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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-19
THE
aIIaraCk
Edited by Students OF the Libby
Schools
Sponsor .....................-... Miss Witt
Editor ........................ Shirley Fuller
Assistants ............ Carol Sterling and
Olive Stevens
Sports WritcrN~..-. Odin Rolseth
General News


The IL section of the Jr. High gave
an interesting program Friday after
noon. The numbers on the program
were; Dollys Funeral, The Bee Waltz,
Politeness Program, Indian War Dance,
A Clown Act A Musical Class, The
Tardy Classroom
Those participating in the program
were: Paul Risely, Dick Brinton, Gil
bert Earle, Marlin Freel, Burton Baker,
Darrell Martin, Pat Barrett, Robert Lar
son, Janet Racicot, Gloria Becarri,
Melba Bergen, Alice McRell, Josephine
Syverson, Sylvia Katarzy, Tommy
Brinton and Evelyn Smith.
The Libby schools will be repre-
lsented next Saturday night in the Our
Flag Contest by June Hunter and
Raymond Rubard in the upper divi-
sion. Lucille Ikeda and Fred Collier
will represent the lower division
The Libby Debating Team, consisting
of Olive Stevens and Mary Virginia
Mount left Thursday evening at
4 o'clock for Bonners Ferry where they
engaged in a non decision debate with
that city's team. The question was,
Resolved That the System of State
Control Of Medicine Should be
Adopted" Libby upheld the negative
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
DIVORCEE SEEKS
OIL FORTUNE

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, Feb.
11.-Having won her freedom
from Q husband she claimed had
never kissed her, Rollande Drey-
fus Pecaut, Of this city, q to-
day laying plans with her attor-
ney to seek q share in the $685.
900. 900 fortune LETT here by Jean
Francois Mallet, unfrocked French
priest who struck oil in Ohio,
Mrs. Pecaut, 1t was learned yes
terday, gained an order annulling
her purported "kissleSS" marriage
to Charles Louis Pecaut, son Of
a wealthy Swiss watch manufac-
turer, in action brought before
Supreme Court Justice Close, Of
White Plains.
New grounds fo4 sharing in the
Mallet fortune will be sought by
the divorcee. Mallet gave up his
parish in Normandy in l640 and
fled to this country, where he
amassed great wealth.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Alexandra Lawyers
Name '36 Committees

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. IL.
Election Of standing committees to
serve the Alexandria Bar Associar
ton for the ensuing year were
made here yesterday by members
Of the association. They are:
Grievance committee, John Bar
ton Phillips, chairman; Stanley
King, and Joel Treger. Legal
ethics, Richard L. Ruffner, chair
man; Frederick L. Flynn, and
James L. Colosanto. Legislative
committee, Irving Diener, chair
man; Leo P. Harlow, and Walter
B. Smith. Publicity committee,
Andrew w. Clarke, chairman:
John p. Strauss, and Randolph
Davis.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
FEARS OF LINK
WITH SOVIET
BEL|TTLED
J. Hamilton Lewis Talk
Draws Fire; Nippon
Sees Harm Done
By JAMES r. YOUNG

TOKYO, Feb. II Q.N.SO.
Japan today viewed with disfavor
the Senate speech of Senator Key
Pittman. Foreign Relations Com
mittee chairman, who warned that
Japan's Far Eastern policy con-
stituted a serious threat to the
peace of the United States.
The speech was "slanderous,"
said the newspaper Asahi. and
likely to seriously harm Japanese
American relations.
Officialdom and the press de-
plored the attack upon Japan
coming from "a man in his posi-
ton" and sought to drive away
the fears expressed by him.
Observers. also interested in the
Senate speech of j. Hamilton
Lewis, of Illinois, at the, same
time belittled Lewis fears that q
RuSso-Japanese alliance might be
formed to drive American inter
ests from Asia and perhaps seize
Alaska and the Philippines.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Midwest Still Snowbound,
Facing Fuel Shortage
international News service,


