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Evening star., 1947-02-06
Robinson Not Major
I Ta|ent, Hems|ey Says
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.-Rol-
licking Rollie Hemsley, in town to
sign his 1947 Philadelphia Phillies'
contract, said he didn't believe
Jackie Robinson, Negro baseball
star, would make the major league
grade.
Hemsley, veteran catcher who
has been working as grip type
of carpenter) in the United Artists
Studios in Hollywood, transformed
after the 1916 season with Bobby
Feller and one Of the players he
faced was Robinson.
Robinson played four games
against U.s." Hemsley said, "and
made one hit, on a bunt. He is fast,
and when you say that you have
said it all. I don't think he can
make the major league grade"
Hemsley said Robinson had only
a fair arm and doesn't cover sec
ond base any too well on double
plays and certainly has no power
at the bat"
Evening star., 1947-02-06

within two weeks. He said the
card would be virtually the same
as last year with the exception
of Tulsa in place of Scranton,
which adds considerable prestige
to the schedule, and the moving
Of the G.. w. game back to
Thanksgiving Day.
When the Hoyas played the
Billikens in st. Louis last year 1t
marked their previous longest
trip West.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Trippi Looks to AtIontu
For Pro Baseball Job
By the Assoeiqted Press

ATLANTA, Feb. 6.-Charley
Trippi, Georgia's All-America half
back who signed a 100000 pre- foot
ball contract with the Chicago
Cardinals, indicated today that he
would play baseball with the Atlanta
Crackers. ,
Trippi, who returned from con-
ferences with Major Leogue baseball
officials to announce that he had
decided to sign with either Birming-
ham or Atlanta, conferred yesterday
with General Manager Eddie Glen
non of the former club. The outcome
of the talks was not disclosed.
Evening star., 1947-02-06

George Washington'S Monday
night date with Maryland at Uline
Arena loomed as one of the Colo
malls biggest tests of the season
today after Colonials' f1ve-game win
ming streak was broken by Wash
ington and Lee last night. :.
The $3.50 defeat in the third game
Of a tllree-day trip In Virginia re-
duced the Colonials to a 500 rating
in the conference with 3 victories
and defeats.
Coach Art zahn's team returns to
Virginia for a Saturday night date
with william and Mary before
meeting the Terps in the second
game of their series. G. w. will
be favored to beat the Indians, but
. the Maryland game is a tossup and
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Annual Meeting Slated
By Federal Golf Group

Present and prospective members
OF the Federal Golf Association are
invited to attend the annual meeting
and election of officers Friday, Feb
ruary %, at the Federal Power Com
mission Building, 1757 K street NV.
Paul Carey, president Of the asso-
citation, said a tournament schedule
for 1947 will be approved. Any men,
bers with new business are urged
to attend.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Prsss

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OAKLAND, Calif.-Earl Turner, $50,
Richmond, Calf, knocked out Aaron
NEWARK. n. J.-Tami MaurieIlo,
203k. New York, outpointed Freddie
NEW YORK (Jamaica Arena Tony
Labua. 134, New York, outpointed Dom
aid Murray, 1876, New Rochelle, N. Y.
(6).
PROVIDENCE, r. I-Jackie Weber,
1873. Pawtuckett, outpointed Florient
DeSSmarais, 134A, Manchester. N. H.
'iPS ROCHESTER. N. H-Ieo Laplond,
1873, Lisbon Falls. Me-, knocked out
George Renaud, l32, Lowell, Mass. 90.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Georgetown Tilt With Tulsa
Calls for Record Grid Trip

Georgetown's 1947 football
squad will take the longest trip
in Hoya grid history when it
visits Tulsa University October
18, Athletic Director Rome
Schwagel revealed in announcing
Q two-year pact with the Oilers.
Tulsa will play here in t948.
The Oilers played George Wash
ington here several years ago.
Tulsa won 8 out Of 10 games
last year, but missed a bowl game
for, the first time in six years.
Schwagel said the complete
Hoya grid card will be released
Evening star., 1947-02-06

pltaI and another at Walter Reed.
That's what he calls an easy day-an exhibition
at The Star Club and two more at hospitals.
Hailing and riding taxcabs over icy roads :.
playing on fast table at noon and on slow
table at o'clock making shots under poor
light ;. eating on the rum If eating at all.
Charles Peterson looks midhftyish, actually is &c.
He is bald man of slight build who talks rap
idly and seems to be trying to see how many
billiard exhibitions he squeeze into lifetime
He's been playing for So years, starting in 1888.
He put in what he calls hard day during the
war, when he went to Mather Field, Calf, to ex-
hibt at the Army air base. The captain and
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Cards Come Postponed

