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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06

high degree, kept installations and
equipment in condition for immedi-
ate use; that all orders were car
ried out promptly, and that at no
time did the battery fail to COM
plete difficult missions under the
most adverse conditions.
=
With the 35th Infantry Division,
Assembly Area Command, France
Pvt. Louis j. Bothman is enroute
home from Europe with the 5-Star
Santa Fe" Division, which in 10
months battled across the Elbe riv-
er to within az miles of Berlin.
The 35th ended its occupational
duties in Germany during the Sec
ond week of July and moved to
Camp Norfolk, one of the Assem-
bly, Area Commands II redeploy-
ment camps near Reims. Elements
of the Division served as Honor
Guards for President Truman when
he arrived at Antwerp.
Hitting Omaha Beach July Z, 1914
the 35th forced the Germans from
ST. Lo, broke the counter-offensive
at Martain swept across France,
cracked into Germany's Baar val
ley on December IL, and then whip
ped into Belgium and Luxembourg
to wither Won Rundstedt's Arden
mes bulge.
Following a shift to the Vosges
mountains, the Division dashed 800
miles north through Holland to
jump the Roer and Rhine rivers,
crush Siegfried Line defenses, and
scoop up more than 10000 PW's by
We day, to mark the end of over
1900 combat miles in the ETC.
Pvt. Bothman is the son of Mrs.
Louis Bothman, Vancouver, Wash.
He holds the following decorations:
Meritorious Unit Citation, Good
Conduct Ribbon and Medal
Cpl. VIM. A. Vaughn, Jr., who is
with the 93rd AAA Gun Bn. writes
his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Vaughn from somewhere in
the Pacific. Cpl. Vaughn has 40
months in now and says that he
and the rest of the crew of their
destroyer feel pretty much like the
forgotten men. He says, Would
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06
Isn't This an
Attempt to
"Poss the Buck?"
BY Chas. D. Rowe

President Truman's contention
that the entire nation was to blame
for the disaster at Pearl Harbor is
passing the buck or begging the
question at issue. The President
contends that the people had OBJ
Iected to proper preparation for
war, that they were not sufficient
ly war minded, and therefore Pearl
Harbor wasn't in a position to be
defended as it should have been.
That most assuredly is false
appraisal of what caused the de-
feat at Pearl Harbor. 1t wasn't that
we didn't have the means for de-
Tense on that fatal day The fault
lay in the fact that no use was made
of what we did have. The men at
Pearl Harbor were caught wholly
unaware, were taken completely by
surprise, and 1903 of them were
slaughtered because of plumbers by
a number of men in high position,
from President Roosevelt down.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06

It has been interesting to note the
reaction of those who read the ar
ticle in last weeks issue, titled
"Forest Discussion and the Service
Some thought the Publisher wrote
the story; and others had different
writers in mind. AS matter OF
fact, the article was reprint from
FORESTS, the publication of self
STYLED nation wide oranizatlon
dedicated to the production OF wood
for war and peace without devas-
tating forests or the land on which
they grow Y
It will doubtless prove OF inter-
est to quite number of our read
ers to know that the folder was
handed us by the Supervisor Of the
forest with the suggestion we print
the same for our readers benefit.
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In spite of the fact, Lincoln coun-
ty auto license plates carry county
number Sc, which is the highest in
the state, 80 of Montana's Sc coun-
ties have smaller populations than
Lincoln. Statistics are from the
Montana State Salvage Committee s
recent report. Petroleum has the
smallest population in the state,
which is listed as $50 with Golden
Valley second. having 1904. The
largest population naturally goes to
Silver Bow county which has Butte
for its county seat and total
county population of 50,147. Cas-
cade comes in second with 40,8O2,
and Yellowstone 3rd with 40.l37.
Two u. S. Indians were talking
things over between air raids in a
Saipan foxhole. THE way figure, !
one said, when they smoked the
pipe of peace in 1918. nobody in
hailed. Mont Oil & Mining Jour-
nal.
The writer Of this colin recent
" enioved his second trip through
the Mill in company with an out OF
state friend, The trip, even though
a second, was looked forward to
with interest. The expectation was
well founded and now third trln
is hoped forl A large lumber mill
such as Libby has. offers trips both
interesting and educational.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06


