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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14
Clark Appointed
To Draft Board

Official notification was received
late last week that Fred F Clark
Will take over the position on the
local draft board left vacant by the
death of J. w. Barrett.
The other two members of the
board are Carlton Joughin and p.
T. Metler.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14
Outdatcd

Scientists say the still extant spiny
anteater of Australia was out of date
in construction 10000, 900 years ago.
Had It run true to type, they say.
it would have disappeared from the
earth about 100000 900 years ago.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14
SPEED LIMIT

In the interest of public safety,
a speed limit of 10 miles per hour
is placed on the Kootenai River
bridge. The same will be enforced
by the State Highway patrol of
ficer.
BY the Order of
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMITS
SI(JNERS a 4
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

mai Valley Girls!
A culvert on a street corner at
the intersection of Louisiana and
No 2 highway has again caused a
bit of grief to an unsuspecting mo-
torist The one We speak of
hit the protruding pipe and blew
tire out, running both tire and
tube and denting a rim This
is not the first experience of this
kind. it is understood Seems
as though the city should get busy
about the deal and do bit of re-
A bit of information that might
prove interesting
During 1910 l,573,34l gallons of
ice cream were produced in the
State of Montana The value
of said product in that year was
sls870, 800
This is quite different from 1888
when prohibition was repealed, for
during that year the number of
gallons produced was only 510.944
with value of s562,038.
Business conditions over the state
are much better now than they
were 10 years ago, according to
"Montana's Production issued by
the University In 1880 there
were l53 business failures in the
state compared to only Il during
1910 and at the present time there
are 1926 companies in business in
Interesting little facts.
There were 1881 .566 local and
toll telephone calls made in the
state during l941 there are
b5,605 telephones in the state with
pole line mileage of 1894 repre-
senting an investment of S15,675, TAG
:. -. the number of pounds Of wool
produced in 1910 was %, 462, 900
with a value of S8,036, 900
Here is a little item that Libby
ties might chew on for the next six
or eight months according to
the Montana Highway Department
there were 980, 440 out-of-state tour
lists who travelled by automobile in
to Montana in 1910 They spent ap-
proxlmately S25,000.000.00. With our
highways improving we should get
a pretty large slice of that tourist
money if we let the tourists
know of the vacation possibilities
here Think it over,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

Ann But if I marry I'll lose my
job"
Dan: Can't we keep our mar
riage secret2"
Ann: But suppose we have a
baby9n
Dan. "Oh, we can tell the baby.f
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14
Creative Spirit

A human being is a focusing
point OF spiritual force and material
supply, expressing in terms Of mind
and body the eternal creative spirit.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

Three out of four executives IN
the steel industry started at produc-
ton jobs IN the mills and worked
their way up.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

A recent survey of industrial ex-
ecutives showed that n per cent
We're church members.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14
oIIINEIEIy,
MURDOCH MACDONALD.

Mr.. Macdonald is advertising
manager of the Missoula Mercantile
Company, one of the largest bust
ness firms of western Montana.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

CUFF
By Hal
x&&..xt.1.1s.,.,.s..s....s

Could anybody tell me what has
become of those streamlined Koote-
mai Valley Girls
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

A bit of information that might
prove interesting
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

For Rent-Five room house. Ola
Dakota. Walter Johnson, just off the
end of east Second street. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

House for rent Inquire of Earl
Buckingham jeweler, or call
27-F-21. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

WANTED - Housekeeper for g.
months Starting Sept. for 2 high
school children.-Mrs. Lulo Olsen
Eureka, Montana 1T
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

Wood for Sale--Dry tamarack or
green fir, 10 ricks or more, SITS
a rick, under 10 ricks, $500 a rick.
Phone 20 r %. 12-15I
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

For Electric water pump.
gasoline engine and other tools
Mrs. Bertha Kienitz. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

Modern house, in or out of city
limits, for sale or trade for smaller
place.-Gilbert ST. Marie. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14

Furnished roome. 8l4 Utah Ave.
Telephone 85-W- 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-08-14
WANTED

Wanted--Experienced girl for
house work and care of children.
Start September l. Call SCR. 1t
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Henderson 10 Turn
Dies Charges Over
-aa> . a4aff. amos NIaT
To Commission
Asserts He Would Gust
Aides If They Are
Found to Be Unfit
(Terts OF Dies letter and Hem
derson reply on page A-6.)

