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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-26
GRAND MATRON VISITS LIBBY
CONTINUED from Page One)

Mrs. Joughln put on an original
television broadcast over Station
STAR. This was the first television
seen in Libby and the audience par
lticipation was extemporaneous. The
diners were in a gay mood, the ques-
1 tons and clever answers made the
broadcast a success and a lot of fun.
The master of ceremonies delved
into the love life and marriage of
Harlow Stordock and gave him
quite a rubbing. He was so coopera-
tive that he got the chance at the
$64 question at the close of the
dideo. This question was the mo-
tive for quick action and talking
all during the broadcast as it was
promised that a prize of five dol
lars would be given for the correct
answer The M. c. flashed a five
dollar bill as she asked the ques
built?" With the announcement of
the army engineer it will be known
if Mr.. Stordock's answer was cor
rect If he gets the prize he must
spend it for something needed at
the Masonic Hall. The broadcast
was a take-off on those to whom the
questions were asked and was full
of laughs. Clever answers received
a lot of applause.
From the banquet the Stars and
their o. E. S. guests repaired to
the Masonic Hall where Mrs. Eileen
Guernsey and Mrs. Dorothy Landon
were given their degrees. Mrs.
Evelyn Gillespie became an affiliate
from Havre. Mrs. Guernsey was
distinctive in black and gold, Mrs.
Landon was beautiful in yellow
organdv in semi-hoop skirt effect,
Mrs Gillespie was lovely in black
lace
Joyce Olson was Conductress and
Jeanette Hagerty was Associate
Conductress for the initiation. The
Star points who gave the lectures
were Eileen Lovick, Ada; Thelma
Curry, Ruth; Rhea Anderson, Es-
Their; Mary Johnston, Martha; Merle
Nelson, Electra
The Chapter Room was a bower
of baskets of beautiful flowers in
colors appropriate to the degree
work and teachings of the Eastern
remarks presented the gift from
Libby Chapter No. SO to the Grand
Matron.
Mrs. Baumgartner was regal
woman, dressed in grey. She was
very gracious and had a pleasing
personality. In a wonderful and
impressive address she had a real
message on the ideals of the o. E. S.
for the members.
o. E. S. has 1I9 chapters in Mon
tana and its growth is very crafty
ing.
Mrs. Baumgartner was accom-
panied by her husband. The other
Grand officer present was Victoria
Baney from Eureka, who is Grand
Sentinel. Other guests were Flea
nor Crane, Thompson Falls and her
husband Floyd Crane who is Worthy
Patron there, Arthur Small, Kalis-
pell Mrs Serena Swanson, White
fish, Maxine Peterson, Worthy Ma
tron of Troy, Maurice Nelson,
Worthy Patron of Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baumgartner were
entertained at the home of Duane
Sturm, Master of the Masons and
Edna Sturm, Matron of the local
o. E. S. The Grand Matron and her
husband next visited Eureka where
they were received and entertained.
After the Chapter meeting punch
and delicious assorted cookies were
served at a beautifully decorated
table. The flowers used were
bleeding hearts. Those who served
punch were Mesdames Fern Shaur-
cite, Anderson, Seims, Barkee, and
Oertel.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-26
STATE DRIVER EXAMINER
TO BE IN LIBBY JUNE 3 a. 4

George Mourar, State Driving
Examiner will be in Libby Friday
and Saturday, May 3 and 4 to give
examinations. He will be in the
Community Room of the Court
House between the hours of g a. m.
and 5 d. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-26

Mr.. and Mrs. William Kammayer
of Englewood. Calf, are visiting
with Mrs. Kammeyer's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Olson and Mr.. KAN
meyers mother, Mrs. Freida KAN
mayer and other relatives and
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Kammeyer
are former Libby residents.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-26

