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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03

which the club recently sent to the
home.
Arrangements were made for the
family Christmas party to be held
on Dec. II at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Weydemeyer.
The annual election of officers was
held. Mrs. Chas Cope being cleo
ted president and Virginia Alter,
Secretary-treasurer.
A nice gift was presented to the
retiring president, Mrs. Lestrud.
The appctizing lunch included a
beautiful birthday cake topped with
sixteen candles. Only two mem
bers were present who were pres
ent at the first meeting sixteen
years ago, Mrs. c. o. Winkley and
Mrs. H. P, Weydemeyer.
The club will meet next on Nov
IL at the home of Mrs. Virginia AL
bert at Ant Flat ranger station.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Bellmow@
are spending the week end in Pol
son on a pheasant hunt
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
LIBBY SADDLE CLUB HOLD
HALLOWEEN PARTY

The Libby Saddle Club held a
Halloween party at the home of
Bill Nolan, Friday, Oct. %. Mrs.
Lloyd Moe was the winner of the
prize for the new name, Trail
blazers" for the Saddle Club.
Pie and Coffee were served to
more than twenty-five members.
The members still want to see if
Jim Golfers Red Pepper is hot
enough to beat Oliver Deckers Kid.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03

Mrs. Julia Shawl moved Tuesday
from the Bolitho apartments to the
Evergreen Motel
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
FORTUNE


Mrs. w. H. Oldenburg was in
Great Falls last week attending the
State Convention of the Farmers
Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Prestbye
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
REXFORD

Gard Club
Bridge was played at two tables,
Friday evening at the home of Mrs.
Clara Hurst. Prizes went to Mrs.
Ernest Grambo, high; Mrs. Lloyd
DePratu, second, and Mrs. Sam
Mocko, third.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03

Before you sign an order for any new car, consider
this:
Not one-nO, not One-of the other cars in tn
rice range above gives You all the value of the big
powerful new Mercury
For owners say Mercury is the best-IOOking ca
fox the money the easiest-tO-hande. sU'oOt'esf
to-driue and, by all odds, the kUeliesf-i"-PeT
foTmGEsce!
Best of all, this big new Mercury Is sctuaLi.
among the aEftiess of all cars on the rOad-glVe
yea extra mileage On every gallon!
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Hearing Set Friday
On Daylight Saving Bill

A House District subcommittee
today scheduled public hearing
dates for the District daylight saw
ing time and rent control extern
sion bills.
Chairman Harris announced
testimony would be taken at 10:30
am. Friday on the daylight saving
measure. So far, he said. he knew
of no prospective witnesses other
than several members of Congress.
The bill before his judiciary sub
committee would authorize the
Commissioners to order daylight
saving here from the third Sunday
in April to the third Sunday in
September each year.
The McGrath bill to accomplish
this already has been passed by
the Senate.
The hearing on proposed extern
sion of the District rent control
law, due to expire the end of next
month, will be held at 10 am.
Monday, Mr.. Harris said. He said
no specific appointments for wit
nesses had been given yes. but he
presumed substantially the same
group heard at the hearing held by
the Commissioners would want to
testify. These included represent
atives Of tenant and property
owner interests.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Bates Urges SpeedieI
Automatic Raises 10
Aid D. T.. Teachers

A plan for liberalizing the
Washington teacher pay system
while still holding the cost-of-
living pay raise to 5000 was ad-
vanced yesterday by Representa-
tive Bates, Republican, of Massa-
chuSetts.
He would raise the annual STEP
ups in pay from 500 to $3.50 and
would reduce, from IS to 10 years.
the period in which automatic
raises bring teachers from the
minimum to maximum pay levels.
All teachers would receive 5000
pay raises under the pending liv-
ing-cost raise approved by three
subcommittee of the House Dis
trict Committee and now awaiting
full committee action. The new
Bates plan would be superimposed
on this.
Teachers have been protesting
that their cost-of living raise
should be $3.50, instead of 5000. to
match that proposed for other city
employees and already granted to
classified employees of the Federal
Government.
The new Bates plan was inter-
preted as a means of meeting this
teacher protest by arranging for
faster progress UP the basic pay
scale.
Mr.. Bates, ranking minority
member of the House District
Committee, warned, however, that
all questions Of District pay raises
should be contingent on passage
of legislation to boost city revenue
He reminded reporters that the
District already is facing an So
100000 deficit, which will go tc
$18, 100000 if pay raises are passed
without new taxes.
Teacher pay levels before pas
sage of the 1947 Teacher Pay Act
were too low, he said. In that
year, maximum rates here rank
sixth or seventh highest among
the larger cities of the country,
he contended. Both maximum and
minimum levels here, he said, were
raised in 1947 by more than 80 per
cent as compared with 1912 rates.
Teachers in the middle brackets
Evening star., 1949-02-22
EisIer Tells Harvard Club
This Is Marxist Century
By the Assoeiafed Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. a.
Gerhart Eisler, called Americas
No. l Communist" by the House
Committee on .Un-American Ac-
tivities, said last night the Goth
century lis envisioned by Marx
lists as the century of victory for
scientific socialism
Eisler, who has an appeal of a
contempt of Congress conviction
pending before thes Supreme
Court, addressed more than 500
persons under sponsorship of the
John Reed Club of Harvard Uni
versity.
The meeting was orderly, with
none of the heckling that attend
ed his appearance at the univer-
sity last spring.
Speaking on "The Marxist
Theory of Social Change" Eisler
said, "You may not like the con-
clusions of Marxists but you
should at least find out what they
are talking about"
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Business Executives
Here See Decline,
But Nothing Alarming

