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BRIEFLY STATED
Eight ladies had a party at
the home of Mrs. Mable Gatz
Friday evening in honor of Mrs.
Fred Harper, who was leaving
Saturday. The evening was spent
playing bridge and high scores
were won by Mrs. Gatz and Mrs.
Harper. Mrs. Harper was pre
sented with a lovely going away
gift.
Mrs. John Protivinsky returned
home Saturday from Sioux Falls,
S. D., where she had been visiting
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Johnson and
family for the past two months.
Her grandson, Joe Johnson ac
companied her home for a visit.
Miss Catherine Shorthill of
Omaha spent the week-end with
her mother, Mrs. James Shorthill
and family.
Frank Davidson arrived Mon
day from Culver City, Cal., and
will visit his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Davidson and other
relatives for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McDonald
and daughter, Arlene, of Atkin
son and Mrs. Francis Murphy of
this city spent Monday in Sioux
City, Iowa.
Mrs. John Harbottle spent the
week-end in Norfolk visiting at
the home of Gene Kilpatrick..
Nelson Gibson of Page accept
ed a position at the Gamble
store and started working Mon
day morning.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ford of
Atkinson were dinner guests at
the home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Murphy Sunday. On Monday
they left for Washugal, Wash.,
where they will make their
future home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora L. Fox were
in Ainsworth and Valentine on
business Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. L. R. Sutcliffe returned to
Rapid City Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Semlak of Norfolk
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Enright and attended the Annual
Alumnae banquet Sunday even
ing at St. Mary's Academy.
Mrs. Julia Graves and daugh
ter, Genevieve, of this city and
daughter, Elizabeth, of Washing
ton, D. C., left Wednesday for
Lyons where they will visit at
the home of Mrs. Graves’ sister,
Miss Ruth Buckley. On Friday
Elizabeth will return to Wash
ington and Mrs. Graves and
Genevieve will remain in Lyons
for a couple of weeks visit
before going to Omaha, where
they plan on making their iuture
home.
Mrss. Sam Nelson returned to
her home at Thermopolis, Wyo.,
last Thursday, after spending
several weeks at the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Allendorfer.
THE HOME FRONT
Reaction of Nebraska retailers
and customers to price regula
tions which became effective May
18 has been generally somewhat
as follows: “A good thing. A
good time to sstart, and March
prices a good basis for fixing
prices." There will ba so-re
difficulties, but they will be iron
ed out as rapidly as possible.
Most people agree that price fix
ing is necessary to help prevent
inflation and assure citizens equal
buying opportunities.
Hugh J. Blakely, office of
Price Administrator, called at
the Nebraska Defense Committee
office on May 18 and requested
the committee’s cooperation in
OPA’s informational program.
Literature was left with State
Committee members and is being
sent out to regional chairmen and
Committee members, County and
Municipal chairmen, chairmen of
Health, Welfare and Consumer
Interest Committees, and to
members of civilian defense
Speakers Bureaus. Full Cooper
atiQji wjll be provided by means
of radio, press and public meet
ings.
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June 14 will be registration day
for those who attend the Ameri
can Legion air raid warden in
structors school in Lincoln.Three
days packed full of class demon
stration work in ARW duties will
follow. P. C. Patterson, State
Legion Adjutant, who has had
intensive protective training,
will direct the school and is plan
ning a real work-out for his pup
ils. Classes will be held in Mor
rill Hall Nebraska University
campus.
Legionaire instructors Mike
Noble and Ben Young. Lincoln,
and Louis Murphv, Omaha, who
attended the national training
training school at Texas A & M,
will be assisted by experts in
gases, explosives and fire fighting.
Colonel C. J. Frankforter, of the
University chemistery depart
ment, will conduct some demon
stration. Teacher college person
nel will give talks on teaching
methods which should help grad
uates when they train local war
dens. Numerous specially pre
pared defense films will be used
in the course.
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Bruning advertises its com
munity scrap dump in the local
Banner. The dump is located on
a vacant down-town lot and the
Farmers’ Grain company serves
as weighing station. Scrappers
receive payment when the scrap
is sold.
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We’ve been thinking that a
•‘Town Meeting For War” is
something new, but truly “there
is nothing new under the sun.”
On March 31, 1917, Lincoln held
two big patriotic evening mass
meetings. Hundreds wore small
American flags during the day,
and when city whistles sounded
the meeting call at 7:00 p. m„
many groups marched to St.
Paul’s church and the old audi
torium. There was a band par
ade. Patriotic songs were sung
and speakers went from one
meeting place to the other.
Resolutions of unequivocal sup
port were sent to President Wil
son and Congress—six days be
fore World War One was de
clared.
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Steel output is up, and Nebras
ka farmers are partly responsible)
for the increase. Huge amounts
of metal scrap are being deliver
ed. Banner county, population
1,500, has lived up to its name
by marketing over ten tons of
scrap. Enough for 100 .50 cal
ibre machine guns or one 15 ton
tank.
