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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-02

c. F. Dierman motored to Mis-
soula on Wednesday of last week
and returned with new Interna-
tional truck.
Mrs. R. NJ. Sherman enjoyed a
visit with Mrs. R. ]. Enright, a
former Minnesota friend. between
trains Sunday and Monday. Mrs.
Enright was on her way from her
home in Portland to visit the old
home town in Minnesota.
Kenneth Moen, Clarabelle and
Ella Dierman were Rexford callers
Sunday.
Miss Molly Robertson is house
guest of Mrs. r. c. Marsh at the
lake.
Word has been received from Mrs.
Sam Bottorff that she was guest of
Miss Clara Graybill, former normal
training instructor in Lincoln high,
who is now supervisor of intermedi-
ate teachers at Kalamazoo, Mich,
at tea recently given by Miss
Graybill to the teachers of the
building in which Mrs. Bottorff
formerly taught in Kalamazoo.
Mrs. M A. Hunsinger was hostess
at cards on Saturday afternoon and
at a dinner party following with
Mrs. Lima Clark, Mrs. Ethel Long
and Miss Caroline Long as guests.
w. c. Albee returned from Hell
ena last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Sabin left Sun
day for a visit with relatives in
ST. Paul.
Robert Fetterly spent the week
end at home.
Chas. Whitmarsh was in town re-
Gently renewing acquaintance. Mr..
Whitmarsh is now located in Sc
ward, Alaska
Mr.. and Mrs M. A. Hunsinger
were Sunday dinner guests of DIR.
and Mrs. c. A. Clark.
The Methodist Aid will meet al
the church next Thursday with a
covered dish lunch At the last
meeting linen shower was given
in honor of Mrs. Claude Huffman, a
recent bride.
Mrs. C. A. Clark is taking the
place of Miss Lila Gasahl at the of
flee during the latter's absence due
to sickness.
Mrs w. E. Gilbert is spending the
.Week in WhitefGsh- with. her sister
Mr. and Mrs lowell McKeen at
tended the Shelby game#in White
fish on Saturday evening.
Lewis Fetterly, Jack Hebison and
Ray Frost were Kalispell callers
Tuesday
Mrs. Fred Clark is now in Spo-
kane receiving treatments. at the
lockwood clinic.
Miss Pearl Pike left Tuesday fol-
her work in Libby.
The Townsend club has postponed
their regular business meeting fol-
Saturday night in Difference to the
Community Get-together to the fol-
lowing Saturday evening.
The Rev. A. F, Gray, president
of the Pacific Bible College, will be
speaker on Friday and Saturday
evenings and on Sunday morning al
the Church of God. The public is
cordially invited.
Four car loads of young people
went to the Quirk ranch Monday
evening and gave Mr.. and Mrs
Emmett Quirk charivarai. Treats
and lunch were served
The next service in the Episcopal
church will be held on Sunday ev-
ening, Feb. IL.
Lon Mackey is i'll at his home
north of town.
Miss Geraldine Braniff of Helena
arrived Friday evening for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. a. A, Purdy
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Anderson
| of kalisnell unrn calinrs here Mon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-02
Farmers Institute February A.

The annual Farmers Institute
sponsored by the Farm club will be
held at the grade school building on
Saturday beginning at 10 a. m. The
day will be filled with talks by ex-
perts in their respective lines from
the Montana State College and the
county agent and county demon
stration agent from Flathead county.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend and enjoy and profit by these
talks.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-02
Program

10 A. NJ Home Management
Miss Harrer
10:40 The Farm Outlook
Mr. Lamphere
11.20 ......L Livestock Problems
Mr.. Lewis
Noon-GoveFed dish luncheon.
lao ...................Po Poultry problems
MIR. Halverson
2:20-Range and Pasture Manage
ment-Mr. Lewis
200 .......................H Home Decoration
Miss Harrer
3:20-General Agricultural Prob
lems--Mrl Lamphere
4:20-Question Box and Open Dis
cuSSIon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-02
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DIRECTORY
NATIONAL.
U. S. SUPREME COURT

Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes
Associate Justices-Hugo L. Black,
James c. McReynolds, Louis D.
Brandeis, Stanley F. Reed, Pierce
Butler, Owen ]. Roberts, Harlan
2. Stone, Felix Frankfurter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-02
Recommendations

|. That organizations, such as
science, music, and glee clubs. dra-
mates, etc, shall be encouraged and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
Germany and France Dispute U'dr
Results Mong Their Borders

brought up big guns because
French operations were now
threatening important German
positions.
II was reported unofficiaily that
the French had captured many
mines In the famous saar valley
coal district. Numerous other
mines. nominally still under Ger
man control. had been rendered
unavoidable because French big
guns constantly shelled principal
roads. The French guns were not
bombarding Saarbruecken, but
were concentrating their fire on
three sides Of II.
Unofficial reports said that at
the northwestern extremity Of their
front the French pressure had be-
come so heavy on both banks Of
the Saar river and on the right
(east) bank of the Moselle near the
Luxembourg frontier. that sections
Of the Westwall were In serious
danger.
Heavy German reinforcements
were reported TO have been rushed
TO Trier, Saarlouis and Saar-
bruecken. Other reports said Ger
man reinforcements were arriving
opposite strasbourg. on the Rhine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
FEAR CREvASS
CLAIMS WOMAN

PORT ANGELES-Deep Gre
vases Of Blue glacier, high on
Mount Olympus, were believed to-
day to hide the fate of Marion
Frances Steffens, 80, Redwood
City. Cal, botanist missing three
weeks.
She was last seen near Hob
River Road ranger station, hiking
up the towering slope. Since then
more than a dozen rangers have
secured the area without success,
finding only her sleeping bag and
q few articles of clothing.
She left her dog with neighbors
| here before beginning the ascent,
Olympic PARK Superintendent
Preston p. Macy said. She pre-
|viously had attempted to climb
the glaring glacier wearing light
clothing and tennis shoes, he re-
ported, and was indignant when
warned a climb without boots was
dangerous. At that time she was
severely bruised from repeated
falls, he said. Three Aberdeen
climbers, Emil Uni, DIVA Knute,
and Bob Cox. saw her on that
hike, the superintendent reported
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
WESTERN FRONT

Germany put its heavy ar.
|tillery in action on the western
front today in an effort to
|stop reported steady, method
|ical advance of the French
toward its Westwall fortified
|tions.
German fire had now reached its
greatest intensity since the war
started. The Germans were she'll
ing road intersections behind the
|French advanced lines so heavily
that there was unofficial specula-
|tion whether they were preparing
Nor a counter-offensive or merely
seeking to prevent further French
advances.
Said a German army COM
munique:
sOn the western front,
, stronger French forces than
hitherto advanced against our
advance posts In German ter
ritory lying far west of the
Siegfried line, between Saar-
bruecken and Horback. They
fell under field mines and Ger
man fire"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14

U. s. WARNS ALL
POWERS IN war
(BULLETN)


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Score
fary Of Navy Charles Edison said
today that any power attempting
TO torpedo properly identified
American ships would be taking .
'iong chance" and that he did not
believe such an attempt would
occur.
WASHINGTON - Secretary OF
State Cordell Hull today served
formal notice on European belli-
gerents that the United States
will defend all rights of its
nationals under international law.
The principles of international
law, as regards neutrals and bel
ligerents have been evolved through
the centuries" Hull said. while
belligerents have frequently depart
ed from these principles on one
pretext or another, and have en-
deavored TO justify their action on
various grounds, the principles
still subsist.
This government. adhering as
it does to those principles. re-
serves all rights of the United
States and its nationals under in
ternationai law and will adopt
such measures as may seem most
practical and prudent, when those
rights are violated by any of the
belligerents.
THE government of the United
States" he said, has not aban-
doned any of its rights as a
neutral under International law"
Hull defined United States
policies after q careful study
of the diplomatic and legal
implications of Great Britain's
blockade of Germany, and the
German submarine counter
blockade.
His statement came soon after
the British seized $500 tons of
phosphates on an American ship,
consigned to- Hamburg Germany.
Several daysSago another Ameri-
can ship was stopped and searched
by q German submarine,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
. IG III Il

