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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Legion Poppies Aid
to Disabled Vets
Of Both Wars

Mrs. D. O. Mount, treasurer of
No. 81 Unit of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary explained in a
statement today how the sale of
the memorial poppies on Poppy day
brings aid to the living victims of
both World Wars as well as honor
ing the dead
Mrs. Mount who is one Of the
many volunteers who will dis
tribute the poppies here, said:
Everyone who buys a poppy
from an Auxiliary worker should
know what becomes of the money
he contributes and everyone should
realize the ever-increasing need
for these contributions as this sec
ond World War goes grimly on,
taking its toll of lives and limbs.
''The sale is carried out entire
Is by volunteers, SO that every pen
ny that is received goes directly
to the relief Of disabled veterans
and the families of the dead anc
disabled a
"These men and their families
are the chief concern of the Lee
glon and Auxiliary. 1t is for their
sake that the volunteers are SO
eager to sell their peoples, with the
hope that the dimes and dollars
contributed will help to make their
lot in life somewhat easier
J" The government spends billions
of dollars to try to bring adequate
aid to the disabled veterans anc
their families, but the Legion anc
Auxiliary are able to bring their
personal attention and understand
ing to the many cases to which
they bring relief This is a big fac
tor in rehabilitation and in keeping
families together until the veteran
is able to return home and hell
in their support.
when you wear a poppy, yol
show the world that you are salut
ing the wars dead and doing you
bit for the wars living victims"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Service Honor Roll
Continues to Grow

Each day adds more names to
the Libby high school honor roll Of
graduates and former students who
are in the armed services Of the u.
S., according to Supt. A. A. Wood.
Names added this week to the
High School Service Honor Roll
are.
Jack Reed, Delvin Larson, How
ard Bigelow, Robert Racicot, Har-
old johnson, Billy Schermerhern,
w. c. Allison, Claude Williams,
Philip Cleary, Jack Collinson,
VERNE Thorvund, Elmer Johnson.
The superintendent office is
anxious to secure names Of all men
and women who attended Libby
High School at any time and who
are now in the military service. 1t is
only with the help of friends OF
relatives Of the service men thai
we are able to make complete
! list. A post card will do the work,
Mr.. Wood said.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Grand Opening Of
Club Saturday.

A large crowd is anticipated at
the opening of the v. F. w. Club
Inc, to be held this Saturday ev-
ening, May 49,
State V. F. W. officials and prom
inent residents of Libby, Eureka,
Troy and KaIspell will be present
for the affair.
Business firms throughout the
county are donating numerous flor
al decorations for the occasion,
which will add festive note to
the cocktail lounge, club room and
bar Sunday morning these bou-
quets will be contributed by the
business men, through the v F. w
organization, to the hospital
churches, and the remainder taker
to the cemetery.
| Several members OF the Veterans
| of Foreign Wars have been busilS
engaged the past two weeks at
tending to details preparatory tt
the opening of the club, which is q
nonprofit business, the proceeds tc
be used. for the benefit of service
men and their families.
The former Tavern Bar has beer
operated by congenial Pete Larser
for a number of years, and the Tav.
ern Cafe under the management o.
Mrs. Pete Larsen until ration re.
strictions were responsible fol
closing that part Of the establish
ment. The patronage Of large
number of Lincoln county people
was gained by the manner in which
Pete Larsen conducted his bust
ness and is an asset to the presen
/ c1,lb
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Graduation
Is Comma
Week

Baccalaureate services for the
graduating class of Libby high
school will be held Sunday, May
20, in the Junior high school audi.
torium at p. M The Rev. Father
John OMalley, st. Joseph's Catho-
lie Church, Libby, will deliver the
Baccalaureate sermon.
Music by the Lbs string ensem-
BILE, the girls sextet, and the girls
chorus, accompanied by Patsy
Gooselaw, will be presented at the
service.
The Rev. Clayton M. Shotwell
First Presbyterian Church, Libby
will deliver the invocation anc
benediction.
Other services during the com.
mencement week include Junior
High commencement Wednesday
May o, with the Rev. Shotwell de-
livering the address, and the Sen
Tor High school commencement
May Is, with retiring Supt. A. A
Wood delivering the address.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Kids Pond Prizes
Have Been Set

