Neb. State Historical Society
Frontier
NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1943 NO. 15 ,
Allies Take Sicily; Now
Bombing Other Towns
Everything goes well on the war
front. The Allies have captured
Sicily, the Americans reaching
Messina, the last Axis stronghold
on the island last Monday and
about 20 minutes later they were
joined by the English Eight army
and the Canadian division. The
only thing left to do on the island
is to clean up a few isolated skir
mishers. According to a report.
by General Eisenhower, com-1
mander of the Allied forces, the
Axis lost more than 167,000 men
in killed, wounded and captured
on the island up to August 10. I
There are two superb armies
now in Sicily, the American Sev- j
1 enth and the British Eight, and
they are ready to go at any min- -
ute. Both of these armies dis
tinguished themselves in the
fighting in Sicily.
The big guns of the Allies are
dropping shells on the coastel
towns of Italy, using Messina as
a base, and the Allied air power
are busy bombing cities and war
installations all over German held
territory.
It is thought there will be an
invasion of Axis European terri
tory within a short time and the
battle for the extermination of the
Axis will then be really on. Axis
governed people all over Europe
are having the jitters, as they do
not know where the next blow
will fall. But fall it will, soon
and hard.
According to Radio reports at
noon today the Axis are moving
their headquarters out of Berlin
as they look for it to get what
the Allies have given Hamburg
and many other towns through
out Germany.
Fred Halva, O’Neill,
Now Aviation Cadet
Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Dear Mom and Dad:
I am working nights this week
or rather afternoons and part of
the night. I start at 3:00 p. m.,
and work until 11:00 p. m. Since
I have all of the work finished I
thought I would drop you a few
lines. But I really don’t have
much to write about. We still
have been having a lot of hot, dry
weather, and I can’t forget to
f tell about the wind. It still
f blows. A . , . !
I took my screening test today, J
at 9:30 this morning. It was about (
three hours long and guess what j
I got. My score was 264. The
Lieutenant that gave the test j
said it was one of the highest
grades that was ever received.
We had 270 questions. Later this
afternoon he called my command- [
ing officer and told him of my
grade. A friend of mine heard
the commanding officer telling
the adjutant about the excellent
grade that Corporal Halva got.
Since then everyone seems to
have found out about it. A pal
of mine just came back from town
and someone there was telling
him about it. He said that he al
ready knew about it. Things
sure spread. Tomorrow I go be
fore the Cadet Board and if I pass
by them, and I’m sure I will, I will
take my physical examination.
Then it will be about a month or
so before I will be called up.
Everyone here tells me that may
be, and it is a big maybe, I
might get a furlough. The more
I think of it, the more I think 1
might, now since my command
ing officer is so pleased that some
one in his squadron got such a
high grade. Tomorrow afternoon
when I find out that I have pass
ed, I will write you a short letter
letting you know.
Don’t pay any attention to the
heading that I have written on
the top of this letter. It is only
the business title of the squadron.
Mv mail is still addressed the
same way, 1148th “C School
Squadron, Fort Sumner, New
Mexico. , T „ . „
A One of these days I am going
^ to send my wrist watch to you
to have fixed irt O’Neill. It stop
ped running the other day. I
think I got too much of this New
Mexico dust in it. There isnt
any jeweler here so am going to
send it to you to have it fixed.
Did you ever see a pretty Mex
ican girl? They are almost as
white as an American girl, except
they have dark eyes and dark
hair. Some of them look almost
like an American girl with a tan.
At least this one was that I met
in Santa Rosa last week. >
I haven’t heard from Donald
Bowen for a couple of months.
I guess he is too busy to write.
Johnnie wrote me a letter the
other day. telling me how he was
getting along. Well, I hope that
I can write him of the good time
that I will be having soon.
Well, this is all for now. I will
write when I get something good
to write about. Love, Fred.
