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Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02

Bert ChiIders put an ad in the
Clarion the other day. Here's what
it said:
"Planted mor melons than I
can eat this year. Stop by and pick
as many as you want. All free"
AS you can guess, plenty of folks
sent their kids over and plenty of
the parents came too. Stripped
Berts melon patch in no time. And
as they went away, Bert treated
the kids to lemonade, and offered
the grownups a glass of ice-cold
sparkling beer.
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02

ALI of us are discoveries in some
fashion. During the war millions OF
my nieces and nephews made one
Of the most important discoveries
concerning their future happiness
-. that it is easy to save effective
ly. Merely by setting aside a por-
ton of their current income each
pay day for United States Savings
Bonds, great numbers of you are
building backlogs for emergencies
as well as long-range detectives
such as a new home, education for
your children, and travel.
U. S. Trsdfury DEPARTMENT
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02
The Outlook $3.50 year
From where | sit by Joe Marsh
Bert ChiIders
and the Melon Patch
Adsrtnsmmf

Naturally it puzzled some folks
80. but Bert explains: at gives me
a kick to share things when I can
afford to-whether it's the melons,
or the lemonade, or beer. I guess I
just like to indulge my whims."
From where I sit, If we had more
"self-indulgent" people like Bert
who believe in share and share
alike, live and let live, this tired
world would be a whole lot better
off,
& @~s4s
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02

WANTED-Maid. Hurzler hotel.
10-2-tf
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02

FOR SALE-Good coal heater for
$4,000. j. j. Parker. 1tp
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02

w A N D-Sewing, dressmaking,
remodeling, alterations and re-
pair. Mrs. E. Fox, 3O1 w. Main
St., Laird Apt. No. 8. 1O-2-2p
Laurel outlook., 1946-10-02

FOR SALE-Furniture of 8 room
house. r. j. Williams and Son.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

Sugar cane is the chief industry
OF the Hawaiian Islands.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
Defense For
.M'Kay Ends

Jackson. Feb. PAP Defense
lawyers Monday completed their ar
gumen.s to strike major portions Of
the testimony in the Mckay liquor
conspiracy trial and awaited the
ruling o: Judge John Simpson.
Judge Simpson, although he has
not yet acted on the motions. inter
rupted arguments Monday morning
to declare the whole thing boils
down to the question what did the
defendant do 10 corrupt the admin.
istration OF the states liquor law"
Frank d. Mckay, Grand Rapids
Republican, William II. McKeighan
Fisher l.. Layton. Flint politicians
and former liquor agents. and
Charles II. Williams and his son,
Earl ]. Williams, former partners
in a liquor sales agency, are on
trial here charged with conspiring
TO corrupt the administration of the
state liquor law.
Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler
contended in court that they did so
by threats and intimidation and
by promising favored treatment to
certain liquor companies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

WASHINGTON APP - General
Douglas Macarthur called on Con
gress Monday to povide free trans
porta.ion to Japan for wives Of L. 5.
military personnel Of all ranks
stationed there. Macarthur. in a
statement in Tokyo. said that he
plans to open occupied areas to
wives of seryicemen about May /,
and that he hopes sincerely that
Congress will broaden the base (of
pending permissiye legislaion) to
include free transportation for all
ranks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
Study Interior


Marquette, Mich. Feb. PAP
State and local police and fire or
ficials studied the scared interior
OF a three-story frame building
in an effort to establish the
cause of this cisy's worst disaster,
a ere that killed seven elderly men
Sunday.
The victims, all but one of them
lumber.acks, were roomers in the
top two stories of the building
which houses a garage on the
ground level.
They were:
Stanislaus Krasnewski, about 70,
OF Gaylord.
Axel Wickstrom. about rs, Of
Marquette.
James p Murphy, 81, OF Ontona.
gon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

MOSCOW-AP More than 100,.
100000 ballots were estimated Mon
day to have been cast Sunday In
Russis's first general election since
1887 as Russian citizens voted for
deputies to the Supreme Soviet
(Parliamenp. There was but one
political party participating tina
Communists, sole legal party in Rus
STA.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

