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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25

realize that 80 per cent of the mate
rial of which the bungalow will be
built is still plentiful, not on the
critical list and not even subject
to priorities, ii is probable that
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith can have their
new home by next spring.
Certainly, steel, copper, zinc and
, aluminium are important to the
home building industry, but their
association with residential con-
struction has largely come about
within t1e last SO years. There
were miAions of homes constructed
on this ointment before these ma
terials, With one single exception
mails l<Mere available to home
builders.
Use Your Ingenuity
John Smiths government is say
ing to him. you may build your
home. but you will have to find
your own material This is another
way of saying to Mr. Smith How
ingenious and how resourceful are
your"
Americans have always had a rep
uta|ion for finding many ways of
taking the skin off the cat! The
challenge this time is clear-find
a substitute for 10 per cent of the
materials needed to build a house
and you can still have your house.
This should not be too difficult for
nation of inventors. There are
plenty of bricks, cement blocks, lots
Of lumber, ample supplies of wood
shingles for roofs, plenty of plas-
ter-and these will build the shell
of any home The problem will
come in the mechanical depart
ment-the plumbing and heating.
We can substitute wood for metal
gutters-timber beams for steel
beams-and do without the damper
in the fireplace. We will probably
be able to get our nails because
you will remember that the Al
locations Board said-"the use of
any appreciable quantities of crit
ical materials"
What about plumbing and heat
ing? Plumbing fixtures are attached
to house after 1t is substantially
complete. Most of them may be
changed after house is built, with
out undue difficulty. This means
that the bath may be "roughed in"
and left without fixtures, If neces-
sary. Soil pipe needed for rough
ing in is not made of steel, but
cast iron, and should not be too diff
ficult to get In many instances
sections may be replaced
with tile. Considerable galvanized
pipe is still available and the small |
quantity required for ''roughing in
4 residence may often be found in
The secondhand market.
Mcct ropfyn1 Haaf,rU {txnr- Lrxv~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25

is of the type known as winter air.
conditioning, which involves the use
of heated air forced through a sys.
tenn of ducts. The heating unit it.
self is ordinarily quite independent
of the house and, like the wash
bowl or the toilet, may be installed
following construction. The ducts,
on the other hand, must be built in.
Can we find substitute for the
galvanized iron they use? Why not
line stud and rafter spaces, prop
erly laid out to form hot and cold
air conduits, with asbestos, Such
system will work. This will per
NIT construction of house to pro-
coed and the furnace to be installed
when it is available. Meanwhile
our home, provided it is not too
large. may be heated with one or
two efficient. new, oil-burninR space
heaters, which still seem to be avail
able everywhere.
Suggestions for substitutions must
naturally vary according to climate
and design habits in the various
oarts of the United States. But
ew simple facts seem to have shak-
IN themselves down from the vel
ter OF uncertainties facing prospec-
tive home builders:
|. Government bans are not di-
rected at home building, but at the
use Of certain kinds of materials.
2. Although important, these ma
terials account for only q small
percentage OF those needed to build
the average house.
3. Basic materials are still avail
able in abundance.
4. Home building can proceed in
direct proportion to the ability of
the home building industry to find
substitutes for 10 per cent OF the
material needs.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25
A CORRECTION

Despite careful inquiry among
Libby acquaintance before the pub-
fishing of the item last week to the
effect that Mr.. and Mrs. George
Ikeda had been taken into custody
as enemy aliens, it now turns out
that the report was wholly untrue.
A man with whom Mr.. Ikeda Is
employed in Boomers Ferry. was
IN Libby Monday and said Mr..
ikeda was not taken intoa- custody
at any time and that he is stiff
employed at his usual work On
The railroad section at Boomers
Ferry.
The Boomers Ferry man said the
error might have been due to the
fact that Ikeda was called TO White
fish over week ago to testify in
case in district court. Those see
ing him enroute might have mis-
construed his presence on the train.
Il. B. Wallace of Libby also re-
ports that Mr.. and Mrs. Ikeda did
not suddenly come to Libby in :
rush to dispose of their real estate
here. He said the property had been
listed with him for sale some time
ago. and that the sale had been
made before war broke out. Mr..
Wallace also said he had heard
both the 1kedas expressing opin-
ions that voiced their unquestioned
loyalty to the United States. The
Bonners Ferry man reports that
John Ikeda, their son, had tried to
enlist in the army some time ago
but could not pass. John, he said, is
gong to try to enlist again soon
and hopes he will be accepted this
time. A
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25

