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Show Fast BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, TREMONTON, UTAH Two Editor-Publish- capL William rmi. Garland, was an invited Sunday evening church held the interest of his a'& as he related va and told of places visited" Mrs. Orval Grover her brother, Leonard Pefc about the national debt? We is mrtnday. Saturday .... owe it to ourselves." It implies only family dinner. Her that we are sure to be very easy and Mrs. Fred V. with ourselves on collection day, but her brothers and families tf a lot depends on whether we can rose were cit f We owe ourafford to be lenient Mr. and Mrs. D. E. 01, selves a lot of money and we never ter. Louise and son r,,... will be able to collect even the in- Syracuse, were T. vits terest on it unless we work hard W. E. and Wendell and pay our taxes. iliea and the David Larson f 'T The debts we owe ourselves are on Saturday. genuine debts, and bigger than most William Eades. of su . some I know people of us realize. was a Sunday dinner who owe themselves new cars, or on,i t t tw uesilt new tires for their old cars. Since A. Mrs. R. Udv anri a,... they can't buy these items, they Mrs. Jensen of BrS?l Wayne for other are spending their money thines . . . things to enjoy now. Have you heard about the errand Crammer at Clearfield. D. E. Adams and dan boy who needed shoes but had no stamp, so he spent $6 for theatre dis and Marine, were Sunrt,.' ner guests of Mr. and Mrs Wi tickets? Tinkling Cymbals Easv money that rattles in our Mrs. Howard Ovler pockets because there is nothing to boy are doing nicely since W. buy is not prosperity. Actuauy 11 brought home from a Lo,n is bogus money. We must never Mr. and Mrs. Rulon .T forget that prosperity is born 01 work. If higher income can't help wuiuue ana Chem1 me live better, my improved income uuu6unio, in is America is phony. bieeaing Sunday with Mr. and Mrs w. war and suffering in want this very xiojujcu juiu air. ana Mrs. day. Our needs are no less real be Larson. cause certain items have been taken Miss Sherma Hansen nw off the market weekend home from the U. S, 4 National income figures for the United States illustrate the point perMr. and Mrs. Wavne Jm, ... fectly. On paper, national income children, of Brigham City, was 135 billion dollars in 1943, breakSunday dinner guests of her m. ing all records, but much of the exits, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Udy money our people received was miss x vonne who is "stage money." It wouldn't spend. Cadet Nurse in urover, at training tip Actually we Americans received 20 D. S. hospital, visited over tie billion dollars less money in 1943 than we did in 1929, call it weekend with her parents, here President Ruth Holman r 150 million dollars a day less. Add nine 0's to each of the figures in the Conselor Lottie R. Potter, of Relief Society, were shopping t following table, making them bilLogan Monday for drapes for lions: 1943 Short newly remodeled and 1929 billions in Figures Relief Society room. $135 $81 National Income Jerry, the young son of Mr. at: Government Deficit none 56 Mrs. Fred Petersen, is well enou? 21 3 Federal Taxes to be removed home after a rece at the $58 $20 appendicitis operation $78 Net hospital. The average 1944 wage is more The community shop at the Jos cents per hour; the average salary Oyler farm is the scene i eph is more dollars per month; our na much activity. A number of toil: tional income is more billions per farmers are spending what tic year than in any previous boom, thev can eet from chores in mat but we are in debt. It is plain from farm implements out of sets; the figures that when the debt is ing iron. subtracted from what we call our national income it is by no means large. The debt must be paid in money that represents constructive work, doing and making useful Miss Oleta Miller of Brigte: things for better living. spent the weekend with her par A Homely Story ents Mr- and Mrs. C. E. Miller. On the morning of November 12, Ersol Berchtold and childre 1918, so the story goes, a dusky with their wife; soldier in a U.S. labor battalion visited Sunday motner uwyi at uie wrjrunderwent j overslept two or three bugle calls Rrio-hnaii she where and was waked at last by his serfrieai; on Saturday. Her geant gruffly ordering him to rise, operation a speedy recovery, wish her all "Y'all kan't boss me roun' no Charles Jensen Mrs. and Mr. mo," he said, half asleep. "Dii were Sunday & of Ogden wah am ovah. I jes sign up fer de family Jensen's mottj Mrs. of ner guests duration." Shuman. Sarah Mrs. er, "How right you is, boy!" the ser Mr. and Mrs. Engvar Yew geant replied. "De wah am ovah. were Brigham visitors Monday. sho 'nuff, but de duration it Mr. and Mrs. Leonard m. re have jes begin." son and family and Mrs. Fred? More Responsibility SitePetersen were entertained Kr -v.. Official accounts of military gains, u a day at ainner, given their one after another, can't help but Mrs W Orval Grover at build hopes for peaceful years to , u. nonw in in East Garland come. The foregoing anecdote is Petersen's birthday. offered to suggest this: Cadet Faye Miller spent When the fighting stops, it will at home with her pars'- ; weekend not be a signal for everybody to Mrs-- Morgan Miller. commence sleeping late and trying Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stout and chili"', to subsist on income from wartime have been visiting at the who earnings. Unless we