Opening day Of the fishing season
is set for next Sunday in Lincoln
county. Bright and early Tuesday
morning Sup't. George S. Ripley of
the Libby Hatchery planted $50
fine rainbow trout in the kids
Pond" just southeast of Libby on
U. S. 2. This is the first plant of
the season and will be a total of
approximately 120-lbs. of good fish
ing for all the youngsters on open
ing day. These are mighty fine fish
too. The News man knows, for he
was privileged to take look in the
aereated tank Tuesday morning
while the fish were in Libby.
Weekly paintings will be made
throughout the summer. Mr.. Rip.
ley told the News of beaver which
the night before had gotten into
the hatchery pond and in its ef-
forts to escape, was destroying thu
headgate by gnawing through it
The superintendent regretted ths
necessity for killing the animal
which had to be done before i
could be removed from the pond.
w. A. Vaughn, who is in charg
of the Kid prizes for Opening Day
informs the News there will b
three prizes awarded in the form
of war stamps. Mr.. Vaughn will b
in charge of the fishing from tn
hours of 5 a. m. to IL noon TIL
prizes will be awarded by him i
behalf of the Rod & Gun Club q
follows: For the largest fish; tn
incest string Of fish, and the young
: est active fisherman. Sunday prom
ises to be tough day for Lincol
county fish,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Reuben Homonn to
Heed the Rod s
Gun Club

Reuben Hamann Tuesday evening
was elected president of Libby's
Rod & Gun club to fill out the I'M
expired term of DR.. Mossman, who
expects to leave Libby in the near
future. Hamann is an enthusiastic
sportsman and has been active in
the club for years.
Oswald Nollar, Libby's new depu-
ty game warden, was present at the
meeting and spoke briefly to club
members, pledging them full coop
Grafton in their work for the bet
terment Of Lincoln county's game
and fish. Deputy Nollar has just
moved to Lincoln county and IT en-
thusiatsic regarding his field of
work.
F. L. DeRosia and Frank Warner
were appointed chairman and CO.
chairman for the membership drive
which is to commence Immediately
The remaining members of the
committee were not appointed at
| Tuesdays meeting.
Three prizes will be given next
Sunday, opening day Of the fishing
season, to the youngsters at the
Kids Pond on u. S. 2 southeast OF
Libby. William Vaughn will be ir
charge of this contest again thi:
year. Jim Brown on whose proper
ty the Kids Pond" is located, wa.
granted an honorary" membership
for his cooperation.
Plans for the construction of
freezing unit at the Libby FISH
Hatchery are almost complete
There is an urgent need for NOR,
fish food storage space at tn
Hatchery, which may be lost t
this community if the need is no
taken care of. B. F. Erickson vii
, supervise the construction Of tn
, project and labor will be donate
} by the club members. It is hope
! that all members will do their par
) and respond when the actual cor
) struction begins. ii
The June meeting of the organ
: ization will be a fish pond open {
/ the public. Details will be ar
nounced later.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
HI. B. WALLACE PURCHASES
NEW OFFICE QUARTERS

H. B. Wallace purchased the
former beauty shop building next
to Hough's Drug Store at 3l4 Min
eral Ave, the past week from Har-
ry Hough.
At present the building is being
renovated but will be occupied
by the Fl. B. Wallace Real Estate
Agency as soon as repairs have
been completed.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
LEAVING FOR INDUCTION
FORT DOUGLAS. MAY 20

The following men will leave Tor
induction into the armed forces
Tuesday, May q, going to Fort
Douglas, Utah.
Libby--John Leroy Solem, Don.
aid Richard Anger, Ned Laursor
Decker, Owe Larson, James Ellis
Johnson.
Troy-Harold Lee Wilson anc
Garland Fred Anderson.
Spokane, Joseph Leo Schermer.
horn; Vancouver, Wash, Roman
Anthony Kozak; Priest River, Ida
I Layton Willard Lindroth.
Already indicted are William
Lyle Douglas and Albert Graham
McRae.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
Pfc. Shelley
With Eighth
Arrn0red

