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Pioneer Voice of the Community. Established in 1913
Volume Thirty-Two No. 23
MONTANA IS FIRST STATE
IN NATION TO 60 OVER TOP
With Montana went over the
top in its E-bond quota to be
come the first state in the nation
to achieve its seventh war loan
goal.
By acheving its $16,000,000 E
bond quota last Friday, Montana
maintained its reputation as the
leading E-bond purchasing state
in the nation, A. T. Hibbard, state
war finance chairman, said. It has
held this distinction in the third,
fourth, fifth, sixth and now the
seventh war loan, he pointed out.
He reported that Montana also
was the first to exceed its total
individual quota of $25,000,000, re
porting $26,300,000, and topped its
over-all quota of $35,000,000 by
$15,500,000 for a grand total of
$50,500,000 reached by late Friday.
Hibbard said that when Mon
tana’s final returns for the sev
enth war loan are in, every coun
ty will have achieved every quoto.
“Montana’s sons in the armed
services certainly know the folks
at home are not shirking their
responsibility,” Hibbard said.
"Every resident of the state can
take pride in Montana’s home
front record.”
FRIDAY STORM
DAMAGES F ONE,
POWER LINES
Quite a severe electric storm,
followed a day of extreme heat
and swept across this section last
Friday evening which caused
damage to power lines and inter
rupted telephone service to some
extent. At Wolf Point the local
telephone exchange was partly out
of commission but a service crew
got on the job immediately and
service was resumed in a short
while.
The storm brought much more
benefit in the way of needed mois
ture than damage although
hail was reported in several sec
tions particuliarly in the eastern
part pf the county which brought
in a rush of hail insurance appli
cafions the next day. A fine old
“soaker” of a rain followed the
storm.
Monday night of this week an
other rain brought smiles to farm
ers and stockmen of this section
and crops and range grass have
taken on a rapid growth.
LOAD OF FEEDER PIGS
FROM WOLF POINT
TOPS BILLINGS MARKET
Reid Taylor took a. load of
horses to Miles City last week and
his son Burk at the same time
took a load of feeder pigs on to
the Billings market. Announce
ment on the radio the day of the
sale stated the Wolf Point load
had “topped the market.”
STATE AGENCY ADMINISTERS
VETERANS' READJUSTMENT ACT
Helena—The Montana unem
ployment compensation commis
sion, administering the readjust
ment allowance benefit phases of
the "GI bill of rights” for . the
veterans’ administration, has re
cently compiled figures of its
services to returning veterans
since Sept. 4, 1944, when the act
went into effect.
To date, 302 Montana veterans
have drawn a little more than
$33,000 in unemployment compen
sation. In addition, 64 self-employ
ed returned servicemen have been
paid $15,300 under the provisions
of the act whereby such self-em
ployed ex-servicemen draw bene
fits to aid them in getting started
in a business or farm through
guarantees of at least SIOO per
month in cases where the income
of the veteran in his new enter
prise is less than SIOO per month
Various estimates of the num
ber of returned Montana service
men and women average around
8,500, according to available fig
ures from unofficial sources. On
this basis, approximately 2% per
eent have exercised their right to
allowances. This is actually lower
th m was at first estimated bv the
commission and the veterans’ ad-
ministration.
In Blaine, Cascade. Glacier,
Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin,
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National Debt Jumps
$3,000,000,000
In Single June Day
Washington—-The national debt
increased mor e than three billion
dollars on June 20 and passed 250
billion on its way up—the biggest
one-day jump since last Decem
ber—the daily treasury statement
showed.
The increase was attributed to
corporation sales in the seventh
war loan drive. The biggest one
day increase in the debt during
the sixth war loan drive was
$3,450,000,000 last December 2.
The total debt including obliga
tions guaranteed by the treasury
now is $250,366,962,836.55.
ALICE KLATTE
MARRIED IN
CALIFORNIA
Announcement was received last
week of the marriage of Miss
Alice Klatte which took place with
a beautiful candle-light ceremony
at Hollywood. Miss Alice was one
of the very popular young ladies
of Wolf Point and her host of
friends extend the most hearty
congratulations.
