The Glasgow courier. [volume], February 03, 1944, Page Page 6, Image 6

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Returned Soldier Tells About
Glasgow Company in Guinea
••Night time, that's the time it's
hard on you in the jungle. You
fight ah <Sy; you get used to the
rifles and the machine guns and
the mortars. Then sundown comes
fast and it's quiet, too quiet . . .
"One big reason J°
low was because we cam^ out our
company commanders orders. Af^r
dark, everybody got In the foxholes.
You didn't smoke: you didnt talk,
you hardly mov«d That s wheio
you stayed tül daylight. Nobody was
supposed to talk and nobody a id.
When you heard talk, it was the
Japs. Sometimes they would> chatter
or yell an American name, ney.
Bill, where are you. But nobody
ever answered. '
This is part of the story brought
back by the first man to return
here alter service with Glasgow s
national guard company. He is
Private Floyd (Hardrock) Keltner,
home with a physical disability
discharge. He was past the age
when most men fight wnen he
entered the army of the United
States on Sept. 6, 1940. And 45 days
of steady combat last winter in
New Guinea's muck and brush
tangled jungle have left their mark
on him. He has suffered recurrent
attacks of malaria and other ail
ments.
"But it wasn't so bad," he adds.
"Some outfits had it tougher." He
reached the states last Sept. 29.
First he received treatment at Let
terman General hospital in San
Francisco later at Denver and St.
S tefore he came home this
th The doctors told him to
^kf it easy for a few months, or,
fot work at all. He hopes to get
back uT railroading, for he still
holds trainman's rights. He also
was* 5 employed at the Fitzpatrick
Iff™ here
dairy nere^
private Keltner went a loi g _wi
the 41st Division embarked lor P
Australia late in the winter of 194^
It arrived at an Australian i»ri
Easter day—not the first, out
of the first Amencan ui
reach ; d ®* n „"E de I 5' or fus b training
went through rigorous traini g
there.
Movement toward the
started late in 1942. It was first oy
transport to Port Moresby, then
"over the hump" of Papua s i 01 G , f j
mountains by planes—a movement
of men and supplies by General
George C. Kenny's Fifth air lorce
and Australian units that has won d
the plaudits of military leaders, it
was in these same Owen Stanley
mountains that another Montanan, ca
Associated Press correspondent vern
Haugland, wandered 43 deys after j 0!
parachuting from a disabled plane. re
Ahead of the men from tne
northwest had gone another nation- ^
al guard division from Michigan at
and Wisconsin, With the Australians
over the
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it had trekked
srSt'S SlÄÄ ti
crf^that^vlsion" the 32nd. was re
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private Keltner shares his pride
in his own company and division
with that of the national guards:
achievements in the Southwest
Pacific—the 32nd and the North
Dakotans who did their share of
fighting at Guadacanal. And he
has a solid respect for the Austra
lians as fighting men.
As he talked, he looked at a
photographic record called "Yanks
and Aussies in Battle." sent here bv
Chaplain (Major) Harald Siqueland
to Lieut Col. Carl E. Hammemess.
former commander of the Glasgow
company. , .
"That's most of the story right
there," he continued, pointing to a
file of men advancing through
jungle ankle deep in slimy mud.
"But generally the mud was knee
deeo or even waist deep "
The Glasgow company, with others
from Montana, fought at Buna and
Gona, but its major engagement
was at Sanananda. where it drove
the Japs from the coast, the first
of many engagements that has
pushed the enemy far up New
S'AÄ—
points* and* machine gun nests, a
slow and wearisome task, always
„ on. trouble. „ »Idem
gave the time for anything more
to eat than some hardtack or bully
beef. "About the time youd 8«
some coffee or tea brewed, some
body would yeU. come on, lets get
moving.' Then youd have to leave
,, „ major
living m the* 1 ; t ns e C t
problem, letal fierce P Malaria
!ife i 5 ffi 0 " 5 " 0 than the "ap
V J Cnfnea produces in plentiful
miantUies rra P t that outsize's a cat.
One Urtag ne?er seen was a snake,
Then after a day of fighting,
comes the quick night. It means only
hope of rest usually, packed into a
foxhole half'full of water that you
toxnoie nan iun u
eight or ten hours on end. Some of
the men, in other companies, "took
chances of getting out at night,
Some of them were lucky and some
weren't "
The J ,Teart?,r l tedtam WOU muany
oKout n i *in e the morning™!! was a
veils calcu
lated te undermine the Americans'
morale, but not very successful.