Pfc. Ray Shelley writes in an in
teresting~ note from somewhere in
Germany. Also enclosed is clip
ping from the Stars and Stripes,
army paper, which explains what
the Eighth Armored Division did in
Germany The letter and clipping
follow.
Somewhere in Germany,
April ~ ,1945
Dear Sirs.
Just few lines to let you know
that I get the paper once in a
while, when it catches up with me.
I really enjoy it very much be-
cause that way | am able to keep
track of most of the fellows from
the old home town. | have never
had the good fortune to run into
any OF them.
I am in the Eighth Armored Di-
vision of the Ninth u. S. Army.
That will give you a pretty good
idea of where / am in Germany.
But | would just as soon be back
in little old Libby ! don't like this
business.
For the last couple of months /
have been hauling gas for COB of
the Division. | have been a very
busy boy but liked it. | drive a
2H ton truck. 1t sometimes gets
very tiresome but / like to drive it.
| had a few hair-raising expert
ences while / was with COB. In
one town bed check Charley drop
ped some bombs but never even
came close. We didn't care either.
We also got shelled by Jerry in that
town. But the shells all landed in
an open field about four hundred
yards away
One night they sent in a bunch
of 88s but they were all buds. They
were landing about SO feet from
one of our anti-aircraft halftracks
1t is a good thing they were duds
because they never did any dam
age. Those things really whistle
when they come in and you never
forget it.
Another time when we were 60
ing for gas in the night were fired
on by snipers. 1t was in small
village so we got out of town as
fast as we could We weren't in.
terested in who was doing the fir
ing or what they were doing it for
Later that night we were stopped
waiting on the Convoy Commando
to find some lost trucks and flare:
started going up on both side
about SO yards away We were try
ing to get some sleep when the,
started going up but we woke III
Immediately They went up al
most continually for an hour ant
a half but we never did see any
one We don't know if it was Jer
ry or our own troops.
That happened a couple time
that night. But we finally got on
of the woods and spent few hour
trying to sleep as we had bee
driving continuously for about 3
hours. We finally got back to tn
gas dump.
] / captured six prisoners while
was with COB. Two of them wer
SIS troopers. They sure haven't an
: fight left in them. 1t seems to m
) that they are a beaten race bu
: are hanging on to hopeless hop
1t shouldn't be too long now ur
: til the war is over here. | sure hoI
it is over soon and we can all com
: home. 1t will soon be two yea
: since I was in Libby. l imagine
4 has changed quite lot.
l am enclosing a clipping TIL
$ was taken from the Stars ar
: Stripes. It is about my outfit {
the west side of the Rhine. It
: pretty old but l think it is pref
j good. 1t is what the 88th Cavah
: Recon. Squadron did on the we
Continued on page y
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

Paul Neils of Portland is here
this week visiting at the home OF
his brothers, and caring for busi-
ness matters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Walter WinCheII
 Or BrOadWay
MTNos To IIm rnIrnn

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
CoLumnist Is Inflicted
 With Congressional Ear

and halrpln because there isn't a c0rkscrcw for sale in Waxhingion The corkscrcw dealers claim the Federal metal program caused the shortage
 Gets Moneys Worth
 The mall man brought our in- come tax statement and as Of nov shs is trying Co figure that one out .u I made more money in iaf5 than | thought ! would in le44 therell bt penalty in iaf5 Or SO the small print indicates To her She says she believes that Pred vinson and his Treasury are running bean guess
 Don't gel the Idea that she's bit- ter. She gets her moneys worth from the government She spilled some iodine on the rug. White it siill was wet, she had the bureau or home economies of the Agriculture Department on the phone, telling her how Co remove it. The bureau is good on roast turkey recipes, too. she said. and how to make chestnut stuflng without chessnuts and cran- berry sauce without cranberries. The bureau uses apples.
 The alley back of our house is niled with rubbish. She has not yet been able to reach the right man by telephone. It looks now. she says as though I'll have to take up the subject with Sen. Theodore D. Bii- bo of Mississippi. chairman of the District Committee in charge of Alleys.
 If I must,.I must, but hell prob ably make a speech.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Blind Feel With Device
 Reflections Aid
 To Solve Problem