The following account of the
happy event as published in a
Hollywod paper is reprinted here
as follows:
Honeymooning this week at Big
Bear with the memory of a beau
tiful Hollywood wedding, were
Howard Raymond Lee, marine of
ficer and his bride,- who was Miss
Alice Marguret Klatte. The Rev.
Harry' F. Woodard heard their
marital vows Sunday in the First
Presbyterian church of Hollywood
and later the pair held reception
in the Hollywood Knickerbocker
banquet room. Following their
honeymoon stay in the mountains,
the newlyweds will travel to North
Carolina, where the bridegroom is
stationed.
Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Klatte of
Wolf Point, Mont., .are the bride’s
parents. Mrs. Klatte is a visitor
here. The bride has resided here
three years, attending Doctors’
college in Los Angeles. Her sister,
Marie, was her maid of honor, and
Misses Lucile and Goodie Severson
were bridesmaids. The bride wore
white satin, in semi-formal style,
with flowers and a short veil as
headdress.
Home after three years service
in the Pacific war. the bridegroom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Lee of Modale. lowa. His best man
was Robert L. Morrow, navy of
ficer. The bride’s half-brother,
Sgt. Marvin Severson, represent
ing the third branch of service in
the wedding party, gave her away.
McCone, Phillips, Roosevelt,
Sheridan, and Valley counties, 85
returned servicemen received dur
ing the first four weeks in May
$1,689 in unemployment readjust
ment allowances. In Blaine, Teton,
Cascade, Hill, Judith Basin, Mc-
Cone, Pondera, Phillips, Roosevelt,
Toole, and Valley counties 31 self
employed veterans have received
$8,097 in readjustment allow
ances since the inception of the
plan as aid in making their en-’
terprises pay, and to give them
within the limits of the law as
surance of a living until such busi
nesses or farms develop success
fully.
In the adminitration of that part
of the servicemen’s readjustment
act of 1944 which provides for re
adjustment allowances to unem
ployed veterans of World war 11,
the Montana unemployment com
pensation commission has through
arrangement with the veterans'
administration handled all unem
ployment benefit claims of return
ed service men and women at a
cost unparalleled in the history of
govermental agencies through the
cooperation of federal am' state
agencies, according to Barclay
Craighead, unemployment compen
sation commission chairman.
When the veterans’ administra
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Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana Thursday, June 28, 1945
Highest Military Award, The Medal
of Honor Held By Wolf Point Soldier
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T-Sgt. Henry Schauer of Wolf Point, Mont., receives army
discharge papers from Lt, Col. Howard T. Byles, commanding
officer of the Fort Douglas, Utah, personnel center during a
former ceremony in Connor Bowl. T-Sgt. Schauer and 56 other
soldiers received honorable discharges from the army during the
installations first formal discharge ceremony.—Official US Army
Signal Corps Photo.
Among 56 veterans of World'
war II receiving honorable dis
charges Saturday, June 9 at Ft.
Douglas, under the army’s adjust
service rating plan was Technical
Sergeant Henry Schauer of Wolf
Point, Montana, one of the few
living holders of the nation’s
highest military award, the medal
of honor.
Sergeant Schauer received his
honorable discharge from Lt. Col.
H. T. Byles, commanding officer
of the Ft. Douglas personnel cent
er, at a ceremony held in the fort’s
outdoor theater. Connor Bowl.
The medal, of honor was pre
sented to Sgt. Schauer by General
Patch, commanding general of the
Seventh army, after the rangy
Montanan distinguished himself
during the bitterly waged Italian
campaign in October, 1944. The
sergeant personally spearheaded
the attack of his infantry unit and
wiped out 17 Germans with his
favorite weapon, the Browning
automatic rifle.
During the action he captured
three Nazi machine gun nests and
saved the lives of many of his
comrades. On several occasions he
left cover and advanced in an up-’
right position, his rifle blazing a
path his comrades, as one ob
stacle after another was overcome.
In addition to the medal of hon
or Sgt. Schauer wears the purple
heart with oak leaf cluster, the
combat infantryman’s badge,
bronze star medal, American de
fense ribbon and European theater
ribbon with seven battle stars.
Serving 25 months overseas he
was hospitalized 97 days for in
juries in battle.
The son of Jacob Schauer of
Wolf Point, he was employed as a
mechanic before entering the army
as a volunteer at Missoula, Mont.,
in February, 1941. He plans to re
turn to school at Bozeman to
study automotive mechanics.
