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LXIV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943 NO. 12
MUSSOLINI OUSTED AS |
PREMIER OF ITALY
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After 21 Years As Dictator Now A Prisoner In Italy;
Looks As If They Would Soon Be Out of \\ ar.
One of the most important
events of this war, both from a
political and military standpoint,
occured Sunday with the news
broadcast by the Rome radio that
Premier Benito Mussolini had re
signed.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, 71
year old former Italian chief of
staff, who had been dismissed in
1940 by Mussolini, was appointed
Premier by King Vittorio Eman
uele.
King Emanuele issued a proc
lamation stating that he had as
sumed command of all Italian
forces for “a stand against those
who have wounded the sacred
soil of Italy.”
Badoglio also issued a procla
mation saying “on orders of his
majesty the king, I am taking
over the military government of
the country with full powers.”
“The war continues, he added.
“Italy, grieviously stricken in her
invaded provinces and in her
ruined towns maintains her faith
in her given word, jealous of her
ancient traditions.”
The “resignation” of the bald,
squat, boastful Mussolini ended a
career that began with the facist
march on Rome in 1922. The in
ternational and domestic standing
of Mussolini, however, has stead
ily grown worse since he led his
country into war in the summer
of 1940.
Mussolini was conferring with
Adolph Hitler last Monday when
the huge American air attack was
delivered on rail and airport in
stallations in Rome.
Mussolini apparently appealed
to Hitler for aid in resisting the
allied onslaughts which clearly
are aimed at knocking Italy out
of the war as soon as possibgle.
If that was his plea he undoubt
edly failed in his mission. The
King’s proclamation, which in
effect dismissed the originator of
facism followed.
The resignation of Mussolini,
whose empire vanished under
converging allied troops, also ap
parently ended the fascist party
as it had been constituted.
The King’s proclamation speci
fically said that the resignation of
Mussolini as Premier “and secre
tary of the facist party” had been
accepted.
Mussolini took over the Italian
government in 1922 and has had
dictatorial powers from that time
until Sunday’s unexpected an
nouncement. In June, 1940, he
led Italy into the European war
on the side of Germany, pledging
severe respect to the neutrality
of people “. . . neighboring and
friendly with us.”
“The hour of destiny has ar
rived for our fatherland,” he cried
at this time. “We are going to
war against decript democracies
.to break the chains that
tie us up in the Mediterranean.”
Stockholm and Bern dispatches
reported the broken Mussolini had
been arrested while trying to
flee to German sauctuary from
the nation he brought to the brink
of disaster after 21 years of dic
tatorship. However, these reports
are unconfirmed and so far little
is known of his whereabouts.
Premier Badoglio is known as
one of the greatest military lead
ers in Italian history. It took
twenty-one years for him to see
his opinion of Mussolini justified,
and when it came he succeeded
the dictator as Premier.
Badoglio now 71, already was
Mrs. Frank Phalin To
Visit In Chicago and N. Y.
Mrs. Frank Phalin went to
Omaha Thursday morning on her
fe way to visit her daughters, Mrs.
Gilbert Lau and Mrs. Otto Reis
ing and her six grandchildren,
in Gary, Indiana. She will also
have a reunion with her sisters,
Laura and Teresa Finley and her
brother, James Finley in Chicago.
From there she will depart for
New York to see her two sons,
Gerald and Larry, for the first
time in over two years. Gerald
is now Pharamacist Mate Mer
chant Marine, stationed in New
York. He has recently returned
from a year and a half of service
in the Douglas Aircraft in Asia.
Larry is on his way back from
Eritriea, East/Africa, where he
! has been doihg optical work for
I Douglas Aircraft. He has been
overseas for one and a half years.
While in New York Mrs. Phalin
will visit the Behas.
! Marriage Licenses
The Weather
High Low
July 23_ 89 60
July 24_98 69
July 25 _97 70
July 26 _ 93 69
July 27 __ 102 66
July 28 _88 69
July 29 _ 94 67
Precipitation .44.
Miss Roma McLachlan, of Wash
ington. D. C., was a guest of Miss
Noreen Murray on Tuesday.
