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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-08
Ancient Wood Borers

WASHINGTON-T 200, 900, 900
years ago were troubled in much
the same fashion with wood boring
insects as are trees today. Traces
of such insects have been found in
the logs of the Petrified Forest of
Arizona by Nj. ". Walker, national
park service naturalist.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-08
Shower for Prospective Bride.

The ladies of st. Mary's Episcopal
Guild joined in a shower for Miss
Edith Darlington Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Ed Olson. The
afternoon was passed pleasantly in
a social way, during which Miss Dor
rington was shoWered with many
lovely gifts. Refreshments were
served. The wedding of Miss Dor
rington and Mr.. Lyle Austin is an
nounced for June II.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-08
S2.95 SPECIALS.

Come to The Eleanor" Beauty
Parlor for your summer permanents
beginning June to- frrcfHt1ififnagg make
up facial. Phone BOW Will take
evening appointments. Mabel Bae-
men. First State Bank Bldg. 1t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-14

ONCE ~ c Great while your
opponents viii prove friendly in
effect, if not IN purpose, by offer
ing you handsome gift. When
that gift consists Of their being in
the wrong suit, which you can
slaughter, it viii pay you to re-
frain from being greedy Doubling
may chase them into something
they can make, whereas quiet ac-
ceptance Of the gift may be a
much more substantial way Of
showing your gratitude.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-14
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
'eThe Authority on Authorities"

ard thcn Last began - get cold
feet. recognizing thal y bidding
was crowded pretty hls lie was
afraid to make 4 l.5p-. rehid .
Spades at this level ard so showed
q mere preference for his part
ner's suits. al 5-Eearts, which
West took to 6-Hearts.
South passed this and reaped a
rich reward as a result after
West ruffed the second diamond
Later South was able to take out
the trumps and put his partner in
to run diamonds.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
White House Grass Growing
Nicely Thanks to Garner

called up the White House only to
learn the gardening forces had
started a long-range grass growing
campaign of their own.
Mr.. Garner believes in giving
man chance, so he let the seed
stay in his office. After a while. he
made polite inquiry and received
reassuring reports.
Convinced there was good
chance for good grass at the White
House in 1899, the Vice President
gave away his seed-half to a Capt.
tai newSman and half to Senator
Johnson of California.
Two weeks ago, the White House
gardener made good. Warm weather
and light rains made the Executive
Mansions front and back yards look
like an emerald carpet.
The grass the gardener grew was
Italian rye.
Incidentally, the newsman's lawn
isn't getting along SO we'll. And
Senator Johnsons? It's showing
signs of crab grass.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The White House lawn is in its
finest shape since Teddy Roosevelts
time-thanks. to hear some tell it,
to Vice President Garner.
The Vice President isn't the
keeper of the Executive Mansions
sod. but it was his voice that was
raised against digitaria sanguinalis,
which means crab grass.
Late last spring, Cactus Jack"
looked at the bare patches beneath
the big trees, sighed and shook his
head.
Il bet" he said, Il can grow grass
on that lawn
The man in charge of the lawn
Franklin D. Roosevelt-said what
amounted to 60 ahead and grow it,
nobody else seems able to.
The Vice President clamped his
teeth into his cigar, nodded and
stomped of toward his Office with
a look OF determination.
Shortly he sent down to Texas for
some grass seed. 1t arrived. He
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Arts Club Announces
Bal Boheme Contest

A poster contest, open to all anna
teur and professional artists of the
city, has been announced by the
General Committee of the Arts Club
Bal Boheme, to be held on the night
of April 10 in the Willard Hotel.
According to George E. Muth,
chairman of the competition, post
ers must be IS by 20 inches in size,
must be lettered, ARTS Club Bal
Boheme, Paris aux Printemps,
April 10, 1899, Willard Hotel" Cor
The Willard'D, and must be sent to
the Arts Club between am. and 5
pm, March 1921 Name and ad-
dress of artist must be lettered on a
card to be inclosed in sealed en-
velope and attached to poster.
Prizes of s25, SIS and two tickets
to the ball are to be aWerded.
The General Committee will meet
tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the club
house, 20l7 l street NV.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
New Surgical Process
Gives Patient 81
Recovery Chance
California Physicians
Develop Technique
In Stomach Cases
ky the Associated Press.

