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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
DEATH TAKES A GREAT COOP BUILDER

E. g. Ben Danforth, division of Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Association Great Falls passed to
place where hope the demand his duty
will be less presng place where he leisurey his
heavenly greenhouse filled with specimens of plant life
Ben Danorh liked to things grow whether they rare
floral life farmers cooperative marketing asso
citation that successful would play important
bringing economic emancipation not only to the cooperative
grain but to all wheat producers throughout the
west.
Under Bens intelligent sighted management the
Montana division of FUGTA became outstanding example
OF successful marketing operation by the producers without
cut invariably be taken by middlemen GTA
the coop way-under his careful supervision in Montana
brought millions of dollars purchasing power to this
state that formerly went ST. Paul Minneapolis and
into the Golfers OF the grain merchants whose spacious
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
By WILLIAM L. LAWRENCE
In NEW YORK TIMES

The new chemical compound that
has revolutionized the production of
the hydrogen bomb now makes it GER
tain that the most dreaded weapon
of all-the cobalt bomb-can also be
successfully built.
The cobalt bomb is a hydrogen
bomb of the type tested successfully
at the Eniwetok Proving Grounds in
the Pacific March / and 26. The prin-
cipal difference is in the material of
the shell surrounding the active in
gradients. faat 1s4
Instead of a shell of steel, which
becomes only mildly radioactive as it
turns into a. cloud of vapor, a shell
of cobalt encases the fisSion and fu-
sion substances. On being vaporized
in the explosion, it is transformed into
a deadly radioactive cloud 800 times
more powerful than radium.
This cloud can travel with the pre-
vailing winds over distances of thou
sands of miles, destroying all life in
its path The bomb could be exploded
from a ship in the Pacific, for ex-
ample, hundreds, even thousands, of
miles from the coast and the cloud
would travel with the winds toward
the United States West Coast and the
rest of the North American Continent.
1t is this type of hydrogen bomb of
which Albert Einstein said eff sue
cessful, radioactive poisoning of the
atmosphere, and hence humiliation of
any life on earth, will have been.
brought within the range of technical
possibilities.
At the time Professor Einstein .
spoke-early in 1950-the cobalt
bomb was merely theoretical posi-
bility, as was the hydrogen bomb. The
successful tests at Eniwetok in March
have thus brought Professor Einstein's
prophecy into the realm of fact.
1t is, of course, obvious from the
nature of the weapon that it can new
er be tested in the Pacific, or any
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
AN UNUSUAL KIND OF POLITICIAN

W. P Bl Plgeram former state land commissioner and
now candidate for the Democratic nomination Railroad
and Public Service Commissioner, kind politician
He believes in letting the people know just exactly where
stands issues.
AS legislator during large number sessions
was never any doubt about Pigeram He
all the time looking out for the interests of the general public
AS Speaker OF the House back he welded
mendous influence in seeing that much worthwhile legislation
made the grade IN that branch of the legislature More
~ as commissioner Of state lands political friend
alike respected him highly because of the exhibited
administering department which more than eighty
million dollars worth of state funds OIL grazing agricultural
and other lands
Now he seeking seat the Public Service Commission
and with the same doWnoearth honesty which has charac
erzed his many years of public service written
TOR all to read what he believes the of the Public
service Commission to be- His statement
no pes OF JOY IN some quarters but that
Bill Fgeram He calls EN- he and lets the chips
fall where they may.
Please read his satemen-hen too NAV agree that
the interests OF the people will be we'll elected
TO te com1nlsslonershlp at this years elections
Statement the Petition (BID pIoeam
Candidate for Railroad Service Commissioner
i oeheVe That the commission
TO any and all parties that
what they think suh that material
the subject of hearing
oeheVe That the commission deliberations give as much
consideration to the welfare of the welfare
Oh the pubic utility because the final
pay the rate as set by the
I oehVe that the Montana Railroad
is exactly what its implies established for the
oenet OF all the people and not favorite
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
Long, Hard Fight Ahead

