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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17
Eastern Star
Enjoys Fine
Christmas Program

Mrs. Harry Brinton was chairman
of the Eastern Star Christmas party
Tuesday night High school students
and children gave the program. The
Rainbow Girls quartet led in the
singing of Christmas carols. The
quartet of clarinet players, Jimmy
Woodwork, Earl Winfrey, Dolores
Oertel and Daisy Hunter, responded
with encores.
Miss Kathryn Hampton sang two
lovely solos. Marjorie Hunter gave
sacred reading. Little Joy St
Marie twirled the batons expertly.
Miss Margaret Hellweg, always
enjoyable, read, Santa Claus Day
After Christmas. For her encore
she gave "Oh, Little Town Of Beth
lehem."
The hit of the evening was the
dancing of Carol Lou Boggess. The
Spanish and Hawaiian numbers OF
this lovely child were applauded
while she was dancing.
The stamp and bond sale was
most successful, S723 worth of bonds
and s55 of stamps being sold.
Mrs. Lloyd Hunter was chairman
for food. She was assisted by Mrs
E. M. Boyes, Mrs. H. A. Hough,
Mrs. Lou Joughin and Mrs. Bur
roughs Cake and coffee were
served,
The refreshment table was dec
grated IN holiday colors--red and
green-with pepper plants, lighted
candles and jolly little Santa
Claus.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17

of birch or Douglas fir veneer. That
means the IL blades in the four
motorcd Halifax, for example, need
$4,000 square feet of thin veneer.
THAT is only the amount of wood
that goes into propeller blades Mil
lions of board feet of American
wood is also used for the fuselage
frame, the spars and longerons
which lift the planes weight, the
engine mountings and the bomb
doors from which drop Bundles for
Berlin.
Even the tires for British planes
depend on rayon threads to make
make them heat resistant, and this
rayon comes from chemical de-
rivative of American pulpWood
"And then finally, over the en-
tire surface of all British planes
there goes 'dope" or pulpWood-
derived paint which serves as wea-
therproofing and protective camou-
ffffagp, the color being changed ae-
cording to the climate and time OF
day
"A new secret bomber, which has
lust made flights that show it to be
the worlds fastest plane, is made
entirely of spruce, Douglas fir and
birch plywood. But whether 1t IS q
new secret plane or one that has
long been striking terror into the
heart of the Axis, the British filters
are blasting the Nazis and the Jap.
from planes made of wood felled BY
American loggers
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17
AUCTIONED MEAT BRINGS
GOOD PRICE

The elk and deer meat auctioned
last Saturday by the state fish and
game department at the Pioneer
Meat Co. building brought a good
price. The highest bid was 35c a
pound The total sum brought in by
the auction being about $40. The
largest sale was of $50 pounds
bought for the navy at Seattle,
which was bid in at 23c pound.
1t is believed this went to an of
ficers' club at the Seattle navy base.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17
NAMED ON CIVILIAN DEFENSE
COMMITTEE

Announcement was made this
week of the appointment of Dexter
Shaurette as chairman of the CT
william Service Corps for Libby and
Lincoln county. Appointment was
made by j. A. Krall, chairman of
Civilian Defense for Lincoln coun-
ty.
Mr.. Krall also announced at the
same time that Mrs. J. M. Cairns
had consented to take the chairman
ship of the work being done in
civilian defense by the registered
nurses and First Aid workers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17

