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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
BIRTH-TO-GRAVE:
Social Security

President Roosevelt is scheduled
to receive from the department of
labor a greatly Observation-Disclosures
grave-social security plan. This
was revealed by Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins at New York
Town Hall meeting. She said adop-
ton of such a plan would provide
larger benefits including greater old
age pensions, payments for all en-
ployment Interruptions and mater
nifty and funeral benefits.
Premiums would increase pro-
gressively to an amount equal to 10
per cent of the workers paycheck.
During the first stages of the plans
operation these premiums would be
paid jointly by the employer and en-
ployee, much like the present social
security program. Then as the num-
Der of old age benefit recipients in
creased beyond the amount collected
the government would step in to pay
a share of the benefits.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
LIRY AN DRIVE:
attack Tempo Increased

As aerial activity flared over a
wide area of the Tripolitanian front
the British eighth army continued its
headlong assault against Field Mar
shall Rommel's fleeing but still intact
forces.
An early British advance carried
one of two attacking columns to
within less than SO miles of Tripoli
closer than Rommel came to Al
exandria last summer.
Gen B. L. Montgomery's most adj
vanced column had driven Axis
forces from Benz Ulid and was in
contact with the enemy near Tar
huna, only 40 miles southeast of
Tripoli. The second British column
drove along the coastal road. reach
ing a spot 80 miles east of Tripoli
Even as the British pushed on
many observers were of the opinion
that Rommel had decided or had
been ordered, to forget Tripoli and
attempt to get into Tunisia to join
Col. Gen. Juergen Won Arnim in a
stand against the Allied assault from
both sides.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
Man Charged
With Rape Of
15-Yedr-0|d

ANACONDA-U.P-An informa-
ton charging rape has been filed
in district court here against man
giving the name of M. NJ Hill. who
is said by county attorney Horace
j. Dryer TO have attacked Is
year-old girl after threatening her
with a gun.
Hill entered a plea of not guilty
at arrangement proceedings before
district Judge R. E. McHugh, de-
claring I'm not going to plead
guilty to something | didn't do"
He is held in the Deer Lodge
county jail in lieu of $4,000 cash
bail, set by Judge McHugh over
Hills objections that it was Excess
sive. ]. B. c. Knight, state COM
mander of the American Legion,
was appointed by the court to de-
fend him.
Hill was arrested late last week
as he left the Anaconda city library,
where the girl involved met him in
order to point out her attacker to
officers.
i She had previously related story
of having been accosted by Hill as
she was alighting from a street car
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
ARGENTINA:
Stands Alone

After Chile's senate had voted 80
to 10 to break off diplomatic ties
with the Axis, Argentina remained
the only American country retaining
relations with Germany, Italy and
Japan
Chile's action came after weeks
Of wrangling over the issue and fol-
lowing the vote, Foreign Minister
Joaquin Fernadez left Immediately
to notify President Juan Antonio Rios
of the action. President Rios fol-
lowed this with a radio broadcast
to his people.
Chile's army and navy had ear
lier taken over control of strategic
areas which had been colonized by
the Germans. These were mostly in
the southern part Of the country and
included ports, mining eenters and
other vital areas.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
FARM LABOR:
4nd the Draft

In an effort designed to keep more
workers on the nations farms the
War Manpower commission has put
into effect broad liberalization of
agricultural deferment requirements.
Draft boards are now to be guided
BY a new criteria" including lib.
eralized application of the war unit
production standard and the add.
ton to the list of essential crops
for which workers may be deferred
Heretofore farmers have usually
been required to be responsible fol
Is farm units" Now as few as
eight units" could result in hQsd.
ing off induction. "a unit. for exam.
pie, is one dairy COW. or 20 acres OF
wheat, or 20 feed lot cattle, among
other items deemed essential in the
war food program.)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