Mrs. Duane Sturm, Mrs. Max
Sturm, Mrs. Roy Sherman and Mrs
Charles Oertel went to Eureka Mon
day for the visitation of the Worthy
Grand Matron of the Order of the
Esstern Star, Mrs. Augusta Baum
gartner. Miss Inez Ratekin re-
turned to Libby with the group.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Mo|otov Status
SurpriiseShift
Sharp Policy Change
Seen as Vishinsky
Takes Foreign Office
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 5.-Russia's S
acid-tongued Andrei Y. Vishinsky
was Russia's new Foreign Minister
today. replacing Vyacheslav M.
Molotov, who was released from
his post last night.
This major change in Russia's S
high command was disclosed to a
startled world in a brief dispatch
over the Moscow radio. The an
nouncement said, too, that the
Minister of Foreign Trade for
the last % years-A. I. Mikoyan-
also had been replaced by his
deputy, M. A. Menshikov.
Dispatches from Moscow said
brief, routine stories about the
shakeup were carried on the back
pages of Moscow papers.
No Hint of New Jobs.
There was no hint as to what
new jobs Mr.. Molotov and Mr.
Mikoyan might be taking. 1t said
nothing about their being relieved
of their duties as deputy chairmen
Evening star., 1949-03-05

American policy-makers adopt
ed a wait -and-see" attitude to-
day about the meaning of Rus
sia's unexpected switch in foreign
ministers.
Throughout the world diplomats
speculated over whether Foreign
Minister Molotov has been fired
or promoted.
Big and little men alike Won
dered whether the major Krem-
lin shift would quiet or inflame
the East-West cold war.
There was a maze of specula-
ton among diplomats and men,
bers of Congress. running the
whole range of possibilities.
Replacement of Mr.. Molotov by
his sharp p-tongued deputy, Andrei
Vishinsky. was seen by many as
a sign of an impending change
in Soviet tactics. But whether it
portended softer or tougher at
titude toward the West was any,
body's guess. Some thought it
might be no more than an ad-
ministrative change.
Officials with chief responsible
ity for American foreign policy
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Peace Talk Delegates
To Be Named in China
BY the Associated Press

NANKING, Mar. 5.-Govern-
ment delegates for official peace
talks with the Chinese Comnlu-
nists were expected to be an
nounced after meeting of Acting
President Ii Tsung-jen and Pre-
mier Sun Fo today.
Mentioned as likely choices
were Shao Li-tze, former amoas-
sador to Moscow; Chang Chin
chung, political administrator for
the northwest; and former Pre-
mier Chang Chun, pacification
commander at Chungking.
They are ministers without
portfolio in Suns cabinet. Shao
recently returned from unofficial
talks with the Reds in Peiping.
He was an observer with a dele
CATION headed by w. w. Yen, elder
statesman from Shanghai.
Earlier, committee of 10 head
ed by Sun was reported to favor
revision of China's constitution
and reorganization of the army as
concessions to the Reds-provided
the Communists ease up on their
demand for punishment of Ma
tionalist war criminals.
The committee is drafting pro-
posals to make to the Reds at a
formal conference. Sun said the
Reds limited such session can
be held some time after March Is.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
1,OOOFIee Homes After Break
In Dixie Floods Iowa Town

! would dole out in limited guam.
titles.
Mayor Maurice M. Kirlin last
night declared. a state of emer.
gency.
Food rescue work was being di-
rected from the City Hall, which
was flanked on two sides by water
Evacuees first brought to the City
Hall had to be moved again early
today when the basement flooded
A disaster center for refugees then
was set up in two churches and a
hotel.
Water began moving into the
town yesterday when the Boyer
River broke through a dixie east
of town. Evacuation work con-
tinued all night. A number OF
persons had to be rescued from
their porch roofs.
Evening star., 1949-03-05