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famous for his part in World War
1 and had served as Italian chief
of staff when the blackshirt fac
ists poured into Rome in 1922 for
the bloodless revoloution. Watch
ing the march from the balcony
with King Victor Emanuele,
Badoglio said:
‘ Sire, with just one company of
Caribineri, I could sweep those
blackshirt upstarts into the sea.”
The King said no.
That remark made Badoglio an
enemy of Mussolini but he stay
ed prominent in Italian affairs,
saved the Ethiopian campaign and
retired as chief of staff only when
the facists had to find a goat for
their reverses.
He was born in Piedmont, Sep
tember 28, 1871. His active mili
tary career began in 1896 in the
Eritrean campaign and he fought
against the Turks in Libya in
1910 and came out of that a major.
By this time Italy entered
World War 1 he was a lieutenant
colonel. He was blamed for the
Italian disaster at Caporetto but
received a major share of credit
for victory at Vittorio Veneto.
After his victory at Sabotine in
1916, he was made a marquis.
In November, 1919, he was made
chief of staff.
Immediately after the rise of
Mussolini, Badgolio was sent out
of the country on good will mis
sions by the King to avoid a
clash with II Duce. In 1924 and
1925 he was ambassador to Brazil,
being recalled to take the com
mission of marshal in the army,
which is the highest military rank
in Italy.
The tall, quiet Badoglio became
governor of Libya in 1929, hold
ing the post five years. When
the Ethiopian campaign began to
bog down, Mussolini asked Bado
glio to save him. He did and
became Viceroy of that new ter
ritory in the empire.
He returned from Ethiopia to
become commander in chief of
the army until reverses in Albinia
and North Africa led to his res
ignation in December, 1940. From
the obscurity of that retirement
—forced by the facists—Badoglio
was called by the King to lead
his nation after allied armies had
wrecked the empire and pierced
the outer boundaries of the home
land.
Less than thirty-eight months
after Mussolini stuck out his
lower jaw and promised that his
never-produced millions of bayo
nets would kill off democracy, his
regime died with the guns of
the allies firing within hearing
of the Italian mainland.
It came only four days before
his sixtieth birthday. His armies
were failing everywhere. Allied
troops marched through Sicily
and were in positon to threaten
the mainland soon. His African
empire, won with blood, was gone.
It was an easier end than ever
had been anticipated for Musso
lini—and unexpected. As his rise
exemplified the waning of free
dom in Europe, his fall was the
first big stroke looking toward
the freeing of Europe. One down
and two to go.
Brittell-Carll Wedding
In Nollywood
On Saturday afternoon, July
24, 1943, at 5 o’clock at the First
Methodist church in Hollywood,
California, Miss Muriel Ilene
Brittell became the bride of Mr.
Donald J. Carll, Rev. Willsie
Martin officiating, using the beau
tiful single ring ceremony. They
were attended by Miss Luella
Hartford and Mr. C. Stanley King,
both of Hollywood
The bride was attired in a biege
gabardine suit with brown ac
cessories and wore a corsage of
white gardenias. The bridesmaid
wore a brown gabardine suit with
white accessories and wore white
gardenias.
The groom wore a light sum
mer suit and his attendant a tan
summer suit..
Mrs. Carll is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Brittell of this city. She is a
graduate of the O’Neill High
school and attended Normal col
lege at Chadron, and was one of
Holt county’s successful teachers.
She attended St. Vincent’s school
of nursing at Sioux City, Iowa,
graduating from there in May,
1942. In October of the same
year she went to California and
at the time of her marriage was
a nurse at the Cedars of Lebanon
Hospital in Hollywood.
The groom is the youngest son
of Mrs. Carll, of Kansas City,
and is an employee of the Steel
and Die Corporation of Holly
wood.
After the ceremony a reception
was held at the apartment into
which the young people were
moving and which was beauti
fully decorated with cut flowers.
O’Neill friends of the bride
tender sincere congratulations
ad best wishes to the happy young
couple. **
E. M. Gallagher, O’Neill,
Heads War Fund Drive
Thomas C. Woods, state chair
man, and Walter F. Roberts, state
director of the Nebraska War
Fund, announced in Lincoln this
week that Edward M. Gallagher
of O’Neill has been chosen to head
the fund in Holt county. The se
lection was made upon the recom
mendation of R. A. Johnson of
Newman Grove, district chair
man.
