The Frontier
D. H. Cronin, Editor and Owner
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O'Neill, Nebraska, as Second
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THE DAYS OF
LONG AGO
Fifty-Five Years Ago
The Frontier, Dec. 23, 1886
The hay burner of today is no
more like those first in use than
the old time sewing machine is
like the one now in use. With the
patents of McClure, Miner, Sturd
evant and Purdy, the Hay Burner
of today is a ‘‘thing of beauty and
a joy forever.” Graham and
Owens, of Atkinson are hard
pressed to keep up with the de
mands of this branch of the
trade. Frank Sturdevant, also of
Atkinson, sells hay burners. He
has a patent applied for. In
O’Neill Neil Brennan has two
men hard at work all the time
making burners to supply his
trade. John McCafferty also deals
in them. He also makes a heater
for school houses and offices to
burn hay. The whole cost of a
burner of the finest material in
which to burn hay is $9.00. The
straw you can get for nothing, the
hay for $2.00 a ton.
The Frontier, Dec. 30, 1886
Tom Kearns arrived in O’Neill
last Saturday after a five year’s
absence in the western territories.
He is spending the holidays with
his parents north of town.
Fifty Years Ago
J. C. Wry of Chambers, has
purchased the material used in
the publication of the Eagle and
has issued the first issue of his
new paper, the Bugle. It will be
reublican politically.
The Item, Dec. 31. 1891
Court has adjourned at Neligh
on account of the prevclance of
diptheria in that city.
Christmas afternoon at 2 o’clock
Rev. Both well of Atkinson spoke
the words that united Maylon
Price and Miss Gertrude Moore
in the holy bonds of wedlock. The
ceremony took place at the resid
ence of the bride’s parents.
Forty Years Ago
The Frontier, Dec. 26, 1901
The McCaffrey post office re
cords, effects, etc., have been
turned in and the office discon
tinued.
Skating parties are becoming
popular and the solidly frozen
Elkhorn is the scene of the an
nual skating tournaments.
The cold wave has subsided.
The snow is fast disappearing
beneath the melting rays of a
Wcirm sun and the streets are as
sloppy as a day in April.
Thirty Years Ago
The Frontier, Dec. 21,1911
Alfred Revell and Miss Blanche
E. Cole, both of O’Neill, were
united in marriage last Saturday
by County Judge Malone.
Ivan Simonson and Miss Lillie
McManus, both of Agee, were
granted a marriage license by
County Judge Malone last Sat
turday.
The Frontier, Dec. 28, 1911
John Mullen, Ed Gallagher and
Hugh Birmingham, who are at
tending the State University, came
home the latter part of last week
to spend Christmas vacation.
On Christmas morning at the
beautiful home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Sny
der, occured the wedding of their
daughter, Mabel May, to George
R. Morrison of Manitau, Colorado.
Rev. E. T. George of Neligh of
ficiating.
Twenty Years Ago
The Frontier, Dec. 22, 1921
Ralph Leidy has returned to
his Wyoming homestead after a
several weeks visit with Holt
county relatives.
Tuesday was the coldest day so
far this season. Late Monday night
and early Tuesday morning the
temperature dropped to 2 below
zero.
The Frontier, Dec. 29, 1921
Mrs. Patrick Harty was hostess
to the Martz club Tuesday eve
ning. Miss Mae Hammond won the
honors at auction.
Last Friday night and Saturday
morning was the coldest period of
any time during the year 1921 at
this place. The government ther
mometer recorded a minimum
temperature of 18 degrees below
Zero.
Ten Years Ago
The Frontier, Dec. 24, 1931
Mrs Sarah C. Hammond passed
away at her home in this City last
Monday night. She was 65 years of
age and had been resident of this
City for 46 years.
Billie Griffin is home for the
holidays. He is attending the
State University,
Christmas is here again. The
year which brought us war is
passing and an uncertain New
Year is just outside our door. Here
in Washington there is much con
rusion. Blackouts; soldiers on roofs
watching the skies and manning
anti-aircraft guns; soldiers with
rifles marching around the White
House. Our nation’s capitol has
turned into a war town plus a
boom town. Today Washington
becomes the world headquarters
for war against the axis. People
are still stunned from the terrible
news which came from Pearl
Harbor. Preparations are being
made for a long war.
We do want to thank those
editors who have been generous
with their space, and printed
weekly reports. We want to take
this opportunity to send our sea
son’s greetings to these editors and
to the readers of these fine papers.