Groom house partly furnished.
Inquire at this office. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25

Miss Irene Measure, student at
Northwestern Business college in
Spokane is home for a two-weeks'
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Measure.
Elmer Stevens arrived Tuesday
from Loomis, Wash, to spend
Christmas with his mother. Mrs
Irene Stevens, and with other rela-
tiyes
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25
St. Johns Lutheran Church
The Friendly Churchn

Sunday, Dec. %.
Holy Communion will be ceIe-
brated. The regular service begins
at Il a. m, the preparatory service
a. 1880 a. m. There will be no
Sunday school.
, Wednesday evening, Dec. 21st,
Special New Years Eve service
Fl L. PFOTENHAUER.
Pastor.
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60 Aheod
With the
"Dreom House" !!
CONTINUED from Page !.

NNWItIIfuEu ITUff T dEe :.
II does, if John Smith insists up
on steel beams in his basement.
metal windows, copper water pipes,
a copper roof over the bay window,
metal cutters and down spout. But
If John Smith, his architect, his
contractor. and his material dealer
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25
Shoppin' Aroun'
BY E. M. B.
.
BY E. M. B.

Shoppin' Aroun' is as sorry
As Shoppin' Aroun' can be
That Shoppin' Aroun' couldn't get
aroun'
To write Shoppin' Aroun' for theel
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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CLASSIFIED


For Sale-liz acre tract, 5-room
modern house, just outside city linn
its.-E. 0. Bergstrom. II
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-12-25

For Sale-Two counters suitable
for bar or restaurant-Wm. Brouil-
lard, at old court house. II
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Two u. 5. Ship|oads
OF Supplies Reported
Sent 10 French Africa
Further Shipments Hinge
On Viehy's Response to
Collaboration Drive
BY LLOYD LEHRBAS,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

The United States, it was learned
authoritatively today, has sent two
slniplcads of badly needed supplies
to French North Africa, but further
shipments are being withheld pend
ing clarification of the colonies role
In the event Of any closer "ccllab-
grafton" between France and Ger
many.
At least one tanker laden with
American oil and petroleum prod
ucts has arrived IN Casablanca, the
colonies only Atlantic port outside
the combat zone, and another tank
er is now en- route. it was learned.
diplomatic talks were report
ed under way here earlier this
month, looking to resumption
of normal trade between the
United States and Morocco, Al
.geria and Tunisia, but the news
that some supplies had been sent
was the first indication that any
agreement had been worked out0
Since the tankers cleared Amer
lean ports, however, swiftly chang
ing developments in the North AZ
rican situation-due to intensified
German pressure on France for
closer collaboration said to
have caused American and British
officials to mark time before rush.
ing any more shipments.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
18th Annual Iris Show
Will Open Saturday

The 25th annual iris show of the
Takoma Horticultural Club will be
held in the auditorium of the Ia.
koma School, Piney Branch road anc
Dahlia street NV. from 3 to 8 pm
Saturday and from 10 am. to pm
Sunday.
Awards will be made late Satur.
day afternoon. w. H. Youngman il
chairman Of the show. which is beins
sponsored by the club and the
American Iris Society.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
House Votes, 81 to 4o, to Cut
interior Agent Off Pay Roll
DR.. Gruber's Book
Backs Communism,
Tober Says on Floor

The House voted, "a to 40, yester-
day to remove from the Interior
Department pay roll DR.. Ruth Cru
Der of New York, recently appointed
field agent, after Representative Ia
Der, Republican, Of New York told
his colleagues it was their RESPONSE
bility ito see to it that the propa
CATION of Communism is stopped by
the Interior Department"
Despite conciliatory efforts by sew
eral Representatives. the House ap-
proved an amendment to the In
terror Department appropriation bill
offered by Mr. Taber to forbid pay
ment to DR.. Gruber of any money
appropriated for Alaska.
Secretary of Interior Ickes ap-
pointed DR.. Gruber April IT to make
a social and economic study OF
Alaska. A native Of Brooklyn, she
holds a Phi. D. from Cologne Uni
versity and also studied at New York
University, Mount Holyoke, Harvard
and the University of Wisconsin
The author of recently published
book, Il Went to the Soviet Repub-
lic," DR.. Gruber also has contributed
to several leading newspapers.
Taber Waves the Book.
Arising on the floor of the House
yesterday. Mr. Taber waved the book
aloft and declared:
She has written a book in which
she expresses her CommunistiC
philosophy in 300-odd pages. Any
of us who vote to pay this woman
salary is not fit to sit here In the
House of representatives
Representative Bulwinkle, Demo.
crat, of North Carolina demanded
to know what Dr.. Gruber had done
'"The book shows the whole story
1t speaks for ITSELF" Mr.. Taber re-
Evening star., 1941-05-15