Business will decline in Wash
ington in the next six months
but not as much as in the rest of
the country. In any event, the
situation will not be alarming.
This is the concensus of a utili-
ties official, banker, depart
ment. store heaa,and a real estate
expert. Thsy,aaeA. G. Neal. presi-
dent of the Potomac Electric
Power Gnss Halhert T. Bisselle
senior vice president of the Riggs
National Bank; Andrew Parker
president of Woodward & Lothrop
and Charles H. Hillegeist, head of
the real estate and construction
firm bearing his name.
They presented their views at a
meeting of the Sales Executives
Club of Washington in the May
flower Hotel yesterday.
Power Sales Taper Off.
Mr.. Neal reported a definite
off in the power business
from that of a year ago. Last Sep
tember his associates considered
the outlook as good. They have
since changed their thinking and
look for drop of per cent in the
next half year. This would mean
a $1,000,000 decrease in gross
revenues.
Along with a drop in the num-
ber of new homes being built has
come decline lin the demand for
new utility service, he said. The
same downward trend has been
noted by the Capital Transit Co.,
Washington Gas Light Co., and
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., he declared. Despite
this trend Mr.. Neal said his COM
pany must raise $15,000,000 in
1949 for expansion.
Mr.. Bisselle reported slowing
down in banking in the last quar-
ter of 1948. This readjustment is
still going on, he said, and con-
sumer credit is being watched
closely. Bank credit is becoming
more selective, and loans will fall
off a little but not drastically, he
predicted.
Consumers More Selective
Mr.. Parker said business will be
good for the next several months,
but retail stores must watch their
Although purchasing
power is still high. he said, the
public has become more selective
of merchandise, and prices are 60
ing down.
Mr.. Hillegeist declared wild real
estate speculation is over, but that
the market will remain strong at
least for another year. Builders
will emphasize construction of
homes under $4,000. he said.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
|Hecht's Will Sets Up
Fund 10 Aid Religious,
Education Institutions

A foundation to aid religious,
literary, scientific and educational
institutions is to be set up under
the will of Alexander Hecht, one
of the founders of Hecht Co. De-
partment Stores. He died Feb
ruary 4.
Filed in Orphans Court in Bal
timore yesterday, the will leaves
10000 shares Of Hecht Co. COM
mon stock, with a market value
of 100000, for the creation of
this charitable fund, to be known
as the Alexander Hecht and Selma
H. Hecht Foundation.
The trustees of the foundation
are to be Rhyda H. Levy and her
husband Robert, who is Mr..
Hecht's son-in-law, and the State
Deposit Trust Co. of Baltimore.
The remainder of the estate is
to go to Mr.. Hecht's widow Selma
and three grandchildren, the chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Levy. They
are Sapdra Jean, Alexander and
Richard.
Executors Of the estate are Mrs.
Hecht, Mr.. Levy, Sylvan H.
Laucheimer, the family attorney,
and the State Deposit Trust Co.
During his lifetime Mr.. Hecht
gave frequently and generously to
charities. Most Of the time his
contributions were anonymous.
It is understood, however, he
made contributions to Children's
Hospital and that he built the
nurses home at Sinai Hospital in
Baltimore in memory of his
mother and father, Samuel and
Babette Hecht.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Jury Awards $1,000
In Death Of Wife After
Ri Blood Typing Error

