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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Lucht and
two children, Donna and Darwin,
of New Rockford, No Oak, and
Mrs. Bill Health of Bismark, No.
Oak. were weekend visitors at the
Ernest Leir home. They were en-
route home after a vacation trip
on the west coast.
Mrs. E. T. Viebrock from Occur
d'Alene, Ida, is in Libby for a two
weeks visit with her mother, Mrs.
Amelia Spranger.
R. L. Pagan was a Libby visitor
Monday from Eureka.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-01

One of the most remarkable adj
Vertisements | ever read recently
appeared in a national magazine
It was by Warner & Swasey, ma
chine tool manufacturers. 1t was re-
markable because a company com
posed probably of hard-boiled
American business executives saw
fit to publish an advertisement
dealing wholly with a matter OF
conscience. The ad. read:
." And after the fire, a still
small voice"
I'VE have tried everything else
in America, and they have all failed
labor contracts, new laws by the
score, price controls.
I'VE have tried everything else
except conscience.
What if the still small voice OF
conscience induced workmen to
produce more, before they demand
ed higher wages?
What if the still small voice of
conscience induced manufacturers
to deliver more and more value,
constantly?
What if the still small voice of
conscience induced government Of
ficials to decide every act only on
what is best for America, instead of
what is best for me >?
Then there would be no ruinous
prices, there would be no interna-
tional problem, there would be no
fear America would be strong
again.
rs it too much to hope? The only
alternative is destruction. 1t begins
with you and me. We have had
greed and quarrels and failures.
Can't we have after the fire
a still small voice."
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-01
GIRLS ALPINE GLUE

(Too late for last week.
The Trego All girls held their
regular meeting at the Trego school
house June 16 The meeting was
called to order by Phyllis Dalager
at $3.50 p. m. Pauline White gave
the pledge. Roll call was given.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-01
AUTO INSURANCE
RATES REDUCED

In these days when the cost of
most of the services we use in our
daily living is increasing it is re-
freshing to note the reduction in
automobile insurance rates an
nounced by State Farm Mutual
Automobile, effective June Is, l948
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-01

Miss Mary Elizabeth May left
Sunday for a visit with her brother
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Nav and Billy, of Butte.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-01

John H. May, Butte, visited Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Charles
E. May, and his sister, Miss Mary
Elizabeth May.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Alexandra Hospital
Silent on Proposals

Alexandria Hospital officials have
decided to withhold comment on q
recommendation that the hospital
reduce the number of its employees
and tighten administrative activ-
tiles.
The recommendation was made
by a special committee of the new
Alexandria Health Council, which
asked the hospital for comment on
its proposals.
In a letter to council oficials,
David s. Haddock. Hospital Board
president, said his group had decided
to turn the health council proposals
over to a special citizens committee
which will be formed to evaluate a
current audit and personnel study
of the hospitals operations.
This policy will assure the council
report "of impartial appraisal and
permits the Hospital Board to &c
along logically with commitments
it has made to the city in the COM
mon desire for the best hospital that
can be developed" Mr.. Haddock
wrote.
The hospital financial and per-
sonnel study was ordered by the
Alexandra City Council. after that
body voted an emergency $4,000
grant to help ease financial prob
lens at the institution.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
DC. Woman Civic Worker Gets
Radio 'Good-Neighbor| Orchid
Miss {. R. Groves, IS,
Noted for Hospital
Work Among Sick

Miss Elizabeth r. Groves, rs, one
of Washington's most tireless civic
workers, received Good Neighbor'
orchid yesterday that was flown
from Hollywood. Jack McElroy OF
the Breakfast in Hollywood radio
show, made famous by the late
Tom Brenneman, had nominated
her for one of his awards on the
basis of a letter he had received
from Mrs. j. w. Stewart, TIT
Evarts street NE, friend of Miss
Groves.
Miss Groves was presented with
the orchid by Charlie Edwards on
his Around the Town program in
a WMAL studio. She then heard
Mr. McElroy read the letter on his
Hollywood program which directly
follows that of Mr. Edwards.
The letter told how Miss Groves,
a retired employe of the National
Geographic Society, all through the
war and until the present has visited
Walter Reed Hospital, Mt. Alto and
|Children's Hospital one day each
week taking crossword puzzles and
magazines.
She pastes the crossword puzzles
on cardboard and attaches small
pencil to each SET" the letter said.
Mrs. Stewart met Miss Groves
through the Delaware State. Society
of which Miss Groves has been
executive secretary for q years.
She has been treasurer of the Con-
necticut Avenue Association for 80
years. A number of friends went to
Evening star., 1948-12-04
B|adensburg Studies
Plan 10 Discontinue
Crossing Watchmen
J. Douglas Bradshaw.

