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I f Neb. State Historical Society # t T.VTV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1943 NO. 25 Soil Conservation Meeting Here On November 10th 116 farmers and ranchers in Holt county have petitioned the State Soil Conservation Commit tee of Lincoln to hold two public hearings on the desirability and necessity of organizing a soil con servation district. Public hearings will be held by the state committee at the court house assembly room in O’Neill on November 10 at 2:30 p. m., and at Memorial hall in Atkinson at 8:00 o’clock p. m. All persons, firms and corpora tions who are landowners, rent ers or tenants and other interest ed parties in Holt county are in vited to attend the hearings and will be given an opportunity to k be heard on the question. The proposed soil conservation district is an organization to be set up voluntarily by the land owners of the county to conduct soil conservation work in the county. The district is managed by five supervisors elected from the land owners of the county. According to the state law gov erning the organization of soil conservation districts, no taxes, assessments or bonds can be made against the land or anyone living in the district. boil conservation assistance within the district is on a volun tary basis. If a farmer desires as sistance in soil or moisture con servation or shelterbelt work, he makes application to the district. A man assigned to the district, known as a technician, meets with the farmer and works out a plan with him for solving his land problems. After the hearings are held on the proposed district at two places in the county, a referendum is held and if 75% of the land own ers cast favorable votes the de tails of the organization will be completed. There are at present 43 soil conservation districts in Nebraska receiving assistance in soil and moisture conservation work. Holt county farmers will also receive much beneficial as sistance in applying soil and mois ture conservation practices, if a district is formed here. Nebraska Banks Give Their Services Again The Nebraska Bankers Associa tion has renewed its pledge to ft conduct the sale of War Bonds in this state without any cost to the government. By resolution in state conven tion held last week in Lincoln, the bankers characterized their work in selling and issuing war ; bonds as their most important achievement of the year and pledged continued free service to their government so long as the need shall exist. Continuation of activity in the 4-H club work and the encouragement of more and better livestock and food was promised, together with a pledge of assistance in the formation of, a sound financial structure for post-war planning. Robert I. Stout of Tekamah was elected president for the coming year. Edgar McBride of Blue Springs was named vice presi dent, C. W. Battey of Lincoln, treasurer, J. D. Stocker of Ne braska City, chairman of execu tive council, and Wm. B. Hughes of Omaha, secretary. Saunders Appointed To Library Commission Romaine Saunders of Atkinson has been appointed to the state library commission by Governor Griswold. He is to fill out the unexpired term of H. L. Webster of Tekamah, who died recently. Saunders’ appointment is effect ive immediately and is in force until June 8, 1946. Mr. Saunders has the ability to make a splen did member of the board. He is a student of literature, in fact reading good books is a hobby of his and the Governor could have made no better appointment to 0 this position. Congratulations, C Romaine. Chambers Will Play St. Mary’s Here Monday Next Monday night under the light at eight o’clock St. Mary’s will meet Chambers again. In the series Chambers took the first game 25 to 20, but since them St. Mary’s downed Butte 18 to 8. The Cardinals have had a taste of victory and the bug is in their blood. Monday’s tangle promises to be a real one. Both sides are out to win a game that already , looks like a thriller. There is plenty of dynamite on both sides. Monday night will tell the tale. Births Mr. and Mrs. Glen White of Amelia, a daughter born Satur day, October 23. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin LaRue of Ewing, a son, born last Friday. Lt. and Mrs. Donald Sutcliffe, of Quantico, Virginia, arrived Sat urday to visit Mrs. Sutcliffe’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDon ough and other relatives and friends. They left on Thursday for New River, N. C., where Lt. Sutcliffe will be stationed tem porarily. Mrs. Hans Egger, of Columbus, visited her mother, Mrs. Goldie Liddy for a few days last week. « THERE IS A WHITE CORN SHORTAGE For the past several years there has been a white corn shortage, but it reached an acute stage this summer when scores of corn mills throughout the country were forc ed to close because last year’s white corn crop was not large enough to carry through the year. The white corn crops have been so short in recent years that no carryover or reserve has been built up on which to draw when emergency demands for white corn arise. Such demands have been very heavy this year, and they are real emergency demands