The basket ball tilt between Gath
olic University and Washington Col
lege, originally scheduled for tonight
on the Cardinals court, has been
postponed until February %.
Evening star., 1947-02-06
The Time He Slept in on Unlocked Cor

fellow with the master touch doesn't what the
audience given shows service
raen on IA sta
half the other half watching him. He played
to $500 show at Camp Bradford Norfolk.
for wounded veterans hospitals
people forgetting already he
cung them he'll ride coach trains jeeps boats
dump small at when hotels
filled.
Mexico he jumped off bus midnight
hours trying locate Finally
awake he tried the door automobile
locked sleep pure
the noted that
painted in letters, the word Sheriff"
Evening star., 1947-02-06

yesterday and today he scheduled for the National Press
Club and Washington the Bethesda
his schedule He hasn't missed giving annual
show at Walter Reed Hospital since 1917, he says
sharp Star Club yesterday He dashed up
last minute exciedy carrying black case which
ivory the three billiard balls he used
giving wartime hospital exhibitions 1t had just
the gavel the inscription ITO the Pres
I know he hasn't time to receive me Tor
thing ut I'll give to somebody at the
Press he'll leave at the White House some day
from one Missourian another"
Evening star., 1947-02-06
Win, Lose, or Draw
Under IA Shows Makes an Easy Day
By FRANCIS E. sTANN

Charles Peterson, Worlds Greatest Trick Shot Billiard Player
packed his and fiat suitcase which scores OF travel
pasted said "sue I've got few minutes This
exhbonsone the Forest Glen Hos
Evening star., 1947-02-06

lieutenant welfare officers, didn't know that
exhibitions normally between go and 90 minutes
So they booked him for IA shows in day.
assignments giving all IA soweach As minutes
length-sartng finishing at 9:15 And without
a bite Of food!
Peterson Cove 5000 in War Years
Probably other entertainer the world exhb
during Beginning T. 1872 at the
Academy Diego he that he
and hospitals He stopped
counting although usually three exhibitions daily
since.
Blowing afternoon he braved the cold and
evening shows at Georgetown University
Evening star., 1947-08-03

fun" which makes it somewhat
different from the general run Of
works in this field.
Mr.. Byrnes' comic strip, reg
Tar Fellers," is familiar to readers
Of The Star, and the same char
acters-Jimmie Dugan, Puddin-
head Wilson and all the others
are included in this book. But
the cartoons are interspersed with
photographs and descriptions Of
So standard breeds Of dog. Frank
ly, I don't know what kind of
book that adds up to-certainly
not cartoon book and, just as
certainly, not dog book. But,
catalog it as you will, it's an
amusing and Informative volume,
and I have no hesitancy III rec
ommending it both to cartoon
fans and to dog lovers.
Well, that's about the cream of
Evening star., 1947-08-03
By Philip H. Love

~ IKE automobiles, houses
and apartments, mems
suits and white shirts,
- meats and many other
things long taken for granted,
cartoon books have been COM
paratively scarce this year.
Last year, when I began my
survey of cartoon volumes for
The Stars Christmas Book Sup
plement, I had to work standing
up. the piles on my desk were SO
high. This year, I'm sitting down
and could est of the top of the
tallest stack with less difficulty
than I've experiencedjn some of
Washington's best restaurants
these last IL months.
But eating has been no more
of q problem in 1916 than find-
fng-and keeping-a place to live.
And that, I trust, Is about as good
a way as any to lead up to the
statement that, in my opinion,
; the best cartoon of the year con-
Germs the housing shortage.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
For Sportsmen