“We are fortunate,” said Mr.
Woods, “to have a man of Mr.
Gallagher’s calibre as a member
of our organization. I feel he is
doing a real public service by ac
cepting.”
“As chairman of Holt county,
Mr. Gallagher has undertaken the
responsibility of raising the coun
ty war fund quota. We will en
deavor to raise these funds dur
ing October and November. The
state-wide United War Fund com
mittee has pledged itself to raise
approximately $950,000 in Ne
braska at the same time.”
“Thq money raised by the Uni
ted War Fund goes to sixteen war
relief agencies including the U.
S. O.; War Prisoners Aid; United
China Relief; United Seamen’s
Service; British War Relief;
Greek, Polish and Russian Re
lief.”
“Formerly,” continued Mr.
Woods, “each of the sixteen relief
agencies now participating in the
United War Fund conducted its
own campaign. The United War
Fund has combined them into one
to better serve the relief needs on
the military, the home and the
allied fronts. We have a tremend
ous and vitally important job to
do in providing a few essentials
that will bolster the morale and
effectiveness of the allied peoples
now engaged in a war that must
be won to preserve America. I
am sure that the citizens of Holt
county will be generous in their
response.”
Mr. Gallagher is expected to
appoint the other members of the
local United War Fund committee
in the near future. Their names
will be announced as soon as the
appointments have been made.
Holt County Boy Writes
From North Africa
The first of the week The Fron
tier received a letter from Ser
geant Delbert D. Alder, who is
one of the Holt county boys now
in North Africa. The letter was
chopped up quite a little by the
censor, but below is about what
was left in the letter after the of
ficial censor completed his duties:
North Africa, June 22, 1943.
A fellow sure appreciates the
states after getting in a place
like this.
After one month of hard work
digging trenches and other detail
work we are pretty well hard
ened, and now we are working
sixteen hours a day on our planes
and like it. Our first pay day
came May 30th. It almost took
six barrick bags to hold it, as it
was paid in francs. A thousand
franc bill is almost as big as a
newspaper and equals $20 in
American money.
As we couldn’t speak French
we had quite a time when we
went into a store. We would
point at the things we wanted
and lay our francs on the counter.
If they took part of it we didn’t
mind, but if they took it all we
would shake our heads; that was
the only way we could tell them
that we did not want it.
We do our own laundry and
wash in steel helmets.
The chow hasn’t been any too
good up until now. The garden
vegetables are being sold on the
market and so we get plenty of
them now.
We get our rations such as
smoking tobacco and candy once
a week and we’ve had ice cream
once since we have been here.
Think of that!
Will close for now, and hello
to every one in Holt county.
Sgt. Delbert D. Alder, A. S. N.
37123604.
Hospital Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young of
Page, a son, born Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders a girl,
born Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tomlin
son a daughter, born Wednesday.
Mrs. George Harold admitted
Wednesday for medical treat
ment.
Sophie Novertil was dismiss
ed on Thursday.
Mrs. Leonard Peterson and
baby dismissed on Monday.
Dwayne Ademar, of Page, dis
missed on Monday.
Mary Ann Winchell, a tonsil
ectomy, on Thursday.
Helen. Winchell, a tonsilectomy,
on Thursday.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young, of
Page, a son, born Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders, a
daughter, born Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tomlin
son, a daughter, Sue Ellen, born
Wednesday.
Miss Lanone Miles, of Grand
Island, spent the week-end here
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
G. E Miles and other relatives
and friends.
BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
Atkinson, Nebr.. Star Route No, 5,
A democratic senator from
Montana says F.-D. R. cannot es
cape a fourth term. As the late
Arthur Mullen would say, the
voters will settle that, not Mr.
Murray.
