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Evening star., 1954-05-31
Area Tank Men Head
Training al Fort Knox

Area men command two tank
battalions of the Army's 306th
Armor Group which will super
wise the training of four Reserve
heavy tank battalions at Fort
Knox, KY. from August / to Is.
The battalions are the 1920,
commanded by 1t. Col. Willard
w. Webb. of Clifton, Va; the
615th, headed by 1t. Col. Wilbur
Q. Nelson, jr., of Baltimore; the
739th, commanded by 1t. Col.
Wylie Mendel, of Wellsburg. w.
Va, and the 304th, commanded
by 1t Col. Gustav M. Berg. Of
Pittsburg. Col. Clement R. Hurd.
of 203 Northview terrace, Alex
andria, Va, is commander of the
306th Armor Group. --.~
In a preview conference at
Fort Knox last week end, the
commanders discussed with Off
GERS of the Armored Center plans
by which the Armored School,
the 18th Armor Group and the
18th Armored Cavalry Regiment
will cooperate in training the
reserve tankers with the latest
equipment.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Hollywood Diary:
Non-T Tolking Actors
Also Come Cheaper
.By Harold Heffernon

a policewoman. and she with
out an escort.
X =
Lana Turner's still in a fan
turmoil over that hair gone
brunette. Movlegoers have want
ed her to change back to the
original blonde by which she
scored all her most glamorous
successes-but she has persis-
tently refused, even in the face
of a studio order to do so. Lana
has three pictures lined up. "The
Prodigal," starting in two
months. will give her a little
time to think things out. Fol-
lowing will come "The Cobweb"
and MY Most Intimate Friend"
the latter neatly titled because
it co-Stars Ava Gardner-and
the two always have been on
palsy terms.
(Released by NANA)
Evening star., 1954-05-31

makers reserve for Shakespeare, !,
Shaw and Dickens. Virtually all
of the top character players of
England have been summoned to
represent these. hilarious "ad-
venturerS in the cause Of en-
lightenment." They have re-
sponded, as is only Dickens due,
with exultant portraits of the
Pickwick Clubs members.
It is clearly the actors COM
mon understanding with Director
Noel Langley that the Pickwick-
ianS are caricatures who are most
funny when played most extrav-
agantly. AS a gallery of culture
chaSers. therefore, they are a
credit to their original creator,
a writer who could ridicule hui
man foible as fervidly as he
could condemn human injustice.
An inspiring man, Dickens, to
join when he is in such a rollick-
ing mood as in "The Pickwick
Papers"
Langley who did the screen
adaptation, which he also directs,
has shown admirable discretion
In his selection of material. Ma
turally, he could not use all of
the adventures of Pickwick's
band of truth seekers. He has
been careful, however, to choose
those which best reveal the ripe
substance of Mr.. Pickwick, the
MesSrs. Wrinkle, Jingle, Tupman,
ETC., as we'll as Mrs. Bardell, Mrs.
Hunter and others of the distaff
side.
It is an expansive tour of the
England through which the Pick
wickians BUNDLED so farcically
that the Macarthur film pre-
sentS.
This journey begins with the
groups wayside inn meeting with
the roguishly resourceful Mr..
Jingle, the aftermath of which
is the innocent Pickwickians in
Evening star., 1954-05-31
The Passing Show
The Passing Show
PickWick and His BunbIers
RoI|ick at the Macarthur
BY Jay cormody

Another horde Of Charles characters makes gsty
appearance h The Pckwick Papers the Macarthur Theaters
latest distinguished import from England.
AS is usual with the classic likes of these mmortals
this has been given exalted
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Hortt College to Honor
Lawson and Jacobs

Warner Lawson, dean of How
ard University's school of music,
and Albert c. Jacobs, president
of Trinity College, will have hon.
orary degrees conferred on them
by the HART College of Music,
Hartford, Conn.,, at commence
ment exercises there June 10.
Mr.. Lawson, who win appear
as guest conductor of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra next
season, will receive the degree
Of doctor Of music. Mr.. Jacobs,
a Rhodes Scholar from the Uni
versity Of Michigan in 1921, will
be awarded the doctor Of hui
manitieS degree.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
BRANCH DRIVEN

starts Tomor., LUCILLE BAIL
and DESI ARNEZ IN THE LONG.
LONG TRAILER"
Evening star., 1954-05-31

