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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
Blowing Out Electric
Bulb Becomes a Reality

They laughed when DR.. Phillips
Thomas. research engineer, told
them he WAS going TO blow out an
electric light
But, when Dr. Thomas blew his
breath on the bulb, out il went
This was only one of a number
of amazing demonstrations given by
DR. Thomas, of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing compa.
ny, at an Electric club luncheon in
Los Angeles, recently
Electricity's part in producing pre-
cision tools for the manufacture of
vital national defense equipment
was stressed by Dr. Thomas in his
talk, Electricity at Work
Using a "one-man laboratory, =
the speaker demonstrated how ultra
violet radiation killed teeming mi
croscopic life in a flash. 'explod-
ing" its tiny victims.
Furthermore, he played a set of
electric chimes with a common
fiashlight, and told of how the same
method could be employed to trans
NIT secret communications in war
time.
This can be accomplished. he
pointed out, by varying infra-red
rays in intensity with sound waves
Of spoken message. transferred
invisibly over space, and then re-
converting them into sound waves
at the receiving end.
With "stroboglow" lamp. Dr.
Thomas demonstrated how a COM
plicated design appearing on disc
Whirling at the speed of 1900 revo-
lutions minute could be made to
stand still"
While his astounded listeners mar
veled at what they beheld, he went
them one better increasing the
whirl of the disc to 5000 r. p. ms
and revealing still another de-
signl
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
National Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby. Mon
tana, up to and including 200 P.
M, September 2, 194l, for all mer-
charitable dead timber standing or
down and all live timber marked
or designated for cutting on an area
embracing 1000 acres within Sec
lions ; and 10, Ni2NW1, SEANW14
Wl2NEL4. NWASEA. Section IA
NWA, Nl2NEi4, SWl4NEA, WIZ
SEA, SlzSWA, NEASW14, Section
Is, T. 81 N, R. "a W. M. P. M,
Three Mile Greek, Kootenai Nation
al Forest. estimated to be 285 M It.
BIN of white pine, 730 M IT. BIN of
ponderosa pine, and 700 M #. BIN
| of larch, more or less. No bid OF
less than s740 per M #. BIN for
white pine, $500 per M #. BIN for
ponderosa pine, and S100 per M
It. BIN for larch will be consid-
cred The sum of $1,000 must be
deposited with each bid to be APP
piled on the purchase price, refund
ed or retained in part as liquidated
damages according to conditions of
sale. The right to reject bids the
acceptance of which would involve
the manufacture of saWlogs in a.
mill not located within the bound
aries of the Kootenai Management
Plan unit is reserved. In addition
to the above stumpage, 81 per M
tt. BIN for white pine, SITS per M
IT. BIN for ponderosa pine, and $50
per M fl. BIN for larch must be
covered into the Treasury of the
United States as part of the special
fund for paying the cost of disposal
OF defective and undesirable trees,
snags, slash, and other debris re-
sultlng from the cutting and logging
operation in sales of National For
est timber including this sale. Be
fore bids are submitted full in
formation concerning the timber,
the condition of sale and submission
of bids may be obtained from the
Forest Supervisor, Libby, Montana.
jy31-ag14-2t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
Defense Coordination
Seems Urgent Need

Sick as many of us are of the
very word Coordination, and tired
as we may be of hearing of the APP
polntment Of some new co-ordinator
to do this or that, it would appear
that there are few spots where CO.
ordination might be applied, and sit
uations which intelligent activity by
a co-ordinator might correct. All Of
which, of course, is with respect to
the national defense situation.
On the very serious side there is
the rivalry between OPM-the Of
fee Of Production Management,
headed by the famous pair of "ad-
visers' William S. Knudsen and Sid
rley Hill1nan--and OPAX, headed by
Leon Henderson.
OPAX believes that OPM is head
"a tor the discard, and that OPAX
Win Eventually take over its func-
lions, .OPM naturally regards OPAX
- 4 k4rhaps necessary but certain
\ unpleasant evil.
Neither Hill any real power. That
u comes from the President. Usu-
u. the Pfe6dent regards every
noR1em rs in the study stage"
er favorite expression OF
2.D.R., until 1t is brought to him for
Nd Qeeision.
Z 1haN h why, OF course, there has
Ken no duplication OF what Wood
DIV Wilson did III the last war,
when Bernard M. Raruch was ap-
fhinted chairman Of the War In
dslstries board and given wide pow
err. At the time there was quite
! bit Of criticism OF Baruch, natural
b, but In retrospect, and especially
ia comparison, the job he did then
looks pretty grand.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
Libby, Montana
LODGES