Perhaps you have read an article
in Mondays newspapers by John T.
Flynn, listed as an investigator and
publicist. and author of 1.-THE Truth
About Pearl Harbor." If you have
you will know that he makes most
serious charges against not only
President Roosevelt but against
Secretaries Hull, Stimson and Knox,
against General Marshall and Adj
miral Stark and less serious charg-
es against General Short and Adj
miral Kimmel
Flynn writes that U. S. intelli-
gence had placed in President
Roosevelt's hands Is hours before
the Pearl Harbor attack, the text
of note from the Japanese gov
eminent to its diplomats in Wash
ington. President Roosevelt knew
that note meant war. The only
thing not known was when the note
would be delivered and when and
where the japanese would strike.
The President got in touch with
Army and Navy criefs and then
there followed a most astounding
and incomprehensible series Of
blunders.
Instead of Immediately notifying,
by the fastest means possible, the
commanders at Pearl Harbor Of the
grave danger and of the irnminence
of war, Washington officials began
holding conferences. After wasting
hours Of precious time, General
Marshall finally dispatched warn
ing telegram to Pearl Harbor In
stead Of using the wireless. he sent
his warning through commercial
channels. Because of the slowness
of the means chosen, the message
reached Pearl Harbor commanders
while the attack on that base was
in progress. The disaster was com
plete. And 1908 young Americans
paid with their lives for blunders
in high places.
Well, that's water over the dam.
The men who Numbered so griev-
ously on that occasion have since
served the nation valiantly and we'll.
A court martial now Of the of
tenders would do little if any good.
But common justice and fairness
do require that sole blame for one
of the worst defeats in American
history be lifted from Admiral Kim
mel and General Short They have
taken the blame and have borne
the disgrace altogether too long.
They erred, they were negligent,
but those in Washington were even
more culpable than they.
1t may be true, as commended by
some, that the indifference Of the
nation left the Army and Navy woe
fully unprepared for war. That
unpreparedness could have been
somewhat lessened if money that
went into leaf-raking had gone in
to battleships, airplanes and other
war materials. But regardless of
our degree of unpreparedness, the
Japs succeeded in taking our Army
and Navy officials completely by
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06
Thursday, September 6, 1915

sure love to get back to the good
old states. One thing about it we
are up where we can see all the
things that are going on.
Our Gun Battalion just got a
big commentator from Brigadier
General c. E. Thomas. We got a
couple more before from the Navy,
and had a big write-up in some of
the papers back east We broke all
anti-aircraft records"
Cpl. Vaughn hopes that he will
be able to make his return to the
States via plane, as the boat trip
will take a month.
Santa Barbara, Calf. Aug. 28-
LIST 1t. Frederick F. Clark, of Lib
by, Mont, has reported to the Army
Continued on page ~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06
QUOTES
or THE WEEK

I'm glad Harry decided to end
the war;" - Mrs. Martha Tru-
man, 90, Grandrielo, Mo-, the
Presidents proud mother.
I'm sick of exams" Mrs.
Eugenie HartzeH, &c, Cleveland,
quho attended Western Reserve
Uniu. for II gears and grada-
ated.
"You cannot take incentive and
profit out of business and still
have business" - Maurice II.
Franks, editor The Railroad
WorLeys' Journal.
''Thc name 'O'Mahoney' means
the big black bear Of the plains"
Sen. Joseph c. O'Mahoney, Of
Wyo., IN re. his monicker.
eve shall have industrial har-
mony because we can't get any
where without it," - Pres. Ira
Mosher, Natl. Assn. Of Manufac-
tuTerS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06

Bargains for you. Lots OF them In
the advertisements in this news
paper. You are losing money if you
do not read them. II
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06

surprise through colossal plumbers
on their part.
This columns recent reference TO
the probability of work, in the near
future, on No 2 highway west of
Troy was given verification during
the past week by a government
highway official while in Libby. In
talking to Libby man, the Of
fetal stated that work west of Troy
was one of the first projects for
this part of Montana The govern
ment man was G. E. Meyer of Port
land, Ore, of the Bureau of Public
Works.
Indications are now coming to the
fore that it will not require so great
a time as expected for u. S. indus
try to convert from war to peace
time production. The industrial
management and labor that sur
prised the world and ourselves with
the mountains of material that we
produced for war will probably sur
prise everyone by getting back into
normal production with little delay.
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1t would be the height of folly
for the u. S., Great Britain and
Canada to throw open to the world
the secrets of the atomic bomb.
There is no assurance that we are
to have peaceful world. Until that
assurance is more of a certainty
than at present, it would be the
acme of unWisdom to give away
now the secrets of this super-weap-
on The threat of what the atomic
bomb could do to possible enemy
Should be powerful force for
maintaining peace Fortunately it
appears the present policy of the
U. S. is to keep the secret of this
devastating weapon within the sole
knowledge Of the three nations now
holding it.
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A repatriated American, formerly
japanese prisoner of war, tells
the story of how the prisoners used
to confuse their captors at morn
ing roll call by counting off, One,
two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king,
ace. They were finally taught Jap
anese numbering.
- -.
There is Red Cross girl in Sgd
ney, Australia, whose sole response
bility is to aid Australian brides Of
American servicemen.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06

