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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
Cor Counters
Mistaken for Speed
Traps; Destroyed

The state highway department has
been troubled lately by motorists
who apparently believe that car
counters set up in various parts of
Montana are speed traps and who
destroy the machines switches. ac-
cording to D. A. McKinnon, state
highway eIleiaeea,.=======z=z=szzz
The counters are small wooden
boxes with internal machinery that
IS worked when cars pass over thin
rubber tubes stretched across the
highway The machines give the
department a check on the amount
of traffic on any section of road
where they are used
MeKinnon said some drivers be-
lieve the machines are set up so a
cars speed can be checked between
each two boxes, and that some
drivers are putting on their brakes
and skidding their wheels across
the rubber tubes, tearing them out
of the machines He appealed to
all motorists to help keep the ma
chimes In operation.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
Department of Agriculture

The Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporation is separate organiza-
ton, but it is all the same an agency
OF the Department of Agriculture
and is under the direction of this
great branch of the government
Mr.. Il. A. Wallace, secretary of the
Department of Agriculture. is one of
the directors of the corporation. Be-
ing under the directian=of= the De
partment Of Agriculture. it~1s>safe
to assume that all the OBJECTS and
activities of the corporation MAV be
IN accord with the politics of that
department. -
|. M. BRANDJQRD,
State tate Administrator of Public Vel
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BY Hal
BY Hal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

According TO reliable reports re-
ceived yesterday Libby will soon
have markers on every street
1t is granted that this is something
we have needed for a long period
of time !. . We thank those mem
bers of the city council who were
behind this movement
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

1,069,000 pounds of steel were used
in the manufacture of golf balls in
1888.
Evening star., 1939-12-03

organization plan and committee
report would be made on the pro-
posal to abolish the Butternut street
(N.W0 car line in favor of shuttle
bus line at meeting tomorrow at
8 pm. in the Takoma Park branch
library.
Attacks on the Seal reorganiza-
ton plan have been made by
number of associations, last weeks
review shows Principal objection
raised was due to the lack of any
form of suffrage for the District in
the proposal. Other groups indorsed
the plan in part, substituting
changes where it was thought nee
essary.
Following is schedule of the
20 associations meeting this week.
including the annual banquet of
the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants:
Monday-Citizens' Association of
Takoma Park branch library, 8 pm;
Dupont Circle, MayfoWer Hotel 4 80
pm; Forest Hills, Ben Murch
School, s pm; Kenilworth, Kenil-
worth Recreational Center, pm;
Manor Park, auditorium, Whittier
School, 8 pm: Metropolis View,
Crosby S. Noyes School, pm;
National Gateway, Church of Christ,
8 pm; Progressive Citizens Asso-
citation of Congress Heights. Con-
gress Heights School. 8 pm, and
Progressive Citizens of Georgetown,
Curtis School, 8 pm.
Tuesday - Columbia Heig ghts. i.
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, 1410 Columbia road NV,
8 pm; North Cleveland Park, 1923
Window place NV, pm, and
Southeast Council, No. II police pre-
cinct. 8 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Oldest
Inhabitants, Old Union Engine
House, Nineteenth and H streets
NV, 7:30 pm, and Friendship, jan
ney School, 8 pm.
Thursday Banquet, Association
of Oldest Inhabitants, Raleigh Hotel,
7:3O pm; Bradbury Heights, Brad
bury Heights M. E. Church, 8 pm:
Northeast Conference, No. IL police
precinct, 8 pm, and Washington
Highlands, 1924 First street Sc,
pm.
Friday-BrightWood, Paul Junior
High School, 8 pm.
Saturday-Mount Pleasant, Mount
Pleasant branch public library. 8
pm.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
DR.. Royal n. Chapman,
Minnesota Dean, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2.-Dr. Royal
N. Chapman, dean of the graduate
school at the University of Minne-
sofa since last July, died today from
pneumonia. He was so years old.
DR.. Chapman resigned last year
as director of the experiment sta
ton at the Pineapple Producers Co.
operative Association, Ltd, of Homo
lulu, Hawaii, to return to Minnesota.
He had formerly headed the divi-
sion of entomology and economic
zoology at the University Of Mime
sofa School of Agriculture.
Among DR.. Chapman's accomplish
ments for the Hawaiian pineapple
growers were the conquest Of serious
plant diseases and the use of chem
icals to control the blooming and
fruiting period of the plants. He
took over the Hawaiian post in 1880.
DR.. Chapman was q native Min
nesotan.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
CoIe9rove Denies Pay
From RuiIroud
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 2.-Ar-
thur Colegrove, former secretary of
property and supplies, denied today
at the trial of David L. Lawrence,
Democratic State chairman. that he
had ever received $4,000 from the
Pennsylvania Railroad as a COM
monwealth witness alleged.
Mr.. Colegrove added that he had
never been approached by any one
connected wit hthat railroad.
Mr.. Lawrence is charged with
conspiracy to procure unlawful
State contracts for the Pioneer Ma
terials Co. and with blackmailing the
firms former president, Spurgeon
Bowser, of $1,000.
Sidney Toy testified last week he
hid under a bed and overheard
Bowser, his partner. discuss in
hotel room conversation with Law
renee purported contributions of
$4,000 and s25, 900 in cash to Coles
grove from the railroad.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Signed Contracts
Prevent Divorce,
Judqe Rules
Y the Associated Press.


SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Dec. 2.-Mr
and Mrs. John c. Mckee each sought
divorce. But Judge Warren L.
White ruled they already had settled
their marital fate when they signed
contracts stating:
Il tMcKee) will give you month
ly allowance of $100 =" You are
privileged to entertain and be enter
tanned by other men at your pleas
ure. - ="
Il MRS. Mckee, agree to permit
you to go and come as you see fit
with men or women of your choice
and no questions asked"
Mckee, So, is president of a saw
ings and loan company.
Judge White ruled the attitude
of both toward each other is abom-
Unable. I wish I might give them
some relief by granting a divorce
but under Missouri law this is
impossible"
Evening star., 1939-12-03

effect on the public opinion? Per-
haps our young people didn't want
to fight. That was before England
attacked us. Now we have to fight
to defend ourselves"
That's an old story about Eng
land having forced this war upon
you,' we interrupted again. THE
trouble is that nobody outside Ger
wany believes it. You're wrong If
you think England has been stupid
with her propaganda. We have
been in many countries and we re-
ceive many letters from America.
We think the English have pretty
well convinced the world that Ger
many started this war"
Perhaps" he grinned. But it
would be bad for our people to
think so, wouldn't it,"
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Optimist Club Broadcast

A 15-minute radio program urg.
ing optimism will be heard Tues
day night, beginning at Gas p.m.,
through Station VOL as a feature
of the local observance of Optimist
Week, DR.. Raymond Murray, presi.
dent of the East Washington Opti-
mist Club, has announced.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
ObGging Motorist
Follows Policeman
To Regret Of Both
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec. a.
"All right, buddy. let's CO."
snapped Motor Cycle Patrolman
James Croson to a double
parked, out-of-town motorist,
and drove on.
The driver followed, believing
he was to go to headquarters.
The patrolman finally noticed
the trailing motorist and ex-
planned his admonition had been
only a warning.
IF you're not going to arrest
me-" said the driver, 'how
about taking me back where
you found me? I want to meet
a man there and now I'm lost"
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Recordings at Library

Recordings of Mendelssohn' S
Concerto for Violin in E Minor
selections from La Traviate, i
Aida" and La Tosca" and Tschai-
kowsky's ''sgmp1nny No. r will be
played tomorrow night IN the music
division of the Public lthrary, Eighth
and X streets NEW. THE rxn(1ai,
will begin at 1880 O'Clock. ~
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Harvard Scholarship.

