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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11

Capt. and Mrs. A. E. Fry left
Monday to drive to Portland, Ore.
after a weeks visit here with Mrs.
Fry's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
D. Rowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Siner, Hot
Springs, were visiting at the home
of Mr.. Siner's sister, Mrs. Frank
Venting last Friday. Mr.. Siner
was discharged from the Army at
Fort Lewis about a week ago.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11

Local Unions since the strike be
gan.
1T is impossible TO negotiate Oh
to consider a settlement of the pres
ent strike situation until wage
proposal has been received from
the companies upon which wage de-
mands have been served for the
past three years.
In the meantime, the Montana
unions are prepared to continue
their strike action and keep it l0t
per cent effective until such time as
wage settlement has been offered
by the employers that is acceptable
to the unions and to their member.
ship.
THE Union is prepared to furnish
any number of its members to any
lumber company for watchmen OF
fire protection and reports to the
contrary are entirely without foun.
dalton. There has been no property
or other damage, in the Montana
area, and no complaint has beer
received by the Union from any
employer alleging property damage
failure to provide plant protection
or violation of the Unions agree.
ment with the company.
The Strike Policy Committee rec
ommends.
/. THAT the question of cedar
poles and posts be left to the Local
unions in each locality provided
however, that no cedar poles OF
posts be cut OF handled for any
strike bound operation.
2. THAT this District Council in.
struct all local unions that any
member of our organization who
seeks employment under the juris-
diction of other unions secure
clearance from those unions be.
fore going to work and that the
unions under which such members
go to work. Be requested to insist
that our members kept in gooC
standing in our unions.
3. Concerning Xmas tree pro-
duction during the lumber indus
| try strike, members may seek legit-
innate employment in the Xmas tree
indpstry providing they make every
effort to uphold the highest pos
sible wage and price levels to ben
eft all workers, farmers and small
dealers.
1T is requested that any evidence
of wage and price cutting by mem
bers of any local unions be report
ed Immediately to William Shaw.
who is the Union representative fol
the Xmas tree industry in this area
THE Lumber and Sawmill work
ers claim jurisdiction over Xmas
tree production and propose to or
ganize the workers to protect the
interest of Montana citizens and
Montana Xmas tree resources tc
the fullest extent possible from un-
due EXPEDITION by outside interests
1T is requested that all interested
in Xmas tree production cooperate
with the union to effectively or
ganize the industry"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11
Personal Items

Fred Birmingham made a shor
trip to Colfax, Wash, last week.
Bud Adkins and Harry Chapman
were Spokane visitors Monday
Mrs. Welch has installed a new
awning in front of her gift shop.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Kessel were
in Spokane the first of the week.
Mrs Rices mother, Mrs. Smith
OF Kalispell was weekend visitor
]. B. Strouth was a Kalispell Wis.
itor Thursday and Friday of las1
week.
RNA Sewing Circle will meet al
the home of Mrs. Joe Becker Octo-
Der II.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. Eller visited
Sunday with friends in Boomers
Ferry.
Mrs. w. N. Curtis arrived Tues
day from Spokane for visit with
Libby friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Bitterman
visited Sunday at the Ernest Mayer
home in Bonners Ferry.
John Rubard went over to Spo-
kane Monday, expecting to stay 8
couple days for a physical check up
Loren Gompf and Ray Pival were
business visitors Sunday and Mon
day in Spokane, attending a Frigi.
daire meeting
Brick Wollaston came in from
Butte Wednesday, returning to that
city the same day to attend to
further business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason Pitcher ane
son, Byron left Sunday to visit rel
atives in Seattle. They also visited
day in Spokane
Ray Wollaston came in from Sc.
attic Sunday for a visit with friends
and to attend to business. He will
return to Seattle today
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts ano
son, Gary, accompanied by Miss
Gloria Beccari, are enjoying visit
with Mr.. Roberts relatives in Wis.
consin and Ohio.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson returned
Thursday of last week from Eu.
gene, Ore, where she spent several
weeks visiting with her daughter
Mrs. Gus Delzer and family.
Mrs. w. S. Gibbons of Eureka
was caller at the Western News
office Tuesday. Mrs. Gibbons was
a former correspondent for the
north end of the county for the
Western News.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil w. Newton OF
Trego, were business visitors Mon
day in Libby. The NeWton's have
purchased the Wilfred Deseve ranch
on. Swamp creek, moving here last
spring from Carbon county.
The Western News publisher en-
joyed meeting couple from his ole
home state last Monday. They were
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Moler, formerly
from Southeastern Kansas but now
located at Troy The Molers' came
out from Kansas last month.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11

