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ate for 20 years. Once this idea
is spread across the 'large, lazy
landscapes of Texas. however, 1t
is swallowed up in the gigantic
geography. The songs and dances
which are supposed to carry it
merrily along have more the
meaning of a television vaudeville
show than something that might
turn out, maybe, like "Oklahomap
smaller State, but much larger
musical.
Delmar, as the Texas political
chameleon who has had his dis
trict in his pocket for 20 years,
is the character on whom the
musical keeps it's focus. Instead
of being the roguish villain of the
piece, a carnival type politico who
plays along with the interests
against veterans housing and the
like. he emerges as the most en-
gaging fellow on the premises.
He is certainly more ingratiat-
ing than the tall half-witted hero
played by Singer Danny Scholl,
who ends up miraculously with
the old Senator's daughter, Dallas,
and the old mans job as well.
This is the way musical comedies
go, but good sense stopped going
along with them some time ago.
X X
Old-fashioned musical comedy
lintrudes itself into the staging of
Texas Lii Darlin'," substituting
the obsolete helter-skelter style
for the modern. fast, smooth flow
method. Occasionally In the chaos
something pleasant happens such
as comedy passage or one OF the
several engaging songs which
Mercer has written to the music
of Robert Emmett Dolan.
OF the music team, the lyricist
is considerably the more ingen-
ious fellow. He has come up with
a captivating number on the sub
ject of secretaries, the business
Office not the corporate kind Of
course. Take a Crank Letter"
is Mercer's title for his topical
tune and the six girls who sing 1t
in fashion show arrangement lift
the audience right out of Texas
to explain the relations between
such employees and their employ
ers. The song covers quite an
area of modern business with its
general implication that business
is greatly improved.
"Affable, Balding Me-" love
song in Timestyle. is another of
MERGERS contributions to the best
of the musical. It reveals that
Icourtship in this strange pidgeon
English has possibilities that song
writer's are crazy not have ex-
plored before. Politics." a duet
number for the Senator and the
publisher, is another show stop
ping tune, but is far less familiar
with its subject than the same
thing Gridiron club songsmiths
have been doing for decades.
!
In the course Of mixing Texas
pride and affability with the CHI
Evening star., 1949-12-07
Hollywood Diary
Jeanne Grain Cust.in Power Western
BY SheiIoh Graham

future plans-to join the small
group of woman producers.
Glenn Ford wants to return
to Europe to make another movie
And Producer Rene Williams is
now in Hollywood talking to Glenn
about Horn of Plenty" to be
made In Italy. If Glenn accepts,
Eleanor Powell and their son go
with him. No more marriage
trouble rumors, says Glenn.
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

and Time Of Showing
Stage.
Catholic University Theater
THE Real Mccoy; $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - Red, Hot and
Blue; 1880. $3.50. $50. 1880 and
I9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Johnny Eager; II
M, 1:45; 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1:05, $3.50, 6:35 and 9:2o
pm.
Columbia - Fury At Sea-:
1925, 3:45, 7:05 and 1925 pm.
Keith's-"Free for All";; 1850
am, 1850, $50, $50. 7:5o and
9:45 pm.
Metropolitan - always Leave
Them Laughing: II an, 1:10
3:15, 5:25, 1885 and 9:40 pm.
| Little-"Hamlet"; 1920 am, 1
$40, $40 and 8 pm.
Acknowledgment: II am.
1880, 2:40, 4:25, 6:15. 8 anc
$50 pm.
Palace-"Pinky";; II am, 3:15
5:25, 7::35 and 9:45 pm.
Playhouse - "All the King.
Men; 1925, 1880, $3.50, $40, 7:5t
and 10.
Warner-"Red, Hot and Blue;
1880 am. 1875, 3:35, $40, 7:4(
and 9:45 pm.
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Cash
Deal
Counterfeiters Are
Trapped in
'Tropped'

TRAPPED" an Eagle-Lion release. pro:
duced by Bryan Foy, directed by Richard
Fleischer screenplay by Earl FELTON,. Al
the National.
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Arthur Kennedy, q very hot
acting property. stars for Ella
Kazan In a movie comedy in the
spring. Arthur, now working at
Warmers in 1.-The Glass Menag-
erie" returns to his Death of a
Salesman" play before Christmas.
Pedro Armendarez tells me the
only thing that could ever stop his
return to this country are pro-
ducers who won't pay his price
$4,000 per picture.
(Released by North America Newspaper
Alliancpl
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HOLLYWOOD.

