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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
MACHINERY
OUTPUT LAGS

Production of farm machinery
exclusive of wheel tractors, re-
pair parts and attachments, for
the four months period July l
to Oct. 81, 1914, is % percent
behind schedules, WPB officials
in Helena announced this week.
Military requirements, which
are more critical than they were
two or three months ago, are
creating critical shortages in
materials needed for farm
machinery. Man power shortage
is the number one factor re-
tarding production. Malleable
and grey iron castings needed
in large quantities in the manu-
facture of farm machinery, are
the chief materials in short
supply due to the lack of man
power in the foundries.
It was pointed out that these
production figures cannot be
taken as a true indication of
manufacturers ability to meet
their entire program for the
year ending June 80, 1915, and
expressed the opinion that they
would come close to meeting
this program in time for season.
al needs.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
D WEATHER AHEAD

That any form of world CO.
operation or organization to
preserve the peace is in for
stormy sailing was made evident
in the recent speech by Prime
Minister Winston Churchill in
which he declared that Britain
and Russia had come to an
agreement over the handling of
the Polish and Greek situations.
Recent events have borne out
this fact. In an effort to dis
cover the facts and the Presi-
dents mind, Senators Hatch
and Ball visited the White House
to ask questions. Judging by
past statements of the President
he cannot be too happy over
recent developments, and if he
desires a strong public opinion
to back up his claims in any
future conference with Stain
and Churchill it should not be
difficult to create such opinion,
the state of the American mind
being what it is.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
AUTO LICENSES
TO GO ON SALE

Car and truck drivers of Big
Horn county will not be able
to give as an excuse for not
having license plates on their
vehicles the story about. the
goat or pig eating the plate
during the next IL months the
county treaSurer'S office an
nounced this week.
The new plates, Which will be
metal this year, Bearing a color
scheme of a black background
with white numerals, will go on
sale in the treasurer's office
next Tuesday, Jan. 2.
Vehicle owners will receive
only l plate this year, it was
announced, and this plate is
to be placed on the rear of the
car or truck.
Motorists are reminded that
the application for the 1945
plate must be accompanied by
the 1914 registration card and
receipt stating that all taxes
have been paid.
The deadlrne for securing new
licenses as set by the Highway
Patrol is Feb. I.
During 1914 1900 passenger
car plates were issued and 1910
licenses for trucks, it was re-
Vealed.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
MANY FOODS GO
ON RATION LIST
OPA Cancels All
Old Rution Stamps

Following almost Immediately
upon the announcement of its
victory over the War Food Adj
ministration the Office of Price
Administration announced re-
sumption of the rationing syS-
tenn for many foods, beginning
last Tuesday morning.
Canned foods Immediately re-
turned to the ration column
were asparagus, beans, corn,
peas and spinach. It was further
announced that many cuts and
types of point free meat will be
returned to the ration list at
the beginning of the new year.
In addition the red points on
creamery butter were increased
from 20 to "a per pound.
All stamps valid prior to Dec.
l have been cancelled. Those
cancelled are as follows: red
stamps in book 4 AS through
z-8 and AS through P-5; blue
stamps in book 4 A-8 through
Z-8 and AS through VS..
Stamps in book 4 which remain
valid are: red stamps Q-5, RS
and SIS; blue stamps ks, rs,
Az and BE-.
The following red stamps
will be validated on Jan. l.:
It's, US, VS., VS. and KS, a
total of so points and will be
good for four weeks. The follow
ing blue stamps will become
valid at the same time: CO,
d., E-2, F-2 and CO, and will
also be good for four weeks.
Local ration board officials
were unable to state whether
or not these stamps would ex-
pire at the end of four weeks.
Sugar stamps 80, 81, 80, and
80 are now invalid, and in addi-
ton all sugar certificates for
home canning issued by local
boards plus home canning
stamp 40 are cancelled.
The new restrictions caught
many housewives unawares,
some of them still having one
or two sugar stamps included
in the cancelled p,
earning certificates which were
assumed to he good for several
weeks, and many blue and red
points which, by careful buying
they had been able to save. The
chief complaint seemed be in
the fact that certificates and
stamps declared good indefin-
itely had been cancelled, and
that there was no apparent
virtue in buying carefully to
save points and avoid buying
scarce rationed goods.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
COLD WAVE HITS
OVER WEEK END

