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Evening star., 1937-04-15
MRS. LAURA M'LEAN
DEAD AT AGE OF 80
Deceased, Native of Washington,
Was Retired Government Print
ing Office Employe.

Mrs. Laura Virginia Mclean, 80,
retired employe of the Government
Printing Office, died yesterday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Annie L.
Hunt, 3615 Albemarle street, after a
long illness.
A native of Washington, Mrs. Nc
Lean was the widow of George H.
Mclean, who died many years ago.
She was retired Is years ago. after
80 years service with the Govern
ment.
Besides Mrs Hunt she leaves two
other daughters, Mrs. May E. Ryce,
this city, and Mrs. Lillian v. Hyams,
Los Angeles, and a brother, Frank
Germon, this city.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at Hines funeral home.
2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will
be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-04-15
MAI. CARL w. SHAFFER
RITES WILL BE TODAY
Alexandria Physician Will Be
Buried in Arlington With
Military Honors.

Maj. Carl w. Shaffer, Army Medi-
cal Corps, retired, who died Tuesday
at his home in Alexandria, Va, will be
buried with full military honors In
Arlington National Cemetery at 3 p m.
today.
The cortege will move from the
Fort Myer gate to the grave, in section
7, where services will be held with
Chaplain Ora J. Cohee officiating.
Maj. Shaffer was born in Wood
stock, Va, March %, 1887, and en-
tered the Army in July, 1917. He
was retired because of disability in
August, 1888. He is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Dorothy c. Shaffer, 2l9
South Pitt street, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1937-04-15
Lightning Strikes Twice.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. CP-Light-
ming never strikes twice in the same
place? Several years ago it bit at
the cornice of the Madison County
court house. In the same spot early
yesterday, bolt knocked off por-
tion of the cornice.
twenty-five feet away II jurymen
and bailiff slept undisturbed.
Evening star., 1937-04-15
FLEET IN PACIFIC
READYF0R ACTION
139 Ships and 474 Planes
Begin Maneuvers Within
~ Hours.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, April 15.-One
hundred and thirty-nine ships Of the
United States Fleet and 474 airplanes
made last-minute preparations today
for six weeks Of maneuvers in the
Pacific.
Within "a hours the fleet will be
under way Admiral Arthur j. Hep
burn, commander in chief, is one Of
the Navy's foremost experts on the
5000 O00-square-n area in which
the war games will be held.
His study of the Eastern Pacific
area started shortly after the Spanish
American War when he participated
in 40.0O0-mile oceanagraphic survey.
During it he witnessed the rare spec
tacle of new volcanic island aris-
Ing in the ocean.
To Test Oahu Defense.
The fleets 1887 maneuvers will test
the defense of Oahu, capital island
of Hawaii; will carry out operations
in the stormy Aleutians, and embrace
high seas battle exercise.
Lively lOICe Nlll We SGl lCUIy
on its own. There will be no theoret-
ical or constructive forces involved,
no conflict of imaginary ships and
imaginary men.
On Oahu is situated the greatest
military post of the United States. At
Pearl Harbor, the Navy's greatest
naval base, are giant air patrols and
submarines. Their regular mission is
Hawaiian defense. In past exercises
when the feet staged an attack on
the islands there we're lot of imagi-
nary forces defending it.
Mighty Force Ready.
In a week or so this mighty fleet
OF dreadnaughts, heavy cruisers, light
cruisers, aircraft carriers, submarines,
destroyers and miscellaneous craft will
attack the islands. The Army forces
there under Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum,
and the Navy forces under Rear Ad-
miral Orin G.. Murfin, will use just
what they have to meet the fleets
striking power.
Rear Admiral Walter NJ Vernon,
commander of cruisers of the Battle
Force, first will take force from
California bases to visit Alaska and
the Aleutian Islands area, so the off,
GERS and men involved can learn the
lessons of navigation in the difficult
Northern waters After a stop-over
at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, this force
will turn south to join the war
games.
Evening star., 1937-04-15

In II days recently one railway In
China transported over 5000 tons OF
rice.
Evening star., 1937-04-15

