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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Glacier Indians to
Meet Strong Teams

Manager WillIsn Fish OF the Ola
.er Indians Basketball Team has
cteduled for the basketball fans OF
Browning such outstanding teams as
ne san Francisco Chinese Club. Hot
ento;> Zula Kings. ColOred Girls
Team. Flying SwedeS of Illinois. House
David and to tax the program the
Iar}"m Globe TrOtters. Watch close
. :or the posters of these interesting
ameS.
The Browning Team IS practicing
arMcstIy and as the season progresses
Fish thinks he will have a
am worthy Of meeting any strong
am BrOwnng> next game will be
atured by the Indians team in at
"uCt!ye new suits
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Nandals Need Lesson

Some malicious property deStroyers
ore n!ght early this week broke the
light bulbs in the string OF colored
Xmas lights stretched from Buttrey>
down the street 10 the Telephone eX
change This WantOn vandalism has
been gong on ever since The streets
have been decorated :C~ the Xmas
season. and the public Is becoming
tired of it and are gong to take dras-
tic action. City Marshal Mills has re-
ceived information on the culprits and
arrests are TO be made scOn
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
.ny Projects Now
hder Construction

Pntana's highway department has
resent As projects under construc-
department statistics show. for a
value of s3.945. O59. Included III
pst of road improvement and con-
hon projects are 81 bridges. Work
PINE projects has been halted be-
/ OF weather condition. but de
hent officials stated these would
fopened as soon as weather con-
ns permit.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Pageant Given Friday,
Dec. 20, By Grade
School Children

The annual Christmas program was
zen FRIDAY. December 20 by the
Grade School Children of the Brown
Mc Public schools.
The name Of the operetta, which
o..>Is,ed OF three acts was The Leg
,rd CT the Sno" Man"
The operetta had four main charac-
.ers. Wayne Duncan as the Snow
nan. Jackie BilledeauX as John. Joan
Elliott as Mary and Tommy Rodgers
VS. News-bCy. with many others max
g up the cast.
All who attended reported a fine
-:orram and compliment the teachers
I'd children on their fine work.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Kelly Is Back
From Meeting

John T. Kelly state commissioner
Of agriculture has returned to his Of
fices following a conference OF COM
missioners of agriculture and U. S.
agriculture representatives at Louisi-
ana this month. Kelly said discus
sions included lowering of trade bar
riers between the states and on vari-
Gus grain storage problems. The
meeting is an annual one.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
by of Sentence
lowed by Court

Pc Montana supreme court has
(red a stay of execution III the
FEAR sentence imposed on R c
fenter. former Hamilton city
Eurer found guilty of having en-
PED S4.O65.52 in city funds. The
h allowed stay until Feb. 20. l94l
Fder Parmenter may affect an APP
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Improvement Plan
At Galen Approved

he STATE board OF examiners has
approved a WPA grounds and build
rs project at the tuberculosis sani-
;arlun at Ga!en valued at approx
ma,ely 10 900. Work will start lmme-
d!atelv with the state supplying So OCT
III equipment ard material. and the
Federal government the remainder.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Railroad States
Lodge Grass Hearing

service commission will hold a heating
at Lodge Grass December 80 on petit
ton of that community TO abandon
its municipally-ope light and
heating plant The board said the pc
tition was submitted so that Lodge
Grass could participate in rural
identification program there
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Assessed Valuation
Of State Reported

Montana counties had an assessed
valuation OF 81 COS 5l+l42 90 and Il
taxable valuation OF S3l2 1853 48l u!
June 30 1910. w. A. Brown. state cN-
aminer. said in his annual report to
Gov. Roy E Ayers last week. He SAID
resources OF the states 50 banks to-
tailed S7O.6337l6O5.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Livestock Board
In Helena Meeting

The Montana livestock sanitary
board met here last week TO consider
final arrangements for the regular 10
year re-regiStration of Monta II a
brands Facing the board was the re-
recording of some $4,000 brands.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Glacier Indians Thank
Business Men for
Basketball Suits