Benjamin A. Mccain, rs, OF
Lukes, Mich.
Fred De Sautelle, about rs, OF
Marquette.
Henry Cook. Sc, OF Marquette.
A seventh victim identified tenta-
lively as Nicholas Lame OF Donken.
Mich.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
FELIY TIE CAT

Kalamazoo. Feb. l2-AP-Fire OF
undetermined origin broke out ear
" Monday morning IN one section
OF Nelles Hall, Kalamazoo Colleges
dining hail. and caused a loss unof-
hcially estimated At about $4,000.
Firemen eaVed the remainder Of
the building after battling the
flame an hour. Two hundred stu
dents who eat Al the hall went
hungry while seeking temporary
accommodations. DR.. Frank Bache-
Tor. business manager. announced
service would he restored at the
earliest possible time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

WASHINGTON ms - Rep.
Manasco (D) Ala, Author OF the
Surplus Property Act. opened a
drive Monday for swift enactment
OF new legislation giving veterans
greater priority in the purchase OF
excess war materials.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

In 1925, the average retail price
OF all automobiles was S1,007.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

Peat is being successfully usec in manufacturing gas in Sweden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
STRAND

In high school at Grand Rapids Michigan, Adrian Booth, then known as Virginia Pound, won the title of Miss Michigan" in 6 personality and beauty contest. That per sonality and beauty is much in evil dence in Home on the Range" Re- public's Magnacolor musical-west- ern now at the Strand Theater in which Miss Booth has the leading feminine role opposite Monte Hale
 Although that contest was the starting point of her acting career at the time she hadn't given the stage thought. Her ambition waS to become writer.
 Lack of funds prevented her from going to college, so Adrian took 8 lob as social director at the New Whitcomb Hotel in St. Joseph Michigan. A guest of the hotel impressed with her beauty and singing ability helped her land g job as singer and mistress of cere- monies with Ben Yost's Coed Girls Act. While the troupe was play ing in Cleveland, Ohio, Adrian alsc sang with Roger Pryor and his band, was discovered by a talent scout for Universal Studios and brought to Hollywood.
 However, to her great disappoint- ment, after she made a test for Uni- the type" for pictures. Disillu- stoned but determined, she accept ed a few modelling jobs until ar agent signed her and arranged q test at columbia Studios.
 This time she made the grade She was put under contract anc made 37 pictures in Q year and 8 half.
 With this experience under hel belt, Adrian began to free lance She was used in 30 many Republic pictures in the next year, that President Herbert J. Yates finally signed her to a contract.
 Born July 26, 1928, in Granc Rapids, Michigan, Adrain has love. ly. natural auburn hair and hazel eyes.
 The companion feature is Gay Blades" with Allan Lane and Jean Rogers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
CHOICE MORSI - It Says Here
By BOB HOPE :
OUR PARKING PROBLEM

