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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
Use Good Stationery

More attention has been paid to
the stationery used by firm in the
last few years than ever before.
People are becoming stationery
conscious. They are noticing those
of other businessmen more than
their own. Unconsciously, while 60
ing over the morning mail they say
to themselves, "A responsible house
owns this letterhead," or This sta
tionery gives me poor opinion of
the house it represents"
Your letterhead and envelope
should tell the simple story of who
you are, where you are, and what
you have to sell, and they can be
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
Miner Works IS Years;
Then Decides to Retire

LANSFORD, PA.-William Glib
son, IS years old, who went to work
in the mines when he was seven and
has worked in the anthracite fields
ever since, has decided to retire.
He is the oldest employee OF the
old mining company in the anthra-
cite fields of Pennsylvania.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
First Lutheran Church.

Bible Study hour at TOO this ev-
ening Study Daniel, chapter 2.
Choir practice this evening at
800, here at church.
Sunday School 9.45 Sunday.
English service at HOO Sunday.
Confirmation class meets at 400
Monday afternoon.
Ladies' Aid next Thursday, March
18th, Mrs. Herman Hanson hostess.
NORMAN BENSON,
Student Pastor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
Tip Put Into Fare Box
For Kindly Bus Driver

DALLAS.-Augustus r. Pooyey.
city bus operator, had explained as
much about Dallas as he could to
an elderly out-of-town couple riding
his bus. Upon departing, the man
said. Il certainly thank you for
showing us around--here's a tip"
and dropped handful of small coin
into the fare box. The fare box is
emptied by the company. Drivers
never share its content.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
TEN porary' Job

When her father, a freight agent,
iound himself short of help ST years
ago, Miss Edith M. Durham took a
temporary" job to help out. She
liked the work so we'll she re-
manned in the office for more than
half a century.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06

PAGE THREE

designed to tell this simple story in
a very effective way.
The cost of manufacturing good
stationery is no more than the cost
of manufacturing poor stationery.
This fact, coupled with the acknowl-
edged Importance Of good station
cry both in general business cor
respondence and in mail advertis-
ing, makes the existence of poor
stationery inexcusable.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
The Methodist Church.

Church School Gas a. m. Miss
Ruth Loucks, Supt. Please note
change in time.
Morning worship IL O'Clock.
Evening worship service in Troy
at o'clock.
Libby ST.. WSCS will meet in the
Thomas Long home Wednesday af-
ternoon, March IL.
Libby Sunday school will sponsor
Father and Son banquet Thursday
evening, March 18th.
E. ROY FORT, Pastor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06

A medical journal advances the
theory that man is slightly taller
in the morning than he is in the
evening We have never tested
this, but we have certainly no.
ticed tendency to become short"
toward the end of the month.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06

Wife: Just suppose we wives
should 60 on a strike"
Husband: Co right ahead I've
got a peach of striketreaker in
mind"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
First Presbyterian Church.

Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Morning worship HOO a. m.
Young Peoples meeting 500 .. m.
Circle A meets Friday at the home
Of Mrs. Otto Griep.
Welcome to our fellowship
ALBERT M. HART,
Minister.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
Christian Science Church.

The subject for the Lesson Ser
mon Sunday, March 8, Man
Wednesday evening meeting at
800 o'clock.
Sunday school GAS a. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
st. Joseph's Catholic Church

Sunday Masses 800 and 1000 a.
m. Baptism after 1000 a. m. Mass.
Sunday School after 1000 o'clock
Mass.
Confessions Saturday evening
at 7.30
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
st. Johns Lutheran Church.

