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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27

with his sister, Mrs. v. A. Sather.
He was accompanied by his nephew.
Bud Henson of Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Beardsley will
move to Libby about September /.
They have purchased home here
MIR Beardsley has been field man
for the Miles City Star for IL wears.
Miss Ida Daugharty returned
home from Cheney, Wash, last
Thursday, where she had been at
tending summer school. Two friends
accompanied her, who had also been
attending school, Miss Mary Lee
Bell of Newport, Wash, and Miss
Robin Penney of Spokane. They
will remain here for short visit
with Miss Daugharty.
Miss Janith Lee Hargreaves. Miss
Carol Borg and Miss Betty johann
son went to Spokane with Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Johanson on Sunday,
returning to their homes here We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Peter Nordin and daughter.
Mrs. Donald Shea, entertained Il
ladies at the formers home, in hon
or of Mrs. Hilma Gustafson from
New York who has been residing
here this summer. She was pre-
sented beautiful gift by the guests
Merrill Tester. Don Leach. Lloyd
Burpee, Dexter Shaurette and NJ
d. Rowland, all who attended Grand
Lodge at Helena last week stated
that they had very enjoyable trip,
although there was very notice
able drop in attendance at the meet
ings compared to other years. This
was due primarily to war condi-
tons
The Lincoln County Republican
Central Committee met Monday and
elected Fl. Mccullough of Eureka as
chairman, Frank l. Salters as Sec
rotary and treasurer, Nj d. Row
land. state committeeman, and Lou
NJ. Joughin as state committee
woman
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27
LOCAL /
HAPPENINGS

Henry Ford of Troy was bust.
ness visitor in Libby Tuesday
Mrs. Lola Berry and daughter
Dolores of Spokane are here visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Will Allen.
Mrs. Ed Kemp entertained a few
friends of Miss Helen Morris or
Wednesday.
I Installatio nservices will be hele
at II a. m. Sunday at the FRS
Lutheran Church,
] Food Saturday, August q
at Variety Grocery at 10 a. n. b.
First Lutheran Aid Society I
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Shook left this
week for their home near Portland
DR.. Roy M. Sherman and family
will leave September 2 and spenc
until Labor day vacationing a
Whitefish lake.
Everett Humphrey of Eureka wa.
here on business Tuesday in the in
terest of purchasing school bus.
Miss June Miller. graduate
nurse of the Sacred Heart Hospita
in Spokane was here visiting hel
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Miller
the first of the week
Mrs. George Mourar of Missoula
formerly of Libby, arrived herr
Tuesday to spend few days visit
ing with her many friends.
Miss 10 Saunders and Mr.. JOE
BarloWe of Spokane were weekend
guests of Miss Anna Louise Olson
Mr.. and Mrs, Elmer Switzer, Sr.
Bill SWitzer and Miss Hazel Hend-
rickson, a guest at the Switzer home
from St. Paul. Mimi, were Kalis
pell visitors last Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. hampton wen
to Spokane Wednesday to spend ;
few days on business and pleas
ure trip.
| Floyd Shepherd of Philadelphi;
arrived Tuesday for a short visi
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27

Wayne.
II was a real challenge to Producer
Lloyd to re-film the automatically
classic fist-fight of the first Spoil
ers' made 80 years ago. Lloyd, how
ever, has topped the test--the Scott
Wayne brawl had yesterdays audi
ence spellbound.
In a reversal of his customary
leading man roles. Scott this time
is the sauve, crooked gold commits
sioner. Wayne's part recalls not
urala for him such as his Ringe
Kid in aStagecoacha
Margaret Lindsay delivers effec-
lively in the other woman niche
Loveable old Harry Carey corners
a good, fat share of the acting
kudos as Wayne's partner in the
fabulous Midas mine. Richard Bar
thickness, too, has role-that of
the tight-hpped, cold-eyed gambler
who frustratedly is in love with
Cherry.
THE Spoilers" moves all the way,
fast and furiously Action, drama
and romantic excitement embellish
the basic premises of two men fight
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27
Vivid Thriller,
| Action Packed