Jeanne Grain will co-star with
Tyrone Power in "Rawhide," a
rip-roaring Western for Henry
Hathaway at 10th Century-Fox.
But first Tyrone has to be per-
suaded that a horse opry is his
movie meat. He'd rather do a
drawing room comedy at this
stage of his career. In any event,
Jeanne will be Tvs next leading
lady.
Paulette Goddard gets "associ-
ate producer" credit on her Mexi-
can movie, "The Torch"-its
earlier title, Beloved" belongs to
someone else. Paulette's new rat
ing could be a hint regarding her
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ADJUSTMENTS.
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that even Texans, VIGOROUSLY
proud OF any mention of their
heartland, might well find seda-
tive.
Grant it a kind of juvenile en-
thusiasm, a few intervals in which
Johnny MERGERS songs succeed In
being listenable and witty, and a
touch of irony at the expense OF
picture journalism. and what
have you got? What you've got
is what the French call ennui.
There is virtually nothing Ken
ny Delmar, radios old Claghorn;
Mary Hatcher, Danny Scholl, Lor-
ing Smith, or any Of the others
who speak for Texas can do about
It. Texas and politics, two OF the
three subjects, simply are too big
for them to handle. Lucestyle. the
other theme involved, has been
disposed of far more expertly by
the predecessors of John Whedon
and Sam Moore. who wrote the
book of Texas LII Darlin. ,"
Back in the days when musical
comedy books were supposed to
be infantile writing exercises,
this one might have sounded i'm
posing but standards have
changed notoriously in recent
years. LII darlins have to have
their wits about them now.
X X X X
Tho comedy premise on which
Texas LII Darlin'" proceeds Is
sound enough. It assumes-along
with you-that there is something
funny about a chain publisher
looking for a pliable presidential
candidate, who finds his man in
q Texas district which the latter
has represented in the State Sen
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
City Council has completed their
preliminary municipal budget for the
current fiscal year and that said
budget has been placed On file and
is open to inspection in the office of
the City Clerk of the City of Laurel,
and that said City Council will meet
on August 2, 1949, at 7:30 o'clock
P. M. in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall for the purpose of fixing
the final budget and making appro-
priations, at which time and place
any taxpayer may appear thereat
and may be heard for or against any
part of said budget and hat the City
Council will continue in session for
that purpose from time to time until
said budget is disposed of, but not
later than August 10, 1949.
Dated this Goth day of July, 1949.
TILLIE HOHENDORF,
City Clerk.
(Date First Pub. july 20. 1882 ~
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
Compound r. Disclosed
As Remedy for Arthrifis

NEW YORK.-The first good
remedy for the worst form OF
arthritis has been reported to the
international congress on rheumatic
diseases.
However, in the entire world there
is at present not more than enough
to treat 20 persons.
The remedy is a new hormone,
called Compound E, from adrenal
glands in your back.
This hormone is made by
Merck & Company, Railway. N. j.,
of the worlds largest drug
manufacturers. BY next year, this
company hopes to have enough for
treatment of some thousands OF
sufferers. The big handicap is that
Compound E is incredibly difficult
to make now.
So startling have been the eff
fects that DR.. Philip S. Hench,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Mimi,
where the discovery was made,
said:
s.Figuratively we look at arriving
airplanes to e the ship bringing
us some of this medicine"
Reporting with him were Mayo
Drs. Edward C. Kendall, who iso-
lated this new hormone, Charles H
Slocomb, and Howard F. Policy.
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
New York Town Operates
iRepuhIic' for Youngsters

