Show I Interesting News From Here Tere Finland remains the only European European European Euro Euro- country to pay its debts The U. U S. S Treasury recently received from Finland representing representing representing payment on on three separate financial agreements The payment I came in ten days ahead of their due date I Oklahoma the longest run mus musical ical in American theater history has been shown over 2000 consecutive consecutive consecutive tive ni nights at the St. St James theater theat theat- er in New York More fore than eight million mimon persons have paid since March 1943 to see the record run musical of the American American Ameri Ameri- can stage Sales of record albums containing t the c musical numbers nave have passed the mark mane and ana sales of sheet music have eclipsed that of any other show how in the history history his his- tory of music two publication publication two million milli million mil mil- li lion n copies Butter hit the dollar a pound mark last week The board of directors of the Motion Mo Motion rf 0 tion Pictures Association voted recently recently re re- to cease distribution of new and old pictures glorifying gangsters gangsters gangsters gang gang- names and criminal es The association which includes all the nations nation's leading film producers producers pro pro- also banned the use of sali- sali cious cious' and obscene titles The Changes chang es cs in th the industry's codes were recommended rec rec- recommended by Eric Johnson An an announcement noun cement by the association said the new provisions will forbid the registration of titles using the names names names nam nam- es of notorious criminals and are designed to avoid any cycles of mot mo mo- motion t tion on pictures dealing with gang gang- II 1 and organized crimes of vi vii vio- lence Among the twenty-five twenty titles banned are Dillinger This Gun I for Hire The Killers Born to Kill Shoot to Kill Me Gan Gangster Gang Gang- g ster The Racketeer etc The Great Sa Salt t Lake now covers 1500 square miles which is less than tenth one-tenth of its original area When the white man came to the area now known as the United States half the land was covered I with forests |