are ready to L. M. tighten our belts and do our part to of Mr. and Mrs. Cait TAkePetj wtr meet our national obligation, the du W few a ration will have just begun. they plan to visit for to weir before returning , er PL EAST GARLSJ ' Week PiiKished at Tremonton, Utah, on Thursday of Each Distribution for Friday rfaone 23 First West Street Second Entered at the Post Office at Tremonton, Utah, as 1925 15, October Class MatteT N. RYTCTNG, CE ers. In some districts, this has resulted in barz:ur.injr" for toachers with the individual, who has his own home Jind i LOOKING other ties, that bind him to the community, usually getting AHEAD the lower wage scale. T IY GEORGE S. BENSON Publishers of Utah, as a whole, are not alter tae al Preside College are but mighty dollar, that published statements will bring, Stare f. Atkansas interested in good sound administration of public aiiairs which they feel require full publication, so that the genera! We Owe Us tax paying public will know what is happening to the state, There is a epigram e that runs like this: "Who cares county and city funds. BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER a. Thursday, January lg sr' JJ7 , any-thin- SUBSCRIPTION KATES (In Advance) SOLDIER RATES - $2.50 YEAR ONE $1.75 pZ? Ernie Pyle's Slant on the War: UTAH'S "PROFITABLE" BUSINESS t. British and American Air Cooperation Strong of Evidently there is one commission in the state family ,wirrmnts which will make its "own way" regardless ofs treasurer obstacles, such as limited supplies and of the state action of impounding moneys intended for new stocKs. Utah According to information released this week the Officers Never of net $1,358,001 profit liquor control commission piled up a Become Hardened to Men's Death for the past six months. $17,-00- 0 some were months The net profits from the past six more than for the same period a year ago, while Decem By Ernie Pyle ber's net profits topped 1943 sales by $46,891. when Pyle Note): This dispatch was written and first published were. was(Editor' this the boys cover his to the year on for now is sales He period way Italian front." the at Gls the with Liquor of December war the in while tones. Pacific the than year, previous $995,041 higher IN ITALY. If you ever heard a dive bombing by our 6 this year shows sales of $303,355 more than December of last Invader planes you'd never forget it. year. Even in normal flight this plane makes a sort of screamWhile the stores and package agencies made the profits by the venoise, and when that is multiplied many-fol- d the commission does not handle any of the receipts, as each ing for miles. locity of the dive you can hearthe wail agency deposits daily in the local banks. Salaries during the On the ground it sounds as though Platoon Leaders. December period is listed as the largest expense, but was they are coming directly down upon in a platoon ser Buck Eversole Salaries you. It Is a hor- - geant in an infantry company. That $281.00 lower than for the same period last year. of about 40 means he has period was $2386 lower than and wages for the German Stuka frontline fighting charge men. in 1943. for the same period could never touch He front for more been at Non-Commission- ed six-mon- th A-3- July-Decemb- er x A CASE OF PRIORITY A certain dog seems to be coming in for a good share of publicity just now . . . and all because he had an "A" priority gating. . . and of course. . . perhaps he belongs to a very prominent first family of the nation. It isn't the same pooch, however, that caused quite a stir some time ago when on its course as a small battleship was supposedly accomodation. small a This dog in question with his "A" priority was given preference over three servicemen when the load of a cargo plane became too much for the machine to fly safely. According to press reports, Seaman First Class Leon re-rout- ed LeRoy, age 18, of California, was coming home on an emergency furlough due to the death of his father. When he arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, he with a Sergeant and a See-bewere "bumped" off the plane to make room for the dog consigned to the newest addition to the first family. It seems to be certain that the sailor, as well as the dog are going to get their share of publicity, and some one is going to receive considerable criticism too. e, HOUSE BILL NUMBER TWO Among the first bills introduced in the House was one sponsored by the state Municipal League, and introduced by Thomas M. Reese, D., of Salt Lake City. This bill which is considered a direct thrust at the country newspapers, is also a thrust at the public generally, whether it was intended as such or not. The purpose of the bill is to eliminate the necessity of listing of warrants issued in the county auditor's annual report. In other words, to whom and for what the warrant is paid, will be entirely off the record as far as the general public is concerned. To all intents and purposes the bill will reduce the cost of publication of the financial report of the county auditor. As publishers, we believe that a detailed renort of the expenditures of the county, school board, and city adminis trations are m reality money savers for the tax payer. It is true, we may lose a little revenue if the bill passes, but how ever great or small it may be, we are firm in our conviction and belief that expenditures, which are publicized, are kept more m line, than if the report is not made public. We are not