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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-05-21
ALA5kA STAR PLANE
 WEST YESTERDAY

Pilot H. L. Kaesemeyer and CO., pilot Cliff Edwards flew west yes terday afternoon.
 On the Alaska Star plane enroute to Anchorage were Carl Olson, Beaudin Coble. MT. and Mrs. Lu- ther Fintz, John Fannbn, Seelo Rintta and Eddie Courtemauche.
 Mrs. Maurice Dyer was the only passenger for Valdez.
 Dr. William Church of Boston patented the first composing machine in 1922, in England.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-05-21
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MAY 21

Samuel Feldon Edward F. Rodenberg Melville s. Leath
 B. B. Green Lieut.. George Wiley Janette Krane Mrs. T, J. Selby R. J. McKanna
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Washington kerry- 6o-Round

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Empire Classi1,eos Pay!
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20 YEARS AGO f{ME {yfr EMPIRE

MAY q, 1912
 It expected that Judge T. M Reed and other cour shortly Ketchkan where they would continue of which had been recessed here
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
BIuckout Was
Good; Could Have
Been Better

Over a hundred Libby people are
working in Civilian Defense and
most of them gathered Tuesday
night to check up ON the partial
blackout of the city and to work
on incidents" as they are called.
'sThe effectiveness Of the blackout
so far as the Civilian Defense work
sars sf.sere concerned was topssr SAID
j. Al. Krall, commander. THE bla X
out on the whole was good but it
should have been better Many of
the workers feel they are not re-
ceiving quite the cooperation from
the public that the Importance Of
the work deserves. Some people
appear negligent, careless, or just
don't care to cooperate. The large
group of our citizens who are Civ
ing of their time to prepare the
community for defense feel that our
boys are going through great deal
in North Africa and Guadalcanal,
and that the people at home should
sacrifice what little is needed TO
make this work successful. The
names of every person who did lot
blackout his premises is known and
they will be checked on first dur
ing the next blackout.
Il should like to MENTION" con-
tinued Mr.. Krall, that Mrs. Ray
Rice was recently appointed chair
man of the First Aiders. She has
secured Is workers and has made
a great improvement in that part Of
the defense effort"
Mr.. Krall said the group staged
three incident" and in taking care
of them the defense workers func-
toned very we'll indeed Naturally
a few weaknesses were discovered.
One was lack of stretchers and
that will be corrected, said Mr..
Krall
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
School
Is StdrtinQ
Drill

Acting in cooperation with he
United States Office of Education
and the American Legion, the Lib
by High School win initfate their
concluding step in the organization
of Victory corps when a group of
upper classmen will begin course
of military drill next week. The
school has been active for more
than a year on Victory corps prof.
ects but it lacked any setup for
military drill. Now under the spon-
sorship of Fl. r. Richards, local
Legion commander, and direct SUI
pervision of William Nelson, the
boys will receive instruction IN
manual of arms and some close
order work. Mr.. Nelson saw serv-
ice in World War I as a marine and
has offered to drill the boys two
or three hours week in the gym
and later outside. Rifles will be
available through the efforts of the
Legion. On the first call for &c
men for this drill a roll of nearly
SO signed up. 1t will be necessary
to limit the drill to Juniors and
Seniors. Many of the high school
boys will receive such basic tram
ing in the various branches of serv-
ice. 1t is the purpose of the Victory
Corps movement to give prelimi-
nary training Of this nature in high
school. Eddie Rickenbacker is now
the national chairman of the High
School Victory Corps.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Commissioners Have
Power To Name
Successor To Senator

No small amount of speculation
has been caused in the public mind
regarding the method to be used
to fill the vacancy in the Lincoln
county senatorship caused by the
death of Senator M d. Rowland
The law is very clear in that re-
spect and provides that power of
appointment to fill the vacancy lies
with the county commissioners. A
late decision by the state supreme
court holds that in such cases the
appointee shall serve out the full
unexpired term of the office holder
who has died. Therefore whoever is
appointed at this time will serve in
the capacity of state senator from
Lincoln county until his successor
is elected in the general election
of 1916.
The law states that a vacancy
caused by death shall be filled by
appointment by the county COM
Vacancies due to other
causes shall be filled by a general
election.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Moy Broadcast
Messages to Marines
In South Pacific

