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MonroeFaces
Jail; New Trial.
Same Fate Awaits
Detective Pruther

Denied Supreme Court review
lof his conviction, suspended Po-
lice Capt. John B. Monroe today
faced Jail in the near future, po-
lice Trial Board action and
speedy trial Of four more bribery
cases.
His police co-conspirator, for
mer Probationary Detective
George c. Prather, is confronted
by a prison term and three Other
bribery cases. Prather already
has resigned from the police de-
partment.
United States Attorney Oliver
Gasch said he will move in court
to jail the two police officers as
well as the gamblers convicted
with them as soon as the man
date comes down from the United
States Court Of Appeals for the
District of Columbia. He said he
expects this within 10 days.
BY refusing to review the con-
lvictions of Monroe, Prather and
the five gamblers found guilty Of
bribery in the same case. the
Supreme Court cleared the way
for trial of the other cases in
volving Monroe. Prather and q
different lineup of reputed
gamblers.
To Expedite Trials
All the defendants were ar.
rested in September, 1854, aftel
a long investigation of alleged
attempts to protect the numbers
racket from police interference
In the first case, both Monroe
and Prather were found guilty Of
conspiracy to accept brides
Monroe also was convicted Of
accepting brides. Monroe was
sentenced to a term Of from q
months to i've years and was
fined $1,000. Prather was SEN
fenced to serve from is months
to four years and pay $500.
Convicted with them on charge:
Of bribery were Roger w. white
top Simkins, Curtis M. (Bozol
Taylor. Charles (Geechie) Ander.
son, Burnie King and Albert H
(Real Estate) Smith.
Trial November 5
Mr.. Gasch said the next tria,
will come up on November S. In
that one, Capt. Monroe, Othellc
Washington and Joseph Chase
ARE charged with conspiracy tC
bride and three counts Of bribery
Scheduled to follow that is a
case Of bribery and conspiracy
with Monroe, Prather and Jo-
Iseph Hurd as the principals
Also pending are a bribery and
conspiracy case charging Mon
roe. Prather and Mitchell d
Zazanis and one charging Mon
roe, Prather, Calvin d. Hoag-
land and Wallace Beach.
Whitetop Simkins still faces
a charge Of carrying a deadly
weapon.
Police Chief Robert v. MUIR
ray said his department will
proceed with trial board action
against the suspended police
captain as soon as official notice
has been received that all Mon
roe's legal remedies have been
exhausted.
Chief Murray said the charge
VIII be conviction Of a felony
by a court Of competent juris-
diction. Capt. Monroe can re-
sign from the force but he cam
not be removed without action
by. the Commissioners after trial
board proceedings.
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recess appointment Dy president
Of Senate confirmation next yea
and has two others in reserve.
He used them while q Judge on
three New Jersey courts, includ-
ing the State Supreme Court.
A few minutes before the high
court convened at noon Chief
Justice Warren administered the
Constitutional oath to Justice
Brennan in the conference room.
Clerk John T. Fey then admin
istered the Judicial oath in the
courtroom. Justice Brennan was
escorted to the seat at the far
left of the Chief Jusice. Justice
Harlan now occupies the far
right seat vacated yesterday by
retirement of Justice Minton.
Begins Work Immediately
The newest justice, third
named by President Eisenhower,
began work almost Immediately
as the court heard arguments
on an appeal attacking a Michi-
gan law against sale of books
containing obscene language or
descriptions tending to corrupt
youth.
Earlier today Justice Brennan
moved into the former chambers
Of Justice Minton. Before going
into the customary judicial Seclu-
sion he won a unanimous verdict
from news photographers for his
cooperation in a workout before
cameras.
Members Of his family were
literally closest to him during
the picture taking and equally
close in spirit as they saw him
join his colleagues on the bench.
do you blame me for being
grateful?" his 78-year-old wild
owed mother, Mrs. Agnes M.
Brennan, asked reporters.
"God Bless You"
"When he first told me he
was appointed to this court all
I could say over and over again
was God bless you, my son. /"
The Justices wife, Mrs. Mar
jorie Brennan, helped him into
his robe. Their two sons, daugh-
ter and daughter-in-law, Hugh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-16
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star Stan Correspondent

