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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-12-14
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From the files of the Western News)
H. G. Louge, president of the
Montana Silver Lead Mining COM
pany, has sent instructions to Libby
to begin operations on the COM
panyS stock. on Leigh creek. Jos.
Williams will have charge of the
development.
The city schools are now crowded
far beyond the capacity of the
buildings. 1t is understood that the
board will soon commence the cree
ton of temporary building in
which to house the overflow.
The Northern Pacific has recent
ly filed location map which indi-
Gates that a new line is contem-
plated to tap the Flathead valley.
The new line will leave the main
line at Dixon and the present ter
minus will be Poison, at the south
end of Flathead lake.
The business of the Libby Supply
company is being closed out and
the manager, L. E. Throop, will
hereafter be engaged in business at
Troy.
John Jacobson, superintendent of
the Lukens- Hazel mine on Shaugh-
messy Hill, was in Libby Monday
and while here gave out the in
formation that one of the biggest
strikes yet made in that property
had just been uncovered. They have
encountered streak of black sui
phurets 10 inches wide which
grows wider as the tunnel pro-
ceeds.
Scott w. Sanford, chief deupty
U. S. marshall, is in Libby, the
guest of ]. w, Haigler.
The First State Bank of Libby is
now located in its magnificent new
building at the corner of Mineral
avenue and Fourth street. The
banking portion of the building is
entirely completed and the balance
of it will be finished soon.
NJ II. Baker, the veteran lion
hunter of this county, reports the
capture of a mountain lion Tues
day. He brought the lion in alive
and 1t just tipped the scales for 100
pounds. Mr.. Baker also reports
the killing of two big bears, one on
Peoples creek and the other up the
Kootenai river about six miles. All
three animals were run down and
freed by his hunting dogs. He was
accompanied by c. T. Wood.
The Libby high school team COM
posed of Tom Christie, Lionel Shau-
rette, Chas Gray, Jos. and Leonard
Sheffield and Geo. Weigle, accom-
panied by Prof. Neff went to Bon
ners Ferry last Saturday, where
that evening they played against
the Boomers high school team The
game ended with score of 1922
in favor of Boomers Ferry.
Sam Irish and Arthur Lounsbury
arrived home from Butte the first
of the week, where for the past six
weeks they have been employed as
mine guards on the Original mine.
VIM. Morton was bound over to
the district court Saturday on lar
ceny charge and gave bonds for
his appearance. Mr.. Morton is the
owner of a valuable ranch on an
island in the Kootenai river near
Jennings and trouble in which he is
involved is understood to be sort
of neighborhood row.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-12-14
Soldiers To Maneuyer
at Fort Lewis Post

ne first battalion of the f fourth Til
infantry, stationed at Fort Mis-
soula, U. 6. army post near Mis-
soula, left Tuesday for Fort Lewis,
Washington, for winter manueuvers
expected to last at least two months,
according to Lieutenant ] E. Gold
en-, adjutant
The adjutant said it is possible the
battalion may go to southern Cali
fornia for an additional two-month
joint army and navy maneuver af-
ter the period at Fort Lewis.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-12-14
VERDICT UPHELD.

The state supreme court has up
held. the verdict of the Valley coun-
ty district court which found Claude
Robinson guilty of a hit-and-run
killing and sentenced him to five
years in the state prison. Ralph
Nelson was killed when struck by
Robinson's car on the Fort Peck
Glasgow road in October, 1897
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Notice Ordering Woodring to Vocote
Hoovers House Is a Mystery

Real estate men speculated today
over what former President Hoover
intends to do with his town house at
1900 S street NV, from which
Secretary of War and Mrs. Harry
Woodring have been notified to move
by February l.
Associates of Mr.. Hoover here said
they knew nothing of rumors that
the former President had sold the
home, in which he and Mrs. Hoover
lived while he. was Secretary of
Commerce. The Woodrings are
making plans to move to the Shore
ham Hotel.
Neither the Woodrings nor local
real estate men know, they said,
if the mansion has been sold. There
was speculation that Mr.. Hoover
himself might plan to live in the
house after it has been renovated.
Mr.. Hoover's associates here, how
ever, doubted If he had such plans
at this time.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
New Grand Jury
Is Sworn In by
Justice Proctor
L. Bert kye, ST., Is
Foreman; Will Serve
For Three Months

