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Evening star., 1949-12-06
Mystery Of GirI Missing
From Ship UnsoIved
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

LONDON, Dec. Ga govern
ment investigator yesterday wound
up an inconclusive hearing on the
disappearance Of pretty. 20-year-
old Gwenda McCallum from the
steamer Orcades October 80.
David Thomson, who conducted
the investigation for the Ministry
of Transport, said he was unable
for lack of evidence to indorse
the entry in the Orcades' log OF
presumed death by disappear
ance.' Material witnesses, he
said, are in Australia.
The girl vanished from the ship
on q trip from Sydney to Mel
bourne.
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Employment Situation
Shows Gains Even
Before Holiday Rush
By the Assoeiofsd Press

The job situation appeared to
be looking up in November-even
before the lift that the Christmas
sales season usually gives to en-
ployment.
New figures from the Census
Bureau were welcomed by Secre-
tary Of Commerce Sawyer as
showing that "the job picture in
November was perhaps more IA
vorable than at any previous time
this year."
The figures. released by Mr..
Sawyer late yesterday. showed in
brief:
That so,s54,ooo Americans,
counting 1,436.000 in the armed
forces. had jobs good for one hour
a week or more in November, even
If some of them weren't actually
working because of illness. strikes,
vacations, etc.
More Civilian Jobs.
The 59.518.000 civilian jobs In
November represented a gain Of
SIT, 900 over October. although the
total was 375, 900 below November.
1948, when the boom was at its
peak.
Furthermore, non-farm employ
ment. up 350.000 in November to
q 51.540,000 total, was back to
the 1949 high recorded In the late
summer months" the Census Bu-
reau said. It added that Novem-
ber recovered the losses" in
employment figures caused by the
October steel and coal strikes.
Unemployment dropped 167, 900
in November to a total of 3.409 900,
although it was nearly double the
1881 900 total of boomtime No.
vember, 1948.
The farm picture gave an un-
usual boost to the November en-
ployment total by showing a 168,-
900 climb in November. usually a
month when farm work Is de-
clining.
Hampered by Material Shortages.
The cause: good weather in
many areas permitted completion
of harvesting operations which
had been delayed In October by
heavy rains.
On the general scene. not every
jobholders who wanted to work
full time-S5 hours or more week.
ly. as the bureau reckons twas
able to get on the payroll for that
long. N
The bureau estimated that / ,000,-
900 persons with part-time jobs
would have preferred and could
have accepted" full-time employ
ment in November.
Also. 1t said. about / 500 900 per-
sons with full-time jobs were
forced on part time because Of
slack work, material shortages,
Job turnover and similar factors. I"
The bureaus figures. always
gathered in the early parts of
each month. were taken by a sam
pling process the week Of Novem-
Der 6 to IL.
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Haiti Honors Trumun, Pope

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti, Dec.
Is R.-The government of Haiti
today designated the main street
Eof the bicentennial exposition
grounds here Avenue Harry s..
Truman" The main cross street
has been named Avenue Pope
Plus XII"
Evening star., 1949-12-06
ANA
tContinued From First Page0

