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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Reported Oil Deal Would Bring
Germans Back Into the Near East

Won Blomberg, lay dead, and the
German hopes of an oil empire
were dashed, forever, it seemed.
Bonn Would Buy From French
But, as Churchill once remarked,
ever and never are a wrong kind
of words in politics, where the
world keeps turning. 1t appar-
emily has turned a full 1870 degrees
in the German-Allied relations,
and both Washington and London
now appear serene as the French
negotiate with the Bonn govern
ment the sale of the French part
of Iraq Petroleum Co..
j The negotiations, which involve
some 10 million tons of oil per
year, became bruited in the French
press when the Paris government
sought out the private holders
of one part of that French share
of oil interests in Iraq, in Qatar,
etc.
Apparently the French seek, on
one hanC to hedge against po-
sible seizure of the whole Iraqi oil,
or at least of their part alone, by
Soviet Russia or by the Arab Ma
tionaliStS. On the other hand to
procure the large funds which are
needed to develop Saharan oil and
gas f1elds-where France has more
than enough of liquid fuels for
the foreseeable future, and where
the French wish to concentrate
their efforts and resources.
Chancellor Adenauer and his
aides, on the contrary, appear con-
WINGED of the ability of the British
and of the AmericanS-who for
once seem to be united-to hold
on to their stake in Iraq, stimuli
taneously preserving from seizure
the quarter interest Germany
seeks to acquire. And the Vener-
able Chancellor, who has won by
his tact and moral rectitude where
Kaiser Wilhelm and Hitler failed
by their aggressiveness, may yet be
able to reclaim for his country the
fruits, long written off, of enter
prise in the Near Orient of three
generations ago, which only old
sters like himself can remember.
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Semblance of democratic govern
ment. The intellectual and ar
tistic talents of the country helped
UNNECESSARILY.
1t was as though the country
passed through a new renaissance.
Artists, writers, movie makers and
musicians renewed world interest
in italian talent and temperament.
Rome assumed a position COM
parable to that of Paris after
1919.
Politicians bloomed, too. Every
one formed a party and published
a journal. The black market
flourished.
UNRRA, massive American aid,
and the energy of the Italian
people brought about semblance
of order. Three parties emerged
strongly. One was the Christian
Democratic under the careful
hand of Alcide de Casper. This
esthetic-appearing man, anti-Fas-
ciSt, devoutly Catholic, had spent
many years as an archivist in the
Vatican. He was a tough, seasoned
politician, a progressive conserva-
tive, pro-American, anti-Commu-
mist.
The big powers were still allies.
Mr.. de Casper co-operated with
Palmiro Togliatti, organizer of the
Communist Party, who had been
a high official of the Comintern in
Moscow.
Working with Mr.. de Casper
and Togliatti in the coalition was
Pietro Nenni, longtime Socialist,
further left than many Of his as
sociates. The coalition fell be-
cause of the cold war.
Nenni applied himself with Tog-
liatti. Right wing Socialists under
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Giuseppe Sarragat joined other
left-of-center parties to cooperate
with Mr.. de Gaspari. This coalition
was able to keep extremists of both
right and left out of the govern
ment.
The Communist Role
The Communists were well
heeled, skilled in propaganda. Tog-
liatti and Nenni aided union drives
in. industry and agriculture, gained
control of the labor movement,
particularly in the industrial CEN
tiers of Tuscany and Lombardy.
Bologna was the center of the
Red Belt" They created the il
fusion of popular appeal.
Many observers forecast a Red
victory in free national elections
in 1913. Anti-Communist forces
organized counter offensive.
The Catholic Church, through
Catholic Actions, led the drive.
A lay organization deeply de-
voted to Catholic principles, Ac-
tions groups were organized in
every parish of the land.
Late starting, Catholic Actions
had an enormous impact. Ameri-
cans, too, campaigned in Italy.
Financial aid was increased. Let
tiers from Americans to relatives
IN Italy were encouraged. A
4th ward aldermanic election in
any American city could not have
been more wide open. Still, the
Reds made a fair showing.
To understand the Italian po-
litical climate it is essential to
realize that the presence of the
Holy See has a significant effect
on the country. Just as there is q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
BY ALEC DE MONTMORENCY
Contributing Writer