THE Friendly Church"
II you have no church affiliations,
you are invited to worship with usl
II. l.. PFOTENHAUER
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06
He Learns Fast

Teacher: Sonny, how do you
spell 'straight'?"
year old boy: "S-t-r-a-i-g-h-t."
Teacher: Fine, son. What is the
meaning of 'straight'?"
year old boy: Without soda"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-06

Only $500 year for your Home
Town Newspaper. Start the New
Year right. Subscribe now.--The
Western News. tt
Evening star., 1941-06-22
The VaI0r0us Poles Are Still FIGHTING

escadrille displays crossed scythes
against background of stars and
stripes. The scythes symbolic Kos
ciuszko's revolt against Russia; the stars
and stripes, the American origin of the
squadron.
One of Gen. Sikorski's most effective
underground activities is the publication
of about one hundred secret periodicals
inside the German-occupied Polish prov
inces. Publishing, selling, or even pos
sessing one of these publications is pun
lshable by DEATH Yet despite the dan
gers and difficulties of this propaganda
work, the Polish patriots carry on.
When Gen. Sikorski speaks of the war
he radiates the confidence that he and
his associates all feel. Ultimate VIC
tory is certain" he says with conviction.
But" he explains, "the war is a world
war and can be fought successfully by
the democratic nations only on q world
wide basis"
Sikorski is the living symbol of the
Polish nation. Like his ex-Premier
friend, Paderewski, he is the spiritual
descendant of long line of Polish pa
triots and heroes. What Sobieski and
his famed Polish cavalrymen did for the
cause of Christendom at besieged Vienna
in 1888, Sikorski and his men may well
be helping to do for democracy today.
In him and his valorous lesiors Poland
still lives.
Evening star., 1941-06-22

1t was 10 o'clock on the morning of
June 1S. 1910. The Allies had lost the
Battle of France. The French Armies
were retreating before the swift-moving
Nazi invaders. Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski,
Polish commander in chief and Prime
Minister of the government of Poland,
was being urged by Marshal Petain to
capitulate to the Germans. The only
wise course, counseled the marshal, was
to surrender to the victors all the Polish
armed forces in France.
That was .the beginning of the most
momentous IS hours in the colorful life
of the Polish statesman-patriot. Gen.
Sikorski fatty refused to consider capitu-
lation. He called on Gen. Weygand.
Again he was advised to give up.
1t was then that the Polish leader
turned to Winston Churchill. He
radioed from Bordeaux to London. Three
hours later a British bombing plane
picked him up at the little town of
Libourne. Winston Churchill had not
failed him.
Today thanks to that quick -witted
move of Churchill and Sikorski, Poland
is an active ally in the war. Instead of
being prisoners of war, Sikorski and his
men are rendering valuable service to
the Allied cause. An army corps has
been assigned to defend an important
sector of the Scottish coast. Polish naval
units that escaped from the Baltic are
working in conjunction with the British
feet. The Polish merchant marine,
Evening star., 1941-06-22
By Henry G.. Wolfe.

consisting of 36 vessels, carries on in the
struggle to keep open the life line of
Britains food and raw materials supply.
Polish armored division is fighting
in the Eastern Mediterranean area.
Thousands of Polish troops will soon
be trained in Canada for future service
abroad against the Axis. Gen. Sikorski
visited Canada during April, conferred
with Prime Minister King and made
plans for the growth and training OF
this body of Polish soldiers.
But it is in the air that Sikorskis
men are scoring most spectacularly.
The Polish aviation service is now far
larger than when the war began. And
it is infinitely better equipped.
There are about 1900 Polish pilots
in the British Isles alone. There are
some 10000 men engaged in aviation
ground work The British say that every
time a Polish bomber pilot steps into a
plane, he wants to head straight for
Berlin. Polish bombing crews under the
general direction of the r. A. F. have
already ranged far over Germany and
over occupied territory. Polish pursuit
pilots have helped defend London from
the Nazi Luftwaffe.
Two of the most renowned pursuit
squadrons in the entire r. A. F. are
Polish Escadrilles 3O2 and 303. The
latter is the famed Kosciuszko Squadron,
formed originally by Americans in 1920
during the war with Russia. The EN-.
blem on the side Of each plane in this
Evening star., 1941-06-22