2S the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.-A
surgical process has been evolved
which gives the patient better
than 3-to-1 recovery chance instead
of the old 1-to-3 odds when certain
dangerous complications develop in
stomach operations.
DR.. Carl L. Hoag, San Francisco
surgeon, and Dr. John B. Saunders,
University of California anatomist,
developed the process. 1t was ex-
planned to the profession in the
current issue of Surgery, Gynecolo-
gy and Obstetrics, medical pub
Gcation.
1t is a supplemental operation,
performed not less than seven days
after the initial surgery, in which
the doctor improves upon his first
work If by that time improvement
is considered necessary.
New Outlet Provided.
In initial stomach operations,
which usually are for ulcer or cancer,
the surgeon cuts away the diseased
part. Frequently this involves re-
moval of tissue at or near the stom-
achs outlet.
To rebuild the digestive organ and
provide 1t with a healthy new out
let, the surgeon doubles a length
of the small intestine. He attaches
this end to the stomach, either by
joining 1t to the place where dis
eased tissue was removed, or by
making new cut in the bottom of
the food-receiving organ and in
serting the doubled end like a
stopper.
The cut in the intestine then
serves as the new stomach outlet.
The surgeon cannot tell whether
this new outlet will work until the
stomach and intestines start again
their normal function of rolling and
contracting to keep food moving.
The digestive system will not so
function while the patient is under
anesthetics.
The rolling and contracting Incl
dentaly furnishes the greatest haz-
ard thereafter because those motions
may close the newly made outlet
and thus stop digestion, which is
sure to be fatal unless corrected.
Nausea Is the Clue.
Nausea in the patient gives the
surgeon his cue for the Hoag -Saun-
ders operation, which is called a
jejunoplasty.
In the second operation the sur
geon cuts away a portion of the
doubled intestine end so that the
part attached to the stomach re-
sembles somewhat the top portion
of tiny pair of trousers-a doubled
tube with an extra large opening
In the area of the bend.
This insures the patient against
further structure. If no other COM
plications develop, recovery is in
order
Formerly surgeons who repeated
operations were unable to detect
structures, DR.. Hoag said, because
relaxation under anaesthesia per-
mitted the artificial outlet to open
again and mislead the doctor
DR.. Hoag said he performed the
first jejunoplasty eight years ago as
"a last resort" The patient recov-
cred.
DR.. Saunders, whose special mis-
Evening star., 1939-03-12
School Children
Hear Concert

More than 1900 school boys and
girls in the Washington area, stu
dents of choral music. will hear the
Lenten concert tomorrow at 8 80 p m.
ia Constitution Hall They will be
guests of the A Cappella Choir of the
First Congregational Church. which
is presenting the concert for the Sec
ond successive year.
Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl will direct
go local singers in the concert.
Evening star., 1939-03-12

sion at the University of California
Hospital is research, joined DR..
Hoag. Together they perfected the
technique. They collaborated on
many operations.
Since then, the operation has been
performed hundreds of times. Dr.
Hoag said he recalled only one case
in his experience which ended
fatally.
Prior 70 the development of the
jeiunoplasty, DR. Hoag said, IS per
cent of all stomach cases involving
repeated operations were lost. The
proportion of recovery in the new
process is better than IS per cent
and possibly as high as 80 per cent,
he said.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Fur Purchaser Gets
n Rabbits Feet
But No Luck
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 11.-Mrs.
Anna Sirbu has "a rabbits feet,
but she's still out of luck.
They were attached to what
she thought were baby seal
skins" sold to her yesterday by
a stranger at what he repre-
sented as a rock-bottom bargain
price of only $l10.
A companion of the stranger
who urged her to buy was to
return and pay her $170 for
them. He didn't, and the police
are pretty certain he won't.
The rabbits feet are worth
$3.50.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Vice Consul Is Shifted

The State Department announced
Yesterday William E. Flournoy, jr.. of
Portsmouth, Va, United States vice
consul at Sac Paulo, Brazil, had been
designated third secretary and vice
consul at the United States Lega-
ton at Managua, Nicaragua. He will
serve in a dual capacity.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Underwear. Specials!

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Evening star., 1939-03-12
Diapers and Diapads

l.2o Birdseye Cotton Diapers, 27x27--
l.55 Red Stor Diapers, 27x27. fine cotton
birdseye
1913 Sheer Chixdown Diapers, cotton
birdseye, imperfect
100 Dennison Diopods box OF 25O,
25e Dennison Diopods- OF 80,
Evening star., 1939-12-05
16Meets, -Four Indoor,
Are Scheduled for
T.. j. Trackmen

