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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24
Given New
Definitions For
Christmas

Here are few choice definitions
for the word Christmas, to mix .
little humor with the other heart
warming joys Of the day.
Some wit has said that Christmas
is religious festival at which the
head of the family typifies his adj
hesion to the faith by emulating
the early Christian martyrs.
Another one adds this: Christmas
is that time when the radios keep
you awake until three in the morn
ing playing Silent Night"
Ard The caa odds is BIT Christ
mas-when there's no need to take
the price tag off fathers present.
he will find out soon enough any
way.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS
Mrs. Bertha Cleveland

Resident Corsetiere Spirella Foun.
dation garments. Make appointment
for fitting Phone 142-J, Idaho Ave.
tt
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24
CALL FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
MONTANA, WARRANTS

Upon presentation at the office
of the County Treasurer, Libby,
Montana, | will pay the following
registered Lincoln County, Mon
tana, warrants
All Poor Fund Warrants Regis
tered prior to December |, 1912.
All County Library Warrants Reg
istered
All county high and District high
school warrants registered.
ALL LINCOLN COUNTY SPE-
CIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WAR
RANTS REGISTERED
Interest ceases after this date
December "a, 1912.
J. c. FRIEND,
1t County Treasurer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24
this famous wintering spot.

this famous winterlng spot.
Miss Curtis, who enlisted in the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps on
November ID, has been ordered to
Daytona Beach, Fla, where the gov
eminent has established a new
WAC training center, Since her
enrolment, she has been awaiting
this call at her home where snow
and wintry blasts present sharp
contrast to the surroundings she
will be enjoying within few days
as she starts her new military life.
Daytona Beach. exclusive winter
playground of thousands of pam
pered, pleasure-seekig socialites in
past years. is just being opened as
WAAC camp The government
has taken over 81 of the largest
and most luxurious resort hotels and
apartment houses and has convert
ed them into barracks for the lucky
auxiliaries who are assigned to
training there Every convenience
for their comfort and well-being
is available.
While her friends and hundreds
of other Montana women, who also
could be WAACS if they wished.
are shivering in chill north winds
and skidding along icy streets, Miss
Curtis will be summing herself on
the cleaning white sand of the
beaches, swimming in the warm,
zest- giving surf or playing golf on
million-dollar course in the snap
by summer outfit Uncle Sam will
furnish her. And she will have
good deal of leisure for such en-
viable recreations, despite the strict
training schedule she will follow as
"a WAAC auxiliary.
Miss Curtis has the distinction
and satisfaction, both, of being the
first Montana girl to go to Daytona
Beach, but there will be many
more after her. That is something
those enlisting now and in the flu
ture can look forward to-the pos
sibility that they will be among
those selected to train at the famous
beach resort. It's almost like TAX
ing a winter vacation at the ex-
pense of the government.
But Florida, with her irresistible
climate, perfect bathing beaches,
beautiful coral reefs, deep sea fish
ing and many other attractions, is
only one of the inducements offered
by enlistment in the WAAC, as
Miss Curtis can testify. Daytona
Beach was not open as a training
center when she enrolled in the
corps. It was the opportunity of
serving her country in a really vital
way, the generous provisions for liv-
ing expenses and excellent pay, and
the splendid opportunities for train
ing and advancement in the work
she liked which attracted her in
the first place and resulted in her
decision to enlist. The idea of mil
itary training and discipline also
appealed to her.
Miss Curtis was born in Colum-
bia Falls, Mont, and received her
grade school and high school edu-
cation in Conrad, which has been
her home most of her life. She then |
attended Dillon Normal for two
years, studied two years at the
Fashion Art school in San Francisco
and followed that, with two-year
course at the Munson Business
school in San Francisco. She was
then employed for seven years by
the Western Womens club in the
Bay city.
Since then she has been working
in Conrad
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24

Carlton Joughin, who enlisted in
the navy several weeks ago. re-
ceived telegram Monday ordering
him to report for duty at Helena
Wednesday. He therefore left Tues
day for that city. He goes into serv-
ice as storekeeper first class.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24
Montana Girl
Called Into WAAC
Work in Florida