'THE PICKwICK PAPERS" Mayer
KINGSLEY picture. produced BY George
Minter. written for the screen and di-
rected by Noel Langley, from Charles
Dickens The PickWick Papers" music
composed and conducted BY Antony
Hopkins. At the MACARTHUR.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
DRIVEN fHEATERS

Delicious Food Our Speciality.
Chicken Baskets. Shrimp Baskets.
Hot Dogs. Hamburgers. MIX
Snakes. Etc. d
Evening star., 1954-05-31
volvement in, Of all things. a

volvement in, Of all things, a
duel.
From there, Langley's script
hops espisodically but with a
recognizable thread of continu-
ity to a multitude of other ad-
ventures in enlightenment. One
of these is the triangular ro-
nance between the MeSsrS. Jingle
and Mr.. Tupman and Rachel
Wardle, out of which flows the
elopement which, in turn, traps
Mr.. Pickwick into the boudoir
and bed of a widow Of equally
impressive age. Tumbling on the
heels of these innocently dole
full missteps. all played to the
farcical hilt, the cultural safari
leads to Miss Tomkins school,
Mrs. Hunters festival and recita-
tion of her ode to a dying frog,
the widow Bardell's lapse from
honor and finally to London's
debtors prison.
The script Of "The Pickwick
Papers" is obviously a copious
one and the picture resultantly
long. One effect Of this is an
occasionally uncomfortable feel
ing of disagreeing with Langley
that his material is really that
funny. It is a fairly fugitive feel
ing, however, and one that
usually disappears in redeem
ing slice of slapstick.
The multitudinous roles Of
"The Pickwick Papers" are
played with unalloyed relish by
a cast of high competence.
Adventure and enlightment
surely have never been pursued
by a higher minded, purer-
hearted bumbler than the Mr..
Pickwick played by James Hay
ter. From his astounding joust
with the cabman to his final vic
tory over Dodson and Fogg, he
achieves a wide-eyed wonder that
Dickens himself could envy.
Nigel Patrick's cheapjack
actor, the Pickwickians' gadfly
Mr.. Wrinkle, is an equally admir-
able portrait; Joyce Grenfell's
Mrs. Hunter. is a gem of empty
intellectual hauteur; Kathleen
Harrison is a gushingly gaudy
romantic Rachel Wardle; Her.
mione Gingold makes a small,
brilliant bit of her skeptical Miss
Tompkins; Harry Fowler is a
perfect piece of casting as the
resourceful Sam Weller, and
Hermoine Baddley is just the
woman you have always visual
lied the vulnerable Mrs. Bardell
as being.
The dedicated Dickensian may
refuse to concede that the Pick
wickians on celluloid are the
hilarious equals of the same lot
on paper. Moviegoers will feel
quite differently about 1.-THE
pickwick Papers" treated here
with such gusto.
4 4
MONDAY MEMOS: In the
final phases of rehearsal of T. S.
Eliot's "The Cocktail Party" is
Olney company which will open
its season on Wednesday night
Heading the cast of the first
production are Marjorie Gateson
and Bramwell Fletcher g.. Arena
Stage has cancelled that special
holiday performance of "All My
Sons" scheduled for tonight
Instead, the company viii, get its
usual night off.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Youth Council Leader
Will Address PTA

Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
chairman of the Commissioners
Youth Council, will address the
DC. Congress of Parents and
Teachers, Council A. Area 8. at
8 pm. Thursday in the Bunker
Hill School, Fourteenth street
and Michigan avenue NE.
The groups juvenile protec-
ton committee will present a
directory of recreational facil-
tiles for children and young
people.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
HOLLYWOOD.
Personal but not private:

Personal but not private:
The wage scale for extras and
bit players who speak lines has
zoomed so sharply that inde-
pendent producers are hard hit.
Always keenly aware of their
budgets, they are forced to cut
deeper than ever nowadays. In
many instances this has proved
a boon for speed and quality.
Howard w. Koch, one Of the
indie moviemakers. was compli-
mented by a visiting exhibitor
the other day on the fact that in
Shield for Murder" starring
Edmond O'Brien, there's a mini
mum of conversation on the part
of doormen. bartenders, cab
drivers and other lesser char
acters in the film.
1T makes the pictures pace
very much faster" declared the
Snowman.
my friend" observed Koch,
'it does something else. It saves
money. If a doorman opens a
door without instructions it's
$19.43 a day. If he opens it the
way I tell him it's $26.25 a day.
If he says good morning.
ma am as he opens the door
that's $40. The doormep in our
pictures are strictly silent and
on their own"
Always a watchful lady where
a dollar is concerned. Esther
Williams has set out to snare
some of the Hollypark tourist
trade that speeds past her res
taurant's door. Several years
ago Esther put husband Ben
Gage to work running "The
Trails" a uniquely decorated
cafe nestled on broad highway
near the coast.
The swim star is now putting
on floor shows-and big-name
ones. at that. First attraction
is Mickey Rooney. billed as
ANDY Hardy Himself" in a
song-and-dance act, to be fol-
lowed by Harpo and Chico Marx
and the Benny radio-famed
SportSmen quartette.
Esther and Ben, by the way,
are the most celebrated of a score
of movie names branching out as
reStaurateurS. They're by far the
most successful, too. While ad-
mittedly they've made no money,
they manage to keep out of the
red - something their food
purveying colleagues have been
unable to do.
\ ~
Following discussions with
husband Guy Madison over di-
vorce arrangements, Gale Rus
sell has suffered another relapse
and again is in a Santa Monica
hospital. Friends say she never
completely recovered from the
shock of being named in the
sensational John and Chatta
Wayne divorce trial last fall.
Bright new sister team looms
for TV audiences this fall. Mar
garet Whiting and the younger
Barbara. daughters of famed
song-composer Dick Whiting.
are in rehearsal and looking for
a sponsor. They'll go all-out with
duets Of numbers that made
their daddy famous.
Not since the casting of Clark
Gable with Lana Turner for
"Honky- -Tonk" Is years ago has
there been so much fan excite
ment as over the proposed COM
bination of Clark and Marilyn
Monroe in "The Lumberjack and
the Lady" At 20th-Fox they
admit the net from this one
might pay off all the cinema
scope bills and put money in the
bank as well.
Jack Webb is playing true to
TV form in putting his Drag
net" feature on the screen at
Warmers. If there's the slightest
sign of romance in the show it
isn't apparent from the script.
Just one lady looms. as of now.
Evening star., 1954-05-31

Chapter members meet monthly
at the Bethesda Naval Hospital
and give a ward party for hos
pitalized veterans. Ofdcials ex-
planned bingo and other games
are arranged, ice cream and cof-
fee served and prizes awarded
successful participants. The
Welfare Fund is used to finance
these events, as well as the large
Christmas ward party.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Glen Hills Group to Elect

The Glen Hills Citizens Asso-
citation will elect officers and vote
on adoption Of a constitution at
8 p. m. Wednesday in the new
county building, Rockville, Md.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-15

farm. Then, CargilIs terminal elevators gather
in grain from country elevators, and ship it to
processing plants where it is made into things to
be eaten or used. By constantly looking for, and
encouraging new professors of farm products,
this division of Cargill also helps build an ever
expanding market for the grain you grow.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-15

Because of this big increase in Americas
non-farm population, more than 1870 of all farm
products are now 'eaten up by processing. AS
a Creative Professor Cargill helps increase this
growing appetite for farm products. And as
grain marketing firm, Cargill helps improve your
prices by selling grain to other professors the
world over.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-15

Where else in the world can you find the
fast, efficient grain handling system that moves
the crops from your fields to where they can be
this gigantic movement of Grain. First, Cargills
country elevators take in grain direct from the
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
CITY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS DROP DURING 1853

