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LAUREL OUTLOOK
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Official Paper of Yellowstone County
VOLUME 36—NO. 52
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1945
FIVE CENTS
MAKES SWITGH TO
WARMED, DRIER
Rainfall Declines In Week, No
Station Reporting More Than
Inch During Period
Unseasonably cold with near rec
ord-breaking temperatures occurred
overmost of Montana from Wed
nesday to Saturday. Morning read
ings those days were near freezing
over the east and much of the cen
tral areas, and below freezing in
the highlands and valleys of the
southwest portion. The last two
days of the week warmed up con
siderably and brought much better
growing weather, with afternoon
readings of 76 to slightly over 80
degrees quite generally.
Although showers were about as
frequent as in the preceding weeks,
totals were much less, no station
reporting more than an inch. The
showers appeared more local also.
During the cold, considerable snow
fell in the mountains and highlands
of the southwest. Light hail that
resulted in very little damage fell
in several northwestern counties.
Winds were noticeably high on Fri
day and Saturday over the easstem
portion.
Weather records show the great
est June rainfall at Missoula was
in 1876 when 4.83 inches fell; Boze
man had 8.01 inches in 1880; Bil
lings, 7.07 in 1939; Livingston, 7.2
in 1944, and Red Lodge, 10.24 in
1944. There are 40 weather observ
ing stations in the state, of which
16 show last year had the greatest
June rainfall. This year's June is
two-thirds spent, but may establish
new records at some of the stations.
Comparisons indicate a build-up in
rainfall that began about 1939.
While most counties now report
ample moisture for crops, the cold
weather and lack of sunshine last
week held back growth, especially
in the case of the inter-tilled crops.
Grain crops and grass fared better,
with improved stands reported in
some aceas which suffered an earl
ier lack of moisture,
cier and Hill counties, however, still
report poor crop prospects as a re
sult of insufficient moisture while
parts of northeastern Montana have
not received enough rain to date.
Winter wheat is generally in good
condition, but scattered damage
from wireworms continued to be re
ported as well as root rot in a few
spots in northcentral and central
Montana. Most winter wheat is in
the boot stage while the earlier
fields are heading out in the south
ern areas. Spring grains are re
ported 7 to 8 inches high in Valley
county and have generally made a
Parts of Gla
fair groVth to date. The continued
lack of sunshine has caused some
fields to turn yellow in north cen
tral Montana.
Sugar beets made poor progress
last week, especially east of the
mountains. The cold weather and
continued thinning
been unfavorable factors, with some
fields now getting quite weedy for
thinning.
Com, beans and potatoes are in
much need of warmer weather and
quite backward for this time
delays have
are
of year.
Hoppers are hatching in a large
number of counties but to date dam
age has been too light to require
baiting. Wire-worm and cut-worm
damage is now on the decline.
Summer fallow operations are re
ported delayed in a number of coun
ties.
In western Montana cold cloudy
weather retarded pollinisation of
fruit crops.
Livestock generally are in good
condition- Shearing is progressing.
Considerable cattle and sheep are
already on summer range.
Wedding Anniversary
Of Shays Celebrated
To honor Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Shay on their thirtieth wedding an
niversary a group gathered at their
home Sunday as a surprise and
served a potluck dinner. The honor
guests were presented with a num
ber of gifts during the afternoon.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. William Winkler and daughter
Minnie Belle of Edgar, Miss Kay
Sweeney and Miss Marjorie Shay
of Billings, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Wold,
Mrs. Carrie Erb, Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Grubs, Miss Valma Shay, Mrs.
William Schwab, Norwood Shay,
Zella Grubs, Calvin Grubs, Mrs.
Kenneth Shay and son Norman and
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Shay.
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These marine pilots made aviation history off Okinawa by knocking
down 24 Jap planes in 25 minutes. L. to R. in rear are: Maj. G. Axtell, La
guna Beach, Calif.; Col. W. E. Dickey, Du Bois, Pa.; Maj. J. Dorrah, Hood
River, Ore.; Lt. E. Abner, Washington. Front row (L. to R.): Lt. W. L.
Hood, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Lt. J. J. O'Keefe, Biloxi, Miss.; Lt. N. T.
Theriault, Milford, Mass.; and Lt. C. Allen, Fort Worth.
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Laurel Soldier Sees A Session Of
San Francisco World Conference
P.F.C. James Cusick, Fort Win
field Scott, Calif..
San Francisco.—In the service,
one finds association with three per
sonages to be of the utmost in ad
vantage to him. They are a mess
sergeant, the supply sergeant, and
the special service officers. It was
through the latter that I was able
to acquire a ticket to the evening
session on June 13 of the Public
Commission of the United Nations
Conference for International Organ
ization here in San Francisco.