FREEVILLE, N. Y.-If any citi.
zen of the George Junior Republic
doesn't like the rules, he can do
something about it.
Any boy or girl may advocate
changes and is free to campaign"
saws the director, ito amend or
, abolish any law on the books"
That is the basis on which the
Republic. said to be the smallest
in the world, operates on its $50
acre tract on the outskirts of this
village 10 miles north of Ithaca.
The citizens are problem boys and
girls.
The Republic was founded in
1895 by William R. Daddy George,
a New York City Businessman,
who started salvaging East Side
tough guys" with a pair of boxing
gloves in a deserted Bowery ware
house. After a few rounds. George
usually convinced the boys that they
weren't so tough after all.
George then would invite them to
his farm here, and they soon began
to see the merits of law and order.
Today, the Republic has 26 build
ines. There are grade and high
school classrooms, a non-sectarian
chapel, a gymnasium, trade shops,
dairy buildings and living quarters.
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
Two.Gun Gal From West
Has Eve on White House

NEW YORK.-O. Louis Replogle,
a two-gun gal from the wild and
woody west, took a bead on the
White House and allowed as how
she might aim to take it owe as
the first woman President around
about 1880.
Miss Replogle figures she has a
running start on almost any other
potential candidate - male or
female-for commander-in-chie 81
years from now.
And pardner, she'll draw on the
first hombre who challenges her.
At the age of Is. the tall, pretty
girl is serving her second term as
county attorney of Fergus county,
Mont.
She's a dead shot with an old
fashioned frontier muzzle-loading
rifle and an expert at rounding up
cattle while riding horseback. Miss
Replogle was elected to the county
attorney post at the tender age of
%, fresh out of Montana state uni
versity law school. She used her
feminine wiles for the good of the
Republican party while her father,
a devout Democrat, sat at home in
Lewistown and fumed furiously.
Bert Replogle thought he was get
ting even with his turncoat daughter
when, as defense attorney in her
first case, he gave her a sound
legal spanking. But that didn't stop
her. And last year she was re-
elected with hardly any competition
at all.
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
Air Force Completes
New Jet Fighter Test

LOS ANGELES. - The United
States air force has announced that
its newest jet fighter, the Lockheed
Foo, has successfully completed its
first test flight at the Muroc flight
test base.
Tony LEVER, Lockheed's chief
engineering test pilot, kept the
needle-nosed, sw~ept-wing plane
aloft for 81 minutes. The Air Force
revealed no statistical data on the
new fighter, but Mr.. LEVER said
it handled as smoothly and easily
as the F-8O Shooting Star, now in
operation.
The Foo is one of the largest
fighters ever built, weighing about
5000 pounds. LEVER said he
climbed to 5000 feet in 10 minutes,
but added that this was not the
ships maximum rate of climb.
Most of the test was devoted to
stalling maneuvers, he said, and in
this respect the plane was COM
parable to the smaller F-80.
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
LEGAL NOTICES
OF SALE OF CITY BONDS

Notice is hereby given by the
Council of the City of Laurel, Mon
tana, that the said Council will, on
the 18th day of August, 1949, at the
hour of seven thirty o'clock P. NJ,
at its Council Chamber in the City
of Laurel, Montana, sell TO the high
est and best bidder for cash, serial
bonds of Special Improvement Dis
trict No. 72 of the said City in the
total amount of S5,3OO.0O, for the pur-
pose of paying the contractor or con-
tractors of Special Improvement Dis
trict No. 72 and the expenses of Gre
ating said Special Improvement Dis
trict No. 72.
Serial bonds of Special Improve
ment District No. ~ issued and sold
will be in the amount of $4,000
each; the sum of S1,700.00 of said
serial bonds will become due and
payable on the 1st day of January.
1851, and a like amount on the same
day 1852, the last sum of 81, 10000
will be due on the 1st day of jan
.uary, 1858.
The said bonds will bear date of
September 1st, 1949, will bear inter-
est at a rate not exceeding six (6)
per cent per annum, payable annual
ly on the first day of January each
year., and will be redeemable in full
at the option of the City of Laurel at
any time there are funds to the
credit of said Special Improvement
District Fund for the redemption
thereof.
Said bonds will be sold for not less
than their par value with accrued in
terest to date of delivery and all
bidders must state the lowest rate of
interest at which they will purchase
the bonds at par. The Council re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids and to sell bonds at private sale.
All bids other than by or on behalf
of the state board of land commits
sioners of the State of Montana must
be accompanied by a certified check
in the sum of $4,000, payable to the
order of the City Clerk, which will
be forfeited by the successful bidder
in the event he shall fail or refuse
to complete the purchase of said
bonds in accordance with the terms
of his bid.
All bids shall be addressed to the
Council of the City of Laurel, Mon
tana, and delivered to the City Clerk
of said City of Laurel.
PETER D. THOMSON,
Mayor of the City of Laurel,
Montana.
Tillie Hohendorf,
City Clerk.
date first Pub. July 20, 1894 y
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
~ odd Maids Celebrate
Fact They Never Married

