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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
Spent Ndnf
Years in
This District
Frank r. Zeigler Came
To Jennings As One of
First Settlers, in 1898.
MOUNTAIN NEAR URAL
NAMED IN HIS HONOR

MARYLAND, May 3l.-Frank H
Zeigler, born on a farm near Wan
seon, Ohio, in 1867, passed away It
the Eureka hospital on the evening
OF May ~, 1914 He had q stroke
the latter part Of February, one side
becoming paralyzed which rendered
him totally helpless.
Mr.. Zeigler was one of the earlv
settlers in the Warland disttict.
having come to Jennings in the fall
OF 1893 with man by the name OF
John Eggers, at about the time Of
the construction of the Fernie
branch OF the G. N. Ry., which some
Tune later was converted into part
OF the G. N main line.
zeigler and Eggerts built q pole
boat and loaded it with supplies
and polled up the Kootenai river
TO point opposite the mouth OF
Five Mile creek where Eggers To-
Gated his homestead and Mr.. Zeir-
Ter later on located his homestead
on Bristow creek. After his place
was patented, Zeigler sold the tim
Der and later disposed Of the land.
About 1912 he migrated to the
Fort George country in British Col
umbla at the time the Grand Trunk
railway was being constructed.
where he invested heavily in land.
Just before World War he and .
man by the name OF John Hubbard
were sent up near the Arctic Circle
70 inspect some mining claims for
Il. +. Carleton. On their return
World War | was under way, fol-
lowed later by the crash in 1920. Az
result Mr.. Zeigler sustained total
loss Of all his investments.
Upon his return to the United
States, he made his home with
Pearl Stone and Bob Hess until he
passed away. In his later years he
was employed by the Kootenai ma
tlonal forest as seasonal EMPLOYEE
IN trail construction, brush disposal
md ire suppression activities, Dur
| ing the summer 81 1910 he fought
fires under Bob Hess, ranger ia the
Warland district, which comprised
an area between Jennings and the
Canadian line. Later on ZeiPler
mountain was named in honor of
his faithful and dependable service.
Mr.. Zeigler was a man OF rare
education, he having graduated
from the University Of Valparaiso.
Indiana, in civil engineering, but
later, in order to please his two,
brothers who were prominent doc
tors in Ayersville, Ohio, he studied
pharmacy and chemistry at the Uni
versity Of Michigan. After gradu-
atlng he came west and never re-
turned to his old home.
he was person who seldom men,
toned his personal affairs, so very
little is known of his nearest rela-
tlves. He was a man who attended
strictly to his own business and was
very reluctant to ask anyone for a
personal favor or lift even at a
time when he was gradually grow
ing helpless from the disease which
finally took his life. He always
dressed neatly and carried the air
OF gentleman whenever he came
to town. His presence will be great
~ missed by all who knew him.
The funeral was held at the
Gompf funeral home at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon and inter
ment was in the Libby cemetery.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
CAUGHT WITH SALMON EGGS

VIM. Douglas of Whitefish was
picked up on Pipe creek by Game
Warden Charles Tudor, OF the Flat
head district, and tried and fined
SIS and costs in the court Of Justice
H. B. Wallace Saturday, for fishing
with salmon eggs.
Tudor IS covering this district as
well as that Of F1athead, at pres
ent, and hopes that sportsmen will
heed the regulations and rules, as
he intends to enforce them to the
best of his ability.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
Eureka Teacher
Joins WAC's

Montana Army Recruiting and In
duction Headquarters in Butte
Thursday announced the enlistment
of Miss Claryne Allen, Oklahoma
born teacher at Eureka High School,
in the women's Army Corps, with
scheduled assignment in the Alas
kan Wing of the Air Transport
Command.
Miss Allen, a graduate of Chick
asha College for women, has been
teaching English, journalism, and
dramatics in Eureka. She has pre-
viously taught at Isabel, Kans
Her home town is Talihina, Okla,
where she attended high school.
She was formerly associated with
the Brown-B illoWs Construction
company in McAllister, Okla, in a
clerical capacity.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
Eureka Soldier
Is Killed
In Action
DREADED HONOR COMES TO
SON OF EUREKA FAMILY

