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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
Il DIE EVERY DAY.

We were sitting at the breakfast
table-just the boy and +
yes, Nom, that's what | said-I
die every day
I stopped eating and stared Such
a funny remark from a fifteen-year-
old.
"What do you mean. son.
We'll, you see it is this way. We
have Ex tend d Order during
R.O.TC., and every morning we
charge up that big hill to the south
of the football field. We rush into
battle at the command, but no one
ever gets hit, so decided we ought
to be more realistic The next time
we got the order to charge. | ran
half way up the hill, let out yell,
threw my rifle aside and hit the
dust. The Captain said it was okay,
to | just kept doing it.
Last Friday we heard we were
to have inspection by some Of the
brass hats from the Preside. Ross,
our Captain, said-Palm, you've
been dying every day, SO you can
die again in Inspection tomorrow
and all the Number Elves can die
too. But remember, guys, you've
got your new rifles now; stagger
bit and put them down easy be-
fore you fall.
I'VE charged up the hill next
morning, but everyone forgot to die
except me. Ross was mad, but af-
forwards he laughed and said / dice
so dramatically it made up for the
rest of the guys
/ swallowed my oatmeal end triec
to laugh, but the laugh Wouldn''
come. went on with my break.
fast, looking at the fifteen-year-ol
SO soon to be man-and yet toda,
SO much the boy. Silently ] pledged
my Wholehearted support to tn,
fifth war loan drive
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
Libby, Montana
LODGES

/. O. O. F. Cabinet chapter No. 68,
meets every Wednesday evening.
Sherman Noel, N. G., Ernest David
son, recording secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No. IS
meets End and 4th Thursdays at
Masonic Temple. Dexter Shaurette,
w. NJ; Donald G. Hargreaves, sec
rotary.
Royal Arch Masons Libby lodge
No. 80 meets third Wednesdays at
Masonic Temple. w. G. Seims, high
priest, D. O. Mount, secretary.
Order OF the Eastern star. Libby
Chapter No. So meets LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple. Mrs.
Dexter Shaurette, worthy matron,
Mrs. E. E. Jaqueth. secretary.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1889 meets
End and 4th Mondays at Moose hall.
Gleason Pitcher, Governor, Melvin
p Paulson, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1888 meets End and 4th
Wednesdays at the Moose hall
Mrs. Margaret Collier, oracle; Mrs.
Bessie Clowers, recorder.
Medora Rebekah Lodge No. So
meets 1st and 3rd Mondays at l. O.
O. F. hall. Mrs. Chris Ramlo, Noble
Grand and Mrs. Howard Blanchard,
secretary.
A. O. u. w. meets the End Fri
day of each month at the Legion
hall. Harry Hartle, M. W., Yer
non Crotteau, secretary.
A. o. u. w. Junior Club meets
4th Friday of each month at Legion
Hall. Janet Johnston, M W., Rosetta
Barr, secretary and Delina Carlson,
supervisor.
Libby Chapter lie Molay meets
lst and Bird Mondays. Masonic Tenn
pie, at p. m.
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Daisy Hunter, worthy advisor, Mar
| garet Maize, recorder; Mrs. r. c..
Rice, mother adviser.
| Women OF the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. 695 meets on the first
and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall. Mrs. Harold Burse, Senior Re
gent and Mrs. Harold Bitterman,
Recorder.
Theta Rho Club No. n meets LIST
and 3rd Tuesdays in I. O. 0. F. hall
at tbs p. m. Margaret Noel, presi-
dent; Marie Solem, recording sec
rotary; Minnie Karnes, advisor.
Libby Rod and Gun Club, A. j.
Agather, president; Arthur j. Neils,
secretary. Regular meeting second
Friday Of each month at 8 p. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29

in many of the plants, are you a
Woman-you can also help.
Some of the planes and ships are
going to have to come back for
repairs; some of the parachutes that
fall over Europe are lost forever
and must be replaced; the Spokane
Air Depot works on such planes, it
packs parachutes, and in hun
dred ways it pushes forward the
war effort. Your skill could be
used on job there.
All these plants offer good en-
ployment and wages in addition to
the satisfaction and pride that you
will be doing your share.
Why not ask if you can help?
Why not inquire of the United
States Employment Service in Spo-
kane concerning the vital war jobs
that need workers, and need them
now! $3.50,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
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Disabled Veterons
To Get TroininQ