inferring in any degree that any of our officers are guilty of graft, of mismanagement of funds, but facts of the past prove that there has been in other coun ties, and cities, and on school boards, much favoritism shown m the handling of purchases where if these facts had been made public, it would not have been possible for such actions to occur. If Commissioners Doe, Roe and Poe, know that no LlLl . de- tailed report will be made of expenditures, our fictious Mr. Doe, a coal dealer, can easily supply all of the county offices with coal to the exclusion of others ; Mr. Roe, a gas dealer, can supply all the gas, oil and other needs to lubricate the road equipment, county cars, tractors, etc., while Mr. Pee, who might be in the mercantile, lumber, publishing, or furniture business can come in for his share of the county business. Friends of the family could easily be placed on payrolls, in special employment or in a dozen ways, county funds could be spent in channels other than for which they were first intended. There seems to be something about the printed word that makes the thought behind it very different from the spoken word. We may each individually, say something about our friends, state, county, city officials or others, and no great deal of importance will be attached to it, these words can be passed off as heresay. Rut let the same things become printed words and the whole story in changed; these words are considered authentic, and will stand as such until retracted. In our own city, there is a motion on record, that has been standing for a number of years, that the minutes of the city council meetings be not released for publication. In all due respect to our city officers, this cation was considered necessary, because certain information was made public, and caused considerable trouble, when the information should have been withheld until a more complete arrangement had been made. In the school board reports, the salary paid each individual teacher is not made public, because the difference in salaries paid might cause dissatisfaction among the teach- - the them for sheer than ahas War is old to him and year. of frightfulness he has become almost the master of sound. He is a senior partner now in it. Also, the Stuka the institution of death. dived has always His platoon has turned over many at an nngle. But as battle whittles down the times come these planes literally straight old ones and the replacement sysdown. If you look tem brings up the new ones. Only Ernie Pyle up and see one a a handful now are veterans. "It gets so it sinda gets you, seein mile above you, you can't tell where it's headed. It could strike anywhere these new kids come up," Buck told within a mile on any side of you. me one night in his slow, barely That's the reason it spreads its ter- audible Western voice, so full of ror so wide. honesty and sincerity. But our pilots have to hand it to "Some of tlem have Just got the Germans on the ground. They fuzz on their faces, and don't have steeled themselves to stand by know what it's all about, and their guns and keep shooting. Pilots they're scared to death. No matter what, some of them are say the Italians would shoot until the bombs were almost upon them, bound to get killed." then dive for their foxholes, and We talked about some of the other then come out and start shooting s who could take again after the bombs had exploded. battle had gradual but themselves, But not the Germans they stick to ly grown morose under the responsl their guns. bility of leading green boys to their Maj. Ed Bland, a squadron leadslaughter. Buck spoke of one ser er, was telling me about coming geant especially, a brave and suddenly over a hilltop one day and hardened man, who went to his caphia in finding a German truck right tain and asked him to be reduced gunsights. to a private in the lines. imNow it's the natural human "I know it ain't my fault that pulse, when you see a plane come get killed " Buck finally said. they ditch. to dive the for upon you, I do the best I can for them. "And But the German gunner in this I've but got so I feel like it's me and a around truck swung gun started shooting at Bland. German killin' 'em instead of a German. I've and American tracer bullets were got so I feel like a murderer. I hate to look at them when the new ones streaming back and forth in the come in." same groove in opposite directions, almost hitting each other. The GerBuck himself has been fortunate man never stopped firing until Once he was shot through the arm. Bland's six machine guns suddenly chewed the truck into complete dis- His own skill and wisdom have saved him many times, but luck integration. saved him countless has other Our dive bombers don't have times. much trouble with German fighters. One night Buck and an officer took The reasons are several. For one from shelling in a refuge thing, the Luftwaffe Is weak over Italian stone house. As they sat here now. For another, the dive a shell came through the wall bombers' Job is to work on the in- there, of the far room, crossed the room fantry front lines, so they seldom and buried itself in the middle wall get back where the German fighters are. And for another, the In- with its nose pointing upward. It go off. vader is such a good fighter itself didn't Another time Buck was leading too that the Jerriev aren't anxious his platoon on a night attack. They to tangle with It. were walking in Indian file. Sud Flying Allotment. denly