Sales taxes collected in the city of Palmer for the year 1853 show ed drop of $6,721.53 over the 1852 figure of $70,861.92. Averag- ing $560.13 per month less than the previous year, the 1853 gross figure was only $64, ,140.39.
 Although business in general has dropped off somewhat, coun- cil members are of the opinion that proper collections are not be- ing made on some sales and ser vices in the city. The business drop should be compensated for in part by increased population, one councilman opinioned.
 Unless we can pick up our full sales tax potential in the city, we. are going to have to resort to a property tax in order to stay in business" city officials warned this week.
 During the latter part of 1853 minimum of $3,810.00 per month was paid for city personnel. This amount does not include $600.00 per month paid to the water de- partment personnel nor does it include any costs of operation. From the average $5,345.03 mon thly sales tax income, only small figure remains for rents, power, fuel, improvements, re- pairs and maintenance.
 The following table shows a break down on monthly sales tax collections during 1853. The high January figure represents collec- tions made in December of 1852 and turned in, in January, 1853.
 January, $7888.01; February, S4,56150 March $1,094.55; April, 5,3r2 A: May $o,6o6.z3; June, S4.45702; July, $8674.92; August, S6,055.82; September, $5,822.32 October, $5,921,76; November, $5,- 633.26; and December $5,032.49. Total, $64,14039
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
1920 Freight Increase Suspended 30 Days

The Pacific CoaSt-A1aSka freight conference proposed in- crease in freight rates, to have become effective Wednesday of this week, was suspended for 30 days by order of the Feder- al Maritime Board, according to word received by conference members, Alaska Steamship Company and Coastwise Lines, from tn Maritime administra- ton. No reason for the suspen- sion was made public. The 10 percent increase was filed with the Maritime Board by the conference on January 5. Ob- jections to the increase were filed with the Board by sev- eral parties, including Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
MEMBERSHIP FEES IN
 HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DUE; PLAN ANNUAL MEET

Jasper Skok of the Valley Hos pital Association membership committee announced this week that membership fee in the as- sociation are due for 1854. They may be paid to Skok or Mrs. Ri- vera Hiber both of the member ship committee or to any of the following board members: Ed Smith, Brian Cleworth, Harlow Hodgson, Hugh Johnson, Max Sherrod, Jack Newcomb, or Pris- cilla Bacon.
 The annual meeting will be held early in March, Skok said. At that time it will be necessary to have at least 25 members of the association in attendance be- fore any business may be con- ducted. The purpose of the meet ing is to offer an opportunity to all members to make suggestions for the associations activities for the coming year.
 Everyone is welcome to attend
 Continued on page 8
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
OR. KESSLER TELLS KlWANIANS OF HELP NEEDED BY ACCA

Dr. Robert Kessler spoke to members of the Palmer Kiwanis Club on Monday, February 8 on the help that is needed by the Alaska Crippled Children Associ- ation in orthopedic care.
 Another visitor was Roger Woods who returned for his sec ond showing of slides of Ecuador. The series he showed Kiwanians this time included the highland areas, the harbor and ships, and methods of butchering used by the Ecuadorians. The interesting slides and explanation offered by Woods were enjoyed by those at tending.
 The next regular meeting will be held February Is in the Coop club room at noon.
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
$1O,OOO DAMAGES WHEN BUILDING COLLAPSES

The new Glenallen Theatre, built this past summer by Al V. Hagen of Palmer, suffered ap- proximately $1O,OOO damage on February 6 when the building col lapsed during a hard wind storm.
 The quonset-type building had been closed, for the winter with a nearly April opening planned. It was believed that a combina- tion of heavy snow on the struc- ture and a severe wind storm caused the building to collapse. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Reconstruction plans are not yet definite, Hagen said on his return from Glenallen this week.
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
MEA Urges Members To Turn Out
 For Special Meeting

Proxy forms for those who will be unable to attend the special meeting of the membership of the Matanuska Electric Association of February 20 are available at the MEA office in Palmer; at Tee lands in Wasilla, an at Parks in Chugiak.
 The attendance of at least two- thirds of the membership at the special meeting is necessary and very important, MEA board mem bers pointed out this week. The meeting will open at g am. and continue throughout the day un- til g pm. Members may attend at any hour of the day and cast their ballots (and those of the three proxy members which they will be permitted to carry). At least tWo-thirds of the member ship will be necessary to estab- fish debt limit in the articles of incorporation and to revise the articles of incorporation and by laws to permit staggering the terms of directors to conform with territorial law.
 A debt limit of ten million dol lars has been selected. However, as MEA officials pointed out, this does not mean that MEA neces- sarily wishes to borrow ten mil lion dollars. This amount will take care of any future require ments for loans without having to go through a full membership vote each and every time the as sociation wishes to borrow money. Board members had originally recommended a five million dol lar debt limit, however, REArec- commended doubling Cile amount. Some limit has to be set, accord ing to territorial law, and this amount was considered the most feasible, and will eliminate the need to change the associations debt limit in the future.
 The MEA is making the meet ing attractive to members by giv- ing away three television sets during the day, or if the person chooses, he may have the equival- ent in cash of $25O Tickets will be given out at the registration desk.
 All members are urged to at tend the meeting sometime dur ing the above set hours. However, if they will not be able to attend, they are asked to give their proxy to a member who will be attend ing the meeting so that a two thirds membership will be voting.
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
CAFE DEMOLISHED BY FREIGHT TRUCK

