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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26

tories-all have gone up in smoke
and flame because people didn't 60
to the small trouble of putting
smoking materials completely out
whe.. discarding them.
How about the cords that carry
Juice to your lamps? Their cost is
small and they can be installed in
a matter of minutes Yet, easy as
it is to replace them when frayed.
short circuits also have a gigantic
toll of destruction to life and pro
perty to their credit.
These three examples show the
main causes of fire-and the ease
with which such fires can be pre-
vented The vast majority of fires
are the result of one thing only
the human factor. Someone is lazy.
Someone is careless. Someone puts
off till tomorrow what should be
done today. Then fire strikes. The
loss may be great or it may be
small In either case. it is totally
unnecessary. Keep that in mind
when smoking, when checking
household equipment. or when do
ing anything that has a bearing on
fire hazards.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
STRIKER
(Too late for last week.

(lOO late LOT last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Blanchard
and Ray Hampton from Libby at
tended the Rodeo in Eureka and
were dinner guests Sunday even
ing at the Myron Hampton home
in Stryker Mrs Vesta McCormic
from Minneapolis, Mrs. Myron
HamptOn'S sister, accompanied them
back to Libby for a few days visit.
Harold Blanchard from Libby en-
ioyed the week end at the Myron
Hampton home
(This weeks items)
Bill Gross from Murphy Lake
helped Myron Hampton repair his
truck here Saturday.
Mrs. p. c. Wiggin from Kalis-
pell visited old time friends in Stry-
ker several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Russell Watson of
Spokane are enjoying two weeks
vacation here and visiting his moth
er, Mrs. R. E. Watson Of Stryker
and their son Harold and family
in Whitefish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Thompson
from Kalispell were Thursday over
mite guests at the Harry Roedel
home. The Thompsons and Mrs
Roedel and children visited Friday
afternoon at the Calvert home a
bove Trego.
Mrs. Alex Tusen and daughters
and Bill Tusen were business call
ers in Whitefish Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson were
shopping and consulting DR.. SimonS
in WhitefiSh Monday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
G. /. Loan Regulation
Liberalized by VA

A change in G. I. loan regulations
authorizing the Veterans Admins
tration to issue Certificates Of
Reasonable Value on single or
small groups of homes prior to their
sale to veterans has been announced
by the VA.
Previously, the VA could make
advance commitments only on hous-
ing developments of five or more
newly built homes, following a
series of inspections during con
Struction and an appraisal by g
committee of qualified appraisers.
The new C. l.. loan procedure
now makes it possible for the build
er of a single home, or the owner
of a home, to obtain a VA appraisal
before placing the property up fo'
sale. Appraisal commitments viii
be good for 60-day period.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26

NOIICE OE OhEANAHE . OAAL
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THk
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICI
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF LINCOLN
MARGARET HILYARD, also known
as MARGARET billiard, Plain
tiff,
FAER ENGLE: ANDREW N. SUND-
VOID, also known as A. SUN
VALID; LINCOLN COUNTY, MON
TANA, a political subdivision Of the
State of Montana; CLAUDE Z.
HARRIS, also known as CLAURDE
c. HARRIS: JAMES JORGENSON,
JR., individually and as admins
traitor of the estate of PETER CALD-
Err, deceased; MARGUERITE PLUM
LEY, heir at law of Peter H. Cald-
er, deceased: FRED c. CALDER.
heir at law of Peter H. Calder, de-
ceased; the unknown heirs and
devisees of FRED ENGLE; the I'M
known heirs and devisees of And
rev N. Sundvold, also known as
A. Sunwald; the unknown heirs and
devisees of Peter H. Calder; the un-
known heirs and devisees of Mar
gurite Plumley; the unknown heirs
and devisees of Fred Calder; and
all other persons, unknown, claim
ing or who might claim any right,
title, estate, or interest in, or lien
or encumbrance upon, the real pro-
perty described in the Complaint,
or any thereof, adverse to plaintiffs
ownership, or any cloud upon plain
tiff's title thereto, whether such
claim or possible claim be present
or contingent, including any claim
or possible claim of dover, inchoate
or accrued,
WALLACE MONK, who by order.
of Court, was substituted as a party
defendant in place of ANDREW
SUNDVOLD, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of Writ
of Execution issued in the Above
entitled matter the undersigned,
Sheriff of Lincoln County, Mon
tana, will on the Goth day of Sep
tember l948, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
on said date sell at the. Front Door
of the Court House at Libby, Mon
tana, all of the plaintiffs right, title,
and interest, in and to the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
The South half of the Southeast
Quarter and the South half of
the Southwest Quarter of Section
Twenty eight (28) in Township
Twenty-Five (29) North of
the Montana Meridian, contain
ing One Hundred Sixty (l60)
acres, according to the United
States Government SUrlV ey
thereof
J. R. LIVENGOOD
Sheriff of Lincoln County.
Montana.
at Aug. 20 Sept 2-9-l6)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
G. /. TERM INSURANCE
MAY BE RENEWED

