The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-01-25
AMERICA FACES UP
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L can be it, mister!
The ultimate test, the battle on
the home grounds, the crucible of
faith and fortitude!
Already the pledge, the command
and the tone of defiance rise above
the small talk, the night-club ban
ter, the cocktail lounge laughter,
the juke-box melodies, the radio
Jlngles and the historical screams
OF studio audiences on jackpot
programs.
John @. Citizen rises to a stern
call to duty instead of to an appeal
to get vitamin-enriched biscuits,
the right cereal and the super hair
tonic.
Dawn comes with a clear sum-
mons instead of a crooner, a radio
breakfast couples program, a
disc Jockeys hour and a CONNER
cial for noodle soup.
Night falls to a summons to high
courage and not to a thousand
Video gags, radio stunts.
Eat More Bananas Week,
the coarse laughter of the rack
eteer, the leer of the five-per-
centers, the mad urge to get
something for nothing all do a
fadeout as horse sense and the
hour of decision take over.
The America of jackpots,
jazz, giggles, gags, joy rides,
playbOys, box top slogans, four
ring circuses and marathon
waltzes bow to the America
of conservation, sacrifice and
heroic endeavor.
Come out fighting!" browns out
Shall we dancer" and ''You, too,
can make a million dollars"
What can I do to help" rings
cross the plains and mountains
completely effacing the routine I'm
conference" Sorry, but I'm too
busy to bother now" and Lets
get together at lunch some time
next month"
The jackpot is Freedom.
The $50 question is, You and
who else, Joe?"
The top tunes of the Hit Parades
are "YaEkee Doodle Dandy"
The Star Spangled Banner" and
''America. I Love You"
U.N. is moving rapidly from Lake
Success into its new skyscraper
home on East River, New York.
On a clear day you can see peace
from the top floors if you have a
telescope, a powerful light and a
little opium.
Chicago is trying out a 90-day
test of Neutrality-suspicious.. BY pay
ing 81 a day 300 families are get
ting two full-length Hollywood
movies. AS we understand it the
picture is sent out all scrambled
up and the pieces come together
the right way only on sets equipped
for the dollar charge. 1t is going
to seem mighty strange to be get
ting only half a horse or two thirds
of a cowboy on your set while the
man mex! door sees the complete
movie. Hello, central, give me
Gone With The Wind!'"
A razor blade company has paid
six million dollars for the broad
casting rights to the next six
world series and all-star baseball
games. 1t had the edge on other
bidders, obviously.
1t is now reported by Washington
that one family in every 10 has
$25. 600. We never realized before
that so many Americans were win
ners on those radio jackpot pro-
grams.
lima DodO says she won't
mind the 10-cent phone booth
call as it's more fun getting a
dime back anyhow.
Joe Stain had his list birthday
recently. We hope he got a birth
day cake all Lit up with II vetoes
on it. Reports say he wasn't in the
heppiest of birthday moods. Prob
ably got a singing telegram from
Wall street.
Under the new 10-cent phone
booth rate a lot of girls are
going to be dated COLLECT"
In the present hour of danger a
line keeps coming back to us from
Max Anderson's valley Forge" Of
some IS years ago: Men will ap-
preciate this freedom some day
when they nave to fight to preserve
it."
Ina Dodo has just got around to
analyzing Herbert Hoover's speech,
and she says, GAS I understand it
Herbert is every man for himself
~ tho grass will grow in the streets