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Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22

Livingston
Stops Locomotives

The steam ran out last Friday
night and the Laurel Locomotives
stepped down from the undefeated
ranks in class A competition at
the insistance of a tough football
eleven from Livingston.
Under adverse playing conditions
the local boys eve did get to
rolling, and the steady plugging Liv-
ingston offense kept pushing at the
door all afternoon. The Laurel boys
showed promise of an attack only
once, in the second quarter, when
Void cut loose around end to go
GO yards, only to have the gain null
lifted by a holding penalty. From
then on it was a case of holding
off the Livingston attack. With
but 25 seconds of playing time left
in the first half the Rangers sue
ceeded in pushing across the first
touchdown.
Laurel's defenses frightened in the
second half and although Livingston
was continually in scoring territory,
they could not break through the
line. They then turned to the air,
and were able to toss three pay
dirt passes before the game ended.
Laurel also went to the air in the
last quarter, but with the opponents
defenses set deep no serious threat
occurred.
The win for Livingston gives it
undisputed possession of first place,
dropping Laurel to a tie for third
with Havre, since Bozeman has
one more game to keep it
second.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22
Airs Problems OF
Roads Commission
Continued from Page One)

11OAih 4 o6S OiiSJ
parent on the surface which cause
this. The state commission is do
ing its best to properly perform
its task despite buffets and criti-
cism, the speaker several times af-
firmed.
what of the future ?" the speak
er asked. With not enough money
to complete the primary system and
with the secondary program now
pending, the future prospects are
not encouraging. Heidel asked the
assistance of clear thinkers in fig
uring out the solution, which just
now has mostly to do with finding
a source from which to obtain the
necessary money.
Heidels discussion was followed
by a round table, with the Rotarians
asking questions. One was on the
four-lane highway between Laurel
and Billings. Heidel said it is be-
ing studied and that the federal
bureau of public roads will have
the final say. AS to by-passing
towns, he said he did not believe
that would be done except where
experience showed it had been a
mistake in the first place to touch
a town. Through traffic, including
freight, would prefer not going
through towns, but in Laurel the
principal street is wide and for
a considerable distance traffic es-
capes intersecting hazards by par
alleling a railroad.
Questioned about the highway be-
tween Laurel and Billings, Heidel
said he expected an overpass to be
constructed at the west end of Bill
lings and the present road widened.
He again said there had been no
decision.
A Rotarian cited the record amount
of gasoline taxes that are being COL
lected, and the speaker said that
though this is true the increase
does not offset the increased costs.
1t was brought out that the fed
eral government is collecting three
fourths of a billion dollars a year,
plus taxes on tires and cars.
Heidel was of the opinion that
an overall view should be taken
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22
Says Weather Here
Worth Exploitation

Continued from Page One)
is LOB inches, but this year the
precipitation thus far in the month
is below normal.
The period known as the growing
season for this area is about 1872
days, beginning May Is and extend
ing to Sept. "a. The longest known
was 1913 days in 1887 and the short
est &c days in 1928. The earliest
killing frost came Aug. 25, 1910,
and the latest June %, 1923.
The climate in the Laurel Billings
area partakes of the nature of the
continental climate-eXtreme vari-
ability in temperature and a small
amount of precipitation, compared
to ocean climate. In this locality
the hot days are replaced by cool
ness at night, making for pleasant
sleep. The speaker compared the
local condition with other regions
he had known where people seek
the beaches or parks during the
nights of summer. The average
variability here is 80 degrees daily.
This locality is protected by the
continental divide on the west and
on the east by it's distance from the
Gulf of Mexico; without these pro-
tections. the climate would be much
different.
The prevailing winds are from
the west and pass over mountain
ranges near the coast where the
rise in elevation takes out much of
the moisture picked up from the
Pacific. When they arrive here
they are fairly well dried out.
Peaks in the precipitation curve
are greatest in June, down in July
and August and up again late in
the autumn. This is a condition
favorable for quick production of
lush grass which is then rapidly
cured by nature to provide an abund-
ance of feed for cattle and sheep.
The stockman cashes in on the
favorable condition.
Pierce said weather men often
speak of high and low pressure
areas. The weather is controlled by
of air, counter clockwise
at sea where the Japan current
moves n%orthward to Alaska, and
clockwise on the continent. The ia
pan current raises the tempera-
lure of Alaska much as another
current in the Atlantic raises
he temperatures of England.
described the action of
he counter clockwise and clock
wise air movements that have
accounted for the pleasant weather l
existing here the past several weeks. :
He then referred to graph charts !
moving weather cycles and explain
ID them at some length. l
The cold front in winter is often l
'etween Billings and Custer, though '
It times it is between Columbus and {,
reed Point, some 60 miles west of \
Billings. Despite the reputation '
I%ontana has for cold winters and I
eep snow, the average winter af- v
ernoon temperature is higher than :.
,hicago's and there is more snowfall J.
t st. Louis than at Billings.
President w. A. Ziegler, who in a
reduced him in the absence of the a
rogram chairman, j. w. Baldwin, W
banked Pierce at the close of his Il
ddress for the information he had p
nparted.
To assist the Woman's club when a
ne states X-ray equipment is n
rought here the first of November tt
two weeks of picture-making T
detection of tuberculosis, a COM P
littee was appointed to secure
u~arters and otherwise assist the
Those chosen by Chairman
d.. M. Dolven were George H. Nc fl
ormick and Harold Cartee. E
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22