OUR PARKING PROBLEM
 The parking problem on the west coast is getting very bad. In fact, the situation is 90 acute, that in some cities they've legal ized double-parking. Of course, out here double-parking means She on top of the other.
 In San Francisco they're n1ak- ing plans to build an Auto Sky Park" to ease the situation. This so-called Auto Sky Park" would be built up on big pillars over the downtown business district and would cover @ couple of blocks. Imagine driving your car way up in the air on top of buildingsI You1l probably have to lock wheels with an airplane and wrestle for a place to park.
 One of the prime requirements of the parking attendants will be that they know how to yodel. And they figure the customers will really be driving up those ramps in a hurry In fact, they're planning to have Q station on top to check your car for oil, gas, and water And then check the occupants of the car for the bends.
 But an Auto Sky Park" Is just what San Franciscans need, as they've always had a tough time parking their cars. With those hills up there you have to turn of the motor, put on the brakes, and throw out an anchor. Then, when the fog rolls in, you have to hire a deep-sea driver to ind your car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
JIMMIE FIDLER .M HoHywood
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to take Turkish baths and some one, presumably an over-zealous fan, swiped most of their clothesl. Mona Freeman, who's been under contract to Paramount for three years without making e picture on the home lot, Is readying . ulti- matum for studio bosses.
 Boss, there's . lot of feminine nature in an urgent sos that En- terprise received from Veronica Lake the other day. Veronica, loca- tioning in "Ramrod" at Zion Na- tional Park, took only one bathing suit with her. The other day, Arleen Whelan arrived on the location with four of the most deluxe and most revealing swim suits she could buy. Miss Lake took one gander ct Misg Whelan's acquatic wardrobe and instantly wired studio heads to rush her c half-a-dozen new creations. ;. The Pat O'Brien'S are duffle-pack- ing for a month-long loll in the Virgin Islands, their first vacation together since Pearl Harbor. .... WotziS about Frank Sinatra and John Charles Thomas exchanging heated words in the Lone Palm Hotel at Palm Springs.
 Mary K. Jones of Dear Ruth" fame will swap T dos" with actor Johnny Stearns, come September. Good Listening: Jean Hersholt's new photograph album, "Dr. Christ ians Favorite Fairy Tales. .Xa- vier Cugat tells us he's going to live aboard the big sailing yacht he had shipped piecemeal from New York and assembled here. Gypsy Rose Lee is leading @ law suit against the former owners of . now defunct Chicago night club. |. That bandage that Hillary Brooks is sporting, first finger, right hand should serve to remind her that people who try to remove fox-tails from a dogs throat should be careful. Give the baby portrait that you'll see Hedy Lamar painting in 'Dishonored Lady" a second look; it's Q picture of her own one-year-old Denise. ... and now, boss, if you'll excuse us. we have Q date with . flag pole.
 THE STAFE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
POLL

Stars, songs, action and laughs adroitly combined in TWO Sisters From Boston," now playing at the Loew-Poli Theater. The story ot singer who makes the transition from a cheap Bowery music hall to grand opera serves as 8 show case for the talents of such varied performers as Kathryn Grayson June Allyson, LAuritz Melchoir, Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford.
 Miss Grayson is cast as Abigail the ambitious sister who abandons her Straight-laced Back Bay back ground in the attempt to crash the sacred portals of a New York opera house. Failing, she becomes the star performer in Durante's beer hall, Q compromise which shocks her staid sister, Martha, played by June Allyson.
 In an attempt to placate her Scandalized family, Abigail man. ages to push herself to the front of the stage In one opera perform ance, but resultant publicity ties her up in a compromising way with one of the operas wealthiest pa- irons, rake with a penchant fol attractive female singers. It is the effort of Durante, Miss Allyson and Lawford, playing the opera patrons son, to extricate Miss Grayson from her unfortunate position and to give her 8 brilliant opportunity to reveal her opera voice that makes for the tongue-in-cheek-adventures of a merry plot.
 Also on the same program is the mystery thriller, "Passkey to Dan- ger," with Stephanie Bachelor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

NEXT: How FNd Works.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
Minimum Wage Bill SheIved

Washington, June 27-(UP)-The House Rules Committee yesterday shelved temporarily the Admins tration-backed Minimum Wage Bill, and at the same time upset farm bloc hopes of using 1t as a vehicle tor raising the parity price formula.
 The committee decided to hold up the bil, perhaps until the next session of Congress, after farm bloc members asked permission to offer a parity amendment when the measure reaches the floor.
 The committee, Aowever, declined to act either on the bill itself or on the farm bloc request.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

