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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
BENJAMIN PRICHARD PASSES

Benjamin Prichard passed away
Tuesday evening at o'clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Forrest
De Rosia. He was born in Brown
County, Kans., on April 2, 1861, and
was nearly SO years old at his death.
He was a retired farmer and re-
moved from eastern Montana to
Libby last May. Mrs. S. A. Rasmus-
sen is another daughter living in
Libby.
Funeral services will be held
from the Gompf Funeral Home next
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Burial will be in the Libby ceme-
terry A more detailed obituary will
appear next week
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
ODD FELLOWS INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS :

On Wednesday night, Jan. 5, the
Odd Fellows of Libby installed the
following officers: y
Sherman Noel, N. G., Bert Ma
pier, v. c.; Ernest Davidson, re-
cording secretary; l.. c. Ohlerich,
financial secretary; M. r. Karnes,
treasurer; A. l.. Morris, r. S. N. G.;
Ted Kessel, L. S. N. G.; Harry
Hartle, warden; E. D. Winfrey, con-
ductor; F. T.. DeRosia, chaplain;
Dick Butt, L. S. S.; 0. r. Tone, r.
S. S.; Stewart Risley, r. S. v. G.,
Office Z. Maize, l.. S. " G.; G. Pill
cher, O. G.; E. L. Kemp, !. g.;
X. <. McMu1len, p g.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Roinbow Girls
| Elect New Officers

At their regular meeting Monday
night the Rainbow Girls elected the
following officers for the ensuing
term. Daisy Hunter, worthy advisor;
Earlyn McCrory, associate advisor;
Marjorie Hunter, charity; Alice Ma
RE Rodgers. hope; June Baney,
faith; Margaret Maize, recorder;
Helen Parks, treasurer. Appointive
officers will be announced later.
Following the business meeting
Beverly WOLF was given the de-
grees.
An open installation of officers
will be held at the next meeting.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
81 8R K !Ev! o. !'!0 oua
35X y: t .s! ;.%.s"

Idaho to March Field, Calf. Sgt.
Baeth is a gunner in the Air Corps.
Cpl. Benjamin Baker has been
transferred from the Infantry to
the Air Corps, and is now stationed
at jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Word reaching this column is to
the effect that Blair Ridgeway,
formerly of Troy, was married New
Years eve to Edith Hudson of Pecos,
Texas. His address is S/Sgt. A. B.
Ridgeway, 1913 South Cypress, Pc
cos, Texas. Our reported said, I'm
sure he would enjoy hearing from
all Lincoln county friends"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
HOSPITAL NOTES

Oliver Brecto had tonsils re-
moved Jan. Z.
Mrs. George Sanders of Troy was
admitted as surgical patient
Tuesday.
During the week Mrs. John Lind
holm, Mrs James Davidson and
Mrs w. ]. Bonnifield were dis
charged.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Friends have received word to the
effect that Warren Brown, formerly
of Libby, and now in the United
States Navy, was back in the States
during the Christmas season and
spent his furlough at Washington,
D. c., with his wife and also with
his mother.
Harvey Brown, former Libby
resident, is in the armed forces now,
and is stationed in Washington,
d. C.
Pfc. Clarence Karnes, who is sta
toned in the Hawaiian Islands, says
to. say hello to the folks back
home. He states that he is fine but
pretty busy. 1t. Kenneth Karnes
also writes, from Iceland. saying
that all is we'll with him and sends
his greetings to his friends here.
The following information has
been submitted for this column:
Cal Downing and Johnnie Nor
tenson are stationed at the Great
Lakes base, going to trade school.
Bob Petrusnas address is Chicago.
He is taking machinist's training
there. The boys say it is cold but
they like the work fine.
Bill Simon is top sergeant now
and is in England. He wrote he has
seen Milo Decker. They are at the
same base.
Word comes to Libby relatives
that Earl Lovick, with u. S. air
forces in North Africa, has been
promoted to the rank of captain.
Glen Barrett, who is a musician
in band on one of Uncle Sans
battleships, has recently been pro-
NOTED one class higher in his mu-
sician's rating.
Lieut.. Karl @. Knudson, who had
been in hospital at Temple, Texas,
for some time with an injured
ankle, the result o{ ski troop train
ing, has been discharged from the
hospital and is now at Camp VOL
tiers, Texas
A note from recruiting headquar-
tiers, Butte, states that Mrs. Honora
L. McComas1 left on January 7 for
training in the WACs at Fort Des
Moines, Ia. At that center she will
receive five weeks Of basic mill
tary training, on completion Of
which she will be assigned to active
duty or to one of the Army Special
lists Schools for advanced training.
Donald Rodgers has graduated
from Maria Flying school. Texas.
and is now pilot.
Walter Kammeyer has been pro-
NOTED to technical sergeant.
Pfc. Ray H. Patterson, husband
of the former Magma Larson of Lib
by, and who has made many friends
in Libby while visiting at the Carl
Larson home, arrived in England
December q. Pfc. Patterson is with
the Air Corp.
Raymond Rubard writes that he
has completed the semester at the
University Of New York, where he
is taking specialized training, with a
very good rating. He spent two
days Of the Christmas season at the
home of John Rutledge, who comes
from the family of the founder Of
the Rutledge School for Boys, and
finds the Rutledge family very hos
pitable and regular folks" He was
in Ohio and made acquaintance with
Mr.. Rubard's family, which has
never met any Of the children or
Mrs. Rubard, and whom Mr.. Rubard
has not seen for over 80 years.
Sgt. Kenneth Raeth has been
transferred from Mountain Home
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
ROD AND GUN CLUB TO
MEET

