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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28
LOCAL
HAPPENINGS

i w. o. T. M. food sale, Variety
store, Sept 80, ! p. m. 1t
Mrs. Gus Delzer of Kalispell was
a Libby visitor last week end.
Orlo Johnson was a business Wis.,
itor to Spokane Monday and Tues
day.
Free Lecture on Christian Sci
ence at high school, Oct. 3, p. m.
Everyone welcome. 1t
Mrs. L. J. Brown was in Spokane
visiting her daughter, Miss Joane,
the first part of the week.
Mrs Kim Breen and two boys Of
Spokane arrived in the city Tuesday
for a visit with Mrs. Breens father,
Freeman Anderson.
c. v. Manion came in by plane
from Kalispell last Friday to trans
act business here, returning Satur-
day evening by car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Christie left
Monday for Great Falls to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Christie, while here
on leave from service in the navy.
Monte Bockman and children re-
turned to their home in Spokane
Sunday evening after visit over
the week end with relatives here.
Robert Mahar returned to Libby
during the past week from points
in the west coast country where he
| had cnanf cnrnn tiron
Pvt. Duane Adamson left on Sat
urday for South Carolina after
spending about a week on furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Adamson.
COME to the Harvest Home Din
ner given by the Methodists at
Moose Hall, Monday, Oct. 2. viii
start serving at $50 p. m. Adults
Sl00, children SOC. 1t
Allen Campbell left Sunday ev-
ening for Seattle to return to serv-
ice in the merchant marine after a
visit of several weeks here with
Mrs. Campbell and their BABY
daughter, at the Dick Powell home.
/ MIR. and Mrs. DICK karneS and
babv arrived in Libby this week for
visit with Mr.. Karnes' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M r. Karnes. Mr..
Karnes is stationed at Seattle, with
branch of the army enlistment
/ service.
Mrs. A. E. Fry drove over from
Bonners Ferry last Friday to be
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
| d. Rowe, during the duration, Cap
tain Fry being in service with
Clark's Fifth army in Italy She was
accompanied to Libby by Miss Mar
ion Fry, who returned that after
noon to her home by train.
/ Edward FansloW Of Whitefish but
formerly Of Troy, was Libby bust
ness visitor Saturday. Mr.. Fanslow
! formerly operated single mill at
Troy but after the outbreak Of war
and the shortage Of railroad help,
returned to G. N employment as a
locomotive engineer He is running
from Whitefish to Havre and says
there are a number of the large new
Diesel locomotives on that division.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28
URALAND GRANGE NEWS
(Too late for last week.

(lOO late Tor last week.
Last Saturday evening the regu-
lar meeting of the Uraland Grange
was held at the Warland School
house with the smallest number Of
members present as noted for some
time.
Ben Graham presided as Worthy
Master in the absence of H. L. Kill
patrick. Several other officers being
absent their jobs were filled by
acting members.
September Both has been desig-
mated as Booster night and after
some discussion Mrs. Graham, chair
man Of the Home Economics Com
mittee, was requested to notify each
member about the supper arrange
ments
A collective vote favorable to the
acceptance of four new candidates
was taken and initiation into the
Grange will be made at the earliest
possible date.
Since Booster night is not far off
this was the chief topic of business
The Lecturer, Mrs. D. A. Gilchrist
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP MEETS

The Methodist Youth Fellowship
held their first fall meeting last
Thursday at the church with Pres
ident Gordon DeRosia presiding
TWcnty-four young people were
present to enjoy a dinner served by
Mrs. Forrest DeRosia and Mrs. VIM.
E. Powell Rev. and Mrs. E. Roy
Fort were guests.
New officers elected for the COM
ing year were Pauline Powell, pres
ident; Gordon DeRosia, vice-presi-
dent; June Baney, secretary, Jim
Mauer, treasurer; to represent
church board of missions, Gretchen
Gehrke, to represent church official
board, Ruth Hepner; to represent
church board Of education, Helen
SWimley
This group plans to have party
once a month The next one is
scheduled for October 10.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28
Inlra-Rcd Choking

Experimenters believe there's
future in cooking with lamps radiat-
ing infra-red rays. These are now
used on tank-production lines to dry
fresh paint in three minutes, Fruits
and vegetables will. be dehydrated
also, which adds up to less vitamin
loss and faster cooking.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA-A PROC
LAMATTON

