through channels -"
The afternoons events might have
frayed the patience of any but the
most practical. Capt. Sooyabhothi
was undismayed. He checked one
more item off his timetable: The busi-
ness of meeting important people in
United States Army finance.
Chiefly Audiences
Had he not had audiences with the
major general chief, the assistant
chiefs and several other categories of
chiefs? This months letter to Bang
kok would be most satisfactory.
He reported the events also to his
attache and returned to George
Washington while awaiting results.
Last month, he received the word
He was to report to Fort Benjamin
Harrison, near Indianapolis, on Sep
tember 4, to attend the associate
finance officers course in the Army
Finance School.
Capt. Sooyabhothi studied the
word associate" in his Thailand-
American dictionary. He telephoned
the lieutenant of information in the
Office of the Chief of Finance and
invited him for dinner next day.
Over Manhattans, the captain
opened his worried mind.
Associate" in his dictionary,
Evening star., 1951-09-16
By Albert M. coIeerove

broken. Capt. Sooyahbothi turned to
the page explaining about the Finance
Corps schools in St. Louis.
"Oh, yes" said the lieutenant.
We'll, now, that's too bad. The
Finance School moved to Indianap-
oils a couple of months ago. But. of
course, you can go there, just the
same"
Now Capt. Sooyabhothi was at a
loss. st. Louis he had painstakingly
located on the map. But this In
dianapolis. now? Where in this world
was that? The lieutenant sensed the
captains dismay.
Indianapolis is even closer to
Washington than st. Louis" he ex-
planned cheerily. mo trouble at all
getting there. Just an overnight train
trip"
Capt. Sooyabhothi breathed easier.
But the lieutenant himself was in
something Of turmoil. Never in his
Army career had he sent anybody
to school. He decided to take Capt.
Sooyabhothi to see the chief of
finances executive officer, bow out
quietly and let the exec worry about
it.
But the exec, lieutenant colonel,
had been in the Army a long time.
He very gracefully received Capt.
Sooyabhothi and passed him to an
Evening star., 1951-09-16

United States being the most gener-
Gus. Conferences like the Big Three
meeting just completed and the NATO
conference now in progress are iron-
ing out these differences.
How the West is to handle the Ital-
ian peace treaty is nice problem in
diplomatic technique. Most observers
see two Neutrality-suspicious. of
the present Italian treaty, or substi-
tuition of a new one. Either action
will draw loud protests from Russia
and will probably be brought up in
several diplomatic conference.-the
the General Assembly meeting in
Paris in November-where closure
methods could be effective. General
Assembly rules now provide for ma
jority settlement of many issues for
merly subject to the veto.
Hard as the decision may be, that
part of Austria under Western con-
troll probably will be given peace
treaty, while Russia continues to
camp in the half it now occupies.
These prospective actions in Ger
many. Italy and Austria may well
transform the Iron Curtain from a
device for keeping the Western world
out to one for imprisoning Russia.
And now that the Allies have dis
carded the Marquis of Queensbury
rules in their diplomacy. maybe there
will be faster progress in building
unity in Western Europe. There had
better be. 1t would be tragic if war
were the only force which could gal
vanize the free world into effective
action for its own preservation.
Evening star., 1951-09-16
The Democrats Come Of Their oxoes on the Mccarthy Issue

distribution during the Wisconsin
campaign, is its work. The Truman
and Tobin speeches, it is claimed,
were prepared independently of one
another.
In fact, according to Democrats all
over Washington. what looks like
concerted campaign against Senator
Mccarthy is merely a case of spon-
taneous combustion occurring in sew
eral areas simultaneously. One ad-
ministration official says, Its just
the Democrats coming out of their
foxholes. In 18 months. he hasn't
proved a single charge"
Stote Fights Back
The State Department. Senator
McCarthy's primary target, noticeably
Stiffened in it's resistance last winter
Instead of merely tossing back each
brick-bat as it came from the Senate's
floor, they began to take little initi-
ative. This boldness, which is appar-
emily contagious, was expressed by
Evening star., 1951-09-16