L. Bert Nye. sr., 55-year-old
branch manager Of the American
Surety Co., today was chosen by
Justice James M. Proctor in District
Court as the foreman Of the new
grand jury, which will serve during
the coming three months. The
jurors were sworn in today after the
tentative selection Of 80 names yes
terday.
The names Of the new grand
jurors follow: Stanford E. Abel, 81,
400 Connecticut avenue NV, presi-
dent Of the Hechinger Engineering
Corp; Lloyd J. Ankeny, 80, 220
Rittenhouse street NV, auto sales
manager; Walter E. Alters, ST., 43,
507 Montana avenue NE, garage
shop foreman; Howard M. Bollinger,
46, 1909 Parkside drive NV, tele-
phone supervisor; Arthur Brown, 48,
1923 Clay street NE, disabled ex-
service man; Henry c. Carter, 30,
ITO johnson avenue NV, receiving
clerk; William o. Chapman, 40,
$500 Calvert street NV, broker;
Austin F. Childs, A, 1918 Ingraham
street NV, salesman; Percy Gran
ford, 81, 1419 r street NV, general
contractor; Charles DAILY, jr., 80,
4519 Cathedral avenue NV, real
estate salesman; Harold r. Debley,
43, 40 Kennedy street NV, printer;
John L. Donnelly, 80, 1127 E street
NE; John L. Du Fief, As, 5343
Forty-third street NV salesman;
John R. Ferguson, Al, 1881 Ninth
street NE, salesman; Mrs. Robert
M. Ferguson, 50, 1916 Sixteenth
street NV, housewife; Ellis C. Glib
son, 40, 1929 Corcoran street NV,
insurance salesman; Thomas C..
Kelly, SO, ITO Fifteenth street Sc;
Alvin w. Luckett, 40, 1434 Geranium
street NV, clerk; William M. Rich
ardson, 54, 404 Tenth street Sc,
city guide; Lucy M. Simon, 26, 5210
East Capitol street, housewife; Lee
v. Thacker, 81, 2601 Twelfth street
NE, real esate broker, and Henry
S. White, SO, 1882 Ashmead place
NV. manager loan department Of
a life insurance company.
Mr.. Nye served three years ago as
foreman of grand jury.
After being sworn in, the grand
jury was organized. Mr.. Donnelly
was chosen clerk, Mr.. Luckett was
selected as secretary and Mr.. Du
Fief was selected as poll clerk.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
MusseIs Tell Story
Of Rivers Connection

Perhaps clans don't talk, but
mussels in the Cababa River of
Northern Alabama have recently
told University of Michigan scien-
lists the story of an ancient con-
nection between the Tennessee and
Alabama river systems.
The story told by the mussels
provides biological evidence of a
former connection between the two
Southern rivers, contrary to the be-
lief OF biologists. Certain mussels,
native to the Tennessee drainage,
were found in the Cahaba, q tribu-
tary OF the Alabama River, by DR..
Henry van der Schalie, University
OF Michigan zoologist. Their pres
ence here, he says, indicates that
the two rivers were connected at
some time in the past.
DR.. van der Schalie's research
seems to indicate that there were
connections between the river sys-
TENS at two different times. Three
species of mussels found only in
creeks are common to both systems
and thus indicate a connection of
the headwaters. Seven species rep
resentative of somewhat larger
streams are also common to both
river systems. The latter connec-
ton. DR.. van der Schalie believes,
must have been at an earlier date
than the connection between the
headwaters because the seven river
types are somewhat differentiated,
indicating lapse of time in which
the evolutionary tendency could take
place.
Evening star., 1939-01-04

A name plate wired to the grill
work in front of the house, and
notifying the public it once was
occupied by Mr.. Hoover, has been
missing mysteriously for several
weeks.
Barkers on sightseeing buses
point out the house as owned by
Mr.. Hoover. Recently the wind blew
the sign from the grill. and the
Woodrings had it replaced with
new wiring. Later the sign dis
appeared mysteriously.
Mrs. Woodring said the sign prob
ably was stolen by a passing souvenir
hunter, since it was near the side
walk.
The Woodrings were notified to
leave February /, the date set by the
White House as an of1icial "at home
for the New Deal cabinet ofhceri
wife. The date Of the entertainment
probably will be postponed.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Ice Covers Rouds
In Upstate New York