INSPIRATIONS:
For the Russians

There were reports OF later Rus,
sian successes following the break
ing of the siege OF Lenlngrad but
that story carried more drama for
the Russian people themselves than
the reports of all the rest. For Len
ingrad is Russia's second city and
it had been almost year and 0
half since there had been any land
communication between il and the
rest of the country.
As the Rcd army battled to widen
the five-mile corridor through which
the siege was first broken there were
dispatches from all along the 1900
mile front reporting new losses for
the Nazis. AT all points the German
lines were sagging before the newly
found power of the Russians. In.
spired by the news from Lenlngrad,
named for their revolutionary lead
er and considered the home of the
revolution itself, Red soldiers re-
ceived real boost in morale which
aided in maintaining high degree
Of momentum in their offensives.
Immediate detectives that doomed
closer now were the Latvian border,
southwest Of Velikie Luki. Rostov on
the lower Don, complete humiliation
of the armies before Stalingrad and
added progress in the direction OF
Kharkov, the Pittsburgh OF the
Ukraine.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
POINT RATIONING:
System Explained

When Office of Price Administra-
ton officials began explaining the
system of point rationing it became
Immediately evident that points will
vie in importance with dollars and
cents in the minds of the nation
housewives.
Here is how the system will work
The sale of PROGRESSED foods in cans
and bottles will be stopped in retail
stores a week before the rationing
begins-some time in February. This
will allow grocers to fill their
shelves. On registration day, house
wives will take the family's No. !
war ration books to their local
boards and apply for book No. 2.
The consumer will have to declare
the actual number of cans, bottles
and jars of eight ounces or more OIL
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
WOULD BE RATHER DIFFICULT

BUTTE-U.P)-A Butte mortician
who prefers to remain anonymous
knit his brows as he read the latest
order from the office of defense
transportation, then filed it in the
wastebasket and said:
"Shucks, we've always done bust
ness that way"
The OCD directive read, ''Hearses
do not have to carry return loads
from cemeteries"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
NEW LEADER:
For Democrats

While congress was budding over
Edward j. Flynn's qualifications to
represent the United States and
President Roosevelt in the South
Pacific diplomatic front, Democratic
party chieftains assembled in Chi
eago to select Postmaster General
Frank c. Walker to be his successor
as chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee. In his acceptance
speech Walker expressed 'distaste
for oratory as a substitute for &C
ton" and further avowed that he
was a firm advocate of the two
party system"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

on her way home from the library.
She said he took her for ride in
his automobile, threatened to kill
her if she refused to submit to him,
and then attacked her.
Afterwards, she said, he took a
photograph of her nude body.
Officers said Hills arrest culmi-
mated three-months search for a
man who had been molesting teen
age girls in Anaconda and vicinity.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

PROBE: Among other subjects be-
ing reviewed by the new congress is
the matter of war contracts and the
house rules committee has decided
to call before it high army and
navy officials to explain why some
such contracts were authorized.
Those in question are contracts.
which, It is charged by the house
naval and military affairs commit
tee, permitted huge fees and profits.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

ELIGIBLE: Washington officials
revealed that boys who have reached
the age Of II are eligible to enlist in
the army enlisted reserve corps and
air corps enlisted reserve-provid-
ing they have the consent OF their
parents. Not until they are Is, how
ever, will the l7-year-old enlistees
be called to active duty. Until this
new ruling boys were not accepted
in the army unit! they were is
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
Dry Hickory Wood

A standard cord of air dry hick-
DRY wood weighs about 4.240 pounds
and is equal in heat value to 2,240
pounds of good coal. White pine
weighs 1000 pounds to the cord and
is equal to 1900 pounds of coal in
heat value. White and red oak are
almost equal to hickory in fuel
value.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

This dramatic poster depicting
the enemy's ruthless intention, teas
entered in the national iuar poster
competition conducted by the Neiu
Museum of Modern Art and ,ras
chosen as the best. Duane Breyers,
artist, .pho dre,o the thinning entry
= is currently aiuaiting induction into
the army.
MORE ACTION:
Striking at Japanese shipping in
the Pacific and Far East, us. sub
marines have sunk liz enemy ships
since Pearl Harbor. The latest COM
munique issued on this subject by
the navy department showed the
sinking of one destroyer, one large
cargo ship, one medium sized trans
port, one medium sized cargo ship
and one small patrol vessel sunk
to reach this liz total. twenty-five
other ships are listed as probably
sunk and 20 others are reported as
damaged
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28


