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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-23
THE FORD WAY
OF DOING BUSINESS

! he Ford Motor Company was founded
by working-man for working-men. Its
present officers began as employees Of the
Company. TWAS the first company to pay
minimum wage, beginning in 1914, at
the then astounding figure Of IS day.
That was double the prevailing wage of
the time. The Ford minimum is now IS
day for all employees engaged in pro-
duction work. And from that, the wages
rise to 5000 day, with the average wage
$7.25, exclusive Of salaried employees.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-23

service with the Company-sober, decent
family men. Hundreds Of them have
been with the Company for more than
Is years - thousands for more than IS
years. Their health record, home ownpc=-
ship and citizenship records arc goods
All this is reflected in Ford products,
whether cars, trucks or tractors. The
work IS honestly DONE Materials are the
best thar can Be made Or procured. Less
profit to the Company and more value
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-23

to the customer il known
throughout the motoring
world ~ rFord's way Of
doing business"
Ford Motor Company
was the first to make q
motor car within the
means Of the average
family-quitting the
manufacture Of what was
then the largest selling
model in the world to
do 30. Its chosen field in
all the 50 years since that
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Australian Parliament
Plans Special Session
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, Australia, June IT,
The Australian Parliament will meet
in special session Thursday to act
on vital and drastic" measures
which informed circles said the
government would propose to step
up the dominion's war effort.
The cabinet now is holding a
series of meetings at Melbourne
to draft the proposals for which
parliamentary approval will be
sought. Ordinarily Parliament would
not convene until July 2.
A strong movement was under
way to extend the life of the Aus
tralian Parliament for the dura-
ton Of the war, possibly through an
amendment of the constitution act.
The call for the special meeting
was issued by Prime Minister Rob-
ert G. Menzies, who pledged aid to
France and asserted that Australia
would fight with confidence and
resolution until France and her
ideals are delivered from the in
vader."
External Affairs Minister John
McEwen warned the public that in
view of the situation in Europe "the
main burden of the war now falls
on the empire"
Meanwhile, the Dominion's indus
tries were geared up to begin man.
ufacture of munitions on a large
scale and the government called for
volunteers for a home defense corps
of 100000 men.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
R. A. F. Claims Extensive
Damage in Tobruk Raids

CAIRO, June IT fPl.-1he ROYAL
Air Force reported today most sue
cessful raids" on the Italian air and
naval bases at Tobruk. Llbya.
The r. A. F. commanding officer
for the R. A. F. Middle East forces
issued this statement:
'Dlsplaying great determination,
our alrmen persisted in raids de-
spite heavy aircraft fire until extern
slve damage was done to ammuni-
ton and patrol dumps There were
several explosions and much black
smoke seen after our aircraft left
the targets.
In the same area raids were car
ried out at Ell Alden and Ell Gubbi
with some success. All our aircraft
returned safely.
Further attacks on Diredawa and
Macaaca were made by our bombers
Bomber Bursts Into Flames.
"At Diredawa large hangar was
set on fire and one Italian bomber
burst into flames following a direct
hit.
One enemy fighter who tried TO
intercept our aircraft was hit and
believed shot down The machine
dived at great speed with smoke
belching out.
Attacks carried out by the South
African Air Force in Italian East
Africa caused damage to eight en-
emy aircraft on the ground Fight
ers tried to take Off. but gave up
the attempt owing to the fierce
machine gun fire from raiding air.
craft.
The aircraft and military camp
at Mega, Ethiopia. was raided and
several direct hits registered. Troops
in a military camp were bombed
and a machine gun post silenced.
All our aircraft are safe.
"Armored cars and lorries were
destroyed and troops dispersed in
the Moyale area, on the Abyssinia-
Kenya border, by R. A. F. bombers. "
Evening star., 1940-06-17
u. ). Planes for Allies
Can Now Fly 10 Canada
A. P. Wirephoto.
BY the Associated Press,