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 4 lP-Up-
state New York motorists drove
slowly over ice-covered roads early
today as freezing rain made high
ways dangerous.
One death was attributed to the
weather in Rochester, where 7-year-
old Edward Maino's sled was struck
by an automobile.
Farther north a heavy snowfall
was reported. Saranac Lake had
more than foot by midnight.
Temperatures ranged we'll below
freezing and North Central New
York was in the grip of sub-zero cold.
Newton Falls, St. Lawrence County,
reported temperature of 16 below
zero last night.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
F. G. 6. to Consider
Broadcast Chunoe

The Federal Communications
Commission has decided to examine
the matter of changing its rules so
as to permit non-commercial and
nom profit making broadcast sta
tions, such as municipal and univer-
sity owned plants, to rebroadcast
programs of high frequency and in
ternational broadcast stations. The
action was taken on the petition of
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of
New York City.
Such rebroadcasting now is per-
mitted only on special authority
given by the commission in each
case.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Sheep RustIers'
Flock Discovered
| In Utah Hills
? the Associated Press

oy Vic ASSOClAteQ IIeSS.
TOOELE, Utah, Jan. 4.-Out of an
isolated valley in sparsely-settled
Southern Tooele County came today
a story that reads like part of q
Western movie scenario.
In a snug robbers roost," tucked
away in the hills, Sheriff Alma
White reported finding big time
sheep rustling ring that had appro-
priated at least 1920 sheep from
flocks of Southern Tooele Sheep
men,"
The sheriff, who arrested three
men. said he and his deputies saw
a unique sight when they rode into
the isolated robbers roost" near
Lookout Mountain.
Virtually all breeds and brands
OF the surrounding area were found
on the big flock" he said. Many
OF the brands had been blotted over
with red paint. It looks like most
OF the sheepmen in this part of the
country have contributed to the
rustlers. 1t must have been a thriv-
ing business"
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Wage Dispute Ties Up
Los Angeles Cargo Ships
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. "A para
lying wage dispute halted cargo
operations at Los Angeles Harbor for
the second day today as workers and
employers flung counter charges of
contract violations.
Nineteen general cargo ships were
tied up, only tankers and lumber
carriers being exempt.
One thousand longshoremen yes
terday refused to load cargo when
the Marine Clerks Association, a
subdivision of the c. I. O.'s long,
shoremen union, threw up picket
lines at the docks.
Spokesman for the clerks said the
water front employers had locked
them out by refusing to accept men
on an hourly, rotating basis through
the hiring hall.
They claimed clerks paid by the
month should have their wages
raised from $l55 to $16O and hours
reduced from 1872 to 18O so they
would be on par with clerks en-
ployed on an hourly basis.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Funeral Rites Are Held
For Franklin GreenweII
s, ecial Dispatch to The Star.

ST ecial Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, Jan. A.
Funeral services were held at Our
Ladys R. c. Chapel here yester-
day for Franklin Greenwell, 38.
brother of c. B. Greenwell, jr., clerk
Of the st. Marys County Circuit
Court, who died Sunday at st.
Mary's Hospital. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Besides his brother, Mr.. Green
well is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Susan Palmer Greenwell, daughter of
the Rev. r. v. Palmer; three young
sons, another brother and two sis
tiers, Sister St. Charles Benedict
(nee Jennie GreenwelD and Sister
Francis Joseph (nee Mary Elizabeth
GreenwelD, both of Boston, Mass.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Salt Shaker Becomes
Scientific Aid in
Airp|ane Safety
Carbon on Moenetized
Steel Detects Flaws
In VitoI Equipment
By the Associated Press.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. "A
white-haired little man with a salt
shaker is blazing new trails for
safety by land. sea and air even as
he helps make more deadly the en-
gines of war.
In his laboratory at Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, Prof. Alfred
v. De Forest uses the pantry standby
to shake carbon powder on magne-
tized steel as part Of his method OF
discovering flaws in metals which
make airplanes. battleships. auto
mobiles and railroad locomotives.
The powder shows up forging de-
fects as we'll as fatigue and grinding
cracks under Prof. De Forests meth
cd. known as "magna-fux, which
this week won him the 1898 award
of the Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences as a notable contribution to
aeronautical engineering.
Powder Tells All. =
It's like magic. You see a piece Of
steel that looks perfectly all right to
the eye. but a dash Of powder from
the shaker reveals ragged line on
the surface of the highly magnetized
field, indicating trouble below.
He has more elaborate apparatus
for his testing, such as bath where
the piece under test is dunked in oil
containing the detecting powder in
state Of suspension. But the shaker
is his Handy-Andy gadget.
Here's q beauty" he said, point
ing to a powder line on a piece Of
cleaning steel, That's a good crack
in the steering knuckle of one of the
cars in the Vanderbilt races"
Tests Yacht Rigging.
The shaker gets a workout on
cars for the Indianapolis races, but
it doesn't limit itself to landlubbing
sports. Once Prof. De Forest turned
thumbs down on some of the steel
rigging of the Americas Cup racer,
Ranger.
Railroads use his methods for test
ing parts of great locomotives. It's
used in gun factories of the Army
and Navy. It's used for trouble
shooting in giant turbines for in
dustry, oil well pipes, but perhaps
most extensively in checking flaws
in airplane parts.
How many wrecks in the air lines
have been prevented, we do not
konw," he smiled, but many parts
which passed optical inspection have
been found defective by the mag
netization method and have been
rejected"
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Viroiniu Democrats to Meet