With from ten to twelve
inches of snow on the ground
and sub-zero temperatures be-
ginning last Friday night, the
cold wave continued to grip
Hardin and Big Horn county
over Christmas.
Snow which fell late Tuesday
evening and early Wednesday
had scarcely started to thaw
when another STORM hit the
county, lasting all day Thursday
and piled up to a depth OF
nearly twelve inches in many
places. Friday evening the mer-
curry in Hardin thermometers
went steadily downward and by
Saturday morning temperatures
ranging from Is to IS below
zero were recorded.
Clearing weather and brilliant
sunlight have continued since
and Christmas day was an ideal
white Christmas. At the present
time there seems to be prospect
of moderation with higher
temperatures expected.
No serious results due to the
cold have been reported, al
though some shortage of gas
has been reported, mostly from
owners of private wells. Gas
company officials stated that
thus far the supply is adequate
to meet reasonable needs.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
By GORDON H. WINSOR
Bye Baby Bunting,

Papa's gone ahunting
To get a little rabbit skin
To wrap the Baby Bunting in"
Times without number fond
fathers have sung this ditty as
they played with Junior in
the evening. But if Papa Bunt-
ing were doing it today, even if
he brought home the rabbit skin
when it came to fastening it on
Baby he might search high and
low for a safety pin with nary
a pin to be found.
For WPB officials now say
the safety pin shortage is &C
cute, and the fault lies in the
lack of manpower. Production
is still below the minimum,
says WPB. Which causes one
to do some cogitating.
When it comes to cases, it's
the babies who are the real
sufferers on the Home Front in
this war. Ever since the war be-
gan the going has been tough
for the little tykes.
First it was said that diapers,
the one item absolutely essential
to babyhood, would have to be
eliminated.
Irate protests of parents,
medical men and "those who
know" succeeded in securing a
limited number of the unmen-
tionables. Just how harrassed
mothers have made out will
probably never he known. I'm
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
Babies Lose Out, Pin Supplies Are Low

doubtedly a number of substi-
tutes have been found to help
weather the shortage.
Now comes this more sinister
menance of a safety pin short
age. This is a real problem, for
everyone knows how much a
baby needs safety pins. One
might as well ask a man to go
without his belt Or SuSpenderS.
Nothing so upsetS a mans
poise and easy assurance as the
sudden realization that one or
the other, or both if he's a
pessimist, of these articles is
threatening to fail. And so it is
with babies. They need safety
pins to help cultivate the prop
er ''Sang-froid" with which they
must greet the world.
It is time some one came to
the defense of the babies. No
A.. F. of L. or C. I. o. union rep
reSentS them, no bloc in con-
gresS can press their claims, no
pressure group exploits them.
But they need the help of
some one to see that they get
a break in this business. There's
no telling how many blighted
lives may be the result of babies
not having enough safety pins.
Yes, they need a champion.
In the meantime, about the
only advice to give mothers is
don't let baby swallow any more
pins, and don't you swipe 'em
off him to hike up something Of
your own that's slipping.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
HARDIN DEFEATS
LEWISTOWN HERE

In a last quarter rally paced
by Bill Scally Friday night the
Hardin Bulldogs doWned a hard
fighting LewiStown quintet in
a hair-raising finish, the out
come of which was in doubt
until the final whistle. Only
then did local fans breathe
easily, the score board reading
Hardin "a, LewistoWn 80.
LewistoWn took the lead in
the first quarter, after a see
saw scoring scramble, and held
grimly to their margin of points
until the last quarter. Only
then did the local team come
to life and with Scally dropping
his shots in the basket slowly
overcome the LewiStown lead.
The last few moments of play
were about as wild as any ever
seen on the local floor as both
teams battled furiously to hold
the lead. The game ended as a
long Lewistown shot bounced
off the rim Of the basket,
bringing every spectator to his
feet.
Scally was high point man of
the game with II points to his
credit.
The starting lineup for Har-
din was KomrS and Koebbe,
guards; Gustafson and Schoer,
forwards; Scally, center.
No game is scheduled for this
week end because of the Christ
mas vacation.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
JAP TASK r BEATEN