Families of Marines stationed in
the South Pacific area were invited
today by the Office of War H.
formation to send shortwave radio
messages to their boys overseas.
The letters will be used on a
nightly Owl radio program, Tell
1t to the Marines beamed to the
South Pacific
Eugene Cervi, Denver regional
OWL director, said the messages
should be between 100 and 200
words and should contain Chat
ty information" about the folks
back home. The exact name and
mailing address of the Marine, and
the full name, address and rela-
tionship to the Marine of the per-
son writing the letter should be stat
ed. Messages will be accepted only
to Marines whose rank is not high
er than captain.
Messages from persons in Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, New Mexico, Titan,
Idaho and Montana should be sent
to the Denver Regional Office Of
War Information, TIT Kittredge
Bldg, Denver.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Red Gross Items

A meeting of the officers Of the
South Lincoln County Chapter Of
the Red Cross was held Tuesday in
the community rooms. Miss Me
Grade was chairman of the meet
ing and most of the business had
to do with plans for the coming
Red Cross war fund drive in March
Others who have contributed to
the Kit Bag Fund of the Red Cross
are Miss Isabelle McGrade Sl.00,
the Lady Militants $500, the Theta
Rios $500, and the Women Of the
Moose $500.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
PLENTY OF RUBBER BOOTS

Farmers, miners and other users
of rubber boots and rubber work
shoes are assured an adequate sup
ply for the summer months through
an amendment to rationing regula-
tons announced by John L. Rack
ow, regional rationing executive of
the Office of Price Administrator
The amendment permits a regis
tered retailer or distributor, by ap-
plying to his state OPA director,
to increase his inventories when
they are not sufficient to serve the
needs of his customers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Libby Formers Urged
To Attend AAA
Meeting Saturday

Notice is hereby given that there
will be an AAA meeting of farm
ers of the Libby district next Sat
urday in the court house. Glen
Oneal, local official of the AAA,
urges all farmers to attend and to
sign up for the AAA program. AS
everyone knows, it is very neces-
sary that every effort be exerted
by the farmers of the nation to in
crease food production to the limit
1t is hoped local farmers will at
tend this meeting and show their
intention to fall in line with the Ia
tional program for a greater food
production.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Farmers Should Be
Sure To Send In
Declaration

Some farmers are mailing in tc
the Office of Price Administration
their applications for War Ration
Book No and they are failing to
send along their War Ration Book
No. |, says Fl. B. Wallace, in charge
of rationing here. 1t is absolutely
necessary that Book No. | be sent
in, as Book No. 2 CANNOT be is
sued until Book | is on hand. 1t
contains necessary information that
the Office of Price Administration
must have, says Mr.. Wallace.
Another point to bear in mind is
that the application for Book No. 2
must be accompanied by a Con-
sumner Declaration sheet. These
sheets are being sent in not fully
filled out. Bear in mind that the
Consumer Declaration must lie
FULLY filled out, says Wallace.
Mr.. Wallace also states that those
in the city who did not register
during the three day period the
first of the week and who come
to the office to register must be
willing to wait and take their turn.
This task of again registering the
public is throwing great deal Of
work on the office and everyone
will be taken care of as soon as
possible, but it is inevitable that
some will have to wait more or less.
In this connection Mr.. Wallace
asks the public to be patient. The
office is doing all it can and is as
anxious as everyone to expedite the
work as rapidly as possible.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Have You Lost
Anything?

III you have there Is very
sure method of finding it. Ask
Roy Wells how to do it. Last
week Wells lost tire chain.
He advertised it in the lost de-
partment of our Classified Ads,
and within a short time after
last weeks papers were in the
post0ffice, man called up and
told Wells he had found his
tire chain. And it cost MIR. Wells
all of zoe to get his tire chain
back.
Yes, we can find most any
thing You may have last except
your good health.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Alice Lorson Leaves
For Service
With WAACS

Another Libby young woman %
enlist in her country's war effort
is Miss Alice S. Larson. On January
10 Miss Larson signed up with the
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
and last week she received orders
to report for duty at Fort Des
Moines, Ia, on Feb. %. She left
Libby Sunday for Des Moines.
Miss Larson is graduate of the
Libby high school and is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Carl D. Larson
of this city.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
MORE SOLDIERS ENLIST

All of the following Lincoln
men have volunteered f4f4d
will leave March 3 for Butte for
induction into the army.
Glen L. Keith, Lee Cilnond, Trel
Dudley Nelson, Kenneth Wayne
Knots. Everett Ray Roose, Ralph
Irwin Olsen, Stephen John Krakow
eli
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
LIBBY WINS FIRST GAME