shall 60 back and bathe again in
the Yenisei at Molokov Island. take
midnight walks in Igarka, work with
its newspaper people and pioneers,
get up at dawn at polar station.
swim in the Arctic Ocean and rush
back to q steaming breakfast shout
ing "Zdravstvuitye" until that full
mouthed greeting seems to ring
across the Arctic"
Mr.. johnson demanded to know
what was so shocking about that.
Sometimes I wish I might be able
to 60 back to Europe" he said.
About the only thing she wanted
to do was to take q BATH" Mr.. Bull
Wrinkle put in.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Duke Alumni to Heur
Former Dean Miller

Associate Appeals Justice Justin
Miller will address the local chap
ter of the Duke Alumni Association
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Mayfiow-
er Hotel. He formerly was dean
of the Duke law school. He will dis
cuss the place Of the lawyer in the
world today.
Two professors from the Duke law
school will also be speakers as well
as a former professor, Thomas j.
Billing, now assistant general coun-
sci for the Social Security Board.
Former Secretary Of Commerce
Daniel Roper, also a Duke gradu-
ate, is expected to speak.
Evening star., 1941-05-15

piled, adding, "It is Soviet propa-
ganda Of the worst type"
Representative johnson called for
q quotation from the book.
Until some one reads I am not
going to condemn" he declared.
Representative Mason, Republican,
of Illinois, who was holding the
volume, read aloud its closing SEN
tence:
"'But I know that some day
Evening star., 1941-05-15
7,209 Work for Red Cross

Gen. F. r. Keefer, chairman of
the District chapter of the Red
Cross has announced in the monthly
report for April that 1909 volunteers
workers gave l03,l33 hours of serv-
ice to the chapter.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Enters Appeals Court Bor

Miss Sara r. Lerch. president of
the Columbian Women of George
Washington University, was ad-
nitted to the bar of the United
states Court Of Appeals yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
6. W. U. Newspaper Wins
; intercollegiate Awards
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, April 90
George Washington University's
student publication captured three
awards today in division two of the
intercollegiate Newspaper Associa-
ton of the Middle Atlantic States
competition.
The awards were announced dur
ing the groups semiannual meeting
at Lehigh University.
The news and sports awards and
local advertising honors went to
George Washington. The only other
division two event, editorials, was
won by Swarthmore College.
In division one, Muhlenberg Col
lege was voted the news prize;
Gettysburg College, the editorials
and sports award, while Alfred
IN. " College gained honors in
local advertising.
The association selected John M.
Roach of Lehigh president, Bruce
Skaggs, George Washington, vice
president: Jean Ledy, Beaver Col
lege, secretary; Kenneth K. Post of
Lehigh faculty, executive secretary,
and w. M. Burditt of Alfred faculty,
executive treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
LAWN FENCING

Sold In length you need.
Heavy gauge, galvan- n.
lied, SO" high. Lin. #. DC
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Search for Two Missing
Sisters, Il and 10, Pressed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 90
City and State police today broad
ened a search for two young sis
ters, mysteriously missing since
they started for school last Monday.
The girls, Euline Hicks, u, and
her 10-year-old sister Juanita.
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Hicks, handed their books to an
other child to place on their desks
and disappeared.
Police said they had uncovered
no motive for their disappearance
or any hint of foul play.
Were up against a blank wall"
Police 1t. w. M. Stanley said. We've
contacted all the relatives we could
find and continue to run down re-
ports that the girls have been seen
but with no success"
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Mrs. julia A. Stout, go,
Dies at Kensinqton
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KENSINGTON, Md, April 90
Mrs. Julia A. Stout, 80, died of a
heart attack today at the home Of
her niece, Miss Ruth Armstrong.
She was the widow of David E
Stout and had lived here about IS
years. She was a native of Rush
vile, Ind.
The funeral will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at Miss Armstrong;
home. The Rev. Wendell s. Tred-
lex, jr., pastor of Warner Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Kensington,
will conduct the services and burial
will be in indianapolis.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
WesternDe Debaters Win
High School Contest
Held at 6. W. u.
Three Scholarships
Are Prize for Beuting
Wilson in Finals