Asserting he was not now and
never had been member of Com
munistic controlled organization,
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son was prepared today to turn over
to the Civil Service Commission for
investigation charges by Chairman
Dies of House Comittee investigat-
ing un-American activities that four
of his assistants and an 0. P. M.
labor representative had Communist
front" connections.
Mr.. Dies made the charges yes
terday in lengthy letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt demanding that Mr..
Henderson and the other five OFF,
cials be barred from the Govern
ment payroll. He charged that Mr..
Henderson as head of the ONCE OF
Price Administration and Civilian
Supply had surrounded himself
with highly paid assistants who are,
by their own public records, strang-
ers to the American way"
Mr.. Henderson promptly called q
press conference to deny the accusa-
tions as for himself, and said he
would discharge the others as soon
as he could get to telephone If the
Civil Service Commission found
them unfit. Mr.. Henderson added,
however, that summary punitive
action on the basis of one mans
opinion is as un-American a pro-
cedure as anything to which Mr..
Dies has yet given his attention .
1t was recalled that last month Mr.
(See DIES, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1941-09-08
British Party Leaving Finland
Cross Reich in Sealed Train

and London. 1t was assumed here
the trains, shades would be kept
down throughout the ride through
Germany.
T., Left behind were 112 other Britons
who chose to remain in Finland.
One of them was an army captain
who joined the Finnish Army as
a protest against "Churchill's en-
bracing the Bolsheviks," authorities
said.
Political observers attached sig
nificance to the presence Of the
Japanese Minister TO Finland at
the station to bid the British fare
well.
The American Minister, Arthur
Schoenfeld, also was present. Robert
McC Clintock, secretary at the Amer
ican Legation, accompanied the
train as far as Turku.
An American coal agent, named
Atkinson, will be attached to the
American Legation to attend to
British interests In Finland.
Members of the Finnish Lega-
ton in London will leave soon for
Lisbon, there to be exchanged for
the group which departed from
Helsink today.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

Five-year-old Elizabeth Mae Ma
son, in a pink pinafore and pig
tails, romped around the courtroom
of Justice Jennings Bailey at Dis
trict Court today while her mother
father and grandmother staged a
legal battle for her custody.
The strange words of the grown
ups and the legal mumbo- Jumbo OF
court attaches held less interest for
the child than a small notebook in
which she scribbled. Later, she
moved over next to her father
Acting Sergt. Erwin T. Mason OF
Arlington Cantonment-and threw
her arms around his neck.
She Wanted to Talk, Too.
When the hearing was finished
and the Judge had reached his de-
cision Elizabeth ran to the witness
chair, sat down and waited expec-
tantly for some one to ask her ques-
tions-as they had the grown folks
But no one questioned Elizabeth.
Justice Bailey ruled the child
should continue to live with her
grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Cobbs,
1102 K street Sc.
The little girl. 1t was brought out
In testimony, has lived with her
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Piq-TuiIed Girl Plays in Court
As Parents Fight for Custody

grandmother most OF her LIE. Her
mother, Mrs. Martha Louise Mason.
139 Xenia street Sc, had filed a
writ of habeas corpus, seeking the
childs custody, as had the father.
Mrs. Mason said she had been
separated from Sergt. Mason since
last May. She lived with her
mother, Mrs. Cobbs, but later left
that home.
When Mrs. Cobbs took the witness
stand, tears filled her eyes as she
told that she had asked her daugh-
ter to leave her home when she was
convinced she was running around. +"
Decision PIeases Father.
When the father took the witness
stand he said he had not seen the
child until she was nearly 8 years
old because he had been in the
Army and stationed away from
Washington. He contended that
Mrs. Mason should not have Gus
tody of the child.
Justice Bailey's decision pleased
the father. his attorney, Josiah Ly-
man, informed the court.
Elizabeth, who went OF hand in
hand with her grandmother, made
no comment.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
BY the Associated Press.

HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. "a
party of 81 Britons left Helsinki by
train this morning for a rail and
boat trip to Lubbock, Germany,
where most of them Will be locked
in special train to cross Germany
on the second stage of their journey
home.
They will embark at the Finnish
port of Turku for the voyage to
Lubbock. At Stockholm their ship
will pick up so more Britishers who
will make the trip across Germany.
Mention by the Finnish radio of
an airplane connection at Lubbock
was interpreted to mean the more
important members of the Legation
staff would be flown over Germany
The break in diplomatic relations
between Finland and Great Britain
made their departure necessary. A
trip through German-held territory
was the only practical route.
The Germans have agreed to pro-
vide a sealed train at Lubbock to
take the group to Hamburg, whencs
they may proceed partly through
German-occupied country to Lisbon
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Nazi Sub, Damaged
In Aerial Attack,
Taken by British
U-Bout Forced to Surface
And Captured; Hunt for
Greer AssoiIont Goes On
as the Associated Press.

6S the AsSoclaLeo Press.
LONDON, Sept. ga German
submarine has been captured in the
Atlantic, damaged by aerial attack
which forced it to the surface, the
Admiralty and Air Ministry an
nounced today.
The U-boat lay in a gale-tossed
sea while the British kept guard in
the sky overhead until British war
ships could reach the scene and take
over and bring the prize success
fully into harbor y. H-
(The circumstances were such
as might attend entrapment OF
the German submarine which
clashed with the United States
destroyer Greer, but the joint
London communicates failed to
note any connection, giving
neither the precise location Of
the air attack, nor the date)
U. S.-Made Planes Aid Capture.
Two American-made planes fig
ured in the capture. The attack was
made by Hudson Oockheed)
bomber of the coastal command and
a Catalina (Consolidated) patrol
plane kept watch over the U-boat
until surface forces arrived and
took over.
1t was Catalina flying boat which
trailed and spotted the German bat
tleship Bismarck before it was sunk.
As result of the Hudson's at
tack, said the Admiralty and Air
Ministry communique, "the U-boat
was forced to surface in badly
damaged condition and surrendered
'It was blowing full gale. There
was a heavy swell running and no
ships were in the vicinity. The crew
of the U-boat remained on board
the ship. which they kept afioat.
Meanwhile the Hudson was
relieved by Catalina aircraft Of
the coastal command which patrolled
over head until the arrival Of his
majesty's ships.
When his majesty's ships arrived
on the scene the weather was so
bad that for several hours it was
impossible to lower a boat.
His majesty's ships TODD by the
U-boat, keeping her covered by their
guns and waiting for improvement
in the weather.
Eventually the weather moder-
ated somewhat The U-boat was
then boarded and the capture COM
pleted. The prize was taken in tow
and now has been brought success
fully into harbor."
Naval authorities in London ex-
pressed doubt that the captured
submarine was the one which fought
the Greer.
A German version of the clash,
accusing the American destroyer of
the first blow, indicated that the
U-boat had reached port after the
incident of last Thursday. U-boats
(See SUBMARINE page A-1f)
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Premonition Sent
Roosevelt Rushing
To See Mother
b. tie Associated Press.

oN iAt hooONldtco EAceos
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. g.
The rector of the church where
President Roosevelt and his
mother have worshipped many
years disclosed today that the
President came to Hyde Park
this week end on a premonition
that he must see his mother at
once.
The Rev. Frank Wilson of
st. James Episcopal Church
said shortly after the Presi-
dents mother died yesterday,
Mr.. Roosevelt told him that he
must have had a hunch. for it
wasn't until the last moment
that he suddenly changed his
plans and decided to come
home.
The President had intended
to come next week, Mr.. Wilson
said, but the other night he
suddenly felt he must see his
mother at once.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
A. A. A. Leader Urges
Lifting Of Curfew
On Gasoline
Curb Is Unnecessary,
Ineffective, Unjustified,
Senute Probers Told
Bv the Associated Press,