A
’ WANTED—100,000 decks of
playing cards for men on trans
j ports and in the various AEF'S.
Men on their way to the far East
have said, “We play with a deck
until the spots fade out and
then remark them.” New or
clean used decks, or money to
I buy cards, may be handed to
local American Legion posts.
The 40 and 8 is collecting decks
and will deliver them to embark -
j ing ports. It’s OK if the jokers
are missing. How times have
, changed. In 1917 and 1918 a lot
I of the boys wanted an extra
! joker and deuces were often wild.
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Civilian Defense is being
streamlined. The OCD has di
vided activities into three class
ifications: United States Citi
zens Defense Corps; United
States CJitizens Service Corpfs;
Civil Air Patrol; Civilian Defense
Auxiliary Group. Only the first
two will directly concern most
local groups.
The OCD’s Protective Branch
supervising the defense corps,
which in Nebraska includes these
protective services: Staff Corps;
Air Raid Wardens; Auxiliary
Police; Auxiliary Firemen; Fire
Watchers; Demolition and Clear
ence Crews; Road Repair Crews;
Rescue Squads; Decontamina
tion Squads; Medical Corps;
Nurses’ Aides Corps; Drivers
Corps; Emergency Food and
Housing Corps; Utility Repair
Squads; instructors.
The Service Corps is under the
Mobilization Branch, OCD. Prin
cipal Nebraska activites are:
Salvage;; Health and Welfare
Nutrition; Consumer interest;
Agriculture, including Victory
Home and Garden Programs;
Zoning and Defense Housing.
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Just buy bonds and keep on buy
ing;
The boys out there’ll keep ’em
flying.
[CONGRESS
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I KARL IT!PAM
Watch for many more changes
in the CCA and CPT set-ups.
Aviation has become so import
ant in this war that every phase
of the Civilian Aeronautics Ad
ministration, civilian pilot train
ng and regular commercial avia
tion are now practically integ
rated with the Army Air Corp.
So important has been the work
of the CCA and CPT that some
people in Washington will not be
surprised any day to find all of
the technicians and officials of
the CAA in "uniform. 'The com
mercial air lines are now about
taken over by the army and the
near future will bring a program
of for “war purposes only” so far
as commercial air travel is con
cerned.
Manuel Quezon, President of
the Philippine Commonwealth
government in exile, is in town
with a large group of Filipino
leaders. He tells of many nar
row escapes from the Japanese
before reaching Australia. Once
Quezon fought side by side with
Aguinaldo against American
soldiers. He says Bataan proved
that Philippiqos and Americans
are brothers today. He’s going
to do some lecturing among our
neighbors to the south. Filipinos
here are overjoyed that much of
their gold and securities were
snatched from under the noses
of the Japanese. The gold and
securities have already reached
the U. S. A.
Answering questions about
Japan—that country was mapped
a long time ago by Americans.
Uncle Sam knows nearly every
thing important about locations
of forts and industry. Back in
1905 Americans mapping Japan
were searched. The Japanese
found not books containing long
lists of prices of meals, lodging
and merchandise. The Japanese
didn’t know it but it may be that
in 1942 American bombs will hit
targets to which some of those
figures referred.
Nebraska jewelers have been!
in town asking about priorities on j
brass. They say much of the;
jewelry base depends on brass !
and that is hard to get. These
visitors say that silver, of which
we have an abundance, may have
to be used < as a base for jewelry j
instead of brass Believe it or;
not, tin is more important now
than silver or gold.
William Jeffers, president of
the Union Pacific railroad, was
host at a dinner given for the
Nebraska delegation the other
night. This Nebraskan started
his railroad career as a call boy.
He told friends that he can still
telegraph and likes to listen in on
operators at work.
Reports that many proposed
defense plants that cannot be
j completed this year may not be
constructed because of need of
critical materials for immediate
arms production are worrying
Nebraskans who expect several
new plants in the state. No
information as to the particular
proposed plants that may be
affected can be secured from the
army which feels that informa
tion about locations of any de
fense plants should be kept from
the enemy. Nebraskans, how
ever, are hopeful that the new
program will not affect proposed
plants in our state.
More of the contractors on de
fense plants have already signed
closed shop agreements. Result
is that men trying to get jobs
have to join unions. Some com
plaints are coming in of the high
charges made. Bills to allow any
man to work on defense plant
construction, whether he belongs
to the union or not, have been
introduced. But no action is
being taken on these bills by the
committee to which they have
been referred.
Jimmy Doolittle, who led the
group of intrepid American fly
ers over Japan, has been in town
and is thrilling friends with
stories of the bravery of his men.
Lieutenant Joyce of Lincoln was
a member of the group. The
Japanese are anxious to know
where Doolittle’s planes started
from. Uncle Sam is not going to
tell them.
Answering questions about
how big is an army corps—it is
composed of three triangular
divisions of 15,0000 men each
with a supporting force of engi
neers, medical .detachment and
signa 1 corps numbering about
5,000 men. That makes an army
corps of about' 50,000 men.