Is it the duty of J. Bull and
Uncle Sam to tell either the Ital
ians or Germans what form of
government they shall have? If
they want the fascist and the nazi
layouts that’s their affair, and if
its confined to home borders does
not the allied obligations end
there? ——
The Holt County Fair will func
tion as usual this year at Cham
bers, the dates being Sept. 7, 8,
9 and 10. The premium list is in
the process of printing and will
appear this year in a changed
form. The board recognizes that
fairs everywhere can hardly swing
into the customary stride but have
plans developed for an interest
ing four-day gathering on their
grounds.
The move of the CIO bigwigs
to purge congress will probably
have the effect of intensifying the
bitterness of the country over to
ward that group of busybodies.
Americans nave always wanted
the union as well as the non-un
ion worker to have fair treatment
but the union men underestimate
the resentment on the part of the
public of them leaving the legiti
mate activities of the unions to
dictate the political course of the
nation. .- ■
A recent proposal herein to put
the militant Mr. Lewis at the
head of the Department of La
bor aroused mild resentment. I
couldn’t say that the shaggy
maned head of the coal miners
is one of my favorites, but he is
probably the ablest and most loy
al to his group that labor has
ever had. And maybe the propos
al is not so far out of the way
regardless of who occupies the
White House. It is noted that his
labor following holds in high es
teem the presea «f occupant and
have organized a movement,
backed by an unlimited slush
fund, to purge congress of all op
position to Mr. Roosevelt. And
we may wonder what is to be
the reward.
There is an item of four cents
in Ed Handock’s recently publish
semi-annual statement of the
county treasurer’s office. That
sum in itself is not important
when placed beside the final to
tal of $765,568. But it does show
the accuracy of detail in the man
agement of the county’s finances.
The various funds show healthy
balances with the possible excep
tion of the emergency unemploy
ment relief fund, which has 47
cents left. But it might be well
to reserve that as a basis to build
from at a future date. While the
treasurer keeps track of hundreds
of thousands of dollars he also
keeps an eye on the pennies.
There was a shortage of two cents
in the check-up of an early-day
treasurer and I don’t know
whether or not those two pennies
were ever found.
Out of that strip of earth wash-!
ed by the waters of the Mediter
ranean and the Adriatic, rich in
mystic memories where still stand i
the crumbling monuments of the
once1 empress of the world, oomes
rumors. Have the bagatelle of
the Caesars had enough? We w;ait
to hear again out of that region
of ancient story the plaint of
Diomed:
Enough of Trojans to this lance
shall yield,
In the full harvest of yon ample
field;
Enough of Greeks shall dye thy
spear with jgore;
But thou and Diomed be foes no
more.
“The sword devoureth one as
well as the other.’’ The blow has
fallen on Rome. Priceless treas
ures, the emblems of the culture
of all peoples the world around
may be blown to fragments in
this twentieth century maelstrom.
A repetition of the fury of man
that has swept the empires away
and buried proud monuments un
der the drifting sands of centur
ies. Babylon, Nineveh, Cartage,
old Ephesus, the golden palaces
of the Montezumas and lords of
earth of forgotten centuries swept
away by the sword and devour
ing flame. In A D. 70 Romans
spared neither old Jerusalem nor
the magnificent temple of Je
hovah. In A. D. 1943 the blow
falls on the Romans—’“visiting the
iniquity of the fathers" on a suc
ceeding generation? Damascus,
dating beyond the beginnings of
history, still stands, and the. won
ders in sun-dried brick rear their
pyramids from Egyptian deserts
—nothing of military value in
either; and so they stand in drab
ugliness as long dead hands had
made them. Simon Peter left a
picture of the last world-wide and
heaven-high blow to fall upon a
troubled world. “But the day of
the Lord will come as a thief in
the night; in the which the heav
Atkinson Business Man
Drowns Near Atkinson
Ralph Keating, of Atkinson, a
member of the firm of F. M. Keat
ing and Sons of that city, drowned
in the old mill dam near Atkin- j
son last Thursday night, while
swimming. It appears that he
went fishing after supper that
evening and when he had not
reached home at 3 o’clock Friday
morning his wife got some friends
and they went out and looked
for him. An expert diver soon
recovered the body, in what we
are told was about twenty feet
of water. He was about 42 years
of age, married and the father of
one son and two daughters. His
son is now in the armed forces.