Contributing Writer
The luxurious Orient Express
which rolls eastward from Paris
through Vienna, Budapest and
Bucharest, and on to Constanti-
nople and Baghdad, has been hit
hard by the Iron Curtain which
has descended over the Balkans
and the Lower Danube.
Its plush dining cars, where
corks popping from champagne
bottles once punctuated in STAG
cato the jaunty rumbling of the
train, have become humdrum
with the rugged swarms of Soviet
brass.
That undesirable drabness
which peoples democracies are
wont to bestow on former bour-
geois hauntS, has settled over its
sleepers and smoking lounges,
which had once boosted the
worlds highest ratio of spies,
counter spies, double agents and
international intriguers. The
French chefs, the suave polyglot
walters and barmen who once
worked for it--and for half a
dozen foreign powers on the side
have largely left it. And the writ
ers of mystery novels, who had
glamorized that golden trail and
its gilt-e6ged voyagers in scores
of best sellers, have dropped it.
But quite enormously, it would
now seem.
For the biggest story yet, one
involving a billion dollars or more,
still had to emerge from that
tabled rail service-via the Paris
Bourse.
Negotiations Under Way
Three negotiations are
proceeding between the French,
the German and the Iraqi gov
ernmentS, which, if successful,
would result in Germany'S return
to Baghdad as a full-fedged Mid
die Eastern oil power.
Such an eventuality would mean
the successful realization of an
old Eastern intrigue in which such
worthless as Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany, Sultan Abdul II of
Turkey, Adolf Hitler, mysterious
Rashid- Ali-Al-Gailan and ubiqui-
tous Calouste Observation-Disclosures
known as "Mr. Five-Per-Cent"-
held star roles.
That Drang Mach Osten. the
German Drive to the East" first
started almost exactly three-quar-
tiers of a century ago. Then Ger
man diplomat, Baron Won Bieber-
stein, struck up friendship with
Abdul Hamid. or Abdul-the-
Damned. the cruel and willy sultan
who reigned as an absolute mon
arch over the tottering Ottoman
Empire, and won a 99-year con-
cession to build rail line through
Anatolia and to the Persian Gulf.
The Red Sultan" as the Turk
ish potentate was also called be-
cause of his frequent and bloody
repressions against rebellious sub
iects, had begun to depart from
the traditional policy of his prede-
ceSsors who had leaned heavily on
England as a protection against
Russian encroachment. BY giving
the railroad concession to the
German baron, he sought to coun-
terbalance the British influence
with German one.
Wilhelm II. fired by this unex-
pected German economic diplo-
matte victory. gave Bieberstein
powerful financial and political
backing. Unlimited credits be-
came available to the baron for
his railroad, which became known
as Baghdad Balm. or Baghdad
Railway. And the Kaiser, in re-
splendent uniform. paid an official
visit to the Sultan.
Quarrel Over Oil
There began a long contest for
preponderance in the Near Orient
between the Germans and the
British. who saw with jaundiced
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now, though in many ways the
most representative Englishman
of his day (of Scottish birth as
he Isl he is more respected than
known in this country, and little
appreciated.
Yet in 1948 Mr.. Macmillan was
writing in the Daily Mail:
In foreign affairs we seem to
have lost the old cooperation with
the United States which was the
pivot of victory and the only
guarantee of peace"
What sort of a negotiator or
champion of the West is he? Let
us examine the record.
Mr.. Macmillan was never a man
of Munich. Before that agree
ment, which he strongly criti-
cised, he had referred to two Of
his own Conservative leaders,
Baldwin and Chamberlain, as Eek
tinct volcanoes" ..-.
During the period Of mass I'M
employment in Britain IN the
early '30S, he had been even more
critical, and was indeed consid-
cred almost Socialist by con-
ventional Tories.
If orthodoxy meant million
unemployed, then he was not
afraid to be unorthodoX, wrote
Hugh Massingham, distinguished
British commentator. In 1888 Mr..
Macmillan published his convic-
tionS in a book called 1.-THE Middle
Way" which expounded the pos
sible path between capitalism and
socialism.
AS an amateur economist, how
ever, he did not forget how to be
a businessman, and remained
director of his grandfather's firm,
the famous publishing house of
Macmillan, for 20 years Con-
sistently he showed a mind of his
own. When Mr.. Chamberlain'S
government, at Mr.. Eden'S sug-
gestion, proposed withdrawing the
sanctions imposed against Mus
solini for his aggression in Ethi-
opla, Mr.. Macmillan went the limit
and refused to take the party
whip He could easily have been
expelled from the Conservative
Party.
Service During War
1t was Churchill who brought
him into office, after MI. Mac
millan's many years as a back
bencher for tough northern
nnrctit1lnnnnnt Ctnnktnrn- IN -INnnc
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QuurreI Over Oil