There will be regular meeting
of the Libby Rod and Gun Club
Friday night, Jan. IA, at 300 p. m,
in the Community room. Several
subjects of interest will be up for
discussion and all members are
urged to attend.
ARTHUR NEILS, Secy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Keep COOL and Keep 'em in
the dark"-two pieces OF storage adj
vice to home Gamers using glass
Jars.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Suez Canal Saves Travel
The Suez canal shortens the sea
route from London to Bombay by
800 miles.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Say, II saw your I'D. In the West
crn News"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Sgt. Kenneth Raeth has been
transferred from Mountain Home,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Pfc. Ray H. Patterson, husband
of the former Magma Larson of Lib
by, and who has made many friends
in Libby while visiting at the Carl
Larson home, arrived in England
December "a. PFC. Patterson is with
the Air Corp.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Lieut.. Karl @. Knudson, who had
been in hospital at Temple, Texas,
for some time with an injured
ankle, the result q ski troop train
ing, has been discharged from the
hospital and is now at Camp VOL
tiers, Texas.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13

Mrs. c. B. Hand of Troy was a
Libby visitor Saturday.
Evening star., 1944-05-14

libraries for classes. Other groups
giving space are the American
Women's Voluntary Services, several
churches, housing projects and
settlement houses.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
|Expeetant Mothers
Offered Instruction
by Health Officers

Because of the shortage OF ply
sicians, the District Health Depart
ment has arranged to instruct ex-
pectant mothers in the hygiene of
pregnancy, DR.. George C. Rutland,
District health officer, announced
yesterday.
The course, free and given at II
locations, will embrace six two-hour
lectures on preparation for birth,
feeding and care of the baby, the
layette and health advice for
mothers.
The opening date has been set
for Monday, May %, with enroll
ment in each class restricted to 20
persons. Parents must register be-
fore attending the first class by
calling Miss Ruth Brong, consultant
maternity nurse, under whose di-
rection the course will be conducted
at the new municipal building.
The course has been arranged fol-
Evening star., 1944-05-14
5Sth Reunion Is Held
By Washington High
School Glass Of 'S6

