davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-06-30

While 1t is literally true that you
won't find a kitchen sink at the auc-
tion, you can bid for just about
everything else. including watches,
jewelry, shoes, clothes. tubes, tires,
hardware, toys, books, clocks, fishing
tackle, tobacco, umbrellas.
The sale is just about an answer
to an auction fans prayer. The auc-
tioneers never let the bidding 60
beyond the articles reasonable value.
Thus there will be few complaints
about getting stung," says Mr..
Bushby.
Most of the articles. he says, find
their way to the post ONCE "morgue"
because of improper addressing.
Others were refused by their con-
signee because Of damage during
shipment. Some of the wares are
stolen articles retrieved by the postal
inspectors and which can't be iden-
titled. Then there's just plain lost
property turned over to the post Of
fice by its finder
119 Lots Sold Per Hour.
The merchandise is accumulated
from what is known as the Wash
ington postal district which en-
braces the District Of Columbia,
Maryland. Virginia. West Virginia
and North Carolina. According to
their classification the articles are
held for periods of two months. six
months and year in which efforts
are made to find the owner.
There are 181 lots of stamps and
foreign and domestic coins, inter-
esting to philatelists and coin COL
lectors for their historical signifi-
canoe.
Mr.. Bushby figures that the ar
ticles are sold at the rate Of ll9
lots an hour. Working in rotation.
each of three auctioneers sells 119
lots and turns the job over to
colleague.
Mr.. Bushby hopes to be through
by pm
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Wage Pact Settles
Local Construction
Labor Controversy
Higher Poy on New
Work Is Granted
To Loborers

An arbitration decision compro-
missing wage dispute between
building contractors and laborers
yesterday completed settlement OF
labor difficulties that halted virtu-
ally all construction work in the
District earlier this month.
The laborers returned to work
last week to end an lS-day strike
when their dispute was submitted
to arbitration a day before q COM
promise agreement ended car
penters' strike.
Howard T. Colvin. Labor Depart
ment coinciliator, who was named
arbiter by representatives of the
District Master Builders Associa-
ton. subcontractors and Local No.
"a Of the International Hod Car
riers, Building and Common Labor
ers Union. announced his compro-
mise decision late yesterday.
1t provides that the present TO-
cents-an-hour wage rate shall con-
tinue until next May l on all work
contracted Tor or on which bids
were submitted before last Monday,
whit the rate going up to rs cents
an hour on all new work. After
next May the rate will be 80 cents
an hour on all work.
The decision made on distinction
between unskilled and semi skilled
labor. The laborers had asked i'm
mediate increases to 80 cents an
hour for urskilled labor and 95 cents
for semi skilled labor.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
| Parents of Girl
Critically III
|Are Sought

A l7-year pld girl lay critically i'll
In Gallinger Hospital today while
police of three States searched for
her parents.
The girl, Ivory Thompson. had
been held at the Receiving Home
for investigation since Monday.
when she was picked up at Union
Station. She became i'll Yesterday
afternoon and was rushed to the
hospital.
She told poncew6men she became
separated from her parents, John
and Mary Thompson, travelling bas-
ketmakers, in North Carolina sew
eral days ago, and she decided to
90 to New York Her parents were
believed en- route to Washington.
A special emergency lookout was
broadcast to police in Virginia
Maryland and North Carolina. The
girl was believed to be suffering
from acute appendicitis.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Roosevelt Signs
2-Yr. Extension Of
Book Postage Rate
Authors Personally ThonL
President for Aiding
Distribution

A group OF distinguished authors
called at the White House today
personally to thank President
Roosevelt as he signed a procla-
nation extending the special ~
cent book postage rate for two
years.
In the group were Hervey Allen,
Carl Cramer. Carl Van Doren, Mar
jorie Flack and Mary Ellen Chase.
Accompanying them was Morris
Ernst. New York lawyer, who rep
resented, in an unofncial way. the
authors and publishers. Senator
Mead. Democrat, OF New York and
John w. Studebaker, commissioner
of education, also were present.
All expressed themselves as high
ly pleased with the Presidents ac-
ton. They said the low rate Is
greatly stimulating the distribution
Of books to those parts of the coun-
try removed from public libraries.
"As authors" said Mr.. Van Doren.
I'VE are naturally pleased"
Hopes for Permanent Law.
Mr.. Allen expressed the hope that
the low rate, now being tried ex-
perimentally. will prove 50 helpful
in increased distribution OF books
that 1t will be enacted into perma-
nent legislation.
Miss Flack, author of children's 8
books. said 1t should prove especially
helpful in bringing books to younger
persons.
In an informal interview after
their call on the President, the au-
thors commended the appointment
of Archibald MacLeish as librarian
Of Congress and urged continuation
of the w. P. A. theater and art
projects.
Mr.. GARNER said he is very much
in favor Of the art projects. ss-
pecially those devoted to research.
Valuable Source Books.
Those doing this work." he re-
marked, have done a very good
job of telling Americans about
America
The guide books assembled by the
w. P. A., Mr. GARNER said, are
valuable as source books for au-
thors seeking to portray America.
as Mr.. GARNER said he was trying
to do.
incidentally. copy of his new
graphed and sent to the President
book, The Hudson" was auto
earlier in the week.
Mr.. Van Doren said the appoint
ment of Mr.. MacLeish. criticized in
several quarters because the ap-
pointee is not a trained librarian, is
"a very fine thing"
Evening star., 1939-06-30
2Women Hurt, 80 Bu!
Passengers Shaken
In Arlington Crash
Truck Roms Into Rear
Of Vehicle Stopping
At Intersection

