Neb. State Historical Society
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VOL LXIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942 NO. 28
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BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
Atkinson, Nebr., Star Route No. 5.
Four large truck loads of calves
were moved from the James ranch
to market a day last week.
A sudden violent attack of ill
ness Monday rendered Floyd Ad
ams unable to cover his Kola mail
route. Albert Otte, with Edgar
Peterson at the steering wheel,
saw to it that citizens on the route
got their mail.
Raymond Bly took on a job of
husking corn in the Chambers
country last week. Ray thinks
this war spending will be follow
ed by some tough times and if he
can get hold of a few extra tens
now by working, he’s going to
do it.
Congress is in the mood, if it
lacks not the courage, to add
eight hours to the union work
week. No man ever struck a
spark that flared into a great
blaze of achievement by working
just forty hours a week or forty
eight hours.
There are women with famil
ies, working hard and struggle in
ill health with but little to main
tain an household, and worst of
all a kantankerous husband.
Brothers, snort and sputter and
shake the fist of wickedness all
you like at each other, but go kiss
your wife, tell her she’s a great
gal, and give her the next ten
you get your hooks on.
Running for office is being
made too costly. Nebraska’s three
candidates for United States sen
ator report combined expendi
tures of $35,713. The Norris crowd
made the heaviest outlay, $19,073,
a group of New Yorkers being in
terested in the venerable sena
tor’s campaign for re-election to
the extent of over sixteen thous
and dollars. Had it been for the
successful candidate, he would
have been branded with the stig
ma of “tool of Wall street.”
A citizen of the Scotts Bluff
country raises an interesting
question by appealing his convic
tion for theft on the grounds of
intoxication. I do not know what
the courts and pardoning boards
hold in case of one committing a
minor offense when drunk, but
such a case would seem to involve
the state or other licensing agency
as accessory. Liquor license im
plies that there will be intoxica
tion. The result of intoxication
may be a criminal act. The state
then bringing action because of
the crime, should it include itself
as equally involved?
I brought the black mare from
a lope to a standstill, sat erect in
the saddle with gaze transfixed
in the southeast heavens. Out of
the distant blue came the roar of
throbbing motors. Then nine air
planes winged into view, coming
on with military precision in
groups of three. I probably would
not be writing this paragraph if
those planes had borne the em
blem of the rising sun instead of
the American army. The last
group of the formation passed di
rectly overhead at low altitude.
These may have been in the cur
rier service now operating from
both Omaha and Topeka to north
west Pacific coast points.
The function of the insurgent
seems to be to obstruct but not
construct. Obstruction, apart from
its setting an abstract sense, is ser
viceable at the battle front, but
the Lone Lewie who withdraws
himself and smirks at the honest
efforts of his colleagues, is a dif
ferent matter. If you will look
into the heavens on a clear night
you may see a single star glitter
ing in cold and lonely brilliancy
as if it disdained the fellowship
and warmth of the glowing dots
all about. Isn’t that like the in
surgent? Great souls are both
humble and considerate. They can
work, plan, consult and move for
ward with his associates. When
three hundred and thirty-five
thousand troops faced annihila
tion at Dunkirk by Herr Hitler’s
juggernaut. King George VI pro
claimed a day of prayer. Britain s
sons and daughters, the great and
the obscure the globe around,
went on their knees. Insurgency
would be blasphemy. The Ger
man war lords scoffed and re
echoed the defiance of an ancient
king. “And who is that God that
shall deliver you out of my hand.’
VBut within forty-eight hours the
troubled waters of the English
Frank Phalin Dead
Frank Phalin passed away at
his home in O’Neill on November
14. 1942, after an illness 6f two
years. Frank was born in Wis
consin in the year 1868. He had
made his home here for more
than a generation.
The funeral services were held
from the Catholic church last
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock,
with Monsignor McNamara offi
ciating and burial in Calvary
cemetery. During the hours of
the funeral all the business houses
of the city were closed as a trib
ute to the memory of Mr. Phalin.
