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Evening star., 1937-03-26


robbed him and fed Hall drove to
Gallinger Hospital for treatment for
a cut on his head.
Hardy Walker, 524 TWenty-fourth
street northeast, was held up at pistol
point and robbed of S142 at Fourth
street and Florida avenue, according
to police.
A young, Well-dressed man seized
Agnes A. Grimes, 3435 r street, as she
was walking near Thirty-flfth and r
streets last night, threw her to the
ground and made off with her pocket
book containing $14.
Theft Of 43 quarts of liquor, valued
at sl45. was reported to police last
night by Max Sperling, manager of
a liquor store at 1918 Seventh street.
Iron bars on rear window had been
forced of, Sperling told police.
Warren w. Van Srver, 622 M street,
told police yesterday clothing worth
$156 had been stolen from his home
some time since Wednesday.
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into mountainside near UniontoWn,
killing IL. The pretty little steWardess,
Nellie Granger, emerged the heroine
Of this crash, beating her way for
miles over the snoW-covered mountain
to summon help Mrs. Meyer C. Ellen
stein, wife of the Mayor of Newark,
N. j., also survived
Last September a skyWays sight
seeing plane fell in mass Of flaming
debris few minutes after leaving the
airport. Nine of her ten passengers
died in the wreckage.
On Easter Holiday.
At least five of the ''320's" passen-
gers were headed for an Easter holi-
day with relatives or friends.
Miss Trask was on her way to Chi
cago for an Easter reunion with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fredd R. Trask
of Sterling Junction, Mass, and
brother, Osmond, who lives in Chicago.
Miss Reed, who had been working
in New York for three years while at
tending New York University, was
headed for Wheeling. w. Va, to pay
IleI Pal ellIS, NNl dliO NAA D. "a As' ANSS0'
a surprise holiday visit.
Miss Black was taking her first
plane ride to visit her sister, Miss
Jessie Black, a nurse at the Michael
Reese Hospital in Chicago.
The Kansas City students, Fleming
and Levers, had been lifelong friends
and had just completed attending a
school conducted by an oil company.
preparatory to taking up work in the
Orient Levers, sr., is district super
intendent for an oil company and
Fleming, ST., a former Municipal
Court judge.
Miss HammonS was one OF the rISt
air hostesses. She made the first reg
ular flight on a plane from Kansas
City to st. Louis on December 7, 1885.
Three of her close friends and
companion stewardesses listened in
word that she might have survived in
their room for word that she might
have survived. When the official word
Of death came. they poured four glasses
of wine, drank three and smashed all
four on table in solemn toast to-:
The classmate gone west"
PROBE UNDER WAY.
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PROBE UNDER WAY.
Five Federal Inspectors Investigate
Crash at Pittsburgh.

The Bureau of Air Commerce said
today five Federal inspectors were in
Pittsburgh investigating the crash OF
the T. w. A. airliner last night which
took 13 lives.
Russell Young, aeronautical in
spector, was the first to reach the
scene. In addition, it said, R. I. Hazen,
airline inspector, of Newark, and G..
w. Lossow, airline maintenance in
spector, of Newark, were aiding in the
investigation. B. M. Jacobs, airline in
spector, OF Washington, and Russell
Delaney, airline inspector at Kansas
City, also were ordered to join the in
quiry.
The bureau said it had received no
official reports on the disaster. It add
ed that public hearings will be held at
an early date.
Later, COL Harold E. Hartney, spe-
cial investigator for the Senate Sub
committee on Safety in Air Commerce,
also left for the scene of the disaster
Members of the committee said Hart
ney was not going as an investigator,
but merely as an observer" The
committee does not wish to interfere
with the official investigation.
Evening star., 1937-03-26

