davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Doubles Matches
Open in City Play

Preliminary sctloa heaan vsss
tsfday Ia n. ieso sity doubts.
tennis championships
a-.uits - wednesdays astse~=
ntsrd aaIniss fssfashf saa tsts
aaFtau asfszassf n~tta fffs.fV .faas
Msfsiah - - Vsfs Ffsssf aafnn
sss-f asfszssa ssfF HssfssIiu on
is.pts 81 =
asr. aasei.. $50 alsap.an .oi.ua
auffsf asfsstsa - sna Hsn ftssssst
"a az
rhm.a.s. .sh.avi. gaal~ s~ys'
aauhissi hsHsi.i assish Naily c.
s s..s.s 80. 10 H.. o ; ~ S sss
nfuais Jimmy Ftth.r - Ja-- curt
fiaht nlii asuhsft - - u~fsHas.
- IN Swansea FetsfsaH - nsfvss
ansig 81 usmmsfsshmith a asssz
49, 80
ssns agaalsf 81 Ieaessn -.
laek a tassn Ice > % ta- ksuta
1sffY Hsnt = sslir Csssnsash las
nfevn 81 ~ Niaisf = % tim Fsuts
ouY ~. Il Ja.an - ! % hess-
tan atsssFt = COZ rszss tess curt
nsn, e > r-flsaes. = 20 nssa
nawan payne - nssan. : 20
Nomsns anuhiss fhtsaes Wanb -
faveF snh Ns@se0 - Htssnft ! -
y m fslss rliffuft sJuiletts hfnWsis
lsn " psfnshF t~nnls Nelly p-anls
- Jason tss - Up ~
Fridays schedule Mas dountas
non Simpson nisuu Murray 10 Hili
fsHwstls taafHnns hstl4 ~ Iaanu l.as
- 30 I'm Twin hishaff Cf0H
..H " slaasf ~ ksHt Rent -
ravanaush sffssn Al = t-fisnas -
> 10 stnnsT - Fsuisan sffuYies -.
~ ttuan FIss - ths einnaF ~ foatas
UuTtFiant - nHilatuu Stewart 81 Ma
snn az = IN rsVinf staEaf ~ ~.
sinner ~ naasf hfshhisi - oisans
Payne - Mason 81 p ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Gates Open III
Athletic Park
At II Sunday

Gates At Athletic park vii open
At Il o'clock Sunday morning "a
accommodate the huge crowd eN-
peeted 10 attend the Hot Stove
Jsmeoree IN connection with the
doubleheader between the Tigers
and the Yakima Pippins
At the same time the gates
open. the Hot Stove league men,
bership headquarters VIII Be in
operation. Tables win Be placed
both inside and outside the gates
at the grsndstsnd and hlescher
entrances 10 handle the large
number Of members who are ex-
peeted 10 be enrolled Sunday.
The membership Of the Hot
Stove league rose above the
$500 mark. Tuesday. n gain
Of 1.600 In the last 10 DAYS
and 500 In the last four DAYS.
E, H. Ted" Van Fossen. head
Of the membership drive. is con-
fident that the goal Of 5000 viii
viii be reached by Sunday.
Almost a thousand dollars in
prizes will be awarded to Hot
Stove members at the Jamboree.
The major prize viii be a trip,
by Northwest Airlines, to the 1910
world series. a box seat ticket
for the first two games Of the
major league classic and expenses
for three days At $40 a day In
the city of the world series. An
other major prize viii be an
electric refrigerator.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Trap Shoot!

