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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17

wife Brdg been patient in the Water bury Hospital that the GarOFaOs Anthony and Mrs CarOao Is back again Or a days.
 his the ScOyin Manu- employees join the ppORt White Cross the Connecticut Plan for Hospital Care they hadn't he didn't time He right down where he appropriately station the second floor out his application the spot Above he handing application Charles Daley membership of the White Cross.
 already said least m be protected from sickness accident strikes family another talking foreman about 1t only the Plan membership but be nice don't have to about the bill"
 Waterbury, and Rolling Scols Main Flan enrolled for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17

purposes table ships listed in probably combined with those listed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17
Farley Wednesday

The c. Y. O. of St. Miehael's church will meet Wednesday even ing at 7:i5 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17

Mrs. John McMahon, president of Casper Davis Auxiliary, American Legion. announces the first meeting of the Junior Girls will be held Fri day evening at at Fraternity hall Miss Marguerite Byrnes. junior girls chairman, will be in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17

The Women's Society of Christian Service will meet to sew for Britain Wednesday evening at at the Grace Methodist church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17

Yesterday at noon there was simple ceremony in the lobby of the Telephone Building in New Haven. Our Honor Roll was unveiled
 On it are the names of 325 men and women who once worked side by side with For many years they have carried out the Spirit of Service of the telephone company. Now they have left us to join the greatest service of them all - Uncle Sans armed forces. We miss them and we shall miss the many more who will answer the call to the coors before the war is won We shall follow their military with the same interest and affection that we followed their tele phone careers Our prayers and our hopes will go with them wherever they may be.
 We look forward to the day when the telephone wires will sing with the thrilling message Ours is the Victory" and our folks and yours, will be coming home again.
 Tho coufhorn MoM Enoland Tetenhone COmnanv
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Registering of Consumers in Sugar
Rotioning Program Storts Next Week;
Suggestions Given For Expediting Work

eyes and any other distinguishing
characteristics. These sample forms
sent you will enable you to bring
the required information about
each family member you wish to
register
Complete reports must be made
to the ration board every evening
and it is hoped that as many as
possible will register before the
dinner hour; also in order to avoid
congestion and consequent waiting
at the registration tables that per-
sons north of Lincoln Boulevard and
east of Louisiana Avenue come on
Monday; west of Louisiana and
north Of Lincoln come on Tuesday,
south of Lincoln and east of Lou
isiana on Wednesday, and south Of
Lincoln and west of Louisiana on
Thursday. This is for your conven-
fence and, Of course, any person
finding it inconvenient to follow this
schedule may come any evening
that suits his other arrangements
All persons in sections outside the
town but in this school district and
also in Swamp Creek or District
No. 22 will register any one of the
four days.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Decides Against
Borbecues During
Duration Of War

1t was decided that no more bar
becues would be held by the organ
ization during the duration of the
war at meeting of the Libby Rod
and Gun club, held Friday night in
the community room of the Court
house.
George Ripley of the state fish
hatchery was present and in dis
cussion with club members, agreed
to cooperate in every way in the
clubs work 1t was agreed by Mr..
Ripley that he would plant Rain
bow trout in Crystal, Evon and
Rainbow lakes, all in the Happy S
Inn district.
L. j. Brown, president, announces
that membership tickets are now on
sale at his place. the Central Serv-
ice Station, or at the Fountain. The
annual sale of Wildlife Stamps is
now in progress and these can be
obtained at the same places.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Libby Youth
Breaks Ankle
While Skiing

Victim of skiing accident Sun
day near Standard lake in the BARGE
basin, George "Booter' Stasviken,
suffering a broken ankle. was car
ried off the snowfields on an i'm
provised sled built of his compan-
ions skis. The accident, first to
happen to a group of skiers who
have made excursions into nearby
mountains for the last four years,
occurred about 4:30 o'clock in the
afternoon when Stasviken attempt
ed a doWn-hill turn.
The mishap took place 3l2 miles
from the auto trail and when the
party left the snowfields, Stasviken
was carried on the backs of the
sturdier members of the group.
Members of the party reported
Stasviken would be laid up for
about six weeks.
Making the trip in addition to
Stasviken were Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Hennessy, Joe Johnson, Alice Lar
son and Eugene Butt Several oil
these persons also made the same
trip Saturday when they found the
Baree snowfields wrapped in a Wig
orous storm. Sunday they found
snow falling in the higher ridges.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Studying How to
Lessen Damage Done
By Local Streams