NORRISTOWN, PA.-Some %
women who never have said 81 do
went out and celebrated the fact
they're old maids.
The women, spinsters by choice
or through circumstance, went to a
restaurant here, held a dinner
party, and proclaimed June 4 as
Old Maids day. They hope the get
together will spread the idea of an
annual Old Maids day throughout
the nation.
"Why not a day for old maids?"
said Marian Richards, 81, who
originated the thought one year ago
in the Norristown factory where
she and the other girls work.
There's a Mothers day and a
Fathers day and SO on"
Miss Richards thinks national
honoring of spinsters would halt the
flow of jokes and jibes and make
the women feel they r appre-
ciated.
4 The spinsters, ranging from "
down to 30, where, there's still hope,
were joined at the party by 81 other
workers, either married or who
consider themselves still eligible
for a trip to the altar.
The party was a Dutch-treat af-
fair with everybody footing their own
10 bill. There was no liquor and
plenty of good, clean fun, including
the singing of such ditties as when
You and I Were Young, Maggie"
and 'Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
COUNTY EQUALIZATION OF
TAX ASSESSMENTS

Public notice is hereby given
that the Board of County Com
missioners of Yellowstone Coun-
ty, Montana, will meet as a
Board of Equalization on the 3rd
Monday in July. 1949 July 18th
to examine the assessment book
and equalize the assessments of
property in said County; and
that such Board will continue in
session for that purpose from
time to time until the business of
equalization is disposed of but
not later than the second Mon
day in August, 1949 august
8th).
The assessment book is now in
my custody and may be inspected
by any and all persons inter-
ested.
Notice is also hereby given
that all applications for reduc-
tions of valuation of property
must be filed with the County
Board of EQUALIZATION on OIL be-
fore August l., 1949.
EARLE KNIGHT,
County Clerk.
First Pub. July 10, 1949, 4t)
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
PROGRESS IS CHANGE
New Schools
Are Brighter

TOWSON, MD.-Turn some edu
Gators and psychologists loose will
brick and mortar and a little hare
cash, and what do you have?
Green blackboards-yellow chali
three delicately tinted walls anc
a fourth of window glass-roofs
with glass brick centers-plastit
dishes.
That's a condensed description o.
Baltimore county's new schools. Il
could happen in most any country,
for except that Baltimore county
includes some Of the overflow Of
the city Of Baltimore, its rolling
farmland and small towns could be
placed in any of the more popu-
lated states and feel perfectly al
home.
Baltimore isn't a part Of Balti-
more county. In fact, it's not a
part of any county. 1t was laid out
as a city without county ties.
Started After War
Modernization of the county's
schools was begun Immediately
after the war. Three new buildings
already are in use. Three more
will be ready in September.
The men behind the program
wanted something more than the
biggest for the cheapest, so they
called in education authorities and
psychologists to help design the
plants. The results have drawn
education officials from all parts
of the country to see what the "con-
temporary" school looks like.
The green boards and yellow
chalk? Remember, in the good old
days." how you sometimes had to
squirt at the wall-slate because Of
the glare from the window? And
how the glare was made more pro-
nounced by the wilderness Of the
chalk?
Greenb0ards Sandblasted
That's a thing Of the past here.
The greenboards, made Of green
glass sheets, are sandblasted to
eliminate smoothness and glare. 1t
is well established that yellow chalk
is much more restful to your eyes.
Remember the monotony Of
white or cream walls broken only
by the blackboard and small, old
fashioned windows? Here, two
walls may be a pale green, and
another wall and the sound-dead-
ening ceiling pink. The fourth wall
is mostly broad windows.
The color psychology and the
sound ceilings apparent
ly are quite effective. When the
county school physician made his
first visit to the new elementary
building at Loeb Raven-with an
enrolment of nearly 7O0-he turned
to the principal and asked: SIS this
a holiday? Or have you got muf-
flers on the children?"
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
SCIENCE ADVANCES
EIeCtrOnic
Brain Works