There's never law of man or
God holds North of So
That. to purloin a line from Kip
ling, is Universal's THE Spoilers, 7
which opens Thursday at the Koo-
tenai theatre.
Vivid, breathless screen matter is
made by Producer Frank Lloyd
from the Rex Beach best-seller no.
vel which dramatizes the mad rush
to the Klondike and the primitive
lust for gold--and a woman's kiss
in the rip-roaring era of SO.
Cherry Malotte, the shrewd, Sc
ductive, beautiful operator of
Monies most glittering gin-palace,
is the role Marlene Dietrich was
born 10 play. The portrait is ably
backed by the virility of her CO.
stars, Randolphc Scott and John
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27
High School
Registers Sept. 4, 5
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page y
school appears below. 1t can well
be studied by student and parent.
How much mathematics should a
boy take? Is Latin advisable? How
many years of science and how
much commercial work? Careful
planning for the future makes it
necessary to select high school
course that will tie in with the stu
dents future work.
Courses for the Freshman year
are: English, algebra, Latin, gem
eral science, home economics and
manual training. Sophomore year
English. plane geometry, Latin,
world history. biology and home
economics. Junior year - English,
physics, commercial subjects in typ
ing, shorthand bookkeeping and
United States history-civics. Sen
Tor year-English, physics, COM
mefce. clology-cltlzenshlp and
advanced algebra = trigonometry.
Band may be taken during all four
years
Requirements for graduation are.
Is units of which four must be in
English and at least two in three of
the following groups, foreign Ian
guages. mathematics, history anad
social science and laboratory sci
enees. One unit in American history
and eivics has long been a state
requirement To this may be added
units in commerce. music, home eco
Monies and one unit in extra cur
ricular activities including athletics,
dramatics. library and newspaper
work
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27
kootenai Valley Grange
Holds Regular Meeting

The kootenai Valley Grange met
August 81 in the Legion hall In
the absence of Master Ohlerich Sis
ter Oneal was acting master.
Plans were discussed for large
attendance at Pomona meeting in
Eureka August o.
Home Economic Chairman Burrell
reminded the ladies of the cotton
dress project. urging all to make
dresses for State Grange contest.
Lecturer VanderWoodl asked that
each one bring a piece of scrap to
the September 4th meeting.
We are very fortunate to have a
gifted writer of poems in our
Grange Brother Gass delighted ev-
eryone with the reading of several
he has written. Interesting quiz
questions were given. A game and
group singing was much enjoyed.
After the quiz game Sister Wander
wood gave the following thought.
THE wise man is the man who
knows he could know more
| Host and hostess were Brothers
and Sisters burrell, Stephen, Wuest
and Patt.
! GRANGE REPORTER.
ing and ready to die for the love
of a woman and for possession OF
the Midas mine.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-27
Hitting the Spot

Open-hearth steel workers accu.
rately heave shovelfuls of dolomite
20 feet through narrow furnace doors
to build up back wall spots no larger
than dinner plate.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Allies Face Hard Fight in Tunisia
As Axis Rushes in Troops by Air;
Troopship Sunk Only 4 Men Lost
Ex-Liner COOLIDGE
With 1000 Aboard
Hits Pacific Mine

The former liner President
Coolidge, fully loaded with ap-
proximately 1000 Army troops
and a crew of 125, hit mine and
sank in the South Pacific with
the loss of only four men, the
Navy announced today.
Prompt and efficient rescue eff
forts" were credited with holding
casualties to so small number, the
Navy said.
The Navy announcement did not
disclose in what area of the South
Pacific the 21,936-ton vessel was
operating at the time and merely
said it was on a war mission.
10th Transport Lost.
The names of those lost were not
given, but it was stated that the
survivors included Henry Nelson,
San Francisco, the master OF the
President Coolidge.
This was the 10th transport an
nounced by the Navy as having been
sunk by enemy action.
The vessel was owned bv the
American Presidents Lines of San
Francisco and was chartered and
operated by the War Shipping Ad-
mlnistration for the Army.
The transport was described as
fully loaded with troops and equip
ment' when it struck the mine.
Was Fully Loaded.
Although the Navy made no Of
cial estimate of the number of
troops the vessel carried, unofficial
estimates placed this figure at
around 1000 and the crew at about
1875.
The President Coolidge was COM
pleted in 1881 at the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., New
port News, Va. 1t was 615 feet long.
Although the Navy did not go into
detail about the rescue work, the
fact that casualties were limited to
four men indicated that the trans
port must have been heavily and
closely conveyed by other vessels.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Stimson Expects
Rickenbocker
In Near Future

Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker is COM
ing back to Washington. Secretary
of War Stimson disclosed today. in
saying that he has date" with the
famous flyer on December IS or
thereabouts.
Il had a letter from Capt. Ricken-
backer recently" the Secretary said,
land expect to see him walk in my
Office at almost any moment"
Capt. Rickenbacker was rescued
last month with six other members
of his crew after being adrift in the
Southwest Pacific for 81 days. His
plane was forced down at sea. The
noted flyer was sent to the Pacific
area on a special mission by Mr..
Stimson and after his rescue re-
quested he continue on with his
work.
He Is now on his way back to
make a personal report to Mr.. Stim-
son, with the probability that he will
arrive here Tuesday.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Worker Income Tops 90 Billion
And Is 22 Per Cent Over 1041

Rejecting the continued ex-
pansion in factory and Federal
payrolls, income payments to in
dividuals in october reached a
record high Of $10,279, ,000, 900,
bringing the total for the first 10
months of the year to 500, ,807,-
600 900, an increase of % per cent
over the same period last year,
the Commerce Department re-
ported today.
The Is per cent increase in wage
and salary disbursements-from
$50, ,452, ,000, 900 to $63, ,031 ,0O0, ,000-ac-
counted for most of the sharp rise
in the Nations income payments
during the first 10 months Of 1912,
according to the department.
Entrepreneurial income and net
rents and royalties increased from
$13,894 900 900 to SIT ,622 900 900, and
social security benefits and direct
relief payments advanced from $2,-
498 ,000, 900 to $2,616, 900 900.
Payments Of dividenos and inter-
Evening star., 1942-12-12
BY JESSE O. IRWIN.

Manpower Chairman Paul v.
McNutt is reported today to be
studying a program of higher
education submitted by the
Army and Navy for 18 and 10
year old students who will be
inducted into the armed forces.
The plan prepared over a period
of months is believed to include
some of the proposals submitted by
the American Council on Education,
two of which call for granting of
occupational deferments to a
selected group of students and the
creation of collegiate training corps
at designated higher educational in
stitutions for the Army, Navy, ma
rines and the Coast Guard
The manpower chief has received
the Army and Navy program be-
cause under the recent executive
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Advocates 10 Make
Final Effort Mondav
For Pay Bill Action
Senute Civil Service Unit
To Seek Temporary
Adjustment Plan
BY J. A. OLEARY.

With leaders striving to at
journ Congress early next week,
the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee will make one last effort
Monday morning to work out
some temporary form of war
time adjustment for Govern
ment employees.
The aim will be to seek a short
extension of the overtime pay
authorization for War and Navy
field employees, which expired No
vember 30, and couple with it, If
possible, some equalizing benefit for
thousands of other Federal workers
not covered by overtime laws.
In these closing days of the Con-
gress, however, whatever stop-gap
measure is proposed will have to win
unanimous approval or the whole
subject will be sidetracked pending
further study in the new Congress.
Separate Bill Shelved.
The separate $300-a-year pay in
crease bill for District policemen
and flremen, already passed by the
House, also will hang in uncertainty
over the week end. Chairman
McCarran of the District Committee
tried to get it through the Senate
yesterday, but Majority Leader
Barkley asked that it be put of
until the Senate reconvenes Tues
day. BY that time it will be known
whether any general pay plan for
Federal and District workers can be
passed before adjournment.
Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York has suggested including local
school teachers in the police-flre bill,
If no general measure can be put
through. Later the New York Sem
ator said it might be possible to
provide a wartime increase for all
municipal employees in the police
fire bill.
President Roosevelt revived the
pay issue yesterday by his letter to
Speaker Rayburn and Vice President
Wallace, after it appeared the issue
had been side-tracked until the new
January session.
Byrd Revives Measure.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, offered resolution to restore
the overtime pay authority for the
War and Navy field employees, who
otherwise will suffer pay-cut this
month, since the overtime compen-
sation stopped December /.
Senator LANCER, Republican, OF
North Dakota, however, indicated he
would not agree to the proposal
unless some provision is made for
the 40 per cent of other employees
who have never had the benefit OF
extra pay for overtime.
Senator Mead also reminded his
colleagues that mere extension of
the War-Navy overtime law would
leave without any consideration
employees of other old-time Govern
ment agencies, many of whom are
working 48 hours for 40 hours pay,
and they include the oldest employees
in the Government"
Evening star., 1942-12-12