Food and fuel shortages faced
hundreds Of isolated communities
in snowbound mid-America today
as freezing temperatures con.
tinued to grip most Of the nation,
Through the North Central
States bowling winds blew them
selves out, enabling snowplow
crews to make progress against
the great drifts blockading high
ways and railroads.
In the Black Hills Of South
Dakota reScuers struggled to reach
the village Of Marcus where 200
residents have been marooned Tor
nine days.
Unofficial estimates Of the
death toll throughout the nation
due directly or indirectly to the
last three cold waves were placed
at 500.
Clayton Brown, IS, staggered
into an Indian fisherman's cabin
near Petoskey, Mich, to tell the
tragic story Of the freezing OF
two companions in an open skiff
on Lake Michigan. Brown was
critically frozen.
Chicago reported another death
from freezing during the night
After rising to IA above yeSter
day, the mercury plunged again
to subzero and at z a. m, stood
at 8 below.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
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could order them concentrated
in other spots.
According to the government,
the two missionaries refused to
obey the order to leave the mis-
sion, and therefore on January
2 were taken under escort to
Chencha to see the governor.
The government declared, the mis-
sionaries were never arrested. but
were merely taken to the capital
for their own security.
In Italian Army Path
Shawin's capital, Chencha. lies
in the possible path Of the troops
Of Gen. Rodolfo GRAHAM Of the
italian army and it may yet be
the lot of the Italians to liberate
the missionaries.
Accounts received here said
Shawn was left in charge Of the
province while the real governor.
Dedjasmatch Bayenna Mared, led
his troops off to the front.
On January ~ Shawn arrived
at the 'lission station at Shama,
so miles south Of Chencha, and
without explanation placed the
whole mission staff under arrest,
Family Separated
The acting governor then pro-
ceeded to separate the two men
from the women and children.
The latter were kept at the mis-
sior station at shama under q
native guard.
Next morning the ReverendS
Street and Trewin were forced to
mount mules and taken to Chen
cha. There chains were riveted
to their ankles and they were
locked up in q foul-smelling, airleSS
native hut.
Their captors, according to &C
counts, pointedly told the mission
aries that money would buy their
liberty"
Somehow, news Of the arrests
was given to loval natives and a
runner was dispatched to Adds
Ababa.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
ISLANDS SAVED
FROM FAMINE
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sage through the ice to Smith Is
land today tI land the doctor and
additional food. The only short
age now Is fuel oil, and with q pas
sage being opened to the main
land, it was believed o supply
would be sent out Immediately.
The supplies. several tons Of all
kinds of food. were landed yester.
day from the Goodyear blimp
Enterprise, from Army bombing
planes and from three Coast
Guard cutters which opened a
channel from the islands to
Crisfield, Md.
The three cutters, Mohawk, Dix
and Sebago, are under orders to
keep the channel open so the
small boats from the islands may
reach the mainland until q thaw
clears the bay.
With the situation on the
islands well under control, fears
were expressed today for the
safety Of an elderly lighthouse
keeper on his lonely post IL miles
out in the bay.
Carey Defends Action
The ice has already sent two
lighthouses crashing down, and it
was feared that the Solomons
Lump Light may have suffered a
similar fate. The last word from
H. c. Gurley, 65-year-old keeper,
was that the light was locked in
thick ice and that his supplies
were running low.
The board of inquiry named by
Gov. Harry Nice to investigate
the death Of Sergt. Wilbert
Hunter, State trooper who was
frozen to death last Friday dur.
ing the blizzard, will meet tomor-
row to question Major Enoch
Carey, superintendent Of State po-
lice, who commanded the Inflated
rescue party which set off pushing
two sleds loaded with food across
the ice.
Major Carey, who issued orders
for the party to set out, today
defended his action, declaring the
emergency on the islands was Sc
great he believed it was necessary
to take the risks.
Following tomorrow's hearing
In Baltimore, the board will &c
to Crisfield and hold further
hearings Thursday and Friday
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
DENIED
FOR PUBLIC
WORKS
House Group Refuses
Money for Projects
of President
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL
international News Service

A congressional battle was pre-
cipitated today by refusal Of the
House Appropriations Committee
to provide funds to carry on pub
lie works projects approved by
President Roosevelt.
The Passamaquoddy (Me) prof.
ect to harness ocean tides and
the Florida ship canal project
will form the basis Of the i'm
pending fight, but the decision
Of the House Committee affects
scores Of PWA, Resettlement Ad-
ministration and other projects.
Millions Lacking
While President Roosevelt has
allotted $14,5O0,OOO for five prof.
ects, including Passamaquoddy
and the Florida canal, q total
Of $204, ,174,O00 is needed to com.
plete them. It Is doubtful whether
Mr.. Roosevelt can find sufficient
funds without going to Congress.
widely different interpreta-
tions were given the action Of
the House committee.
Representative Parks D) Of
Arkansas, said of the projects:
I'VE had to cut some place.
We thought we could very well
dispense with them"
Representative Taber Of New
York, ranking Republican on the
committee, limited that the action
was taken with Administration
approval. He said:
"The action Is Significan; in
that II means Congress won't
appropriate for projects unless
Il authorizes them. Presidents
authorization Is not enough.
'Of course It may be that.
they nave hold Of = not potato
In some Of these projects and
want TO let go. When things
look like failures, these fRl- VS.
like 10 have an excuse TO -et
rid Of them"
Representative Green CD Of
Florida, hacker Of the Sl38. .000, ,00o
Florida ship canal. said conf identity
the money viii be provided by this
Congress-" He insisted that Mr..
Roosevelt could find funds to
carry on the work.
Sure Hen Get Funds
Representative Peterson Cd OF
Florida, opponent Of the canal
took q different view. He said:
"UnIess there are annual con-
! tinuing lump sum appropriations
for relief they can't find funds
to complete the canal without
coming TO Congress"
Representative Brewster (R.) Of
Maine, backer Of the PaSsama'
quoddy plan to harness tides tc
produce electricity, insisted that
"the President can find plenty Of
money to carry on the work up
there"
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
MELLON AND IS
LAWYERS HERE
nnternational Neur servicel

