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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05

services. Burial was in the Libby
cemetery
Active pallbearers were brother
Odd Fellows-A. l.. Morris, Ferd
Peterson, Hugo Anderson, M r.
Karnes, Office Maize and L. c. Ohle-
rich Honorary pallbearers were
James Blackboard Sr., Fred Clark,
w. Q. Applequist Hugh Smith, Will
liam Doak, and H. E. Brink.
The passing Of Mr.. Miller brought
to close the life of another man
who participated to quite marked
degree in the development of the
Northwest. His life was typical of
thousands of the men and women
who were born in those interesting
pioneer days, men and women who
later did much to settle new and
virgin land and bring to it Amer
lean civilization
Mr.. Miller was born in Morgan
county, Ohio, on Feb. 20, 1861, and
was thus we'll past 81 years Of age
at his death. He moved with his
parents to Hutchinson, Mimi, and
there his boyhood was spent on a
Minnesota homestead. Also it was
there that he took the first steps in
mastering the three Rs in back
woods school
Reaching young manhood he de-
cided to cast his lot with the west
and in 1879 went to the Blackhills
to try his hand at placer mining
While he made a living out of the
mining, yet it didn't bring him rich
esy SO when the district settled UP
and it was decided that school
was needed, he was selected as
teacher.
i After teaching three years Mr.
Miller engaged in the mercantile
business at Hermosa, S. D., but I
IRE brought that enterprise to ar
end. Inasmuch as Mr. Miller car
ried no insurance, the fire left hin
4 practically penniless-except fol
the clothes he wore on his back
The next few years found hin
working at whatever he could find
and In spare time studying law HI
Continued on page 81
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05

liens may appoint one of their num-
Der an agent to deliver community
tires to the nearest Railway Express
Agency.
Car-oWners must produce state
vehicle registration card in order to
obtain ration books. Neither the
certificate of title to the car nor
drivers license will be sufficient
Tor this purpose. If the state mo-
tor vehicle registration card mas
been mislaid, new one may be
obtained from the state motor ve-
hicle department Of the office Of
the county treasurer, without cost
Car-oWners must sign the basic
application blank for gasoline lra-
tons, but the signed blank may be
presented to the registrar by per-
son authorized to use the car, other
than the owner, member Of the
family or even friend. The car
owner need not appear in person
to obtain his rationing book.
The serial numbers of the five
tires per vehicle must be listed on
the application blank. OPA officials
stressed the fact that serial num-
bers are the indented numbers-not
the raised numbers-on the side
wall of a tire. The brand name and
other identifying marks may be list
ed in case the serial numbers have
been erased by wear
Application blanks may be OBJ
tanned at tire inspection stations,
filling stations or garages or local
War Price and Ration Boards
Registration will take place Mo-
vember 9, 10 and II in school houses
throughout the region.
November IL is the opening date
of registration at board offices for
owners of commercial vehicles and
fleets of trucks, passenger cars or
motorcycles.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
Most Farm
Machinery
Now Frozen
Order Went Into Effect
AvvrmDer / to Conserve
Agricultural Equipment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-All new
farm machinery and equipment ex-
cept repair parts were frozen
November | under temporary ra-
tioning order "B'' announced today
by Secretary Of Agriculture Claud
r. Wickard. The order will remain
in effect until state and county
quotas are established as basis
for permanent rationing order.
The freeze order covers two main
types of farm machinery. The first
schedule Includes most of the
heavier labor saving machines which
are important as a result of the farm
labor shortage. Dealers, distribu-
tors, and manufacturers under the
freeze order, may not sell or trans
fer any of the LA items listed in
this schedule.
The second schedule II--includes
miscellaneous items of farm ma
chincry and equipment, generally
requiring less metal in manufacture.
The order will stop transfer Of these
items by distributors and manufac-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05

congress from, the First District, de-
feating Howard Hazelbaker, repub-
lican. In the Second district, O'Con-
nor, incumbent, was successful over
Haines, republican.
Leonard G. Young, republican, was
elected to the office of railroad and
public service Commissioner.
For associate justice of the state
supreme court, former Lieutenant
Governor Hugh r. Adair defeated
incumbent Albert II Angstman.
Frank Murray, democrat, defeat
ed Lewis r. Knox, republican, for
clerk of the supreme court.
Throughout the nation, the G. O.
P. made remarkable gains, having
elected 16 governors and SO large
number of congressman that the
democrat majority is reduced to a
very small margin. Inroads were
also made into the democratic lead
in the U. S. senate. The outstand-
ing republican victory was Thomas
E. Dewey's winning of the governor
ship of New York.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
To Begin SoIvoging
Old Stockings

