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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11
New Directory
Shows Increase
In Telephones

Libby's growing pains during the
past year are reflected sharply IN
Interstate Telephone Company's
new directory now being delivered.
Since the 1916 book was issued
a year ago I03 telephones have been
added to the number in service here.
Local subscribers now are using 759
telephones, including extensions.
In the last ten years Libby pa
irons have increased the number OF
instruments in local use more than
100 per cent, reported, Charles N.
Tyson, district manager for the In
ferstate company. Only some $50
telephones were being used in 1887,
according to company records.
1.-THE percentage of gain here is
among the highest at any time Of
the 48 exchanges in the company's
fhree-state territory" said the dis
trict manager.
Because of the great increase in
telephone. usage, Tyson and MRS.
Helen Hood, chief operator at the
Libby exchange, appeal to patrons
to consult the new directory for
listings instead of asking operators
for numbers. This will result in
better service, they explained, as
the local switchboard force must
work at top speed to handle the
present traffic load
Norris D. Adams has the. first
number in the l947 directory with
Harold ZWang listed last. The Neils,.
with ten listings, have the most
telephone numbers The Bakers are
second with seven and the Browns,
Larsons and Smiths tied for third
place with six. numbers each.
Listed as long distance stations
through the Libby exchange are
Eureka, Happy's Inn, Jennings,
Cedar Creek Club tavern, Meadow
Mountain ranch. Rexford, Ural,
Warland and Yakt
Included in the directory are
separate alphabetical listings for
Troy. Telephones in use there are
142, a gain of 13 since last year.
Manley W. Alerson and Erwin W.
Winslow, both farmers, have the
first and last Troy numbers, re-
spectively. The Drurys. with seven
listings, have the most numbers I'M
der any one name.
In consideration of housewives,
the new directory is stapled from
back to front so it won't mar polish
ed surfaces.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11
MARYLAND SCHOOL NEWS

The public school, District No. z
at Warland opened on Tuesday,
September 2 with Is pupils in the
upper grades under the direction
of Mrs. Fannie Barrick of Dell
Rapids, S. Oak, and II pupils in
the primary room with Miss Fern
collars of Libby as teacher.
On Friday afternoon the upper
grades organized a Young Citizens
League to carry out the activities
of the year. The name chosen for
the league is The Hillbilly Young
Citizens League" The following
officers were elected: President,
Shirley Hansberry; Vice-president,
Nancy Gilchrist; Secretary, Shirley
Kins; Treasurer, Florence Noble.
II was decided to hold meetings
once every three weeks.
The members are now learning
the Y. c. L. march song and the
Y, c. L. pledge.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11

Skip your lunch so you can really
eat at Harvest Home Festival Sep
TENDER 25th. 17-3t.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11

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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11
.onoIite Wins the
S. B. League Title

Defeating the B. P. o. K. team in a
7 to game, Zonolite completed q
near 100 per cent victorious soft
ball season last Friday evening. The
team won eight games losing only
one. This gave the Zonolites a
four victory margin over the Red
Caps who defeated Union Thursday
evening of last week in a 19 to 16
game; and a 6-game margin over
Union who enjoyed hard luck all
during the season.
Thursday evenings game between
Red Caps and Union was a home
run festival for both teams and
enabled the players to work up a
fine sweat during their final game
of the season.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11
LIBBY 1T EMS

Everett Adkins and son, Darrell,
of Wichita, Kans., came Monday to
visit at the home of his nephew,
Bud Adkins, and his sister-in law,
Mrs. S. A. Rasmussen.
Paul, returned to their home. at
Bainville after having spent the past
month visiting at the home of Mrs.
Romo's parents, Mr.. and Mrs, F. l..
DeRosia, and nursing a brother-in-
law in Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sill Saco, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Saco and Mr. and Mrs
Ralph Saco of Spokane were week
end relatives here over the week
end.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11
Detecting Cancer

It is possible to detect cancer,
in its early stages, by blood tests,
according to specialists Of the Swed-
ish state institute Of public health.
With the cancer rate in America
showing one out of every eight per-
sons infected, the economy Of mass
blood testing for cancer is being adj
vocated by many specialists. The
positive reaction of the blood test
may not always mean cancer, al
though it may uncover Inflammation
with cancerous possibilities.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11