Santa Monica, Cal, Dec. 13 CUP) An electronic device which en- ables the totally blind to distin- guish colors an automobiles by feel- ing the reflections of light was described today by its inventor Byron Brown.
 The device perfected by Brown an electrical engineer, enables blind persons to feel" objects in front of them when they don an eyeglass equipped with light-sensl-, five selenium. It transmits sound to one behind the ear when in ob- struction comes between it and light.
 "He can judge the height, weight and number of persons in front ot him. Brown said. "He can tell when automobiles are coming ana whether they are of light or dark color. He can even tell when the moon comes out from behind cloud"
 "After 10 or 12 hours of use, one should be able to thread his way in and out of traffic and have no trouble" Brown said.
 The inventor said his seeing eye" acted on somewhat the same prln- ciple as that which enables a bat to fiy safely in the dark by throw ing waves ahead of it. The waves rebound and are picked up by the supersenitive sound conductor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

on its battle standards He fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, South ern France, and then in Southern Germany.
 Tn Sicily, during an action, he slipped of his leash and attacked an enemy pillbox. He managed to wiggle inside the pillbox where he knocked down one German and the other four surrendered.
 He was officially awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart Later the Army while allowing Chips to keep his honors, ruled no other dogs could win decorations.
 So he returned to Pleasantville quite a hero. But he took 1t all very calmly.
 He went through all the motions for press photographers. But once he lost his temper and growled at them.
 He pulled little John through the snow on a sled, and he ran about the Wren yard to show how he paced while on patrol.
 But his heart just wasn't in 1t.
 Once he showed interest when a Italian laborer walked too close Chips ears pricked up and he star ted moving toward the man, but Wren pulled him back.
 T guess he thinks he's still in Italy" Wren said.
 They showed him his old-time dog house. T hope he'll live in 1t again." Mrs. Wren said. And l think he will, when he's had time to get used to us."
 But right now war dog Chips seems to have his mind on the Army. I thing he'd like to re-en- list.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

z Newspaper editors could put this one over and perhaps erase the menace to all concerned The newspapers recently told about S4,- 647 tax exempt groups which have filed returns with the Treasury De- partment M. Ernst, the New York barrister. first suggested the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
PAGE FOUR
nv TRInTRICK .. GILMAN

Washington. Dec. a - ,UP) - ! had Co take to my bcd today with a risraae known as Congressional car,
 Hour after nour and day after day I've been listening To those babies on Capitol Hlll argue about every thing from atoms. of which there arc loo many. To zlppcrs oi which there arc loo fcW My ears couldn't take % any longer
 They began 10 ywcll last night. tum rcd and silne They got efink- led edges as laey grew bigger anc The more they expanded the worse ihry hur.. The doctor hurried over and sald what had ! been putting iuto 'cm2
 "Ora.oTy, said.
 "whatfs He said
 "CanertsSional speeches l said.
 It Isn't Good
 "Danperoas in large doses he diagnosed. Nov you've goi erysipe- las"
 ! looked that up ln the dictionary. ft isn't good. The sawboneS packed by ears with white paste, He cid me sulfathlozole. l never dld see sueh big pills; they went down like golf balls.
 They also made me see double. but that was only the beginning. The doe said I'd have Co keep my ears m ice packs and syringe 'em at inter vals with something soothing. He said he'd be in to see my ears to- morrow and for me Co keep 'em in- side the house. But above all, ne said. keep 'em out of the House or Representatives. e..
 I said could l write this item for the papers? He said that wouldn | hurt me. but he doubted if it would do vour readers any good. However, now is a good time to tell you about Government and my bride.
 Never having been an invalid ne- fore. I never knew the troubles she has with her government. IaKe corkscrews. She had to get into one of my medicine jugs with an ice DICK
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Officer Found Deod in India

Calcutta, Dec. 13-(UP)-Lt. Col. Ralf Olaf Wulfsberg of the United States Army was found dead in a railroad car with a bullet through his head at the Siliguri station last Saturday, 1t was disclosed today.
 Wulfsberg, 32, was commanding officer of the 18th Ordnance Batta- lion and Ordnance Ammunition area at Kanchrapara, where an ex- plosion Nov. g killed seven Am erican Negro soldiers and 84 In- dians.
 Train sweepers found the body of Wulfsberg. A bullet had entered his head behind the left ear and passed out through the right side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
mdonesian ToUn Bombed by RAE