The Conservation Division of the
War Production Board announces
that collection of worn and discard
ed silk and nylen Stockings, to be
added to the nations war supplies,
will begin on Nov Is. Collection
centers will be established in re-
tail stores having women's and
misses hosiery departments. Silk
hose are used for the production
of powder bags and for other war
materials,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
Women Can Have
NyIons as
Christmas Gifts

Women will still be able to give
and receiye-that most precious Of
Yuletide gifts this Christmas }.
nylon stockings.
That's the glad tidings announced
by WPB following recent placing of
reduced ceiling prices on nylon
hosiery by the Office of Price Adj
ministration. According to reports
received by WPB, there were at
least 100000 pairs of nylon hose
in manufacturers stocks as of Oct
!, and it was expected there are
many more thousands of pairs in the
stock rooms of retail stores.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
AMENDMENTS, REFERENDUMS

Relating to State Board of Educa-
tion-For BIT; Against STA.
Extending Terms of Office of Ger
tain County Officers-For 284;
Against SIG.
Referendum No. 45-For Montana
State College bonds 1856; Against
TAG.
Referendum No. 46-For Northern
+ Montana College bonds 1888
Against bonds 752. a.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
MURRAY WINS REELECTION
TO SENATE

In a contest that grew increasing
ly spirited during the closing days
of the campaign, Senator James e.
Murray comes out final winner,
latest reports giving him lead of
about 1900 over Wellington D. Ran
kin.
(Late radio reports this morning
said the outcome. of the Murray
Rankin contest is still in doubt)
Mike Mansfield was elected to
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05

County Commissioners Klinke and
Hoisington were in Libby this week
and with Commissioner Mahoney
met in the regular monthly session,
recessing over Tuesday because of
election. Only routine matters
came up for their attention.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
Sudden Death
Takes Two
Residents
A. S. Borden Drops
Dead on Deer Hunting
Trip Monday.
MRS. L. J. OLSON FOUND
DEAD IN BED

Death from what was probably
an attack of heart failure brought
to an end the life of a long time
and prominent resident of Libby in
the passing of Mrs. L. j. Olson
early Wednesday morning Mrs.
Olson was found by Mr.. Olson
when he arose Wednesday morning
and death had evidently come few
hours earlier. She was lying in a
peaceful position in her bed, with
every indication that she had passed
away quietly in her sleep.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Feenan of
Troy, had spent Sunday on hunt
ing trip into the pheasant district
in the Polson-Plains area. Mrs. OIL
son had always been a great lover
of the out-of-doors and thoroughly
enjoyed the outing Sunday, fire.
quently having remarked how much
she was enjoying the day. She was
very active and vigorous all during
the day and appeared in good health.
On the way home that evening she
complained of being very sleepy
but that was considered a natural
-~sailt of the active day spent in
the open. Monday she remarked
that she was rather tired and on
Tuesday Mr.. Olson noticed that she
was looking most poorly. She main
tanned however that she was all
right and only needed rest Wed
nesday morning her son Don arrived
home from Spokane about 2.30
o'clock and xtepped into his moth
er's room to greet her. She re-
marked at that time that she was
feeling all right and for them not
to worry. She therefore passed
away some time between 2.30
o'clock and the time of Mr.. Olson's
arising. 1t was known that Mrs.
Olson was afflicted with heart
weakness as she had been warned
by a doctor some time ago of her
ailment.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock,
at the Gompf Chapel, with the Rev.
Russell r. Prentice officiating
Gertrude Flint was born on a.
farm near Rice, Mimi, on June q,
1882 There she grew to woman
hood and on October 10, 1906, she
and Mr. Olson were married at Wi
mona, MINI. They lived in Sank
Rapids, Mimi, until 1912 when they
moved to Libby, Mr.. Olson coming
in April and Mrs. Olson following
him in June. To this union three
children were boTn--Leone, now
Mrs. Malcolm Peters, of San Fran
cisco, whose husband is prisoner
in the hands of the Japanese, DR..
Howard Olson Of Grangeville, Ida,
and Donald, who lives at home. AL
SO surviving are four grandchil-
drcn. In addition to her immediate
family, Mrs. Olson is survived by
three brothers and five sisters, one
brother having died less than a
year ago in much the same man
ncr as Mrs. Olson. Of these, a
brother and sister reside in Idaho,
brother in North Dakota and all
the others in Minnesota.
In the 30 years that Mrs. Olson
had been resident of Libby she
had made wide circle of friends
and had been prominent in both
church and social circles.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
81 Yeur Old
Resident Answers
Lost Coll