A heavy-bodied, OIL
mixed paint that gives
excellent coverase and
provides q weather-proof
finish to any surface,
indoors or out.
Evening star., 1937-04-15

A quickly drying finish
for floors or porches
that dries to . high
gloss in very little time.
Choice Of colors.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
Henderson Scores In Third
On Sustained 78- I'd. Drive
Virginians Use Pass
for First Quarter
Touchdown a n d
Extra Point

Lawrenceville tripped the Hender-
son high school Bulldogs there yes
terday afternoon to 6, handing the
highs their second reverse in seven
games this season.
Lawrenceville broke the scoring ice
in the first quarter on pass to Wes-
son that was good for touchdown,
and Wesson passed to Smith for the
extra point and margin of victory.
Henderson's score came in the third
when the Bulldogs took the kickoff,
Peace being downed on the % yard
mark, and marched over the Lawrence
Vile goal line without relinquishing
the ball. The march was good for 70
yards. Peace and Jenkins bore the
brunt of play. Coghills attempted
drop kick was just a little wide OF
the uprights.
Both teams showed about the same
amount of offensive, and each gained
about as consistently as the other.
Both teams braced in their own terri
tory to hold off tOuchdowns.
The lineups:
Henderson Pos. LaWrenceville
Aston LIZ James
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

mission, has announced that Legette
Blythe, literary editor of the Char
lotte Observer, and author of MAR
shall Ney: A Dual Personality" will
speak at the associations opening
convention session, December 2.
Mr.. Blythe will tell his audience of
his findings on Peter Stuart Ney,
North Carolina school teacher of a
century ago, whom many believe to
have been none other than the IA
nous French commander.
One Of Mr.. Blythes ancestors was a
pupil under Peter Stuart Ney and for
a number of years the Charlotte writ
err has been working on a biography of
this interesting instructor.
He has uncovered much interesting
and new material on the subject and
his book has been the object of sew
eral favorable reviews. Rights in
Great Britain have been sold to a
London publishing house, and a Brit
ish edition will be brought out in the
Spring.
A native North Carolinian, Blythe
is graduate of the University of
North Carolina where he was a fell
low student and close associate of
both Paul Green and Thomas Wolf
He was one of the original Playmak-
ers.
Of his accomplishments as an au-
thor he says:
II regarded myself as quite an anna
teur."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

Eventually he retrieved it, within
a few yards of the car; he coiled
up the whole apparatus and thrust
it into the box under the seat.
Time enough to dispose Of it final
ly tomorrow.
He stamped down the earth
where the stakes had been driven
in, until he was satisfied no trace
Of the hole remained. The large
stone by which he had marked the
spot decided on he placed near the
middle of the lane, to account for
the accident. The bicycle had
fallen against the bank on the
right; he left it where it lay. Now
for the letter.
But Tim had barely got down
to the body for the second time be-
fore a light flashed in the lane
above. It was Robson, the farm
laborer in the cottage above, who
came hurrying round the bend.
Impossible to rifle the pockets of
the body now; Tim rose to meet
him.
adams, amt it, sir 2" said Rob-
son.
eyes," said Tim. I'm afraid he's
dead"
II knew he'd break his neck one
Of these days. I heard him whiz
past just now, as I have many a
time before, and then a crash.
Yes, his numbers up, MIR. Ken
nedy, or I'm a Dutchman. Proper
mess, poor beggar. How did you
get here so quick, sir ?"
IT was driving home. I must
have been just in front of him."
"How d'you reckon it happened !?
He didn't crash into your carr" Z
'sNo, it wasn't that. It may be
he saw the car, thought he
couldn't pass it at that speed, and
braked too suddenly"
Robson's eyes fell on the stone.
He indicated it with his torch.
That's got something to do with
it, I'll lay. Wonder how it got
there. We'd better get him to my
cottage, sir, then you can drive for
the doctor. Though I guess he's
past doctors, poor chap"
Tim saw it was urgently neces-
sary to make a moves Crowds col
lected round accidents, in the most
unlikely spots, and once there was
a crowd, control of the situation
would be taken out of his hands.
| eyes, we'd better move him." hi
said. ''But I think The Wilder
ness will ba better"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

