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By VIRGINIA VALE

THIS is news that a lot ofpeople have been wait-

ing for— Lanny Ross returnsto radio April 1. He’ll beheard from 7:00 to 7:15 E.S.T.every week night over CBS,with Evelyn Knight and theChittison trio. He’s out of thearmy after 27 months overseas,during which time he was assignedto MacArthur’s headquarters—hasfour battle stars, the Legion ofMerit and the Philippines Libera-tion ribbon. First thing we know

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he’ll probably be making picturesagain; "Stage Door Canteen” is hislast one. A star athlete at Yale,Lanny put himself through lawschool by singing on the radio, thendecided he’d rather be a singer thana lawyer after all.

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Will George Sanders sprinkle hishair with water and wear curls in"Bel Ami” or won’t he? He sayshe won’t; he’ll play one of thoseawfully virile he-men, and he thinkscurls would look sissy. DirectorAlbert Lewis thinks curls would behistorically correct, and he’s an ex-college prof and should know. What-ever happens, Sanders will have asweeping mustache; he won thatargument.

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Virginia Keilly, a British film ac-tress who’s just arrived in Holly-wood to work for RKO, gave up herplace on a fast ship to a G. I. brideand crossed on a boat that took14 days—during which she found a jstowaway, darned the crew’s socks, |painted the captain’s quarters and jweathered a storm without getting jsick. You’ll see her soon in “Car-nival,” a British film.

They were playing “If” in Holly-wood, guessing what famous histori-cal characters would be doing ifthey were in Hollywood today.Grade Allen won; she said Shake-speare would probably be undercontract to Warner Bros., writingmelodramas for Humphrey Bogart,the Borgia family would most likelybe in charge of the studio commis-saries, while Cleopatra would begiving Lamour a run for her moneyin the sarong field.

An unusual feature of the newoffice building which Bud Abbottand Lou Costello are erecting inHollywood is a television test stu-dio. The stars of that Thursdaynight airshow are looking wayahead, polishing up their video rou-tines for the future.

Somewhere there’s a colt that’s |going to be one of the screen’s big-name horses. James Warren,RKO’s western star, soon to be seenin “Sunset Pass,” is on a tripthrough Arizona, Texas and Wyo-ming, looking for a colt with dis-tinctive markings, to be featuredwith him in the studio’s next Zane [Grey western. The colt will have jfilm training at a ranch, and be jgroomed for stardom.

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Mrs. Lillian Fontaine, mother ofJoan and of Olivia de Havilland,is going to play a mother again.She was Jane Wyman’s mother in“The Lost Weekend,” then workedin “The Imperfect Lady,” nowshe’s been cast as Paulette God-dard’s mother in “Suddenly It’sSpring.”

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If Paramount’s “The EmperorWaltz” lives up to expectations itshould be one of the year’s bestpictures. Bing Crosby and JoanFontaine will co-star in this Tech-nicolor musical, and the com- |pany will go all out in providing |beautiful settings and lovely mu-sic. “Her most glamorous to date”is what the studio says of Joan’srole, promising costumes that willmake her look her loveliest.

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ODDS AND ENDS—Metro ha* signedTony Martin to a long term contract foblowing completion of his role in “Till theCloud* Roll By,” the life story of JeromeKem. .

. . Alfred Hithcock has lost 90pounds on his lean meat diet. . .

. Metro’soffered Ed Wynn a contract to co-star withhi* son, Keenan Wynn. ...The first radioassignment of Rees* Taylor, currently fea-tured in “Young Dr. Malone," was playingthe lead in a sketch called “The Life ofClark Cobh". . . . Martha Vickers has tomove from her North Hollywood house;

. wants to find a home for herself, her fa-ther, mother, brother and tie kittens.

MIDLAND JOURNAL. RISING SUN. MD.

By EDWARD EMERINEWNU Features.

TOSS a silver dollar on the bar.If it's genuine, it has a clear

tone. If it’s counterfeit, it echoesonly a dull thud. If a dollar doesn’tring true, any Nevadan can detectit at once.

Hypocrisy has no place in Nevada,a state where there is plenty ofroom for almost anything. Morethan a hundred thousand squaremiles of brilliantly colored terrainrise in chain after chain of moun-tains, with snow-capped pinnacles13,000 feet above the level of thesea. But everything and everybodyin Nevada must ring as true as asilver dollar—or be quickly detect-ed and properly appraised. Nevadais a big, free, unspoiled land wherevalues are fundamental.

Nevada believes in a forthrightapproach to divorce, gambling anddrinking. Human nature is humannature, and is seldom changed bypassing a law. But there can belaw and order—and there is in Ne-vada—without deprivation of per-sonal rights or attempt to legislatemorality.

Better to have license and con-trol than bootlegging and illegalgambling, says Nevada. The de-tails of a partnership dissolutionconcern only the persons involved.But tolerance of human foibles andmistakes is one thing; flouting oflaws or obligations is another. Ne-vada takes its government serious-ly and tolerates no dishonesty,crime or hypocrisy. That’s the wayit is in Nevada—and Nevadans likeit.

Ranchers and Miners.And besides, Nevadans are more

interested in prospecting, miningand ranching than they are in reg-ulating the lives and habits of oth-ers. They love ranching and herdsof sheep and cattle. Town folk andranchers alike hunt for promisingrocks that show a trace of gold, orsilver, other valuable mineral.They like broad highways that takethem to lakes and mountains andpleasant valleys. Eating at countersand rubbing elbows with each other,and visitors, is one of their friendlyhabits. The “club,” a social centernot unlike the continental cafe, isa community institution.

