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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20
'49erS to Present
Berkeley Square"

If you plan to see only one play
this year go to Berkeley Square"
If your budget provides two even
ings entertainment in the theatre,
see it twice.
This love story of a present day
American, who is unceremoniously
thrust into a bewigged and pow
dered life of Eighteenth Century
London and an English girl who
has been dead more than a hun
dred years before his birth, is, IN
its poetic, fantastic way as touch
ing and beautiful a romantic cpl
sode as the current theatre offers
And all the justified enthusiasm for
the adult intellectual qualities and
the fascinating metaphysical CON
ception of time they distinguish
Berkeley Square" and make it the
most important play of the season.
There has been too little said for
the works enormously moving
values.
There is magic in this play,
enough to set it apart from the
common traffic of the theatre, and
to send dreams scudding in the
wake of dreams. Therefore first Of
all, let us welcome and rejoice in
it, for magic is very rare.
For those individuals who are
an entirely enjoyable
evening by attending the Senior
Class presentation of Berkeley |
Square" on February 8 and 10 there
will be a clarifying narrative ac- /
count as well as a complete list /
Of characters in the Western News
next week.-Class reporter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20
Moose Officials
Visit Libby Lodge

A class of three candidates for
Libby Moose Lodge 1899 and two
members for the Troy lodge were
initiated last Monday evening at the
Moose Hall in Libby. The lodge
was called to order by Governor
ID. a. Davidson and the following
Libby men were initiated; Alfred
r. Olson, Maurice f. Walker and
A6arland o. Baker
The degree team consisted Of Mel
win Paulson, serving as Past Gov
Ernor; c. L. Buck" Swan, Cover
nor: Frank Warner as junior gov
ernor; Chef Smith, orator; Gleason
Pitcher. prelate; Ernest Roberts,
Sergeant-at-arms; and E. L. Kemp,
asst. Sergeant-at-arms. A prize OF
a sterling silver Moose ring was
presented to Paul Thomas for win
ming the membership contest. Three
of Brother Thomas's candidates
were unable to be present for IN
itiation. Brother Dillon of Troy
also received a prize from his lodge
for his work in the Troy member
ship drive.
c. L. Buck" Swan, state director,
had as his guest, Al J. Satori, past
supreme governor. Following the
initiation Of the class which was
named for Brother Satori, the Past
Supreme Governor was introduced
90 the lodge and gave an interest,
ing talk in which he stated he had
enioyed the pleasure some rs years
ago in being present when Libby
Moose Lodge No. 1899 received its
charter. The speaker gave an in
teresting description of the Moose
Home at Moose Heart, Ill, where
orphans of Moose members are
cared for and given home and
home care until they have COM
Deted their school work. Brother
Satori is now a member of the Spo-
kane lodge. He was Supreme Gov
ernor in 1889 and is also a Past
Supreme North Moose being the
only Moose to hold both of these !
Ronors.
Brother Buck Swan also present
I'd the Troy and Libby lodges with
collection cradles. Following the t
initiation and regular meeting, the
members adjourned to the dining il
Dom where sandwiches, cake and S
,offee were served.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20
LIBBY ITEMS

