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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16

allies. The seven senators who
voted for it voted to hamstring the
allies. That is a blunt way of put
ting it, and does not concern their
motives at all. For instance, a
senator voting for the Lodge amend
ment could justify his position by
insisting that the national defense of
the United States is vital.
ALL LOVELY IN G. 0. P.
So far there has been no bitter
ness in the Republican contest for
the presidential nomination. In
sharp contrast with the Democrats.
where under the sweetness and light
of the public statements there is
gall and wormwood, the G. 0. P.
battles have not engendered any
hates.
Up to now there is nothing to COM
pare with the bitterness that the fol-
lowers of John Nance Garner, Paul
v. McNutt and James A. Farley feel
about the White House denial OF
their chance to make showing
The point is that in all three of these
camps there is utter certainty that
President Roosevelt will not run for
third term. If he does run, in spite
of their convictions, their bitterness
will, to large degree, fade. Not
that they will like it, but they will not
feel that they have been cheated.
But what they believe now is that
the President has no thought OF
running, and is using his own
strength with the rank and file OF
Democratic voters, and with the big
city Democratic machines-such as
the Kelly-Nash organization in Chi
cage and Tammany in New York
to hamstring Garner. Farley and
McNutt.
If their beliefs turn out to be cor
rect-if the President chooses not to
run, and throws his mantle on Cor
dell Hull, for instance-or the man
he really wants if he does not want
it himself, Robert Fl. Jackson--ther
the Garner, McNutt and Farley fol
lowings will believe they have suf.
fered from the rawest gyp game ir
the history Of presidential nomina
tons.
DEWEY'S CHANCES
No one will ever know, for in
stance, just what Garner would
have done If the whole strength 0.
the administration had not beer
thrown against him.
But while there has been no rea
bitterness, yet, on the Republican
side, a pretty good foundation is
being laid for it. A great many
astute political observers believe
that Thomas E. Dewey hasn't Z
Chinaman's chance for the Republi
can nomination, despite his RECORD
of winning primaries and his
strength as shown by various polls
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
A Story in Silver

We don't silver dollars except the far West
where they still popular
hand pocketul of silver fine thing silver
unwieldy, they dropped
of fashion in the East
The other day though Adwesten brought silver dol
back circulation brief whole
payroll dollars way
payroll circulated all through the community.
results enlightenng As
counters from hand hand and pocbook
pockebook, gained entirely conception
dollar bringing
being
Whether the plants silver paper money,
1ae widely lot of good And when the
of single repeated and multiplied all the
and basic truth emphasized In the community
whole propers everyone prospers
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16

has lot of highly meted
teeth of the this country
known that faith the
a higher standard of living
Today research continues aeraing
industry spending annually
methods of making existing We read almost
daily umphs in this neand emphasis usually placed
useful that industry learning
to make
another angle however that's important That's
jobs research
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An Old and a Truly Great Sport

one takes into consideration ample appa
emily of the characteristics of
be inherent of human nature
first began to down in picture
their modes of living there found records showing that
Today that
than
Undoubtedly fishing business his struggle for
primitive have learned that food could be
phase it business running into millions of dollars
And the business of supplying the millions of women
they they nedlkew industry that
crosses thousands of dollars annually
greatly right with the business
Of this matter Of fishing the that ngues
present And that is because Libby ormen have again attracted
the attention Of the sports world by arranging for real holiday on the
opening of the fishing holiday which practically
business establishment will close its doors and which hundreds Of
parts Inland will Klbrennan
Lake the with appropriate
proof unique the
sports world all that needs be done cite the fact that scores Of gifts
coming par4s OCCASION be
awarded to the ardent followers of this ageod sport
this these modern disciples
Of aak Walton thought phase of the that
the thrill that who loved the well that the
world has chosen give his name to those who follow It. Walton got
ms thrill not only in matching his skill against the natural warness of
the fish, but love Of the outofdoor He only fshed
but he wrote about He Engshman who lived from 1888
to 1888 His Complete Angler description Of English lanes
boating angling delightful volume
Il said his observations worthy Of Shakespeare himself 1t
further said to be the first outdoor book Here is paragraph
Iosk down. this
aing the birds the adjoining seemed to have
friendly contention echo voice seemed
live haow the brow Of that hill There
viewing the silver glide silently their
the and sometimes begled by viewing the
whilst others
sported themselves in the cheerful SUM-
something gentle fishing
ytiulates description especially
with the Of the fish caught OF the
fishermen will Klbrennan Tuesday
would exaggerate storytelling They all
something cite follow
ng-the
The worlds record brook trou4 lbs taken Of
the Nipigon River, Ontario, in 1916
Trout-39 lbs of Loeb Awe Scotland 1866
Cuthroat Trout-4l lbs.ou of Pyramid Lake New, 1925
Trout63 bou Lake Athapapuskow Manitoba 1890
Trout Tbs of in
Seehead Trout-29 Chehals
really big would
refer them fishing Zane
fisherman, before his DEATH who reported that
weighing 1883
girth of feet and inches caught Feb % 1887
his fishing miles Sydney
battle
pay slight o great sport of
angling will delightful
this holiday Tuesday their approach
whale hope that will with whale
a story"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16

