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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03
Hold
Services Sun.

Memorial Services conducted II
Libby this year were very impress
siVe and somewhat different thar
in the last few years, and held the
reverent attention of those present
at the City of Libby cemetery Sun
day morning.
Master of ceremonies, Charles
Skranak explained the earlier hour
of holding services was set in hopes
of not interfering with the church
services throughout the day.
The Star Spangled Banner
played by the High School Band
preceded the introduction of the
Speaker of the Day, County At
torney Joseph Fennessy Jr.
Mr.. Fennessy gave the history
Of the origin of Decoration Day
bringing out the fact that the
decorating of graves of deceased
service men was started in the year
1868 by members of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and the Grand
Army of The Republic, which was
shortly after the Civil War.
The idea grew rapidly. taking
on broader meaning than just
decorating the graves of the de
parted, explained Mr. Fennessy. A
tribute to those who had fallen is
expressed together with a feeling
of deep gratitude felt by those who
hold memories of them and their
courage.
Whether their resting place be
here, or wherever it may be- he
DO we need to question
why the pride? The speakers
final questioning statement to his
Why be proud?' There
is no need to question the courage
of the American people and ser
vice man." bespoke of the pride
he felt in his fellowmen and all
that the sentiment of the day
stands for.
Taking one excerpt from a story
Mr.. Fennessy used in illustration,
the attitude of the American people
is clearly defined in that when
a troop of men were advised by
their leader in the last war that
a dangerous mission was to be en-
countered and that any who cared
to volunteer please take two PAGES
forward. Averting his face, the
officer waited a minute then turned
again to his rank and file. Per-
plexity showed in his countenance.
The file was still in line Upon
a subordinate officer he
heard the reply ''They all took two
PAGES forward, sir.
Mr.. Fennessy also stressed the
point that honoring the deceased
is not entirely a decora-
ton of the graves by their com
rades but the help that is extended
to the family robbed of their loved
one; helping hand lent in time
of need, or perhaps just short
visit with the parents or family
of the serviceman who is gone. The
various veterans organizations are
toward the welfare of the
children of their lost comrades, an
Continued on Page Four
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03
james Mohoney VIII
Ask Reelection AS
Co. Commissioners

Several days ago while discus
sing flood conditions and county af
fairs with James Mahoney, chair
man of the board of County Com
|mlssionerS, the Western News pub
Usher asked the commissioner if he
plans to be a candidate for county
commissioner MT Mahoney an
sWered that he had decided to run
for reelection, $nd made the follow
ing statement
Il have served one full term and
La part of a preceding term. During
that time, l have helped increase
the efficiency of county govern
ment, bringing the county from a
state of insolvency to the highest
credit rating Of any county in Mon
tana
Lincoln County now has a clean
slate.
No more court orders
No more judgments
No more lawsuits.
No more grand jury investiga-
lions.
And no more bond indebtedness.
When l took the oath of office
l vowed and determined to accom-
plish all of this, even under the ex-
IRENE pressure of high prices and
increasing costs,
The people have given me
friendly cooperation for which I can
be proud and humanity grateful. If
the people want me to continue l
will give a business administration
that will produce a sound and stable
county government right here in
County, government
responsible to the people
supporting it.
Il am a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for County Com
I ask the voters for
fair and honest appraisal of my ad-
achievements. james
County Attorney Joe Fennessy
IT., filed Saturday on the Repub-
lean ticket for reelection to his
present office Joe has made an
officer and has made many
friends throughout the county.
Another officer, who has served
he county well in past years, has
lied for reelection Clerk of the
Court Fred Clark filed Saturday on
he Democratic ticket. 1t is diff
.ult to find any place in Lincoln
County where Mr. Clark is not
Known and liked
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03
Bud Burse Resigns
AS Burgon Store
Libby Manager

