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LAUREL OUTLOOK
Official Paper of Yellowstone County
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LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1947
VOLUME 38—NO. 28
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Is 50 Per Cent Over 1935-44
Average—Indicates 36,000,
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Montana winter wheat plantings
in the fall of 1946 amounted to 1,
800,000 acres, a 3 per cent increase
over the 1,748,000 acres planted in
the fall of '45. The acreage seeded
this fall for harvest in 1947 estab
lishes a new all time high for the
state and is almost 50 per cent
above the average for 1935 to 1944.
Increased seedings were reported in
all the principal winter wheat dis
all the principal
tricts except in the central group
of counties where the same or a
slightly smaller acreage was seed
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More than normal rainfall for
September, October and November
provided ideal moisture for winter
grain germination although seeding
was often delayed as a result of
the rains. The work progressed
rapidly whenever the soil dried
enough for seeding and farmers
were able to plant most of their in
tended acreage before winter ar
rived.
With good germination and soil
moisture, farmers reported a splen
did condition of winter wheat on
Dec. 1. Estimated on the relation
ship of Dec. 1 condition with past
years, production of winter wheat
in 1947 is placed at 36,000,000. This
with 32,620,000 bushels
compares
for 1946; 29,476,000 for 1945, and
the 10-year 1935-44 average of 19,
039,000 bushels.
The winter wheat acreage seeded
in the nation this fall is 56,426,000,
8 per cent more than the 52,000,000
acres seeded a year ago.
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CLAUDE RIAN, FORMER
RESIDENT, SUCCUMBS
Laurel friends learned this week
that Claude R. Ryan, a former resi
dent, suffered a heart attack Christ
mas eve and died Christmas morn
ing at Liberty, Ind., where he was
head of a creamery concern. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rilla
Ryan, and three children, Ward who
is a graduate of West Point and is
still in the service, Jean and Helen
who are at home.
Mr. Ryan operated a creamery
here a number of years ago on
West Main street. He later built a
creamery at the corner of Second
avenue and First street, now occu
pied by Our Savior's Lutheran
church.
The Ryan family left here mere !
than 25 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. David Frickel are
the parents of a son, born Monday,
Dec. 23, at their home on Forresi ;
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More kilowatt hours of power
were distributed by REA-financed
electric lines in Montana during the
1946 fiscal year than in any previ
ous 12-month period since REA was
established in 1936, according to in
formation received by the Montana
extension at Bozeman from the rural
electrification administration.
Managers of the 21 REA systems
in the state report that more than
13,477,000 killowatt hours were dis
tributed during the 1946 fiscal year.
While the increase in number of con
sumers on REA lines accounts for
part of the gain in electric power
consumption, an even greater factor
is the increased use farmers are
making of electrically operated ma
chinery and equipment,
of this equipment comes on the
market an even steeper rise is ex
pected in consumption of electricity
per rural consumer.
Even under the handicap of war
time shortages of material and man
power, REA systems in the state
have been able to provide service to
additional consumers and plans have
been completed for the construction
of new lines to serve approximately
15,000 mere.
Latest reports indicate that Mon
tana has more than 14,000 farms
and ranches served by high line
power and some 23,000 farms that
As moic
are not electrified.
MANY DISABLED VETS
Partially disabled veterans are
proving their worth as valuab'e
soldiers in the new regular United
States army, it has been announced
by Col. M. L. McCreary, chief of
Sixth army recruiting, who declaimed
that the new policy of re-enlisting
combat wounded men would be con
tinued in the new year.
Under the plan, which was in
stituted some months ago, hun
dreds of army jobs, falling into 103
different categories, were thrown
open for enlistment to partially dis
abled veterans of World war II,
who were wounded in combat.
Proponents of the plan believed
that many of the men could per
form a satisfactory job and would
welcome the opportunity of return
ing to uniform and a regular salary
instead of remaining dependent
upon their government pension.
"The response by disabled vet
erans has fully substantiated this
said Colonel McCreary.
is continuing the program.'