Labor strife and juvenile delin-
quency were of no moment to the
class of 1886 at the old Washington
High School, its members recalled
last night at the 58th reunion OF
the class at the Colonial Hotel.
Member Allan Davis pointed out
he could remember no chapter on
labor relations in walkers Ele-
ments of Political Economy" a text
book used at the high school.
Another member, Thomas Barr,
pointed out one of the deprivations
of most modern children is the lack
of country cousins" What he sup
posed would now be called Juvenile
delinquency" he said, was his pen
chant as a boy for passing up the
fruit of his aunts large apple
orchard to rob a lone tree on a
neighboring property.
Is Present at Reunion.
Seventeen members of the class
and one honorary member, Gideon
"A. Lyon, member of the class of
1885 and associate editor of The
Star, were present at the reunion
More than rs of the original zoe
members still are living, most OF
them scattered throughout the coun-
try.
Mr.. Lyon related the story of his
first meeting with Gen. Jacob S
Coxey SO years ago at the Capitol
when "Coxey's Army" moved on
washington to demand road-build-
ling program to alleviate unemploy-
ment.
John Claggett Proctor, writer on
early Washington history for The
Star, was guest at the reunion.
Charles Bates eulogized a de-
ceased member of the class, Fulton
Lewis, who died this year.
Members Present.
Glass members present were Mrs
Edwin Brandenburg, Mrs. Charles
Butler, Harry Dowling, Mrs. Sallie
Burroughs Harper, Miss Emma
Jacobs, Mrs. Harry hewitt, Mrs. Isa-
bella Norton, Mrs. Minnie Myers
Mrs. Blanche Palmer, Mrs. Kate
Roman, Mrs. Margaret Lowe, Mrs
Eta Nash, Mrs. Grace Bevard, Mrs
Lillian Eisinger, Mr.. Barr, Mr.. Bates
and Mr.. Davis.
The group elected new officers fol-
l945 as follows: President, Mr.. Barr;
first vice president, Mrs. Branden.
burg; second vice president, Mrs
Eisinger; secretary-treasurer, Miss
Jacobs; historian, Mrs. Harper, ano
orator, Mrs. Bevard. For the 6Ott
reunion, to be held in 1916, Mr.
Bates was named president, and
Mrs. hewitt, first vice president.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Early Registration
OF Car Riders Urged
In D. {. Pool Drive

Prospective car-riders in the cur
rent Share My Car, Neighbor'
campaign were urged yesterday by
the District OPA to register this
week as early as possible so they
may be assigned to the car pools
they will find most desirable.
The advantage of early registra-
ton. OPA officials pointed out, will
be to assume that riders obtain
transportation that takes them
closest to their home and work des-
tinations. Late registrants may
find that the most convenient car
clubs are already filled.
1t was also pointed out that late
registration may prevent some driv-
er from obtaining supplemental
gasoline rations if he has complied
with the compulsory car-sharing
registration but cannot raise the
required number of passengers.
Riders were reminded by local
OPA officials that recruiting CEN
ters and transportation committees
will begin drawing from the master
files names of riders to complete
car clubs on Monday, May %. Ap-
plications for transportation to and
from work are being taken at the
registration centers, 146 transpor-
tation committees, the 16 local OPA
boards and the five Maryland and
three Virginia boards.
Holders of "B" and &c" supple
mental rations were again warned
that failure to obtain three riders
or failure to register with the pro-
gram by May % will result in grants
of 30-day supplemental rations,
which will not be renewable until
the motorist obtains three riders or
registers with the program or es-
tablishes the impracticality of OBJ
tanning the required number of rid
ers.
All applications after May %, it
was emphasized, which do not have
the signatures of a full ride-shar-
ing group or which do not have
justifiable reasons for not having
the riders, will be issued the short
rations.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
| Mrs. Roosevelt
Is Greeted With
Boogie Woogie

Bands play Hail to the Chief
for the Presidents entrance. Mrs.
Roosevelt yesterday was greeted with
"boogie woogie."
AS she walked into the National
Press Clubs canteen tho N"u-'
stopped playing-all but the pianist,
who was beating out "poogle " Jo.4c.
While all the servicewomen stood
and Mrs. Roosevelt was introduced,
the sailor pianist, with his back
turned and head down, continued
the popular give"
Mrs Roosevelt and the directors
of the four women's uniformed serv-
ices were guests of honor at the
canteen's first ladies' day. The
directors, Col. Oveta Culp Hobby of
the WAC, Capt. Mildred McAfee,
WAVES; Capt. Dorothy C. Stratton,
SPARS, and Col. Ruth C. Streeter,
Marines, will be guests at the can
teen next Saturday, when it will
be open to woman officers.
Evening star., 1944-05-14

mothers who work In day time, but
most OF the other classes have been
scheduled for afternoon. A first
course for colored mothers viii
begin Tuesday, June s.
Instructors will be specially
trained public health nurses of the
local health department. The plan
is part of the emergency and infant
care program for wives of service
men under DR.. Ella Oppenheimer,
director of the departments bureau
of maternal and child welfare.
The public library has CO.
operated by increasing its supply
of books for expectant mothers and
has made available rooms in several
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Moral Reurmument
Program Set Toniqht

THE Forgotten Factor" a mora.
armament industrial drama
will be presented at 8 clock tonight
to an invited audience at the Ma
tional Theater. Senator Truman
Democrat, of Missouri, and Rep
Iresentative Wadsworth, Republican
of New York, head a committee OF
invitation.
Also on the committee are Will
liam Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor; Philip
Murray, president of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations; ano
Frederick c. Crawford, board chair
man of the National Association ot
Manufacturers. The production is
based on the Moral Re-Armament
program in industry.
Evening star., 1944-05-14