But, Keltner admits, it did get on
the nerves and once in a whue
someone would let go a nervous
burst of fire or toss a grenade.
"We came through so well, with
such light casualties, because we
had a fine comnany commander.
Captain Benson (formerly with the
highway patrol at Great Palls and
News for yon
about the
ANT to ENOW how the
new WAC recruiting policies
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apply to YOU?
Want to know whether you're
qualified for a special kind of
Army job — whether you'd serve
with the Air, Ground, or Service
Forces — whether yon could be
assigned to the part of the
country in which yon enlist?
TODAY—get full details at the
nearest U. S. Army Pccruit'ng
Station (your local post office
will give yon the address). Or
write to; The Adjutant Genera I.
Room 4415, Monitions Building,
Washington, D. C.
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Billings) and because our battalion
commander, Major Rankin was tops,
too," Keltner says. He recalls hav
ing frequently seen Lieut. *Col.
Charles E. Dawley of Great Falls,
regimental commander, in the com
^He^left the company in May to
retufn t0 Aust ralia for limited ser
vicç He ^ sorry t0 hear that the
outflt j s minus many of its
of{icers and men. fiUed with re
!acements , whUe others apparently
g aye gone train new units, are
)in f ited service or are receiving
treatment for ma iaria.
„ Th( . comp any was a lot like a
fam ii y . sure, we battled among
ourselyes £om etimes, but it was more
uke brot h e rs fighting. And it was a
am ii y feeling, living with a bunch
tbat you ha d known a good many
years. If I could go back, I.d like
0 with the same outfit."
someone has written a book about
tbe New Guinea campaign called
..The Hardest Fighting in
Wor id." private Keltner has a mem
ory of tb at fighting and a proud
one 0 f the men who did it.
Previous procedure whereby
local highway patrolman issued per
mils for overweight or overwidth
movements on the highway is no
longer in effect, it was announced
this week by Patrolman William
Wolden.
The patrolman pointed out that
issuance of permits always
under jurisdiction of the state high
department, not the highway
|f rol and t he procedure followed
merely as a convenience
^ of the , arge amount of
movin jn this section,
From now on. any person who
wishes to move overweight or over
width loads on any oiled highway
shou]d writ<1 to the district engineer,
te highway department. Wolf
point, and request an ' apphea
j- or S p ec i a f permit form." The
j neer w ill then send his apphea
on which must be filled out and
returned to him.
statements made in the apphea
will then be turned over to the
v j s j on supervisor of the highway
patro i or t o a patrolman, who will
check the statements on the appli
tj 0 n aeainst conditions as he finds
(henl investigating patrolman
sup ervisor may either sign or
f Use s j gn the permit.
pi-om now on, all applications will
re f erred to the district engineer
Wo]f point Mr Wolden said,
the
Patrolman Cannot
Issue Permit for
Moving on Roads
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Employes Should
Have Statements
Of Earnings Now
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Harold N. Graves, acting corn
mission of internal revenue, urged
a n wage earners today to start fill
tng in tbe ir annual income and
victory tax returns as soon as they
receive the wage and tax receipts
distributed by employers.
Thèse receipts, which employers
are required under law to issue by
Jan 3I show the amount of wages
pai d and the amount of income and
victory tax withheld during 1943.
Therefore, they provide the wage
earner with two of the key figures
be needs for filling in his return,
"As soon as you get your receipt,''
commissioner Graves commented,
,.y 0U should be in a position to
make out your return and you will
find it to your advantage to da so
a f the earliest date."
Any employe who has not re
C eived the receipt from his em
ployer should contact him and insist
upon being furnished at once with
a C opy of the receipt on Form W-2,
2Albert Craist to
dstttimse as Mead
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By courier Correspondent
HINSDALE — Albert G. Oraig,
wolshipful master of Kyle Masonic
, odge of H insdale, will continue in
tha( position for anot h e r year, it
was decided at a meeting of the
lodge. Daniel H. Oaasch was elected
to the position in December but died
before be could be installed. Othei
officers recently installed by the
lodge are John Black, senior war
den; F. L. Westrum treasurer; A
O. Nelson, secretary; Andrew Payne
senior deacon; H. B. Clay pool, jumoi
deacon; T. L. Cockrell, senior stew
aid; R. E. Hillman, junior steward,
tyler. Roy Hillman
Jr., elected junior warden, will be
installed at some future date, in
asmuch as he recently entered the
navy,
Soon we'll be hitting the French
invasion coast. How about you in
vading your pocketbook. Let's al)
1116 Attack. Buy more War
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Although Navy chaplains at
tached to Marine combat unite are
traveling In the company of men
with highly colored vocabularies,
they never forget their ecclesias
tical background, according to Stf.
