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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
TROY NEWS

Also the Junior Woman's Club
rummage Sale is worthy of your
attention on Saturday in the Moose
Hall
Mrs Loren -Hamil was business
visitor to Kalispell last week. On
the return trip by bus she and
other passengers were thrilled to
see both a bull and a COW moose
along the highway
Wally Clay is visiting in Troy
this week.
Ralph Dunkle and Jerry Kensler
went to Butte on Tuesday to attend
the sale of surplus goods.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindholm re-
turned Tuesday from a very plea
SAINT visit in Spokane where they
were guests at the homes of their
daughter, Mrs. R. Eakins and of
their son, John Lindholm, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Dunkle ar
rived in Troy the middle of the
week from having spent their vaca-
ton with Mrs. Dunkle's father who
resides in Phoenix.
V. L. Backus, Cheney, was in
Troy last week.
John Oberhauffer who for many
years has been away from Troy has
returned and is living on his ranch
on O'Brien Greek.
VIM. Bissell attended a dinner at
Standpoint for electric statesmen on
Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lyons and fam
lily of Missoula spent the weekend
ut the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. c.
Zimmerman
On Monday Mrs. John Sagen and
daughter went into Spokane to shop.
Thence Anita viii go on to Mis-
soula where she will be joined by
her sister Flora. They are students >
at the University there.
Mrs. Robert Russell and Betty ,
were Monday business visitors to {
Spokane. T
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Nelson ,
spent the weekend in Spokane 5
N:rS. Yves Cooley who has spent 7
the past two weeks in Minnesota re- i
turned TO her home here on Sun v
day. f
Mrs. Walter Morrisn who was cal
ed to Spokane professionally last s
Tuesday returned Saturday. She i
;pecia.ed the little son of Mrs. John r
Weston who is a guest of her bro "
hers Frank and Bert Thomas. Mrs. k
Weston was en- route to her hus-
band DR.. Weston who is in Alaska. "
The baby is much improved. b
.avfr. and Mrs. L. Rubber after haV- d
ng spent the past three months in
California, returned to their home fl
N Saturday. In Spokane they were
oined by their daughter, Mrs. Jas. W
Johnson, who rode home with them. H
Saturday Fred McDougall had
party at the home of his al
PARENTS Mr. and Mrs Cole Nc NJ
)cugail Games were played and
unch served. Fred received many +,
ice gifts.
Joe Janowski, O'Brien Creek. is .,
patient in the hospital at Libby. N
Junior Women to Have Food M
Sale March 80
Plans for the sale of baked goods F,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
Friendly Club

The Friendly Club met at the
home of Mrs. Lynn Mitchell on
Thursday. Mrs Loren Stapley was
assisting hostess aeeH dinner
was served, and the afternoon was
spent at fanciwork, visiting and
contests. Mrs. Laura johnson won
one of the contests, and Mrs Bon
ME Sloan won a prize for making
the most attractive spring hat from
crepe paper.
A hand painted picture done by
Mrs. Harriet Savage was ratified off
and the proceeds went to the Red
Cross. Mrs. Bill Perry was the lucky
lady The next meeting will be at
Mrs. Bill Perry's on April 4th.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
VIEW Smoker a Snccess

The Smoker held last Saturday
evening and the subsequent dance
which the VIEW and its Auxiliary
promoted was a great get-together
and full of amusement.
New officers for the coming year
were elected and will be installed
at the first meeting in April.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
Former Episcopal Rector
Goes to Astoria

OF interest to his many friends
here is the announcement of the
election of navy Chaplain Arthur
3. Ward as rector Of the Grace Epi-
seopal Church in Astoria. Rev.
Ward was rector in Trop at one
time
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
70 WHOM III MAJ CONCERN

Anybody that is low enough and
don't think any more of our war
widows than to go around stealing
the gas out of their cars, to my es-
timation is lower than an alley rat
and, if caught at it, should be shot
or be punished to the extreme limit
of the law-Henry Schaffner.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28