from u hearts for your much ap-
preciated hospitality and kindness.
C. E. HAYDEN,
"Orotava," % Ringwood Way,
Winchmore Hill, London N. 81,
England.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22
Early Fire Engines

Many early fire engines were de-
stroyed by fire because the short
range of the hose stream made it
necessary to take the apparatus too
close to the flames.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22
Artificial Sugar

First radioactive sugar made by
the photosynthetic process has been
produced at University of Califor-
MIA.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-22
Egyptians Used Lines

A crude form of the modern line
fishing was originated by the
Egyptians.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
The Story of Professional Football
And of the Fathers of q LEAGUE
THE CHICAGO BEARS
BY Howard Roberts. &C. P. Pntnann's Sons; 49,
Reviewed by FRANCIS E. sTANN

In writing "The Chicago Bears,
Howard Roberts, sportswriter for
the Chicago Daily News, did more
than chronicle the history of foot
balls most famous and most sue
cessful professional football team.
He wrote the story of the profes-
sional game and of the men, notably
George Halas. who founded what
now is the National League.
In an automobile sales agency,
perched on the running boards and
Tenders OF the new 1890 models, the
first pro football league was organ
lied. One of the 500 franchises
was awarded to the Staley Manu-
featuring Co. (Staleys) of Decatur,
III, coached by Halas, In 1921 the
staleys moved to Chicago and be-
came the fabulous Bears, winners
Of seven championships.
Roberts expertly and thoroughly
traces the rise of both the Bears
and pro football, employing a light
touch that makes his book easy
reading. He deals with the feats of
the great Bears, past and present,
and tells scores of anecdotes. The
early tribulations of Halas, strug-
Cling to keep his venture solvent, are
chapters with an Alger-like quality
and memories revive as Roberts
reels off the names and deeds of
the brightest of the -Conzel-
man, Driscoll. the Sternamans
Grange, Nagurski, Trafton, Man
ders, Luckman, McAfee and the
rest.
Evening star., 1947-09-21

G-5, military government.
The Thirds distrust OF higher
headquarters was fully shared
throughout the Army staff. 1t had
for communications zone troops the
same sort of scorn felt (but not men
toned in this book by regimental
troops for Army headquarters staffs.
What constituted rear echelon''
depended entirely on where you
were.
If the Thirds headquarters men
looked back with disgust to their
rear, they looked to each side at
other equal level Armies with hardly
any more pleasure. First Army is
the subject of many bitter remarks,
the Seventies accomplishments are
beiittled and the Ninth,s headquar-
ters is handled in a footnote as
mediocre not held in high
regard" And as for the British, the
colonel's acid is too refined to sum-
mariZe.
The personality of the brilliant,
volatile Patton dominates this ac-
count of his Army even as he DOM
mated it when he was its COM
manding general. He inspired fierce
loyalty tan understatement as far
as Col. Allen is concerne6 and one
would quarrel with the colonel's
remark that Patton's troops did not
"idolize" him. Many of them did.
Some of them didn't. Those who
didn't. felt almost as strongly. The
general was not a man to whom
other men felt only Indifferent. He
is here in all his glory-20 stars
sparkling on collar, shoulder and
Evening star., 1947-09-21