Two Arlington (VaD women re-
ceived head injuries and 80 bus
passengers were shaken up today
when trailer truck crashed into the
rear of heavily loaded Washington
Virginia, Maryland bus on the Lee
highway near Randolph street.
The injured were: Mrs. Mary
Creekmore, 43. of 4123 North Twenty
first road, and Mrs. Robert Clouser
SO. 1882 Lee highway.
They were taken to Georgetown
Hospital by passing motorist and
treated for severe cuts and bruises
The bus, en- route to Washington,
had stopped for passenger when
the truck smashed into the rear.
The passenger vehicle was knocked
across the intersection by the i'm
pact.
The injured women were thrown
from their seats, and other passen-
gers were shaken up by the crash.
Arlington County Policeman Har-
vey Barnett, who had been pacing
the truck for about half a mile, said
the driver, William Moxley, 30. of
Leesburg, Va, was charged with
reckless driving. The operator of
the bus was Olen B. Hiner, 30, of
Arlington.
AS result of other accidents In
the Washington area, nine persons,
including two children, were under
treatment for injuries.
One of the more seriously injured
was Donald Creighton, IL. Of 1880
Kearney street NE, who was struck
by a car while playing ball in the
street near his home. He was treated
at Sibley Hospital for q possible
skull fracture and multiple cuts and
bruises.
George Shifiet, IA, of 2l0 Ninth
street NV, escaped with minor cuts
when he ran his bicycle into q truck
In the first block of e street NV.
A fractured leg and possibly in
ternal injuries we're suffered by
Harry Burroughs. 81, of 226 c street
NE, knocked down by an automo-
bile near his home. He was treated
first at Providence Hospital and
transferred to Gallinger.
Mary E. Crump, 81, of 1921 Po-
tomac avenue Sc, was treated at
Providence for q fractured hip and
ribs and severe cuts and bruises re-
ceived when a car in which she was
q passenger skidded from the high
way near Dumphries, Va, last night.
Opal M. Owens. 81, of Rockville, Nd,
was injured slightly in the same &C.
cident.
Phillip Jenifer., %, colored, 55s
Twenty fourth street NE, received
cuts and bruises when his car turned
over following q collision at New
Jersey and Rhode Island avenues
NV. The driver Of the other car, re-
ported by police as John M. TRAY.
1406 Kearney street Me-. escaped In
jury.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
LeqIess News Vendor Ordered
To Keep Monkey Off Streets
Judge Rules Permit
Costing $40 Every 10
Doys Is Necessary

Gypsy, the monkey of Eddie
Bernstein, the legless newspaper
vendor, today was banned from the
streets of Washington by a court
order until a police permit to display
the animal Is secured.
Police Court Judge John p Nc
Mahon suspended imposition of SEN
tence on Bernstein on the condition
that Gypsy be kept of the streets
until Maj. Ernest w. Brown issues
him permit.
Mr.. Bernstein was convicted on
testimony of police who arrested
him at his familiar spot in the 1900
block of F street NV. June IA.
Gypsy was given to Bernstein by
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean after
his dog was killed almost year ago
Attorney Albert Brick contended
that Gypsy is not wild animal
and Bernstein testified that the
monkey has never harmed any one.
The regulation, however, specifically
designates a monkey as coming
within the definition of a wild
animal"
Mr. bernstein told the court that
before his arrest, before he stopped
displaying Gypsy, he made about
IS a day, but since that time, his re-
ceipts have dropped to almost
nothing" without the attraction Of
Gypsy. ..,-..
I'm almost starving to death, -
he said. "And I have an invalid
father in Florida to care for"
Mr.. Brick told the court he had
applied to Maj. Brown for q permit
but was refused because of the
pending court case. The attorney
said he would again apply and If
refused would bring the matter back
Evening star., 1939-06-30

