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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10
Former Resident Passes

News was received here on Sun
day of the passing of Fred Led
erer, colorful bachelor character
who resided in South Eureka for
20 years before going to kalispell
four years ago. Funeral services
were held in Kalispell on Tuesday
morning.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10
Baptist Notes

The Baptist food sale and bazaar
on Saturday Melted the fine sum Of
S55.
Sunday was Sacrifice Sunday at
the church and the offering was
given to the World Emergency
Fund. This offering plus those of
the Aid, Sunday School, individuals
and Thanksgiving amount to S85.54-
Aid will meet next Thursday at
the church with a covered dish
luncheon. This is program meet
ing
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10

In New York State, Navy engin-
GERS have authorized erection Of
100000 square feet of roof deck
built of poured gypsum in order
to save metal and lumber, scarce
strategic materials. Tongucd and
grooved flooring board gypsum has
been developed, saving wood
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10
Hospital News

David Leonard was taken home
Monday.
M. Robbie was dismissed Sunday.
Elmer Henion and Arthur Burg
were dismissed Thursday.
Mrs. Matilda Moore was admitted
as medical patient Monday.
Mrs. Hattie Roose was admitted
as a medical patient Tuesday.
Claton McGlenn of Somers came
up last Wednesday and took his ia
Their. j. F. McGlenn, to Spokane
where he underwent an operation.
They returned home on Tuesday.
Mr. McGlenn is getting along nicely
at his home here.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10
FOR SALE

Bedroom and living room
suites, rugs, linoleum, garden
tools, dinette, occasional chairs,
and miscellaneous items.-Rey.
C. II. Davis.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10

In Butte, Mont, traffic fines may
be paid in scraps to so pounds
of it.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10

Manufacturers Of straight razors
now are turning out commando
knives.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10
Rationing Board News

The Rationing Board clerk will
be on duty every afternoon except
Sunday between the hours of one
and five. The Rationing Board holds
its regular meeting every Tuesday
evening at 7 o'clock at the Hospital
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10

Growing old is bad habit which
a busy man has no time to form
(Author Unknown
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-10
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EUREKA
Fomer Methodist Pastor Raised in
Army Rank

The following item taken from
the Seattle Pr will prove of inter
est to the many friends of the Rev.
Omer Idso, former pastor here;
THE Paine Fielders have new
protestant chaplain, Capt. Omer
Idso who has they believe the same
fighting qualities that inspired the
Ammunition" song. Capt. Idso was
a horny handed first sergeant of
the first World War--a job which
called for a man to be plenty rug
ged. The Chaplain was made cap
tain in March at TT. Lewis, later as
signed to Fort Scott. San Francisco,
then sent to McChord Field and
finally being ordered to Paine Field
where he takes the post vacated by
Capt. Chas K Douglas.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Norwegian Currant Plant
Found Immune 10 Disease
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March Ii
Currant jelly like mother used to
make" may come back to American
pantry shelves because DR.. Glenn G.
Hahn. research associate in botany
at Yale, visited Norway II years ago
In recent years the red currant
has been under rigid quarantine be-
cause it spreads blister rust to white
pine, but, Yale reported today, tests
conducted on the bush DR.. Hahn
brought back from Norway and
named Viking currant" indicate it
is immune to that disease.
Norwegian scientists told DR.
Hahn, who also is pathologist of the
Agriculture Departments Bureau Of
Plant Industry, that 1t was not af-
fected by the pine blister rust prev
alent in Norway.
Since it was introduced in this
hemisphere, tests have been con-
Quoted successfully with 927 plants
in New York, Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire. Maine,
Oregon and Canada, the principal
blister rust infection areas.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