Plans for the next dinner dance
of the Virginia Democratic Club
of Washington will be one of the
main topics of discussion at the
meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of the club at o'clock to-
night at the home of Arthur G..
Smith, president, 2949 Macomb
street NV. The next dance of the
club will be held at the Lafayette
Hotel Saturday, January IA.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Man, Gone, Found
Germ Carrier;
Alarm Sent Out
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONG BRANCH, N. j., Jan. A.
Health authorities searched today
for young itinerant who they said
had left hospital here few hours
before they learned he was a diph-
liberia germ carrier.
In broadcast alarm Clifford Err
rickson, city health officer, described
the man as Harold Quirk, 33, small
and dark-a walking danger to most
persons, particularly diphtheria sus-
ceptibles.
Mr.. Erickson said the man, who
Is believed to have come here from
Baltimore. probably was unaware of
the serious potentialities of his con-
dition.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Luymun's Music Course
Class POSTPONED

The study class scheduled for to-
morrow night by the Washington
Layman's Music Course has been
postponed until later in the season.
Miss Harriet Johnson, lecturer
for the series, will give her next talk
on Thursday. January IL, at $50,
She will speak on "The Symphonic
Poem" and will illustrate with re-
cordings of Till Eulenspiegal," by
Richard Strauss.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
REYNOLDS Would
Suspend immigration
By the Associated Press.

Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of
North Carolina said today he was
drafting a bill to suspend all immi-
grafton for a period of 10 years "or
until every unemployed American is
back at work"
Senator Reynolds added he also
was preparing measures to deport
"every alien criminal" in America
and to require compulsory registra-
ton and fingerprinting of aliens.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Northwest Braces
For New Storm;
3Die in Gale
Freiehter Is in Port
After BottIing
Huge Waves
By the Associated Press.

9y tOe ASSOClateQ fTeSS.
PORTLAND, Greg, Jan. 4-The
Pacific Northwest, shaking of the
effects of a four-day gale, which
spread destruction from British Co.
lumbia to Southern Oregon, braced
itself today for new southeasterly
blow. Three deaths were attributed
to the storm.
The Federal Weather Bureau re-
ported winds reaching gale force on
the Oregon and Washington coasts
today.
The last gale, which reached
velocity of go to 80 miles an hour,
died Monday night, but heavy waves
swept over seawalls and created
havoc yesterday in Seaside, Cannon
Beach. Marshfield and other Oregon
coastal points.
Freighter Limps Into Port.
British Columbia repair crews dug
up highways and repaired telegraph
system damage after the heaviest
rain and wind storm in years struck
Vancouver Island.
The British freighter Boulderpool
limped into port at Victoria, British
Columbia, last night her crew tell
ing of raging gale that forced
her of her course when a deckload
of lumber was torn loose and threat
ened to trap crewmen in the fore
castle.
Mountainous waves broke over
the vessel. Stanchions and chain
lashings were smashed before the
vessel was brought about and headed
to the shelter of the Strait of Juan
de Fuca.
Bridges Smashed.
Bridges were smashed along the
Oregon coast. At least so summer
cottages and homes were damaged.
Tides, pushed by a strong wind,
rose to unusual heights, swamping
streets and endangering buildings
with floating logs and driftwood.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
Relief
(Continued From First Page }

