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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25
Fashion Parade

Bill McGreW has designed new
style-he wears padlocks on his
trousers. 1t works very we'll when
he is restless because then Dick
Brinton will be right there to pad
lock him to his seat.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25
Notice to Seniors

All seniors, wishing to receive
tickets emitting their relatives or
parents to reserved seats for the
Commencement Exercises are asked
to report at the school house Fri
day at 200.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25
Or Man River

How has river ton
developed and supported by millions
OF tax doIars-helped the farmers OF
the Northwest Or the consumers?
Certain members of the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce have been
trying to find out.
Spokesman for river transportation
interests have been appearing before the
Senate Committee to protest against
regulating river transportation. This has
afforded the Committee an opportunity
to attempt to uncover some of the much
talked-about public benefits from this
lavishly subsidized form oftransportation
What the Committee has brought to
light can be summed up in few words:
The farmers of the Northwest are
getting no benefit from the millions
of tax dollars that are being spent on
such waterways as the Upper Missis-
sippi and the Missouri. 1t is unlikely
that they eUer r0iU. Consumers are
In the same boat. Whatever "bene-
fits" there are, are "pocketeH" by the
actual users of the Interchangeable
are neither farmers nor consumers.
The prices paid to farmers for what
they grow naturally will continue to be
based On the cost of transportation to
markets by railroad, simply because the
great bulk Of their products must con-
tinue to be transported to those markets
hy railroad.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25
Censored Ways

WE HtdT---
That Sally Hunter is lend man.
now according to Miriam's Stacks.
That Parker is getting used to
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-25
Join the SHARE-THE-ROAD Crusud,
at your Shell dealers and get
FREE emblem for your car

Help reduce time-wasting, fuel-wasting Stop-and-
Go driving 1856. Leading traffic authorities say it
can be done by getting rid of "screwdrivers" and
their traffic boners. tShare the Road" and
S"per-SheH both save on Stop-and-Go.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03

Free bicycles will be distributed
to England's unemployed. So they
can ride to work they haven't got.
Add to the costs of peace the rail-
road and steamship fares of all those
ambassadors recalled and then sent
back.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
Electric Fair
Draws Crowds

The Homemakers Electric Fair of
the Henderson Furniture Company,
which is operated in the building
next door to the sponsoring firm on
South Garrett street, has attracted
numerous housewives since it was
opened yesterday morning.
The hours are from 10 until and
8 until 10 p.e M, each day during
the remainder of the week, and ex-
perts are on hand to demonstrate the
latest in electric cookery, refrigera-
tons and home laundry
There is no waiting, no classes to
attend, housewives may visit the
fair at anytime and receive great
benefits from the demonstrations
that are being conducted at all times.
Mrs. c. S. Wester, home economist,
is in charge of the cooking and re-
frlgeration, and NJ r. Gatz, Of the
Easy Washing Machine service, is
showing the Easy Home Laundry
equipment
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
% Stations
To Give Gas
For The Band

TWenty-e eight service stations and
garages in the city have contributed
five gallons of gas each for expenses
of the Henderson high school band
when it makes two trips to Rocky
Mount in the near future.
Tomorrow, the band will go to
Rocky Mount to participate in the
Gallopade and on March Is, it will
take part in the Shrine Festival to
be held there
For its trip to the Gallopade, the
Shriners will pay it $50 for partici-
patton in the festival. 1t has been
decided to use that 500 toward the
sum needed for the band to make
the trip to New York on June Is to
participate in the Worlds Fair.
The gas which is being donated
by the service stations will be used
for the trips to Rocky Mount, SO that
the bands expenses will not be so
great.
The following contributed five gall
Ions of gasoline:
Gateway Service Station Central
service Station, Seaboard Service
Station, Coward Service Station,
Hilltop, Pinetree Lodge, Billy Roy
Service Station, Motor Express Sta
ton, Henderson Motor Inn, Aulbert
Service Station, Harris & Daniel Ser
vice Station, Golden Belt Oil Co.,
Carolina Service Station, Scoggins
Motor Co., Frank Fuller Service
Station, Sprinkle Oil Co., Green
Gables, Shell Station-S. B. Brum-
mitt, Gulf Station, w. R. Sutherland,
Jr., Gulf Station-C. P. Sellars,
Purcell Station, Tobias Kearney,
O'Lary's Garage, City Service Sta
ton, Henderson Vulcanizing Co.,
Plymouth Motor Co., Bon Ton Ser
vice Station, Motor Sales Co., and
J. S. Evans Milling Co.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03

