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created a tricky narrative device for
the Warmers new melodrama.

created a tricky narrative device for
the Warmers new melodrama.
Miss Stanwyck, her principal
character. is q hypocondriac, a rich
and wilful young wife who fancies
she has q dangerous heart disease.
Lying one night in eiderdown misery
in her Sutton place apartment, she
puts through a phone call to her
husbands Office. The line is busy
but finally with the help of a chief
operator she breaks through to the
Office to overhear gruesome murder
being plotted for 11:15 that night.
For want of another way to relieve
her boredom, she begins at first to
try to interest the telephone COM
pany and the police in the case.
Both seem to have other things to
do which at first merely exasperates
the imaginary invalid. The emotion
gradually evolves into something far
more serious when she ultimately
realizes that she is the intended vic
tim of the murder scheme.
Although it has been done several
times, It's said, on the radio and is
now out in book form, there is an
ethic which specifies that reviewers
shall not go too deeply into the
turnings of such plots as that of
Sorry, Wrong Number"
Actually, whether Miss Stanwyck
is, or Is not, murdered on the dot
of 11:15 is a matter of indifference
to Director Litvak. His purpose is
to piece together the details leading
up to the murder plan, to show them
in a series of flashbacks alternating
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time Of Showino

Ambassador-"Sorry, Wrong Num-
Der; lis, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 and $40
pm.
CapitOl-"Feudin,. Fussin', and A
Flghtin' II am, las, 4:30, tbs
and 10 pm. Stage shows: /, 3:45,
$50 and 9:20 pm.
Columbia-"An Innocent Affair.":
Has am, 1:45, $40, $40, TAO and
$40 pm.
Dupont IA Midsummer Nights
Dream: IL, 1:55, 1855, $50, 7:50
and $50 pm.
Hippodrome-'The Sin Of Pa
tr!cia";; 2, $40 and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Rachel and the stran-
ger; 11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25, $50,
7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Little-"Escape";; 11:40 am, 1875,
3:35, 5:35, 1885 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"sofia"; HAS am,
las. 3:45. 5:45, 7:45 and Gas pm.
Palace-"Apartment for Peggy;
10:45 am, 1855. sos, Sis, TBS and
$40 pm.
Fx-"Volpone"; $50, $50 and 10
pm.
Playhouse Mine Own Execu-
TONER; 11:20 am, 1:25, 3:35, 5:35,
7:35 and 9:35 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts.
Continuous from 10:l5 am.
Warner-"Sorry, Wrong Number;
11:20 am, 1:25, $3.50. $40, 7:45 and
9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1948-10-08

Those Mexican vacations aren't
cheap-at least If one favors the
best class of room and board in
Acapulco or the nightly sip-and-
dance sessions at Mexico City's
Hotel Reforma. But, for Hollywood
folk, there's always a way to cut the
public in on the bill. The most
satisfactory method, Of late, has
been to make a picture south Of the
border for exhibition in the United
States.
One Of these efforts, Sofia" is
being shown at the Metropolitan.
1t is no better and no worse than
an average Hollywood espionage
film. In other words, it can be
taken or left in direct proportion to
ones affinity for such items as a
class. 1t Is in color, and everyone
involved speaks English.
Gene Raymond is a free-lance
secret stealer, operating out of
present-day Istanbul-than which
base such mercenary of espionage
could not wish better. It doesn't
take long for the scene to shift to
the Bulgarian capital, behind that
curtain. OF course, the best secrets
these days concern atomic weapons.
So, perhaps, it's not too startling
that Sigrid Gurie turns up as q
nuclear physicist. This makes the
blending of love and international
intrigue as simple as the producers
thought it would be.
Patricia Morrison is q cafe singer
Evening star., 1948-10-08
THE CAST.