The Glacier Indians basketball team
wish 10 thank the following local bust
ness men for furnishing jackets for
their new suits: q. q. Kipp. R.
Taught. rButtreysl, DeVoe Swank,
Mlckey's Market. Monarch Lumber,
Mike Collettel. Trlne Confectionery
Ben Berger. Oliver Harker ,Yegen
Hotel Their generosity IS very much
appreciated by the boys
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Snow Equipment To
Be Bought By State

Purchasing Agent : 5. NcQultty
To- pe@cd b'i> VI IL, purchase of
i tuur-wheci drive trucks and %
S1"wpIows- The equipment will be
used by the state highway depart
mert in It's yearly task Of keeping
Montana free from drifts.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Sheep and Cattle
In State Greater

j. CT Diamond. senior statistician
for the federal agricultural marketing
service. has reported the number OF
sheep and cattle being fed in Montana
this winter is substantially greater
than those of last year. He said there
are $4,000 head of cattle and 324 900
sheep being fattened for mid-winter
markets
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Calendar Set by Court

The Montana supreme court has
scheduled 10 hearings on appeal to be
conducted during the January session
of the tribunal Cases on the docket
are all of a civil nature.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
ig Top Winner

he $500 Christmas grocer box
Iled by the Old Agency Scho0, was
b" Jim Big Top of Two MrdIr.rc
[iss Fcnzl and the puu.~ OF III"
A-'MCv school extend Thea" Nia&E
~ 'ho contributed u their ClLI>t-
tree
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
roadway Clowns
Yin 1927

. sunday the coiored Broadway
w. lived up to their name and
NeG their way TO victory over the
lOOl and alumni teams The
F. NaS sponsored by the Lions Club
WtS well attended.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
bther Dies

Howard Dove received IL, nd
y. Is week that her mothcr Mr.
S Berg had passed away al her
a.: kremlIn last SATURDAY. Mr.
" Dove are there and attenGeG
Hral which was held OF Tue
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
Dne Marriage License

4 marriage license was issued &c
Fank Beasley of Cut Bank and Flor
pee Hardman of Lexington. Ken
lcky Monday. II was the only oHC
b q yesterday during the week.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27
MONTANA WINTER BBEGINS

Montana's Official winter began last
Saturday at i SIS p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
peace with a Germany triumphant

peace with a Germany triumphant
in Europe-even if she were to re-
strain herself from invasion of the
Western Hemisphere.
War Secretary Anthony Eden, who
will succeed Viscount Halifax in the
British Foreign Office, will have
another opportunity to press toward
accomplishment those ideals for
which he sacrificed an important
cabinet post nearly three years ago.
He resolutely fought Mr.. Chamber
lains appeasement of Premier Mus
solini and Adolf Hitler. He now is
seeing all his principles indicated.
In the Foreign Office he will have less
contact with the actual fighting of
the war, perhaps, but more to do
with hardening Britain's resistance
against increasingly furious axis
attacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Action in Order