The United States acted today to
facilitate the delivery of war planes
to the Allies by authorizing the ships
TO be flown across American borders.
Formerly, planes bought in this
country by the Allies had to land at
the Canadian border, and be towed
across.
A new Interpretation of the Neu-
trality Act, drafted by the Treasury
and Endorsed by the State Depart
ment, said the border stops are no
longer necessary.
The ruling means that after the
Allies pay for a plane at an Ameri-
can factory they can have it flown
across the Canadian border, and
legal title to the plane will auto
matically be transferred as the ship
scars over the boundary.
Theoretically. the ruling made it
possible for Allied planes to take off
from the United States directly for
Europe, although this fight would
be too long for most Of the ships
purchased
! The Treasury opinion was drafted
by its general counsel, Edward F
Foley, jr.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

access Of Red Army troops and
changed governments, there was no
official comment, but one source
termed the eastern situation strictly
Russian affair which does not con-
Germ the Reich"
Nazi troops crushing in on France
were storming through and around
the Maginot Line.
Entire Front in Motion.
From the English Channel to the
Swiss border the entire front was
reported in motion and military
leaders said the German armies
were stabbing deeper into France
with each passing hour.
Mechanized units, aided by the
air force. were said to be harassing
the retreating French continuously
with the object of giving them no
chance to settle down anywhere for
an effective stand.
News of the fall of Premier Rey-
naud's cabinet and the reconstruc-
ton of the French government was
greeted by unofficial German COM
mentators as another manifesto
ton OF Frances desperate situa-
| ton"
German observers said that aerial
| opposition to the NaZi drive into
France had almost ceased, causing
| the authoritative commentary Dienst
aus Deutschland to remark that "the
French air force seems already to
| have been struck a decisive blow
New Successes at Sea.
! The Germans also claimed new
/ successes at sea. The high COM
mand said returning submarine
had reported sinking fully occu-
! pied troop transport on May 80
and torpedoing a British auxiliary
cruiser of about $4,000 tons.
(The British acknowledged last
Thursday the loss of the 17,046-
ton armed merchant cruiser
Scotstoun, but the Germans re-
ported the sinking the same day
and it appeared the latest high
command report referred to still
another Vessel)
Government radio announcers de-
voted increasing attention to Amer
lea, attempting by a short t-wave
bombardment to convince the United
States that it has nothing to fear
from a German victory.
The announcers stressed the new
est phrase coined by Adolf Hitler
America for Americans and Europe
for Europeans" They asserted the
Fuehrer's broad war aim is peace"
and, more specifically, freedom to
live our own way, colonies, security
on the seas for all nations, respect
and opportunities due a first class
power
They asserted that Germany does
not wish to destroy the British EN-
pire, but would insist on wrestling
control of strategic points on the
seaways from Britain.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Hull Sees No Reason
For Change in Status
OF French Envoy
Possible Nozi Demands
For Possessions in This
Hemisphere Studied

Secretary of State Hull said this
afternoon he could foresee no reason
for any change in the status Of
Count de Saint-Quentin as French
Ambassador here.
Continued recognition of the
Envoy even if all of France was
occupied by Germany would be in
line with President Roosevelt S
promise Saturday that this Govern
ment will not consider as valid
any attempts to infringe by force
the independence and territorial
integrity of France
The policy of non recognition of
conquest bv force already has re-
suited in the United States con-
tinuing to recognize the Czecf1o-
Slovakian and Polish Ambassadors
here.
No Word on Armistice.
While official dispatches from
Bordeaux indicate a movement for
an armistice is under way, Mr.. Hull
said there was no word as to how
far any negotiations might have
proceeded or what they would in
volve.
The possibility of Germany de-
manding transfer of French pos
sessions in this hemisphere to her
control is among matters that are
receiving careful attention from
this Government. Mr. Hull said
Under the Monroe Doctrine and
the Declaration of Lima. in which
all the American republics pledged
resistance to anv changes of SOW
ereignty of territory in this hemis-
phere, the United States has made
it clear that it would not acquiesce
in transfer of any Allied possess
sions in the Americas to Germany
Americans Reported Stranded.
Mr.. Hull said the State Depart
ment was investigating reports that
some 5000 American citizens gath
cred around Bordeaux were clam
oring for early evacuation.
France could do nothing but asl
for an armistice in view of the mill
tary situation, Count de Saint
Quentin told reporters at the Stat'
Department today.
The Ambassador conferred will
Undersecretary of State Sumne
Welles for half an hour. He sait
afterward that there was little h,
could say about the situation il
France because he had not beer
in communication with his govern
ment since last night. He hopet
to make a public statement during
the afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