Sgt, Jeremiah H. O'Leary, a Ma
rine Corps combat correspondent
Reporting an incident experi
enced by Chaplain Lonnie W.
Meachnm of Virginia Beach, Va^
Sgt O'Leary states:
-The chaplain was standing in a
chow line when someone inadvert
ently doused him with a container
of scalding soap. After a moment
he managed a wry grin and said:
" 'Would some layman please
say a few appropriate words?' "
Will you be showing
his Badge of Honor
nr window?
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farmer, every rancher in America is
cial reserve ever offered us. We will have
buildings to repair, machinery to replace,
* and improvements to buy later on. Where's
the money coming from if not from today's
earnings? And where's the money coming
from for that long vacation, for the chil
dren's education, for the new car?
Take a look at the types of War Bond
investments that are offered. Pick the type
that fits your particular needs. And then
write out the biggest check you can and
order Bonds today from your postmaster,
your bank or your Production Credit Associa
tion. When the money you are saving goes to
work for you tomorrow, you will look back
on this day as the wisest day you ever lived!
called to the greatest offensive yet . . . the
buying of more War Bonds than he has ever
bought before.
There are lots of other places we could
be putting our money, sure! And there are
lots of other places our boys could be than
in foxholes and slit trenches. But none of
those other things we'd rather be buying or
doing amount to anything right now. The
boys are doing their job. We've got ours to
do to take every cent we can scrape together
and buy War Bonds with it!
And what a lot of sense it makes, after
all. War Bonds are the safest and best finan
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during the Fourth War Loan. It is a badge of honor to be displayed with
pride. Be the first in your neighborhood to have one. Buy an extra War
Bond today!
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Pick the one that fits your needs
★ You can buy Series E War Savings
Bonds from your banlq postoffice, mai
carrier or Production Credit Asso
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★ You can name a co-owner or a bene
ficiary.
★ You never get less than you lend.
For America's future, for your future, for your
children's future, invest in extra War Bonds now!
Series E War Savings Bonds. For individuals. Purchaso limit, $5,000
(maturity value) in any one year. For a $25 Bond, you pay $18.75, get back $25 in
ten years. Likewise, the $50 Bond costs $37.50, the $100 Bond $75, and $500
Bond $375. and the $1,000 Bond $750. Interest figures out at 2.9% compounded
semi-annually, if held to maturity. These Bonds are not transferable, therefore
not good for collateral.
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as well as individuals. Purchase limit, $50,000 in any one year. You pay full price
for a Bond, but receive 2Vi% annual interest, paid to you semi-annually by Treas
ury check. Bonds will be redeemed in 12 years but can be redeemed prior to ma
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cerS/tu BACK THE ATTACK!
Service Store
Morgan & Jarrett
The Elat Shop
Farmers-Stockgrowers Bank
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Tork's Drug
F. A. Buttrey Co.
Buttrey Foods
Midwest Lumber Company
Peterson Mortuary
Self Service Grocery
Glasgow Cleaners
Gregory A Boyd
Home Oil & Refining Co.
Glasgow Hotel
Alvord's Food Store
Scott & Snyder
Shannon Hotel
Westland Oil Company
O. C. Teigen
Magruder Motor Co.
Federated Store
Markle Transfer Co.
Nor-Mont Dairies, Inc.
Monarch Lumber Co.
Montana Bar
Stan's Bar
First National Bank
The Fair Store
Elmer Johnson
General Repair Shop
Sternhagen Insurance Agency
West Side Grocery
Friedl's — Men's Wear
Holland Chapel
Glasgow Flower Shop
Gee. p. Mitchell
Otto M. Christinson Land Co.
E. L. Bowles
Dunn's Club, Coffee Shop
& Newsstand
Glasgow Transfer
Roman's Wrecking Yard
A. M. St. Clair & Co.
Jon's Ice Cream
Litening Super-Service
Yale Products
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H Mohr
Allen Cafe
Roxy Theater
Saveway Stores
Glasgow
Farmers Union Oil Co.
Hanfeon-Mersen Motors, Inc.
Glasgow Steam Laundry Co.
Northern Montana Seed
Growers Ass'n
Pacific Hide & Fur Co.
WonderKrust Bakery
Nashua
Glasgow Flour Mill Co.
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