Search for a wonder" CLOTH that
will not require stitching or press
ing and will last q lifetime is being
carried on by industrial Scientists al
the Institute Of Textile Technology
at Charlottesville, Va. Already
some progress has been made in
developing a cloth with an adhesive
quality so that a trouser leg can be
formed by merely bringing two
pieces of cloth together under GER
tain conditions. The institute is a
research laboratory for the cotton,
rayon and nylon fabric industry. It
is financed by 214 mills.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11
CORRECTION IN KOOTENAI
GRANGE MEETING

The Kootenai Valley Grange meet
ing announced last week to be held
Sept Ia-at the home of Mrs. Bert
Grambauer, was a mistake. The
Grange will meet at the Legion
Hall on September 10.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-09-11

Deodorants that take the smell
out Of fresh paint are being pro-
duced by a New York firm. The
chemicals can be added to oil or
water paints, enamels and lacquers,
and, it is claimed, neutralize or
mask the odors as the paint is APP
piled and dries, without affecting
the color. drying time or other
qualities of the paint. The chemi-
Gals themselves have a faint pine or
cedar odor which disappears when
the paint is drv
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Mother of 2 Child Fire Victims
Faces MunsIuuqhter Charge

Mrs. Mary Jean Hoffman, o.
year-old mother of two little girls
who died in a fire at their Riverdale
home early Friday, was charged yes
terday with manslaughter as re-
suit OF negligence on two counts by
Prince Georges County Police.
The mother, who has been sepa-
rated from her husband since last
September. will appear before Trial
Magistrate Arthur P. Owens at a
preliminary hearing Thursday In
Hyattsville Police Court.
Shelh been released under 81 600
bond In custody of her father, Earl
A. Law, pending the hearing. Mrs.
Hoffman has been living with her
parents at sofa Forty-seventh ave-
nue., Edmonston, since the fire.
She was arrested by Detective
Richard A. Pearson and Patrolman
Joseph sR. Hill after two days OF
questioning of neighbors and other
witnesses, police said.
The children who persisted were
Sandra Kay Hoffman, 4, and Jean
Louise Hontznan, az. Both were in
their beds when the fire started in
their home ut 6625 Forty-seventh
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Hoover Spends IS Minutes
In Interview With Pope
BY the Assoeioied Press

ROME, Feb. 15.-Herbert Hoover,
visiting Rome for a brief survey of
Italian food needs and supplies as
a part of a European investigation
undertaken for President Truman,
began his consultations this morn
ing in a 35-minute interview with
Pope Plus XII.
It has been reported that MIR.
Hoover, who had not originally
scheduled italy on his itinerary,
came here as the result of a papal
request. He has refused to make
any statement since his arrival from
Vienna yesterday.
Later he conferred with Italian
President Enrico de Nicola, Premier
Alcide de Gasperi and Foreign Min
lister Carlo Sforza. Mr. Hoover will
leave for Berlin Sunday.
Accompanying him here was Hugh
Gibson, retired American diplomat
an old associate of the former
President.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

dragons, and also carried along
for her inspection, the medal SYM
bolic of the Grand Order of the
Holy Sepulchre, bestowed on him
last week by Archbishop Athana-
goros, of the Greek Orthodox
Church.
The President, too, was greatly
cheered by his mothers condition,
which it was at first feared might
require him to remain beyond to-
morrow.
Mrs. Truman, who has broken her
left hip twice and left shoulder, in
falls in the last six years, fell while
preparing to retire, Thursday night,
and suffered what Gen. Graham
described as complete fracture
at the head of the right femur."
The leg has been turned in good
position and is being held in place
by sandbags. Eventually it is pro-
posed to apply traction with the
hope that the member gradually
viii be pulled into place and. set
itself.
Gen. Graham explained that it
was not feasible to give a 94-year-
(see TRUMAN, Page Asp
Evening star., 1947-02-16
BY the Assoeioted Press.

