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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY Page Two First at Tremonton, Utah, on Thursday of Each Week for Friday Distribution Fbonc 23 West Street ( IF IT'S NEWS ( Phone Entered at the Post Office at Tremonton, Utah, aa Second Class Matter October 15, 1925 A. N. RYTTING, SUBSCRIPTION ONE YEAR - $2.50 Editor-Publish- "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion . . . we cannot escape Abraham Lincoln Fellow-citizen- s, tory." his- -- x- WE CHALLENGE THE ELDER STATESMEN At a national convention of the Junior Members of the Federated Union held in New York April 1st, a challenge was drafted and approved by these young delegates from nearly every state in the Union. These young men and women of college age are apparently alarmed over the possibilities of committments which are being or may be made by present government heads and law making bodies. Following is the challenge: At this very moment our future is being shaped. Tse pending decisions on American foreign policy will be the turning point for a generation of American youth. Yet inasmuch as we, who have everything at stake, will not be represented in the counsels where those decisions will be made, we hereby register eur convictions in this Challenge to our Elder Statesmen: O O We call for an immediate departure from a foreign policy consisting of words, hopes, generalizations, and the personal friendship of four world figures. We insist that the problem of maintaining world peace is more basic than these considerations would indicate. We call for constructive thinking on the part of the policy makers of this country, for an adequate realization that our fundamental problem today is world anarchy; that that basic threat wil not be solved by leagues, alliances, coalitions, or diplomacy; that the institution of international government alone provides the solution we seek. O We call for decisive action on the elementary necessity of beginning world government the only place it can begin, by uniting those peoples that can be united in a democratic federal union to operate as a freely expanding nucleus within an all inclusive world organization. O To these ends we challenge the elder statesmen, the President and the Representatives of the American people in Congress, to call at the earliest possible moment a convention of the representatives of all free peoples to frame a federal constitution under which they may unite in a common democratic government. These are the principles we believe in and will fight for. But we shall have fourght in vain if the elder statesmen do not hold these principles in common with us, if they fail to do their part to put them into action. We challenge the elder statesmen to take their stand with us for Federal Union, to stop World War III. x ) or er RATES (In Advance) SOLDIER RATES - I j 15-R- 1 $1.75 U. S. A. ROUND-U- ) Milton Cnniff ( WWLl ( ( ( HAVE ENOlCfTN OIL? V 5AS?... ENOUGH ENOUGH X ...WILL sAfR AMMUNITION? I HAVE AN PLANE J ) ) ) ) ; m0 a The House has passed by an overwhelming majority and sent to the White House the compromise version, agreed to by the Senate, of the G. I. Bill of Rights. Among other things, the bill provides unemployment compensation in the amount of $20 weekly for a maximum of 52 weeks out of jobs in the first two years after their discharge from the service, with a job placement bureau to be established within the United States Employment Service. The Senate passed legislation appropriating $3,920,570,000 to finance Lend-Leas- e, Foreign Economic Adrninistration was that season of the year when people started to talk about the Box Elder County Fair. The 1929 Fair was to be the best and biggest Fair yet to take place in this county. Special attractions were to be secured for the occasion. Every person in Box Elder was to feel that the Fair was his, and contributions where large or small were needed to further its growth and development. It PUBLIC HEALTH COLUMN .. It is encouraging to note that only 306 cases of communicable diseases were reported to the Utah State Department of Health for the week ending June 16. This is the fewest number to be reported for any week this year. - Although chickenpox leads the list of communicable diseases there were only 70 cases reported as compared with 115 cases for the previous week. Four cases of pneumonia were reported as follows: Millard, 1. Davis, 1; Wasatch, 1; and Tooele, 1. 