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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-07
Bowling League

High individual game with handi-
cap, Soup" Shaurette,, 29l.
High individual series with handi-
cap, John Lovick, TAI.
High team single game with
handicap, Forest Service, 11l6.
High team series with handicap
Forest Service, 1921.
Evening star., 1946-01-04

course of instruction" he said, "and
stay at least several days, possibly
couple of weeks"
The poison 1000" is poisonous to
human beings and animals as well
as to rodents, he said, pointing out
the need for knowledge of correct
use of the product.
Maj. Cary said only one inspector
was detailed to rat determination
work on full-time basis plus a
foreman and two laborers.
Typhus is passed on to humans by
f1eas from infected rats, it was ex-
planned.
No section of the city was singled
out by Maj. Cary as being more in
fected with rats than another. How
ever, he pointed out that rats are
great travellers" and follow the chan
nels of commerce and travel
Last fall the District had its first
typhus case in three years, but the
victim was said to have recovered.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Graudans Achieve
Artistic Triumph
In Local Debut
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Nikolai Graudan, cellist, and Jo
anna Graudan, pianist, presented
one of the most artistically playee
1 programs of the season last nigh
in the Library of Congress. Making
their local debut, the artists will bt
heard again tonight, the two con.
certs being devoted to the music oi
Beethoven for these instruments.
Playing without music, the two
musicians achieved an extraordinary
unity of thought and continuity
Of line of remarkable smoothness
1t is rare to find not only this COM
plete oneness in ensemble, but the
fresh spirit which the artists main
tained from beginning to end It
was teamwork that rose above me-
chanical perfection to spontaneous
Recreation of the music from a
thoroughly understood and thor
oughly felt standpoint.
Three-fourths of the program was
Beethoven, still rejecting the inf1u-
ence of his great predecessors, Mo-
zart and Haydn, for the two cello
sonatas of Opus 5"-No. 2 of which
was played last night-were dedi-
Gated to the latter and two groups
Of variations on themes from Mo-
zart's Die zauberfloete" held re-
gard for the essentials of that COM
poser,s style. The concluding num-
ber was the lovely Sonata in A Ma
jor, Op. &c." written some IL years
after the first.
The differences that marked the
development of Beethoven in the ex-
preston of sentiment and in mastery
OF form were admirably but unob-
trusively stressed in the artists per-
formance. The second sonata of
opus was an exquisite discourse,
eloquently portrayed, with a wealth
OF small effects that assumed telling
proportions. Nine. Graudan has a
delightful delicacy In phrasing that
gives color to every note which her
flnement of his playing.
The Sonata in A Major. On. &c."
was a war-born work and the i'm
print of deeper emotion is an un-
dercurrent always discernible. Yet
1t has a grace and fluency that is
given spiclneSs by the syncopation
IN rhythm of the scherzo and the
general liveliness of its movements
The. beautiful short adagio cantabile
gave Mn Graudan the first big op-
portunity to show the full, resonant
and expressive quality Of his tone.
The reading of this work was nobly
planned and registered the more
fully by that personal imm> sion in
the music and descriptive quality of
Interpretation which the two per-
formers have developed so highly.
Seven variations on "Bei Maennern
Welche Liebe Fuehlen" and IL vari-
ations on Elm Maedchen Oder Webb
chen" both from Mozart's die Eau
berf1oete," with the imaginative fac
ulty of the composer at its best,
were rich in occasions to admire the
intellectually alert artistry of these
splendid interpreters.
The program tonight will consist
Of the Sonata in F Major, Op. S,
No. u; Sonata in C Major, Op.
l02, No. T.; Twelve Variations on
the Theme, See, the Conquering
Hero Comes" from Handels "Ju-
das Maccabaeus," and Sonata in D
Major, Op 102, No. O."
Evening star., 1946-01-04

and knowledge Of the use of "1080"--
a new rat poison used by the armed
forces during the war. His assis-
tance had been asked by Health Of
ficer George G. Rutland, Mai. Cary
said.
While local health officials do not
expect any epidemic of typhus here,
Maj. Cary pointed out that typhus-
infected rats have been found in the
District and therefore the "poten-
tial" is here.
1--WE have rats and plenty of
them" he said, "and we now know
we have infected rats. 1t is up to
the individual property owners and
the public in general to, work with
us in this matter"
Maj. Garry says he will have some
of his best Inspectors study under
DR.. Essex.
II hope he will conduct a sort of
Evening star., 1946-01-04