LODGES
l. 0. O. F. Cabinet chapter No So,
meets every Wednesday evening.
Ole Olson, N. G., and Ernest David
son, recording secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No. IS
meets End and 4th Thursdays at
Masonic Temple. Donald c. Har-
greaves, w. M, ]. F. McCully, sec
rotary.
Royal Arcn Masons. Libby lodge
No. 33 meets LIST and 3rd Wednes-
days at Masonic Temple Glen
Thorn, High Priest, J. F. McCully,
secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star. Libby
Chapter No. SO meets LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple. Mrs.
]. T. Brindley, Worthy Matron,
Marie Jaqueth, secretary.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899 meets
End and 4th Mondays at Moose hall.
Ted Kessel, Governor, Glen Leck-
rome, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1858 meets End and 4th
Wednesdays at the Moose hall.
Mrs. Bessie CloWers, oracle; Mrs.
Agnes Larsen, recorder.
Medora Rebekah Lodge No. So
meets Isl and 3rd Mondays at /. O.
Q. f. hall Mrs. E. Hampton, Noble
Grand and leila Britenbauh, sec
rotary.
A. O. u. w. meets the End Fri
day OF each month at the Legion
hall. Harry Hartle, w. M. and Yer
non Crotteau, secretary, Thelma X.
Mace, treasurer.
A. O. u. w. Junior Club meets
4th Friday of each month at Legion
Hall. Janet Johnston, M. W., Rosetta
Barr, secretary and Delina Carlson,
supervisor.
Libby Chapter LIE Molay meets
lst and 3rd Mondays. Masonic Tenn
pie. Jack Daggett M. c.; Ernest
Staley, Scribe.
PIT. A. meets the second Monday
of each month at the new Central
school. Mrs. Harold Thomson, pres
ldent, Mrs. James Clowers, secre-
tary. --
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Betty Mae Warrington, w. A..
Marian Fuller, secretary, Mrs .Chas.
Mace, mother adviser.
Women of the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. sos meets on the first
and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall. Nora Parker, Senior Regent
and Bessie Smith, recorder.
Theta Rho Club No. n meets LIST
and Bird Tuesdays in l. O. o. F. hall
at Ills p. m Alice McRell, presi-
dent; Harriet Wickum, recording
dent Harriet Wickum, recording
secretary. Mrs. r. L. DeRosia, ad-
wiser officer.
Libby Rod and Gun Club. Forrest
DeRosia, president; j. w. Farris,
secretary.
Kootenai Valley Grange meets LIST
and sra Fridays * month III Atneri-
can Legion Hall. Louis C, Ohlerich,
master; Mrs. Vera Mooney, secre-
tary.
- = = - - -
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
CERTIFICATE.

This is to certify that H. B. Wal
Lace, residing in Libby, Montana, /.
transacting business at Libby, If
the County OF Lincoln, State o,
Montana, under the assumed or fic.
hGous name of Lincoln Count,
Merchants Association.
H. B. WALLACE.
State of Montana
County Of Lincoln, SIS.
On this 7th day of July, 194l
before me Harold Hall, the under.
signed, Notary Public for Tho
State of Montana, residing at Lib,
by, Montana, personally appeared
Fl. B. Wallace, known to me to be-
the person whose name is sub
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31

scribed to the foregoing instrument.
and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed my
Notarial seal the day and year in
this certificate first above written.
HAROLD HALL,
Notary Public for the State of Mon
tana. Residing at Libby, Montana.
My commission expires Oct Is,
1871. il10-3l- at
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31

WAupApeF 0et1 new Xfeatmcnt
Builders report renewed interest
In wallpaper as 2 finish for walls ii
new and modernized homes. Al Z
result Of, technical progress within
the industry, q variety Of papers are
now available to suit any type Of in
terror. Hard, glossy finishes, metal
lie surfaces, basket weaves, cloth
reproductions, wood limitations and
old-fashioned embossed designs are
but a few of the styles on the mar
ket.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31

Sarge: Any of you lads know
anything about shorthand?n
Six men held up their hands.
Sarge: "Righto. They're short
handed in the cookhouse. Get a
move on you"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31

Help advertise the Libby country
as a tourists paradise. Mail out
copies of THE Kootenai" supple
ment to The Western News.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
Almost 'ickes Man
At One Time