ANA has changed the name of
its popular health magazine from
Hygeia to Your Health Today.
For many years Hygeia was edited
by DR.. Fishbein.
The house also referred to COM
mittees for action later this week
reports dealing with many phases
of controversial legislation. In
cluded was certain aspects of one
opposing Federal aid to medical
education proposal considered by
Congress this year.
The board announced that DR..
Robert T. Stormont. medical di-
rector of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration. would succeed DR..
Austin Smith as secretary of the
AMA's Council on Pharmacy and
Chemistry. DR.. Stormont lives at
Ills Harwick road. Wood Acres.
Md.
DR.. Irons set the keynote Of the
meeting with his plea to the pro-
fession tor an increasingly ag-
gressive war against what he
called the naturalization Of
medicine"
q. Comprehensive hearings were
held In both the House md
Senate this year on compul-
sorry national health insurance,
a part of Mr.. Truman's pro-
gram. The plan under which
medical and hospital care
would be provided through
payroll taxes will be a basic
issue when Congress begins
considering health legislation
early next year0
Hits Evenings Trips.
The Chicago physician said
the Truman administration has
merely Withdrawn to a rear pos
sition." The doctor criticized q
trip to England by Federal Sc
curity Administrator Oscar r.
Ewing as "a bureaucratic mis-
sion ssi<.' at taxpayers expense
to search for new destructive am
munition."
'Nationalized medicine and the
welfare state appeal to many we'll
intentioned people. including some
physicians who either have failed
to recognize the governmental re-
suits of socialism, or, recognizing
the ultimate outcome, conceal
their knowledge for ulterior pur-
poses," he declared, Among such
doctors. he added. are those "who
have no personal experience in
the independent general practice
of medicine"
DR.. Irons said the ANA doors
"are open at all times for con-
ferences" on medical care issues.
But, he added. I'VE cannot COM
promise on fundamental prin-
ciples of freedom for American
medicine and for the American
people"
In sessions mainly aimed at
helping the general practitioner
keep pace with new research and
treatment methods. doctors this
afternoon will divide into 18 spe-
cialized groups to hear dozens of
scientific papers. The meetings
will be held at the District Ma
tional Guard Armory. also the site
of scientific and commercial ex-
hibits.
AS a special feature, doctors at
the Armory also viewed television
today directly from Gallinger and
Johns Hopkins Hospitals. The
Baltimore program included per-
formance of a blue baby" opera
ton, while the Gallinger program
featured q panel on the use OF
streptomycin in tuberculosis.
Guests yesterday attended the
premier of a movie sponsored by
the National Cancer Institute and
the American Cancer Society on
early diagnosis of breast cancer.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Many Visitors See Exhibits OF Flowers and
Vegetables AT Unity Gardeners Annual Show

More than 100 people signed the
register Saturday afternoon and
evening at the Unity Garden clubs
annual flower show in the Odd
Fellows hall on West Main street.
Four long tables held 81 exhibits
from "a exhibitors in adult and
Juvenile competition. Considered
as outstanding was the educational
exhibit of Mrs. R. j. Rosselot,
showing the propagation and
growth of African violets. Mrs.
P. T. Barker and Mrs. Robert
Hamilton of Billings served as
judges of the show.
During the afternoon a pro-
gram was presented, consisting Of
piano selections by Olive Mae An
drews; a discussion of African vio-
lets by Mrs. Rosselot; acrobatics
by Bunky Rude; an address by
Mrs. Ralph Steele, state president
of the Federation of Garden clubs;
piano solo by Mrs. Dorothy
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
MRS.ROLLMAN DIES
GOING TO HOSPITAL
Succumbs Monday After ILL.,
ness Of Four YearS-Had
Lived Here 33 Years

Mrs. Lillian Russell Rollman, 70
wife of James j. Rollman of 615
Fifth avenue, died Monday after
noon about $3.50 while being taken
by a to a hospital in Billings.
She had been in failing health
the past four years and had been
a resident of Laurel 33 years.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted Thursday afternoon this
week at 2:30 at the First Metho-
dist church, with the pastor, Rev.
Clarence Spellman, officiating. In
terment will be in the Laurel
cemetery. Pallbearers at the fun
eral and interment will be Homer
Sheets, Boyd Murray, Everett
Norman, Frank O'Neill, John
Stadalman and d. w. Salisbury.
Mrs. Rollman, the daughter of
Leroy and Harriet Faulkner, was
born July %, 1870, at Richland
Center, southwestern Wisconsin.
She married William Smith Grams
Oct. %, 1886. To them was born
three children, Mrs. Rosetta Wise
gerber who lives in Cheyenne,
WyO,. and Bert and Williams
Grams of Laurel.
Mr.. Grams died in 1894. and
and after several years the widow
married James j. Rollman, Oct.
5, 1911, at Denver. A son, Walter
who now lives in Glen
dive, was born to them.
Others surviving are a sister,
Mrs. Francis Turnipseed of Bara-
boo, Wis, four grandchildren and
one great grandchild.
Laurel funeral home has charge
Of arrangements.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Visitor Injured In
Car Accident Dies
At Hospital Sunday