Mayor Hentry T. Powell and three
members of the City council seek
ing reelection won and one council
man was defeated in the Henderson
municipal election held Tuesday. The
vote. amounting in all to 1920 IN
the mayoralty contest, was somewhat
lighter than may have been expect
ed, due at least partly, it is believed
to the MONDAY snowstorm and the
rain that persisted throughout most
of the day.
Mayor Powell polled 1919 votes
to 241 for d. P. McDuffee, former
State senator, who entered the race
less than two weeks ago. The mayor
carried every one of the four wards
by overwhelming majorities.
The sole member of the present
City Council seeking reelection and
who was defeated was D. c. Lough-
lin in the second ward, whose vote
was 1856, or 16 less than the 1872 poll
ed by his opponent, B. H. Hicks.
In the first ward, J. w. Gill, in
cumbent, won by vote of 137 to
116 over T. S. Kittrell.
Fred B. Hight in the third, only un-
opposed candidate in the election
polled 1854 of the total of 374 votes
cast in that ward.
c. M. Hight won by a vote OF 2O4
to 140 over V. E. RaWles, Jr., in the
fourth ward. Mr.. Rawles announced
his candidacy on Monday, only one
day before the election.
The mayor and councilmen elect
ed Tuesday will assume the duties
of their new terms at o'clock in the
afternoon of the first Monday in
June, which this year is June 5. The
city charter provides that oaths be
administered to officers elected the
first Tuesday in May on the first
Monday in June.
The election campaign appeared to
be an unusually quiet one, even on
the part of most of candidates, and
even the election day activity SEEM
ed to be somewhat less than is usual
ly the case. This may have had
something to do with the rather light
vote that was cast.
Many voters who went to the polls
around midday had to plod through
the driving May snowstorm, an I'M
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
JONES CHOSEN AS
ROTARY PRESIDENT
Officers for New Year Chos-
en- at Session Tuesday
Night at Hotel

R. j. Jones was chosen president
of the Henderson Rotary Club at a
meeting of that organization last
evening at Vance Hotel when officers
for the year beginning July l were
named.
T. B. Rose, Jr., is vice-president
and E. F. Shaw was reelected sec
retary-treasurer, a post he has held
for many years.
The officers, together with DR.. 1.
H. Hoyle, S. T. Peace, Sr., J. R.
league and AL. B. Wester, will serve
as board of directors
Delegates to the district conference
in High Point May Hip were nam
ed, with R. j. Jones and T. B. Rose,
Jr., as principals, and S. T. Peace,
Jr. and c. P. Sellars, as alternates.
C. G. Patterson and r. c. Kittrel,
crippled children's committee, re-
ported that they had appeared be-
fore the Board of County Commits
siOners, and their request that funds
derived from a soft drink dispenser
at the court house be turned over
to the crippled children's fund was
granted.
LII u IL. w 1lCC1Ol WdS Ill CIldlSG
of the program, and presented Rev.
James A. Jones, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, who spoke to
the group on "a Fathers Ambition
For His Children"
Rev. Mr.. Jones declared that am
billions were good and proper for the
child, but were also dangerous and
should be handled with care. He
pointed out four things a parent
should do:
l. Personally and morally vir-
tuous.
2. Cultivate ambition for intel
lectual integrity.
3. Distill in children zealousness in
their efforts.
4. Create will to respect
At the conclusion of the talk,
humorous incident was staged, with
H. P. Butcher and Rev. r. E. Brown,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
RAIN, Snow
ZIG Inches
On Tuesday
Minimum Tempera-
ture of Freezing at l
p. m. Gives Way to
Rising Mercury