The day after receiving the
above letter Mr. and Mrs. Halva
received a letter from Fred stat
ing that he had passed all his
examinations and that he was
now an aviation cadet and would
shortly start to school. His many
O’Neill friends tender sincere con
gratulations and best wishes to
Cadet Fred Halva for they know
that he has the ability and re
sourcefulness to make a fine pilot.
W. P. Kelly .of Omaha, was a
* business caller here Saturday.
WE NEED RAIN
IN THIS SECTION
Crops all over this section of
Nebraska are badly in need of
rain. Corn in a large area needs
moisture within a few days, and
that also applies to this county.
Some of the corn is standing up
under the terriffic heat and
drought remarkably well and a
good rain within a few days would
make a lot corn in this county,
but some if it is so badly hurt
that farmers think it past re
demption. It has been a little
cooler the past three days, which
is a good break for the corn.
Small grain was good all over
this section of the state. Oats
was especially good, running from
20 to 55 bushels per acre. Rye
was a disappointment to most
farmers. It was thin on the
ground and the yield, we have
been told, runs from 12 to 25
bushels per acre. The ground
is getting very dry and if the
farmers are going to put in fall
crops we will have to have a
good rain within the next ten
days or two weeks.
O.P.A. Will Soon Make
A Price Survey
Service trade operators who
have failed to file any base period
statement of prices charged in
March, 1942, and those who filed
inadequate statements, will be
called to confer with price panels
of local war price and rationing
boards, or members of the Office
of Price Administration’s staff, M.
E. Rawlings, Sioux City district
director of the OPA, announced
today. He disclosed that the OPA,
with the aid of price panel assist
ants, will soon conduct a survey
of service establishments through
out the Sioux City district.
Price control in the service
trades is especially urgent now,
Mr. Rawlings explained, because
such services are in greater de
mand than ever before. Commod
ity shortages make it necessary
for consumers to conserve and re
pair their goods instead of buying
new articles. Prices tend to rise
because of this increased demand,
he pointed out, but must be held
in line in order to curb inflation
as an essential part of the war
effort.
Mr. Rawlings stated that, under
the regulation, the highest prices
which these establishments can
charge consumers for services, are
the top prices charged for the
same work during the March, 1942
period. The base period statement,
to be adequate, must be signed
personally by the seller or his
agent, and must identify the state
ment as the ceiling prices. It must
contain a specific price for each
service rendered and an indefinite
range of prices is not permissible.
The statement must describe the
service exactly and must specify
any discounts, allowances, price
differentials or special charges,
such as insurance or storage.
Willful violators will not be ex
cused. he declared, and the serv
ice trades operators were remind
e that consumers who have been
overcharged may bring action in
court for three times the amount
of the overcharge, or for $50 and
costs, whichever is the greater.
The services to be checked in the
Sioux City district, he said, are:
Maintenance, rental or repair of
electrical and gas appliances, ra
dios and phonographs, farm equip
ment and automotive vehicles:
laundering, including power and
industrial laundries, family and
hand laundries and different laun
dry supply services; cleaning and
dyeing; tailor shops; shoe repairs,
and food locker services.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonough
of this city, received word on
Monday through the Red Cross,
that their son, Seaman 2-c Rob
ert Francis McDonough, has ar
rived in the states for medical
treatment. Robert had been in
the Hawaiin Islands since June
1942. He has been transferred
from the hospital at Mare Island,
California, to the hospital, at Fort
Worth, Texas. It is the first word
they have had of his whereabouts
since last March.
The Weather
High Low
August 13. 94 64
August 14 -84 55
August 15_91 64
August 16_80 56
August 17_75 42
August 18_79 58
August 19_90 58
Hospital Notes
Betty Resses of Chambers, ap
pendix removed Wednesday.
Patrick Gokie, tonsils removed
Monday.
Leona Spease of Ewing, tonsils
removed Monday.
Kathleen Flood, tonsils remov
ed Tuesday.
Mrs. Lyndle Stout and baby
dismissed Tuesday.