priation for the navy
for the next fiscal
year, sl2,O 600, 900. be
spent within that fs-
cal year. The COM
mittee voted it down
10 to 7.
Now the object of
this amendment of
course was to pre-
vent the navy-and
in spirit it was
aimed at the army
also-Afron stepping
- 1ra1 D
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16

WASHINGTON. That recent vote
of the senate naval affairs COM
mittee on the amendment of Sen.
Henry Cabot Lodge OF Massachu-
sets is the clearest demonstration
possible of the difficulty any men,
Der of congress has in maintaining
a neutral attitude-even in act,
much less in thought.
Lodges amendment would have
required that all the aircraft appro-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
TO TEST AUTO LIGHTS.

The state highway patrol is con-
Quoting a vigorous campaign of car
light testing throughout the state
in an attempt to reduce the hazards
of night driving, according to Lou
Boedecker, patrol supervisor. Mo-
florists whose car lights are found
to be faulty will be asked to haye
them adjusted Immediately, he
said.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
BY r. X. STEVENS

Brotherhood of Man is growing UNI
der the protection of the law Of our
land. We must not confuse the
functions of these two laws or we
will ruin both.
An effort by the law to assume
the work of the Fatherhood of God
would make paternalistic gov
eminent of our Land of the Free
and our liberties would be gone.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD

Carter Field finds it diff
cult for member Of congress
10 maintain a neutral attitude
=. Unlike Democrats, Repub-
lican presidential camps hare
dereloped no bitterness yet.
BELL Syndicate WNu seryice.i
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have the of
cupaion offered anywhere in the world.
That latter point dmzed issued by the Depart
ment OF Labor and called Dictionary Occupation This
ent lists 1874 titles for l452 different jobs this and it's
impressive evidence OF the this country
anorng at inonceivble
products contributing highest
standards of living in the whole, world
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
HEARING ORDERED.

The state railroad and public serv-
ice commission has ordered the Red
Owl firm of Miles City to appear at
d hearing in Helena May Is to an
swer charges of violating the state
unfair practices act. The firm is
charged with selling condensed
milk, iello and cereal below cost.
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in favor of prompt deliveries Of
planes to Britain and France. 1t is
another twist ON the argument about
letting the allies have the latest
models of planes.
The whole administration has
been moving rapidly in the dlrec-
ton of giving the allies priority, and
for several reasons. First and fore
most has been that the allies-cer-
tainly up to the Nazi invasion OF
Denmark and NorWay--had not
been in such a buying panic as they
were earlier. When the war first
broke out, London expected mass
air attack, by thousands OF Ger
man planes, every hour.
FAR FROM BEING NEUTRAL
Then the British and French we're
in a rush to get all the planes they
could. AS time dragged on, SO much
so that some experts began to speak
OF the "phony war;" the allied buy
ing missions became little more
choosey. They would make con.
tracts only for the best.
Reason No. Of course is that the
administration this goes for
the army and navy-is far from
being neutral 1t wants to help
Britain and France against Ger
many.
When it comes down to cases, the
10 senators who voted against the
LODGE amendment voted to favor the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
The FORUM

[This is a department for the dis
cussion of pertinent topics by anyone
who SO desires 1t is open to every
one and any suitable subject may be
considered. However, what appears
in this department does not neces-
sarily reflect the views of this pa
per.-The Editor
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-16
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