BALTIMORE, oct. 16.--Sena-
tor Buffers acceptance of full
responsibility" for his much-cen-
sured 1850 campaign was at
tackled by his Democratic oppo-
nent today as the ''insincere ut
terance" Of a Candidate who is
staring defeat in the face"
The Maryland Republican Sem
ator questioned, however, wheth-
er his 1850 campaign was an inn
portant factor in the defeat OF
former Democratic Senator Mil
lard E. Tydings.
In his hardest-hitting speech
of this campaign, Senator Butler
said last night that Mr.. Tydings
himself put more blame for his
defeat on the party splitting
tactics of George P. Mahoney
than he did on the Butler CAM
paign six years ago.
Mr.. Mahoney, who is Senator
Buffers Democratic opponent
this year, was campaigning in
Western Maryland koday and
was out Of television range for
the Senator's 30-minute speech
last night. The Democrats head
quarters here said, however,
that he had been filled in" on
the speech over the telephone
and authorized issuance Of q
reply.
Language Of Half-Truth"
In his answer, Mr.. Mahoney
stated that Senator Butler lad
rnits his mistakes Of 195O--si,
years after the event, but hi
admissions are couched In tine
language Of half-truth."
He says, for instance. he hac
nothing to do with the prepare
ton of the tabloid. From ths
Record nor did anyone else
in my campaign headquarters +"
the Mahoney statement con-
tinued.
Here is what the Senate sub.
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Association
Of Retail Liquor Package
Stores continues its sessions
in the Sheraton-P Park Hotel.
The National Wheel and
Rim Association begins Q
four-day meeting in the
Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-16
D. c. to Ask County Aid
In Treatment Of Indigents
Report Reveals Nearby Patients
Cost City $55,0 900 Eoch Year

The District Commissioners today agreed to approach the
nearby counties themselves attempt to the loss
suffered by the District General Hospital in the treatment OF
Maryland and Virginia patients
The action after it revealed in The Star
that INDECENT patients the nearby costing the city
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Jock Jonos. who regularly writes The
R0mbIeF, is on vacation.


customers have already done
most of the work.
So on to the phone tips and
epistles.
Phone call: The bus jockey
on a night run downtown
from Chevy Chase circle
waited on Connecticut avenue
in the Woodley road area so
a lady fare could alight, mail
a letter and get back aboard.
The other passengers were so
impressed by his chivalry, or
stunned by it, none COM
planned about the delay.
Letter: do you know where
the President Abraham Lin
coin hitching post is located?
(Do not tell your readers for
a whitley" All right, the secret
is sworn.
Phone call: A little girl
whose parents exposed her to
the political conventions on TV
was hostess for a little boy in
her neighborhood. She asked
how he was going to vote. An
academic question, since he is
only 5. MY daddy likes Ike,
so I DO" the sprat announced.
Then you have to go home"
she said, grabbing toy from
him. "You can't play in our
house. "We're Democrats"
Her mother arranged a swift,
nonpartisan truce.
Letter: A. M. B. saw a sign
on Wilson boulevard reading
Complete Accident Service"
and is puzzled over when an
accident gets complete.
Phone call: The bank wants
to know what to do about that
check that won't. As you
were. Wrong phone.
Letter: George w. Hodg-
kins, member of the board of
managers of the Columbia
Historical Society, files an ex-
PLANTATION of how our streets
were named. Another his
torian suggested earlier in
this space that they were
named after famous persons,
but that there's no way to tell
which of the Pearys or Ken
nedys or Kearnys or Adamses
or so on were meant to be
honored. Mr.. Hodekins sug-
gests the name-pickers Just
grabbed any handle that fitted
into the alphabetical and syl-
Liable progression, and how do
you like that string of OUTSIDE
words? He says his own street,
Biltm0re, was wrenched from
the word Baltimore just to get
rid of a syllable.
Phone call: A gentleman
reports he saw a fox running
through an alley in Foggy
Bottom. It sounded like a
goofy residential choice but a
naturalist explained there are
red and gray foxes a number
of places around the town.
Also raccoons and 'possums.
The foxes make good mousers
and don't holler all night like
cats.
Letter: It's signed "Incog-
nito" and he has a chip on his
shoulder. Why" he asks,
aren't we able to build a
platform in front Of the Capt.
toll in less than four months2
The whole place looks ter
rible." And "a fat poison ivy
is growing up a tree in front
of the Botanic Garden +. If
the specimen is to be pre-
served, shouldn't it be moved
into the greenhouse?" That's
telling 'em.
0
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Grateful Mother Sees
Bremen Take Ooths.