Harold Bud" Burse who has
been manager of the local Burgan
Market for the past seven years
with the exception of two years
which he spent in the Navy during
the recent war, has resigned from
his position, and is leaving the com
pany employment Bud has been
with Burgans for II years, and dur
ing the years he has been in Libby,
he has given this place an up-to-the-
minute grocery and market with
the best of merchandise and service
Mr. and Mrs Burse and their
seven year old daughter, Donna, ex-
pect to leave Sunday for Great Falls,
where they will make their future
home. Bud plans to travel on the
road as a salesman for the Sunshine
Biscuit Co. The BurSes leave many
Libby friends who wish them the
best of success in their new home
and work. Mr.. Burse remarked to
the reporter from The Western
News, that the family deeply APP
preciate the many friends they have
here and the business patronage
they have enjoyed while managing
the Burgan Store.
Bill Keller arrived the first of
this week to assume the manage
ment of the store, filling the va
cancy left by Bud Burse's resigna-
ton. Mr.. Keller, who has been |
with the Burgan Company for many
years, comes here from Azalia, |
Wash, where he was in charge of |
a company store. He is a veteran |
If both the first and second world |
vars, serving with the army in
europe during the former and in
during the latter He is
member of both the American
legion and the VIEW, having filled
he various offices in both organi-
ations in his old home at Sand
Point He is also an Elk.
Mr. Keller states there will be
10 change in the present policies
# the store, and he hopes to become
with everyone in and
round Libby in the near future
lie also adds that his hobbies are
uniting and fishing, which is one
eason he is here. Don't fail to
ct acquainted with the new man
ger. He is pleasant gentleman.
Co. Supt w. J. Anderson will /
e in Helena from Tuesday until I
aturday at County Superinten-
pDfc TOaptipo :
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03
Over 500 School
Children Reed
Librory Books

The elementary scnool children O.
Lincoln County are good reader!
and showed much enthusiasm fol
the Reading Plan which is spon
Sored by the Lincoln County Free
Library each year to encourage quail
ity reading. This plan has beer
carried on for a number of years
and some children are proud OF
having earned a certificate each
year of their elementary grades
According to the plan if a child
reads 20 books he receives a certi-
ficate, Is a gold seal, etc. up to
40 which is the maximum award
and the certificate for that number
is decorated with a seal and red,
white and blue ribbons. Funny
books and other undesirable ma
terials do not count
This year 500 children read and
reported 22,41O books to receive
the attractive booklet certificates.
The cooperation of the schools is
fine and many teachers have eX-
pressed the thought that they
know which ones of their students
read library books.
Following are the school and
room tabulations for the county
with room or school, teacher, No. of
certificates and total number of
books read in order;
Fortine Lower
Fortine Lower Grades, Mrs Mary
Hatfield, %, 1858; Glen Lake School,
Mrs Georgina E. Hickey, 4, ITO;
Manicke School, Mrs. Lillian Mil
Ter, II, $50; Rexford Upper Grades,
Mr. T. H. Bartlett, 2, At; Stryker
School, Miss Mary Moses, 3, ia;
Sylvanite School, Mrs. Rosa Marks,
10, 232; Tooley Lake School, Miss
Retta Nelson, g. 314; Ural School,
Mrs. Maud Chase, 4, 80; Warland
Lower Grades, Miss Ferne collars,
IL, 1856; Warland Upper Grades,
Mrs. Fannie Barrick, T. 224; Rex
ford Lower Grades, Miss Margaret
Anderson Z, 181.-Hotal boks read, |
377O
TROY-By Grade:
lst Miss Helen Gustafson, 8, 95;
2nd, Miss Lilah Smith, II, $40; 3rd, |
Mrs Anna Strom, IS, 1877; 4th, Miss
Lenore Bancroft, 4, ILL., 5th, Mrs |
Robert Johnson, 8, 200; 9Th, Miss
Ruth Cole, Is, $50; 9TH, Miss Alice
Kranz, 49, 887 9th, Mr. Raymond |
Jensen, 5, 120-Total books read,
340O.
Grade:
lst Mrs Hildegrade Guernsey,
Is, 258; LIST, Mrs. Emogene Bos-
laugh, 7, 1873; End, Mrs. Edith Swing,
81, 1143; 3rd, Mrs Esther Swenson,
"a, 1917; 4th, Mrs. Rachel Helms,
q, 780; 5th, Mrs. Anne Ambrose,
Is, 400; 9Th, Mrs. Helen Sicily, 5,
14O; 18th, Mrs. Ethel Long, IS, 489;
9th, Mrs. Clara Fleming, 2, 40
Total books read, 4720.
Grade:
1st, Mrs. Alice Anderson, %, 1865;
LIST, Mrs. Grace Bigelow, II, AIS;
1st, Miss Catherine Zeller, z, 239;
2nd, Miss Carol Johnson, q, 2O70;
End, Mrs. Clay Parker, Is, 1912; End
Mrs. Jean Noel 9, 1856; 3rd, Mrs.
Jessie Fagerberg, 30 1852; 3rd, Miss
Ruth Hansen, IA, SOC; 4th, Mrs.
Evelyn Stanley, 10, 759; 4th, Mrs.
Maude Damon, IL, 427; 5th, Miss
Daisy Hunter, 26, 875; 5th, Miss
Carolyn Greytak, II, 661; 5th, Mrs.
Lucy Leigh, IA, $40; 9Th, Miss Jose
phine Oktabec, IL, 402; 9th, Mrs.
Lulu Fisher, l, 20; 9th, Mrs. Lille
Armstrong, 2, 81; 9th, Miss Helen
Bundy, l, 20-Total books read,
1O,520.
GRAND TOTAL-22,41O.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03
Continued on Page 81