THE Chicago Bears" contains one
chapter which will bring shudders
to followers Of the Washington Red
skins. 1t Is by all odds the best
told and most complete account read
by this observer on that historic
playof game Of Sunday, December
8, 1910, when the Bears routed the
Redskins by the unbelievable score
of 73-0 for the championship.
"The greatest weapon Halas
brought into play was psychology, -
writes Roberts Of the game. THE
Redskins had made what Halas
termed some tactical vocal errors
after an earlier 7-to-3 victory, and
now these were deftly turned against
them. 1t seems that a club oficial
with q careless disregard for the in
depreciation that might be placed
on his words had been quoted in the
public prints as referring to the
Bears by such complimentary terms
as front runners and 4 first-half
ball club"
Washingtonians who were present
may recall that on the second play
OF the game Fullback Bill Osmanski
ran 68 yards for . touchdown to
start the rout. Roberts reveals that
1t was an accident, the play that
demoralized the Redskins from the
outset. A missed block prevented
Osmanski from slanting straight
OH tackle so the ball carrier impro-
Vised dip" went wide around end
and created what now is a charted
play in the Bears book.
Evening star., 1947-09-21

Doth these themeS-combined with
q ready wit. 1t will no doubt bring
back memories to the veteran
some lighthearted about his own
experiences when relieved from
front line duty, and some heavy
hearted when he recalls the battles
and their aftermath.
Slightly Out of Focus" is pro-
fusely illustrated with Capa pic
lures tall previously published)
which are not slightly out of focus
with the exception of those made
when he accompanied the first wave
to hit the Normandy beach. This
is quite understandable-and for
givable. Mr.. Capa, a young man OF
Hungarian birth, covered the war In
North Africa, Italy, England
France and Germany, and writes OF
it with first-hand knowledge, laps
ing into an amusing. tongue-in-
cheek, zany attitude only when tell
ing Of how much fun he had when
not tangled up with his cameras and
the war. The book even has a love
tale with q somewhat surprising
ending.
The II million Of us who fought
the war can enjoy Mr.. Capa's book
because his experiences 50 nearly
parallel our own. Those who did
not get to 60 can enjoy the book be-
cause it undoubtedly will give them
Evening star., 1947-09-21

critical shortage Martin Abzux.
of materials, and there are many
Larry Fursts struggling to get ahead.
Manufacturers are wooing textile
men, and buyers are begging the
manufacturers for garments.
Larry plots desperately to keep his
shop running, and beautiful, red
haired Margaret Shea, an estab-
lished buyer, helps him by ordering
from his company. Soon, OF course,
Larry, firing of a nagging wife, who
wants security rather than inmate
rialized promises of mink coats, falls
in love with Margaret.
Still further complications arise
as Larry gets involved with the black
market, and as his vindictive ex-
boss, Julius Meadow, sees this chance
to break his former salesman who
has insulted Meadow In the past.
Few of Mr.. Abzug's characters are
pretty. Julius Meadow is a vicious
back-biter. Margaret Shea is a
woman whose fear of losing her job
is stronger than her love for Larry.
Pearl Furst, Larry's wife, is suilen
and discontented. Larry himself is
not above flattering and chiseling to
get what he desires.
Nor is what they say unusual,
nineteen n-twentieths of the time. Mr..
Abzug does, occasionally, permit
Larry to think strangely pedantic
and lengthy paragraphs concerning
labor problems, racial prejudice and
the late President Roosevelt. The
rest of the time, however, the char
acters are engaged in uttering lone
Evening star., 1947-09-21
UNmon of White Tower Fame Packs in
Enough Adventure for Several Novels
KINGDOM OF ADVENTURE: EVEREST
BY James Ullman. Sloane; s475J
Reviewed by IRVING F. LASH.

KINGDOM OF ADVENTURES EVEREST
BY James Ulman Sloane; $475J
Reviewed IRVING T. LASH.
Everest whose lofty summit 2s ee looms above the
peaks the Haayas making
Of since italian duke challenged the mountain 1909
1t unclimnable.
ALL there expeditions Everesthe
plant
and live to tell about it. whether
challenger disappeared
his third attempt in 1924.
Mallory Andrew Irvine last observed
skyline ridge top
objective
covered to this day.
Is the Mystery Mountain the Highest?
Undoubtedly there will be further the
mountain There
sremote and albu unknown border
China and called rising
be higher
the Hmaayas. But until the mystery becomes fact
Everest is tops.
This is not novel but contains fill
novels Many OF the who participated expeditions
have written about their adventures Some of their writing
form OF daybyday daror forget little
that make while png his life
mountain. Mr. Ulnan
hese fhand narratives splicing passages
The result single experience the
excellent book
fKingdom Of Adventure: Everest viii be published Thsday)
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Bob Casey, Top Reporter, UnIeoshes More
Biting "reminiscences of His News Career
MORE INTERESTING PEOPLE
BY Robert J. Casey (Bobbs-MerriU; $3J
Peyiewed nv NARY Mc(1R0Ry

