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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
Here and There

IlCiC anu AhSiS
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lindholm re-
turned Sunday from Spokane where
they had spent several days when
they drove down last week to take
their daughter, Norma Ryan, home.
She had spent her vacation with
relatives and friends in Troy and
Libby
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wagner, Ger
aldine, Mont, were overnight
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Maness
Thursday. Mrs Wagner was former
ly Miss Jessie Hanson home eco
Monies teacher in the local school.
Mr.. Wagner has been recently dis
charged from the army having
served in Persia for three years.
They were enroute to Yakima,
Wash, where Mr. Wagner will
teach in the Yakima High School
Mrs. Mary Mccain left Thursday
for her home in Thief River. Sire
has spent the greater part of the
summer with her sister, Mrs. L. l..
Bennett and with her son Mike Nc
Cam and his family. Another son
who has been in the service was
home on Through during her visit
here
Mr.. and Mrs Leon DeBorde are
enjoying vacation IN eastern
Montana
Mrs. A. s. Lien and little daugh-
ter, "NickieN who have been visit
ing Mrs. Liens parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Haaland returned Satuf-
day evening to their home in Sc
attic, Wash.
Mrs. Leon Laffoon has received
word that her step father, c. S.
Bennett passed away at Newport on
Monday morning. A Masonic fun
eral service was held at Newport
on Wednesday,
Kenneth Baeth from Libby spent
a few days with his brother, Rus
sell Baeth
Gordon Wood, Spokane, spent
Friday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steryl Thornton.
Spokane. are spending few weeks
in Troy.
Art Osborneson left Sunday for
Denton, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs, Walter Morrison
returned Sunday from weeks va
cation spent in Spokane and Har-
rington, Wash.
Mrs. William Purcell returned
Sunday evening after spending sev-
eral DAYS in Spokane
Mr.. and Mrs. A. v Dunkle and
son. Ralph spent Tuesday in Spo-
kana where they attended the fun
eral Of the infant daughter Of Capt.
and Mrs. David Wilson Mrs. Will
son VIII be remembered as the
former Mary Ellen Dunkle.
Betty Russell left Thursday for
Missoula where she will attend the
University.
Mrs. Henry Mcfarland and Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Nelson were Sun
day dinner guests at the John Sa-
gen home. They were enroute to
their home at Whitefish from Spo-
kane.
Mrs. Harold Kaufman, of the
Montana Study was a business visi-
tor in town on Friday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
School News

The Troy High School football
team was defeated at Thompson
Falls 27 to s in a game played there
Friday, Oct %. TIE Trojans were
unable to solve Thompson Falls
passing attack in the opening pc
RODS of the game and the score
at half time stood at 20 to 0. Troy $
lone touchdown came during the
third quarter on pass from Dolan
10 Sanders.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04

On Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
James Johnston was hostess to sew
eral friends who enjoyed an after
noon playing pinochle. In the living
room attractively decorated with
fall blooms the high score was won
by Mrs. James Lindsey, while Mrs.
John Hurd carried off the honors in
both the travelling and low score.
A delicious lunch was served by
the hostess.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
Freshman Initiated

If during the past week you
CHANGED to see roaming the streets
boy or girl whose countenance was
a bright and glowing red and he OF
she was dressed in a weird outfit
you knew you were near fresh
man. This group of students were
given thorough initiation by the
sophomores.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
Athlete Improving

Word comes from Kalisnell where
he is hospitalized that David Ahrens
is getting along as we'll as can be
expected. His uncle George Van
Dyke visited him during the week
end. David is cheerful and looking
forward to his return home within
the next two weeks.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04

"Mastitis in Dairy Cows" She told
what it is. how it works, the harm
il does and means of controlling it.
The fine program concluded with
square dance called by A. c. Mac
key, music by Brother Humphrey
and Sister Swing.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
Girl Scout News