Veterans carrying National Ser
vice Life Insurance term policies
will be able to renew them for an
additional years upon expiration
of the present term period, the
Veterans Administration announces.
C. l. term insurance taken out
by veterans before January /, 1916,
carries a term period of eight years
from date of issue. Policies issued
after that date are for five-year
term. Those who renew their term
insurance when it becomes neces-
sary will pay higher rate than
before, based upon their age at re-
neWal.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
WALLACE MAY APPEAR
ON MONTANA BALLOTS

W.R)-The Henry A. Wallace Pro
gressive party appears certain to
find a place on the Montana ballot;
The Secretary of States office said
it had already received nominating
petitions from the Wallace party
Oniy tta legal step of officially
certifying electors at the Third
Party's Sept 4 convention at Hell
ena remains to be completed.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
THE BIOLOGY OF THE
POCKET GOPHER

Bozeman-W.P-They've even in
vaded the private life of the Mon
tana gopher! A booklet titled The
Biology of the Pocket Gopher" will
be distributed by Montana County
Agents, The Montana State College
Agricultural Experiment Station re-
ported.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
CONGRESS APPROPRLATES
S75O. 600 FOR INDIAN
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL

Word has been received by 'c
BOARD of Examiners, informing t
that $3.50 900 has been appropriated
hv the u. S. Congress for Tuber-
cUlosis Hospital for Indians.
Board members said they are not
sure whether the money can be
,sed in cooperation with the state
Fxpiration date is June 80, 1949.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
Question of the Week

@. May l go to a private hospital
in my home town and have the
Veterans Administration pay the
bill?
A. If you have service-con-
nected disability and have received
prior approval from the VA to do
so, you may go to private hospita
in your home town at VA expense
Q-I expect to purchase a home
under guaranty provisions of the
G. l. Bill. l would like to know
if must pay the appraisers fee?
Ayes. The appraisers fee is
paid by the veteran and usually is
from SIS to SOS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
lust A MATCH

Take a look at a match. It's q
cheap. necessary. and innocent
looking little article. Yet matches
have caused the destruction of
hundreds of millions of dollars worth
of property and tens Of thousands
Of lives.
The same thing is true of Gig
arettes. Great forests, homes, fac
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
The Vets MoiI Bog
Disabled Vet Trainees
no Get Travel Pay


Disabled veterans authorized tC
travel for vocational rehabilitation
purposes may now be paid a mile
age allowance by the Veterans Ad-
ministration, as provided by Public
Law COO, Both Congress.
This law permits veterans train
ing under the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Act public Law 49, to choose
either Of two methods of reimburse
ment for travel costs They may
choose an allowance based on mile
age. or upon actual travel expenses
including lodging and subsistence.
Attendants needed by disabled
veterans during authorized travel
also may be reimbursed on a sim
liar basis. Previously, the VA was
allowed to pay only actual expenses
incurred by such travel.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-26
SHERIFF'S SALE
NO. 2I43
a. SHERIFF,S SAFE