OLE MISS, by Nash Bucking-
ham. (Putnam; $275) A book
of hunting tales from the Missis-
sippi country. Identical in for
mat with Nash Buckingham's
previous sports volumes.
GOLF BAWLS, by Richard
Armour. Cartoons by Herb Mid
dlecamp. (Beechurst; So Funny
verses and pictures about the
perils Of the links. a
Evening star., 1947-08-03

williams kids Out Our Way"
But, though I cleverly avoided
committing myself on Mr.. Her
riman's work, don't mind COM
ing right out and saying that !,
for one, consider Jim Williams
one of the worlds great car
toonists.
Another good volume is Dogs"
by Gene Byrnes, but I'm not too
sure that it's eligible for mention
in this article. It is, the publish
ers say, "A book Of pictures, In
formation, cartoons, advice ana
Evening star., 1947-08-03
Lots of Good Laughs for the Cartoon Fans

the crop. A few more volumes
remain on my desk, but, like the
little girl in Mr.. Roses cartoon
(see paragraph 12), know they're
not broccoli.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

Saturday Evening Post and, I
suppose, have their following.
Personally, I am not one OF
Hazel's admirers, the servant
problem being what it is; but. to
be as fair as possible under the
circumstances, I'll toss in this
sample:
Hazels boss Is going over his
collection of postage stamps. The
maid, seated nearby and licking
the flap of an envelope, asks, Got
any uncanceled American threes"
Oldtime newspaper readers may
be glad to learn that, a favorite
comic of yesterday, "Krazy Kat"
by the late George HERMAN, is
among the current crop Of car
toon books. There's really no use
commenting on this: Either you
like Krazy and his playmates,
Ignatz Mouse and Offissa Pupp,
or you don't.
The same might be said of J. r.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

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Evening star., 1947-08-03

torts, "and I say the hell with
it!"
Another collection Of magazine
cartoons is Hazel" by Ted Key.
These drawings of a churlish
housemaid appear regularly in the
Evening star., 1947-08-03
THe LIGHT OF STARS

" sUVsSsN9 WsS0vsWsvW
The faseiaatins bios.
raphy Of Pope Fius
XII. faetual. sincere.
divulsins much color.
ful material from be.
hind the scenes At the
Vatican. $3.50
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Elvira Bower of Troy was visit
ing in Libby Monday.
Mrs. Mavis Fry and Mrs. Art
Baker of Troy were in Libby Mon
day.
A record attendance is reported
at the Troop School, a Sunday
School, sponsored by the Assembly
of God church vat Troy. A game
party was held for the members
Thursday night.
Chas Haschke has been sick and
confined to his home for the past
week and unable to be in his usual
place in the meat department of
Bolyard's Grocery and Market.
Little Gayle Barenz returned
home last week from Harlem where
she had been visiting her grand
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Robin
son for the past month. She was
accompanied home by her aunt,
Miss Virginia Robinson.
Visitors at the Harold Gompf
home over the Fourth were Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Rowe and son Neil of
Moscow, Ida, and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Manlowe and children of Spo-
kane. Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Man
lowe are sisters of Mrs. Gompf.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Otto Adams, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrator Of
the estate of Otto Adams, deceased.
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publicati0m
of this notice to the said admins
traitor at Wallace Real Estate A
Pency in Libby, in the County Of
Lincoln, State of Montana, the sane
being me place for the transactiom
of the business of said estate.
H. B. WALLACE,
Administrator of the Is
tate of said Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this
End day of July, 1947.
SMITH MCNEIL
Attorney for Administrators.
(4T-July10-17-24-3D
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Burpee and
daughter, Tamara, returned Sun
day from a weeks vacation in Brem-
erton and Seattle, Wash, where
they visited relatives.
Miss Estelle Crittenden, instruc-
tor at the Northwest Bible Institute,
in Seattle, is visiting at the home
of Rev and Mrs. D. c. Ruthford
of Troy Mrs. Ruthford and Miss
Crittenden are sisters. Another sis
ter, Mrs. A. Hanson of Everett,
Wash, joined them for a vacation
at Glacier Park over the holidays.
Mrs. Ruthe M. Edwards of Great
Falls and daughter, Mrs. Ray w.
Baker arrived in Libby a week ago
to make their home here. Mrs. Ed
wards is employed in the office of
the Kootenai Mercantile, assuming
her responsibilities this week. Paul
L. Searles of New Westminster, B.
c., Mr. and Mrs. L. d. Sunvison of
San Antonio, Texas, and T/Sgt. Ray
w. Baker stationed at Randolph
Field, Texas, spent the holidays
with Mrs Edwards and her daugh- |
ter. Mr. Searles is a son and Sgt. |
Baker IS a son-in-law of Mrs. Ed |
wards. Mrs. Sunvison is a daugh-
.nr
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Mr.. Salamanca and Miss Jose
phine were in Libby Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bradshaw of
Everett, Wash. visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Paulson over
the holidays. Te~ -
Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Fremstad of
McCleary, Wn., arrived Sunday to
visit at the Burpee home and will
be in Libby few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lindsay and
daughter, Joan and Marlene, ar
rived home Tuesday evening after
spending few days in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Larson of
Spokane returned home Monday af-
ter visiting for several days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Nor
rison
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Leach spent
the holidays in Kalispell where they
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E. Claypool. The Claypools are
Mrs. Leach's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Brookbush
of Idaho Falls are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lind
say and family Mrs. Lindsay is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Brook
bush.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
CALL FOR BIDS