Whereas, Petitions signed by the
requisite number of voters and
praying for the initiation of GER
tain measure to be hereinafter more
particularly described have been
duly and regularly filed in the of
flee of the Secretary of State with
IN the time required by the Con-
stltutlon of the State of Montana:
NOW, THEREFORE, /, Sam c..
Ford, as Governor of the State of
Montana, in compliance with the
provisions of the Constitution and
Statutes, do hereby proclaim the fill
ing of such petitions for the submits
sion to the qualified voters of the
State OF Montana for their approval
or rejection at the regular election
to be held on the seventh day of
November, A. D. 1914, of the fol-
lowing measure, to-wit:
INITIATIVE NUMBER FORTY
EIGHT
"A bill to enact by the initiative
law to define osteopathy and to
authorize and regulate the practice
of osteopathic physicians and os-
teopathic surgeons and to provide
penalties for the violation of this
act, and to repeal Sections 3125 to
1897 inclusive of the Revised Codes
OF Montana of 1885 and all acts and
parts in conflict herewith"
IN WITNESS WHEREOF | have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State to be
affixed.
Done at the City of Helena, the
Capital, this the eighth day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred forty-four.
(SeaD SAM c. FORD.
BY the Governor-Attest.
SAM w. MITCHELL,
Secretary of State. s21-n2-7t.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28

appointed committee of four tc
help select songs and work up an
entertainment program. Those serv-
ing on the committee are Mrs. Hedge
Hammons and Mrs. Ben Graham OF
Ural and Mrs. Rena Evans and Mrs
L. L. Lake of Warland. The lecturer
offered other suggestions for the
impressive ceremony Of Booster
night.
The Literary Program followed
with the reading entitled, ''The
State Poem by Mrs Rena Evans
The Lecturer read communication
from the National Grange Master
and Lecturer about Booster night
Two other catchy poems entitled
THE Home Town" and Are You
were read by the Lecturer after
which light refreshments were
served by the ladies.
GRANGE REPORTER.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28

With fire protection, young trees
spring up as mature ones are har-
vested. And SO, drat it, do weeds in
our Victory gardens.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-09-28

The smoke of a big forest fire
has been smelled 500 miles out to
sea. But that's nothing. Hitler has
the whole world holding its nose
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Big Incendiaries
Again Dropped on
Tokyo, laps Say
Three Other Flights
Are Reported, With
No Bombs Loosed
By the Associated Press

American Super Forts made
four appearances over Tokyo to-
day, dropping -incendiary bombs
on the fourth visit. the Tokyo
radio announced.
The first three flights apparently
were for reconnaissance purposes
The Tokyo broadcasts, recorded by
Federal Communications Commits
sion. said all the planes fled south
ward, apparently without dropping
any bombs
On the fourth visit, however, "one
Or two B-29s dropped incendiaries
on two or three places" in the
enemy capital, a Tokyo domestic
broadcast said. It gave the time
of this raid as 7 o'clock tonight
(Tokyo time).
Of the first three fights, the Tokyo
radio said:
About midnight one or two
planes appeared off the mainland
and another plane came over the
Tokaido district
In addition, shortly after am,
single plane appeared over the
Shizuoka prefecture area and short
ly after am. another single plane
came over the Tokaido area"
The Shizuoka area was badly
shaken up by last weeks earthquake
and resultant tidal wave which
covered houses with water. Hence
the flight may have been for photo
graphic purposes to establish the
damage.
No mention was made of any jap
anese fighter interception.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Bus Crash Injuries Driver,
81 Army Personnel
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-Thirty-
seven service personnel and a civil
ian driver were hurt, four of them
seriously, when a bus bound for
Fort Meade crashed into a standing
freight car today at the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad crossing in West
port.
The condition of the bus. driver,
Ralph H. Hart, 46, of Marley Neck
road. Anne Arundel County, was de-
scribed at University Hospital as
mot so good"
Three municipal ambulances, an
Army ambulance and another bus
were used to take the injured to
University Hospital, where addi-
tional nurses and doctors were sum-
moned to treat the soldiers.
City police said the crossing was
not protected by guard gates.
Among the more seriously hurt
were Corpl. Constant Jones, 81, face
and possible internal injuries, and
Pvt. John H. Olson, Is, back and leg
injuries. Frank Monsees, 40, suf-
fered cuts and possible head and
internal injuries.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Cloudy and Colder Predicted
Following Todoy's Light Snow

in getting to work. One of the
worst traffic jams occurred at Four
teenth and U streets just before s
O'Clock. when streetcars were tied
up by a mishap blamed on weather
conditions.
BY midmorning the temperature
was just under freezing and was
expected to remain near the freez-
ing point this afternoon, dropping
to the middle 20s tonight.
Other sections from Colorado to
the Atlantic seaboard, and well into
the South. were experiencing a pre-
view of a white Christmas" today
the Associated Press reported.
Pittsburgh was virtually para
lyzed by a 15-inch snowfall which
(See WEATHER. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Stadium Planning Bill
Passed by House
After Minor Changes
Measure Establishes
Oman Committee to
Droft Plans for Project