When President Truman. address,
ing the American Legion on August
IA, spoke out with ill-concealed anger
against "scandalmongerS who are
trying to create fear and suspicion
among us by the use of slander. ac-
cusationS and just plain lies" nobody
doubted for a minute that he had
Senator Joseph r. Mccarthy, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin in mind.
People who follow politics closely
pricked up their ears. They thought
they might have heard in this out
burst the opening gun in an all-out
attack against persistent and vehe-
ment administration critic whose
commando tactics had kept the Dem
ocrats more or less shocked or silent
since February. 1850.
The suspicion deepened when on
August 90, Secretary of Labor Tobin
spoke to another veterans group
the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Again
wsCh no names mentioned, he laShed
out at "slanderers in the privileged
sanctuary of the United States Sem
ate."
Benton Resolution
The most concrete instance of the
new fighting spirit that has arisen
among the Democrats, however, came
from Senator Benton, Democrat, of
Connecticut. On August 6, he intro
duced into the Senate resolution
calling for further investigation of
Mr.. McCarthy's role in the Mary
land senatorial campaign, as well as
inquiry into his other acts since
his election to the Senate" He took
this action three days after the Elec-
tionS and Privileges Subcommittee of
the Rules Committee had filed a re-
port naming the Junior Senator from
Wisconsin "a leading and potent
force" in 'despicable back-street-
type campaign"
So far, Senator Benton is the only
Evening star., 1951-09-16

enrolled in George Washington Uni
versity
MY Engrish is not good" he says.
II comprehend, but do not speak so
good. I study Engrish many years
ago."
Four months of political science
and business classes at George WASH
ington improved Capt Sooyabhothi's
English and his knowledge of United
States customs, too. But not his
knowledge of United States Army
finance. Another practical step fol-
lowed.
FIem library Capt. Sooyabhothi
secured copy of. THE Officers
Guide" an adult primer for Army
officers. There were only two para
graphs concerning Finance Corps
schools. The guide said the schools
were in st. Louis, Mo.
To Finonee Headquarters
There was, however. the informa-
ton that the chief of the Finance
Corps had headquarters in WASH
ington, in Building TT at Gravelly
Point, near the National Airport.
Capt. Sooyabhothi put on his uni
form with the three stars on each
shoulder, and rode the bus to Grav-
ely Point
The Office of the Chief of Finance,
he learned. was not really one office
but dozens and dozens.
The 18th door he came to was
labeled Information" This was a
word Capt. Sooyabhothi did not have
to check in the Thai-American die
tionary he always carries with him.
He stepped in, saluted a befuddled
first lieutenant who hadn't been thus
honored in months, presented his
calling card, told how to pronounce
his name. explained his three-year
mission and sat down expectantly.
"Um," said the lieutenant. "Yes :"
To stimulate conversation, Capt
Sooyabhothi showed his passport. Still
little progress. The practical Thai
produced his THE Officer's Guide"
This the American officer had him
self read at one time. The ice was
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Clusters Runaway Horse

'AS the famous Gen. Custer ap-
preached, the boys stepped forward
and presented to him large wreath
of the choicest flowers, which he most
gallantly and gracefully received and
threw over his shoulder, when in
stantly his fiery charger, apparently
frightened, stretched forward his
neck and. seeming to take the bit
of the bride in his teeth, furiously
dashed down the hill and round into
Evening star., 1951-09-16

witness scheduled to appear before
the subcommittee, the same group
which branded the conduct of Sena-
tor Buffers campaign. Older heads
in the Senate have privately told
Senator Benton, who faces re-elec-
ton next year. that an attempt to
unseat Senator is a doubtful tactic,
particularly when the voters will have
an opportunity to do it themselves
within the next II months. He has
also been warned that his proposed
procedure involves the risk of making
Senator Mccarthy martyr.
Senator Mccarthy, as a matter of