Mrs. Hugh Hennessy plans to join
her husband, Hugh, in Seattle, Sun
day, Oct. 14th Hugh Hennessy will
soon receive his discharge from the
Seabees at Bremerton, Wash.
L. E. Yaple and daughter, Mrs.
Frank Peck went to Whitefish for
short visit with relatives. They
returned Sunday accompanied by
Mrs. Yaple, who had been there
the past two weeks.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11
Unions Make a
Statement

Following is statement from the
Executive Committee of theLumber
and Sawmill Workers Locals 1862
and 1881, which in accordafice with
The Western News policy of giving
the public information from each
side of any matter of public interest
and concern, is printed below:
The public press has recently
been carrying statements released
by Timber Products Manufacturers
Association and, in some cases, by
the management of operations
closed by the current lumber strike.
These press releases contain charg-
es against the union that the en-
ployers have not had an opportun-
ity to negotiate settlement of the
Unions wage demands in the Mon
tana area These statements are ut
terly without foundation and are a
Misrepresentation of the circum-
stances leading up to the present
lumber strike.
THE facts are these. Lumber and
SaWmill Workers Local Unions in
Montana have on several occasions
since June 1912, made requests up
on their employers for general wage
increases. All of those requests were
denied by the employers and no
counter proposal was ever offered
by the employers. Wage demands
were made in 1943 and in 1914, up
on which it was impossible to reach
an agreement with the management
of the companies for the simple
reason that no counter proposal
was made by the companies and
that all the Montana companies
fatty refused to make any general
wage increases whatsoever.
''The demands, which eventually
resulted in the current strike were
made by the individual Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Unions in Mon
tana early in June of l945. Only
one company in Montana made re-
ply to the Unions written demands
and that company refused, during
negotiations, to make a counter
proposal Wages have been dis
cussed on many occasions since, be-
tween union representatives and
employer representative in the
Montana area. No offer of settle
ment was ever made by any en-
ployer or by the representatives of
the Timber Products Manufacturers.
Upon each and every occasion
when wage demands were made
during the years 1912, 1913, and
1914. the Union requested assistance
Of United States Cancellation Serv-
ice in attempts to settle the wage
dispute. The Conciliators failed to
effect any compromise settlement,
or obtain any counter proposals
from the employers. This is also
true of the wage dispute which re-
suited in this strike. A panel set
up by the Secretary of Labor, com
posed of three able and expert
enced conciliators, failed to obtain
any offers from the employers.
1.-THE Montana employers were
represented at the meeting in Port
land which was called by the Unit
ed States Secretary of Labor in an
effort to bring about settlement
of the wage dispute just prior to
the strike. The Montana Local I'm
ions were also represented at this
meeting The Company representa-
tives made no compromise offer,
either locally or on an industry
wide basis and no offers have been
received by the union from any of
the Montana employer having con-
tractual relations with Montana
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11
OSTHELLER SERVING
ON USS LACKAWANNA

On the USS Lackawanna in the
Pacific (Delayedl-Warrant officer
Ralph A. Ostheller, chief pay clerk,
Libby, Mont. is serving on this
fleet oiler
This ship was a unit of the big
support group which frequently
supplied the 3rd fleet off the Jap
anese coast just before Japan sur
rendered. She surpassed all her
previous records by fueling 35
ships in % days, the longest she had
ever been continuously out Of port.
Since she went on duty in Sep
TENDER, 1912, the Laskawanna has
fueled nearly 400 ships at sea and
has steamed more than $4,000
miles.
Say, II saw your ad. in the West
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-10-11

Say, II saw your ad. in the West
ern News"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
7 More Jailed
InGdnning Probe

ANN ARBOR, Aug. Circuit
Judge James r Breakey. sitting
as one-man grand juror in the
Washtenaw County investigation
Of gambling, today sentenced two
more witnesses 10 60-day Jail
terms for contempt.
They are Samuel Fowler, 81. of
1l019 Delano, Romulus, Wayne
County, and Christos (. Christ, 54.
of 2l90 y. Congress, Ypsilanti, the
ninth and tenth witnesses, respec-
lively 10 be charged with con-
temptuous refusal to answer
questions.
Examination Of the four defend
ants indicted on charges of main
tanning a gaming house will be
held tomorrow before Municipal
Judge jay g. PAYNE.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Chinese Hero
Loses Wallet

