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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18

News Notes
Mrs. Lawrence Kins of Libby,
worked as relief operator at the
depot for two days last week.
Paul Church of Libby was a caller
here Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Lyons of
Livingston, were guests at the Sam
Eeighty home last week. Mr.. Lyons
was a former army buddy of MIR.
Leighty's.
Miss Esther Ann Madden returned
to Seattle the first of the week af-
ter spending a vacation at the home
of her parents. As,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trumbley of Mich
igan are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Cole.
Mrs. D. L. Powell left Thursday
for Garboldi, Ore, where the
Powell family will reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ross and family
of Chester, were guests at the home
of Mr.. Ross parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Ross, the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Thompson and
Frances, were callers in Whitefish
and KaIispell last week.
Mrs. Ed Clark was i'll last week
and went to Whitefish for medical
attention.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18
Reodjustment Act
Helps Former Vets

Lincoln countys farm population
is probably as large today as it was
in 1880, according to D. O. Mount,
manager of the Libby office of the
Montana Employment Service, who
made the comment in connection
with the results of a study being
made of assistance given self-em-
ployed farmer veterans under pro-
vision of the Servicemen's Read
justment Act
Mount stated that the 1880 census
gave Lincoln county SOB farm units
ard the l945 total was A8s. BE
cause of the help given veterans
in the Eureka, Rexford Yak, Troy
and Libby areas in establishing their
own farming businesses" he ex-
planned, the Lincoln county toTal
Oh farm units now is almost GER
tain to be considerably over SOC"
Under this law. Mount pointed
out honorably discharged veterans
owning their own businesses can
draw up to 500 per month minus
the net profits of the business, if
any, for the month. Credits vaiy
in accordance with length of ser
vice but no veteran IS entitled to
more than Sl04a In Liacc In county
veterans taking alvar,fge of this
help include logging contractors,
owners Of retail businesses, builI-
CTS and farmers.
Commenting further on the m
petus given farming ranching ac.i-
V'ties in Linco'l county ? the S"r-
vicemen's Read ,ustment ret, Noun;
said only nine self-Cmployed vet
Grams had submitted claims in Aug
ust. Inasmuch as few veterans
have exhausted their rights. he is
Of the opinion that most of them
now have their businesses on
paying basis most of the year.
indicative Of the good accom-
plished by this program in Lincoln
county is the file of commendatory
and apreciative letters received from
Lincoln county self-employed vet
Grams" Mount said, calling atten-
ton to excerpts from two:
Il sincerely believe that the re-
adjustment allowance program is
completely satisfactory in its pres
ent form. II certainly was a Won
derful help to me when ! needed
the allowance and / appreciated the
help / received.
Il know several veterans who
are operating a rather successful
business, who without aid wouldn't
have had the opportunity"
Thirteen letters, most Of them
favorable, are in the files of the
Unemployment Compensation Com |
mission, which administers the law
in Montana, Mount said, adding |
that he believes the one that fol- |
lows expresses the reaction of the
typical self-employed veteran in this
section:
It's a lot more than I had ex-
pected, and although / haven't had /
to draw many checks, those l did |
draw have helped to get me started. |
and have surely appreciated the |
courteous service / have received |
in the employment office"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18

Leo Collar of Seward, Alaska ar
rived here the first of the. week
Mr.. Collar accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. Barnes. who made the trip
over the Alaskan Highway. Mrs.
Barnes is the former F1ossie Smith.
Sheriff Roy Livengood Of Libby
was an official caller here Sunday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18

Mr.. and MRS. Fred Clark of Kali
ispell were callers here the first
of the week. Mr. Clark rented the
Hurst cottage and viii be here dur
ing the Christmas tree season. Mr..
Clark also leased some land from
Sam Mocko, to be used for a Christ
mas tree yard.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this means to
express our sincere appreciation and
thanks to the Moose Lodge, the I'm
ion, and our many friends and
neighbors who were so helpful and
sympathetic following the loss of our
loved one.
Mrs. Melvin Wilson
Marlene and Judy
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18
MRS. SMITH MaeNEUL'S
FATHER PASSED AWAY JULY s

Word was received in this office
Monday Of the death of Mrs. Smith
AacHeill's father at Wilmington,
Penn, July 5. His death occurred
suddenly and resulted from a heart
attack. In addition TO Mrs. Nc
NELL, he is survived by a son and
his wife. Mrs. McNeill viii return
70 Montana upon the settlement of
her fathers estate.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18