A French naval detachment
composed Of three or four units
is reported to have been rushed
last week from the West African
ports of Casablanca and Dakar
to Madagascar, the large French
island in the Indian Ocean which
has been projected into prom
inence by the recent japanese
victories In the Far East.
According to the French YER
sion, the naval detachment was
dispatched to prevent any of the
belligerents from occupying the
980-mile- long island, which, since
th8 fell of Singapore and Java,
has become of paramount stra-
tegic Importance for the United
Nations. In ell-informed diplo-
matte quarters 1t is believed, how
ever, that Vichy is dancing TO the
Nazi tune.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
The Great Game of Politics
Cause for Concern Over Morale Seen in
New Dealers Holding the Political Trench

NAL expenditures to the bone" as
bright boys" who do not know
what they are talking about?
On Sunday night Mrs. Roosevelt,
recently forced out Of the o. c. D.,
where she was wasting the public
funds on absurdities, made a radio
assault on what she called economy
minded people and read a state
ment, obviously written for her, de-
Tending the expanded program of
the Farm Security Administration.
Her husband has recommended that
the program be curtailed and the
Byrd Economy Committee report,
signed by Secretary Morgenthau,
recommends its abolition as one Of
the most wasteful of all Govern
ment agencies. Mrs Roosevelt
previously had attacked the COM
mittee's recommendations for re-
duction of the N. Y. A. and the
w. P. A-and every bureau in
Washington for which any reduction
at all has been proposed is savagely
resisting. Resistance, too. is offered
by the powerful farm, labor and
veteran Hobbies.
Must Eliminate Distrust.
In face Of these facts-and they
are facts-is it surprising that the
national morale is weak? AS the
President says, the trouble with the
people is neither apathy nor COM
placency. AS he does not say, the
trouble is encouragement over the
Elcompetency of the administration
and distrust of the singleness of
purpose and unselfiShnesS of its
Leaders. The vital need of the hour
is the removal of the cause for this
encouragement and distrust. Only
the leaders themselves can do this.
but once done there would be no
complaint as to the wholeheartedness
popular support Of the President.
and none about the responsiveness
Of the people as to taxes or bonds.
So long as the administration
continues 20 waste the public funds,
yield 20 the labor lobbyists, retain
incomp'tents in key positions.
blacklist the ablest men in the
country who ought to be here helping,
block the efforts for retrenchmert
and encourage those whose primary
purpose is to hold the political
trench so long will national unity
be lacking. And so long will it be
duty to point out why. When
those in control here want national
unity more than anything else there
is an easy way to get it.
CopyrIEht, 1912
Evening star., 1942-03-11

tration. The native population
is reported. however, TO be in
sympathy with the United Ma
tions as are the 10000 white in
habitants who live either in the
principal cities or on plsnta-
tions.
The bureaucracy is split into
two camps and will side with the
force which gets there first in
the greatest strength. 1t is doubt
full, however, whether the most
servile officials of Admiral Jean
Darlan, Vichy's vice premier,
would welcome the Japanese on
the island. For this reason Vichy
is spreading the news that the
small naval detachment will soon
be followed by other navy ships
and possibly transports carrying
q French German force. The
destroyers and light cruisers.
which are expected to reach
Madagascar by the end of March.
are merely a first-line defense
force.
What Gen. de Gaulles next
move will be is still unknown.
But there is no doubt that he will
be fully supported, should the
situation demand it. by the heavy
British ships recently sent into
the Indian Ocean.
Evening star., 1942-03-11