1. captain's bars. General Doolittle runs the American Eighth air force. It is a grim and stupendous job, but he manages to keep the famous Doolittle sense $ of humor about it. Doolittle, as you know, is rather Glad you called, Captain. I'll look short and getting almost bald. Since forward to seeing you." He was just ready to hang up arriving in England from Italy he has diabolically started a couple of when the voice came back plaintivefalse rumors circulating about him- ly over the phone: "But Dad, this is me. Don't you self. One is that his nickname used to recognize me? I've got a package be "Curly," and he occasionally for you from Mom." The general exploded: "Well why throws his head ' back as though In hell didn't you say so in the first tossing air out place!" It was Capt. Jimmy Doolittle Jr., of his eyes. His other claim is a pilot in the Ninth air force! that he used to The general hasn't got around yet W be six feet tall to seeing the other Captain DoI V1 but has worried olittle. It'll probably turn out to be himself down to his brother or something. his present small height in the past The last time I had seen Genera! five months. Doolittle was some 16 months ago, DoolitErnie Pyle Jimmy down at the desert airdrome tle has more gifts way of Biskra on the edge of the Sahara. to be than any one man has a right was when he was running our blessed with. He has been one of That African bomber force that was more America's greatest pilots for the Tunisian ports. than 25 years. He is bold and comGeneral Doolittle flew in one afpletely fearless. Along with that be has a great technical mind and a ternoon from the far forward aihighly perfected education in engi- rdrome of Youks les Bains. The night before his entire crew except for neering. had been killed in a GeIn addition to his professional skill the rman at the Youks field. bombing he is one of the most engaging huHis crew had manned their plane's mans you ever ran across. His voice is clear and keen, he talks guns until it got too hot, and then with animation, and his tone car- made a run for an old bomb crater ries a sense of quick and right de- 50 yards away. It was one of those heartbreaking freaks of hard luck. cision. A bomb hit the crater just ai they He is one of the greatest of storytellers. He is the only man I've reached it, and blew them aU to ever knwn who can tell stories all pieces. General DoolitUe has written huevening long and never tell one thousands, of letters ndredsperhaps you've heard before. He can tell to people who have lost sons or them in any dialect, from Swedish in his air forces. But one of to Chinese. the men in that crew was the hardest subject he has ever had to write Above aU he loves to tell stories home en about Here is the on himself. Here is an example: he led the famous raid on He was at a Flying Fortress base Tokyo, Doolittle had a mechanic who one afternoon when the planes were had been with him a long time. coming back in. Many of them had Doolittle was a colonel then. The been pretty badly shot up and had mechanic went on the Tokyo raid wounded men aboard. with him. The general walked up to one You remember the details of that j plane from which the crew had just raid, which have gradually seeped j got out The upper part of the tail out. The planes were badly scat- gun turret was shot away. General tered. Some were shot down over DoolitUe said to the Japanese territory. Others ran out "Were you in there when it hap- of gas. Some of the crews bailed out. Others landed in Russia. The f pened?" remainder splattered themselves all f The gunner, a little peevishly, rej over the rice paddies of China. plied: That night Doolittle was lower j "Yes sir." M As the general walked away the than he had ever been before In to humor wasn't There life. any annoyed gunner turned to a fellow sat He crewman and said in a loud voice: the world for him that night to "Where in the hell did he think I with his head down and thought f was, out buying a ham sandwich?" himself: "You have balled up the biggeit A frightened junior officer, fearchance anybody could ever have. ing the general might have over- You have sure made a mess of this heard, said: affair. You've lost most of your"My God, man, don't you know a roitplanes. The whole thing was rest who that was?" the erable failure. You'll spend "Sure I know," the of your life in Leavenworth for this, snapped, "and I don't give a damn. and be lucky to get out of it that That was a stupid question." With which Jimmy Doolittle, the easy." this sergeant-mesat As least stupid of people, fully agrees chanichecame thereand said: J up when he tells the story. Coie- "Don't