NkNIefuAItonAA N6WB DeEvICOD
Flanked by Is attorneys, An
drew w. Mellon, who was Secre-
tary Of the Treasury under three
administrations, came before the
q. S. Board Of Tax Appeals today
to battle against a tax deficiency
assessment of $3,075, ,103.
Mellon has charged political
persecution"
The Government contends that
records Of the Union Trust Com
pany Of Pittsburgh, q Mellon
bank, will show that he did not
sustain losses as entered on his
income tax returns and that his
contributions should not be al
lowed In the amount claimed.
The multimillionaire appeared
more like a disinterested Spectar
tor than q respondent, as Govern
ment Counsel Robert jackson
opened the case before the board
Of three members.
Two of the board members,
Ernest Van FoSsan and Charles
NJ. Trammell, were appointed
under Mellon. The third member
is Bolon B. Turner.
Hearings opened in Pittsburgh
more than year ago, when more
than 10000 pages Of testimony
were recorded.
Delay in the hearings followed
refusal of the Union Trust Com.
pany to produce its records until
ordered to do so about two
months ago by a Federal judge
at Pittsburgh. Records brought
to the hearings from Pittsburgh
weigh more than a ton.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
z u. S. Citizens Held
Captive i'm Ethiopia

taken to Chencha, capital Of the
province Of Sidamo.
Engert did not mention the re-
ported arrest Of Streets wife and
four children, nor did he men
ton reports that Street was held
In chains.
He said hs was advised on Feb
ruary 10 by the Ethiopian foreign
minister that the government had
no detailed report Of the incident.
but believed it might be due to
the effort OF local authorities to
induce missionaries to concen-
trate at certain convenient points
in accordance with plans previ-
ously made.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
SURVIVOR SAW
TWO FREEZE
TO DEATH
Fisherman Saved From
Lake Michigan Tells
Story Of Horror

CHARLEVOIX, Mich, Feb. IL
uN.S).-A young fisherman who
watched helplessly as two COM
panions froze to death in a = open
boat and then stumbled on frozen
feet 8 miles across the ice-coated
Lake Michigan to safety, today
told the horrors of his miraculous
escape as searching parties went
out tn find the bodies Of his COM
panions-a heroic Coast Guard
and another fisherman.
Hands and feet frozen, his face
frosted after so hours Of exposure
in 20 below temperature, Clayton
Brown, IS, lay in Charlevoix Hos
pital, while physicians expressed
belief they would be able to avoid
amputation.
Guardsman Froze
Brown reported that Coast
guardsman Earl Cunningham, 3S-
year.old father Of three, froze to
death in the 16-foot skiff Sunday
evening. and that Browns father.
in.law, Claude Beardsley, 81. per-
ished about three hours later while
trying to make shore across the
ice.
Brown staggered and crawled
through the blizzard and col
lapSed in the shack Of George
Andrus, an Indian, near Good.
hart, just at dusk last night.
The tragic saga of the winter
storm victims started about 8
o'clock Saturday afternoon when
five fishermen became marooned
on an ice foe off Charlevoix
when the ice on which they were
standing broke off from the Main
body along the shore. A coast
guardsman in the same boat In
which the three men were cast
adrift rescued three Of the fish.
ermen, but two of them, Brown
and Beardsley, had to wait foE
o second rescue trip.
Manned the Boat
Cunningham manned the small
boat on the second trip to the
ice floe. He took off Brown and
Beardsley but. in q 60-mile-an'
hour gale. the boat began drift
ing out into the lake.
Coast Guafdsmen searched
grinnly for them Sunday and
Monday and q new lake storm
cut short the search Monday
afternoon. The three men IN
the open boat were given up fof
dead until Brown crawled into
the Indians chain. =.
The Indians spent an hour in
rubbing Browns hand, feet and
face with cold water and snow
and then notified Clifford Pow
ers, the general storekeeper IN
the small hamlet Of Goodhart
Powers called the PetoSkey Hos
pital and the Coast Guard. An
ambulance, accompanied by a
crew Of men to dir it out OF the
snow In case it should become
stalled in a drift. brought Brown
to the Petoskey Hospital. Later,
he was brought to a hospital
here.
Tarpaulin for Cover
The three men had nothing to
cover them but a piece Of tar
paulin. Brown declared Cunning
ham showed signs Of weakening
Sunday evening, and finally sue.
cumbed to the cold about 9
O'Clock that night.
The survivor reported that
throughout their long siege
against the cold in the open boat
he had to keep punching his
father-in-law and the coast guards
man with an ak handle to keep
them from going to sleep. Some,
times he used the axe handle
rather roughly but 1t was q futile
fight. Cunningham, then Boards.
ley, dropped off into contented
drowsineSs that Is permitted men
freezing to death.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11