A schedule of four indoor meets
and an even dozen outdoor engage
ments. heaviest in the schools his
tory, has been arranged for Cath
olic University's trackmen, Coach
Dorsey Griffith announced today.
The Redbirds open their hoofing
campaign February 10 in the UNI
versity of Maryland Regiment
games at Baltimore and wind up
on Memorial Day with the Dis
trict A. A. U. championships.
Other outstanding meets on the
card are the Southern Conference
games at Chapel Hill, N. c.: Cath
olic University games. and K. Of c.
games-all indoors, and the Penn
Relays and Mason-Dixon Confer
ence outdoor championships. The
schedules:
February 10. U of Maryland-5th Reg
iment games at Baltimore: "a. Southern
Confsrenee rss cHamIonships Chapel HUI M, n.
versity games; 2 knights of Columbus
April l3. American University and CAL
Pen 2iO relays; May !, Wake Forest: S. Ran
dolph, ,Macon and Tovsqn u; Johns Hop
, Is. Mason-Dixon Conference champion
ships at Baltimore; 30, District A. A.. U.
track and field CHAMPIONSHIPS, COLLEGE
City is pending the site and date to Ds
announced
Evening star., 1939-12-05

salesmen, while "Pappy" Edwards
may continue to sell automobiles
here. Farkas is mulling over busi-
ness offers in Washington, New
York, Detroit and Toledo.
If it's any consolation, the Red
skins wound up the season with one
of the new IA team records made
during 1899. Thanks to Sammy
Baugh. Frank Filchock, Jimmy Ger
man and Dick Todd. the Redskins
passing average reached the amaz-
ingly high mark of 582 per cent.
Indicating success with passes bet
ter than once in every two attempts.
the Redskins new record is 93 per
cent higher than the old mark made
by the Giants last year.
Unprecedented in league history
was the almost clean sweep made
in offensive records, IA of the IS
going by the boards. In many cases
the former records were surpassed
by two or three teams. attributable
largely to such sensational rockies
as Bill Osmanski, Sid Luckman,
Parker Hall, Davey OBrien, Johnny
Pingel. Jimmy German, Dick Todd
and others.
Chibears Set Two Marks.
The Chicago Bears, runners-up
for the Western championship,
established new records in scoring
and ground gaining, their 298 points
in 10 games even eclipsing the for
mer mark for 13 games which they
established in 1884. Their ground
gaining record of 1888 yards also is
a new mark. although the Redskins
also exceeded the old mark with
3,490-second best in the league.
Detroit and Philadelphia each
completed 81 passes in one game,
three more than ever before COM
pleted, and a league total of 951
competitions in 2,238 passes brought
the total efficiency to 424 per cent
efficiency, nearly 2 per cent higher
than ever.
Evening star., 1939-12-05

outsmarted 'em early in the game.
For one thing. the New Yorkers
were taking kicks and passing on
third doWn-an extremely uncon-
ventional tactic for a conservative
team like the champions-and the
Redskins weren't looking for that.
| Then, too, the Giants had saved
and groomed one of their oldest
players, Kink Richards, especially
for this one game and it was Rich
ards, not Ward Cuff or Nello
| Falaschi. who made mincemeat of
the Redskin line at the outset.
Dick Todd, the brightest figure
in the Redskins losing cause, was
on his way home today s10O richer
the result of being voted the out
standing player of Sundays game
by his teammates at their final
meeting yesterday. The century
had been put up last week by DR..
Robert E. Moran, the teams physi-
clan.
Should the estimated gate at next
Sundays championship playoff be-
tween the Giants and Green Bay
Packers in Milwaukee be realized at
$4,000, each of the 80 Redskin
players who finished the season with
the team will get between $75 and
500. Full shares were voted to
Coaches Flaherty and Roy Baker
and Trainer Ray Doc) Mauro, but
Flaherty turned back his share into
the general fund for the players.
Hal Bradley, traded to the Chicago
Cardinals in midseason, was voted
half a share, but Keith Berlin, OBJ
tanned from the Cards less than
month ago, will get full slice.
Farkas Considers Job Here.
With the exception of Flaherty,
Capt. Turk Edwards, Andy Farkas,
Charley Malone and Don Irwin, the
last two who now live in Washing
ton, all the Redskins had left town
by noon today. Malone and Irwin
will resume business as insurance
Evening star., 1939-12-05