For the first time since Am
erican troops poured ashore on
Mindoro Island in the Philip
pines eleven days ago the Jap
anese defenders of the islands
have offered some resistance. It
came in the form of a naval
task force of a battleship,
cruiser and six destroyers which
attempted to she'll shore defens-
es on the island. American
bombers and fighters rose to
meet the attack and sank three
of the six destroyers and dam
aged the battleship and cruiser,
causing the force to Withdraw
without much damage done.
Mopping up continued on Leyte
island. With Palompom, last
escape port on the island, now
in Yank hands the process of
a clean up is inevitable. .
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
POWER POLITICS IN GREECE

With no agreement between
the populist CONSERVATIVE gov
eminent Of Greece and the
E. l.. A. S. Irrational liberation
party in sight, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill stated yes
terday that British authorities
would remain in Greece until a
settlement of differences he
tween the parties is reached,
either by free negotiation or
by increasing the use of mill
tary force.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28

After being wounded he was
sent to the Naval hospital at
Pearl Harbor for a time and
later was brought to the states
and sent to the Naval hospital
at Mare Island, Calf. At the
end of his furlough Olenik will
report back to the Mare Island
hospital for further treatment.
Olenik Joined the Marine
Corps in Nov. 1941 and went
overseas in Dec. 1913. He grad
uated from Hardin high school
in 1910 and before his enlist
ment engaged in ranching with
his father.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
BAKER

Marine Corporal Robert A.
Baker of Lodge Grass has re-
turned to the states for a fur
Tough following "a months of
overseas duty with the Third
Marine division.
Bakers parents are Mr.. and
Mrs. T P. Baker. Before enlist
ing In December, 1941, Baker
was employed as a ranch hand
on the ranch of John Stevens,
He is a former student in Lodge
Grass high school.
The last action in which
Baker participated was on
Guam He holds the Purple
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
DRIVE CONTINUES

Efforts of the Hardin Post
No. 8, the American Legion, to
raise funds for the proposed
Veterans Memorial Building are
continuing, said Commander
Merle Martin this week.
At present $27OO in cash is
on hand and will be converted
into bonds this week, he said.
Martin also urged those who
had been requested to aid in
the current campaign to make
reports of results as soon as
possible.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
OLENIK HERE
ON O

Pfc. Eddie Olenik returned to
Hardin last Sunday, Dec. "a, to
spend a 80 day furlough with
his father, Joe Olenik and
friends in Hardin.
He is expecting a medical dis
charge from the Marine Corps
as a result of injuries received
in the battle for Guam. He has
b awarded the Purple
Heart because of his, wounds.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
M UNION TO MEET

The Farmers Union of Big
Horn county will meet in the
community room of the court
house on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at IL
o'clock. The meeting will begin
with a luncheon. Members are
requested to bring a covered
dish for the meal. All farmers
and their friends are urged to
attend, as Important business
will be conducted at the meet
ing,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
OLD DWARF S S

Roy Alfred Old Dwarf, son of
MI. and Mrs. George Old Dwarf
of Lodge Grass, passed away
Monday night in the Crow
Agency hospital, according to
word received here this week.
Services were held today at
2 o'clock from the Catholic
church in Lodge Grass, with
the Rev. Father John Balse of
st. Xavier officiating.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
NEW YEARS DANCE

A New Years dance will be
held in the junior high gym
this Saturday evening at 9
o'clock, and will be sponsored
by the American Legion Aux
iliary.
Music will be furnished by
the Rhythm Masters.
The ticket sale is being con-
Quoted by members of the Aux
iliary with Mrs. Sam Cunning
ham in charge of sales and ad-
vertiSing.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
MASONS MEET TONIGHT