The Bladensburg Town Council
last night took under advisement a
proposal to discontinue watchmen
at the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad
crossing on Defense highway.
The proposal was made by D. A.
Steel, B. & o. grade crossing engi-
neer, and c. r. Riley, division engi-
neer, who said the railroad has in
stalled modern automatic protec-
ton, including gates and lights at
the tracks.
Mr.. Riley told the council they do
not think it is necessary to maintain
the present 24-hour shift OF watch
men at the crossing in addition to
the automatic devices.
A similar request was refused by
the council several years ago. The
council referred last nights request
to Chairman o. l.. Stevens Of the
Streets and Roads Committee, for a
report at the councils January Z
meeting.
Mayor Andrew F. Gasch named a
committee composed Of Walter D.
Hodkinson, Luther j. Farris, Fred
G. Williams, Ray Ogburn, j. Duvall
Harllee and H. Myron Potter to
plan a community building. Mr..
Potter will serve as temporary
chairman.
The council approved the recon-
ing petition of A. j.. Bright for land
on Fourty-eighth street near De-
fense highway from residential A
to light industrial. It also granted
a request of Giuseppe Gugliatta for
a change from residential A to COM
mercial Of a tract in the 4700 block
Of Defense highway.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Army Approves Deepening
OF Chesapeake Canal
BY the Assecio,ed Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 4.-Oficia.
approval by Army engineers Of plans
to deepen the Chesapeake ano
Delaware Canal have been reported
by the Baltimore Association o1
Commerce.
The plan would cut hundreds ol
miles of ship lanes for deep-draf'
vessels between Baltimore and points
north. The canals depth would bt
increased from a to 80 feet, which
would open the waterway to vessels
which now have to take the longer
route around the Delmarva PENN
sula.
Before anything is done to carry
out the plan, however, it will have
to be written into congressional
rivers and harbors bill.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Arlington Woman Wins
Chest Essay Contest

Winner Of q portable Typewriter
in the recent Arlington Community
Chest essay contest is Mrs. Thomas
Diggin, 1872 South Thomas street
1t was announced today.
Contestants We'd for the prize
donated by Kell's Typewriter Ser
vice, 1918 North Courthouse road,
by writing letters on why ! Sup
port My Community Chest" Judges
were Lawrence Michael, Red Feath-
er campaign chairman for Arling-
ton; Mrs. Emily Moore, publicity
chairman for the campaign, and
Miss Margaret Troxwell Of the Arl-
ington Sun.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Hunting Couple Cleared
In ChiId-Ne egIect Charge
By the Assoeioted Press

TOWSON, Md, Dec. 4.-Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Davis, who left his
three young daughters behind and
went to West Virginia to hunt deer
we're acquitted yesterday of charges
they neglected the children.
The house burned down while
they were gone but the girls weren't
hurt.
Judge John B. Centrum repri'
manded the couple and placed the
children under welfare department
supervision for a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis testified they
made arrangements with a next
door neighbor to have the little
girls sleep at her house while they
were gone.
Mrs. Connie Browning told the
court she had promised only tc
keep an eye on the girls, not feed
and shelter them.
The girls, II, and 6, are Mr.
Davis children by previous mar
riage.
After the fire, the couple was
located at the home of his brother
near Clarksburg, w. Va.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
IDr. Lee Adcock Dies;
Former CSC Official