Bids will be received up to and
including 200 o'clock p. m, Aug
ust IL, l947 for the purchase of:
One Cd Four Wheel Drive Truck.
Gross rating 10000 lbs. Hydraulic
dump box 215-3 yd. capacity, 900
by 90 tires. Full specifications are
on file in the office of the Clerk
and Recorder and may be seen by
interested parties.
Commissioners reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
Bids must be addressed to the
County Clerk, Libby, Montana.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
JAMES MAHONEY,
Chairman.
ATTEST:
C. c. EARLE
(3T-July 10-17-24)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Rev. and Mrs. Willis Munsen and
children of Spokane visited from
Wednesday until Sunday at the
home of Rev and Mrs. Leon "a
Ayers. Rev. Ayers drove them home
Sunday evening. While here Rev.
Munsen was guest speaker at the
Assembly of God church.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
Nap Of No ghwoy Glacier National Park Spokane Wn
Pawn ShoD Emblem

The three balls over pawn shop
were once a part Of the coat-of-arms
OF the Medici family, the first IA
nous pawnbrokers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
Herd Ducks by Air

Wild ducks often are driven by
airplanes for distances of Is to 20
miles to feeding areas prepared for
them
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Farmers hauled Is million more
tons of milk over rural roads last
year than in prewar years.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
commonwealth StaIes

Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky have officially
adopted the term Commonwealth
instead of State.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Home of Sweet Pea
Sicily is the native home of the
sweet pea.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
Cheese Consumption

Civilian consumption of cheese
reached seven pounds per capita
in l946-the highest in history.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED THIS WEEK

Henry Leland Tennyson and Vic
let Lillian Donikver, both of Great
Falls. They were married July 6
by Rev. w. c. Stearns.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ford of Troy
were in Libby Monday.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

Here's q skort-e0f
for the seasons pretty,
but shorter, hair-dos
a TONI Home Per-
manent! It's the an
,LNrf
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Miss Moore Bride
of John Crawford

At the Shrine of the Blessed Sac
rament yesterday morning, MISS
Patricia Anne Moore, daughter OF
Mrs. John F. Moore and the late
Mr.. Moore, became the bride OF Mr.
John Lamb Crawford, son OF Mrs
Charles A. Crawford and the late
Mr.. Crawford. The Right Rev. E.
Carl Lyons officiated at the II o'clock
ceremony, which was followed by
reception at Wardman Park Hotel.
The brida was given in marriage
bv her cousin, Mr.. William Blakely
Jones. She wore a full-length veil
and an ivory satin gown made with
a long train and net yoke. and she
carried her great-grandmothers S
heirloom lace handkerchief and
white prayer book covered with
white orchids. :.
Dressed alike we're the matron OF
honor, Mrs. James Brown Morrison,
ir. and the maid of honor, Miss
Alice Bolton, in rose velvet period
gowns with matching gloves ana
tulle headdresses with shower bou-
ouets of ivy. The bridesmaids, Miss
Dana Bell. Miss Betty 10 Mantuso
and Miss Mary Elizabeth Fischer OF
Port Chester, N. Y, were similarly
clad in rust-color costumes. while
the Junior bridesmaids, Miss Bar
bara Jones and Miss Kathleen
Moore, wore white organdY frocks
and carried miniature bouquets
of ivy.
Mr.. Warren Robert Pittman was
best man and the ushers were
Messrs. Francis H. McAdams, Robert
A. Overmyer, John Hayden Moore
and Robert Dougan, jr. James Jerry
Moore, brother of the bride, was
Junior usher.
After honeymooning in the North,
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford will make
their home in Washington. The
bride was graduated from Holy Gross
Academy and attended Rosemont
College in Pennsylvania. The bride
groom attended Loyola University in
Chicago, the University OF Indiana
and was graduated from Columbus
University Law School.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
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Evening star., 1947-11-16