Thursday
Directors: A. A. Wood Walter Neils,
X. A. Klehm, ]. A. Krall.
American Legion Auxiliary Lodge
No. 81 meets 1st and 3rd Thurs
days. Mrs. Sadie Kaeding, presi-
ident, Mrs. Bessie CloWers, sec'y.
Lions Club meets every End and
4th Mondays. Jack Swarens, pres
ident, Paul X. Church, secretary.
Libby Woman's Club meets End
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. in community
room of court house. Mrs. Harold
Thomson, president, Mrs. II. w.
Redfield, secretary.
American Legion Post No. 81
meets LIST and 3rd Thursdays at the
Legion hall Fl. r. Richards, COM
mander, Irwin Flescher, adjutant.
Libby Farm Woman's Club meets
1st Wednesday. Mrs. Lee Nixon.
president, Mrs. Margaret Shawl,
secretary.
Libby Junior woman IluD meets
second Tuesdays at p. m. In the
community room of the court house.
Mrs. Leonard Sleizer, president and
Mrs. Bradley Phillips, recretary.
Libby Townsend club No. meets
on the first and third Fridays OF
each month in the community hall,
at 300 p. m. VIM. Kammeyer, pres
ident; Mrs Geo. Stout. secretary.
Kootenai Valley Grange meets lst
and 3rd Fridays of month at Ameri-
can Legion Hall. Glen Oneal, mas
ter; Louis Ohlerich, secretary.
Regular meetings of international
Hod Carriers, Building and Com
mon Laborers' Union of America
A. r. L., Libby Sub. No. 1892, held
End and 4th Wednesdays at Ameri-
can Legion Hall, Libby.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No. 1881. Meets End and 4tf
Tuesdays of each month at 7.5o
L. B. Midyett, president, Harry
Moe, recording secretary.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

Motor vehicles are the only means
of transportation for 10 million nom
farm rural workers, many OF them
war workers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
kissing Is Abllnrrent

Kissing is considered abhorrent In
japan. No Japanese youth or girl
has anything to say about who he or
she will marry, their parents de-
Gliding that.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
RATION DATES

Feb. Period 4 fuel-oil cou-
pons, good TO March rs, become
valid.
Feb. 8-FinaI date on which No.
rs coffee coupon is valid.
Feb. 20-Expiration date for
Period fuel-oil coupons which
became valid Dec. %.
Feb. 28-Final date for first in
spection OF tires for "B" or &c"
passenger car card holders and
for commercial vehicles.
March I3--Period fuel-0il cou-
pons. good to Sept. 80, become
valid.
March 3I-Final date for first
inspection OF passenger car tires
for "A" card holders and motor
cycles
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

the rationed foods on hand. Home.
canned foods are exempt. Each per
son will be allowed to have certain
number-probably between 8 and IL
on hand without penalty. For more
than that, stamps will be removed.
Each consumer will be allowed 48
points during each ratiening period,
which will probably be one month.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

hey are those ~
Reea by Wester Newspape linton
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
LODGES

LODGES
|. O. O. r. Cabinet chapter No. 68,
meets every Wednesday evening.
f. L. Kemp, N. G., Ernest Davidson,
secretary
A. r. & A. M. Libby Lodge No. IS
meets End and 4th Thursdays at
Masonic Temple. Merrill <. Tester,
w. M; Glen Nolop, secretary.
Royal Arch Masons Libby lodge
No. 33 meets third Wednesdays at
Masonic Temple. D. O. Mount. high
priest, M. d. Rowland, secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star. Libby
Chapter No. SO meets LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple. Mrs.
Esther Oertel, worthy matron, Mrs.
E. E. Jaqueth. secretary.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899 meets
End and 4th Mondays at Moose hall.
Dick Butt, Governor, Melvin P.
Paulson, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1858 meets End and 4th
Wednesdays at the Moose hall.
Mrs. Bessie Clowers, oracle, Mrs.
Agnes Larsen, recorder.
Medora Rebekah Lodge No. So
meets Ist and 3rd MONDAYS at |. o.
0. F. hall. Mrs. v. F. Paddock
Noble Grand and Mrs. Harold
Gompf, secretary.
A. O. II. w. meets the End Fri
day of each month at the Legion
hall. Harry Hartle, M. w., YER
non Crotteau, secretary.
A. o. u. w. Junior Club meets
4th Friday of each month at Legion
Hall. Janet Johnston, M W., Rosetta
Barr, secretary and Delina Carlson,
supervisor.
Libby Chapter lie Molay meets
list and 3rd Mondays. Masonic Tenn
pie, at 7 p. m.
PIT. A. meets the second Monday
of each month at the new Central
school. VIM. j. Anderson, president,
Mrs. Russell Collier, secretary
treasurer.
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Betty Johannson, worthy adviser,
Jewell Stokes, recorder, Mrs. r. G.
Rice, mother adviser.
Women OF the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. sos meets on the first
and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall. Mrs. Ira Peterson, Senior Re
gent and Mrs. Emily Dowing, re-
corder.
Theta Rho Club No. n meets LIST
and Ord Tuesdays in /. O. O. T. hall
at tbs D. m. Barbara Peterson, pres
ident; Joyce McRell, recording sec
rotary. Mrs. Clay Morden, adviser
officer.
Libby Rod and Gun Club. L. j
Brown, president; Don Orr secre'
tary.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