A $4,000 verdict against a hospi-
tai, in favor of a man whose wife
died after an error in determining
the Rh factor of her blood, was
brought in by a jury yesterday in
District Court. The case is be-
lieved to be the first anywhere
based on the allegation that death
was due to an error in checking
the Rh factor.
The verdict was in favor of Paul
Phillips, a social worker, employed
by the State of Virginia in Airing
ton County. The defendant was
the National Homeopathic Hospi-
tai, Second and M streets NV.
Typed Rh Positive.
Mr.. Phillips wife. Mrs. Verona
Phillips. "a, mother of two chill
dren, was sent to the hospital on
November 10, 1916, by her phy-
sician, DR.. William Aud of Silver
Spring, Md. as pneumonia case.
Mrs. Phillips blood was typed by
a young woman technician, en-
ployed by the hospital two months
before. She typed the sample as
Rh positive. A post-mortem check
showed it to be Rh negative.
Mrs. Phillips was given a trans
fusion and her husband, whose
blood is Rh positive, was the
donor. Her temperature, which
was 1O2 before the TRANSMISSION,
according to testimony, went to
107 after. She died on November
81, 1916.
DR.. Aud Testifies.
DR.. Aud testified the symptoms
following the TRANSMISSION were
those of reaction of incompatible
blood. DR.. Oscar Hunter, jr., a
pathologist, testified the post
mortem blood sample was Rh
negative iso- immunized-that is,
it has antibodies which would clot
with incompatible blood.
Cornelius Dougherty, defense
attorney, contended there was no
evidence to prove Mrs. Phillips
died as a result Of the TRANSMISSION.
The defense put physicians on the
stand to show that an error in
blood typing would not necessarily
be a fatal error.
Mr.. Phillips was represented by
David G.. Bress and Hans A.
Nathan.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Lane Plans Veto
If Bill for Bonus
| Passes Assembly
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 22.-Gov.
Lane says he will veto pending
legislation for veterans bonus if
it passes the General Assembly.
II must of necessity veto any,
thing for which funds are not pro-
vided." the Governor told a press
conference yesterday.
Identical Senate and House
measures call for a $100,000,000
bond issue referendum to pay each
Maryland veteran of World War
II a bonus of from $40 to $500.
The bond issue would be serviced
from the proceeds of the retail
sales or real estate taxes.
Gov. Lane said the sales tax "is
already dedicated to the budget"
and described the real estate tax
as the "core of the counties
economy"
He did not refer to the bonus
bill specifically.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Observation-Disclosures
OF Need for Vigilance
AGAINST Communism

Washington's birthday should be
a reminder to Americans of the
need for vigilance against the dam
gers of Communism, the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants was
told today.
Meeting for their annual OBJ
,servance of: the first Presidents
birth. the association heard VII
liam Ee Eeaiay. Washington after
ney, wafsasthakssr curtain of DARK
ness is threatening to descend on
the world and that Americans
must be particularly watchful for
an attack from within.
He said Communistic teachings
are already in effect in our
colleges, universities, schools, our
public and private institutions.
!: 1t insolently usurps the
functions of our courts in order
to make mockery of justice"
Attack on Religion.
Mr.. Leahy said the aim of Com
munism clearly is against the
United States. Its goal is the
complete destruction of our moral,
economic and governmental ide-
ology." he declared.
He also warned that Communism
now is making its frontal attack
on religion and branded the con-
viction of Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty in Hungary as sham and
Hypocrisy
To-day, then, as we foregather,
we may just as we'll admit the fact
that we, as Americans, are stand
ing at another crossroads in the
transition of dynamic forces" Mr..
Leahy declared. Citing Washing
tons struggle for victory, he added,
ours is the job now to maintain
what he won for U.S."
The associations celebration in
cluded a reading of Washington
Farewell Address by Herbert P.
Leeman, a salute to the flag led
by Fred A. Emery, presentation of
the colors, the singing of "Ameri-
ca, and the reading of an original
poem by John Clagett Proctor,
association president.
Wreath Laid at Monument.
The associations wreath was
laid this morning at the WASH
ington Monument.
At business meeting preceding
the observance, Corcoran Thorn,
former president of the American
Security & Trust Co., was elected
a vice president to fill the vacancy
created by the recent death of
Frank 3. Noyes of The Evening
Star.
The association voted indorse-
ment of proposed legislation which
would raise the pay of District
government employees and increase
the number of judges in Munich
pal Court to 49, The group met
at the old Engine House, Nine
teentl1 and II streets NV,
Evening star., 1949-02-22