Don't have single-track mind at
railway grade crossings. A train
may be coming on the second track
too, warns the National Safety
Council
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
REXFORD NEWS
Bridge Club

The members of the Bridge Club
net Monday evening at the home
of Mrs. James Hurst Prizes went
to Mrs. R. L. LaByer, high; Mrs.
Ed Arnold. second; and Mrs. H
Hudson. third
Evening star., 1946-04-20
DR.. Evans Report

If the Library of Congress were
merely the largest photographic
establishment on earth, it would be
a comparatively unimportant insti-
tuition. Only when it is remembered
that it is a great working organiza-
ton, engaged in multiplicity of
different services to the Nation and
to the world beyond, is its authentic
significance realized. DR.. Luther H.
Evans, in his first annual report as
librarian in charge, deals with the
enterprises over which he presides
in the light of the distinction thus
expressed. He tells of the heavy
demands which were made upon the
facilities of the Library by the Gov
ernment and the armed forces during
the Second World War, and he
claims for his staff, as he properly
should, share of the credit for
the victory finally achieved.
But the task of the past, as DR..
Evans views it, was a small affair
compared with the job which lies
ahead. The United States, he in
sists, must possess "the printed, the
pictorial, the photographic and the
other material which will be needed"
in the years to come. Further, this
accumulation must be comprehended
and understood in pragmatic terms.
To study the data now available and
yet to be acquired, the Librarian
calls for men and women with
trained, talented and resourceful
minds"-people competent to ap-
praise the values gathered and to
process them into channels of public
advantage.
Applicants for help of one variety
Evening star., 1946-04-20

terms, DR.. Dandy's services to suffer-
ing humanity were these: He dis
covered new ways for locating and
photographing brain tumors and
new techniqueS for removing those
malignant growths when found; he
traced low backaches and sciaticas
to ruptured spinal disks and per-
fected surgical procedures for their
care; he demonstrated his methods
to other, younger physicians who will
carry on his work.
Obviously, DR.. Dandy best can be
eulogized by those who knew him
Intimately. The lay community
nonetheless has an obligation to
put its appreciation of him on
record. He was above all else an
American citizen, sharing as the
generality of his contemporaries did
in the development of the Nation
Brusque in manner often, sharp Of
tongue on occasion, he was armored
thus against disturbing sentimental
lty. Yet he was capable of vast
spontaneous generosity, steady and
patient kindness. There was too
much sorrow in the world for him to
be completely happy even in the
trlumphs which he won. Content
ment never came to him. Not long
before the end, he said to colleague
that he wished he could do more.
Such an attitude was characteristic
OF him. 1t is good to know that his
contribution to science, to increased
knowledge of how to treat pain, will
continue indefinitely.
Evening star., 1946-04-20
We RECOGNIZE Tito

The full diplomatic recognition eX-
tended by our Government to the
Yugoslav regime headed by Marshal
Tito marks the end of a somewhat
uncertain course of American policy
towards that Balkan country.
1t begins with the gradual with
draWal, first of assistance and later
OF diplomatic intercourse by Wash
lngton from the government of King
Peter in favor of the rival Yugoslay
regime of Tito. In this, We tended to
follow the line of British diplomacy.
which, in turn was motivated bv
higher" considerations of Anglo
Russian policy.
Yugoslavia, of course, formed an
exception to its Balkan neighbors in
that 1t resisted the Axis and thus fell
into another category than Austria,
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, all
OF whom had formed part of the Axis
bloc. Still, it was apparently under
stood at the Yalta and Potsdam Con-
ferenceS that the formula there
evolved should apply to Yugoslavia;
namely, that the Big Three" should
assist in the establishment of it's
political life, attained by the estab-
hShment OF a postwar government
representing all parties not tarred by
"collaborationism" with the Axis and
chosen through free elections.
1t soon became obvious that the
Tito regime was not living up to the
formula. The agreement" which
Tito made to accept representa- tives
of other parties ended in their res
lgnation because of the intolerable
situation wherein they found them
selves. This was followed last No
Vember by elections" held under
such conditions that they were far
clcal in character. Accordingly, last
December, our State Department
sent the Tito regime note making
clear our disapproval and saying
that it wished to be understood that
establishment of diplomatic rela-
tlons with the present regime in
YugoslaVla should not be interpreted
as implying approval of the policies
of the regime or its failure to imple-
ment the guarantees Of personal
freedom promised its people"
American disapproval of it's acts
had no effect upon the Tito regime,
strongly backed as it was by Moscow.
What the State Department has now
done is to recognize the Tito regime
Notwithstanding, on receipt of for
mai assurance that the regime was
prepared to observe existing treaties
and agreements between the two
countries, these being routine mat
ters such as commerce, naturaliza-
ton, extradition and the like.
Since Yugoslavia stood on diff
ferent wartime status from the Axis
satellite countries, it's formal rec
ognition need not necessarily form
a precedent for Washington's action
toward them. On the other hand, it
may betoken a desire to regularize
our diplomatic relations with a part
OF the world which is clearly in the
Russian orbit and about which we
have thus far been able to do very
little to the contrary
Evening star., 1946-04-20
DR.. DANDY