Florida-land of glistening. palm
strewn beaches and languid, moon
splashed lagoons-Florida, with her
tabled Fountain of Youth and eli
mate to match, is reckoning to re-
cruits of the WAC, and Miss Ethel
o. Curtis of Conrad will be the first
Montana gul privileged to go to
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-24

Don't blame gas rationing if you
freeze while walking to work these
wintry mornings. BY making swap
ride arrangements, the majority of
car owners can ride private cars to
work and still have some mileage
left for visiting, shopping, etc.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

For healthy Chinese Elm and
Weeping Willow that grows rap
idly in any kind of soil, we Of
fer 8 to IL #. trees, S1.00. Also
larger trees priced exceptional
ly low. Our Red Bud, Hydran-
dea, Mock Orange and Tritoma's
will add unusual beauty to your
home. Also large clumps garden
Rhubard, IS cents. Des Grand
champs Nursery. 10000 Hoover
road between IL and Is Mile
roads.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Real Estate for Sole


36 acres on Gratiot near Hall
Road; will divide. Small pay
ments.
10 acres, Little Mack-$5OO
down. 2 acres on Wallace near
Mack-S200 down. New bunga-
low, John r., modern - SOS
down - terms to responsible
party; owner 1920 South Gratiot
Mt. Clemens. Box 261 RI.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Auctions

Big Auction al Fraser Auction
House Friday, Dec. 4th at 7:30
pm. Loads of everything-toys,
household goods, Xmas lights
and miscellaneous items. Come
early for seats. Groesbeck High
way at Id Mile Road.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Seeds. Plonts, Flowers H-2l

THE NICKE FARM NURSERY
Choice fruit and shade trees.
Grape vines and Latham rasp-
berry plants. Evergreens and
shrubs. South Gratiot between
Ia and IS Mile Roads. Or phone
Herbert H. Nicke, Mt. Clemens
2168-W.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Moving 8 Storage
typewriter Repair
IMPORTANT!

IMPORTANT!
All steel typewriter table,
while they last $5.95. Kili-Klat-
ter pad, reduce noise and wear
on type writers--full size, $l.00.
TYPEWRITER REPAIRS AND
RENTALS. Typewriter bought
for government. Hours 9 to 9.
Office Supply Co. 434 Cass Ave.
Mt. Clemens. Phone Mt. Glenn
ems 2047.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Bargain - room modern
house. l block off South Gratiot.
So 300. Small down payment,
balance like rent. Call Mt. Glenn
ems 1917. Five minutes walk
from town.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

HOUSES

S room bungalow-basement
furnace, large lot, fruit trees.
Shrubbery. Attic can be con-
verified into rooms. $3.50, $500
down.
4 room house. Large grounds.
$50 #. on jefferson, ~ IT. on
water. 2 bedrooms on first floor.
Built in garage. Speed Boat.
Forced oil heat. Full basement.
S5000--reasonable terms.
Cozy cottage, attached garage
on Clinton River. Basement. 2
large lots. Good we'll, fruit trees,
chicken coop, must be sold to
close estate-S1700-cash.
FARMSs
so acres. Stock, tools, house,
barn, plenty of good water, ex-
cellent soil. Priced low for i'm
mediate sale.
Also 60 acres. Good land. good
buildings. $1,000 - $4,000 will
handle deal - balance federal
loan.
We have many other farms.
40 to 100 acres. Also many small
farms priced very low. A choice
parcel Az acres on Millar Rd.
Good location. $3.50 - Sl25
down. Easy terms. Several small
parcels. u to ] acres, on Ora
tiot Ave. $50 down.
(. A. KERNER
1923 South Gratiot
Phone Mt. Clemens 1880
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Farm ond Doiry Products H-l0
MORILLS FRUIT FARM
ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN

Apples, wholesale prices -
Mcintosh, Jonathan, Greening,
Wagner, Steele Red, Bell Flow
ers, and Baldwin, through win
ter months. Prices range from
$1.0O to $500 per bushel. With
each purchase of bushel or more
one peck of No. 2 Jonathan CIV
en- away. All varieties selected
by Michigan State College.
Sprayed hand picked fruit. Vim
egar, cider, honey in season p.
s. If gas rationing comes have
one in neighborhood drive to
the farm for several orders.
LOUIS G.. MORRILL,, Owner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
by Turning UsedAnticles into Cash Nth Want-Ads!
- Articles for Sole Ill

