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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-06
LIBBY ITEMS

Lumber and Sawmill Worker
Union No 1881 will meet Febru
airy 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Miller anc
daughter Betty spent Friday il
Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Burreu anc
family spent Sunday at Grand Cou'
lee Dam.
See the Kootenai Mercantile Co.
February Clearance Sale ad on page
four of this issue.
Mrs. L. w. Doxtater returned last
week from Whitefish, where she
had spent a few weeks.
Norman Cormier who is attending
Gonzaga, is visiting at the home o.
Mr. and Mrs. August Sleizer.
A. D. Morton and Johnnie Hus
tuft were business visitors the lat
ter part of last week in Spokane.
Miss Colleen HanSberry returned
Tuesday to her home in Warland
after visiting friends here for sew
era, days.
George Wood was laid up over
the weekend and the first of this
week, suffering from q severe at
tack of flu.
Myron Tinker made a business
trip to Spokane last week, where
he expects to remain for a week
or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell K. Ander-
son had as house guests the past
week, Mrs. Victor Hutton and son.
John of Spokane.
Mrs. A. E. Blackwell returned
home last week from Butte, where
she has visited her mother, Mrs.
L. ]. Pint, who was seriously i'll.
Mrs. Pint was improving when
Mrs. Blackwell returned home.
Ernie Wood, who drove the school
bus Saturday to the Libby White
fish game at Whitefish, tells the
Western News reporter the roads
were so icy that night, that he took
seven hours to drive from Kalispell
10 Libby
Miss Geraldine Burke and George
of Spokane were week
end guests of Mrs. Rosetta Burke
Art Christie returned Friday af-
.er a months vacation visiting rela-
ives in Minneapolis and Great
Falls.
Vernon Crotteau is continuing to
gain strength as he RECEIVERS from
lis severe illness. Mr.. Crotteau is
able to be up and around the house
low and when the weather condi-
ions improve, he expects to be out
ioors again.
Cpl Bob Chapman, who is in
custer Field Hospital in Mississippi,
from an accidental gun
not wound in the left arm, is now
ble to be up and about some. Word I
rom him states that the spike has
,een removed from the wounded
rm.
v. L. LeCount of Troy, was in
libby Monday and while here, made
pleasant call at The Western News
'ffice. Mr.. LeCount is a native of
Western Kansas, coming TO Mon
ana in 1884. His former home was
2 Norton County, Kansas, where 4
he Western News Scribe is also
The two men enjoyed (
pleasant chat, and are looking for
yard to future meetings.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-06

Mrs. John Thede spent Tuesday
in Kalispell
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Baney were
visitors in Libby Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Morton visi-
ted friends in Kalispell last Sun
day.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No. 1881 will meet Febru-
airy 9Th
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts and
son, Gary visited Sunday with
friends in Kalispell, returning home
Monday
Louis Urdahl of Freid, came Sun
day to visit for a few days at the
home of his brother, Albert and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Miller left
Monday afternoon for Spokane
where they are caring for business
matters.
Gertrude Livengood of Seattle
came Saturday, to visit at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Livcngood.
D. r. Roberts of The Mems Store,
returned Monday evening from
Billings, where he had attended the
Spring Market Week.
Mrs. ]. L. Austin and son, Jimmy
returned Wednesday of last week
to their home in Spokane, after
short visit with Libby relatives.
Larry and Willard Zwang, who
attend Gonzaga College in Spokane,
came Saturday to visit through the
mid-term vacation with their par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Harold Zwang.
Jimmy Brown, Corl1y Jaqueth and
Jerry Brinton enjoyed ice fishing
last Sunday at Thompson Lakes.
The boys made a good catch of
trout
Miss Marianne Strong and her
friend, Miss Phyllis Deffenbough
were here from Spokane, spending
the weekend with Miss Strongs
aunt, Mrs. L. S. WEIGH.
The Misses E. Roach and A. Jor-
genson of Bonners Ferry will con-
tinue holding meetings at the Leg
ion Hall Tuesday and Thursday of
next week and o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. James Christie entertained
the Siener Contract Club Wednes-
day evening. High prize for the
evening was received by Mrs. E. NJ
Boyes and second high to Mrs
Rcsella Burke.
E. E. Jaqueth returned Tuesday
from Missoula with a new Odds
mobile two-tone paint job and hy-
dromatic drive sedan. The car will
be on display at the garage both
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Powell were
in Kalispel Tuesday of last week,
where Mrs Powell went through
the Ross clinic. She is responding
to treatment and is greatly i'm
proved this week.
A baby boy, Thomas Paul,
lbs. and II ozs. was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Romo of
at the Good Samaritan
Hospital, Williston, N. D. Mrs. .Romo
is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs For
rest DeRosia.. Mrs. DeRosia left
Tuesday to visit her daughter and
grandson.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-06
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
HOSPITAL NOTES