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About 400 employees of the
Farm Credit Administration
moved to Kansas City last week.
Many of the employees come
from the midwest and many were
glad to move out of Washington.
The Rural Electrification Admin
istration moved to St. Louis
some weeks ago . The Patent
office moved to Richmond and
the immigration service has gone
to Philadelphia. Many employ
j ees of the War Risk Insurance
1 Section of the Veterans Admin
istration are moving to New
York.
William Hale, a chemist con
nected with the Dow Chemical
company, told a committee here
that five grain alcohol plants
should not be built in Nebraska
immediately. Hale told the
committee that he is positive that
eventually grain alcohol will be
made from grain for less than 10
cents a gallon. He declared that
j when the grain alcohol program
! is in full swing, a farmer can
make asmuch as $50 an acre if he
i is allowed to produce up to the
! capacity of the land.
A prediction was made at a
hearing in new uses for farm
crops that tafer the war, fifty
thousand planes will be in use in
this country and the fuel base
for all of these planes will be
grain alcohol.
Farmers-Stockmen
Livestock prices are the highest in
several years!
Bring your Livestock to this market
and share in the present
price levels.
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Where Buyer and Seller Meet
Phone 2 O'Neill, Nebraska
The standard of living in the
U. S. will be much lower as the
war progresses. Reason for that
is that nearly half of our national
income of 105 billion dollars must
be spent for war purposes. Eng
land and Canada now spend
half their national incomes for
war.
Glenn McAfee of Norfolk was
among a hundred soldiers sight
seeing in Washington the other
day. These men are attending
Officer Candidate School at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia. For many of
them, it was the first visit to the
Nation’s capitol. Most of them
were equipped with cameras.
Their camera targets were Capi
tol, the White House, Washington
Monument and, believe it or not,
the vacant Japanesse Embassy
building.
Nails and boards for grain stor
age are hard to get. Don Fletch
er, who is here trying to keep
funds in the Agricultural approp
iation bill for eradication of
blight and insects in grain, pre
dicts that some of our snow
fences may be utilized to store
our surplus grain. These fences
lined with tar paper make good
grain bins, he says.
F. A. Lake, assistant deputy
land bank commissioner, of the
Farm Credit administration, has
gone to Kansas City without his
family. The reason is that he
expects to be in the Air Service
soon. During the last war, he
flew with the French, the British
and, before discharge, he was
with the American Air force. He
was shot down several times. He
is the man who told officials here
a year or more ago that self-seal
ing gasoline tanks and armoured
protection for pilots must be
standard equipment in American
fighting planes. Uncle Sam has
a lot of these now. Lake is the
man who has passed on many
loans for Nebraska farmers.
“Food will win the war—give
the American housewife some
sugar to can fruits and preserv
es”, is the slogan among midwest
members. The rationing offic
ials agree that some help must be
given to housewives to prevent
the spoiling of fruit on the
ground this year.
The Army, the Navy and our
diplomats have not been asleep
in Japan. In all three of these
services we have men who speak
Japanese fluently. Some have
been language students in Japan
for many years. Their studies
will now pay dividends for
Uncle Sam’s fighters.
In 1935 when American con
gressmen went to Japan on their
way to the inauguration of the
Philippine Commonwealth Gov
ernment, they were told that the
Japanese prohibited photography
I in military areas. The late Bert
| Lord had a camera and, after
| snapping one scene, he was taken
to the police station where the
film was developed. The devel
oped film showed an unusually
! large radish. Lord was interest
; ed in farming. The Japanese
! returned his camera with polite
j apologies.
Now comes a labor problem of
huge dimensions as the govern
ment starts off a survey of “man
power.” The National Selective
officer declares that by 1943 over
twelve million people will be
needed to carry on the industries
which will back up the fighting
forces on land, sea and in the air.
That will be about 8 percent of
the population, and about 25 per
cent of the people of employment
age. It is expected that by 1943
there will be over five million
men in the armed forces, while
some place the figures at eight
million or more. General Her
shey declares that a critical labor
shortage by fall is certain. Under
such circumstances it wouldseem
as though the government might
at once commence making use of
men and women who have been
denied employment because of
arbitrary age “limits. There are
millions of people who are still
active and capable of doing good
work of a lighter nature who are
anxious to obtain such employ
ment. The “Man-power” survey
will disclose the vast number of
such people but long before it is
completed the administrative
agencies could engage thousands
of them.
Rationing railway and long
distance bus tickets may be just
around the corner. The eastern
railways are putting into service
old and outmoded passenger cars
to take care of the traffic, but
daily the load grows heavier.
The travel of soldiers and sailors
to new posts require hundreds of
cars. The increased travel due
to war orders is immense, while
non-governmental travel is be
yond that of any previous period.
Another factor of mounting im
portance is the tire and motor
car situation with gas rationing
in the populous centers making
rail travel necessary to millions.
The troubles and difficulties of
war-time seem to multiply rap
idly and the end is not yet. But,
after all, the war must be won,
no matter what the difficulties.
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