We pray the Almighty will be on
our side and help us win a victory.
We pray that the spirit of the
Prince of Peace, whose birth we
celebrate again, will be with all
of us and that his mission on
earth will eventually be fulfilled, i
Federal Housing in war time
will be a colossal job. New legis
lation for federal housing au
thorizing many millions has been
passed. Fritz Lanham, chairman of
the House Committee on Building
and Grounds, assures members
that these facilities will be avail
able to all communities where
there is defense activity. Local
architects and engineers will be
given opportunity to do much of
this housing work and construct
ion will conform with local arch
itecture.
The State Department advises
members that it has determined
that organizations in this country
representing so-called free gov
ernments must be made up of
citizens of those foreign countries
and no American citizen should
be on the boards of foreign organ
izations. An “all-out’’ for defense
is the basis of these orders.
The general impression here is
that in war we must give up much
of what we call freedom and pray
that it will come back to us when
the war is over.
There was no joint session of the
House and Senate on the war re
solutions regarding Germany and
Italy. Each House held separate
meetings and the President’s mess
age was read by clerks of both
Houses. The news that Germany
and Italy had declared was on us
was taken more calmly than was
the report of the dastardly attack
on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
Melvin Maas, a congressman
from Minnesota, who has just re
turned from England says that
England has kept enemy planes
from her shores with unusually
fine hearing devices. Surface and
aircraft can be heard as far as the
horizan. Much importance is laid
on these hearing devices in Eng
land. Anti-aircraft guns keep the
planes up high and intercepter
planes go up and either down them
or chase them away. It is hoped
the United States has plenty of
these hearing devices. Congress
man Maas is a Colonel in our Ma
rine Corps.
Some members of the Military
Affairs Committee say Nebraska
and other-western states should
be selected for more defense pro
jects because of the safety element
Pearl Harbor has suddenly made*
important in the eyes of those
who have the responsibility of de
fending.
Washington is now a combin
ation of a war town and a boom
town. The city is filled with anti
aircraft guns; soldiers with fixed
bayonets and crowds of people
from every state in the Union who
figure they can get some defense
business, now that we are in the
war. Writers here refer to those
“business getters” as ‘‘locusts.”
It is believed here that import
ant new rules will come to civilian
pilots. Soon they may be uni
formed. That the army will rule
civilian aviation is almost a cer
tainty. Wing Commander Packard
of Nebraska has been here several
days conferring on civilian air
patrol problems. Civilian pilot
training which has fed over 10,
000 pilots into our various services
in the past will be continued un
der some war-time basis.
Hundreds of letters and tele
grams have come from anxious
parents and relatives of men in
Hawaii and the Philippines. The
Navy and War departments notify
the Third District office to tell
parents and relatives of these men
that they will be notified by wire
in case of fatalities or serious in
juries. No lists are published. Par
ents and relatives are asked to
communicate with their men by
commercial facilities such as
radio or cable. In some cases tele
phone communication is available
to Honolulu but censorship is ab
solutely necessary.
Five congressman have returned
*i(>■'> London where the • in
spected British defense. On their
return trip on the clipper they
wre forced to fly via Africa and
South America. The Chief Radio
operator on this clipper was R. C.
Lanik of Wahoo, Nebraska, who
sends Christmas and New Years
greetings to the “ham” operators
at home. Lanik is a graduate of
the WJAG radio of 1929.
War-time regulations now apply
to all people who are not citizens
of the United States. These war
time regulations are particularly
strict regarding those who are
citizens of enemy countries such as
Germany, Iltaly and Japan. Na
turalization machinery is held up
except in a very few cases. Those
who are here from enemy count
ries and who are now listed as
“enemy-aliens” should call on the
clerks of various courts regarding
their naturalization status and
those who want information re
garding “conduct of the enemy
aliens’’ during war-time should
get their information from either
F. B. I. agents or any agent of the
department of Justice. The war
rules on enemy aliens went into
effect following the President’s
Proclamation on Dec. 10, 1941.
We now are at war with Japan,
Germany and Italy. It may be a
long war. There were many in
Congress and millions in the
country who hoped that our
country might remain out of such
a world conflict. The murderous,
treacherous assault by Japan end
ed such hope. It united our nation
and solidified us as one in the
determination that the war can
be and must end only in victory
over the aggressors, a victory thor
ough and complete. Regardless of
all else, our safety as a nation
now and for generations to come
must be protected and assured.
