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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1943)
* J^ew Deal Family Tax. The stark impact of the with holding tax has taught many an American voter what it means to have a spendthrift political party in power in Washington. We are all learning that when Washing ton bureaucrats spend, we pay. The fallacious theory that it was being taken from folks who had too much and given to those who had too little has been blown sky Take a salary of $3,500 for ex ample. If you earn that much, are married and have three children —a family of five— under the present tax law, passed by the .New Deal, after you have paid Jour income tax (before the New leal you would have been ex empt from income taxes) you will have left approximately $640 for each member of the family to live on for the year. Your next door neighbor may earn the same amount. If he is single, he will have approximate ly $2,785 for himself tor the year. If he is married, with no children, he will have about $1,500 each for himself and wife. In other words, the man with a family is the man who is really hit by New Deal taxation. And yet New Dealers still talk about taxing the rich. Now Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau says the New Deal needs more money. There are black days ahead for the family man. Another OPA Mirage. The Office of Price Administra tion has another plan and under the light of day it turns out to be JUST another plan. OPA says that by spending $100,000,000 to roll back the pri ces of seven commodities—apples, oranges, onions, potatoes, lard, vegetable oils and peanut butter —an overall reduction of 2.3 per cent in the cost of living to the consuming public would result. Apparently this is just another case of figure juggling on the part of a federal agency in an effort to get his hands into the public till, for as Congressman Thomas A Jenkins, chairman of the Repub lican Congressional Food Study Committee, promptly points out, if the entire estimated 1943 pro duction of the seven commodities mentioned were subsidized, as OPA proposes, the aggregate cost of the subsidy would be approxi mately $525,000,000. and not $100, 000,000 as the OPA states. Further, the Republican com mittee chairman declares, 1943 living costs are higher than 1942, yet in that year the overall cost of living was reported as $69,000, 000,000. If we spend the $525,000, 000 to accomplish the rollback, Jenkins says, it would still be far from a 2.3 per cent reduction in the cost of living. He estimates that it would require an expendi ture of $1,600,000,000 in subsidy payments to do what OPA pro poses to do with $100,000,000. Fairmont’s Crete Plant Wins Army-Navy Award What Fairmont Creamery offi cials believe is the first Army Navy “E” award to be conferred on any produce plant in this areas has been won by the men and women of Fairmont’s Crete, Nebr., plant. Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, in his letter notify ing the men and women of the honor, says the award was con ferred “for your fine record in the production of materials need ed in the war effort. This award is your nation’s tribute to your patriotism and to your great work in backing up the soUtteg on the fighting fronts.” News of the award was receiv ed with great enthusiasm at the plant and already platis are being made to set new records in the months to come. Fairmont is especially comple mentary of the splendid coopera tion of the farmers of this area who produced the foods processed by the Crete plant. Without their help the production record would not have been possible and they will have a major part in helping Fairmont set new records in the future. Date for the official presenta tion ceremony has been set for late in October. At that time the Army-Navy “E” flag will be pre sented to all Crete employes. Army and Navy officers will make the presentation. Ed Olson received word last Thursday of the death of his mother, Mrs. Ebert Olson, of Sioux City, Iowa, who died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Clara Field. Mr. and Mrs. Olson and daughter, Lois Lee, left Friday for Sioux City to attend the fu neral. Miss Mona Melvin returned to her home in St. Louis, Mo., last Saturday, after a week’s visit "with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin, and friends. Mi and Mrs. Dave Loy visited .relatives in Orchard Monday. Mrs. Paul Montgomery of Baker, Ore., arrived in the city last Sat urday for a week’s visit, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady. She will leave the latter part of the week for Den ver, Colo., where she will spend a week with her aunts, the Misses Grady, before returning to her Oregon home. Corporal Jim Watson left Sat urday for Philadelphia, Pa., after visiting relatives and friends in Inman and friends here. He is attending the Drexel Institute of of Engineering. The Pleasant Day Project Club held their first meeting of the year with Mrs. Florence Schultz on October 6. Eleven members were present. The leaders. “Mrs. Ruth Claussen, and Mrs. Florence Schultz,” gave the lesson on Fall and Winter Clothes. Next meet ing will be held at the home of >Laura Sterns on November 3. “Back The Attack!” 