greater tonal range than AM Cam- plitude modulation), the present type of broadcasting. It will permit the building of hundreds and hun- dreds of new stations, none of which will interfere with other sta tions, SO that the entire field of radio hroadcasting can be doubled and even tripled.
 And that may be its biggest draw back, although few will admit 1t.
 Major Armstrong says there have been several well organized at- tempts to block FM."
 None has been successful to the extent of killing 1t, but all have been successful to the extent that the in- troduction of FM broadcasting has been delayed beyond all reason" he adds.
 INDUSTRY RELUCTANT
 Federal Communications Com- missioner Clifford J. Dur says there seems to be c disturbing in- clination on the part of radio to cling to it's old syStem," perhaps be- cause FM means newcomers and hence new competition.
 In general, the industry is reluc- tant to discuss the situation, but in hackhand way various spokesmen admit something IS wrong.
 Joseph MattSon, @ U.A.W-CI!O regional director, charged in Chi- cago that RIGA. controls 60 per- cent of all FM patents and that ra- dio manufacturers are deliberately holding up FM production. He wants David Sarnoff, head of Radio Cor poration of America to be subpoena ed by the EGG. to explain R.C.A.s policies.
 But J. B. Elliott, vice-presi- dent of R.C.A.-Victor, R.C.A.s man. ufacturing unit, says shortages, not policy, are holding up production. Major Armstrong denies that RIGA. controls 60 percent of the FM pa- tents. Some manufacturers, he says, "are doing their utmost to get FM going"
 "Others," he declares, would like to see FM sunk in the sea-"
 He wouldn't say who the others were.
 Ray c. Cosgrove, president of the Radio Manufacturers of America, calls Mattson's charge stupid"
 But Roger Burlingame, in his book Engines of Democracy" charges that certain moss-covered corporations are fighting Arm- strong's radio because of the obsol- essence 1t would cause in existing radio sets" 'AtIA
 Robert Bartley of the National Association of Broadcasters thinks the ban by James c. Petrillo, head of the musicians union, is holding up FM. Petrollo forbade radio stations to carry programs or- iginating in AM stations over FM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

HOLLYWOOD, June 25-Dear Stan: If you kiddies spent more time analyztng the trend of the times, and less time beefing about your personal finances and your va cation schedules, you might get farther. Opportunity is knocking at your doors.
 Back in Ohio Q smart wide-awake youngster who appreciates the lofty entertainment tastes of the pub- lie is winning fame by sitting atop 6 150-foot flagpole. The grateful mayor of this town was almost overcome by emotion as he thanked the boy for putting the community on the map" But why go so far afield for examples to prove my point?
 Right here In Hollywood, Jim Moran-a lad you've all known is winning fame and fortune by Sit- ting on an ostrich egg for 45 days or so in Q effort to hatch 1t. AL ready, I'm told, he's been signed for two oast-to-coast radio broad casts. an article in a national maga- zine and 8 vaudeville tour to be made in company with his prospec- tive ostrich chick. In short, this gg-sitter, without counting the wages that he's presumably receiv- ing from Q certain studio which soon will start production work on a picture entitled "The Egg and I, is proving beyond dispute that gen. jus pays dividends.
 Since I don't like to sail under false colors end be applauded for an unselfiShnesS that is somewhat foreign to my nature, I'll freely ad- init that I hesitated before calling your attention to the current ap- preciation for such worthwhile en- terprises ar fiag-pole sitting and os- trich-egg breeding. I decided to do so only after reflecting that the kind of copy you've been handing me of late clearly demonstrates a remarkable talent for such intellec- tual pursuits as matching ostrich eggs, and (2), that you would be of almost as much value to me if you were sitting on flag poles as you are in your current vacation time dithers.
 JIMMIE FIDLER
 Dear Boss: Whats so cussed no- vel about matching an egg in town where every producer has laid them by the dozens? Besides, who wants an ostrich running around calling him ''papa?"
 Well, anyway, here's gossip:
 Harry James Last promise to Bet ty Grable, before taking off on his current tour, was that he'd take her and the baby on months "get- away-from-it-all" vacation as soon as he returns. |. '. David o. Selznick is plotting retake of ''The Prisoner of Zenda," with Gregory Peck in the top role. {. :. Warner Brothers next high-pressure star-building campaign vii be concentrated on Kent Smith who scored heavily op- posite Ann Sheridan in Mora Prem tice."
 Speaking of money matters (and you usually are, boss) give thought to the financial progress made by Perry Como, who's just been of- fered coast-to-coast tour at $16 0OO week guarantee. Two years ago he was earning $76 week warbling for CBS. Hal Jimmy Mulcay, the harmonica artist who's featur- ed on Bob Hopes stage shows, post cards that he and Bob had an en1- barrasing experience in San Fran r'sco. After the show they decided
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

Among the finest waterfalls In the world are the Igla1u Falls, 1000 miles up the Parana river and abutting on Paraguay and Brazil. Two miles wide, the falls ere 210 feet high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
Current Films
 Time Schedule