because they vitally affect the war effort. These demands are not alone for white corn food pro ducts, but industrial products as well, and both contribute their part to the war effort. There are two major reasons why a white corn crop is a logical cash crop for farmers. White corn brings a premium price over yel low corn, and there is a ready, steady demand for white corn in the commercial market. Both are very important factors in farming. OIL DRILLING MACHINERY NOW INSTALLED AT WELL The Loup Valley Syndicate in stalled their oil drilling machin ery at the site of the well the first of the week, completing the in stallation Wednesday noon. Mr. Dodge, the local manager, says that they expect to have a drill ing crew here within a very few days and will commence drilling. Here’s hoping that they will strike a gusher. WAR FUND DRIVE TO EXCEED QUOTA It appears to be a certainty that the Holt County United War Fund Drive will exceed the quota. Many of the precincts and towns have completed the campaign and following is the list showing the quota and final result of the drive in various places: Township Quota Paid Antelope ...$ 64.26 $ 75.00 Atkinson City_567.00 704.14 Cleveland__ 75.06 160.37 Coleman_ 80.22 117.25 Dustin . 62.16 109.65 Emmet City and Emmet Twp_147.00 176.97 Ewing ___ 74.34 87.00 Francis_ 52.50 67.75 Golden .. 122.22 154.50 Green Valley_ 88.62 147.60 Holt Creek _ 25.20 35.00 Iowa . 115.92 119 20 Josie _ 23.52 27.00 Saratoga _ 71.40 107.50 Shamrock.. 59.64 66.50 Sheridan _152.46 205.50 Stuart City.. 319.20 435.00 Verdigris . 224.70 321.00 Wyoming _116.34 277.68 The drive in O’Neill has not been definitely completed, but the quota of $1,063.44 has already been exceeded. Generous gifts from scrap collections at Stuart and O’Neill helped the commit tees in both places. The high mark for one contribution goes to Tom Doolittle of Amelia, who gave $50 to Mrs. Edgar Jungman, solicitor in Wyoming township. Other towns and townships are rapidly nearing the quotas. Holt County Has 41 Students At Lincoln Among the 14 students from Holt county at the University of Nebraska this fall, five are from O’Neill. Lotis Storjohn, junior, and Ann Pribil, sophomore, are both in teachers’ college. Patricia Schaffer, in the college of arts and sciences, and John Shoe maker, in the college of engineer ing, are also sophomores. Betty Storjohn is a freshman. Iven Walter, sophomore, in the college of arts and sciences, and Robert Turner, freshman, are from Chambers. From Emmet are Zane Cole, sophomore, in the college of bus iness administration, and George Cole, freshman. F. Lorraine French, sophomore, in the college of agriculture, and Robert Jorden, freshman, are from Page. Zelma Waldo, from Amelia, is a senior in teachers’ college. Jan ice Wilson, from Stuart, and Joel Birmingham, from Atkinson, are freshmen. Cadet Harold Calkins, who is in the Merchant Marine, arrived Tuesday from San Francisco, Cal., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Calkins and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Mattie Soukup returned Wednesday from Omaha, where she had been recovering from an operatiofl performed last week. | She had been visiting Mr. and; Mrs. Bernard Matthews. Harold Shoemaker, of Norfolk, was here over the week-end for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shoemaker and brother, Richard. Harold has been sworn into the army and leaves Norfolk today for Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. His wife and three children will remain in Norfolk. Mrs. Lett Johnson gave a dinner Wednesday evening, honoring her sister, Mrs. V. C. Johnson, of Lincoln, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Johnson had as their guests over the week-end, Obert Stene of Brocket, N. D., and Joe Kalena, of Table Rock, Nebr. Roy C. Pettijohn Died Wednesday At Stuart Roy Clesson Pettijohn passed away at the Stuart Hospital at 5 o’clock Wednesday morning, after an illness of about one week, of ulcers of the stomach, at the age of 44 years, seven months and seven days. The body was brought to O’Neill and the funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church at 2 o’clock p. m., Friday, Octo 29, 1943, Rev. Kenneth Scott, of ficiating, and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Roy C. Pettijohn, son of the late Charles R. Pettijohn, was born in O’Neill on March 20, 1899. He at tended the O’Neill schools and grew to manhood in this city. In the spring of 1918 his father pur chased a ranch north of Stuart and Roy went up to the ranch, where he lived for a number of years, moving to the farm north of this city two or three years ago. On April 25, 1927 he was united in marriage to Miss Cora Robert son of Burke, S. D. Two children were born of this union, one son and one daughter, Lois Jean, 15, and Dale Edwin, 12, who with their mother are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affec tionate husband and father. About Sale Of Rationed Foods By Farmers 1— Question: May a farmer sell butter, lard and cheese which he produces? Answer—Yes. 2— Question: May a farmer sell a portion of the meat that has re sulted from farm slaughtering? Answer—Yes, but F. D. A. re quires him to have a farm slaugh tering permit. 