Batavia, Dec. l3-(UP)--British plaes bombed ad shot up Indonesian positions in Ambarawa, and the air men said the whole town seemed to be on fire when they left.
 The main weight of the attack was directed at two bridges in an effort to cut off Indonesian rein- forcementS trying to infiltrate northward, Royal Air Force pilots said.
 A British convoy which was at- tackled Sunday arrived in Bandoeng under strong escort. Casualties in- cluded one British officer and l9 Indian troops killed, two British of- ficers and 63 Indians wounded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

ldoa 70 FDR Thc main value ot taf ntWfsN is Co Ggt CanFrcss
 make public t1c tax returns oi aa ihc American undcNround move. aCu.s such a Wm DliaieY Pci- iee Fdmunlsaua BFyn0lds BnoR - ctE uafy nfdrcs and even some f te pbout committees to aid Franco ll Nc can smoke uui th1 names ui aii ihc Couirau 'rI =tl.u
 uould tui organ god e.soiry and undcrrNund Fa0lsm and Communion
 The q. x. Govt haas these leurc. Uhtf aFg only irR uf tncWN
 hIsA how un ,hc packers cl Col
 tmg election iuud. The follow Ne firms are ali German Tnc chief collector is LuoAlg FrcnaC aimlr chief Nag Jason officer be- tween thc Germans and Pcron's mob I3hauscn & Co. tone O. thc biggest landowners and real estate brokers in Argent nal oon- Fibuted 250 O00 pesos or about S62.- uao Slcmcns and Schuekcrt and SiCmens Bawnion tthrough General Basil!o Pcrilncb gave 30e.- eJo pesos or about S75 GOO . s-aua X Go. oi Buonos Aires gave 3ao coo pesos or about SS7,0OO.
 Tins should put an end to the Pearl Harbor prove farce once and for all .. And bury the charge nat FDR provoked Japan into war
 Prince Konoye Qust arrested hv cen MacArthur) said this m i940: Fl the U. s. refuses to stand the real the real intentions of Japan. Germany and Italy Tn coneud Ing an alliance for eoopera- ion in creating a New World Order, and proceeds in challenging these 9owers-there will be no other course open to it (Japan) than lo 60 to war" That's in the files oi Inc N. Y. Times of October 5th' YOAO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Rv ROBERT RICHARDS

By kODEh1 hANHA~
 Pleasantville, N. r., Dec. Is (UP1 Chips, six-year-old mongrel and only dog to win the silver star in World War II, was home today and pretty glum about 1t.
 Chips, part collie and part Ger man shepherd with little husky thrown in, barely wagged his tall when greeted at the station by his owner, Attorney E. J. Wren. HIS sad eyes said, "boys, take me back to the foxholes."
 Four-year-old John Wren patted Chips on the head, and he bright ened up bit.
 Poor dog, he doesn't seem to re- member us" Mrs. Wren said.
 Which wasn't strange because Chips has been in service more than three years. He was trained by the Army OuartermaSter Corps to be a sentry dog, and he was one of the first four animals sent overseas.
 Chips served with the famous 3rd Infantry Division, which has 19 Congressional Medals of Honor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Cotholic Weekly
 Upheld in Prague

Prague, Dec. 13-(UP)-A crowd of more than 10000 students and civilians demonstrated in front Of the Ministry Of Information late yesterday against threatened sus- pension of The Catholic Party Weekly Obzory.
 The ministry, headed by the Communist Party, had charged the weekly was operating without li- cense and was being "oVer-critical" of the government and it's Allies.
 Obzory, listed as q cultural and political publication, has been com paratively outspoken against left wing political tactics.
 The demonstrators also demand cd that more newsprint be allotted to the weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

The native language of New Zealand, Maori, is the only one in which every word ends in vowel, which is stressed in speak ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

Two salt mines in Ruthen!a have been operated continuously since 1894 ard 1909.