$50 p.m.--Parade sponsored by Russell
Mitchell Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and Alexandria Bicentennial Commission;
starts at Jefferson and Washington streets,
Alexandra.
$50 pm-National League Of Masonic
Clubs will place wreath at tomb of
Washington at Mount Vernon.
$50 p.m.--Musical. program, tea and
play by Ladies Auxiliary, River Terrace
costa avenue NE.
pm.-pance by Noncommissioned Of
George, Washington University students
s House Minority Leader Martin
will speak at rally in Fairfax County
pm.~widows and Orphans Home AS
sociation3, celebration at 9@l Pennsylvania
$40 pmccelebratiqn by sponsors pa Nc Of
'tonal Press Club auditorium; Represents.
'tiye Bloom, Democrat. of New York, will
9:45 pm.-womens Division. No 81,
bali at shoreham Hotel:
9 eommssSn o pz 8etand ths R
four Alexandria Chapters OF the Daushters
Of the American Revolution. Alexandra
and the Alexandria Association. at Cam
eron street recreation center.
10 p.m.-Dance for colored citizens
ton center. sponsored BY Alexandra Bi-
centennial Commission.
Tomorrow.
7:30 pm.-Dance at Service Club, An
dreWS Air Force Base, for servicemen at
South Post, Fort Myer; Navy School of
26Oth Group OF District National Guard.
S p,m.-Dance at Navy Barracks, Quar-
ters K. for District National Guardsmen
and servicemen from South Post, Fort
Myer
8 p.m.-Fort McNair Service Club No. 1,
dance for Government girls and students.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Wife of Former Owner
FOf Cleveland News Dies
Bv The Assecio,ed Press

CLEVELAND, Feb. 22.-Mrs.
Charles Otis, 70. member of a
prominent Cleveland family, died
early today of a heart ailment.
Her husband, a civic leader
here, once owned the Cleveland
News. Her son-in-law, Dan
Hanna, is vice president of the
Forest City Publishing Co., oWne,
of the News and the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Axis Sally Set
To Take Stand
In Own Defense
Treason Defendant
Expected to Sturt
Story Tomorrow
By jones J. CuIIinone

The stage has been set in Dis.
trict Court for Miss Mildred E..
(Axis Sally Gillars to appear to.
morrow in the most demanding
role of her turbulent dramatic
career-as a witness testifying in
defense of her life on charges Of
betraying her country.
For a short time late yesterday,
it appeared the hour had come for
the small gray-haired woman,
whose youthful figure bellies her
48 years, to tell her own story to
the seven men and five women i'll
the jury box. No other witnesses
remained to testify in her behalf.
But Chief Defense Counsel
James ]. Laughlin persuaded
Judge Edward M. Curran to recess
the trial half an hour earlier so
that the first testimony of the de-
fendant would not be interrupted
by today's holiday.
Three Witnesses Sought.
There remains a scant posi-
bility that three defense witnesses.
for whom Government agents are
searching in Germany, might ar
rive here Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Laughlin said. If they are
available, they will precede Miss
Gillars to the witness stand, he
said. No word had been received
from Germany last night regard
ing the witnesses, Chief Prosecutor
John M. Kelley, jr., said, and 1t
is highly unlikely they will be
here before the end of the week.
Almost five weeks of legal ma
neuvering and prosecution testi-
mony have set the stage for Miss
Gillars' appearance. She has fol-
lowed each line of the testi-
mony offered by Government
witnesses and made frequent notes
to assist Mr.. Laughlin when he
cross witnesses.
Each morning she has walked
lightly past the jurors, her head
held high, to take her seat at the
counsel table. Each morning she
flashes a radiant smile toward her
younger sister, Mrs. Edna Mae
Herrick, who loyalty occupies q
front seat just behind her.
May Testify 10 Days.
When she takes the stand. Mr..
Laughlin is expected to lead her
through a step-by-step recital Of
! her life, including her heart
breaking experience with DR., Otto
KoischwitZ, former Hunter Col
lege professor, who became her
boss = inss the German, {. Overseas
,Bfbadcasttng Service. She report
edly fell deeply in love with him.
but Mr.. Laughlin has told the jury
he will show the professor "domi-
mated" his client and exercised q
Svengali-like influence over her.
Mr.. Laughlin said he expects
Miss GillarS will be on the stand
for at least 10 days.
Mrs. Herrick, who is proud Of
her sister and confident she IS in
nocent, believes Miss Gillars' spirit
will be equal to the grueling ex-
perience she faces on the witness
stand. She has seen her spirit
crushed on only one occasion, Mrs.
Herrick said. That was when Miss
Gillars returned to this country
and learned her mother was dead.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
High Water Delays Hunt
For Body in Potomac
BY the Associoted Press