a mine went off, and killed For several months the posting the entire squad following Buck, period back to America was set He himself had miraculously walked at a certain number of missions. through the mine field without hit Then it was suddenly upped by ting a one. more than a score. There were One day Buck went stalking a pilots here who were within one German officer in close combat, and mission of going home when the or- wound up with the German on one der came. So they had to stay and side of a farmhouse and Buck on fly a few more months. Some of the other. They kept throwing grethem never lived to finish the new nades over the house at each allotment. other without success. Finally Buck stepped around one comer of the house and came face to face with the Nowhere In our fighting forces Is cooperation closer or friendGerman, who'd had the same idea, ship Buck was ready and pulled the greater than between Americans and British In the trigger first His slug hit the Ger air. I bave yet to hear an man Just above the heart. The Ger American pilot make a disman had,a wonderful pair of binocu paraging remark about a Britlars slung over his shoulders, and ish filer. Our pilots say the Britthe bullet smashed them to bits. ish are cooler under fire than Buck had wanted some German we are. binoculars for a long time. They like to listen in on their raThe ties that grow up between dios as the RAF pilots talk to each men who live savagely and die reether. For example, one day they lentlessly together are ties of great heard one pilot call to another: strength. There is a sense of fideli "I say, old chap, there is a Jerry ty to each other among little corps on your tail" of men who have endured so long To which the Imperiled pilot re and whose hope in the end can be but so small. plied: One afternoon while I was with "Quite so, quite so, thanks very much old man." the company Sgt Buck Eversole's And another time, one of our Inturn came to go back to rest camp vaders got shot up over the target for five days. The company was due His engine was smoking and his presto attack that night Buck went to his company com sure was down and he was losing altitude. He made for the coast all mander and said, "Lieutenant, I alone, easy meat for any German don't think I better go. I'll stay if fighter that might come along. He you need me." was Just barely staying in the air, The lieutenant said, "Of course I and he was a sad and lonely boy need you, Buck, I always need you. indeed. But it's your turn and I want you Then suddenly he heard over his to go. In fact, you're ordered to go." The truck taking the few boys earphones a distinctly British voice away to rest camp left Just at dusk. saying: "Cheer up, chicken, we have It was drizzling and the valleys were swathed in a dismal mist Aryou." He looked around and two Spit tillery of both sides Sashed and fires, one on cither side, were rumbled around the horizon. The mothering him back to his home encroaching darkness was heavy field. and foreboding. ly' old-tim- e non-com- two-roo- m . a take-hom- e tk, th VaUe; PENROSE - -- j ... UK J - o. PUBLIC HEALTH COLUMN t. Mrs. Effie Petersen return1 her home in Brigham Monoay ter spending the past weeK J Mrs. ing with her daughter, LeK Mrs. Leak and family. j ii children Dee and Maxine wc"i J panied her to Brigham. Mrs. Vergie Jeppson is vistp and For the week ending January 12 a total of 590 cases of communiMr. cable diseases was reported to the with her parents Fredrickson. Conrad of Health Utah State Department Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Petersen as compared with 467 for the preMnrK rr i. j vious week. dinner guests of Mr. and Chickenpox is still at the top of Fred W. Petersen. the list, with a total of 2G5 cases. ter Mr. and Mrs J. Z 1 The number of cases of measles shows a slight increase and the number of cases of . mumps in creased from 96 for the previous week to 129. It is encouraging to note that no cases of diphtherls, poliomyeli tis, smallpox nor typhoid fever were reported. One case of epidemic meningitis was reported from Salt Lake County; according to the attending physician, the patient is an infant. This is the first case of this disease to be reported in the state this year. During 1944 thede were approximately 40 cases of the disease reported with a number of fatalities. Millodd, Tooele and Utah counties each reported one case of tuberculosis. The totals for the week were as follows: chickenpox, 2G5; influenza, 4; measles, 21; German measles, 6; epidemic meningitis, 1; mumps, 129; pneumonia, 14; scarlet fever, 67; septic sore throat, 3; tuberculosis, 3; whooping cough, 5; gonorrhea (resident) 24; gonor- - J ' 11 cher were shopping OS. in Thursday and attended w ling match in the evening. r Mr. and Mrs.Perry . J - .J VIS11AM3 StanfiU w TiirteI'ltf lUCTUuj- - - j Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence sen were Ogden visitors Satuivj Mr. and Mrs. Orson Jens j ited with Mr. and Mrs. Jensen in Brigham Saturday. Mrs. Carl Neteen vimttf M" I days last week with Mr9i Terrace, Smith of Washington den. t . Mr. and Mrs. George He family of Wlllnrd wereCan ' ..j guests of Mr and Mrs. J- -j - son. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shumn t daughter IVann visited am Wednesday with l?ish(jf, Mrs, Fred L Petersen. They ncrnmnnnioH hv Mrs. Ssr1'11 man who visited with her Mrs. James Miller. 7. . tni- - inofr" (resident) 16; Bypniua fe dent) 2; and rheumatic J |