WASHINGTON.-A new electron.
ic brain, bigger than an upright
piano and looking like a panel Of
gymnasium lockers, has started
thinking big thoughts.
1t will think-or remember-foI
the agriculture department, an6
hence will cogitate over everything
from the Hessian fly to the care
and feeding Of a goat.
Reporters got their first look al
the c~ontraption at a special news
conference.
Ralph R. Shaw, librarian, said
its real name was microfilm rapid
s~elector; that DR.. Vannevar Bush
(who also worked on the atom
bomb first thought it up, and that
this Is the first such machine ever
built.
Photographs Books
Scientific books, pamphlets, in
dex cards, and so on will be photo
graphed on microfilm.
Then when some scholar wants to
know all the available information
on, say, the Plymouth Rock pullet,
the film will start purring through
this machine, 800 feet to the min
ute. Each page on the film is no
bigger than your thumbnail, yet
even at that speed the machine
will find pullet news and photo
graph it.
ut works on the same principle
as the e%lectronic door," Shaw said,
''only more sophisticated.
'The door opens because you
have broken a beam of light.
Here the same thing is done.
Everything is indexed in code num-
bers, represented by dots. The dots
have to correspond exactly for the
picture to be taken.
Perfect Selection
'Tn effect, this opens the door,
too. But out of 10 million people,
it only opens the door for the right
one."
Shaw thinks the machine not only
will saw a lot Of space now used
for files, but also will enable
scientists to take on more difficult
research jobs.
John E. Parker, president Of the
engineering research associates of
st. Paul, the company that built
the brain, was on hand.
He said the government put up
$50, 900 for research on such a CAD
get, but that that had I'll out and
the company had put in another
$50, 900.
Parker thinks medium-sized
companies, as well as complex
government departments, eventual
ly will have such machines.
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
LAUREL SWIMMING POOL
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE is hereby given that
the City Council of Laurel, Mon
tana. will receive bids for the
construction of a swimming pool
project at Laurel. Montana, each
bid to be in accordance with
Plans. Detail Specifications and
other contract documents now on
file at the offices of the City
Engineer located at Laurel. Mon
tana. where they may be examin-
ed and copies obtained upon de-
post of $1,000 per set, which de-
post will be refunded upon re-
turn of such copies in good con-
dition within five DAYS after the
bids are opened.
The principal items of work
involved are as follows:
Complete swimming pool. ca
pacity approximately 100000 gal
Ions.
Complete chlorination. filtration
and recirculating system.
Special swimming pool fittings
and deck equipment.
Each bid shall be made out on
a form 10 be obtained at the Of
flee of the City Clerk. located at
Laurel. Montana, and shall be
sealed and filed with said City
Clerk on or before August End,
1949. at 1880 o'clock p. NJ.
The City Council hereby re-
serves the right to reject any or
all bids.
By order of the City Council.
Dated at Laurel, Montana, this
Sth day of July 1919.
TILLIE H~OHENDORF,
City Clerk.
Date first pub. July IL. 1919, 3tl
Laurel outlook., 1949-07-27
Had Visited Calder

Mrs. w. E. Chamberlin has a
visitor, her sister, Mrs. Lilly Oaks
OF onarga, III. Before coming
here Mrs. Oaks visited her
brother, W. L. A. Calder, and
Mrs. Calder in San Francisco.
and other relatives in Portland
Ore, Kelso and Longview, Wash
ana Newberg, Ore. Monday, Mrs.
Chamberlin and Mrs. Oaks were
guests of a cousin, Mrs. Clifton
Dooley, who has recently moved
to Billings from Grafton, N. d.