Of being crushed by the plane as It
fell
H. S. Griest and his wife of sub
urban Mount Lebanon saw the plane
dive into a slope a few yards from
their automobile. Griest said:
The plane fell within so feet of the
front of the car. 1t just nose-dived
down and hit head first.
AT the point where We were the
road slopes down into field, and it
hit right on that slope, not over 20 or
80 feet from the road.
1T was just mass of wreckage.
The first thing We noticed was one Of
the Women's hands sticking out OF
the wreckage. We could hear
something like a little motor running.
I thought it was the ignition, and !
tried to get toward the front Of the
plane to cut it off"
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Sixteenth and D
streets northeast.
Hall, who lives
at 36 Sixteenth
street southeast,
told police he
was on his way
home with the
d a y s receipts
when the men
jumped on his
car. They forced
n ! m to drive
q b ou t half a
b ! oc k, t h e n
struck him on
the head with
a DiStOl butt,.
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Hostess of Plane
Left q FurelreU
Note to Mother
"Sddness Must Al,rays
Be for Liring,'' She
UrOte.
By the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, March 26.-Doris
Hammons, hostess on the twin-mo-
tored airliner in which she and 12
others fell to their deaths last night,
left farewell message for her mother
in Leddy, Okla
Searchers at the scene of the crash
near suburban Mount Lebanon today
found the log she had written of her
flying career, and on the last page of
the little book was written these words:
Sadness must always be for the
living. When ship sets sail it is the
eyes of those who watch from shore
that are blinded with tears"
Evening star., 1937-03-26
FORMAL RITES BANNED

LONDON, March 26 (P).-The fam
lily of John DrinkWater decided today
to forego formal funeral services for
the British dramatist-ac who died
yesterday.
The body will be cremated in Lon
don Tuesday and the ashes buried in
rural church yard in Oxfordshire,
where Drinkwater spent his youth.
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Warned About High Prices.

WARSAW. Poland, March 26 P.-
A warning that unWarranted price in
creases will bring severe punishment
was sent to all business associations
and cartels last night by the minister
of commerce.
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"THIRD-DEGREE" PROBE
WITNESS is ARRESTED
Man Whose Charges Led to 1881
Inquiry Is Charged With Driv-
ing While Drunk.

James Henry Harker, %, key witness
In the 1881 police brutality investiga-
ton here, pleaded not guilty and de-
manded a jury trial when arraigned
before Judge John P McMahon in
Police Court today on a charge of
driving while drunk Bond was set
at $500
Harker, who gave his address as T.
B., Md, was arrested last night on
Bladensburg road by Policemen H. M.
Hilldrup and R. w. Smith of the
ninth precinct.
Charges by Harker in 1881 that Of
flcers of the first precinct beat a
housebreaking confession from him
led to a grand jury investigation of
police brutality in Washington. AS a
result several District policemen were
sentenced to jail terms.
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FILLING STATION
OWNER ROBBED.
Two Co|ored Men Slug Him
With Pistol and
Take $115.

Threatening him with pistols, two
colored men last night took Sis from
Harry Hall, 80, gas station proprietor,
when he stopped for a traffic sign at
Evening star., 1937-03-26
FOUND,

Dog small curly gray hair male:
trict 9131.
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LOST.


BRIEF CASE brown, initials ~. De NJ"
Sontalnlng Government papers. Reward.
Phone District 1900, extension 1872. -
DOG--Black and white odd eyes, spaniel
reward McCrary. Alexandria, Va
DoG--Black and white. male. Maryland
tag. 1896. No. 4190. Wisconsin 2473
EARRING-Garnet; between Blackistone's
l4th and H, 18th st. branch Natl Savings
Bank Bldg. Reward. District 5000 Apt
So. 1850 Conn. ave.
EARRING, gold flower with small diamond
center. vicinity Conn. ave and Porter st:
reward Adams 099S.
ENGLISH SETTER, white. with faint lemon
spots; lost near Bethesda, Md: answers
ENVELOPE. on Chevy Chase bus about 8
O'Clock Wednesday evening. containing let
ters and yellow sheets pencil written
Suitable reward. Phone Clev. 553s
FRATERNITY PIN--Triangle shaped en-
National 6ssS 2Ss
FRATERNITY PIN-Trianeular: Thursday.
dooWntown: Reward. Write Postal Box
KEY HOLDER; HOLD brown leather. containing
and ! small key. J. James Delicatessen,
MANILA ENVELOPE-Contains personal
papers; Wednesday afternoon. 18th and G
sts Reward. Met. 1850. 405 the Sherman
POCKETBOOK-Back money and val
uables; left in telephone booth or mems de-
partment; Woodward & Lothrops. Re-
ward: Phone Wisconsin 3OS4
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were trees in the way and it went back
up in the air.
II thought sure it was going to hit
our house The plane shot up in the
air with the motors running, then it
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Victims