Precipitation, including both rain
and snow, amounted to ZIG inches
during the storm of Tuesday. The
unprecedented snowfall for May
which came between noon and one
o'clock in the afternoon was regis
tered as one inch. The statistics were
by H. l.. Allen, official Weather Blu
reau observer here.
A minimum temperature for the
day of 80 degrees, or freezing, was
registered al one o'clock in the aft
ernoon, at about the time the snow
ceased falling, and an ice coating was
left on roofs and other flat surfaces
hour later at 1:30 p. m, however,
and the maximum temperature regis
tered during the day was "a.
Definite reports were not available
today Of the damage done by the
snow. and some hail that came ear
lier in the day in some sections. But
fears were felt for young tobacco
plants still in plantbeds, most OF
which have been uncovered for the
start of transplanting operations
shortly. 1t was also feared that gar
dens and other early crops were
damaged, as we'll as flowers and
other tender plants.
A snOWstorm of such proportions
was unprecedented here for May
even oldest residents never having
seen anything like at this season OF
the year.
Temperatures rose sharply during
the remainder of the day, but the
atmosphere remained chilly, and
oVercoats were comfortable last
night and today. The sun shined for
a brief period today, but most of the
time the skies were overcast, with
rain in prospect, though the weather
forecast was for fair and warmer
weather Thursday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
Aldermen Gill and Both
Nights Win Their Races
Vote IN Civ Election Apparently Cut by
Wa.+her. Newlv-Elected Officials Assume
Duties at D. m. First Monday in June

precedented condition for city cleo
tons, as we'll as for the time Of year
Most Of the others, except those who
waited until late afternoon, had to
go to the polls in the rainstorm that
persisted most of the time the polls
were open.
The official vote was canvassed by
the registrars and judges of election
in the four. WARDS at a meeting held
at noon today in the office Of City
Clerk S. B. Burwell.
The total vote cast by wards was
as follows: First, 255; second, $40;
third, 374; fourth, 351; total 1920.
By wards, the official vote was as
follows:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
THREE DEFENDANTS
ARE NOT GUILTY

Three charges were heard in city
court today, all of them resulting II
verdicts of not guilty.
Ruth Lewis, Negro, charged with
breaking and entering and disorder
ly, was not guilty.
M. N. Parrish, charged with reck-
less driving, was not guilty, and 6
reckless driving charge against S. w
Twiggs, ended in a verdict of MOI
guilty. Twiggs and Parrish were in
collision Tuesday morning at the in
tersection of Garrett street and the
Raleigh Road.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page -Four

l. Under which government depart
ment is the General Land Office?
2. What is an amulet?
3. Which countries comprised the
Central Powers" during the
World War?
4. From whom did Jess Willard
win the worlds heavyweight box
ing championship?
5. What does the legal term, locus
deficit, mean?
6. Name the u. S. Senator from IL
linois who recently died.
Z. Historically, which is the oldest
alcoholic beverage?
8. What is the correct pronunciation
OF the word combatant?
9. Into what body of water does the
Thames River empty?
10. What is the abbreviation for the
degree Doctor of Philosophy?
H. D. Morris, agronomist of the
State College Experiment Station
again reminds farmers that May
to Is is the proper time to pla~t
peanuts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
City Pays $4,78l
On Debt Service
AS Of May First

Interest and principal in the sum
Of $4,781.94 was paid by the City of
Henderson May l to the Chase Ma
tional Bank in New York on debt
service obligations, it was stated to-
day at the office of the city clerk
Four thousand dollars of the amount
was on maturing school bonds, and
the remainder was interest and fees
charged by the bank for handling
the payments.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
Liquor Sales
Up Slightly
During April

Gross sales Of Vance county's lone
liquor store amounted to $14,052.9O
in April, or about 5000 more than
the 3,12760 in April last year, ac-
cording to figures announced today
from the office Of the County ABC
Board. In March the sales were $13,-
1906.
For the first four months of 1889
sales have aggregated total Of $751;
398.85, compared with $57, 534.7O for
the corresponding period last year, or
nearly $4,000 off,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03

dressed as little boys, questioning
the speaker.
Attendance during the month of
April was reported as 91.45 per cent.
Mrs. t. B. Rose, Jr., was a guest of
the club.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-03
Mayor Powell Wins Again; Hicks Defeats Loughn

Blue mold is still present in . NM.
per OF counties and has del Lull-
transplanting in many instances eeiayed
Or. Luther Shaw, plant patbo'lS says
OF the State College Extension rr'o Sa
ice. 0i'o'ol oerV-
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Unlimited Parking Meters
Possible Under Bill