While resolutions and letters have
been written, and personal and Of
fetal opinions have been expressed
freely over a period of several years,
all agreeing on the need for modern
quarters for the District Court, def
mite action still remains in purely
conversational stage. This highly
important court continues to present
the spectacle of its robed judges
shouldering their way through di-
verse throngs to reach their court
rooms, of counsel using public cor
ridors and corners for consultation,
of Jurors and witnesses overfowing
the inadequate waiting rooms. Small
wonder that the Attorney General
has condemned the "deplorable con-
ditions" under which the court is
forced to administer justice.
That these conditions exist Is due
largely to the needless delay which
has been encountered in selection
of a site for a new courthouse Some
members of the Federal judiciary
would prefer including District Court
in the proposed group of buildings
surrounding Holmes Memorial Gar
den, Just east of the Supreme Court.
In this area are to be the new homes
of the Court of Claims, Court of
Appeals, Court of Customs Appeals
and Board of Tax Appeals. However,
the Park and Planning Commission
last week reaffirmed its earlier stand
in favor of the site at the north
side of Judiciary Square, where the
old Pension Office Building stands.
The General Accounting Office now
occupies that brick structure. This
location also is favored by the Bar
Association and numerous local Or
CARNATIONS.
Already work is under way on one
building for the General Accounting
ONCE and Sc 900 900 is available and
plans have been started for another,
which will permit abandonment of
the Pension Office. The judiciary
Square site has been favored for
District Court for many years, not
only because of its convenience, but
because the court properly should
form an integral part of the center
in which is concentrated all other
local judicial and administrative
agencies.
1t is regrettable that differences
concerning the site should so long
delay correction of conditions that
exist at District Court. Immediate
action should be taken, either by an
authoritative agency or by special
impartial and representative COM
mittee, to compose these differences,
so that definite decision as to the
location of the new building may be
made at the earliest possible moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Emissions World Under
Hitler Despotism.

To the Editor Of The Star:
An excellent index to the horror ex-
perienced by any given people at any
given time lies in the suicide rate. All
widespread suffering and horror has full
effect upon this rate.
Now the suicide rate of the peoples
conquered by Hitler has shown marked
rise. It is estimated that far more
Frenchmen have ended their own lives
in this peace" since Germany overran
France than just previously, in the same
space of time, when France was definitely
at war. Only too well do the French
now realize that 1t is better to fight in
freedom than to labor and starve in
slavery And Hitler says his despotism
will last thousand years.
Suicides can be counted. But what of
the cripples? Yes, what of the crippled
personalities-broken hearts, blighted
souls, men without hope-Who must in
time fill all the earth if Hitler's New
Order" of slavery wins? "Inferiority
complexes"? Where will the person then
be found without them, after universal
slavery has had time to eat into mems
souls? Where will we be able to find
a person who is not ashamed of being
alive, once Hitlerism has swallowed the
earth? BOILING SOMERVILLE.
Norwood, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
The Prayer of the Children

Nowhere save In the District Of
Columbia would it be possible to
bring together for a single radio
program the children of diplomatic
representatives of thirty-th diff
ferent countries The annual
Christmas party sponsored by the
Greater National Capital Commit
tee for transmission to worldwide
audience over the facilities of the
National Broadcasting Company has
become unique institution. Once
it might have been duplicated in
London or Paris, Berlin or Rome, or
any of a score of other seats of gov
eminent; but that time has passed,
for the present at least, if not for
ever.
The boys and girls who partici-
pated in the program staged on Fri
day afternoon were plainly con-
scious of the strife which prevails
throughout the earth. Marjorie
Bertha Morgenstierne, daughter of
the Minister of Norway, is only nine
years of age, yet she put into words
the feeling of all the youngsters at
tending when she shyly said: Let
us join in a prayer that next year
God will give us all Christmas of
peace and freedom and happiness"
Her appeal, the sheer pathos of it,
brought tears to adult eyes ordi-
narily ashamed to weep. The gifts
she sought from Divine Providence
are wanted by millions of people
men and women as innocent Of
blame for the prevailing turmoil as
any helpless infant. Exemption
from war, from tyranny, from sor-
row-for these benefactions the null
titudes yearn. But their longing is
futile in the face of the militant
greed, the intolerance, the violence
of few dictators possessed of power
to set at naught the aspirations of
the human race.
What solution for the problem
there may be remains undisclosed.
Yet there must be many who have
not forgotten the warning of the
martyred Prophet born on the first
Christmas: Except we -" become
as little children, We shall not enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Rumspeck Act Tests