There is curse in your purse
and wallop in your wallet. Let
the Axis have it-through an extra
bond.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
Broker Pleads
For COP Victory

MITCHELL Ind, Sept. 9 (UPl
Gov. Broker of Ohio today
charged the Roosevelt administra-
ton with Threatening. abusing
and trammeling" essential Ameri-
can liberties as guaranteed in the
Bill of Rights.
Bricker, en- route to French
Lick, Ind, where he will formally
accept the Republican vice presi-
dental nomination in an address
TO the Indiana Republican Edi-
toraf Association tonight, told a
group. of Republicans here that
the COP was campaigning against
the administration which was
Conceived in defeatism."
"The New Deal has always
operated on the conviction that
ours is a mature economy-that
there are no more frontiers
that America IL bankrupt and
that We will have to iiquidate
cur liberties and be regimented
into socialistic, totalitarian
bureaucracy" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
Order Out Of Chaos

The amazing speed and eff
cheney with which our forces re-
store orderliness out OF the chaos
Of years as they follow almost on
the heels of our brilliant combat
ant forces will one day be an epic
story in itself. Within a short time
of the taking of Sicily, our foreign
department was transferring funds
through regular banking channels
for our customers who had rela-
tives and friends there and in the
southern provinces. Last week we
we're informed we could remit
funds to four more liberated prov
inces- Rome, Littoria, Frosinone
and Canpbasso, and that the
maximum amount had been In
creased from 500 to $500.
We were the first bank in Mich.
igan TO re-esiablish direct banking
relations in liberated territories
and we again assure you that
wherever funds can be transmit.
ted, we can transmit them. And
whatever banking service you re-
quire, small or large, whether il
is local. national, or anywhere in
the civilized world, we have every
facility and welcome the oppor-
tunity to serve you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
rip Cities
On Rhine

LONDON, Sept. 9 (INS)--Up-
wards of 1000 U. S. heavy bomb
erS, continuing their campaign of
concentration upon important
communications and industrial
centerS forming the backbone of
the enemy's Siegfried Line, blasted
three key cities in the industrial
Rheine Valley today.
The American FortreSses and
Liberators. strongly escorted by
fighter planes. smashed at targets
around Mainz, Mannheim and Dus-
seldorf.
Operating by daylight. th e
planes struck their blows to
hamper German defense measures
shortly after night-flying Mosquito
bombers returned from blasting
the Bavarian city of Nuremberg.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
.FDR Proposes
To-End CdrteIs

WASHINGTON. Sept 9UPl-
The United States is prepared
to begin almost Immediately in
formal discussions with Great
Britain on plans for destroying
international cartels in enemy
countries and for freeing postwar
trade generally from the strangle-
hold of world cartels, it was
learned today.
The state departments ace
expert on foreign trade. Harry C.
Hawkins, who has directed a five
month study of cartel problems as
head of the Office of Economic
Affairs, will leave soon for London
to be the American embassy S
counselor on long range economic
problems.
Cartel practices played a bic
role in Britains prewar place as
one of the worlds major inter.
national traders, and officials
frankly expected that it would be
difficult TO try 10 persuade Britain
to support the u. S. policy toward
cartelS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
Heights
Captured

ROME. Sept. 9 tUP)-AIlied
troops captured two dominating
heights north of Florence and ad-
vanced to within 1000 yards Of
Pistoria today, forcing the Ger
mans in the western sector 10
begin a withdrawal behind the
Gothic Line.
Violent rains and thunderstorms
restricted operations along thu
entire eastern sector.
Allied troops captured Monte
Morello and Monte Scenario, eight
and 10 miles. respectively, north
Of Florence.
The u. S. Fifth Army sent pG-
trolls two miles north Of captured
Prato TO within about a mile Of
Pistoria; another SIX miles north
Of Altopascio 10 the southern por-
ton of the village OF Pescia, and
still another four miles north Of
Lucca 10 a point near Saltocchlo
on the Serchio River.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11

.Be|fort Gap

ROME, Sept. 9 GNS) - The
American Seventh Army, sweep
ing Besancon free of NaziS after
bitter street fighting, reached the
Doubs River at several points to-
day while French units farther
east seized Maiche. near the Swiss
frontier. only II miles from the
Belfort Gap.
THE Algiers radio said Allied
forces were only nine miles from
Belfort, the vital gap through
which the remnants of the Ger
man Nineteenth Army axe fee
ing into the Reich and tempo
rary security of the Siagfried
Line
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
BITTER LESSON