The Girl Scouts met on Monday
evening in the Scout Hall. There
was a good attendance and the
girls are quite interested in their
work and play The hour for meet
ing has been changed again and
henceforth meetings will be held
on Friday evening.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
Enga cement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. John Lindholm an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Norma, to Richard b.
Eakins of Topeka, Kans. Both are
employed at Galena in Spokane,
Wash Plans for the wedding are
indefinite.
At a dinner party given at her
apartment in Spokane on Saturday
evening to honor her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Lindholm of Troy
the news was revealed to members
of the immediate family.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
First School Dance Held

The first school dance Of the ye9r
was given by the sorhomores IN
honor Of the freshmen o. Saturday
evening in the gym Music Was
furnished by the juke-box. and re-
freshments were served.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04
New EErollees

Recent enrollees in the High
School are Lucille Goudy, Geraldine
Pearson and Josephine. Smith. The
two latter are former students who
discontinued school in a previous
term.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04

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With Our Boys in the Service

1t. Reese Bennett who has been
spending brief furlough with his
wife and daughter. Maxine, left
Saturday for New York.
Amiel Merrill has received his
honorable discharge from the serv-
ice.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04

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Industrial rubber footwear is no
longer rationed, the OPA announces.
It is the fifth commodity group to
be freed from ration controls since
the surrender of Japan. Other COM
modities previously released were
gasoline, fuel oil, oil stoves, and
processed foods Rubber boots and
rubber work shoes are now off the
ration list.
Don't be misled about the ceiling
price on your new fur coat. It's
still under price control. unless it's
a luxury fur. You're protected by
a ceiling on that coat, if you're
getting a gray fox, or squirrel,
lamb, kid, pony, rabbit, muskrat-
they're all price protected.
Ceilings on luxury furs are only
suspended. That means OPA will
watch prices, and if they show in
f(ationary trend, controls will be
returned.
Clear the Decks Department.
Price controls have been lifted on
some luxury items, none Of us buy
to any great extent, and do not
affect the cost of living, to clear the
decks for cost of living items.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-04

Flora Sagen left Monday evening
for Kalispell to attend the wedding
Of Mary Katherine Paterson, return
ing to Troy Tuesday.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

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for your budget.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
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L a hers beautifully to
whisk away dirt and
CRIME from hair and
scalp. Leaves hair soft and
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ounce bottle.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

Two toiletries to help
keep your hands and
complexion soft and
smooth. includes a
SOC four-and-a- half
ounce bottle of Kinds
Honey and Almond
Fragrance e a m
and a Csc two-ounce
jar Of Kinds Com
plete Facial.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

When your nose or throat is sore due to
common cold spraying is often helpful in
soothing irritated mucous membranes Keep
one Of these atomizers on hand.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Dresden

The latest German city to be
blasted to pieces and burned to ashes
in sacrifice to Nazi fanaticism-a
useless immolation and an inde-
fensible waste-is Dresden, the once
beautiful capital of Saxony. Ameri-
cans who visited there in happier
days remember it as "the Florence
of the North" Perhaps no other
town of it's size in Europe repre-
sented so great concentration of
wealth and culture. Rising on both
sides of the Elbe, its towers and
spires and copper-green domes SYM
bolized community honorably
proud of its achievement in enter
prises of value and distinction. The
Hofkirche, the Frauenkirche, the
Kreuzkirche, the Sophienkirche and
the Dreikonigskirche testified to the
religious character of the people,
both Roman Catholic and Lutheran.
An extraordinary number of schools
and libraries witnessed to their love
OF learning for its own sake.
But it was for painting and sculp-
ture especially that Dresden was
world famous. The former royal
palace, known as the Georgenschloss,
contained canvases by Rembrandt,
Guido Reni, Nicolas Poussin and
Annibale Caracci; and the Zwinger
had no less than twenty-four hun
dred works of superior worth by
Raphael-including the Sistine Ma
donna, Correggio, Titan, Paul We
ronese, Andrea del Sarto, Rubens,
Van Dyck and other masters. No
mere list OF celebrated names, how
ever, could do justice to the scope
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Master Musician
ITO Sidney Ianierl