Victorious Russian Drive Sweeps On
AS German Army Faces New Threats;
Political Situation in North Africa
Infamed by Peyrouton Appointment
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Commercial Club meets every 3rd
Thursday
Directors: A. A. Wood, Walter Neils,
X. A. Klehm, J. A. Krall.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No. 1881. Meets End and 4tn
Tuesdays of each month at I.5o.
l.. B. Midyett, president; Harry
Moe, recording secretary.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-01-28

Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1858 meets End and 4th
Wednesdays at the Moose hall.
Mrs. Bessie Clowers, oracle, Mrs.
Agnes Larsen, recorder.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-03-01
GONE ARE THE DAYS

No, going to line out "Od Black Joe al
though the also gone when hearts young
and gay. We can't be happy and gay in day like this
normal to be that way and is not good reasoning to
be that wav must be concerned, snus be down
seriousness in sad mourning but not Tipping about like
larks.
The days gone for aziness and shiftlesness The
DAYS are gone when men have nothing do except lo
around barber shops and There much to
do now no one need be idle is needing by
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-03-01
NEVER SHIRKS

We are often abused and criticized but history does not
record an whern failed in time of We have
always a coamendabe part both the fighting field
and at home This year when Judge Barbour called few
of the outstanding OF the and county asked
to head the Red Cross Drive. they follows /.
IIuddleston. Chairman T j. uddeson Assistant Chair
man. r. !. Pierce Secretary ID. W. Lindsey, Chairman OF
County Committee g. w. Suits Chairman of Oil City G..
A. Frev Chairman of Satara district; and Prof n. d.
Tavlor Chairman of School These work at
and organized their districts Up date the following reports
have been made
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-03-01
fury Burial Association Covers Mississippi To The Co
NOTES FROM THE BARNE
FUNERAL HOME, CANTON, M

The following persons buried from the Barnes
neral Home during the month of February: Mrs Minnie
Wright former agent the Afro American Sons DauS
ters Mrs Caie Miller of Canton, Miss, who was a s1sl
of Mrs Minnie B Wright; Mrs. Eliza Jones, OF East
ton; Mr. Isadore Chambers of East St Louis, ILL.,; Mr. l
W. Warf of Canton and Mr. J. G. Lindsey OF Kansas 4
Mo- Mr. Lindsey was dear father who departed this
February H. 1913. and brought HON eor burialee
We still pressing forward in our business by trya
to give service that unsurpassed There moe room at
top and goal is the top.
THE BARNES FUNERAL HOMEJ
Mrs l. M. Barnes, Assistant Mgr
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-03-01
"STllL A 'WEApON FOR FREEDOM!"

the millions. few ago men were sr,Dosed tc
have been crying for jobs, where they are
still crying for jobs If you dead is time tc
and fill the job you fill If Uncle sam can't use
in the try the munitions factories if don't
fit there the FARMS than million will be
needed the farms Food will help win the war-Food is a
major line of defense
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1943-03-01

major line of defense.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-27
Homer Moser, who runs a big