Hand embroidered pill o w
cases. crocheted lace for sale.
169 Barbara street, Mt. Glenn
ems.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
WIlDT & WARNER
Barron Bldg. above First
National Bank
Phone Mt. Clemens 1914
4 rm Insulated Home

4 nm. Insulated Home
Near 9i2 Mile and Schoen-
herr. Water, sewer on street.
Gas, electric in. Wired for cleo
trio stove. Near bus service.
Move right in-$1, 800-$4O0
down.
0. G.. KNAPP
PAPA Groesbeck Highway
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
GAS RANGE FOR SALE.
PHONE MT. CLEMENS 1917.

Laurel hot air furnace. Very
good. Kerosene stove, Easyway,
four burner. Very good. 1912
Frazho road. Roseville.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Rooms. without Boord

Sunny front upper room.
Clean and comfortable. los
South Avenue, Mount Clemens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Mans overcoat - Size 40-42.
Ladys black coat size 14-l6.
Mahogany coffee table. Phone
Mt. Clemens 2l91.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Wanted an elderly lady who
will share her home with a cou-
pie. 23l0 Sugar Bush, Mt. Glenn
ems.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Room, and Board
Room, with Boord

2 unfinished rooms; running
water and heat. Cos Pine ST., off
South r yer Road.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
MiseeIloneous
Hydraulic Dump Truck.
IL ton stake Truck.

n ton STAKE lruck.
Parts for all cars and trucks.
Garage equipment and tools.
Reamers, cutters, Flood heat
ers, factory lite reflectors, L"
steel tow cable, grease guns, 10
ton House Jack. so gal. hot wa
ter tank.
Why drive a half dead oil
pumping motor Fermill motor
reconditioner stops oil pumping,
increases gas mileage and starts
motors easier; does same as ex-
pensive ring job at a fraction
of the cost. Your car is ready
to run in As minutes.
FREIGHT HOUSE
173 N. Gratiot Mt. Clemens
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Renown wood burning cook
ing stove. 4209 Lindsey road,
Lenox.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Coal burning automatic Heat
rola. Enamel. Heats 7 rooms.
Used 6 weeks. Including stone
board and pipe. Inquire 2422
Broadacrcs, Mt. Clemens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Stoves. Suckers, Heaters HIS

Commercial stoker, like new.
Cheap if taken at once. J. c.
Ernst. Ford Garage, Richmond.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Old toys will look like new
toys when you give them just
one coat of Enamel. The
Modern Electric Co., 70 N. Ora
tiot, Mt. Clemens.
1000 gallon tank for sale; also
40 hot bed sashes. 5724 Runyon
Road, Washington.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Full size baby crib for sale.
SO Beyne or Phone Mt. Clemens
365R.
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Speeiol Notices
Funeral Directors

LaCROX & GROESBECK
Funeral Directors
Ambulance Service Phi. 26l -g05
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Lost - Irish Setter, months
old, male, responds to Red. Har-
ry Lefurgey, Meade, or call New
Haven 140-F3.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Will pay cash for good used
car Nothing older than 38.
Phillip Denrytes, corner Patton
& Fairchild Rd. Route 2, Mt.
Clemens.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Farm Machine Plan

Northern Ireland has increased
use Of farm machinery by a hire
| purchase plan.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