The man who bid IS cents for an
unadjustable horse collar, slightly
damaged, backed down on his bar
gain
Perhaps he only thought he
wanted horse collar, or perhaps he
saw it wouldn't fit his requirements
when the auctioneer's assistant
tried it on.
At any rate. he disappeared this
morning. amid a burst of laughter
from his fellow bidders, while an
employe at the sale was delivering
the purchase He sort of merged
into the crowd in the auditorium of
Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets NV.
The auctioneer had to fall back on
the next best bid-50 cents. He ex-
planned, with all the frankness of a
postal employe. that perhaps the
collar wasn't worth more than 50
cents unless man had horse with
neck exactly the right size.
At least 300 hopefuls turned out
for todays auction of 895 lots of un-
claimed articles which had eddied
through the months, into the divi-
sion OF dead letters and dead parcel
post. The sale was less than half
over at noon.
Everything is being sold as is
with no guarantee so far as their
quantity or quality is concerned. No
personal checks are taken bv the
three auctioneers who work in
relays under the supervision of F..
H. Bushby, head of the division,
who has been supervising these auc-
tions for such a long time that he
says he can't remember his first one.
Most of those attending the sale
are perennial auction fans who knew
what they wanted long before they
arrived at the school auditorium at
$50 o'clock.
Yesterday, with catalogues in
hand. they rummaged through the
wares to be sold
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Band Concerts

BY the United States Navy Band
this evening at $50 o'clock at Mt.
Alto Hospital. Lieut.. Charles Ben
ter, U. S. NJ, leader; Charles Brend-
Ter, assistant leader.
BY the United States Army Band
tonight at 7:30 O'Clock at the United
States Capitol. Capt. Thomas F.
Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assist
ant leader.
BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow morning at 1880 O'Clock
In the Army Band auditorium.
Capt. Darcy, leader: Mr.. Hubner,
assistant leader.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Reception for Dr.. Couch

DR.. w. T. Couch of the University
of North Carolina, editor of the
new Federal Writers Project COM
pendium, These Are Our Lives" will
speak at a reception in his honor
at the Book Shop, 9l6 Seventeenth
street NV, at o'clock tonight.
Henry G.. Alsberg. national director
of the project, also will speak.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
kiwanians to Send
70 Children to Comp

Seventy underprivileged young.
sters will be given transportation K
the Bald Eagle Camp next Wednes.
day by members of the Washington
Kiwanis Club. The children will
spend two weeks at the camp.
At its meeting yesterday in the
Mayfiower Hotel the Kiwanians in
stalled three new members. They
are Morris v. Davidson, John H
Brodus and j. William Medford.
Edward H. Pardoe presided.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
N. l. R. B. InvoIidutes
Bargaining Contract

L. Grief & Brothers. Inc clothing
manufacturers of Westminster. Md,
were under order of the National
Labor Relations Board today to in
validate collective bargaining
contract with the Carroll Workers
Association and to reimburse en-
ployes for all dues checked of to
the association.
The order was issued on a find-
ing of the board that the associa-
tlon was q company dominated
group.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
FIemming Approved
By Senote Committee

The Senate Civil Service Commit =
tee approved today the nomination
of Arthur r. Flemming, q professor
at American University here, to be a
member of the Civil Service Com
mission.
Mr.. Flemming. who was bofn in
Kingston, N. Y, is "a years old
Committee aides said If his nomina-
ton was confirmed by the Senate, he
would be the youngest member Of
the commission since Theodore
Roosevelt
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Stor Carriers Will See
Louis Fiqht Films

Sidney Lust, operator Of several
movie houses In the District, has
invited nearly 1000 Evening Star
carriers and helpers to a showing
Of e blow-by-blow picture OF the
Louis -Galento fight and other short
subjects tomorrow at 10 am. at the
Cameo Theater.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
18 School Officers
Working on Census,
Never Endino Job

Eighteen public school at
tendapce officers are now at
work on the school census
which Mrs. Alice Sheldon, di-
rector of the attendance de-
partment, feels never ends"
Actually the house-to-house
canvass takes about two years
and q half to complete, but by
that time 1t Is time to begin all
over again, 1t wAS stated.
Evening star., 1939-06-30

into court on the ground that the
superintendent of police was "un-
reasonable" in not granting the
license. ..
The permit must be renewed
every 10 days and costs SO each
time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20
Underclassmen Are Active