Mrs. Madge M. Dashiell, 81, of
Natick, Mass, who had been visit
ing relatives in Laurel, Billings
and elsewhere in south-central
Montana, died Sunday morning at
a hospital in Billings of injuries
sustained in an automobile COLI
sion Thursday near Billings. She
was the sister of Mrs. Howard
Smith of Laurel.
She was born April 20, 1912
at Red Lodge, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jacobson, and married
Mr.. Dashiell in Laurel July 10,
1888. They moved the next year
to Worland, WyO., where they liv-
ed until going to Massachusetts in
1871.
Surviving are the widower; a
daughter, Gayle NJ, 8; a son, Whit
ford Clayton, 5; four sisters, Mrs.
Jess Crane of Billings, Mrs. Smith
of Laurel, Mrs. Sammy Baker of
Renee Verte, w. Va, and Miss
Borgney Jacobson of Boulder, and
two brothers, Stanley r. Jacobson
and Walter ]. Jacobson of Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Red Cross Receives
Another Request For
Cards For Navy Men

A new request for playing cards
has been received by the Yellow
stone county chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross from a field di-
rector in contact with the Seattle
naval station. The Seattle stock,
aided in December 1948 by a ship
ment of cards from the county
chapter, was recently exhausted
while an expedition of ships going
to Point Barrow, Alaska, was be-
ing outfitted. The station also has
personnel from the army's over
sea- replacement center for whom
to supply cards.
Nearly a year ago 268 decks
were given the Red Cross by coun-
ty residents. Anyone wishing to
donate new or used cards in the
present collection may send them
to Mrs. Jean Kabrich at Red Cross
headquarters, Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
JACOB K|FER, T., DIES.
At SANTA CRUZ, CALF.

Jacob A. Kifer, 72, who left
here more than 20 years ago, died
Aug. Is at his home, 314 Liberty
street, Santa Cruz, Calf, where
he had lived about a year. Funer-
al services were conducted Aug. 16
at 10 a. m. in Wessendorf mortu-
airy, Santa Cruz, and burial was
in the Golden Gate national ceme-
terry in San Bruno the following
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev.
George Coulter officiated.
Kifer, a native of Illinois and
a relative by marriage of the
Charles Davis family, vas a vet
eran of the Spanish-Americap
war. During several years of res
idence here he was a member of
the Laurel police force.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Hattie Kifer of Santa Cruz;
two sons, Jacob B. Kifer, Oregon,
and Elroy Kifer, California, and
by two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
Miller and Mrs. BURDEN Demarrs,
Oregon.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Garden Club
Gives Picnic Table
For North Park Use

The members of the Laurel
Garden club have again made a
gift to the community. In the
years past it has been the practice
to improve and plant small parks
in the city. The city council has
cooperated in watering and caring
for the plots so that instead of
bare lots, there are green grass
and trees on at least three small
parks.
The gift this year is a large
table with attached benches which
has been placed in North park for
the use of picnickers. 1t is large
enough to accommodate about "a
people and it is hoped that it will
be used and enjoyed by all groups.
Other organizations may want to
provide more tables for the park;
in that case it would be advisable
to confer with the members of the
city council.
In order to dedicate the table,
the Laurel Garden club held a
picnic supper Monday evening for
members and their families. Mrs.
R. o. Steele, president of the
state Federation of Garden clubs,
presented the table to the COM
munity and Mayor Peter Thomson
accepted it and expressed appre-
citation for the fine work of the
club in improving the appearance
of the city.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Housewife With
Hose QueHs Bum