The procedure announced by the
Civil Service Commission for bring
ing thousands of Federal employees
into the classified service under the
terms of the Ramspeck Act measures
up fully to the intent of the legisla-
ton.
The non-competitive examinations
by which the workers will attain civil
service status will be practical, in
keeping with the nature of the duties
to be performed, and even with a
liberal allowance for experience on
the job, the grading system used is
sufficiently strict to eliminate those
who patiently are not qualified to re-
main in the service.
Properly, too, the physical require
ments also will be fixed In the light
of the assignment of each individual,
common sense debating that less
rigorous demands be made on persons
engaged in sedentary occupations
than on those in active callings.
The commission is following the
same course as In the past, when
non-civil service personnel has been
brought under civil service by nom
competitive test, and it is desirable
that this should be done, as it serves
to emphasize that standards are not
being relaxed to give permanent
tenure to thousands of men and
women who owed their appointments
primarily to political backing.
Actually, a larger percentage may
fail to attain the passing mark of
seventy in the present instance than
ordinarily is the case, for the Ram
speck Act limits those affected by its
provisions to a single examination,
while on other occasions 1t has been
possible for employees to get more
than one opportunity to qualify for
civil service status, if failure made
this necessary.
Many months will elapse before
the huge task of bringing these work.
ers into the competitive service is
finally accomplished. It's completion
virtually should mark the end Of the
patronage system in the Federal
Government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23

unite with the other democracies of the
world, and with them meet and over
throw the common enemy 'of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness
This Nation defeats itself when it al
lows the enemies of democracy to in
crease their strength in union while
at the same time through the indecision
of the United States, the democratic ma
tons of the world must suffer destruc-
ton through the weakness brought about
by disunion. Shall democratic America
wishing to hold the countries of
South America and Central America
united in the cause of liberty, fail to
practice the democratic doctrine of union.
by refusing to align herself with the
other freedom loving nations of the
world in the common cause of defense?
If we continue to postpone action will
we not prove to the Latin American
republics that our good neighbor policy"
is policy that works only one way and
therefore cannot be trusted?
Let the American people decide this
fateful question. If the American peo-
pie act, the President and Congress will
have to act. To delay is to be destroyed.
WILLIAM H. HARGROVE.
Pierce City, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Viscount Halifax

Appointment of Viscount Halifax
to succeed the late Marques of
Lothian as Ambassador to the United
States sends to this most important
post in the British diplomatic service
a man who not only is thoroughly
familiar, through his long service as
British Foreign Secretary, with Brit
aims needs from the United States
in this war, but one who, in spite
Of his affiliation with the effort OF
Neville Chamberlain to come to terms
with Germany, is now intensely de-
voted to the war cause and is a
leader of the new England being
forged in the furnace of war.
Viscount Halifax has a wide &C
quaintance among the men of the
State Department with whom he will
have to deal. The new Ambassador
comes to Washington at a critical
moment in Americas relationship to
the British cause. Unfortunately,
there are many in the United States
who still, either through ignorance
or prejudice, fail to grasp the sig
nif1cance of this war for the United
States. Viscount Halifax will face,
as did Lord Lothian, the task of
placing clearly and forcefully before
the American people, and especially
before those who still resist Americas
fulfllment of her duty, the facts and
the Importance of Britains war
cause. That was Lord Lothian's
mission and he performed it ad-
mirably, on plane far above that of
mere propaganda
Lord Halifax is-as was Lord
Lothian-a notable convert from
ardent belief in the effort to preserve
peace by every reasonable concession
to equally ardent and intensive de-
termination to prosecute the war
against Germany to its victorious
finish. That, in itself, should carry
some weight with those in this coun-
try who persist in the erroneous
belief that there can be any real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Says America
Is Practicing Appeasement.