duction of married man If else
where in the State there are eligible
single men. Similarly, it may not
send married man with children
into the service, while elsewhere in
the State there are eligible childless
married men.
Occupation Important.
In this connection. Maj. Cen
Lewis B. Hershey, the chief of the
selective service, said in the course
OF the hearings that with the pas
sage OF the pending bill the in
duction of married men with chill
dren was not contemplated before
1914. But, he asserted:
AS time goes on, there's going
to be a lack of uniformity on de-
pendency, because you'll have to
depend more and more on what a
mans doing"
His assertion emphasized a gen.
eraf expectation that work neces-
sary to the war effort will become
increasingly important as the de-
Gliding factor in whether or not a
man shall be inducted.
Senator Hershey said that 1.10O,-
600 more men would be drafted bv
January l, many of whom would
be men with secondary dependents
(parents, brother and sisters and
men with wives only.
If the draft age is lowered quick
ly, however, he continued, he would
take the single men before the
married men,"
Amendments Adopted.
In no event though, he continued.
would there be any relief for the
married men before December, be-
cause November quotas already have
been made up and are based on
their inclusion. With the pending
bill in effect, the great ma jority of
december inductees and those in
the three or four months following
would be in the teen ages.
The House committee adopted two
additional amendments:
The first, suggested by Robert P.
Patterson, UnderSecretary of War,
modified provision of present law
saving that If a person under 21
enllsts in the Army without consent
Of his parents he must be released
II the parents so request. The
committee changed the age limit
In this provision to 18.
The second, by Representative
Durham, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima specified that no prospective
inductee should be rejected because
OF his conviction for an offense not
felony at common law. It was
explained that convictions under the
old prohibition amendment had
caused number of such reflections,
and that Mr.. Durham's amendment
would give such men no further i'm
munity from Army service.
In voting to report the Wadsworth
bill, the committee turned down a
Evening star., 1942-10-16

of the most widely spoken languages
in the world. English surpasses it.
At Indiana an emergency Turkish
course, where the students will
study nothing else, has been as
sembled under direction of DR.. c. F.
Voeglin. In the present semester,
the course has dozen students, but
IN the next semester will accom-
inodate 20 or 80.
Japanese was another tongue
lameness. One year before Pearl
Harbor, in all American educational
institutions, only about so students
were studying Japanese seriously.
Before we got into war, the Japa-
nese study had been stepped up at
request Of the combat services. But
students of Japanese, even after
Pearl Harbor, numbered only hun
dreds, SO far as educational files
show.
Better in Chinese.
In Chinese and Arabic, Americans
were better prepared, particularly in
Mandarin Chinese, the national Ian
guage.
Lacking, however, were experts in
the Chinese dialects. That is seri-
Gus handicap, because these dialects
are mostly used in japanese propa-
ganda broadcasts to the Chinese.
One Arabic language, Moroccan,
in which Americans were almost
completely unversed, now is being
taught at the University OF Pennsyl-
vania. The vernaculars OF India,
such as Bengali, Punjabi and Hindu
stani. are as little known as Malay
and Thai. So too, are most OF the
Balkan languages, the tongues
spoken around Dakar. Korean and
almost all the languages Of Central
Asia.
Continuing Problem.
Mr.. Graves. writing in Asia Mag
azine, says the problem is not mere
ly one of the emergency.
with the tremendous improve
ment in the techniques of trans
mission and the recording of
sound" he says, "and with the Ger
tainty that the days of lationism
for the United States are over, we
are moving into a world of COM
munications and intelligence which
is completely different in character
from anything we have known be-
fore.
Whether we like 1t or not. we
Evening star., 1942-10-16
G|obaI War Caught
U. 5. Toneue-Tiedi in
Language Ability
Course Instituted for
War Will Serve Also
In Peace Times
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,
Wide World Science Editor.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. 16.-
OF all Uncle Sans global activities,
perhaps the weakest spot is his
tongue for languages.
Never were SO many different, un-
usual and sometimes rare languages
needed. They are vital in military
and other war activities and in the
peace to coma.
At the wars start, not only was
there lack of Americans who speak
these tongues, but teachers also were
needed to instruct small army of
language recruits.
Files at Indiana University, one of
the colleges undertaking the emer-
gency teaching of languages, give the
picture. An extreme example, to
date, is Thai, or Siamese, although
this is not the rarest of needed Ian
guageS.
Mortimer Graves, administrative
secretary of the American Council
OF Learned Societies, Washington
reported that at the start of the
war only one American was known
to have good command of Thai
Several Government agencies COM
peted for his services. Since then
the society has found some Thai in
structors and the language is being
taught at the University of Michi-
gan.
MALAY Presents Problem
In Malay, huge area where
Americans are expected to fight and
to negotiate, the situation was lust
as bad. Not one American was q
recognized scholar in Malay or
equipped to teach the tongue. Soon
after the war began the National
Resources Planning Board listed Al
persons who, as Mr.. Graves put it
were suspected of speaking Malay
But many of these spoke only
kitchen Malay, that is, enough te
buy a beer. Numerous others were
non citizens.
! Yale University. with co-opera.
ton Of the Learned Societies. ha,
found a small group to teach
Malay.
1ndiana's Job is Turkish. Few
persons realize that Turkish is ont
Evening star., 1942-10-16
500 Serbs Executed
For Revolt Against
Nazis, London Hears.
Occupation Forces
In YueosIovio Are
Reported Increased