The county commissioners were
in session Monday considering a
problem that has developed on Lib
by and Flower creeks. Freshets and
the moving of gravel bars have Gre
ated a condition on the two streams
that is causing considerable dam
age to farm land, states County
Commissioner Mahoney. It is be-
lieved that something should be
done to correct that trouble if pos
sible, says Mr.. Mahoney, and Com
missioners Klinke and Hoisington
are of similar opinion. Good soil
is one Of the greatest resources OF
the county" said Mr.. Mahoney
and it is shame to see it washed
away by the streams Just what
can be done is problem but the
commissioners are working on q
plan which will be reported later
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30

The registration Of consumers in
the sugar ration plan has been set
for May 4th to 7th, both inclusive.
1t is to be carried out by the fac
ulty of the Libby schools with Mr..
w. j. Anderson as school admin
istrator. All persons in school dis
trict No. will be registered at the
New Central auditorium during the
above dates.
j Each member of the family must
be registered and have ration
book, but only one adult member
of the family will register for all.
If you live in Libby and are not
a member of some family group
here, you will make your own reg
istration in the same manner.
Registration hours are from 4 to
g in the afternoon and from 7 to
8 in the evening. Registrars are to
report to the New Central audi
forum.
Sample forms will be sent out
from the school for registrants to
study and fill out. Registrars must
be prepared to give full descrip-
ton of all members of the family,
as to age, height, color of hair and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Holds Training
School For
Fire Fighters

A day and a half school to train
trainers was opened by the forest
service in Libby yesterday, with K
D. Flock of Missoula, regional
training officer, in charge.
The forest service is faced with
serious problem this year. 1t has
lost fully so per cent of its old or
ganization and there is a necessity
for training green men to combat
forest fires
The school will train men to &C
out and train others. About % are
present, consisting of each of the
eight rangers and two or three mer
from each ranger district.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Libby Young Man
Fighting on
Corregidor

That their son, James, is still
safe and sound, with United States
fighting men on Corregidor was the
good news brought to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Rubard by a cablegram Tues
day night. No word had been heard
from him since the fall of Bataan
and natural fear had been felt for
his safety.
Jimmie, as he is known by his
friends here, was able to get a
radiogram out from the fortress to
Australia and it was then forward
ed to the states from there. His
many friends here will be over
joyed to know that he is still UNI
harmed
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Price Increases
Allowed on Tires

Permission for price increases to
cover the cost of the governments
tire-return plan, which was set up
to check '1bootlegging" and to re-
1ieVe retailers and jobbers OF the
financial burden of carrying large
stocks in a shrunken market, has
been given by OPA. Maximum re
tail prices for new tires and tubes
of passenger car size are increased
is per cent. At the time the tire
return plan was announced last
February, the OPA called attention
/ to the fact that some upward adj
justment of prices would be neces-
sary later.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Bad Luck For
Fishermen

Fishing tackle manufacturers have
been ordered by the war production
board to stop using metals, plastics
and cork in commercial fishing
tackle manufactured after May 81.
Fishing hooks, however, may be
manufactured for three months, be-
ginning June |, at a rate of SO per
cent of 1941 production. Since most
fishing tackle can not be made
without the use of metals, plastic
or cork, the order will mean the
end OF such production for the dur
riation. However. large stocks are
now on hand.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Libby Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding
Anniversory-Hove Lived in Montana
ST Yeors-Three Sons in u. S. Armed Forces

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schikora OBJ
served their golden wedding ami
versary last Sunday, April 26 Mr..
and Mrs. Schikora were married on
April rs, 1892, at Fort Benton, Mont.
In 1912 Mr.. Schikora proved up on
homestead at Box Elder, Mont,
and in 1918 they moved to Warland.
They resided there until in April,
1926, when they removed to Libby
where they have since resided Mr..
Schikora spent many years as sec
ton foreman for the Great North
ern.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
968 Registered in
Lincoln County in
18th Registration

