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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14

When doing porch repairs, keep
this in mind. Wooden steps Of
ten get waterlogged. Bore sew
eral holes where water has stood;
file smooth, and protect from rot
by painting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-14

Pigs on l pound of corn day
and a grazing crop of soybeans
averaged a pound a day gain.
That's cheap feeding.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
PHYSICAL AND AGE STAND
ARDS LOWERED

Ensign A. F. Thomson, regional
enrolling officer for the 18th w. S.
A. area, announced today that the
physical requirements for men en-
tering the stewards department
have now been lowered. Men with
e., IL" or &c discharged vet
eran classifications are urged to APP
ply for the job of manning the mer-
chant ships and delivering the
goods. All men with physical defects
are urged to correspond with the
Denver enrolling officer prior to
travelling to Denver TO the purpose
of determining their eligibility. The
age limits of the u. S. Maritime
Service are now Is to so. Men be-
tween the ages of liz and rs must
have an IF, II" or discharged vet
eran draft classification to be eli
gible. Ratings in all branches, such
as deck, engine, assistant purser-
hospital corpsmen, radio and stew
ards departments are now open. Men
with IA months previous sea time
in either the deck or engine depart
ments are urged to apply for officer
training The officer training course
is four months course, at the COM
pletion of which, an applicant is
eligible to sit for his Third Mates
or Third Assistant Engineers Ii
cense, and receive a commission in
the u. S. Maritime Service. Write
today for further information to
1901 Cheyenne Place, Denver 2,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
Deoth Calls Motron
Who Come TO
Libby in 1912

Maud Eleanor Nichols was born
at Princeton, Ill, and died at Mon
roe, La, May II, 1914, after long
illness.
She was the oldest child of John
and Louise Shears Barton, who
have preceded her in death, as
have her brothers, Todd and Will
liam Barton, and sister, Mrs M.
F. Gay of Libby. One sister, Mrs.
Lena Harris of Portland, Ore, sur
wives her, also her husband, S. S.
Nichols her nieces, Mrs. H. w. Will
liams of Vancouver, Wash, and Mrs.
Ross Phillip of Portland, Ore, and
nephew, William Barton, Jr., of
Bend, Ore There are also two
grand-nephews and a grand niece
Mrs Nichols lived in Portland as
a young woman and in 1903 was
married to E. N. Alley and lived in
Butte, Mont, until 1912 when they
came to Libby and bought a large
ranch north of Libby, which has
been her home until her death. Mr..
Alley died in 1885 and in 1887 Mrs.
Alley was married to Mr.. Nichols
OF Portland, Ore.
| Mrs. Nichols was a member OF
st. Luke's Episcopal Church of Lib
by, also she belonged to Chapter So,
Order OF Eastern Star. She was q
member of st. Luke's Episcopal
Guild of Libby.
! She dearly loved her home in
this country, the Kootenai river
which ran beside it and the beau
tiful mountains that Overshadowed
it, and, having an extraordinary ap-
probation of beauty in her sur
roundings, she made of this home,
which she called Broadstairs Cot
tage, indeed spot of beauty in all
! its arrangements-bot in the
| grounds and in the houses inter
ior, which has been admired and
enjoyed by everyone in the vicinity
and made the Nichols home place
long to be remembered.
Funeral services were held or
Thursday, June l, 1914, in the Fin
ley Chapel in Portland, Ore. The
/ Episcopal service was read by the
Rector of st. Marks Episcopal
church in that city. Soft organ mu-
! sic and a profusion of beautiful
/ flowers added to the beauty of the
service. Burial was made at Rose
City Park Cemetery, beside other
members of her family,
| Relatives and friends of Mrs
Nichols will always remember hel
/ for her gracious hospitality, her
generous thought of others. and
! for her interest in and support Of
anything that pertained to the vel
fare of her church and the com.
munity.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
SHIPPING CARTON SHORTAGE