The House unanimously passed
today a bill creating commits
sion to recommend plans for a
Washington memorial stadium.
There was no debate
Only a few minutes earlier, meet
ing at the call of Chairman Ran
dolph, the House District Com
mittee amended the Senate-ap-
proved measure by House Minority
Leader Martin, who had blocked
passage yesterday. The changes
are minor, merely specifying in the
title and in the text of the meas
ure that the commission is directed
to consider and make recommended
tions as to the site of the postwar
project.
Bilbo to Seek Action.
Chairman Bilbo of the Senate
District Committee earlier had de-
clared he had no objection to the
changes. and that it was the in
tention that the commission would
recommend site instead of Sc.
lectlng' one. Senator Bilbo is ex
pected to bring the now amended
bill before the Senate at the earliest
possible moment, to complete leg
islative action and send the bill to
the White House for signature
The bill would create a commits
sion Of nine members, three to be
members of the House, three of the
Senate and three to be appointed
by the District Commissioners.
The measure authorizes an ap-
preparation not to exceed S25 900 to
cover the costs of the commission
in its work of considering plans,
sites and proposals to make the
project self f-lquidating.
Band Bill Action Likely.
Later in the day Chairman Ran
dolph also planned to seek House
approval on the bill to authorize
use of city funds to support the
Metropolitan Police Department
band.
This was blocked on the House
floor yesterday by an objection by
Representative Case, Republican, OF
South Dakota, but overnight it was
reported Minority Leader Martin
had discussed the measure with Mr.
Case and that the latter had with
drawn his opposition.
There was some fear, however
that objections might be raised by
other House members, since the bill
is under attack by spokesmen fol
the American Federation of Mu-
sicians.
Like the stadium measure, the
band bill would have to come up to-
day under the unanimous consen,
procedure.
Evening star., 1944-12-12

Cloudy and colder weather was
in prospect here tonight in the
wake of a light snow which ham,
pered Washington's rush-hour
traffic this morning.
The city was on the edge of a
heavy storm which continued to de-
velop today over the mountains Of
West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and New England
while gale warnings were hoisted
along the Northeast coast and air
traffic was at virtual standstill
Snow began to mix with the rain
here last night and early motorists
found their windshields coated and
the streets covered with melting
slush
Thousands were slightly delayed
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Nine Of French Gestopo
Sentenced to Death
BY the Associated Press.

~ thc ASSOStdbeu FIeSS.
PARIS, Dec. 12.-Nine members
of the French Gestapo were SEN
fenced to death today for collusion
with the Germans and two 20-year-
old defendants were given life at
hard labor.
The nine included the ringleaders,
Henri Lafonte and Charles Bony. A
twelfth defendant, Edmond Della
haye, secretary to Lafonte, died in
Fresnes Prison this morning a few
hours before the verdict was an
nounced He suffered an acute at
tack Of diabetes in court yesterday
The IL were in a group of French
men who worked for the Germans,
some in German uniform, and
throughout the occupation staged a
series of murders, kidnapings, tor
lures, eXtortions and robberies in
the guiSe of police activity.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Opposition Fails to Develop
At Hearing on 6 Nominations
Clayton to Be Recalled Tomorrow;
ConnoIIy Predicts Confirmation of All

Secretary Of State Stettinius
and his new State Department
team" filed swiftly in review be-
fore the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee today and, un-
expectedly, no serious challenges
were voiced by committee mem
bers in questioning the six nomi-
neeS.
When the committee decided to
adjourn until tomorrow morning, it
had heard the prepared statements
of all of the nominees, including
Archibald MacLeish and Will l..
Clayton, as we'll as testimony from
Secretary Stettinius. who urged ap-
proval of the nominations.
Committee members said MIR.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Navy Rejected Work
OF HurIey's Company,
Senate Hearing Told
Supply Bureau Officer
Says 1t Didn't Produce
Single Acceptable Locker
BY the Associated Press