Nlmrods can set In some prae.
tles work In preparation FOR the
coming upland bird season. II they
attend The Tsooma Gun clubs trap
event Sunday. beginning 81 $50
= ~. Any nlmrod IL welcome
The Taoomsns will entertain tire
Eatonviils shooters Sunday also.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
TURF CLUB TAKES OVER LEAD IN CITY LEAGUE RACE
Dodgers Win
Phillies

NEw foHk Three pitchers
raIlsi ~ nrookiyn Dodgers
through q IS vietsFY In ths
nfst game - aaahls header
sttn ths FhiisusiFhis fhis -
nIKht
hut i've pitchers assa IN me
eouitnt step De
fruthfos elah from eInnlnk , q
= The pctksrs appeared % ~
Yishiins Erounsl Instead - gaining
- ths pace setting Cincinnati Refs
IN tire Natienai lsanus fsnnant
chase
Ths Giants sad Hsss tfadsf =
rAir ~ thniauts. Carl uuhhsll
Topping park FftieEssa. "a. IN ths
ts.innlnE opener 80 Manuel
ssiv0. en- oisnt. conqusflnE Harry
gambert n ne niEhteze 40
The Gard. moved - lsta =
aeaaiosk fss ftfth els.e ~
heating ~ Pirates. Il 10 40
tH"tHNA Asst HtNht
The Nssas hsa tksls sfs a
third place today after wis-
~ias their sisth straight. a.
- tfsunsnA sses tks HI s.s.
nstroit. Nth Charley gshfingsf
haek IN the lineup. snapped its
game losing streak wIlh = ~
feut ~ the nfuwns
Buddy Lewis triple wlih to
cut and tsu 81 IN the ninth save
Washington "a victory over the
Athletics
National lsar4s sa.teff A
smith held N. White sos 10 90.
hii and pitched the Cleveland
indisns a. . 40 vtctefY l.st nishl
e.fess - oss. sfs..t srs light
eF~~d W history
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
SELECTIONS

Fort Little. Lady Hiliks,
Princess Dodd
2 Fancy Dress. Drake. Up
lander
syths Final Play. Louis
Morgan.
BankereonArd. Miss nooter,
steelworksr
Lazy Martha. 1. Ruth, rvi'
IDENTIFY
-Fervsri,o. skippy hooss
High Grenade.
7 - sympsthiEer, Prediction
Lady Lakeside.
s-Lstty ormont. Dignity. Nj
hol-ags
! Best bet; Lady ormond
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Lawn Bowlers
20 10 Seattle

Tacoma. clever Lawn howisrs
move into Woodland park. Seattle.
sunday. for composition with
teams frnm Rsnton and Seattle
Sixteen local shaFpshaotsrs will
make the trip rfisss 80 - wtn.
nsFs ~ singles doubles ard rtnk
games
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Boy Strikes
Out Twenty
Bal Rivals
Taylor OF Summit
Still Loses Tilt
To Lakewood Nine

I'm Tsfiaf summit fiEhfhands
81 hurisF. - Years Oh. sfrtlrh asif
- taNswnea hastsrs yesterday n
: nrY's senior lsaEu. Esas a. ~.
Veterans Hospital a-l# vst ~
IT M Esns. . % / Nhsn fauf
hits snd Naik ssfs Enod faF
faaf runs - ~ start - ths haf.
10 pon Wefks an taF snd ssi.i.sss
Ests warmed % unlH ~ thlff n.
ming
tassswysod sssttsssttss
summit ---...-....... I .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Making Progress
AT New Pin Hall

The Coliseum Bowling Palace is
making strong progress in its in
stallation work and expects to
open few days earlier than
scheduled. All equipment has ar
rived and is now being put In
place.
The opening date will be an
nonnced soon. League nights have
filled fast and the Coliseum man.
agement, under ]. w. Blaney,
wishes to thank Tacoma people for
the interest shown.
Work started the last week
on the new Hi Way alleys at
5212 South Tacoma way. II
was announced by A. n. Mil
Ter. resident manager. The
Hi Way alleys viii be a minia-
ture Coliseum containing 10
brand new streamlined alleys
with latest improvements.
Construction on alley founda-
tions will start Monday and IL
l. expected that the establish
mebt will be open for business
by September 10.
Much interest has been taken in
the new South Tacoma alleys
Business men there have already
organized 10 teams which viii
bowl at 7 and 9 p. m. The North.
ern Pacific shops have reserved q
night for eight five-man teams.
The Play Nor alleys at 1905 SO
X st. have undergone remodeling
Curly Wilson has been appoint
ed resident manager.
Walter Ball Of BalPs Ben Frank.
lin store on X ri. has taken tn.
lunch concession.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