Jimmy Raft, winner of the Keg-
Ter scholarship, is leaving this week
for Missoula where he will be a
freshman.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No. 1881 meets the End and
9Th Tuesday of each month.
Thomas F. Murray of MissouIa is
expected in Libby over the week
end to visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Baker and Mrs. Mary
Hargreaves. His wife and son,
Terry, who have been visiting in
Libby will return home with him.
The Episcopal Guild will hold d
Rummage Sale September 25lh in
the Dr. Sherman Bldg. A good
heater will be on sale.
Wilbur Wickersham returned to
his home in Richland, Wash, Mon
day after a few months in Libby.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18

RICH thoughts and deeds are the
sovereign remedies for all earth's
woe.--Mary Baker Eddy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18
Legislature Moy
Meet To Curb The
COMPILING Problem

Gov. Sam c. Ford has reported
that he has received assurance from
about one-fourth of the States
Legislators that they are in favor
of a special session to curb gambling
in Montana if other methods prove
fruitless."
Ford said that only three or four"
persons of those replying to his
letter had opposed a special ses-
sion if that became necessary.
Ford wrote to all the States
legislators asking their opinion
on a special session Of the legis-
lature in order to curb what he
termed fragrant gambling" in Mon
tana. The letter particularly re-
ferred to the so-called non-profit
social clubs, which have been in
cooperating under law passed this
year.
Ford, said the respQnsesahad been
good to his letters. and added, how
ever, that most of the legislators
replying had urged him to exhaust
all other means TO combat the
gambling problem.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-18
REXF0RD
Bridge Club

Bridge Club
The first meeting of the Bridge
club met at the home of Mrs. Ed
Arnold, Thursday night, Sept III
Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Bud
Leighty, high, Mrs. James Hurst,
second, and Miss Esther Ann Mad
den, low.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Mississippi
Letter of the Law

LeIIeT OF me Low
Some of the 5000 Negroes who
voted in Mississippi's Democratic
primary this week were asked to
swear their dislike of federal anti
lynch and anti-poll tax laws as a
prerequisite to voting.
In the first test of a 1947 law de-
signed to discourage Negro voting the
Negroes also were required to swear
accord with "the time-honored and
cherished traditions of the South
The new law decreeing that all
voters must certify agreement with
party principles as set forth by the
state Democratic executive committee
was passed at a special session of the
Legislature last March.
Herbert Holmes, chairman of the
state Democratic executive commit
tee declared that color had been no
bar to voting. Both whites and
Negroes were challenged, he said, if
they did not meet all requirements
of the law.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Fish
Red Sea Plague

Red SEQ Plague
A great mass of dead fish-victims
of a mysterious sea plague-drifted
slowly northward along Florida'S gulf
coast.
Scientists blame the plague on a
microscopic sea organism called by
some Red Tide and by others dino
f1agellata. The only sign of its pres
ence is pink tinge to the waves.
The mass of fish, with its accom-
panying amber-colored waters, was
discovered off Clearwater. 1t extended
about go miles long and Is miles wide.
So many big fish were in the tight
ly-packed mass, observers said, it
looked as though zone could walk
across it like logs"
The fish mass was drifting north
ward about five miles in "a hours.
Last February a similar plague
killed millions of fish off Florida's
west coast.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Hughes Us.
Brewster