CTo Sidney Lan1er)
The notes OF the bird OF the South tcers
in your flute,
That breatted for a teto brief years and
then tods mute.
But melody still lipes on In "The Marshes
OF Glynn,"
In the sound of the corn blades, clash
ing, high and thin,
In the totisper OF rising ,oind IN the
lfue oak tree,
The loao lament Of the long-remember-
ing sea.
And your faith. that tpas rooted deep
as the n,drsh-0rdss sod,
stu liues In the nest you built on the
greatness of God.
Let all the manifold mouths Of the little
leapes
Pass on your song to ,uorld that gropes
and griepes.
That out OF hunanity's Dedkness, Its
sorro,o and pain,
1t may come from the depths OF loss fs,
infinite gain.
You are not alone OF the South; you
belong to the tDorld,
And, ii hearts are planted deep NTH
the clean thoughts, curled
In the seed that ,Das scattered abroad
By your tacile pen,
Mans oneness tpith nature may grou
into oneness ,bith men.
ANNA NJ. PRIESTLEY.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
The CIimuctic Hour

The hour of Germany's supreme
crisis, the great decisive climax OF
the war in Europe, now seems vir-
tually at hand.
From all directions, like the wind
and the waves preparing to devour
some battered ship at sea, our Allied
forces converge inexorably upon the
heart of Nazidom, positioning them
selves to deliver those new and even
more powerful blows" that were
planned at Yalta-the death blows,
the last crushing drives to destroy
the enemy.
In the east, though he warns of
hard battles ahead, Premier Marshal
Stain does not hesitate to declare
that complete victory over the Ger
mans now is near" and the Red
Army emphasizes the point by TAX
ing PoZnan. Poland'S third largest
city and one of the most important
centers of communication on the
road to Berlin.
simultaneously, in the west,
Eisenhower has launched his long
awaited offensive across the Roer
toward the Ruhr and the Rhine,
striking out massively with our First
and Ninth Armies.
And in the air, on scale never be-
, fore seen, Allied bomberS and fight
. ers-20000 of them within the past
three days alone-continue their
paralyzing attacks on the enemy's
transport system to and from both
the eastern and western fronts.
The overall pattern, on the
ground and in the sky, is clear: BY
co-ordinated action on every side,
Germany is being pinned down for
the kill, for the final closing of the
giant wise.
The full fury of our Allied power
has not been unleashed against
them as yet, but when it is, when the
Red Army and General EiSenhower'S
armies, supported constantly by our
immense air fleets, cut loose together
on an all-out basis, the German
people are not likely to be able to
stand up for long. Hitler can roar
that they must never capitulate, but
he roars in the teeth of a tornado,
and that tornado, once it breaks in
upon them in force, will be far more
persuasive than the Fuehrer's fran
tic exhortations or the Gestapo's
whips and guns. We are on the eve
of tremendous events in Germany
an enormously portentous moment
in the war.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Treaty With Mexico