the general stats" of Latvia, Estonia
and Lithuania, and quoted last
falls mutual assistance pacts with
Russia as prohibiting alliances or
coalitions against one of the con-
tracing parties" to the pacts.
These pacts, concluded after Rus
sia shared in the breakup of Po-
land, granted the Soviet right to
establish bases and limited garri-
sons in the three countries. Fin
lands refusal to grant similar de-
mands led to the bitter, bloody, Rus
sian-Finnish War.
Russia also accused the three
governments of attempts to draw
Finland into the alliance, and said
these rude violations" took place
at time when the Soviet Union
conducted and keeps conducting an
exceptionally BENEVOLENT" policy to-
ward the three Baltic nations.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Nutchez Trace Parkway
To Extend ass Miles

Natchez Trace Parkway, now un-
der construction, will extend from
Nashville, Tenn, to Natchez, Miss.
a total distance of 455 miles. OF
this total some 300 miles lie within
the State OF Mississippi.
The parkway is not a reconstruc-
ton but decentralization of the
original Inoian Trail. In links that
were changed from time to time, as
floods and boggy conditions neces-
STATED. this aboriginal route is said
to have penetrated as far as the
land Of the Toltecs in Mexico.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Questions Raised
About Intentions
Left Unanswered
Formation of New
Governments Begun
At Conferences
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, June 17.-Tallin,
Tartu and other large towns in Es-
tonia were occupied today by Soviet
troops who marched in shortly after
the government accepted Moscow's
ultimatum Latvia also was en-
tered by the Soviet soldiers. (The
Berlin radio said Riga, Latvia's cap
ital was occupied)
The newspaper Aftonbladet re-
ported from KaunaS, Lithuania, that
The occupation of Riga was delayed
Until afternoon Soviet troops
marched into Lithuania Saturday
Smetona Reported Interned.
President Smetona was reported
have fed to Germany and been
nterned at Koenigsberg. Aftonbla-
det said in a Kaunas dispatch that
ne was likely to be returned to his
own country.
Soviet intentions reused much
speculation among observers, who
argued that troop concentrations
were considerably larger than neces-
sary for domination of the small
Baltic states where Russia already
had bases.
Questions left unanswered were:
Was Russia merely reaching out
to regain territories she once held,
while the western war momentarily
distracted major attention from her
actions?
Was she strengthening military
preparedness in anticipation OF a
break with Germany?
Was she acting in cooperation
with the Nazis?
Or was she preparing to enter the
western war on the side of one
belligerent or the other?
In each of the three countries the
formation of new governments was
begun at conferences of native men
and Russian officials.
Finnish Railway Delayed.
Russia has been seeking new trade
routes and is now negotiating
trade agreement with Sweden. How
ever. Finnish circles say Finland
cannot complete a railway across
the Finnish waist to connect Russia
and Sweden by the end Of the year
in accordance with the peace treaty
The route has been mapped and
work started. but supplies are lack
ing, Finnish Minister of Communi-
cations Vaino Salovaara disclosed in
Helsinki.
Baltic occupation, therefore. one
informant suggested, might be
step toward opening a new trade
rail route to the Balkans.
The German wireless. in a re-
port on the Lithuanian situation.
said that official confirmation had
been received that Justas Palecki
headed the new Lithuanian cabinet
and would also become state presi-
dent.
After the conclusion of the mu-
tual assistance pact between Russia
and Lithuania, Palecki was sent to
concentration camp for expressing
pro-Soviet sympathies He was re-
leased only after intervention by
various people.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Forces Of Soviet Troops Occupy Cities Estona and ava
Douglas Aircraft Boosts
Pay Roll Above $4,000

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 17-More than
$1,000 men and women are employed
in Douglas Aircraft Co.'S Santa
Monica and Ell Segundo, Calf,
plants as the result of addition OF
l 900 skilled workers during the past
month, Donald w. Douglas, presi-
dent, said today.
Machinists, tool designers and die
makers are principally in demand
as hiring continues, Douglas added.
Current backlog Of orders exceeds
$140 900 600, of which nearly $23, 3,OOO,-
600 represents orders for commercial
"skyliners" for United States use.
Backlog month ago was around
Silt 900, 900.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

the Italian diplomats-had departed
from Italy.
The government announced cam
collation. of l35 trains in order to
conserve fuel and to eliminate con-
gestion on the railroads-presum-
ably caused by troop trains.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Cuts Tobacco Imports