Anderson ana hNViSNts
and Wilson.
Revenge was sweet for the
Model Lumber nine when they
earnered sixteen hits and TO
s victory over the Tacoma Boys
club in a Senior Boys league
game played at jefferson park
yesterday.
The Boys club previously had
beaten the Models twice this half,
Larry Rask winning both times.
The tables however were turned
yesterday as Rask was the victim
Of the onslaught.
Buss Mitchell Was again
called 10 the rescue Of the
Lumber team. the efforts Of the
two previous huriers going
for naught. He set the Boys
club down with three hits In
five innings.
Bill O'Connell and Wally An
derson led the Lumber lads, at
tack. each getting three hits in
five times at bat, one of o'con-
nell's going for home run. Aockel,
Browse and Scheize each gar
nered two hits for the Boys club
Model Lumber ...... 10 z
Tacoma Boys Club 49,. 10
Stowe, Stillwell, Mitchell and
Bait: Rask and l.. Martineau,
Oswald.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
x-Batted for Peters in 9th
TTTRF SMOKE SHOP
i0'A'' SCORE BY INNINGS

johnson Paint Co. .040 900 600
Turf Smoke Shop =. .OlO Ooo COY
s,,muary-Stoien bases--R. Toilet
son q Ziegenfuss. Z. Tollefson. Mar
tin. Sacrifice hit-Molitor. Two
brse hits-E. Tollefson, A. Libke IT,
Miiroy. Kuper, Lewis, Niessen, Morris.
Three-base hits-Niessen, A. Libke jr.
Double plays = Molitor to Morris TO
ziegenfuss, Milroy TO r. Tollefson to
y Tollefson. Left on bases-Johnson
Paint Co. 10 Turf Smoke Shop g..
Struck out-By Hansen Is. A. Lioke
m. 8. Base on balls-Off Hansen Y,
A, Libke tr. s, Passed balls-Stocklin
4. Time OF game-2:05. Umpires-
woodland and Norris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Park Baseball

FINAL Pam Baseball lsssus
games Friday
senisr BOYS issgns. AS D. NJ
summit Cuts " HO1si Lumber 81
Jsffsrson. Tacoma Boys club Va
i1ksSood Community Center 81
ysta hospital
Twilight is.Eus. Q .. m PARK.
land Pirates - NYA 81 Harmon
Mckinley Merchants "a Afetle
Boitlsrs az Mckinley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Oakland Addition
Defeats Strands

Oakland Addition. with one Of
the youngest ball clubs m the
Junior league. ended their league
play yesterday with 5 10 l win
over Strand Market.
Anderson pitched fine ball for
Oakland, striking out Is men and
keeping six hits well scattered.
Edgar Of Strand Market gave
up only three hits, but his team
mates could not bunch their blows
for more than one run.
Tony Daxa carried off the hit
ting honors. getting all three OF
0akland's hits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Penn SALT sOFTBALL
LEAGUE

Good pitching BY John Baker
held the Pirates 70 4 runs. while
ths White Sox collected z. AZ the
Penn Salt ball field Tuesday. Brick
Gardner played an outstanding
game al second base for me Iossrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Overnight Entries and Selections

7sils sympathiner OF. n.
wilson, ........s....'i 0s
eel Chief saltese (Rurnsl i07
Eighth Race Purse $500. 4
year-olds and up. claiming. lis
uaIlea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
IVA WINS

NYA continued their march Of
wins and chalked up another one
with a 9 70 win over Lincoln
Service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Rally Puts
Over 6 Runs
in Sin Heal
Gene Honsen Hurls
Well After Shoky
Time in Second

