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Show r BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER on Thursday of Fach W'wk for Friday Distribution Phone 23 First West Street Entered at the Post Office at Tremonton, Utah, as Second Class Matter October 15, 1925 Published Thursday, July 27, is44 BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER Page Two at Tremonton, Utah, A. N. RYTTING, Editor-Publish- er SUBSCRIPTION KATES (In Advance) SOLDIER RATES ONE YEAR - $2.50 J 1.75 TRUE PATRIOTISM Last w'k end one of our Blue Star Mothers willed at the Leader Office to have the mailing address cf her son changed. The lad had just been sent overseas and before leaving had asked that his bond purchases be increased. This mother, who was justly proud of the contribution she was making in sending her son to defend his country, seemed just a little more than proud of the fact that her son had arranged to purchase a FIFTY DOLLAR lxnl each month on the pay of a PRIVATE SOLDIER. In the course of the conversation, this good mother expressed the wish that the total sum of bond purchases by service men and women from this valley could be made known. "We would then realize," she said, "just what our boys are doing, besides fighting, to win this war; and it would make many of us ashamed of the complaining and the little bit we seem to be doing here at heme." In contrast to this, following a recent meeting of a civic club, the discussion centered around some recent subtile pro paganda that it was useless to buy more bonds, that they would never be redeemed and so on. It was startling to heai of the number of bonds being "cashed in" and of the all too customary excuse of "I'm sorry to have to do this" of the party cashing in their bonds. In what little checking up we have been able to do. . this same "I'm sorry' but in an entirely different manner is fequently heard at the bond window or counter. It comes from the parents of boys who are in the service of their coun try, it comes from parents of limited means, who are going without. many of the pleasures of the day, denying themselves any luxury, trying to run the farm, the dairy herd, the business short handed, so that they can buy bonds reg ularly to back up their own boys. Their regret that they can't "BUY MORE BONDS this month" is' the true patriotism by which this nation shall eventually win the struggle cf free man throughout the accidents. The Utah Faim Bureau has suggested 12 "do's" for farmers to "keep fit for the farm front fight." They are: Have a physical checkup, eat wisely, wear comfii table clothes, Wnvnrp of noison iw. learn the right way of lilting, hcvp vr.nr balance on ladders, pi event haytime hazards involving "pitchforks, operate tractors safely, stay away from moving machinery, handle livestock properly, use right 1001 in ian.. repair jobs and prevent farm f ires. With Ernie Pyle at the From Crews Do a Good Job Covering Yank Landings Ack-Ac- k By Ernie Pyle NORMANDY. One of the most vital responsibilities during these opening weeks of our war on the Continent of Europe has been the protection of our unloading beaches and ports. For over and through them must pass, without interruption, and in great masses, our buildup of men and material in sufficient masses to roll the Germans clear back out of France. Nothing must be allowed to interfere with that unloading. Everything we can lay our hands on is thrown into the guarding of those beaches and ports. Allied ground troops police them from the land side. ; Our two navies protect them froms Our sneak attacks by sea. great air low clouds catch the crack of these supremacy makes daytime air as- many guns and scramble them all saults rare and costly. into one gigantic roar which rolls It is only at night that the Ger- and thunders like the mans have a chance. They do keep approach of a hurricane. If you're sleeping in a foxhole, pecking away at us with night bombers, but their main success in this little clouds of dirt come rolling so far has been keeping us awake down upon you. and making us dig our foxholes Whew the planes are really close and the guns are pounding out a deeper. Here on the beachhead the falling mania of sound, you put on your flak becomes a real menace one of steel helmet in bed and sometimes the few times you drop off to sleep with it on and f i I ve known that wake up with it on in the morning r 1 to happen in this and feel very foolish. "1 war. Every night I American antiaircraft gunners bes' ' $ V i 'or weeks, pieces gan playing their important part in i of exploded shells the Battle of Normandy right on J have come whiz- and shortly after zing to earth with-s- i Ordinarily you wouldn't think of in 50 yavds of my the antiaircraft coming ashore with tent. Once an the infantry, but a little bit of everyack-ac- k thing came ashore on that memshell buried itself orable day from riflemen to press half a stone's censors, from combat engineers to Ernie Pyle throw from my chaplains and everybody had a world. tent. hand in it. A good portion of our army on The ack-ac- k was given a place in WORLD STABILIZATION FUND the beachhead now sleeps all night the very early waves because the foxholes, and some of the troops general in command felt that the Plans for a world monetary fund involving $8,800,000,000 in have swung over to the Anzio beach- Germans would throw what air and designed to stabilize world