You won't believe It, but here
they are: the priceless ingredients
Of "Feudin' Fussin' and a-Fight-
in"
It's a comedy, but even a comedy
has to have q plot. Why not the
horse-race plot, complete with
knockout drops the night before the
race-but wait! Give 1t a twist,
something different. Make the horse
a man and have the race a foot
race-the annual footrace between
two western towns. Now we're
humming.
But say-Fred Astaire and Gin
ger Rogers used to knock 'em dead.
Why not q touch Of that? Let
Donald OConnor the human horse)
and Penny Edwards do an Astaire-
Rogers through the streets of Rim
rock after nightfall, complete with
taps and handsprings over hitching
posts. Good idea. What's more,
this O'Connor fellow isn't bad.
Well have an earlier sequence
where he tap-dances Me and My
Shadow" all through q barn.
Then there's the foot-race Sc
quence. 1t needs q shot In the arm
or some part of the anatomy. Dig
into the Mack Sennett box. Bring
out q rattlesnake, a porcupine and
skunk to speed the hero on
Throw In couple Of falls into the
creek, coming up with live fish
That does 1t. Yes, brother, that
does It.
But what are we going to call
this gem Of movie-making? Better
ring In song, something, stirring,
something that1l be good back
ground music for all the feudin'
over the footrace between the two
towns. Feudin-why not, "Feudin',
Fussin' and a-Fightin'."
But here's the part you won't
believe. II you can forget reality
eAAo oCO VIC u4dNOOCI 1d1 &c WSchS
with the eyes Of two little boys who
sat in the row yesterday in front
OF this reviewer, you'll have some
laughs. You may not believe it, but
I had them myself. Marjorie
Main as the mayor Of Rimrock and
Percy Kilbride as her stooge help
Donald O'Connor enliven proceed
ings.
The Capitol's stage bill is paced
fast this week by Mario and Floria.
If you like your dancing teams
smooth, you'll like them. Then
there are Fague Springman, BARI
ton; the Mathis Duo juggling and
riding these one wheel ''bicycles";;
and sgd and Jack Slate with San
dra playing you for laughs. Oh,
yes, and don't miss Sam Jack Kauf-
mans overture. Kay Dewitt, his
song bird, is one of these girls who
knows what to do with her dia-
phraQm II
Evening star., 1948-10-08

with srspenseful shots showing Miss
Stanwyck's mounting terror as she
lies there helpless in her bed.
In a way. this is done glibly
enough for cinema purposes, but
never apparently with the slightest
notion of arousing sympathy for any
Of the central characters.
On her way to the invalidism that
reduces her to a sort of sitting duck
for the eventual murderer, Miss
Stanwyck is pictured as q rutheless
heiress type who is well on her way
to getting what is coming to her.
From college days when she
snatched Burt Lancaster, a rugged
individualist with promise, out of
the arms Of the girl who really
might have made him an ideal
mate. she has played only by rules
|of her own making.
Her relations with Lancaster, as
her husband, have disintegrated
from the day Of their marriage and
there is always suspicion that her
invalidism is sheer fakery to be one
last, over-dramatized way of hold
ing him in thrall.
The concentration of the total &C
ton of the film within a two-hour
period burdens Director Litvaks per-
formers with the need for kind Of
sustained frenzy that they are un-
able to drop even in f1ashback Sc
quenceS. This denies "Sorry, Wrong
Number" its chance for a contrast
in mood that might have been pro-
foundly helpful to it.
As it is, it emerges as a job far too
slick to be real.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Capitol Offers
Fussin'
Than Feudin'

.FEUDIN. FUSSIN' AND A-FIGHTIN, -
Universal International picture produced
Sherman, screenplay by D. D. Beauchamn
from his own story. songs by Burton Lane
and Al Dublin. Andy Ravas and Paul Den
Rose. At the Capitol
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Metropolitan's s. Sofia
Is a Furtive Look
Behind a Curtain

SOFIA" an Arpi Production released
Presneli, ST.. and John Reinhardt, directed Ses
by Mr. Reinhardt, original screenpiay BY
Frederick Stephani. At the Metropoli-
Evening star., 1948-10-08

less than ecstatic. Oddly enough,
the trouble with Lucille Fletcher's
story as a movie is that 1t looks
precisely like something that was
written for radio. Some sound
minds in Hollywood have tried to
disguise this-those of Hal Wallis
Anatole Litvak, Barbara Stanwyck
and Burt Lancaster-but they have
achieved only the most modest OF
success.
Sorry, Wrong Number" as q
screenplay is woefully static-no pun
intended-and involves the lives OF
a group whose fate is never so dire
that 1t does not seem precisely what
they deserve. The terror the spec
tator occasionally feels while watch
ing them is never tinged with the
pity that might have made Miss
Fletcher's thriller cinema success.
It must have sounded great deal
more thrilling on the radio to have
caused all that dither and to have
inspired Paramount to buy it for
screen purposes.
Miss Fletcher, an imaginative
writer who apparently knows a lot
about how telephone work, has
Evening star., 1948-10-08

who loves Mr.. Raymond. He, how
ever, has loved the beautiful scien-
tist since the old Nazi-besting days
of the OSS Mischa Auer Is a dead
ly-serious handy man of undercover
work who helps love to prevail over
deadlier business.
The international status quo is
maintained, and no atomic bombs
explode during the picture.
&C. A. M.
Evening star., 1948-10-08