He leaves to mourn him his
good wife, Mrs. Phalin and three
sons, John, Gerald and Lawrence,
and two daughters, Mrs. Otto
Reising and Loretta. All these
were present except Gerald, who
is in Asia and Lawrence who is
in Northern Africa. We wish to
extend to Mrs. Phalin and the
family all sympathy.
Frank was a fixture in the gen
eration just passing out. He was
a man who stood staunchly and
with no appeasement for the prin
ciples that peculiarly seemed to
prove to be right. For that reas
on it was useless to question his
honor. He was quiet and very
unassuming. It is useless to cata
log all of his virtues. Enough
has been said. At the time of his
death he was president of the
City Council. He knew real
human values, and thought little
of the tinsel most of us would like
to gather to ourselves in this short
span of time here below.
In our issue of May 21, 1942, we
made chronicle of the accomplish
ments of this humble and forceful
man:
“Amost forty years ago Frank
and Mrs. Phalin came to O’Neill
from Wisconsin. During their
years here they raised their five
children. All of them not only
entered schools of high learning,
but each one has completed the
work to fit each for service in
professional work of some kind.
Two sons are now in the medical
service of the United States.
Frank and Mrs. Phalin should be
very proud, along with their fam
ily, for their accomplishments.
More than that they should be
vain, but vanity does not seem to
be one of the parts of their way
of life. Anyway we will take this
opportunity of congratulating
them in raising a family that any
father and mother, anywhere on
earth should be proud of.”
Since this was written the third
son, John, has joined up with the
Medical detachment of the Air
Corps.
All that was said then still
stands as a record. It stands with
all force now, because Frank had
the soldier in him to stand up
with benignity to the end. Like
patriotism, men like him are not
made in a few days or years, they
are bom that way and could not
be different. Frank would not
know how to be different. He
will not be replaced in our lives
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| soon.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WILL PRESENT A PLAY
The Christian Endeavor Society
of the Presbyterian church enjoy
ed a social hour Sunday evening,!
November 15. Immediately fol
lowing the supper, games were
played and a “singsperation” was
held, with the singing of many of
the old and best loved hymns.
A business meeting was then
caled to order by Dr. Spencer, at
which time the officers for the
coming year were elected. Those
elected were: President, Goldyne
Sebesta; Vice President, Frankie
Yocum; Secretary-Treasurer, Pol
ly Kipple; Social Chairman, Eu
nice Schwisow; Financial Chair
man, Durven Kipple; Pianist,
Barbara Walling. Sponsors for the
coming year are Polly Kipple and
Eunice Schwisow.
The members also agreed to
present a play soon, entitled,
“Miriam’s Vision.” Topics for the
Christian Endeavor lessons will
center around Latin America for
the next six weeks, as that is
what Christian Endeavor Soci
eties all over the world are study
ing at this time.
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i Thomas Shoberg, of Spencer,
visited friends here Monday.
Channel lay calm and under a
heavy blanket of fog the entrap
ped army was all conveyed by
ships to safety. No insurgent had
stuck out his neck to defy the
king’s proclamations. In the dark
hours over at Bataan one of our
brave men observed a comrade
kneeling. “Did I see you pray
ing,” he asked. “Yes; there are
no atheists in fox holes.” And
there were probably no insurg
ents in there either.
Catholic Daughters Have
Initiation and Banquet
The Catholic Daughters held
their initiation and installation of
officers at the Golden Hotel last
Sunday. New members admitted
are: Mrs. Margaret Cuddy, Mrs.
Eileen Arbuthnot, Mrs. Julia
Samples, Mrs. Margaret Jones,
Mrs. Marguerite Hoffman, Mrs.
Cecelia Mullen and Mrs. Jettie
Shorthill.
Mrs. Laura Bruening, of Hart
ington, Nebr., the State Regent,
was present for the meeting
which was followed by a banquet
at 6:00 p. m.
A splendid program was rend
ered at the banquet, over which
Mrs. Ambrose Rohde presided as
toastmistress. Short talks were
given by Father Brick and Mrs.
Laura Bruening.
Fox-Brainard
Miss Esther Fox of Emmet and
George Brainard of O’Neill were
united in marriage at Center,
Nebraska, on November 10. The
ceremony was performed by
Judge Sandos.