In their first game of the series
at the basketball tournament last
night at Whitefish, the Libby high
school team defeated the boys from
Columbia Falls with a score of 80
to "a.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Broke Arm While Skiing

Edgar Beardsley, Joe Johnston,
Eugene Butt, Charlotte and Rose
Gael were skiing up Rainy creek
Sunday afternoon. Charlotte tried
the jump and broke her left arm
above the elbow. Eugene Butt fixed
a temporary splint while the others
rugged up stretcher to carry Char
lotte to the car. 1t is said she VIII
have to have a cast on for at least
six weeks. There have been at least
two others injured while skiing
this winter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
4~A
AT WarIanti

Mr.. Wallace announces that he
will be at Warland on Friday, at the
E. N. Woodward general merchan-
disc store, for the registering CT
people residing in that district.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Large Number
Register For
Rotion Books No. z

That w. ]. Anderson and his
corps of teacher assistants have the
job of registering the people of the
community down to a science was
again demonstrated when they per-
formed that job in the war work
the first of this week. AT the close
of registration last night, 1881 peo-
pie had been registered fer War
Ration Book No. 2. That is very
near all of the people of the COM
munity The few that have failed to
register will be taken care of at
II. B. Wallace's office.
The registering moved along
without any confusion and the peo-
pie were handled quickly and cour-
teously.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25

The boys have said how much il
means,
To have book to read.
The thing for us to do, it seems,
Is bring them in full speed.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25

Mrs. Fannie WOLF has returned to
Libby from visit of several weeks
spent in Portland Ore.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-25
Libby Rod and Gun
Club Hauling Hoy
To Feed Deer

The Libby Rod and Gun club has
been paying for the hauling of some
hay for the feeding of deer the
past week. L. J. Brown and Bill
Kemp distributed bale of hay ore
day and Saturday Mr.. Brown and
John Vinion scattered a load Of
2440 lbs. of hay in the timber back
from the highway between Libby
and Warland. Brown reports hav-
ing seen large numbers of deer and
nearly all of them appear to be in
good condition A few show signs of
being weak, he said. He also plans
to scatter some hay in districts
south of the city.
Generous Sportsman
A Warland man who does not
want his name used sent a check
for $40 to this newspaper and asked
that it be used for the feeding of
the deer. His letter said:
Please extend my congratula-
tons to the real sportsmen who are
feeding the deer between Libby and
Warland The $40 enclosed is to help
buy more hay and to pay for the
pleasure my family and I derived
last Sunday on a trip to Libby.
Seeing those hundreds of hungry
deer along the highway was we'll
worth it,
Mr.. Brown, president of the Rod
and Gun Club, was greatly pleased
to receive this contribution and said
more such generous donations could
be put to. good use.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24

A blood donors blood is usually
eplenished within six 70 seven
7eeks after pint has been taken
rom his veins.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24
DIVORCE ACTION
CALLED MlSTRIAL
New Hearing TO Be As.
signed for Plymouth
Couples Problem

Because the present term of su-
perior courts ends tomorrow and
counsel for the plaintiff requested
permission to obtain a deposition
from a witness who could not be
present in court, Judge William H.
Comley yesterday afternono declar-
ed miStrial In the divorce action of
Andrew H. Brace and Emma Curtis
Brace, both of Plymouth, and said
a new trail will be assigned when the
fall term starts.
The husband instituted the action.
charging cruelty and lascivious con-
duct, but the wife followed with a
cross complaint, claiming her hus-
band has been guilty Of cruelty and
immoral conduct. Each asked for
the custody of their four minor
children.
The length of time involved in
obtaining written testimony of the
non?appearing witness would bring
the trial to the middle of the sum-
mer, when court sessions are not
held, the jurist explained in bring
ing the trial to an end. The lengthy
hearing started Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24

the bludgcon staying April Of re
year-old Miss Lydia Cook. spin
ster whom he occasionally served as
chore boy.
Only the final arguments and the
charge OF Superior Judge John v
Spalding remained before the case
goes to the jury which for more
than a week has heard the testi-
mony In session from which both
press and public are barred.
At conclusion of the trial yester-
day-during which the bright-ap-
pearing boy wept for the first time
he suffered an unusual accident.
A spark from a pipe which his
father was lighting flew into the
boys eye and he was taken to a
hospital for treatment
During prosecution OF the case.
the state had contended that the
lad slew the spinster with robbery
as the motive. Much of It's case was
based on an alleged confession OBJ
tanned by state police investigators.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24
RESEARCH GROUP
REFLECTS COE