While government pensions are|
belief,
"Not only have they welcomed the
opportunity of earning their own
way, but they are proving to be '
good soldiers. That's why the army j
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suspended during the period of the j
enlistment, applications for re-in
statement may be made immediately
the disabled veteran is discharged, [
Colonel McCreary said. i
10 VISIT FRANCE
Some G.Is. To Again View Arc|
de Triomphe and Champs, Side
walk Cafes and Notre Dame
Laurel members of the American
Legion have been advised by nat
ional headquarters at Indianopolis
that the Legion will make another
mass pilgrimage, its third, to
France, the land of its birth, in
1947. Paul H. Griffith, n^tianal
commander Has aihmi • ü«T the . a:.
ficial acceptance of a formal; -luvffe
tion from President George' Bidault
of the Republic of France for the
Legion to engage in a pilgrimage
to France and to hold part of its
1947 national convention in Paris.
The Legion met in Paris in 1927
when more than 25,000 Legion
naires and their families crossed the
Atlantic. The second pilgrimage
was in 1937 when 5,000 made the
overseas journey.
When the last G.Is. were recently
in Paris they were careful to not
impair the food stocks of the newly
in Paris they were careful to not
impair the food stocks of the newly
liberated French people by eating
promiscuously at restaurants. Ap
parently the government of France
now visions a better supply of food
in 1947.
Commander Griffith said the prin
cipal sailings on the French pil
Retirement of F. R. Bartles as
general manager of the western dis
trict of the Northern Pacific rail
way, Seattle, and appointment of
J. F. Alsip, assistant general man
ager, to succeed him, effective Jan.
1, was announced Saturday by H.
E. Stevens, vice president, operat
ing department.
C. H. Burgess, superintendent,
Tacoma division, will succeed Alsip
and I. P. Iversen, assistant super
intendent, Tacoma division, will be-j
come division superintendent. F, W.
grimage will be from the Port of
New York.
BARTLES RETIRES AS
WEST N. P. MANAGER
McCabe, trainmaster, Seattle, will
succeed Iversen.
Bartles terminated Dec. 31, a
railroad career begun 4.9 years ago
with the Pennsylvania. He has been
with the Northern Pacific con
tinuously since 1907, except while
serving as an officer in the army
engineering corps during World
war I.
Burgess entered N. P. service on
the Montana division in 1916 as a
section laborer, following gradua
tion from the Worchester, Mass.,
Polytechnic Institute and served in
various capacities in the engineer
ing department before becoming
assistant roadmaster, Montana d;
vision, in 1923. He subsequently
worked on the Yellowstone, Fargo,
Dakota, Rocky Mountain and Idaho
divisions before becoming train
master, Tacoma division, in 1937.
He was promoted to assistant super
intendent in 1939 and to superin
tendent in 1942.
Mrs. Katie Corner returned home
fiom Dayton, Ore., where she had
spent since the first of October
with her daughter, Mrs. Howard
Paris and family.
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Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at the German Con
gregational church for Mrs. Chris
tina Barbara Frank, 76, wife of
John Jacob Frank. She had suffer
ed a stroke last July and another
Monday night and died at her home
three miles west of Laurel Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Frank was bom April 14,
1870 in Russia, a daughter of Mi',
and Mrs. Henry Lehr. She was
! married to Mr. Frank in Russia on
Nov. 15, 1899.
They came to the United States
i in 1904, making their home for
three years at Lincoln, Neb. In
1907 they moved to the present fam
ily home. Besides the widower,
Mrs. Frank is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Jacob Cook of Bil
lings, Mrs. Jacob Frank, Jr., Mrs.
Margaret Lackman, and Mrs. Lawr
ence Wilhelm of Laurel; four sons,
[Alexander Frank, J. J. Frank,
I Henry Frank and Conrad Frank, all
of Laurel; a brother, Peter Lehr of
Billings, 43 grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren,
Services were conducted by Rev.
Theodore C. Strobel. A quartet
composed of Miss Dorothy Miller,
Miss Lydia Hettinger, Jacob Frank
and Jacob Batt sang "A Home on
j High" and "The City Foursquare.
Miss Laura Mae Batt was accom
and
Frank, Jr.
Burial was in the Laurel ceme
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Pallbearers were Conrad, Henry
Herman Ostwold, Lawrence
Wilhelm, Fred Miller and Jacob
j tery.
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JOLLEY IS CONDUCTED
Funeral services for Joseph F.
Jolley, 45, who died at his home
Monday of last week were conduct
ed Friday afternoon at Settergren's
funeral home in Billings. Rev. M.