Chan Ettien, attorney for the
Havre consumers group, who made
the trip to Butte to briefly relate his
groups year-long attempt to get the
Public Service Commission to take
action on a rate reduction on gas
furnished by Montana-Dakota, told
the Butte consumers they must an
ticipate a long, hard fight. Labor,
business and other Havre groups
have already spent about $4,000 on
rate experts in preparing case for
a reduction in the so per cent rate
increase granted MDU in 1852 by
the commission.
Ettien also pointed out that de-
spite the public service commission
law being very plain, the commits
sion has consistently refused the
Havre consumers rate experts the
right to make a comprehensive in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

where else in the world, for that mat
ter. But the successful tests at Enl-
wetok also made it obvious that no
such tests are necessary.
Such tests, in fact, have already
been made on a small laboratory
scale. These have proved that, when
cobalt is bombarded with neutrons,
it is transformed into deadly radio
active element, giving off tremendous
ly powerful gamma rays, that is, pow
erful radiations similar to X-rays, 800
times more powerful than the gamma
rays given off by radium.
1t had therefore been known for
some time that if hydrogen bomb
could be successfully built and tested,
all that would be necessary would be
to substitute shell of cobalt for the
conventional steel shell of the weap-
on.
Thus, the successful tests March
l and 26 of the latest model hydro
gen bombs tremendous blast in the
megation range"-also may be said
to have been successful tests of the
A megation is equal to a million tons
of TINT.
The hydrogen bomb, as it explodes,
produces enormous quantities of neu-
irons in two ways. 1t is first triggered
by a powerful fission bomb of the
latest design, which is in itself equal
to 100000 tons of TINT. The fission
process releases great quantities of
neutrons.
The fission process also produces
tremendous temperatures, of the or
der of several hundred million degrees
Centigrade. This temperature pro-
duces fusion of nuclei of heavy hydro
gen, deuterium and tritium, which, in
turn, yield, much greater quantities
of neutrons
Because the cobalt bomb could be
exploded from an unnamed barge
in the middle of the ocean it could be
made of any weight desired. 1t could,
for example, in addition to it's normal
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

sented to Federal Power Commission
in 1851 when the utility was seeking
to import Canadian gas for the
ACM's exclusive use; figures present
ed to the Public Service Commission
at the May 1853 rate hearing, and
more recent figures put out via radio,
television and newspaper ads in the
company's attempt "to justify a rate
increase it did not expect to get"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
COBALT--The Bomb That Can End the World

fission and fusion constituents, incor-
porate as much as ton of deuterium.
Such "a monster would yield as
much as $50 pounds of free neutrons.
These would, produce rs tons of ra-
dioactive cobalt, equal to nearly 5
million pounds of radium.
What has made this monster at last
possible is the new chemical COM
pound lithium deuteride, composed
of the light isotope of lithium of atom
ic mass six (three protons and three
neutrons) and the heavy isotope of
hydrogen, that is, deuterium of atom
ic mass two Zone proton and one neu-
tron).
Ironically, there is another type of
cobalt bomb" being used as a sub
stitute for radium in the treatment of
cancer This cobalt bomb" consists
of small quantity of cobalt exposed
to neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
A cobalt bomb, Incorporating a
ton of deuterium, according to Prof
Harrison Brown, nuclear chemest at
the California Institute of Technology,
could be set in the Pacific about
thousand miles west of California.
1.-The radioactive dust" he said,
would reach California in about a
day, and New York in four or five
days, killing most life as it traverses
the continent"
Similarly" he added, ''the West
ern powers could explode hydrogen
cobalt bombs on a north-south line
about the longitude of Prague that
would destroy all life within strip
1900 miles wide, extending from Len
ingrad to Odessa, and 5000 miles
deep, from Prague to the Ural Noun
tains Such an attack would produce
'scorched earth unprecedented in
history
Prof. Leo Szilard, of the University
of Chicago, one of the principal archi-
tects of the atomic bomb, has estimat-
ed that 400 one-ton INTERCHANGEABLE
bombs would release enough radio
activity to extinguish all life on earth.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
OLSEN PLEDGES FIGHT
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
Power received it's 32-47 per cent
gas rate hike in 1853.
With the sole exception of
MST&T, the utilities in every in
stance, Olsen declared, "got every
thing they asked form from the
commission.
what has been a bad condition"
he said, ''has become worse-and
that's what all the talking is about
Olsen also reviewed the numerous
sets of property valuations employed
by MPCo. for various purposes :.
pointing out that the utility sets SIC
million total gas plant value for tax
paying purposes; $50 million total
value for the information of the
stockholders, but, when appearing
for rate hikes, tells the commission
that one-half of its gas plant is worth
$50 million. Information on the
other haf-devoted to the exclusive
service of Anaconda Copper Mining
Co., was "verboten' so far as being
permitted consideration by the COM
mission at its May 1853 hearing on
MPCo.'s request for higher gas rates
on the company's $1,000 other COM
mercial and residential consumers.) |
Referring to radio statement
by J. E. Corette, president of
Montana Power, that Olsen had
told ''23 million dollar lie" about
the gas divisions valuation, Olsen
hammered home the fact that he
got his information from sworn
testimony of MPCo. officials be-
fore the Federal Power Commits
sion and from official records of
the utility, and that if the COM
Pany's officials got caught up in
their own contradictions they had
no one to blame but themselves.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14