Born:-To Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Rebo, January 30, a girl.
Admitted-February 4. Mrs. Nels
Christianson. surgical; Feb. /, Mrs.
Pete Peltzer, surgical.
Released:-Feb. 5, Gus Kentris of
Troy; Feb. 5, Mrs Nels Christian
son.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
BUSINESS TREND
BY James A. White

Last week during the forty first annual convention of the
Mississippi Association of Teachers in Coored Schools Dr.
j. E. Walker and Honorable John Wesley Dobbs loudly
appauded and rightly for having enunciaed sound poll
cies for Negroes Both men, having lived useful active lives
could talk of personal experience They could tell of the
things that have been mpements their paths AS very
few other Negro leaders able do they could tell Ne
groe just the thing to do to gain footing in struggling
d econoryovaoa Fl ssg a4ssf y s3s#at@
In their speeches they stressed the notable attributes of
life: honesty integrity character morality citizenship and
They pleaded to have Negroes work together By
practical examples they showed how Negroes
could get the things that they have long begged for They
urged Negroes to together and build businesses Ths
is something that they have DONE for they head of the
biggest businesses Negroes own They begged the teachers
to teach by precep and example the necessity of Negroes
patronizing Negroes in business
Had all the people who heard those noble addresses de-
cided that they would follow them the letter. when they
next session assebe would find Jackson with prosperous
Negro business and Negroes being treated all other
1t is nice to applaud good speeches. good to listen to
them but is sinful not to heed them After having listened
to those great speeches. how many Negroes decided
incorporate businesses to give Negroes real service?
How many Negroes have decided improve their shops
How many Negroes have decided spend money with
Negroes? N@se~t zgfa fe
Aswe listen our radio each morning we hear an appeal
from the Jackson Products Goa owned by white peo
por white people to come in and train to become skul
workers. Many Negroes have expressed their resentment
But the have the American privilege to do what they
want to with what they SO long they don't infringe
upon the rights of Others If Negroes owned the plant thew
could do for Negroes what these white are doing for
white people, 1sse gH
Each day have had to turn away Negroes seeking en-
poyent because haven't gotten together enough money
to guarantee them employment They tell of definite trend
that means that white firms hiring less Negro employees
and white Again conclude that our people
are to have decent employment put up the capital
the money to make the jobs
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
Madison County
News

On Sunday, March 80, the Hero
ines of Jericho from Court lac Ma
Olson and Court 80, China Grove
will celebrate Palm Sunday at Pill
grim Rest M B. Church in Maids
on. All members and friends are
asked to be present. Mrs. r. A.
Burns, A. M, No. 146. A Local
Program will be rendered, sermon
and the days celebration will close
with dinner being served by the
Courts members.
On Sunday morning at 3:l5,
March %, Mrs. Morsre Lewis pass
ed away at her home in Madison.
The funeral was held Thursday,
March 27 Intermente wass~in Geo.
more Cemetery with the service be-
ing held at her church, Mt. Plea
SAINT. Arrangements were in charge
Of Collins Funeral Home.
Lights are being installed all
over Madison County by the effici-
ent electrician, Mr.. N. Ousley OF
Tougaloo. He did a splendid job
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
It Ridley Hill Baptist Church,

at Ridley Hill Baptist Church.
On March "a. funeral services
were held for Mrs. Alice Ophelia
Forbes McField at Ridley Hill
Church. She was a member of Vir-
den Grove Baptist Church, Jack
son, Miss. An appropriate pro-
gram was observed before the fun
eral message by Rev. Hayden. pas
tor of Cage Chapel and Rev. Carey.
pastor of Ridley Hill.
Mrs. Alice Ophelia Forbes Nc
Field passed away at her home in
Jackson on March 10 at 3:15 p. m.
after long illness. She was born
April 30. 1894. In 1910 she Joined
the Riddy Hill NJ. B. Church under
the pastorship OF Rev. A. B. Turn
er. Later she chose for her COM
panion Mr.. Joe McField and to
this union was born 2 children
After moving to Jackson, she unit
ed with the Virden Grove Baptist
Church and was faithful worker
in the church, Sunday School B. T.
U. and Mission as long as Health
permitted.
She leaves to mourn her passing
a husband, Mr.. Joe McField, tive
children, two grandchildren, ,
brothers, 3 sisters, nephews, {
nieces other relatives and man,
friends. Arrangements were ir
charge of Peoples Funeral Home.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
THE MISSISSIPPI ENTERPRISE