GMC Trucks and johnson
Faint win determine a second
and third place team Thursday
night at lincoln howl. Both
teams lost their games In the
three-wsy tie. and the loser
Of Thursdays game viii start
q three-game series with Turf
Smoke shop on Friday. liver
sen win he on the hill for the
TruclSmen In Thursdays clash
while Gillespie or kranc will
da the hurting for the Paint
crew.
Scoring six runs in the fifth in
ming. Turf Smoke Shop went on
TO defeat johnson Paint, : TO 4.
Wednesday night at Lincoln bowl
to annex first place in City league
standings preparatory to the play
off elimination series which get
started on Friday night when the
victorious Turf team meets the
loser of thu johnson Paint-GMC
Truck tiff.
After the Paintmen had
scored four runs off Gene Han
Sen In the second inning. the
former House of David hurler
settled down and tossed sem
sstional bah. tanning Is John
sonites, many Of the powerful
hitters whiting the ozone
when . hit would have meant
a run. Hansen was inclined to
he . bit wild, passing seven 10
the initial sack.
Al Libke il. worked in nice style
for four frames, allowing three
hits and one run, but in the fifth.
Niessen opened with a double and
before the side could be retired the
Turfers had scored six times. US
ing as many hits and an error to
do the trick.
The game was fast throughout,
only three errors being recorded.
and each club turned IN a fast
double play. George ziegenfuss
had a perfect night at the plate,
getting three for three, while Al
Libke also garnered three safe
ones, one going for two bases.
tAuNonK1 INT m
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

n you're not using u. sell u with
a Fssi Action Timss Want Al
Phone Main 3i5i.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Hardware Ball Club
Defeats Typos. 1913

Washington Hardware pounded
the ball to all corners Of Lincoln
bowl TO give the Tacoma Typos
a 10 to 3 humping In Junior league
play yesterday.
The winner of this round will
play Tacoma Typos. first round
winners. in a two out of three
series at the Athletic park. prob
ably on the 23d, Path and 2eth,
at 4:30 p. m.
r II y
Washington Hardware 10 ID i
Tacoma Typos ......... } y z
Stone and Higgins; horchia
and Stray.
Diamond Trucks made II two
in a row with q 10 8 win over
Olympic Ice. r n n
Diamond T Trucks 49,. 7 . 4
Olympic Ice .......... .
Jefferson Chiefs wsllopeo Cam
maranos, 70 10 3. at jefferson
park 10 assure themselves q tie
for last half honors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

Here are Fridays overnight en-
tries and selections for Longacres:
First Race Purse $500. s-year-
old and up. Wash. fosl Claim.
Ing. So furlongs.
1s5 Perky LAll (Reynoldsl E.. ioo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

yesr-olds and up. clearing. ] J.
miles. The Powder Puff purse
30 Lady Lskesi6e NC
o.. IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

Third Race Purse $500; three
year-olds and up. claiming six fur
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

second Race - Purse s4o0.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-07-11
PRONUNCIATION

A suburban housewife entered a
jewelers. shop and leaned confding-
ly over the counter.
"Mr. Gold" she commenced gush-
ingly, 81 want your advice. I've
just bought this little ring at the
sale across the street, but I DOM
know how to pronounce the name.
Is it turkoise or turkwoise?"
The jeweler handled the ring.
"The correct pronunciation, mad
am" he said after while, sis
glass;"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-07-11
Grammar

He-D-Dearest, IL love you, and
want you for my wife.
She-Heavenst didn't know you
had q wife.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-07-11
Strange Facts
200-Mile Lights
! No Double Joints !
Ban Animal Flesh .

q The brightest lights ever Great
ed by man are the 800, 900, 600
candlepower carbon-arc search
lights that are owned by the Unit
ed States army. Their beams,
when directed vertically into the
night sky, can be seen for dis
lance of two hundred miles.
q There are no such things as a
double joint in a human being,
revolver silencer outside of fiction
or blood test through which it is
possible to determine whether an
unknown parent of a child is of the
white or Negro race.
q Several Americans pay a larg-
er federal income tax than is col
lected from all persons in any
one of about IL states.
q Scientists have found single
plants of crested wheatgrass the
total length of whose roots was 319
miles.
N-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-07-11
Business Margin

Restaurant Customer-Look here,
waiter; how much longer must I
wait for that half portion of duck
ling?
Waiter-Just until somebody Or
ders the other half, sir. You know
we can't 60 out and kill half duck.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14
Three Volunteers
Wish To Serve