The bride wore a street length
dress with blue accessories. The
bridesmaid, Donna Fae Loeser of
O’Neill, was attired in a wine
colored dress with black acces
sories.
The best man was Johnny
Jackson of O’Neill.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox of
Emmet. She is a graduate of the
O’Neill High school with the class
of 1941.
The grom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Brainard of O’Neill.
The young couple are making
their home for the present at the
Fox hotel.
briefly stated
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKenna
and son, Gene, went to Sioux
City Sunday, to see their son and
daughter-in-law, Lt. and Mrs.
Hugh McKenna.
Matt Wolf, Leo Phillips, Miss
Evelyn Foot, all of Alliance, and
Mrs. Charles McManus went to
Sioux City Sunday to visit Miss
Genevieve McManus.
Pfc. John M. Grutsch, of Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo., came home
Sunday on a seven day furlough,
to visit his wife and other rela
tives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Beatty, Mrs.
Dr. Aiken and daughter, Mary,
Mrs. Orie Adkins and Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Wallace, of Butte,
visited Mrs. McCartney on Fri
i day.
Merrill Hicks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Hicks, who has
j been employed in the Lockhead
j Aircraft plant at Burbank, Cal.,
! has been transferred to the Glenn
L. Martin bomber plant at
j Omaha and started work there
November 9th.
Father Isadore, who is stationed
at the Passionate Monastry at
Sierra Madre, Cal., arrived in the
city Wednesday for a couple of
weeks visit at the home of his
sister, Mrs. C. E. Stout and with
other relatives and friends here,
the home of his boyhood.
The Golden Hotel was the meet
ing place on Sunday of the N. H.
C. A. District 3 sponsored by Unit
2. An educational program, offer
ing complete beauty service de
monstration, was given. A three
course dinner was served at 6:00
p. m.
John M. Brophy, with the
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, of Bayonne, N. J., arrived
here last Sunday morning for a
visit at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brophy. He
is in the Marine department of!
j the company and his work takes
; him all over the world. He re
! cently returned from a trip over
i seas and down in South Amer
ica.
The following friends from out
of town attended the funeral of
Harry Bowen: John Boyle, Oma
ha; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forslund,
Ewing; Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Leon
ard, Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Fluckey, of Chambers and Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Smith, of Chadron.
O’Neill relatives and friends
received word yesterday that
Emmet Carr, who is stationed at
Camp Haan, California, had been
promoted from Corporal to Ser
gent. Congratulations, Emmet.
LAWRENCE ROUSE
PROMOTED TO CORPORAL
Lawrence V. Rouse, 22, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse, of
O’Neill, has been promoted to
the rank of Corporal at the Air
Base Advanced Flying School at
Stockton Field, Cal. He is a
mechanic on the flight line at the
California air base. He joined
the U. S. Army on March 12, 1942..
O’Neill High Foot Ball
Squad Have Good Record
The O’Neill High Eagles had a
walk-off game on November 11,
Armistice Day when they led
the Nelighites with a score of 32
to 0. The game was ‘‘easy pick
ing” for O’Neill during the first
half which ended 25 to 0, Neligh
dragging. Coach Dean then sub
stituted the second team in almost
all the last half.
Neligh received the kick off,
but soon lost the ball. Warren
Burgess, 139 pound quarter back
from O’Neill took the pigskin on
the first play and plowed through
three Nelighites and went sailing
over the line, which he visited
three more times during the first
half. McKenna kicked the extra
point for O’Neill.
The second half was played
more even with O’Neill’s second
team. Jonas chalked 6 more
points for the Eagles in the third
quarter. The final score was,
O’Neill 32, Neligh 0.
Now, a look at O’Neill’s season’s
record: Bloomfield 0, O’Neill 0;
Creighton 0, O’Neill 39; Gregory,
S. D., 6, O’Neill 7; Spencer 0,
O’Neill 7; Bassett 25, O’Neill 13;
Ewing 6, O’Neill 7; Neligh 0,
O’Neill 32. This gives O’Neill
five victories, one defeat and one
tie, with two games yet to be
played.