There began a long contest for
preponderance in the Near Orient
between the Germans and the
British. who saw with a jaundiced
eye this threat to their lifeline TO
India and the quarrel soon spilled
into the realms of oil.
The latter then centered near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

The ssthor Of this spprsissI Of Britoin's
Prime Minister b Washington cor
respondent for the London Daily
Telegraph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
BY RICHARD BRETT SMITH
oOntributins writer

Sir Harold Nicolson once de-
scribed the. 1888 expedition Of
Neville Chamberlain and his civil
service adviser. Sir Horace Wilson.
to Hitler at Berchtesgaden as re-
sembling that Of two enthusi-
astic but naive curates advancing
on an East End pub,
The present visit TO Moscow Of
Prime Minister Macmillan and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Service During War

1t was Churchill who brought
him into Office, after Mi. Mac
millan's many years as a back
bencher for a tough northern
constituency, Stockton on Tees.
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Won Blomberg, lay dead, and the
German hopes of an oil empire
we're dashed, forever, 1t seemed.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

Of all Capitol Hill Farmers. Rep.
Anderson operates a wheat and
cattle ranch in Northwest Mont
ana in partnership with his mother
two brothers and aunt and others.
According to records of the Agric-
ultural Sterilization and Conserv-
alton Committee in Pondera Coun-
ty he has collected $216,730.13 in
cash and loans under five different
farm programs in the past three
years. Most of this is on crop loans,
a small percentage of which has
been repaid.
The article went on to say that
such large operations may be
curtailed if Congress puts a lid on
big farm loans which both house
and senate have approved, and
that Rep. Anderson voted in favor
of this curtailment to show his
dissatisfaction with the present
farm program which does not
favor the family sized farm, even
though it will curtail his own
operations.
A fine attendance was out for
this meeting and Rep. Batten's
talk a well received.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

guests for this convention.
All of the evening services will
be held in the Sidney High School
gymnasium. The devotional and
business sessions will be conducted
at the church. Bible study groups
and committees will meet in the
Parish house and in the church.
The Ministerial meeting will be
held in Ebenezer Congregational
Church and the Brotherhood meet
ing will be held in the Peoples
Congregational Church. Trinity
Lutheran Church will serve the
banquet for the Mems Brother
hood.
The theme of this convention is
"Christ's Church, Our Life" Four
young men will be ordained into
the Holy Ministry on Sunday
morning at 1920 am. They are
Stanley Hansen who will serve
st. Paul's Lutheran Church at
Iowa, Donald Wahlgren
who will return to Africa where
he has already served two years
in the teaching field there, but
now he will return to this country
a pastor. Richard Thompson has
accepted a call from Danebrog,
Nebraska where he will serve this
congregation, and Paul David
Johnson, who has been called to
Avoca, Iowa where he will serve
in the ministry.
One of the important business
matters of this convention is that
of the presentation of a constitu-
ton for this Synod's approval for
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

Also at this meeting the Alley
paving bonds issue for 5000 0
was sold to the Sidney National
Bank for the interest rate of four
and one half percent.
With these two issues sold the
council then proceeded to let me
engineering contracts for both pro-
jects which went to the firm of
Berdick and Webster of Williston.
Mr.. Webster is also at this time
acting city engineer.
The bid of the L & S construc-
ton Co. was accepted for the paw
ing of the four alleys in the bust
ness district. Work on this project
will begin the first part of July.
Plans and specifications were
submitted by Acting City engi-
neer Webster on the new water
well which after considerable dis
cussion the council approved with
the opening of bids set for this
Thursday night. The water situat-
ton in Sidney is acute and each
of you must excerise good judge
ment in the using of water or we
Will lldVt W ldtlOll IL. AT liiC plt-
sent time we have four wells
pumping better than a million
gallons a day which just isn't
enough to satisfy the needs of
Sidney during the hot weather.
Plans call for the new well to be in
operation by the middle of August.
Once again budget time is al
most here and again committee,
are working hard to try and hold
the line on any increase in city
taxes but with the demand for
more and better, service this is
quite a problem and it is some
thing each of us should think
about.
Next regular meeting will be
on the 9th of July.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

also impressed with the considera-
tons that they received by these
places of Accommodations through
the friendly reception and
concern. AS a host Church
it was greatly appreciated.
THESE visitors were also greatly
impressed by u city. Many re-
marked on the cleanliness, we'll
kept lawns, courteous places of
business, good looking business
places, and the general progress
of the city. Such things are a help
to make a more inviting place for
other meetings in our community.
AS a host Church we wish to ex-
press our thank-you for the con-
sideration by the city that was
shown to our guests. You have
helped us in making these meet
ings more inviting. 1t is also our
hope that Jul visitors have been
an encouragement to the city in
portraying a Christ likeness in all
of the activities in the past days.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Range Tour Set
For Next Week