Dead of heart disease at sixty
Walter Edward Dandy has left a
name which almost certainly will
endure for generations. He was one
Of the great creative pioneers in the
difficult field of neurological surgery
and as such will be remembered not
only by his professional followers
but by the public at large. The story
OF his career already is a popular
legend. 1t will be part of the history
OF modern American medicine as
long as the healing art itself survives.
DR.. Dandy's life, however, was
nothing extraordinary as he person.
ally Wit. He disclaimed romantic
interpretations of his work. Born
at Sedalia, Missouri, in 1886, he at
tended the university of his native
State from 1907 until he transferred
to JoHls Hopkins in 1910. The
famous surgical mentor, DR.. William
Stewart Halsted, persuaded him to
specialize in the study of the brain
and the nervous system. When he
had made that decision, he abided
by 1t faithfully. During three long
and inoEdinately busy decades, he
courageoNsly experimental, bravely
operated, wrote and taught in Balti-
more. His achievement, summarized
in his own language, is told in fifty
six words in current biographical
dictionaries.
Explained in less rigidly technical
Evening star., 1946-04-20
This Changing World
By Constantine Broz0n

One of the most serious handicaps
on American foreign-policy trainers is
the difficulty of obtaining reasonably
accurate information about what is
going on in areas which the Russians
hold in heavy shroud of secrecy.
The State, War and Navy Depart
ments know officially only what the
Russians want us to know. Unofficial
reportS-from agents of all kinds--are
not always reliable. These men and
women work under very difficult con-
ditlons. They are less in search Of
military information than information
on actual conditions which prevail in
the areas under Russian occupation in
Germany, the Balkans, Central Europe
and the Middle East.
The decision of the Teheran govern
ment to muzzle the local press and for
elgn reporters was prompted by orders
1rom Moscow. The Soviets have never
liked the prying activities of these men
who search for news, and have cur
tailed their activities draStically by CEN
sorshlp and refusal to permit them to
move anywhere without government
escorts These escorts see that no.
body but goVernment-Selected people
are approached by the correspondents
of newspapers in the western democ-
racies and allow them to travel only in
areas open to them.
While Russian correspondents have
the right to travel all over the United
States, Britain and other western demo-
cratic countries where constitutional
governments exist, the reporters of these
countries are treated by the Soviet and
It's satellites as undesirable aliens who
should be watched with utmost care.
X X
American diplomats are, in fact, as
much restricted as the unofficial Amer
lcan obSerVers-the foreign correspond
ents. They receive permits to travel
with greater ease. But they too, are
followed by agents of the secret state
police which, while not bothering them
directly, do shadow them. Any native,
except those designated by the govern
ment, who dares to speak privately with
foreigner is doomed. He will "disap-
pear from his home within "a hours.
Evening star., 1946-04-20