Associate Justice William j. Brennan. , settled down for
perhaps long stay the Supreme Court after taking the
Constitutional Judicial oahs today
any the 50year-od Democrat given congressional
appointment President good chance
Of Senate confirmation next year appeared of his
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The
Rambler
CoIumnist Takes
Easy Way Out
By RICHARD RODGERS

This Is a day for miscel-
lany, and -.
Pshawl No use being a
fraud about it. This is, rather,
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Park free LIST hour

When Purchasing $500 or More OF
JeIleff's. Use any Downtown Park G
Shop Garage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07

religious and geographic factors. Intentionally, not
single college student or graduate was inter-
viewed. This was for two reasons:
A great majority Of young people do not gradu-
ate from college, and most college students do not
have to face adult decisions until after graduation
This judgment by young people themselves on
the training and guidance of todayS youth will
appear in a series Of four articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07

Flow ready are today'S young people to face the
challenge and responsibilities Of adult living? How
are they making out on the job and in married
life? To find out, THIS WEEK asked the Gilbert
Youth Research Company to conduct an intensive
survey. 1t poIled 4,967 persons across the nation
between the ages of II and p. Nearly 1000 of
the young people interviewed were married.
The survey technique used was the same as that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07

which produced the frank and significant comments
made in our youth survey of last year: The Teen
Ayers Speak Out
Here are the equally frank views Of young men
and women on the preparation for life they have
received from their parents, their high-School
teachers and their religious instructors.
The Gilbert Company selected a croSs-section
of US. young people on the basis of economic,
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Girl Scouts to
Meet Monday

Girl Scout activities will star
Monday, September II, with troop
meetings as follows:
Second Grade Brownies -
Thursday at $3.50 with co-leaders
Mrs. Ed Banta, Mrs. Geo. Sweley
Mrs. Mary Forester.
Third Grade Brownies - Fri
day at $3.50 - Co-Leaders: Mrs.
Chuck Clark, Mrs. c. Berner,
Mrs. R. Tippet.
Fourth Grade Brownies, Mon
day at 4:00-Co-Leaders: Mrs.
Harold Mercer, Mrs. Phyllis Ed
ington, Mrs. Ben York.
Fifth Grade Scouts - Tues
day at 400 - Co-Leaders: Mrs.
Lucille Foss, Mrs. Marian Meschke.
Sixth Grade Scouts - Wednes-
day at 400 = Leader: Mrs. Bob
Lynch; two assistants needed.
Seventh Grade - Wednesday
at 400 - Co-Leaders: Mrs. Elsie
Cook, Mrs. Ruth Witt.
AS yet we do not have any
leaders for the eighth grade
troop.
There are a number of girls
who wish to earn their curved
bar this year, but they need
help. Please help these girls
and call Mrs. Otto Habedank,
1877 or Mrs. Gordon Beagle, 117J.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13

ured at a per-acre rate multiplied
by the number of acres. The
national average rate is $40, but
this will vary among states and
counties.
CD Both payments are made
the year the practice is establish
ed. Annual payments will be
made for the period of the con-
tract, so long as the farmer COM
plies.
"a Violations of Conservation
Reserve contracts may result in
cancellation and recovery of pay
ments made under the contract.
Willful grazing or harvesting of
the reserve acres may bring a
civil penalty of so percent of the
payment for the year in which
the violation occurs, in addition
to loss of any payment that year.
(5) Detailed provisions on the
Conservation Reserve and how 1t
will apply in Richland county
a be had at the County ASC
office.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
WESTERN

The Western Funmakers held
their Achievement Day program
Sept. 8 at Grandview hall.
The program opened with the
pledges. The members displayed
the ribbons they had won at the
Richland, Roosevelt and McCone
County Fairs and told what they
received them for. Jean Willough-
by gave the demonstration Pack
ing a Nutritious Lunch. Robert
Etzel gave an illustrated talk,
Winter Tractor Care. Gary King
made a report on All Club Con-
gress at Bozeman. Myron Pentz
closed the program with a All
prayer.
After the program Dean David
son, our County Agent, showed
slides of events of the year.
The All members served lunch.
The club received a blue ribbon
award on their educational booth
and a blue ribbon on their grass
board at the Roosevelt County
Youth Fair at Poplar. The mem
berS also received II blue, IL red
and one white ribbon on individ-
ual entries.
Robert Etzel, reporter.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Darnau Elected
President of
Savage Youth