Mrs. Lewis Andeson and- baby
of Orchard went home Friday.
Audrey Braddock dismissed last
Friday.
Mrs. Maywood Bruegman and
baby dismissed last Friday.
Mrs. Daniel Rakes and baby
dismissed last Thursday.
Marriage Licenses
Charles W. Snyder, 3i, and Na
Dean E. Linke, 28. both of Bas
sett, on August 14th.
J. F. Thompson, over 21, and
Linnie Ardeigh Cameron, over 21,
both of Petersburg, on August 14.
Glenn Edward Hall, 48, of Or
card and Betty Marie Dove, 18,
of Plainview, on August 14th.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Neven D. Ickes of
Page, a boy. born Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hicks,
a boy, born Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Block, a
girl, Jo Ann, born last Thursday.
Women May Now Serve
On Nebraska Juries
Report of tha presiding District
Judge to the County Board of
Holt County, Nebraska:
The 1943 Legislature passed a
law permitting women jurors in
Nebraska, conditioned “Before
any woman may be called to
serve as a juror in the District
Court, the presiding District
Judge shall be required to de
termine that the accomodations
and facilities of the court house
in any county are such as to per
mit the service of women as jur
ors. Whenever such determination
is made the presiding District
Judge shall certify such fact to
the County Board of the county.”
I believe that your court house
is properly equipped to permit the
service of women as jurors.
Now, therefore, I hereby “cer
tify such fact” to you; and direct
you to include the names of quali
fied ladies .for jury service in
your county.
Signed in the City of O’Neill,
within the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Nebraska, this
9th day of August, 1943.
D. R. MOUNTS,
District Judge.
Band Concert Saturday
Evening At 8:15
1— Star Spangled Banner
_ Key
2— March, “Americans All”_
___Caneva
3— Waltz, “Moonlight on the
Colorado” _ Morbach
4— Trombone Solo, “Blue Bells
of Scotland”_Paul De Ville
Robert Bowen
5— Novelty, “Yankee Rhythm”—
_Lake
1 6—Spanish March, “La Siesta”—
_.McAllister and Caneva
7— Ballad. “I’ll Take You Home
Again Kathleen,” Westendorf
8— Selection—“Best Loved Irish
Melodies”_ Hayes
9— Vocal Solo, “Last Rose of
Summer”_Moore
Verne Coyne
10— Sacred, “The Old Church
Organ” _ Chambers
11— March, “Salutation
_Seitz
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rickly
went to Fullerton on Monday to
get their sons, Ralph and Billy,
who had been visiting friends
there for several days.
BONDS OVER AMERICA * * *
In San Antonio,
Texas, stands a
mission fort of
which is written:
“Thermopylae
had her messenger
of defeat, the Ala
mo had none." 182
men gave their
lives here in 1856.
Alamo Chapel
Be
Ever Alert
Buy War Bonds
How many relics, dear
to the hearts of mil
lions of Europeans,
Hitler has wantonly
destroyed? Thou
sands of shrines link
ing the present with
past glory have been
smashed to rubble.
BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Romain* Saunderc
Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rout* No. S.
A refreshing rain the evening
of the 11th, the first for several
weeks.
Good days ahead for John
O’Malley. Ed Early. Pat Donohoe,
Pete Duffy and Pat McManus.
Jack Sullivan will be in O’Neill
shortly.
Two sacks of grain sold for a
dollar at other times—in recent
days four-fifty. Which was the
easier to get, the one dollar or the
four fifty?
To understand the significance
of flanking movement, spearhead
and bridgehead, you have to be
up on military stuff, which we
do not profess to be.
The historically sentimentalists
have been messing with the old
Oregon trail for a quarter cen
tury. Another cedar post has just
been stuck up out at Scottsbluff.
Alfred James, with three riders,
came out a day last week to move
his cattle over to Eagle creek.
They had been on grass in Swan
precinct and put on a good layer
of flesh.