Mrs. Clay Parker went to Roman
yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs
Arnold, and her sister, Mrs. Lloyd
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03
NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS

The Courthouse viii be open until
900 p. m tomorrow (Friday) even
ing to enable persons to register
who cannot get there during bust
ness hours, stated County Clerk and
Recorder George c. Earle
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03

Miss Margaret Stuhlreiter re-
turned Wednesday from Whitefish
where she taught the 9th grade.
She expects to spend the summer
at home in Libby with her mother,
Mrs. M. Stuhlreiter. Miss Margaret
has contracted to teach next year
in Whitefish.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Fritch of
Ural report that the part of High
way No. 81 at Old Yarnell is badly
cracked and causes one to feel very
tense while passing along that
stretch. Mr.. and Mrs. Fritch were
business visitors in Libby Tuesday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03

Co. Supt. w. J. Anderson will
be in Helena from Tuesday until
Saturday at a County Superinten-
dents meeting.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-03

Continued on Page Four
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Hide focts on bio
oil firm squeeze

use of oil stokers. resulting in
greater use of petroleum. than 2
before the war.
COLD FACTS dispell these "ali-
bis" which on the surface appear
TO be true.
1t is established fact that the
Bill Oil Boys are the Big Steel
Boys. For example, the Morgan
and Rockefeller interests control
Standard Oil Co., U. S. Steel and
Bethlehem Steel. The existing
Shortage" is self created.
And the Shortage" affects only
the independent petroleum opera
tors, unable TO expand and do
business in the growing oil market.
Next. the increased motor
vehicle registration and greater
use of oil stokers is drop in
the oil industrY's bucket-com-
pared to increased petroleum re-
quiremeats of the War Depart
ment.
IN the current Congressional
investigation of the national fuel
oil shortage, Col c.. H. Vogei, in
response to questions by Chair
man Dewey Short R., Mo- of a
subcommittee of the House Armed
Services Committee, admitted that
the total petroleum requirements
of the military are 125, 1876, 900
barrels a year. This is about one
half the amount OF the require
ment of the nation for fuel oil for
home heating.
And so the fuel oil farce goes
en-, as the Big Oil Boys tighten
their stranglehold on Independent
operators-and the real victim is
ignored.
The real victim? Who is he?
He's the vet, who lives with his
wife and kids in a trailer
with no heat in his stove in
sub-zero weather.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

ter-paying jobs to work on
what promised to be truly
independent ''newspaperman's
newspaper" Few of them. are
left now, having been either
'Spurged" or voluntarily given
up in disgust.
The bitterest pill, however,
was for progressive Chicago
ans, who saw in the Sun the
promise of real antidote for
the Chicago Tribune. However,
the decline of the Sun was so
gradual that many readers are
probably not even now aware
what has happened to t h ir
paper.
THE FILES of the Sun reveal
the change most sharply. Take
a random date, January 80 for
example, and compare the Sun
VI 10TH dItO 1870.
On January 80, 1914, the Sun
was near its peak. 1t was
well-edited, well-staffed paper
with full and competent for
eign, Washington and local
stats. It's columns moreover
reflected a vigorous liberalism,
a strong anti-fascist slant and
an orientation toward postwar
peace based on the unity of
the wartime allies. 1t was truly
a Roosevelt paper.
On the editorial page of that
issue, for example, was a col
umn by Willard Shelton (who
was fired in the November 1916
''purge') headed wallace of.
Iowa."
WALLACE was referred to
as "a trusted liberal, man who
understands world affairs and
has broad experience as gov
eminent administrator"
That column reflected the
editorial opinion of the Sun at
that time that Wallace should
be re-nominated for vice-pres-
ident. and pointed out that in
case Roosevelt should. pass
away. we would need a man
like Wallace in the White
House.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
JAW local votes
slave law fight