LONDON, Feb. 15.-The Mos
cow radio reported tonight that
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov
had protested to the United
States Embassy in Moscow
against the hostile" attitude
shown by Undersecretary of
State Dean Acheson before a re-
cent Senate hearing.
The report said the protest in
volved Mr.. Acheson's remark. on
February 10 during Senate hear
ing on the appointment of David E.
Lilienthal as chairman of the Unit
ed States Atomic Energy Comnis-
sion.
In reply to a question from Sena-
tor Mcclellan, Democrat, of Ten
nessee. the radio said, Mr.. Acheson
stated, "Russia's foreign policy is
aggressive and expansionist."
CThe record shows that Mr.. Ache
son termed Russian policy expand
ing" rather than "expansionist.",
"On February H." said the Mos
COW broadcast, "the minister of
foreign affairs of the U. S. S. r.,
v. M. Molotov, dispatched a note
to the ambassador of the U. S. A.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Fort Wayne, Ind. Hit
By Three-AIurm Fire
By the Asseeiated Press

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 15.-A
three-alarm fire was burning out OF
control at midnight tonight in the
heart of Fort Wayne's business sec
tion.
The fire started at the Standard
Rug and Linoleum Co. Building on
West jefferson street and spread
into the Rowlands Furniture Co.
store.
All available fire fighting equip
ment was sent to the blaze.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Scarcity Of Students :
Heightens Hospitals
Shortage Of Nurses
9SchooIs Here Have Room
For Three Times Number
Of Girls Enrolled
By Thomos c. Buchonon

The Districts shortage in reg
istered nurses and auxiliary hos
pital workers is being aggravated
by a diminishing number OF ap-
plicants for graduate nurse
courses, a survey of local hos
pitals affording such training re-
vealed last night.
Nine hospitals here which con-
duct accredited nursing schools or
train student nurses on an exchange
basis with other institutions could
accommodate nearly three times as
many young women as have applied
for recent courses, according to hos
pital officials. H..
The hospitals are Emergency
Freedmen's, Gallinger, Garfield
Georgetown, Providence, st. Eliza
beth's, Sibley and Children's.
Since last fall, ia student nurses
have enrolled in the institutions. An
additional ZIG could have facilities.
hospital executives assert.
Gallinger Hospital, which was to
have begun new registered nurs-
ing class in June, has deferred the
opening of the course to August be-
cause of insufficient applications, ac-
cording to DR.. Alvin r. Sweeney,
superintendent. Last fall, he re-
ported, only IS students were OBJ
tanned for a class with capacity
of SO.
The hospital now has I'll graduate
nurses, including those working only
in q supervisory capacity. 1t could
use about 80 more, the superin-
tendent stated.
Assisting the registered nurses, he
1caa MIRGES PAGE All
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Berge Quits as Antitrust Chief
To Enter Private Law Firm
Assistant to Clark
Long Known as
Foe of Curtels

Wendell Berge, Assistant At
torney General in charge of the
antitrust division of the Justice
Department, resigned last night
to resume private law practice
here sin justice to my family"
Mr.. Berge's resignation from his
$10,000-a-year post as the Govern
ment's No. l man in its campaign
against monopolies was announced
by Attorney General Clark. It is
effective May l.
Mr.. Clark expressed regret at Mr..
Berge's departure and made public
a letter from President Truman in
which the Chief Executive told the
retiring official that the work which
you have recently been engaged in
is most vital to the Nation and must
be continued with Ugor.''
MIR. Berge had charge of the anti
trust division since August 28, i943.
He first Joined the department in
1880.
President Truman agreed to ac-
cept the resignation February Z. Mr..
Clark's announcement means that
Evening star., 1947-02-16
7 Truman Plans to Return Today;
Mothers Condition Is Good
By Joseph A. Fox
Sfor Staff Correspondent

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 15.-
President Truman today came back
to the cottage home of his 94-year-
old mother, Mrs. Martha Truman,
in nearby Grandview, to find her
undaunted by a severe fracture of
the right hip and displaying such
remarkable recuperative powers that
he decided he could return to Wash
ington tomorrow.
He plans to take off about pm.
(CST) on the fight which ordinarily
requires about four hours.
Mrs. Truman has so much fire
that she's just got to get vel" :"
Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham, White
House physician, told reporters
after lengthy consultation with two
other physicians at which q course
Of treatment was planned which
they hope will get their patient out
of bed and in a wheel chair within
six weeks. Because of her advanced
age, that, perhaps, viii be her only
form of locomotion hereafter.
Gen. Graham said the Presidents S
visit was a decided tonic for his
mother, whose condition Is very
good. Her son brought her a sheaf
LOT roses, carnations, and snap
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Five U. S. Soldiers Held
In Staying Of Five Japs
Rv tha Associated Press