SORRY. WRONG NUMBER" Para
mount picture, produced by Hal Wallis and
Anatole Litvak, directed by Litvak, screen
play by Lucille Fletcher. based on her own
radio drama. At the Warner.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Second Talent

HOLLYWOOD.-Marina Koshetz
who has proved herself as a singer
Is now determined to repeat her
success as an interior decorator
She has begun with her own home
in the Hollywood Outpost.
The M-G-M songstress not only
planned the color scheme and fur
niture pattern of her home, but has
done most of the actual labor her
self.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Sorry, Wrong Number Film
Proves Too Slick to Be Real
BY Joy Cormody

The national blood pressure apparently pushed to new high
radio called Sorry Wrong
times recently has
novel motion picture
latter still called Sorry Number into the War
will considerably
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-11-19
CIassifieds

Scenic and personal Christmas
cards. Snapshots of your children
make ideal cards. See our sam
pies today. Glacier Studio.
We ha v e close-outs in several
lines at greatly reduced prices.
Economy Shop.
For sale-3O-gallon automatic
oil hot water heater, oil p a c e
heater and a mans ski outfit. in
GLIDING skis, shoes, etc. Inquire
M & N Cabins, Browning, Mon
tana.
For sale-girl's bike, good con-
dition; also prewar model. See
Eleanor Schmidt, Glacier Studio.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-11-19
liver Rood Resigns
Place With Conrad
Credit Association

liver A. Rood, who has served
as secretary-treasurer of the Con-
rad Production Credit Association
since its inception in 1884, has
rendered his resignation, which
he asked to take effect December
"a of this year.
Mr.. Rood said that he planned
to devote most of his time to ex-
tensive farming operations that
he and his sor-in-law, Joseph
Erickson, are carrying on in the
Pondera basin, southwest of Con-
rad.
Mr.. Rood during his time as an
officer of the association has had
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-11-19

amendment, put forward by Sen.
ator He n ~ Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
electoral votes would be cast in
proporti6h to the popular vote.
It should be noted h a t this
proposal does not abolish the
electoral vote. It is a compromise
which avoids some of the objec-
tons to a direct election of presi-
dents. It wisely retains the spirit
of the great compromise" in the
Constitution W hich gave the
small states equal representation
in the Senate. They would retain
this advantage since the number
Of electors for a state is fixed by
its total of senators and represent
atives in Congress.
The United States has had some
unhappy experiences with the
provision VIII c h requires that
when there is no majority in the
Electoral College choice shall be
made by the House of Represent
atives. with each t a t e having
only one vote. This y ear the
States Rights Democrats have
avowedly sought to bring about
such a situation, with t h e hope
that they could e | e their own
candidate or dictate the choice
in exchange for pledges to block
any civil-rights program.
We hope that tn e project for
reform does not get mixed up
with the civil-rights issue or any
other touchy question of party OF
sectional interest. It would tend
to encourage the growth of a two.
party system both in t h e South
and in Maine and Vermont. Fol
the minority would be counted ir
the totals a n d would therefore
have an incentive to work ano
vote which they now lack.
Ano her advantage of the
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THANKS
MONTANA