In discussing his years of exper
fence in county service several day!
ago with Commissioner Mahoney
the Western News scribe learned
that the Libby Commissioner has
been elected three consecutive times
to serve on the county board In
stead of being appointed in 1888
Mr. Mahoney was elected to fill out
/ the unexpired term of J. W. Daniel
who did not qualify. Mahoney was
reelected in l942 and 1913.
Judge l.. f. Trip and J. T. Viii
i son of Eureka, were pleasant call
ers Monday at The Western News.
Mr.. Wilson is opening law office
in Eureka, and expects to move
there in the immediate future, go
ing to Eureka from Helena
Word from Harry Hough of Fit.
Jones, Calf, states that rumors
heard by some Libby friends to
the effect that Mrs. Hamilton Hough
was not lost in a plane accident
some months ago, while en- route
from Alaska to the States, is not
correct Mr.. Hough writes: Your
account of her being lost coming
out of Alaska is correct. There has
been no trace of the plane she was
on"
Mrs. Nellie White of Milwaukee.
came Thursday of last week to visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. c.
Robertson. The two ladies are sis
tiers.
Raymond Hrobik of Kalispell.
visited Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. c. Robertson. Mr..
Hrobik and Mrs. Robertson are
brother and sister.
Roy Hrabck of Kalispeu was
dinner guest at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Thomas Robertson.
Miss Ellen Norris spent the week
end in Warland with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Norris.
Miss Ann Cobbledick was a week
end visitor in the home of her sis
-er, Mrs Ed Schefeler in Spokane.
Mrs. R. c. Convey and two child |
zen of Kellogg, Ida, are visiting at |
he home of Mr. and Mrs. c. J. De |
Mers.
A letter from Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Tough of Fl. Jones, Calf, states
hey are well and happy, and wish
0 extend greetings to all their Lin
DIN County friends. The Houghs 1
tate they are having plenty of win
er with the mercury dropping II
own to minus 2 degrees but have II
cry little snow around Fort Jones.
here is much snow in the near
y high country
Mrs. Pearl Christensen and son.
erry, spent the week end at Priest
liver, Ida, visiting with Mrs. Chris
,nsen's daughter, Mrs. H. o.
thompson.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20

Mrs. M. L. Landon and daughter
left Thursday, January Is for a
months visit at her mothers home
Mrs. Nellie White of Milwaukee,
Wis, arrived on the Empire Build
er for a prolonged visit with her
sister, Mrs. Fred Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. DeMers spent
the week end in Standpoint, Ida,
with Mr.. DeMer's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. E. DeMers.
a. c. Role, president of the Mon
tana District Council, left Friday
for Portland to attend a conference
of the Northwestern Council Of
Lumber & Sawmill Workers to dis
cuss wages and working conditions
of the lumber workers in the Mon
tana area.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20
CARD OF THANKS

We want to thank the members
of the Libby Fire Department for
their willing and efficient help last
Friday. Libby is fortunate to have
such fine department. Bart Sulli-
van.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20
EIeclrUnIc Burner

An electronic instrument designed
for quality control on production
lines can sort and test as many as
l,50O small metal parts in an hour.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20

For your needs in Woodwork,
don't see others until you have
seen us.-Libby Sash and Door. stiff
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20

Call on your "Avon Dealer" for
Holiday gifts at 51l Dakota Ave,
Phone a. 3O-3t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-01-20
Bowling Scores of
The Post Week

Monday Night
Honor Roll:-Brist 500; Miller sos;
Larson SIS; Roberts SIT; Burpee
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Stock Advance Halted
As Traders Ponder
Effects Of Strikes
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The
stock market seemed to catch on
this week that the coal and steel
industries were strike-bound in
definitely and that industrial pa
ralysis was spreading daily.
The market, true enough. did
not go down significant amount,
despite the heavy weight of bad
news. But the summer rally that
started in mid-June and reached
a peak a week earlier came to a
full stop.
Wall Street has consistently
taken the view, with some occa-
sional misgivings. that the strikes
would be settled before serious
damage. Since the first Of the
month the market has inched
ahead.
At the end of three weeks of
the steel strike, a settlement
seemed further away than ever.
And Wall Street began to wonder.
In the last half Of the week
rumors circulated that the Pres
tdent might intervene over the
week end. This notion was ac-
companied by active trading but
negligible price movements.
Caution More Acute.
Caution became more acute in
Saturdays two-hour session. Busi-
ness fell off and prices barely
budged. Bears were nervous and
Evening star., 1949-10-23

tunft of trading 10 shares. sIn bankruptcy or re-
ceversb H. being reorganzed the Bankruptcy
Act, O. securities assumed By such companies Rates
6ursemsnts based ths last auaItsIs ssmiannual
dividends are not Included cid Called Ex dividend
r. rsht Also ~ extra Or Plus iosk
|able IN stock, estimated cash value ex-dividend
paid after stock DIVIDEND eI sps.uD peeaTsd g
n arrears. ppaid this year dividend omitted. de-
feEred Or No scton taken at last dividend meeting.
PAYABLE I'M stock exact cash value undetermined
declarstion data.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c.
SUNDAY, ocToBER 70. ls49
bulls had the jitters. The market
reached a temporary stalemate.
ETL oro ,x,cc o~o&bor ooclo - %an