A. P. Photo.
become fixed, and they finally stop and
die"
Mr. Johnson, in China most OF the
time since 1907, watched the death strug-
gle of the ago-old Manchu dynasty, the
birth of the republic and the new gov
ernment's long, bloody fight for survival
He was standing on the banks of the
YangtSe River one day in 1911 when he
saw curl of smoke rise from the mill
tary barracks on the far side, and that
fire marked the outbreak of the revolu-
ton.
There was more fire and smoke. and
bullets flew around his head in Shanghai
two years later when Sun Yat Sen re-
belled against the government of Yuan
Shih Kai.
A few years later, when the war lords
were fighting, he was in Changsha the
night the provincial forces evacuated
the city. There were no lights, no police,
no government. Every one was waiting
tense and breathless for the national
forces to enter He went out at midnight
to see what was going on, and he came
upon a scene which he has never for
gotten.
China Carries On.
On the street in front of a temple he
found long-whiskered scholar organ
izing a home defense force. Youths
stood around armed with the only
weapons they could find-tritons, hal
herds, spears and swords. A boy with a
torch stood behind the scholar and in
front of him stood another boy holding
up a board from which the old man was
calling the roll. Ancient China was car
rying on.
The Japanese poured into Manchuria
in 1881 and the next year they bombed
Shanghai. From the roof of a cotton
mill he watched the bombs crash down.
Year after year he followed the govern
ment in its retreat into the interior.
few miles ahead of the artillery. The
refugees halted in Chungking and when
he left there short time ago the bombs
were raining rather frequently. One fell
within 200 yards of him.
buG never lelJ was III any DANGER
in China" johnson says blandly. Il fear
for my life more in the traffic here in
Washington"
Mr.. johnson, after travelling halfway
around the world to report to the State
Department-before travelling halfway
around the world again to become Min
lister to Australia-shared desk in the
department for a few days with a col
league, Willys R. Peck, who was in the
United States foreign service in China
longer than any diplomat who is still
active.
Mr.. Peck, tall. lean man with the
patient expression and sepulchral voice
of Tibetan priest in the movies was
Chinese secretary of the Embassy for
many years and was counselor at Chung
king at the time johnson left.
Mr.. Peck entered the foreign service
shortly before Mr.. johnson, who went
there as a student interpreter in 1907.
Mr.. Peck started his career in time to
attend one of the last audiences Of the
great enpress dowaper TIL Hsi
Evening star., 1941-06-22

(See MONEY, Page C-3)
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09

ious Kent County fire companies
and $500 due to David c. Harrison
Post No. IA, Inc, American Legion,
Smyrna. The latter item was due
as of Nov. 80, 1889, and was shown
on report of that date as an ac-
count payable, it was said. As of
Nov. 80, 1889, it was brought out,
the county owed the Farmers Bank
in the form of certificates of in
debtedness, due on demand, in the
amount of S25,OOO During the
period from Dec 1, 1889, to Nov.
80, 1910, the last Levy Court bor-
rowed from the Farmers Bank an
additional $4,000, resulting in a
total Indebtedness of $55, 900 to the
bank. One of the things that will
receive immediate attention by The
new Levy Court is that of paying
the various fire companies the
amounts due, it being felt that this
is one of the most important mat
tiers now pending, the court stress
ed
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
A Good Record

The fact that only thirteen
fires occurred in Smyrna dur
ing the past year is most COM
mendable. Due to the effic-
iency of the Citizens Hose
Company, a fire loss of only
$3.50 was suffered, a re-
markable record for a period
of one year. Much can also
be said for the obvious pre-
cautions taken BY the resi-
dents of Smyrna toward re-
ducing the causes of fires.
This care has been well re
warded, and should be an in
centive to continue these pre-
cautions, that the fire record
for this year may be even
lower.
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
"That May Lead
Us Into War"

