The Frontier
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Watch the progress of gliders.
Many young officers doing desk
work in the War Department are
making plans to transfer to the
glider corps.
Believe it or not, the number of
letters received by the Army En
gineers each day is nearly thirty
thousand. General McCoach, re
cently Engineers Commissioner
of the District of Columbia, takes
care of the Washington Board of
Trade has been commissioned a
Captain of Engineers.
The silver dollar is still a very
important coin but during this
war silver isn’t worth as much
as brass or copper. Uncle Sam
has about 35,000 tons of silver to
back up his silver certificates,
but that silver may soon be di
verted to all kinds of things such
as taking 42,000 tons of silver for
bus bars in aluminum plants to
replace 47,000 tons of badly need
ed copper. The “worms” of grain
alcohol still and even the lining
of cans may come from our sil
ver stock pile.
It is generally conceded that
our big surplus of wheat will ex
ceed the value of our immense
gold accumulation in Kentucky.
Mike Elizalde, the Philippine
Commissioner, gave a reception
for Manuel Quezon, the Philip
pine President in exile. Nearly
all foreign ambassadors, minis
ters, military and naval attaches
now in Washingon and members
of the House and Senate were
there. Filippinos who had just
come from Australia were plied
with questions about friends in
mation that could be secured
about Charley Cotterman of Al
bion is that he is probably all
right and living in his home in
the suburbs of Manila under Jap
anese surveillance. Efforts to get
more information about Ameri
cans in Manila are being made
through the International Red
Cross.
Manuel Quezon’s favorite story
about Corregidor is one about
the heroism of American and
Filipino nurses. Quezon tells
friends that he lay sick on a
stretcher in Corregidor for many
days and gives high praise to the
treatment that he received from
the Americans. The Filipinos and
the Americans became brothers
©n Bataan and on Corregidor, the
Filipino President tells tha Third
District Member.
Gordon Lederer of Norfolk is
one of the dental technicians in
the recently completed National
Naval Medical center in Wash
ington. The laboratory in which
he works is said to be the finest
in the world. Ledeuer got his
first training in the Welles Lab
oratory in Norfolk. He then join
ed the navy and after training in
the great Navy Medical Center
he will receive a duty assign
ment.
George Petrow of Fremont is
at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, near
"Washington, in Officer training
school. His brother, Christ Pet
row, is joining up with the Coast
Guard.
A constituent asks why we can
not go back to the horses and
buggies for the duration. In re
ply to that, agricultural experts
here say that so far as our farm-,
ers are concerned, they cannot go
back to the horse and buggy days
because the number of horses
and mules on our farms has been
reduced nearly one-half since the
first world war. Also, even if we
have the horses, their legs and
feet would not stand the strain
of traveling long distances over
modem hard-surfaced roads.
Many people have written re
garding the location of their sons
who are in the army and navy.
The War Department appreciates
the desire of men in the service
to receive mail from home and
every precaution is being taken
to see that all mail is delivered
However, due to the military sit
uation and the great distances in
volved, the transmission of mail
to and from members in the arm
ed forces is sometimes unavoid
ably retarded. Because of mili
tary reasons the destination as
signed to certain men in our
armed forces cannot be diclosed
but the War Department is doing
everything possible to see to it
that mail is delivered. The War
Department here receives report
of the serious illness or injury of
any soldier and the emergency
addressee is immediately noti
fied.
There has been a helpful revis
ion in the sugar ration regula
tions which is hoped will meet
some of the complaints made by
American housewives. Among
other things, the new order al
lows one pound of sugar per four
quarts of finished canned fruit.
Applicants for home canning are
asked by the price administrator
here to obtain full information
from their local war price and'
rationing board.
Clarence Meisner of McLean
writes that he bought a crate of
strawberries and drove 18 miles
to Pierce to get a sugar ration
order to can the fruit, only to
find the rationing board member
away from town. Leon Hender
son, the price and rationing boss,
says his plans are to expand the
personnel of local war price and
rationing boards so that event
ually most towns will have
boards and citizens will have less
need to travel long distances in
order to attend to their rationing
I needs.
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The Third District Office has
asked the price and ration ad
ministrator to explain the future
plans for ration board personnel,
and the Administrator has re
plied as follows:
“The plans of the Office of
Price Administration for expan
sion of its personnel include con
siderable increase in the staffs as
signed to work under the direc
tion of local war price and ration
ing boards. We fully appreciate
the tremendous burden which
has been imposed upon these
boards by the various activities
which the OPA has undertaken,
and we owe the members of these
boards a debt of gratitude which
we can never adequately repay.