Disabled veterans of the present
war may apply for job counseling
and vocational training and rehabil-
itation at centers to be established
at colleges and universities through
out the country, according to the Vet
Grams Administration and the Office
of War Mobilization. The Veterans
Administration will provide, free
of charge to eligible disabled vet
Grams, transportation to centers,
meals, comfortable quarters, medi-
cal service, aptitude tests to de-
termine veterans abilities, inter
ests and occupations in which they
could be successful, and profess
sional advice on vocational train
ing. The first of the proposed CEN
tiers will be opened at the College
of the City Of New York.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
Army Trucks
For Form Use

The farmer in critical need Of a
truck may apply to his county AAA
Committee for used army truck,
the War Food Administration an
nounces. Upon the basis Of applica-
tons on hand and further investiga-
tons, AAA offices prepare letters
certifying to the needs for available
trucks. These letters authorize
truck dealers to negotiate with pro-
per authorities and buy the trucks
for resale to approved applicants.
VIA warns that for some time
relatively few persons who need
trucks for essential agricultural
purposes will get them.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
These Things Are
Hard To Find

Severe civilian shortages now ex-
ist in washtubs, alarm clocks, win
dow screening and Flashlights, WPB
reports, with less severe shortages
in flashlight batteries, clothes pins,
double boilers, egg beaters, pals
radio tubes and umbrellas. Mild
shortages exist in wood and coal
stoves, theomas bottles, baby car
riages, mops, rope, bedsprings and
bobbie pins.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
TABERNACLE

Sunday school, TO o'clock.
Morning worship, II o'clock.
Bible study, z Wednesday, 7:45
.. m.
Christ's Ambassadors, $50 o'clock,
Sunday evening
Evangelistic service, 7:45 o'clock,
Sunday evening; Let us be faithful
to God. He is faithful to us.
REV. FRED A. DALTON,
Pastor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
q. S, Cuts Timber

Government timber cutting on ~
million acres Of federally owned
Oregon and California railroad grant
lands yielded AIS million board feet
OF lumber last year and gave the
counties inwhich the land is situated
close to 81. 000, 900 in cash.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29

Although 400 miles from salt wa
ter and half a mile above sea level,
recruits learn to handle boats at
Farragut, Idaho, Naval Training
Center at Lake Pend Orielle, which
is nearly so miles long.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
Ely High

Photographic reconnaissance air
craft fly 80 high that they can sell
dom be seen and rarely heard, and
cameras must be electrically heated
to prevent frosting, yet the photo
graphs are so clear that they can
be enlarged up IT. so tin,es.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
C'EST LA GUERRE

A purchasing agent who request
ed a supply house to send him new
catalogue received this reply: The
only part of our catalogue we are
are still certain about is the line
that says, est. in 1885, All other in
formation and prices ha We been
withdrawn"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
FIRST Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH.

II. =. v I1f1V1~, usstO1
4th Sunday after Trinity
Midsummer Fest will be held at
Pioneer Park on Sunday, July 2, IL
a. m. If you expect company on that
day, take them with you If weather
unfavorable, services in church at
the usual hour. (Pot luck dinner).
Saturday school 1912.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
/ 0pIcoo lomaJo juice

Spicsd tomato juice is made by
relocating the juice with onions, pep
pers and celery, and then restrain
ing. Another variation is made by
adding mixed spices. 1t Is best to
do this after opening the canned
juice, since spices tend to darken
the juice and give undesirable fla
vors.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29

Many deer run wild in the wood
ed sections Of Farragut, Idaho, Ma
val Training Center, which was
carved out of lakeside wilderness
after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
THE LITTLE CATHEDRAL IN
THE PINES
st. Johns Ev. Lutheran Church
Mo. Synod

Divine Service, II a. m.
No Sunday school during July
and August.
H. HASSKAMP, B. D., Pastor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
CHURCH OF GOD

Sunday:
II a. m. Morning worship.
10 a. m. Sunday school,. Glasses
for all ages.
8 p. m. Evening worship.
Z p. m. Young Peoples meeting.
Wednesday,:
8 p. m. Prayer meeting.
Everyone welcome to our serv'
ices.
REV. B. H. APPLICABLE,
StOI
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
Church News

ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Sunday Masses 300 and 1000 a.
m. Baptism after 1000 a. m. Mass.
Sunday School after 1000 Mass.
Confessions Saturday evening
at 7.30
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday school as usual, at 10
o'clock a. m.
There will be no church services
on this date
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29
SCIENCE CHURCH

The subject for the Lesson-Ser-
mon Sunday, July 2, God
Wednesday evening meeting at
800 o'clock.
Sunday school GAS a. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-29

San Juan-Hair tonic has leaped
into favor as a drink. In one week
1890 bottles of brand made by a
local firm has been sold to the ma
tives. The stuff contains SO percent
alcohol.
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The Purp|e 7edrt

ever, Bissell managed to obtain document from the Generals desk regarding British peace plans which he secreted on himself be- fore returning to the American lines.
 For his fidelity, perseverance, and good sense" Washington awarded him the Purple Heart which was made by Mrs. Washing ton out of piece of purple French silk cut in heart shape and bound with gold cord. Sgt. Elijah Church i'll, an Enfield carpenter, received his award for making midnight raids with his small company" not unlike our present day conlmar1- dos.
 After the revolution the Order of the Purple Heart was pretty well forgotten until Washington's Birthday, 1882, when President Herbert Hoover revived the Order. It was issued to heroes of the first World War with General Douglas MacArthur receiving number one of the revived medal. It was then made retroactive for all wars in which the United States had been engaged and officers were includ- ed with a result that by the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor over seventy thousand had been presen- ted.
 A few non-combatants have re- ceived the award such as Dr. Cor don s. Seagrave, author of Burma Surgeon" It. Annie G. Fox, of Beverly, Massachusetts, was the first army nurse to receive it after her meritorious action at Pearl Harbor. The present medal is heart shaped, made of metal and bears head, in relief, of George Wash ington. It hangs from a purple and white ribbon. Incidentally, Daniel Bissell, direct descendant of the original receiver of the award, was decorated in 1922 with the Order for his service at Guadalcanal.
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It is not uncommon at Bradley Field today to see a soldier wear ing a ribbon of purple trimmed in white over the left pocket of his shirt or blouse. This decoration is the Order of the Purple Heart, awarded to those in the service who have performed any singularly mer- itorious act of extraordinary fid- elity or essential service or who have been wounded in action while serving their country.
 Recently the original Purple Heart was uncovered in a barn in New Hampshire, pinned on an old coat of blue homespun that belong ed to Daniel Bissell, a soldier of the American Revolution. The or der was conceived by General George Washington and was ori- ginally only awarded to enlisted men for meritorious service. The first three recipients of the award were all Connecticut men, from the immediate vicinity. of Enfield and Windsor and the third from Stam- ford.
 Sgt. Daniel Bissell, first to ever receive the award, served in Wash ington's Secret Service after being recommended to the great military leader by his units Colonel. Bis sells "great service" began on an August afternoon in 1781, when he pretended desertion from the Army and fled to New York to obtain in- formation regarding the British rumors of desires for peace. Upon arriving in New York he met Ben edict Arnold, then British Gen. eral after betraying the Continen- tals, who recognized him as a sol> dier in his former American com pany. Arnold, believing Bissell was deserter, took him into the Brit ish Army where he obtained much information. Later he was assign ed to almost the same job by a British General who wished him to spy on the Revolutionists; how
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Six New Fields
 Expand FAT Missions