New officers night will be
observed tonight at the meeting
of SITS. John Lodge, No. 90, A.
F. and A. M. in Hardin.
Degrees of Entered Apprent-
ice and Master Mason will be
conferred and refreshments will
be served at the close of the
meeting.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
NEWS REVIEW
A Brief Summary
o. Outstanding
News Events
CHECK GERMAN DRIVE

A furious American counter
offensive which narrowed the
neck of the German break
through to less than 20 miles in
width, relieved the beleagured
American garrison at Bastogne,
Belgium, and made advances up
to five miles, was reported
from Allied headquarters this
morning. Aided by thousands
of planes artillery and fresh
troops the Yankee army has
not only CONSTRUCTED the size of
the breach but has also blunted
the Spearhead of the German
drive, at least temporarily, thus
considerably Frightening the
general picture on the Western
front.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28

The nation returned to food
rationing last Tuesday morning
as OPA placed many canned
foods back on the point list,
hiked the points of creamery
butter, cancelled many sugar
stamps and all home canning
certificates, and announced that
most cuts of meat would be re-
turned to the ration column on
Jan. /.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Dec. %, George H. Pense, 81,
and Mary X. Musso, 81, both of
Sheridan.
Dec. 26, Walter Lewis Wallace
Jones, 10; and Bonney Jeane
Crawford, both of Dayton, Wyo.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-28

Read The Year In Review,
See Page Three.
Evening star., 1944-07-09
Proving That Being an Angel Can Pay
By Jack O'Brian.

Cullman, who considers her judg-
ment superior to his own.
When Cullman likes a show he
passes the script on to his wife. If
impressed, she sends 1t to Byram.
When the three agree, the money is
put up without argument.
After the show is in rehearsal
Cullman keeps out of the way and
waits for opening night.
First Venture Disastrous.
Cullman's first try at show back
ing was disastrous. It was a little
thing called June Night" and the
headline on the review said simply
and graphically: June Night Janu-
ary Frost"
1t was not enough to deter him,
however. He had been interested in
the stage since he acted in French
drama at Phillips Exeter Academy
and wrote theatrical features for the
Yale Courant. In the 2Os he had
helped the Provincetown Players
along. During the next decade his
showman's stature was proven when
he took over the huge Roxy Theater
in a receivership From q weekly
$4,000 deficit, Cullman turned 1t into
$500 weekly profit. Safely out Of
the bag, the Roxy then was sold to
Goth Century-Fox.
Cullman is vice president Of Gull
man Brothers. large tobacco firm
with interests in almost every Gig
arctic company. His brother, Joseph
is president of the tobacco firm. and
silent partner in theatrical invest
ments. They have a corporation set
up but brother Joe diesn't stick his
nose into it.
Evening star., 1944-07-09
Wilson Almost as Expensive as Gone
By Inea Aruad.

about Prime Minister Jan SHUTS.
Personally, am confident the
public is ready for such pictures.
Wilson is not only very important
picture, an enlightening one: it is
above all, tremendously entertain
ing picture. 1t is cavalcade of
America. a pageant of the times
1t argues against the isolationist
viewpoint as Wilson argued against
it, but essentially 1t Is show. It
Is as stirring and exciting as a horse
race or football game.
And the other producers all over
town are waiting to see the result
They know I have put everything
possible into this picture, and they
are not going to stick their necks out
before 1t has been proved absolutely
certain that the mass movie audi
ences will take to it.
Public Is Unpredictable.
You never know for certain what
the public wants. Take, for in
stance, Public Enemy No. L. A lot
of people walked out at the preview
and you could have bought the pic
ture then for 80 cents. Yet, after
its release. it became one of the
biggest money makers in the history
Of the film business. Still, it had
everything against it: It violated
all the movie conventions; it was
brutal and CORY and lighted
despicable characters"
do pictures run in cycles?"
Evening star., 1944-07-09