others; meanwhile this country
is not only the arsenal for de-
mocracy but the granary for it;
the Department of Agriculture is
crying for increased production
of high protein foods, such as
milk, cheese and eggS-products
that can be dried. shipped and
stored-stored against the end of
the war when the whole world
will want our products.
A group OF young men are do
ing something about it. Again
they are self starters. They aren't
. sent out by the Government; they
are young men who love America
and want to serve her. There's a
philosophy about America in
their minds and hearts. Long
before this war began, they were
thinking, in Dartmouth and Har-
ward. about the future Of the
country. They believed that war
or no war universal service for
the Nation. as a definite part of
every young mans education,
ought to be established; service
to the soil of America: service to
the armed forces; service wher-
ever it was needed.
So, a few months ago, they
founded the Volunteer Land
Corps, for the purpose of helping
out the farmers. They had made
some tentative surveys and knew
this would be tough summer on
the land Instead of trying to
start a Nation wide movement,
they decided to do job in a lin
ited area, Just to show it could be
done. and. working in small
area to do it right.
Girls Offer to Join.
They chose the neighboring
States of Vermont and New
Hampshire, got in touch with the
farm agencies there, and found
that masses Of farmers were WILL
ing to take college and high
school students. even if not
trained, provided they came with
no illusions and in the right spirit.
Then they went to universities
and high schools, appealing to
the following classes Of young
men: Those below draft age;
those rejected for minor physical
disqualifcations; those registered
but not yet called. They Of
fered these young men jobS-as
private soldiers of the land-at
private soldiers wages, S21 a
month and board and room. Girls
heard about it, and offered to
ioin. Farmers said they'd take
girls, too. So the Volunteer Land
Corps of agricultural "privates"
got started.
But these youthful enthusiasts
have an idea that goes beyond the
essential economic war service.
They want to create in their land
army a real esprit de corps; to
reach out from their group to the
Evening star., 1942-03-11

province of the naval profession,
If defeats come will the naval men
feel that they are not responsible
and that things might have been
different if they had made the en-
tire decision? These are serious and
delicate questions and they account
partly for the rising demands in
Congress for a civilian minister of
national defense with a director
general of strategy. taken from
either the Army or Navy. and a
staff of officers from all services to
serve with him. In a nutshell the
tendency is to ask laymen, however
brilliant their concepts on strategy,
to stand aside and let the best
tacticians and strategists America
has produced in the Army, Navy
and air force run the operations
on land, sea and air.
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Evening star., 1942-03-11
This Changing World
De GouIIe Expected to Attempt Seizure
OF Madagascar With Aid Of British

ability to defend the island, as
was the case with Indo-China,
but will admit that as a part of
the Axis 1t is permitting an
associate to protect Madagascar
for the republic.
Concerned Over CeyIon.
Well-informed quarters expect
spectacular developments In that
section Of the Indian Ocean in
the near future.
The British are concerned over
Ceylon. That island is too close
to the rev Japanese bases in the
Bay of Bengal, Java and Singa-
pore to be used by British forces
in the Indian Ocean. In the last
few weeks the British are said
to have moved some units of
their feet into that region in the
hope OF countering Japanese
raids.
Madagascar would offer excel
lent shelter, although its har-
bors have no facilities for repair
of ships larger than destroyers.
Makeshift arrangements could
be made. however, in order to
perform minor repairs on heav-
Ter ships if the island were oc-
cupied by an administration
friendly to the United Nations.
Hence it is believed that before
long naval forces belonging TO
Gen. De Caulle may attempt to
take possession of the island
with the connivance of the pres
ent governor.
Natives Loyal to Allies.
The French naval detachment
following orders from Berlin
via Vichy-iS expected to assure
the loyalty. by force if necessary,
OF the present French admins
Evening star., 1942-03-11