Shortage of shipping cartons is
so serious that for the next six
months, according to the War Pro-
duction Board, it will continue to
be limiting factor in civilian econ
omy. Although practically all con-
sumner goods move to the retailers
shelves in cartons, it is difficult for
the consumer to realize the i'm
portance Of the ordinary shipping
carton. Shortage Of this packag-
ing is definitely slowing down the
movement Of consumer goods into
consumers hands. Thus you see
that what you may be able to buy
at the store is directly related to
your salvaging of waste paper and
magazines from which these car
tons are made. All stores and other
distributing centers are urged to sal
wage their paperboard containers.
WPB also reports that by this
month the existing reserves of
wrapping paper will be almost ex-
hausted. The supply Of civilian
wrapping paper is running so per
cent or more under 1912. Shoppers
will accordingly understand that
stores cannot be expected to give
their usual wrapping service, and
that wrapping papers must be saved
and reused.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
Kidney Loaf
No Points for

Meat loaves are real roasts, says
Jessie Alice Cline, home economist.
They make for interesting varia-
ton in menu plans on Sunday or
any day of the week. This delicious
ly seasoned loaf is made with kid
ney. Like other meat loaves it is
good hot or cold If leftovers can
be conserved, the cold slices make
excellent filters for sandwiches dur
ing the week One idea is to bake
two loaves at the same time so
that there is a whole one left to
use for lunchbox sandwiches.
Meat Menu
Sour Red Cabbage Green Beans
Parsleyed Potato Balls
Baking Powder Biscuits
Rhubarb Pie
Coffee
Roast Kidney Loaf
pound beef, veal, pork or
lamb kidney
! cup milk
8 slices bread
"a cup bacon drippings or butter
2 eggs
green pepper, minced
liz teaspoons salt
VI teaspoon pepper
" teaspoon powdered sage
Wash the kidney in cold water.
Drain well and grind, including the
internal fat Pour milk over bread
and soak. Combine all ingredients
and mix thoroughly. Pack firmly in
loaf pan. Bake in a moderate oven
$3.50 Ed for III hours.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
$1,000 Electric
Ranges Reody
By Foil

y HELENA, June 7.-Production Of
a total of $500 domestic electric
ranges is expected to be permitted
in 1914, it was announced today by
Oscar A. Baarson, Helena WPB Dis
trict Manager.
Sixty-eight thousand of these
ranges will be for civilians and for
privately financed federal housing
projects. The $4,000 ranges repre-
sent about 16 per cent as many as
were produced in the year 1941.
Production at the rate of $4,000 for
civilians this year will not meet the
total demand which has arisen since
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08

electric range production for civil
ians was stopped, but it is expected
to take care of the most essential
requirements
Manufacturers will distribute the
ranges that are available for re-
placement purposes equitably
through the normal retail channels.
The ranges will not be rationed,
and any person who wishes to buy
an electric range from his dealer
will be required only to present a
signed, written certificate. Ranges
for use in approved new war hous-
ing projects may be sold only if
the purchaser endorses prescribed
statement on his purchase order,
said Mr.. Baarson today.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
WILL RECEIVE FIRST
COMMUNION

There will be 10 children from
St. Joseph's parish who will receive
their first communion at the 8
o'clock mass, Sunday, June IL. Sis
ter Dorothy Ann of Kalispell, and
the Rev. FIR. O'Malley have been in
structing the children in this sac
rament the past two weeks.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
Pads Give Relief

Homemade "doughnut" shaped
pads can give the same relief as
commercial air cushions. Take a
thick pad Of cotton a little larger
than the area to be protected. make
q hole IN the center and wind strips
OF muslin to form a heavy ring with
q comparatively small hole. Rings
can De made to At any part Of the
body - heel, buttocks, shoulder
blades, elbow, etc.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08

Scicn'lsts have -trnred up their
efforts To cevier new and better
treatments tor testing commercially
treated fabrics for rot resistance
and mlldew proofing They have
created laboratory conditions CORE
spending to actual fungus attacks
IN fabrics, rope, cordage and
thread. BY stimulating fungus
growth In special incubators, ma
terials can be subjected to fungus
attacks that equal weeks or months
OF exposure under actual field condi-
tons.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
WILL HOLD PICNIC