Mr. Keating was well known over
the county as their firm have been
prominent implement dealers in
Atkinson for many years.
Boy Killed On Highway
East Of Stuart Tuesday
Larry Kudron. 10, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Kudron of
Stuart, was killed and Clifford
Hahlbeck, Ewing, injured serious
ly1 Tuesday night when they were
hit by a truck, on the highway
east of Stuart.
The truck struck the pair in
an attempt to avoid a collision
with a construction roller, state
patrolmen said. A jury exoner
ated the truck driver of all blame
for the accident.
Directors N. F. L. A.
Okeh Consolidation
At a meeting held in O’Neill on
July 16th directors of the Boyd
Holt, Stuart, O’Neill, Newboro
and Swan Township National
Farm Loan Associations unani
mously approved the reorganiza
tion plan recently offered by the
Federal Land Bank of Omaha.
Under the reorganization plan,
capital stock of insolvent National
Farm Loan Associations would be
restored to par value, and former
member-borrowers of insolvent
associations would receive full
payment for their stock invest
ment.
Announcement of the boards’ i
approval was made by Lyle P. |
Dierks, secretary-treasurer of the
association’s headquarters here, j
He emphasized that the program
is to go into effect when approved
by 90 percent of the associations
in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota
and Wyoming— the four states
served by the Omaha land bank.
It was announced that as a part
of the reorganization plan, the
Boyd-Holt, Stuart, O’Neill, New
boro and Swan Township associa
tions are to be consolidated in
order to promote efficient opera
tion and give better service to
the farmers in Boyd, Holt and
Wheeler counties.
The consolidations are subject i
to approval by the members be
fore the plan actually goes into
effect.
“This plan, involving an outlay
of around six million dollars by
the Federal Land Bank, will di
rectly benefit 882 farmers and
stockmen in Wheeler, Boyd and
Holt counties,” declared Dierks.
“If approved by the required
number of associations, 147 fann
ers in these three counties will
receive $24,045.00 in cash for cap
ital stock which their associations,
because of financial impairment
during the depression, could not
redeem at the time their loans
were paid off.
“Another 735 farmers carrying
$2,695,600.00 in loans through the
Boyd-Holt. Stuart, O’Neill, New
boro and Swan Township associa
tions will find their stock restored
to par and their co-operative
credit association in sound finan
cial condition.”
The secretary-treasurer pointed
out that the reorganization plan
involves an agreement under:
which losses are to be absorbed
by the system rather than, as in
the past, concentrated in a local
area. “The purpose of the plan,”
Mr. Dierks said,” is to restore the
whole co-operative farm loan sys
tem to a sound position and keep
it sound.”
ens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also
and the works therein shall be
burned up.” And from this there
is no appeal nor human hands
raised to rebuild.
Dr. and Mrs. Gill of Chambers
have found time this summer for
extensive gardening. In two sep
arate plots of ground, comprising
nearly an acre, they have a very
fine showing of flowers, garden
produce and fruit Mrs. Gill ex
plained that her “bridge parties”
were among the plants and grow
ing things, as she offered me a
soil-stained hand. She gives her
attention chiefly to the flowers,
while the Doctor’s “golf club”
consists of a hand cultivator with
which he keeps out the weeds
and grass. They have a home
water supply that furnishes suf
ficient moisture at all times for
their large garden. It is not a
sudden “Victory” impulse with
the Gill’s, but the carrying out
year by year of a program that
gives expression to a love of
growing things with which they,
surround their charming village
home. I
Two Holt County Boys In
Training In Philadelphia
Pvt. Donald W. Asher of O'Neill
and Pvt. John C. Watson of In
man are among the 400 student
trainees, enlisted men of the
Army, who began a 59-hour a
week schedule at Drexel Institute
of Technology, at Philadelphia,
last week in the study of engin
eering under the Army Special
ized Training Program, according
to an anouncement by Dr. George
P. Rea, president of the college.
The boys may be addressed in
care of the 3318th Service Unit,
A. S. T. P., Drexel Institute of
Technology, Philadelphia 4, Penn.