TO plan SUNDAY meetings tOgetner
In the various townships to dis
cusS the issues of the war and
the future of America. They are
gathering together a travelling
library of international and in
spirational books; they are plan
ming an educational service.
Hard work from dawn to dusk
on the American land seems to
them excellent pre- military
training anyhow They revive
the old-fsshioned American word
of help" instead of "employe."
They know that in the old days
farmers depended chiefly on their
own sons and daughters for farm
work. So they offer themselves
as foster sons and daughters.
And any boy 16 or over, or girl
16 or over, who isn't afraid of
hard physical work, who can pre-
sent medical certificate, who
knows that he isn't enlisting for
a summer vacation but for sum-
mer toll, is eligible.
Remarkable Response.
They've had a remarkable re-
sponse from precisely that "privi-
legged" youth that is supposed to
be "soft"-the youth that is &C
customed to summer vacations in
resorts, and who have been quite
easily persuaded that they might
AS well pitch in with a pitchfork
instead of with a golf stick. They
have scouts in Vermont and New
Hampshire doing the ground
work. and seeing to it that the
corps will get into decent homes
we mean the homes of decent
people. not homes with bath
rooms, necessarily
Louis Bromfield. Stuart Chase,
Waldo Frank and other writer's
who have been emphasizing for
years the need of rediscovering
America for Americans have
helped them. Gen. Robert f.
Wood and Herbert Agar found
themselves in complete agree
ment about the sense and ideal
ism in this particular movement.
They have been operating on
a ShoeString as far as money is
concerned, but they've made up
for that lack by devotion and en-
thuSlaSm. And they have already
evolved a pattern of organization,
an integration of free initiative
with local Government agencies
and local community leaders.
They don't hold any copyright on
their plans. Any groups that want
the blueprints can have them.
But they want to make a single .
demonstration this summer in q
single area to prove that Amer
lean youth from all social classes.
ali races and all creeds are ready
and willing TO help do the hard.
dirty work for America, and for
our allies.
Their leaders are all young.
The director is the valedictorian
of the Dartmouth class of 1910,
Arthur Root Any boy or girl
wanting to join them should write
in and sign up. He or she must
agree to 60 where sent the mo-
ment school is out
All can be assured that they
go as members of a corps, and
won't be isolated. Nobody should
apply who is not willing to work
hard with his farmer-host, regard
himself as one Of the corps and
one of the community, and be
prepared to learn his work AS
quickly and efficiently as possible.
Teachers are also welcome.
Headquarters are at 8 West
40th street, New York.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incb
Evening star., 1942-03-11

fatter and they do not conceal.
If YOU are too skinny they make you
look like a scarecrow on a day of
from the fields. II you are too TAT
they emphasize each extra ounce.
speak from first-hand knowledge
from the fat side Of the fence.
Draped in my pre-Wool- shortage
suits l have been able to get by as
something usually described as
chunky or plump. Then went down
and tried on a victory suit and
the effect was startling. When I first
looked in the mirror thought for a
moment I was in front Of one of
those trick Coney Island mirrors
that make you look as wide as you
are high and give you little stubby
dachshund legs.
7 looked again and I could have
sworn that William Howard Taft,
minus mustache, had come back to
life and was grinning weakly at me
from the other side of the mirror.
But 7 wasn't at Coney Island and
it wasn't William Howard Taft. It
was I in a victory suit
y
The old adage about everybody
loving a fat man isn't going to hold
good any more when these stream
lined suits become standard equip
ment.. In suits that were double
breasted. full Of pleats and trick
drapings a fat man could fool the
public into not knowing where the
suit left off and he began. but the
victory suit" does everything but
point an index finger at the excess
baggage.
The lapel-less collars, for example.
They take that second and third
chin and high light them as Jewellers
do precious stones in a window.
Until I slipped into victory coat
I had never given my second chin
much thought But now I wonder
why some sculptor hasn't teyed 1t
with the idea of doing a sort ot
Rushmore Memorial Job on il It
would be perfect for a series Of
heroic figures in bas-relief.
There is no such thing as a man
holding his chins in. His extra
chins. mean. And. in a victory
suit there isn't much YOU can DO
about your stomach. You can take
a deep breath and hold il in for a
moment or two. but permanent con-
cealment is out of the question.
There just isn't anything to hide
it behind.
The skinny man is in Just as bad
a predicament In the old suits re
had f1uffs and pufTs and tailov's
tricks to pad him out But when
he puts on one OF these Donald
Nelson exposers. he is bound to
look like the first 30 seconds Of a
cave-in.
THE American male is too vain 70
put up with such a situation Not
for long is he going around looking
the way he really looks. He is going
to put on weight or take il off.
Finally, he is going to do all the
healthful things he has been threat
ening to DO for 10 years.
He is going TO walk. He is going
to breathe deeply. He is going TO
go through that business of touch
ing his fingers to the floor withous
cheating by bending his knees. He
is going to nibble at those green
salads that medical men say send
vitamins coursing through the veins.
In fact, we'll all eventually get
around to getting in perfect shape.
II you think you are going 10 be
an exception, go try on a victory
suit"
Distributed by McNsught Syndicate, IncD
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Roosevelt Guard, Shot
In ~, Seeks to Retire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March ll-Detec-
tive William Sinnott, who was
struck in the forehead by a bullet
while guarding President Roosevelt
during visit to Miami, Fla, shortly
after the Presidents first election in
1882, applied yesterday for retire
ment.
Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago
was fatally wounded by the as-
sassin's bullets.
Mr.. Sinnott, who as a patrolman
had guarded the Roosevelt Man.
haitian home. joined the New York
City Police Department in 1911.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Chinese Rute StiIweII
Equal to 100, 900 Troops
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING. March 11-Sao
Tang Pao, Chinese Army organ.
said today that the appointment Of
1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell of the
United States as chief of staff to
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek was
the equivalent of adding 100000
troops to China's fighting forces.
Gen. Stilwell is the right man
for the job, the newspaper said.
and his assignment "symbolizes
Chinese American friendship and
closer coordination between the
United Nations"
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Danube Flood PeriIs
Bulgarian Villages
Pv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BERN. Switzerland. March IL
Rising flood waters in the Danube
threatened manv cities and villages
in northern Bulgaria and southern
Rumania today and already had
left 1000 persons homeless in Va
din, Bulgaria.
A dispatch from Sofia to the
Milan newspaper II Popolo dTtalia
said the Rumanian city of Siustra
was inundated and the surrounding
country flooded over Smile stretch.
The city of Lom, in Bulgaria. also
was flooded. with the still rising
waters threatening to sweep away
the cam.
Evening star., 1942-03-11