As a youth his favorite hobby
was coyote shooting, a pasttime
which served to sharpen his aim
for the serious business of war.
During the ceremony Saturday,
witnessed by a large crowd of
military and civilian personnel at
Ft. Douglas, brief addresses were
made by Col. E. L. Hogan, Fort
Douglas commanding officer, and
Col. Byles, who presented the cer
tificate. The program was wit
nessed by approximately 50 men
who are being inducted into the
army under selective service.
While appearing at a war bond
show in Paris, Texas, last week
Sgt. Schauer was presented with
a SI,OOO war bond by the citizens
of the town.
BUSINESS PUCES
DECLARE 2 DAY
HOLIDAY
Housewives and farmers are
asked to make arrangements for
a two-day Fourth of July holiday,
as planned by Wolf Point busi
ness houses.
The stopes and other places of
business will be closed July 4 and
5 so lay in your supply of gro
ce -es and other needs to tide you
over the two H— Thi’ schedule
does not to establishments
I which normally stay open Sundays
I holidays and evenings.
HAROLD LIEN
KILLED IN ACTION
ON OKINAWA
Word was received this week
by Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Lien well
known residents of the south side,
that their son Harold was killed
in action. No details are available
at this writing, we hope to have a
more complete account for publi
cation in our next issue.
Following is the telegram re
ceived from the war department:
Halvor Lien, Wolf Point
The secretary of war desires me
to express his deep regret that
your son Pvt. Harold J. Lien was
killed in action on Okinawa 24
May 45. Confirming letter follows
J. A. Ulio, The Adjt. General.
Republicans Applaud
As D’Ewart Is
Sworn In To House
Washington — Representative
D’Ewart (R-Mont.) was sworn in
Monday as a member of the house.
Successor to the late Represen
tative (D-Mont.) who died in Jan
uary, D’Ewart is the first member
elected since the general elections
last November.
He was escorted to the house
well by Republican Leader Martin
(R-Mass.). Speaker Raybum (D-
Texas) administered the oath.
Republicans applauded loudly
and gathered around D’Ewart to
shake his hand. When he was elect
ed GOP speakers hailed the vote
as an indication of “a switch to.
Republican sentiment”. in the
west.
90 DAY SEASON
ON DUCKS
IS PLANNED
Along with other western state
lepresentatives Elmer Johnson of
Glasgow, chairman of the Mon
tana state fish and game commis
sion, recommended a 90-day mi
gratory bird season at a meeting
of state department heads in Chi
cago recently. Dr. Ira N. Gabriel
son, director of the federal fish
and wildlife service, met with the
representative group to learn its
wishes regarding seasons.
For the Montana territory. Mr.
Johnson said, he suggested that
the 90-day season begin about
Sept. 20 or 25, a date fixed as best
to fill the wishes of both eastern
and western sportsmen.
The state game heads at the
Chicago mepting also were inform
ed that the shotgun shell situa
tion this fall will be critical. While
factories have been granted per
mission to manufacture about 30
per cent of their 1941 production
of shells, they will be handicap
ped by lack of labor and there is
no proepect now that the situation
will be overcome.
BUY BONDS AND SAVE
Lowry Baby
Dies Tuesday
The many friends of Coach and
Mrs. Bob Lowry of this city were
saddened on learning of the. sud
den death of their infant son Tues
day morning June 26 at the
Lowry home. The immediate
cause of death is not known as
he was dead in his crib in the
morning when his mother went to
look after him. Patrick Micheal
Lowry was born Friday, March
23, 4945 at Wolf Point and was
only three months at the time
of his death.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Clayton Funeral
Chapel Thursday afternoon at 2 p.
m. In the absence of Rev. Cropp,
Rev. F. J. Shevlin will officiate
and interment made in the local
cemetery.
The Herald-News staff joins
with the Wolf Point friends- of
Mr. and Mrs. Lowry in extending
our sincere sympathy in the loss
of their infant son.
Flaxville Girl
Weds Soldier At
Wolf Point June 25
Pvt. Harold C. Petzel, son 6f
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Petzel of Ar
lington, Minn., and Miss Mathilda
Roos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
August Roos of Flaxville, Mont..
wer e married in Wolf Point on
Monday, June 25.