BY approving overwhelmingly
Referendums 81 and So you have
shown your f a i t h in Montana
higher education.
We pledge you that your faith
has been we'll placed; t h It we
will go forward with you to a
greater Montana through great
University System.
THE STUDENT BODIES OF
Montana State University, Mon
tana S It a t e College, Montana
State School of Mines, Montana
State Normal College, Northern
Montana College and Eastern
Montana Normal School.
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change would be to end the domi-
nance of states with big electoral
" o e s. It would be possible to
nominate the best candidates re-
gardless of their h o me states.
And the present danger that big
states will be swung by some ra-
cial or special interest roup
would be lessened. In this cam
paign we have seen h candi-
dates making special appeals to
labor or racial groups in t h e big
cities which often tip the scales
in key states. Southerners tempt
ed to oppose the plan might note
that u under it the Democratic
Party in the North could not be
controlled-as they have claimed
by insincere civil-rights ad-
vocates seeking the Negro vote.
There is need to protect minor
ity rights, but domination of any
party or president by any voting
bloc is fundamentally dangerous.
Reform is overdue. Some refine
ments may be required in h e
present proposal. Actual effects
in practice S h o u d be studied.
Wider use of a genuine presi-
dental primary should accom-
pany it in order to give the people
the decisive voice in choosing
their presidents. But the Lodge
amendment would make a fine
art.-Christian Science Mont
tor.
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Entered as End class matter July II,
1881 at the postotfice At Browning,
Montana, under act Of March ,, 1s7o
ABOLISH The ELECTORAL COLLEGE

The election has focused fresh
attention-mostly unfavorable-
on the Electoral College. If the
American people relied for trans
port on means as archaic as those
used in electing a President, they
would trav by oxcart. The
trainers of the Constitution tried
to devise a system which would
enable a representative group Of
wise leaders gathered from each
state to select the best m a n in
the nation for President. 1t never
worked that way.
From the first contested elec-
tion-l796-the Electoral College
began to misfire. The develop
ment of political parties caused
electors to pledge their votes in
advance. Actually today the elec-
tors from each state vote for the
popular choice in their state.
But, as citizens are again real
izing, over the country as a whole
the popular vote and the elector-
al vote may differ widely. Three
times candidates having a ma
jority of popular votes have lost.
This is the first r e a s o n for re-
form, which may be achieved be-
fore the next presidential race.
Under a proposed constitutional
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Portraits w il | be taken even.
ings (by appointment only until
Dec. Is. Call l9-J for your ap.
pointment now. Glacier Studio.
For sale-W h it e enamel oil
cooking stove; fine baker, apart
ment size, good looking, rea
fuel saver, will sell at bargain.
Contact j a on Devereaux, Jr.
Chief office.
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Methodist Church
Sunday Services

Sunday Services
Children's Story Hour. Friday
8 to 5 p. m.
Rummage sale Saturday from
10 a. m. to IL noon.
Church School classes for all
age groups Sunday at 9:45 a. m.
Junior MYF will meet Wednes-
day at 4 p. m.
The MYF will meet at 7::3O p.
m.
Thanksgiving Service Sunday
with Rev. Clarence T. Owsley at
II a. M, speaking on Christ in
China"
Edgar B. Smith, Pastor.
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Browning, Montana

the pleasure of aiding in building
it to its present impressive and
vital position as financial in
strumentality in behalf of farm
ers and ranchers of Glacier, Pom
dera, Toole and Liberty Counties.
At present it has a member
ship of 48O, who ow n 100000
worth of stock, and $4,000 in re-
serve or tota of $3.50, 900 as
against the governments $75, 900
stock.
Gradually the S took of the
members increases and that of
the government decreases, the
goal being the eventual owner
ship and control by members of
the four counties.
We have in stock all models of
the famous Kodak Tourist cam
era: Buy yours today while h
selection is complete. Glacier
Studio.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
'Washie' Bratcher,'
Band Leader, Ends
Term as Draft Dodqer

Everett "Washie" Bratcher, former
orchestra leader, who was sentenced
to serve four years and to pay q
81 900 fine in 1945 for draft-dodging
today was a free man.
Having served three years, three
months and three weeks Of his term
with time of for good behavior. at
the Lewisburg (Pa.) Federal Peni-
tentiary. Bratcher came before
United States Commissioner Cyril
IS. Lawrence yesterday for the final
formalities, preparatory to obtaining
his prison discharge.
Bratcher took "pauper's oath,
in which he formally declared he
had no more than $40 to his name
and thus was unable to pay the ST.
900 fine. The commissioner said
Bratcher already has served an ex-
ira 80 days, in lieu of the fine.
A spokesman for the Federal
Bureau Of Prisons explained the
"pauper's oath" is a routine pro-
cedure to reassure the Government
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Lost Of Sermon Series