aging mansions still look down upon the Mississippi
high bluffs of the Twin Cities
Ben DanfOrh faithful employee of many thousands Mon
ana grain will be orey missed cooperative
circles.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
Double Dealt

Leo Gallagher, head Of Elliston
Lime Co., and chairman of the Hell
ena consumers group, reviewed how
he had been shut out from testifying
at the May 1853 commission hearing
and advised Butte people that mo
one individual, no matter how good
man he is, can stand up to the mon
opolies and hope to achieve any re-
suits. .
Stating that at the time protest
ants briefs could be filed with the
commission following the May hear
ing, his company had failed to do so
because Of certain assurances given
him by J. E. Corette and other Mon
tana Power Co. officials He had
been assured by Corette that because
Elliston Lines heavy gas consump-
ton comes in the summer months
when other consumers use compare
lively little that satisfactory rate
could be worked out for his COM
pany. Afterward, MPCo. officials
informed him they couldn't do
thing for him.
Gallagher also emphasized the
wide discrepancy in valuation fig
ures given by Montana Power Off
Gals at various times and for diff
ferent purposes, including zenes pre-.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14
vestigation of INDUS books COW

vestigation of INDUS books COW
ering it's Havre division operations.
In closing he asked "Why is it the
commission will accept the figures
of a utility, yet won't let protesting
consumers group look at the utility
books?"
Too Few In Fight Last May
James S. TIMBER, Helena, presi-
dent of Montana State Federation of
Labor, in urging Butte gas users to
organize, speculated on the POSSIBLE
ity that perhaps the reason we
weren't successful in stopping this
huge rate increase was because there
Continued on Page Five)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-14


the utility, and that if the COM
Pany's officials got caught up in
their own contradictions they had
no one to blame but themselves.
PSC Won't Hear Individual
Protestants
w. P. "Bill" Pilgeram, former
land commissioner, who in March
chaired the initial meeting of the
Helena Utility Consumers League,
in urging the Butte consumers to
organize, told them that the commits
sion invariably by one means or an
other "closes the door to testimony
by individual protestants."
eff you'll organize and get to-
gether with Helena, Havre, Billings
and other consumer groups you'll |
make somebody sit up and take no
tice," he contended in telling the
audience that "it's going to take or
ganization to correct the situation
which confronts you"
Illustrating how badly his business
and other groups are by the gas
rate increase, Pilgeram cited the
plight Of Elliston Lime Co. Should
the rate increase not be voided that
company may be forced to close its
doors. This will mean, he said, that
'men will be unemployed, and the lit
tie merchants of Elliston will be
brought to the verge of bankruptcy
Citing his local VFW post, the
longtime state leader in veterans
affairs pointed out that for Jam
uary 1858 the Helena VFW club
building had a gas and electric bill
of $54.50. For January 1854 with
the new gas rates in effect. the
VFW's bill jumped to $99.15.
In closing he commended Arnold
Olsen highly, saying "Thank God you
nave fighting Attorney General Z.
Who will fight for you p"
Double Dealt
Leo Gallagher, head of Elliston
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
DARE COUNTY LIBRARY
MARKS AVIATION DAY