America has grawn magnani
mous as well as opulent because
the people have made it so. Gov
ernment has sometimes obstruct
ed the way and the ballot box
points the path around.
When the lowly donkey is turn
ed in with a herd of horses he is
at once accepted as leader of the
herd. Leaders come and go on the
Axis front and elsewhere. There
i# no telling what some people
will take to.
Both big business and little bus
iness gets consideration only to
add additional restrictions to
crush them to earth, while the
element that hasn’t a dollar in
vested in anything ride on the
top of the wavq^
Curiosity gets the woodpecker
into trouble. He can’t resist in
vestigating an opening leading
into a dark hole. One got out of
our chimney alive into the house.
The charred remains of another
was removed with the soot and
ashes when the chimney was j
cleaned.
—
In the appeal of the Northwest
ern railroad, the railway commis
sion reaffirms its former ruling'
that an agent of the road must be '
retained at Emmet. I wonder if
it would have gone to the railway
commission in the first place had
the late Mike Lyons and Casper
Englehaupt had a hand in it.
The State Journal puts the re
port of the disappearance of Bar
rett Scott at sixty years ago. As
the excitement over Scott head
ing for Mexico, his return in the
custody of Frank Campbell, and
the court trials of his suspected
abductors kept the atmosphere in
Holt county charged for a period
from 1893 to 1895, the Journal
puts it only ten years ahead of
the record.
The milk of human kindness
seems never to warm the breast
of the Japanese soldier. And there
is an odd one here and there in i
our own ranks that has been dip
ped in the vat that brews human
monsters. A young man, clothed
with the dignity of an American :
soldier, ravished and brutally beat
to death a 16-year old Clay coun
ty girl. If he escapes a lynch mob
it will not be because the crime i
doesn’t merit it.
The group of dignitaries in
Washington that are stigmatized
as bureaucrats maybe find the
abuse outweighs the honor ofi ex
alted rank. Not all are cloven
hoofed and spike-tailed. Food Ad
ministrator Melvin Jones has one
of the hardest jobs. He has ap
proached it with a good measure
of horse sense, setting up a guide
post for his compatriots of the of
ficial front when he said: “This
country is too broad, too far-flung,
too varied in its production to
have the work done by directives
from Washington. We can only
assist: we must rely largely upon
state, county and community or
ganizations of real people who
have builded America and are in
a position to save America and
her institutions.” Talk like that
gets cooperation out in the hin
terland.
Just under 100 years ago Theo
dore Parker, a militant New Eng
land preacher, with a flaming
tongue, denounced the call to
arms for a war with Mexico and
the carving with the sword of
new territory from the wilderness
now comprising the Pacific coast
states, but thought “it would be
a gain to mankind if we could
spread over that country' the
Idea of America.” The war was
fought and the “Idea of America”
spread its benign blanket from
ocean to distant ocean. We are in
another war and a new genera
Regional O.P.A. Admr.
Outlines Program
Raymond S. McKeough, OPA
administrator in Chicago, an
nounced today that supervision
over restaurant and tavern prices
had been put in the hands of local
war price and ration boards for
the entire Sixth region, which in
cludes the states of Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa,
and Lake county, Indiana.
Mr. McKeough declared that
this was in line with Washing
ton's policy of concentrating the
administration of the OPA pro
gram in the hands of the people
who are closest to it.
Eighty-five thousand eating and
drinking establishments in this
area have received a letter this
week from the local board re
questing that they maintain their
prices at a level no higher than
those prevailing during the week
of April 4th and 10th. The menus
for that period are now on file at
the local boards. The letter ex
plains in some detail what a res
taurant should do to insure com
pliance with the request.
Every local board has received
a manual which will enable them
to answer most of the questions
restaurant operators will ask, and
will aid them in handling con
sumer complaints.