my cottage is nearer, sir"
"Not much. Anyway, it's uphih
take longer. And we can phone
the doctor from The Wilderness"
Cali right, sir. Shall take the
head?" !
They laid him down in the hall.
The cook had evidently gone to
bed. Tim decided against wax
ing her; the fewer people about
the house the better.
"Will you phone Doctor Ark
wright, Robson?" he asked. I'm
the meantime I'll see what I can
do. It may not be too late.
In the living room, the door
on your left one five eight, the
number is"
Tim was left to himself for a
few moments at least. . F1e felt
certain the letter must be on
Adams person: after the other
night he would never have left it
at the house.
Overcoat, jacket, inside and out
side pockets-not there. He felt
something like an envelope in the
buttoned hip pocket, and drew it
out. !. Yes. A superscription
in Adams writing "Messrs. Major
and West, 153 Lincoln's Inn
Fields" +. Robson returned. !
Tim slipped the letter in his
pocket. Not now. He would
postpone the supreme moment; it's
SAVIOR would be sweeter. He
busted himself with the body. !
For two hours he played a part:
DR.. Harold Arkwright came, found
that Adams was indeed dead, pol
lice sergeant from West Shllston
came, took statements from MN
and Robson.
Tim wondered what was golns
on in his mind. It was the same
man had been called 20 Ing
Wilderness on the night OF Eseler
death. He must be thinking - =
strange coincidence; two fatal
accidents within three months, ana
Mr. Kennedy present IN Dotn'
casas Was he suspicious? Maybe?
hit there was no motive now or
+hen and no proof, no possibility
of it. ..s.,o ~
tho wire rope and the pins safely
- distance. And in a few
weeks. when the trouble had blown
lover, he would steal quietly ,' OUT OF
West Shilston, never to return.
4 + .ife would begin again.
A4- FRO Be ContinueN
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

ton said would be called within two
or three weeks.
Hamilton said the executive group
agreement that national committee
members should not serve on the po-
licy committee was the only decisive
action taken today.
The meeting discussed mainly, he
said, a formula" for composition OF
the new commission.
The consensus about a chairman for
the policy body, he said, was that he
should be an outstanding man, such
as a former cabinet officer or a uni
versity professor. He denied names
were mentioned
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
BIG TRUCK BURNS
WITH FULL CARGO

A large truck loaded with rayon
burned on the Raleigh highway last
night about four miles from Hender-
son.
Sheriff J. E. Hamlet said the truck
and two autos figured in a collision,
and flares were put out to direct traf-
fic. In some manner, gasoline got to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

of executions. foundations of enemies
of Stalinism in officialdom ana ex
posurers of industrial lag gave way
to columns on the achievements the
Soviet regime That the purge winch
has taken hundreds of lives and put
thousands of prisoners in exile is not
over yet, was indicated, however, IN
some semi-official quarters.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

rising scale of levies, is overly load.
ed.
Promote Enterprise!
I suppose this sounds reactionary
Yet heaven knows that in my small
way, I always have been regarded as
q Droletarian.
I certainly have been a single-taxer
and, what goes with it, free trader
There isn't enough of this philos-
ophy left to wad a shotgun, hut, in
its day, it was deemed radical.
All the same, it's keynote was:
"Never handicap enterprise!"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
Lawrenceville Trips Bulldogs 6 In Hard Fought Gam

the flares, and ignited, burning the
truck and cargo.
Joe Lester Hyde, Of Burlington, was
driversof the truck, John Henry Roy
ster, Negro, and Francis Kingbourne,
New York Negroes, were the drivers
Of the automobiles.
Sheriff Hamlet and State Highway
Friedman T. e. Cooke, Jr., Investigate
ed the wreck
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
MARSHAL NEY STORY
WILL BE DISCUSSED
Legette Blythe, of Charlotte Observer,
To Address State Literary
Convention
Daily Dispatch Bureaus
In the Sig Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Nov. 6-The much discuss
ed legend that Marshal Ney. of France
escaped a firing squad and ended his
days as a drab North Carolina school
master will be eXhumed from moth
balls and aired before the State Liter
ary and Historical Commission.
DR.. C. c.. Crittenden, executive sec
rotary of the N. C. Historical Com
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
SHARP SETBACK I'm
STOCKS NOTICEABLE.
Steels Lead Decline, Closely AFOiiOWed
by Coppers, Motors, Mlscei-
laneOuS Issues