The next game scheduled is
with Atkinson on Thanksgiving
Day, November 26, aft Atkinson.
The second game is With Ains
worth, which is still uncertain.
Seventeen Young Men
Leave For Army Tuesday
The following registrants will
leave O’Neill, Nebr., at 8:30 a. m.,
November 24, 1942, for Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas:
Howard Buckey Graves, O’
Neill; James Ellja Sholes, Inman;
Lawrence Buster Walmer, Or
chard; Geo. Bernard Ziska, Stuart;
Thomas Jennings Flannery, At
kinson; Wiliam Charles Mors
bach, Inman; Charles E. Chace,
Atkinson; Jesse Anthony Jardee,
Long Pine; Norman Gonderinger,
Atkinson; Charles Everette Stand
age, Amelia; Louis Hana, Ewing;
Harold William Deferman, O’Neill
Owen Michael Hiatt, O’Neill; Vir
gil Robert Morrow, O’Neill; Orie
Lee Tucker, Ewing; Duane Jo
seph James, Ewing; Marven Don
ald Vequist, O’Neill.
Marriage Licenses
Harry R. Larson of Chambers,
and Miss Arlene E. Morris, of
O’Neill, were granted a marriage
license on November 12.
Mrs. W. J. Froelich, Betty Big
lin, Charles Stout and Billy Froe
lich went to Sioux City Friday.
Mrs. Froelich and Betty Biglin
spent the week there while Mr.
Stout and Billie went on to
South Bend, Ind., where they
attended the Michigan-Notre
Dame football game on Satur
day. Billie returned home Sun
day, while Charles went to Chi
cago, where he will spend the bal
ance of the week on business.
37 FROM COUNTY
ATTENDING UNI.
Students from ten towns
are among the thirty-seven from
Holt county who are attending
the University of Nebraska this
semester. Twelve students are
from Page. Robert Ballantyne
is a graduate stndent in teachers
college. Bonnie Berndolz and
Millard Ickes are seniors in the
college of agriculture. Roy Bal
lantyne is a junior in business
administration. Dale Stauffer, a
sophomore, is in the college of
agriculture. Duane Dorr and
Lorraine French are freshmen in
the college of agriculture. Bever
ly Wanser and Robert Jordan are
freshmen in teachers’ college.
William Howell is in the college of
engineering, Edward Jordan is in
the college of arts and sciences
and Harry Matschultat is in the
college of business administra
tion. All three are freshmen.
Nine students are from O’Neill.
Robert Clift is a senior in the col
lege of engineering. Dorothy
Ann Jordan is a second semester
junior in the college of arts and
sciences. Lotis Storjohn and Ma
bell Osenbaugh are sophomores
in teachers college. Gerald Toy
and Clifford Lundgren are fresh
men in the college of engineer
ing. Keith Vincent and Patrica
Schaffer are freshmen in the col
lege of arts and sciences, and
Betty Marie Storjohn is a fresh
man in the college of agriculture.
Byron Peterson, a junior, Neal
McKee, a sophomore, and Lewis
Dickerson, a freshmen, all are
from Atkinson and are in the
college of arts and sciences. Rob
ert Jungman, a sophomore, also
from Atkinson, is in the college
of engineering.
Keith Newhouse, a sophomore,
and Ivan Walter, a freshman, both
are from Chambers and are in the
college of engineering. Jack
Einkoff, also of Chambers, is a
sophomore in the college of phar
macy.
Marjorie Moore of Inman is a
senior in the college of agricul
ture. Clifford Sobotka, also of
Inman, is a sophomore in the col
lege of business administration.
J. King Spitler of Ewing is a
senior in the college of business
administration. Dean Butler, also
of Ewing, is a fresman and has
not selected a particular college.
Mary Ellen Stuart of Stuart is
a sophomore in the college of
business administraion. John
Buford also of Stuart is a fresh
man in the college of engineering.
Zane Cole, in the college of
business administration, is a
freshman and is from Emmet.
