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BRIEFLY STATED
Mrs. Helen Simar spent Sun
day in Atkinson visiting relatives
and friends.
Miss Eleanor Prudy of Sioux
Falls, S. D„ arrived Sunday to
visit Mrs. Ralph Brown.
Mrs. M. J. Enright left Tuesday
for Columbus to visit her sister,
Mrs. Julius Mohler.
Miss Madelaine Cavanaugh spent
Sunday in Atkinson visiting with
her sister, Mildred, and friends.
Arthur O. Auserod, attorney at
Bartlett, was in the city last Mon
day looking after legal business.
Mrs. Fannie Messacar of Omaha
spent Sunday here visiting Mrs.
Maggie Sider and daughter, Miss
Beulah.
Miss Marjorie Graybiel of Man
ning, Iowa, was a week-end guest
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Harbottle.
Miss Margaret Cronk spent Sun
day in Page visiting her father,
Fred Cronk, and other relatives
and friends.
Johnnie Protivinsky returned
Sunday from Portland, Oregon,
where he had made his home the
past several months.
Corporal Wayne Fox, who is
stationed in Arkansas, arrived
Saturday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Fox, and other
relatives and friends.
Miss Lorraine Penne returned
Monday from Elgin, where she
had been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Penne, and
other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Devorak
of Oakdale visited Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Brennan and other rel
atives and friends here Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Yantzi returned
to her home in Minneapolis,
Minn., on Tuesday, after a week’s
visit here with relatives and
friends.
Miss Grace Quilty of Omaha
came Monday to spend her vaca
tion with Miss Elizabeth O’Mal
ley, and other relatives and
friends.
Rev. Kenneth Scott, James H.
Scott and George Robertson left
Tuesday for York, where they
will attend a synod meeting of
the Presbyterian church. They
will return on Thursday.
People who gum it through life
without teeth are under a serious
handicap. They do nbt masticate
their food properly, and do not
look well.—Dr. Fisher, Dentist,
in O’Neill. 22-1
Mrs. John Grutsch of San Luis
Obispo, Calif., arrived Sunday to
make her home here for the dur
ation. Her husband has been re
cently sent overseas.
Mrs. Esther Cole Harris and
son, Ross, and Mrs. Guy Cole of
Emmet attended a meeting of the
state salvage committee at Co
lumbus on Tuesday.
Mrs. John Protivinsky returned
hofne last Sunday from Hastings,
where she had been visiting her
husband, and daughter and son
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Thomas.
Naval Aviation Cadet Leonard
Lorenz left last Wednesday for
Kansas City, Mo,, after spending
a three months’ Si6k leave visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Lorenz, and other relatives
and friends.
i Dick Robertson went to Sioux
City Tuesday, where he visited
his brother, Ray, who is in the
hospital there. Ray had the mis
fortune to get a piece of steel in
his left eye and will lose the
sight in that eye.
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WAR BONDS
No Moro Brass
On land or at sea our fighting men
do their many chores by the sound
of a bugle. All sorts of uncompli
mentary epithets are used to desig
nate the bugler, but nobody has yet
been able to provide a satisfactory
substitute for a bugle although re
icordings are used at some perma
nent bases.
Aboard ship the men fall In at the
order of "Pipe muster." On land
the bugler sounds "Assemblyl” But
no matter where the bugle Is used
thousands must be bought out of
the money we are Investing In War
Bonds. Back the attack with an ta
bs $100 Bond in the 3rd War Loan.
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Released by U. 8. War Department Bureau of Public Relations
MACHINE GUNNERS IN NEW GUINEA—The Japs finally have
sdmitted the loss of Buna, New Guinea, where American and Aus
tralian task forces annihilated 16,000 of the enemy. In this victory
the 32nd United States Division covered itself with glory. This task
force was built up around a former American National Guard division
drawn from Wisconsin and Michigan, but now comprising officers and
enlisted men from 44 states. As a result of their heroism in action
65 citations for Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded. Manning
this machine gun are, left to right: Pvt. Lawrence L. Leishman,
Peoria, 111.; Corp. Rodney C. Reiner, Manitowoc, Wis., and Pvt. Martin
Denueli, Cumberland, Wis.
Want Enlistments In
Women’s Army Corp
Only a small percentage of
women thus far have responded
to their state and country’s ap
peal for enlistment in the Wom
en’s Army Corp under the new
All-States Recruiting Campaign.
The Army has asked for 700
Nebraska women by December 7
to form Nebraska WAC compan
ies, thus carrying on for those
Nebraska soldiers who have lost
their lives in the present conflict.
“The first Nebraska WAC com
pany of 100 women will be sworn
into the Corp on October 22,”
Governor Dwight Griswold, who
is heading the campaign in Ne
braska. said, "and to date only a
little more than one-fourth of
that number have enlisted.