A 6-year-old girl was injured
seriously today in a fall from
third story window, despite efforts
of a boy, Is, to catch her.
The girl, Faye Davis, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Davis,
1908 Twenty-fourth street NV,
was taken to Children's Hospital.
There it was said she had suffered
internal injuries.
The fall was from an unscreened
window of the small apartment
hotel in which the Davises live.
John Harvey, colored, who lives
across the street at 1909, said he
Evening star., 1949-03-05
13GotoPriison
In Hungary for
Link
Terms Range From One
To Eight Years With
Appeals Prohibited
BY the Associofed Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Mar. S.
A Workers Court today convicted
13 persons accused of conspiring
with Josef Cardinal Mindszenty in
black market money dealings.
They received prison terms ranging
from one to eight years and were
fined.
No appeal is permitted.
Pal Biro, the presiding judge,
ruled that six of the accused could
not withdraw confessions they
made before the trial. The six
asserted in court that they had
been intimidated by police into
making the confessions.
The judge said these assertions
had to be considered in the light
of testimony from other defend
ants that they had been questioned
by police under the most liberal
circumstances"
Appeals Not Allowed.
Appeals from Workers Court
sentences are not allowed. Cardi-
nal Mindszenty and his code
PENDANTS were tried and sentenced
by Peoples Court and appeals
from its judgments are permitted
The judge said one charge OF
intimidation made by Gyorgy
Macy, a broker, was nothing but
an attempt to influence courtroom
spectators.
Other confessions which defend
ants sought to repudiate, he said
were clear and convincing and
could not be the invention of police
authorities"
The prosecutor. Lajos Hegyvari
was visibly displeased with the
sentences, regarded by most OF
those in the courtroom as light.
Thus the case of Cardinal
Mindszenty has come to a close
except for rulings on the appeals
of the defendants in the first trial
Cardinal Mindszenty was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment Feb
ruary 8.
Three of the 13 were Roman
Catholic priests. One of these
was Msgr. Imre Boka, who served
the cardinal as treasurer. He was
sentenced to four years in prison
and loss of political rights fol
another five years. He was also
fined 1000 f1orents ($83).
DR.. Gabor Horvath, former Sec
retary to Duke Paul Esterhazy
(See HUNGARY. Page A-2D
Evening star., 1949-03-05
U.s. Po|icy-Mokers Undecided
On Meaning of Soviet Shokeup
Wait -und-See' Attitude Adopted Here as
Speculation Runs Gomut Of Possibilities

did not venture any guesses pub
licly.
William D. Hassett, White House
secretary, said there would be no
comment from President Truman
on the switch. He told reporters
that the change was not even men
toned at the regular staff meeting
with the President today.
Secretary of State Acheson with
held comment, as did Chairman
Connal1y of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of Mich
igan, former chairman of the
committee.
Representative Richards, Dem
ocrat, of South Carolina summed
up the general feeling in Wash
ington. The Molotov-Vishinsky
shift suggests there's new move
coming out of Moscow, he said
What it is is hard to conjecture. u
| There was a tendency among
diplomatic authorities to attribute
the shift to Western successes in
the cold war" with Russia. Mr..
Molotov's tactics have failed to
block the Marshall Plan for Eu-
ropean recovery and the move
toward the North Atlantic security
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Bulgarian Trial of IS
Protestant Chiefs Ends

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Mar. S tP).-
Bulgaria trial of IS Protestant
pastors for espionage and treason
ended today after all the defend
ants made abject pleas for mercy
and a new chance to work for the
Communist controlled govern
ment.
The court recessed at 2:05 pm.
7:05 am. EST until 3 pm. g
am. EST Tuesday, at which time
it will pass sentence.
The prosecution demanded death
sentences for the four chief de-
PENDANTS and long prison terms
up to life-for the IL others. The
main targets of both the prose-
cutors and the defense attorneys
were American capitalism and
American chuch missions, which
got the blame for the position in
which the defendants find them
selves.
Defense attorneys pleaded for
mercy and spoke of extenuating
circumstances in their final sum-
nations. Four of the defendants,
speaking to the court for them
selves, burst into tears in their
final pleas.
1t was the seventh day of the
trial, which was marked by long
public confessions from all the de-
PENDANTS. obtained while they
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Gen. Carter Gets Posi-
Of Liaison Officer in
Military Aid Program
Acheson Aide Will Go to
London to Help Douglas
On Atlantic Pact Plans