Our country has won victory in
every war that has been thrust
upon us. It shall win this conflict.
The registering of all aliens in
our country some months ago
came at an opportune time.
Among recent visitors in the
Third District office were L. V.
Packard of Lincoln, Tom Lani
gan of Grand Island, Ralph Cox,
Secretary of Agriculture, of Lin
coln, Harry Grimminger of Grand
Island, Frank K. Nielson, for
merly of Omaha and now of
Washington ,D. C„ State Senator
H, G. Greenamyre of Norfolk; and
C. W, Motter, Secretary, Man
ager of Fremont Chamber of Com
merce.
The Week In Defense
Navy Secretary Knox, return
ing from a plane trip to Hawaii,
reported the U. S. armed forces
there were not on the alert against
the first Japanese attack. Mr.
Knox said that the Navy lost one
capital ship, a training ship, three
destroyers, and one mine-layer
and suffered damage to other
ships which will take from sev
eral days to several months to
repair. He reported 2,729 Navy
officers and men were killed and
656 wounded.
The President appointed Sup
reme Court Justice Roberts head
of a special board of inquiry.
Pending completion of the in
quiry ranking officers of the Ha
waiian command Were relieved of
duty and replaced. In the shift,
Admiral Nimitz replaced Ad
miral Kimmel as Commander-in
Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet
and Lt. Gen. Emmons, Air Forces,
relieved Lt. Gen Short as com
manding officer of the land forces
in the Islands.
The War Front
War and Navy Department
communiques during the week
reported the sinking of one en
emy transport and “probably”
one destroyer, severe damage to
another enemy transport, the
sinking of a motor ship, capture
of a fishing vessel, continued
successful repulse of enemy at
tempts to take Wake and Midway,
and continued bombing of the
Philippines.
Lend-Lease Aid
War Secretary Stimson issued
a statement that although lend
lease aid momentarily lessened
after the Pearl Harbor attack, the
increased war effort “must inevit
bly increase rather than diminish
shipments to those who are fight
ing our common enemy.’’ The
President reported to Congress
that aid had increased from $18,
000,000 in March to $283,000,000
in November—to make a total of
$1,202,000,000 in aid extended to
December 1.
Army
Secretary of Wax Stimson told
his press conference that although
the $10,000,000,000 supplemental
defense bill provides for an in
crease of the Army to about 2,000,
000 men, the War Department is
“trying to develop machinery by
which our Army can increase
steadily without limits” and with
“the least possible disturbance to
our economic life.”
Selective Service
Congress passed a bill calling
for registration of all men be
tween 18 and 65 and making
those from 20 to 44, inclusive,
liable for military service. War
Secretary Stimsbn told a press
conference voluntary enlistments
will be suspended as soon as the
‘‘present rush of patriotism” is
over. All further manpower will
then be obtained by the selective
service system. The Census Bur
eau estimated the U. S. and the
Allied powers, including China
and India, have 163,887,000 men
of fighting age—18 to 35—while
the Axis nations have 28,560,000.
Navy
The Navy Department author
ized all navy yards to make maxi
mum use of extra shifts and over
time work to rush construction.
All Navy employees were ordered
on a 48-hour week. Four ships
were launched: the USS Columbia
—a 10,000 ton cruiser—and three
destroyers.
Production
OPM Production Director Har
rison announced American and
British plane output will surpass
that of Germany by the summer
of 1942; the U. S. will produce
MONEY in bank
here means you
have cash for instant
use at any time, while
we assume the re
sponsibility for keep
ing it safely in the
meantime.
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Sarphu and Undivided
Profits, $140,000.00
This Bank Carries No Indebtedness
of Officers or Stockholders.
Member hadaral Depoait Inauranre Corporation
840 light and medium tanks this
month and 2,800 a month by
this time next year; machine tool
production necessary for critical
Army weapons will probably be
doubled in the coming year; the
first bomber will be produced
shortly after January 1, at the
new $11,000,000 Kansas City as
sembly plant from parts made by
the auto industry; plans have been
approved by SPAB to triple avi
ation gasoline production.
Priorities
OPM extended its ban on the
sale of new auto tires and tubes
to January 4 and said a rationing
program will go into effect Jan
uary 4 providing tires only for
essential commercial and public
welfare activities. OPM also an
nounced full control of all tin in
this country or enroute by water;
ordered manufacturers of ranges,
stoves and other cooking ap
pliances to curtail use of iron and
steel; ruled sheepskin can be
used only on OPM order; simpli
fied priority procedure to permit
extension of ratings by manufac
turers themselves on orders for
less that $500 worth of material.