The water treatment has been
added as part OF the reception af-
forded undesirable transients stop
ping in Laurel.
When a drunk bum wandered
onto her property at 304 Montana
avenue and sought repose under a
clump of bushes, Mrs. M. L. Fisher
threatened him with police action
il he did not move on. Put in an
embarrassed position by the buns
refusal to move, and by the fact
that she could not readily contact
the law enforcement officers, Mrs.
Fisher, unwilling to be bested,
armed herself with the garden
hose and a good head of water and
went to the attack. After d,
thorough soaking the bum retired.
When last seen, he was stumbl-
ing, and slightly dripping, along
a nearby alley.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
COACH CALLS GRID
MEN FOR PRACTICE

Pierre j. Roberts, new head
coach of athletics at Laurel high
school, arrived here this week and
Immediately began preparations
for the coming season OF school
athletics. All prospective candi-
dates for high school football will
assemble at 9 a. m. Saturday, Aug.
81, at the gymnasium, he said.
Through Supt. Fred w. Graft
he had previously notified pros
pectives to begin conditioning
themselves the first week of the
current month, employing calls
themes and road workouts during
some 20 days. Those who follow
ed instructions will find it easier
to do the football work, he indi-
Gated.
Roberts was assistant coach last
year at Custer county high school
in Miles City and is to
"Jinx" Anderson, who resigned his
position here to become freshman
coach at Montana State college in
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.
ANNOUNCED BY COACH.

Coach Pierre Roberts has an
nounced the football schedule for
the coming season.. The Laurel
team is lined up for eight games,
five at home and three in other
towns.
The schedule of home games is
as follows:
Sept. 9-Powell, Wyo.
Sept. 23-Lewistown.
Sept. 30-Billings "B"
Oct. 14-Glendive.
Oct. 21-Miles City.
The three out of town games
will be with Bozeman, Glasgow
and Sidney, Sept. 16, Oct. z, and
Oct. 2S, respectively. All games
are scheduled to be played at
8 p. m.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
SHEVL|N
DIES SUDDENLY.
Widely Known Priest Victim
OF Heart Attack While
Fishing Near Columbus

Rev. Francis Shevlin, 69-year-
old Catholic priest who at one
time vas pastor of st. Anthony's
church in Laurel were he served
some 20 years, died of a heart at
tack about 4:30 p. m. Tuesday
while fishing with a companion on
the Saltwater river near Column
bus. He had been pastor of st.
Mary's church in Columbus the
past two years.
For a period while he was pas
tor of ST. Anthony's church here
he provided a home for orphan
and homeless boys, which drew
non-sectarian support. During his
lengthy stay in Wolf Point to
which he was transferred from
Laurel, he served on the local
school board while pastor of the
Wolf Point church.
Father Shevlin was wading in
the Saltwater when he was strick-
en-. His companion, who was down
stream about so feet, hurried to
him and succeeded in getting him
to the bank. He appeared to raj
ly temporarily and then died, be-
fore assistance could be summon
ed.
He was born Feb. 20, 1880, in
Louth, Ireland, and is sur
gived by a brother in Ireland;
.hree nephews, Patrick Shevlin of
Niles City, Joseph Shevlin of Chi
ago and Rev. James Shevlin of
Harvey, ILL.,, and a niece, Miss
Margaret Shevlin of Chicago.
Burial In Laurel
Funeral arrangements as an
lounced provide that solemn
'equiem high mass will be sung
It st. Patrick's Catholic church
n Billings Friday at 10 a. m.
Rosary will be recited at St.
Catholic church in Column
,us Thursday at 1880 p. M, after
which the remains will be re-
urned to st. Patrick's church in
Billings where it will lie in state.
Burial will be in st. Anthony's
emetery at Laurel.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
RED LODGE ROTAR|ANS.
attend SESSION HERE