He came near being an Ickes man
once. Ickes wanted him to take
charge of Bonneville, after j. D.
Ross died.
Il don't want it., Krug is report
ed to have said.
well, think the President will
draft YOU" Ickes is reported to
have said with a smile.
Before you start anything on
that, Krug is then alleged to have
remarked, you better find out how
would like to run Bonneville. I"
Ickes asked some questions, and
found that Krug did not believe
much in bureaucratic control from
Washington.
Krug was not drafted"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31

WASHINGTON. = A man worth
watching for the next year is ] A.
Krug, who is the really important
figure so far as electric power is
concerned in the Office of Produc-
ton Management.
The Importance of his johns only
part of the reason why he VIII bear
watching His job virtually is to run
the distribution of electricity in this
country. from the Atlantic to the
Pacific CO. II viii be krug. as
long as he ha'ds his present job,
who will determine whether "A can
have as much power as he wants for
his plant. and possibly TO get more
for hin--or to decide that A is
not entitled to but half or perhaps
none of what he is now using or
wants to use.
In other words, krug is by way
OF being the power czar OF this coun-
try, in the interest Of national de-
tense.
Now comes why Krug was ap-
pointed. He was eased into his pres
ent place primarily by David f.
Lilienthal, of the Tennessee Valley
authority, with some assistance IN
the push from Leland Olds, chair
man of the Federal Power commits
sion.
He is now being backed in his job
by those two rather astute gentle
men, not SO much because they love
him as because they do not want
something else. The something else
is Harold L. Ickes. Ickes wants to
be power car, and is reaching for
control of IVA as we'll as all the
other public power projects in the
land
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD

krug nerr poirer car
in interests of national
defense 'Co-Ordina-
tion' needed in defense
program.
bell Syndicate Nu Service
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
Another Scrap
For LiIienthoi

Lilientha is by way of having his
second big scrap INSIDE the adj
ministration. His first was with Ar
thur E. Morgan. but Morgan was
thrown out. There were plenty of
fireworks, and Lilienthal did not
emerge unscathed, but he won. and
in winning he finally had Franklin
d. Roosevelt in his corner, which
would make it bad for any opponent.
This time he is by no means GER
tain of having FD.R. in his corner.
Nobody is sure what the President
would do--whom he would favor.
Harold Ickes has always been
strong with the President, but he
has not won all of his fights which
we're taken to the White House for
settlement by any means. His
great strength at the White House
has always been, however. that he
seems, to F.D.R. If not to anybody
else, to be such a good loser
But Lilienthal and Odds have won
the first round. They have got Lilien-
thals man Krug in the key position
SO far as control of electricity is
rorrnrrnI
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY

Notice hereby following described real
situate Lincoln County will be sold public
August the Sixteenth O
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-07-31

Together
belonging
Terms of Sale Cash where $4,000
$4,000 (20 will required the
balance Of which be paid contract
Dated this 9th of July
Montana
y17-31-3t ELDON ]. SCHUCK County Clerk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
TRIP on CLIPPER SHIP

Another carly experience which
may indicate some grounding IN
her son was Mrs RooSeVelt'S
voyage with her mother 10 China
on clipper ship. -Four months
after departure from America. she
Joined her father in Hong Kong.
Returning TO the United States
from Hong Kong via~ Europe. the
DelanoS made a Stop-over in Paris.
There over a balcony railing young
sara had her first contact with
royalty when she informally waved
10 and exchanged greeting. with
Princess Eugene
Back in the United States the
large family Of Warren and Cath
crime Dclano were reunited, for
Sara was the seventh of IL chill
drcn She had four sisters who in
the Hudson River Valley became
known as tho five beautiful Del
ano daughters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
Life of ROOSeyeIt'S Mother
at S. She Lived Only Elected Thrice Presidency
Studied Abroad; Had Been WidoW Since 1900

Park home with his distant cousin,
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
Just "a Franklin was finishing
school an Groton prior 10 entering
Harvard James Roosevelt, his
father, died
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt
sent her son 10 Harvard. She had
spent 20 happy sheltered years OF
married life with James Roose-
welt in an atmosphere of tradition
and dignity. A. a widow she lived
quietly and almost entirely alone.
4 year after her son graduated
from Harvard, she was pleased "a
see hint marry the same Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt with whom he
had played as a child.
She was a widow with one child
and her interest centered in this
child, his wife and his children and
later their children. She saw her
son start out in politics. She
watched him rise from a member
OF the Legislature of the State OF
New York where he was one
among some 200 until he was the
President of the United States
His life was her life. She wrote
biography of her famous son. In
il she told how close death had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
Brother. A.
Doubted as
Slayer
Time, stan Correspondent