With Tony Santinis 131-15 for II
games tops, galaxy Of Washington
sweepstakes boWlers are more than
holding their own among the leading
money duckpin shooters of the East
and South, according to the statis-
tics released today by Dave Bur-
rows, scorer for the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress.
Ed Blakeney and Hokie Smith,
District League teammates of the
lanky Italian bowling wizard, are
holding second and fourth places,
respectively, among the Capital
sharpshooters For 80 strings, Blake
ney has spilled the naples for 128-42,
while Smith has banged out a mark
of 1871 for II games.
Equally as brilliant has been the
rolling of Perce Wolfe, the Rosslyn
District League anchorman, who in
1T games 40 more games than
SantinD has compiled an average
of 1927. The greater percentage of
games rolled at the end of the sea-
son probably would give Wolfe the
nod over Santini.
Harrison Among Leaders.
joe Harrison, Arcadia's s ace shoot
er, is we'll up in the local field with
127-30 for n games. In 1O2 games
Howard Parsons. Lucky Strikes Dis
trict League leadoff shooter, has
rolled at a 1876.
Astor Clarke, No. l duckpin
knocker-over, in 80 games has rolled
for an average of 124-73 Karl
Gochenour, his Rosslyn teammate,
has rolled for 1928 in 81 strings.
Julian Easterday is Baltimore's
leading pfnman with an average of
128-46 for 67 games. His Oriole rivals
are Winfield Guerke. with 1887 for
AZ games; Johnny Miller, 1919 for
Is games; Ray Won Dreele. 1875 for
AZ games; Nova Hamilton, 1851 for
So games; Lee Seim, 1858. for AZ
games and Meyer jacobson, 124-37
for So games.
Jimmy Wallace of Norfolk is set
ting the pace for the Virginia shoot
ers with 1921 for 50 strings. He's
trailed by Chubby McNew of Rich
mond with 12S-48 for Al games, and
Ray Barnes, another Richmond
howitzer, with 1861 for II. John
Hammond of Roanoke has banged
out an average of 1877 for So strings.
Dente Tops in New England.
New England leaders are: Bill
Dente. Bridgeport. 130-41 for As
games: Tony Carpenter, Woonsock-
ct. r. l.. 1922 for 80 games: Jack
White, New Haven. 1866 for 50
games: Nick Tronsky, New Britain,
1852 for 50 games. and Bill Their
rien, Collinsville. 1858 for So games
Fido OBrien, veteran Connecticut
star. has shot for 1919 in 80 games.
Oddly enough Santini was shoot
ing at 1880 pace until he hooked
up with Blakeney in new national
doubles record of 3,808 last Sunday
to win the Jimmie Marks Elimina-
ton Doubles at Baltimore While
Blakeney was looming to the front
among the country's leaders with
2002, Santini's best efforts garnered
only 1906.
The former national 15-game
doubles mark of $500 held by Hal
Tucker and Buck Shane of Balti-
more was topped four times as Paul
Lohr and Johnny Miller shot COM
bined score of 3.765: Bill Cleaver
and Wilmer Robey turned in 3.771
and Everett Gardner and Bob Fish
er shot 1921. Fishers 15-game
score of 1861 was second high
Santinni who copped the Dixie
Sweepstakes with a national Is
game record of 2.106, came back last
night to lead Columbia's 2-1 win
from Mount Rainier in a District
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Aida Prencipe Runner-up
In Brown FoiIs Meet

Aida Prencipe, one of Washing
tons leading feminine fencers, is
back in town today with second
prize won in the Dorothy Locke
Brown fencing trophy event in New
York few days ago. Miss Prem
cipe, a pupil at the Corcoran Art
Gallery. placed second in the Locke
competition-a Junior tournament
to Helena Mroczkowska of Hofstra
College, after a tie with Mrs. Aldo
Naldi, wife of an internationally IA
nous master of the foils.
The tournament was run of at
the Greco Fencing Academy. Miss
Prencipe gave the new champion
her hardest contest, won by Miss
MrocZkowska, 4-3.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Opportunities for Washington Golfers Be Plentiful 1910
Sontini Leads, With BIokeney
And Smith Well Up Among
Sweepstakes BowIers

League match with three-game set
of 430. His games were 1863, 131 and
100. Chalking up games of 668 and
628, Columbia handily won the first
two skirmishes, but Mount Rainier
nicked them in the final tilt, GLIB to
GIL.
Two season marks were estab-
lished in the What's In a Name
League as the Aggies swept State
with a team count of / $50 and Mar
garet Miltner spilled BAT naples to
give Standards a 81 victory over
Mines.
Evening star., 1939-12-05

received a 3-stroke handicap from
their opponents and licked them 4
and 3. hardly using their handicap
strokes.
Meanwhile, a playoff is necessary
for ringer prizes in two handicap
divisions within the Washington
club golf ranks Tied in the ringer
contest in the 1917 handicap class
are j. S. Nicoll, w. S. Phillips, DR..
G. R. Huffman and F. N. Stricklin.
Tied in the class of men with handi-
caps of 18 and more are r. D
Young and j. B. Skinner.
Al Houghton, the former Ken
wood pro, now selling automobiles,
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Gay Texas Ags Gayer
As Ace Kimbrough
Is Ready Again
Great Fu!Ibuck Returns
To Join in Psssing
On Bowl Matters
By FELIX H. MCKNIGHT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