The local board of the Selective
Service Act has received call for
one man to serve in the first draft.
There are three volunteers who wish
to serve at once and instructions
are, says j. w. Barrett, member of
the board, to give the three oppor-
tunity to do SO before calling ON the
regular registrants. The three vol
unteers are Bernhard Heinrich Ru-
dolph Erickson of Libby, Ignatius
Joseph Meyer of Libby and Ray
mond E. Knots of Rexford. Physical
examination of these men will be
made by DR.. c. J. Martin next Satur-
day. II all of them should pass, the
one man will be chosen by lot If
none of them should pass, calling
of the regular registrants will then
begin. William Donald Bright of
Eureka is the first one on the list
Mr.. Barrett also says that all at
torneys in the United States who are
not members of appeal boards have
been made members of advisory
boards. Their duty is to assist reg
istrants in filling out questionnaires.
D. 0. Mount, clerk of the local
board, states that II questionnaires
have been mailed out to registrants.
Others will be mailed soon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14
roy Runner Up
For Championship

TROY, Oct l2-The Troy six
man football team defeated the I'M
beaten Dixon team 40 to rs, in
football game played at Dixon on
November 6, and thereby gained
the right to meet Philipsburg in the
final championship game to decide
western district honors. This game
will be played on Friday, Nov. Is,
at 200 p. m. =
BY defeating Dixon, Troy was
granted the western division title,
since Dixon had defeated Plains,
last years champions, as well as
holding wins over Hot Springs, ST.
Ignatius and St. Regis.
All football enthusiasts and fans
are urged to come out and support
the home team in this their final
bid for Troy's first football title
Tickets will be on sale beginning
Monday at the high school as well
as down town. Prices are Csc fol-
high school students and SOC fol
adults. Come out md boost the
team to victory
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14

itary training will give our young
men consciousness Of what Amer
lea really means to us, because they
have done something about it. The
fact that we have them trained is
the best guarantee we won't need
to use them. The CCC training is a
pre-military training; of 400 enroll
ees, 100 were former Gees. The
fact that our forces can be depend
ed upon, no matter what the prob
lem, strengthens our national mo-
rale. England is far better able
to take it OH the chin than Ger
many. Hitler knows he can not con-
quer England The promises he
made to the German people when
they don't materialize will cause the
same trouble as 1918 when the Ger
mans hollered 'Conradp' Chaplain
Gleason stressed the importance of a
two ocean navy. He had the oppor-
tunity to watch the navy in opera
ton in the Pacific, which he inter-
estingly described. Mr.. Gleason con-
eluded, I've seen our troops and
our air and navy forces. | have
confidence in God The right will
win, and His will be done on earth
as it is in heaven. =
Chaplain Gleason spoke to ain at
tentive audience, who were very ap-
preciative Of his efforts in present
ing this timely subject.
The hostesses were Mrs. M. D
Rowland, Mrs. Clay Parker, Mrs. A
C. Herbst, Mrs. L. G. Klenck, Mrs
c. D. Rowe, Mrs w, G. collars anc
Mrs ]. S. Peay.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14
Student Is
Victim Of
Accident
~
w. Raymond Dies as Result
of Gun Being Discharged
Accidentally.
LAD DROPS GUN,
SHOT ENTERS FACE

Willard Raymond, high school
student, was the victim of hunt
ing accident east of this city Sum-
day when a gun which he was car
rying was accidentally dropped and
discharged.
Along with several companions,
the young man was hunting ducks.
The lad had just shot one and was
holding it in his left hand displaying
it to his comrades. The gun, grip
ped in his right hand, slipped and
hit the running board of the car
and went off. The shot entered his
face.
He was rushed to the hospital at
Libby and from here taken to Spo-
kane where specialist treatment
might be accorded him. He sur
vived only two hours after reaching
that city According to doctors
report he died of internal hemor-
rhage. The accident happened at
approximately 8 o'clock near the
Fisher river bridge.
Willard was born April II, 1925,
in this city and has been resident
here since that time.
He is survived by his father and
one brother.
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic church this morning at 10
o'clock and he was laid to rest by
the side of his mother who preceded
him in death two years ago.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14
Juniors To Sponsor
Photography Contest