TOKYO, SUNDAY, Feb. 16.-The
5th Air Force announced today
that five United States soldiers
were charged with murder after five
japanese were killed and possibly 20
others injured when soldiers ran
amok and shot up the town of
Hachioji, west of Tokyo.
The announcement said the five
soldiers from the Tachikawa Army
air base near Tokyo were appre-
hended after a Today search,
Charges OF murder against the
five were referred to a general court
martial.
The Air Force gave their names as
Corpl. Willard L. Grooms, Pfc. Carl
j. Havalda, Corpl. George E. Craig,
Pfc. Rosey W. Harper, and Pvt.
Edward w. Smith. Their home
towns were not listed.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

place IN the Calvert Homes devel-
opment, Riverdale.
Their father, Staff Sergt. Alva
Hoffman, is stationed at Boiling
Field and was In his barracks at
the time.
AS police neared completion Of
their investigati on, they reported
that new information indicated that
a party in honor of q friends birth
day had been in progress at Mrs.
Hoffman's home until shortly before
the fire was discovered.
According to Detective Pearson,
"six or seven" other persons were
at the home when they decided to
60 to a Riverdale tavern about mid
night. When the tavern closed, the
group moved on to a nearby ham,
burger stand, the detective said.
On their return to Mrs. Hoff-
mans home, they found firemen
attempting to put out the blaze,
police said. Other occupants of the
car kept her in it, while one men,
Der Of the group went to inquire
about the children, police reported.
The mother was told that neigh
lSee FIRE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Chang BIames Denial
OF U. ). Arms, Credit
For Civil War Length
GeneroIissimo Reported
Bitter and Determined
To Smash Communists
Nv fha Associated prasa

NANKING. Feb. Is. - The
United States decision to with
hold further ornaments and
credits from the Chinese govern
ment is blamed by Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek for prolonging
the civil war, which he is de-
termined to end by smashing the
Chinese Communist armies,
sources closest to the Chinese
leada declared today.
As supporting evidence of these
sources assertion that Gen. Chang
Is fully convinced force is the only
means of settling the Communist
problem were these developments:
His armies today were fighting
their way inside the Communist
stronghold of Lini in southern
Shantung Province, and
Gen. Chang Sternly refused to
accept delivery of communication
from Communist political leaders.
Confidants said Gen. Chang
reasoned that the Communist prob
lem could have been settled quick
er If the United States had con-
tinued supplying him with guns,
ammunition and credits so his
armies could destroy the Communist
forces which for more than a year
have been hamstringing reconstruc-
ton.
One of the high sources said
"the generalisSimo is bitter that
this argument failed to move
President Truman and Gen. Mar
shall, who insasted that the civil
war be halted and the government
be reorganized before they would
be willing to extend the Kuomin-
tang government party) further
support"
The war continued and govern
ment reorganization was delayed
In January, Gen. Marshall ended
more than year of mediation ef-
forts with blast at both factions
Gen. Marshall was appointed Sec
retary of State and the United
States abandoned its peacemaking
efforts and started pulling its small
forces out of China.
Gen. Chiang's government had
disclosed plans to reorganize, includ-
ing minority elements but not in
cluding the Communists, who got a
token invitation but boycotted the
whole affair.
In the Lini campaign, the van
guard of government assault troops
was reported in Chinese dispatches
to have fought into the city last
night after six hours of Savage
battling" on the outskirts.
Lini is one of the keys to the
Tientsin-Pukow Railway. PukoW
is the railhead across the Yangtze
(See CHINA. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1947-02-16
u. s. Loans Hungary
$4,000, 10 Back
Non-Red Government
Second Credit Is Extended
To Assist Purchase of
Surplus War Material
BY the Assccicted Press