Grant Mason Wiprud, son of
Theodore Wiprud, secretary of the
District Medical Society, and Mrs.
Wiprud, has been awarded a "Har-
ward College Scholarship" for out
standing scholastic, work at Harvard
University this year.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Relief Corps Turkey Dinner

The Phil Sheridan Woman's Re-
lief Corps, auxiliary to the q. A. r.,
will serve a turkey dinner at the
Thomas Circle Club, 1926 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, tomorrow
from 4 to pm. The annual elec-
ton of officers of the corps will be
held Thursday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
FINNS ARE
 AIR RAIDED
 MANY AREAS
Special Attack Is Made on Important Munitions
 Cenfer

HELSINKI, Dec. 27. = Russian planes carried out repeated raids today over Tampere, important mu- nitions center, 100 miles northwest of here.
 Other Finnish cities are reported to have been air raided but mini mum damage is reported.
 One lone enemy plane visited Hell sinki this forenoon apparently with out dropping any bombs.
 Early tonight. the Finnish Con- munique reported that renewed Rus sian assaults on half dozen fronts have been repulsed by the stone wall Finnish defense after a day of air raids on numeruos cities.
 The Russians retreated from the strategic Lieksa sector with the Films following and capturing seven tanks.
 On the Karelian Isthmus, all but one attack was repulsed during the day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

HENRY l. D0HERTY, HEAD OF ENTERPRISES VALUED OVER
 BILLION DOLLARS, IS DEAD

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 27.- Henry L. Doherty, 69, President Of the Cities Service Company and head of enterprises totalling one billion dollars, is dead. He had been i'll from arthritis practically since 1927. His widow survives.
 A top-flight financier, organizer and promoter who amassed vast wealth but who preferred to be known as a self educated engineer and inventor, Henry L. Doherty was a merciless driver of himself and associates in building up the Cities Service Company into one of the worlds largest business concerns, in improving the production methods of gas, coal, electric and petroleum industries and ill developing huge properties in Florida as recreation centers
 In 1880 he was a newsboy in Co., lumbus, Ohio. In 1886 he was listed as director of 95 corporations and as president of 87 of them. A con- gressional tax Investigating commit tee was told in June, 1887, that his combined corporate and individual net income for 1884 was $62G,000.
 Burned Himself Out
 Those who knew Donertv said he literally burned himself out by the unrelenting energy with which he pushed his varied projects.
 From 1927 onward he fought ill health as we'll as the business ene- mics who rose in his wake as he plowed ahead toward his objectives. For almost six years he had to leave the day-by-day direction of Cities
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
Russia Dispatches Large Bodies of Men 10
 Fight Sectors
STRIP TO BE PLACED
 30 TO 45 MILES WIDE
TwenfY-three lnva ders' Planes Shot Down
 Past A Hours
tBy Associated Press)

Fresh troops for the snowy Fin- nish- Soviet nattlefields and new mine screen around the British Isles today broadened the two wars in Europe.
 The Finnish Military Command reports that Russia is sending 30O,- 900 more soldiers to the war fronts in Finland where the outnumbered Films have held up the Soviet ad- vances and inflicted severe losses since the var started.
 It is reported that the new com- mand of troops will renew the of fensive on the Central and Arctic fronts.
 Central Front Drive
 Military observers express belief that Russia is counting on dissecting Finland in a Central front drive.
 Russian military authorities re- port only petty skimishes' in yes- terday's fighting but the Films de- clare widespread Soviet attacks were repulsed, leaving hundreds of Red soldiers dead on frozen Lake Su- vanto.
 The Films also report that g Soviet planes have been shot down in the past "A hours.
 Huge Mine Field
 The British Admiralty discloses plans for a huge mine-field 30 to 45 miles wide, and 800 miles long, extending from the Orkney Islands to Dover Straits.
 The move is to counter the Ger man mine menace that has taken a heavy toll of British shipping.
 The new mine field will lie about eight miles off the coast and will thus permit coastal shipping to move in relative safety.
 Naval sources said 100000 mines will be used in the new protective mine field
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
TWO AMERICANS BACK HOME, OUT
 OF FIGHT ZONES

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Dec. 27.-The Finnish freighter Hulda Thornden has docked here with two American citizens aboard after four months of enforced idleness in Germany and Denmark.
 The freighter was captured by a German patrol ship and held up for 38 days in Stetin, Germany, while her cargo of wood pulp was inspected several times.
 The captain explained that the Americans, MT. and Mrs. Walter Schulze of North Arlington, N. J., were in Vienna when the war broke out.
 Mrs. Schulze said she and her husband never expected to reach American shores again. Said she; "The crossing was dreadful, es- pecially when we were passing through the straits from the Bal tic to the North Sea. The straits were so heavily mined that often we saw mines within 30 to 100 feet of the ship
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
TREMBL0R IN
 CALIFORNIA
 FELT TODAY
Long Beach Reports Worst Shake Since Disastrous
 1933 Earthquake