We feel certain that the efforts
which we are now making to
provide these boards with ade
quate staff, proper quarters, and
other facilities necessary to carry
on their work, will make the load
they have to carry a much lighter
one. We are making every effort,
both by providing these aids and
by the manner in which we plan
our work, to relieve the board
members of the burden of time
which has been taken from their
private affairs in the past.”
In Nebraska there will be n
state administrator and sever
al district administrators with
boards in most communities. It
is predicted here that Grant Mc
Fayden of Omaha, who has been
in charge of tire rationing, may
become the state chief for war
price and rationing boards.
Judge Orville Chatt of Teka
mah is a captain in the Army
Air Corps. He has completed six
weeks of training at Harrisburg,
Pa., and came to Washington for
orders. He tells the Third Dist
rict Office that he expects to be
overseas within a short time.
Mrs. Chatt and son John accom
panied him to Washington.
The Duke and Duchess of
Windsor have been in town. The
Duke went back to the Bahamas
in a hurry. The reason is alleged
to have been that the British just
don’t agree on his staying in this
country for any length of time.
Some kings and queens and for
mer kings and queens and other
royalty are here. A lot more are
coming and many are trying to
come. King Carroll and his com
panion, Madame Lupescu, are in
Mexico writing letters to a lot of
influential people asking them to
get it fixed so they can come
here. Hundreds of thousands of
foreigners of lowly rank are try
ing to come here. About every
body in the world figures today
that the United States is a mighty
fine place in which to live.
President Quezon of the exiled
Philippine Commonwealth Gov
ernment addressed the House of
Representatives the other day. It
was an eloquent speech by a man
who for seven years was Philip
pine Resident Commissioner in
the United States and who sat in
the House of RepreshentativeS'
during that time. He received en
thusiastic applause when he ask
ed the House to give him the
same assurance as the President
gave him in writing, that inde
pendence would be given to the
Filipinos when the war is over
Uncle Sam has promised the Is
lands complete independence on
the Fourth of July, 1946.
The Home Front
Because of dstance, western
Nebraska was not well represent
ed at the State Nutrition Confer
ence in Lincoln April 29. Dr.
Ruth Loverton, State Nutrition
Committee Chairman, has now
completed arrangements for
meetings at Alliance June 10 and
North Platte June 11. Plans for
community nutrition program
will be made at these meetings.
1 Besides Dr! Leverto’h, these
ladies will assist in the western'
meetings: Margaret Fedde, head
of Nebraska University’s Home
Economics Department; Mabel
Doremus, Agricultural Extension
Service; and Florence Atwood,
Farm Security Administration.
Mrs. Mary McVicker and Mrs. C.
R. Calev will represent the Ne
braska Advisory Committee.
The Cuming County Defense
Committee tells why large numb
ers of defense workers should be
trained: “It’s better to have pro
tection and not need it than to
need it and not have it.”
The Red Cross is official agency
for salvaging wool for processing.
Omaha workers recently com
pleted a successful “wool gather
ing” campaign, first in the nine
state Seventh Defense Region. It
included collections from homes
and retail stores. Salvaged wool
is sold to manufacturers and re
ceipts are added to local Red
Cross funds.
Rubber is scarce. Our big
gest stock pile is on motor ve
hicles. We must preserve it;
make vehicles and tires last for
the duration. Here are some tips
from a tire conservation program
prepared by Mark T. Caster, Ex
ecutive Secretary, State Salvage
Committee.
Drive cars only when absolut
ly necessary. Each extra mile
aids the Axis. Drive under 40
miles an hour. Check tires fre
quently for proper inflation. To
equalize wear, change from wheel
to wheel every 1,000 miles.
Pool ca^- use with neighbors
and fellow workers. It is said,
“A Jap sits in every unoccupied
seat.”
June, 1917—Draft registration
on June 5. Nebraska demon
strated enthusiastically. Business
houses closed; town whistles
tooted; bands played martial
music; parades passed in review.
Many communities held special
patriotic services.
Nebraska was bombed on June
6 when Ruth Law, pioneer avia
trix, dropped Liberty Loan liter
ature on her way from Lincoln
to St. Joe. Bond sales were
booming. One slogan was. “To
avoid bombs buy bonds.” Yes,
that was 1917.