Lumber In
RAJ P lanes

WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-Ameri-
can lumber has been flying with
the Royal Air Force from the au-
tumn of 1910, when the Raj
fought off the huge German air
offensive, To the current fighting
over Europe and Africa, the Office
of War Information announced to-
day.
Wood most of it American spruce,
Douglas fir, birch, and poplar COM
prises one third of the weight of all
British aircraft and goes into Al
different types of British planes to
make up their main CONSTITUTIONAL
strength, the OWL said. 1t described
the amount of American lumber
used by the British in aircraft con-
struction as tremendous"
Britain's new secret bomber, test
flights of which have shown it to
be the worlds fastest plane, is
made entirely of American wood.
The text of the Owl statement
follows:
American lumber is flying with
the Raj.
americas fallers, buckers and
sawyers are the ground crews Of
British pilots, gunners and bonn
bardiers
! Forty -one types of British planes
are now using American lumber for
their main Constitutional strength.
American wood is in the Stir
lings that dropped ton after ton OF
bombs on Cologne.
American wood is in the Whit
leys that beat off Goerings violent
air offensive in the summer of 1910
American wood is in the Well
ingtons that for two years have car
ried huge bomb loads over Nazi-
held Europe.
american wood is in the 30-ton
Lancasters that blasted Germany
Diesel works at Augsburg.
American wood is in the twin!
engined Beaufighters whose -four
cannon shoot down Axis planes ovel
Libya, and it is in the Coastal Com
mand Blenheims that sink German
ships off Norway.
1.-THE list goes on through every
famous British plane. About one
third of all the weight used in Brit
ish aircraft construction is wooc
and most of it is American spruce
Douglas fir, birch and poplar.
From the nose right down t
the tail Of a British bomber, fiBhte1
or pursuit, American wood is help
ing to knock the Nazis down owe
Malta, to blast the Germans IL
Africa, to smash German dominated
munitions plants from Oslo 7
Prague and to rip holes in Jap at
tackers on Ceylon.
1.-THE amount of American lum
Der that is needed is tremendous
( Each one of the blades in the pro
5 pellers of Lancasters, Halifaxe:
Wellingtons, Spitfires and Hurrl
!, canes need over 1000 square fee
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17
POsTOFFICE HOLIDAY HOURS

Postmaster De Rosia announces
that the postoffice will be open
all day on Saturday, Dec. 10, and
will remain open on Christmas eve
until $50 o'clock for the handling
of parcel post and general delivery.
No money orders or registered let
tiers will be issued at that time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-12-17

The Chickamauga National Park
in Tennessee gave 5000 cannon balls
and all unessential markers and
plaques to the national scrap drive,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

MANY INTERESTING ques-
tions come from. members of
the Red Cross nutrition class
which is being held weekly
in our Detroit Times auditorium.
Since these same thoughts
may arise in other minds, we're
passing them on answered.
QUESTION-Please tell me If
home canned juice is as good as
that commercially canned. DO
lose vitamins besides vita
min G?
ANSWER - The method OF
canning foods affects the vitamin
content to some extent. With
the possible exception of vitamln
c there may be no serious loss
during the canning process.
though of course when foods are
removed from the cans and re-
heated before serving, there may
be additional vitamin loss.
In order TO preserve all the
vitamins possible in canned
products, emphasis is placed on
canning foods very soon after
they are gathered and on carry
ing every step of the process
through rapidly.
Commercially canned foods
are packed in a special manner
so as to retain all the vitamin
value possible.
QUESTION-Is the poisonous
substance called botulinus also
present in home canned fruits
as well as vegetables and
meats?
Should home canned fruits be
heated before serving TO be on
the safe side?
MISUNDERSTANDING bacteria
does not grow in acid or salt
solutions.
Since fruits are acid foods
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Far East

From 1920 10 1922 Miss
Sweeny was dean of home eco
Monies at Michigan State Col
lege. These same years she was
also president of the American
Home Economics Association.
In 1888 she Travelled in the
Far East, visiting educational
institutions and social and medi-
cal welfare projects and attend
ing the Madras Conference of
the international Missionary
Council. where she spoke on
various phases of education for
home and family life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Answers to Questions
Asked on Nutrition

there is no danger of this bac-
terra being present and no need
10 heat the fruit before serving.
QUESTION-Is il necessary
TO reheat homemade chilli sauce
before bringing it to the table?
ANSWER-It is not necessary
TO reheat homemade chill sauce
before bringing it to the table
if it has been properly prepared.
The basic ingredient of this
mixture is an acid vegetable and
is cooked over a long enough
period of time that any bacteria
present will be killed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

A PERSONALITY that be-
speaks itself even over the tele-
pnone has Mary +. Sweeny.
assistant director and head of
rihysical growth and develop
uent al Merrill Palmer School.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Food Front Leaders
Mary Sweeny, Assistant Head
Of Merrill Palmer School

Germany, and was cited for
bravery by the United States
Army and the S2nd Division on
the Meuse Argonne and 81.
Mihiel fronts.
She was educated AT TranSyl-
vania College. the University of
Kentucky and Columbia Uni
versity holding Master Of
Arts and Science degrees.
For some years she was pro-
feSSor of nutrition and physio-
logical chemistry and then head
of the home economics depart
mont at the University Of Ken
lucky.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Putting Up
A Workers
Lunch Box
BY PRUDENCE PENNY