SON OF EUREKA FAMILY
A wire to Mrs. Elmer Roberts in
formed her Of the DEATH Of her
brother, Pat Cook, who was killed
in action in the Atlantic area of
war on May 8.
Sgt. Cook WIS gunner in a B-24
He entered the service on Novem-
Der 4, l942, and went across last
November. He came here when nine
years of age and although he spent
much of the time since then in 9TH
er places, he always considered this
his home and registered here for
military service He leaves his moth
er, Mrs. Sally Cook OF Cathlamet,
Wash; his wife, Anna, two daugh-
tiers OF Kelso, Wash, and stepson
who is in the service; also five
brothers-Otis, who is in the serv-
ice; George of Great Falls, John Of
ALASKA, ID and Roy of Cathlamet
and his sister, Mrs. Roberts. Sgt
Cook Is the first Eureka registrant
70 meet death in the present con-
nict He was 80 years of age.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
IN COLLEGE PLAY
2I9 Names ON Homer Roll

John Gibbons gave a very con-
vincing portrayal Of grouchy
man during the presenta-
ton OF the spirit play, sThe Radio
Mystery" presented by Footlights,
the Dramatic's Club of Northern
Montana College,, on May 26.
Mr.. Gibbons is taking a pre-
medical course at Northern Mon
tana College, Havre.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
Idoho Will Do
Further Work on
Highway No. z

Highway No. 2 in boundary coun-
ty, Ida, is to be improved with a
seal coating Of oil, reports the Bon
ners Ferry Herald. Bids are being
called for. the work which will con-
sist of seal coating SIS miles be-
tween the junction north of Bon
ners Ferry and Moyie Springs; also
1915 miles between Copeland and
Eastport west of Boomers Ferry. 1t
is also planned to do some recon-
struction work on Highway Nh. 2
east of Moyie Springs, says the
Herald.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
WOLF CREEK GAME PRESERVE
ABANDONED

Elsewhere in this issue official
publication is made of the aban-
donment of the Wolf creek game
preserve. Action to that effect was
taken by the state fish and game
commission at its meeting in Hell
ena on Nav IL.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01

Nola Anne Billings came up from
Standpoint and was guest Of Flor
ence Miller 50 as to be present at
high school commencement exer-
cises last week.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES

A marriage license was issued on
May % to Morris E. Walker Of
Reece, Kan, and Geraldine Y. Walsh
Of Spokane, Wash.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
ONLY ONE MORE FILING

During the past week there has
been only one more candidate fill
ing for the primary election-H. B.
Wallace of Libby who has filed as a
candidate for justice Of the peace,
Libby township.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01
Asked For
100000
In { Bonds

The fifth war laan-.drive will
open Monday, June II, and the
quota the nation is asked to raise
during this drive is 16 billion dol
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01

Mrs. Woody Bowen and Mrs. Her.
man Gage1 were overnight shoppers
in KaliSpell this week
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-01

Navy Hecat fighter pilots relax IN their carrier rcady
ROOM and talk their successful ntercepon Of
lap Zeros. Catching Of 70 "a Of these enemy
pnes headed for Tarawa the United States aren
II in single action without losing Seated directly
behind the picture Of the girl darkhared L. g. ~ Eugene
r. Hanks Gibbs daho who shot down FIVE Zeros in less than
minutes OWL
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-09-01
By ABRAHAM REVUSKY