The Conference opened on April
25 and in all appearances it has hit
its stride. Gaining admittance has
D'FRANGE TELLS OF
HARROWING EPISODES
AS PRISONER OF WAR
First Lieut. Gene DeFrance who
lately arrived home from a German
prison camp was the first speaker
Tuesday at the weekly meeting of
the Rotary club. He told a highly
interesting story in response to
questions from the members.
His plane was shot down and he
He was
bailed out in flames,
virtually blinded by the burns, and
in that condition was captured by
German army men. He considered
the circumstance fortunate, for he
said he would have been killed im
mediately had he been captured by
civilians. As it was he was "hand
led pretty rough,
doctor, a prisoner, operated on one
of his burned eyes and did a good
job with almost nothing to work
with.
DeFrance attempted twice to es
cape. Once a Belgian (one of the
misplaced persons) helped him by
buying a railroad ticket that took
him far. But the luck did not hold
and DeFrance became the captive
of two S. S. men. One of the pair
insisted that they heat up the pris
oner before they killed him. The
beating up was through—to near
the point of insensibility—but the
delay proved fortunate, for an of
ficer from another corps strolled by
and gave orders that suspended the
murder.
DeFrance told of a number of in
cidents and could well have occupied
the entire afternoon.
The second speaker was Howard
A. Lang, plant superintendent at
the Billings factory of the Great
Western Sugar company. He de
scribed the intricate process of
making sugar from beets, beginning
with delivery of the beets to the
factory and ending with the packag
ing of the white granulated product.
An Australian
Twelve tables of bridge and five
DeMolay Mothers
Entertain At Cards
hundred were in play when the De
Molay mothers club entertained last
Wednesday in the basement rooms
of the Masonic temple.
Winners of the first and second
scores for the women in bridge were
Mrs. R. C. Brown and Mrs. W. H.
Hatfield, and in five hundred Mrs.
James O. Speare and Mrs. Christina
Keck. Winning for the men in
bridge were O. K. Chapman and
Peter Thomson and in five hundred
were F. W. Graff and M. P. Renner.
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Before going to our seats we
stood in the foyer of the opera
house to. in the army vernacular,
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might come in. While standing
there we saw Dean Gildersleeve,
Sn na sL SSTB wSTe" 1 ?;
Lin Sian Kwan, who was the or
ganizer of Chinese naval resistance
and for who Tojo has a few yen
on his head, and there were other
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iraa to nave a formal introduction.
Fearful that someone would take
our seats, which were about as far
up as you could possibly go, we
took the elevator to the last stop.
The setting of the conference is
particularly inspiring. The impres
sive effect of the stage with the
speakers' rostrums, one for the chair
and the other for the addressee of
the conclave, flanked by four huge
tt tbe flags of the ® ft
United Nations buttressed by them,
greatly augments the serenity and!
gravity of the purpose of this great
assembly of nations. The onera
house itself has been recognized the
world over as a masterpiece in art
and culture, and it is an edifice that
will proudly bear the memory of
this conference. With the opening
of a session the entire main floor
is brought to daylight* by great
heretofore been extremely difficult,
and even with the high ranking of
ficials returned to their respective
countries the uniform is still an in
valuable asset in getting into these
sessions. Tickets are issued to
quotas of men from every branch
of the service located in this area.
My group marched in close forma
tion with soldiers, sailors, and mar
ines.
floodlights played from the sides of
the auditorium.
The chairman of this session was
the head of the Norwegian delega
tinr, Mr »? », B
Srée M The W p rmenta^ precS
se r ;: r L f : r prevenS h>PS f thiS V 0
W o^rtZ T T I T
tory orations by diplomatic f.h
used is r V r 81 lang ? a F
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was 1 «
was a spectacle He had an audio-.
photographic mind w,th the remark
able mental ability to repeat a fivej
to ten-minute discourse without the
ai ® 110 s '
, was sec °nd meeting of
the Third Commission and a pre
senting of the unanimous decision
of the Fourth Committee on Reg
ional Arrangements. Dr. Welling
ton Koo of China rapporteur of the
Third Commission's Committee IV.
He presented >the accomplishments
of the committee and lauded their
efforts. The points that were de
termined were amendments to the
Dumbarton Oaks Proposals: (1)
Parties to any dispute, whether in
dividual or collective, obligate them
selves to Regional Agencies for set
tlement. (2) All local means are to
be exhausted before reverting the
case to the Security Council. (3)
Enforcements were to be made by
the Council. (4) If an act of ag
'gression is made against an individ
ual or collective group of powers,
they could defend themselves until
the action of the Security Council.