3— Question: Can a farmer have his livestock slaughtered by a cus tom slaughterer? Answer—Yes. For his own pro tection, however, he must satisfy himself that the custom slaugh terer has a permit and that a farm or custom slaughter declara tion is made out and sent to local War Price and Rationing Board on each animal slaughtered. 4— Question: Must a farmer col lect points when he sells rationed foods? Answer—Yes. 5— Question: How many points must he collect? Answer—The number of points to be collected is determined by multiplying the number of pounds of each item sold by the point value of the item as shown on the applicable current official Office of Price Administration point value chart. 6— Question: Is a farmer re quired to make a report of the sale of rationed foods which he produced? Answer—Yes, on OPA Form R-1609 (if his sales or transfers are less than $2,000.00 in any one month). 7— Question: What does a far mer do with the points he col lects? Answer—He must turn them in to his local War Price and Ra tioning Board with his report on Form R-1609. 8— Question: Where and how can OPA Forms R-1609 be ob tained? Answer—OPA Forms R-1609 may be obtained from the local War Price and Rationing Boards by calling for them in person or by writing to the local board ask ing that the forms be mailed to you. $370.26 Cigarette Money Has Been Collected The sum of $370.26 has been taken out of the milk bottles around town, for the purpose of buying cigarettes for the boys overseas. Previous to October 1st there had been sent 140,000 cigarettes to boys from this area overseas, and'on October 1 they bought 149 individual cartons to send over seas as Christmas presents. The American Legion now has $170 in the treasury for this purpose. Larry Phalin Visits The Old Home Town Larry Phalin arrived home last Friday, from San Francisco, Cal., for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. Frank Phalin and with other old friends here. He left here Saturday for New York City, where he will enlist in some branch of the armed forces. Larry, who is a graduate nurse, has been over seas for the past year and a half, being stationed in Eritrea, where he was in the employ of the Douglas Aircraft company, looking after the phy sical welfare of the company’s employees in that for off section of the globe. He just arrived in San Francisco from Eritrea last week. —-- - Hospital Notes Mrs. Raymond Schmidt and baby dismissed last Saturday. Mrs. Melvin Johnson and baby dismissed on Monday. Mrs. Melvin Thoren and baby, of Chambers, dismissed Monday. Douglas Hill dismissed last Fri day. W. O. Whitehead of Stuart dis missed on Wednesday. Mrs. Clyde Neil dismissed last Saturday. Mrs. Erwin LaRue and baby, of Ewing, dismissed on Tuesday. i \BREEZESFROM | THE SOUTHWEST By Romaine Saunders Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rt. No. 5 l——— Maybe they should be known as the smarty set instead of the smart set. The smoker is an expert at lighting a match. He does the trick on anything from the sole of a boot to an overall button. Dave Ratliff of Atkinson has been hauling baled hay from the Knudzen ranch, and also the Breezes premises, for more than a week, loading it into cars at At kinson. The people of earth are in volved in war against their will. If earth’s mighty hands would close over the throats of a few of the leaders the roar of guns would cease. A submarine measures 300 feet or over in length, a destroyer 400 feet, a cruiser 550 feet, aircraft carrier 750 feet, battleship 800 feet. The largest coast guard cut ter is 327 feet. ■4. ,. J. Q. Public may cheer up. Lin coln gets a nickle street car rate and I got a jar of the stuff you “shorten” pie crust with at a 10 per cent lower price. Light is breaking across the horizon for the “common man.” * Turkey raisers have sustained more than the usual losses from the depredations of coyotes this season in this section. From the various flocks in the neighbor hood more than 100 of these val uable birds have gone down the throats of the prairie’s worst pests. Romaine Saunders, Jr., on leave from Coast Guard duty at Hono lulu the past two years and some months, visited his parents last week and this. This is his first leave since shipping in early in May of 1941. He will report for further assignment early in No vember at San Francisco. It seems like at least a shade of contempt for public opinion to pick up a gent £yho was knocked over by the vowr and place him in a lucrative job “directing” one of the multitude of “war efforts.” The public is glad to learn, how ever, that they “enjoy the work.” Wonder how those fellows with a half-hundred pack on their backs down there in the stinking holes of the South Pacific enjoy their work. The following purports to be the answer to who is to head up world affairs as the outcome of the war. It is a clever arrangement but I do not know where to place the credit as it appeared in a paragraph enclosed in quotations when I saw it: C-hurchill? H-itler? R-oosevelt? I^l Duce? S-talin? T-ojo? When one learns what some brave souls are experiencing a flush of shame