THE d + + T. n ) T. workers
lunch box has been the subject
of much discussion in the past
few months the popular
conception being that home
makers just starting to pack
lunches do not do as good
job as those who've been pre-
pairing them for years.
In order to get facts from
the kitchen front we visited
with wives from both groups.
Our findings? There's little
difference in their techniques.
Experienced
We dropped in on Mrs.
Thomas Knight while she was
preparing her husbands lunch.
She's been packing them for
about % years. The first thing
which took the eye as one
stepped into the kitchen was a
Vely arrangement of fresh
fruit. In reply to our comment,
Mrs. Knight said, "Oh, yes. /
always keep fruit handy for
Tom is very fond of il"
There is a general pattern for
Mr.. Knights lunch a meat
sandwich and a jelly or jam
sandwich, but the meat and
sweet spread must be different
each day. Then there are cookies
or cake and fruit.
Variety seems a must for all
of the men. They don't want to
know what the change will be.
One day it might be enriched
white bread rye Pan1pernickei
or whole wheat. Sometimes
there will be mustard with the
meat and again it may be
lettuce.
Another Home
At the Robert Gross hans
home we got mans views first
hand. Mr.. GroSshans was just
getting up after his days sleep,
for he works nights at Norge
Division Borg-Warner Corpora
ton, which is 100 per cent on
war work. Both he and Mr..
knight are in production work
there.
We found him in the kitchen
trying TO catch a glimpse OF
what would be in his midnight
lunch. Mrs. Grosshans has been
preparing his lunches for just
few months and has quite
system.
In order that they can have
evenings with friends and for
entertainment. she fixes the
sandwiches in the afternoon and
puts them in the refrigerator.
They have a big dinner at 6 and
then often 60 out.
With the lunch all prepared
there is more time: that is,
they don't have 10 hurry home
to prepare food. All he has to
do is slip in and pick up his
lunch box.
Don't Cut, Please
Both men insist that their
sandwiches must not be cut.
Mr.. Grosshans says it's chiefly
for sanitary reasons. Many times
he docs not take time TO wash
his hands too carefully, there
fore he can simply tear away
a bit of the waxedo paper and
have something 10 hold the
packet with. If the bread were
cut this would not be possible.
Variety seems TO be the re-
quest of these Norge employees
as far as lunch boxes are
concerned. Mr.. Grosshans is not
satisfied With just one piece of
fruit; there must be al least
two. Sometimes he finds raw
carrot sticks. a tomato green
onions or a hard cooked egg.
Occasionally his thermos jug
will have chilled tomato juice
rather than coffee. for he can
get coffee at the plant.
On the contrary, Mr.. knight
likes TO buy milk at work and
carry his lunch in a paper sack.
Since it's a little more diff
cult 10 get vegetables into a
lunch box menu, these home
makers make a special point OF
having lots OF vegetables at din
ner. They also include much
meat at dinner.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Vegetable Dish

TO PREPARE green beans
and onions in a style that's new,
cook the sliced beans in boiling
water for a few minutes. Now
add the onions and cook until
tender. Drain and serve with
Drowned butter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

A Southern
voice always
intrigues, but
when setting
of a sense of
hu m or cou-
pied W h
PR acticality.
It's d ou bly
fascinating.
AT present
she is a mem
be r of the
Food Habits
Committee OF
the National
N utrition
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

Council. This c o m m Tee
was started by Herbert Hoover
during the first World War, and
has grown in size and response
bility since then.
In Last War
but war time experiences are
not new TO Mary Sweeny. From
le14-lS she served as a canteen
worker with the AEF in France
and the Army of Occupation in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
STORING MEATS

Cooked meats are apt to dry
out quickly in the refrigerator.
To prevent this. store them in
tight-covered containers or food
bags.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
TEMPTING FLAVOR

WHOLE KERNEL corn is
extra special when fried in hot
salad oil with green pepper
slices and topped with crisp ba-
con strips.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

MRS. THOMAS KNIGHT whose husband works at
one of the Norge appliance plants here spreading
for lunch box sandwiches She has butter standing
at temperature of the time that it is softened
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