Mr. McKeough strongly urged
all consumers to keep a sharp eye
on restaurant prices and to report
any unwarranted increase over
the base period to the price panel
of their local board. Restaurant
associations have assured Mr. Mc
Keough of their hearty support
of the program as it will force the
profiteer to keep his prices in line,
and allow legitimate operators to
demonstrate their patriotic ad
herence to the President’s ‘hold
the-line’ order.
Holt County “E” War
Bond Quota $47,500
Under date of August 14th, The
Frontier is in receipt of the fol
lowing letter from Lyle P. Dierks,
county chaii'man of the war fi
nance committee:
“Dear Editor: Word is at hand
to the effect that Holt county’s
August quota for the sales of Ser- 1
ies “E” War Bonds is fixed at j
$47,500, and a request is made to
publicize this figure through the j
county papers. Your usual co-op- i
eration in the united effort to win
this war would be greatly appre
ciated, and I trust you will make
the above announcement in your
next issue. Thank you.”
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Duck and Pheasant
Season Opens Oct. 15
The Game, Forestation and I
Parks Commission at its meeting ;
August 5th gave the sportsmen of i
Nebraska the longest open season j
on pheasants that Nebraska has
known for some time. This action j
is in accord with the national ef- '
fort to produce as much food as
possible during the present emerg
ency.
The pheasant season will run
concurrently with the 1943 duck
season as set by the federal gov
ernment. These dates are October
15 through December 23. The fol
lowing are the regulations by the
game commission.
Hunting hours: Vz hour before
sunrise to sunset. Bag limit: five
cocks per day. Possession limit:
10. The entire state will be open
with the exception of refugees un
der active lease or agreement. The
state lakes will be open to duck
hunting with the exception of
Walgren lake and the Dead Tim
ber recreation grounds. No hens
permitted. Guns shall be plugged,
permitting only three shells in the
gun at one time.
The details of the trapping sea
son will be announced in the near
future.
tion of flaming tongues proclaim
the “gain to mankind” by encom
passing the earth with the “Idea
of America.” Wonder how it
would fit in with African tribes,
haughty shieks down in old
Arabia, the 220 million Moham
medans, the 230 million Brak
manes, the 460 million Buddhists,
strange tongues and peoples of
continents and islands? Maybe we
better find out if they want our
idea. -
A branch of the Army that
doesn’t get into the headlines is
doing a great work under the di
rection of the medical corps. The
Army has had to deal with two
classes which will not carry arms.
One class is known as conscien
tious objectors, the other non
eombatents. Some good citizens
have a contempt for such to the
extent of branding them “yellow.”
A young fellow who holds stead
fast to convictions in spite of pop
ular clamor is anything but yel
low. The Army treats them as
men. Because of their efficient
work in caring for the wounded
on the battle fields and in hos
pitals the death rate among our
injured has been reduced from
around 20 per cent in the first
world war to less than 4 per cent.
The one who overwhelms the nest
of an enemy is haled as a hero.
The one who risks his hide in a
storm of shot and shell to save
the lives of comrades is none the
less a hero.
O’Neill Girl Married
In Sunny South
A beautiful wedding of wide
spread interest to their many
friends here was that of Miss
Velma Johring, daughter of Mi.
and Mrs. Fred Johring, of O’Neill,
Nebr., and Mr, Remi Duhon, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Duhon, of
Crowley, La. The marriage was
solemnized Sunday afternoon,
August 1 at four o’clock at the
First Christian church in Crpwley,
with Mr. Hollins Duhon of Jenn
ings, La., performing the cere
mony.
The marriage took place against
a profusion of pink radiance, lace
fern an rose de Montana.
The bride was lovely in a gown
of white silk Marqusette with
sweetheart neck and long tight
fitting sleeves which terminated
in points over the wrist. The
fitted bodice was gathered and
fastened in front with pearl ice
orange blossoms and wide lace
inseritions through out the dress
and long train. Her finger tip veil
of fridal illusion was edged in
lace and fill-in tiers from a pearl
clustered crown. She wore a
double strand of fine pearls and
carried a shower boquet of white
dasies and roses.