a long and interesting life was
brought TO close in the death
last Thursday night of Timothy Mil
Ter, resident of Libby for 43 years.
Funeral services were held from the
Gompf Funeral Home Sunday af-
ternoon with the Rev. E. Roy Fort
officiating. Members of the Odd
Fellows lodge cnna---- siasesiue
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is not 4 nice commentary on the
authorities responsible for that 1y-
ing field. But the unlikely circum-
stance serves its purpose--the CO.
pilot is killed in the ensuing crash,
Pats license is permanently revoked
and his name disgraced. This makes
it possible for him to run Of to ny
In Dutch Guiana, leaving his young
and ever loving son at home in
kindly hands to become a flyer too.
Naturally. leering Fate has to in
trude with a silly misunderstanding
between son and friend Evelyn
Keyes) so that Mr.. Ford plunges
into test plotting as his cure-all.
The interlude in which these
events take place is vast, with the
scene shifting willy -nilly between
the Dutch colony and the air school
In the States and without accom-
plishing much besides introducing 4
few seedy characters and a burro.
1t all may have been plotted. how
ever, as buildup for the final Sc
quence. Here father O'Brien, hav-
ing hurried home to join the Army,
works the stunt OF slugging son
Ford insensible and in his place
taking aloft faulty new model OF
Army plane for its crucial dive. The
dive OF course is one of your fiend-
ishly roaring and glorious 10000
footers that could have but one con-
Evening star., 1942-08-15

Veidt has had to have some new
fam photographs taken. being care
full not to reveal any traces of the
sinister in his face.
tReeased by North American Newspaper
Alliance, 1nc.)
Not everybody with a dollar to
spare can shoot gun straight-but
everybody can shoot straight to the
bank and buy War bond.
Evening star., 1942-08-15

been mere, tnere ana everywhere
since the war began-even to par
ticipating in a commando raid on
the French coast and setting up
camera bases around Alaska But,
also, he has found time to keep his
finger on the pulse of film produc-
ton at Goth Century-Fox, where he
is general manager.
The wonder of it all is that Zan-
uck's studio has been able to keep
going at such top-quality speed.
AS matter OF record, it has been
turning out one hit after another.
For instance. MY Gal Sal" IS today
one of the three box -ofIice sensa-
tions IN a field that has such out
standing contenders as Mrs. Min
liver" and Yankee Doodle Dandy"
And we saw one the other night
that should come very close to STEP
ping on Sails heels. This is OR
chestra Wives" featuring Glenn
Miller and his band and some swell
new tunes.
Physically, Zanuck isn't the big
gest producer In town, but he cer-
tainly has a capacity for assimilating
grueling tasks equaled by few other
Industrial leaders in this Nation.
In ordinary times he reports in his
efice at noon and remains there
more often than not until about
3 and 4 in the morning. Today,
there is no telling how few free
hours he has for rest and recrea-
tion, but 1t can't be many.
zanuck represents the very cream
Of the Hollywood Army" He rates
his commission and has brought
honor to 1t.
X
A still photographer happened to
be at the right spot at the right time
the other night and snapped one of
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
NationaI-"The Moon Is Down. !"
Steinbeck's play from the novel,
starring Conrad Nagel: $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Calling DR.. Gillespie, ;"
extension of the Lionel Barrymore
series: 1915, am, 1890, $50, sos,
7;25, 9:45 and ll:55 pm. Stage
shows: HAS am, 2, 400, 6:4O, 8:55,
and 11:l5 pm.
Colulnbia-"Mi Annie Rooney"
the Shirley Temple sphere enlarges:
II am. 12:45. 2:40, 4:30, 6:25, $40
and 1880 pm. Stage shows: 11:55
am, 2:2o. sos. 7:30 and 10 pm.
Earle-"Big Shot" Humphrey Bo-
sart in his traditional role: 1870
am, 12:40, $40, $50, Sis and
1850 pm. Stage shows: 1855 am,
2:2o. sos, 7:30 and 10 pm.
Keith's-"Pride of the Yankees"
Gary Cooper in the life OF Lou Geh-
rig: $50 am, II, AS, 4:55. 7:20
and $50 pm
Little-"After Mein Kampf." the
rise OF Hitler In all its infamy: 11:10
am, !, 2:45, 4:30. 6:l5. and 9:45
pm.
Metropolitan - Flight Lieuten-
ant" story of test pilots with
Pat O'Brien: 1925 am, 1:30, 1886,
$40. TAO and $50 pm.
MRS. Miniver." Jan
Struther's epic story on the screen:
$50 am, 12:40, $3.50, $40, 9:l0 and
IL pm.
Pix-"Something to Sing About"
with James Cagney: /, 3, 4:50, 655,
$50 and 1880 pm
Evening star., 1942-08-15