FOR the duration."D
These ''little meals" of the day
Cor night) are highly important,
though. They help generate the
energy required for high speed pro-
duction, for our country needs us
strong. So let's plan these meals as
carefully as we do the main meals
of the day. Simple food-of course.
Hot food - most certainly. Thick,
nourishing soup is one good choice
for between-meal snacks. So are
eggs in all their various forms.
Have you a war worker asking
for "just bite" at odd hours? Then
here are a couple of suggestions
you can use:
War Worker Between-Meal Snacks
ACheese OmeIet
nth Fam-T Tomato Sauce
Buffered Toast
Canned Fruit ipith Cookies
Coffee
HCheese omelet with Ham-Tomato
Sauce
Hdm-Tomato Sauce
tablespoons butter
z tablespoons onion, chopped
z tablespoons green pepper, chopped
u cup spiced luncheon ham loaf,
chopped
can condensed tomato soup
Cook the onion and green pepper
In melted butter until soft. Then
add the chopped spiced ham and
continue stirring and cooking for
about 5 minutes. Add the tomato
soup and heat well to blend the
haVors. (This sauce keeps well in
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

you have often asked?
God answers prayer just as as
suredly as electricity flows from
one wire to another. But, of course,
as you know, for one wire to re-
ceive current from another, it must
make a good contact with live
wire.
Perhaps this might be the reason
why your prayer was not answer
ed. Although you prayed, you did
not make, in some way, sufficient
contact with God.
OF course, such contact" can
not be made if you are living in
wrong relationships either with
God or with any one else. AS the
Scripture declares: "If I regard in
iquity in my heart the Lord will
not hear me"
Like corrosion on wire prevents
good contact, so ones sins prevents
contact with God.
Just as you must take time to
scrape an old wire clean and bright
for it to make a good contact, so
it pays to take the time to get
right with God, if we want Him to
do something for us.
Declares Isaiah: "They that wait
upon the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run and
not be weary; they shall walk, and
not faint.
You wait on the Lord" when you
"get right with God" when you
take time to read the Bible, when
you take time to think upon its
truth, when you take time to have
developed within you that "assur-
ance of faith" that God has already
started the answer to your prayers
on its way to you.
Keep on waiting on the Lord"
until you are conscious of having
made contact with God.
God never fails to respond to the
lcry of a sincere heart.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

the sloop Germantown which as
sisted in guarding the custom
house and consulates.
But the conflict continued with
greater fury and more Marines
were landed. This had such a
quieting effect upon the warning
factions that many of the naval
forces returned to their ships the
same day.
Soon the insurgents laid down
their arms. But the bitterness born
of the dispute still ranked in the
minds of their opponents. No soon
er had the rebellious insurgents
laid down their weapons than the
nationalists attacked their helpless
foes to wreak their vengeance.
Marines Intervene
Promptly the u. S. Marines in
tervened, placing their small force
between the victors and their erst-
while foes and saving them from
a massacre. Thus the Marines risk
ed their lives and became peace
makers in what was purely hui
manitarian venture.
Marines have landed in Uruguay
to protect our citizens at least
three different times. This was the
only occasion they opposed any
armed movement there, and then
it was done solely to demonstrate
a good neighbor policy.
Loren T. Casey.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21
Marines Brought Peace

Our relations with our South
american neighbors have been UNI
usually cordial and the current war
has materially helped to strengthen
these bonds of friendship.
Rarely have the U. S. Marines
landed in South America and on
most occasions such landings have
been made merely to protect Amer
lean lives and property. Once our
Sea Soldiers actually interfered be-
tween rival factions to prevent a
massacre.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21
TIE Marines HAVE LANDED I
~ : 1 4l4s

1t was in November, 1855, when
the little republic of Uruguay was
in the throes of a revolution and
American, French, Spanish and
Brazilian warships stood by at
Montevideo to render aid to their
countrymen, should it become nee
essary.
Guarded Consulates
After hatsy conference among
officials of the four governments
it was decided to land some of
their naval forces. Among them
was a group of U. S. Marines from
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