Those who drive rapidly throughNevada, or stop only in its clubs to

| drink and try their gambling luck,J will never know the state. Nevada’s

j mountains have produced nearly twobillion dollars of mineral wealth,chiefly in gold, silver and copper.Other important minerals are lead,zinc, quicksilver, tungsten, sulphur,graphite, borax, gypsum and build-ing stone. No one can estimate itsuntouched, undiscovered and unde-veloped wealth.

“But Nevada is a desert!” Adesert? A most productive one,then, yielding wool, cattle, sheep,horses, hogs and poultry. The live-stock industry is a big one in Ne-vada. The state’s agriculture isvaried, and as irrigation advanceseven more diversification is seen.Wheat, barley, hay, potatoes and

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VAIL M. PITTMANGovernor of Nevada

Former lumberman, rancherand banker, Governor Pittman isnow publisher of the Ely DailyTimes as well as the state’s chiefexecutive. He has also servedas state senator and lieutenant-governor of Nevada.

capacity to aid the war effort. Thou-sands of people came to the state toswell its 1940 population of 110,247.

“We in Nevada are individual-ists,” Gov. Vail Pittman told theNevada State Cattle association atElko last fall. "We enjoy the thrilland satisfaction, as well as theprofits, which our work brings us.”

The democracy and hospitality ofthe Old West still live in Nevada.The state’s richest citizen and thelowliest cowpuncher, miner or

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Jedediah Smith passed through theregion in 1826, and John C. Fremonttraversed it with an exploring partya few years later.

Colonized by Mormons.Brigham Young, the' Mormon

leader, who settled the Salt Lakebasin, concluded that what is nowNevada was a part of his domain.In March, 1849, he announced theorganization of the State of Deseret,which included Nevada. In thatsame year, N. Ambrose, Nevada’sfirst farmer, settled near what isnow Genoa. Colonization by theMormons continued until 1857, wheitYoung recalled them to Salt LakeCity in order to mass his forces inthe conflict with the federal gov-ernment.

Until the discovery of the famousComstock lode in 1859, there wereonly about 1,000 inhabitants in Ne-vada, chiefly Mormons and Califor-nia gold seekers who had tarrie4along the way. But silver and goldbrought a stampede of fortune hunt-ers from all over the nation. Thepopulation of Virginia City spurtedfrom a handful of men to 30,000.Bonanzas were struck and devel-oped, and men became wealthy be-yound their dreams overnight. Formany years the Comstock lode wasthe richest silver mining center inthe world, and from it has come ap-proximately one billion dollars ingold and silver!

Soon Nevada became a territory,and on October 31, 1864, PresidentLincoln by proclamation made Ne-vada a state. Carson City, thoughsmaller than Virginia City, wasmade the capital. Nicknamed the‘‘Battle Born State,” Nevada hadlived through lawlessness, bicker-ing, Indian uprisings and politicalchicanery to take its place as oneof the stars in Old Glory.

Famous Lode NotNamed for Finder

The Comstock lode at VirginiaCity was named for Henry Com-stock, a man who did not discov-er it, and who would have beentoo lazy to work it if he had!

In June, 1859, Peter O’Riley andPatrick McLaughlin discovered arich lode, though neither one real-ized how valuable it was at thetime. Old Henry Comstock wasprowling around as usual, watch-ing others work, and immediatelylaid claim to the spot himself,insisting that he had already tak-en up claims there.

The two Irishmen, however,were unimpressed. Comstockwent away to find help and re-turned the next day with MannyPenrod, who cheerfully backed upComstock’s story. Pete and Patprobably knew the two claimantswere liars, but the site was lonelyand they didn’t want to go tocourt. They agreed to give Com-stock and Penrod equal shares inthe discovery.

But there was plenty of silverand gold for all of them I

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JEEP ON LAKE MEAD . .. Most of the shoreline of Lake Mead,

back of Boulder dam, is in Nevada. Shown in the amphibious jeepare Lloyd Payne, Clark county clerk; J. D. Porter, Las Vegas, andPeggy Neville, Salt Lake City.

many other crops are naturals. Wa-ter for irrigation comes from snow-fed mountain streams, from arte-sian wells, and from dug wells withpumps to raise it to the surface.

Growing in Wealth, Population.As Nevadans continue the devel-

opment of the natural resources,their state forges ahead. The leastpopulous of all the states, it contrib-uted vitally to victory during thewar just ended. Thousands of sol-diers, ground troops and air forceswere trained on its soil and in itsair. Mines and mills operated at

sheepherder sit down together.Movie stars and the nation’s wealth-iest who visit the state soon learnthat they are not judged by theirwealth or their fame. Nevada hasits own standard. A gilded dollaris worth no more than any other;it’s the metal inside that makes itring true.

In 1775, before the Revolutionarywar, Franciscan friars crossed Ne-vada on their way to California.Fifty years later, Peter Ogden ofthe Hudson Bay company discov-ered the Humboldt or Ogden river.

NEVADA’S ARTESIAN WELLS | ,The artesian well, shown at the

right, is located near Gerlach. Such HMjHnwells are being used to provide ’

water for irrigation and livestock. 'wgK jThis particular one, however, is a Bfiff4KwB9L Jpart of a frog farm. More and

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