command of the First Air Force and later, as the Antisubmarine Command, under the operational control of the Navy. A total of 100000 hours were flown by bom- Der planes on off shore patrol dur ing these periods. From December 1, 1942, close-in shore patrol was flown by Civil Air Patrol planes operating under the direction of, first, the Bomber Command, and then the Anti-submarine Command.
 Virtually all of the leading types of both fighters and bombardment craft have been assigned to the First AAF at one time or another. The early days found Lightnings, Warhawks, and Airacobras over First Air Force fields. Now the chesty Thunderbolt is the favored fighter ship. The succession of bombardment types has included, separately and simultaneously, the two-motor Mitchels and Marauders and the four-motor heavies, the Flying Fortresses and the Libera- tors.
 Thousands of the men who flew them while with the First AAF are now scattered throughout all of the combat zones. A sizeable number of the pilots who have served ov- erseas have been brought back to the First Air Force to help train still more pilots and air crews.
 The geographical area under the aerial protection of the First AAF embraces IT states and the District of Columbia. The states are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti- cut, New York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir- ginia, West Virginia, Michigan. Georgia, Florida and North Caro- lima.
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1ueSOay nlgntS are Filled With music at the Base Library. Have you attended our weekly concerts of recorded music? Read on about next Tuesdays concert, the num- bers are all G.I. requests, if your favorite is not included, come in and do something about it! We'll have it for you if it's been record ed.
 The program will open with Men delssohn's A Midsummer Nights Dream which remains one of the miracles of youthful precocity in musical history. The boy of seven teen had spent part of the summer of 1926 reading Shakespeare. He composed this popular work in July and August of that year, writing it first as a piano duet, and later re- arranged it for orchestra.
 Brahms Double Concerto, the second number on the program, is much less frequently heard than his other works. Written for vio- lin, cello and orchestra it has the quality of the classic Concerto Crosse, with the two soloists re- presenting the concertino, contrast ing with the orchestra as whole, often creating the impression that a string quartet is playing.
 Closing the program is Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade, which holds it's own against the symptom ies of the world.
 The time? 1945. The place? The
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PART TWO

Expansion of the facilities and physical properties administered by the First Air Force includes, either constructed or acquired dur ing the past three years, more than 1000 barracks and quarters, 300 mess halls, II chapels, 8 station hospitals, 10 infrmaries, 300 ware houses, more than 50 hangars, 300 recreational buildings, post offices, laboratories and control towers. h. addition, more than 500,O0O feet of runways varying from 100 to 300 feet in width have been provided, as we'll as such projects as railroad spurs, miles of fencing and the in- stallation of water, electrical, sew age disposal systems and numerous target ranges. An important step in the rehabilitation of soldiers re- turned from overseas has been taken by the First Air Force in the operation of a rehabilitation and convalescent center at Pawling, New York. Completely equipped with the latest innovations in the fields of physio- -therapy and recrea- tional activities, the center is a part of Mitchell Fields regional station hospital.
 Two tactical branches comprise the First AAF-the First AAF Fighter Command and the First AAF Bomber Command. Although the exact number of Fighter and Bombardment groups now within these two commands is restricted information, the figure is several times that of three years ago when the First Air Force had only two Pursuit wings and one Bombard- ment wing, and was known as the North East Air District.
 Each of the two commands has performed two special missions since the start of the war. The Fighter Command has been direct ly responsible for the operation of the Aircraft Warning Service which at one time numbered ap- proximately 5O0,O00 volunteer workers manning hundreds of ob- servation posts and dozens of in- formation and filter centers.
 The Bomber Command has been engaged in antisubmarine patrol until recently, at first under the
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CHAPEL TIMETABLE
CHAPEL No. 1

Southeast Gate) Protestant Services: Sunday Morning Worship 1000 Catholic Masses: Sunday morning O800 and HOO Weekday Mass-Monday at 1905, Tuesday through Friday, 1730 Confessions 1880 to 2100 on Sat- urday evening Jewish Services: Monday evening 1900 Christian Science Services: Tuesday evening from 1880 to 1880
 CHAPEL No. 2
 West Gate) Catholic Services: Mass at 1000 Protestant Worship Service:
 HOSPITAL Catholic Mass: Sunday morning 0800 (Confes- sions before Mass) Protestant Worship Service: Sunday morning 0900
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The scene was in the camp li- brary. A harmless looking little soldier was pouring over book of statistics on births and deaths. Sud- denly he turned to the dogface on the right and said:
 "Do you know that every time I breathe man dies?"
 "Very interesting" replied the dogface. "Why don't you chew gum ?"
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These men of arms were an integral part of a great cru sade to liberate the enslaved peoples of Europe who, for four long years, have suf- fered tyranny, oppression and starvation.
 Let this date, June 6, 1914, go down in the annals of the Worlds progress to- ward true civilization with other great dates that mark the advance of democracy, June 15, 1915 (Magna Car ta), July 4, 1776 Qndepen- dence Day), and July 14, 1789 (Bastille Day).
 May this date serve as a constant reminder to each of us at Bradley Field as to
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the job must do in this great beration-a job that calls for the redoubng of efforts accomplish the primary mission of this Base the training of fighter pilots. May humble prayers be added those the peo- pies of the world who would rid this of the disease of fascsm and pledge all that again shall the forces of human destruction be let loose upon the world.
 H. E. JOHNSON, Colonel Air Corps,
 Commanding
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Base Library. It's WELCOME to
 all personnel, military and civilian.
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H SPEAKING \ 0E TBOOKS
JOE PRIVATE SAYS ;