FLINT. Sept s A 4-ycar-old
boy could not have welded p 3i4-
pound AK sufficiently 10 InAicl
fatal wounds on his S-month>-oiC
sister Sheriff Thomas W Wolco''
charged today in ordering an cN.
hau>tlve inquiry into the death OF
Elizabeth Maxine Beard>lce o
near Gaines.
UndershcfiG Don G Carmichac
reported the hoy Martin, had at
T5ft-Ft-ti ms SISTER with tF1r' aV
Dr James * Sutherland. Ccnc>c,
County coroner expressed m,
opinion death was caused by Z
knife
The baby was found. bleeding
from nine Sla>hcs 10y an older ,i>-
ter returning from school The
an vas near hy
The father Harold Bcard>ico
an auto worker, scoffed a tht
claim his son caused tine death
lie said
MY wife had gone 10 neigh
bors and believe some one
was hiding In I he shrubbery
around the house and when she
left went into the house and
found the children.
Martin said he hid when the
baby started crying. My wife
found him hiding under the corn
crib near the barn"
However neighbor who wa,
%, work near by SAID no ono
could have approached The house
without beng noticed.
Sheriff deputies reported ;
sister, Edna Beardslec ~ tolr
them she had wiped the hloor
from The az and washed u Will
water.
Doctor Sutherland claimed 'h'
wounds were inflicted 10y a ycT!
angry person
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
4 Held as kiainapers
Girl, is, Included 5h Is Hunted Of Victims
Forced Into Trunk of DUN Car IS Hours

trcS> signal 10 attract attention.
But that's all I could do. was
afraid II I shouted they'd kill
me. They had two reVOIVerS."
Late Saturday night the gang
forced another car 10 the curb on
Brush street and held up the oc-
cupantS. Jewell Webb -. and
Hubert Mclaughlin q. both Of
1917 West Boston boulevard, rob-
blng Mclaughlin OF SIT.
For the first time since Friday
night. the gang let Pekarovic out
of the trunk. but forced him 10
climb into the back seat Of his
car Palmer and Love then climbed
into McLaughlin'S car. forced him
into the back seat. and started
driving again. After several hours
OF riding around, they ran out OF
gas IN Crosse Pointe Shores
While they were obtaining more
gas Mclaughlin escape n q
turned in the license number OF
his car, and Webb was released.
Two hours later. Palmer and
Love and the girl. who was driv-
ing dhe car. were arrested Mean
while. the other two members OF
the gang had driven Pekarovic 20
the place where he had been kid
mapped and let him out. Shortly
afterward one of the two men
was arrested with his car.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
HUSBAND DIED IN 1900

There was one son by the mar
riagc Franklin Dclano Roosevelt
who was IS years old when his
father died IN 1900
4 luncal line combines the
families of President Theodore
Roosevelt and the present chief
executive.
The Presidents mother was
reared IN an atmosphere Of Hud-
son Valley wealth and culture.
Tutored by governoreSSeS during
her Newburgh y. Y childhood,
she put IN four years OF study
in Germany and France later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
.SeIfridSe
Planes Inn
.ManeUVerS

Americas newest fighting air.
planes were flying in maneuvers
today for the first time on this
continent when 25 PISS and
30 P-43's from Selfridge Field
were reported to have arrived
safely in New Orleans for army
war games.
With the new ships were %
AiracobraS tP-39's). Another so
lAiracobras will leave tomorrow
and Wednesday.
The Selfridge ships will be sta
toned at prepared bases in New
Orleans. Beaumont, Tex, Jackson,
Miss, and Natchitoches. La.
The First Pursuit Group, includ-
ing the new ships, is under COM
mand Of Maj. Robert S. Israel Jr.
Mai. John r. Hawkins is in COM
mand of the 31st Squadron (the
Airacobras) on its farewell flight
from Selfridge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
Big Enrolment
At Wayne Seen

Freshmen registration al Wayne
University this week is expected
TO equal that Of 1910 despite the
attraction of good jobs in industry
and the entrance OF many proSpec-
tive students into the services.
university authorities predicted
today.
The registration for freshmen
will commence at $50 a. m. to-
morrow and continue through Fri.
day Upper claSSmen and part
time students will begin regiStra.
ton today. Classes begin next
Monday.
Wayne University will Offer
many courses this year designed
10 aid in the defense program in
Guiding many courses in the fields
of air defense, industrial produc-
ton, medicine and nursing.
Improved courses in retail sell
ing are being offered TO meet the
shortage of experienced personnel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
I'm Mourning