bulls had the jitters. The market
reached a temporary stalemate.
There was another angle to the
markets steady advance in the
face Of strike news. The admins
tration is spending more money
than it is taking in via taxes.
Deficit financing is with us again,
with its threat Of expanding the
money supply. Many investors
have been buying stocks as a
hedge against imitation.
Other factors are at work boil
stering the markets price struc-
ture. The yield offered by many
prime stocks is extraordinarily
high by normal standards. Even
a contraction in business activity,
it is expected, will not disturb
good many dividend rates because
corporations are spending less on
improvement and giving more to
stockholders.
Common stock yields stand in
an even better light when COM
pared with the low rate of return
offered by preferred stocks and
bonds. AS a result some invest
ment funds have been. and are
being, transferred from fixed in
come securities into common
stocks.
Action Unpredictable.
All this, of course, does not
mean that a further rise In the
market is inevitable. It's action
is unpredictable.
The Associated Press average of
go stocks closed Saturday at 81,
unchanged on the day and Q of
one point below a week ago. Sales
for the two-hour day dropped to
100000 shares from 100000 last
Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

writer's Association.
Yesterday marked the S0th an
niversary Of Milton r. johnson,
assistant secretary of the Equit-
able Cooperative Building Asso-
citation.
Jones Ends European Tour.
Robert c. Jones, head of the
brokerage firm bearing his name,
has returned from an extended
trip abroad where he studied eco
nomic and financial conditions in
leading European countries. He
talked with officials of the Brus-
sells Bourse, Amsterdam Bourse,
Zurich Stock Exchange, Paris
Bourse and Royal Stock Exchange
in London. 4
He reports communism def
nitely on the wane nthe coun-
tries he visited. Officials are
working for an eventual United:
States of Europe" as the best So.
luton of their present Ills, Mr.:
Jones said.
Leading brokers are bullish on
all good American securities. A
Swiss broker said American stocks
yielding 6 to per cent are on the
bargain counter. compared with
stocks in his country which yield
only 3la per cent.
Department store sales in WASH
ington for the week ending Octo-
ber is were 8 per cent under the
same week a year ago, but up 2
per cent from the preceding week
this year, the Richmond Reserve
Bank reported. Merchants again
considered mild weather q con-
tributing cause OF the decrease.
Sales in the Fifth District were
down IL per cent.
The Bank of Bethesda has
opened new banking facility at
the National Naval Medical Cen
ter, with Frank ,Puf1r as manager
and Miss Frances Stevens, as
slstant. S. Walter Bogley, presi- Z
dent of the bank, greeted the first
customer, Mrs. Morton D. Will :
cults. and others in the early line. !
Evening star., 1949-10-23

Board of Trade and head Of the
real estate firm bearing his name.
He has been a leader in building
and loan circles for years. About
$50 will attend the annual dinner,
many government officials being
invited.
The business session will open
at $50, to be followed at $50 by
a reception. The dinner speaker
will be Representative Dewey
Short, Republican, Missouri.
Southern Promotes Beck.
D. H. Beck, general passenger
agent of the Southern Railway
System at New York, will be pro-
NOTED to general passenger agent
with headquarters at Washington,
effective November l.
After service with. the Penn
sylvania Railroad, he entered the
employment of the Southern In
1925 in the Philadelphia Office.
After serving also in New York, he
became assistant city ticket agent
in Washington in 1884.
He was promoted to general
Eastern passenger agent In New
York in 1941 and general agent
in 1945.
Bankers Of to Convention.
George M. Fisher, president Of
the District Bankers Association,
and other Washington f1nanciers
started for the ABA San Fran
cisco convention on a bankers
special Friday. Others in the
party were Fred L. Lutes, presi-
dent, Suburban National; Francis
G. Addison, jr.. president, Secur-
ity Savings & Commercial; A.
Scott Offutt, vice president, Union
Trust, and Corcoran Thorn. jr,
vice president, Riggs National.
Other bankers will leave this
week.
The District Life Underwriters
Association will hold the first fall
luncheon at the Mayf1ower next
Thursday. The meeting will be
featured with an address by
Henry w. Persons, manager Of
the Mutual Life Insurance CO. Of
New York's largest agency.
In Business Three Decades.
James L. Bost, veteran insur-
ance man, Is celebrating his 30th
Evening star., 1949-10-23