The State Department today
assigned Brig. Gen. Marshall
Carter to London to assist in
development of American mill
tary assistance programs for
Western European nations.
Gen. Carter. who has been a
special assistant to the Secretary
of State for more than two years,
will serve in his new job as a link
between the military staffs of the
Western Union countries of Europe
and the State Department in
developing plans for military aid
to back up the projected North
Atlantic security pact.
Department officials said his
assignment would be to assist
Lewis Douglas. American Ambas-
sador in London, in earring out
the Ambassadors responsibilities
in connection with the develop
ment and coordination of mill
tary assistance programs. In this
capacity, Gen. Carter will have the
personal rank of Minister.
Gen. Carter's new assignment
was disclosed first by the White
Evening star., 1949-03-05

of the council of ministers. On
the contrary it used those titles ir
referring to them.
Mr.. Vishinsky has been re-
garded as more bitter to the West
in his speech than Mr.. Molotov
But he could scarcely be more
unyielding than his predecessor
Mr.. Mikoyan was considered by
many to be friendly to Western
nations.
High diplomatic sources in
world capitals were reluctant to
discuss what the change meant
They wanted time to study, to see
what happened next.
Three Possibilities Seen.
In general observers saw these
possibilities
/. Mr.. Molotov. So, long re-
garded as the No. 2 man in Rus
sia and most likely successor to
Prime Minister Stain, is being
relieved of some of his duties to
give him more time to prepare
for taking over Mr.. Stalin's job.
Mr.. Stain will be 70 next De-
cember. His health has been re-
ported poor. The Soviet an
nouncement made no reference to
Mr.. Molotov's losing his other
jobs. He also is Deputy Prime
Minister.
2. Mr.. Molotov, in spite of his
long years of service to the Com
munist cause, has been sacked by
Mr.. Stain for reasons unknown,
perhaps because of the Soviet
postwar failure to stif1e the Mar
shall Plan and the projected North
Atlantic Alliance. and to push the
West out of Berlin by blockade. 1t
could mean palace intrigue" as
the result of a fundamental split
in Russia's ruling Poiitburo. Pres
ident Truman has reported such
a split.
3. In line with such reasoning,
the sudden shift may herald a
drastic change in Russian foreign
policy, such as in 1899, when Mr..
Molotov succeeded Maxim Litvin-
off as foreign commissar Qater
changed to foreign minister). Less
than three months after he took
over, Mr.. Molotov signed a TO-
year non-aggression pact with
Hitler. paving the way for the
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Youth Triesin Vain to Catch Girl
FuIIinq From 3d-Story Window

noticed the child talking with
other children on the sidewalk,
who wanted her to come out and
play.
He saw her fall when he crossed
the street on an errand, young
Harvey said, but he missed her by
about a foot when he lunged for
ward in an attempt to break the
fall.
Police said they were told Mrs.
Harvey was doing housework in
another part of the apartment
and had called to her daughter at
the moment of the accident.
Mr.. Davis is a house painter.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Widow, 81, Found Dead;
Notes Tell Of Loneliness

A 67-year-old widow was found
dead this morning at her home at
1901 Park road NV, and a bottle
which police said had contained
poison was nearby. A
The woman, Mrs. Ethel S. Nc
Mahon, had written notes to Two
sons, which police said related
that she was lonely and tired of
living. Miss Margaret Griffith,
with whom Mrs. Mcmahon shared
an apartment, said one son is
William P. Mcmahon, a realty
firm employe, of the Argonne
Apartments and the other, Benja-
min B. Mcmahon, telephone COM
pany employe of Pill T street Sc.
Miss Griffith said she is to move
at the end of the month to a
smaller apartment, which meant
that she and Mrs. Mcmahon, an
old friend, could no longer share
home, but she said Mrs. Nc
Mahon had not discussed the move
with her. She said Mrs. McMa-
hons husband, a telephone COM
pany employe, died in 1912.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
By the Associated Press