Pvt. Petzel will leave on Wed
nesday of this week for Spokane,
Wash., wher^ he will be stationed
for a time.
Annual Meeting
Chicken Hill Live
stock Assoc. July 2
The annual meeting of the
Chicken Hill Livestock association
will be held in the barracks build
ing (Rose Room) in Wolf Point
at 2 o’clock p. m. on July 2.
There will be an election of of
ficers and important business to
consider. All members are request
ed to be present. Eva Mae SmitK,
secretary.
Inspector Harris
Attends Convention
At Kalispell
VFW Department Inspector El
mer Harris accompanied by Mrs.
Harris left Wednesday for Great
Falls to spend a few days at the
Wm. Spady home. From Great
Falls they will go to Kalispell,
Montana where they will attend
the state convention of the VFW
to be held there June 28, 29, 30.
Sanford Mahlum
Post Commander
To VFW Meet
Commander and Mrs. San
ford Mahlum and children left by
car Tuesday morning for Kalispell
where they will attend the three
day session of the VFW meeting
to be held there June 28-29-30.
They will also visit at the home
of his brother Lloyd Mahlum and
family who reside at Kalispell
after which they will spend the
remainder of two weeks’ vacation
at points in western Montana.
CULBERTSON GIRL WEDS
AIR CORPS LIEUTENANT
IN COLORADO CEREMONY
Miss Wilma Martin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gunder Martin of
Culbertson, and Lt. Ernest E
Faulk, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A
Faulk of Independence, Kan., were
married recently at Fitzsimmons
General hospital chapel at Denver.
Colo.
The bride formerly was em
ployed as clerk in the clerk and
recorder’s office in Wolf Point and
was stenographer for Attorney
Leo Graybill in Great Falls. For
the past year she has been em
ployed by the war department air
corps supply at Colorado Springs.
Colo.
Lieutenant Faulk, a communi
cations officer in the air corps,, re
cently returned from the Marianas
id nd-.
“Roosevelt County's Greatest Newspaper”
ELECTION OF CONG. D'EWART
BIG BLOW TO MVA CAMPAIGN
A determined effort is being
made by the proponents of a Mis
souri Valley Authority to convince
congress that the people of the
Missouri basin want a regional au
thority. In the face of the over
whelming evidence to the contrary
the attempt has failed. The latest
VICTORY SPECIAL
THRU WOLF POINT
A “Victory Special” train car
rying nearly 275 representatives
of 13 nations will be operated over
the Great Northern railway and
will pass through Wolf Point this
week end. the time schedule has
not been announced.
The train will stop in Glacier
National park for 2 1-2 hours,
where conference delegates and
other diplomatic representatives
will be guests of Great Northern
and entertained at a special
Blackfeet Indian ceremonial.
Aboard the “Victory Special”
will be representatives of the
United States, Canada, France,
Belgium, Venezuela, Philippine
commonwealth, the Netherlands,
Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, Iran, India,
New Zealand and Turkey.
HORSE SHOW
WOLF POINT
JULY 14
Large posters being printed this
week will be circulated over -a
wide area announcing the big
horse show which will be staged
at Wolf Point on Saturday, July
14 by the Charro association.
A fine program of entertainment
has been arranged which will in
clude 200 horses, 100 riders, the
World Famous Trick and Fancy
Ropers, Carl Strong and family,
there will be clowns, a Hill-Billie
band, races of all kinds and a large
parade uptown at 12 noon, the
show and all events will take place
at the stampede grounds. Watch
for the posters and further an
nouncements in this paper for full
details.
WBD Pub. Director
Wolf Point Visitor
Miss Georgia Swan of Helena,
publicity, director of Montana's
war fund drive was a Wolf Point
visitor last Friday. Miss Swan
called at the Herald-News office
o personally thank Editor Dolin
for "his splendid coopeoration” as
she stated in the publicity given
the war fund drive.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS.
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS OF
THE ROOSEVELT COUNTY BOARD
June 4, 1945
Board met on June 4th, 1945, at
10:00 a. m. in regular session with
Commissioners Fairley, Rush and
Zuck and Clerk McLachlan present
On motion duly passed the
county treasurer was instructed
to transfer $11,481.24 from the
emergency relief (H. B. No. 415)
cash -fund to the poor fund cash
ami that outstanding warrants
Nos. 615 and 635 he naid from the
poor fund cash.