While the Juniors are being kept
busy with arrangements for the
forthcoming Prom, and the seniors
are absorbed in graduation plans,
freshmen and sophomore groups are
rehearsing daily for the one-act
play program to be presented on
the night of April 27
THE Neighbors", to be enacted
by the freshmen. is a rural comedy
by IONA Gale The lives of Inez-
Marianne Strong, and Peter-Thom-
as Huchala, and Grandma-Georg-
lana Seims, are influenced by the
attempts of the neighbors-Mis'
Trot, Mis- Abel, and Mis- Moran
Elaine Coleman, Bernice Madison,
and Phyllis De Rosia to help Mis-
EllsWorth-Helen Rasmussen. Even
Ezra Williams-Bill Martin-loses
some of his hard realism and be-
comes better neighbor.
Goodnight, Please!' is a farce
comedy that the sophomores are to
present. Meredith Whitehouse,
president of the First National Bank,
decides to 60 to bed for a week be-
cause all his life he has had to work
hard every day His wife, Ger
aldine Burke, his daughter, Kathryn
Neifs, his valet, Robert Switzer,
his brother-in-law, Bob Parker, and
the cook, Eleanor Rodgers, all try in
vain to get him from his bed. This
play has a surprise ending.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20
Civic Club Holds Banquet

Last Thursday evening at 600 the
Civic Club members entertained
their mothers and fathers at the
annual banquet held in their honor
After the usual hearty meal furn-
ished by the members, whose abil-
ity to consume vast quantities OF
food is equaled only by their ability
to provide it, the business of the day
was transacted. The latest project
of the Civic Club has been to pro-
vide some satisfactory method of
lighting the trophy case. Tube
lights have now been ordered and
will soon be installed.
Mr.. Walter Neils and Mr.. William
Seims addressed the Civic Club,
commencing the members upon
their fine work. Mr.. Wood then
spoke, telling what pleasure it had
been for him to work with the club
The chief entertainment of the
evening was program directed by
Eugene Butt as Professor Quiz
After the business meeting Vir-
mia Petrusha did tap dance with
Geraldine Burke as her accom-
PIANIST. Junior Delzer played piano
selection.
President Donald Shaurette had
evidently planned his meeting care
fully for it was run off in capable
manner
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20

for some reason. Although all the
work was done and everyone en-
joyed the afternoon, there seemed TO
be too many people lying around on
the school-grounds when they should
have been working
Now that the school lawns are
nice and clean. let's use the garbage
cans for the purpose for which they
were intended and not get Junk
scattered all over the grounds.
The students and the townspeople
are asked to cooperate with the
Tennis Club by complying with a
few simple regulations which they
are drawing up.
May we hope that our school can
leave as good an impression with
its host at Missoula at the festival
Saturday as the schools left with
us last Saturday.
We are sure that our fire depart
ment is adequate with a crew of
men like Karl Klehm. Karl is so
anxious to fulfill his duty that he
will spring into action at the ring
of an alarm clock
incidentally, we appreciate the
spirit of cooperation which prompt
ed the pranksters who set the alarm
clock to ring in the middle of
class period for all of you-success
is not achieved by ideas. but from
the wise application of ideas.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20
Radio Singer Ten
Years From Now?

She has dark hair. a round face,
nice wide smile, big brown eyes, an
unusual voice. an aversion to un-
natural people Who? Marjorie
Moody, senior.
Marjorie once said that she was
going to be secretary and maybe
marry the boss as secretaries do in
the good oil fiction stories. But
now she thinks maybe she'll just
stay around the town and work at
something or other She really
would like to sing over the radio,
however, and her hobbies are sing
ing and the piano
Marjorie has gone to school here
all her life. This caused us to won
der if She had ever travelled else
where. She said mot much But
here is a picture. Imagine a little
girl all bundled up in scarves and
mittens and all the other parapher-
MALTA incidental to winter trips. She
is perched atop a truck-load of
Christmas trees, riding down to
Billings. That little girl was Mar
jorie She didn't say what hap
pened when she arrived in the big
city.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20
Student Opinion

Trembling with fear and excite
ment the frail Terrier track team
approaches the den of the sturdy
Eureka Lion
The Lion roars You aren't any
good and we don't want vol here. !"
The tussle begins,
The Lion, big and strong, starts
fast and the frail Terrier soon thinks
he has no chance of winning.
He thinks he may as well give
up, because there are no comrades
to help him. But he clings on,
hoping more will come out and help
him. That remains to be seen.
We have county trackmeen next
week, and we do not have mueh
chance of winning if only a few
turn out. We have so more stu
dents than Eureka. Are we going
to let the smaller school take the
glory again? The frail Terrier cam
not be expected to win against the
sturdy Lion, but help support him
anyway.
w
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20