ests, however, declined from $7,778,-
100000 to $7,538 900 900, and were
about $2,350. .000,0 900 less than the
total for the first 10 months of 1929.
The october advance was chiefly
due to the expansion in factory and
Federal payrolls, the department
said. The income of farm opera
tors. and the wages and salaries
paid out by trade establishments,
showed greater than seasonal gains
which were partly Offset by a drop
In payrolls of contract construction
firms.
After allowing for seasonal in
fluences, the departments index of
total income payments advanced
from 1928 in September to 175.5 in
October. Though the increase of
81 points in the October index was
substantially greater than the rise
Of IL points in September and the
average monthly gain of 20 points
N the first 10 months Of 1912, "it
does not necessarily imply the begin
ming Of q new spurt," the department
said.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Dr.. Milford to Head
Southern Conference
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 12.-Dr.
Lee w. Milford. physician at Clem-
son College, was elected president of
the Southern Conference at the
final session of the annual meeting
today.
DR.. Milford, now vice president,
succeeds Dean A. w. Hobbs of the
University of North Carolina, as
head of the conference, the govern
ing body for intercollegiate athletics
for 16 member colleges in Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Carolina
and the District of Columbia.
H. A. Fisher, professor of North
Carolina State College, was elected
vice president and Col William
Couper of Virginia Military Insti-
tute, was reelected secretary
treasurer.
Earlier story on Page BAD
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Bomber Falls in Texas:
Three Reported Killed

By the Associated Press
TULSA, Okla, Dec. Three
men were reported killed and two
or three others injured in the crash
OF an Army bomber near Verdigris,
% miles northeast of here, last
night. The plane was one OF three
ships preparing to land at the Tulsa
Municipal Airport.
Names of the dead and injured
men were withheld by Army author
tiles.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
0PA Launches Drive
10 Enforce Rent Law;
SO Cases Filed
First Criminal Action
Is Taken Against
Nations Landlords
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Nations landlords had the
Office of Price Administrations
warning today that a vast rent
enforcement drive is under way,
with charges already filed in go
cases.
Criminal charges of violating rent
regulations were filed yesterday
against go landlords in war industry
areas, OPA announced, and indi-
Gated this was just the start of the
far-reaching rent enforcement drive
The complaints marked the first
mass enforcement action brought
under the criminal enforcement
provisions of the Price Control Act
and were also the first criminal ac-
tions taken to enforce rent regula-
tions. Those accused were not
named in the OPA statement.
Year in Jail Possible Penalty.
Maximum penalties on conviction
are $4,000 fine or a year in Jail, or
both, for each violation OPA said
the principal counts in the COM
plants included:
Charging higher rents than per-
mitted by law, discontinuing essen
tial services. improperly evicting
tenants, filing false registration
statements and failing to file regis
tration statements.
It said areas in which complaints
had been filed or were in the hands
of Federal district attorneys in
cluded Canton, Ohio: Chicago.
Cleveland. Detroit. Kansas City,
Kans; Kansas City. Mo-: Wichita,
Kans.: Milwaukee. Burlington, Iowa;
Erie, Pa; Beaumont. Tex; San An
tonic, TeXarkana, Tex-Ark: Tulla-
home, Tenn; Mobile, Baltimore,
Newark, Hartford. Conn; San Fran
cisco and San Diego.
The owner and manager of the
Miami and Edison Hotels of Balti-
more and five other Marylanders
(See RENT. Page A-8)
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Education of 7een-Age Boys
Facing Draft Studied by McNutt
Army and Navy Submit Program
Prepared Over Period of Months

order expanding his authority he is
charged with co-ordinating all edu-
cational and training programs for
both military and industrial needs.
If the councils plan is adopted,
the corps would be made up of 18
and 10 year-old draftees, who COM
prise 95 per cent of the student
body of smaller colleges. These
students would be selected during
their basic military training of ap-
proximately II weeks. 1t is esti-
mated that about 250,0o0 students
would be affected.
Method of Election.
The council also proposes that the
selection of candidates for these sew
eral corps and their retention for
further training be made by the ap-
propriate military authorities in CO.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
laps Set Up Airfie|d
Within $50 Miles
OF Guada|canal
U. S. Army Planes
Damage Enemy Tanker
And Fell Six Zeros
By the Associated Press.