A total of 968 men were regis
tered in Lincoln county in the
fourth registration, taking place
Monday. Of this number, SO were
men whose actual residences are
without the county, and their cards
will be sent to the proper counties
The various localities registered
as follows.
Libby 371, Troy 210, Yak rs,
Fisher River IA, Leonia 7, Warland
46, Fortine "a, Ural 7, Trego 49,
Gateway 9, Rexford 40, Eureka 1866
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Youths Steal Gas;
Accidentally Start Fire

Early Sunday morning a fire
broke out in a warehouse at Eu-
reka used by the Thomas Christ
mas tree company. The building
was not destroyed but considerable
damage was done to the interior and
to three trucks stored therein.
Sheriff Baney happened to be in
the town and he and other officers
rounded up two youths who, it is
alleged, were in the act of stealing
gas from the trucks when the gas
became ignited The boys, about l6
Or II years old, are in the custody
of juvenile authorities.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30

Two of the sons of this estimable
couple, John and Louis. were in
France in the first World War, and
third son, Joe, is in the present
war and is stationed at Vancouver,
Wash. Mr. and Mrs Schikora have
Is grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
MIR. Schikora will reach his Both
milestone next October and Mrs.
Schikora will be 66 years old next
June. They both are hale and
hearty and remark that Libby is a
nice place in which to live
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
IA Given Diphtheria
Illumination Treatment

The initial treatment of diphtheria
toxoid was given to "a school and
pre-school children at an immuniza-
ton clinic held last Friday. DR.
J. M. Cairns gave the treatments
and was assisted by Mrs. Sterling
Hampton and Miss Angela Huchala
The second and final treatment for
diphtheria immunization will be
given Friday, May Is. at Loo o'clock
at the Libby hospital
The smallpox vaccination clinic
will be held at later date than
previously announced.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
| 118 Victory
Books Are
Collected
Donations Come From
Every Nook and Granny
Of Lincoln County.

The story of the Victory Book
Campaign in Lincoln County Is a
splendid example of cooperation
and achievement It is heartening
to know that from nearly every
nook and Granny in the County
came willing donations, and added
up they made a total of lib books.
This means one book from every
six and half persons while the
ratio for the whole state of Mon
tana is one from nine. The last
published report from state head
quarters shows Lincoln as l4th or
the list of Sc counties and as every
Continued on page S,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Now Necessary to Have
Brush Burning Permits

Ed Henrichs. Libby forest ranger
calls the public's attention to the
necessity of obtaining permits be-
fore burning brush. Permits are
required from May to September
30. They may be obtained from the
state fire warden or from any for
est ranger. Burning brush within a
forested area without a permit is
punishable by fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $500.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Mining Machinery
Given High
Priority

Manufacturers OF mining machin-
ery-and there are many of them
in the Rocky Mountain West--have
been given a top priority rating to
enable them to get the many criti-
cal materials they need in their
production in order to enable them
to supply a steady flow of equip
ment and repairs to the essential
mine and smelling operations pro-
viding minerals vital to the war
effort
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Two Chimney Fires

Libby Volunteer Fire Depart
ment Wednesday night extinguished
two chimney fires, one at TOO
o'clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. M. Daugharty, and the other at
$50 at the home of Pete Ramlo,
-Jr. Though the fire at Ramlo's was
avery hot one, no damage was
dones
Near midnight Sunday, an unoc-
cupied, unfinished farm house
about one mile west of Libby,
burned to the ground. The house
was owned by AL Sanders. Cause of
the fire is unknown.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Rexford Man Is
101 Years Old

REXFORD, April 28.-Satur-
day, April rs, was the birthday
OF Peter Hammons, who has
reached the age OF 101 years.
MIR. HammOns is a veteran OF
the Civil war, having served
in the Confederate army. He Is
still In good health and seems
to take pleasure in living.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
Short Session of Court

Judge Dean King held a short
session Of court in Libby Friday
The time was devoted to probate
and preliminary matters.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30