n Ii the heat in Washington
"A did not come from the sum-
mer sun.
In the Senate's big, air-condi-
toned caucus room, a Subcommit-
tee of the Senate'S War Investi-
eating Committee delved into the
background of $40OOO,OOO in plane
contracts held by Howard Hughes
and the part recommendation from
Elliott Roosevelt played in the award
of one $22,000,000 contract.
The hearings were studded with
big names. Witnesses included Henry
Kaiser, one of World War IFS indus
trial miracle men; Hughes, million
aire plane and. movie producer and
Elliott, the second son of the late
President and wartime air corps
colonel.
Entertainment Plus
There were tales of gorgeous girls
and parties paid for on aircraft ex-
penSe accounts.
Elliott, later a brigadier general,
testified that he was not even in the
US. on % specific occasions, between
December q, 1914, and April, 1945.
when John Meyer, Hughes publicity
man, listed him as receiving expens-
i've entertainment. He said he always
paid his "fair share" of the bills for
parties he did attend.
Roosevelt accused the Army's Ma
terrell Command of having done
miserable job" said he personally
had recommended cancellation OF
more than $l00,000,G00 in contracts
let by it, and declared it was "an in
tereSting fact" that the former head
of the unit, Maj. Gen. o. P. Echols,
ret, now works for an association
of American aircraft manufacturers.
He accused Republican senators on
the committee of singing him out for
inquiry because he is son of the lale
President Roosevelt
Hughes charged from Los Angeles
that Sen. Owen Brewster (R-Me)
committee chairman tried to 'coerce''
him by offering to drop the investiga-
ton last winter if he would consent
to merge Trans World AirlineS lin
which Hughes is principal stockholC-
err with Pan American. Brewster s
sponsor of a bill to consolidate over
seas operations of US. commercial
airlines.
Hughes remained in seclusion in
Los Angeles until midweek, lodging
a committee subpoena ordering his
immediate appearance. He arrived IN
Washington on Wednesday to testify
-. Al fs-I. ~
pushed around"
Sen. Claude Pepper (D-Fla), +;
member of the committee, said h'
thought the probe ought to include
wartime entertainment expenses o
JUS. Steel, General Motors, other BIZ
aircraft manufacturers, Pan-Americal
and T.W.A."
e Il just don't want fish to be mad
d of one and Roosevelt of the other,
t. Pepper said.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Quotes

Cary Grant: Every time I'm
bachelor Howard Hughes
calls up and suggests, Let's go
see what the worlds made
Of"
Isaac Penn, 80, of Philadel-
phia, applying for his third
marriage license: when a wife
cooks a good meal she has a
right to expect her husband to
come home and eat it."
Mrs. Joseph L. Hardy, 81, I'M
der arrest with her husband in
the Staying of Burbank, Calf,
motorist: 1T would be heavenly
to die in the gas chamber with
joey"
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
ABROAD: Terror Mounts in Holy Land
'Mode-in-Jopon'

'Mode-in-Jopon'
While an 11-nation commission pre-
pared to discuss preliminary plans for
the japanese peace treaty in Wash
ington, the world will resume private
trade on limited scale with Japan
on August Is.
Under strict rules, laid down by
Gen. MacArthur's occupation staff, no
more than 400 foreign traders will be
permitted in Japan at any one time.
American traders will be limited to
102. This restriction is expected to
result in a single agents representing
many firms.
Foreigners will be authorized to
visit Japan to buy goods, sell needed
raw materials, ship materials to be
proceSsed in Japan for the foreign
shipper, to provide banking, ship
ping and communication services for
other foreign traders and, to inspect
property and examine investment op-
portunities.
At first it is expected many goods
will be of inferior quality but others
will be. on par with prewar made
in Japan" workmanship.
AS resumption of peacetime trad
ing neared, the International Tribunal
trying former premier Hideki TOTO on
war crimes charges in Tokyo was told
the economic easoning which
prompted Japan to attack Pearl Har-
bor
Counsel for TOTO declared thai
Japan's decision was based on eco.
nomic blockade and plans by the
US, Britain, the Netherlands anc
China for military cooperation in thu
Pacific against the Nipponese.
The powder keg of war with it!
many fuses was plainly visible for al
to see," declared Tojo's chief Ameri
can counsel. who lit the first fuse il
all important-not which fuse set of
the first blast"
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15

will make 35 explorations during the
coming year for strategic metals and
minerals on the nations scarcity list.
The search, in 10 states and Alaska,
will be concentrated primarily on
eight commodity groups, classified by
the Army-Navy Munitions Board as
facing critical shortages.
Mine bureau experts will go after
lead and zinc deposits harder than
anything else, said Lowell B. Moon,
director. The other commodities are
tine, rutile, copper, iron, mercury,
beryllium-tantalum and tungsten.
Rutile is an ore of titanium, beryl-
lium is an important source of neu-
irons for .bombardment of atoms and
tantalum is used in the manufacture
of electronics tubes.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Hot Shots