The young sister Of a Chinese
graduate of Chadsey High, who
won Silver and Bronze Stars and
the Purple Heart while a men,
Der Of the First Army's Timber
wolf division in Germany today
appealed TO The Times for aid in
recovering her brothers. wallet.
lost al a. m. yesterday near the
entrance TO the Hotel Detrolter.
The wallet, the property Of Pfc
James Lee, y. of 1887 Thirty
fifth contained approximately
S10O. army Identification tags and
furlough papers. The phone num-
ber is Lafayette 1907.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Conrad Resigns
0PA Press Post

Paul NJ Conrad has resigned as
information executive of the De-
trot district OPA office, effective
Aug. II, il was announced today
hy W. Earl fitzgerald, district
director.
lie VIII become executive assist
ant 10 Walter L. Fry president
Of the Fry Products Co.
4 former ncWSpapcTman, Con-
rad is given much Of the credit by
Fitzgerald fer t+1e success Of the
rauoning and price control in the
l3 county Detroit districts since
1912.
Conrad. 3s lives a. 2l735 Fran
els, Dearborn, with ms wife and
son. Lee. ;.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Auto-Bus Crash
Injuries I Men

Two Detroiters were in Henry
Ford Hospital today suffering
from injuries received nan auto
mobile-city bus collision, late
yesterday.
They are Arthur Wells, IS, Of
5s4S Mortified. and Louie Adrine,
81. of 5657 Hartford, who were
riding aittdittfffeg with William Burton, So, of
$500 Vinewood.
Wells received back injuries and
lacerations. while Adrine suffered
a fractured jaw and decorations.
Burton and Mrs. Julia Brown,
%, of 1924 Kingsbury. Dearborn,
driver Of the bus, were uninjured.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10


The committee raised digni-
fed eyebrow when the council
issued poster No. 2. in a series Of
four, showing a rotund rodent in
close proximity OF a piece OF
luscious pie.
But when poster No. 4 came
out showing A burly rat sitting
atop a cake, from which a piece
had been sliced. that was toe
much The picture, according 70
the food committee, cast some
what of a reflection upon the
bakery business -
Hazen Funk. self-style pied
piper and chairman of the rat
council, said that his council
hadn't meant 10 cast reflections
upon the baking industry and in
the future would eliminate food
from the campaign.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Tire Fraud Nets
9O-DaN Sentence
international Photo

Found guilty Of collecting 500
on t7e false promise OF delivering
priority tires, Edward Prcll, SD
w. Fort was under sentence by
Recorders Judge Joseph 4 ellis
today 10 serve ~ days IN the
House of Correction
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10

Science Unfair to Blondes ?
So Says Anita Loos, the Famous
Author of Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" in Answer to a
Learned Professors Remark
That Brunettes Are Superior.
You'll Enjoy Her illustrated
Article in The American Week
ly. With This Sundays Issue OF
The Detroit SUNDAY Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Rent Suit Adjourned

Five triple damage suits for rent
overcharges brought against the
operators q the Rex Hotel 10
Montcalm. hX EarlH Tailor and
Walter klmgk were adjourned
until Aug II uy Common Pleas
Judge David c. Nokes today They
paid Sl4 a week for room, on
which the ceiling price was
only 50
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Rodent eCake.Eafer'
Draws Bakers Wrath

highly coored picture of cake eating rat posted DSR
and buses brought down the wrath of the Detroit
industry committee the ciys elimination and san
taon council today.
The committee ncensed that it registered official
protest with Mayor Jeffre demanding that the
Eliminate artirirs of food from campaigns.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Baby's Death Caused
By Sinus Hemorrhaqe
Times Photo

One-day-old Paul. son Of Elton
Roche 255S Ferry Park, who was
described in Tuesdays Times as
suffocating in his crib actually
died from "an interreranial hem
orrhage Of the lateral sinuses," a
post mortem by Wayne County
coroner's physicians showed.
The mistake arose when the
death was attributed TO "suffoca-
ton in the records of the police
department homicide squad.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-10
Pulling Up the Mars