School Of Geography. has accepted
a position In the school Of advanced
international studies at the Foreign
Service Educational Foundation in
Washington
He will continue here until close
of the present academic year. DR..
Van Valkenburg recently completed
a Government mission to Germany,
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Public Health Expert
On Poison Due Here
To Aid in RAT Drive

DR.. John Essex, Public Health
Service expert in rodent control, is
being brought here from Atlanta to
assist District health authorities in
fighting the rat nuisance.
According to Maj. w. H. Cary of
the Health Departments Bureau of
Sanitary Inspection, DR.. Essex was
to bring with him supply
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Entertainers to Elect

Election of officers will be the
main business at meeting of the
Washington Society of Musicians
and Entertainers at $50 o'clock to-
night in the clubrooms of the
WCA, Seventeenth and K streets
NV.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Won voIkenburg Accepts
School Position Here
BY the Associated Press.

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 4.-Dr
Samuel Van Valkenburg, long spe-
cialist in political geography and re-
gional studies in Clark Graduate
Evening star., 1946-11-08

Tsen.A sers-come in and talk ,sith your pery
ew. designer. Miss Helena Barbieri. graduate
Of Trinity CoHese, about your date clothes -.
the colors and styles for you :. tomorrow, SAT-
arday the 9Th, from 1880 to II and from to
5P.M.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-26

sports nights have been organized
at Woodruff and Harriet Schools.
As the weather gets warmer, the
departments activities will move
outside. Plans are already formu-
lated for city leagues in softball
and baseball this spring and sum-
mer.
The city's parks - Recreation,
Prospect, Gilbert, and Riverside
will be available for an eight-week
summer program which will IN
clude group games, handicraft,
tournaments, folk dancing. drama
tics, athletics, and numerous spe-
cial events.
other Opportunities
In addition to the city's recrea-
tion program, there are other out
let's sor the sports enthusiast, In
Guiding golf course, three bowl
ing centers, a roller skating rink,
more than 20 tennis courts, and
plenty of beautiful space for pic
MICS.
For the person who would rather
observe than participate, here are
the athletic and cultural programs
at Michigan State Normal College.
At the modern Walter o. Briggs
Field House and Athletic Field. the
college participates in all major
sports. Pease tAuditorium. which
will seat nearly two thousand, is
the scene of many educational and
entertaining events.
Ypsilanti High School, a member
of the Six B League, was recently
host to district and regional bas-
ketball tournaments. Roosevelt
High School participates in the
Huron League and, this spring,
will be host school at the district
track and field meet.
Ypsilanti Is also close to the
variety OF activities available to
the public at the University OF
Michigan. And for the individual
who prefers the Hollywood variety
OF culture and entertainment, there
are two modern and clean motion
picture theaters in Ypsilanti: the
Martha Washington and the
Wuerth.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-26
Widespread Participation
i'm Recreation Encouraged

