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Show " THE BULLBTIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH to Horse and Buggy Days jWbe nation s governors opened their annual conference at Mack- - , MichiKan, they found only horse carriages awaiting them, s gre not allowed on Mackinac and even the progressive gov-- t f be content with a horse and buggy. Much of session was r reports on the United Nations charter and discussion of food Sheriff Pickets OPA Wearing a hogshead. Sheriff Kirk S- - King of Rockford, III., picketed the OPA office as a protest against reg-ulations which virtually denuded him. He needs 4H yards of cloth for a suit, but OPA says that Is too much cloth. OPA regulations provide that three suits must be made from 11 yards of cloth. Wounded Sailors Will Swim Bark to Health Seaman 1c Joe Panza of Saratoga, N. Y., upper left, hurries toward the water as he prepares to enjoy another day In sun and surf where once stood the exclusive Garden City Iteacli club, now used by wounded convalescents of the St. Albans Naval hospital as a beach resort. Center, cards, food and refreshments being served some of the wounded by volunteer hostesses. Bight, sun baths are a popular feature at this resort. Kill 1 1 A Wordt Without Music: The Warner Brothers' lilm blog of George Gershwin reminds ol several musical oddities which should be new to most of us. For example, the origin of "Yankee Doodle." . . . Dur-ln- j, Ute French and Indian War In 1755. a ragged army was camped on the Hudson, a little south of Al-bany. The militia was so pitiful an Englishman named Shuckberg just tor giggles revived a ditty tagged "Yankee Doodle," which was whis-tled in Cromwell's time. ... He passed the tune off as a celebrated European martial air, scribbling ome double-tal- k lyrics for it. . . . The gag was on him. Two decades later, a tiny American army won Its independence from Britain to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." Four hundred thousand Juke-boxe- s will go overseas to keep our men entertained with the latest record-ings. . . . C. Porter's "Begin the Beguine" and "Night and Day" are still printed In lots of 100,000. Known as "popular standards" in the music biz. . . . Otto Harbach is doing a musical play named "Meet Miss April." . . . Four hundred million recordings were sold this year. . . . They say 100 new record-ing firms have popped up. . . . "Rose of No Man's Land" (which sold 5,- - 000. 000 copies) and "Till We Meet Again" (which sold 6,000.000) were the biggest song hits of World War 1. All the ditties of this war haven't equalled the sale of any of the above standouts. Mention of "Yankee Doodle" above recalls that an American gratefully returned the British favor In another war over a century lafetr, . . . Most of us know "Keep the Home Fires Burning" was prob-abl- y the most popular of English songs during World War I. . . . Ivor Novello, English actor, created its lyrics, of course. But a little known fact Is that Lena Guilbert Ford composed its melody, reportedly in 10 minutes after Novello had ex-citedly read her its words via the phone. . . . Miss Ford was killed in 1918 in a German air raid over Lon-- don. She was an American, born in Elmira, N. Y. Speaking of the Gershwin flicker, here is how wrong some critics can be. . . . This is what the concert ap- - praiser of the N. Y. Herald Trib-une (Lawrence Oilman) had to say of the now-fame- d "Rhapsody in Blue" when Paul Whiteman pre-miered it here: "Most ambitious pUci on yesterday's program was the 'Rhapsody in Blue' of Mr. Gershwin. Weep over the complete llfelessness of its melody and har-mony so derivative, so stale, so In-expressive!" Only one Gershwin tune was ever network-banned- . That was the ditty tagged "Nice Work If You Can Get It." The air censors decided its lyrics were a bit too risque. . . . Cole Porter's "Love for Sale" from the "New Yorkers" had the same trouble. . . . Jimmy Walker did his unsuccessful best to get them radio airings. The first blues song, according to authority Isaac Goldberg, was per-formed in New York on May 29, 1769. . . . Then a comic opera tagged "The Paddock" premiered in a the-atre in Gotham. It was an adapta-tion of a diversion written by Charles Dibdin and first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in Lon-don. Lewis Hallam, playing the part of a West Indian slave, had this for the punchline of his big musical number: "Me wish to de Lord me was dead!" In the Warner film, there is a scene demonstrating how Al Jolson Inserts Gershwin's "Swanee" in "Sinbad," at the Winter Garden. . . . Old-time- in show biz will par-don the