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Show (3 t i An Indepcnaent Newspaper Devoted Volume 16 'Number 7 Letter-Writin- g C C VISITS ARMY en-ter- non-far- Keep Flying-...- all-sta- te , 15-d- Buy War Bonds (very Pay Day Photo by Toni Frissell Thousands of U. S. fighting men last year accepted the invitation to discuss their personal problems with Red Cross field directors who accompany troops to all parts of the world. This picture, taken in London, shows everyone happy after the field men had satisfactorily solved the problems of the two soldiers at the desk. Contributions to the Red Cross 1943 War Fund, now in progress, make this service possible. WASHINGTON, D. C. The soldier allotments, illnesses, deaths, loss of stormed Into the Red Cross office at a contact with the home folks. These southern Army camp. His mouth was and other problems are unfolded in set in a hard, straight line; his eyes a panorama before Red we cold, determined. Hl3 wife trailed Cross field directors. Almost always him as he strode across the reception they are solved. - roon: her face was red and swollen The Red Cross field director is ready from crying. They were not over 22. to furnish information, counsel, and I need help, the soldier told the assistance as needed to men of the Red Cross field director at the desk. armed forces. Reaching into every "And I need it fast. county in the United States, through T!' Ppd Cros field director smiled, local Red Cross chapters, these workbut the soldier did not return it. "All ers and local home service chairmen right, soldier, lets see whats the act on behalf of the men of the armed forces and their families in matters trouble. I I dont get help Im going over, affecting the welfare of either or both in addition to the servicemen aided the hill, he blurted. Im on alert now due to move out almost any minute. by field directors, more than 500,000 But Im not going and leave my wife families of men in the sqjvice received with no place to stay. help through Red Cross chapters and Further conversation developed that branches. Contributions of the American peothe young bride was an expectant mother. She was unable to go home ple to the Red Cross during the War Fund appeal now in progbecause of her stepfather. Her hus band had .0 relatives with whom she ress will help to keep and expand conld stay. And the allotment he had these services to the nations fighting made to his wife had not yet come men. Varied and often unusual are the through. Two hours later after much con- other demands made of Red Cross the soldier field directors. Field Director William versation and planning was shaking the hand of the Red Cross Fluharty. stationed in a remote Aus, tralian area, traveled down to a rail field director. The Red Cross man had arranged road junction to bring back 6,000 that the soldiers wife spend the night pounds of American magazines for at the Army camp guest house. Prep- troops to which he was assigned. Rearations had been completed with a turning on a train, he was asked to nearby Red Cross chapter for her help deliver a baby for a native transportation back home. The Red woman, belatedly en route to a hosCross chapter in the girls home town pital. Red Cross Field Director Albert S. had agreed to see that she had proper care until the baby was born. By that Campbell and two assistants, David S. time the allotment would be coming Oman and John J. Clancy. Jr., distributed clothes, cigarettes, soap, razors, through. In every United States military es- tooth brushes playing cards and other tablishment, at home and abroad, the articles to American fighters during American Red Cross maintains a field one of the most furious Solomon director and staff to help Uncle Sams Islands battles. Whatever the welfare and personal fighting men work out such personal problems. More than 1,000,000 service- problems of American fighters at home men passed through the offices of the or abroad, the field director, backed Red Cross field directors last year. up by 3,755 Red Cross chapters and Their problems covered all phases of 6,000 branches, is the servicemans life families needing financial aid, best friend in time of need. never-endin- g . ,Em appeal to, all employers to There are two Utahns in the Kearns desist from recruiting farm people, Including women, for other than farm band under the direction of a thud. The two instrumentalists are Pfc. work. Max Dalby of Ogden and Pvt. Elbert When workers who can do farm work leave nonessential industries or become Gardner of Levan. Their leader is available because of the operation of the Master Sgt. Hans Heniot, former conweek, the U. S. employment ductor of the Utah State Symphony. Dalby plays a clarinet and is freservice will refer such persons to the featured Soloist on the band's quently USDA war board. The board county will assign them to the appropriate ag- Wednesday night broadcasts. He played under Heniot in th symphony too, after ency for work on the farm. The Army has established a proced- graduating from BYU in 1942. His father, Mr. Cleon Dalby, is prinure whereby men in the armed forces over 38 years old may be returned to cipal of the State Industrial School At essential occupations. War boards have Ogden and his mother is girls matron at been directed to notify farmers who the school. have lost to the Army workers over 33 For two years Gardner sponsored an baseball tournament in Levan that such a procedure exists and that the war board will assist in getting and was prominent in recreational such men returned to essential farm work in that area. On the side he was a talented musician. work. Now the army has utilized his musCan I HelpT abilities and h plays the mellophone ical With all the complaints about labor band. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. in the and machinery shortages, the Utah state USDA war board was amazed and Clarence Gardner, live in Levan. delighted to receive the following letter, addressed to Orville Lee: I have been led to believe from what Pvt. Fay L. Jacobson To Army Training Camp I have read and heard bver the radio Continued on Last Page. ) Pvt. Fay L. Jacobson left Monday morning, March 15th to return to his platoon in Pendelton, Cal., after a Reiief Society Presents furlough, most of his time being Patriotic Program spent in Ogden where his mother is The Randolph Relief Society present- slowly recovering from a serious illness. ed the following patriotic program on uSnday, March 14th, Fay and his Tuesday, March 16th at 2:30 p. m. mother were guests of honor at a Reading of the names of the 65 boys luncheon served by Mrs. Laveda Harris and ,our nurse Lota May Kennedy, who and daughter of Ogden. Although his are serving our country, by Phebe mother was carried to and from the Smith. Singing America by congre- car, she was very glad to be able to be gation. Invocation by Elaine Passey with him. Accordian solo When They Sound the He appreciates very much the good Last All Clear by Mary McKinnon. tiir.is shown him by friends and relaTalk The American Way of Life, the tives at Randolph and Ogden, Utah. Christian Way of Life by David Hof- His mother, Mrs. Achel Jacobson hopes fman. Selection "April Showers by to be able to return to her home and Singing Mothers. Talk What Reliaf friends some time in April. Society Women Can do to Help Our Government in Time of War" by Min- Our Job Is to Save Dollars last-roun- During the afternoon she faced a surprise gas attack while viewing obstacle course maneuvers, but with the coolness and poise of a seasoned sergeant, she donned the mask which had been provided and escaped unscathed. The band gave her a concert and, into the spirit of things, she borrowed the drum majors baton and led several numbers. To Climax her tour, she performed a duty of all good soldiers she visited her buddies in the post hospital. Table tennis. Shirley Cox Now in The Marine Corps Salt Lake City Northern Utah, which has already contributed many outstand- ing men to the Marines, was represented by another new Leatherneck this week with the induction of Shirley Dean Cox, 19, of Woodruff, Rich county. The son lot Mrs Maud D. Cox, Private Cox attended high school two years and played basketball on the junior high team. He has been employed recently by the Deseret Livestock company at Woodruff. Upon being called up by selective service, Cox expressed a preference for the Marine corps. He was able to pass the physical examination and left this week for the Marine base at San Diego for basic training. Utah legislators returned to their homes this week, with members of the Anti-Mafaction wearing broad smiles d because of their knockout victory over the governor after previous rounds in the 'battle hd made the decision look as though it were going to be a draw. The knockout came in the closing minutes of the session, and was delivered in what Is ordinarily an uninteresting unexciting measure the appropriations bill. Maw supporters dropped their guard for an hour, and when they looked around to study the appropriations measure if they have done so yet they found that the Chief executive had been hit right in the most effective spot the pocketbook. For the past two years Governor Maw has had millions of dollars at his control In the State Government Operating Account, to be transferred here and there at the governors will. For the next two years, the governor will have control over about $64,000 his ofaccounts and, he fice and residence might possibly have up to half a million dollars as a contingent fund toward the end of the biennium, provided there is any general fund surplus not otherwise appropriated. The appropriations measure sets up definite operating accounts for every w vates. ;-- nie McKinnon. Singing Recessional Mothers by congregation. Reading Prayers in a World of War" by Myrtle Jones. Song, "My Wild Irish Rose by Bess Rex accompanied by the Singnig A Prayer Mothers. Dixie Reading, Jackman. "Tribute to the Flag Alice Star Spangled Longhurst. Singing Banner by congregation. Benediction by David Hoffman. ORS RETURN HOME AFTER SESSION Kearns, Utah While in Salt Lake City for the world premiere of her newest picture which was filmed entirely in Utah, in the Kanab section, Movie Star Evelyn Keyes visited this post. First actress to com to Kearns, she pronounced the life of a trainee "rugged, but most memorable. Miss Keyes did KP, actually serving in one of the mess halls at which she called. She then took her place in the cafeteria line and ate with the pri- Your service club is marvelous, she exclaimed. Im almost embaras to say that it supasses our Hollywood canteen, where Im a captain. She went on to say that it was one of the finest and best equipped of any she ha3 seen in her tour of the country's i camps. Keep Em Flying Her opinion was shared by Miss Gail Pictures publicity Gifford, Columbia executive, who accompanied her here. Per Year In Advance UTAH LEGISLAT- CAMP AT KEARNS C classes. The War Manpower Commission will 1.50 Red Cross Field Directors v Solve Soldiers' Problems MOVIE STAR Three days after trainees here batotherwise requested. tered each other around in one of the Selective Service local boards have exhibitions been directed to reclassify immdiately roughest, toughest boxing announced another cfn record, they all essential farm workers into II-- and tournament. III-C People Ot Rich County and Lower Bear River Valley Randolph. Utah. Friday March 19. 