the funniest pictures ever taken of
a Hollywood celebrity-Clar Gable
crawling around on his hands and
knees as If in search of an errant
shirt stud. Actually he was looking
for an eraser 1t was one of Clark S
final pictures before his induction
into the Army as an air force
private.
Here's how it happened:
At Gables recent command radio
performance boy handed Clark
pencil with which to sign his
autograph book. When the star re-
turned book and pencil the boy
said, Where's the eraser?"
by golly, rubber is precious" said
Gable. even on the end of a peneN
And so the two of them Went
down on the floor and staged the
search-which, we happily report,
was entirely successful.
There seems to be evidence piline
up In movietown these days that
Evening star., 1942-08-15
BY J. w. STEPP.

AS If the point needed reiteration,
Flight Lieutenant" now at the
Metropolitan, demonstrates that
test pilots are a daring, death defy
ing lot. At the same time 1t re-
mains stanch on the premise that
socially they are invariably victims
of some serious maladjustment like
bitterness because their wives no
longer love them. or because they
cannot get the girl, or because they
have suffered a disgrace that only
such dangerous living-if not death
itself-can erase. 1t is the latter,
or rather the latter pair of factors
which motivates this latest chroni-
Gle of daredevils of the air. Pat
O'Brien and Glenn Ford are the
principals to be discerned amid its
diffuseness.
Messrs. O'Brien and Ford form a
father-son team of test pilots, the
only obvious deviation from the ira
ditlonal theme. At the outset Pat
has committed the crime of driving
while drunk on test flight, which
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Test Pilots
Have Another
Day at Met
Flight Lieutenant
Stars Pat O'Brien
In Familiar Yarn

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT" . Columbia
Picture, starring Pat OBrien and Glenn
Ford, produced by B. p SchCIberg. directed
BY Sidney Salkow. story by Richard Car
roll and Betty Hopkins. screenplay By
Michael Blankfort. At the Metropolitan.
Evening star., 1942-08-15

series OF lapSeS from virtue, all this
in a picture called The Big Shot, "
which opened yesterday at the
Earle.
The Big Shot" is pretty much
run-of- the -penitentiary melodrama,
but the Freres Warner have made
so many of the things that they've
developed a knack of some sort. At
any rate, they have achieved a
technique. sort of glibness in re-
hashing yesterdays rehash to make
it at least acceptably palatable if
not excitingly new. The boys at
Warmers make these crime melo-
dramas fast and loud if they don't
make them anything else.
You will find Mr.. Bogart in ia
miliar guise in The Big Shot. "
portraying man with no small
problem. The dilemma faced by
Mr. Bogart's Duke Berne is the sort
of thing that might even have given
pause to Duke Mantee, the killer
of long ago and The Petrif1ed For
est who started Mr.. Bogart on his
life Of cinema crime. This new
Duke is little softer, perhaps, but
1t is enough to make wreck Of any
man when he realizes that he is
constitutionally unable to live an
honest life. while at the same time
he is up against the fact that he
has two convictions behind him and
faces the three-strikes-and-out tof
circulation) law If caught again
That's the sort of thing that
breaks the spirit.
X n X n
Mr.. Bogart's spirit is not one to
remain broken for long. however.
and before he reaches his no-good
end he manages to summon enough
vigor to prove that Warner Bros.
penitentiary still won't hold him and
to lead the law some merry chases
over snow-covered mountain roads,
undoubtedly on bootleg tires, judg-
ing by the lack of respect he shows
them.
THE Big Shot" comes close at
certain points to slipping across the
Hays ONCE line by making a SYM
pathetic character out of this Duke
Berne. sentenced as he Is to life
imprisonment for a crime he did not
commit. And Director Lewis Seller
has come close at certain points to
arousing certain amount of sus-
pense, or at least as near to sus-
pense as can be achieved in a film
which opens with the central char
scter on his deathbed telling how
he got there.
The players in The Big Shot" are
the usual inmates-Stanley Ridges
Tin new, slick, toppiece), Murray
Alper, Joseph Downing. Roland
Drew, Chick Chandler, Minor Wat
son. etc. There also is a young lady
mentioned in the ads as the new
and lovely" Irene Manning. who,
whether she is new or not, certainly
Is lovely.
kx
Headliner on the Earle's stage. or
rather on the orchestra pit raised
IN front OF 1t, Is Ralph Hawkins
orchestra. the local unit which has
been making a name for itself at a
cabaret called the Cross Roads. Mr..
Hawkins. one of the towns TOP
drummers, does have himself a
band. his first stage appearance
proves, a small crew, but a lively
Evening star., 1942-08-15