By tie Associated Press. ~t
LONDON, Oct. 16.-Balkan sources
said today the Germans had ex-.
ecuted about 500 Serbs charged with
participation in q new insurrection'
against the Nazi conquerors OF Yugo~
slavia and that occupation forces
recently have been increased IN the
turbulent country.
These sources said they had been,
informed the Germans discovered,
the supposed plot early this month
and that the chief of the Nazl
forces in Serbia, Gen. Bader. set up,
special courts to try the patriots.
All who were accused were con-
victed and shot, one informant said.
He quoted this communique, issued.
by the German commander and
published in the Serb newspaper
Novo Vreme:
Last night large numbers OF per-
sons were arrested in Belgrade. They
were implicated in a widespread in,
surrectionary movement, which was
in preparation. If the designs OF
the plotters had been carried out
the Serb people would have SUFFERED
severe shock and misery"
The reported reinforcements for
the Axis occupation forces were at
tributed by official Yugoslav spokes-s
men to the failure of DR.. Ante.
Pavelic, the puppet chief Of state
to pacify the Yugoslavs.
These sources reiterated reports Of
the arrest of DR.. Vladimir Mack,
Croat peasant party leader. They
said ~Dr Mack had been placed.
under German Blackshirt Guard as,
the aftermath Of revolt by several
thousand members of his party
against the Pavelic regime.
Other Balkan sources said Anti-s
Axis feeling was spreading also ini
Rumania because of the transfer to-
the Russian front Of several addi-r
tional divisions which, they said,
Rumania previously had been
promised that she could keep at.
home to guard the country's
| frontiers.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

measure by Chairman May. The
May bill was similar in most respects
but forbade the Army to send any
man into combat duty who had had
less than years training. The
War Department had opposed such
provision.
Explanation of Figures Asked.
Senator Downey, Democrat, OF
California, member of the Senate
committee, raised the question of
what the Army proposed to do with
100000 men. He referred to a
statement made in letter to the
committee by Norman Thomas,
Socialist leader, opposing drafting
the 18 and 10 year olds until broad
lines of strategy have been laid
down, settled and the question of
where this group will best fit into q
manpower plan answered..
Senator Downey said that Mr..
Thomas presented question that
was in the minds of many people
and added:
II can not understand the mag
nitude of the Army's figures"
Gen. Hershey told the House Mill
tary Committee that the bill to lower
the draft ages would make available
l 100000 youths-"the best of our
manpower."
The Senate Military Committee
yesterday heard Brig. Gen. M. c.
White of the general staff testify
that the Army was developing plans
for sending its brightest soldiers to
college for technical training.
The general made this statement
after the committee had received a
plea from Mayor F. H. La Guardia
of New York City that continued
training be provided for medical,
chemical and engineering students.
He proposed plan similar to stu
dent Army training corps of the
World War, with the men contin-
uing their college education as
soldiers.
Gen. Whites plan was to grant no
educational deferments, but men
with special aptitudes would be per-
mitted by the Army to attend ex-
listing colleges as part Of a definite
program. The scheme involved a
constant screening" he said, so
that If man fell down in his
studies out he would CO."
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Hershey Defines
| Marriage and
DEPENDENCY
By the Associated Press.

oy IKE hSSOCldteQ ITeSS.
The answers to the oft-asked
questions when is child not a
child, and when is a married man
not a married man, for draft pur-
poSes?" went into the records of
Congress today.
They were given by Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, director of Sc
lective service, during hearings by
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee on legislation to lower the draft
age.
AS far as selective service is con-
cerned. Gen. Hershey said, mar
riages that took place after Decem-
Der I, the day OF the attack on
Pearl Harbor, don't make any diff
ference"
When do you call a child not
a child?" asked Representative Kill
day, Democrat, of Texas
ANY dependent acquired after
December 7, or when induction is
considered imminent, is not con-
sidered dependent" Gen. Hershey
replied.
He explained, however, that those
were broad rules, subject to re-
Taxation as individual cases arose