Did you say, 81 saw your ad. in
Tho Western News? II
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-09-06

surprise through colossal plumbers
on their part.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-09

(hungking. Aug. 9,-CAP)-
Geuera;i>>imo thiana kai-,hek
wired Premier Stain today hl-
"~sinccrcet admiration aud mast
profound qualification" At Rus
Sia'> declaration OF wa against
Japan. which he said ~'GEcatlN
htartcned the entire Chinese
nation
lie said the Chinese army
wa "proud to ijGht shoulder 10
shoulder with the Red Army"
aud expressed the conviction
that Hussia'S armed might
would hasten the collapse OF the
"dv>rcratc Japan"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-09
WEAE HER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair weather but with some
cloudinc>S and moderate tenn
neratureS today and Friday:
rather cool tonight and interior
tomorrow.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-09
Good Results Seen
In Atomic Bombing
Of Nagasaki Areas
Second Attack On
Home Islands Made
As Russia Enters

Guam, rug. 9.-CtP}-The
world, most destructive force.
TIE atomic bomb, Wa used for
tie Second time AGAINST Japan.
today, striking the important
Kyu,hu stand city of Nagasaki
with Observed good results"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-09

Continued Oh Page SIM
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-09

(COutInucd Oh Pose IuC3
Evening star., 1945-01-09
ChennauIf Says Flyers
Are Ready 10 Support
Landings in China
By the Associated Press,

l ~ eAAS Ao~pSiNtCu = AESSs
! RUNNING, Jan. 8 DelayeO -
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault said
today that despite the loss of air.
fields liz Eastern China, his 14th Air
Force is Sin a great many ways pre-
pared to support landing on the
China coast" by American troops.
The 14th's commanding officer,
recounting with pride the achieve
ments of his men, declared at a
press conference that his pilots had
wiped out about one-third OF the
japanese air force in China during
last month.
He predicted that if the present
rates OF destruction in China and
other theaters are maintained, both
the air and sea power of Japan soon
will be seriously crippled.
You can almost count the ship
ping and airplanes left to Japan
Gen. Chennault said. "This is the
most encouraging thing in the Pa
cit1c war"
Landing Support Promised.
He said the 18th Air Force would
be in position to give the same sort
OF support to landing on the China
coast as hitherto expected of it-at-
tacks on Japanese transport and
communications-but that the at
tacks would be curtailed by the ad-
ditional distances to be flown.
Making particular reference to
the Nimitz-MacArthur aerial offen-
sives against Formosa and japan.
Gen. Chennault said he was great
ly encouraged" by the successes of
his own airmen and DEVELOPMENTS
in the Pacific.
During December the Japanese
lost 241 planes in China. In addi-
ton, IS were destroyed during the
nrst week OF the new year.
The overall destruction by all
forces engaged in the fight against
Japan now exceeds. the most au-
thorltatlve estimate of japanese
airplane production, and it is con-
sidered significant that the jap
anese have not replaced their
ioooCS III SIilIld.
Figures Cited.
Gen. Chennault believes that on
the basis of results per plane his
air force is the most destructive in
the world. He cited these figures
Tor November and December:
Enemy planes destroyed in aerial
combat, Ill; on the ground. 257:
enemy shipping losses in tons, 103,-
$50; probably sunk, 65,606; enemy
warships sunk, 8: probably sunk, 3;
damaged, 4.
Locomotives destroyed, 223:
trucks, 4O3; enemy personnel killed
3,759.
The 83 japanese planes shot down
N aerial combat in December did
not cost the 14th Air Force a sim
gle plane.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Coroner's Jury Holds
Driver in Auto Death