and he's not Kidding.
Calm down Velma Owens, the
kids say you can be seen without
all the fuss you make.
Wonder if Velma Owens knows
how found Willie Hoover is OF
Elaine Wilkerson?
Lovebirds of the week are Doro-
thy Lyles and Manuel Lee Askins
Amy B. Spurlock says that Gloria
Davis and Dominic Lee O'Quinn
need not worry about her, because
she's all out for Excel Osborne.
Tess up Wash Pearlmore. who is
the girl. Lille Bell or Ledella?
Better try getting you another
boyfriend Hattie Sanders, because
Roland Powell is rather keen about
Jimmie Neal Rudd.
With Roosevelt going strong with
Catherine and Robert wild about
Vivian Dunlap, we wonder what:
Mary Lee Trips story?
Get hepped Sidney Scott, Ledells
is all out for Wash and you are
even in the picture
Better wake up Semmie Mae o,
Matte may take Malcoum O'Lear,
away from you.
Alice Mack and Henry are reall,
on the beam, they passes love note:
to each other all day.
If Annie Thenis and the guy whe
lives at 11S Factory Street dom
hurry and make up their minds VIZ
know who will.
Annie B. Mitchell. you had bet.
ter slow up. can't have all the boy.
friends you know, might get into
trouble.
Well the rest of you chicks ane
drive your ducks to another pond
because Cora Jane and j. w. arr
definitely all out for each other.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
Tattling Tess

Well all you Algators and Able
CRADLES, you are invited to join
the EASTER PARADE at the RINK
on Easter Sunday, regular Dance
time so drape your frames in your
best dresses and suits and come on
out and enjoy yourselves. .Mu-
SIC WILL BE FURNISHED by
EDDIE BYRD, His Drums and His
ORCHESTRA, Eddie you know was
formerly the drummer with LOUIS
JORDAN and if you say the pic
ture. BEWARE we'll you saw him
he's got brand new band and
its plenty hot.
DON'T FORGET. THE GIRLS
CLUB will give another Moving
Picture at the RINK. Saturday
night. beginning at 6:30 the
name of the picture is TWO GUN
MAN FROM HARLEM and you'll
enjoy every moment of it. an
all-star colored picture with Add
ed Shorts. :. Come early and dance
and skate before the show begins
Admission, Adults 20 cents
Children 7 to IL years of age Is
cents and children under z, 10
cents Fun aplenty every SAT-
URDAY AND SUNDAY at the
RINK.
A good number of the really hep
ped cats and booted chicks were at
the MIDNIGHT DANCE. couples
seen were: Mary Ann and William
Maggie Ruth and Selman and a
few others whose names we can't
call right now -.
Eddie Robinson and Darlene
seemed to have been getting their
kicks as they jumped lovely Wild
Sunday night, where was Marie?
Fuzzy wants it known that Pre-
sident is the least of her thoughts
and we really believe she means
it, from the way she was jumping
and having fun with another GER
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29

es are pr,lned from the family tree.
Not so, however, with the Chinese
family which might include fifty
million persons, according to the
April issue of HOME CIRCUIT,
The Magazine for Bronze Women
Authority for the statement is
Miss Rose Hum Lee, AUTHOR lee
turer, and professor at Roosevelt
College, Chicago. and a member of
the Chinese family Of Lees,
In an article entitled Fifty Mil
lion Lees Make A Family" Miss
Lee describes the characteristics of
the Chinese method of determining
descendants which may go back to
a common ancestor who lived 5000
years ago. This explains why there
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
tain cat Sunday Mite.