or another, DR.. Evans explains, are
coming to the Library in ever
increasing throngs. The number of
readers rose more than a hundred
thousand in 1945 Over a million
and a half different pieces"-books,
pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, pho
tographs, etc.-Were brought from
shelves and cabinets to be used by
citizens of every class and by many
visitors from other lands, including
some whose own libraries had been
destroyed in Che struggle with the
Axis enemies. More than a thousand
congressional inquiries a month
were "handled' by the Legislative
Reference Service alone, and it
should be mentioned in this connec-
ton that the handling" of such
questions cannot be and is not
casual.
The same observation applies to
requests for aid from cooperating
libraries overseas. DR.. Evans asserts
for his organization that it strives
for "the removal of false partitions
between nation and nation" The goal
set for the Library, then, is universal
in its application. 1t is in the largest
photographic establishment on earth
as a force working in the widest
conceivable field for the correction
of ignorance and the terrible fruits
of ignorance that the Librarian
puts his faith. He sees the Library
as a power for peace and for life
worth living. Perhaps the most
meaningful words in the entirety
of his report are these: "By the
common efforts of mankind, COM
monty applied, knowledge as con-
tanned in the records man has made,
now hidden behind the confusion of
his symbols, may be recovered,
recorded and mastered for the
enlightenment and welfare of the
human family"
Evening star., 1946-04-20
Our Future Insurance
BY George Fieldine Eliot

The Army needs force of $4,000
officers and men on July /, 1916, and a
force of 100000 officers and men on
July /, 1947.
All responsible individuals have agreed
that these requirements are essential
to fulfill our national commitments.
There is likewise general agreement
that these numbers cannot be assured
by voluntary enlistment alone. There
is some difference of opinion over the
extent of the deficit if voluntary en-
llstment is the only means left to the
Army OF getting its man-power require
ments. But that there will be a deficit
there is no doubt in the mind of any
one who has really studied the problem.
The extent OF the deficit depends on
the rate at which voluntary enlist
ments continue If these go on about
as they are now, there will be a deficit
of $4,000 men on July l. 1947-about
Is per cent below the required level
If, however, selective service is discon-
tinued, and this fact has the effect
on voluntary enlistments which in
formed observers anticipate, the man
power deficit on July l, 1947, will be
anywhere from $4,000 to 100000 men
the latter being Gen. Hersheys esti-
mate, and Gen. Hershey is in a po-
sitlon to make a pretty good guess
That means deficit of 37l2 per cent of
the Army's need: which are. it should
hardly be necessary to add, the Nations
needs.
The Military Affairs Committee of
the House of Representatives faced
with these facts, tried to dodge it's
responsibilities by reporting out a bill
which is wholly useless to the Army
and which in effect passes the buck to
the President to decide for or against
restoration of the draft after a five
month enforced Holiday"
First, it would permanently stop in
ductlon of young men in the 1919 year
age brackets. Since these are almost the
only men now available, resumption of
the draft after five months would have
little meaning. Only about 10000 men
could be obtained. The man-power pool
of the Nation is dry and the House bill
cuts off the spring which feeds its
Second, it would require the immedi-
ate discharge of all inductees after l8
months of service. The War Depart
ment hopes to reach this standard for
discharge of inductees gradually-prob-
ably in the fall of this year. To re-
quire its immediate application would
produce definite shortage of 10000
men on July /, 1916.
Third, the general effect of the House
bill Is a declaration by Congress that
Evening star., 1946-04-20
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