The men, who comprise the
group assigned to the college un
der the A. S. T. P„ will spend
24 hours a week in classroom and
laboratory work; 24 hours in re
quired study; 6 hours in physical
education and 5 hours in military
training, including drill and class
work. Their studies, as outlined
by the Army, are mathematics,
physics, chemistry, English, his
tory, geography, and military
training, with instruction provid
ed by the Drexel civilian faculty
and military staff.
Colonel Ernest C. Coding, pro
fessor military science and tactics
and commandant of the Drexel
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps,
is the commanding officer of the
unit. Also under his direction the
two-year basic course of the Re
serve Officers Training Corps will
be provided for the regular stu
dents of the college.
“The civilian program of the
college will not be interrupted by
the inauguration of the Army spe
cialized training program here,”
said President Rea. “The Army
men are being quartereo and ra
tioned at the Hotel Philadelphian;
therefore our usual rooming ac
commodations are available for
students in the Drexel Schools of
business administration, engineer
ing. home economics and library
science, and the regular wartime
accelerated programs of those
schools will continue as planned.”
Pvt. Orland Lendt
Biglin’s mortuary recieved a
telegram Thursday afternoon stat
ing that the body of Pvt. Orland
Lendt, who died at Fort Ord,
Calif., on July 26, 1943, would be;
shipped to this city and would
arrive here Saturday morning
and the funeral will be held Sun
day afternoon, August 1, 1943 in
the Presbyterian church, Rev.
Kenneth Scott officiating and
burial in Pleasant Valley ceme
tery, near Meek, at the side of his
mother, who passed away on Jan
uary 26, 1911.
The family formerly lived near
Meek, but left this county in 1923.
The family moved to Grand Is
land and deceased went to Cali
fornia in 1941, and in April, 1924,
joined the Army. He was in the
Coast Artillery “AA,” in training
at Fort Ord.
Deceased is survived by his
father, Fred Lendt, of Fort Cal
houn, Nebr.; one brother, Leon- j
ard, of Grand Island, and four sis
ters: Mrs. Eleanor Morgan, Hum
bolt, Nebr.; Mrs. R. R. Braley,
Fort Calhoun, Nebr.; Miss Helen
Lendt, Fort Calhoun, Nebr.; Mrs.
Doris Trebilock, Oakland, Calif.
Deceased was born at Meek,
Nebr., on October 17, 1909, and
was 33 years, nine months and
nine days old at the time of his
death. No particulars have been
received as to the cause of death.
Cattle Prices Fully Strong,
Hog Prices Up Locally
Cattle receipts were more plen
tiful at the local market here on
Monday* and prices on them look
ed fully steady. The usual good
run of hogs was here and a nice
price recovery of 25c to 35c over
last week’s figures was chalked
up. The market undertone
showed strength generally and
action was good on all kinds.
Calf supplies continue to be
scarce and $13.50 claimed the
best steers represented. Heifer
calves topped at $12.60. The
calf showing consisted mostly of
odds and ends with nothing toppy
offered.
Yearlings were a bit more plen
tiful than a week ago. Steers
sold at $11.50 to $13.00 with a few
reaching higher. Heifers made
$11.25 to $12.50.
In the cow division, good beef
cows topped at $11.95 wth the
bulk paying $11.25 to $11.80.
Others carrying less flesh placed
in the tens and plainer kinds
cashed from $8.50 to $9.85. Can
ners and cutters sold mostly in
the sevens. Top price on bulls
was $13.40 on 1330 lb. weights
with the bulk going at $12.20 to
$12.95.
Hog prices were definitely on
the up grade and supplies numb
ered over 500 head. An exereme
top of $13.35 was paid sparingly
on handy-weight butchers. Bulk
of supplies brought $13.25 to
$13.30. Sows sold mostly from
$12.25 to $12.35 with an extreme!
top of $12 40 paid on a few. Feed
ers sold mostly from $13.50 to
around $14.00. Next regular
auction on Monday, August 2.
Robert Lansworth and son.