A coroner's jury yesterday held q
cab driver for Municipal Court ac-
ton in the trafiic death Of Mrs
Mary Harrington, 10. of 1924 Bel
mont street NV. and held a colored
woman for the grand jury In the
fatal shooting Saturday night OF
Johnnie Jones, Is, colored, OF 269
N street NV.
Held under the Negligent Homi-
eide Act in the death of Mrs. Har-
rington was John M. Garrison. Sc.
of 1905 Twenty-first street NV.
Mrs. Harrington, who was struck
Christmas Day in an accident at
Fourteenth and Clifton streets NV.
died Sunday in Gallinger Hospital.
She was the second traffic fatality
Of the year.
May o. Gray, 55, colored, of 1888
Marion court NV. was held for the
grand jury In connection with the
death of Jones, who was shot in the
chest with q .22-caliber revolver.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
High Court Holds Bank
Liable for Forced Checks

The Supreme Court held yester-
day that the National Metropolitan
Bank was liable to refund to he
Treasury more than $4,000 COL
lected on checks forged by James H.
Foley, a Marine Corps clerk, who
later committed suicide.
The 30 decision read by Justice
Black affirmed the findings Of Dis
trict Court and the Court of Ap-
peas.
The checks, IA in number, were
drawn to the order of Is Marine
officers and cashed through the
Anacostia Bank. That institution
turned them over to National Met
ropolitan Bank for collection.
National Metropolitan contended
failure of the Treasury to exercise
diligence to prevent or discover the
fraud and forgeries barred recovery
from it,
Evening star., 1945-01-09

afterwards recon-
n1ended it to his
Pensioners a n d
friends.
In this way it
became popularity
known as Father
= o h MS Medicine
and many thou
sands have since
been benefited by t
valuable preparati'
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Does YOUR Dog
"SCRATCH?"
If He Does, He Is in Tormen

The best dog in the world can't be truly
happy when ne must continually scratch,
dis. rub and bite himself, seeking relief
from an intense itching irritation that has
eentered in the nerve endings of his skin.
He is in frenzied torment-can't help him.
self. But you may. Try giving him, as thou
sands are doing, Rex Hunters Dog Powders,
Learn why glad purchaser wrote: L surely
was pleased, as the 25c package helped my
dog immediately. He has practically quit
scratching. has more pep and his hair is
glossy again" Rex Hunters Dog Powders
cost only 25c at any of the Peoples Drug
Stores and leading dealers everywhere
ECONOMY size box for 81 90 only)
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Plea for War Workers
Covers All Front, Puoe
3y the Associated pr.s.

By the Associated Press.
i, BURLINGTON, VT, Jan. o.
There wasn't a news story on the
front page Of the Burlington Daily
News and st. Adams Messenger yes
terday.
Instead, there were two banner
lines reading "victory-Is Not Won!
Stay on the Job-Get War Job. !.
Under them appeared a full-page
appeal for 1900 Vermonters needed
Immediately In Springfield and
Windsor war plants,
William Loeb, publisher Of both
dailies, said the space was donated
by the newspapers. News items
were printed inside.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Pacific Delegations
Aqree on Fate Of
Jap-He|d Property
By the Associated Press,

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Jan. g.
Delegates to the Institute of Pacific
Relations were agreed today that
both japanese government property
and that of the royal house in For
mosa and Korea could be taken
over without compensation to the
japanese, since they were taken in
the first place by Japan from their
rightful owners.
The discussion brought from the
Chinese, however, the firm state
ment that property in Manchuria
would not be open to United Ma
tions' negotiations, but would be
handled entirely by the Chinese
government.
1t was estimated that japanese
property in Formosa, Korea. Man.
churia and the inundated islands Is
worth $500, ,000, 900.
1t also was the opinion of repre-. &.
sentatives Of II United Nations
bordering the Pacific, which are
participating in the institute, that
the 3,5OO,00O japanese now living in
occupied and inundated territory
must be returned to Japan.
A British delegate pointed out
that If Japan's industry is entirely
dismantled Japan would constitute
drag on world economy. A Sec
ond British delegate said that
Japan's iron and steel industry
could be used to repair the coun-
tries she has wrecked.
An American delegate warned
that the United Nations must not
repeat the mistake of the '20s when
he said the Allies feared revolution
more than they did the German
A previous session had
agreed that Japan's rich indus
trialists and bankers must be in
cluded on the list of war criminals.
Several delegates proposed con-
trolls of certain industries such as
chemicals, steel and iron and ma
chine tools, as q protection against
further depredations by Japan. But
British and Dutch delegates pointed
out dificulties Of being specific.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Flyer Dahl TO Face
Montreal Army Court
By the Associated Press.