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Fl FVFNTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
City council defers
school >red-hunt'

The City Council committee
on schools was expected to vote
this week on whether to take
up where the Chicago-Herald
American left off in its read
smear of Miss Emile Noack,
Sem High School civics teacher.
Earlier action on the investi-
cation had been deferred until
the scheduled Wednesday meet
ing of the Board of Education.
Supt. Harold c. Hunt was to
amplify earlier statements that
after a To-day investigation by
the board he found nothing to
sustain the charges, made by the
Herald-American."
The committees vote to defer
was taken after Aids. Frank
Keenan, (49th and Robert E.
Merriam 9th argued against
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

Aid. Alban Weber's (50th) pro-
posal to re-investigate Miss
Hoack. keenan, and Merriam
declared that the investigation
was outside the province of the
council.
Russell Ballard, chairman of
the organizing conference of the
Citizens Schools Committee, in
a letter urging members of the
Schools Committee to turn out
at the Wednesday Board of Edu-
cation meeting in support of
Miss Noack, declared:
I'VE believe the suggested
public hearing investigation
before the City Council is un-
necessary and would set a dis
sstrous precedent of interference
with SC hool curriculum and
teaching"
Support for Miss Noack came
also from the Progressive Party
of Illinois. A Prog. Party spokes-
man charge "councilmanic
matchmaking" demanding that
the City Council call off further
investigation.
Not once has the City Council
felt justified in overriding the
Board of Education's response
bility for Chicago schools
to investigate low pay for leach
ers or the crying inadequacy of
our school system. Not for one
minute did Council choose to
exercise its legitimate authority
TO investigate a recent sppointee
he Board of Education who
was in fact leading member
of the fascist-supported Ameri-
can Action. Inc"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Educator

M ARSHALL Fields Sun
1vl Times, which would like
to see Gen. Eisenhower as the
Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, doesn't seem much inter-
ested in Me's views on educa-
ton.
We looked carefully through
the Sun-Times this week after
Ike was installed formally as
president of New York City's
Columbia University, but we
couldn't find this interesting
statement:
Il have nothing TO say about
education. I don't know enough
about IT,"
To reporters at Columbia
University, he admitted:
"At least was trained for
that military business. I'm
not so sure of this"
But then, whaddya have TO
know to be an educator-m an
era of thought control?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

providing they have worked on
the Chicago transit system for 20
years.
All workers are eligible for
two-week vacations after work.
ing on the system for one year.
This increases to three weeks
after 20 years. In the case of
the disability pension of $50 set
UP under the new contract, work.
ers are eligible after ten years.
All workers are credited with a
81 ,250 insurance policy.
The CTA group health plan
pays workers $40 per week after
the first three days absence due
to illness, up to limit of &c
weeks. A $1,000 policy is also
carried for pensioners. Other new
contract benefits include a 30
minute relay rest period after
four hours work, night differ
entail of five cents per hour, and
complete seniority rules.
In sura n c e, pensions, group
health plan and vacations are
paid for by the eta, without
salary deductions.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
City ownership brings top
wages to transit workers

The contract now in negotia-
ton between the Amalgamated
Assn. of Street, Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employees
AFL) and the Chicago Transit
Authority viii give Chicago trac-
ton workers the highest wage
scales for such work in any city
Of the u. S.
Some points of the new agree
ment will 60 to arbitration, but
the new wage scales have already
been approved by the CTA.
These will raise the hourly rates
Of motormen from the $1.34 now
paid them to $147. Conductors
will be increased from $1.29 to
$l.42, towermen from $1.4O to
$l.53, and ticket agents from
SLIP to SLIPS.
The Amalgamated, which has
refused to comply with the Taft
Hartley Act on principle, is also
seeking maintenance of mem
bership clause through dues
check-off. Under the new con-
tract, Chicago traction workers
will become eligible for $50
monthly pensions on reaching IS,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