Karl Parker, Extension Range
Management Specialist at Montana
State College, will be in Richland
County to assist with two range
tours set for June % and "a, ac-
cording to Dean Davidson, Rich
land County Extension Agent.
The tour on Tuesday, June %,
will be held in the Hillcrest Com
munity starting at lis p. m. from
the Grandview Hall. Wednesdays
tour, June "a, will be IN the East
Side community and will start at
the Ed Koenig ranch located about
z miles out on the Skaar Route
road at LIS d m.
Helping to sponsor and arrange
the tours are the Western Fun
makers All club in the Hillcrest
community, and the East Side
Eager Beavers and the Timber
lone Workers All clubs east of the
river. Both tours will be desig-
ned to better acquaint ranch folks
with whats in the Range" and
various developments that may
take place. Some common range
nutritional problems will also be
discussed.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
BY MAYOR

The annual sale of Buddy Pop
pies by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, has
been officially recognized and en-
dorsed by the President of the
United States and Veterans Ad-
m~inistration.
VIEW Buddy Poppies are as
sembled by disabled veterans, and
the proceeds of this worthy fund
raising campaign are used exclu-
sively for the benefit of disabled
and needy veterans, and the wild
ows and orphans of deceased vet
Grams.
The basic purpose of the annu-
al sale of Buddy Poppies by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars is elo-
ouently reflected in the desire to
Honor the Dead by Helping the
Living" !.
/. Harold l.. Mercer, Mayor of
the City of Sidney, do hereby urge
the citizens of this community to
recognize the merits of this cause
by contributing generously to It's
support through the purchase OF
Buddy Poppies, on Saturday, June
goth. the day set aside for the
distribution of these symbols of
loyalty. l urge all patriotic citizens
to wear a Buddy Poppy as mute
of our gratitude Of the
men of this country who have
risked their lives in defense of
the freedoms which we continue
to enjoy as American citizens.
Signed-Harold l.. Mercer,
Mayor.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
F. w. WOOLWORTH co.
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE
OPENING OF new STORE

Mr.. Russell Mercer of Sidney, Montana, and the F. ".
Woolworth Co. proudly announce plans for a Woolworth
store in Sidney. The store will be located on the north side
of Main Street across from the j. c. Penney Co. The two
frame buildings in this location have been demolished and
a new modern building is under construction.
The new Woolworth store will have a 56-foot frontage
on Main Street by 1OOfoot depth or 5000 square feet of selling
space. Offices and employees lounge, and stockroom will be
located in the basement. A 20-seat lunch department will be
located on the sales floor.
1t is estimated, at this time, the store will be completed
and open for business the latter part Of October of this year.
The Woolworth Co. is proud to have the opportunity of ex-
pressing its confidence in the future of this community and
to serve the citizens of Sidney and surrounding areas.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Frontier Aihines
Announce Change
In F|iqht Schedule

Effective July 1, Frontier Air
lines will change the schedule on
Westbound Flight through Sidney
to the departure time of 1:29 pm.
Arrival time in Billings will be
1886 pm. Flight 81 will make
connections in Billings to all west
and south bound flights by West
ern Airlines, Northwest Orient
Airlines and Frontier Airlines.
This change of schedule will give
much better service to all Western
cities. Eastbound Frontier flight
"a will continue to operate through
Sidney at 3:17 pm.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

the following divisions, plus some
third and fourth prizes to larger
entry groups: Floats, novelty and
patriotic entries, organized groups,
historical, bike and miscellaneous
for children, best saddle club,
matched pairs, oldest mounted,
junior cowboy, junior cowgirl,
senior cowboy, senior cowgirl and
horse novelty.
The rodeo stock for the amateur
rodeo is being furnished by Oak
ley Dayton and Joe Berzel. The
afternoon program will feature
bareback riding, saddle bronc rid
ing, calf roping, team tying, BUN
riding, ladies barrel race and kids
barrel race All entry fees will be
added to purses, entries must be
in by 8 p. m, July 3.
Everyone is invited to attend
this 4th Of July event designed to
entertain every family member.
Lots of fun is assured.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Crane Post Office
To Be Continued