Al the kickoff session of the
Pilgrim Fellowship of the Savage
Congregational church Wednesday
evening, Mervin Darnall was
elected president for the coming
year. The following were also
elected: Vice = president, Marilyn
Nelson; secretary, Leota Gregg;
treasurer, Alice Kay Seeve;
Faith Commission chmn., Elaine
Larson; Fellowship Commission
chairman, William Hilliard; Ac-
ton Commission chairman, Billy
Gregg; State P. F. representative,
Mervin Darnall. Two sponsoring
families we're also elected unani-
mously. Bernard McLain, the
minister, is ex-officio.
The first group project is to
go to the Makoshika Park at
Glendive Sunday afternoon, Sep
TENDER % not only to see the
beauty but to have a picnic and
installation of new officers.
An officers workshop will be
held at Glasgow September 90.
William Hilliard reported on his
camp experience at Camp MINI
anagish. Rev. McLain stated
what Pilgrim Fellowship stood
for and that it was youth in the
Church of Christ. every youth
in Pilgrim Fellowship will be a
member of one of the three COM
missions, Faith, Action or Fellow
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Local Chamber
Handles Variety
OF inquiries

The local Chamber of Com
merce receives numerous letters
each month seeking information
on a variety of subjects. Many
are from school students seeking
information on Montana or the
Sidney area for class work. AS
high as 200 per month are re-
ceived from students from all
over the United States and Can
ada. Following are samples of
two letters received this week.
Chamber of Commerce,
Sidney, Montana
Gentlemen:
Early in the year of 1857 l in
tend to be il your fair city. /
understand it is the garden spot
of Americal Therefore, will you
please let me know by return
mail if it is possible to home
stead in that vicinity? / am
married and have one child, a
boy Az years of age. l desire to
bring him up in better surround
ings than / find here in the State
of Michigani AS a youth, / spent
many happy years ridin', ropin'
and just plain good living"
near the town of Fairview, Mon
tana. My uncle was the late cir
cult judge, Geo. w. Pintler who
owned a large farm near Fair
view and who winterfed sheep
and raised children and sugar
beets. Incidently l am a pro-
fessional short-story writer and l
feel that my surroundings there
will be conducive to writing big
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Mel onald's Store
Holding 41st
Anniversary Sale

McDonald's Store in Sidney is
this week end starting a store
wide sale in observance of the
4lst anniversary of the McDon-
aid Company which is announced
in a full-page advertisement on
page three of this issue of The
Herald.
The first store was started by
j. M. Mcdonald Al years ago in
Nebraska and paralleling the
growth of other big chain store
systems the company now owns
and operates over 100 fine stores
in as many different towns and
cities in several states extending
from Nebraska north and south
to Montana and Texas inclusive.
The Mcdonald Company came
into Sidney three years ago
when they bought the Croft Store
which had only been in opera
ton a few years and added to
the range of merchandise, in the
fine new building it occupies,
to make it one of the out
standing drygoods and clothing
stores in eastern Montana.
The Mcdonald Company has
been operating in Montana six
years and right now is opening
its fourth store in Lewistown.
Other stores besides the Sidney
store r at Bozeman and Bill
lings. They consider Sidney one
of their best locations, Jerry
Homstad, manager of the local
store, says.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Anderson Tells
Purpose of Soil
Bank Program

The long-term part of the Sol
Bank - the recently announced
Conservation Reserve program -
is designed to divert land regu-
larly used for crop production
to conservation uses, according
to Arthur Anderson, chairman O.
the Richland County ASC Com
mittee.
Mr.. Anderson points out thai
the Conservation Reserve pro-
vides two kinds of payments: (1)
for cost sharing assistance tc
farmers in making shifts from
crop production to conservation
practices, and (2) for annual pay
ments on the land put under the
program.
MI. Anderson also emphasized
that the Conservation Reserve
should not be confused with that
other part of the Soil Bank
the Acreage Reserve - which
makes a short = term, direct at
tack on SURPRISES of basic crops
by encouraging farmers to cut
production of them below acre
age allotments.
1.-THE Conservation Reserve
program will be available for
1856 to farmers who are in a
position to comply with its pro-
visions and who enter into con-
tracts with the Department on or
before October l." Chairman An
derson explained. at is also
available up to March Is, 1857,
to farmers interested in contracts
beginning in 1857"
To participate in the Conser-
walton Reserve, farmers must
sign contracts with the Depart
ment of Agriculture through their
County ASC committee. Gener-
ally, the minimum acreage that
will be accepted under the pro-
gram is 5 acres, but it can be
as low as 2 acres if trees are
planted. Special provisions are
made for small farms.
Contracts range from 3 to 10
years, depending on whether or
not a cover crop is established,
or up to IS years in cas- trees
are planted.
Highlights of the program
stressed by Chairman Anderson
are:
% Cost-sharing payments for
establishing conservation practices
can range up to 80 percent of
the cost.
~ Annual payment on the
land put in Reserve will be fig
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Economy of
State Seen
On Upswing