Jewish Palestine, the spiritual
center of the martyred Jewish
people, and a community which
was itself on the brink of disaster
in the course of the present war,
is extremely happy at the ap-
preaching victory of the United
Nations. The joy of victory there
is however dampened by a deep
anxiety over the fate of European
Jewry. During the year 57O4 the
public activities of the Yishuv
were largely devoted to the great
problem of rescue. Led by their
democratically elected Represent
alive Assembly (Assephath Haniv-
charim), PaleStine's Jews re-
peatedly expressed their feelings
in impressive demonstrations of
protest and mourning, invariably
accompanied by the demand for
the opening of Palestine's gates to
the victims of Hitler persecution.
A petition for the free admittance
of refugees to Palestine, signed by
253, 900 Palestinian Jews, was pre-
sented to the British Government
in London.
Rescue Center
While these protests and de-
mands could not break the rigid
restrictions of the White Paper,
they succeeded, at least, in making
Palestine the most important CEN
ter of practical rescue activities.
Although the number of refugees
admitted there is small compared
with the horrifying scope of Hit
ler's determination campaign, Pal
estine with an estimated immigraA
ton of $4,000 in 5704 absorbed
more refugees than all the other
United Nations. Most of them
came from Nazi occupied coun-
tries, but a considerable part OF
them were Oriental Jews, who,
feeling the increasing force of the
anti-JeWish wave now rising in
the MosIem countries ARE seeking
a haven in the National Home.
White Paper Crisis
Yielding to the pressue of iber-
al public opinion, the British Gov
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-09-01
Jewish Palestine Faces tomorrow

nostwar prospects of Jewish IN
dustry look much brighter than
thew seemed to be a year ago.
when the British Administrator
Of Palestine showed a definite
tendency to stifle the industrial
development by all means at It's
disposal.
Expanding Frontiers
During the year in review Zion
let colonization continued on a
comparatively large scale since nee
the outbreak of the war, not less
thor fiftv new settlements were
added to the 24o existing in 1882
The food production of the Jew
ish farmers increased by 1870
This was a remarkable achieve
ment in the face of the acute
shortage of farm labor caused OS
recruiting and immigration re-
strictions.
The colonizers of Palestine show
an increasing tendency to combine
farming with industrial activities
Collective farms, originally devot-
ed exclusively to agriculture oullt
during the year a number OF small
industries which are now an IN
teeral part of their economy. The
same aim is being pursued by tlsn-
err villages which combine farm
ing with fishing.
In spite Of the war ana the
scarcity of pipes and other ma
terials, the area under irrigation
in the Jewish villages was es-
sentially increased, and even more
ambitious irrigation projects are
being prepared for the future. The
plan for a Jordan Valley Au-
thority, first proposed by DR.. Wal
ter Lowdermilk in the United
States, is being intensively stud
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-09-01

led by Jewish experts in pa,o.
tine.
Palestine's citrus industry is stiu
in the clutches of the severe ~
preston caused by the cutting =.
its prewar markets. The paIoa
tinian planters are bitterly com
planning about the attitude of fl.
British Government, which ref,,.
ed the Palestine citrus industrr
the kind of war help which !,
granted to the cotton planters ~
Egypt and the banana grower,
of the West Indies. There i
however, much hope that the next
orange season which begins in De-.
cember 1914, will break the Ions
succession of "lean years."
During the year 57O4, the min.
eral production of Palestine
reached a new high. The Pales.
tine Potash Syndicate which
holds the concession for the ex.
traction of the rich mineral de.
posts of the Dead Sea, became
the largest producer of potash
and bromines in the British En-.
pire. For the first time, the To-
cal deposits of superphosphate
are being exploited for the bene.
fit of Palestine's agriculture. A
chemical industry, largely based
on minerals extracted in Pales-
tine, made big strides.
While the war continues to re.
quire the main effort of Pales-
Continued on Page 25)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-09-01

After reaching its peak in SOB,
Palestine's war industry remained
stationary, and even began to de-
cline. With the war now remov-
ed from Palestine''s borders, the
authorities are not as eager to use
the war services of Palestine'S
factories. In many cases orders
were not renewed after the prev
ious ones were duly delivered.
The transition to peace tasks
which will presently confront the
war industries everywhere has
actually begun in Palestine.
While the problem of reconver-
sion is a very serious one, and it
may be aggravated because of
Palestine's unduly inflated prices
and production costs, Palestine's
economists are confident that the
country will cope with its diff
culties. The greatest hopes are
being placed on the accumulated
need for housing, which was al
ways one of Palestine's most i'm
portant sources of employment.
According to a recently published
government estimate, Palestine
will need in 1945-46 not less than
$4,000 new rooms even if there
will be no immigration at the
end of the war. Most of this
need will arise in the Jewish Sec
tor of Palestine's economy. The
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-09-01