J. Wilcox, pastor of the Laurel
Methodist church, officiated at the
Herbert Brunsvold, ac
I services.
j companied by Mrs. Gustave Sim
mons on the organ, sang
on the Range" and "Abide with Me.",
Masonic services were conducted
at the chapel by Billings lodge No.
11 . 3 , A. F. & A. M., with immediate
Past Master W. Glenn Roebuck of
Home
ficiating.
Pallbearers were L. W. Hageman,
J. W. Fry, J. Ç. Nicholas, G. W.
Fenton, Edward Keefe. L. M. Cow
man. Floyd Werle and Dr. Roy V.
Morledge. ,
Burial was in Billings Mountview
j cemetery.
Suggested Name For
1946 Is "Vear Of the
Great Conversion
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Swords, Plowshares Move Has Rough Time—
Baruch Warns Atomic Energy Is "Either Peace
Or Destruction" As Powers Make Headway
Top Ten Spot News
Stories of 1946
( As selected by nation's weekly editors
in Publishers' Auxiliary poll.)
Republicans sweep into power in state
and congressional elections.
Twelve top Nazis sentenced to hang
at end of Nuernberg trials.
Wallace asked to resign from cabinet,
following speech on foreign policy.
Paris peace parley meets, with 21 na
tions represented.
President vetoes new OP A; all con
trols end as law dies.
Navy detonates atom bomb at Bikini
in two tests; third cancelled.
V, S. sends demands to Yugoslavia over
death of five fliers.
Nation-wide rail strike ends when
Truman asks laws to draft strikers.
Baruch tells first meeting of U. N.
atom group that world faces peace
or destruction.
Kidnap-murder of Suzanne Degnan,
six-year-old Chicago child.
Should historians of the future
give the year 1946 a name they
might well call it the Year of the
Great Conversion. It was the first
full calendar year following the end
of active warfare, a year of mak
ing swords into plowshares that
was accompanied by industrial un
rest and strikes, of peace confer
ence bickerings p-.d »ome projjrgss
towards agreentéut * among ' the
powers.
Old 1946 saw the shelving of
many war-time controls that affect
ed buying and selling in Laurel as
well as elsewhere throughout the
nation, one of • the most significant
being the lingering death of OPA.
The army of government employees
enlisted prior to and during the
war was warned of demobolization.
The year also saw the shifting of
power from Democratic to Repub
lican control in this country, to be
come effective after the advent of
1947.
For the first time in recorded his
tory man succeeded in sending a
signal to the moon and receiving an
echo in response. That was done
with radar, a war-time scientific
development. The beam from the
earth was reflected in 2.4 seconds,
giving scientists a new yardstick
for measuring celestial distances.
Experiments were performed with
atomic bombs in the Pacific, with
representatives of many govern
ments as witnesses. The American
Chemical society announced that
two elements, 43 and 61, had been
isolated as result of atomic bomb
research, thus completing the per
iodic table.
The world was net altogether
peaceful; some isolated wars were
still going on as the year ended,
with world leaders viewing the
situations with concern while mak
efforts towards universal
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peace.
John L. Lewis and his striking
soft coal miners, in a tilt with the
federal government, occupied the
spotlight of public attention in the
Trouble in
last half of the year.
Palestine disturbed the world
throughout the year.
The record of
1946, arranged
under six topical headings, is pre-j
sented to Laurel Outlook readers.
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January
7—Kidnapping
murder o
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" 1 ■ ' " year-old Suzanne
Degnan in Chica
go starts nationwide manhunt.
24—Contact with moon by radar achieved by
army experimenters; beam reflected in
2.4 seconds.
February
3—Television In full color demonstrated In
New York.
March
7—Awards by Academy of Motion Pictures:
Best picture. "The Lost Weekend"; best
performances. Ray Milland in "The Lost
Weekend" and Joan Crawford in "Mil
dred Pierce."
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venereal disease.
April
1—Great seismic wave in Pacific sweeps
coast of N. America. Hawaiian Islands
report 200 dead, many missing, 10 mil
lion dollars damage. Alaska also hit.
. 10—American Chemical society announces
elements 43 and 61 isolated during re
search on atomic bomb, completing peri
odic table.