NEW YORK, Feb. II GN.S0.
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell,
former head of the Army Air
Corps, was reported in q serious
condition today in Doctors Hos
pital. General Mitchell entered
the institution three weeks ago
after an attack Of influenza.
Fears for his life were expressed
today, after a heart ailment
had hindered his recovery. His
physician, DR., Samuel w. Lam.
bert, jr., expressed the opinion
that his patient was dangerously
ILL.,"
General Mitchell, who is Sc.
gained nationwide attention in
1925 when he made public aSser-
tions that the administration Of
the air service in the War and
Navy departments was "criminAlly
negligent and also treasonahle."
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Air Transport President
Pleads for D. c. Airport

Testifying today before Senator
Copeland's subcommittee on avi.
alton, e. S. Gorrell, of Chicago,
president of the Air Transport
Association Of America, declared
emphatically:
"W ashingtOn, being the
nations Capital, should, we
feel, have an airport COM
mensurate with the city's i'm.
pOrtance and adequate for the
safety operation Of the air
planes, both Of today and Of
the future"
The Air Transport Association
occupies a position in the flying
world similar to that Of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce in
its field. It is a non-profit organi-
Zation.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Man-Made Wonder

BONNEVILLE, Ore. Q.N.sJ
The government reservation here,
where the Bonneville dam is under
construction, stands as an example
Of the wonders Of man-nnade nat
ural beauty. One year ago the
reservation site was a mass of
tall fir trees imbedded in a tangle
of wild underground. Today, ap-
proximately 20-acres Of that site
are planted in orderly profusion,
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Hull Sacrifices Diplomacy,
Avoid Protest on Talk
By KINGSBURY SMITH
International NswH Service

international News Service
Diplomacy was sacrificed by
the State Department In the In
terests of American freedom Of
speech in connection with the At
tack on Japan made in the Sen
ate by Senator Key Pittman, Of
Nevada, chairman Of the impor-
tant Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
This became known today as
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
sought to diSclairn any response
bility for the Pittman speech ard
Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito
discounted the possibility Of war
between the United States and
Japan as "unthinkable."
Aware Of Attack
The State Department was
aware three days ago Of Senator
Pittman's intention to attack
Japan on the floor Of the Senate
and Of the tenure Of the remarks
he intended to make. The policy
Of the department is to deplore
and discourage remarks by mem
herS Of Congress and Government
officials which tend to mar friend
" relations with foreign powers.
The question Of bringing pres
sure to bear on Senator Pittman
to "tone down" his remarks was
considered by Hull. He decided
to do so would infringe on the ira
ditional right of an American
citizen to freedom Of speech, and
there were indications Mr.. Hull
did not want his department criti.
cized on that score. The State
department, therefre, made no
effort to prevent Pittman from
making the speech.
Strong Navy Backed
There was reason to believe that
the views expressed by Pittman
concerning Japan's intention to
close the socalled "open door" in
China to American trade are not
far from those privately held by
high ranking State Department
officials. Furthermore those Off
cials also privately share Pittman's
views that the only thing by
which the japanese are impressed
is force-and that, therefore,
maintenance of a strong navy is
essential for the protection of
American interests in the Far
East.
However, they deplore public
talk Of war by prominent Amer
leans on the grounds that 1t
serves to enable Japanese militar-
lists to inflame the Japanese peo-
Pile against the United States.
No Protest Seen
Meanwhile, Asbassador Saito
announced that, unless he re-
ceives specific instructions from
Tokyo, he will not seek to make
any diplomatic incident" out OF
Pittman's speech. Saito said he
had no intention Of lodging any
protest with the State Depart
n1ent.
He also declined to comment
specifically on Pittman's speech
on the grounds that it would only
lead to q controversy which might
tend to mar friendly relations be-
tween the two countries.
Saito reiterated his oft-ex-
pressed belief that war between
the United States and Japan
would be an "unthinkable crime. !"
The Washington times., 1936-02-11