War gardens were producing
victory food. Gardening pro
vided conversational topics and
newspaper copy.
Nebraska found time in mid
June to celebrate 50 years of
statehood. Colonel “Teddy”
Roosevelt was nrtain speaker at a
big semi-centennial meeting in
Lincoln.
General Pershing arrived in
Paris on June 13. On June 14
Nebraska observed Flag Day,
as proclaimed by Governor Keith
Neville. *jj * -
Burwell, home of “Nebraska’s
Big RodeoJ’ has another fine ac
tvity in the fbt-rri of chain or
group letters to Garfield county
people in service. Space forbids
reproduction here, but each letter
is full of home news from various
friends. Just what any man from
is for “Generate,”
For hoar upon hour
The turbines must turn
To supply you with power.
Of coins*, everyone realises that electricity must be generated at some central point
before it can be distributed on the lines to homes, stores, farms and industries. And
because of the nature of electric service—IT CANNOT BE STORED in the practi
cal sens* of "storage." Therefore, it is necessary for the electric generator* at
your Consumers plants to keep their turbines turning, hour after hour—day and
night—seven days a week. Without this constant source of supply, you and the
hundreds of thousands of others who have come to depend so completely upon the
multiple uses of cheap electricity throughout your everyday life, would be seri
ously inconvenienced, handicapped in many ways in the conduct of your business.
Tha man behind your elec
tric system daily are devot
ing Ihair skill, their bast ef
forts, and their vary lives to
sea that this vital service is
ready for you around tha
•lock everyday in the year.
Buy U. S. War Bonds
ivory Pay Day
any community would be glad to
receive. USO Chairman Lew
Wiliams keeps the chain’s links
bright and strong.
Nebraska’s fame is growing.
State Defense Coordinator Walter
F. Roberts has received from W.
D. McIntosh, Southern Area Man
ager of the California State Coun
cil of Defense, a letter which
compliments Nebraska upon
state and local defense organiza
tion and activities. Mr. McIn
tosh is particularly impressed
with the way in which Nebraska
uses Regional Defense Committes
to spread defense responsibilities
and aid in local organizaton.
Each day brings more enroll
ments for the raid warden in
structors school to be heid in Lin
coln June 14 to 17. Indications
are that 75 or more will attend.
In proportion to population west
ern Nebraska will be as well rep
resented as the eastern part of
the state. Men are coming from
western grazing counties which
have very scattered populations
and no large towns.
American Legion posts at Fair
mont, Exeter, Milligan, Ohiowa
and Geneva were cited in The
National Legionaire, May issue,
for their combined efforts in giv
ing farewell parties to Fillmore
county selective service men. At
one party 114 selectees and their
fathers enjoyed a patriotic pro
gram and dinner. Each selectee
leaving that county has been giv
en cigarettes, candy, toilet arti
cles and other non-issue items.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gatz wentto
Omaha Wednesday on business.
Laura Parker entertained her
bridge club at her home Wednes
day night. High score was won
by Mrs. Grace Walling and Mrs.
Dora Murphy.
K. D. Fenderson went to Lin
coln Wednesday on business.
Junior Johnson went to Page
Wednesday. He will return Fri
day and bring back Franklin
Bressler of Wayne, who will visit
here for several days.
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Jack Vincent left Thursday for
Omaha, after spending several
days here visiting his parents and
! other relatives, to attend he Uni
| versity of Nebraska College of
! Medicine.
A very pleasant afternoon was
spent at the home of Mrs. Vinton
Simonson Wednesday when the
O’Neill Women’s Club was the
guest of the Alpha Club. Mrs.
Helen Gillespie gave a very fine
review of “The Chuckling Fin
gers” by Mable Seeley. Lunch
was served.
Mrs. O. W. French, daughter,
Leona, and son, Ivan, left for
Omaha Thursday. They will visit
in Norfolk, Fremont, Lincoln and
Nebraska City. Ivan will at
tend the University of Nebraska
College of Medicine.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Thomas of
Hastings came Sunday to visit
Mrs. Thomas’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Protivinsky.
It is a triumph in ex
celsis when a man
sternly denies himself
present luxuries, so
his family may not
suffer for future ne
cessities.
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' Tuesday
June 16th
We know fur prices are drifting upward. We know
furs will be harder to obtain. We know that now
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woman desiring furs can save from 35% to 65%
.'hen she buys right now!
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TORE fur coats than you need . . . THAT would be hoard*
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