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dec. 27.- An earthquake was felt in Los Angeles at l1;29 o'clock this fore- noon, Pacific Standard time, rock ing the Associated Press office on the fourth floor of the Herald Express Building.
 California Institute of Technol- ogy's seismological laboratory re- ported the quake was not large. although it might have been strong enough to cause some damage.
 The scientists estimated the epi- center of the quake at about 50 miles from their laboratory, but said they could not determine in what direction.
 Shaking was felt at Long Beach about ten seconds, but there were no reports of damage.
 Long Beach residents reported. however, that the shake was the most severe since the disastrous 1883 emblor.
 Glendale and Alhambra also re- ported sharp shocks. and at Ana helm, in the 33-story Los Angeles City Hall. a chandelier swayed few seconds and pictures on the walls went awry
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
KANSAS CITY
 MAYOR QUITS
 ON NSATURDAY
Resignation Is Handed 10 Council = Old Machine
 Restored 10 Power

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27.-Mayor Brice Smith has resigned effec- tive next Saturday.
 The resignation was presented today after a switch of the City Council voting to return the Pen- dergast Democratic machine fac- tion to power.
 The Council abruptly choked off Mayor Smiths suggestion that an out-of-town man be named City Manager to clean up waste payroll and padding conditions disclosed by both the Federal and County Grand Juries.
 The Council named William Brennon, 73, retired insurance ex- ecutive, as City Manager over Smiths opposition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
BELL AYERS
 FISH PROBE
 K SMEAR
Says Itkes Is Just Out for S(hWeIIenbaCh' $ Next
 Year Vote

SEATTLE, Dec. 27. - Frank T. Bell. former Commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries, in Seattle Times interview, today asserted that Secretary of the Interior Harold l.. Ickes' charges of irregularities in the Bureau of Fisheries were merely political smear"
 Bell said one effect of the smear is the expected advance of Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach's political interests. Schwellenbach is up for reelection next year from the State of Washington.
 Former Fisheries Commissioner Bell who is now operating ranch and hotel at Ephrata, said: "Sev- eral weeks ago in Spokane, Senator Schwellenbach said the Bureau of Fisheries will be reorganized, and intimated the reorganization will be in accordance with his plans or wishes
 Practical politicians have long known that reorganization usually consists of the busting of ones op- ponents and replacing them with ones friends. I'll welcome any fair investigation of my administration, Bell said.
 There were no irregular prac- tices and no favoritism," Bell con- tinued, and I don't believe Secre- tary Ickes was especially fortunate in the selection of Dr. Earl Hubbs of Michigan, to conduct his inves- tigation.
 q am informed Dr. Hubbs told Alaska packers he expected to be Fisheries Commissioner himself
 T left the Bureau after six years of service because, when Secretary of Commerce Daniel c. Roper re- signed and was transferred to other work, the resignations of all Bureau chiefs were placed at the disposal of his successor, Harry L. Hopkins. While some of the resignations were not accepted, mine was" Bell con- cluded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
CABINET OF JAPAN TOLD
 TO RESIGN
Majority Members of Par Iiament Suggest Pre-
 mier Abe Quit

TOKYO, Dec. 27.-The Govern- ment of Premier Gen. Nobuyukl Abe has received resolution from the majority Parliament members asking the Cabinet to consider re- signing.
 Although the resolution does not represent official action by Parlia- ment, Government circles predicted last week that the Abe cabinet might fall if the United States didn't re- act favorably to the Japanese pro- posal of reopening the lower Yang tze River to foreign trade.
 Officials qualified that statement today by saying the establishment of a new regime in China is expect ed to precede any reopening of the Yangtze to foriegn trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
FEAR OF HUSBAND
 ENDS IN DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 27. - When a woman develops a fear complex toward her husband, it's time to call quits to marriage
 At least that was the contention of Mrs. Margaret c. Bean. And it won a divorce from Leland G. Bean.
 Mrs. Beap told Superior Court Judge Georgia Bullock that her husband had threatened her per sistently with bodily harm.
 Finally, under the pressure of the constantly repeated threats, she developed fear complex" Mrs. Bean related.
 All of which came under the head of extreme cruelty" situation which decided Judge Bullock to grant a divorce decree.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
SHIPS ARE DENIED CHANCE OF REGISTRY; HULL
 GIvESIMp0RTANT DECISION