Ter 8 at 4 o'clock In the Buffalo
Presby terian Church in Greensboro.
Miss Moore is a graduate Of State
Teachers College, Boone, N. c., and
of st. Leos Hospital School of
Nursing. Her fiance, who gradu-
ated from the National School OF
Photography in Silver Spring,
served three years in the Navy
during the war, seeing combat in
both Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
They will make their home in Wash
inptun
Evening star., 1947-11-16
State SOcietv

Around 500 people, including the
members of the Minnesota delega-
ton in Congress, will attend the
Duluth Arrowhead Night dance.
which will be given Saturday eve
ming by the Minnesota State So
ciety at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Two door prizes will be awarded,
giving the winners one weeks paid
vacation at a resort in the Mime
sofa Arrowhead country.
The general committee in charge
of arrangements includes Mr.. A. B.
Kapplin, chairman; Mr.. Sidney D.
Sarff, Mrs. Barbara Richardson and
Mr.. Gus Nordin. Mrs. Stanley c.
Hedstrom is presidentsof the society.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
From q eoffoge 70 a
R,onsion. coziness Is
the keynote for cheer
full winter living! So
Loan uo,1r houco cIoon

and cozily pine-fresh at the
same time! Use SERGEANT'S
Pine-fragrant Disinfectant to dis
infect, clean and deodorize all at
once leaving behind 1t the
bracing smell of pine! Since
SERGEANT'S Disinfeetant is
times stronger than carbolic acid
against typhoid bacillus, you can
depend on it to freshen sick.
rooms and musty closets, to
sparkle-up bathroom and kitchen
floors, TO disinfect drains and
freshen up the garbage pail.
just ask your Drug Store for
SERGEANT'S Pine-fragrant Dis
infectant tomorrow
Evening star., 1947-11-16

The engagement of Mr.. Thomas
]. Nash III, son of Mrs. Thomas J
Nash, jr., and the late Mr.. Nash
to Miss Louise Wallace Moore Is
announced by her mother, Mrs. VIII
liam s. Moore of Greensboro, N. c
The Wedding will take place Decem-
Evening star., 1947-11-16

eoiffures looking neater and more
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a soft, lasting, "frizz-free" per-
manent . and you can treat
Yourself to 1t right at home, with
NO heat, NO waiting. SMALL
expense! A TONI Home Perma-
nent is as easy as rolling up
your hair on the curriers' -. bat
the wave stays in for months.
The TONI Kit with re-usabie
plastic curriers' costs just 81 -.
with handy fibre curriers', $1.z5:
Prices plus tax. Give yourself
4 TONI Home Permanent!
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Official Version OF Typical
Farm Has Been Challenged

are married and have children and
are on their own.
"N0w my son is on the farm.
He has four boys. They're all un-
der seven. They're healthy, hardy
chaps and they're going to make
good men,"
Representative Gross said he
considers that farm house a typi-
cal farmhouse and the families
who lived in it typical farm fam
flies.
He was reminded that the Agri-
culture Department described the
typical farmhouse as "either in
serious disrepair or perhaps un-
repairable" and without running
water, telephones, central heating
or a bathtub."
well, our farm has convent
ences," he said. 1T has tele-
phone and hot and cold running
water and good heat 1t hadn't a
i bathtub. But that doesn't mean
we weren't clean. And now they're
attaching an addition and install
ling a bathroom"
How about the privy?" he was
asked.
"It's a darn good privy," the
/ Congressman replied. ut is in
spected regularly and it complies
with sanitary regulations. Milk is
produced on the farm, and so
things like the privy have to be
inspected"
| Mr.. Gross thought for a moment
about the Agriculture Department
and then snorted: "The trouble
with the department is that it's
top-heavy. It should be brought
back to Washington and reduced
to buttonhole size. It's trying to
regiment the farmers whole life.
He glanced over the depart,
ment's description of a typica
farm and then got mad all ovel
again.
why he sputtered, "you't
gather from them that farmers arr
!, just trash"