currencies and aid world head custom, of building dugouts in strength they had onto the beaches trade has been presented as part of a dual program of the order to be safe from falling flak. that day and he wanted his men to repel it. there United Nations Monetary Conference held at Bretton Woods, As it turned out, the Germans intended a liave time For I long New Hampshire. The committee has agreed that the total doing a series about the antiaircraft didn't use their planes at all and the wasn't needed to protect the liabilities of the proposed international bank, the second part gunners. I'm glad I never got ack-ac- k from air attack. So, like on landings the to for here around it exceed before, of the conference, should not its outstanding capital, ack-ac- k other units, they turned themour many beachhead Normandy estimated at $10,000,000,000, of which "each member country seems to have reached its selves into infantry or artillery and peak. would buy shares. Big-countquotas are largely worked Figures are not permissible but I helped win the battle of the beaches. took infantrylike casualties, of the capital, or can say that right now we have too.TheyOne out, the United States to put up one-thir- d ack-ac- k unit lost half of its men soldiers on the many many, about $3,000,000,000; England, about $1,000,000,000; and beachhead and that by the time ev- and guns. When I started rounding up maRussia, a. little less. Each country under this plan would con- erything has arrived the number for this ack-ac- k terial series I ran much be will larger. tribute at first one fifth of its total subscription, 20 per cent And that is speaking only of ack-ac- k onto the story of one crew of of this in gold, and the remainder in local currency. The U. who had knocked out a Germen who do nothing else. In S. would supply about $7,000,000, of which $1,400,000 would addition there are thousands of gun- man 88 deeply ensconced in a thick ners attached to divisions and other concrete emplacement and did it be in gold. units who double in brass when with a tiny gun, which is The executive committee of the bank would be composed planes come over and shoot at any- somewhat akin to David slaying Go liath. of 12 members, of which five will represent each one of thing that passes low. So I hunted up this crew to see is commanded by a Our ack-ac- k the larger quota holders, while the other seven will be chosen general officer, which indicates how how they did it. By that time they through proportional representation by the smaller countries important it is. His hundreds of gun had moved several miles inland. I This' is very similar to the proposed setup of the executive batteries even intercept planes be- found them at the edge of a small fore they near the beaches. The open field far out in the country. committee of the World Monetary Fund itself. Their gun had been dug into the gun positions are plotted on a big Each country would appoint a member to a board of wall map in his command tent, just ground. Two men sat constantly behind the gun, directors. Voting by this board would be on a basis of shares as the battle lines are plotted by in their bucket seats units. A daily score is kept keeping watch on the sky even in infantry held, but no country could cast more than one-fourof the of the planes shot down confirmed the daytime." The others slept in total vote. Thus, the U. S. with one-thir- d of the capital would ones and probables. Just as an ex- their pup tents under the bushes, or ample of the effectiveness of our just loafed around and brewed an have a fourh of the vote. Forty-fou- r countries would ack-acone four-gu- n battery alone occasional cup of coffee. shot down 15 planes in the first Toe commander of this gun is The bank, "for reconstruction and development, would two weeks. Sergt Hyman Haas of Brooklyn, Up to the time this is written the Sergeant Haas is an enthusiastic make loans, guaranteeing them or actually participating in Germans don't seem to have made and flattering young man who was them, through any member country to any government sub up their minds exactly what they practically beside himself with dedivision of that country or operate through a private bank are trying to do in the air. They light when I showed up at their re wander around all night long, usual- mote position, for he had read this ing institution within a country. The borrower could be a ly in singles but sometimes column back in New York but hadn't in numgovernment corporation or a private one, who could show bers, but they don't do a great deal supposed our trails would ever cross he had been unable to pet it from goovcniment or private of bombing. Most of them turn in an army this big. When 1 told away at the first near burst from him I wanted to write a little about sources. Payment of interest and principal would be guaran one of our guns. Our ack-ac- k his crew he beamed and said: men say they think the German teed by the government of the borrower. vu wji wan wii riaiDusn ave pilots are yellow, but having seen nue hears about this!" It was proposed that special consideration be given to the Their story is this quality of German fighting for devastated countries through both slower rates of amortiza nearly two years now that is hard They came ashore behind the first wave of infantry. A narrow tion on their loans and a priority on the granting of such for me to