feel so bad about it, . nel." cm no attention, Doolittle paid Jimmy tells these stories wonderf him. at kept fully, with more zest and humor the sergeant as it seems, Way. bad as not "It's than I can put into them you " I'll bet you that within a year for As he says, the heartMedal j breaks and tragedies of war some- have a Congressional ; general." a be and brigadier times push all your gaiety down snorted. j Doolittle just into the depths. But if a man can th T "Well, I'll bet you so," to keep a sense of the ridiculous about like I'd "And said. himself he is all right. Jimmy Doo- geant one thing. As long as you re fly" j little can. I'd like to be your mechanic. DooliWM That finally got inside t Lieut. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, head confidence had Somebody of the Eighth air force over here, gloom. up. buck j him. He began to noticed one day in the roster of off- said: icers at his staff headquarters the , "Son, as long as rve name of a Captain Doolittle. you're its mecnd.uv, plane old." The name is not a very ordinary we live to be a thousand years one, and he made a mental note that some day he would look the fel. As you know, be did get low up for a litUe chat. One day not long after that his phone rang gressional Medal of Honor, any and the voice at the other end said, he has not only one star three of a lieutenant Ee""lmseif j "This is Captain Doolittle." devoted "Oh yes." said thl general "I that sergeant who Doolittle that triw" Colonel to had noticed your name and I meant night out there in China. to call you up sometime." Doolittle'. mecharJC "I'd like to come In and see you," General landed Youks 1B night they wu said the voice at the other end. In February of 1843. H the for do "Why yes, that," the general of the men who ran said. "I'm pretty busy these days, that night , vnw & j but I'll switch you to my aide and General DoolitUe had to he'll make an appointment for you. letter to his parents. MU; (WfWW'J. WHMj v WWW W.W K 1 B-2- 6 i XL. reason-Wh- j Davis County reported one case of pneumococcic Meningitis. cases of maFour laria fever were reported, bringing the total number reported to date non-reside- nt to 18. cases of rheuTwo matic fever were reported, maging a total of 55 cases reported since the first of the year. In addition to these, we have had a total of 97 resident cases reported this non-reside- nt year. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County and Utah County each reported one case of pulmonary tuberculosis. Richfield City and the following counties reported no diseases for the" week: Beaver, Cache, Daggett, Duchesne, Garfield, Juab, Morgan, Piute, Sevier and Washington. Disease totals for the week were aa follows: chickenpox, 70; measles, 41; German measles, 7; pneumonia, 4; mumps, 66; scarlet fever, 31; pulmonary tuberculosis, 3; whooping cough, 52; gonorrhea, 12; syphilis, 19; and pneumococcic meningitis, 1. In addition, there caswas a total of 24 es reported. non-reside- nt J f tail-gunne- r: jj j s tail-gunn- - j. j PENROSE ri a nnn n Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fuller Mrs. Fred W. Petersen. Mrs. Joseph Eggli was visited last week by her brother. S on a FIFTH WAR IDAH POND APPUCATON (Editor's Note: Due to transmission delays, brought on by the volume oi-.sion dispatches, Ernie Pyle's first reports on that historic event have not yet reached this country. The following dispatch was written before the invasion started) LONDON. (by wireless) Here I've been gallivantin' around with lieutenant generals again. If this keeps up I'm going to lose my amateur standing. This time it is Jimmy Doolittle, who is still the same magnifi. cent guy with three stars on his Bhoulder that he used to be with a co-pil-ot and daughters, of Ogden, visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and WRITE THE ANSWECS By Ernie Pyle plas-teri- - YOU Greet in Same 8th Air Force second-hande- for-vetera- to $5,000,000,000. Preparations For 1929 Fair " pre-inducti- on THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS Any cash benefits the veteran receives under the provisions of the bill would be deducted from any bonus that might bo voted later. The cost of the legislation has been estimated from $3,000,000,000 Oiled Highway Into Tremonton Completed Saturday, June 15, 1929, the oiled highway into Tremonton, was completed, making it possible to travel some 400 or 500 miles from here into Southern Utah without a break of cement roads. Miles and miles of section roads here in the valley have been grad