The above expression is frequent
ly heard in discussion Of measures
advocated by the William Allen
White Committee for Defense of
America by Aiding the Allies As
public opinion is the court Of last
resort, a free discussion of general
policies is beneficial to the country.
On one proposition there IS little
difference of opinion is bad
for the country. On that point
most of us agree Even Hitler and
his friends do not want to see the
u. S. A. engaged in war-at least
not until Germany controls the
rest of the world.
Most people are in favor of aid
ing Great Britain as the best meth
cd of saving our own hides, but
there are differences of opinion as
to how far we should go. Some
of those differences can be elm
mated if we settle first on some
fundamentals.
First: Would this country fight
if there was actual invasion of con-
tinental U. S. A? The answer to
this is Eyes" by almost everybody
except Hitler's friends and many
pacifsts.
Second: Can a nation keep out
of the war by resolving to do so =?
In other words, if we don't want to
go to war, can we be forced into
it? The answer is obvious. Meth
er Manchuria nor Ethiopia wanted
war, but they have been conquered.
Spain was not going to attack any
body, but Hitler and his friends
started the Revolution which killed
a million Spaniards. Austria
Czechoslovakia, and Poland all
wanted peace, but their desire for
peace did not save them. Den
mark, Norway, The Netherlands
Luxembourg, and Belgium insisted
on being neutral, but neutrality
was no protection. Hitler did not
attack them all at one time. He
was not strong enough. SO, he
swallowed them one by one. MOI
will Hitler attack us until he is
ready. That is the reason that
Hitler's friends on this side of the
ocean are working to keep us from
helping Great Britain, so that he
can clean up Europe without inter
ference. Then If Hitler wants To
have a war, could we prevent it by
saying that we did not want one
There Is only one answer. We
could not.
Third: Would Hitler be likely
to attack us after he had conquer
ed the rest of the world? The an
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
The Basketball League

The Smyrna Basketball
League, sponsored BY the
Smyrna Business Association,
will start their season next
week. This League is an eff
fort on the part Of the Bust
ness Association to encourage
the adults Of this town to par
ticipate in winter sports, as
the Softball League does dur
ing the summer months.
Their efforts towards sport
and fellowship should receive
the cooperation of the people
Of this town.
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
TOWNSEND

William E. Wilson, crossing
Waterman at the local railroad
crossing, was stricken with appen-
dicitis recently and was promptly
taken to the Delaware Hospital. A
resident of Wilmington, Md, he has
been employed as Waterman here
for several months.
Hauling firewood from the wood
land areas has been extremely car
ried on during the past two weeks.
The work gives the workers a
chance for good wages and it is be-
lieved that more men are engaged
in supplying the towns with the
fuel than for long time past.
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
DAIRY PROJECT
IN KENT COUNTY
Over 200 Farmers in Kent
County Have Enrolled in
Project for Diaries
FOR GREATER INCOME

In connection with the dairy
feeding and herd management pro-
gram, which will be conducted this
year by the extension service of
the University of Delaware, in CO.
operation with leading dairy farm
ers, over two hundred farmers in
Kent county to date have enrolled
in this project through the Office of
County Agent Russell E. Wilson.
Plans for this dairy program were
discussed at a meeting of a county
wide dairy committee which met in
Dover recently with the county
agent and the farm management
specialist. Members of this COM
mittee include Lyndon D. Caulk,
Nathaniel W.Taylor, Dudley Cross
ley, w. Smithers Snow, Elmer
Pratt and Douglas Fry. The Kent
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association also is cooperating in
this program, and will assist in To-
eating dairy feeding demonstra-
tions, arranging local meetings and
farm tours for the purpose Of MAX
ing further studies of the feeding
and herd management problems in
this county.
Letter Mailed to Farmers
A few weeks ago a letter ex-
planning this project was mailed to
each dairy farmer in the county
with the request that a card be
signed and returned to the county
extension office if this information
on dairy rations is desired through
out the coming year. To each of
these farmers whose enrolment
card is received there will be mail
ed a folder in which these various
information letters may be retain
ed for reference, and each cooper
ator in this project will receive
also notices of all dairy meetings
and other extension activities. This
project has been designed for the
purpose of helping dairy farmers
to obtain a greater income from
their herds by means of more eco
nomical feeding practices and the
more advisedly use of ome-grown
feeds, so it is expected that many
other farmers will cooperate with
this dairy Improvement program
by sending in their enrolment
cards. The first of this series of
letters, which will be
prepared by Kenneth w. Baker,
extension economist and farm man
agement specialist, of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, who is cooperat-
ing with the county agent, will be
ready for distribution within the
near future. Those dairy farmers,
therefore, who would like to re
ceive this first letter should send in
their signed cards at once to the
county extension Office.
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
PLAN ECONOMY
OF LEVY COURT
CONTINUED From Page one)