Refusal to sign the non-Com-
munist affidavits required under
the Taft-Hartley Act was an
nounced by Amalgamated Local
453, UAW-CIO, in a resolution
passed this week. In taking this
action Local 453 reiterated its
stand alongside other non-com-
plying CLIO unions and further
pledged its support to the Inter
national Typographical Workers
in their fight against the law.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

for President clubs in the mining,
farming, and industrial cas-
doWnstate.
Plans for a petition drive to
put Henry A. Wallace's name on
the state ballot in November also
will be formulated.
The Wallace campaign also will
be on the agenda at the Pea con-
vention.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
No heat, no light mark
last days Of the Sun

The Sun of that period was
full OF praise for "our Soviet
allies who had just smashed
through the Leningrad seige.
ON LOCAL issues, the Sun
Of anuary 1914 had just
opened its vigorous campaign
for school board reform in Chi
cago.
incidentally, John McGrath,
who led that fight in the pages
of the Sun, was among those
fired this week.
In that issue of January 80,
1944-it was Roosevelt's 62nd
birthday-there was a spread
on Roosevelt in full praise of
his progressive leadership.
ON Roosevelt's birthday in
1948, however, not single
word appeared to honor the
man who still gives spiritual
leadership to progressive Amer
lea.
The local crusading has be-
come pointless pot boiling for
more parking space and bigger
railroad terminals.
The two writers who spanked
the Suns crusades on housing
and transit unification = Will
liam Miner and Leonard Castle
were also given their notices
last week.
Both cartoonists of the Sun,
Jack Lambert and Charles Wer-
ner have been dismissed.
THE LIBERAL and provoca-
tive editorial page vanished
with the firing of Frank Smoth-
ers in the November 1916
purge"
There is one lone survivor
of a foreign staff that once
numbered more than 20 top
correspondents. Alexander Ken
drick has filed his last dispatch
for the Sun from Moscow. The
Sun is leaning heavily on the
press service of the Republican
New York Herald Tribune for
foreign coverage.
The paper has become vio-
lent in its SANDER of Henry
A. Wallace and the third party.
Its columns rival the Chicago
Tribune in red-baiting and So
viet-baiting. 1t is fully COM
mited to a bipartisan foreign
policy that supports fascists
abroad and lays the basis for
war. 1t is often anti-labor.
1T IS any wonder. that the
Sun readers of Chicago feel
betrayed? Is there any doubt
as to why many Chicagoans
speak this week of "the end of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
(From page n

Committee, which set up offices
at SO w. Washington st. on Thurs
day, for the purpose of rationing
fuel oils.
In slick press releases, evading
the reasons behind the fuel oil
shortage, the Citizens Committee
announced that an emergency ra-
ton of so gallons of fuel oil would
be available to Hardship cases
upon application to their offices.
The Chicago Star learned that
fuel oil rationing here had been
inspired by the behind -the-scenes
representative of the Big Oil Boys,
public relations man Jim Haskins,
in the offices of the Fred Eldean
Organization, Inc. 1876 S. La
Sale st.
HIS NAME was obtained from
Standard Oil public relations di-
rector John Canning, who advised
the Star to call Haskins. "See Jim
Haskins," Canning said, s'he repre-
sents the major oil companies and
he can give you all the informa-
ton you'll need"
Haskins, poo-pooing the charges
against major oil companies in
the Congressional Record, told the
Star:
You can't believe what you
read in the Congressional Rec
ord
Haskins went on to say that he
had 'been working on this fuel
oil shortage for the past six
months" although the shortage
was not in existence six months.
ago!
I'm NOT worried about the
fuel shortage" Haskins said, "but
l am worried about the gasoline
shortage that will undoubtedly
occur next summer. :"
Haskins refused to supply the
Star with statistics on the amount
of fuel consumed in the Chicago
area, the amount of fuel now in
storage, or the current cost of fuel.
1T doesn't matter what fuel
costs as long as people get it,
does it," Haskins said.
MOST Chicago newspapers have
assigned experts" to analyze the
fuel oil shortage. And the Eek
perts" concur that the shortage is
due to:
/. Steel scarcity resulting in
no manufacture of pipe or rail
way tank cars or ocean going
steel tankers-used for trans
portation of Oil TO consumer
centers.
z. Increased motor vehicle
AL a-L
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