After a month of hearings. during
which the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee heard million words of
testimony on the subject, the water
treaty between this country and
Mexico has now reached the stage
where the Senate itself must decide
whether or not to ratify it, the COM
mittee voting 18 to 4 to recommend
favorable action. The decision will
be an important one, since in the
eyes of the MeXicans and other peo-
pies to the south it will be regarded
as significant test and measure of
our good neighborliness.
Highly technical in many respects,
the treaty seeks to provide for an
equitable division of the waters of
the three rivers-the Tiajuana, the
Rio Grande and the Colorado -
whose courses make them neither
wholly ours nor wholly Mexico's. The
main provision of the treaty is that
the MeXicans would receive a per-
manent guarantee of getting from
the Colorado an annual allotment of
100000 acre-feet of water, chiefly
for irrigation projects to enrich soil
and noursh crops.
The treatys only opposition of
major consequence comes from Cali
fornia, where it is officially con-
tended that the arrangement would
seriously elldanger the economic and
agricultural interests not merely of
Californians but of other States
within the Colorado River Basin.
Some of the arguments raised in this
connection sound plausible enough,
but others Seem so loose and exag-
gerated that the overall California
viewpoint appears to be somewhat
narrow and not too convincing,
giving the impression - rightly or
wrongly of high-pressure special
pleading rather than of an objective
and balanced weighing of the facts.
1t is a matter of some significance,
at any rate. that the six other States
within the Colorado River Basin ap-
parently have no serious objections
to the treaty. Every one of the in
terested parties, after all, including
California, was consulted before the
agreement with Mexico was negoti-
ated. the State Department conduct
ing exhaustive studies in close CO.
operation with special committees of
experts representing the affected
areas. The majority of these ex-
perts, moreover. are reported on
record as favoring the arrangements
finally worked out. Thus, for ex-
ample, the attorney for the Colorado
Water Conservation Board has de-
clared in a formal memorandum
that the treaty's provisions are nee
essary and fair and that the Senate
Evening star., 1945-02-24

for the future. And So whatever the
Presidents purpose, he will have done
Mr. Stassen distinct service. Certainly,
he has pitched the commander into the
limelight in big way.
1t is impossible now to assay with any
degree of sureness what will happen in
a political way in 1948 A great deal
of water will roll over the dam in the
interim. Domestic problems as well as
international will have knocked at the
door, There may be other figures from
the armed forces with claims to political
preferment. For example. Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, particularly If he is COM
mander OF the forces which finally DOM
mate Japan.
Comdr. Stassen, however, will have an
advantage over others in the armed
forces who may aspire to the presidency
In that he has favorable record as a
leader in civil affairs, as a Governor
three times elected in Minnesota. He
was at least tacit candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination in
1914, and delegates favoring him were
elected from several States. His name
was WlthdraWn by Senator Ball after it
had become evident the national con-
vention was bent on nominating Gov.
Dewey of New York
What will happen in the next couple
of years in the political life of Mr..
Stassen is not clear. He is going back
to active service in the Navy after the
San Francisco conference How long he
will remain in the Navy depends upon
the course of the war. If he goes out
OF the Navy before the elections of
1916, he may seek again to be elected
Governoraof his State, or he may run for
Senator. Either Office would keep him
IN the forefront in the political world.
A great deal of speculation goes on
about what part military and naval off,
GERS may play in American politics i'm
mediately after the war Out of the 81
Presidents of the United States, starting
with Washington, only nine have been
military figures. Indeed, after Wash
lngton five men were elected President
who were not military men, Then came
jackson. After the Civil War came
Grant. Hayes and Garfield. In more
recent days, the first Roosevelt is the
only President who attained military
fame before being elected Chief Execu-
tive.
Evening star., 1945-02-24

and span OF the material gathered
In the city. Literally scores Of public
and semi-public buildings boasted
treasures which never can be re-
placed. The jewels in the Grune
Gewolbe, for example, were unique.
Even more precious were the relics
of the Goethe and Schiller epoch
in the Korner museum.
Much, if not all, of the traditional
Dresden is, gone. The horror of its
destruction is that it was not nee
essary. Hitler must have realized
for at least year that there is no
hope of winning this war. Each city
that he spends in the fruitless strug-
gle for victory or compromise
peace is simply thrown away.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Assurance for Roosevelt
From the Detroit News.