Red Lodge was well represented
when the Laurel Rotary club met
Tuesday. The Red Lodge dele
cation of 10 members, which at
tended the meeting of the Laurel
club as a gesture of friedship
and a manifestation of the unity
of Rotary, was composed of j. H.
McDonough, d. w. Columbus, DR..
E. M. Adams, Roy A. Nutting,
Ray Berven, John Peters, A. A..
Anderson, j. H. McAlear, Elmer
Reid and Leonard Hamrell.
The program at the meeting
consisted Of a motion picture
dealing with the part played by
steel in the development of the
Pacific states. The film was re-
leased by the Bethlehem-Pacif
corporation.
Before the showing of the film,
DIR. D.. A. Nottingham, president
of the Laurel Commercial club,
announced that on Sept. &c, the
Commercial club will have a din
c meeting at which j. r. Pratt,
manager of the northwestern di-
vision of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, will
be guest speaker.
Pres. Wayne Hageman stated
that according to an announcement
from the office of the district
governor, Laurel held second place
for attendance in the month of
July. President Hageman then
read a proclamation from the
president of Rotary International
in which he set aside the week
of Oct. II to "a, as United Ma
tions week. The proclamation
urged that all members of Rotary
re6edicate themselves to the pur-
poses of the United Nations and
international peace.
Visiting Rotarians other than
those from Red Lodge were Wal
ter Huusaker, of California; F. l..
Bozeman; Arthur Barth,
Jerry Dean and Worthington
all of Billings. Ray Henry,
Red Lodge, was a guest at the
meeting. |
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
MOST CROPS TAKE
DROP IN VOLUME
Fall Below Last Year and TO-
Year A~verage-Beans
Promise To Be Up

The volume of crops produced in
Montana this year will be well
below the established average and
much less than the large produc-
ton of 1913. The states wheat
crop is forecast at 1854, 900
bushels, 4S per cent below the re-
cord 1913 crop of 90,547, 900
bushels and 81 per cent less than
the average for the 1937-47 per-
iod.
Winter wheat is indicated at TO-
100000 bushels, averaging Is bu-
shells, the lowest since 1910.
Spring wheat is forecast at &c.
$4,000 bushels, compared to 54,-
$4,000 last year, with an indi-
Gated average of 9 bushels per
acre, the lowest since 1887.
Barley at 10,152,000 bushels is
less than half the 1913 figure Of
2 ,304,000. Oats, expected to total
10,152,000 bushels, may beat an
earlier forecast. Corn may be
25 per cent under the 1913 crop.
The drought was too much for
the flaxseed crop. The produc-
ton indicated from 10000 acres is
267,000 bushels, averaging 3.5 bu-
shells per acre as against 9 bu-
shells last year. Dry beans look
promising at 1850 pounds per
acre or an estimated production
of $4,000 bags. Last years pro-
duction was 100000 bags.
Montana's wool crop for 1919
amouns to 15,575,000 pounds, COM
pared to 16,629,00O in 1913 and
the 10-year 1938-47 average of
26,811,000 pounds. approximately
100000 sheep were shorn this
year, against 1,769,000 last year
and the 10-year average of g.
,02, 1000. Fleece weight per head
vas an $50 pounds average, while
t was "a last year and the 10
year average was 90 pounds per
head. The small average was
argely the result of an adverse
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
ANNOUNCES DATES TO
REGISTER FOR SCHOOL

j. G.. MacD Donald, principal of
Laurel high school, has announced
that he will be in his office at
the high school building Sept. 1,
2 and 3 from 9 until IL o'clock
each morning for the purpose of
registering prospective high
school students.
This advance registration period
has been arranged so that each
student may have the opportunity
of individual consultation in re-
gard to choice of subjects and it
is hoped that registration will be
complete for the opening day of
school, which will be Wednesday,
Sept. 7, for both high school and
grades.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
k|NAN|ANS TAKE TRIP
TO COAST VIA SLIDES.