The attendants wore similar
gowns of pastel shades of Swiss
organdy and matching net with
full skirts and fitted bodice with
sweetheart necks. They carried
old fashioned lace edged boquets
of pink roses. Miss Estelle Du
hon, maid of honor, chose pale
blue and bridesmaids, Miss Lerdie
Pelly, wore pink, and Miss Lilleth
Faulk wore green.
The little Misses -Earlene Du
hon and Jean Le Blanc, wearing
light orchid net dresses made
similar to the bridesmaids dresses,
were flower girls, Master Jimmie
Darrell Carmier, dressed (in a
black tuxedo, was the ring bearer.
The groom wore a light blue
tropical worsted suit. Preston
Duhon,brother of the groom, was
best man and ushers were Milton
Duhon and Junior Chassion, each
wearing a suit of blue.
Miss Juanita Joyce Legar, pian
ist, wore a gown of pink silk
gorgette and a corsage or rose
buds. She played the traditional
wedding music and Clayton Mar
row, of Minneapolis, Minn., sang
the pre-nuptial solo “Together
With Jesus.’
The bride is a graduate of the
O’Neill Public High School and
after completing a short course
from the University of Nebraska,!
taught three successful terms of!
school when she entered the Min
nesota Bible College in Minneap
olis.
The groom attended the Min
nesota Bible College for three
years and is now located in Crow,
ley.
Mrs. Duhon chose as her travel
ing suit a blue dress with match
ing accessories and she wore a
corsage of white gardenias. Fol
lowing a short wedding trip they
will make their home in Crowley.
—Crowley (La.) Journal.
Hoover’s Failures
In the Public Pulse column of
the July 27th issue of the World
Herald, Laura Crandall Nehrbas
says: “Mrs. Button must have
been asleep for the past 11 years
if she thinks Hoover left our
country in a worse mess than it
is now. Some of the things in
which Hoover failed: He failed to
draw out his salary of 75 thous
and dollars a year while he was
president, turning it all back into
the treasury. He failed to have
his sons organize insurance com
pany firms to write insurance on
government enterprises. He built
a Rapidan resort for fishing and
recreation at his own expense and
gave it to the government. He
never bundled up a lot of govern
ment documents to sell as a book
to the faithful at a huge profit to
himself, and he never sold him
self into political slavery to a la
bor organization for a 500 thous
and dollar campaign fund. He
gathered a marvelous collection
of war stuff and built a museum
for it, but failed to ask Congress
to pay the bill—he paid it him
self
“He did not preach and promote
class hatred and he did not try to
pack the supreme court. He did
not plow up every third row of
cotton and he did not promise the
American people one thing while
at the very same moment doing
everything to accomplish the di
rectly opposite result.
“He did not ask Congress to
assess the taxpayers 100 billion
dollars oveiy time someone shof
i off a firecracker in Europe, and
he did not go on fishing trips on
j government warsb'ps accomoan
, ied by a fleet of destroyers. Nei
ther did he kill off all the farm
I * rs’ little pigs and encourage the
mportation of Argentine beef. In
fact there were a lot of foolish
; ’hings he could have done if he
had not had the opposition of a
democratic Congress, but anyway
he did not leave the American
I neople over 100 billion dollars in
debt.” _
Mrs A. L. Krogh and sons, Har
I vev and Leslie, of Bloomington.
Wis., spent from Saturday until
Monday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymon Bright. They left
, Mondav for Creighton, where they
! will visit Mrs. Kroh's mother,
i Mis. G. H. Wardell.
U. S. War Costs Triple
Those Of British Empire
The United States is spending
more than three times what the
British Empire is spending on the
war. Estimated American expend
tures for the current fiscal year
are over 104 billion dollars. In the
same period the British Empire
will spend about 31 billion dollars.