o The human body - once valued
chemically at SO centS-now is worth
$31.04 in the infationary market, ac-
cording to the curator of Northwest
ern University's chemistry depart
ment.
o Rhyolite, one Of Nevada'S ghost
mining towns, went on the block this
week to the highest bidder. With it
went railroad station that never
saw train, bar, casino and a
house constructed entirely of empty
beer bottles. Most tangible asset was
hotel with an "ample stock of
liquor"
o Some $50 Atlantic City, N. J.,
merchants made it virtually impos-
sible to get an overtime parking
ticket along the resorts main street.
They checked parking meters outside
their stores and deposited nickels
where needed.
O The us. Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice and the Maine Sea and Shore
Fisheries Department have joined
hands in a two-year birth control
campaign on gulls ravaging Maine
BURBERRY crops.
O Argentina ordered its two largest
newspapers, La PrenSa and La Nd
cion, to show cause why they should
not pay import duties on newSprint.
The government contends they are
commercial enterprises and that the
law exempts newsprint duties only to
cultural publications. Both La
PrenSd and La Ndcion have been criti-
cal of the government.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Crime
Recurrent Cycles

NS~Sii~H
A major crime was committed every
1877 seconds in the United States last
year, reports the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. This adds up to 1885,
203 major crimes in the nation in
1916, a 16-year high.
The present crime wave started in
1914 and 1945 at the height of ra-
tioning and found expression in black
market operations, robberies and hi
jackings of short-supply materials.
One of its most serious implications
was in the youth of the average GRIM
inal. The average age of persistent
offenders then was II.
In early 1916, the first phase gave
way to the second. Young, often
childish, lawbreakerS grew older. and
graduated into more serious crimes.
The average age of offenders in 1916
passed 81.
The FBI says this is the same cycle
which occurred in the 192O's, except
that then prohibition led to bootleg
gers, and paved the war for a wide
spread breakdown in law and order.
The third phase in the crime cycle
after World War l was gang warfare
as the criminal underworld grew
powerful and turned its guns on
itself.
Efficient and coordinated police
agencies, says the FBI, may prevent
the present crime cycle from ever
achieving its third phase-the gang
era.
Police authorities throughout the
nation report no indications of or
ganized crime or gang warfare. One
of the few instances was the gang
Staying of Buggy Siegel in Los
Angeles.
Despite countrywide reaSsuring re-
ports, however, the FBI is wary OF
the future. 1t says gang activity is
not an overnight proposition"
The main gangster tool, the firearm
is much in evidence. Foreign guns oil
all kinds were brought back as SOU
venirs" by the armed services. Police
departments throughout the lane
have been swamped with illegally
owned weapons since the war.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Schools
The Coming Crisis


The first wave of millions of Amer
lean babies born during the war will
enter first grade and kindergarten
this fall and create a school crisis.
First-grade enrollmentS will be
about nine per cent higher this fall
than last, according to the US. Office
of Education.
The upsWing in births has carried
over into postwar years. In 1916 the
total reached 3,260,000, a record high,
about SO per cent higher than in 1910.
Many educators predict school ia
cilities will have to be increased from
one-fourth to one-third.
There were 17O47 500 births from
194l through 1916. This is 1851 1853
more than were born from 1895
through 1910.
The peak problem, in education is
not buildings, however, but teachers.
High salaries offered by other occu-
pations enticed 100000 qualified
teachers from the profession during
the war.
: ST is estimated we will need about
100000 new teachers and about $780,
600 new classrooms during the next
10 years." says DR.. John w. Stude-
baker, US. commissioner of educa-
ton. 'On the basis of births since the
start of the war, the number of ele-
mentary school children will increase
by about 100000 in the next six
years. This is rise of about one
third"
DR.. Studebaker estimates there will
be about 100000 more high school
students and 100000 more college
students during the same period.
He advocates three-point program
to meet the coming educationa
crisis:
l. More public information abou
the school situation.
2. A nationwide building program
to provide modern schools anC
equipment.
Increased educational budgets Il
place teacher salaries on a profes
sional level.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Lincoln
Distilled Mercy

Distilled Mercy
The Library of Congress this week
released a new letter showing how
Abraham Lincoln stood between SIM
pie military justice and a bewildered
populace. 1t was from the Robert
Todd Lincoln collection opened two
weeks ago.
The wife of man who enlisted in
the Union Army while intoxicated
and then deserted appealed to Lin
coin for a pardon. The deserter'S wife
explained that her husband had re-
ceived only a uniform before he de-
cided he didn't like the Army and
went back to his business.
Lincoln pardoned him on condition
that a replacement be provided for
three years.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
NATION: Science on Guard