The American Legion and Auxil-
larry will hold a picnic lunch next
Thursday evening at o'clock at
the Community park at the swim
ming pool, if the weather permits.
Should the weather be unfavorable,
they will meet at the Legion hall.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
TWO VISITORS HERE

Harry (Bid) Racicot of Thompson
Falls, Mont, and an uncle; Victor
Racicot of Standpoint, Ida, arrived
Saturday evening for weekend
visit at the E. /. Racicot home, COM
ing to see Petty Officer Vic Racicot
who was home on furlough from
service in the navy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08
NO ROD AND GUN CLUB
MEETING

A. ]. Agather, president of the
Libby Rod and Gun club, announces
there will be no meeting of the.
club during June inasmuch as there
is no business of special Importance
to come before the club.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-08

Bargains for you! Lots Of them In
the advertisements In this news
paper. You are losing money II you
do not read them. II
Evening star., 1944-08-29
Time for LEGISLATION

The latest court ruling on the
long debated issue of the proper
regulation of bus fares between
Washington and nearby Federal
establishments lends unequivocal
support to the position of those who
have been urging that Congress en-
act legislation to deal with this
difficult question:.
The matter first came before the
courts in the spring of this year,
after badly divided Interstate
Commerce Commission had under
taken to prescribe rates of fare to
the Pentagon Building and similar
establishments. A three Judge Dis
trict Court held that this was urban
transportation, and that Congress
had not empowered the ICC to regu-
late such travel. Therefore, the
court said, the Federal agency lacks
jurisdiction unless its Intervention
be necessary to carry out the ma
tional transportation policy, con-
cerning which no findings had been
made.
After this rebuff, the ICC tried
again, reaffrming its fare order on
the basis of findings designed to
establish the need for such regula-
tion under the national transpor-
tation policy. Last week, however,
the court again ruled against the
1CC, holding that its new evidence
and findings of fact did not estab-
lish Jurisdiction. This was accom-
panied by permanent injunction
against enforcement of the order
Since one judge diSsented in the
second ruling, the ICC may feel
justified in taking an appeal to the
Supreme Court. But the two adverse
decisions already returned, taken
with the failure of efforts to work
out a voluntary agreement among
the transportation companies in
volved, lend strong support to the
conclusion that Congress should
CohC C1tAo lllcGUSl Ill 1lollQ dllu DlO-
vide by legislation for compre-
hensive, overall regulation of the
transit lines serving the Metropoli-
tan Area. This was the view ex-
pressed by Senator McCarran as
chairman of the Senate District
Committee last May. 1t is the rem
edy which The Star has advocated
for many months. And it seems
quite clear now that there is no
alternative to congressional action
If the Federal workers using these
transportation lines are to be pro-
tected against fares that are not
uniform and, in some instances,
manifestly too high. A great deal
of time has been wasted already in
seeking a solution of the problem
without going to Congress. There
would seem to be no point in vast
ing more
Evening star., 1944-08-29
The Greet imperative