5 Views of Congress i Br Dr. A. L. Miller.! M. C. Last week the Senate held an executive session, a thing it rare ly does, to hear a confidential re port from the five senators who have just returned from a tour of the war fronts around the world. They will tell their colleagues a number of things that have been veiled by the strict censorship clamped down by the high offi cials of the War and Navy De partments. The Office of War In formation has long complained of this censorship. Even though the people will not be told, at least their elected representatives will know more of the facts. The House of Representatives never holds an executive session. The Constitution designates it as the representative of the people while the Senate is designated the representative of the states. You will recall that senators were or iginally elected by the legisla tures of the states. When a va cancy occurs in the Senate it is filled by an appointment of the Governor of the state, but a va cancy in the House of Represen tatives can be filled only by an election in the district in which it occurs. Because the Constitution directs the President to seek the advice of the Senate in foreign af fairs, that body has felt it neces sary to hold executive sessions. The returning senators have al ready mentioned two things that have met their disapproval. One of them is the lack of any agreement concerning the title, or the use of, the many airfields we have spent billions of dollars to con struct all over the world. The other is that while the United States has only 25% of the petrol eum reserves left in the world, it is furnishing 65% of the petrol eum products for the war effort. They noted that there was no evi dence of any attempt to ration gasoline and oil especially in North Africa. They report that civilians in Algiers and Morocco consumed 42,000 barrels of Amer ican gasoline in one month. Now that the Mediterranean is open, they see no reason why the major part of the gasoline and oil should not be furnished by the near east. The Supreme Court of the Uni ted States convened on October 5 for its 153rd session. Seven of the nine members are appointees of President Roosevelt. The Chief Justice, although not appointed to the Court by Roosevelt, was raised by him to his present posi tion. Several important matters will be decided during this ses sion, among them the legality of certain practices of the OPA. A case is on appeal before it test ing OPA’s power over rent con trol. Your congressman has signed a petition to take from a commit tee, which refuses to report it to the House, a bill to make decis ions of the OPA subject to review by the federal courts. This is the only means a majority of the members have to bring a bill be fore the House when it is opposed by the party in power. As mat ters now stand the OPA can try a man for infraction of its rules, find him guilty and order his bus iness closed for a period of time, without the fear of having its. de cisions questioned. The very fact that its decisions were subject to review in the courts would make it much more careful of the right of its victims. We received a letter from Fred Harper, now of Chicago, but for merly of this city, where he was one of the organizers and for nearly three years manager of the American Gear Company of this city. Fred enclosed a check for a year’s subscription to Th<e Frontier, stating that he had not had any news from O’Neill for some time and missed it, so send along the paper. Thanks, Fred, you will get it each week and we will try and keep you posted on the happenings in the “old home town.” The Frontier received a letter Monday from our old friend, T. J. Joyce, now of Long Beach, Calif., enclosing a renewal of his subscription to The Frontier. Tom says “we enjoy The Frontier very much and look forward witn pleasure to its arrival every Tues day. We are very busy here on the coast. I have not missed a day’s work all summer and I like it, but will be glad when the war is over. Give my regards to all old friends.” Mrs. William Froelich and Mrs. Hugh Birmingham entertained twelve guests at a 7:00 dinner at the M. and M. cafe last Saturday evening in honor of their father, C. E. Stout, who celebrated his birthday. Mrs. Dean Streeter and Mrs. Mattie Soukup went to Omaha last Sunday to visit relatives and friends for a few days. Use this Corner Cutter BANKING by Mail is a service that “cuts comers" by saving you much time and trouble. From your home, your place of busi ness—from any place where a mail box is handy—you can mail your deposits to us. We give such deposits the same, careful attention as those brought in person. Checks should be endorsed“For Deposit"; currency should never be sent unless registered. Make it a point to ask us about our Banking by Mail service O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK O’NEILL, NEBRASKA Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The More Bonds and Sweat . . . The Less Blood and Tears . . . Light in Weight Good in Looks Hats that are right in every way for you this fall. They are rugged and good wearing without being stiff and hard and heavy, be cause they’re made of fur felt. They are . i ' * • reserved and becoming in the tilt of their - J j brims, the smartness of their crowns, and in colors you can wear with anything. Above all they have quality, and they’re reasonably priced. ' I4- V Fur Felts $2.98 Lee*s Aetna $5.00 Featuring— CONTOUR CROWNS, PROFILE BRIMS I m » O’NEILL HIGH SCHOOL Agricultural Department The vocational agriculture de partment opened this fall with an enrollment of 43. Twelve are tak ing Ag. 1; nine Ag. 2, and twenty two Ag. 3. This is a slight increase over last year. Only two boys are enrolled from the Academy. During the nice weather this fall every effort is being made to take field trips to help us in, our stud ies. Trips have been made to the Hugo Holtz farm to judge sheep; twice to Vernon Beckwith’s home to select seed corn and make plans for remodeling a hen house; and on Monday last week 