1943 Contest. High school students of Rich county, who are of the ninth grade level or above, are eligible to compete for in the Food for Freedom letter-wrtin- g prizes contest. Prizes in the county will be offered by the local bank or banker 3 association. Winners in the county will be eligible to compete foh state prizes offered by the Utah Bankers Association through the agriculture and livestock committee of the association. Stat prizes are a $100 war savings bond for first place, a $50 bond for second place, and a $25 bond for third place. The contest will be conducted in the high schools under the direction of high school officials, a key banker or other representative of the bankers association, and a representative of the county USDA war board. Winners in the state contest will be eligible to compete in the national contest for personal recognition and citation from Secretary Wickard. The two subjects on which students What Our Farm is may write are: Doing to Produce Food for Freedom and How Our Home is Helping to Conserve Vital War Foods. Complete instructions for the contest have been supplied school officials from the state department of education. Farm Labor. Departments in the newly organized Agricultural Labor Administration, under Wayne Darrow, are being perfected and action from the new administration is expected very soon. Already a number of actions have been taken to assure farmers of adequate labor for the gigantic food production job ahead. County USDA war boards have been directed to initiate requests immediately for deferment of registrants who are necessary farm workers and farm operators not now in Class II-or III-and whose deferment has not bean Tolhe Interests Ot The - $125,-000,00- -- V WOODRUFF NEWS Lucille Rees Completes Her Basic Trsininj Fort Des Moines, Iowa Auixliary Lucile Rees of Woodruff, Utah, has the First at basic training completed Womens Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center here, and has been selected for specialist training in Administrative School. She will receive additional tra'nirg 'n a specialized field preparatory to taking over an important behind-the-linArmy job, releasing a soldier for combat duty. There are now more tuau 100 jobs listed by the Army replacing soldiers with WAACs. Among them are: Aircraft Warning personnel, bakers ' and cooks, camera technicians, es chauffeurs, classification specialists, clerks, draftsmen, librarians, machine record operators, radio technicians, stenographers, telephone operators, typists, truck drivers, bombsight repairmen, weather observers, 'and link train- er and glider instructors. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE - DISTRICT LAND OFFICE 312 Federal Building, Salt. Lake City, Utah. March 1, 1943. District Land Office, Salt Lake City, Utah. Notice is hereby given that on Oct. 28, 1940, the State of Utah filed application to select, Serial 062999, under the Act of Febr. 20, 1929, for: Lot 3, Sec. 17, T. 14 N. R. 5 E. S.L.M. The Department has Classified the land as proper for acquisition under Sec, 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, as amended, and opened it to selection by the State under the Grant to Miners Hospitals. Any person desiring to object to this application because of the mineral character of the land, or for any other reason, should file his protest in this ROUND VALLEY NEWS office during the period of publication or before final approval. Feb. 13, 1943. Mr. gnd Mrs. Willis Kearl and son Lee Schad, Acting Register. Gordon, spent a few days visiting in Adv. March 19, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 16, 1943. Salt Lake with their daughters, Mrs. Nelda Van Vleet, Miss Wilma Kearl Mrs. Amos B. Robinson is Appointed Captain and Mrs. Aretha Jensen of Cleveland, Mrs. Amos B. Robinson of Laketown Utah. Mrs. Morton Kearl is spending a week has been appointed Captain of Rich County for the Womens Field Army jf in Salt Lake with her daughter, Mrs. the American Society for the Control Mildred oJhnson, who just returned of Cancer. from the hospital with a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Earley received MAKE EVERY the word their son Melvin, would be in PAY DAY Salt Lake a few days. They went to Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Putnam were visitors in Evanston Wednesday. Mr. Shelby Huffaker motored to Evanston Thursday. Several people about town attended the movie at Evanston Thursday eveIt was ning, Immortal Sergeant. very instructive. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reese were visitors in Evanston Friday. The sixth grade of the Randolph school and their teacher, Glen Rex, and band instructor Carl Stuart, came up Friday and gave our school a very fine program. The band was especially interesting. Its too bad every boy and girl in all the county dont have the see him. advantage in music. Mrs. Leon Kearl gave birth to a' baby A party was given Garth and Afton March 9th in the Bear Lake boy, Tlngey by their teachers and children ContinuedoB Last Page - state department and institution and absolutely no provision is made for any transfer of funds from one department to another The bill even goes so far as to break down departmental expenditures into personal services, travel, curent expenses, equipment and permanent improvemnts, and provides that funds can not be transferred from one Continued on Last Page WAR BOND DAY STOP SPENDING SAYS DOUMS |