AIDE has been soliciting funds
within the U. S. on behalf of the
underground Spanish trade I'M
ion movement and such activity
constitutes the Brigade as an
agent of a foreign principal, with
In the meaning of the Act"
Chicago's H m n Bottcher
Post of the Vets replied:
I'm the last ten years we have
worked continuously and publicly
against Franco and can only con-
slider this request. made at this
time. as pretty clumsy camou-
flage for the real purpose of the
action. which is TO cripple the
anti-Franco movement in our
country.
I'VE are not foreign agents.
I'VE are Americans proud of
having fought fascism in two
wars. We are anti-Franco and
believe that most Americans
support the Spanish anti-fas-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Godspeed

M EMBERS of the 80th Con-
lvl gress this week were
happily looking toward ad-
Journment. But nobody could
be happier about adjournment
than the long-suffering Ameri-
can public.
From the angle of labor's
rights, civil liberties, the war
danger and the American peck
etbook, this undoubtedly will
have been the costliest Con-
gress ON record. On the plus
side, the record is minus.
And 50 to homeward-bound
congressman, the people could
well say, "Godspeed," and think
whatever p r o n er thoughts
they wanted to.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Shutdown

Down in Birmingham, Ala,
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Co.'s six big coal mines
were shut down tight this week.
James H. Terry, United Mime
Workers representative, said
he didn't know when the miners
would go back to work.
They quit work in protest
over the fatal shooting of a
fellow miner, c. L. Butler, a
Negro, who was killed by coun-
ty deputies.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Something wrong,

@ OMEONE remarked that
~ the recent stories about
the adventures of CTS and at
tractive Soviet spies were cook
ed up simply to bolster U. S.
Army recruiting.
Coltmnist Drew Pearson.
however, sounded a note of
alarm this week, opnling that
there is either something
wrong with our current Russian
policy or else that policy has
not been properly sold either at
home or abroad"
Disturbing Pearson is the fact
that "a total of four American
citizens in Moscow have now
either deserted to the Russians
or denounced American policy
toward Russia.
All this, he says, plus the
daughter OF the Commerce De-
paatment assistant now work.
ing for the Soviet Tass News
Agency, plus the large and
youthful following of Henry
Wallace, make it appear that
the United States is losing part
of the cold war with some of it's
own younger generation"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

American Poles visiting Poland
to remain there, on the grounds
that children born anywhere to
Polish parents are Polish citizens.
Some 10000 such cases are in
dispute, the State Dept. claimed.
THE facts, made public by the
Polish Ministry of Foreign AT
fairs, exposed the State Dept.'s
falsehood so completely that even
Irving Pflaum, anti-Soyiet for
eign expert" of the Sun-Times,
was forced to accuse the State
Dept. of IAN attitude that's
dangerous and bad"
The facts: There were So cases
in dispute. not 10000. The Polish
government itself eliminated "a
cases by deciding that the indi-
viduals were not Polish citizens.
Furthermore, the Polish gov
eminent was not challenging the
U. S. citizenship of Polish Ameri-
cans travelling on u. S. pass
ports. The disputed cases in
volved Poles born in the U. S.,
taken to Poland as children, who
had never registered as foreign
ers In Poland but had taken part
IN Polish life as Polish citizens.
The u. S. attempt to deceive
Polish-Americans caused even
Pflaum to comment that iii sug-
gests a desire in the State Dept.
to play power politics at the ex-
pence of truth and the American
peoples right TO be correctly in
formed by their public servants"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Anti-fascist vets asked to
file as foreign agents

Veterans of the Abraham Lin
coin Brigade who fought fascism
in Spain have been ordered by
the U. S. Department of Justice
to register as foreign agents"
for continuing on American soil
the battle against tyranny to
which many gave their lives.
In letter to the New York
headquarters of the Brigade, Will
liam E. Foley, acting chief of the
departments foreign agents reg
istration section, said in part:
Information received by this
Department indicates that the
Veterans of the Abraham Lin
coin Brigade is engaging in ac-
tivities within the U. S. which
require its registration with this
Department under the terms of
the Foreign Agents Registration
Act of 1888, as amended.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

public display June 18-three
days after wage negotiations get
under way with the United
Auto Workers.
1t makes sense to assume that
with prices up, Ford workers
will be readily granted the 30
cents am hodr they are asking.
And yet something tells us that
HENRY Ford III has no such
thing in mind.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Spain FIGHTS