Believing that an organized rec
reation program would be OF physl-
cal. social, creative, and cultural
benefit TO the community, the Ypsi-
lanti City Council created a Recrea
ton Commission on July l, 1945,
and named Howard Harrison as
city recreational director.
In .he short time since then, Mr..
Harrison has developed a program
which meets the interests and
needs OF all ages and provides for
mass participation under good lead
ership.
The city's recreation program is
centered around two buildings, the
Gilbert Community House and
Park Ridge Community House. In
addition .he recreation department
uses the facilities OF Ypsilanti High
School. Woodruff School, Harriet
School, and four city parks.
Many Activities
Activities at Gilbert Community
House include Saturday morning
creative workshop for children,
Monday and Wednesday afternoon
handicraft classes, marionette
club. an art groupfor adults, pho
Biography club, and dancing. The
building contains space sor meet
ings OF community organizations,
informal games, and parties.
At the Park Ridge Community
House, Just opened last December,
there is a large auditorium which
can be used for dancing, a lounge,
a club room. and a snack bar which
serves refreshments at low cost.
Numerous organizations have used
this building since It's opening.
Craft groups have been organized
under Jesse Rutherford, Park Ridge
director. and a group OF dramatical-
ly-inclined young people called the
Park Ridge Players have already
staged a production there.
Sports Events
At Ypsilanti High School, the
recreation department sponsored
swimming events and the city bas-
ke.ball league which recently
wound up It's season. Basketball for
both boys and girls, badminton, and
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-26

Bituminous coal derived mar.
fanil, most potent wound treating
drug developed by the Germans,
is now being manufactured in this
country. 1t is effective against
certain types OF bacteria that do
not resnond to the sulfas.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-26

Every part of-t world con-
tributes coloring materials for the
tiles In Americas bathrooms. Co
bait for blue is obtained from Nor.
way. Sweden, Finland and Canada;
manganese for black comes from
Brazil, Russia and India; chrome
for pink, green and maroon is i'm
ported from Rhodesia. New Gale
donia, Greece and Russia.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-26

The waterproofing effectiveness
Of malamine plastics which is made
from bituminous coal. was recently
demonstrated f. a dramatic way by
floating paper bags each contain
ing so pounds OF -four over Niagara
Falls. The bags were recovered
167 feet below the falls with the
contents unlamaged.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-26

Manua training a school Continental
eet originated in Finland 1883 Ito raise by lottery in 7
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

and dropped anchor off Monrovia, whore Captain
LaWry made haste 10 call on the American consul.
II wish 10 report there's been a murder
aboard my ship he said Il want the murderer
taken into custody"
He outlined the case and told how his crew
had reacted The consul listened then turned
thumbs down. The kingsway would have 10 take
Battice back TO the T.. s for trial
That's out of the question:" Lawry exclaimed
The official remained adamant and the
hdraSSed skipper withdrew
In Monroya ne hired new cook a full.
blooded African named Codgo, then returned TO
the ship and told his men they could not go
ashore, that there would be no going ashore
until they were back IN the L.. S. and that
one would receive cent Of pay until the Kings
way reached home
This WAS a hard decision, but I,awry could
See no other way out.
Naturally the men grumblcd more than ever.
They had no shoes. their bare feet were scared
by the burning hot deck They believed the ship
lay under spell
Iawry got rid of his cargo OF lumber and
took ON his cocoa beans. Then the Kingsway
headed for home, as though in flight from thing
without a name. .,vryE
one by one during the hot, monotonous run
westward The men fell Ill., Batticel
or was the now Co0N that mysterious African,
poisoning them
one OF the crew reported that ne had seen
CodGO performing some sort OF voOdoO rites
Something VIII have 10 bC done" Badke said
Then First Mate Mortimer took 10 his bed.
He seemed 10 have lost all will TO live. The
Curse The Slow Death,
Lawry sought out Codgo and found him in
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