believe. valley Often they will drop flares that leading away from the beach at that loans. will light up the whole beach area, point was blocked by the German 88, Chief arguments for the bank are that private capital and then fail to follow through and which stopped everything in front bomb the light of their flares. ol it. bo Driver Bill Hendrix from alone cannot do the 30b of post-wa- r development and re The ack-ac-byk say that not more Shreveport, La., turned their halfconstruction. Also it is believed the U. S. would benefit do than two out men of ten planes that aptrack around and drove the front mestically in trade growth and from great projects here proach the beachhead ever make end. back into the water so the gun their bomb runs over our shipping. would be pointing in the right direc and abroad that the bank might underwrite. You are liable to get a bomb, anytion. where along the coastal area, for Washington News Then the boys poured 23 rounds x many of the Germans apparently into the pillbox. Some of their Just salvo their bombs and hightail shells hit the small gun slits and NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK home. went inside. At the end of their National Farm Safety week is being observed July 2:5 firing, what Germans were left came is indeed a spectacle to watch out with their hantts up. It and through 29, special emphasis is being placed on the pro- the antiaircraft fire when the GerThe boys were very of their gram in Utah under the slogan, "Someone might die if ycu mans actually get over the beach achievement, but I proud was kind of get hurt," Frank G. Shelley, executive secretary, Utah State area. All the machine guns on the amused at their modesty. One of ships lying off the beaches cut loose them said: Farm Bureau, announced Tuesday. with their red tracer bullets, and "The credit should to President Roosevelt signed a proclamation June 17, mak- those on shore do too. Their bullets ant Gibbs, because hegogaveLieutenus the ing the observance national. "It behooves this nation grate- arch in all directions and fuse into order to fire." g a The lines of The lieutenant is Wallace Gibbi of fully to acknowledge its special dependence upon the skill and tracers be;id pattern. and wave and seem Charlotte. N. C. The other mem-ber- s labor of its farmers in the gigantic task of waging war," the like streams of red water from of the crew are Corp. John hoses. The whole thing becomes a Jourdain of New Orleans; President said. Private animated fountain of red Frank Bartolomeo of Ulev!, p In Utah, the Farm Bureau is distributing illustrated gigantic, in the black sky. And above all Private Joseph Sharpe of Clover, s' d posters and colored literature to impress upon farmers- - and this are- - the golden C; Pfc. Frank Furey of Brooklyn; shells as they ex- Corp. Austin Laurent Jr. cf New Orfarm laborers the importance of being careful and avoiding flashes cf big-guplode high up toward the stars. leans; and Private Raymond Bu The noiee It terrific. Sometimes lock of Coello, III. ry th 90-m- letter sky-fillin- split-secon- n slight. July 25, 192S Cars Crash Head On, With Mm)' Injured In this issue of the Bear River Valley Leader, we find on the front page an account of the following accident: Two cars, driven by A. V. McClurg of Malad, Ldaho, and George Richardson of Focatello, Idaho, collision in Rivermet in a head-o- n side July 20, 1929. In Mr. car were Mrs. H. W. of Iowa, Mrs. George E. Jones and Mrs. E. W. Dreer of Malad, Miss Ruth Molan and Mrs Gertrude Polan of Salt Lake City; while the other car contained Mi Richardson, his wife and daughter and Mrs. Beth Tolman and her daughter of Tremonton. Mr. McClurg, the driver of the car going north, was on the wrong side of the road, Mr. Richardson, the driver of the south bound car. believing the other car stopped, turned cut to pass it, and as he turned. Mr. McClurg turned also to get back to his own side of the road. collision The results, a head-o- n with 11 persons receiving injuries. The most serious injuries were received by Mr. McClurg, who b?d rs Mrs. X. E. Shaw !:t... From Trip i The Kast Mrs. N. E. Shaw enjoyable trip in the East v?" ' "hiie there she att,, .i. .,.,u..u ujo 1'1;1(J.,, exercises at the Yale Lwt"? from which her sn . l? graduated this year, Sh,. lieu in Washington, u c ' "Jl-' away. . e Tremonton Girl Wins Place In Big Revue Out of an entry of 53 the Salt Air bathing r:Vuegiri. h Holmgren cf this city. wunWrS general place and first place among the girls from outside of Salt Lake City. Small Fire In Liberty Theatre Machine llw.m Saturday evening, July 20, 1929 a little excitement was created on Main Street when several reels of film caught fire, completely de- stroying them, and partially damag. ing the machines at the Liberty Theatre. When the alarm was giv- en the occupants of the show house vacated it with order and no one was any worse off for the fire-exce- cry g y 37-m- LOOKING BACK Me-Aac- el After Night Clearing Air of Axis ack-acke- - " uuLriiiiii" Mc-Clur- Creivs Sleepless, Fight On Night blood-curdlin- a broken knee cap and many cutl and bruises. Mr. Richardson rV ed several broken riis cu. bruises. The daughu-r- ' ,.f p""4 THROUGH THE LEADER FILES Tolman received a OF FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Other than that the ,r,.rA ju many Funeral Ser'ires IMd For Respected Man BY ,, GEORGE yPresidcHt-Jantin- g S. BENSON