Building and
Loan League at
the annual
meeting Tues
day evening at
the Mayfower
Hotel. Now
vice president,
he will succeed
Edward L. Nc
Aleer, who is
retiring after
two years ser
vice.
Mr.. Smith is
a former presi-
dent. of the
Evening star., 1949-10-23

a II n ! v e r S ary
with the Mu-
tual Life In
surance Co. Of
New York to-
day. He joined
t h e Washing
ton staff in
l 8 l 9, is q
g r a d u a t e of
Duke Univers-
! y, attended
Johns Hopkins
and Is a for
m er president
Of the District
Life Under.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
ISVV Sn"" !" I"uU
District BuiIdinq
And Loan League
By EdWard c. Stone

Fred A. Smith, president Of ths
Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan
Association, Is slated for election
to the presidency of the District
Evening star., 1949-10-23

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER u, 1919
Quotations furnished by the Associated Press
C1949- Stock and Sales Net
Evening star., 1949-01-12
British Troop Moves
Stir Concern Of u. 5.

Undersecretary Of State Lovett
said today that British troop move
ments in the Palestine area had re-
suited In an expression of concern
by the United States to Britain be-
fore British reinforcements were sent
to the Trans-Jordan port of Aqaba
last week.
Mr.. Lovett said the United States
had urged Britain, Egypt and Israel
to exercise the greatest restraint to
prevent anything upsetting impend-
ing Israeli-Egyptian armistioe talks
on the island of. Rhodes.
Mr.. Lovett told a news confer
ence this Government feels efforts
to achieve peace in Palestine have
a promising prospect If the talks
scheduled to be held this week 60
on as planned.
DR.. Ralph j. Bunche, acting
United Nations mediator, has ar
rived at Rhodes for the talks and
Mr.. Lovett said that so far as he
knows the Egyptians and Israelis
intend to meet with DR.. Bunche.
Mr.. Lovett told reporters that the
United States had urged the gov
ernments involved in the Palestine
situation not to do anything to
upset the status quo before the
shooting down of five British planes
in the Palestine Egyptian frontier
area last Friday.
This Government has urged the
British since then to consider the
destruction of the planes as a re-
grettable incident only and not let
1t interfere with the Israeli
Egyptian negotiations.
Israel has charged the British
action in sending troops to Aqaba
violated Palestine truce conditions.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Salvation Army Official,
Family Routed by Fire

Maj. George Ribble. second In
command of the Salvation Army In
the Washington area, and his wife
and daughter were routed from
their home at 819 Quintana place
NV. early today by fire which
destroyed the first floor and extern
sive damage to the rest of the house,
police reported.
The fire broke out shortly after
2 am, apparently in an inclosed
porch at the rear of the house,
police said.
Maj. Ribble was awakened by
smoke and aroused his wife and
children, George, 8, and Marjorie,
II. They fled to the street in their
nightclothes. Firemen fought the
blaze for two hours.
Maj. Ribble and his family were
given shelter in the Salvation Army
emergency home. 1903 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Mrs. Trumun, in Person, Denies
She's in an Iowa Hospital

hospital wouldn't confirm or deny
it last night.
Mrs. Reathal Odum, personal sec
retary to the Presidents wife, re-
peated the question in surprise and
replied:
II don't know how that could be.
Mrs. Truman is herein Wash
ington."
A healthy laugh sounded from
Mrs. Odum's side and Mrs. Truman
herself took over the telephone. She
mentioned the Mark Twain story
and went on.
Definitely I'm not in a hospital.
There are lots of us who may wish
we were until after the rush of
January 20 is over"
Then home State pride took over
and Mrs. Truman inquired: why
should I 60 to hospital in Iowa?
They have hospitals in Missouri"
The Trumans' home is in Inde-
pendence, Mo.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Some Legislators to Boycott
Boy Bridge Ceremony Today