All stores in the City of Libby
will be closed May FL as fishing
season opens ON that date!
THE MERCHANTS COMMITTEE
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Extra large envelopes, size INK
14A inches, hervy weight, for sale
at Western News office tt
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Negroes Complain Bus
Station Discriminatory

RALEIGH, Dec. 29.-LR-A ne
gro citizens committee, meeting
here today, alleged that accom-
modations of bus station being
built here Disseminated against
their race.
J. W. Yeargin, chairman, said
negroes would be required to en-
ter the station by rear entrance,
reached by a five-foot walk along
side the incoming-bus driveway.
This entrance, he added, will
subject negroes to undue exposure
and to the danger of walking too
close to moving buses.
Yeargin said a new bus terminal
at Winston-Salem had a single en-
trance for whites and negroes.
After all, we use the same side
walks" he said.
The committee went on record
as favoring a change in the inte-
rior plans of the Raleigh station
SO as to permit negroes to reach
their waiting room from a central
entrance way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
War Interpretive
Continued from Page One)

as well as by attempts to weigh
imponderable forces of the future.
News files must be thumbed to
recreate the picture of Europe at
war at the close of 1889, when un-
certainties were as great but fore
bodings were not as deep as now.
Was "Phoney War"
1t was ''phoney war" then,
with Great Britain and France
more concerned over possible sap
ping of morale by blackout bore
dom than by any threat of blitz-
krteg such as their foe had un-
leashed against distant Poland.
Behind the Maginot line, tn e
British fleet, and the army of
France, which neutral military
men regarded as the worlds finest,
the Allies settled down to bring
Nazi Germany ultimately to terms,
relying primarily on the blockade.
World attention then centered on
Finland's struggle to halt the Rus
sian invasion, a relative s:deshow.
So little was happening for the
time being to affect the outcome
of the major conflict that an other
wise complete military chronology
by the American army's command
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
HOEY IS HONORED
BY BIBLE CLASS
Members Of EdentOn Street
Methodist Church Group Bid
Farewell To Governor

RALEIGH, Dec. 90 Up Mem
bers of an Edenton Street Methodist
church Bible class said farewell to a
man who has taught them for the
last four years-Governor Hoey.
Among those who participated in
the farewell ceremonies at the
church were Governor-Elect Brough-
ton, a Baptist Sunday school teach
er; the Rev. R. M. Courtney Of
Greensboro; and B. L. Smith of
Greensboro. The Rev. Mr.. Courtney
and Mr.. Smith both were associated
with the Shelby Methodist church
at the time that Hoey, a resident of
Shelby, was elected governor.
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, Unit
ed States amba ssador to Mexico, was
confined to his home with cold, but
sent this message:
fAs a longtime teacher in Eden
ton Street Sunday school, I rejoice
with all it's membership that during
the last quadrennium this school has
enjoyed the blessing of benediction
of the exposition of the scriptures by
Clyde r. Hoey, christian statesman. !"
Members of the Sunday school
class presented themselves with a
portrait of the Governor, painted
from a photograph.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
british CRUISER
ATTACKS RAIDER
Warship Sinks German Yes
sci Believed To Be Prowler's
Supply Ship

LONDON, Dec. 29.-R)-A Brit
isb cruiser attacked and chased
powerful enemy surface raider
nreving on a North Atlantic convoy
Christmas morning and, in the pur
suit sank a German vessel believed
In have been the raiders supply
ship. the admiralty disclosed today
The cruiser, the 10,000-ton Berwick
was damaged slightly, it. acknoW
ledeed. This was the second time
within a month that she bore the
scars of a sea battle and the com
munioue disclosed that she had been
transferred from Mediterranean
service against Italy to convoy duty
in the Atlantic.
Although the Berwick lost the
raider-which may have been a Ger
man pocket battleship-she sank the
German steamer Baden, an 1924
ton vessel, apparently a supply ship
for the warship, which was said to
have taken at least one square hit
itself.
The admiralty acknowledged that
one ship of the convoy "was hit and
received slight damage" before the
British escort gave chase.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Senator Johnson Leaves
For Capital And War