eminent extended the deadline of
April 1, 1914, provided in the
White Paper for Jewish Immigra-
ton, and allowed the use of the
unexhausted quotas after that
date. In November 1943, when
this concession was announced in
the House of Commons, the num-
Der of unused certificates was 81,
O26. But in spite of all efforts of
the Colonial Office to use these
certificates sparingly and grudg-
ingly and to stretch them for a
possibly longer period, there are
few left. When no more certifi-
Gates will be available the fate
of the White Paper will have to
be decided. The prospect of a
Theoretically closed National
Home at the time of increasing
rescue facilities will bring the
whole Palestine problem to a head.
RecOnverSiOn Problem
The participation of Jewish Pal
estine in the Allied war effort
continues on comparatively
large scale. Including the war
losses replaced by new recruits,
the number of volunteers contri-
buted by the $4,000 Jews of Pal
estine has reached $4,000. This
participation would be still larger
if it were not for the acute labor
shortage caused by the artificial
restrictions of immigration.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

As anyone can see who knows or
cares anything about The serious
ness OF the subject. the makers OF
the film have no; included any OF
the dynamite implicit in truly
for,hright I estnent OF the subject
There is no mention OF st gregation.
q, friction between Negro soldiers
and white soldiers and civilians But
Carlton Moss. a Negro who wrote
the films script. was overall adviser
for the prod uction and acted in it.
assured white friends who were dis
couragcd by It's omildness that the
pictcre would mean more TO Ne
groeS than most white men could
Imagine.
Sneak -prey'eWS FOR Negro soldiers
proved that Mr. Moss vas right. At
first he men. who have learned TO
expect velled contempt in most
Hollywood handling OF Negroes,
froze into hostile silence But after
20 minutes they were applauding
For just about the frs; time i'm
screen history their race was pre-
seuted with honest respect. Many
wanted 10 know: Are YOU going 20
show this 10 white people" Asked
Why, they replied: Because IL Vill
change their attitude"
The Negro Soldier opens In =
Negro church with the sermon OF a
Negro preacher Carlton Moss
From IS first moment il Is arrest.
ing For the preacher is no Uncle
Tom. he does not talk minstrel
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
BY ROY WILKINS

Now, to Negroes, this is nothing new from
Bilbo. Bilbo, the man, is beneath the contempt
Of Negroes. He is a vile, ignorant bigot whose
doltshness Is not relieved even by cunning. 1t is
Bilbo, the senator. who engages the attention of
Negroes. Here Is man tossed into position of
power and prominence by system Of poverty,
hatred. Illustration and ignorance unmatched by
any other state in the nation. He attacks Ne
groes and even in his halcyon days as governor
OF Mississippi he never knew such fury as he
does today. Why? Why, because Bilbo sees the
handwriting on the wall. He senses that he is
going to lose, that all who believe with him are
going TO lose.
History Is against him. Science Is against him,
Democracy Is against him. Religion In against
him. He admits these opponents are winning the
moment he rails against them But India is agains,
him. and Africa, and China, and Russia and South
and Latin America, and the whole Mosem world
But there are signs that white America does
not intend to tolerate Mississippis gift to the ma
tion In many places in this broad land il is all
right to hate Negroes and work against them But
one must not be at the same time shame and
a disgrace TO white people Bilbo is just that
District OF Columbia daily papers are calling
angrily for his ousting as Mayor of Washington
He IS one of the worst blghts ever to strike
our town. said the Daily News under the head
ing, Throw Him Out" The Washington Post
calls him crude and laundering" and the fea-
ture writers declare his antics may cost the
Democrats the November election
Well let the white people stew in their own
juice Negroes did not elect Bilbo He does not
represent them. He is just about the best argu-
ment Negroes can have for laughing at the white
supremacy" nonsense.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Sunrise Services