Services were held in the East College Garland Ward hall for Georg-- F. Somers, July 20, 1929. Many "relatives and friends attended. Interment was made in the East Gar- A Small Industry Strawberries classify as luxuries. are absolutely essential to anything but strawberry shortcake, I don't know what it is. Few lower animals will touch them. Apparently they were created for the enjoyment of mankind. Their food value seems quite incidental to the pleasure they afford some people and the hives they cause to erupt on others. Strawberries however have become a primary economic factor in the lives of a few thousand people and a good many of them are my neighbors here in White County, Arkansas. Strawberries to us are what celery is to Kalamazoo or cheese to Roquefort. What this little industry has experienced in the last three years under economy is set forth very plainly in the figures below: The Strawberry Crop If they land Cemetery. Owen Lj'Brough Made r Stake Superintendent Sunday School At Meet'nir At the reuglar monthly Crates per Acre.. Price per Crate... 15 70 45 .$7.80 $5.50 $1.50 Remember the story of Sinbad the Sailor and the Old Man of the Sea? Well blows White County has sustained at the hand of the OPA suggest what Sinbad endured from the OMS. Large industries like Aviation, Petroleum and Textiles touch a larger number of people in a more vital way but the little ones are not exempt from the effects of official tampering. And there are many little ones. Strawberries are extremely perishable; the season is very short and early. People in the business are prepared for inevitable "off years" when crops are damaged by weather conditions but they are obliged to have their occasional seasons of rich return in order to keep the wolf from the door during the lean years. The 1943 season was about average in acreage and yield per acre, Worse Than Frost The only recent year of promising f was 1942. Everything looked hopeful including the weather. Acreage was large and so was the yield. But in April the government's newly installed food rationing department did some warming-umaneuvers on sugar. The sugar shortage was bogus but there was a lot of hubbub about it and the effect was real. White County farmers lost out, thus: Price to the grower that year was $1.50 for a case of 24 quarts. It wouldn't pay for picking and packing. The fruit was fine but the buyers were afraid because they had no reason to believe Mrs. Housewife would be able to set sugar on her table at any price. Processing firms, canners and jam makers, took what they could handle and the rest (most of the crop) rotted in the field before the sugar shortage fable was st pay-of- p debunked. Discouragement Comes If the entire crop might have been sold at the ridiculously low figure of $1.50 a crate, White County have received $1,260,000 for would it, and gone in the red. In i943, however, u was the consumer yam ucar- ly. Discouraged Arkansas set out 37 less land pi0. duced 35 less per acre. Th f,m. er s price trebled but gross return to the county was still under $2,000,000 for the season. The 1944 season is harHiv -- .k Last summer and fall counting. were dry and th ia Z COLUMN t The general health picture for the week ending July 21 is good. A total of 262 eases of commudiseases was reported by local health officers. An outbreak of food poisoning was reported from a labor camp at Spanish Fork. The population of the camp is approximately 170 men. A total of 57 of these became suddenly ill after eating lunches which had been prepared in the ramp. Several of the men required hospitalization. Examination of the food by the laboratory of the State Department of Health shows extensive contamination by staphylococcus areus, an organism fhich secretes a rather potent toxin. Careful examination of all food handlers at the camp is being made to determine, if possible, the source of the infection. Iron and Summit counties each reported one case of epidemic isme-an ningitis. One of the patients adult and the other a child 9 years of age. Millard and Wayne counties reported one case each of pulmonary tuberculosis. Three cases of undulant fever were reported. Six cases of infectious jaundice were reported from Sanpete county. The totals for the week were as follows: chickenpox, 30; influenza, 6: measles. 19: German measles, 9: meningitis, 2; mumps, 58; scarlet fever. 12; tuberculosis. 3; undulant fever. 3; whooping cough, 76: gonorrhea. 20 resident chsei cases and 7 and 30 cases, 18 resident syphilis, nicable non-res'de- nt cases, malaria, rheumatic fever, 4. and iinfectious non-reside- nt jaundiice, 6. 4 9:30 P.O. LOWELL 4 7.I0IMS NEWS g hi. hTCmC V""ikc, u-- m i will d PUBLIC HEALTH j timt cut the gross strawberry revenn. county's ,. million dollars and next year's hopes are drooDintr. Fa pretty certain, after the fourth consecutive disappointment, that either ..... drouth. man.rrwr ,k,.i . jaie Prie.t-lioo- meeting of the Beir P.iver Stake, Mr. M E. Aldus was released from Stake Superintendent of Sunday Schools because of his new office as clerk of the Garland Ward required most of his time. Owen L. Brough was selected to take his place, ard was unanimously sustained by all members present at that time. 1944 1943 1942 White County Acres in Berries. .4,000 7,500 12,000 Plant-settin- pt Mr. Winzeler who was out dollars because of 'the fire TIME IXTO-KOUXT- KETWCSX Steward cf teTJanli |