IL Day, which was held last
Monday, is one of the most i'm
portant DAYS in our high school
year. II was originally day when
the freshmen, as part of their in
itiation, repaired and Whitewashed
the IL. 1t has become day
when the whole high school cleans
the school grounds, tennis courts,
track field, and paints the Il
Since everyone has lot of fun
and much work is accomplished, 1t
has proved to be beneficial to the
students as we'll as to the school.
However, our last Il Day was not
greeted with the usual enthusiasm
by the student body. Many stu
dents loafed around quit before the
afternoon was over, or didn't come
TO school at all Monday afternoon.
Thus the more ambitious among the
students had to do more than their
share of the work The dance which
was scheduled to be held after the
work was accomplished was nearly
finished by the time the boys had
returned from the L, and the stu
dents who had worked the hardest
missed out on the fun while those
who had done little or nothing en-
joyed themselves.
Is L" Day just an outmoded ira
dition, or should it be a permanent
institution in Libby High School?
Think it over carefully, and If you
wish to express any opinion, send
them in to the Tamarack forum.
r. r.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20
STANDARD MOTORS

orable Milton Campbell,
David Klehm, Gordon De Rosia,
John Richards, Gloria Haefner.
Miss Towe, Grade VI--LaVerne
Chef, Billy Yost. Honorable men
tion--Radine Whitefield.
Jr. Hi. Honor Roll
Joan Brown, Ethel Mae Holmgren,
Daisy Hunter, Pauline Kienitz, Eliz-
abeth Rubard, Carol Staley Edward
Quenemoen, Herbert Neils, Bobby
Rodgers, Lillian Johanson, Margaret
Maize, Swanee Quenemoen, Harriet
Wickum, Elizabeth Beebe, Gerald
Neils, Lila Davidson, Florence Fem
Messy, Mildred Larson, Dorothy
Ledum, Ivy Morris, Germaine
Schlumm, Wanda Mourar, Jimmy
Roberts.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20
Track Meet Promises
To Be Fast

There are many signs pointing
toward fast 1889 track meet. The
contestants that won last year and
that are back this year are: Eugene
Fleming, Wayne Richmond of Eu-
reka, Karl Klehm, Wayne Johnson,
Bob Nolop of Libby. Fleming won
five first places last year, the 100,
go, low hurdles, high hurdles, and
broad jump. Richmond won the
discus and placed in the javelin.
Klehm tied for first in the high
jump, second in discus and high
hurdles, and third in the broad
Jump. Nolop won the half mile and
placed third in the mile. Johnson
won the 400
The Eureka relay team which lost
the race by a few inches will be
back to do better than they did
last year. The low hurdle race has
been cut from 220 yards to 200
yards. The high hurdles have beeen
lowered three inches. This discus
is many ounces lighter. All OF
these should promise fast track
meet with at least one or two new
county records.
The county records in track and
field are:
100 yard dash, 1913 sec. West,
Lincoln County.
220 yard dash % sec. Elliot, Lin
coin County.
44O yard dash So sec Elliot, Lin
coin County.
$50 yard run min. 1912 sec. Ram
bosek, Lincoln County.
Mile run, min. 81 sec. Rusher,
Shot Put, As #. 1924 inches, Will
iams, Libby.
Javelin, 1859 it. in. William,
Libby.
Discus, liz #. inches, Williams,
Libby.
High Jump, # 8 inches, Roholt,
Lincoln County.
Broad Jump, 20 feet, Mccarthy,
Lincoln County.
Pole Vault, ii it Fleming, Lin
coin County
High Hurdles, II sec, Hubbard
Troy.
Low Hurdles, 276 sec, Hubbard,
Troy
Hubbard, J. Vorhies, r. Lindsey,
P. Sather.)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-20

Mr. Wayne Kemper. A l00-piece
massed band played a group of
numbers, two of them conducted
by Mr.. Scroggins of Noxon, one by
Mr. Kemper of Libby, and one by
Mr. Gresham of Eureka The last
group of selections on the program
was sung by massed chorus of $50
voices. They sang two numbers,
both of them directed by Miss Mary
Vaughn of Troy.
A luncheon at noon and a dinner
at 600 were served to the visitors.
Miss Markus and her home eco
Monies girls did an excellent piece
of work in the planning and serving
of the meals.