ed and gravel surfaced, and to these road improvements the federal project now being built to the Idaho line over the Snowville route is added, making one realize that in not a far distance future fine highways leading to and from every community will be the rule and not the exception. nt Terry and the Pirates uj SparJ With Ernie Pyle at the Front Namesake last-minu- te The War Production Board has announced that quota restrictions will be removed to permit small manufacturers to engage in unlimited production of farm machinery, equipment and repair parts made entirely from surplus materials or materials obtained with AA-- 4 preference ratings. by the young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Raider . f Corinne, were Friday visitor." Z Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Shumaji. Mrs. J. B. Shuman and daufAt. Lorna, attended the dance at Riverside last TuesSv evening in honor of Leon farlane, who is now a 3 boys home on furlough. Tokyo Bombing Hero Has Still Another P The War Production Board says Arsenical insecticides for the coming summer months should be bought early, because uncertain transportation and manpower and container shortages might delay orders and result in heavy crop A water-resistamatch, damage. useful to service men in jungle areas, has been developed by match manufacturers. O An estimated 30,000 dozen household furnace scoops and 85,000 dozen snow shovels will be produced in 1944, and the first of them should be available to consumers by late fall or early winter. National headquarters of Selective Service announces that inductees no longer will be earmarked for either the Army or the Navy after their physical will but 1, examination, beginning July be placed in the common pool to be drawn upon as the needs of the respective branchShoe dealers may sell limes develop. ited quantities of "odd lot" shoes ration-fre- e to consumers at specified price reductions July 10 through July 29, OPA WFA expects that shipping will says. be available to import six million bushels of corn from South America during July to aid the war food and livestock feed U. S. situation in the United States. Public Health Service reports that ap proximately 20,000 patients have been treated for syphilis and gonorrhea and new intensive methods in more than 50 rapid treatment centers and that penicillin is being used on a large scale in the treatment of early syphilis. Home canners who have the use of a pressure canner this summer will do wrell to put up chicken when farmers are selling large numbers of hens that are not laying enough to be worth their keep, the Department of Agriculture advises. 1944 Doolittle Meets Doolittle; Son Drops In on Father and UNRRA duriing the fiscal year starting July 1. Included in this action was authority to allow the President to transfunds to fer $350,000,000 in Lend-Leas- e Relief and Nations UNRRA the (United Rehabilitation Administration) for war emergencies. This measure now goes to the House. ( Mrs. Engvar Petersen. Mrs. James Jensen and daughters, Evelyn and Mrs. Martha of Brigham and Mr. and THROUGH THE LEADER FILES Taylor Mrs. Leavitt Taylor of Ogden, OF FIFTEEN YEARS AGO were Penrose visitors Friday. A large crowd enjoyed the wedof Mr. 1929 June 20, ding dance Friday evening Stokes. Many and Mrs. Chester Early Residents of Valley were received beautiful presents VWt For Return Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Getz and sons, Robert and Louis, and daughter Laura, arrived Wednesday, from Peoria, 111., for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. T. P. Meister and their sons, William and Philip Getz of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Getz were some of the earliest settlers in this valley, and lived here for about 20 years, planting some of tre first orchards in the valley. Also, the Getz family plan to visit their son, Dan, in Elko, Nev. before returning home. to LOOKING BACK BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER PuKihhed Thursday, June 22, LEADER Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Petersen and Bishop and Mrs. J. F. Petersen and son Jesse F., enjoyed an over night fishing trip at East Canyon, Wednesday and Thursday. Leonard Petersen, with Bishop Joseph Nelsen and son, Sgt. Glen Nelsen, and Ervin Petersen of Thatcher went on an over night trip for the opening of fishing season and returned with their limit of beautiful trout. Mrs. Preston Petersen and Mrs. A, L. Smith were Brigham visitors Tuesday. 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