The debate team from Western
High School yesterday won the an
nual George Washington University
high school debate tournament in
finals against the team from Wood
row Wilson High. The winners re-
ward consists of three one-year tu-
ition scholarships to the university.
The winners had the negative of
the question Resolved, That the
Power of the Federal Government
Should Be Increased" The victory
was the sixth for Western teams
during eight years the tournament
has been held.
Three Get Scholarships.
The winning team consisted of
Nancy O'Rourke of 1921 Massachu-
etts avenue NV. Ann Evans, 1900 @
street NV; Martha Reed, 260l
Thirty sixth street NV; Robert
Gingell, Bethesda, Md, and Frank
Mullin, 3O44 N street NV. The final
lists team was composed of Miss
Evans, Miss Reed and Mullin. The
scholarships, however, will go to
Miss Eveans, Miss ORourke and
Gingell, since they are seniors and
the other two are juniors.
Seven high school debate teams
took part in a series of elimination
contests, which were held during
the day in the Hall of Government.
All debated the question OF more
power for the Federal Government.
Other schools participating, in ad-
dition to Western and woodrow
Wilson, were Roosevelt, Eastern,
Central and Mckinley of Washing
ton, and City College of Baltimore,
Md.
Oregon Plan Used.
The modified Oregon plan of de-
bate was followed, in Which each
team cross examines members of
the opposing team. Judges of the
final contest were Profs. Dewitt
Bennett and Charles Cole of the
university faculty, and Cole Reasin,
a former varsity debate team men,
ber
The winning debaters were
coached by Blake s. Root, history
teacher at Western. Mike McKool,
a member of the George Washington
University debate team, acted as
chairman and w. Hayes Yeager,
Depew professor of public speaking,
was in charge.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
DC. Boy Is VoIedictorion
At Fishburne School

Daniel DeYoung, jr., of 1851 Six
teenth street NV. has been named
valedictorian of the graduating class
at Fishburne Military School,
Waynesboro, Va, it was announced
yesterday.
Commencement exercises are to
be held May 80 to June with Maj.
Gen. Charles Evans Kilbourne, SUI
perintendent of Virginia Military
Institute, delivering the principal
address.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Mrs. Cook to Lecture
On Christian Science

Mrs. Louise Knight Wheatley
Cook, G. S. B., of Kansas City, Mo,
will deliver a free lecture on Chris
tian Science: Its Message of JOY
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon in
Constitution Hall
Mrs. Cook is a member of the
Board of Lectureship of the Mother
Church, the First Church of Christ
Scientist in Boston. She will be
introduced by John w. Palmer, jr.,
first reader of Third Church. The
lecture is sponsored by the Chris
tian Science churches in the Dis
trict of Columbian.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Presbyterian Home
Board Elects Officers

The Board of Managers of the
Presbyterian Home, 1918 Newton
street NV. held its annual meeting
in the home yesterday and elected
the following officers for the year:
Mrs. A. C. Oliphsnt, president;
Mrs. Alfred E. Barrows, first vice
president; Mrs. Henry B. Wooding
second vice president; Mrs. H. O.
Plugge, third vice president; Miss
Katrina Harvey, fourth vice presi-
dent; Mrs Otis B. johnson, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Dora K. Muir,
corresponding secretary: Mrs. Maud
L. Girts, treasurer, and Mrs. A. o.
Pienkowsky, assistant treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Rev. Joseph N. Stadelman.
Formerly OF 6. u, Dies

NEW YORK, April 26.-The Rev.
Joseph M. Stadelman, S. j., 49,
founder and director Of the Xavier
Free Publication Society for the
Blind, died today.
Although Father Stadelman had
been confined to his room since
1885 by a hip ailment, he did not
give up active direction of the So
ciety.
He taught modern languages, po-
litical economy and classics at BoS-
ton College, ST. Francis Xavier Col
lege in New York and Georgetown
University. He was a native of
AlSace, France.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Hawk, Crow Bounties Urged

WINCHESTER, Va, April 26
(SpeciaD The Frederick County
Game and Fish Protective Associa-
ton was on record today as favoring
local bounties on hawks, crows and
foxes, and a committee has been
appointed to urge such action by the
Board of Supervisors. Crows and
hawks now may be killed at any
time, but the county pays no boun-
ties. Foxes are under protection.
Evening star., 1941-04-27