LOEW'S STRAND-"HOme On The Range: 1:OOs S:1S, S:3O. 7:A6s 1O:OO P. M.
 "Gay Blades"s BOO, 4:aB. 6:30. 8:45 P. M. LOEW'S POLLING Sisters From Boston: 12.3O, 3:25, 6.2S, 9:2S F. M.
 "Passkey To Danger: 9:26, B:e6, 8:25 F. M. WARMERS STATE - "Jan10 Gets Married": 1:15, 4:OO, 6:4O. 9:2O P. M.
 "The Falcons ANbi": 2:SO, S:90s 8:1O P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
COY's PRIVATE LAUNDRY

Johnny Coy's new Hollywood lau1a- dry is almost a private affair. The star of Paramount's Ladies Man" handles so much laundry for his friends that he can't take much from the general public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

Little Surinam now has nearly Il ,000, 900 bicycles and Is seeking more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

unless duplicate numbers of music- ians were hired.
 Petrillo's musicians, however, have voted to look into FM themselves with the view of setting up their own FM stations.
 Whatever the real reason, FM un- doubtedly is having an aIbnormally tough time getting started.
 Armstrong had just as tough Q time inventing it. He spent from 1914 to 1924 trying to find some way of eliminating static from standard broadcasting, and then decided he was on the wrong track. An entirely new approach was needed, he felt, and FM was the approach he found. It took him until 1883 to get 1t to the practical stage, and in that year he turned 1t over to RIGA. for tests.
 After taking a year and @ half to look the infant over, RIGA. de- cided they didn't want 1t, and Arm strong went ahead on his own. 'TOO MANY STATIONS"
 In testimony before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, he said he believed there were two reasons why FM wasn't adopted: That the technical advantages of this system were underestimated at the time" and that perhaps it meant too many new stations on new networks"
 In any case, Armstrong went to the EGG. for an experimental li- cenes and was turned down by An drew Ring, then assistant chief en- gineer of the EGG, because, Arm strong says, Ring was not satisfied that had done anything in the public interest that would warrant the granting of @ license" Armstrong persisted, and finally, was given the necessary permit. The first public demonstration of FM was before the Institute of Radio Engineers in Yonkers, N. Y, in Mo- vemher 1885. Various radio stations became interested. Arnstrong'S own station was constructed at Alpine, N. J., but the growth of FM was slow. Its original frequency allot- ments were too small. These were increased. The war halted all ad- vanceS after 8 few stations sold. Then the whole frequency assign ment was changed, making obsolete many pre-war sets and stations.
 Today there are about 50 FM Sta- tionS broadcasting and Commission CT Durr expects that 10 times that many will be built within three years. Construction permits already have been issued for 52 additional FM stations, Al condition grants have been made, 126 applications are in hearings before the EGG. and 261 more are pending.
 The room is there for several thousand FM stations to begin sending you hundreds of staticless programs. But the big question Is when"
 NEXT: How FM Works.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
FM,. Hailed as Greatest Step in Radio, Booted

Editors Note: This Is the first of three dispatches on frequency modulation and the story of the man-made interference behind this otherwise staticless method of radio broadcasting that the FOG is looking into this weelE.)
 BY MARC J. PARSONS
 New York, June N-N1EA)- Everyone in the radio business agrees that frequency meditation, or FM, is the greatest Improvement in voice transmission since Marconi first invented wireless.
 But it has taken an awful kicking around since Maj. Edwin H. Arm- strong, Columbia University pros lessor, first demonstrated 1t public. ly in 1885, and even today you'll have hard time buying an FM re- ceiver and listening to an FM pro- gram.
 Basically, FM is . method of transmitting and receiving static- less radio programs. But it has sev- eral other, and just as important, advantages. It allows for a far
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
NOT sJJPERsTTTTOJs

There are no approximations for Mitchell Leisen, currently directing Paulette Goddard and Fred Mac- Murrey in Suddenly It's Spring. Leisen signed new contract with Paramount while observing his 18th anniversary as director.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27

Jasper, hero of the Paramount Puppetoon short subjects, is the subject of current book, Jasper and the Watermelon" published by Diamond and illustrated by JaSper's creator, marionette magnate George Pal.