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-tP)-
Senator Hiram w. Johnson departed
today for Washington and the open
ing of the 77th congress, with the
remark that he was "off to the
wars"
"The President said he hates war,
so maybe he won't get in it, said the
republican legislator and veteran iso-
lationist. "Of course he's only going
to have an army of four million
men. Maybe he'll send them down
to TERRA Del Fuego."
johnson will start his fifth term
as senator when congress convenes
January 6.
/ Rep. Richard J. Welch, San Fran
cisco republican, also on the train
bound for the capital, said he hoped
the President doesn't forget his cam
paign promises regarding the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
F. R. Emphasizes Fleet
On Guard In Pacific

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-tR)-
By means of dramatic pauses, Pres
ident Roosevelt emphasized in his
radio address tonight that the Amer
lean fleet is on guard in the Pacific.
Saying that the Germans and
Italians were being blocked on the
Atlantic side by the British and the
Greeks, Mr.. Roosevelt said that lin
Asia, the Japanese are being en-
gagged by the Chinese in another
great defense" Here there was a
moment of dead silence until the
chief executive measured out in slow
words:
"In the Pacific is our fleet"
Then followed another punctua-
ton of silence before he resumed
his speech.
Once again, as he neared the end
of his text, he weighed out his words
as he said:
IT believe that the axis powers
are not going to win this war;"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Marshall Says War Not
Waged To Sque Democracy

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-(R-Verne
Marshall, chairman of the No For
eign War Committee, asserted to-
day that the European conflict
was IAN economic, political, ide-
illogical war in which the lives OF
men, women and children are the
pawns of governments which never
yet have fought a great interna.
tional war in Europe on which de.
mocracy hinged"
This is no war to save democ-
racy any more than was the war
Of 191418," he added in a radio
(WGN) speech.
He urged Americans "who be.
lieve their country should be kept
out of another economic, political
and theological war in Europe
which it must pay for to ''pro-
test by telegram to President
Roosevelt against the involve.
ment Of this country in Europe S
war and against the granting OF
credits which will never be re.
paid"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Mechanic Stays Two In
Old Revenge Killing

CLARION, Pa, Dec. 90 Up, -
Deputy Sheriff Amos Dolby dis
closed tonight how the smoldering
hatred of a quarter of a century
drove a 43-year-old garage mechanic
to seal a gun and exact the fearful
revenge of double death of the
family of the man he blamed for a
personal tragedy of youth.
. Captured without struggle,
Frank Dearolph was held in jail in
this northwestern Pennsylvania town
charged with the murder of his uncle
Reuben Levi Venting, and Went
ling's 12-year-old son, Reuben, Jr.
Arraigned before justice of the
Peace James Harner last night,
Dearolph pleaded guilty to Went
ling's murder, but claimed the boy
was shot accidentally during the har-
rowing hours Friday night at the
Venting home 13 miles southwest
of here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
HAMPSTEAD YOUTH
INJURED BY AUTO
David Howard Struck BY Hit
And-Run Driver On High
way Near His Home

David Howard. IS, of Hamp'
stead, was injured last<night when
he was struck by hit-and-rur
driver while walking on the high.
way near his home.
He was brought to James Walk
er Memorial hospital here by Her
bert Johnson.
The exact extent of his injuries
had not been determined last
night and attaches at the hospital
said that his condition was fair.
The boy was struck by the au
tomobile about 8 o'clock. State
highway patrolmen were still in.
vestigating the accident late last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Airline Officials Say
Fog Cost 100000

NEW YORK, Dec. 29. - Up - A
four-day fog, which airline officials
estimated cost them $1,O0O,000 in
holiday passenger revenues, lifted
tonight, and service was resumed at
La Guardia field.
There were no arrivals or de-
partures at the field between 2:11 p.
m. (E. S. T) Saturday and 6:02 p.
m. today.
Only 81 flights were made in and
out of the airport since Thursday,
while about 700 others were can.
celled.
Buses were hours late at times. A
tow and tug went aground near the
Statute of Liberty, and three barges
were damaged in an East river col
lision
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Raid On Southwestern
British Town Leaves
Many People Homeless