Robert L. Coe, president OF
the Chase Brass and Copper Com
pany, Inc, was reelected president
of the Copper and Brass Research
Association at its 22d annual meet
ing held today at the Hotel Bit
more in New York City. Theodore
E. Veltfort was reelected manager
and Bertram B. Caddie, secretary.
Other officers elected were vice.
presidents, Wylie Brown, president,
Phelps Dodge Copper Products
Corp; John A. Coe, chairman oil
the board, the American Brass
Company; William M. Goss, vice
president, Scovill Manufacturing
Company; Curtis L. Smith. treas
urer. the National Copper and
Smelling Company; Herman w.
Steinkraus, president, Bridgeport
Brass Company; c. Donald Dallas,
president of Revere Copper and
Brass, Inc, reelected treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24


Of emergency" I asked.
Trap door,"
where's that?"
You're sitting on it," he said. I
gingerly changed my position.
I walked through the BACKED
out bomb bay on the narrow cat
walk as the plane lunched through
the air at $50 miles an hour. In the
bomb racks were emergency gas
tanks. You get a funny feeling of
being outside the plane even though
the bay doors are closed-but they
are far, far down.
You feel for the trap door lead
ing to the bombardier compart-
ment. A member of the crew opens
the door just then and turns his
hashlight on you.
Presses MON" Button
where do you think you're 60
ing?' he asks. But If you insist,
take one of these along with you"
He tossed a chute over at me.
In the pilots cockpit, the instru-
ment board glowed. Suddenly, the
whole board became indistinct and
became one luminous mass.
thought my eyes had gone bad
aside to my local Draft Board:
They really are bad, but it reads
better this way. The planes cap
tain calls for the flight engineer.
See if you can find out what's
making the instrument board jog
gle so much" he says into the
phone. Five minutes later the en-
gineer announces that the left
wheel had partially dropped, but it
was fixed.
The entire crew patiently ex-
planned everything to me, offered
me candy, coffee and sandwiches
Matter of fact, they pampered me
as though I were-well, as though I
were Al.
You do a lot of crawling around
in Fortress and half the time you
are on your hands and knees. On
one of these excursions I noticed
a homelike touch on one of the
thousands of gadgets. 1t was
button labeled MON" I pressed 1t
but the only thing that happened
was that light went on.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24

Warner.
p HonorS Judson Wells. Pat
ricia Hebert. Carol Colder, Margery
Matthews, Barbara Parke, jeanne
Namura, Marilyn Randall. Joseph
Carrozza, John Costelloe, Sheridan
Raeburn, Barbara Lee, Gail Merritt
Grade 3B - b Honors Robert
Finley. Donald Crane. Anthony Pet
rillo. Lewis Darlington. Robert Meth
Arlene Abbott, Joan Miller.
Grade B Honors Priscilla
Kirby, Marilyn Patterson, Barbara
Bruno, Edwin Erbe, Joan MALTA,
Doris Angrave, Paul Lange, jean
cite Krebs, Joan Scoheld. Nancy
Bisio, Jack Errichetti, Gloria Ciriel-
10.
Grade S, B Honors.--Bruce By
rolly, Marie Collins, Nancy Smith
Catherine Laskas, Robert Melon
aid, John Young, Joan Austin.
Grade 6. A Honors. Barbara Nc.
Donald, Mary Lou Walsh. B Honors--
Geraldine KrauS, Sally Rogers, Mar
tin Girch, Marilyn Lewis, joyce
Gleason, Jack Hayes, Frank Nc
Donald. Audrey Moorhouse, Marion
Sunderland.
Grade 7, A Honors-Nancie Edwin
Nancy Truelove. B Honors- Norma
Shoemaker. Jean Mussary, Mary
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24