The United States, in a new
move to bolster a friendly non-
Communist European govern
ment, extended a second $15,-
100000 credit to Hungary yes
terday to buy surplus American
war material.
The State Department announced
the grant and also held out hope of
further economic aid soon to what it
spoke of as Hungary's freely elect
ed" regime. It has been involved
in a struggle by Communist and
other parties to oust the Small
Holder Party majority in Parlia-,
ment.
The action came on the heels of
Fridays plain-spoken advice by
Secretary of State Marshall to
Greece to put her house in order.
Further American help for Greece,
which likewise has non-Commu-
mist government in an area where
nearly all others take their cue from
Moscow, is scheduled to await rec
concentrations by a survey mission
headed by former OPA Admins
traitor Paul Porter.
Will Buy Surplus Goods.
The latest credit to Hungary was
earmarked for purchase of surplus
goods from the $1,000, ,000, 900 store
of wartime material just put on sale
in the. American occupied zone OF
Germany.
With or without Russia's coopera-
ton, the State Department made
plain in its announcement that this
Government proposes, as a contri-
button to peace in Europe, to help
underwrite Hungary's postwar po-
litical and economic stability, as
agreed to at the Yalta Conference.
In Budapest, Hungarian politi-
cal leader said the phrase freely
elected government" in the an
nouncement was its keynote. He
said Communist leader Tyas Rakosi
in Parliament had received the re-
port of the grant "in cold silence. "
Communists and Social Demo-
Gratis have attempted to oust the
elected Small Holder Party by
charging the existence of plot to
restore the regime of the former
regent, Admiral Nicholas Horthy
The Small Holders won a, 81 per
cent majority in Parliament in the
November, 1s45, elections. -
More Than 800 Held.
The Hungarian press said trial OF
persons accused in the plot would
take place between February "a
and February 27. Persistent rumors
say more than 300 persons are being
held for completely.
The Budapest political leader said
the announcement of the credit
grant expressed, so far as he was
concerned, the American attitude
toward "the Communist attempt tc
,invalidate the outcome of the last
free election"
This spokesman said 5000 copies
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Gen. Bradley Pledge,
VAS Aid 10 Courts
In Veteran Cases
To Make Army Records
Available and Provide
Some Psychiutric Heb

Veterans Administrator Brad
ley last night promised full CO.
operation with. the courts in see
ing that the war records Of vet
erans in trouble with the law are
properly taken into account.
Specifically, veterans war records
will be forwarded as quickly as
possible and psychiatric examina-
tions will be made by VA psychia-
trists when the records indicate a
mental disorder. &e
Gen. Bradley agreed with Chief
Justice Bolitha J. Laws Of Dis
trict Court that VA records and
psychiatric tests would give the
courts a better basis for deciding
whether a suspect actually suffered
a mental injury in the war or Is
merly using his veterans status as
a cloak. ...E.-
Justice Laws, who first proposed
that United States attorneys should
be responsible for supplying courts
with the necessary information on
veterans, will confer on the ques-
ton with T. Lamar Caudle, Assist
ant Attorney General in charge OF
the criminal division; United States
Attorney George Morris Fay, and
E. E. Odom, VA solicitor, tomorrow
at $3.50 pm.
Gen. Bradley told The Star that if
the conference indicates that VA
attorneys need additional informa-
ton to assure their cooperation
with the courts, bulletin will be
sent to them.
The Veterans Administrator cou-
pied his promise of cooperation with
q plea to disturbed veterans to visit
the mental hygiene clinics in their
communities before they get into
trouble.
Veterans now are coming to the
clinics with two major complaints.
Either they are suffering from battle
nightmares, or they are afraid they
are going to kill SOME one. A wife
is usually the object of the homicidal
mania, Gen. Bradley said he had
been told.
ANY veteran who is suffering from
anxiety, depression or an unnatural
desire-such as the desire to kill his
wife-should visit the nearest mental
hygiene Clinic" Gen Bradley urged.
Some veterans, he said, do not
realize that a mental upset is a
disease just like any other.
"A man goes to a doctor when he
has pneumonia" Gen. Bradley ar
gued. why should he be ashamed
of going to mental hygiene clinic
when he has another type of i'll
ness"
Gen. Bradley said he had dis
cussed the veteran problem with a
Chicago judge and was concerned
about veterans who needed help in
readjusting to peace-time life. That
was why he advocated community
centers to help veterans as they
came out of the service, he ex-
planned.
While some veterans slipped back
into civilian life overnight, he said,
others needed more time. The lat
ter felt lost and footloose, and
vice. In many cases, Gen. Bradley
added, this mental disturbance was