Bv the Associated Press.
The American Automobile Asso-
citation urged today that the East
ern seaboard's 7 pm. gasoline cur
few" be lifted, on the grounds that
it was an unnecessary inconven-
ience" which had little or no effect
in conserving the East's supply Of
motor fuel.
This was one of several recon-
mendations made by Russell E.
Singer, general manager of the asso-
citation, to the special Senate COM
mittee investigating the petroleum
supply
Mr.. Singer asked the investigators
to report that the present night
closing of gasoline filling stations is
not in the public interest and is not
justified as means of gasoline con-
seryation." .....-
Other Recommendations.
Mr.. Singer also urged that the
committee continue to function for
the duration of the emergency Ito
assure .carrying-through of the
steps already taken to relieve the
oil shortage and also to guarantee
to the public that all concerned
meet their responsibility to the users
of petroleum products"
In another recommendation he
asked the committee to use the
full weight OF its great influence to
see that any threatened gasoline
shortage is not used as a means
of boosting prices" He said his
organization had found widespread
disregard" by gasoline retailers Of a
fair price schedule" promulgated
by the Federal Price Administra-
ton.
Chairman Maloney announced at
the opening of the hearing that the
committee would attempt to wind
up its immediate inquiry tomorrow
and make a report to the Senate
Thursday.
Pelley Letter in Record.
He placed in the record a letter
from J. j. Pelley, president of the
Association of American Railroads,
which said that the railroads were
moving promptly to have emergency
rate reductions on petroleum pro-
ducts put into effect at the earliest
possible date.
The railroads announced during
the day that they had applied to
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion for authority to make emer-
gency reductions in freight rates on
petroleum from West to East.
Immediate action on the apphca-
ton was asked. The proposed re-
ductions would expire December 81
1912, unless Cancelled or extended.
The carriers, through the Associa-
ton of American Railroads, said
they requested authority for Is
per cent cut in the normal rate on
gasoline and fuel oils as proposed
by the oil shippers.
For crude Oil, the rates would be
TNE, po1a Aol
Evening star., 1941-09-08
British Bombers Kill is
In Palermo, Italy Reports
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROMF, Sept. S-Waves of British
planes bombed Palermo, Sicily. last
night, killing 16 civilians and injur-
ing 25, the italian high command
reported today.
Only minor damage was done by
the raiders, one of which was shot
down into the sea in flames by anti
aircraft guns, a communique said.
Three other. British planes were
reported shot down yesterday in the
Mediterranean area-two by italian
anti-aircraft batteries during raids
on BARGE and Bengasi, Libya, and
one over the Egyptian outpost Of
Matruh by German fighters.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Hanover Jews
Lose Homes in
Book ReprisoI
Hundreds Evicted;
Authorities Cite
New Workers. Work
B, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
BERLIN, Sept. 8.-Hundreds of
Jews in Hanover received notice
today to evacuate their homes with
in "a hours
They were permitted to take only
"the most necessary objects and
furniture" and advised that the re-
mainder of their property would be
sold, the proceeds to be turned over
to them "at a given time"
One reason cited for the action
was said to have been a book written
by the Jew Kaufman in New
York" The book, it was alleged,
demands sterilization of all Germans
and employment of German soldiers
as coolies in foreign lands.
This reference apparently is to
book entitled Germany Must
IC.. Ty7xY,C Yno> my
Evening star., 1941-09-08
British Stocks Of Food
Better Than Yeor Ago

By the Associated Press.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept.
8.-Lord Woolton, British Food
Minister, said in speech today
that stocks of food are better than
they were IL months ago despite
heavy calls made On our shipping
resources for war purposes"
Evening star., 1941-09-08
a British Ships Sunk
Near Suez, Nozis Claim

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 8.-An official Ger
man spokesman said German bomb
ers sank four British freighters to-
taling $4,000 tons in the Gulf OF
Suez area today and damaged two
others aggregating II 500 tons.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

ROME, Sept. 8 (P)-The Italian
cabinet was summoned today for
meeting, September n.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