Some geo delegates, and an
equal number of observers, are
expected to attend the two-day
meeting at the Maryland Motel.
Illinois Citizens for Wallace,
downstate third party group, will
meet at the same time, at l pm.
on Sunday, Feb. %, at Progress
sive Party headquarters to report
on the development of Wallace
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
By Carl. HIRSCH

THE Sun went cold TINS
i week-after six years
and two months
And all that was left was a
pot of gold at the end of what
has been called "Finnegan's
Rair,bow"-and a dubious pa
per called the Stn-Times.
The merger" of the two
Chicago newspapers owned by
Marshall Field had more the
aspect of a funeral. Among
the mourners were those who
had followed the course of the
Chicago Sun from its bir t h
three days before Pearl Harbor,
its development as fighting
liberal journal during the war
and its subsequent decline.
THE CLIMAX of its down
fall came last October when
Field paid Times publisher
Richard j. Finnegan and his
associates close to 81 million
for the Times and moved his
Sun into the Times plant with
Finnegan as general manager
of both papers.
At that time came the most
drastic of a series of ''purges"
of the Sun staff, including
some of its ablest and most lib
eral writers.
This week. some IS addition
al Sun staffers felt the thud
of the iron ball" as well as a
score of Times people.
FOR PRACTICAL purposes
the Sun is dead, with nothing
left but the name-and even
that hyphenated. In its stead
is a paper frankly competing
with the Chicago Tribune.
News and Herald American at
their own low level.
It's boss is really Finnegan,
a smooth operator whose
liberalism is limited to the
type that pays off.
II becomes "just another
paper" attempting a doubtful
experiment as an around the
clock" daily. Along with its
frankly reactionary competi-
tors, ut is engaged currently in
an effort to smash the AFL In
ternational Typographical I'm
ion, whose m m b ers have
struck all of the Chicago
dailies.
THE FIELD paper today is
cold shadow of the paper that
began by protesting a flaming
liberalism and a defiance of the
press lords.
That paper attracted top
newspaper people from ali
over the country who quit bet
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Racist pacts
hit by CRC

At its first annual conference
this week, the Civil Rights Con-
gress of Illinois unanimously
adopted a resolution calling for an
amendment to the Civil Rights
Act of Illinois to insure elimina-
ton of restrictive covenants in
housing.
The delegates urged the CRC to
initiate mass education program
to inform the people of the
dangers of the Little Dies" Com
mittee of Illinois.
The e i e G a es unanimously
elected the Rev. Clarence Parker
and Milas Stephens co-chairman
of the Illinois CRC.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

In Chicago more than 20 per
cent of the housing units occu-
pied by Negroes are without flush
toilets.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
PorIey to decide state
Pea role in Bird party

Citizens
the Progressive Party will question at the Pea
here Feb 21-22, it reported this week.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

In the New York area, 4,611
disabled veterans are seeking en-
ployment.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

The Sun of that period was
full of praise for "our Soviet
allies" who had just smashed
through the Leningrad seige.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

1T IS any wonder that the
Sun readers of Chicago feel
betrayed? Is there any doubt
as to why many Chicagoans
speak this week of "the end Of
the Sum-"
Evening star., 1948-11-08

LWAYS good whether you with modern or tro-
- ditono furnishings Always in good toe whether you put
it in living dining roo bedroom foyer Lees rich
broodoom sets off sposed droperies points up
both dark and light woods hos deep euhiony pile wonder
fully soft undeoot Mint Bober grey desert she'll
bisque Both and lift widths Get for wo-to-woI coenq
stoirs roon-sze rug
Floor SLIDER
Evening star., 1948-09-08

about 600 AID, are really only Incl
dental. They follow a more exciting
find from the archaeological view
point-the skeleton of an Iron Age
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Telephone Booth Shot Up

MISSOULA, Mont. LP.-Unable
to get call completed on a pay
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Mine Defecfors Used 10 Find
Saxon Relics in EnqIand
By the Associated Press

LONDON.-Mine detectors, which
few years ago were warning AL
lied troops of the presence of Ger
man mines, are being used to un-
earth Saxon relics of 400 years ago
Archaeologists working on Blew
burton Hill, near Blewbury, on the
Berkshire Downs. have discovered a
pagon burial ground with four skele-
IONS. The whistle in the phones
of the detectors led to the finding
o. metal rings and brooches and
other personal ornaments. One of
the skeletons is of 'teen-age girl.
The finds, which date back to