Laurel Kiwanians toured the
west, primarily California, by
means of the camera when Rev.
Donald Baldwin, pastor of the
First Methodist church in MERGED,
Calf, and brother j. Willard
Baldwin, showed a group of color
slides at the clubs meeting
Wednesday evening. The slides
were arranged to represent a trip
from Montana to California, with
the greater number of scenes IN
Nevada and California. The show
ing evidenced a well developed
Photographic technique.
President Baldwin announced
that in accord with the Laurel
clubs agreement to support the
Billings Kiwanis club in its spon-
sorship of the Black Hills Pas
sion play, the club here had
undertaken the sale of 200 eX-
change tickets and distributed the
tickets to the members for sale.
This distribution means that the
tickets can be purchased in many
of the business establishments in
Laurel. The club undertook the
project in an attempt to show ap-
probation for past services render
ed by the Billings group and be-
cause it was thought that many
people from Laurel would want to
attend tn production.
Of the five major Passion plays
on the European continent, the
was presented in Luene,
Westphalia, in 1912 by the monks
of the C%appenburg monastery. In
the seventeenth century the parts
in the play were given to the
and the actors chosen On
the basis of moral fitness. At
this time there was started the
tradition of training children to
succeed their parents in the cast.
Josef Meier, of the seventh gen
Grafton of the traditional cast,
now plays the Christus.
In 1882, Meier brought the play
&c this country. Since then the
work has been translated into
English and the groups perma-
1ent home established in the Black
at Spearfish, S. D.. The pres
ent cast is composed of members
ii nearly every Christian faith.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
KiedrOwski Brothers
Meet After ~ Years
At Wedding Of One

When John Kiedrowski, brother
Of B. j. Kiedrowski, arrived in
Laurel from Quincy, Wash, Aug.
16, the brothers met for the first
time since 1927. 1t seems that
brotherly love was not the only
motive behind the visit for John,
accompanied by his f~iance, Miss
Patricia Marie Haney also of
Quincy, sought the services of his
brother as best man at the couples
marriage which was solemnizei
Friday.
The brothers last saw each other
at the parental home in Shelr-
wood, N. D., when James (B. j.
visited there. During Johns visit
here, the brothers spent much time
reviewing the events of their
childhood, with an accent on the
humorous side.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Many Rail Employees.
Go To 4OHourWeek
New Work Schedule To Become Effective
Sept. l In incorporating Departments,
Creating Some Additions To Forces

Effective the first of Septem-
Der, the incorporating depart
ments of the Northern Pacific
railway will start working 40-hour
weeks. This change to 40 hours
will n~ecessitate additions to some
departments, will close some on
Saturday and Sunday, and will
force others to use staggered
crews.
The main a shops, where all
heavy repair is done, will be clos
ed Saturday and Sunday. The
shops have been working on a
six-day. schedule and it is esti-
mated that the change to five
days will result in the loss of 2,400
man hours in that department.
The repair track, where running
repairs are done, will be operated
by a small crew Saturday and
just enough men Sunday to do
necessary work on perishable and
rush loads. The inspection force
will be staggered and nine men
added to the crew in order to be
able to continue to operate on a
round-the-clock schedule.
The roundhouse, which is one of
the departments that must re-
main in operation at all times,
will use staggered crews and add
nine men to its present force. G.
F. Prill, roundhouse foreman,
states that there will be a loss of
300 man hours in his department.
The depot will operate on a dual
schedule, passenger and telegraph
service being on a seven-day basis,
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-24
Miss StenersOn With
Students Entering
Hospitals Sept. 10Th

Bozeman, Aug. 24.-Miss Laurel
Stenerson of Laurel is among the
IS nursing students who have been
assigned to division hospitals for
further training after completing
work at Montana State college.
She will enter Billings Deaconess
hospital.
Twelve of the 10 are three-year
nursing students who have just
completed their first quarters
work at the college and will enter
Bozeman and Billings hospitals
Sept. 10. Seven will go to Great
Falls.