Dave's and ,Marys Cafe, locat- ed at Martins Westside Service at the foot of Bailey Hill was completely demolished Friday morning of last week when an Alaskan Freight Line trailer truck failed to make the turn and crashed into the cafe, doing an estimated $20,0O0 damage. The cause of the accident was blamed on an icy spot on the curve at the foot of the hill.
 Damage to car parked near the cafe, amounting to around Sl00, was done when shortly after the first accident, second freighter rounding the turn and hitting the same icy spot skidded off the highway into the same area. Damages to the trucks were estimated at $1,0OO in the first accident and $50 in the second.
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
Valley Area Gives Over Sl,50O 10 March of Dimes

A grand total of $1, ,533.18 was collected in the Valley area dur ing the 1854 March of Dimes campaign, it was announced this week.
 Members of the Palmer Kiwan- is Club and Theta chapter, Beta Sigma Phi expressed their ap- preciation this week to the many individuals and organizations who helped make the campaign such success.
 Organizations sponsoring fund raising activities, and those mak- ing donations, as well as individ- ual donations are listed below:
 Kiwanis Rockets basketball game $320.00; Palmer Independ- ent Schools, $279.25; test tube col lections in the Palmer area, $206.49; Matanuska Hotel basket social, $156.75; Beta Sigma Phi March of Dimes dance, $7977; Bureau of Reclamation Project (Office), $63O0; American Legion Auxiliary, $10; Kiwanis Club, $10; Butte Homemakers' club, $5; Riverbend Homemakers' club, $5; Carpenters Union, $10; Collection at U. s. Marshaps hearing and Republican Club meeting, $17.32; Palmer Girl Scouts, $50; Brew ster family, $4.80; Women of the Moose, $20; Moose Legion, $10; V. Louise Kellogg, $5; Kirks Sales and Service, S10; Matanus- ka Valley Bank, S10; Alpine Inn and Sutton area, $1765; Eklutna Project Bible class, $10.70; Ket- chikan Spruce Mills, $10; Bob Johns, g, and Clara's Variety, $10-
 In addition to the above dona- tions, total of $258.95 was turn ed over to the 1854 campaign as funds collected and donated to- ward two previous March of Dimes campaigns that had never been called for. Also $24.99 for which check will be written and mailed to Wasilla. This amount represents money collected in March of Dimes test tubes in the Wasilla area which were uninten- tionally picked up by the Pal mer group.
 Because of fewer sponsored ac- tivities and inclimate weather this year the final figure is approxi mately S200 short of the amount collected last year when $1,45759 (plus $1925 turned in this year) was collected. Final figures on the Third Division collections will be announced as soon as they are released in Anchorage.
The frontiersman., 1954-02-11
G0UMCIL. NOTES

Communications to the City of Palmer which were read at the February g meeting of the City Council included a letter from Col. James c. Crockett, former head of the Territorial Civil De- fense, informing the city that their cost share of the Civil De- fense fire-fighter Jeep would amount to $84337. This repre- sents only 15% of the actual cost of the vehicle. Seventy percent is paid by the Federal govern ment; the 15% balance by the Territory.
 In a letter from the Alaska Rail road office city officials were reminded that the railroad has a 200-foot right of way through the city. The city was asked to see that any building permits issued by the city would not encroach upon this right of way.
 Mayor Don McKechnie was granted the city proxy, by vote of council members, for the special membership meeting be- ing called by the Matanuska Elec- tric Association on February 20.
 A second letter from the Alas ka Railroad enclosed contract granting permission to the city to construct, operate, and main tain an underground cable on rail- road property. The cable is to be used in the rehabilitation pro- gram of the telephone system.
 The League of Alaska Cities plans to devote one of their fu-