oy TIC hsSOCfhbeQ FTeSA.
MONTREAL, Jan. o. Squadron
Leader Harold CWhitey) Dahl of the
RCAF will face a court-martial here
next Monday, but the charges have
not been disclosed although 1t is re-
vealed they arose from investiga-
tions in Canada, the United States
and Brazil.
Squadron Leader Dahl fought for
the Republicans in the Spanish civil
war and narrowly escaped a firing
squad after his capture by the Fran
co forces in 1887. His wife, blond
Edith Rogers, a vaudeville player.
sent her photograph to Generals
Simo Franco with an appeal that
her husbands life be spared. The
Spanish leader released Dahl In Feb
ruary, 1910.
When Dahl returned to the United
States after three years as a pris-
oner in Spain, his wife who had ef-
fected his release greeted him cas-
ually, remarking, BE careful of my
lipstick, darling" They were d.
vorced later.
In June, 1910, he came to Canada
from Urbana, Ill, and joined the
RCAF. On July 26, 1941, he mar
ried Eleanor Bone of Belleville, On
tario.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Cruiser Amsterdam
Placed in Commission
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
PORTsMOUTH, Va, Jan. 9.-The
cruiser Amsterdam was commits
stoned at the Norfolk Navy Yard
yesterday by Rear Admiral C. H.
Jones, yard commandant, who ex-
tended wish for good hunting"
In turning the ship over to her
skipper, Capt. Andrew p. Lawton OF
Youngstown, Ohio.
The entire crew of the Amsterdam,
a cruiser Of the Cleveland class
launched In April at the Newport
News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
plant, stood at attention in the rain
as Roger Williams, vice president
and general manager OF the ship
yard. delivered the ship to Admiral
Jones.
Admiral Jones then turned the
Amsterdam over to Capt. Lawton
who told his officers and men that
I'VE must have an efficient ship and
a happy ship"
Evening star., 1945-01-09

No amount of advertising alone
could have built its reputation during
IS Years unless it proved its merit.
Father Johns Medicine helps build re-
sistance to colds when the body needs
more vitamin A. Father Johns Medi-
cine gives prompt relief from coughs
due to colds by soothing the throat,
and is pure, wholesome and nutritive.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Rotory Nominutes Warren

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 LP.-T. A.
Warren Of Wolverhampton, England
was nominated yesterday for presi-
Evening star., 1945-01-09

Father Johns Medicine Co. urges
everybody to buy War Bonds or
Stomps.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Named By
The People
ADVERTISEMENT,

Father Johns Medicine was origi-
nally compounded for Rev. Father John
O'Brien of Lowell, Mass. in 1865. He
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Five More Escaped Nazis
Recapfured in Arizona
Py the Associated Press,

= zkSsUCINttu FItSS.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 9-Cap-
ture of five additional German pris-
oners of war in Arizona yesterday
reduced to three the number miss
ing In the Christmas eve escape of
Is at the Papago Park prisoner of
war camp near here. H. r. Duffey.
special agent Of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, announced last
night.
The remaining escapes are Capt.
Jurgen Wattenberg, an officer on
the German battleship. Admiral
Graf Spec, Walter Kozur and
Johann Kramer,
Evening star., 1945-01-09

dent of Rotary International for
the year beginning July l by the
organizations Nominating Com
mittee.
We have an Axis" to grind-buy
one more War Bond today,
Evening star., 1945-01-09

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
College Head to Speak

DR.. Arthur Hauck, president OF the
University of Maine, will address the
annual dinner meeting of the Maine
Alumni Association at pm. tomor-
row in Highland Apartments, Con-
necticut avenue and California
street NV.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-09-01
By PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
MIGHT: We gathered around our
Fish and Beer and long before the
time it usually takes for the prelim-
inaries we had found a subject OF
mutual interest, something that
everybody in our Saturday night
group seemed to be much interest
ed in and that was the conduct of
kids up and down Parish Street,
which we tried to talk about some
what aside from the general prob
lem of youth delinquency.
The talk was ABOUT the crowds
of kids shooting craps up and down
the sidewalks and the loud vulgar
talk they do without regards to who
is passing, man, woman or child.
What everybody seemed more con-
cerned about was how to put stop
to 1t now. i. . and not wait for a
long drawn out program of civic
betterment and education, and re-
llg1on, or what have you, since the
thing constitutes a present public
disgrace to the race and its most
popular thoroughfare and the best
remedy that came forward was to
call the police. When one fellow
objected and said that he didn't
like and wouldn't like to be snitch-
ing everybody to see that law and
order prevailed and that Negroes