one WHO makes d UuIlOOu, OT laughingstock of himself to amuse others. With our motto "Laugh and the world laughs with you" and a firm belief that this country needs a smile on every face we are de- voting this weeks column to books | by zanies. Brand new, hot-off- the press books, for the zany is at Hast corning in to his own. You'll find at least one on all the current best seller lists! When man bites dog, it's news! When soldier bites civilian as he does in. Max Slulrnan's FEATHER MERCHANTS it's hilarious satire! In case you didn't know. Feather Merchants" Is G. I. slang for civ ilians, and the author is Sergeant in the AAF. Sgt. Dan Miller, on furlough, is ambushed by an ad- vance patrol of feather merchants as he gets off the train in Minnea- polls. He's driven home on black market gas, gorged on hoarded food, and rebuffed by the most de- sireable feather merchant of them all, one Esther Lee! Shulman, in true zany fashion, claims he has no recollection of writing the book. "Last year." he says" I used to practice every night on my type writer trying to get my speed up to fifty words a minute. My wife, an economical young woman, would have the pages as I tore them out of the typewriter. This book must be them"
 Zaniest of the zanies is Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, and if you don't believe it, read his autobio- graphy (more or less) YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ME FROM ADAM. There isn't a true state ment in it, but we like it, for you meet such interesting people. There's Professor J. Homer Noflip who teaches Private Speaking (the opposite of Public Speaking) in Norwalk Subnormal School; Spiral O. Sterical, the man who makes those little lines called Circles and Tropics and stuff on globes of the earth; Snatcher Lief Daly, presi- dent of the Come, Have a Date With US Calendar Company, whose slogan is "Your Days Are Num- bered." Says Fred Allen, "We are living in world that doesn't make sense. You Wouldn't Know Me From Adam is a symbol of our times"
 There's even a new dictionary for zany use containing all the short forms of wit and humor which are easy-to-remember and easy-to- repeat. It's Esar's COMIC DIC- TIONARY, with an appeal to all men and women who have a sense of humor. Says the Forth Worth Press, "With this Comic Diction- ary, you not only can beat Benny to the tag line but now you can be the wit of your block" We'll give you a few definitions Soldier, An army man who is first drawn and then quartered. Love. An is- land of emotion entirely surround ed by expenses. Marriage. A great institution: no family should be without it.
 For the third week we present our Personal Service Feature, A Book for Each Mans Interest. Is YOUR NAME HERE?
 For Pvt. Jason Conley, How to Play Winning Checkers, by Willard Hopper, or how to be king in three moves.
 For T/Sgt. William Schumaker, any one of our sizeable collection of books on rifle-shooting.
 For S/Sgt. Steer, How to Re- member Names and Faces (and telephone numbers) by R. H. Mutt. For Cpl. Jay Kelly, So You're Going to OCS? by Vorhees.
 For Pvt. Frank Jordan, Why Be Shy, by L. E. Bisch.
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THE CO SPEAKS

D-Day is history. On June 6, 1914, at O1O0 EWT, the Army and Navy of the United States together with brave allied armies invaded the coast of Htes Fortress
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Have you made application for Armed Forces Institute courses this week?
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Two ghosts were playing poker when a knock was heard on the door.
 "Who is it?" they asked.
 "Rigor Mortis-may I set in?"
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H. E. JOHNSON, Colonel, Air Corps, Commanding.
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM MUSIC:
 SCHEHERAZADE AT LIBRARY TUESDAY
And the night shall be filled scith music, ..: And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
 And as silently steal a,cay.

-LONGFELLOW