DR.. Lee Campbell Adcock, 10, for
mer senior medical officer with the
Civil Service Commissions Retire
ment Division. died yesterday al
Arlington Hospital.
DR.. Adcock was with the commits
sion for 16 years before his retire
ment In 1914. His home for the last
IL wears was in Fairfax. Va.
A native Of Hopkinsville, KY. DR.
Adcock was a graduate Of Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia. and
practiced medicine in Tulsa, Okla.
and Omaha, Nebr., before entering
Government service here in 1928.
DR.. Adcock served as a medical
officer with the Army in Texas dur
ing World War I. He was a member
of the American Legion. Scottish
Rite Masons and Shriners, and at
tended the First Congregational
Church in Washington.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Ida Mae Swanson; three
brothers. william A. and George H.
Adcock of Hopkinsville, and Clifton
o. Adcock, Ardmore, Okla, and four
sisters, Mrs. E. w. Barnette, Nash
vile, Tenn; Miss Louis Adcock and
Miss Della Adcock, Hopkinsville. and
Mrs. H. T. Fruit, Paducah, KY.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Tuesday in Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be In Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
81 Doctors Licensed
For Virginia Practice
by Reciprocity
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 4.-The
State Board of Medical Examiners
has licensed 81 applicants to prac.
tice medicine in Virginia by recip.
rocity. board spokesman said yes.
terday.
DR.. Kenneth D. Graves, Roanoke
board secretary, said the board hac
discussed the matter Of borderline
reciprocity for doctors In the Dis.
trict of Columbia.
A recent opinion of the Virginia
Attorney General held the Virginia
code does not provide for border.
line reciprocity.
DR.. Graves explained borderline
reciprocity this way: A Virginia
licensed doctor may make applica-
ton and pay 81 and be allowed to
practice in the District of Columbia
The Virginia law. however, does
not provide for such a reciprocity
license but permits a doctor licensed
in the District of Columbia to prac-
tice anywhere in Virginia after
making application and paying 6
$50 fee.
DR.. Graves said the matter came
before the board earlier when the
secretary of the District of Colum-
bia Board of Medical Examiners
made inquiry whether Washington
doctors could be permitted to prac-
tice in northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Dedication Set Tomorrow
For Alexandra Church

New Grace Episcopal Church, 36ol
Russell road, Alexandria, will bt
dedicated at a ceremony at 3 pm
tomorrow at which Bishop Frederick
D. Goodwin of the Diocese OF Vir'
ginia, will officiate.
Grace Church was organized II
1855 by the Rev. D. F. Spriggs, al
that time editor of the Southern
Churchman. The first parish house
was at 2o7 South Patrick street
Early church records show the
building was used as a hospital dur
ing the Civil War.
Construction of the new church
which is of Gothic architecture
was begun August 13, 1947, anc
completed in October of this year
Modern featu-oS of the building in
clude air nGi,ioning, choir loft
and chimes.
Bishop Goodwin will be assisted
at the ceremony by the Rev. Thoma!
A. Fraser, jr., minister in charge
and rector of st. Pauls Church
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Falls Church Council
Weighs Ban

Falls Church Police Chief Elliot
H. Howe said yesterday he is seeking
a town ordinance banning fireworks
Capt. Howe said the proposed law
now under study by the City Council
would prohibit the sale, purchase
transportation, possession and firing
of the explosives.
Numerous complaints have been
received recently, the police chief
said, from residents who have been
disturbed by flrecrackers.
He said a woman suffered leg
burns and q torn stocking last night
when a firecracker thrown by a boy
on a bicycle exploded at her feet.
The explosives are sold in at least
one city store and in several estab-
lishments in Fairfax County, the
police chief said. He pointed out
the current law simply makes 1t
unlawful to set off fireworks within
20 feet of city building.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Fort Meade Soldier Fined
S400 in Traffic Death

Pfc. Lloyd Barron. %, stationed
at Fort Meade, was convicted ir
Marlboro Police Court yesterday OF
reckless driving and manslaughtel
in connection with the traffic death
of Mrs. Gertrude r. Ressing, "a, o1
1O3 Melbourne avenue, Silver Spring
The soldier was fined $500 on the
manslaughter charge and given g
500 suspended fine on the reckless
driving charge.
Maryland State Trooper Ernest E
Hudgins said Barron was the drive
of an Army staff car which skiddee
out of control on Route / at Muirkirk
Md, October % and collided witt
the car in which Mrs. Ressing wa
q passenger.
A speeding charge against Barron
was dismissed. He told the court h.
could not explain why his car wen
out of control.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Rockville Blond II,
In Taxi Ho|dup Put
On Probation ; Years

Bessie "Dimples" Nichols, IT.
year -old Rockville blond charged
with assisting the hold-up Of 9
taxicab driver a year ago, yester.
day was given a chance to prove
that she can go straight.
Bessie, the girl who made news
when she got an engagement ring
while held in Prince Georges jail
was placed on probation for three
years by Circuit Judge Charles c.
Marbury.
Judge Marbury suspended SEN
tence generally" and told Bessie
this meant that If you vary II
the slightest degree from instruc-
tions of the probation officer, you
will be brought back and the court
can sentence you to any term with
in the purview of the statute"
At the opening of her trial yes
terday, Bessie changed her not
guilty plea to a plea Of guilty.
Maryland State Police Corp. l.
D. Gray said Bessie admitted plan
ming the robbery with two male
companions.
Cab Driver j. E. Mora said Bes-
sizes major part in the crime was
to keep him distracted with a con-
tinuous variety of entertaining re-
marks" so he would not suspect
they planned to rob him.
After her arrest. Bessie escaped
from the Marlboro Jail by unlock.
ing her cell door with a key she
mysteriously obtained, police said
She was rearrested in Rockville
several months ago and it was dis
closed that she had been to Cali
fornia where she met and fell in
love with Marine.
The Marine, Pvt. Quincy @
Terry, now stationed at Norfolk
presented Bessie a diamond en-
gagement ring between the bars OF
her Marlboro Jail cell after she
was rearrested.
They plan to be married "as soon
as possible" she said yesterday.
County Probation Oficer Roy
Bright said, however, that if Bes-
sic marries without his permission,
it will be a violation of her proba-
ton. Conditions of the probation
are that she return to live with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w
Nichols, in Rockville, and obtain
work.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Arlington Church Of the Air
Announced for Next Week