Materials
The SPAB announced prepar
ation of a program to insure ade
quate supplies of those raw mate
rials from the Pacific area “even
in case America’s access to over
seas sources is cut off entirely.’’
OPM Director Knudsen asked all
individuals to gather all scrap of
any kind in their homes and work
shops and sell it at once to scrap
dealers. Civilian Supply Director
Henderson said the war effort re
quires 50 pounds of waste paper
a month from every family.
The OPA Consumer Division re
ported that retreading auto tires
costs only 40 to 50 percent of the
cost of a new tire and gives 75 to
80 percent of new mileage. The
OPM asked the public not to pur
chase new materials for blacking
out windows and not to use sur
gical tape to protect windows
from air raids.
Labor Supply
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt announced unemployment
due to material shortages will
probably reach a peak in the first
half of 1942. He said the hardest
hit region will be the Great Lakes
and Ohio valley area. He reported
priority unemployed had brought
the first increase in six months in
number of industrial workers a
vailable for war work through the
1.500 State employment services.
The President asked all Gov
ernors to transfer to the U. S.
Employment Service all person
nel, records and facilities re
quired for operation of a central
service. Mr. McNutt, whose Fed
eral Security Agency includes the
USES, urged all employers to re
cruit workers exclusively through
the local public employment of
fices and to refrain from “blind”
advertising, labor scouting or
pirating, and other “wasteful and
disruptive’’ labor-recruiting me
thods.
Prices
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported wholesale prices, led by
agricultural commodities, rose on
percent during the week ended
December 13, to the highest level
since 1929 and more than 16 per
cent greater than this time last
year. Living costs, the Bureau said
are now 11,8 percent above those
when war in Europe began.
Price Administrator Henderson
moved to stabilize prices of re
claimed rubber, raw wool and
various wool yarn, coffee, cocoa,
pepper, cocoa butter, fats and oils
except butter, barrel staves and
headlings, fir “peeler” logs from
which plywood is made, resold
iron and steel products, natural
resins and shellac, and second
hand burlap and cotton bags.
Ships And Shipping
The State Department announ
ced French crews on all French
vessels in the U. S. were removed
December 2 to protect the ships
and crews. The Justice Dejartment
said the crews will be held as
aliens but not enemy aliens. The
State Department took over the
giant French liner NORMANDIE
and the Swedish liner KUNG
SHOLM and said ‘‘adequate com
pensation will be made to the
owners.” The Maritime Commis
sion discontinued formal cere
monies for new merchant ships
but announced launching of eight
new vessels during the week.
Civilian Defense
The Red Cross and the CCC an
nounced an agreement to train
CCC personnel in disaster- fight
ing techniques and to use CCC
camps, equipment and personnel
during emergencies requiring
mass evacuations in any part of
the country. The Red Cross also
called for 50,000 more trained
nurses to place the nation’s nurs
ing program on a full war-time
basis. To acquire this number
a new reserve of nurses unavail
able for military duty because of
age or marriage will be called.
The RFC set up a War Insurance
Corporation with a $100,000,000
capital to provide “reasonable pro
tection” against damage to pri
vate property resulting from en
emy attack. The Office of Civil
ian Defense asked for continuous
operation of war material plants
without interruption for black
out tests after blackout plans have
once been demonstrated as satis
factory.
Holt County Boy At
Camp Polk, Louisiana
Camp Polk, La., Dec. 13, 1941
(Special) Private Ted McKenzie
nas just -■ rrived nt Camp Po’\
La., from the army reception cen
ter at Ft. Leavenworth. Kansas.
Private McKenzie has ben as
signed to Btry C, 54th F. A. Bn
(Armd), commanded by Captain,
Charles D. Hartman Jr., and is
one of the units of the 3rd Ar
mored (Bayou Blitz) Division.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde McKenzie of Dorsey, Ne
braska.
The 3rd Armored Division is
commanded by Mayor Genera]
Alvan C. Gillem, Jr., and is one of
the newest of the Army’s Panzer
Units.
Hospital Notes
John Sturgen of Chambers, en
tered Wednesday and is a medical
patient.
Mrs. Donald Grimes and baby
dismissed on Monday.
Mike Englehaupt, entered
Thursday and is a medical patient.
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THE FRONTIER
O’Neill, Nebraska