members are Joseph F. Clark, Ken
ton, and Ralph W. Thompson, West
Dover All county officials elected
at the last election will assume Of
flee next Tuesday. They are: w.
Marion Stevenson, Frederick, pro-
thonotary, elected for his second
term; Ernest B. Raughley, East
Dover, succeeding Jonathan L.
Hopkins, Harrington, register of
wills; William Chambers, Viola,
succeeding Herman Johnson, Mil
ford, coroner; Deputy Sheriff Nor
ris c. Adams, Harrington, succeed
ing Grier II. Minner, Woodside,
sheriff, and Elijah S. Hughes, Fell
ton, reelected, comptroller. APP
pointments made by the levy court
are: County physician, DR.. Eugene
Harold Mercer, Dover; county den
fist, DR.. William S. Straughn, Do
yer; overseer of county farm, M.
Clark; day janitor at the court
house, James L. Reed, Cheswold;
night janitor, Clarence Polk, Mil
ford; inside guards at the county
Jail, Walter B. Knots, Cheswold,
and Thomas B. Draper, Magnolia.
Announcement was made that the
court, the first with a Republican
majority since the court that took
Office in 1929, proposes to follow
the example of the Republican
controlled Legislature by adopting
an economy program, with mea-
sures to be introduced from time to
time in an effort to reduce the ex-
isting indebtedness and place the
county on sound financial basis.
$500 Due Smyrna Firemen
Among the problems handed over
to the new court, 1t was explained,
is that Of providing some means Of
taking care of the item, "Appro-
priations Payable" in the amount
of $3.50. This item, according to
the official auditors report for the
fiscal year ended Nov. 80, 1910.
constituted $6,250 due to the var
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. j. w. ParIins, Pastor, An
nOmces Services For the Week

Churlh of the Nazarene, Rev. ].
w. Parkins, pastor, announces ser
vices as follows: Thursday, prayer
meeting, 7.30 p. M; Sunday ser
vices: Sunday School, $40 a. M;
morning worship, 10.45 a. M: N. Y.
P. S., 6.45 p. m; praise meeting
and evangelistic service, $50 p. m.
Monday, January 10, there will be
a preachers meeting at the Church
of the Nazarene. Services at 230
and 7.30 p. m. The afternoon SER
vices for ministers with papers on
Visitation" by Rev. Homer Smith
of Salisbury, Md, and a paper on
the Prayer Life of the Minister, /"
by Rev. Mrs. Laura Albright, New
ark, Del. The service at 7.30 pm,
will be a public service. The
speaker will be Rev. Jack from
Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. S. j. I'hackaberry, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week

Presbyterian Church, Rev. S. J..
Thackaberry, pastor, announces the
services the same as usual this
Sunday morning and evening at IL
a. m and 7.3O p. M; Sunday
School at 10 a. m. and Young Peo-
pies meeting at 700 p. m. Mid
week meeting on Wednesday at
7.30 p. m. This Sunday morning is
Communion Sunday Don't miss
the Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per. A week from this coming
Sunday, January 49, the Rev. G.
Gordon Many will be with us. Mr..
Many is known here and comes
back from China with a message
all viii wish to hear. All are vel
come to these services.
Smyrna times., 1941-01-09

o'clock with Mr.. H. c. Jones, SUI
perintendent, in charge; the morn
ing worship services and sermon at
IL; the Epworth League will unite
with the young people of the Pres
byterian Church Sunday evening at
GAS; the evening worship service
and sermon at 730. The Willing
Workers Bible Glass will meet this
Thursday evening at 7.45.