Inc Marne. MeauX. Chateau
Thierry. Belleau Wood 80.
The old place names, evocative of
so much of the never-quite-buried
past, are back in the headlines
again. reminding us that history,
even when it seems most new, is by
nature repetitious. forever injecting
some bit of yesterday into the things
that happen now.
Americans across the Marne today
are fighting where their fathers
fought just 26 years ago. They are
in the neighborhood of Chateau
Thierry, where in June and July of
1918 the Second and Third Divisions
of the AEF came to the support of
the French to shatter the Germans
in the Second Battle of the Marne.
They are near that hallowed place
where the marines under General
Harboard won eternal fame-near
Belleau Wood whose name France
changed to "Bois de la Brigade de
Marine" to honor the men who died
in the great victory won there.
The sons are worthy of the ia
theirs. The Americans who are now
between the Marne and the borders
Of the Reich have shown fiber
every bit as strong and valor quite
as deep as the Americans who stood
there in 1918. So violently have they
battered the >enemy, such victories
have they already won, that it is
doubtful whether there will be an
other Belleau Wood before they drive
into Germany itself. But whether
there will be or not, they have DEM
onstrated that as between this gen.
GRAFTON and the last, the youth of
America has let no water creep into
its veins.
Yet Americans cannot feel satisfied
with that alone Something much
more meaningful must come from
the fact that twice within 26 years
the youth of this country has been
across the Marne. There must come
from it a peace so enduring that
there will be no need for this to hap
pen again in the next generation or
the generation after that. Other
wise we had better resign ourselves
to looking upon war as part of mans
natural state, and upon the repeti-
tlons of history, not as events that
should teach US to do better, but
merely asa bleak and futile unfold
ing OF all our yesterdays" lighting
fools the way to dusty death"
Surely it is not for this that Amer
leans are once more fighting on the
old backgrounds. Surely, when the
shooting is over, the people of the
United States and all the Allied peo-
pies will have learned enough to
honor the heroiSm and sacrifice of
their sons by working together in
the next peace to prevent a third
world war within another IS or 80
years. This has become the great
imperative of our time: if we fail to
heed it then civilization as we have
known it can hardly be expected to
survive. The future is at once as
simple and as grim as that.
Evening star., 1944-08-29
Iceland dnd Bases

Apparently in answer to some ILL
considered remarks made recently
by few members of the United
States Senate, Iceland's President
and Foreign Minister who were in
Washington last week end, have seen
fit to emphasize that their country
does not propose to grant permanent
military bases to us. In the words
of Foreign Minister Thor, Icelanders
ARE a nation of individualists and
we did not establish our republic in
order to become less Independent.
We intend to own our country, all of
it, and without any foreign interfer-
ence"
This is a fitting reply to any one
who blithely assumes otherwise.
Speaking for their freedom loving
countrymen, both President Bjorns-
son and Mr.. Thor, while expressing
appreciation for the protection Of
fered by American forces, have prop
erly reminded the forgetful that our
temporary bases in Iceland have
been of tremendous value to us in
winning the Battle of the Atlantic
and that we are unequivocally
pledged to withdraw from them en-
tirely as soon as "the present inter-
national emergency is at an end.
The pledge is clearly set forth in
the understanding reached between
our Government and the Icelandic
government and transmitted to Con-
gress by President Roosevelt in
formal message on July 7, 1941, the
day our forces entered the country
after having been invited to do so.
After his recent conference with Mr..
Roosevelt, President Bjornsson said
he felt complete confidence" that
the pledge would be fulfilled,
Iceland, of course, in relation to
Atlantic shipping and to Greenland
and Northeastern America, will con-
tinue to be of prime strategic i'm
portance. But it is a sovereign ma
tion and unless some new mutual
agreement is draWn up in the mean
time, the bases we hold there now
will have to be relinquished when
the war emergency is over. This does
not necessarily mean that in the
event Of a future crisis it will be lost
to us. On the contrary, when peace
comes and we withdraw, long term
understanding may we'll be worked
out between the Icelanders and our
selves to promote our common
security.
Much the same may be said as
Evening star., 1944-08-29