A telegram received at the Sid
ney Herald office from United
States Senator James E. Murray
announced that there will be no
action at this time of the discon-
tinuation of the Crane Post Of
flee.
The telegram received follows.
Associated Press. Helena. Mont.
United Press, Helena, Montana.
II am pleased to advise that the
Post Office Department has do
tidsd to take no action IT this time
looking TO the discontiuuance of
the Crane. Montana. Post Office.
James E. Murray, U.S.S."
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Vital Statistics

George L. Walker, Dillon and
Iris j. Erickson, Sidney, June IL.
BIRTHS:
Mrs. Lowell Qualley, Lambert,
boy, June 10.
Mrs. Bing Poff, Sidney, boy,
June IL.
Mrs. Dale Greenwood, Cart
wright, N. Oak, boy, June II.
Mrs. William Mcintosh, Sidney,
boy, June IL.
Mrs. Larry Leach, Sidney, girl,
June Is.
Mrs. Norman Quale, Wibaux,
girl, June Is.
Mrs. Raol Chevez, beet laborer,
boy, June Is.
Mrs. Joseph Fischer, Fairview,
girl, June Is.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
SIDNEY WOMAN
MONT.
JAY(EEN PRES.

Mrs. Bob Stayton was elected
president of the Montana Jayceens
at the state convention held in
Glacier Park, June 12-14. Mrs.
Chuck Metulley was appointed
state secretary.
The Sidney Jayceens received
two awards on their scrapbook.
They received second place for
publicity, and third place on
originality. June Schmitz was
chairman of the scrapbook.
Awards presented to the Sidney
Jayceens were, Public Relations,
first; Ways and Means, first;
Christmas Activities, second; and
Inter-Club Relations, third. Roxy
Rees was chairman of the awards
committee.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Father 0'HanIon
Assistant At
St. PhiIomena's

The Rev. Michael O'Hanlon has
been appointed as an assistant at
st. Philomena's Catholic church.
Father O'Hanlon comes to Sidney
from Billings where he has been
assistant at st. Patrick's church
there.
Father O'Hanlon came to the
United States from Ireland two
years ago. He has been assistant
in Billings for a year and a half.
Father O'Hanlon will arrive
in Sidney to take over his duties
as assistant Friday, June 10.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

There was a good time of fell
lowship enjoyed by both visitors
and friends. Everyone felt that
the inspiring messages were a
strengthening to a more consecrat-
ed and separated Christian living.
The presence of God was felt
throughout the services.
The visiting people had done a
fine job in making reservations in
advance in the local hotels and
motel so that the host Church was
relieved of the responsibility al
most entirely. The visitors were
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

meeting.
Mrs. Robert Stayton, immediate
past Sidney Jayceen President,
was elected state president for
1959-60.
In the election held last Sat-
urday, Ted Hazelbaker of Dillon
was elected president of the Jay
Gees. James l.. Sleeter Of Havrc
and Dee v. Swenson of Butte, ma
tional directors.
Elected vice presidents were:
Dave Burgess of Bozeman, Dick
Guenzi, Glcendive, Dick Peterson
of Libby. Harry Rux of Billings,
Dale Inabnit of Conrad and Ed
McHugh of Helena.
In the most Interesting election
of the convention, Billings was
selected for the 1869 state con-
clave. Others bidding were Great
Falls and Missoula.
Members of the Sidney Jaycees
attending the convention were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Thogersen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Dssinger, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Metuly, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Don Rees, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Turner, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Stayton and Ray Whiting.
Travelling with the Sidney group
and representing the newest jay
Gee Club in Montana was Stewart
Sundheim of Fairview.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

Rep. Batten commended Rich
land County for sending Oscar
Kvaalen to the legislature and
spoke highly of his work there.
He censured Senator c. R.
Thiessen of Richland County for
his voting record, particularly cit
ing Thiessen's vote against the
better business climate memorial,
which in effect urged a broaden
ing of the tax base by encourage
ing new industry to come to
Montana.
Batten also commented on an
article appearing in the Washing
ton Daily News of May % in which
Rep. Leroy H. Anderson Cd,
Month was cited as the biggest