The first speaker was Senator
Vandenberg who was very active on!
the committee. He stressed they
had found a practical means of
maintaining the regional in conjunc
tion with the global. He termed it
king links that have been weld
ed into the global chain." The next
speaker was Francisco Castillo Na
jera, the Mexican ambassador to the
United States. He established Pan
busters.
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PVT. BENNIE SUIT
IS KILLED IN AGIN
Loses Life May 27 On Minda
nao—Had Been In Army
About Seven Months
Word was received from the war
department Saturday that
Bennie Smidt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Smidt, was killed in action
on Mindanao, May 27. He was in
ducted into the army Nov. 13, 1944,
and came home on furlough March
13 of this year. He had been in
the Pacific three weeks.
Private Smidt's wife, the former
Miss Evelyn Rodgers, resides here.
Pvt.
VETERANS' SERVICE
CENTER CONTINUES
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Representatives of Laurel organi
zations who contribute to the main
tenance of the Veterans of the Vet
erans Sendee Center at Billings at
tended a meeting of the council
Tuesday evening. Those from here
were Hilmar Waage, representing
Corinthian lodge No. 72, A. F. &
A. M.; Frank Baird, American Le
gion post No. 123; J. L. McArthur,
Railway Carmen's union, and R. B.
Packar j Laurel Commercial club.
j recommended that the
counci , ^ extended ^ ther year
and that contributions be received
. jod.
- J~L ran< , service Center is
™ rendTrSg a multi
tude of practical serv ices to veter
, .. . famil : €S rantr i ni r from
.. . correction of dis
, J h ded to securing
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Äy volu^rf contributors it SLs
! . «pvoral thousand calls a num
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ice men or their dependants'. '
A delegate who attended the
niee ting Tuesday said the council
(decided that should a similar office
operated by the state do as well or
better in serving the veterans,
voluntary office will be discontinued
yjand unspent money returned to the
donors.
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^ r - and Mrs. T. F. Milligan have
rece ^ ve< ^ a c°PY a
to their son, P.F.C. Jack H. Milli
gan of the marine corps, by the
commanding officer of a U. S. fleet
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unit operating in the Pacific.
"S* May \ tbe —
i^partm/ntr you" conduct an^ skiil
while under heavy enemy air at-'
tacks contribut ed to the destruction
I of at least 10 enemy aircraft.
"Your loyalty, steadfast devotion
to duty and courage in maintaining;
^ nvxrrt* gun fire in the
face y of e suicide attacks are
jn keeping . wi t h the hiRhes t tradi-|
tions of the United States naval
jservice.
"It is with sincere admiration that
First Lt. Audie L. Murphy, Farm
ersville, Texas, is the most decorat
e d American soldier. He has every
decoration for bravery save the Le
C«on of Merit. Murphy won the
Congressional Medal of Honor b>
bea«ng off 250 Germans and six
tanks at Colmar.
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Wilson Of Helena To Become
Vice President At Associa
t ion Meeting June 23
,
A. J. Hanlein, retired conductor
of Tacoma, Wash., will be elected
president of the Volorans Associa
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t,0n ° f the ^ f
! way at tbe annua * meet, ng at Ta
coma. June 23. J. P. Schabert, St.
Paul, retiring president, who an- 1
bounced the meeting, said that ini
addition to officers and directors,
onlv ° embers Urin* inthe Tacoma I
wiTaUend in compliance with
the^V^ / es trictions on dvilian
:
g ^ Wilson Helena Mont sen -1
ior director will be decOd vice 1
director, wm ne tiecreu via
|P res 1 ldent and A ' ^ Uu , c ' .L'Sper
1 a V ' secretar >-treasurer an(i
jtonan will be re-elected. He recent- j
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EIn ? er T F> . ? ater, _' St ' 1 aul > a, ' d
Maurice J. Ainey, Tacoma, will be
re '^ cted directors and H H. Ells
worth, Helena, will be added to the
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j Northern Pacific officers and em
ployees with 30 years' service with
the company are eligible to member
ship in the Veterans association.
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at a meeting June 14 of Laurel
; post No. 123, American Legion.
j Norwood Shay was named com
; mander f or the
Si! IS ELECTED HEAD
AMERICAN LEGION POST
Officers were elected for 1945-46
coming year. In
stallation will be the first fall meet
ing, as the post has suspended meet
ings during the summer.