No utterance in modern times by a
member of Congress has attracted so
much national attention, nearly all of it
favorable, as Senator Vandenberg's
speech in the Senate on foreign policy.
=. Diehard isolationists attempted to
disparage the speech as merely the ex-
preston of Vandenberg's individual
view. Well besides the great majority
of his Republican Senate colleagues,
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and his ad-
wiser on foreign affairs, John Foster
Dulles, gave hearty approval to Vanden-
bergs proposal Of prompt and effective
American collaboration with Great Brit
ain and Russia. Vandenberg has
done much to make it clear that the
only peace with Germany acceptable in
this country must leave her militarily
powerless. That is the Presidents OBJ
jective also, but he has been loath to
make committals on Allied joint action
at once for the purpose, fearing lack
Of adequate Senate support.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
This Changing World
By Constantine BrO,Un

The marines are having tough time
in Two Jima and the losses have been
high. Yet they were inevitable
Two Jima is highly important island
on the Tokyo route The Joint chiefs of
staff assigned the job of disposing of 1t
to the Marine Corps.
The marines are highly trained
battle corps. Unlike the Army, no Ma
rine division leaves the United States
until the men have thorough instruc-
ton of at least nine months and in
most cases one year. The Army, which
needs large number of soldiers on all
fronts, sometimes sends men overseas
after only eight or nine weeks training.
The situation at Two Jina can be
compared to that at Casino In some
respects it is worse because the island
is small and the defenses thus can be
made more effective The volcanic
mountains rise only about 500 feet from
sea level. But in these mountains the
Japanese have constructed their forti-
fications and gun emplacements, which
have 180-degree sweep, with as much
skill as the Germans used in the Italian
mountains.
The Tarawa experience taught the
Navy and the Marine Corps an enlight-
ening lesson. Two was subjected to q
whitening bombardment for several days
before the marines landed. But the
heaviest Navy guns in the world and
the most efficient air bombardment can
not destroy the volcanic structure of
the two mountains dominating the
beaches.
The fact that the island is very small
makes the job even more difficult. 1t
stands to reason that the smaller the
landing area the more deadly the effect
of the defenders weapons 1t is just as
If some well-armed gangsters had to
defend themselves against stronger
police force from behind the windows
of stone houses in narrow alley. If the
police were to operate on large avenue
with plenty of shelter the gangsters
Evening star., 1945-02-24

When the river is broad-like the
Rhlne-and all the permanent bridges
have been destroyed. an attacking force
Will have lot of work to do in the way
OF bringing up engineer material, build
ing pontoon bridges, ferries and bayges.
sending across advance elements in
assault boats CASUALLY done at night
and finally pushing across enough troops
to seize and hold bridgehead position
through which the main attacking
forces can be pushed. An alert defender
can do great deal to delay and hamper
such operations, but he cannot prevent
them unless he Is strong enough to
counterattack in real force at the proper
moment.
To shift our point of view to that of
the attacker, one method of obtaining
bridgehead is by the use of air-borne
troops. II suitable locality for the
use of air-borne forces can be selected
on the defenders side of the river
that is, locality where enough air.
borne troops can be landed so that they
can seize and hold bridgehead long
enough for pontoon bridges to be thrown
across, with no more support. mean
while, than can be given them by
means of air supply plus assault boats,
this is perhaps the quickest way to get
across a defended river.
*x 4 -
In considering possible Allied forc-
ing of the Rhine, this consideration
would hardly apply, as the clearing
away of the enemy from the west bank
of the river, at least over considerable
space, would be a prerequisite for sue
cess
In fact, the Germans In the west are
hardly strong enough to fight the Allied
armies west of the Rhine in anything
save delaying action, and still attempt
strong defense of the river line itself.
Once the crossing has been secured
and suitable bridgehead established,
rapid exploitation by armored and
motorized units may be expected to
follow with view to the destruction
Of as great part Of the enemy's forces
as possible.
In this connection, it is perhaps
worth noting that the Germans have
concentrated good many OF their
best divisions in the peninsula" be-
tween the Rhine and the Mas, opposite
the LIST Canadian Army.
These troops have sufficient mobility
to withdraw If necessary, leaving local
defense of the river crossings to Volks-
grenadiere and other less mobile for
nations. They may yet constitute
German mobile reserve on the farther
bank OF the Rhine, but 1t remains to
be seen whether the number OF such
units at Won Rundstedt's disposal is
sumcient for his mounting necessities.
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