Of two charts on the two special
relief categories.
In this connection. Mr.. Lewis said
that one of the charts, dealing with
A. D. C.. cases, shows that is per
cent or 10 families have monthly
''other income" averaging about SITS
per month. the income from public
assistance sources averaging $48 and
: the fair value" of surplus COM
modities received averaging about
$6 per month per family. in addi-
ton to the public assistance grant.
Uses N. E. C. Classification.
On another point he stated that
the charts show that 36 per cent
OF all A. D. c. cases and 81 per
cent of all home care cases, in the
language of the National Economic
Committee classification are "con-
stantly facing starvation" This
means, he said, that As A. D. G.
households and 10 home care house.
holds have members constantly fac
ing starvation according to the Ma
tlonal Economic Committee classi-
f1cation as applied by the relief
investigation staff"
Blames Pressure Groups"
Mr.. Lewis asserted today that his
probe Of District relief activities
did not disclose that political pres
sure had been exerted to obtain
relief for any of the cases cited in
his report.
Rather, he blamed pressure
groups" for any of the allegedly
improper use OF relief or w. P. A.
funds. He described these groups
as the "chief and almost sole source"
Of getting on relief.
Mr.. Lewis declared he had found
no evidence that political pressure
had brought about the granting of
relief to applicants and that his in
vestigation did not show there was
any patronage organization" He
added that occasionally some people
In public life get pulled into the
picture" through the activities of
' pressure groups.
. When asked to identify some of
the pressure groups to which he re-
ferred, the investigator said: "Oh.
there are 50 many I can name them
Washington is filled with represent
attves Of such groups"
Evening star., 1939-01-04
MIR. B. Is Allowed
ToChange Procedure
Against Ford
Justices Back Right
To Withdrew Certain
Litigation

The National Labor Relations
Board is entitled to withdraw certain
litigation with the Ford Motor Co.
from the Federal Circuit Court in
Covington. KY, to follow new pro-
cedure, the Supreme Court held
yesterday.
The decision, written by Chief
Justice Hughes, affirmed the lower
courts ruling.
The board had issued an order
directing the Ford Co. to reinstate
20 employees with back pay and to
cease certain practices called "un-
fair" This led to the litigation.
Later the board sought to with
draw its case and change procedure
to avert criticism such as was ex-
pressed by the Supreme Court when
it invalidated an Agriculture De-
partment order against Kansas City
live stock commission men last
April Is.
The Ford Co. promptly objected
to withdrawal of the case.
Chief Justice Writes Decision.
Chief Justice Hughes said it was
familiar appellate practice to re-
mand causes for further proceedings
without deciding the merits, where
justice demands that course in order
that some defect in the record may
be supplied"
But, he said, the court was "un-
able to conclude that the board has
an absolute right to withdraw its
petition at its pleasure. We think
that permission to withdraw must
rest in the sound discretion of the
court to be exercised in the light of
circumstances of the particular
case"
The court handed down 10 de-
cisions involving u cases as it re-
turned to the bench after a two
week recess. It passed over, at least
until next Monday, cases involving
constitutionality of the Tennessee
Valley Authority Act and the right
of State to approve the proposed
child labor amendment after once
having rejected it.
The court refused yesterday to re-
consider its decision of December IL
that State must give equal educa-
tional advantages to white and COL
ored students. AS result, the Uni
versity of Missouri must admit Lloyd
L. Gaines of st. Louis to its law
school or provide equal advantages
at a Negro school.
Tow Vou nno;.io,> D>y~..nS
The court reversed a Washington
State Supreme Court decision up
holding a gross income tax law as
applied to a firm doing interstate
business. The case involved Gwin,
White e. Prince, Inc, Seattle agents
for fruit co-operatives.
Justice Stones opinion said that
state taxation, whatever its form,
is precluded If it discriminates
against interstate commerce or un-
dertakes to lay a privilege tax meas
ured by gross receipts derived from
activities in such commerce which
extend beyond the territorial limits
of the taxing State" Justices But
Ter and McReynolds declared the
State tax law lis plainly repugnant
to tho commerce clause of the Fed
eral Constitution.
Justice Black. dissenting, criticized
the majority opinion as making the
tax statute IAN instrument of dis
elimination against Washington
intrsstate businesses" He contended
a business operating in several
States should bear its part of the
tax burden in each.
Evening star., 1939-01-04
18 Cigarettes q Day

British soldiers in Palestine smoke
an average of 18 cigarettes a day,
according to a recent Government
report.
Evening star., 1939-01-04

The Chinese government will
place 300 buses on the Chungking-
Running highway.