,.--:. Reviewed by MARY McGRORY.
you have ever wondered how gets out this will
nm running account run and games IN the city room
reops that through those portals
present caeys memoirs takes
neat she hanged herself
m closet to his months correspondent
promote loans and readers argue
n as pToDS ~a great re- to hint that @ Bob Casey is in
somewhat does not for children but he makes plain that
Of human being Unlike most other
line he s has any are
imortals like johnson Chicago
Harry Rense city hs s as o
nsping
days youth reporters covered
@ y snd met with & sort M radat
institution. everything happened
companions splendid breed
too much.
They Are the Same the World Over
he mostly with the comforting that
the the world Just errac subject strong whims
He records with pleasure in Cairo
correspondent friends brought horse into hotel when the
Ever the gentleman
frank doesn't do much better by them
crying But Paris is a woman's story
censors he has ouvitted qup he has liked personalities
That ali no dsab d aaa @ 9o nd m
he such as that Of the eve nam who inch b inch
shortened the light cord telegraphers
phone added Then he gradually heightened
ali the while That the turtle hneu much niue in voeue ngh
The with the perfect
into the breach
Mr.. newspaper
sa & r full of
panic who only what they read the and those
who to keeping up the high Of Irrational be-
haVlof IN the city rooms Mf casey should go on ana
Evening star., 1947-09-21

honest policeman and pictures SC
clearly the fight that must be waged
to keep a police department alert
clean and free. In a foreword for
mer Mayor La Guardia testifies that
Commissioner Valentine was first
and always IAN honest cop, without
illusions" The book suhstantiates
that appraisal.
Commissioner Valentines achieve
ments became internationally rec
ognized during the II years, he
headed the department. The push
ing around he suffered for many
years previously, not from cheap
thugs, but from so-called respect
able politicians in and out of the
police department, should be equal
ly well appreciated.
In the Wild Era.
That political retaliation was q
sorry episode of the wild era OF
underworld protection" prohibi-
ton lawlessness and false romanti-
cism about mad-dog killers and
short-lived gang chiefs.
Mr.. Valentine contributed greatly
to the breaking of ties between
crooked policemen, corrupt poll
ticians and gangsters. Yet he en-
phasizes, with numerous specific
cases of extraordinary bravery, skill
and loyalty, that by far the ma
jority Of policemen honor the trust
placed in them.
He also demonstrates, without
stacking the cases, that crime does
not pay. It nevertheless necessi-
tates $50, 0,000, 900 annual budget for
the New York City Police Depart
ment. Commissioner Valentine
sometimes was criticized for advo-
eating "muss 'em up" handling OF
known criminals or for fash
ioned" ideas about getting 1nforma-
ton from stool pigeons, or for as
signing more foot patrolmen. His
book shows he worked no less stren-
uously for crime prevention, juve-
nile aid programs, modern scientific
methods and the promotion Of COM
munity co-orperation with the
police.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Startling Chapters
'InHumon Proqress
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
MODERN MEDICINE
BY Richard Harrison Shryock
(Alfred A. Knopt;: So

0y Hlc1aTQ harrison SnryOcK.
(AItred a. Knopf; So
Reviewed by
DR.. WINFRED OVERHOLS SER,
Superintendent, st. Elizabeths Hospital and
Psychiatry and Neurology.
The author is a distinguished stu
dent Of American history and a pro-
fessor of that subject in the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, who has for
many years been especially interest
ed in the historical development Of
medicine. His approach, then, Is
not that of the simple chronicler of
physicians and their discoveries, but
that Of the student Of cultural and
social currents and forces and the
part which they have played in
stimulating or retarding the progress
of scientific medicine.
Progress in human affairs usually
comes by Jumps" rather than
steadily, and medicine has been no
exception. When Calico and Copper
nicus were shattering the old notions
of the structure of the universe,
Vesalius was studying for the first
time the actual human body's struc-
ture instead Of what the classical
writer's had said about 1t. Somewhat
later mathematics and physics were
developed, giving us means Of study
ing statistics and (by the micro
scope the minute structure of tis-
sues. It was not, however, until
the work Of. Pasteur and Koch q
century and less ago that a sound
foundation was laid. for the knowl-
edge, Of infection and immunity
Dr. Shryock says, "" "a the actual
accomplishments of Goth century
medicine would have appeared
utopian had they been predicted to
our great-grandparents. !" 1t is q
bold prophet who would set limits
to the future advance Of medical
science. provided society continues to
support research at least rs well a.
it does at the present time"
The story Is an exciting one. re-
lated by . profound scholar IN .
most readable manner.
Evening star., 1947-09-21