next step-the
changing b y
statute of the
functional divi-
sions so that
authority can be
legally and for
mally central
lied instead of
informally.
Several d a VS.
ago in these dis
patches this cor
respondent drew
attention to the
anomalous sit
Evening star., 1942-03-11

outfit that has
been prescribed
by the Govern
ment tailor shop
will do more for
physical fitness
than any single
m e a s ure in
years.
The only wav
for a man 10
look good in a
victory suit" is
to get himself in
shape. Victory
suits" do not
Evening star., 1942-03-11
; Held for Pro- Axis Activity

HAVANA, March II tPl.-Secret
police yesterday announced deten-
ton of three United States citizens
on suspicion of pro-Axis propaganda
activity. The cases are to be pre-
sented later in Urgency Court. No
trial date has been set.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Excellent Outpost.

Madagascar is a rocky island
enjoying better natural defensive
advantages than either Singa-
pore or Java. It took the French
three years and more than $4,000
men to occupy this fourth largest
island in the world. While IL
has no modern fortif1cations at
present, it could serve as an ex-
cellent outpost for the United
Nations. which are on the point
OF losing control in the Indian
Ocean.
Berlin is believed TO have urged
the Vichy government to REIN
force the existing garrison there
by sending a small naval squad
ron. This was particularly i'm
portant in order to show the
Wavering French officials that
France. thanks 10 her collabora-
ton with the Axis, can care for
her possessions, even if they are
far outside the confines of the
Mediterranean.
In fact the French will keep
the place warm until the Jap
anese arrive in force in the In
dian Ocean. Then. it is believed
IN Washington and London, the
leaders of post -armistice France
will carry out another coup like
that in Indo-China, where the
japanese were given full control.
The only difference will be that
the French government, which is
expected to be established again
in Paris by the time the Japs
begin raiding in the Indian
Ocean, will no longer plead in