A special sunrise service is to be
broadcast over CHS Easter SUNDAY.
April Q, from Camp Robert Smalis.
training school for Negro officers
and seanlen al the US. Naval Train
ing Station. Great Lakes. Ill.
,WABC-CBS, SIS TO $50 am.
EWTl.
A large choir selected from the
personnel a, Camp SmallS will sing
SfiritualS. including They Look
Like Men u War traditional Negro
marching song: Let Us Break
Bread Together." In Ny Hear. =
We're You There? He Rose"
He Is King Of Kings" Ride On
Jesus and Alone"
The SpiritualS will be perform ed
against the back ground OF an orig
NAL narrative poem which eN.
presses the Spiri. of Easter and the
brotherhood II man IN this war torn
world.
Camp Robert SmlllS IS under The
supervision ~ Commander Dan ~
Armstrong. son o. General Arm
strong o; Civil War fame who
founded Hampton Institute. noted
college for Negroes at Hampton, Va.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

show dialect or advise his flock that
for those who bear their afYlictions
meekly. there will be watermelon
by and by or the Hall johnson
Choir in the sky. He talks sober.
unrhetorical English. and before
long he Is reading aloud (from Mein
KampO some OF Hitler's opinions
about those born half-apess While
he reads. the camera moves among
his listeners. quietly contradic,ing
Hitler by the most powerful shots
in the film-the intent faces OF
proud. end1ring. mature human
beings
They continue 70 listen gravely
while their minister tells them OF
the Negroes part In the making OF
America. The screen fills with his
torical paintings and with statuary,
with bits from u. s. films which
record the Negro's work In u. s. In
dustry and warfare They nod and
smile when mother Interrupts to
read letter from her boy al camp.
Then the screen fills with his army
story. from the day Of his induction.
and with images Of Negroes ~ work
in all branches OF the service.
With deep feeling. the Nero con-
sregation sings Onward. Christian
Soldiers" IN - minutes there hes
taken place on the screen tdssoIts
the bitter facts let out, . brave.
important and hopeful event In ths
history OF v. ). race relsticoA
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

harmony formulated by her group. Unlike the
other reports. however, hers was unique-not Just
q list OF suggestions people could remember or
forget n they pleased. For this report not only
had greater number Of recommendations for &C.
ton. but it courageously called for action The
entire conference was put on the spot by being
asked to vote its support of the list of recommen
dations for legislative and governmental action
In this request was an abrupt departure from
the usual procedure of meetings of this type It
was intended to wiring the maximum social effec-
tiveness out OF the conference. 1t asked the 1900
educators to publicly define segregation as "un-
democratic and socially undesirable" They were
requested to act as q group to demand action from
city departments, and from state and federal Off
cials Of both parties, with respect to such urgent
problems as housing. police, poll tax lynching,
FEPC, federal planning for full employment and
federal establishment of a minorities department.
(McWilliams' plan).
The unexpected call for immediate action COM
Ing during the last few minutes of the two-day
conference brought no quick results. Action was
postponed. Members of the audience felt, and I
think rightly, that there was not time to ade-
quately discuss and vote upon the recommends
tions, each of which had been quickly read Hence,
the motion was made and passed that the steer
ing committee be charged with the duty of pass
ing upon each recommendation on behalf Of the
group.
During brief discussion on the motion your COL
umnist discovered himself to be ignorantly out of
order-the parliamentary kind. He wanted to
amend the motion to permit only initial consid-
Grafton Of the propositions by the steering COM
mittee. and to leave final discussion and choice to
the entire membership four weeks hence. My pur-
pose was the opportunity for education of hun
dreds that such Town Hall" discussion would
have provided. It was not caused by lack of faith
in the steering committee. However, since Mr.
Current had already inserted otherwise qualify
ing amendment to the motion, mine was rejected.
Hence, we await the decision of the steering
committee. Meanwhile, conferences 60. we can
note that this was the most successful Of its kind
ever held in the state of Michigan. The next move
is up to the teachers who attended-their move to
teach democracy before IL is too late.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

We will renew our faith and allegiance to the
color line. Reduced TO its simplest form and
laid bare for all the world to Judge, we declare
that the South is justified in the absolute denial
of social equality TO the Negro regardless Of what
his abilities and accomplishments may be.
We in the South sworn TO uphold racial
integrity-we condemn, and we will not condone.
the attempt on the part Of any group OF individual
TO destroy our ideals and principles in the name
of history, or of science, of democracy or Of
religion
nilbo raved on and on at the antipoll tax bill,
al Negro leaders at the FEPC, etc. But the
paragraphs above sufficient to indicate the
mental and moral capacity of this United States
senator.