An unlimited number of parking
meters could be installed on Dis
trict streets under the terms of a
bill approved by the Commissioners
as result of yesterdays public
hearing on the present experiment
with meters.
The Commissioners were some
what surprised to find remarkable
support for continued use Of the
meters in view of the contest that
was raised when the experiment
was started. The installations
would be made at no expense to
the District government, since re-
ceipts from the meters would be
used to pay the manufacturers for
the coin boxes.
The proposed bill provides that
revenues from the meters, beyond
payment for any additional meters,
shall 60 into the highway fund of
the District, to be used for highway
purposes. Under the present ex-
perimental plan any surplus reve-
nues over the cost of the meters Is
turned into the general fund Of
the District.
Washington I. Cleveland Of the
District Motor Club of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association pro-
tested at yesterdays hearing that
revenues collected from motorists
should be used only for highway
purposes.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Height Limit Increase
On Massachusetts, 0. k.'d

An increase in the height limit
from so to 80 feet for buildings on
either side of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. between Fifteenth and Eight
eenth streets NV. was approved
yesterday by the zoning Commis-
sion during an executive session.
The commission delayed action
pending further study on hotly
contested case involving a proposal
to permit commercial zoning on
both sides of Calvert street between
Biltmore street and Columbia road
NV.
Argument developed over both
petitions when they were consid-
cred at the public hearing February
/. In the Massachusetts avenue
case R. Ross Perry, jr., of 1885
Massachusetts, avenue and Mrs. S.
H. Rathbun, 1922 Massachusetts,
avenue, both protested that erec-
ton of buildings 80 feet high would
damage the value of nearby prop
critics.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
said the zoning body noted thai
much of the property near the area
under consideration was already in
the 90-foot height limit class.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
D. c. Mining Engineers
Hear Institute Head

Mineral supplies and mineral in
dustries occupy strategic position
in relation to governments and peo-
ples," Daniel G. Jackling, president
of the American Institute Of Mining
and Metallurical Engineers, told the
District chapter Of the organization
and its women's auxiliary at a BAN
quet in the Shoreham Hotel last
night.
Control of raw materials, he said,
has been q determining factor in
much of the worlds recent history.
He urged industrial leaders to en-
courage younger men in scientific
work, since, he said, continued
progress in metallurgical science
lies in their hands.
DR.. John w. Finch, director of
the United States Bureau Of Mines,
was toastmaster at the banquet, and
Donald Gillies also spoke.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Chevy Chase Man Is Wed
In Rome Ceremony

Miss Barbara Francois Fairbanks,
formerly Of Boston, and James Bart
lett Richards, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifton R. Richards, 9 West Irving
street, Chevy Chase. Md, were mar
ried today in St. Pauls American
Church in Rome, the Associated
Press reported.
The brides father, until a few
years ago. was the professor of fine
arts at the American Academy in
Rome.
The bridegroom, a graduate of
Harvard, has been connected for the
last eight years with the Foreign
Trade Division of the Department
of Commerce. He has served at
various places in Canada, Bombay,
India. and. lastly. in Manila.
After serving with an ambulance
unit overseas in the World War,
Mr.. Richards returned to Harvard
and took his bachelor of arts de-
gree In 1920. After period with
the Chase National Bank in New
York, he became credit commissioner
for Canadian banking interests, a
position he held until he became
connected with the Department of
Commerce.
His father said he and his bride
are expected to visit Washington on
their wedding trip, arriving in New
York aboard the liner President
Roosevelt on February Is.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Famed Portrait of Lincoln
To Hang in White House
Local Artist Is Making Copy for Descendants
Before Delivery Is Made