Next weeks daily devotion and
Sunday broadcasts sponsored by the
Arlington Church of the Air were
annouced today by Glendale Burton
director.
Tomorrow's services, from II I'M
until noon, will be from the Walker
Chapel Methodist Church. with the
Rev. j. william Hough in charge
over WARL; and from the Bethel
Evangelical and Reformed Church
conducted by the Rev. Lee A. Peeler
over WEAM.
The daily devotion broadcasts
Monday through Friday will be con.
Quoted by the Rev. Paul r. Hunter
of Rock Spring Congregations
Church at 8:45 am. over WARL, anc
by Rabbi Ira Sud of the Arlington
Jewish Center at 1918 am. ovel
WEAM.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

With the comment that the
amount of business involved ap-
pears "picayune," Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy yesterday denied re-
quest for a temporary injunction
against sale of flowers from vend-
ing box at Arlington Hospital.
Date for a hearing on a petition
for a permanent injunction will be
set by Judge Mccarthy in Airing
ton Circuit Court on December 20.
The injunction was sought by the
Northern Virginia Florist Associ-
alton, Inc, against the hospital.
Administrator John j. Anderson
and w. v. Steddom, 1900 Fourteenth
street NV, owner and operator Of
the refrigerated flower box.
Attorney John Paul Jones argued
that the vending box is unfair COM
petition" to the florists and results
in Trreparable damage" not only
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Coast Guardsman Pleads
Not Guilty in Staying
BY the Assoeioisd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. IA plea o1
not guilty was entered yesterday
for Delmas Edward Bozman, ~.
year-old Coast Guardsman accused
Of Staying a cab driver last May.
Judge Herman M. Moser appointed
Joseph G. Finnerty as counsel fol
Bozman.
He was arrested last week at
Shark Fin Shoal Lighthouse, down
Chesapeake Bay of Deal Island
He had been transferred to duty
there from Baltimore after the slay-
ing.
Bozman is charged with the
robbery and shooting of Cornelius
A. Mcdowell, 25-year-old aircraft
plant worker who had been driving
cab for about two weeks after
being furloughed from his regular
ioh
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Pontiac Auto Dealers
Receive Charter for
ID. T.. Area Association
p. G. LiEon.

The Washington Metropolitan
Pontiac Dealers Association, with
eight members in this area, has been
incorporated in Virginia, dedicated
to advancing lawful and fair trade
practices"
A charter was granted by the
State Corporation Commission at
Richmond yesterday, but the asso-
citation has been operating here in
formally for many months, a high
Pontiac ofncial said.
G. F. Devereaux, zone manager
here for Pontiac Motor Division OF
General Motors, said the prime pur-
pose of the association was to assure
closer cooperation between the
dealers, the public and the facto-
ries."
Issues Discussed at Meetings.
The dealers here have been hold
ing monthly meetings at various
places, he explained, to discuss
many issues which have arisen in
the selling and servicing of new
cars.
Also under discussion, Mr.. Deve-
reaux said, have been the disputed
questions of allowances made for
old cars traded in on new ones and
the system of delivering new cars
on priority list.
More than a year ago, Mr.. Dev-
ereaux said, it was realized that
these issues were brewing, so the
Pontiac dealers began their program
of cooperation long before the
House subcommittee investigating
questionable trade practices in the
automobile business here launched
its investigation.
Emphasis on Future Business.
So far, the zone manager said,
no Pontiac dealer had been called
on the witness stand by the Macy
subcommittee making its trade
practice inquiry.
Mr.. Devereaux said that through
out the many conferences Of deal
ers here the emphasis has been on
future business, not the benefits
of today"
Officers of the association, Mr..
Devereaux announced, are: E. M.
Kupersmidt of Coast-in-Pontiac,
Washington, president; H. J. Brown
Of Brown Pontiac, Arlington, Va,
vice president; Jack j. Blank,
Arcade-Pontiac, Washington, Sec
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Silver Spring EIks' Lodge
Memorial Tomorrow