>tHe ConVentlOn ndOrSlng both ROOSe-
velt and Dewey. Whether any will be
adopted is another thing. 1t is ad-
mitted that an Endorsement of Mr..
Roosevelt by the mine workers would be
amazing. 1t is not expected to happen.
Mr.. Lewis himself has made no pub
lie statement regarding the campaign
for the presidency this year. If he says
anything, it will not be until after the
convention has met. The mine workers
are in position to have great influence
on the election in a number of impor-
tant States, if they wish to exert it
especially Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Maryland, Illinois and Ohio
so far as mine workers are concerned
andai in New York and New Jersey be-
cause of its afhliates engaged In other
kinds of labor. They were tremendously
effective in carrying Kentucky for the
Republicans last year.
4
Many Of the labor leaders are waiting
to hear Mr.. Dewey express himself on
labor and its problems in the coming
campaign, although they say freely that
as Governor OF New York he has shown
himself friend and not an enemy of
organized labor. Mr.. Dewey is to de-
liver an address in Philadelphia Sep
tember 7. Pennsylvania is a great in
dustrial State. 1t is a pivotal State in
the coming election. Mr.. Roosevelt car
ried it in 1896 and 1940-without it, in
all probability he cannot win in the
coming election.
More and more antagonism among
other labor organizations is aroused by
the campaign of Sidney Hillman and
his CIO Political Action Committee.
They see in this campaign an effort to
seize political power-which eventually
will be used largely for the benefiet of
the CIO. They see a tendency on the
part of the Democratic organizations in
many States to hand the conduct of the
campaign for the fourth term over in
the main to the CIO and its committee.
Notwithstanding the efforts of Mr.. Hill
man to align all labor organizations in
the fourth-term drive, the feeling ex-
lists that the purpose is first of all to
give the C1O commanding place if and
when the Roosevelt administration con-
trolls the Government for another four
years.
Evening star., 1944-08-29
Notre Dame

News Of gunplay in Notre, Dame
IN Paris must have stirred the
recollection of great number of
Americans. If only because of the
publicity which the old cathedral
has had through the movies, it is
universally famous. Lon CLANCY in
1923 and Charles Laughton in 1889
gave life to the legend of the hunch-
back Quasimodo. Their interpreta-
tions differed, the one distinguished
actor having to rely exclusively on
pantomime and the other being ad-
vantaged by a magnificent voice.
But the effect was the same in the
sense that the principal church of
the metropolis of France was
brought into the experience of null
tltudes of people the world around
Something of the sort happened
as long ago as 1881 when Victor
Hugo's wonderful romance first was
published The book has faults
which were detected by it's earliest
readers and which still are regretted
by lay as we'll as professional critics.
It's virtues, however, have not lost
their power to move a sensitive
spirit. Esmeralda is as immortal
as Juliet and Ophelia Her fate was
more tragic than theirs. The genius
who invented her was a master
among masters. Yet it must be
taken into account that he was in
spired by a spectacle of most COM
pelling character. The cathedral,
he says, is "a majestic and sublime
edifice." But not the building only
prompts his imagination. Sorrow
and indignation" arise in his heart
sat the numberless degradations
and mutilations which the hand of
time and that of man have inflicted
upon the venerable monument, re-
gardless alike of Charlemagne, who
laid the first stone of it, and of
Philip Augustus, who laid the last"
What Hugo does under the spell
of Notre Dame is to create anew
the Paris of the fifteenth century
with all it's tremendous pageantry
of human existence. He sets up
palaces and novels, puts into them
kings and beggars, moves them in
labyrinth of events, gives each a
vitality distinctive and real The
Oesult Is . melodramatic prose epic
Evening star., 1944-08-29

NoH~~ ~AS H~oaAaoh Aully EXPRESS.
Lately we have been given some idea
OF the work of our leaflet propaganda
over Europe. thereby confounding some
OF the critics who, because they had no
knowledge and were for good reason
Kept In ignorance, decided that nothing
was being DONE Now we read some
details of this secret work, and also of a
group Of airmen who are known A the
Paper Boys. One of these pilots thought
1t was "a helluva war'-until he had the
leaf1et translated for him. Then he ap-
preciated that this was a job to be
ranged alongside the dropping of bombs,
The Germans must have both the high
explosive and the propaganda to helm
them make up their minds to overthrow
their leaders. Now what is the policy
which the United Nations pursue In
their propaganda? It is the policy OF
telling the truth by gearing their
leaflets to the news that Is true. We
teach the Germans that their fate IA
IN their own hands. The process may
be slow, but 1t Is certain,