Homer Moser, who runs a big
coffee plantation down in Brazil
South America, is going to pinch-hit
back on the old home farm north of
Bluffton for week or two and helps
his brother Ezra put out spring
crops. Homer, an agricultural mis-
sionary, is in this country on a
years furlough which they are
spending at Denver, Colo. He came
east last week to attend the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian church
and will remain here for several
weeks during corn planting season.
Just to get in practice, he MIXED
four cows last Saturday morning.
Chalk up one for the &C" ration
book holders. A report from the
state highway department says that
they share the ride more generally
than holders Of either "a" or "B"
gas ration books.
Just a reminder to readers of this
column to do your week end shop
ping early. Stores closing on Mon
day, together with number of red
and blue ration stamps expiring the
end of this month will make a
double load on retailers Saturday.
You'll be doing them a favor and
you'll not have to stand in line so
long if you shop early.
That old alarm clock that hasn't
run since the kids dropped it on the
floor two years ago has suddenly
come into the money-don't throw it
away-it's valuable. With war re-
strictions having stopped manufac-
ture of alarm clocks there is now a
demand for old clocks of any and all
descriptions whether in good or bad
condition. Representatives of repair
shops in the cities are securing the
country paying cash for old clocks.
These are torn down and the parts
used for requirements. One Bluffton
resident received 70 cents for a
clock not in running order which
originally cost SO cents ten years
ago. He was offered s15 for a $5
clock purchased about months ago
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-27

Haywood. Her father is Bryson Hey
wood, editor-owner of the Haywood
newspapers. She is going to San
Juan on Friday in the Santa Isa-
bella. That is why your plane res
ervations were cancelled and you
are going by ship. We don't know
why she's going. She has had
job on her fathers paper here in
New York for the last two years,
and she worked at it. She may be
taking a vacation. Captain Wilcox
was on her fathers paper too. He
may be the reason for her going
down."
He stood rigidly for moment,
and sat down.
Here is her picture"
He took it out of the briefcase.
1T was taken two years ago. She
is even lovelier now. It is her color
ing as much as anything. Her hair
is reddish-gold, her eyes are almost
amber with gold flecks in them. l
have been watching her the last
three days. / can't make out wheth-
er the way she laughs when people
ask her if she's going down to see
Wilcox is because she is or is not.
AT any rate, watch her too. She is
intelligent and keen, as well as beau
tiful. ! wish we had few women
like her"
He took green cloth-bound book
out of the rack under the radio.
"And here is bon voyage present
for you. 1t is puerto Rico: A Guide
to the Island of Borinquen," kindly
put out by the Government of the
United States. 1t has all the proper
information about the history and
monuments of the island. 1t also
had a map on the back cover. Un-
fortunately it was not as detailed
as we wished, so have taken the
liberty of substituting another"
He riffled the pages until he came
to the end of the book.
1T is a scale map that you are to
mark. A blue circle for major plants
in civilian areas, a red circle for
key stations in military establish
ments. Green where they supply
both civilian and military, like the
plant at Aguadilla for instance,
which serves Borinquen Field and
the town. Use blue and red crosses
for minor units. Put the number Of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-27
Moi>s]
DeAo>soI

That blackout Monday night was
really black no foolin' 9
good example of community team,
work in preparation for a possible
emergency and now comes
Memorial day in remembrance Of
past crises and reminder that
wars and rumors of wars" still
holds true and rain stopped
Saturday for College May day-ws
ought to crown May Queen every
day if that will bring fair weather
/. and corn planting still as fal
from realization as ever with fields
having no chance to dry off ;. anc
town residents trying to NOW lawns
between showers . (. high schoo
and college commencements the first
of the week with graduates putting
aside books to face the world-or the
draft board.
Just to show how topsy turvy this
old world has become-the best
lighted towns have usually been con.
sidered the safest-but comes wal
and the town that is the least light
ed is given top safety score.
And that blackout Monday night
was no respecter of persons-or per-
sonnel-and that went for the army
too. Andy Hermann, veteran OF
World War who was on Dixie high
way patrol att the north corporation
line tagged down convoy of army
trucks coming into town with the
order to pull up at the side of the
road during the blackout civilian
gasoline trucks and semi trailers OF
all kinds and descriptions were
parked along the road for some fif-
teen minutes That's all right
buddy, sang out truck driver from
Florida as he stopped at the south
corporation line 81 was an air raid
warden, too, and you're doing o. X
There were some 140 air raid war
dens, auxiliary police and Boy Scouts
on patrol in the town during the
blackout and about an equal num-
Der on duty in Richland township
officials stated.
1t was just one of those slipups
that happen-when the pistol missed
fire at the climax of the high school
play Thursday night. The heroine
faced the william and pulled the
trigger while the audience awaited
in breathless suspense-but nothing
happened excepting faint click
Nothing daunted. however, the hero
inc proved herself equal to the situa
tion and accomplished her purpose
when she whammed her adversary
] over the head with the gun.