Joan Mallory of Spencer is a
freshman in teachers college and
Zelma Waldo of Amelia is a
junior and is also in business col
lege.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva en
tertained their friends with a
pinochle party at their home last
Friday night. High score for
ladies was won by Mrs. Robert
Schulz, second high Robert Cook
and low score Mrs. Dave Loy.
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No Celling
on Taxes!
PRICES may be "pegged' but don t e:..~ ccl
any ceiling on your Federal income tax.
■Oiat’s one thing that will continue to go up,
up, up! Remember the shock you got when
you figured your tax last year? Well, this
year you might have to pay twice as much.
What can you do about it? Here’s a sugges
tion. Make regular deposits in this bank
every pay day from now on for the
express purpose of paying taxes when due.
O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mrs. Rhoda Sargent
Rhoda Bedford was born No
! vember 25, 1854, at Cambridge
Shire, England, and departed this
life at Wall, S. D., November 15,
1942, at the age of 87 years, 11
months and 21 days.
She was united in marriage to
George A. Dart October 11, 1873,
at Marquette, Wis. They came
to Nebraska in 1877 and settled
in Seward county, where they re
mained for two years and then
moved to this county in 1879, Mr.
Dartt taking a homestead north
of O’Neill.
Two sons were born of this
union, Edward A. Dartt, now liv
ing at Wall, S. D., and William
Dartt, who passed away in April
o| this year.
During the epidemic of typhoid
fever in 1882, her husband and
many other relatives died. They
were buried in the Joy cemetery
north of O’Neill
On April 30, 1885, she was
united in marriage to Edson W.
Sargent of O’Neill. Three child
ren were born of this union, one
son and two daughters. They are
Leon M. Sargent, O'Neill; Mrs.
Carrie Shove of Adrian, Mich.,
and Martha A. Burge, who died
recently. All of the children were
present at the funeral services.
She and her husband contmMed
to live on her homestead until 1915
when they moved to O'Neill,
where she made her home until
June of this year when she went
to South Dakota to make her
home with her son and where she
passed away.
She lived an active, industrious
life, contending with the many
hardships of pioneer life. She
was a great lover of things beau
tiful, especially flowers. She
kept an exemplary home even at
her advonced age, where she en
joyed entertaining her many
friends.
She was an active memb# of
the Methodist church from early
womanhood and maintained her
steadfast faith to the end. During
the pioneer days through which
she lived she ministered much to
the sick and \Vas never weary
when being helpful.
She leaves to mourn her passing
two sons, Leon M. Sargent of this
city and Edward A. Dartt, of
Wall, S. D.; one daughter, Mrs.
Carrie Shove, of Adrain, Mich.;
twenty-seven grandchildren and
a number of great grandchildren
and other reltatives and friends.
Her husband, Mr. Sargent, one
son, William H. Dartt and one
daughter, Mrs. Martha Burge pre
ceded her in death.
Funeral services were held in
the Methodist church in this city
this afternoon, Rev. Dawson Park
officiating, and burial in Prospect
Hill cemetery. ***
“Sunbonnet Sue” Here
Sunday Evening, Nov. 22
The feast of St. Cecelia, patron
ess of music, will be observed by
the music department, of St
Mary’s Academy presenting Sun
bonnet Sue, a comic operetta, on
Sunday, November 22, at 8:00 p.
m., in the Public School auditor
ium.
As the play opens, Mrs. Cole
man, president of the State Music
Clubs, arrives in a little southern
village to hold a music contest.
It is held in the garden of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Meadows. Sue, an
orphaned child of musical par
ents, takes part in spite of many
obstacles, especially on the part
of the skinflint couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Scroggs who have starved
and stinted her to pamper their
own daughter, Evaline. There is
mystery also, and it takes the all
important village constable to
clear it. . . What is it? Who
wins the prize? That would be
telling, so come and see. Our
young people will afford you
ample humor by various comic
types, among them Mr. Scroggs,
the henpecked husband; Mrs.
Scroggs his “better” half; the
‘chesty1” constable and his simple
son, Reuben.
Matinee, Friday at 1:30 p. m.
Admission: 9c and 25c, tax in
cluded.
Everybody Welcome.