prominent Americans. including DR..
Hugh Cummins, former surgeon
general of the Public Health Serv-
ice; Bishops Robert Randolph and
Robert Jett of Virginia and Mr..
r. Walton Moore. She has ex-
pressed pleasure over her latest
commission. which she is executing
in a room at the Federal Storage
Co.
Asked if it were not difficult or
awkward to do the work outside of
her studio. the artist replied: 1T
is one of the most satisfactory ar
rangements for painting l have
ever found The light in the room
is excellent. and there is plenty of
sun to reflect the lights and shades
of the original portrait
Canvas Placed on Floor.
The painting is so large that at
the present time-the early stages
of the work-Miss Critcher has
placed her canvas on the floor in
order to make the first draft more
easily. AS the work progresses 1t
will be necessary to place the can
vas on heavy wooden horses,
Miss Critcher. who is we'll known
in local art circles, is a former
student of the Corcoran Art School,
Cooper Union, New York, and the
l'Acadamie Julian of Paris, where
she studied for several years under
Charles Hof1bauer. Her works have
been exhibited at many well-known
galleries, including the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, National Academy
of Design. Portrait Gallery, New
York; New Parkway Museum, Phil
adelphia; the Witte Memorial Muse
um, San Antonio. and the New
Museum Of Santa Fe., N. Mex.
When Miss Critcher's work is
completed it will be sent to Mrs.
Randolph, who lives at the old
home of her father, Robert Lin
coin, in Manchester with her daugh-
ter, Mary Lincoln Beckwith, and
her son, Robert Lincoln Beckwith.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Proposed D. {. Good Will
Dinner Is Called Off

The proposed good will dinner to
be rendered by the citizens Of the
District to Senators and Repre-
sentatives in charge Of District of
Columbia legislation has been called
of. A provisional Executive Com
mittee held several meetings and re-
ceived considerable encouragement
from number of citizens who
agreed to become sponsors or COM
mittee members.
However. a thorough canvass Of
the question has convinced the
committee that the unusually heavy
program of legislation affecting the
District will prevent many active
civic leaders from devoting sufficient
time to the enterprise to insure its
success. Without their energetic
work it is felt that it would be inn
possible to carry through the dinner
arrangements successfully.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Msgr. Haas Defends
Wagner Act

Condemning dishonest propa-
ganda' against the Wagner Labor
Relations Act, the Right Rev. Msgr
Francis j. Haas of this city said last
night in an address at Chicopee,
Mass, that demands on Congress
for amendment of the Wagner Act
seek only to emasculate it of the
rights it gives workers.
Msgr. Haas, who was on the first
Labor Board set up under the Ma
tional Recovery Administration and
also has served as a conciliator in
the Labor Department, declared
Catholics in particular should rise
in defense of the act, explaining it
is "a necessary function of govern
ment in protecting the worker"
The speaker was quoted by the AS
sociated Press as praising the "hon-
esty" of the efforts of the Labor Re-
lations Board.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Three Lincoln S Birthday
Services al Memorial

Services from $50 am. to ) pm
are scheduled tomorrow at the Lin
coin Memorial in observance of Lin
coins 130th birthday anniversary.
The National Capital Parks office
announced today permits for these
services have been granted:
$50 to 10:30-Sons of American
Legion.
1890 to noon-Veterans of Abra-
ham Lincoln Brigade.
1:30 to 3-Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States
During the services sponsored by
the Loyal Legion. President Roose-
welt was scheduled to visit the memo.
rial and place a wreath on the
shrine. He is confined to his room
with a slight illness, however, ano
will be unable to do so.
AS another part of the observance
the park service has arranged fol
special guide services, without
charge, at the Ford Theater Mu.
scum and the house across the street
where President Lincoln died. The
guides will conduct visitors through
the two places between 2 and 4:3(
pm. and Harper Garrett, Nationa
Park historian, will lecture on "The
Life and Death of Abraham Lin
coin"
Veterans of the Abraham Lincolr
Brigade, an organization of Ameri'
n 1Sc
Army in Spain, were denied permis'
sion to hold services tomorrow a
the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier
In Arlington Cemetery.
War Department officials said th'
denial was in line with "a very spe'
cif1c policy" Permission is granted
it was explained. only to "Americar
non-partisan and patriotic" societies
and organizations.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Annapolis Ferries
Collide in Midboy

CLAIBORNE, Nd, Feb. II. R)-
Frank Sherman, manager of the
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co., said
today the Chesapeake bay ferries,
Dennis and Nice, collided in fog at
noon yesterday but no one was in
jured and little damage caused.
1T was the first such accident in
our 40 years of service" Mr.. Sher-
man said. "The boats struck quar-
tering on the guard and not IS
worth Of damage was caused to
either of them"
He said no blame was attached
to either Capt. T. M. Woolford Of
the Nice or Capt. Gardner Higgins
of the Dennis. The accident, which
occurred in about the middle Of
the bay was just one Of those
thing J" Mr.. Sherman said.