WASHINGTON. Sept. S.-Of-
fetal Washington. today mourned
the untimely death Of the Presi-
dents mother, Mrs. Sara Delano
Roosevelt. in her Hyde Park home
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
and Mrs. Hull sent the following
message OF sympathy to the Presi-
dent
Mrs. Hull and extend our
heartfelt sympathy 10 YOU and
10 the family in the passing of
your mother.
I'VE feel a deep sense of per-
SOnal loss by reason of the warm
personal friendships existing be-
tween us and Mrs. Roosevelt for
many years.
Her high ideals, splendid
character and remarkable per-
sonality endeared her To genera
tiOnS of Americans.
"She was one OF the finest and
nOblest women we ever knew and
she held IA deep and abiding place
in our affections"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08

-Four suspected mcmbcrS of a
ladnap gang. including a l6-year-
old girl. all Negroes. were jallcd
today on charges of kidnapping
three men over the weekend rob
binc them and forcing ono Of tho
victims to ride IN The trunk OF his
car - hours.
Held arc Gilmore Palmer -. Of
52i5 MckiAStry avenue: Gcrtha
Love. Is. Of SD East Ferry street.
Alfred Cohen %. of sal 81. An
tome street and the girl.
Cohen and Love have admitted
the two kidnaplngS Lieut. Edward
Jankow said. a fifth member of
the gang Is sought.
The first kidnapping that Of vii
liam Pekarovic. -. auto worker
OF SOi5 Walhridgc avenue. &C.
currcd last Friday night The
took ms car and 81 from him.
locked hm IN the trunk of his
car and then went ridInC. Pekaro-
VIC said the gang rode steadily all
day Saturday with hum locked in
The trunk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
International New. >.r,,c. wiz.

HYDE PARK. y. y. Sept. 8
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, who
died here in her eighty-seventh
year. had distinction of which
no other could boast Her only
son was thrice elected President
OF The United States and she
lived 10 see him lead the nation
through one OF its most perllous
cpOchS.
The Presidents mother was
born September y. 1854, coming
from a family, that distinguished
ttSrff and f1f6Spttrti IN tf1c early
China trade. Her father was
Warren Dclano. a banker, and her
mother was the former Katherine
Robbins Lyman, Of Northampton,
Massachusetts
ON October :. 1880 Sara Dclano
married James Roosevelt, New
York lawyer more than 20 years
her senior.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-08
Once Wealthy
Miner Dies a
Second Death
Declared Dead
Legally in 1884,
Body in Morgue

A DPW garbage collector who's,
body is in the county morgue Was
revealed today as oncc-WcalihS
Pennsylvania mine operator why
was declared legally dead sever
years ago. after having vanished
from his home 10 years before.
He is George Fox. 63, who died
in Receiving Hospital after police
found him in a semi-conScIous
state last Wednesday He never
fully gained consciousness.
A married dauGh cr. Mrs
Thelma Ritzert 40. Of Chicora
Pa. who arrived by plane shortly
after her fathers death told the
story of his disappearance.
Mrs. Ritzert revealed her father
once had a monthly income rang
ing as high as $1,000 She sand
Father ran three mines and
during the last World War they
produced coal selling for as much
as SIS ton. After the war
things went bad. Dad 90 10
- drinking. He finally was broke.
I'm February, 1924, he left
y home telling III ne was going Ia
Tulsa, Okla, To begin anew. lie
was terribly hurt. Two months
later we received letter from
him from Oklahoma-the last
we ever heard from him"
FoxS wife. Lillian. and th'
daughter were forced 10 shut ioi
themselves. Seven wears ago, Mrs
Fox. 81. died shortly before
Pennsylvania court declared Foo
legally dead.
The court action made payable
q $500 insurance policy which haC
been assigned TO pay of FoN las
debt.
Piecing together details Of h'
life since he left his family va
Mrs. Katherine Kibler so OF 2l3'
Buchanan avenue. FoNS landlad,
for the past IL years. She rcVCalc'
he had been with the DPW here
for l3 years.
GNIlf ltidtfht
George FoN roomPd with rs
when we ran hotel on Eliza
beth street. He moved with ~
over on Buchanan. Years after
he came 10 room with ~. he
told about his wife and
daughter.
He gave us their address
only after we promised We
would not notify them except
n he died"
Mrs. KILLERS husband Charles
go. sent the telegram which sum
moned Mrs Rit7crt. Tho latter
husband said his fathor-ln-lav
would have Fine burial II ]
takes the last cent | got
An inquest was TO bc pcriormc'
today to determine cause O
death.