should be felt at being vexed at the bother of rationing. M. C. Warren, one of those intrepid missionaries who go into the hard places of the earth, telling of his itinerary in Yuunan, China, passes over one evening’s experience with a few lines. He says: “We rested and dried our clothes while field corn roasted in the ashes. We made a meal on this corn, eating several large ears. This ripe, roasted corn, shelled from the ear and eaten hot was delicious. I enjoy ed a night of refreshing sleep on boards with my feet toward the fire.” Men in over seas service resent the idea of these collection bottles and boxes stuck around the towns to gather money to send them magazines and smokes, saying they have1, funds of their own and if they want those things they can buy them. Probably with all good intentions we are doing too much babying of the men in the country’s service. All they ask is that when they return, the home land is a land of freedom where they have an equal chance with all other citizens to shape each his individual destiny neither hampered nor pampered as wards of the state. Service men will “go overboard," as navy express it, for a buddy in need of money but are not wanting any handouts from home. These collections add that much more money to wealth swelled corpor ations. The Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service of the O’Neill Metho dist church are sponsoring a book review in the chureh parlors at 2:30 o’clock next Wednesday af ternoon, November 3. Mrs. Ira George will give the review, the proceeds of which will be turned over for the use of China Relief, a project now being sponsored over the entire county by the W.S.C.S. The charge will be 35 cents. Tea will be served following the review. Julius Eppcnbach, Early Settler Here, Passes On Julius Eppenbach was born | April 25. 1875, at Waterville, i Minnesota, and departed this life ! at his farm home 15 miles north | east of this city on October 22, 1943, at the age of 68 years, five months and 27 days, after an ill ness of several months, due to a heart ailment. He came to this county with | his parents when a small boy and : they settled on a farm north of O’Neill, which has been known for years as Maple Grove. He grew to manhood in that vicinity. Julius was always known as a j very industrious and hard work i ing man. He was united in marriage to Jennie Lichty on August 2, 1908. To this union ten cnilden were born, nine of whom survive. He leaves to mourn his passing his | faithful wife and children. The children are: Mrs. Pauline Leise, O’Neill; Mrs. Faye Bailey, O’Neill; Pvt. Ernest, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Pvt. f. c. Vern, of Leonard Wood, Missouri; Lyle, O’Neill; Earl, of O’Neill; Mrs. Lois Knoell, of O’Neill and Doris and Dale at home. Also two step-daughters, Mrs. Ruth Morgan and Mrs. Hazel McClanahan, of O’Neill, and sev eral grandchildren and one great grandchild. He also leaves two sisters: Carrie, of White Bear, Minn., and Emma, of St. Paul, Minn. F'ive brothers also survive. They are: August, of Waterville, Minn.; Christ, of Gresham, Nebr.: Fred, of Inman, Nebr.; Alfred, of Viewfield, S. D., and Joe, who resides in Oregon and a host of other relatives and friends. The funeral was held Sunday, October 24. 1943, from the Meth odist church in O’Neill, with the Rev. Dawson Park in charge. The pallbearers were, Clarence Wrede, Carl Widtfeldt, Irvin Simonson, Lee Blake, John Lansworth and Henry Martin, all of O’Neill. He was laid to rest in Prospect Hill cemetery beside his son, Milo, who passed away in 1938. Dear Daddy, rest in peace. ** Reception Held Sunday For Sgt. Lawrence Rouse A reception was held at the Howard Rouse home last Satur day, in honor of their son, Sgt. Lawrence Rouse, of Stockton Field, Cal., where he has been stationed for the past year and a half and who was home on a fur lough. Those who attended the dinner were: Herbert Rouse and I son, Marvin, of Inman; Miss Maude Rouse, Mrs. F. H. Griffith, Mrs. Minnie Bay, Mrs. Eric Borg and Marvel, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Young, Mary and Stanley, of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young, Thelma, Edward and Helen, of Opportunity; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters, Florence, i Lavone, Allen and Arlene. Mrs. Christine Walters, Clint McMil lan, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hubby. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaczor and son, Gerald, Mr. and Mrs. Albert * Kaczor, Kenis, Willie, Lilia and Bernice Hansen. The ladies served a delicious din ner and all were glad that Law rence could come home and hope that the next time he comes it will be to stay. He left Wednes day for his post of duty at Stock ton, Cal. Melvin Ruzicka Again Manager At Gamble’s Melvin Ruzicka, who was the local manager of the Gamble store for several years, prior to his in duction into the army some months ago, is back on the job as manager, having been discharged from the army and taking over his old job last week, succeeding Mr. R#inaas, who was appointed manager to succeed him. The many patrons of this popular es tablishment will be glad to see him back at his old position. Mr. Reinass has returned to South Dakota. Prices Must Invariably Follow Wages With the milk, butter and cheese situation daily becoming more critical, not to mention many other agricultural crops, Fred H. Sexauer, president of the Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, says: “Food scarcity could have been avoided had the government treated the problem as realistical ly gs it has the problem of pro ducing tanks, planes and ships. “To obtain the materials for war, the government has followed a policy of paying prices for equipment that encourage manu facturers to expand their facili ties and production. In the case of agriculture, particularly dairy ing, the policy has been just the opposite. “Limiting milk sales will not cause any increase in production. The only way that a greater re duction in the supply of milk can be prevented is throueh a price to producers that will enable them to meet steadily rising costs of production.” Miss Veva Aim and Miss Hen I rietta Schrier entertained four j teen guests at Miss Aim’s home Friday evening at a baby shower in honor of Mrs. Bayne Grubb ! and Mrs. Howard Jeffrey. A de i licious luncheon was served. PRICE FIXING RUNS WILD The American people have read in recent news reports that the OPA has filed complaints against certain of the nation’s large va riety store companies, charging that they are in violation of MPR 330 which contains a price line limitation provision that prohib ! its any concern from selling any goods at price lines higher than J those carried in March, 1942. The ; fact that the price lines handled 1 back in March, 1942, may no ! longer be available from manu I facturers, seems to mean nothing I to the OPA. Among companies that have been cited are F. W. Wool worth ; Co., McCrory Stores, J. J. New i berry Co., Murphy Co., H. L. 1 Green Co., Neisner Bros., W. T. i Grant Co., and J. C. Penney Co. OPA has failed to control whole-. I sale and manufacturing costs and prices for inexpensive lines of j women’s and children’s clothing, i Now it is trying to prevent stores j from making those practical ad justments in price lines which | must be made in order to supply I customers with the best available I values from obtainable supplies j today. It Is impossible for any fair minded person to understand OPA’s reasoning when it says it is illegal for a store to add a line of children’s dresses at $5.98 when the highest priced line previously carried was $3.98—particularly if no more dresses are available at the $3.98 price, or if the store wishes to sell a better dress for $5.98. Regulaion of this type has very serious implications which go away beyond what effect it may have on the stores in question or other companies which may later be cited. It is an attempt to pro hibit certain perfectly legitimate activities within specified lines of business, and to regulate the bus iness itself instead of regulating prices. If this particular regula tion is continued, it will wipe out countless small merchants whose volume comes primarily from the sale of low-priced women’s and children’s outer wear. Such ad ministration makes a mockery out of the real intent of laws passed by Congress to establish reason able wartime controls of essential civilian commodities. FARMERS MUST COLLECT RATION POINTS Farmers who either sell or transfer rationed foods, such as fresh or smoked meats, all types of sausage, lard, butter and cheese are required to collect ration points from purchasers. The num ber of points they should collect for these foods is listed for the I particular item on the official table of point values for rationed meats, fats, and dairy products. This table is available at both the County War Board and the Local War Price and Rationing Board. The full cooperation of farmers is essential for the success of the food rationing programs, M. E. Rawlings, district director of the Office of Price Administration, pointed out. Under these pro-! grams the main responsibility of j farmers is simply this: 1— Farmers who sell or trans fer rationed meats, fats and dairy products are required to collect the number of ration points listed on the table of point values for i the item. 2— They are required to turn over to their local OP A Rationing Board all ration stamps received from the sale of rationed foods. These points are to be surrender ed with the report for the month in which the sales were made. This report must be filed not later than fifteen days following that month. 3— Farmers who deal in these rationed foods must also register with the Local Rationing Board. The report Form R-1609 may be obtained, however, at any local board. It is not necessary for the farmer to go to his local board to register. When he files his first report, and submits ration stamps for sales of rationed foods during the previous month, he auto matically becomes registered. Predict Grasshopper Scourge Next Year Entomologists recently made a survey and judging from the number of adult grasshoppers that were present in a number of areas in northwest and central Nebraska, increased damage can be expected by grasshoppers next year. The north central area, the counties in which the grasshop-1 per situation will be threatening, include Valley, Greeley, Custer, Howard, Hall, Boone. Nance, An ♦ lone, Madison and Platte. In Madison county the areas that ore most threatened include the west central and south central parts, reports County Agent Mon son of Madison county. In order to reduce this threatening dam-, age next year, it is going to be; necessary that an increased amount of poison bait be used | early in the season.