Steady economic progress III
Montana from 1850 to 1855 is
seen in a recent study of the
Northwest office of the National
Association of Manufacturers.
Personal income, a key Geo.
nomic factor, rose in Montana
from $685., DOC, 900 in 1850 to ST.
l60, 1000 900 in 1855 a 21.5%
increase. At the same time, the
cost of living rose less than 11%,
the report stated.
Both total employment and
non-agricultural employment in
the state have increased in the
five-year period. Employment in
Montana has gone up by over
$4,000 while more than $4,000 ad-
dltional workers were employed
in non-agricultural pursuits in
1855 than in 1850, the NAM said.
Total employment in Montana
rose from 230,143 in 1850 to 1885,
500 in 1855 - a 1870 increase.
Non = agricultural employment
climbed from $4,000 to 100, 100
a go increase.
Personal income between 1854
and 1855 increased 8.4% - from
81, 070 1000, 900 to $780, 600, 900
and is still climbing. Cost of liv-
ing in 1850 was 1923 and was
las last year in the state.
Other Northwest states are
showing similar economic prog
ress, and the same is true for
the rest of the country, the NAM
stated.
Continued economic progress
IN the state - and the nation -
is, however, dependent upon sew
eral factors" the NAM warned.
These include the removal of
controls which unduly restrict
business operation and expansion,
and a correction of the federal
tax rates which stifle incentives
and iniative of individuals and
businesses.
Also, monopolistic policies of
Dig government, big business, or
Dig labor must be outlawed for
he good of all the people"
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Farm Bureau
President to
Speak in Glendive

President Charles Shuman of
the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton will speak at a meeting
in Glendive Friday at which five
newly organized Montana Farm
Bureaus will join the state fed
Grafton.
William Howard, executive
secretary of the Montana fedora
ton, said 400 to 500 farmers and
ranchers are expected for the
one-day meeting.
The meeting opens at 10 a. m.
at the Glendive Moose hall and
Shuman will speak at lis. The
organization of Farm Bureau in
Eastern Montana counties will be
an important part of the agenda.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13

ger and better stories in addition
to my book THE Most of Mantei.'
Any information that you may
give me will be very much APP
preciated, I assure youl Mrs
Mantei would require one do
mestic to aid her in her house
hold duties and with my son,
Michael, who is a victim of tu-
berculosis-meningitis. Thank you
for your attention to this matter,
Very truly yours,
F. o. M
Frank Otto Mantei
c. W'neSS, No. TBS, No. 3
1000 Cooper ST.,
Jackson, Mich.
LOG. o. c., USAAF.
August 80, 1856
Minot, N. D.
Chamber of Commerce,
Dear Sirs:
I visited the Beagle family and
your city a few weeks ago, and
was thrilled to see such a beauti-
full city and such wonderful
crops.
Would like to know more of
your irrigation system. Is il from
the Missouri? How many years
has it been in existence? l have
heard of Sidney for years but
never realized the immense prog
ress you had made. Do you have
newspaper cuts of the project
l could study so l could
speak more intelligently?
Sincerely,
Mrs. M. P. Cady.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
NOTICE

Patrons of the Sidney Post Of
flee r invited to try out the
new ball point pens now installed
in the lobby of the post office.
Although many changes and
improvements have taken place
in the postal department, es-
pecially in the last few years, this
is the first time the patron has
come into direct benefit from
them.
We hope you like them.
K. G. Carpenter, Postmaster.
The Sidney herald., 1956-09-13
Leom-V erhasselt
Wedding Sept. Is

Mrs. Nekolae Leon of Williston
announces the engagement and
forthcoming marriage of her
daughter, Nina Arlene, to Frank
p. Verhasselt of Sidney.
The wedding is set for Satur-
day, Sept. is at 3 p. m. in Our
Redeemer's Lutheran church in
Williston.