County Court
Lee Smith was arrested by
Patrolman Mcistrel on November
2, charged with failure to display
flares. He pled guilty, was fined
i $25.00 and costs of $3.10.
O. D. Jameson was arrested by
Patrolman Meistrel on November
18, charged with overweight on
capacity plate. He pled guilty
and was fined $10.00 and costs of
$3.10.
Stella Miller and Mrs. Chas.
Tomik, of Butte, visited Mrs. Anna
McCartney on Thursday.
A WEEK OF THE WAR
President Roosevelt ordered the
Lend - Lease Administration to
make available as soon as possible
food, clothing and weapons of war
to the Armed Forces and the cit
irens of the areas in North Africa
occupied by U. S. Troops. “No
one will go hungry or without
other means of livlihood in any
territory occupied by the United
Nations,” the President said, “if
it is humanly within our power
to make necessary supplies avail
able to them. Weapons will also
be supplied to the people of these
territories to hasten the defeat of
our common enemies.”
The late November 13 Allied
Forces had extended the Algeria*
Zone of occupation as far east as
Bone, just 50 miles from Tunisia.
When French destroyers at Casa
blanca put up strong resistance
against American naval units
protecting U. S. troop landings
there, the U. S. surface forces and
dive bombers destroyed an entire
flotilla of French destroyers and
light craft, and left the 35,000-ton
French battleship Hean Bart a
burning hulk. All hostilities in
French North Africa ceased No18
vember 11, 77 hours after the U.
S. offensive began. In many
places the local population and U.
S. troops joined in Armistice Day
ceremonies. The War Department
said American casualties were
light.
The President described the Af
rican campaign as a smaller sec
ond front launched in lieu of a
big-scale offensive against the
Axis forces across the English
Channel. He said that during
Prime Minister Churchill’s visit
to Washington in June it was de
cided a major offensive across the
channel could not have been
started until next year at the
earliest. The African offensive
was decided upon by the end of
June, by late July the number of
men necessary and points of at
tack had been determined, and
the approximate date was set by
the end of August.
War Secretary Stimson said
that despite the fact that the Ger
mans must have been aware some
sort of large operations was in
immediate prospect in North Af
rica, Axis efforts to intercept it
with numerous submarines were
futile. All U. S. forces moved to
their points of attack, only one
transport was torpedoed, and
troops from this ship proceeded
in their landing craft more than
100 miles to their destination.
Under Secretary of War Patter
son reported 700,000 different it
ems of equipment and supplies
were required for the North Af
rican operation. Navy Secretary
Knox said it took five to seven
times as many ships to carry men
and goods around Africa to the
Middle East as it would to carry
them straight through Gibraltar
and into the Mediterranean.
A family reunion was held on
Sunday, November 8th, in honor
of Corp. Elmer "Bud” Hart, who
was home on a fourteen day fur
lough, visiting his mother, Mrs.
Lettie Hart and family. Those
present from out of town were,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hart, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Tubbs and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appleby and
family, Mrs. Minnie Houston,
Fred Chase and Harold Asher.
The day was pleasantly spent vis
iting and taking pictures.
William Storts, one of the old
timers of the county, was in the
city Monday and favored this
office with a pleasant call. Bill
returned last Thursday from a
six months visit with his daugh
ter, Mrs. J. E. Terry* and husband
at Woodland, Wash., and his son,
Sam Storts and family at Astoria,
Oregon. He says that things are
booming out in that section of the
United States, the western cities
having so many defense industries
that work is plentiful and easy to
get. He says that he enjoyed his
visit very much, but that he was
glad to get back to old Holt,
where he spent so many years of
his life.
An Iowa businessman threw
several old tires and tubes into
the Des Moines river because he
was peeved over the govern
ment’s ruling that all extra tires
be turned in. Now he faces trial
for sabotage with a maximum
penalty of thirty years in prison,
a $10,000 fine, or both, staring him
in the face. Before the war he
could have done that with impun
ity, but now that we are at war,
the destruction of rubber, scrap .
metals, rags, and other strategical
materials constitutes sabotage.
These materials are now essential
to our war effort.