New York, Nov. 6---(AP)-Support
faded from many leaders in today's
stock market as doubtful traders de-
cided to shift to the sidellnes over
the weekend, and trade news showed
a cloudier appearance. Steels led the
setback, closely followed by coppers
motors and miscellaneous issues.
Losses ran to four points generally,
with few inactive Hopping as much
as seven or so. Transfers approxlmat-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
Russians Observe
10th Anniversary
OF Soviet Regime

(Contlnwou from rage One.)
growing might of Russia's army will
he shown in a parade of tanks, guns
and picked troops from the 100000
mon under arms.
Newspapers presented a brighter
picture for the celebration. Reports
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

Scorers, Henderson, jenkins, line
buck; Lawrenceville, Wesson, pass.
Subs: Henderson, Rem, Mitchell, Ed
wards and Coghill; Lawrenceville,
Lewis, Warner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

MOT into a real brick
In home. of course. BIT
Brick Siding does certainly
make it look like brick-and
at a cost SO low it will astonish
you. Brick Siding is a new
building material of proven
merit that is applied riqht
over old wood or stucco side.
walls. 1t is thicklY surfaced
with stone granules to give an
additional coat of projection
as well as beauty. We've
modernized several homes
with Brick Siding here in this
locality. May we show them
to you and tell you more
about this splendid new meth
cd OF improving the appear
ance Of your home.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06

Agricultural production
in Of to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
Load On Business
Becomes Excessive

(Confinund from ~-aQa Orr,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
C. 0. P. Body Bars
Committee Group

lContinned from Rage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06
lead RECK0N[INE Go a.. :';'s
7m- BY BRUCE HAMILTON GmAaAdaA0a4lsy&M6 |
CHAPTER 40
BY BRUCE HAMILTOk

COPYRIGHT ASSOCIATION
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-29
LIBBY MEN ATTEND
BANQUET AT MSSOULA

Five Libby sportsmen drove to Mis-
soula last Saturday to attend the 21st
annual banquet given by the Western
Montana Fish and Game association.
Those going were Elmer Phillips, E. M.
Boyes, Paul M. Cowan, L. B. Lock
wood and Nj. D. Rowland. The banquet
was given Saturday night in Loyola
auditorium and $50 sportsnen were
present.
These banquets are chiefly for social
purposes and very little business Is
transacted. Fine entertainment was
provided, with a number Of prominent
men present as speakers. Among them
were Scotty Brown, POSTMASTER; e. 7.
Scoyen, superintendent Glacier ma
tional park; John J. Holmes, state au-
ditor; B. L. Price, chairman state fish
and game commission; Judge John j.
Green, of the state board of equaliza-
ton; Louie Wendt, president Montana
Wild Life Federation; John Schofield
state superintendent of hatcheries, and
others.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-29
Baseball Season Opens
Here Next Sunday

The first baseball game of the 1897
season will be played on the Libby
diamond next Sunday afternoon. At
that time the Libby team will battle it
out with the Hillyard Merchants. one
of the fastest clubs in the Spokane
city league. The game will be called
at 2:30 o'clock and the pitching Of the
first ball will undoubtedly be sensa-
ton. This privilege has been awarded
to the Hon. Clay Parker, mayor-elect
of our fair city. His battery mate will
be ]. A. Krall, retiring president of the
Lions club. Krall will hold down the
backstop position for the first pitch and
will attempt to catch the ball. To see
this battery at work should alone be
worth the price of admission.
Most of the former Libby players
will be out in uniform for the Sunday
game and Ralph Roberts says there will
also be several new faces in the
lineup.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-29
Libby's Federal Building
May Be Lost in Shuttle
BY Paul May