In world still dominated by power
politics, America was advised this
week to keep strong as the best in
surance against war; Gen. George c.
Kenney, the nations strategic air
commander, declared that if the
United States sis not resolved to have
the Number One air force, we might
as we'll have none"
Despite Americas unsurpassed nat
ural resources, military men long
have pointed out that this nation does
not possess an abundance of all stra-
tegic materials. There is world
scramble for uranium, the vital ele-
ment in atomic bombs. Rubber, oil
and nitrates are far more valuable
than frankincense and myrrh.
Need for Research
Constant research and scientific ex-
ploration is necessary to keep abreast
of changing national and world needs.
Early in the peace, US. govern
ment board was created to supervise
Stockpiling of strategic raw materials.
A long range planning board also was
set up to safeguard vital industries
and locate them away from vulnerable
population centers Underground sites
for some vital factories are being
planned.
This week the War Department an
nounced plans to keep so complete
aforementioned industrial plants
ready for immediate specialized pro-
duction in the event of another war
Search for Minerals
The federal Bureau of Mines also
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
In Short

Demanded: By the US, an apology
from the CommuniSt-dominated Hun
garian government for arrest by po-
litical police of an American citizen;
his crime, criticizing communism.
Agreed: By the Ford Motor Co., to
avert a strike by its 100000 Go
United Auto Workers, a years grace
from strike damage suits under the
new Taft-Hartley Labor Law.
Resigned: The Rev. Joseph A. Ra-
bun, pastor and foe of Herman Tai
madge's white supremacy" doctrine,
after his congregation asked him to
leave 'for the good of the church."
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
corregidor
Catered Wor Memorial

The u. S.. Army formally turned
over to the Philippines Republic this
week the battered island fortress of
Corregidor in Manila Harbor.
The Brock" no longer will be unit
in the American line of defense under
a 99-year base agreement with the
Philippines. The sentimental value of
the island is such, however, that the
Philippine government will convert
its historic installations into a perma-
nent war memorial.
Philippine Scouts have sherherded
thousands of visitors over Coz regidor
since the end of hostilities but no eff
fort was made to clear the terrible
debris of war.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15

India, will formally surrender the
power of the British crown to Pakis-
tan at Karachi. the new states capt.
tai, on August IA. Mountbatten will
fly to New Delhi the next day to re-
peat the ceremony for Hindu India.
The Viceroy then will become India's
governor general.
On August Is British troops will
yield their responsibility for law and
order to the dominions armed forces.
The first units of British troops will
be evacuated from Bombay on Au-
gust II.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
Dates
Tuesday, August IL

Tuesday, August IL
Anglo-American conference on
Ruhr coal scheduled to open in
Washington.
Thursday, August IA
Anniversary (second), Japan'S
surrender.
Friday, August Is
Feast of Assumption (Holy
Day..
Reopening of Japan to limited
private trade.
Britain turns over power in
India to Hindustan and Pakistan.
Pan American conference OPP
ems in Rio de Janeiro.
Anniversary (33rd), Panama
Canal.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15

even be deliberately closed and their
work force Shunted into export in
duStrieS.
Attlee said his government was
seeking easements of the swiftly dis
appearing $3,750,O0O,0O0 loan and the
negotiation of new American credits.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
10 3 | ) III EEK K
IN: Facing New Economic Crisis

TTARD-PRESSED Britain,
II which emerged victorious but
virtually bankrupt from the war,
faces a critical economic crisis.
British industries have failed to
meet production goals for export
or even domestic needs. Britain relied
on the American loan to tide her over
the period until her trade could be
brought into balance.
Failure of British industry to hit
its prewar stride forced an austerity
program, unapproached in severity
even during the war, on the British
people. That failure also meant that
American credits were being con-
sumed far faster than the government
anticipated.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee, in
one of the important announcements
since the war, proclaimed an emer-
gency before Parliament Wednesday
and proposed drastic measures to deal
with the crisis.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15

Winston Churchill, wartime Prime
Minister and now spokesman for the,
Conservatives, pledged his party
would support measures, however Sc
we're, for the national interest. Speak
ing of further American aid, Church.
i'll said:
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15

'There is no shame in one brave
and faithful ally, deeply injured in
the common struggle, asking another
to help him recover and stand upon
his feet. Had positions been reversed
we would have done the same for
them"