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House on both the Air Force and
strategic materials issues If the
President said all right.
But the Oklahoma Senator
limited the fight would 80 on If
Mr.. Truman elected to stand by
the Senate version.
Military spending since July l
has been authorized under a series
of emergency resolutions approved
by the Senate and the House,
pending final action of the ap-
preparation bill. The latest
authorization expired at midnight
Monday, and at the moment the
armed services are technically
broke. ...
Noting that Congress is shoot
ing at adjournment by Saturday
Senator Thomas said that If the
deadlock over the military bill is
not resolved quickly there will be
a move in the Senate to put
spending on an emergency au-
thorization basis until next
January 10. Such stopgap 1esolu-
tions call for spending at the
lower figure of the two In dispute
In this case, that would mean a
48-group Air Force.
House leaders made 1t clear
however, that they would refuse
to back that kind of a resolution
or, for that matter, any further
stopgap action.
I'VE have an overwhelming
mandate from the House for So
groups" an influential House
member SAID privately in referring
to a 305-to-1 vote against taking
the 4s-group figure. II Just don't
see how the President can ignore
that"
Evening star., 1949-10-12

Paraguay Is buying a cargo
ship, barges and a tugboat in the
United States.
Evening star., 1949-10-12
Londover Hills Meeting

The Landover Hills Citizens
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Landover Hills Ele-
mentary School.
Evening star., 1949-10-12

ionov is slated to be head Of the
new Soviet control commission
which will supervise the satellite
republic.
Link to West Reich Sought.
Meanwhile, new drive by
Western Berlin to be included in
the West German government at
Bonn was started by city officials.
Assembly Chairman Otto Suhr
headed a delegation that called on
the three Allied commanders with
the announced intention of de-
manding that West Berlin be
named the 18th state in the Bonn
republic.
The Allied commandants agreed
to discuss the issue, which may
be significant. The request was
turned down once before.
Soviet security police evacuated
three prisons in Berlin prepara-
tory to handing them over to the
new East German government.
Approximately 500 German in
mates were reported removed by
Russian guards to a central Soviet
prison at Potsdam. The prison
transfer followed the removal Of
Soviet military government per-
sonnel from numerous Berlin off,
ces last week end.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Greet Northern
Gives Bell to
Methodist Church

After several years Of silence, the
Libby Methodist Church will soon
be able to call the faithful to ser
vices by the ringing tones of a bell.
Irked by the enforced silence of the
church on Sundays and special &C
casions, Rev. Stearns, noting that
the Southern Railroad had for some
time been donating bells from
strapped locomotives to churches
throughout the south, wrote to
President Gavin of the Great North
ern Railway, asking if something of
the kind could not be worked out
for the Libby church. He received
a prompt reply that a bell would
soon be on its way.
The bell has now arrived, and
after suitable presentation services,
with the bell being officially pre-
scented to the church by Ed Boyes on
behalf of the railroad, it will be
in the steeple and put to
use Officials of the local church
are expressing their gratitude to the
railroad for the gift.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
HOSPITAL BOARD
MEETS TUES. EVE
WITH DESIGNERS

Tuesday evening the ST. Johns
Lutheran Hospital Board met with
III. A. Dudley of the Austin Com
.pany, designers and builders OF
Seattle, to discuss and plan for the
new hospital in Libby
The board entered into a con-
tract with the Austin company for
the completion of a design for a 25-
bed hospital. It is expected the
plans will be completed within the
next few weeks
when the Austin Company has
completed the plans we will know
the estimated costs of the new hos
pital, and then ways of raising the
needed funds must be determined, -
stated Howard E. Ahlskog, member
of the board.
"The meeting Tuesday evening
added Ahlskog, twas the third with
the Austin Company during the past
few months. We hope to have every
thing ready within a short time for
presentation of the hospital design
to the public"
Depending on costs and funds
available, tentative plans of the
board call for construction to begin
next Nav.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Appoints Committee
On transportation

County Supt. of Schools Rose J.
Robertson at the suggestion of Miss
Mary M. Condor, State superinten-
dent has appointed a county trans
portation advisory committee, to
consider problems of transportation
among school districts in the county.
Members of this body are Donald
.Boslaugh, Principal of the County
High School, Eureka o. Lloyd Gil
lespie, Supt. of Libby Schools; Wal
ter F. Morrison, chairman of school
board, dist. No. l, Troy; Ernes'
Davis, member of school board dist
No IL, Manicke School; and headed
by County Supt. Rose Robertson.
These men represent various sec
tions of the county. Transporta-
ton problems in their respective
territories may be presented to them
and in turn brought before the com
mittee.
The group met with county com
Wednesday afternoon to
discuss road conditions and pro-
blemS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Terriers Lose To
Columbia Falls 8-6