A heart attack was blamed by
physicians today for the death
last night Of q Gallinger Hospital
student nurse who collapsed dur
ing q basketball game.
The victim was Miss Margaret
Large, 10, who lived at the hos
pital dormitory.
Miss Large was playing basket
ball in the gymnasium of the hos
pital when she suddenly collapsed
in the middle Of the court. She
was carried to a hospital treat
ment room where she died within
two hours.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
U. S. Envoy Reports Request
For Release of Captive
international News Service

international News Service
American Minister Cornelius
Van H. Engert, at Adds Ababa,
has requested the Ethiopian au-
thorities to order the immediate
release Of Harold B. Street, Amer
lean member of the Sudan inte-
rior mission, reported held in
chains along with a Canadian
missionary in southern Ethiopia.
Engert notified the State De-
partment today he had learned
on February Of the arrest on
January 27 Of Street by local au-
thorities at Shama.
Engert sale the Canadian men,
Der OF the mission also was ar
rested with Street and both were
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
AIRPORT HERE.
WILL STAY
OPEN
Rep. McSwain Certain
Army Will Not
Close Field

Action on the legislation to
meet the District airport emer-
gency was postponed by the House
Military Affairs Committee today
pending q conference between the
chairmen of the House and Sen
ate subcommittee in charge Of
the matter.
Representative John j. Nc
Swain CD of South Carolina,
chairman of the House group.
said that under the procedure
agreed upon, he and Senator
Robert r. Reynolds CD of North
Carolina, chairman of the Senate
subcommittee, are to Jointly ap-
prove the bill he has drawn up
before it will be submitted to
their respective committees for
final approval, and that he had
not been able to discuss the mat.
ter with the Senator this morn
ing.
Discussion Today
He expects, however, to confer
with Senator Reynolds during the
day and to place the bill before
his committee tomorrow.
The bill, as tentatively drafted
by Representative McSwain would
provide that the title to the
Military Road crossing the airport
be turned over to the airport for
$50, 900 which sum would be given
to Arlington county to finance
the construction of a new road
in the area not interfering with
the airport activities.
Would Delay Closing
In McSwain's opinion, If the
remedial legislation is not through
Congress by the end of the week,
the war and Commerce Depart
ments will be prevailed upon to
keep the airport open until Con-
greSs acts. He said:
'Tf the airport authorities take
away the lights and guards on
Military Road, ] feel sure that
we can get the War Department
to place soldiers there to compel
motorists to clear away from the
part OF the road needed by air ;
planes when the planes are TAX
ing off or landing. :. - -
81 am sure that Congress ana :
the Federal authorities will not
allow the airport at the Nations
Capital to be closed"
Reply Ready Today
Airport authorities have not yet
committed themselves to pay the
$5O, 900 for the four acres involved.
Sam Solomon, representing the
airport, yesterday conferred with
Representative Howard w. Smith
CD, of Virginia, concerning this
phase Of the problem, and prom.
ised to take the matter up with
the board Of directors of his COM
pany overnight. He said he expects
to have an answer ready today.
During the hearings before the
Military Affairs Committee, Solo
mon pointed out that it was his
personal belief that it made little
difference to his company whether
the airport is kept open or not.
He said that as real estate, the
property the airport has here is
more valuable than it would be
as an airport if, in the future.
action is taken toward conStruc.
ton of an adequate airport here.
He said he realized his own air
port does not meet the needs Of
washington.
Mr.. Solomon indicated that be
thought a fair price for the prop
erty would be $4,000, and it was
Representative Smith and mem
bers Of the committee who sug'
gested it should bring $4,000.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
APAN VIEWS SEM KEY PTTNIANS SPEECH AS SLANDEROUS
KISSLESS BRIDE WINS ANNULMENT
Slice Of 1873 Millions Coal
MRS. RoLLANDE DREY-

FUS PECAUT, known as the
'kissless BRIDE" won an an
nulment of her marriage to
Charles Louis Pecaut, son Of
a wealthy Swiss matchmaker,
in White Plains, N. Y. It is
now her intention, she says,
of renewing her fight for q
share of the $13S, 900, 900 for
tune left by Jean Francois
Mallet, who amassed that
sum in oil in Ohio in the last
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