The breakdown of expenditures
and taxes, according to figures
supplied by the National Indus
trial Conference Board, in mil
lions of dollars, follows:
Expend. Tax Rev.
United States_104,040 40,350
Great Britain_ 23,024 11,632
Canada _ 5,406 2,703
Australia___2,116 *1,058
Union of S. Africa 652 *356
•Estimated.
The figures for Britain, Aus
tralia, and South Africa are based
on the current rate of exchange
of $4 to the pound sterling. Brit
ish economists hold that the true
value of the pound is far greater
than the fixed value and assert
that America is spending at such
a rapid rate over the world that
the true ratio of the dollar to the
pound is $6.53. John Maynard
Keynes, British economist, has
held that the true value of the
pound is even greater, running
at $8 to the pound.
One index cited on the comv
parative value of the pound is the
building of merchant ships. The
cost of building merchant ships
in the United States is said to be
four times what it is in Britain,
which would suggest a dollar
pound ratio of 16 to 1. The ratio
question is purely an academic
one, it was insisted in some capi
tal circles, since the United States
is giving Britain some 2,000,000
tons of snipping under lend-lease.
The pound-dollar ratio will be
highly important in the post-war
period. If the ratio is shifted in
favor of the pound the British
will reap great advantages in hav
ing the pound the standard of
currency.
An important phase of Ameri
can expenditures is that a very
considerable sum of American
taxes are spent outside the United
States and therefore represents no
taxable income to the American
people. The vast sum pumped out
of the United States treasury is
regarded as a military secret and
has not been made public to the
American people.
American funds are being spent
in all parts of the world. It is go
ing. among other things, for con
struction of air bases, railroads,
highways, docks, and cantonments
in England, Canada. Australia,
Africa, the Near East, India,
China, and South and Central
America.
American troops and American
and local workers are being paid
with American taxpayers’ money
and are producing tax revenues
in the countries where the con
struction is under way or the
establishments are being main
tained.
Hundreds of millions of dollars
have been extended in loans to
foreign countries to help stabilize
their currencies and maintain
economies disrupted by the war.
In Britain, the large volume of
lend-lease food is sold to dealers
by the government and in turn to
the cosumers. Proceeds of sales
to dealers are turned back into
the British treasury.
These untaxable government
expenditures, it was reoorted,
«erve tn oroduce taxable income
in countries where it is spent and
at the same time impoverish
American economy. It has been
unofficially estimated +hat such
expenditures run from five to ten
billion dollars.
Livestock Prices Higher
At Local Mart Monday
A strong, active market tone
dominated the sale of livestock
here on Monday, last, and prices
advanced on all classes. Receipts
in the cattle division were slight
ly lower than a week ago; hog
receipts were not quite as heavy
as in the past weeks. Action was
good and supplies found ready
outlet.
Calf supplies continue to be
limited and the quality of the
few coming to market just now
is only fair to medium. A few
525-pound steers cashed at $13.10,
but the bulk made the high
twelves. A few lightweight heif
er calves tabbed $12.30; bulk
placed in the elevens.
Yearling steers, scaling 650 lbs.
reached $12.65, that orice paid
sparingly. Bulk cashed from $11.50
to $12.50. Heifers sold from $10.50
to $12.00.
The best beef cows on offer top
ped at $12.00 with the bulk of the
better grades selling from $11:00
to $11.90. Plainer kinds placed
in the tens. Common grades
cashed from $8.00 to $9.25 or
above. Canners and cutters paid
from $6.90 to $8.00. Bulls, scal
ing 1200 lbs. made $12.00.
Around 450 hogs were on sale
here. Extreme top on handy
weight butchers was $13.90, that
price paid sparingly. Bulk of this
class claimed $13.55 to $13.70.
Sows topped at $12.85, bulk made
$12.55 to $12.65 Feeders sold
mostly from $13.00 to $13.70. Next
regular auction on Monday, Aug
ust 23.