Continued From First Page.)
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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loads to and fIom Balto. Phila and New
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THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER b STORAGE
CO. Phone Decatur $500
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contracted by me personally ROBERT A.
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debts contracted by any one other than my
self after this date. WILLIAM H. CAL
LAHAN Jr.. 1901 Conn. ave.
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ON MARCH 27th. 1887. AT NOON AT
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roadster motor No. P-17S257; Chevrolet
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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

TORS at the Ben Coffman nome Sat
urday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. d. F. Fewkes left
for Missoula to spend
Thanksgiving with their daughters,
Miss Lura and Rhea Fewkes.
Miss Dolores Joy arrived Wednes-
day noon from Cheney. Wash, to
spend Thanksgiving with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Joy.
The members of the Episcopal
Guild gave a farewell party for
Rev. Price. who is leaving the first
of the month for Miles City. There
were about 40 present and E. A.
Woods with fitting words of ap-
probation for Rev. Prices Is years
of service in this church, presented
him with a purse. Rev. Price re-
sponded and thanked the members
for the gift. The church was beau
tifully decorated with baskets of
greenery and autumn berries Light
ed tapers decorated the tables and
lunch was served after very en-
joyable evenings entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Coffman and
Miss Alice Wilcox drove to Spokane
Saturday to visit Miss Florence
Coffman, who is i'll with scarlet
fever at the Rivercrest Hospital in
Spokane From there they went OF
Pullman to visit Lester Coffman
and also went to Moscow, Ida,
where Lester was in boxing bout
for w. S C. versus Moscow, W. S. c
winning.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

More than one-half of the deaths
from tuberculosis in any commun-
ity are among young men and young
women between the ages of fifteen
and forty-five.
In 1897 more than 200 citizens of
Montana will die of tuberculosis.
Most of these deaths are needless
and represent not only suffering and
anguish to the victims and their
families, but millions of dollars loss
to the taxpayers of this state and
nation.
We now know how to cure tn
berculosis In most cases if the dis
ease is discovered in time. Modern
methods of finding and curing tn
berculosis-the clinic, the tubercu-
lin test, the X-ray, the hospital, anc
above all, the doctor-are at oul
disposal
Last year 1884 boys and girls ir
Montana high schools were giver
the tuberculin test. Twelve per CEN
of these had at one time been ex.
posed to the disease None of these
will die of tuberculosis because they
have learned through the tubercu
lin test and X-ray whether or no
they have been exposed to the dis
ease, and what precautions they
must take, if they have been infect
ed with the disease, to grow II
healthy manhood and womanhood
But what about those others wht
have not had the opportunity o
taking the tuberculin test? VIII,
let these happy hopeful youths di'
needlessly of a preventable, con
trollable disease? The purchase o
few Christmas Seals will make
possible for them to have the tn
berculin test, too.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
DRIVERS LOSE THEIR LICENSE
TO USE CAR