dramatic liberty. First time "Swanee" was heard on B'way was In the initial show opening the Capi-tol Theatre on the Stem. . . . Jolson later Interpolated it in his show. . . . This is not the first time a hit song was pushed into a Broadway pro- - duction and made a smash of the opus. Some years ago a show called "The Girl Behind the Counter" was playing to moderate houses at the Herald Square Theatre. . . . One night the management inserted a Paul Lincke tune tagged "Glow Worm." Next day the song and the show were the talk of the town. . . . Another time, a Reginald de Koven opus was playing the Standard The-atre at 34th St. Business was off. so a new song was written into the production. It carried the show suc-cessfully through the season "Oh, Promise Me!" General Grant and a regiment ot hjs men were marching through a northern town and were greeted by the shouting and cheering of mobs. "Who are those people?" asked a Junior officer. "Those are the people who aren't going," answered Grant. Then there's Stripteaser Betty Rowland of Hollywood, who put so much heart into her work that she bumped one of her swivel-hip- s against a wall and took off for the hospital, partially paralyzed. New Members of President's Cabinet Sworn In Bf l Rep. Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico, upper left, who was sworn In as secretary of agriculture by Justice Wiley Rutledge. Before a gathering of over 2,000 in department of Justice, Tom C. Clark of Texas took oath of office from Judge Thurman Arnold as attorney general. Lower right shows Democratic Na-tional Chairman Robert E. Hannegan as he was sworn In as postmaster general. Upper right. Judge Lewis B. Schwellenback of Washington takes oath as secretary of labor from Judge Sherman Mlnton of Indiana. Big League Record Ml mu fiWriH r j The e major league record was broken when Frank Hayes, Cleveland Indian catcher, appeared in his 218th successive game, without missing an appear-ance in the lineup. The record was broken when he caught against the Philadelphia Athletics. IHull . Signs United Charter Secretary of State Cordell Hull, a delegate to the United Na- - at San Francisco, who was unable to attend because of Jirence signing the United Nations charter at the state depart-ashingto- n. Hull, although ill, was consulted by other delegates B during the conference. Charter met with his active support. Iw War Hit Merchant Shipping j " " fcisti. table issued bv the V. S. navy and British admiralty, m total s of merchant ships bv the Allies during the war, ; the loss of V. b. Germany. First column, or 538, represents W'lM the British less, and last coi-stli- e column, or 2,570. represents total loss of all other Allies until V-- E Day. He Fired Last Shot Pfc. Dominic Mozzetta, 19. of Providence, R. I., who fired the last ?hot in the European phase of the ivar. shown as he arrived at Camp shanks, N. Y. Mozzetta was on res-u- e patrol, on May 7, when he fired the last bullet at a Nazi sniper. G.I. Meets General His Father Rarely, If ever, does a mere lieutenant greet a general of the army with "hello, pop." But Lt. Bruce Arnold did it that way when he met his dad, General of the Army II. H. Arnold, on Okinawa. The general is commanding general of the army air forces. His son is with the 834th AAA on Okinawa. Meeting took place during inspection trip. Woman Fire Warden Carrying her day's supply of wa-ter in the tank on her back, Dorothy Martin, fire watcher, clambers over the rough path to her home on top of the tower on top of Iron moun-tain. She lives alone, and she says she loves it at present. Ration Free Dinner Thousands of lobsters were cast up on the beach near Santa Monica Canon, Calif., and for hours men, v men and children swarmed over bracb to gather ration-fre- e sea ifts. I New York Farm Boy Instead of dodging a snorting automobile in the streets of his home city. New York, this school boy from the sidewalks of Gotham proves he enjoys running the tractor to aid war. Yank Weds Russian Princess BBBBbi.'. Vj .... WTOMKHBSSBBS , ..... .. HBP nmmmmmmm The crowning ceremony of the Orthodox rites features the wedding of Princess Xemia Romanoff, daughter of Prince Andrew of Rnssia, and Lt. Calhoun Am rum of the U. S. army, in the Russian Orthodox church, St. Phillips, in Buckingham Palace road, London. They met while Lieu-tenant Am rum was stationed wit'i U. S. tioops in London. lamTFish Ponds Prove Popular f - wen as food Is provided th. Nofth ' Molina farm yielded 90 fish In thr. e da tWe. was buiU b simpy throwing UP fe ' Id. ,hc equipping It with a spillway in the ""f'ns--s and was stocked with bluegill and bass. |