Decline in the exchange value of
the Chinese dollar has resulted in
drastic curtailment of China s
importation of American tobacco,
and Shanghai authorities believe
that higher prices for cigarettes will
cause smokers in the interior to 90
back to native tobacco.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Soviet Union Position
In Baltic Consolidated

MOSCOW. June II (P.-Soviet
Russian troops marched into unre.
siStlng Estonia and Latvia today
climaXing series of swift moves
which consolidated Russia S position
in the Baltic.
News that the Red army was or
the march was disclosed by the Rus.
sian radio only few hours after
the Two countries had yielded tC
Soviet demands that they permit
unlmpeded passage of troops arc
reorganize their governments.
Lithuania capitulated to similar
demands Saturday and Russian
troops are occupying strategic points
there.
lass, official news agency, an
nounced the agreement of Estonia
and Latvia to the Russian demands
which, Tass said, were motivated by
need for honest and conscien-
tious observance" of mutual assist
ance pacts with the two Baltic
states
New Governments Asked.
The Soviet asked new govern
ments capable and willing tc
ensure honest implementation" Of
the pacts; and free passage ot
troops to "forestall possible provoca
tional actions against Soviet gar.
risons' installed in Estonia ane
Latvia under the pacts signed las
fall
(The Latvian government re-
signed today following acceptance
of Russias demand for reinforce
ment of the Red Army garrison
there, Reuters. British news
agency, reported in a dispatch
from Riga to London.)
Estonia has an area of about 49,.
$50 square miles and approximately
one and one-quarter million in
habitants: Latvia has an area o.
10000 square miles and about 2,00O,.
600 Inhabitants Their total people,
do not equal the population o
Moscow.
(Some Allied observers in Lon
don were hopefully seeing signs
of Russion action against the
increasing threat of a Hitler
dominated Europe. But reserved
Judgment was the general atti-
tude, and there was little press
speculation.
(The Berlin radio in an Eng
llsh broadcast heard in London,
however, said some circles
abroad are making idle specula-
tlons with regard to Soviet Rus
sla's intentions. All rumors in
this connection are entirely un-
founded and are but a demon
stration Of these circles own
hysterical state of mind"
(Aftonbladets correspondent in
Kaunas reported to Stockholm
that Lithuania had become "a
giant Russian military camp
since Saturday. 1t was estimated
"at least half million men" were
being sent into the country which
borders East Prussia)
In setting forth the reasons fo
Russia's demands upon her Balti
neighbors, Tass quoted the govern
ment representations that an exist
ing military alliance among Lithu
ania, Latyia and Estonia "directe,
against the U. S. S. r. is not onl
not permissible and unbearable bu
profoundly dangerous and menac
ing to the security of the frontier
of the U. S. S. r."
The Soviet statement referred t
"secret conferences" and "intensif1
cation Of the connections betwee
Evening star., 1940-06-17
College Gets Gift
From King GeorqeV

| BY the Associated Press.
BELLEVILLE, Ontario-Albert
College has received the portrait of
Prince Albert, consort of Queen Vic
torla. which was gift from King
George v in 1890. The portrait,
valued at $4,000, was the work of
F. R. Say. The college, named for
Prince Albert, was founded in 1857.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
PIT. A. Elects Mrs. Bell

LEONARDTOWN, Md, June II
fSpeciaD Mrs. Clarence Bell has
been named president of the Great
Mills Parent Teacher Association.
Other officers are Mrs. Paul Tiers,
vice president; Mrs. Herman Cop
page, secretary. and Mrs. Madison
Strickland, treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Three Get Cornell DEGREES

Three students from Washington
and nearby were graduated today
from Cornell University They are
Edward L. Griffin, 420 Whittier
street NV; Fred J. Heimes, 5228
First street NV, and Marie A..
Nilks OF 3115 w. Seventeenth street,
Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