The Libby Terriers lost a hard
fought game Friday to Columbia
Falls, to by virtue of California
play-off.
Columbia Falls opened the scor-
ing late in the first quarter on an
end run from the three yard line.
Libby had previously held the Wild
Cats for three downs with no gain.
Their try for extra point failed.
Libby scored just before half time,
on a ten yard off tackle smash by
Bob Potter, eliminating a 70 yard
drive by the Terriers. The try for
extra point was blocked.
At the end of the fourth quarter
the score remained six to six. The
California play-off was used to settle
the tie. Columbia Falls completed
a long pass after Libby had pushed
deep into Columbia Fails territory
giving them the edge on most yard
age gained on five plays. Thus the
score read Libby 6, Columbia Falls 8.
Libby meets Eureka at Eureka
Saturday. Whitefish barely squeezed
by Eureka last week to T.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Representative Of
Red Cross Meets
With LocoI Group

Ken Jones, First Aid, Water
Safety and Accident Prevention
Representative of the American Red
Cross from the Pacific Area office
in San Francisco is visiting the To-
cal South Lincoln County Chapter
this week.
While here Mr.. Jones in instruct
ing some of the faculty members of
the Libby public schools in an
|orientation course on Accident Pr
vention which will certify them as
instructors in the courses offered in
that field by the American Red
Cross. Plans are to integrate the
work with some of the school
studies.
Mr.. Jones is also giving a similar
course to teachers qualified in First
Aid so that they may be certified
as First Aid instructors for this
chapter and teach both Junior and
Standard courses. There is a new
Junior textbook available which is
splendid for the Junior High age.
There will be a meeting of the
First Aid instructors and local First
Aid committee in the Library Fri
day night at p. m. at which time
Mr.. Jones will confer with them on
future first aid plans.
Mrs. Jessie Fagerberg is Accident
Prevention chairman, Inez Ratekin,
First Aid chairman, and Kenneth
Card, Water Safety chairman of the
local chapter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Winifred HondIey
Weds Henry Skronok

Thursday morning, September 80
at 1890 o'clock Miss Winifred
Handley became the bride of Henry
Skranak The wedding service was
performed by the Rev FIR John o.
Malley in the ST. Joseph's Catholic
Church, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kujawa
attended the bride and groom.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, a wedding breakfast was SER
we'd the families and friends at the
Surprise Cafe, after which the couple
left on a wedding trip.
Mrs Skranak, formerly of Rex
ford and Billings, is employed with
the Lincoln County Abstract Com
pany of Libby. She is a sister Of
Mrs Ray Kujawa Mr. Skranak,
son of Mrs. Francis Skranak of Lib
by, is employed by Leo Kyser and
Associates.
Out-of-town guests attending the
wedding were Mrs. Jane Haynes
and Miss Anna Murphy of Creston,
Montana, both aunts of the bride
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Mrs. FIesher Heads
Lincoln USO Drive

Mrs. Irving B. Flesher of Libby
will be Lincoln county's chairman
in the statewide United Service Or
CARNATIONS campaign for 1850 OPP
Grating funds beginning Oct. 3.
Montanans will be asked to con-
tribute $43,0 to the national USO
goal of $40 100000 This county's
quota is $464.75
In accepting her appointment as
county drive chairman, Mrs. Flesher
said:
II am pleased at this opportunity
to work with the USO, which pro-
vides a home away from home
for the $685. young men and women
from Montana in our armed forces.
The money raised in this cam
paign will go to operate 217 USO
clubs, lounges, service centers and
area projects, q of them overseas.
In addition it will continue to fl
nance Veterans Hospital Camp
Shows, which provide entertain
ment to 100000 patients in 100
Army, Navy and veterans hospitals
throughout the country
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
MRS. WIN. TURNER
ANSWERS DEATH
CALL SEPT. 30