The reason the Maritime Com mission-unofficially, of course was so annoyed was the realization that most American-owned ships engaged in foreign commerce al- ready are operating under foreign registry.
 When the neutrality act went into affect there were approxi- mately 300 vessels operating under American registry At the same time there were 454 American owned ships under foreign flags. This included 183 owned outright by American corporations, and 27l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. - The Maritime Commission still is dis gruntled over the State Department action in showing under the plan to let jobless ships transfer to for eign flags where they could con- tinue to do business without neu- trality law restraint.
 A fleet of nine freighters of the United States lines had all but con- pleted the transfer to Panama regis try when, bango, Secretary Hull attacked it as an immoral evasion of the neutrality act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
N2ss.a s1z 12zE2HKz 688 Persons Meet Death On Holiday
By Associated Press)

New compilation by the Associat- ed Press shows that at least 688 per sons died violently in the three-day weekend and holiday in the United States.
 Of this fatality list, 445 were killed in auto accidents, 51 were burned to death in fires of various kinds, in- cluding house and Christmas tree blazes and 52 were stabbed or shot to death or from other violence.
 Every state and the District of Columbia are represented in the death list, California having the largest toll, 65.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
S15o,oOo FITTING
 BALM SUIT DENIED

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 27. = Ruth Fitting, one-time torch singer, has been absolved of responsibility for Alma Alderman's loss of her husbands love.
 Superior Judge Samuel E. Blake denied Mrs. Alderman's claim for $150,000 damages-half actual and half punitive-against Miss Fitting for alternating the affections of Myrl Alderman, the singers former pianist and her present husband.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
JUNEAU BOY WILL
 DO CAMERA WORK

Keith Petrich, young Juneauite whose camera work has received considerable praise, flew to Fair banks today on real assignment.
 Petrich, whose airplane photo graphy is irl his best line, will seek good shots of winter-flying planes in the Interior, remaining in Fair banks for a few days before re- turning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
SOME CAN GO, SOME NOT

Not all these Yankee-owned for eign flag ships sail into the for bidden zones. All of them can, how ever, while those Yankee ships con- fined to American flag registry have to stick around in the safer zones of the Pacific or Western Hemis- phere where freight pickings are thinner.
 Breezing about the Maritime Commission offices, you get the im- pression that they think Secretary Hull and certain Administration CO., horts got mad at the proposed trans fer because they feared the political reaction, and not because of any high-flung moral reasons.
 But, perhaps, it won't matter. If the worst comes to the worst for
 Continued on Page Six,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
Swedes Join Finns;; Many
 Go 10 Front
Hundreds Are Said 10 Have Enlisted 10 Fight
 Against Russia
(By Associated Press)

There is a pronounced Swedish movement of volunteers to aid Fin land reported in various circles. Fi- nancial aid is also going to Finland from Sweden.
 No official recognition of the movements are taken by the Swed- ish government because of the na- tion's neutrality policy, but it is known that hundreds of Swedes have joined the Finnish forces in the fight against Russia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

Service to subordinates while he struggled against arthritis and bronchial troubles. Then, on the eve of his 62nd birthday, he celebrated his return to regular activity by blowing a whistle and making an ad- dress over a radio hook-up in which the sound waves first travelled over a beam of light reflected from the moon.
 "60 Wall Tower
 The occasion was the formal open- ing of his new building, "60 Wall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

owned by foreign corporations which in turn were wholly owned by Amer ican companies, such as the Panama Transportation Company, owned by Standard oil of New Jersey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-24

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fine white or colored broadcloth
all with non-wilt collars!
Prepare for the dress-up season,
and lay away one or two for
Christmas gifts nj Dollar
Day savings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-24

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Days Mt just 81 because we have them I'm
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