the sight OF one another that they probably re.
garded even their own images with disgust
We come 10 the night of Feb g. 1927
Tho weather was calm and clear. fun moon
threw path of silver across the pulsing
Captain IaWry relaxed in a chair deck
Suddenly IL was 8 30 o'clock -Batticc ap-
ucaIod at his side TO ask the loan of his flash
light La"ry handed it over and the cook glided
off into the shadows
Less than five minutes later. the skipper
heard cowmptipu ion the vicinity OF the store
room. * mans angry shouts The sound OF
running s womaus gurgling screams. Then
dreadful silence
LawEy and Mortimer reached the storeroom
at about the same time They found Lucia
lying Unconscious among bags of potatoes Her
showed numerous wounds. Batticc stood near
by, Wlldcyc the captains ilaShhght Iu
hand razor in tHc other II have done it, he
said Lock wc up
closed the wide throat wound with adhesive tape
Meanwhile, Bat'cr was placed in irons and
imprisoned in tiny waShroom that adioned
the saloon He ragged and screamed and beat
ON the door. and the ship plunged onward
toward the Dark Continent.
Lucia Battice clung TO life for six days then
the body was Sewed into part of old sail the
skipper read the burial service, and she was
dropped over the side.
m SO now there were again only men the
The vessel proceeded on her way as through
a fcarsome pail The sailors believed that they
had a maniac in their midst, and they dreaded
the moment he might break loose and run amuCk
Al of them, particularly Badke slept ftfully
Only Fred Mortimer. the disgruntlcd first
mate seemed unconcernCd But he was ill., and
his time was almost at hand
At last the ship sailed into the Gulf Of Guinea
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

sitting influence of the jinx?
Something must be done" Badke repeated
AS the vessel headed north, having taken
fresh supplies Captain Lawry reached another
in effect, that he would be tossed TO the sharks
if he failed in his work, and restored him to the
galley. Then he called Badke.
Tell the men that BattiCe Will cook for us
from now on he said. Murderer or not he's
the only man on board who knows how 20
prepare meal
Il not that all of will reach
New York Badke remarked.
THAT is a chance will have 10 take"
The men talked il over. Did they want that
VOOdOOiStlc maniac in the galley Or should
they go along with the skipper?
They decided 10 go along After ALL Battice
was only one and they were eight, not counting
the skipper
THAT ended the crisis. Battce outdid himself
The meals were like nothing they had eaten
since early February Moreover, the i'll quickly
became we'll. indicating that they had not been
victims of voodoosm poisoning but plain scurvy
caused by a deficiency OF fresh vegetables.
Strong winds blew the KingsWay swiftly along
It's course Earl Leo Battice whiSted at his work
The ship sailed into New York Harbor
Aug 20 Captain Lawry was delighted TO bid
goodby 10 both ship and crew. Indeed. il is 10
be questioned whether any OF them wished to
lay eyes on much less eat with of the
others for the rest Of their lives
BattCe pleaded the "unwritten law" in his
trial before Federal Judge Harry b Anderson.
murder and he went to Atlanta to
1Oyear term.
Meanwhile the African & Eastern Trading
CO. put the KngsWay up for sale cheap but
nobody seemed 20 want that splendid little
veteran OF the sea lanes.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

his bunk, mumbng over three curiously fash
ioned sticks and hank of NANCY hair. Lawry
smashed him in the face brushed the sticks
20 the floor, and told him not to set foot in the
galley again.
So again there was no cook
Captain Lawry came 20 Mortimer with make.
shift meals. The mate turned his face to the wall
The galley became completely dsorganized.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

take on the job 30 one wanted
Codgo, with his sticks and hank OF
hair And they feared 10 release
Battice. Good cook or not, ne was
also a killer
Mortimer breathed his last on
June %. and was buried on Bar
bados Island Who would be the
next 70 go? Who would be the
next 10 fall victim TO the slow,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

a air ~ doCllity he car
Ec8 messages between
the lovers. The other
members OF the crew
treated him with con-
tempt indeed, 10y now
they wore all so sick OF
Evening star., 1946-02-08
Slow Surplus Sales
: By Raym ond NJ oley