HERE are some amazing
things happening in fas-
cist Franco Spain.
This week, two Franco police
agents were publicly tried and
executed by Republican guer-
rihas in the village of Cesare
in Galicia.
First hand reports from in
side Spain reveal that the
guerilla movement has grown
to the point where Franco is
throwing artillery, tanks and
planes into battle against them.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

up tCTA'S cash resources"
There at least real reasons for Har-
ringtons proposal. CTA's funds are being
drained by big investment bankers, who are
admittedly getting "the highest interest paid
anywhere in the country on the CTA bonds
they handled
And the CTA is probably the only mu-
nicipally-owned transit system which is re-
quired to be sef-sustaining while spending
millions for new equipment which should have
been purchased over the years by the former
owners. The bankers didn't want eta to
have any taxing power.
Since last summer. street car fares have
increased more than 37se. while IL" fares
have gone UP 309e.
Street car fares rose from 8 to cents
under private ownership, and from 9 to 10
and later to II cents under ,CTA. In the same
period of time-less than a year-'L" fares
have been increased from 10 to 10 cents
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Expose State Dept. hoax to
scare visitors to Poland

ChicagO's large Polish-Ameri-
can community-largest IN the
world-was the intended victim
of the latest hoax of the q. S.
State Dept. IN it's cold war;
against Poland and the other
new democracies of eastern
Europe.
The State Dept. issued a re-
port May 25 claiming that the
Polish government might force
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

cists."
Sydney Harris. secretary of the
Chicago chapter. pointed out that
If the Justice Department can
get away with this. they will
have established a beach-head
from which they can advance
against all who disagree with
government foreign policy"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

Chicago's straphangers are facing not one
fare increase-but two separate fare boostsi
If the two proposed fare increases are
approved by the banker dominated Transit
Board, the public will start paying at least
Is cents for street car ride and Is cents on
the elevated by July 1.
The Transit Board. which manages the
Chicago Transit Authority. has the power to
raise fares without public hearing 1t
doesn't even have to prove that an increase
is necessary.
Already Chicago transit fares are the
highest in the entire country, with the street
cars charging II cents and the 81" lines de-
handing IS cents for ride on slow, outdated
uncomfortable, and inconvenient systems
Philip Harrington, Transit Board chair
man, proposed the two fare boosts this week,
claiming that new equipment :. has used
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
New Model

THE Ford c'Wage Cut'')
i Motor Co unveiled its 1949
prices this week, and they range
from $85 to $125 higher.
The new Ford itself goes on
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

1T APPEARS that the Brig
Evening star., 1948-06-06

Sidebottom, Mrs. Arthur Hilland
Mrs. Guy Hooks, Mrs. Clark Hilles
Mrs. Robert Patterson, Mrs. Dewitt
Hyde, Mrs. Walter Smith and Mrs
Robert Boynton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Ratemar
Morris, jr., have invited a few
friends for tea this afternoon. The
honor guest at the party will be
young William Heppel Morris. who
will be christened In st. Johns
Church just before the hour of the
tea. The baby's parents and Mr.
William H. Roberts, a classmate OF
Mr.. Morris at the University OF
Pennsylvania, will be godparents fo1
the baby. Among the guests will be
the baby's maternal grandfather
Mr.. William Heppel, for whom the
baby was named. Mr.. and Mrs
Heppel, who live in Dunkirk, N Y.
are here for a few days visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris.
OF interest to the women at the
tea will be the baby's christening
robe-a long dress of soft white
material with a yoke Of fine lace
This dress was originally worn by
the baby's great-great aunt, Mrs
Gerald Williams of Dunkirk.
Mrs. Cornelius Gerst, who came
from her home in Louisville, KY.
for the wedding of her nice, Miss