Tasmania's inability t send as
many of its apples to the British
market as usual this year is max
ing several varieties available to
Australian consumers for the first
time.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-19

from the car, was his discarded can
teen, empty. From then on, the
tracks were record of Hyatt's
agony under the blazing desert sun.
Wanders in Circles.
The tracks alternately dragged
from exhaustion, and sprinted from
thirst-driven haste. Beside his
trail lay pulled-up mesquite bushes.
Hyatt apparently had tried to suck
moisture from their withered roots.
Then the tracks began to wander
in circles. Hyatt was shown to have
fallen down, then got up and strug-
gled on. Veteran men of the desert
SAID his last two miles had been
torture. Each time he fell, he tried
to dig in the sand with his hands
for water. The wanderings brought
him near Saratoga springs, but lust
the other side of a sand dune from
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-19
Miner Dies Half Mile
From Water in Valley
Body Found With His Arms
Embedded in the Sand
Digging for Water.

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.-By
a faint line of footprints circling
crafty for 20 miles over the hot
sand of the Mojave desert authori-
ties traced the agonizing end of Bill
Hyatt, 62-year-old miner.
Hyatt's body was found with his
arms embedded to the elbows in the
clustering sand. Apparently he had
been deranged by thirst and the heat
(the normal desert temperature is
120 degrees) and had been digging
bare-handed for water. Across the
next sand dune, half a mile away,
was water hole.
Hyatt had been visiting his sister
IN Los Angeles and was returning to
his job at the Telegraph mines,
about ESQ miles in the interior.
Crossing the desert the rear axle of
his automobile broke and he started
out on foot for help.
Des0late Region.
The hike began on a side road
near the south tip of blazing Death
valley. 1t is one of the hottest and
most desolate regions in the coun-
try. A stubby growth of mesquite
and cacti peppers the ground be-
tween stretches of sand dunes, bare
floors OF hot rock and white alkai
lakes. Red cliffs simmer in the
heat and mirages of cool lakes,
mountains and green valleys rise out
Of the super-heated air to confuse
the traveller.
The temperature was above 120
degrees when Hyatt climbed out of
his broken-down car. Had he wait
ed quietly in the automobile and con-
served his water, he would have
been saved by the men who found
his body later.
For several miles Hyatt's tracks
were straight beside the road. Then
they began to waver. Ten miles
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-19
Has Vivid Sense Of humanity"

Garner as President would be guided by
sense OF humanity. It was he who intro
duced the first general relief bill in 1892.
II was pay-as-you-Go measure. and
carried tax to pay its cost He believes
in an ever-increasing standard OF living
for the working man and woman He
has passionate devotion for the we'll
being OF men and women Who work for
their daily bread He has always fought
monopoly and the concentration of
wealth, and has Insisted that the Govern
ment lay down rules to guarantee free
and fair competition. He is for property
rights because h. believes them the very
base Of human rights. Ownership of
property. he thinks. is one Of the best
guarantees of the dignity and independ-
ence Of the individual He is against
tavoritism in law enforcement
Garner knows you cannot ge: some
thing for nothing. He believes in con-
structive economy. He is the indestructi-
BILE pioneer type who learned in a pio-
neer country how hard it is to make
dollar. He would be scrupulously
careful with the taxpayers dollar. He
has the courage to resist fantastic pro-
posals and boldly to meet an issue.
To continued efforts to dEd solutions
OF the Nations problems Garner would
take to the presidency vast experience
Experience" to paraphrase the great
Justice Holmes. as the life Of admins
tration"
Garner loves his country. believes in
It. knows it is durable and wants it to
believe in itself. He wants Government
to do its part toward preserving freedom
Of opportunity. He believes economy.
thrift and sef-reliance are still the hall
mark Of the majority Of Irlericans.
Released through courtesy ~ tho North
American New Spapc" Alliance. IacD
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-19

extra 20 years Of knowledge Of affairs.
domestic and foreign. He came to his
present place Of eminence the hard way
In his public service there is 10 problem
OF Government with which he has not
grappled.
Garner would make great President
because he has the proper temperament
for the Office. He knows when to advance
and when to halt and take stock He IN
derstands the Nations legislative and
administrative digestive system better
than any man in the country He would
take no outposts he could not hold. He
would be the best insurance against re-
action. which so often follows unwise
action. He has the poise and the patience
to work for permanency. He would in
sist on sound legislation and coherent
administration.