COLLEGE STATION, Tex, Dec. 5
Gathered once more to thresh out
bowl matters, the unbeaten Texas
Aggies were little gayer than usual
today. Jarrin' John Kimbrough
their mighty fullback, had been pro-
nounced sound.
One eardrum was pierced and a
leg pretty badly battered in the
Thanksgiving Day clincher against
Texas, but Big John was back on the
campus again after receiving treat
ment from his brother, DR.. Earnest
Kimbrough.
John rejoined the Aggie squad to
vote on its New Year Day bowl pref
erence. Brother Jack, reserve end
who has been injured, was there too
Inside sources said New Orleans
Sugar Bowl was the probable choice
Rated Teams Greatest.
Kimbrough. 6-foOt-2-inch giant
whose 2l0 pounds is streamlined,
isn't through with the terrific line
smashing that made him the most
feared plunger of the season. He
still has another year.
John Kimbrough," quote Coach
Homer Norton with sincerity. "is the
greatest football player I've ever had
He can do everything and do it we'll
He is big, rugged and can take pun
ishment. He is exceptionally fast
for his size and we use him not only
as line plunger. but also on end
sweeps. That boy has the old COM
petitive spirit-and hits hardest
when the going's toughest"
Coach Norton took in all the SUBJ
urbs with his statement. He has
also tutored such stalWarts as Gerry
Geisler, the old Centenary AL
America end: Joe Routt, twice ALI
America with the Aggies, and
Dandy Dick Todd. q great runner
now with the Washington Redskins
Constantly Smiling on Grid.
Handsome Big Jawn" created
quite an incident by continually
smiling on the gridiron. Folks wrote
to A. and M by the dozens to in
quire whether he wore a mouth
guard, just naturally had peariy
white teeth you could see up on the
38th row-or would you send a pic
ture to show us just what he looks
Hke?"
Aggie publicists released a story
to the effect those were Johns
teeth and he was good looking!
Mrs. w. A. Kimbrough likes to tell
why her son plays good football
All his life John has trained for this
day-working on farms, keeping
regular hours, lodging all bad
habits. Thursday she saw him play
for the third time-the day he took
his hardest blows.
To Be Soil Conservationist.
Once he wanted to be a doctor,
like his deceased father and older
brother. but his fathers death
changed his plans Now he's major
ing in soil conservation.
When John went down in the
Texas game-tWice-it was history.
Many, many times during the game
John lowers his head and literally
butts his way through for an extra
two yards. But that was the first
time they stopped the clock for John.
He takes the raps On the defense
too-doing bang-up job OF line
backing. He's quite a blocker He's
quite a boy.
Evening star., 1939-12-05

played the last nine at Washington
few days back in 81 strokes, after
getting out over the first nine in 81.
He bagged four brides on the last
nine and licked the best ball of four
amateur opponents with the 2-un-
der-par 60.
But AL still is a long way
from the 81 he scored at the
Washington Club back in
April Of 1884.
Then he had nine brides and
nine pars for record that probably
will stand for all time as the low
scoring mark on standard length
golf course around Washington.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Ex-MoryIond Coed Now West
Virqiniu's Ace Grid Fan

a fixture as the yard lines. Fol-
lowing practice one afternoon they
called Gay from her usual seat in
the bleachers and formed a circle
around her. Then DR.. Marshall
Sleepy Glenn, the coach, made a
brief speech expressing the team S
appreciation, and presented to their
most loyal fannette" a regulation
football autographed by every men,
ber of the squad and the athletic
staff.
Now Gay is knitting mittens for
every one who autographed the foot
ball. DR.. Glenn's new striped mittens
are the first of the crop.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MORGANTOWN. w. Va, Dec. S.
Gay Wise, 10, former University of
Maryland coed now senior at
West Virginia University. has earned
the unanimous vote of the Noun
taineer football team as the schools
most dyed-in-the-wool fan.
Neither rain wind, mud nor a dis
appointing season discouraged Gay.
Not only did she attend every home
game and most of those out of town
but also she was on hand, perched
in the stands with her knitting bag,
for every practice session.
To the players she became as much
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Truynor Sees Gee
As Slab Phenom

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 5.-"Pie"
Traynor. although he's out as
the Pittsburgh skipper, is singing
praises of Johnny Gee. the 6-foot-
o-inch hurler with the Pirates.
HE can strike out any string of
right handlers in the game" Pie
said, land his only trouble is
that his change of pace is too
perfect. That left-hander really
has the stuff, and you'll hear
plenty from him in a year or two"