A SOUTHWEST E N G LA N D
TOWN, Dec. 29.-LR)-Hundreds of
people were left temporarily home
less and a large number of shops
were wrecked by the 24Oth and
heaviest Of German air raids on this
particular town last night.
british censorship forbids identi'
fication of the town but from the
circumstances it appears to be eth
er Plymouth or Southampton which
both are large port cities and naval
stations. The German high com.
mand merely called it "a port city
on the channel coast.")
The raid, though short, was fierce
and hundreds of incendiary bombs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
VICHY GOVERNMENT
MAY Be CHANGED
Petain May Effect Shakeup
10 Convince Germany OF
Good Intentions

BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 2s.-lf
"A shakeup in the Vichy govern
ment would NOT be surprising, diplo
matte sources said tonight, as par'
of the efforts of Chief of State
Philippe Petain to convince Germany
be 10 willing to support French-Ger-
man collaboration in all save mill
tarv and naval affairs.
Sources here said that one of those
1;te1v to be sacrificed in order TO
oomnromise on the Germans orl-
oina1 request that Marshal Petaln
reinstate Pierre Laval as vice-pre-
n,ier was Raphael Albert, minister
of justice.
Others whom the Germans would
like to see at liberty from minister
ial duties, sources here said, were
Marcel Peyrouton, minister of the
Interior and strong man" OF the
vicby government; Rene Belin, labor
minister; and Pierre Caziot, minister
of agriculture.
It is not regarded as likely, how
ever, that Peyrouton would go and
Petain, indeed, has once refused
to make such sweeping changes as
indicated the Germans were report
ed asking.
With politics and diplomatic
palaver out of the way, the terms
of the French-German collaboration
come to this:
The Germans would like France
as an ally against Britain. They
would like not only economic, IL
nancial and industrial collaboration
but military as well. They would
like to have use of the French fleet
and French bases, and they would
probably take them were it not for
Petain's strength in one direction.
The bulwark of that strength Is
General Maxine Weygand and the
army he has in French North Africa
and Syria. He is pledged to support
only Petain and not any succeeding
Vichy government without Petaln.
Less tangible but none the less
strong is the increasing admiration
manv Frenchmen hold for British
resistance.
Another important factor, diplo
matte observers say, is that the
French would prove difficult to rule
as conquered peoples if the last
vestige of independent France were
gone and the country wholly oc'
cupied by Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
THREE PEOPLE DIE
WHEN HOME BURNS
(Continued from Page One)

ed. Horace Helms, a gasoline truck
driver, said he saw the fire four
blocks away and sent in an alarm
and then drove to the house at high
speed but the fire was already so
hot he could not get near the house.
Graham was sleeping in a north
east room and his sisters in a north
west room. From the position of the
bodies it seemed they were aroused
just long enough for two of them
to get out of bed and collapse. One
sister, in a wooden bed, apparently
never moved.
Graham's two pet dogs perished
in the room with him. Firemen
found one of the dogs between
Graham's feet and the other at the
foot of the bed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
GERMANS INTENSITY
RUMANIAN FARMING

BERLIN Up - On tho H.,
Rumania's adherence to the "rn,
Powers Pact" Germany announ.
it's intention to raise the aario,,,.
al production of King Mihai's roo,
by delivering 1000 tractors S'''
a. All of Rumania's estimated 72oO
900 acres of tillable soil is '-Vu''
titled during the coming wear 0e
government press service anne d
To train staff of mecha,;.
take care of the tractors, =. "
school has been established ',"De
Bucharest, it was said. 'F
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
ARRESTED

Police yesterday arrested E. F.
Mosley, 804 Grace street, on
charges of reckless operation of
an automobile with damages to
property after he was allegedly
involved in a collision with
car driven by A. L. Switzerland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
HIT BY CAR

Dorothy Phipps, IL, of 116
North Eighth street, was treated
at James Walker Memorial hos
pital last night for injuries re-
ceived when she was struck by
a car driven by Phillip Schultz,
109 North Seventh street, while
she was skating at 18th and
Princess streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
STUDENTS ORGANIZE

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Dec.
29.-LP)-A group of undergraduate
delegates attending two collegiate
conferences today formed the Stud
ent League for Progressive Action
with the avowed purpose of oppos-
ing the American Student Union.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
WANTS STANDARDIZATION

AN EAST CANADIAN PORT,
Dec. 29.-(R-Sir Hugh Dowding,
British air marshal and former
chief of the royal air force fighter
command, declared today he was
hopeful of arranging standardiza-
ton of American plane products
SO that they. would fit perfectly
into British requirements.