Marion Hoben.
B Honors Bruce Baeder. Eu-
gene Busch. Cornelia Minicucci.
Elizabeth Young, william Butler.
Wilbur Larson, william Klish, Char
lotte Albino. Nancy Weaver, Nola
Davis, william Berrio, william Cor
coran.
Grade lF-B Honors - Richard
Quantrano, John Quigley, Robert
Rose, Christine Carlson, Arthur
Carlstrom, Bonnie MacNiven, Lin
coin German.
Grade Nv A Honors - Will
liam Mcdonald, Brooks Rogers,
Barbara Griffen, Marjorie Probst.
B Honors Nancy Dow, Janice
Carangelo. Virginia Berry, Carolyn
Robson, Charles Baskin, Gail Carr
Wesley Jensen.
Grade 2 - A HonorS Arnold
Pinsky, Georgette Troendly, Eugene
Lott, Cynthia Elwin. Mary lily
Leon Chemlen, Marilyn Burghoff
Ralph Winter, Barbara Berry.
B Honors Nancy LANCE, Julie
Wood, Frank Colder, Marilyn Cor
don, Barbara Parker, Gray Somers
Shirley Corrigan, Joan Messier
Russell Harrigan, James Lee.
Grade 81 A Honors Nancy
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24
HONOR STUDENTS
ANNOUNCED TODAY
Principal Ralph W. Car
ringtOn Announces List
of Various Grades

Ralph w. Darlington, principal Of
the Bunker Hill school has an
nounced the honor roll OF all grades
for the past year. 1t included the
following names:
A. NJ, Kindergarten-A Honors:
Carolyn Patterson, Martha Angrave
Angela Calletta. Sallie Curran, John
Hax, Judith Crane, Jackie Flynn.
B HonorS Olicia Dauch, Will
liam Sanders, Ethel Corrigan, Elaine
Stellar, Virginia Wood, Donald Mes
Sier, Elaine Mariani.
P, M, Kindergarten - A Honors:
Anne Warner, Joyce Boisvert, Bar
bara Westerlund, Frank George,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24


Slim" the crew chief, craweld
into the glass-like nose of the plane
where I was sitting, peered out of
the windows with beam of light
directed at each of the motors.
He dictated instructions to the
pilot.
Capt. Spencer Treharne, in COM
mand Of the plane, spoke through
the inter-phone system, telling us
to stand by to use oxygen masks.
I began perspiring.
The crew chief snapped off his
f1ashlight and sat down against
the transparent nose of the bomber
to smoke cigarette. In the tiny
compartment with us was the nav
igator pouring over his maps. We
had taken off at midnight from
Washington, D. c., and ran into
storm an hour later. 1t was now
a. M, and we were circling.
No Place for "4-F'
The crew chief took a puff on his
cigarette. How come you're not in
the Army, bud?" he asked.
"4-F," I said.
"4-F?" said the crew chief, why
hell, you're probably the first AZ
that ever got up in BIT. I've
gotta take another look at those
electric fans again.
The total number of IFS in the
United States has been declared a
military secret. But whatever their
numbers are, I jotted down for
them-and for the aged and de-
crepit who will never get closer to
Flying Fortress than Warner
Brothers movie "a few of the
things that happened on that 15-
hour flight over half the country.
Everything about a Flying Fort
ress is bigger than you'd expect
the engines, the wings, the wheels,
tall assembly-except the cabin.
For three hours before dawn eight
of us sat in the radio operators
6x6 room because it was the only
warm place in the ship.
Trying to sleep in the fuselage
is like seeking a good nights rest
on the windy platform of a New
York subway station in the win
tertime.
A better place to catch a nap is
the narrow catwalk of the bomb
bay, but it's risky.
Young Crew Impresses
You're allowed to smoke any
where on the ship except in the
bomb bay, unless they're transfer
ring from one gas tank to another.
There are little ash trays like the
ones on the dashboard of your car
that pull out from the walls and
chairs.
The crew-we had mostly young
student officer pilots from Hen
bricks Field, Fla, along-lose their
glamorous costumes once they step
into the plane. Off comes the big
silver wings and the uniform, ON
come the drab overalls, with mil
lions of pockets in them.
You suddenly forget how young
they are-most of them are about
20 or 21-and you find yourself be-
ing impressed by their efficiency
and self-confidence.
When off-duty, their conversation
10000 feet in the sky during a
storm at a. m. is composed of some
staple military topic of CONVERSE
ton, as the infantry.
The sanitary facilities aboard the
Fortress are only partially adequate.
The officers were not at all i'm
pressed with the fact that the ship
were were in had been in combat in
the South Pacific. All were only
concerned with learning more about
the job they would have to do
overseas in about four months.
Changes Position
I asked the crew chief where my
parachute was. That's it, where
your heels are resting" he said. I
promptly removed my feet.
''Whnre do We iumn from In raSe
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-24

Jane Panalitis.
Grade 8, A Honors-Jean Monroe
B Honors - Patricia Elwin, Helen
Palen, Leila Webster, Carlton Young
Joan Petersen, Barbara Bradley,
Charles Probst, Thomas Lane, Pa
tricia Neagle.