The Dare County Library will
,observe National Aviation Day
August 10 with a special display
of books on aviation. Most signi-
ficant work in this collection is
the two volume Papers of Will
bur and Orville Wright, 1889
1948". Flight. A Pictorial His
tory of Aviation" is a more COM
prehensive work, containing the
story of the conquest of the air
from balloons to jets.
National Aviation Day." the
librarian says, sis a day to re-
member the achievements of the
Wright Brothers at Kill Devil
Hills. 1t is a time to consider
how vastly the air plane has af-
fected man. In warfare, in COM
munication and in travel, avia-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13

ham and family. Little Susan
Ann Birmingham, their grand
daughter, returned to Manteo
with them to stay until Labor
Day.
DR.. and Mrs. Franklin Parker
and their two children of Green's
boro visited Miss Betty Rae
Rogers last week end. DR.. Parker
is a member of the history de-
partment at Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina
which Miss Rogers attends. The
Parkers were accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly and
children of Villa Grove, Illinois,
The guests saw the Lost Colony
and visited Hatteras during the
week end.
Mrs Howard Wayne Smith
and Miss Beatrice A. Marshall OF
Ardmore, Penn. have been visit
ing Mrs. Madge D. Barber for
two weeks at the home of Mrs.
BARRIERS mother, Mrs. John t.
Daniels. Mrs. Smith is firse vice
president of the American Bap
fist Convention. Mrs. Barber has
Just returned from a tour of Eu-
rope and is spending a month
with her mother.
Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Ashemore
left this week on a two-Weeks
vacation, joining DR.. and Mrs. b.
G.. Childs of Durham for a trip
to the New England states and
Canada.
Mrs. Ohio C. Cartwright and
son, Roger, left Tuesday for their
home in New York, after visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. D. V. Meeklns Tor
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
RODANTHE NATIVE DIES
IN MANTEO ON SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Su-
san T. Midget, IS, who died Sat-
urday morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. E. V. Saun-
ders, in Manteo, were conducted
Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock in the chapel of the Twi-
ford Funeral Home by the Rev.
H. R. Ashmore, pastor of the
Manteo Methodist Church, and
the Rev. c. w. Guthrie.
Does Jesus Care" and "The
Last Mile of the Way" were sung
by the Manteo Methodist choir,
Mrs. Rennie Williamson accom-
panying at the console of the
organ.
The casket was covered with a
pail of orchid and white gladioli
and orchid astors and white car
nations.
Pallbearers were, Ralp h
Swain, Allan Mann Jr., Law
renee Swain, Roland Sawyer,
Kenneth Cissell, and Glenn Bon
ner. Burial followed in the Man
teo Cemetery.
Mrs. Midget was a native OF
Rodanthe but had been living If
Manteo for 38 years. She was the
| daughter of the late Watson l.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
MRS. JOHN T. DANIELS
OBSERVES s0TH BIRTHDAY

The family of Mrs. John T.
Daniels held open house at her
home in Manteo Wednesday
night from eight until ten in
honor of her 80th birthday. The
party was also in honor of Mrs.
Howard Wayne Smith of Ard
more, Penn. who is first vice
president of the American Bap-
fist Convention and Mrs Lin
wood Putnam who has just re-
turned from three years in Ger
many.
Members of Mrs. Daniels fam
lily giving the party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Delano Daniels of New
Bern, Mrs. Madge D. Barber Of
Ardmore, Penn, Mayor and Mrs.
A. F. Daniels of Draper, N. c.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis R. Pearce
and daughters, Lois and Mar
garet, of Manteo and Mrs. Robert
S. Jordan Jr. and daughters,
Mary, Martha and Sarah, of Dan
vile, Va.
The living room was decorated
with arrangements of pink glad
ioli and white carnations. A
green and white color scheme
was used in the dining room. The
table was covered with an i'm
ported cloth of Italian linen and
conferred with two TERED birth
day cake. Lime ice, cookies,
green and white minis, and nuts
were served.
Guests were greeted at the
door by Mrs. Pearce and received
in the living room by the honor
ees wearing corsages of white
carnations. Mrs. Archie Daniels
assisted by Mary and Martha
Jordan and Lois Faye Pearce
| presided at the punch bowl. Cake
was served by Mrs. Delano F
Pearce and Sarah Jordan.
Daniels assisted by Margaret
Mrs. Daniels was presented 6
birthday gift by her family con-
sisting of a tree fashioned can
dlelabra with $40 bills in the
place of candles.
Between so and 70 guest:
called.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
MRS. WESTCOTT ATTENDS.
SUMNER SCHOOL SESSION