J bS me Associated Press.
/ A naval officer testified today
the Navy Cancelled a contract for
lockers with the Narragansett
Machine Co. because the COM
pany failed to produce a single
acceptable locker.
| The testimony was given before
the Senate Military Affairs Commit
tee, which is holding hearings on
the nominations of former Gov.
Robert A. Hurley of Connecticut,
former vice president of Narragan-
sett, and 1t. Col Edward H. Heller
as members of the new Surplus War
| Property Board.
1t. j. M Orr of the Navy's Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts told the
committee the Pawtucket (R. II
firm failed to deliver the first of 1.572
lockers on the scheduled date, Feb
ruary l, 1914.
Later, 1t. Orr said, he and sew
eral other Navy officials visited the
plant and found that the company
had completed only one locker
Some work on nine others had been
done
The single completed locker was
rejected, he added, and a short time
later the company's contract was
terminated for default.
Mr. Hurley himself came in fol
praise before the committee wher
William L. Mooney, Hartford, Conn.
retired vice president of Aetna Life
Insurance Co., said he knew of nc
one who could better handle the
job of disposing of an estimated
$1,000 ,000,0O0,000 worth of surplus
lproperty.
Everan Woodland, a civilian en-
gineer in the Navys Bureau o1
Ships, who said he was among those
visiting the Narragansett plant with
Lib Orr, told the committee the
nine partially finished lockers were
badly warped, doors fit poorly ane
there was evidence of poor welding
Under questioning by Senator Aus
tin, Republican, of Vermont, botf
Mr. Woodland and 1t. Orr said tht
company had been given adequate
priorities to obtain materials for the
lockers.
I 1t. Robert Brown, attached to thu
office of the Nays general counsel
testified that Narragansett had mad,
deliveries on an earlier contract fol
lockers, though it Jagged behind de-
livery dates. All of those locker
were accepted by the Navy, he added
Evening star., 1944-12-12
.2,200 Planes Pound
German Oil Refinery
And Vital Rail Yards
10Th Mersebure Attack
Follows Record Assault
On Targets in Reich
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. IL. Nearly
1900 American planes, including
1850 Flying Fortresses and Lib
orators, today bombed the Nazis'
principal synthetic oil refinery
at Merseburg and rail yards
at Hanau, chaffensburg and
DarmStadt.
The attack followed up a record
assault by 1000 bombers and fight
Iers yesterday.
1t was the 10Th attack of the war
on Merseburgs leading Oil plant,
the Leuna refinery. Eighteen of
them have been made in daylight
by American heavy bomberS.
Heavy Clouds Over Target.
The bombing at Merseburg was
by instrument due to heavy clouds.
Ali the rail targets were in the
open and were hit visually.
All the bombers and most of the
Mustang Thunderbolt Lightning
fighter escort were from the United
States 9Th Air Force.
Berlin AFRAID warnings indicated
at least two other heavy bomber
blows landed on German targets
today-one by Fortresses and Lib
orators from the United States 18th
Air Force in Italy, the other by the
RAF Bomber Command.
All three heavy bombardment air
forces participated in yesterdays
assault with 10000 tons of bombs
climaXing campaign which has
crippled synthetic oil production in
the Ruhr and severed main rail
routes to German defenses in the
west.
Attacks to Be Pressed.
Our job now is to keep hitting
them and destroying repairs as fast
as the Germans can make them
staff officer said.
The 9th Air Force sent l 600 bomb
ers aloft yesterday and, with an
escort of 800 fighters, they smashed
railyards at Frankfurt, Hanau and
Giessen. 1t was the largest single
bomber fleet ever put in the air
twice the size of Germany's peak
aerial effort in September, 1910.
when 800 planes attacked London.
A force of 500 American heavy
bombers from Italy hit an oil re-
finery and ralyards in Vienna and
500 British bombers attacked three
fuel plants and rail center in the
Ruhr.
Mosquito bombers returned to
Western Germany last night with
blockbusters. Continent-based fight
ers and bombers got in 300 sorties
against tactical targets before dark
yesterday
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Thousands of Crack Jap Troops
Wiped Out in Trap Near Ormoc
Two American Forces Effect Junction
And Eradicate 10th Enemy Division