APPLICATION FOR RATION
No. County State.
- ~
Date 194-- Book One -
Name Description person book be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .--.. -
LastNa Middle Name
.......-...--....
p O. Box No. Street r. f. d. City or Town
-
County State
in. -
Height Weight Color Color
member Unit
following
"a Number persons Family including person named
above
(2) The person is my (underline)
father husband wife daughter exception
white and which owned
NOT member Family Unit state the
owned by
named above. lbs
Since the teachers Of the have been commissioned BY the
books
they accomplish This job efficient and cooperative
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-30
ATHLETIC EVENTS
Class "Dn Girls


Is yd. dash-Viola Morey, Ural,
LIST; Agnes Green, Glen Lake, End;
Edith Butts, Tooley Lake, 3rd.
Baseball Threw-Viela Merey,
Ural LIST, IS l.; Naomi Mackey,
Iowa Flats, End, Al TO-; Helen
Lewis, Fortine, 3rd, AZ II.
Glass &C" Girls
so yd. Dash--Barbara Mason,
Rexford, LIST; Josephine Webb. Rex
ford, End; Betty Alavana, Stryker,
3rd.
rs yd. Dash--Barbara Mason,
Rexford, LIST: Josephine Webb, Rex
ford, End; Betty Alavana, Stryker,
3rd.
Baseball Throw-Barbara Mason,
Rexford, LIST, 1873 II; Betty Alavana,
sssttfF.yier. End, l02 10 :. Ruby For
tin, Trego, 3rd, rs
Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1942-08-13

an iron cross and was quite . dude.
He had = fine pair of water tight
goggles. He showed them to one of
the sentries and. when the sentry
reached for them, he laughed and
tossed them overheard He seemed
to get big kick out of that.
I'VE took them on board our ship
and fed them. I don't think they'd
had much to eat for day or so.
for they were hungry as wolves.
They seemed very surprised that We
had butter and canned milk. They'd
pass the butter around and look at
it as If they'd never seen anything
like it before"
The Canadians had no trouble
with their prisoners, the seaman de-
clared. A
We were waiting for them to
start cutting up rough Crotty said
But most of them seemed darn glad
to be aboard. Most of them were
youngsters. One kid came over the
side pointing to himself and saying,
Me glad. Me glad"
Some of the others wouldn't talk
to us or have anything to do with
us at first. but there was one who
had been in Canada. He must have
told his mates they were lucky to be
with Canadians, because they warm
ed up a little later"
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Nozi Sub, Disabled by Planes,
Captured by Canadian Worship
Petty Officer Tells Of Seizure of 81 Men,
Says Most of Them Seemed GIod to Be Token
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY tht Associated Press.
HALIFAX. Aug. 13.-The capture
of Nazi submarine by Canadian
warship after it had been disabled
by aircraft was described last night
in broadcast by Royal Canadian
Navy seaman from Ingersoll, On
tario.
Without disclosing the area or
time of the capture. James Kay
Crotty, a petty officer who is chief
torpedo operator, told how his ship
captured 80 Germans aboard the
U-boat and then took it in tow. He
spoke over Station CHNS here.
His ship was in port, he said, when
it got an emergency order to pro-
ceed to sea. Soon the word went
around on board that the vessel was
after a U-boat that had been at
tackled from the air.
Finally. we picked up the SUBJ"
he continued Apparently it
couldn't dive, for it was still on the
surface. Our planes were still over
head. waiting for us to go to work
OF course, our job was to seize the
submarine and take the crew oil.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Communist Party Urges
Solution OF Indian Crisis
b. the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The Ma
tional Committee of the Communist
Party yesterday urged the entire
American labor movement to call
on the United States Government,
the British cabinet and the British
Trade Union Congress to help bring
about "a solution of the Indian
crisis"
Declaring the Soviet Union,
"hghting with epic heroism, is left
in isolation" the committee said:
"It is time to open the western
front against Hitler without further
delay. This is the way to victory
This IS the way to smash Hitlers
Axis.
1--WE must strike the enemy, and
not our Indian friends who are de-
manding nothing but the right to
organize themselves for the fight
side by side with us against our
common foe and to realize their
right to national freedom"
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Musa Freed in $1,000 Ball
On Propaqandist Charge
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.--Jean Leon
ard Musa, SIS, who is to be tried to-
morrow on an indictment charging
him with failure to register with the
State Department as an agent for
the Viohy French government, was
released in bail Of $1,000 yesterday
by Federal Judge Eugene Rice.
A naturalized citizen Of Swiss
birth. Musa is accused specifically OF
having been paid by French Ambas-
sador CASTOR Henry-Haye for dis
seminating Vichy government prop
aganda.
Musa has been in the Federal
House of Detention since his arrest
July IA. His bail originally was fixed
at 5000. but was lowered by Judge
Rice with the consent of the United
States attorneys ofice.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
William J. Rapp Dead;
Was Former Editor
OF True Confessions
Had Once Served
As Health ConsuItont
In Neor Eost
- the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13-William
Jourdan Rapp, who proved that mil
lions were interested in other peo-
Piles sins-and willing to pay mil
lions to read about their repentance
lis dead.
Mr.. Rapp, who spent l6 years
reading the confessions of repent
ant sinners as the highly paid and
widely known editor of True Story
Magazine, died yesterday of heart
attack at his summer home near
Lake Mohonk, NJ Y.
Into his Al years he crowded
careers as a bacteriologist, radio
producer, Broadway playwright,
journalist and editor evangelist, but
his deepest interest lay in record
ing the lives of ordinary people in
tales told In their own words.
Observed Public Change.
When he resigned as editor last
March after helping to develop the
magazine as the gold mine OF Nc
Fadden Publications. Mr.. Rapp de-
clared he had witnessed a gradual
change in the confessing masses
from preoccupation with sex to so
cial consciousness
Mr.. Rapp said he regarded him
self as an evangelist with pulpit
open to millions, and month after
month on his editorial page he
pounded steadily at the theme that
~
in order to learn from their mis-
deeds.
Finally he decided to enter the
religious field directly, and so he
shifted a few months before his
death to job as editor OF religious
publications for the Cook Publishing
Co. Of Elgin. I'll. He predicted
great religious revival because OF
the war.
Served With Army Abroad.
Before the first world conflict
Mr. Rapp was a New York City milk
inspector and bacteriologist. He
went to Europe in the Army Medical
Corps, operated mobile laboratory
to test water supplies for American
troops in France, then served as
health consultant in the Near East.
Later he was feature writer for
the New York Times, consultant
on the Near East, a dramatic pro-
ducer of NBC and CHS serial shows,
and author of numerous plays and
novels. Among his plays were
Harlem" which had long Broad
way run In 1890; Whirlpool"
"Hilda Cassidy" and Substitute for
Murder"
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at the Calvary
Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1942-08-13