May
6—General Motors Core, puts in claim for
$52.804,000 In carry-back adjustments of
income taxes (or first quarter, blaming
losses on strikes.
12—New record for flight between Hawaii
and U. S. set by Lt. Col. Robert Gould
ln B-29. making Journey In 7 hours. 14
minutes.
June
2—Maj. Hans Hornbostel denied permission
to live with wife in Carvllle, La., leper
colony, but is allowed to visit her 12
hours a day.
8—Delbert Sprouse, 18. weds Mrs. Mattla
Large, 79-year-old widow, in Louisa, Ky.
She has 49 grandchildren; is wealthy
by local standards.
22—Film star Constance Bennett marries
fifth husband, CoL Theron Coulter, in
Riverside. Calif.
I July
1—Musical show ''Oklahoma!" breaks long
est run record with 1,405th performance
in New York.
9—Public health service reports worst
epidemic since 1916 raging, with
stricken since January, and 154 deaths.
Minneapolis hardest hit of big cities.
10—New book. "Memoirs of Hecate County"
banned In Philadelphia.
polio
5,622
August
5—New glider record claimed by Maurice
ith 52-mile
Waters of Elmira, N. Y„ w
flight.
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10—Fifty Negroes injured In race riot in
Athens. Ga. Sixteen persons later In
dicted.
IS—Micro-wave communication is demon
strated in transmission of facsimile mes
sages between New York and Boston
20—FBI reports 13 per cent rise in crime
In first half of year, compared with first
half of 1945. greatest increase since 1930.
30—Bendix air race won by Paul Mantz.
flying 2.048 miles between tos Angeles
and Cleveland at speed of 435.6 mph.
September
— s —William Heirens of Chicago sentenced
" to three consecutive life terms for mur
der of three persons: Suzanne Degnan.
6, whose body he dismembered and hid;
Miss Frances Brown. 33. and Mrs. Jose
phine Ross, 43.
8—Motion Picture association bans "The
Outlaw," Howard Hughes production.
17— Protestant Episcopal church House of
Deputies approves liberalized canons on
remarriage of divorced persons.
39—One killed, many hurt In race riot in
Philadelphia.
October
18— Cattle prices on Chicago market hit rec
ord high at $36.25 a hundred pounds.
23—New York City school board rules there
is no regulation against recitation of the
Lord's Prayer, in response to protests.
28—Band leader ArUe Shaw and Kathleen
Winsor Herwig, author of "Forever Am
ber," married in Mexico.
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31—Cotton exchanges reopen after having
been closed for third time in two weeks.
Prices down $50 a bale since Oct. 8.
November
1— Most powerful atom-smasher In world,
184-lnch cyclotron, completed at U. of
California.
2— Cure for brucellosis In cattle may be
near in new vaccine, announces Michi
gan State college expert.
6—New operative technique disclosed to
give normal life to "blue babies" with
defective hearts.
12— Soap prices rise 50 per cent. General
Motors Increases prices $100.
13— Report sharp decline
taverns because high cost of living ab
sorbs income.
19— Raincloud turned to snow by six pounds
of dry ice pellets dropped from plane.
17—Robert Scott in broadcast over San Fran
cisco radio station expounds atheistic
views; station flooded with protests.
29—New York City license commissioner
threatens to revoke license of any movie
theater showing "The Outlaw."
December
4—Landlords may legally bar children
from living in their properties. Ohio Su
preme court rules in authorizing eviction
of veteran and family.
11—Army rocket plane tested at 550 miles
per hour. Eventual speed to be 1.700
mph.
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1—President signs
million dollar vet
housing bill.
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22—National Intelligence authority created
I to co-ordinate all government IntelU
cg unitg overseas
( 28—Meat-packing workers return in 134 gov
i ernment-seized plants.
February
13—Harold L. Ickes resigns as secretary of
interior, following dispute with Presi
dent
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Dog Taxes Now Due,
Say Laurel Police
The Laurel police department an
nounced this week that the 1947
dog license fees are now due. Tags
and receipts may be obtained at
either the city hall or the police
station on Main street.
Dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Corner were Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Krug and Mrs. Katie
Their guests at Christmas
dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Clar
■ ence McLaughlin and children an 1
«.,,1 Mr,. IteMuM Frank and
1 family.
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