Emergency Relief (H. B. No.
415) Warrant N 0.615. amount $.64
Warrant No. 635, amount $.60.
The hoard went over correspond
ence.
The rest of the afternoon was
spent on routine matters of coun
ty business.
Board adjourned at 5:00 p. m
to resume on June 6th, 1945, as
June sth is Special Election.
June 6, 1945
Board met on June 6th, 1945, at
10:00 a. m. with Commissioners
Fairley. Rush, and Zuck, and Clerk
McLachlan present.
Board checked over claims.
Board recessed at noon.
Board resumed at 1:30 p. m.
with all members and clerk pres
ent.
Upon motion the following ap
pointment by County Assessor
was approved:
Single Copy Price 10 cent*
blow to the campaign to sell the
valley, and congress, on a regional
authority was the decisive victory
of Wesley A. D’Ewart in the
special election this month to fill
the vacancy in the second congres
sional disrict of Montana.
The Montana election, it is
pointed out by Lachlan Macleay,
president of the Mississippi Val
ley association, was the first time
the people of any section of the
valley had the opportunity to ex
press their wishes at the polls.
The issue was clearcut. State
Senator D’Ewart had sponsored
the resolution condemning the
Missouri Valley Authority, passed
last January by the Montana leg
islature. He participated in the
valley-wide opposition meeting to
the Missouri Valley Authority in
Omaha, Nebr., April 6. He told the
voters in his district in the cam
paign that a regional authority
will mean .regimented economy and
a super bureaucracy.
Senator James E. Murray of
Montana, author of the Missouri
Valley Authority bill, asked that
the hearings on the bill before an
irrigation subcommittee of the
senate be postponed so that he
could go to Montana to campaign
for Mr. D’Ewart’s opponent who
advocated a Missouri Valley Au
thority. The voters repudiated the
regional authority plan by elect
ing Mr. D’Ewart to congress.
The legislatures of four other
Missouri basin states have adopt
ed strong resolutions in opposition
to a Missouri Valley Authority.
. The Missouri river states commit
[ tee, in which all of the states in
, the valley are represented, is on
| record in opposition to the Murray
, bill and for the development plan
already passed by congress. Many
Chambers of Commerce and other
business and civic organization of
the valley have recorded their op
position in resolutions which have
been sent to congress.
“It is significant,” Macleay de
clared in citing this evidence,
“that the only real demand for a
regional authority comes from in
terests outside the Missouri val
ley, whose objectives are not flood
control, irrigation, navigation, or
power development, but the eco
nomic and political control of the
Missouri basin.
"This fact is recognized in the
report of the senate commerce
committee on the Murray bill,
which states that ‘Under 5.555
(the Murray bill) the Missouri
Valley Authority would be able to
control practically all aspects of
economic and social life in the
Missouri Valley without local in
terests having proper recourse to
congress.
“ 'Development of the author
ized plan under existing federal
agencies,’ the report emphasized,
‘will assure proper emphasis on
the primary needs of flood control
and irrigation’.’’
Mabel Lee —Clerk at $120.00 per
। month effective June 4, 1945.
The following claims were pre
sented and allowed and upon mo
tion warrants were ordered drawn
upon the proper funds covering
the same:
GENERAL FUND
Salaries of Regular County Em
ployees for May:
J. C. McLachlan—Clerk and
Recorder $166.66
Eleanor Schmeltzer—Deputy
Clerk and Recorder 150.00
Marjie Mitchell—Steno. for
Clerk and Recorder . 137.50
Phyllis Jane Constantine —
Clerk for Clerk and Re-
corder 130.00
Maebelle K. Brown—County
Treasurer 166.66
Elsie S. Buchanan—Deputy
Treasurer * 150.00
Mrs. Marie Stennes—Clerk
for Treasurer 130.00
Dona C. Nygaard, Steno.
for Treasurer 130.00
W. C. Hanson—County
Assessor 150.00
Henrietta M. Evans— De-
puty Assessor 137.50
Betty Lou M. Seiler—Clerk
for Assessor 130.00
Guy A. Miller—Clerk of
Court —- _... 150.00
Addie E. Carpenter—De-
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