The third annual memorial serv.
ices Of Silver Spring Elks Lodge win
be held at 8 pm. tomorrow In the
Woodside Elementary School audi.
torium, Silver Spring.
John Dillon Fitzgerald, past ex-
alted ruler of the Washington Elks.
will give the principal address. The
opening and closing prayers will be
given by the Rev. Ralph ]. Maher of
st. Michael's' Catholic Church and
the Rev. Philip G. Edwards Of Wood.
side Methodist Church.
The ceremonies will be dedicated
to the deceased members OF the Sill
yer Spring Lodge by Troy Waldrop.
exalted ruler. A musical program
will be o feature.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
TimberIake Lists S4,0o1
Spent During Campaign
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. ste.
phen D. Timberlake, Republican
candidate for Congress in the 7th
district, yesterday reported cam
paign expenditures Of $4,091.80.
He qualified this figure in his re-
port to the State Board of Elections
by noting that some items similar to
those he listed in his report had
been paid by others.
Mr.. Timberlake, a Staunton at
torney, was defeated by the incum-
bent, Representative Harrison
Democrat, Of Winchester.
Several days ago, Mr.. Harrison re-
ported that he spent $3,155.54 in the
campaign.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Hospital Flower Sales Called
'Picoyune' as Court Denies Ban

to them but to the county. He
charged that the county is deprived
of tax revenues which a regular
florist ablishment would pay.
Indications are that the amount
of business involved Is so picayune
that don't see how anybody could
suffer irreparable damage" Judge
Mccarthy said.
IF you divided the profit (of the
vending box) amoung the members
(of the florist association, 1t
wouldn't pay for their breakfast"
Mr.. Anderson said the box was
placed there for the convenience OF
visitors who want to purchase
flowers for patients. The hospital
receives 20 per cent commission
on flowers sold from the self-service
box and has been making from $40
to $50 q month, Mr.. Anderson
said.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Police Continue 10 Probe
Death Of Virginia Woman
By the Associofed Press

PEARISBURG. Va. Dec. T.
Police today continued to investi-
gate the mysterious death OF a 75-
|year-old Giles County woman.
Mrs. Matte Mayall died from a
fractured skull the day after she
had been found unconscious IN her
house In the eastern section Of the
county, police and hospital authori-
ties said.
Sheriff Emory Johnston, among
officers who investigated Wednes-
day night, said police were check
ing a report the woman wore q
money belt and the fact that dried
blood in her hair indicated she had
been injured several hours before
neighbors discovered her.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
7 Marine Sergeants Killed
In Plane Crash Identified

The names of two Marine SER
geants killed Thursday in the crash
of a training plane at Quantico,
were made public today.
The men were T/Sergt. Paul
Howard Clarkson. Quincy, ILL.,. the
pilot, and T/Sergt. Henry Clark
Stalnaker, Toccoa, Ga.
The plane was reported on a rou-
tine training flight when 1t went
out of control at low altitude and
crashed on the Quantico reserva-
ton, about 10 miles southwest of
the main base. The crash is being
investigated by q board Of inquiry.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
VIEW in Silver Spring
To Induct 200 Members

Omar B. Ketchurn, national legis-
lative director of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, will speak on vet
erans' legislation, at VFW cere-
mony at pm. tomorrow at the
Silver Spring armory, when more
than 200 members will be inducted
into the organization.
The ceremonies will be conducted
by so members Of the Henry Hart
VFW Post of Cumberland. The
meeting is sponsored by District No.
2 of the WV which includes the 10
posts in Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties.
District Commander Ward w.
Caddington Of Silver Spring will
preside.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Navy Allows 18-Year-0|d,
To Enlist for One Year

Eighteen-year-old youths now will
be accepted for enlistment in the
Navy for one year, according to 1t
Comdr.H j. s. Leidel, officer in charge
of the District naval recruiting sta
tion.
He said they will receive the same
benefits as those enlisting for three
or more years and at the same time
fulfill their obligations under the
Selective Service Act. On complet-
ing the one-year enlistment, they
will be given the opportunity of re-
enlisting or transferring to the mac
tive Naval Reserve.
Applications may be made at the
Naval Recruiting Station, 1400
PENNSYLVANIA avenue NV.