'SAfi ~at AStiiSt1y ititC
Get hepped Annie M. Smith
don't you know that altho you are
wild about Frank Adams, he'll all
out for Joan Bland?
Better wake up Carolyn Bradley
because Amos Pixies is really sweet
on Fannie Mae Delaney.
Warreane Gordon says now don't
you chicks get mislead, for even
if Sudie Grey was all out for Ber-
nice McKemly at the dance. seems
that they were both playing the
same game and then she says play
checkers. he always know when to
move, even if she is all out for
Howard Resell
We hear that Bobbie Jean Har-
ris and Willie Parish are that way
about each other.
And Eddie Lee Moore and Mary
Clark are really in there, could it
be because of the large box of
sweets she received Christmas.
It's kinda like old times With EN-
mic Ruth Tucker receiving tele-
phone calls from a certain Willie
on Davis Street.
Gladys Moore and Albert Jeffer-
son are crazy about each other and
don't care who knows it.
Evelyn Bibbs and Ed Wells are
building a stairway to the Stars
and don't be surprised if wedding
bells ring after Easter.
Could it be the cat at Edward
Hotel who is responsible for Ida
Mae Barnes going around all star
ry eyed?
There's no doubt about it, the
handsome cat from Tougaloo Col
|lege has just about taken over where
Marquette Parker is concerned and
there's no room for the Duke at
ALL
Wash O'Quinn is asking Tattling
Tess to please get it over to Vera
Lee Gayle that .Ledelle Manuel is
| the only star in his blue Heaven
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29

are so many Lees. Wongs. Changs.
Chens. elbows. etc. All who bear
these names are kin, and couples
having the same names may not
marry.
The Chinese family performs
many of the functions which in
America are taken over by the
state. The mother" writes Miss
Lee, lis the important parsonage.
The father is the figurehead and is
outw ardly acknowledged as such.
but the power behind him keeps
an eagle eye on his behavior. When
mother dies, mourning goes on
for three years"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29
Fifty Million
Lees Make
A amilY

Chicago-To the average Amer
lean, large family suggests father
and mother, brood of children.
and various in-laws, but with the
third and fourth cousins the branch
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-03-29

Sitbscribe-Don't borroiri
Evening star., 1947-04-13
GAR Lodies to Meet

Grant Circle No. l, Ladies Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. will
meet at 8 pm. Tuesday in Room Alb
Of the Washington Loan and Trust
Building, Ninth and F streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
$500, 900 Express Yards Fire
Near Alexandra Under Probe

said. Gasoline and oil drums in the
repair yards added to the danger.
Some of the oil drums burst, CATCH
ing fire. Firemen prevented others
from exploding by pouring water on
them.
Duke Street Traffic Blocked.
Flames also threatened the main
offices of the yards, which are situ-
ated in Fairfax County one block of
Duke street extended just outside of
Alexandria.
In addition to apparatus from
throughout Fairfax County, and the
Alexandria company, firemen were
aided by companies from National
Airport and from the Naval Tor
pedo Station in Alexandria.
Railroad traffic on tracks near
the fire was not stopped. Police
blocked off traffic on Duke street
extended.
Charles L. Nash, general store
keeper at the yards, said in addi-
tion to the cars lost, 100000 feet
of lumber were destroyed.
Two children were treated at Al
exandria Hospital for injuries indi-
rectly due to the fire.
T William Waddell, Is, of 1900 Roth
street, Fairfax County, was treated
for slight burns on his hand. The
hospital said the boy picked up a
bucket containing hot tar at the
scene of the fire.
Barbara Spinks, 13, OF 500 North
Payne street, Alexandria, suffered a
bruised knee, when an automobile
in which she was riding came to
a sudden stop In heavy traffic, the
hospital said.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
laps Fighting laps
In China S Civil War

TSINAN, China. April 12.-Twen-
ty months after vi day japanese
are fighting Japanese in China's
Shantung province. willing or un-
willing participants In this nations
civil war.
Government quarters have re-
ceived an estimate that 1000 former
Japanese officers and enlisted men
are serving as artillerymen and ma
chine gunners in Gen. Chen Yrs
Communist army, now being
squeezed into Central Shantung' S
mountains by government troops
The government side acknowl-
edged using former japanese mill
tary men In much smaller numbers
to assist Gen Wang Yao-wu's forces
are technicians.
Most of the Japanese with the
Communists are believed to have
been captured more than a year
ago while marching from Tsinan to
Tsingtao, on Standings coast. The
Communists raided the marching
columns and took certain specialists
in artillery and automatic weapons.
The estimate that 1000 japanese
are serving the Reds comes from a
japanese officer. one Of several cap
tured by government forces during
recent fighting. He said the ma jority
of his countrymen were fighting In
voluntarily and were eager to return
to Japan"
Evening star., 1947-04-13