16 boys visited the Tri-State turkey farm. The whole department was permitted to attend the Holt County Feeder Calf Show. Saturday, October 2 four Ag boys and their instructor, Mr. Crosier, attended a district con ference in Norfolk. John Ether ton, a senior last year and this year’s FFA district vice president; Bennie Johring, FFA president; Dean Oberle, FFA secretary, and Dean DeLong, FFA treasurer, made the trip. Delegates and in structors attended the conference from twelve different schools from central and northeastern Ne braska. Our farm shop is the scene of great activity. We have two ob jectives this year. They are to give as much training as we can and at the same time build as much farm equipment as is need ed in our community to help the war efforts. Articles in constiuc tion at the present time are: 3 wagop boxes, 2 truck racks, 16 mash feeders, 2 feed bunks, 2 sheep troughs, and 10 milk stools. Many more orders are being plac ed. If you wish us to make you any equipment, even for next spring, please place your orders early. We are definitely handi capped for time and can only handle the early orders. We desire to give some adult training; to help in the war effort. In the near future some of you will be given notice of a poultry culling demonstration. Nine more meetings will be held after this, in an effort to increase egg pro duction. If you can attend only one of these important meetings, we are sure that it will help you. Watch for announcements con cerning this demonstration. If there is enough interest shown we will open up the school shop for the farmers to come in the evenings and do their own building and repairing. We may even secure the use of an electric welder if we have enough ma chinery repair. If you are inter ested. make us a call and details will be explained. Miss Mildred Cavanaugh re turned to Atkinson on Tuesday, after spending a few days visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I Maurice Cavanaugh. St. Mary’s Bows To Stuart, 16 To 0 St. Mary’s Academy six-man football team journeyed to Stuart on October 1, where they were handed a 16 to 0 defeat by the Stuart Bronchos. Don Holliday was the star for the Bronchos, as he made both touchdowns and both extra points. The Cardinals made some very substantial gains, most of them being on short pas ses. St. Mary’s passing attack was a lot better than their ground at tack, while the Bronchos were better on the ground than they were in the air. It was a good game and the Cardinals showed that with a little more experience they will have a good team. The starting lineups were: STUART End, Engler J. End, Hytrek Center, Jensen Q’rt’r, Holliday H., Schmaderer Full, Shaffer ST. MARY’S End, Early Center. Golden End, Froelich Q’rt’r, Merriman Half, Clark Fullback, Kelly Chambers-St. Mary's Last Friday the Cardinals jour neyed to Chambers, where they played the Coyotes from southern Holt and came back with a 25 to 20 defeat. The Cardinals showed that their experience at Stuart helped them a lot and they play ed a lot better game. They were ahead 20 o 19 with 15 seconds left in the game when a Chambers back went over the goal for the touchdown and t he winning points that gave St. Mary’s their second defeat, 25 to 20. Today the Cardinals are going to play Stuart here, and they ex pect to win their first game of the season. The game will start at 8 o’clock, and let’s all go and help cheer the Cardinals on to victory. Mrs. Arlo Hiatt entertained the M. M. Club at her home Thursday evening. Mrs. Guy Cole won high score, Mrs. Johnson second high, Mrs. C. C. Bergstrom all cut, and Mrs. Harold Lindberg all cut. GET IN THE FEED BUSINESS A mighty good business to be in today is the feed business. It is a war necessity business that is on the tipswing, and will provide you a.- good income nc*w, and a steady one for the future. No investment or equip ment needed. If you are inter ested, send your name and ad dress to P. O. Box 229 in care of The Frontier, and our Field Manager will give you a per sonal interview. Name__-.—. Address When You Find That You Must Buy New Clothes And You Can Do With Less One GOOD suit will outlast two inferior suits. Good tailoring outlasts poor tailoring. Fine, all wool fabrics will outlast “mixed” fabrics. A sensible war time measure—when suits have to last perhaps for the duration— is to buy quality. We’re in this war together, and we’ve pledged ourselves to provide the best there is to be had at the price. Step in, mister—buy quality! We Commend Particularly Our All Wool Suits at Others $19.75 to $27.50 Back the Attack WITH WAR ROHI "L~ .—■h-T-.T.IM'm i= Mrs. Phillip Mings of Valentine came Wednesday to visit her aunt, Mrs. J. P. Gallagher, and other relatives and friends. Tom Bowers of Denver, Colo., arrived Tuesday for a week’s visit with his wife and family and other relatives and friends. We Let the Stock Select This Real Feeding Corn ^ 1 here’s one way to find out what corn the livestock go for. That’s by letting them pick it out for themselves! We did— we let hogs and cattle choose from a complete assortment • ... then pro duced only the varieties they selected 1 SOLO WHERE YOU — see this si6n Every one of McNeilly’s Superior Hy brids is real feeding corn. Enough soft floury starch for palatability — enough of the harder yet mellow type to pack the weight on fast. Feed ers tell us McNeilly’s gives top finish. We know—it was v ^ ‘ ft. . j p. -j | | bred tor feeding! Order your McNeilly’s Superior Hybrid • * . \ f *4 .-t for 1944 now. Ask about the “guaranteed stand." SOLD BY PAUL SCHWISOW O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