WASHINGTON - Military
experts here and abroad have
been shocked at the ease with
which Hitler's forces are
crumpling up and rolling back
Poland's war machine. 1t in
spires the dread that der
fuehrer may have built a far
more powerful juggernaut
than anybody imagined.
Neutral and belligerent scouts
who have inspected the Polish army
report that. though relatively
small, II was . ffrst-rate, modern
establishment--infantry. artillery,
aerial forces. II was reckoned 10
be twice ~ effective as Belgium's
heroic defenders were at the out
break Of the 1914 conflict. 1t was
believed that 1t might hold off Hit
Ter for weeks, possibly months,
while Great Britain and France
waged a diplomatic war with Mus
solini and devised strategy for
striking at Hitler from the South
and West.
In view Of the Germans
comparatively easy conquest,
the more serious war still
ahead may be as bloody and
prolonged ~ the most somber
expectation - eight TO ten
years.
The allies also fear the effect
Of the Polish invasion on Balkan
and Scandinavian neutrals - also
Russia. 1t may deter nations known
to be sympathetic to the western
powers from embracing their cause
until 1t is seen how they stack up
on the field Of battle against the
forces Of the reich.
Hitler's military technicians have
devised a revolutionary offensive
which accounts for his rapid prog |
ress through Poland. according TO |
our own and Allied experts. 1t |
consists of a Macedonian but mech |
anized phalanx which it is almost |
impossible to Withstand on such |
fiat terrain as the plains Of Poland.
On the two wings Of his advanc-
ing forces--it matters not whether
the front is one or 20 miles long
Continued On Page 6. Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14

With only q woman's coat and
a disconsoiate note signed "Caror'
as clues, police continued a hunt
for a body In q probable suicide
tragedy Thursday.
Search started before dawn
when a green cloth coat with =
brown fur collar was found on the
18th st. bridge. Pinned TO the
coat was a note pencilled on a grey
envelope in a firm hand. It read;
Tired Of kving. Goodbye and uood
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
SUICIDE NOTE ON COAT FOUND

luck. Had the dirty end all my
life. Goodbye, tSigned) Carol"
Police Officers Cnlbo. Trent.
stark and Sgt. Brown ware sent
to the scene after the coat was
found at 3:11 .. m. BY Ray Nc
Arthur. 72o East Wright ave-. :
passerby.
The fire boat was summoned
and the coast guard was notified
A search for the body was hanp-
sssd BY III inaoming ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14

A communique Of the French
high command. 2ist Of the war.
said:
There 10 heavy action by the
enemy's artillery on the heights
south Of Saarbruecken.s
Mines Taken, Report
This communique was inter-
preted to mean the Germans had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
HIGH tribunal
0kEns LOWER
court Result
Life Tssns n Psa;-
sensiary New vir-
sually Assured for
Medic. Three Oilers

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s<ssens ss&lnss m. krms ".
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whe kAdnxs~d ard suxt1r~a
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re eupFs~s ee.<ss sssssy. ~
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80 the Thssssr~ r~<zssy s1g.<~sw
essss yasys fssasnEs sx.azss -
feAsr nssa.
Berry ana sh< cth~f thss<
fuse~s itak~s. . rwsIsxa sa>ss rzsra
effse<s. fsosn his hcsns ~ Inc polni
~ > sun August - ssss Merry
accused hasn ~ rspsns he yvsns
wife 81 . roassh - yaiy assnksas
party.
Interpret Reward
They t.ok Baker 10 . gravel pst |
near Olympia. wh~r. th~y f~s, And |
tortured him with pissrs. berry |
tried 10 emAscaists BAKER. but wss
prevented by the other insn.
T1ss -four n~n has~ss their mats
appeal "a tho contsnticn their art |
dld not constitute sldnapsng b.
cause thsy had NOT Demanded . ~.
ward for Bakers return
The supreme court r~jeeisd shis
assertion. saying Reward need
not be . thing of p<cunisry vsius.
bat may include the satisfaction az
= mental or emotional eondition.-
Dissent Written
Ths only hope Berry and the
others have Of seoaping the lifs
sentences passed "a than BY ss-
perinr Judge John -. Wiisus Me- |
IN eetttns ths supr~Bs csart -
rehear their cnso..
eueh . FEASIBILITY was bs11sps6 I
slight. however. hecassse tfs eo<rt 1
heard the ease once before . ave-
Justice department. thsn rehsard
Il September before all nine
Judges. /,
Justice William J. Stetnert wrote
The Dissenting opinion. concurrsd
m by Justices GerAghty. Main and
Robinson. holding that actual re-
ward had to be demanded before .
,rims could be olassed a. kidnap-
ing. He said the four men should
be freed Of the kidnapping convic-
Ion. but still were guilty of |
assault.
Appeal Answered
The quartet have been In Thurs- ],
on county jail since their arrest q 4
rear ago. II they ask for another
they may be able to
4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
ROSY PICTURE
FOR BUSINESS
Is SET FORTH
Advisory Board SECS
So Per Cent Better
usent Due; Tacosnan
Indicates Change