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa, Mar.
5.-About 1000 persons have been
evacuated from their homes in
this West Iowa town flooded by
waters of the Boyer River.
Cy Varnes, Harrison County Red
Cross chairman, estimated one
third of this town of about 1000
persons was flooded.
Water stood 4 feet deep along
two blocks of the business district.
1t rose to porch and roof levels in
the west and south residential
sections.
The water plant was flooded.
City water had been turned off.
William Jones, city clerk helping
to direct rescue activities, said
there. was a reservoir of 35O,000
gallons of good water which he
Evening star., 1949-03-05
-Four Air|ift Flyers Survive
Crash, Pilot Is Killed
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, Mar. 5.-The Soviet
command post at Langensalza
said today there were four sur
vivorS from the crash yesterday
of an American airlift Skymaster
Confirming the Russian report
American sources said one Amer
lean flyer was killed and his body
found in the Wreckage. The fcul
survivors were expected to be
turned over to the Americans by
the Russians shortly.
A spokesman at the command
post in the Soviet zone said al
American rescue mission from
Potsdam had arrived and was
making an investigation at the
scene of the crash with the aid
of the four survivors.
Unexplained was why the plane
was carrying five persons. The
usual crew is three.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Taft and Morse Claim
Enough Senate Votes
To Reshape Labor Bill
Will Emerge as 6. O. P.
Measure, They Assert;
Action to Be Delayed
By jones Y. Newton

Senate Republicans today
claimed the strength to re-shape
President Truman's labor bill to
their own ideas.
The Democrats angered the
Republicans by using their ma
jority on the Senate Labor Com
mittee to approve the administra-
tion without change of even a
comma from the way it looked
before more than three weeks Of
public hearings. The 8-to-5 com.
mittee vote followed party line:
and sends the bill to the Senate
But it appeared probable tha
the measure will not be consid.
cred by either the House or Sen.
ate within the next month. The
Senate is tied up by a filibuster
and several other matters have
precedence over the labor bill
House labor hearings will start
next week.
Republicans warn they will
amend the bill widely when it does
come up on the Senate floor.
THE Democrats simply haven't
got the votes for this bill and
they know it" said Senator Morse,
Republican, of Oregon. 1T will
emerge as Republican bill now"
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio, who shouted angrily, along
with Senator Morse. after the
Democrats refused to consider
amendments in committee, agreed.
The votes are in the Senate to
adopt much better law than this
BILL Senator Taft declared. There
are 81 now sitting in the Senate
who voted to override the Pres
ident's veto of the Taft-Hartley
bill in 1947."
After Chairman Thomas of Utah
punched the mild administration
bill through the committee and
ruled amendments out of order,
the Republicans bitterly described
the procedure as "high-handed"
and Shocking"
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Truns-Jordun to Name
Minister to Washington
By the Associoted Press

AMMAN, Trans-Jordan, Mar. 4
DIR. Yousef Haikel will be desig
mated Trans-Jordan Minister tt
Washington. A formal announce
ment will be made soon, it was
reliably reported today.
Mr.. Yousef is one of the best
known Palestinian Arabs. He was
Mayor of Jaffa when the city was
under Arab control. He is now
living in Amman.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
House Due 10 Call Up
Spy Bill Monday for
40-Minute Debate
Measure Would Give
Permanent Authority to
Intelligence Agency