''It would have been easy to sink
it, but we were there to keep it
af1oat. There was a full gale
blowing and heavy swell, and We
had to stand by until the weather
moderated. That was late In the
day.
More Ships Arrive.
by that time, more ships had ar
rived, and they helped to screen us
from other U-boats that might have
been in the neighborhood while we
got line to the one on the sur
face"
Most of the Germans, he said
were clustered on the coming tower
at this time. The seas were so
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Cunudiun Air Minister
Arrives in London

Py the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug 13.-Canada's Air
Minister, C. G. Power, arrived in
London yesterday, joining the grow
ing group OF Allied military leaders
and technical experts now in the
United Kingdom,
The Air Minister and his party
left Ottawa Monday and few to
Britain In q bomber.
It was said Mr.. Power will spend
10 days or two weeks in Britain, In
specting Royal Canadian Air Force
units.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
S., 800. 900 in Bonds Sold
At Hollywood Movie
2, the Associated Press.

2, the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. l3-Holly-
wood, whose spending habits have
been likened to those Of an inebriat-
ed mariner, just about outdid itself
last night. 1t laid 81. 800 900 on the
line to see a motion picture.
The sum represents the total OF
war bonds purchased, In amounts
from $25 to 100000, for the privi-
lege of seeing the Hollywood pre-
miere Of Yankee Doodle Dandy"
The Treasury Department took over
Evening star., 1942-08-13

heavy they were breaking right over
the tower" he added.
Crotty said his ship took of "All
that were alive"
Eve got 80 prisoners, including
the captain" he went on. He had