—Battle Creek Enterprise. Fred Cronk and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cronk and children, all of Page, were dinner guests of the Misses Margaret and Hazel Cronk Tuesday evening. Another Nebraska Firm Gets Army-Navy E Award Those attending the presenta tion of the army and navy “E” award to the Fairmont Creamery ; Company at Crete, Nebr., on Oc | to be 21 will have the opportun I ity to see one of the early heroes or this war—a holder of the Dis tinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. In fact, he is being given a special, temporary release from Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa, where he is a patient, for the pur pose of participating in the cere mony, Seventh, Service Command headquarters in Omaha, announc ed today. He is Master Sergeant Marion T. Shepherd, 24, of Salina, Kan., and he will pin on the coat lapei of John Hanzel, 48 years a Fair mont employee, the individual award attending the company honor. This act will be symboli- . cal of individual pin awards to all Fairmont employees who aid ed in winning the company “E” award. Sergeant Shepherd probably will make no reference to his own war service, but his army record at Seventh Service Com mand headquarters shows he was on his twenty-ninth operation against the enemy, serving on this as a bombardier aboard a U. S. flying fortress, when his plane caught fire on October 27, 1942, over Rekota in the Solomons, in the cross-fire of Japanese Zero planes. A piece of enemy flak came through the bottom of the fort ress, chipped out a six-inch bone splinter from Sergeant Shepherd’s left arm and also injured his left shoulder. In the same action the radio operator of the plane had a leg shot away and after the plane had landed, 55 holes, each larger than a man’s fist, were counted in the plane itself. When the engagement with the enemy occurred, the fortress was flying 720 miles from its base and without radio communication. Be cause of a shortage of gas and damage to the plane it was com pelled to travel at a low speed and did not reach its base until 6 Mi hours later. There yet remain ed an eight-mile overland trip to the hospital. Sergeant Shepherd enlisted in the army’s air force in 1939 and at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor was stationed nearby at Hickam Field, which also was heavily attacked. Later he par ticipated in the battle over Mid way Island. At the time of his iniury he had amassed more than 300 hours of flying credit in op erations against the enemy and another 300 hours in ferrying planes and other like air duties. Livestock Prices Rule Steady At Local Yards The liberal supply of both cat tle and hogs at the local market last Monday sold at mostly steady to slightly easier prices as com pared with a week ago. The im pending ceiling prices on live cat tle had little or no effect on the prices paid here. The market un dertone seemed firm enough and demand was active, especially on the better grades. Steer calves reached upwards, to $14.00 on a scattered few light weights. However, the long end of supplies made $12.50 to $13.50. Heifers in this class cashed mostly at $11.25 to $12.25, with an ex treme top of $12.75. Choice qual ity was lacking. Lightweight yearling steers of medium quality paid as high as $12.75 with the bulk making $12.00 to $12.50. Heifers cashed at $11.25 to $12.00 Two-year-old steers rang up pri ces ranging from the elevens to the low twelves. Heifers made from $10.75 to $11.50. Cow supplies were heavier than usual and prices looked easier. Beef kinds made the tens, with the better grades nosing upwards to the high tens. Commoner grades cashed from $9.25 to $10.00 and just ordinary cows paid in the eights. Canners and cutters rang ed in price from $6.26 to about $8.00. Bulls were off in price, with $10.00 being paid on 1350 pounders. The ceiling price again claimed the bulk! of the hog trade—butch ers and sows sharing the ceiling for an extreme top. Too light butchers sold anywhere from $13.50' to $14.00. Extremely heavy sows made $13.75 to $14.00, but the heavyweights rated the $14.10 top. Several long strings of feeder pigs were here and paid a top of $12.10. A fair supply of sheep and about a dozen horses finished the offering. Next regular auction on Monday, November 1. Marriage Licenses Gerald Sazama, 22, of Page, and Leona Spes, 17, of Ewing, on October 23. County Court George Mentzer was arrested on October 22 by Patrolman Wal ter and charged with having the wrong license, plates. He was fined $3 and costs of $2.10. Mrs. G. S. Graybiel left Wed nesday for Chicago, where she will join her husband. They will make their home in Chicago.