sPOkANE--A rosy picture
Of business conditions for tbs
last quarter Of 1898 picture
that may even he rosier when
full effects Of the European
war dsvelop--was painted BY
the Pacific Northwest Advis-
DRY board at liz fall meeting
here Wednesday.
nantnK ssttrAAea IN rarscaaimss
up 10 ths stnts II the war. fhs
beard estimsfsd business VII ~
ersses 81 pr cent over the cor.
responding period last yrar. hue
would not hazard . Kness On hanls
of happenings across the Atlantis
ocean In the last two weeks.
charIss Donlsy, 81 Pittsbureh,
Pa. president Of the National As
ISOLATION Of Advisory Boards. said
business might Increase ~ much
~ 10 per cent
Abandon Sea Lanes
Total carioading forscast for
1899 was zoo. sss tons. against an
actual loading Of iso. 7es tons In
1888,
Speakers Indicated Pacific North
west shippers almost entirely had
abandoned shipping BY water. turn
ing to shipping by rail-.
Large quantities originally
destined 10 b shipped BY water
within ths sext seves 10 -
days are standing % docks
without transportation b.
canss steamers hsve bssn wsth-
drawn" Ernest Dodge, Tacoma
lumbcrman. tod the 49, dsas-
gates 70 the meeting.
II have been given TO understand
that Norwegian and Swedish ships
have been told n they come In light, |
they viii be escorted through the
mine fields TO their home ports"
Dodge said. However. IL they come
In loaded they likely viii 20 10
another destination"
Banks Optimistic
Banks are more optimistic than
hey have been In some time" l. e.
DIX. Seattle, reported. Electric
power use increased 27.2 per cent.
lumber 2s.2 per cent. and wheat
and flour 2s.1 per cent. The labor
10 quieter than II has been
,or years and this undoubtedly u
! help In the trend upward"
Il. M. Burns. Of Portland. presi-
lent Of Northwest Canning asso-
predicted that canned
FOODS will move as fast a. we can
ret them" and forecast that do
nestle canneries would ship 10 70
70 per cent Of their total pack.
What effects lifting Of the arms
provision Of the neutral
ty act might have on carloadings
md shipments could not be accu-
ately forecast by board members.
sum Der Helped
Doniey said the lumber busi-
Iess would be aided because right ,
ow Canada cannot supply all the !
imber used by Great Britain" He
aid other commodities that are
emit overseas likewise would be
enefitted.
A resolution urging railroads to
step up maintenance, repair and
Continued on Page 4, Column 81 q
WEATHER AND TIDES 4
1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE

First game:
Brooklyn -. 200 002 0l0-S 8 o
Pittsburgh ..O02 900 COX 8 o
Tamulis & Todd, Hartje; Brown
and Berries.
First camel
Philadelphia 100 900 600 8 .
Chicago. -. 900 $50 70x-Is IS o
Beck and Davis; Root and Hart
nett, Garbark.
Brooklyn. :. OILS 900 3l0-8 Is 0
Pittsburgh. O20 10I O00-4 Is .
Pressneil, Crouch (6) and Hart
je; swigart Bowman CD and
Ausllsr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14

The quartet have been In rhurs-
ton county jail since their arrest q
year ago. II they ask for another
rehearing. they may be able to
Continued on Page IL. Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
BASE BALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland. OILS 010 1908 Is 1
Boston go. 900 005 200 o .
Allen. Dobson (6). Eisenstate 90
and Pytlak; Auker, Dickman 90,
Bagby 80 and Desautels.
Detroit. -. 024 900 000-S 10 1
New York. :. 900 900 0Ol--1 8 .
= Newsom and Tebbetts; Donald,
Hildebrand ~ and Rosar.
st. Louis. -. 100 900 OOO-l 6 1
Washington. 900 002 s0x--5 III o
Trotter and Harshany; Leonard
and Terrell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-14
Lumber Helped
WEATHER AND TIDES

Unsettled tonight and Friday
Temperatures: High, SO; low, IS.
Sun rises, SAT; sets, 6;23.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Planes for Fishing

There have been both skepticism and anxiety about those airplanes which help Japanese fishing fleets. Some people suspect their purpose is military rather than piScatorial. Yet bulletin of our own Department of Commerce gives the information that Japanese planes, in a single year, spotted more than 500 schools of fish for thousand fishing vessels
 This is an efficient method. Observers in planes can see fish in the water over which they fly. They could easily recog- nize the movement of fish beneath the surface and indicate their position to fishermen. These, in turn, would be saved hours of searching for the fish and catch.
 Unless other fishing fleets in the same waters were using the same methods, 1t is probable they would consider the Jap anese system an unfair practice. It might result, too, in more rapid depletion of cer- tain favorite fishing areas, just as the automobile and ~irplane have helped hunters to cover more ground in season and kill more game birds and animals. Some sort of mutual agreement about it seems indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18