WASHINGTON, d. C., April 90
Postponement for at least year of the
proposed new Libby postoffice project
is threatened by insistence Of many
congressman on continued huge APP
preparations for PWA, WPA and other
emergency programs.
This is the opinion of Representative
]. Hardin Peterson, Florida democrat,
and member of the important House
legislative steering committee which
guides bills through the house. Peter
son feels, he said, that the entire fed
eral building program, or at least this
years installment of it, is faced with
serious curtailment If not abandon
ment if large appropriations are con-
tinued for relief, public works, and
such projects as the Florida canal.
AS indication of the trend toward
scrapping the construction program,
Peterson cited recent decision of the
House appropriations committee to
throw such work out of the second
deficiency bill and leave it to be taken
care of by the third deficiency bill If
and when there IS thIrd deficiency
bill. This decision of itself. Peterson
pointed out, shoves considerable Of the
Libby postoffice and other proposed
new federal buildings at least three
months into the future.
The Libby postoffice project, which
has been listed by the treasury's pro-
curement division as worthy will be
in line for an allotment from any funds
made available for a 1887 installment
of the federal building program. Fail
ure to approve such an installment
would not only mean delaying the
project for another year. but would also
make necessary new survey before
the project could be again recon-
mended
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-29
MANY MOUNTAIN SHEEP
IN GLACIER PARK DYING

GLACIER PARK, April .26-An cpl
demic, probably pneumonia, injecting
the mountain sheep or bighorn herd in
Glacier National Park, has resulted in
the death of 80 Of these animals the
past winter, il was announced at the
superintendent office here today.
The epidemic appears to be localized
in the Swiftcurrent valley near Many
Glacier Hotel, and the total number
now dead represents the destruction OF
two thirds of the animals which nor
mally range in this area.
DR.. r.. M. Bond, associate technician
Of the National Park service, is now
conducting an investigation Of the
probable cause of the outbreak and to
see if some means of control can be
devised.
Commenting on the situation, the
doctor stated, This is a natural phe-
nomenon which perhaps has as its OBJ
jective the elimination of the weak and
the unfit A similar outbreak in 1926
severely decimated the herd in this
area, and corresponding situations are
reported from other parts Of the coun-
try from time to time. There are many
fine sheep left, the ewes are heavy
with lambs and no doubt the herd will,
in time reach its former number"
DR. Bond also stated that estimates
place the total number of sheep in
Glacier Park at 268 head, rs perNcent
of which are apparently not injected.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-29
Permits TO Burn Must
Be Had After May !

The public should take notice that
on and after May l permits must be
had for the burning of any forest ma
terial, say officials Of the local forest
service. This requirement is covered
by Montana law. In substance, it is as
follows.
Burning forest material of any kind
from May to September 80, inclusive.
without first obtaining written permits
sion from the state forester or his rep
resentative, or fire warden, or for
est ranger, is prohibited
1t is also illegal to set fire to forest
material at time or during period
not specified in the written permit to
burn; or for setting fire to forest ma
terial without having taken reasonable
precautions and without having equip
ment and tools present, to control the
fire Also illegal is failure of the per-
son setting fire to forest material to
watch the fire until it is out.
The penalty for violation of any one
of the foregoing stipulations is not less
than SIS nor more than $500, or i'm
prisonment in the county Jail for not
less than 10 nor more than 80 days, or
both.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-29
Careless Shooting Must
Be Stopped, Says Sheriff

It appears that a number of people
are in the habit of standing on the
Libby bridge and shooting into the
river. They also will shoot in the di-
rection of the city from the river bank
or hillside north of the bridge. Both
of these practices are dangerous. Bull
lets are frequently DETECTED by the
water or by striking a rock and
ricochet wildly into space. Shooting
in the direction of the city from the
north side of the river is especially
dangerous, as anyone should know.
People working in their yards in the
vicinity of the river frequently hear
bullets singing by their ears-not
pleasant sound Last Sunday County
Attorney Long was in his garden and
a bullet whizzed by his head alto
gether too close for comfort. 1t had
been fired from across the river. James
Reedy is another one to report similar
incidents. He says he has heard bull
lets singing past him on more than one
occasion as he worked about his place
near the river.
Sheriff Baney says that shooting off
the Libby bridge or into the city from
across the river must stop. 1t is con-
trary to law annd violators will be
prosecuted. 1t is4better to put a stop
to the foolish practice than to have
someone seriously injured or killed.