ing as "of the most desperate
character" all the way.
Annihilation of the japanese in
the Ormoc sector eliminated the
southern segment of the Yamashita
line. While Gen. Macarthur did
not specify the number of enemy
troops wiped out in the trap, he
said in his Monday communique
that many thousands" were in the
narrowing pocket. There was little
indication many could have escaped.
Great stores of equipment and
supplies were captured.
Ormoc, which the 77th Division
Yanks entered Sunday, was an i'm
portant base of reinforcement for
japanese fighting in the Ormoc cor
ridor to the north, where bloody
engagements have continued for
weeks despite torrential rains.
With Ormoc taken the Americans
turned more power to the task of
clearing the enemy from the noun
(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-12D
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Rebels She'll Athens,
Try 10 Smash Into
Center Of Capital
ELIAS Peace Proposals
Reported Drown Up;
Alexander in Greece
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Dec. 12.-Left-wing
ELIAS forces today sent shells
crashing into Athens and con-
tinued their attempts to break
into the center of the city.
Can Athens broadcast said
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alex
ander. Allied commander in the
Mediterranean, had arrived in
Athens with Harold Macmillan,
British minister resident in the
Middle East)
Raj planes at dawn snot up ELIAS
reinforcementS moving on the capi-
tai from Anoliosia, 5 miles to the
northwest.
Several shells fell near the center
of Athens, some near British head
quarters, and flames swept through
numerous buildings. Fires in the
market place threatened to get be-
yond control. Water supplies were
cut off in large sections of the city.
The ELIAS, the militia of the Left
ist Fam or National Liberation
Front, last night began the attempt
/ to drive into the heart of Athens
"a BIC broadcast said the
ELIAS had increased the shelling
of the city seeking Ito force a
decision before British reinforce
mentS arrive.")
3-Hour Battle Fought.
British troops installed in the post
office and ELIAS forces occupying
the Town Hall fought three-hour
battle in the night. A tank inter-
vened, firing on the halls upper
stories and starting fire. But this
morning the ELIAS reoccupied the
rest of the Town Hall and the adja-
cent streets.
Peace proposals were reported
being drawn up by rebel leaders,
however.
An impartial source described
leaders of both the Fam and the
ELIAS as realizing now that they
will eventually lose" the bloody con-
1ict with British and regular
Greek troops.
Demands Reduced.
Declaring the left-wing leaders
were now ''relenting in their de-
mands" that the Government of
Premier George Papandreou make
way for another in which they would
have control this source said the
ELIAS troops would withdraw from
Athens and all the Department OF
Attica in return for guarantees that
none would be prosecuted.
The possibility of a peace, or al
least truce, also was strengthened
by Publisher Dimitri Lambrakis, who
has been working overtime as a ne
gotiator He reported EAM leaders
as much more conciliatory than they
were week ago.
Lambrakis asserted that estab-
lishment of regency would help
Greece emerge from the tragic i'm
passe she is in" He declared 'it is
imperative" that King George II
accept setting up of a regency as
suggested by political leaders
i The fighting is costing both sides
heavily in casualties. No official
figures have been issued on the
British side, but they are mounting
1T is estimated the ELIAS have lost
4,500 killed, wounded and captured
This is believed to be nearly 10 per
cent of the whole ELIAS strength.
i A British soldier was killed near
British headquarters in Central
(See GREECE, Page A-12)
Evening star., 1944-12-12

Clayton would be recalled for ques-
tioning tomorrow However. unless
more opposition to the nomination
develops, committee members said,
the hearings probably will end then,
After todays session, Chairman
Connally predicted confirmation of
all the appoiatees. including, in ad-
dition to Mr.. MacLeish and Mr.
Clayton, Joseph c. Grew to be Un-
dersecretary of State and the fol-
lowing other Assistant Secretaries
Nelson Rockefeller. James c. Dunn
and Brig. Gen. Julius C. Holmes.
Senator Chandler, Democrat, OF
Kentucky, who is not a member OF
the Foreign Relations Committee
protested vigorously after today's
session because he had not been ac-
tSee NOMINATIONS Page A-12)
Evening star., 1944-12-12
|'E' Bond Sales Here Maintain
Schedule, Reach $50 of Quota

Sale of "E" bonds in the Dis
trict's Sixth War Loan drive
climbed to $16,9OO,OOO today. This
is 56.3 per cent of the $50, ,0OO,O 900
quota. Individual sales rose to
$50, 100000, or 66.7 per cent of
the $46,O00,OOO quota.
Wilmer j. Waller, District War
Finance Committee chairman. ex-
pressed satisfaction at the latest
figures. There has been a meas
urable gain above schedule in indi-
vidual sales and the E bond sales
are on schedule" he said.
Sales in the drive now total $1O3,-
100000, or 1895 per cent of the
$94, 100000 quota. This has been
made possible by the corporation
purchases of bonds, which has
reached $50 per cent of the $4S S,O00,-