The House is expected to con-
slider on Monday, with debate
limited to 40 minutes. a measure
to give permanent authority to
the highly secret Central Intelli-
gence Agency.
The bill, approved for floor ac-
ton by the House Rules Com
mittee yesterday, involves more
or less dirty business" according
to Representative Short, Repub-
lican, of Missouri, a member OF
the Armed Services Committee
which has approved it.
Among other things it permits
CIA to offer sanctuary in this
country to foreigners who may
risk death to aid American intel
ligence agents. Up to 100 a year
would be allowed to enter each
year without regard to immigra-
ton laws.
Training Provisions.
The CIA also could train its
agents in public or private insti-
tutions here or abroad, and ar
range for their training by various
associations, business firms, or the
armed services.
Members of the Armed Services
Committee went before the House
Rules Committee yesterday to
seek clearance for the bill under
procedure calling for only mini
mum discussion.
Majority Leader Mccormack
later told the House that it may
be called up Monday under rules
ICoo ADN6v PIIIC paOa Al
Evening star., 1949-03-05
AttIee Makes Tour
OF Berlin AirIift
BY the Associoted Press

BERLIN, Mar. S. Britain's S
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
made a tour of Berlin's airlift this
morning, starting with Templehof
Airdrome. He was greeted by Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, American COM
mander in chief in Germany, and
American Ambassador Robert
Murphy.
Mr.. Attlee inspected American
troops drawn up at the airbase.
You are doing a grand job" he
told American airlift creWmen.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Daily Worker Tells
OF Shift in $50 Words
At Bottom of Page ;
Bv the A,,ocioted Pres,

BY the A3SocIofed PTeSS
NEW YORK, Mar. 5.-The
Daily Worker, Communist
party organ in the United
States. carried the story of
the Molotov-Vishinsky shift
in Russia on the bottom of
Page 3 today.
It ran $50 words.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Miss,Cop|on' S Arrest
Followed Checkup
In Loyalty Program
Case Apparently Never
Reached Bourd; Officials
Huzy on Suspicious

Although the Federal loyalty
check program was said to have
developed information which led
to the arrest of Miss Judith Cop
lon, 27, on charge of taking
classified Government papers, the
case apparently never reached a
Loyalty Board.
Justice Department officials gave
only a sketchy account of how the
suspicious concerning the depart
ment employe arose. They re-
vealed, however, that the first
unfavorable indications prompted
institution of a full field check on
Miss Coplon, ending in her arrest
last night.
Under normal Federal loyalty
check procedure, the preliminary
FBI file check, based on question
naires filled out by employees, and
the fuller field investigation, when
ordered, precede action by depart
mental Loyalty Boards.
If a Departmental Board recon-
mends dismissal, the employe may
appeal to a Regional Review Board
and, thereafter, to the National
Board.
The loyalty check program has
covered more than 100000 Fed
eral workers. The FBI has inSti-
tuted full field investigations in
less than 5000 cases. Fewer than
100 persons have been discharged
as a result of "unfavorable de-
examinations, but several hun
dred others resigned or withdrew
applications for Government en-
ployment because of checkupS.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Accused Womon's Family
Refuse to Believe Charges

NEW YORK, Mar. 5 P).-The
mother of Judith Coplon sobbeo
Il don't believe it, 1 don't believe
it" when she learned today that
her daughter had been arrested
on charges of conspiring to stea
Government papers.
Reached at her Brooklyn home
by telephone, Mrs. Samuel Coplor
cried: Whats the matter, what's
the matter with my daughter:
Oh, tell me quick. Oh, God, God
please tell me-"
Informed that Miss Coplon, q.
year-old Justice Department EN-.
ploye, and an employe of the Rus.
sian delegation to the United Ma
tions were in Federal custody, &C
cused of conspiring to remove
United States documents, Mrs
Coplon cried:
mo, no, no. It's not so. ]
don't believe it. I don't believe it
I'll never believe it."
She then broke into an outburst
(See LOYALTY Page A-2)
Evening star., 1949-03-05

(See CARTER, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1949-03-05

Continued on Page AS, Col. S.
Evening star., 1949-03-05

(See BULGARIA, Page A-2D