Woody, of Omaha, left for their
home Wednesday, after SDending
a few davs here visiting Robert’s.
mother, Mrs. Ann Lansworth. j
New Tire Regulations
From District Director ^
A recent amendment to the tire
rationing regulations provides, in
substance, that no person shall be
issued a certificate for a spare tire
of any kind except for use on po
lice cars and fire fighting equip
ment. This announcement was to
day issued by Maurice E. Rawl
ings, Sioux City district director
of the Office of Price Adminis
tration.
He also declared that contrary
to statements contained in some
advertisements and current ru
mors, the tire situation has be
come so critical that it is now
necessary to allot tires only to
those who are engaged in work
that is absolutely essential to the
war effort He pointed out that all
such persons must, so long as pos
sible, be provided with four tires
for their automobiles before other
applicants can be allowed a spare
tire.
Mr. Rawlings said that accord
ing to all available authentic in
formation, the synthetic rubber
program has not been progressing
so rapidly as was expected due to
manufacturing difficulties caused
by inability to secure equipment
and experienced workers. These
conditions, he stated, have forced
most of the war price and ration
ing boards to adopt the following
schedule in establishing prefer
ence for allotment of tires from
available quotas:
First: War workers with three
or more riders.
Second: (a) Agricultural cars
essential to the war effort, (b)
War workers with two riders.
Third: (a) All “B" and “C” ra
tion holders, not included in first
and second classifications, (b)
Other operators.
He said that, according to pres
ent indications, this condition
would continue until it could be
definitely established that there
was a sufficient supply of rubber
for military demands.
The district director of the OPA
also announced that fresh salt
water fish had been brought un
der price control at the retail
level through issuance of a tem
porary regulation effective July
22. The retailer must not sell
fresh salt water fish at any higher
price than the cents per pound
markup he enjoyed on the bulk
of his sale of such fish during
July 5 through July 10, added to
his present net cost for that same
variety of fresh salt water fish.
Varieties of this type of fresh
fish, including fresh salmon, hali
but, haddock, scallops, whiting,
and codfish have been under
dollars-and-cents ceilings at the
wholesale level since July 13. The
step taken today completes cov
erage at all levels of this import
ant food item. More detailed in
formation. as well as copies of
this temporary regulation, will be
shortly available at the OPA dis
trict office in the Frances Bldg.,
Sioux City, Iowa.
OPA regulations require that
the possessor of gasoline rations
must enter the Ucense number
and name of state in which his
vehicle is licensed on all gasoline
coupons immediately on their re
ceipt. The district director of OPA
warns that a ration holder who is
found to possess any coupons not
bearing such data will be consid
ered a violator of the regulation.
Service station operators are
not permitted to accept loose cou
pons under any condition and
they have been warned to com
pare data on coupons with the li
cense number of a vehicle being
serviced in order to determine if
the coupon had been issued for
the vehicle in question. All mo
torists are urged to co-operate in
eliminating ‘‘black market” op
erations.
Adah Myrtle Grass
Mrs. Adah Myrtle Grass died in
the O’Neill Hospital last Monday,
after an illness of about two
months, at the age of 63 years,
nine months and twenty-two
days. The funeral was
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Methodist church, Rev.
Beebe, of Page, officiating and
burial in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Adah Myrtle Sarchet was born
in Kansas on September 4. 1879.
The family came to this county
from Missouri and on November
14, 1906, she was united in mar
riage to Charles A. Grass, the
ceremong being performed in this
city. Four children were born
of this union, two sons and two
daughters, who survive their
mother, Mr. Grass having passed
away several years ago. The
children are: Lura Eletha, at
home; Pfc. Ronald Addy Grass,
U. S Army in North Africa: Gil
bert Dee, at home; Mrs. Kathryn
Crumley. Page.
Mrs. Grass has for years lived
about eight miles east of this
city. Her health had been failing
for the past couple of months
and about ten days aeo she came
to the O’Neill hospital for treat
ment, where she was at the time
of her death. The Grass family
are pioneers of the section of the
county, north and west of Page,
and the deceased had many
friends in that section who will
regret to learn of her passing.
Miss Betty Flood left Tuesday
for Valentine, where she will be
employed in the offire of the
Consumers Public Power Co.