The giant flying ship Hawaii Mars
dangling from boat as il is raised from
Chesapeake Bay, where il sank Sunday.
The tail, fuselage and part of the wing of
the huge ship, which weighs 12l2 tons and
has span of 200 feet, are now above water.
pto
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

LANDOWNERS 6 FARMERS -I If interested in having stumps stones and heavy objects moved. Call 3-2524.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

WANT A GOOD BUY? Try 54-56 Abbott Ave. 4 apartments, 26 rooms-or will exchange for one family house.
 B. H. BLECHER & SONS 207 North Main St. Tel. S-7960
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

''PEPPER"-My saddle horse Is for sale. For particulars call Water town 1220-J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
s6 Building Lots For Sale

2 CORNER BUILDING LOTS for sale at Ridgefield and Middlefield Sts. Write Box B-462, Waterbury Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
Business Service

51 Business Services Rendered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

WEST SIDE HILLS family house. IA rooms, HWH, on 1st d., newly painted outside and decorated i1- side. 2-car garage. $8500. HIGHLAND AVE.-Beautiful one family, g rooms, hot water heat, oil burner, 2-car garage, large lot. Price is reasonable. WATERVILLE-3-family house, 15 rooms, heat 1st h., large lot, won- derful buy, $7,650.
 OAKVILLE-Buckingham St., two family house, 8 rooms; and one family house, 3 rooms, one acre land. $500.
 WATERTOWN-2 family house, 8 rooms and rooms on 3rd d., large lot. Very good buy, $6,500. THOMASTON = Chicken farm. 10 acres land, 4 room bungalow, chicken coops, barn, 400 chcikens, 2 COWS. Buy $500. FARM IN WOODBURY-125 acres land, State Road, 25 milking COWS. 10 heifers, bull, 200 chickens. 5 pigs, 6 room house, barn, silo, chicken coops, all farm tools, pric- ed reasonable.
 THOMAS MATAS
 REAL ESTATE
 S1 Fox St. Dial 4-6036 12:30-1:3O p. m. or 6:30-8:30 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

WOMAN WANTED for general housework and plain cooking. Live out. Phone 3-5301.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

VERY NICE
 5 ROOM BUNGALOW Hot water heat, built-in tub, large yard. flowers, shurbs, quiet location. Garage. Very reasonable. also 1 FAMILY -6 ROOM HOUSE on Brewster St. Hot water heat. oil burner, 2-car garage. Price $500.
 LEO J. CURLEY
 REALTOR - INSURANCE RI West Main St 3.516e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
Rooms, Board, Hotels
For Rent Real Estate

72 Apartments 6 Tenements APARTMENTS-2rooms kitchenet- te; furnished: steam heat; con- tinuous hot water, gas, electricity, refrigeration. On bus line. Also single rooms. 100 Central Ave. Phone 4-2637.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

ROOMS -Papered; ceilings whiten- ed; woodwork painted. Good work at lowest prices. William Bakunas, 4 Poplar St. Tel. 4-0420.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

TOOL ROOM
 FOREMAN

or tO0lmaler having had WI61 experience in the designing and building of progressive too11 for small metal parts and capAhle of assuming complete charge. Hy long established company ln thc
 vicinity of Providence, B. I. This is Q permanent position with the finest of working conditions. Adz
 dress your reply which will ba
 kept in strict confidence tO Box |B-464, Waterbury Democrat.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-13
House Committee To Continue Alaska Tour

JUNEAU. Aug. 13-lP)-Mem- bers of the House Territories Committee, undecided whether to return to Washington in view of the war situation. voted to con- tinue the Alaska tour and plan to leave at once for hearing at Cor dova.
 H. L. Faulkner testified here "the feeling against the develop ment of Alaska by outside capital is reflected in the policies of Secy. Ickes and his subordinates," and is resented by bonafide Alaskans. He cited the land reservation pol icy as bar to a huge pulp paper development planned in the Ketchikan area.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-13
Forecast And Weather. Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the United States Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Monday, August 13, l945