Drunken and reckless drivers to
the number of 38, have been de-
MED the right to pilot automobiles
in Montana for the ensuing year,
by court order. Supervisor Boe-
decker of the highway patrol said
check of all counties reveals 38
licenses have been taken from driv-
ers tried in various courts for seri-
Gus and repeated law violations.
The law was sponsored at the last
legislature by Senator NJ. J. Sui
Ivan of Jefferson county.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

cause trouble. there will be thought
less or don't-care people who will
use the machines at all hours of the
day and night and cause all the
trouble possible.
It is probable this radio annoy
ance will continue until the public
finally gets so exasperated that 1t
will result in united action to stop
il. The trouble is-we haven't got
mad enough yet.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

to exceed six per cent per annum
payable annually, and will be re-
deemable in full at any interest
paying date from and after tive
years from the date Of issue.
The said bonds will be sold for
not less than par value with ac-
crued interest, and all bidders must
state the lowest rate OF interest at
which they will purchase the bonds
at par. :.
The Board of Directors OF said
Fire District reserves the right to
reject any and all bids and to sell
the said bonds at private sale II 1t
deems it for the best interest OF the
district.
LESLIE c. KENSLER.
RAY G. FROST,
w. Fl. KEMP,
Directors of the Rexford Fire
District.
Attest: ELDON j. SCHUCK,
Secretary ex officio of The Rexford
Fire District. n4-25-4t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

There is a Libby man who writes
to this newspaper and expresses en-
phatic evaporation over the radio
interference that is such nuisance
in Libby. He signs himself A Shut
In. His letter is published in The
Forum column.
This man grows caustic in his re-
marks. He says he cannot get out
to 60 anywhere and that he relies
on the radio for most of his enter
tainment. He is justifiably annoyed
because of the endless radio inter
ference.
This newspaper has discussed. this
matter before Mild attempts have
been made at times to start cor
rection of the annoyance, but it
never has gotten very far. What is
needed is a careful canvass of the
city to locate those places that are
giving out the interference. That
would be quite job and would re-
Quire more or less money to defray
the cost No organization has as yet
pushed the matter far enough to
collect for such fund. nor has any
worthwhile canvass of the city ever
been made.
Radio interference will not be
stopped until home appliances, as
well as machines in business estab-
lishments, are corrected so that they
will not give out the electrical waves
that cause radio trouble. There are
scores of such machines scattered
throughout the homes of the city,
such as electrical mixers, violet ray
machines. vacuum sWeepers, sewing
machines, etc. etc. Electricians say
that they can be silenced by attach
ing to each an inexpensive little ap-
pliance. This should be done. The
owner Of every machine that is
giving out the waves that are caus.
ing the profanity. should be forcee
to attach the appliances to the trou
blesome machines. Until that ]:
done, we are sure to have much
radio annoyance.
The writer of the Shut-In letter
grew emphatic, to say the least, ir
the use of the English language. Blu
when he wrote that letter he wa:
probably feeling like many of u.
have felt at times when a wonderful
program was rendered terrible b,
some nearby pesky machine break
ing in to spoil it all And, of course
as long as there are machines tina
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
Are the Deer Disappearing?

Now that the deer season is
closed, the consensus of deer hunt
ers is that the deer were very
scarce this year. Some insist the
number of deer is much less now
than in former years. If this is
true, what has caused the depletion?
Various explanations are given.
Some say the elk are driving out
the deer, that when elk are planted
in a country they always drive out
the deer, if the elk multiply to any
considerable extent. These men are
inclined to the belief that it was
mistake to import elk into this
district, which was done several
years ago.
Others give another explanation
for the deer shortage. Some blame
it onto the coyotes NJ |. Davis was
in Libby from the McGinnis Mea-
dows district Monday remarked
about the apparent scarcity of deer,
and said coyotes were largely to
blame. He says the coyotes are TAX
ing the country; that they are so
numerous they can now be heard
most any hour of the day or night.
Formerly. SO he says, the bowling
of the coyotes could be heard only
at night. MIR. Davis says we should
have a vigorous campaign staged
against the coyotes and conducted
by the state or federal governments.
He favors a campaign of poison
against the Sinking animals, with
state hunters on the job who are
not too lazy to work and who will
get back into the timber with their
poison, away from the highways.
II the deer in the Libby district
really are decreasing in number, ii
will be the loss of genuine asset
The matter probably has not yet
gone too far to be stopped 1t should
engage the careful study of every
man who is interested in maintain
ing one of our greatest outdoor at
fractions
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
Wiley Davis Passes

Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon for Wiley Davis at the
M. E. church with the Reverend
Margaret Clifford officiating. In
terment was in the Troy cemetery.
Wiley Franklin Davis was born
April 10th, 1861, at Clinton, Ten
nessee. Died Nov 18th. 1887, at
Troy, at the age of rs years. He was
married March IA. 1880 to Nancy
Ann Dew, and is survived by his
wife. five daughters, Mrs. Chas.
Kinman, Burlington Junction. Mo-,
Mrs. Erma Tibbetts, Elmo, Mo-, Mrs.
Ocie Green. Mrs. Lydia De Borde.
Mrs. Mamie Smith, and one-@son,
William Davis all of~4foy. Several
grandchildren and great erandchil-
dren, two sisters in Tennessee and
one brother William Wallace of Lib
by, also survive him. Mr. Davis
lived in Troy IS years and is best
remembered as the janitor of the
school where he was beloved by all.
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TROY NEWS
Nj. E. Thomas Dies

Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon for NJ E. Thomas at
the M. E. church with the Rev Mar
garet Clifford officiating Morgan
Ellis Thomas was born in Sibley,
Iowa, April /, 1870, and died at
Bonners Ferry, Nov. 10 at the age
of 68 years. On Nov. Is, 1900, he
was married to Oracle Coffman at
Cando, N. d. He came to Troy in
1920 where he has been since en-
ployed by the Kootenai Light and
Power Co. He also worked for the
power company in Kalispell for
eight years prior to coming to Troy.
He is survived by his wife, son
Duncan, and a daughter, Mrs. Ross
Green, all of Troy. Also sister,
Mrs. A. ]. Nenno of Pomona. Calf,
and brother, Jack Thomas of Lock
ford, Calf. Interment was in the
Troy cemetery.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
CALL FOR RyDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Directors OF the Rexford
Fire District, Lincoln County, Mon
tana, on December 8, 1887, at the
courthouse in Libby, Montana, will
sell to the highest and best bidder
for cash amortization bonds Of the
said fire district in the total sum
OF 100000, to use the proceeds
thereof for the purpose Of acquir-
ing q water supply and purchasing
or otherwise acquiring or construct
ing water system and establishing
pipe lines. for the Rexford Fire
District
That the said amortization bonds
will be issued and sold in amounts
of $4,000 each, and will bear date
the 9Th day of December, 1887, and
will bear interest at the rate not
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
ROADS DEADLY AS ICE-SNOW
ARRIVES

With 154 auto deaths already re-
ported this year, arrival of ice and
snow over the entire state prompts
Lou Boedecker, chief of the high
way patrol, to warn motorists to be
careful. Nine more deaths have oc-
Cured this year than last, up to the
same date. First months of winter
in the past have proven more deadly
than any other period of the year,
Boedecker says. Drivers are again
urged to stop saving seconds and
losing lives.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
EPIDEMIC RACES

A septic sore throat epidemic
source unknown--is raging at Col
umbia Falls, DR.. w. f. Cogswell,
state health officer reports. An in
vestigation is being made into the
source of the epidemic which has
had schools closed there for two
weeks. One death from infantile
paralysis was reported at Arlee.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL

In the District Court OF the Elev-
enth Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Lincoln.
In the matter of the estate of
John .. Poston, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant and under the authority of an
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

Pins b Many Varieties
Pins are manufactured In Eng
land In hundreds Of varieties from
~ inches long to sntomologists'
pins 20 small that 1t takes about
$500 to weigh m ounce.
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2-Piece Grip-Arm Suite

Designed to meet the demands of the more conser-
votive buyer Features the clever enp-orm that re-
duces excess arm wear plus full web-bottom sprnq
construction that provides the noMmum in luxurious
comfort and long life Handsomely upholstered in
serWceobIe ribbed frezette. A typical Hub value!