Enduring Red Cedar 21a"
wide, 4 TT. high. r.
Gothic head. Each. IC
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Gen. SomerveII to Speak

Brig Gen. Brehon Somervell,
assistant to the Army quarter
master general, will speak on Con-
struction Activities for the National
Defense" before the Washington
Society of American Military En-
gineers at 1890 pm. tomorrow in
the Army-Navy Club.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
FoIIs Church Students Win

Two students from Jefferson High
School, Falls Church, Va, won places
yesterday in the first annual COM
mercial contest at Mary Washing
ton College, Fredericksburg, Va. Earl
Case was awarded first place in
bookkeeping and Miss Marian Haze
berle won second places in penman-
ship and shorthand.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08
CONSTRUCTION, JUNEAU FIELD, TO BE PUSHED
DELEGATE DIMOND SAYS LO CATIONS, AMOUNTS ARE
 STILL TENTATIVE

The plan of the Government is to push construction of recently announced national defense air. fields as fast as possible, Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has notified the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
 With reference to the recent an nouncement that of $40, ,000 for such fields, Alaska would get $3,000,000 Dimond said no sur veys had be2n completed at any of the proposed Alaska bases and that locations and amounts were still tentative.
 Fields proposed for Alaska in the announcement were: Juneau $500,000; a like amount for Ruby, Nome, Big Delta, and Boundary Cordova $40O,OOO; and Kotzebue $1OO,OOO.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08
MirOW Air Service
 Activities

Sunday - Pilot Sassen return ed from Anchorage. Passengers were: Mir. and Mrs. Leonard Kro hlow. The plane also carried freight for Moses Point and ex- press for Nome.
 Monday - Sasseeen made the monthly mail trip to St. Lawrence Island. Passengers were two children: Bertha Apodruk and Tommy Utaziak.
 Tuesday - Sasseen flew the tri motor to Shishmaref for a load of live foxes, destination Seward.
 Wednesday - Sasseen flew to Anchorage with a load of foxes and three passengers: George Go shaw, Howard Woods and Ain sley Voss.
 Bill Lund returned to Nome Monday from the down river mail run.
 Bud Brown left today for Un- alakleet and Nulato and is due back Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08
NEWS ITEMS Eskimo Is Burned Death On Sandspit

About three o'clock Tuesday morning Fred Chase, who lives on the Sandspit, awakened and discovered a neighboring cabin ablaze. The local Fire Depart ment noticing the light from the blaze went to the scene but the fire had already reached such pro portions that no assistance was of any avail. The cabin was burn ed to the ground and the remains of Melvin Asitona, the Eskimo owner, were found within the ruins.
 Investigation disclosed that Asitona had been drinking the previous day and that he became so abusive, his wife and five children, the oldest of whom is twelve, left the house about 2 pm. and came into town. It is understood that this was not the first occasion they had found this action necessary.
 About II p. m. Asitona was found on the river near his home in a drunken condition, and MT. and Mrs. Billiken took him to his house, it was reported. Un- der the circumstances the exact origin of the fire could not be as- certained.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08
Wien Airlines
 Activities

Jan. 8 - Pilot Wien returned to Nome from Fairbanks yester- day with Rev. J. You'll and E. L. Bartlett and express.
 Express was taken to Koyuk and Haycock. Lena Bahnke was a passenger to Nome from Bluff on ths return trip.
 A trip is scheduled for Wales tomorrow with Rev. J. Youel.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08
Greetings to Seward Peninsula

MT. Bartlett said he was asked to convey to Seward Peninsula resident the greetings of James J. Connors, Collector of Customs for Alaska, and of Gov. Gruen- ing. MT. Connors lived on the Peninsula for many years in the early days.
 "A Nome man of whom you well can be proud' said MT. Bart lett lis Russell Maynard, Direct or since last spring of the Terri torial Department of Public Vel fare. MT. Maynard has done a splendid job in most difficult position and has proven himself to be a highly competent admin istrative officer"
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08

The fire department was called to a fire at a cabin across from the GAIA quarters on B Street. The fire was of the overloaded chimney variety. No damage re- suited.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-08
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

That unique and humorous and typical Alaskan stationery "Sourdough Roadhouse Letter heads and Envelopes, have beer brought strictly uptodate, and are now available at the Nugget of6 oa