one with an equal adeptness at
swing tune or a sweet one.
Miss Bea Vain, lovely singing
star of many a radio program, pro-
vides another elegant interlude, an
exceedingly bright one musically,
in her contribution of several ditties
of the moment. Others are Buster
Shaver, with his midget dancing
partners, Olive and George, and
Bobby May.
Evening star., 1942-08-15

the fans like good men better than
bad.
In "Nazi Agent" Conrad Veidt
played the dual role of twin brothers,
you'll recall. one villianous, one vir-
tuous. Veldt's fan mail at M-G-M
has more than doubled since the
picture was released, but the inter
esting part is that nearly all the
letters laud his portrayal OF the
hero.
To meet the increased demand
Evening star., 1942-08-15

THE BIG SHOT Warner Bros
picture starring Humphrey Bogart; d.
rected by Lewis Seller; screenplay by
Bertrf m Millhauser. Abem FinkeI and
Daniel Fuchs. At the Earle.
Evening star., 1942-08-15

clusion. Perhaps it was all for the
best.
The pretty and well-poised Miss
keyes. incidentally, affords pleasant
respite from the drone of high
powered motors and tired dialogue,
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Now Zanuck Makes Good
In Army's Signal Corps
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.
The celluloid parade:

celluloid parade:
This industry and the Nation could we'll
couple times direction
Wahoo Neb) lad who made good movie
cutting the Of behalf Of Uncle big
gest job.
important cog
Evening star., 1942-08-15
II. Bogart Takes Another
Rap in Earle's New Film
In The Big Shot He Learns Again
That Crime Does Not Ever Pay;
Hawkins Band on Stage
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.
dn the Temporary Absence of Jay carmod,


You might reasonably
have relaxed by this time had
that
Humphrey would But here
and Mr. Boart suffering another
Evening star., 1942-10-11
SERvIcEhdAN'S BRIDE

Since this is one time you can't
whip out a compact and make re-
pairs, better make up for enough
lastingness, to see you through the
ceremony.
You can keep down those beads
of perspiration and make up a nose
to defy a shine if you'll use some no
shine stuff "a clear, colorless liquid
on troublesome spots before you
apply your face-do. Lacking this
little heaven cent aid. there's next
best trick. Smooth on foundation,
then give your face the once over
lightly with ice to cool and set COS
metic film. before you apply powder.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
let lash pomade and wells of smoky
tears be your glamor- aids.

let lash pomade and wells of smoky
tears be your glamor-aids.
HANDSoHaE HAND0UT. Look to
the grooming of that important left
hand, and give its mate equal care.
Make nails out-sparkle that heir
loom brooch that you wear, and
Jacket them in pink, not red. Make
up your hands, just as you do your
face, and borrow grandmother's
trick of rouging the cushioned tips
of your fingers
In choosing your rings, remember
that, like dresses, they have their
good lines and colors. The traditional
engagement stone, which looks well
on the average hand, is the round
cut, or solitaire diamond. But the
metal and gem should be in balance.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Look your best for
your wedding. Here
are timely hints
% $<sta Blythe

- 4 DAR pRIDE TO DI7 In these
Y" days of twenty-fom-hour
w engagements and spm-of-
the-moment weddings, a compen-
dunn of beauty hints will come in
handy.
Makeup, says the bridal con-
Evening star., 1942-10-11

met their rivals at the altar. If your
own color does a fadeaway under
stress, use lusty pink in undeEtone,
and top that with pink powder. This
will save your face in any light. But
if you're the crimson-turning type,
better mask the bushes before they
appear by using an ethereal-making
pearly foundation and dull matt
POWDER
Evening star., 1942-10-11

skinned hand; platinum on the lily
white hand. Platinum comes from
Canada and makes for neighborly
trade. Because of the nickel it con-
tains, white gold is on the restricted
list.
Wear your engagement diamond
on your right hand to the ceremony.
leaving the third finger, left hand,
free for the wedding band.