"Nebraska has sent its young
men into battle and many of
them, unfortunately, have not re
turned. Others have moved up
from behind the lines to take
their places. Who, then, is to do
the important behind-the-lines
work so essential to successful
army operation? The women of
Nebraska are asked to ‘take over’
in an emergency and I know they
will respond as they have always
done before—“my confidence in
them and this great state prompt
ed me to assure General George
C. Marshall, chief of staff, that
Nebraska would furnish its share
of women for the All-States Di
vision.”
Sworn in at the state capitol,
the Nebraska companies will be
presented with a Nebraska flag,
which they will carry during their
training periods. The Nebraska
women, training together in the
Nebraska companies, will wear
Nebraska shoulder patches. They
will be a part of the 70,000 includ
ed in the All-States Division.
St. Mary’s Academy
Football Schedule
Oct. 14(Thu.)—Stuart _(here)
Oct. 22—Butte _- (there)
Oct. 29—Chambers _(here)
Nov. 5—Butte _(here)
Nov. 12—Long Pina-(there)
Nov. 19—Lynch (here, tentative)
All games at night__—8:00
THE BASSET GAME
The O’Neill Eagles defeated the
Bassett Tigers 7-0 for their first
victory of the season, last Friday
night, October 1.
The first half was scoreless, but
not without excitement. O’Neill
kicked off to Bassett. After a ser
ies of plays which gained them
little yardage, the Tigers were
forced to kick. Forrest Riley,
O’Neill fullback, returned the ball
to the Bassett thirty. The quarter
ended with the Eagles in scoring
position but unable to break thru
the Bassett eleven.
At the opening of the second
quarter the Eagles were again on
the march, gaining three first
downs by a series of passes and
end runs. The Tigers finally gain
ed possession of the ball and ham
mered their way for a gain of
forty* yards only to be stopped on
the Eagles’ one-foot line. The
Eagle line withstood four at
tempts to score, thus regaining
the ball. The Eagles kicked, and
the half ended opportunity as
Bassett was again running the
ball deep into O’Neill territory.
After 7M> minutes of play in the
second half, O’Neill scored on a
pass from Riley to Sclah. Riley
smashed through center for the
extra point. The fourth quarter
again found the Eagles on the
march, but they were stopped on
the Tiger fifteen.
O’Neill evidenced much im
provement in its passing game.
Of ten attempted passes, five were
completed, two were intercepted,
and one went incomplete. Riley,
Fox, Vorce, Hungerford and Ad
amson were outstanding.
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Last Winter’s Anti-Freeze
Should Be Tested
Owners and operators of all
types of motor vehicles who plan
to use again this winter anti
freeze saved over from last win
ter are urged by the Office of
Defense Transportation to have
the liquid tested before putting it
into the radiator to make certain
that: It is not of a harmful oil or
salt (corrosive) type; to make cer
tain itst anti-freeze strength is> not
impaired; to make certain it con
tains sufficient acid and rust in
hibitor.
' W. J. Cuming, chief of the ve
hicle maintenance division of
ODT’s Division of Motor Trans
port, points out that anti-freezes
of the deleterious salt or oil type
should not be used or re-used; if
saved over from last winter they
should be^discarded.
With the addition of acid and
rust inhibitor as needed, perma
nent type anti-freeze (the ethy
lene-glycol type) can be re-used
safely as long as they have the re
quired anti-freeze strength. They
can’ be easily tested with a stand
ard tester and if found weak in
active anti-freeze, ethylene-gly
col to give the required anti-freeze
strength should be added.
Tom Donlin, Sr., of Bristow was
a business caller here on Monday.
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Views of 11
' Congress j
By
Dr. A. L. Miller.!
M. C.
Last week I sat in the House
gallery with a Major who is on
duty at the Pentagon Building
across the Patomac from Wash
ington. The House was transact
ing routine business. Someone
remarked that it didn’t seem as
though the House was doing
much. Immediately the Major
answered, "To me this is the most
inspiring sight in the world. Yon
der sits in the speaker’s chair,
and while he occupies that chair,
one of the most powerful men in
the world. When I become dis
couraged seeing all the authority
being exercised by the armed
forces and the executive agencies,
and the resulting confusion, I
just think of the last time I vis
ited the House of Representa
tives and I am comforted by the
thought that as long as it func
tions we can still keep our Amer
ican Way of Life.”
In the announcement of the
transfer of Lt. Gen. John L. De
witt, formerly commanding gen
eral of the Fourth Army and the
Western Defense Command, to the
post of commandant of the Army
and Navy College here in Wash
ington, we noted that it was stat
ed he was born at Fort Sidney,
Nebraska.