Monday, August 13, l945
 Forecast Nome: Rain today and Tuesday morning, becoming part ly cloudy Tuesday afternoon. Lowest temperature tonight 42; highest temperature Tuesday 55. Nome data: Precipitation last "A hours ending 8:30 am. today, trace.
 Total precipitation this month to 8:30 am. today 0.30 inches.
 Temperatures last 24 hours to 8:30 am. today: highest 50, low est 37.
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest 55, lowest 46.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: lowest 30 in 1924, highest 80 in 1926.
 Sunrise at 4:42 a.m., sunset at 9:29 pm.
 Data for other selected stations as of 8:30 am. today: Station Temp. Weather Point Barrow 35 Cloudy Point Hope Al Rain
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-13
Interior Dept. FavOrs Statehood For Alaska

Continued from Page One) than go with hat in hand ot com mittees of Congress and to gov- ernment agencies which play so vital a part in our Alaskan af- fairs.
 Out of our immediate present
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-13

to the people of Alaska under statehood will come far greater development of these resources than we have had in over three quarters of a century of federal rule.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-13

may be ClteQ any nuiiUCi VI III stances of discrimination against Alaska which would not have oc- cured, had We been state. Among them are first the denial of overseas credit points for dis charge to Alaskans in the Army, second, the attempt to remove the twenty-five percent differential from Alaskan Federal employees and yet give it to those coming from the States to work in Alaska, third, the difficulties that we have to secure adequate shipping and to permit us to continue to secure the advantages brought by con- inued suspension of the Jones Act, fourth, the failure to include Alaska in the federal highway act under which millions of dol lars for road building have been denied the Territory to which it was rightfully entitled, fifth, the denial to Alaska of the increased appropriation for agricultural ex- pertinent stations recently granted to these stations in the States.
 These are only a few of long list, but I mention these because they are all timely.
 Finally it is not only proper and desirable, but in conformity with the basic principles of the Democracy that the people of Alaska should have the right to elect their own Governor, and also the Secretary of the Territory who is in effect the Lieutenant Governor.
 Statehood will be tangibly and materially beneficial to Alaska. We need not argue that American citizenship is the most precious possession in the world. We in Alaska enjoy it only in part. As long as Alaska remains a territory we cannot vote for President, we cannot register our will effective ly through the Congress of the United States. It seems unthink- able that an area so vast, so varied, so important, both stra- logically and as a reservoir of na- tional resources should any longer be kept from full self government and the right to rule within it's own house, as a member of the family of sovereign States of the Union.
 But apart from these abstract advantages Statehood would mean great and steady increase in the prosperity of Alaska. In this con- nectlon the statement in the h. terior Departments announce ment that "the enabling act should transfer to the people of Alaska the obligations and respon- abilities of sovereignty on a par ity with the other states of the Union, The obligations include providing the facilities which the people require for economic and social development and the finan- cial resources to procure and maintain them"
 This obviously means that the enabling act should provide for the transfer to Alaska of a sub- |
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Eggs

Pennsylvania ...............36h
Radio Corporation ..........12
Republic Steel .22M
Reynolds Tobacco "B" ........33X
Sears Roebuck. ............119%
Standard Oil of Cal. ........ 42Jh
Standard Oil Of N. J. .......59M
Socony vacuum ..............14b
otuueDaker 40
Standard Brands ........... 363b
Texas Corporation .........51A
United Aircraft ......,.....2 Sh
Union Carbide ............S6Il
United Gas Improvement ........1sk
United States Steel ....................67l5
Warner Pictures .16k
Westinghouse FL. ..31Z
F. w. WOODWORK ..,,,...44
Browns-Grade A large 4Slhc; me-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Water Dispute
Ends in Strike

Force, Pa. Aug. 1-AP-A pretty
woman doctor and 2T5 miners who
struck" because of what they call
intolerable sanitary conditions to-
day awaited n state department of
health report on the water supply
in this northern Pennsylvania coal
town.
The woman. 33-year-old DIR. Eli
zabeth o. Hayes, former worker at
famed Grenfell Mission In Labora-
dor, quit as physician for Shawmut
Mining Co. In protest against the
firms refusal to make health i'm
provements. She said she would
move away, leaving 1000 persons
without medical care, unless some
thing was done.
"She laid down some impossible
demands" declared Frank Lambert,
general manager of the company.
It's an economic impossibility to
lay water pipes 81 miles to a town
Of "a houses.
"Dr. Hayes has the people work.
ed up to white heat. She organic
ed them like the IS colonies and
they're ready to stage another Bos-
ton Tea Party"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Pick of the Air Today

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