In addition to Shay as command
er, other officers elected last week
were C. E. McKinney, first vice
commander; Nels Ness, second vice
commander;
Frank Baird, finance officer, C. H.
Royalty, chaplain; Homer Sheets,
historian, and Lester Lesher, ser
S. S. Bliss, adjutant:
ge ant-at-arms.
!GUT FOOD ALLOTMENT
Hotels and restaurants that have
been getting somewhat larger rat
ioned food allotments than house
have their
will
hold consumers,
rations reduced beginning July 1.
It is necessary that the rationing
program for restaurants and other
institutional users be further tight
ened just as it has been for con
sumers, the OPA said.
The concerns will get approxi
mately the same per meal allow
ance as the housewife.
SET AT
8 LBS. PER PERSON
Denver and Helena Offices Of
OPA Declare There Is Not
Enough For All Demands
To explain why there is less sugar
this year for canning purposes, the
office of price administration at
Denver has issued a statement,
The facts
may be summed up this way: The
1945 production will be a million
and a half tons less than the con
sumption last year, brought about
by greater military demands, need
of the liberated countries, drouth
and hurricanes in Cuba, loss of the
Philippine supply, labor trouble in
Puerto Rico and broken factories,
ruined beet fields and not enough
coal in Europe. In Prance alone the
sugar production is down 70 per
cent. Here in the States there is
a man P° wer shortage. These, says
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bee J h a SURar importin £ count ^
producing only 26 per cent of its
requirements. Per capita-consump
tion ° f supar in both United
States and Canada was i" 8 * under
ioo pounds per person prior to the
war> In the United Kingdom it
was just over 100 P° unds - Last
year ' c,vllian consumption in the
u - s - averaged 89 pounds a year to
Canada's 85 pounds and the United
K'liKdoms 71.6 pounds. This year,
if sugar supplies are divided evenly
among the population of the three
?T. dage WÜ1
^ 70 - 8 Pounds. This mcludes sugar
consumed in bakery goods, candy,
soft drinks and ice cream,
The Montana OPA office at Hel
«• this 70 k that the ntaxi
mum amount of home cannmir su
^ to be issued by MoîZï
pr j ce and rationing boards will be
|eight pounds per peprson. District
director Was* said similar action
bad ***" m a ] othe f
ir t , .^daring
*{*?* a P pl,ca ^ onfi f , or cann,n * sugar
thls year ve , / ar * , th ?
^ P ,n 1944 . that 1 1 ° cal
.boards are swamped with appl.ca
^lo-' 388 I 3 * ' ... .
- SmCe we ^ W P °î? Vel î WG T
lssue a cer tain number of pounds
person right now, we are doing
that so home canners will have
supar to use for any fruit they
may wish to process in the early
part of the season. Any additional
sugar that may be issued later de
pendp largely on how rigidly appli
cants refrain f rom asking for home
cann j n g sugar they don't need. It
[ s the responsibility of the individ
ua j housewife to determine whether
s h e U ges all of this allotment for
ear ly fruit crops or retains part of
it for the canning of fruit coming
on the market later in the season.
Officers Of Theta
Rho Are Installed;
Birthday Observed
At a formal candlelight ceremony
Friday evening at the L. L. club,
officers of the Mistletoe Theta Rho
Girls were installed for the coming
term. Miss Virginia Durham was
installing officer, Mrs. Dolores
Boyle, installing marshal» and Miss
Gladys Stene, installing champlain.
Those seated were Atke Dickson,
president; Joyce Ness, vice presi
dent; Eleanor Mossman, recording
secretary; Jean Teeters, financial
secretary; Harriet Decker, treas
urer; Trevy Barr, chaplain; Barbara
Harlan, inside guardian; Dona Orn
dorff, outside guardian ; T i 11 i e
Staley, right support to the presi
dent; Janet Ness, left support to
the president; Lenore Barr, right
support to the vice president; Janet
Hamilton, left support to the vice
president; Marian Herman, first
herald; Arlene Crans, second herald;
Carol Shay, third herald; Anna
Resser, fourth herald; Donna Sheets,
warden; Marilyn Kuper, assistant
warden; Virginia Harlan, conductor;
Shirley Adams, assistant conductor;
Eleanor Fisher, marshal, and Ar
melda Phillips, musician.
After the business meeting the
sixth birthday of the Misstletoe
club was celebrated with a program
for the entertainment of mothers of
the girls and for Rebekah members.
Joyce Ness and Alice Dickson were
hostesses when refreshments were
served, and Mrs. Ted Webb was in
charge of the birthday cake cere
mony.