Members of the Junior Women's
club have begun arrangements to
sponsor an amateur photography
contest to be held in Libby this
winter and to be closed some time
in March. This will be the first
photography contest ever to be held
in Libby. Though a set of only
tentative rules has been drawn up.
to date, club members decided at
their last meeting to open the con-
test to all residents of Lincoln coun-
ty except judges and members of
their families. There are to be
various divisions of entries and
prizes will be awarded to winners
in each division. It is also planned
to have a grand prize picture Sc
lected by popular vote.
Club members voted to accept
Clay Parker'xsoffer to secure loan
exhibit of so national prize photo
graphs for the final night of the
contest. AT present plans are being
made to have the final exhibit in
the community club room of the
court house.
Also in the near future there will
be an contest to select name for
Libby's first photography contest.
Mrs. w. T. Brophy is chairman Of
the committee in charge of arrange
ments and other committee members
are Mrs. Gale Weidner, Miss Mary
Stevens and Miss Dolene Hugill.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14
Outstanding
Address By
Chaplain
~
Libby Woman's Club Hears
Interesting Discourse BY
Spokane Speaker.
SERIOUS DISCUSSION
OF TODAY'S PROBLEMS

The regular meeting of the Wo-
mems Club was held Tuesday after
noon at the community room, Mrs.
Otto Nordstrom presiding.
The presentation of the flag by
Mrs. w. c. collars was followed by
the group joining in the flag salute
and the reading of the collect. The
chairmen of the various committees
reported on their progress. Mem
bers voted five dollars each for the
Montana Children's Home and the
veterans at Fort Harrison. They
were urged to support the Red
Cross, giving if possible of time and
money. Since October Is, II under
nourished children have received
one pint of milk per day Club mem
bers gave their approval of pro-
posed Red Cross home hygiene
course to be given women, by a
registered nurse.
Mrs. w. Neils reported that the
community concert drive has been
successful and no tickets will be
sold after November Is.
Mrs. M. D. Rowland, chairman of
the program committee, presented
Mrs. W. Neils who read biography
of Franz Schubert and Johannes
Brahms. Miss Finney played two
beautiful selections by those great
composers. The first, 'Impromptu
in A Flat by Schubert, and Hun
garian Dance" by Brahms.
Chaplain Gleason of Fort Wright
spoke on Our National Defense .
Mr.. Gleason was in France % years
ago when the first World War was
ended, stayed over there for year
and saw the wild JOY of the people
when peace was finally signed ir
the War to end wars He said
The first World War cost us ire
nendous price. what will this cost.
The picture is changed from 1919
This great nation of ours is facing
danger, not only from Germany, but
Russia and Japan. We do not know
if we must defend ourselves against
one, both, or all three at once
Sooner or later they will have to be
dealt with. There's a job in the
Pacific that must be done. Russia is
not an army but philosophy o.
life coming when democracy is or
trial. There are intellectual men to-
day who claim democracy must
change and even if we destroyed
Russia by military means, the phil
osophy would still be left. The
advent of the aeroplane present.
new problems we never had to Wor.
ry about before. A few bombs
dropped in the right place coulc
put the Panama canal out of com
mission America must be prepared
for any eventuality. A year of mil
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-11-14
Will Publish
Entire List of
Registrars

The Western News begins this
week publication of the entire list
of registrants in Lincoln County
under the Selective Service Act. As
there were l047 who registered in
the county, it is evident that the
entire list cannot be published at
once. Hence a number will be Civ
en- each week until the full list has
been published.
The first figure in the list indi-
Gates the order in which registrant
will be called for duty The figures
in the second column are the serial
numbers given the registrants by the
local board Immediately after the
men were registered.
To save space postoffice addresses
are not spelled out Libby is desig-
mated by (L), Eureka by (E), For
tine (F), Rexford (R), Ural (U),
Warland (W), Troy (T), Leonia
(LE), Yak (Y), Trego (TR1, Gate
way (G).