NEW YORK, April 20-The issue Of
communism threatens to divide the
world INTO two camps 1t is the UNDER
lying question which has caused much
OF the friction existing in the United
Nations since it first got down to busi-
ness in London last January-friction
which has continued throughout the
first month the organizations Security
Council has been sitting in New York.
Russia, which has emerged from the
war as one of the great powers, is the
head and forefront of the present
theological drive to extend this political
philosophy throughout the world. Being
realiStS, the Russians have undertaken
to extend their sphere of political in
f1uence into many countries as the most
feasible way of accomplishing their
ends. Although Russia and her inter
ests are threatened by none of the So
called Western democracies, Moscow
continues to scream from the housetops
against the capitalistic nations. 1t is
not hopeful situation.
The latest object of Russian attack is
the Franco Fascist government in Spain,
whose head the Soviet government de-
mands at the hands of the Security
NOttlitAi. 1to lOl tIlc Ofel
throw of Frances government have
much to commend them to the other
nations that fought against the Axis in
the recent war
Frances government was established
through the aid of Nazi Germany and
Fascist Italy Franco did give all the
aid he could to the Axis powers, with
out formally entering the war. Russia
remembers with cause the Spanish
Blue Division" which fought against
her on the eastern front. Frances gov
ernment is still Fascist, and Russia
insists that it has already become the
focal point for another Fascist effort to
dominate the world.
The WeItern democracies have no love
for the Franco government. Indeed, the
United States, Britain and France have
been seeking for months in diplomatic
way to put the skids under Franco. The
United Nations Security Council, how
ever, is faced with a principle-the
principle that there must be no inter-
ference with the domestic affairs of any
nation. The one exception is that the
charter Of the United Nations does
permit of collective action when the
domestic affairs or situation in a nation
threaten international peace And so
there is reluctance on the part of the
Evening star., 1946-04-20

western democracies to support collec-
tive action. They do not wish to estab-
hsh dangerous precedent-particular
y for the sake of the less strong conn
lrleS-of intervening to overthrow
government.
Further-and here is where the diyi-
SION over communism enters the pic
ture-the western democracies fear that
II civil war is forced on Spain through
the action of the Security Council a
new held and a fertile one for COM
monlsm Will be Sown. In addition.
Britain sees her life line to the Medi-
terranean and the East threatened if
government wholly friendly to Russia
and perhaps unfriendly to herself, is
set up in Spain. Already the Com
munlst party in France is powerful.
ana other European countries are not
anxious TO see it extend into Spain.
Inc Russians argue plausibly that
1aSclsm got its start in Germany when
that country was militariIy weak
after the World War. They contend
that simply because Spain TODAY is in
no position to start an aggressive war
is no reason for not stamping out now
these cells Of fascism.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet DELEGATE in
the Security Council, had a real point
When he said that noninterventionist
policies OF the western nations-par-
ucularIy Britain and France-in the
years before Nazi Germany became
powerful enough to seek world don1ina-
ton had resulted in catastrophe for all
the peace-lovlng nations. These non
mterVentlonlsts, when Germany became
strong, were called the appeasers and
appeaSement was from the start a fool
ish policy.
Communism, to the democratic mind.
Is as much totalitarian form of gov
eminent as fascism. 1t does not run
on all fours with personal freedom.
The fact that Soviet Russia, not content
with communism within her own bor-
ders, never hesitates to proselyte in
other lands is the principal disturbing
factor in the situation That. and the
curtain which, Soviet Russia persistent
ly lowers over her own political aims.
are what is hampering international
relations today.
All of this makes the task of the Sc
curlty Council particularly difficult. No
one believes that Russia wants war
certainly not now. But what Russia
wants is still the chief political conun-
drum of the world.
Evening star., 1946-04-20
Favorable Outlook
From the New York Journal of comme,

From the New York Journal of Commers.
Seldom has the business outlook been
so favorable as it is today The great
backlog of unsatisfed demand assures
industry a market for all the goods it
can turn out. Consumers are amply
provided with purchasing power with
which to pay for the goods they need.
1t appears that a period of sustained
prosperity is inevitable. and the stock
market has been discounting just such
a development during the past few
months.
But this highly favorable outlook does
not of itself guarantee that the nation
will enter Immediately upon a period
of prosperity. Unrealstic Government
controls and strikes can prevent an in
dustry from functioning, regardless Of
how large the demand for its products
may be. Shortages of some products
prevent other industries from attaining
a high level of production.