ing. This was taken to mean
the Neva, which flows past
Schluesselburg from Lake Ladoga
and thence through Leningrad to
the Gulf of Finland)
Town Taken by Storm.
The German announcement said ::
Motorized divisions of the Ger
man Army, excellently supported by
fighter units of the air force, reached
the Neva on a broad front to the
east of Leningrad and took by storm
the town Of Schluesselburg, on Lake
Ladoga.
Thereby the ring of German and
Finnish troops was closed around
teningrad, and this town is now cut
OF from all land communications.
(The Finnish radio, in a Rus
sian-ianguage broadcast heard by
c. B. S. in New York, said today
1.-The fall of Leningrad is sues-
ton Of a few days. The
more the Bolsheviks will try to
delay the fall of the city, the
greater will be the sacrifices and
sufferings. 'D
Stuka Offensive Launched.
Earlier the Official German news
agency, D.NB, reported that the
Red Air Force, buf1eted by hun
dreds of German dive-bombers
smashing at Leningrad's defenses,
lost II planes yesterday. German
losses were not givenD
D.NB. said nine of the planes
were wrecked before they could take
off from their landing fields. The
others were said to have been
downed in combat or by anti-air-
craft fire.
The Stuka offensive was designed
to help break the resistance en-
countered by German land forces
on the rain-soaked northern battle
front, German reports said.
River Crossing Repulsed.
German dispatches reported that
the ground forces had repulsed a
new effort by the Red Army to cross
the Dnieper River to the west in
some central or southern sector.
Ranging far to the southeast, the
German air force was said to have
sunk a 6,000-ton Russian steamer
west of Crimea, that is, in the Sea
of Azov arm of the Black Sea.
Aside from mass attacks on Len
ingrad's defenses, German flyers In
the north damaged three gunboats
and several barges, it was reported
Nearer Leningrad the Luftwaffe
smashed at ground forces, electric
installations and rail lines.
The newly-unleashed aerial op-
erations, as reported by D.N.B.
were described in the German press
as one gigantic and unending roll
ing attack"
The news agency has not yet re-
ported Luftwaffe attacks on the
heart of Russia's second city itself,
but rather described them as di-
rected at Red Army troops south Of
Lake Ladoga."
In that area important Leningrad-
Moscow rail connections are located
The entire area is considered here
to be a part Of Leningrad's defense
belt.
Finnish Claims Repeated.
Hitler's headquarters repeated q
Finnish report that the Svir River
had been reached in the push east
OF Lake Ladoga.
"a Finnish communique issued
yesterday in Helsinki said that
after q long pause Finnish forces
three days ago launched q slash
ing offensive northeast of Lake
Ladoga that advanced them
nearly so miles.
(The Firms said they had
reached the Sykaeri River-ap-
parently the stream called the
Svir by the Russians-which the
Stain Canal parallels. The Firms
declared this drive drew tighter
the German-Finnish moose about
Leningrad and cleared the way
for the immediate cutting of the
90. nmrT T1T -
Evening star., 1941-09-08
SchIuesseIburq,
VituI Rail Point,
Taken, Reich Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 8.-Leningrad
has been isolated from all land
connection with the rest of Rus
sia, and Schluesselburg, impor-
tant railroad center on its east
ern defense rim. has been cap
tured, the German high COM
mand declared tonight.
German troops stormed Schluessel-
burg, two miles east of Leningrad,
after crossing the Neva. according
to a special bulletin from Adolf
Hitler's headquarters.
Schluesselburg was reported under
fire of heavy German artillery on
Friday, when the high command
announced that Leningrad itself was
under shellfire.
tThe Russians admitted that
the Germans were making a
major offensive at the western
and southern approaches to
Leningrad, but said that thus far
they had failed to break through.
The eastern approach-that is.
around Schluesselburg-was men,
toned only by implication in the
statement of the government
newspaper Izvestia that the Ger
mans had been repulsed in an
attempt to force a river cross
ing. This was taken to mean
the Neva, which flows past
Schluesselburg from Lake Ladoga
and thence through Leningrad to
the Gulf of Finland)
Evening star., 1941-09-08

(See SUBMARINE, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1941-09-08

1See GASOLINE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Italian Cabinet Called

(See DIES, Page A-50
Evening star., 1941-09-08

(See RAIDS, Page A-20
Evening star., 1941-09-08

(See JEWS, Page A-100
Evening star., 1941-09-08

(See BERLIN, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-09-08

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages Tx and 2-X of this edition of
The Star, supplementing the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-21
FIorido's Unofficial Weather Bureau

seeds these float on the flood
waters and take root again
Regardless of what other signs
the Seminoles may use in their
uucanny weather predicting ma
tive Florida farmers fishermen
and shore dwellers trotted ont
last summer a supplementary list
Of their own. First was feel
ing IN the air pressure and un-
casiness that frayed nerves and
tempers accompanied by tenn
peratures two degrees above
Florida's usual reasonable highs
Even the tides went 10 highs
and lows. rare for Southern
waters. and disregasded time
schedules Fish were also re-
ported little haywire Tropic
species seldom seen in the Gulf
appeared as far north as Tarpon
Springs, and a few befuddled
kingfish wandered about off st
Petersburg in August. though
the run that lures anglers from
all over the country was not due
till about November ! when the
rest Of them arrived on schedule.