ably have taken the remaining three
quarters, had 1t been available.
Surplus consumer goods are exceed
ingly slow in appearing in the retail
markets. We do not know exactly what
is covered by the s4,800,o0 900 of "con-
sumer goods" It is a lot of stuff, how
ever, since we do know that the value Of
retail sales in the United States is
about $4,000, 900, 600 month. 1t is quite
fair to say that, if the Government could
many OF our present. embarrassing scare
tiles would be relieved.
One of the major complaints which
is heard around the country is the slow
ness with which the vehicles, on which
veterans are given q priority, are coming
out Jeeps and trucks and cars are
only trickling into the hands of eager
buyers, and many of the vehicles are
in a deplorable state Of efficiency.
We hear from France that the offers
Of surplus goods there are beyond the
reach Of French buyers. And we hear,
too, that there Is considerable black
market in Germany in some military
equipment.
Since the general picture of the
budget for 1867 comes so close to
balance it is deplorable that the Gov
ernment is so backward and SO pessi-
mistic about its sale of surplus goods.
For unless all the SPA figures are
wrong there is ample stuff to provide
the magic $4,000, ,000. 900 or 1000 600 900
needed to put Uncle Sam in the black.
(Released by the Associated Newspapers, Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-02-08
On the Record
By Dorothy THOMPSON

sedan. Yes, sleeping-hve of them
washing, and playing on rainy days,
in an automobile, there being no other
available shelter.
Not bomb fell on America, but we
have a condition similar to that of the
bombed out" and thousands of veter-
ans, joyfully coming "home," find that
home is landscape without roof.
Meanwhile, although the housing
shortage has been foreseen since the
beginning Of the war, Congress and the
administration still have not come for
ward with housing program. Private
builders estimate that they can build
no more than 100000 houses per year,
whereas we need minimum of three
million per year.
Workingmen, out for many weeks
on strike, are using up the little nest
eggs of war savings which many set
aside for the purpose of down pay
ments on postwar homes; veterans are
wasting their savings for transitory and
unsatisfactory cubby holes of dwellings;
the Showdown" between management
and labor is heartily disapproved by,
I should guess. nine-tenths of the
public not Immediately involved, and
eAAC AASd2t 10 solilS Ouk vi Jul SOC1Cty.
+
One Of our commentators said the
other day, apropos charge by some
member of Congress that the strikes
are Communist" that strikes are "as
American as apple pie" They are, in
deed, but SO are pellagra, infantile
paralysis and psychoneurosis. They are
American, not Communist, and never
theless disastrous.
In as highly an industrialized and
interdependent society as ours some
abstract standards of reference must
be established to which labor manage
ment controversies can be referred The
workers are no longer camped in the
middle-class society like an alien horde;
the rise of the working class is the
outstanding fact Of the century; and
it ought to be established what part
of the product of industry should justly
goo to labor, what part to the wages of
capital, and how increased productivity
should be distributed and rewarded.
Meanwhile, the possibilities in atomic
energy will not create much interest as
long as we are not using the possibili-
ties in steel, wood, asphalt, concrete
and mems hands,
released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1946-02-08
Child Care Centers

On the basis of information sup
piled to the Board of Education and
District Building officials by social
workers who have studied the situa-
ton, the scheduled closing of Wash
1ngton's emergency child care CEN
ters on February 28 would work real
hardship on many families. Among
those who would be seriously af-
fected are the wives and children of
scores Of servicemen still overseas,
as well as many widows whose abili-
ty to make a living for their families
depends on their finding means of
caring for their children during
working hours. This being the case,
the Board of Education has been
persuaded to discuss with the Dis
trict Commissioners the possibility
OF obtaining deficiency appropria-
ton of $50,000 with which to carry
on the work of the centers for the
remainder of the fiscal year.
There is considerable merit to the
contention that these centers should
remain available to worthy families
during the period of postwar eco
nomic readjustment through which
they are passing. A careful SCREEN
Ing OF applicants will be necessary
as the tapering-off process incident
to the return of more normal do
slestic conditions is effected.
Incidentally, there is a movement
IN some circles to seek continuance
of the centers on a more or less
permanent basis. The Council of
Social Agencies is conducting a sur
vey which should throw light on the
advisability of continuing the CEN
tsts beyond the emergency period.
Whether such long-view program
should be subsidized with Federal
funds or supported by community
Contributions is matter for future
determination. The immediate prob
lem is to find ways and means of
continuing the program during the
present emergency. And it is as an
emergency relief measure that the
Commissioners would be justified in
requesting from Congress the def
cheney appropriation sought by the
Board of Education.