FREDERICK, Md. Feb. o.
State police said high. swift water
today forced them to delay drag
ging operations for the body of an
unidentified man who reportedly
jumped or fell from bridge over
the Potomac River at nearby Point
of Rocks.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

of the old pay scales did not get
any such percentage of increase,
he pointed out, because of the
decision to extend the period of
automatic raises to Is years. This
15-year wait to reach top pay is
too long" Mr.. Bates said.
Under the 1947 act the pay
range for teachers with bachelors
degrees was placed at $2,500 to
$4,000. Those with masters de-
grees were given q range from
5000 to $4,000.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Unemployment Trend Here
Traced to Several Factors
First of q SerieS.)
By Crosby Moves

walking the streets of Washington these
about him slightly familiar look to of the
CITY, surprised find himself
Although have predicted his coming he has not been
q a looking for job.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Holiday Events

A calendar of George Wash
ington birthday events includes
the following:
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-25
Womun's Division
Letter Day Soints
Meeting Thursday

Mrs. Frank Waters was hostess
to the Woman's department of
the Recognized Latter Day
Saints church at a meeting at her
home on South Pascagoula, March
II, with Mrs. Mack Hawley, the
leader presiding.
A devotional program was Civ
en- with Mrs. Joe Mason as lead
err, assisted by Mesdames S. L.,
Harris, Eugene Furby, Hawley
and Mary Parker.
A chapter of the book, Differ
ences that Persist, was discussed.
Cake and punch we're served by
Mrs. Waters after the study Pc
riod. There were nine present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-25

families are to receive the "Bap-
fist Record" and others are to be
added later. The church is con-
tributing monthly to the cooper
alive program; the Sunday school
rooms in the annex have been
completed and all six are ready
for classes.
The church is progressing nice
ly under the leadership of the
Rev. Liston Draughn, the pastor,
and j. w. Mcleod, the educa-
tional director. Song services fol-
lowed by preaching by Mr..
Draughn are held and thus far,
four additions to the church have
been received.
A special invitation to attend
all services is issued the public
and those who are still members
of the church are urged to be
present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-25

The home of Mr.. and Mr. l..
i. Ravens was the scene of the
happy reunion Of 38 relatives
Sunday in honor of Waldo Will
son of Flagstaff. Ariz., the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Wilson.
Out-of-town relatives were Mr..
ayad Mrs. w. r. Boden and moth
er, of McHenry; Milton Wilson Of
Lyman; Mr.. and Mrs. Wynton
Wilson and family of Perkinston;
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wilson of
Biloxi. Others, all of this COM
munity, present we're: Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Fl. Ravens. Ozell Ravens, M.
w. David Misses Virginia and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-25
pAscAGouLA c11RoN1cLE-sTAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER

and children of Meridian were
guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Ravens during the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Roberts
and daughter attended the birth
day dinner Sunday for their
rother-in-law, Emmitt Golf of
Moss Point, in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Quincy Roberts in the
Mt. Pleasant community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommie Barrett
and children spent Sunday in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. T.
Woodman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Jones and
family spent Friday night with
MIR. and Mrs. George Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Murphy
from Grenada spent the week
end with relatives.
Friday Mrs. Jerusha Bonham.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-25
Home Coming Day
To Be Observed
BY Unity Church

Unity Baptist church will OBJ
serve a home coming day the
fourth Sunday in April which
all pastors and former members
are invited to attend. Lunch will
be served at the noon hour. The
Rev. w. w. Kyzar of Columbus,
Miss, has been invited to preach
at the morning and evening serv-
ices.
Unity church has recently been
reorganized and a full-time pro-
gram is being carried out with
Sunday school, Training Union,
and midweek services on We'd
nesdays. The every family" plan
has been adopted in which ten
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-25

Mrs. Al Stagg and son visited in
Gulfport.
Mrs. Azaline Ravens and
daughter, Mrs. Alice Bourgeois,
spent Sunday in the Evergreen
community as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Welt Ravens and family.
Friends and relatives of w. r
Ravens are sorry to hear that his
health is gradually getting worse
His daughter, Mrs. Lucille Hav-
ems FURRY of Winona is expected
soon to help care for him.
Mrs. c. J.. Dees spent the week.
end in New Orleans.