Of1cials Of the Fruit Growers Ex-
press Co. and f1remen who fought
the $500, 900 blaze at the company's
yards near Alexandra yesterday
have started, an investigation to
determine. its origin. The fire de-
stroyed at least so railroad re-
frigerator cars and two large frame
sheds.
j. H. Nagel, shop superintendent
at the yards, said he had heard
conflicting reports from men who
were at work when the fire broke
out shortly after 8 am. yesterday.
Two workmen said the fire ap-
parently was touched of by sparks
from a rivet heating machine. The
sparks landed on a wooden car at
the south end of the heavy equip
ment repair shed and in matter
OF minutes the building was en-
quilted in flame, they said.
Mr.. Nagel said the company
planned to go ahead Immediately
with rebuilding the storehouse and
repair shed for refrigerator cars.
Storekeeper Sounds Alarm.
Fire broke out in the repair shop
and the first alarm was sounded
by L. D. Morris, a storekeeper. Alex
andria Engine Co. No. S, accom-
panied by Fire Chief James M.
Duncan, was the only Alexandria
company that responded. Other
Alexandria companies stood by in
case the Fairfax County companies
called for more help.
Less than five minutes after the
fire was discovered, flames spread
throughout the repair shop and to
the nearby storehouse shed. The
two buildings destroyed together
were about as long as two city blocks.
When flames were brought under
control about an hour after the first
alarm, railroad tracks buckled by
the heat rose Is feet in the air. All
that was left of the many boxcars
destroyed were the iron wheels and
frames. Half-inch-thick safety glass
windows were melted.
At one time, flames came within
so yards of a warehouse where acct
ylene tanks were stored, flremen
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Mother Asks Annulmenf
OF 0chsner's S MARRIAGE
Nv the Assoe;oted Pres.

OAKLAND, Calf, April Ia
Johnnie Ochsner, young heir to the
Kettleman Hills oil millions, who
was pursued by girls last year half
way across the Pacific Ocean, filed
suit today for annulment of his
marriage to Beth Garley Ochsner,
%, bride of seven months.
The suit was filed by his mother,
Mrs. Hilda A. Ochsner, as Johnnie's
guardian. It charged that when he
married Beth In Reno last Septem-
ber, she already had a husband.
1T related that he was only 20
and minor when he wed.
The young heirs mother said
she believed Beth now was in Salt
Lake City, or perhaps in Ogden
where her parents live,
johnnie is a son of the late Will
liam F. Ochsner, Stanford Uni
Iversity geologist who discovered the
Kettleman Hills oil deposit.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
FOUND.

COLLIE, male, Golden with white run: on
Ieeshurs pike. Owner please call Daleview
bOC, female, smell terrier type; found In
Falls Church. Cali CH- be1x,
Evening star., 1947-04-13
John J. Clark, Actor,
Dies in Hollywood at 70
By the Asseeiated Press

By ths Associofed Pfsss
LOS ANGELES, April 12.-John j.
Clark, 10, veteran stage and screen
actor, died today in Cedars Of Leba-
non Hospital.
He had played in more than 200
films and directed and produced
many others. Funeral services will
be held at ST. Ambrose Catholic
Church Monday. His widow, Rose,
survives him,
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Soviet Convoy to Pass
Through Ponumo ConoI
BY the Assesiatsd Press

LONDON, April 12-Moscow radio
reported tonight that q convoy Of
Russian sailing and motorships will
pass through the Panama Canal en-
route from Latvia to the Far East,
where they viii Join Russia's Pacific
fishing fleets. I
"Flotillas OF this type have not
sailed on such long voyage for sew
eral decades" the radio said, report
ing the vessels would sail along the
European coast to Africa, cross the
Atlantic, go through Panama and
then cross the Pacific to Petropav-
lovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
College Alumni TO Dine

The Washington Alumni Club Of
Western Maryland College will hold
its annual dinner at 7:30 pm. Tues
day In the Brooke Manor Hot
Shoppe, Arlington. Col. William G.
Rein u handling reservations.
The Arizona post., 1947-10-17

There was practically full
turnout of both old and new
members. The various committee
chairmen briefly discussed their
respective activities. Sidney Hirsh
told of his experiences at the
Temple Youth Institute at Lake
Tahoe last summer.
New members joining were: Mines.
William Abramson, Samuel Bernstein,
Clara Bernstein, Michael Bleich, Robert
w. Berne, Irving Buckman, Victor
Bresslar, Gertrude Bath, Albert T. Bill
gray, Louis Blumberg, Elaine Brown,
CeIe Cohen, David COllen, Charles DAN
Finger, Albert Feldman, Alex Federhar,
Louis Furman, Barnett Fradin, Bernard
j. Friedman.
Mines. Philip Greenbaum, Victor