Is Practicing Appeasement.
To the Editor Of The Star:
This Nation is preparing for defense,
but practicing appeasement. At the
same time the leaders in Government are
saying, 1.-The best insurance for peace is
preparedness, to become so strong that
no nation will dare attack u.s. While
giving expression to such doctrine,
which is a phrase borrowed from the
mi6taristic nations, the leaders, and the
Would-be leaders, must know that to
prepare successfully to defend the West
ern Hemisphere, with its over 100000
square miles of territory and its almost
unlimited coast line on both the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans, would require at
least SO years of feverish preparation on
the part of the United States. 1t is very
doubtful after so years of preparation
without a let up, after we had spent the
last dollar of the people of the United
States for planes, tanks, big and little
guns, and to train the millions Of men
necessary to use them, whether we would
be prepared then to fight the dictator
nations combined against us; for they
would be preparing, with their greater
facilities, for aggression all the time we
were getting ready for defense.
However, it Is evident that we will not
have SO years, or even five or probably
not even one year in which to prepare.
For the wars in Asia and Europe cannot
last forever at the rate Of speed they
are going. If China, England, and
Greece triumph, this Nation is safe for
period of time, at least; but If China
England and Greece are defeated then
this country will so the way Of the other
democracies of the world, who were
forced to fight separately and unpre-
pared, especially in spirit, against the
allied forces of tyranny.
If the President and Congress are guild
ing this country by the north star Of
Americanism. they immediately viii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trnce1Deu.

Once it is classed as song bird, in
the laws, it will be saved all shooting
except illegal shooting, against which
there can never be complete success.
But the very fact that bird is on the
protected list undoubtedly saves thou
sands of them.
We are, in the main, laW-abiding
people. The wonderful work done in
bird conservation shows that complete
success in this, in time, will be achieved,
unless the return of primitive condi-
tons, as the result of attack by ruth
less and powerful foe, causes all lesser
matters than the survival of the Nation
to be put in the background.
+
In case of such attack, the damage
done by the foe probably would be so
great that we would have to do every
thing possible to conserve all natural
resources left. Among these would be
the wild life, and it probably might be
that under such circumstances laws to
protect the wild creatures would be ex-
tended. rather than allowed to go over
board by default.
Hence, under any circumstances, one
may feel, measures for wild life conser-
walton will increase, as the years go by.
The natural growth of such things, in
times of peace, is fairly steady. There
may be some faults as in permitting
doves to be classed still as game birds,
but in the main there is gain, year after
year.
There not only is the sentiment of cul-
tured people working to this end, but
the effort of all the particular enthu-
siasts who manage to make their own
livings and hobbies work together along
this line.
These persons manage, in time, to
convince the sportsmen that there will
be more game for them to shoot, if they
will not shoot it all at once; that is,
conservation is a good thing from the
standpoint of the sportsman as well as
that of the person who does not want to
shoot
In this way the game laws are extended
to protect more and more creatures. 1t
cannot, evidently, be done all at once,
Just as the automobile could not be per-
fected in a few years. For many years
the auto was an ugly thing. 1t took a
quarter of century to implant the idea
of beauty into the automobile.
So in time we may expect that the
dove will be put on the list of songbirds,
definitely and forever, just as the robin
has been. We are all animals together,
in a struggling world. War is natures
plan, an odd one. from the standpoint
Of intellectually. Let us be proud that,
to some extent at least. we have man.
aged to cut down on the killing of the
wild things, even if we do not know how
to end the killing of ourselves by our
selves.
In time as we struggle forward, trying
to protect the wild beasts, we may be
able to work out ways to protect ourselves
and make this a world safe for human
creature as we'll as for wild ones We
can be proud of our game laws. They
are far from perfect but at least they
are a step in the right direction. This
column is confident that before long the
doves will be saved. and thanks c. S. for
pointing out the necessity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
this country which she needs in her

this country which she needs In her
present hour of grave peril.
In revealing his program to enlarge
the productivity of American indus
try, Mr.. Hoover, with commendable
forthrightness, declared that parti-
sanship played no part in his recon-
mendations, since he has divorced
himself from politics for the balance
of his life. This disclaimer adds to
the effectiveness of his warning and
will be welcomed as another evidence
Of national unity in the present
emergency.