refrigerator.) Makes 11s cups Of
sauce.
Cheese 0melet (individHal)
2 teaspoons butter
2 eggs
tablespoon water
Y teaspoon salt
Pinch of pepper
2 tablespoons grated cheese
Y cup Ham Tomato Sauce"
Beat the eggs until well mi%ets.
Then add water and seasonings and
grated cheese. Melt the butter l.
skillet and pour in the egg mi&i.Ca
AS the omelet cooks, lift edges @l5
let uncooked egg flow undel. 2
When bottom is Drowned 81
"Ham-Tomato Sauce" in thu
and fold over. Serve on a plt ~
more sauce poured over the o.-is.e..
*Hcmburger-Vege,abIe St;sP
Rye Bread and Butter
Apple Pie Nth Cheese
Coffee or Milk
$Hamburger-Veeetable Sous
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons onion, chopped
Il pound ground beef
Il teaspoon salt
Pinch of pepper
can condensed vegetable soup
! can water
Cook the onion in butter until
soft, then add the ground beef and
seasonings. Continue cooking until
the meat Is Drowned. Then add the
vegetable soup and water using the
soup can for a measure. Bring to
boiling and simmer SIS minutes.
Serves 2.S.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

NOTHING makes bigger hit with
~ the boys at camp than a box
of fudge from home.
Here is an easy, quick, and iner-
pensire way to make up a batch
that will satisfy even the sweetest
tooth-and at the same time will
earn you the heartfelt gratitude of
a young fellow who watches every
mail for something from the folks
back home.
Just make up a batch of this de.
licious fudge today. You can do it
without reducing your present sup
ply of sugar = because this recipe
doesn't call for any sugar.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

Shortcut Fudge
2 7-oz. packages of semi-sweet
chocolate, melted
rs cups 1 15-oz. CAM sweet
ened condensed milk
l tsp. vanilla
| cup chopped nuts
Melt chocolate over hot water,
Add sweetened condensed milk and
stir until well blended. Remove
from fire.
Add vanilla and pour into pan
that has been lined with waxed
paper. Nuts may be added to the
mixture or sprinkled on top.
Allow to chill for a few hours.
When firm, cut into squares.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-05-21

VK7AR production work hungry work. It's not only three
wv squares day woman must prepare but often in
between meal snackS too and at such queer hourS Girls
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-02
Precious Junk
Cincinnati EnQuirer)

Cincinnati Enquirer
80 those goods we despised Yesterday today are
precious than the fur of a hundred blue foxes
When Thomas McRoberts obscure Scot, wrote
those words in letter to his family in Edinburgh
a family which had exied him-he didn't refer to
the goods piled in infinite variety, the shelves of
his Hudsons Bay trading post He talking of
the memories of his homeland which had become
dear to him he sat and drank black whisky in the
cold of the Canadian winter.
But the aging factor had written line which
fits exactly into the scheme of wartime of an America
striving to gather goods which have been called junk
for use in the far-flung industries of defense-and
of attack
There is enough rubber in "despsed" and cast
off canvas shoes in American attics and storerooms
put tires on a thousand army trucks; enough in
garden hoses to insuate the ignition sys
TENS in a thousand fighting tanks
There enough "despised" harrow discs on
American farm dumps to plate a battleship; enough
rustng and discarded wire fencing to erect hundred
radio towers. The paper which still use to kindle
fires would make a million order blanks the gaso-
line and oil waste useless errands would fuel
hundred fighter planes.
From our kitchens we throw away grease and
scraps of food which might feed English parish
for a month, supply soap almost unknown now in
parts of Europe.
We still allow goods to rot and rust because we
still can't realize that tomorrow we can buy no
more. We restless under restrictions now in force
because we can't realize that tomorrow the resric
tons of today will be generosity itself
The old shoes in the basement; the worn-out tires
in the garage; the rusting metal in the barn lot
the clothes we wear; the skillet the kitchen; the
paper in the writing desk-all are 'despised'
goods of yesterday, suddenly precious the
fur of thousand blue foxes
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-02

The lush cost-plus contract which
Powell negotiated for Bethlehem IN
1917 subsequently was challenged
by the Justice Department and af-
ter years of litigation finally was
decided this year by the U. S.
Supreme Court.
Long before the Supreme Court
ruled, however, Frank Knox had
ample means of checking up on
Joe Powell. For lower court
compared Powell's shipbuilding deal
with daylight robbery" and, re-
ferring to him, mentioned the ia :
nous Rob Roy distinction who adj
mitted he was a robber but proudly
proclaimed he was no thief"
Despite all this, however, the
Secretary of the Navy appointed
Joe Powell to the important Job
Of his assistant