- NAAS TASooSAotSu lCsS.
Army planes bombed a Japa-
nese tanker, possibly damaged
another and shot down six Zero
planes in the. Northern Solo,
mons recently, the Navy an
nounced today in a communique
disclosing that the enemy had
established a flying field only
about $50 miles from the Ameri-
can position on Guadalcanal.
Communlque No. PIT follows:
South Pacific Gall dates are east
longitude:
81. On December g.:
"(a) Eleven Army Flying For
tresses (Boeing BID and eight
Lightnings Gockheed P-38) at
tackled enemy surface vessels in Fasi
Harbor near Shorthand Islands.
Three bomb hits were scored on an
enemy tanker and two bomb strad-
dies were observed on a second
tanker The Army Lightnings shot
down five intercepting Zeros and
the Fortresses destroyed another.
All Army planes returned undam-
aged.
Jap Airfield Bombed.
"(b) Army Flying Fortresses
bombed the Japanese flying field at
Munda on New Georgia Island.
&c. Ground activity on Guadal-
canal Island was limited to patrol
contacts with small enemy groups.
A japanese artillery position con-
tanning mortars and machine guns
was silenced."
A naval spokesman said that the
flying field at Munda was new
installation. It was known to be un-
der construction within the last
few weeks and may now be COM
pleted.
Munda, at the northwestern end
of New Georgia Island, is only about
$50 miles from Guadalcanal, and
if the Japanese were successful in
establishing field of operations at
that point it would enable them to
concentrate possibly considerable
fighter forces for attacks on Guadal-
canal, something they have been
unable to do in recent weeks.
First Fash Attack in Weeks.
However, in order to accomplish
such a concentration, they must
neutralize to some extent, at least,
the aerial forces which Americans
In the area can throw against them
to prevent the field from ever being
more than an advanced outpost.
The attack on Fasi Harbor was the
first directed against thst point for
several weeks. Fasi has been con-
centration point for japanese ship
ping in the past and presumably
still remains one of their advanced
bases in the Northern Solomons.
The destruction of six Zero fight
ers raised to 637 the number of
Japanese planes reported by the
Navy to have been destroyed thus
far in the Solomons campaign.
Fortress Bests Is Zeros.
A lone Army Flying Fortress re-
Gently fought of Is japanese Zero
fighters over the Island Of New
Georgia in the Central Solomons
DESTROYED five of them and returned
1
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Allied Bombers Blast
Naples and Turin in
1wo-Way Assault
ltolions Admit Heavy
Damage to Southern
Port in New Attack
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. 12.-Allied
bombing fleets, roaring over the
Alps and the Mediterranean in
two-way assault, gave Italy an
other one-two punch yesterday,
blasting the Naples water front
in daylight and pounding Turin
after dark, despite a Smile layer
of clouds over the continent, the
British announced today.
Participation of United States
heavy bombers in the raid on Naples
was announced later. The water
front was set aflame and merchant
ships were hit in that italian port
of supply for Africa.
1t was the second smash at the
south italian port in eight days and
emphasized anew Prime Minister
Churchill's warning that Italy would
be placed under shattering and SCI
entific attack from the air. The
Italian communique acknowledged
heavy damage at Naples and said
casualties were 81 dead and 1873 in
jured.
On December 4, a great armada
of four-engined United States bomb
ers loosed tons of bombs on Naples
sinking one Italian cruiser, Gripping
battleship and scoring hits on
another cruiser.
Italian Claims Denied.
Although the Italian high COM
mand said 10 American flyers, the
crew of one out of five downed
bombers, had been captured, a
United States Army Middle East
communique announced that all the
raiders returned safely.
Heavy American bombers-prob-
ably four -engined Liberator B-24's
of the same type that made the first
raid-scored hits, touching off big
fires and explosions, on the water
front and on ships moored in the
target area, it said.
Only a few hours after the attack
on Naples, big four-engined RAF
| DOlIlUCIo IUdl Gu away l1UIIl GllclI
British bases and, flying over the
continent in dangerous. miles
thick layer Of clouds, blasted badly
battered Turin with another load o1
explosives.
The clouds were so thick that the
results of the raid could not be de.
termined. The Rome communique
said the damage was slight. Despite
the hazardous flying conditions
however, only three British planes
were reported lost on the mission.
Turin, home of the Fiat works
and other war industries, was heav-
lily bombed Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights.
The weather over Turin last night
was rated by returning flyers as
the worst ever encountered on a
large-scale operation They sale
icing was so heavy at times that
the crews were barely able to see
out.
Cruised Over City Half Hour.
Static electricity also hamperec
the flight, they said, sparkling ir
bright flashes around guns and en-
gines so vividly it was mistaken al
first for heavy anti-aircraft fire.
One pilot told of cruising for hall