After the lessons taught by
World War I, and the present
war, I often wonder if any future
dictator with aggressive tenden
cies will ever make the mistake of
challenging the United States on
the theory that he can whip us
before we can get ready to fight.
It seems almost inconceivable
that our country could have built
and equipped such an army as we
now have in less than two years.
Then look at our navy. The fig
ures recently released are amaz
ing. They reveal that as of July
1, 1943, despite heavy losses suf
fered, we had 14,072 naval vessels
of all kinds against 1,076 in 1940.
Of these 618 are warships as com
pared with 383 three years ago.
The navy has 18,269 planes, de
spite losses in battle and those
discarded due to obsolescence to
taling 6,800. In addition it has
transferred 2,100 planes to other
agencies. In 1940 the navy had
only 1,744 aircraft. I doubt if we
will again permit an ambitious
dictator to speculate on the ques
tion of our ability to rearm, for I
think we have learned a lesson
that might be summed up in the
old expression “an ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of cure.”
Shotgun shells. Farmers and
ranchers who want shotgun shells
should register immediately with
their dealers. Others may register
between October 1 and November
15. The bottleneck will be that of
getting deliveries. Manufacturers
now have the permission to make
sales, but the question may be
when can they be delivered.
Visitors from Nebraska in our
offices this month were: C. J.
Mortensen of Ord; Mr. and Mrs.
George P. Mueller of Lincoln; Lt.
Col. Doane Kiechel of Superior;
Rev. E. C. Rorke, Episcopal rec
tor, of Grand Island; Gerald Gen
tleman of North Platte; Mayor
Charles G. Klingman of Gering,
•and Louis Margodakis of Scotts
bluff. The latter two were on
their way to attend the national
convention of *c the Veterans of
Foreign Wars which is meeting
in New York this week.
Alfalfa Seed Brings
Good Returns
D. B. Perkins, one of the pio
neer and prosperous farmers and
stockmen of the southern part of
the county, was an O’Neill visitor
last Friday and made this office
a pleasant call, extending his sub
scription to The Frontier, of which
he has been a reader for many
years.
Mr. Perkins says that the peo
ple of the South Fork country
have now another crop, besides
the hay, cattle and hogs that are
bringing the people of that sec
tion of the county a lot of money,
and that is alfalfa seed. He said
that a neighbor of his had already
threshed 100 bushels of alfalfa
seed and had about another 100
bushels to thresh, and that he
finds a ready market for it at 33
cents per pound, or $19.80 a
bushel. Growing alfalfa seed at
that price is like finding a gold
mine. __
Miss Betty Flood of Valentine
spent the week-end here visiting
relatives and friends.
DO THEY REALLY?
Believe It Or Not
Every day throughout the coun
try there appears in many of our
newspapers a group of cartoons
with accompanying explanations
under the caption, “Believe It or
Not.” The facts presented are
strange, unusual, bizarre. For in
stance: John Violin signs his name
simply by drawing a violin; a cow
exists with a picture of Abraham
Lincoln on her side. But in spite
of all the oddities pictured, not a
single violation of the physical
laws of nature has been presented.
What is the “law of nature?” It
is the plan of God directing all
creatures to their proper ends.
This plan is divided into the phys
ical natural laws which control
all material creation (including
men so far as concerns man’s
function of growth ana sense feel
ings) and the moral natural law
which is set down to be freely
obeyed by man. The physical law
operates necessarily for all irra
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tional creation, while the moral
law depends in its obser\fance of
Man’s free will, which really ex
ists in spite of what opinion a
man may hold. In acordance with
the physical laws an acorn always
grows into an oak; food taken in
to the stomach is digested and as
similated into the body; bodies
always fall if their support is
taken away. These laws inevit
ably guide things to their end. If
they failed, chaos would result.
All lower creation must obey
the plan of God, but man alone
has the power to act against this
plan. By his free will he may
choose to obey the moral law or
not. He can say: “I da not choose
to run my life according to the
rules set down by God.” The bas
ic principle of the moral natural
law is “do good; avoid evil."
When a man does good he is fol
lowing the law of his nature just
as would an acorn in growing into
an oak tree. By the natural law
man is commanded to do certain
things, for example: “Adore God,
“Honor your parents.” He is also
commanded not to do other things,
for example: “Do not unjustly kill
a fellow man.”
It is significant that even the
most primitive man has a moral
code based on the principle, “Do
good; avoid evil.” The moral law
is universal and unchangeable; it
binds all men everywhere and at
all times. The Catholic church
teaches that all men can know
what the natural law is by l^ie
light of their reason, simply be
cause it is a part of their nature.
Do you “believe it or not?’’ If
you do, do you live by that be
lief? Further information on this
subject or on any matter con
cerned with the Catholic Church
can be had by writing to Catho
lic Information Society, 7800 Ken
rick Road, St. Louis, Mo.
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