One of the growing industries in Con- necticut is goat-raising and farming. It's surprising the number of breeders there are and the number of men and women who are supplying daily market with fresh goats milk. Originally it was more of hobby than anything else in this state, but has proved so successful along experimental lines that more and more persons who have clear knowledge Of modern dairy methods find the goat very much to their liking and source of con- siderable profit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18

History students see a battle looming in the state over the naming of the new bridge that is to be built across the Hous- atomic River at the end of the Merritt Parkway. Already two names have been suggested for the structure. The first one to be advanced was that of Commo- dore Isaac Hull. Revolutionary War hero. Hull fought battle with the British on the Housatonic River and use of his name is regarded as appropriate for this req son. But there is another school of thought originating in Stratford which wants the bridge named after David Wooster, Revolutionary War general, na- tive of Stratford, and later resident of Derby. This seems to be pretty much of local fight, but the bridge naturally will be very much of state importance. So when it is named it should be given a title that will mean something to the state at large and not just one small section of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Supply The Facts

It is only fair to Senator George T. Culhane and those local property owners who believe their claim is just one that somebody bring plenty of facts and tlg- ures up to Hartford Tuesda- when the State Senate will reconsider it's vote or Thursday when it passed the Waterbury sewer assessment bill Plenty of argu- ments have passed on both sides with everyone agreeing that the bill is merl- torious in that it seeks to bring relief to property owners who are hard pressed. The method of doing this seems to be ln question.
 The technicality centers in the inabil- ity of the city to maintain it's revolving fund if no more sewer assessments are paid into for a year. The fund is almost depleted now and request has just come in for an appropriation for sewer work that would completely exhaust It. Un- less assessments kept coming into the fund in the next few months, there'd be nothing there with which to finance the construction jobs. Under the proposed change in the law no one would be obliged to pay his assessment for a full year. That is the payment could be made any time within year from the billing.
 Any relief that is achieved at the price of sacrifice in some other direction IS not apt to be well regarded. The city authorities claim that the lengthy post ponement of assessments is going to work hardships that heretofore were not con- sidered The burden of the proof lies on the city and it should be prepared 70 furnish such proof to members of the Senate by Tuesday and then if recom- mittment of the bill is ordered to carry their fight to committee, where certainly suitable compromise method O. levy ing sewer assessments, so that distressed property owners may not be penalized, can be worked out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18

named after Ezekiel Candler, for many years a prominent Missis- sippi congressman. Gathings is 35 years old, tall, blond, good looking, and once was a class mate of Ellis and his close ally in the state senate. Like Ellis, Gathings also unseated a veteran. Rep. William J. Driver, who had served eight terms.
 Gathings was considered 8 long shot even by his closest friends. Opponent Driver con- sidered him so unimpOrtant that he didn't even bother to campaign. But in the final week of the contest, both Driver and Gathings' friends suddenly woke up to the fact that he seemed destined to win. Hur- riedIy, Driver made several speeches, but it was too late. Gathings won by hairline.
 Gathings is keenly interested in economic problems, particular ly old-age pensions and questions affecting his rural district. He is strong booster of IVA and wants a similar undertaking in Arkansas.
 A bachelor, Gathings is fond of fishing and hunting. The nickname Took" was hung on him as boy, but he can't re- member its origin.
 WILBUR MILLS, 31 years old, started his political career four years ago when barely within the legal age to hold the office he defeated county judge who sat on the bench 16 years. Mills then topped this by freeing the county of debt within one year.
 The son of the leading mer- chant in his home town of Ken
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Public Servants

One of every nir, employed persons in the nation is os4Da government payroll, according to an alysis of figures of the Bureau of Census. The annual pay of the whole group is $5,4OO,00O, ,0OO, about one-eighth of all salaries and wages in the country. These are not all federal employees One-third are in local schools and educational systems One-third are holding miscellaneous federal, state and municipal jobs. One-third are on regu- lar federal payrolls.
 These facts do not mean much by themselves. The figures are large, but the citizen should not say offhand that they are too large. That depends on whether the work being done and the