1.-THE Future Life We Try to 1mag-
inc" will conclude the series of ser.
mons on 'The Universalist Five
Articles Of Faith" by DR.. Seth r.
Brooks, minister of the Universalist
National Memorial Church, at II
am. DR.. Elon 6. Salisbury will lead
the adult Class at 10 am. Open
house will be held at pm.
The annual harvest dinner, spon-
sored by the Women's Association,
will be served Tuesday from 6 to
7::30 pm.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Dr.. Frederick B. Harris
|WiII Preach at Foundry

DR.. Frederick Brown Harris will
preach, at II am. tomorrow at
Foundry Methodist Church on 1.-THE
Pride Which Goes Before a Fall"
AT 8 pm. the Rev. Ralph Gambler
John will preach on THE Shaken
and the Unshaken."
The fall Univers:ty of Christian
Living series of the Foundry Forge
will open with two discussion groups
at pm.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

that a Federal prisoner Is unable to
pay his fine.
The slightly built bespectacled
orchestra leader who now Is "a, ap-
peared pale and nervous during the
proceedings yesterday, He had no
comment to future plans.
He was convicted Of trying to
evade Selective Service by using
benzedrine to boost his blood pres
sure before preinduction medical
examination.
Evening star., 1948-10-16

The ocelot is the most beautifully
marked OF all cats. Its fur is soft
and marked with black spots and
stripes against tawny background
ENo two are ever alike.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-01
A clio. Footprint

AS a result of the favorable
record in race relations made by
Portland hotels and restaurants
during the C. |. o. national con-
vention, "little civil rights pro-
gram" embodying President Tru-
mans reforms will be sponsored
in the state of Oregon, Richard l..
Neuberger, C h arm IN of the
Writers Committee to Reflect the
President, announced Saturday.
Neuberger stated that the pro-
gram would include legislative
bills to forbid discrimination in
employment and also stating as a
public policy of Oregon that no
person may be ousted from a pub
lie place because of his race,
creed or color"
The measure he said, would be
based on the Truman civil rights
program. This program was draft
ed by a national committee headed
by Charles E. Wilson, president
of General Electric Corporation.
Neuberger claimed that the ac-
ceptance by the local hotels and
eating places, during the c. |. o.
convention, of all people demon
strated that this could easily be-
come the prevailing custom
throughout Oregon.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-01
Yakima and Tacoma
NOTED AUTHORITY STATES
VIEWS ON RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION

Mrs. Dolores Watson was the
speaker where 200 girls an all
white audience. Mrs. Watson
spoke Nov. %. at the assembly.
She is a speaker that is well
known In Yakima and throughout
the country. She has spent many
years travelling and studying the
Negro people. She has visited all
of the major cities of the u. S.
including New York, Washington,
D. c. Chicago. Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Durham. North
Carolina. AS a residents in Yak
ina In all of her non-traveling
years. Mrs. Watson has come to
thoroughly understand the race
problem In our valley. She is a
graduate of Yakima High School.
and attended Yakima Jr. college
and Washington University. She
takes a very active part in the
social welfare work of our city
to relieve the discrimination
against not only her own people
but all groups which suffer OPP
preston. Mrs. Watson revealed
that she began her work in the
social field because she realized
that prejudice and hate were
contrary to happiness. She deser-
yes many thanks.
The Pentecostal Church on
Mckee Ave. Rev. Freda Bobin-
son. pastor, Mr.. James Robinson
Sr. is the Sunday School Supt.
He is calling so boys and girls
all races and all nationalities, to
come to Sunday School every
Sunday for three months and get
Hershey" candy bar free. There
will be 80 candy bars given away
every Sunday to the first so boys
and girls. Glass hours 10 to IL
Am. All are welcome to attend.
WHO'S WHO IN YAKIMA?
Mrs. Dolores Watson. who is a
member of Bethel A. M. e. church
She is chairman of the Christian
endeavor and member of the
Home Missionary Society. A men,
Der of the Y. w. C. A. also an
executive Board member of the Y.
Mrs. Watson has charge or super
vises the Youth N.A.A.C.P. group.
She is member of the Prospective
Wives Club also a member of the
Elite Hobby a Federated Club.
She is president of the Community
Improvement Club, "a member of
the Social Welfare and secretary
of that Club. Mrs. Watson is
very congenial to work with and
she is great worker in many
fields.