when I see Joe walk out on q
play know it's sure fire hit" says
Cullman. Joe always is wrong"
Another unwritter: Cullman code
Is his confirmed conviction to do
business only with established, solid
theater people: Lindsay and Grouse,
George Abbott, Dwight Deere Wi
man. Richard Rodgers. John Wilson,
Alfred de Liagre: Cullman was one
of the original shareholders of the
Playwrights Company.
He went at the theater the same
way he went at the tobacco business.
His father was big dealer and
young Howard came out of Yale and
started from the bottom. He still
holds active membership in the
Cigar Workers Union, AFL.
Seemingly casual in his business
dealings, he actually is going ahead
at approximately a dead run. Be-
sides the vice presidency of Cullman
Bros, he is chairman of the Program
Committee of New York City Center,
vice chairman Of the Port of New
York Authority, president of Beck
man Hospital, director of the Law
yerS Trust Co.
He has three children-Hugh, u,
Is at Annapolis. Paul, 10, is a first
class private; Maggie, who is 7, is a
ripple" Cullman said, which means
she wants to be a WAVE when she
grows up.
Evening star., 1944-07-09

asked. when Mr.. Zanuck stopped to
take a breath. No" he replied
They run more like in ruts. Take
'Alexanders Ragtime Band Well,
no one had made musical for two
and a half years when I made that.
Now there are far too many.
"A new form for presenting musi-
Gals will have to be devised. At this
studio our musicals in the future are
going to have good plots. The
frothy. tenuous and meaningless
boy-meet-girl situations are out"
What about war pictures?" 1 in
quired. Are they also out?"
No, certainly not" Mr.. Zanuck
said firmly. They will continue to
be made-and the public will like
them, If they are good and true
See Here. Private Hargrove' is q
war picture, so far as the average
audience goes, and they are tearing
down the theater doors to see it
What war pictures must have is the
feel and spirit OF reality"
Uncertain About Color.
What about color pictures? Will
they predominate after the WARP" ]
ventured.
That is hard to say" he said, his
iron-gray eyes half closing and his
brow writing. "At present there
isn't enough technicolor to go
around. Besides, the process isn't
perfected yet. But l do believe there
will be an awful lot Of pictures in
color-more and more-and 1 don't
think black and white will be missed
That is, If color somehow can be
made without too much glitter
What mean is, If 1t can project the
softer shades. the grays, for in
stance. and not make everything
look rich and happy. You will see
what mean in WILSON,"
So we were back where we started
and thought 1t about time to leave
one OF the busiest men in the film
industry alone. He usually works al
night, writes under three pseudo.
nyms, runs his studio, produce.
some OF the best pictures on thu
screen, and is an amazing person.
ality.
Released by North American Nevspape,
Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1944-07-09
NEW YORK.

NEW 1Ofth.
Howard Cullman is. without argu-
rnent. Broadway's most successful
theatrical investor.
He has put a total of $3.50 900 into
comedies, musicals and tragedies in
six years, and has received more
than s500,000 on his investments.
He has backed As shows. Seven
were outright fops, five broke even,
80 made and are making money. BY
the time they have run their SEEM
ingly interminable way they will
have brought him between $500 900
and $1,000 900, perhaps more.
He did not have a single turkey
in the 1884, season. Shows in
which he has from to 20 per cent
interest include Life With Father"
Kiss and Tell Arsenic and Old
Lace" Voice of the Turtle" "One
Touch of Venus" "Othello," Lovers
and Friends and Connecticut
Yankee"
Refused to Back "Oklahoma!"
Despite all this sparkling success
Howard Cullman is best known
around Broadway for his refusal to
put any money into the fabulous
Theater Guild smash, oklahoma" !"
1t was not poor judgment okla
homa!" Is a musical adaptation of
Green Grow the Lilacs," play of
several seasons back. The movie
rights for the play were sold at that
time and that is one hurdle Cullman
refuses to attempt. No possible
movie rights, no Cullman cash.
Wealthy, urbane, 52-year-old Gull
man is not in the theater because
he likes chorus girls, or because he
is gambler. He loves to be COM
pletely convinced that a show will
be hit, have his advisors back up
that conviction and then see it
happen.
His advisors are John Byram, a
play editor of Paramount Pictures,
and his wife Marguerite who once
wrote syndicated newspaper col
umn, was public relations counselor
for Bonwit-Teller, fashionable
Manhattan store, and later editor
of Stage Magazine.
marguerite is my mo- man." says