The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-04-18


Ahur ton, ever In his
mind, How can I make of the Times
permanent and useful institution?
Russia, according to Lloyd George
Is the worlds real flying nation,
possesses, probably, the worlds
greatest fighting air fleet. 1t Is
certainly the country that takes fly
ing most seriously, with S.O0O.OOo
Russians trained In aeronautlcs, young
Russian girls learning to pilot planes
and dirlglbles and make 20,OOO-foot
parachute jumps, as our young girls
| learn new dance steps.
This makes important Russia's an
! nouncement that she Is manufactur-
ing airplanes on mass production
basis, using for air power ian ordl-
nary light automobile engine" The
planes, very cheap, using ordinary
gasoline, will be supplied to colec-
tive farms. Russia may be the first
! nation to do with flying machines
what this country did with automo-
/ biles American genius put this ma
ton on wheels. II Russian engi-
neering skill puts Russia on wings,
1t will make some other countries
thoughtful.
A young man Is found strangely
| murdered, or committing suicide In
an unusual way, hanging from a low
tree, His legs were fastened behind
his back with chains, chains were
around his hands and neck, and a
medal that he had won In an ath-
letic contest was fastened with a
safety pin to one of his nostrlls.
The man, thIrty-one. who had been
employed In moving pictures as a
substitute for actors under danger
GUS conditions, is believed by police
, to have killed himself In a strange
way, through vanity. to attract atten
ton, climbing to the limb of a tree
adjusting the chain, dropping and
| strangIng.
Police quote a superstition Of Ger
tain Malays who believe that evil
. spirits carry off their souls If they
( kill themselves. When they commit
! suicide they exhaust their ingenuity
, In efforts to die In such fashion
( as to make suicide seem impossible
! that the spirits after inspection ma,
: decide that the dead man was muir
J dered and leave his soul In peace.
j During prohibition, the habit Q
drunkenness was acquired by many
Q particularly young women. The
: WELD more easily than men to tn
! effects Of alcohol and drugs, an
J once caught. they are caught TO
Y life, usually.
Z American fathers and mothers TIM
J. give cocktail parties for their son
8 and daughters. or permit them !
;, their houses. should be told piainl
! that they are using their money
make drunkards Of the daughter
h and sons. and are not fit to have, G
n bring up. children.
d In addition to moving 60,Oo0 NOR
n soldiers to the German lines, Franc
Is hurrledly connecting her steel mn
e concrete line of fortresses, with barbf
id wire entanglements and trenches. TIL
"a ty thousand soldiers are digging In
n you read.
d The French apparently expect Il
O. same old thing over again. but tn
G. will not see it. Nations In the ne
y ----t KIN not squat In trenches but v
IN fv aehinst the enemy nations chi
30 cities and kill an impressive number
y, citizens with poison explosives and ga
- Nothing will be. more lonesome thi
- a front line trench Ia the next war.
Harlem. In upper New York ell
with some 100000 colored populate
IL stamping ground for many tn
: preach ultra-radical doctrines. melt
= Ing the theory that whoever has mon
must have stolen 1t from those u
!, have no money.
nh This added to race antagonism, a
w. the influence Of certain "exhorter
ev brings results reminding citizens
ay what may happen when dangerous d
ce trines are preached recklessy.
ay
vs The latest news indicates that CHI
an celor Hitler Is not as anxious for "
In hurry" as was alleged.
elk, Sir John Simon for England,
TO ceived from Hitler written propos
hS First, ten-year n0naSgress
as treaty with Germany's neighbors
ne body to attack anybody else.
-, Second, pledge to withhold
- nomic and financial assistance II
~ any nation starting war.
m, Hitler wrote that, and, II ne me
ma 1t, Lloyd George Is correct In MS 50
NJ ment mot this time
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