Il am certainly not going to cross
a picket line"
A union spokesman said larger
number of pickets would be or hand
this afternoon when Gov. Lane,
State, Federal and Delaware officials
are to meet here for the ceremony
marking the start of construction.
The Senator said o resolution on
the situation might be introduced
by the Senate Labor Committee,
possibly this afternoon before the
ceremony.
Frank r. Howard Of Washington,
business agent of the AFL Carpen-
ters' District Council, said despite
protests from his group, Virginia
workers were imported for the pile
driving now about half complete.
The $37,500,0 900 bridge will make
1t possible to cross the bay in five
to six minutes by automobile from
Sandy Point to Kent Island. The
present ferry crossing requires at
least 20 minutes and frequently
more.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
BY the Associoted Press

SANDY POINT, Md, Jan. 12.-
Pickets appeared today at the site
of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and
some Maryland legislators, sched-
uled to appear at a celebration
marking the beginning of construc-
ton, said they would boycott the
ceremonies.
Half a dozen members of the AFL
carpenter workers paraded near the
bay ferry terminal and said they
protested failure to hire Maryland
workers while Virginia men had
been imported.
A member of the State Senate,
now in session at nearby Annapolis,
who declined use of his name, said:
IF the facts are that imported
workers are being used-and I know
construction workers are drawing
jobless benefits in Annapolis-it's a
shame and the picketing is justi-
fed"
Senate Minority Leader Kimble
said:
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Postal Inspector Slain
In Federal BuiIdinq
At Oklahoma City
Letters to President and
FBI Found in Pockets of
Man Seized in Shooting
By the Associofed Rraxa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. IL
Postal Inspector E. M. Harkins
was shot to death in the lobby
of the main post office today and
police arrested a 65-year old
man.
The man was booked at police
headquarters as Joseph Donnelly
and a murder charge was placed
against him A Federal charge also
was being prepared.
Police quoted Donnelly as saying:
HE accused me and slandered me
and Inundated me. I had to take
the law into my own hands"
Police said they found in DON
nelly's possession a 10-inch knife
and pistol. A pistol bullet killed
Mr.. Harkins as he leaned over to
take mail from his box. He was
shot in the head.
Had Letters to President.
Police said Donnelly told them he
brought the knife along "just in
case. Sometimes these guns don't
work, you know. 1t it didn't, was
at least gong to cut off his arm"
In Donnelly's pockets were 10 let
ters addressed to President Truman,
to newspapers, the FBI, the inspector
of mails and a magazine.
Donnelly told police the letters
explained his case against postal
authorities. The FBI did not imme-
diately release the letters for publi-
cation.
A janitor, w. ]. Spencer, 40, col
ored, saw the shooting.
Donnelly was arrested in the Post
Office Building by j. K. Perrine and
H. A. Darragh. scout car patrolmen.
They said the man made no resist
ance.
Second Staying in Two Days.
The killing Of Mr.. Harkins was
the second Staying in Oklahoma City
in two days.
A prominent attorney, Earl Pruet,
was slain in his law Office late yes
terday.
The killing of Mr.. Pruet in his
skyscraper Office remained a mys-
terry. Mr.. Pruet was former
United States attorney. No arrest
had been made in the case.
Mr.. Pruet died with two bullets
in his back a few moments after
an unknown, elderly man fired four
shots at him in the law firm Office
on the 18th floor Of the 32-story
First National Building in down.
town Oklahoma City.
The gunman then sauntered down
the hall, took an elevator and dis
appeared.
Asked to Handle Case.
The gunman was described as
between SIS and go, gray-haired,
stopped, wearing a hearing aid,
(See INSPECTOR, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Children 'sCampBIaz
Kills 14in Switzerland
BY the Associated Press

CHATEAU DOCK, Switzerland,
January 12.-Twelve children-six
boys and six girls-and two nurses
died today in a fire at the Les Oisil-
Ions children's camp, where they had
been spending holiday.
Two other boys and two girls were
badly burned. One of the nurses
was reported to be Briton. The
other victims all we're Swiss.
Most of the boys and girls. from
7 to IA, we're believed to be the chill
dren of Well-to-do parents in Lau-
same and Geneva. Records of the
camp, wooden chalet, were de-
stroyed.
Authorities said it was impossible
to establish Immediately either the
number of children who were in the
place or the identities of the dead.
However, three children escaped.
Persons living near the chalet said
one nurse, Anne D'Martini, Is, was
trapped while she was trying to help
some of the children to safety.
The flames broke out in bath
room