Mrs. Nellie. M. Miller was born
at Niles, Ohio, January 2, 1868 She
passed away in St. Johns Lutheran
hospital, Libby, at about ten o.
clock the evening of Friday, Sept
30, l949, at the age of 81 years. 8
months, and % days She was
united in marriage to William Tur-
ner May %, 1886.
The Turner family came to Libby
from Ohio, about 81 years ago. For
IA number of years they operated
what was known as the Turner
Tavern, in Libby, where the " F.
W. club is now located
Mrs. Turner was life member Of
Ida Mckinley chapter 229, Order of
Eastern Star, Niles, Ohio. She was
a sweet and charming person in
life and made a host of friends in
this city, who with the family
mourn her passing She had an i'm
plicit belief in the Heavenly Father
and life beyond, which gave her a
strong courage throughout the long
months of her illness and affliction.
Remaining pleasant, cheerful, and
mentally alert to the end. Those
who knew her best have profited
much from their contact with this
grand little lady Hers was a full
and useful life. Her sweet ready
smile will long be remembered.
"She is not gone, she is just away"
Surviving are her husband, Will
liam Turner of Libby and one
grandson, Raymond Turner, of Spo-
kane. She rests beside her son
Howard who preceded her in death
last November %.
Services were held October at
the Gompf Funeral Home with the
Rev. James Davidson officiating. The
same hymns sung for her services
were sung for the sons funeral
They were, Lead Kindly Light,
and Abide With Me" Music was
furnished by Mrs. Don Rice and
Mrs Walter collars with Mrs. Ralph
Spencer at the piano. Panbearers
were Gene Creon, E. E. Driear, Paul
Church, George Bryant, F. E. Baker,
and P. " Kitley.
Libby Chapter No. SO, Order of
Eastern Star, conducted concluding
services at the chapel
Out-of-town members Of the fam
lily attending the services were the
grandson Raymond Turner and his
mother, Mrs. Bernadine Henderson,
both of Spokane.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
MT. STATES PWR.
co. MOVES INTO
NEW QUARTERS

The Mountain States Power Co.
moved yesterday into temporary
quarters in the new Telephone
building east of the First State
Bank. Mgr. Driear states that his
Office will be there for approx
mately two months or until the
Telephone Company has completed
installation of equipment and is
ready to occupy the building. When
the old telephone building is va
Gated the Power company will move
to their permanent quarters in the
present telephone headquarters.
The Kennedy Furniture Mart will
occupy the former Mountain States
quarters, taking possession next
week. An account OF this move
will appear in the next edition ef
The Western News.
Manager E. E. Drier came to Lib
by in 1924, coming here from Sheri-
dan, Wyo. The Libby Water &
Electric Co. supplied Libby's wants
in water and electric current at that
time, and il was not until 1925 that
the Mountain States Power Co.
bought out that company. The COM
Paily OitASSS were HhoNeu " the DIG
National Bank Building in 1885
where they have remained until
yesterday.
In commenting on charges in Lib
by during the past IS years, Man
ager Drier states, he considers the
growth in Kilowat consumption
typical of the growth and commun-
ity Improvement along other lines.
He states that today the city has
from five to six times the amount
Of kilowat consumption used when
he first came here; and he, like
other forward looking business men,
predicts the community will CON
Linue to improve with more rapid
strides in the future than it has
made in the past
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
MRS. GRACE MILLER
SUFFERS PAINFUL INJURY

Monday night Mrs. Timothy Mil
Ter who was returning home on the
Great Northern Streamliner, suf-
fered a serious fall, breaking her
right leg. She had left the waiting
room OF the depot and started from
the platform intending to cross the
street to the hotel where she would
stay for the night, coming on to
Libby by bus Tuesday morning.
AS Mrs. Miller stepped from the
platform she fell and broke both
bones in her leg and fractured the
ankle bone.
Nearby persons were summoned
by her cries for help and she was
brought on to the St. Johns Luth-
eran hospital in Libby.
Mrs. Miller had been in Min
neapolis the past several weeks
visiting with a sister, and upon re-
ceiving word of the death of Mrs.
Nellie Turner a friend of long stand
ing, returned home to attend the
funeral Tuesday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
PTA Holds First
Meeting of Season