They must learn in their hearts
the bitter lesson that they must
not try it again.
The criminals, high and low in
both Germany and Japan. who
have outraged the world by their
treatment of r1inorities. of war
prisoners and of conquered peo-
ples-these men must be dealt
with-promptly. justly and re-
lentlessly.
Germany and Japan must be
completely disarmed. The weapons
of aggression must be taken away
from them, broken up, or de-
stroyed. Beyond that, the very
means OF rearmament, the chance
10 make guns and fighting planes
and warships. must be forbidden
them.
But we must remember that we
are not worrying about another
world war in the next five years
or 10 years. All the great powers
will be too exhausted and depleted
to wage great war then.
WAR-LIKE NATIONS
Our task and our hope is 10
see that war does not come upon
us when war-like nations are
again strong enough to wage it.
In the case of Germany, II will
probably be necessary TO establish
commission which in the first
instance and for a number of
years to come must be responsible
to the victors.
That commission must super
wise the actual disarmament Of
Germany and the necessary mea-
sures to prevent rearmament.
To prevent permanent II
will be necessary either to elm
mate or to place under close
supervision those industries
which are readily convertible to
war production.
For some years to come, II may
be necessary 10 forbid Germany
any aviation industry of her own.
I have already suggested the adj
visibility of internationalizing the
entire Ruhr which is the heart Of
Germany's heavy industry.
Such a course would have its
advantages not merely in remov-
ing from direct German national
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
Pianist Cortot Held
As CoIIaborationist

PARIS, Sept. 9 CUP 49, The
internationally known pianist,
Alfred Cortot, has been arrested
on charges of collaboration. the
French press announced today.
Cortot was a m G m b er of
Marshal Petain's national council
in Vichy and headed a committee
which selected the music 10 be
played on the French radio and
at public functions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
Avery Renews
WLB.Feud

NEW YORK, Sept 9 GNS)-
Another duel between the WLB
and Sewel W. Avery appeared in
prospect today as the United
States Gypsum Co, Of which
Avery is board chairman, refused
to sign a union contract ordered
by the regional WLB,
The contract would incorporate
maintenance Of union member
ship, checkoff of union dues and
compulsory arbitration Of dis
putes. The union involved in the
complaint is Local 1925 UNIV.
The dispute marked the third
in which a company headed by
Avery has been involved.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
WHoLEHEARTED SUPPORT

They must involve procedures
and commitments that the Ameri'
can people will not merely accept
for today. but will wholeheartedly
support today, tomorrow and sc
years from today.
For no document we sign at
the end OF this war will. of it,
self. preserve peace. Peace will
be preserved only by the hard
labor, the understanding and
the willingness of all peoples
during all the years to come.
1t will take sacrifice and con-
tinuing effort. II will never be
something we can take for
granted. We must wage peace,
az we have waged war, by the
united purpose OF our people.
That Is why i have taken I'M
precedented action to promote
the nonpartisan character Of
the conferences now In prog
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
UNITY OF PURPOSE

This idea is already at work. I
have made a practical beginning
with Secretary Hull in bipartisan
cooperation 10 establish an inter-
national organization for peace
and security. Both parties are
working together today in this
great labor so that ii can 60 for
ward year after year, decade after
decade, regardless of the party in
power.
And let me make this. plain: l
believe that the organization Of
peace is a subject which should be
talked about earnestly, widely and
publicly.
We cannot meet the problems of
peace on any hush-hush, pussy
foot basis. The steps by which this
great goal is TO be approached
cannot be secret. They must not
be devious or obscure. On the
contrary. they must be methods
the American people will believe
in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-11
GATE TO ITALY

Allied possession of this stra-
tegic gateway will open the way
into northern Italy for an attack
in the rear of Marshal Kessel-
rings defenseS across Italy at the
Gothic Line.
West OF Besancon, one of Gen.
Patch's combat teams smashed
into the strategic Ghaux Forest
where spearheads of the Third
u. S. Army from the north were
operating.
On the western wing Of the
eastern French front, other tank
supported French troops were re-
ported within IS miles of Dion.
Quingley, Mont Sous Vaudrey.
Nillers Farlay and Salins all were
taken by the Americans.