Mrs. Essie N. Westcott of Man
teo is combining summer study
at the Georgia State College for
Women in Milledgevifle with
visits with relatives in Georgia.
The college was founded in
1889 as the Georgia Normal and
Industrial College and was chan
ged in 1922 to its present name.
It is located on a large plot in
the center of town, which was
originally intended for the state
prison square when Milledgeville
was capitol of Georgia.
The old Governors Mansion
now serves as the home of DIR.
Henry King Stanford, President
of the College.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
ETHERIDGE-KRIDER

Miss Ann Krider, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Krider and
Carlton Etheridge, son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. R. Etheridge, both
of Manteo, were married Mon
day. The ceremony took place in
the parsonage of the First Bap-
fist Church of Elizabeth City
with the Rev. A. H. Outlaw, pas
tor, officiating.
The couple will make their
home in Manteo. Mr.. Etheridge
is employed with the National
Park Service at the Wright
Memorial.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
MOZART REQUIEM DRAWS
APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE

The Mozart requiem, which
was performed Sunday after
noon in the Manteo school audi
torium by the Lost Colony
chorus, drew small but appre-
ciative audience.
Bringing to Manteo program
of the highest calibre, and one
which is seldom heard in a town
as small as Manteo, it would
seem a shame that more people
did not take advantage of the
opportunity to hear this music.
And with mo admission charge
at that. -
Conducted by Nena Williams,
director of music for the Lost
Colony, the requiem was per-
formed to high degree of per-
lection and brought enthusiastic
applause from the audience at
the end of the afternoons pro-
gram. Soloists were Marjalene
Thomas, Katherine Currie, Mar
tina Dooley and Nancy Francis
Gregg, sopranos; Doris Jean
Swain, Valeria Gwozdocki, Helen
R. Streiff and Ann Wynn Arm
strong, altos; Charles Willard,
Henry Clay Hornsby, Ronald
Smith and William Forrest, ten
ors; Harley ]. Streiff, Thomas
Are, Hal FUR and James Litton,
BASES. ~
Fred Haley and James Litton
did an excellent job of accom-
panying at the piano.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
WANCHESE MAN ENTERS
FLORIDA BIBLE SCHOOL

Charles Etheridge of Wan
chese, along with his wife and
two children, has moved to
Lakeland, Fla. where Mr.. Ether
idge will enter training for the
ministry at the Lakeland Pente-
costal Bible School. The course
Mr.. Etheridge is taking is expect
ed to take three years to COM
plete.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
MANTEo PERSONALS

Mrs. Jennie Mae Davis and
children left last week. end to
make their home in Coierain.
Trudy and Johnnie Etheridge,
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Etheridge, now living gin Lake
land, Fla. have been Visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Ivey Evans in Manteo
for several days. S
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Shannon
spent the week end in Durham
and Chapel Hill Visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Reece Birning-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13

ton has changed all concepts Of
time and space"
The National Air Races at
Cleveland, Ohio take place on
August 10.
Also included in the display
will be books on the exploration
of space, the helicopter, the
fighting plane. women in avia-
ton and air transportation. Thel
public has been invited to seeN
the display and select the books
they like.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13

and Mary O'Neal Midget and
the widow of the late Abe Mid
gett. She was member of the
She is survived by one daugh-
Methodist Church of Rodanthe.
ter, Mrs. E. v. Saunders and one
son, Ellsworth Midget, both of
Manteo, 10 grandchildren and "a
great grandchildren.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13
BIRTHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart
Daniels of Wanchese, an eight
pound boy, Saturday, August Z, at
the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth
City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-13

a week. They planned to stop in
Washington, D. c., for a visit en-
route home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-30

the Woman's Club which L. q vital
factor In the social and civil life
of the Southernmost City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-30
Mr.. And Mrs. Herman L. Roberts
Are Celebrating Their Golden
Wedding Anniversary Here Today

Mr. and Mrs Herman Robe Angela today cele-
brating their Golden Wedding Ann versary
Although neither Of the couple born here they
married Key and except year of married life