PTA met Wednesday. Sept. % in
the high school gymnasium. PreSi-
dent Leo Kyser welcomed every
one, stating he was pleased with the
attendance. There were ia pres
ent.
Before the meeting singing was
enjoyed, led by song leader, Mrs.
Oliver Phillips, with Mrs Gladyce
Boggess at the piano
Following the reading of the min
utes of the June meeting by Miss
Helen Bundy; Sup't 0. Lloyd Gil
lespie gave a report on the curfew
law. The annual Halloween part.
was discussed and Mrs. Gene Dy-
son appointed charm an for the af-
fair Walter collars. board chair
man, introduced the members of the
current school board, and o. Lloyd
Gillespie introduced the teachers.
Committees appointed for the
coming year are as follows: Mem
bership, Miss Helen Bundy Mr.. and
Mrs Harold Flatt Mrs. Beebe; pro-
gram. Mrs Gene Dyson. George
Bowring; hostesses, Mrs. Gladyce
Boggess and Mrs. Ralph Smithber-
ger; health, Mrs. Marlin Adkins,
Publicity. Mrs Clarence
Brown.
There will be no meeting in Octo-
Der. The next regular meeting will
be Wednesday, Nov 2.
Delicious refreshments were ser
we'd by the members of the school
board.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Dolores Joy to italian Mission Fiel
B. P. w. Celebrates
Chorter Night Fri.

The Kootenai Business and Pro
fessional Women's club celebrated
Its charter night Friday evening
with a banquet at the Surprise Cafe
| last evening, to which the chairmen
and presidents of all other civic
bodies of this city were invited.
j Out of town guests were Miss
Beatrice Patterson, field director of
the National Federation of Bust
ness and Professional Women, New
York; Miss Marie Leslie, Montana
state president, Helena; DR.. Hjor-
dis Bratsberg, past district presi-
dent; Mrs Cassie Stewart, president
of the Kalispell club; and Mrs. Ber-
nice Kingsberry of Waller, a mem
Der of the Great Falls Club.
Guests representing local civic
clubs and extending best wishes
and welcome from their respective
groups were Fred Maurer, president
of the Lions Club; Edward Dutton.
president of the Greater Libby as
.sociation, who also extended tn
invitation to the ladies to elect and
send their representative to this as
ISOLATION. Mrs. E. j. Driear, presi-
dent of the Libby Womens club,
and Mrs. William Hafferman, a
charter member of B. P w. and
president of the Modern Arts club
The tables were beautifully
adorned with bouquets of fall flow
ers. All the ladies were presented
with corsages, and the gentlemen
were given boutonnieres. During
the serving of the banquet group
singing arranged by and under the
direction of Mrs. Oliver Phillips
and Mrs. H. S. Hepner was enjoyed
Interesting talks were given by each
of the out of town guests, welcom-
ing into the organization Montana's
newest unit number 81, the Koo-
tenai club
DR.. Bratsberg presented the char
ter, and an engraved gavel, a gift
of the Kalispell BPW was presented
by Mrs. Steward
The speakers were introduced,
and the charter and gavel accepted
by Miss Mildred Buck, president of
the local club
Miss Beatrice Patterson of New
York was the main speaker of the
evening delivering a most interest |
ing and enlightening talk, ably |
bringing out the aims and achieve
ments of the organization A talk |
that proved very inspiring to the
members and guests present
The theme for the business wom- |
ems week this year is Boost your
home town, it boosted you" This
is indicative of the type of activities
the cliIb will engage in nc uya ara
a civic club and not tea cup
The club takes this opportunity |
to thank Mrs. Leo S. WEIGH, Mrs.
Richard Clarke, and Mrs. Harry
Chapman for the lovely flowers and |
,orsages.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
Foir Boord Meets
Thursday, Oct II

The Western Lincoln County
Fair-Labor Day Celebration Board
meets Thursday evening, October IL
to organize for the coming year
A meeting of the board was held
Thursday evening of last week at
which time the report of the trus-
tees was given and accepted. The
recent fair was discussed with view
to possible Improvements in future
events of the kind, a round table
discussion being held.
The representatives from each or
ganization represented on the board
were instructed to report to their or
CARNATIONS and to ask for the APP
pointment of board members for the
ensuing year.
Don't forget the meeting Thurs
day, Oct. IL. It is time to conclude
the business of the 1949 Fair and
begin plans for 1850.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
WILD LIFE RESTORATION
MAN ASSIGNED TO
LOCAL OFFICE

Roger Fish who has been work
ing for two weeks in Lincoln county,
for the Montana Fish and Game de-
partment, replaced AIDE Zajanc of the
wild life restoration division while
AIDE is attending the University of
Montana in his senior year, studying
for his bachelors degree in Zoology.
Fish who was employed by the
Wisconsin Fish and Game Dept. for
two years, has a Bachelors degree
from the Montana university, where
he graduated from the School of
Forestry on Range Management.
Before coming to Libby he was en-
ployed for three years in the Bea-
verhead National Forest with head
quarters at Dillon. He and his wife
and year old son Bryce reside in
their trailer home at the State Fish
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
TROY WOMAN TO ENTER ITALIAN
MISSION FIELD NEXT SPRING