staff was the
best in Europe
and b e t o W s
credit literally
if somewhat er-
r a t l c ally. He
gives detailed
accounts of the
a C C o m pl i sh-
ments and per-
S on a Ii t j e S of
three 6 e n e r a |
staff divisions
b u t pointedly
onits any ref
erence to the
other two, G-I,
nersnnnel and
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Third Army History Frankly Partisan;
Ninth Is Official, Strictly FoctuoI
LUCKY FORWARD:
The. History of Patton's Sd
United States Army.
BY Col. Robert s. Allen. (The
Vanguard Press, Ne1D York; 49,

Reviewed by El
Col. Allen, newspaper columnist
author and an intelligence Officer
on Gen. Patton's staff in Europe, has
written a brisk, partisan and dog
matte history of the famous Sc
Army. 1t will please ardent Pattor
admirers as much as it will annoy
those who consider victory in Europe
a feat in which credit may be given
from quartermaster truck leaders
on the .Cherbourg docks to lead
tankmen in the Sd Army's great
slashing 4th Armored Division.
Patton fought two wars in the
European theater," writes Col. AL
len early in his book, "one against
the enemy and one against higher
authorities for the opportunity tc
fight the enemy" This statement
sets the mood for this account of an
Army which thrilled the Allied worlo
with its great dashes of armor ano
infantry across France and Ger
many and which reaped even greater
fame for its great accomplishment
in the Battle of the Bulge.
But, holds Col. Allen, the sweeps
were neither numerous nor quicl
enough. The first Illustration of the
Army came when Gen. Eisenhower!
headquarters ordered Patton not t<
take Falaise in the Normandy break.
through, and close the Argentan.
Falaise gap. He was ordered to hole
back while Marshal Montgomery ane
the British did it. This gave the
bulk of the German armor time tt
escape and fight again.
Stopped Three Times.
OF even more serious import was
the order which stopped the Third ir
the Metz-Saar region in September
when a sweep on into the German
rear in the south was possible, &C.
cording to Col. Allen. Similarly Pat
ton was stopped at the Rhine anc
later in Czechoslovakia. These are
the most serious charges Of higher
headquarters interference. This un.
documented account lays the blame
on personal and political animos-
ity" to Patton and his army. Very
few of Patton's superiors liked him,
the colonel writes, "+ most OF
them feared him and were jealous
of him" A person looking for thf
explanation of the overall strategy
which halted Patton land it has
been published elsewhere, notably
in Gen. Eisenhower's official report
on the European campaign will not
find it here. This is Patton's side
only. .
It is in describing the remarkable
spirit of the fighting men of Lucky
(code name for the Sd Army
that Col. Allen IS most revealing
The Third was noted not only fol
it's efficiency and accomplishment
but also for its dash and military
smartness. Pride of organization was
almost religion. Helmets cleaned
shoes shone and neckties knotted-
even in the thick of battle. There
was a gala, almost holiday-like ali
at headquarters. Had not Gen
Patton, in assuming command, tole
his Army: THE third reason w
are fighting is because men like tt
fight?
Col. Allen believes the Third!
Evening star., 1947-09-21

trusts, with the complete foreknowl-
edge and consent of Mr. Abrug) the
unglamorous cliches that one hears
on the streets and in the buildings
Of city.
And, after all, this is quite fitting,
as their lives, too. seem deliberately
delineated as cliches.
Evening star., 1947-09-21


sweepstakes in their respective countries Mr. Ceary
won the 900 award offered by the Sydney Morning
Herald while Miss Erdman claimed the larger purse
of $4,000 in the Dodd, Mead-Redbook competition a
fact which her publishers, evidently that
heavy cash prize in this country is tantamount to
seal OF medocrity, hope won't be held against her
Frankie Mccoy the fast-talkng hero of "You
Can't See Around Corners" is an Australian, but his
nationality is just incidental to the story of his fall
from seedy glory. He operates like Ern in Richard
Lewellyns None But the Lonely Hart or like any
James T. Farrell His limp clasp on decency repre-
sented by his innocent honest girl Marge. is broken
when Marpie leaves him fat on his desertinn from
Evening star., 1947-09-21

Now in business
for h i'm self
Larry Is anbi-
.tious, almost IA
natically deter
mined to make
money and a
name for him.
self in the high
ly co m petitive
Jungle that is
the industry.
But the year is
1945. There is q