TROY (SpeciaD-When Dolores
Joy was accepted and commissioned
by the Conservative Baptist Foreign
Mission Society as a missionary to
their field in Southern Italy she felt
lit was a direct answer to her pray
ers. Italy had always been very
dear to her heart-her father emil
grated from there to the United
States fifty years ago. In due time
he married an American girl of
English descent, Miss Dorothy Ben
nett of Libby. Two daughters came
to bless their home, but one, Char
lotte, at the tender age of eight
years was called home. Dolores,
born in Rexford, Mont. attended
school in Troy where her father
had become a section foreman for
the Great Northern Railway. Upon
graduation from Troy high school
She attended Eastern Washington
College of Education in Cheney.
Here she majored in public school
music and in 1941 she received her
B. A. degree. For the next five
years she taught school consecu-
lively in Cusich and Aberdeen, Wn.,
in Troy, and in Kennewick, Wn.
During her summers spent in Troy
she was active in Sunday School
and Girl Scout work.
Miss Joy attended Multnomah
School of the Bible, an inter-det
.nominational school in Portland,
Ore, for the past two and half
years. For the past year Miss JOY
has been in correspondence with the
board members of the Conservative
Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Last May at their invitation she
went to San Francisco for a per-
sonal interview and was presented
to the candidate committee and to
the board members. She was ac-
cepted and commissioned as a mis-
sionary to their field in Southern
Italy
Her home in Italy will be San
Pietro, Magisano, where she will
reside with another missionary
from Philadelphia. The two will
Children's Bible classes and |
do visitation work among women. |
Their work will be in the rural |
mountain villages said to be very |
similar to the mountainous areas of !
Yunnan, China. 1t will be six |
years before Miss Joy is eligible for /
a furlough While she will not be
stationed near her fathers old home
she expects to visit there.
AS soon as all the support equip
ment, passport and visa are ac-
quired Miss Joy will sail In all .
arrangements will be
complete early next spring. In the
interim she will be engaged in visit
ing churches of her denomination
throughout Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, and Oregon, telling of her
and presenting the work
in Italy. At present she is enjoy
ing a vacation interlude with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Joy,
at Troy. Her grandmother, Mrs.
c. M Bennett lives in Libby, and
her great grandmother Mrs. Lucy
Head, 80, lives in Rexford
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week Miss Joy filled a speaking /.
in Spokane.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
LOCATE SMOULDERING FIRE
IN NATIONAL FOREST

Fire in the middle fork of Par
snip creek was discovered by hunt
ers Sept. &c. This was evidently
a hangover from the lightning set
fire of Aug. %. Apparently small
patches of areas at a time had
burned until about an acre and one
half was burned.
The existence of this fire had
been known but definite location
had been undetermined and could
not be located, until the report by
this hunting party determined the
location.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
co. COMMISSIONERS IN
SESSION FIRST OF WEEK

The county commissioners met in
their office in the court house in
regular sessions Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week Rou-
tine business matters were cared
for.
Mr.. Briggs head of the State We'll
fare Commission met with them on
Wednesday to discuss welfare mat
tiers.
The newly formed County Schools
Transportation Committee, COM
posed of Co. Supt. of Schools Rose
Robertson and other members from
pleasant Valley, Eureka, Fortine,
Troy, and Libby school districts met
with the commissioners to discuss
transportation problems of the var
ious schools in the county.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06
ADDRESS SURVEY OF LIBBY

At a regular meeting of the town
council Tuesday night, it was de-
cided and arranged that the city,
with the assistance and cooperation
of representatives of the Chamber
of Commerce, Lions Club, and the
Interstate Telephone Company
would make a survey during the
week beginning October 10, to cor
rectly number each and every resi-
dence or building, and advise the
occupants by contact calls of their
correct address. The plan is for the
representative making the call to
leave a little card bearing correct
name and address of each place.
Duplicate lists Of the completed
project will be retained on file with
the City Council, The Post Office,
the Telephone Company, and any
other officers requiring one.
Mrs. VIM. r. McGrew and son
Scott, of. Seattle, are here visiting