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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1984 THE GUMPS—SQUELCHED ? NK WELL,YOU MAY BRUSH OFF \ ‘THURSDAY'S TRAIN AN’ ITS] fl 5 P ABOUT A NICKEL'S WORTH...TELL DUE IN FRIDAY, BUT WE \ PROBLY WONT GET IN TILL SATIDDAY, UNLESS “Keep it a year—two years, and if you aren’t satisfied bring / % y 1 f fy “ it right back here and get your money.” é \ a Y \% > i jam 1 7anoUGH THE KEYHOLE! Tis CURIOUS WORLD ergs | <. WE WL, a = FROM SUNRISE TO : ; t apes ‘ SUNSET IS ABOUT ’ : I eS oR WN : 3 = : OUE TO THE WIDTH : Nes es ae OF THE SUN'S DISK, aa. THERES @ BARE SPOT IN )YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT ) NOW, "THESE SKETCHES ARE MADE )ScRATCHES’EMZOH, "Ve alwels wanTED 1 oN LIVING ROOM WHERE & 7 PLACE manam! WE HAVE ON @ COPPER PLATE, AND ARE VERY | ey YES, I'VE HEARD AN! ITCHING | | Picture. OUGHT To Be! SOMETHING “HAT 5 PER= USTHY TOTSy! Ya S€e, THe aRtist/oF Those! JUST ' DOESN'T USE PEN AN INK— HE SCRATCHES Em! S ig | AT THE MOVIES | “Men in White’ an ‘As Earth Turns’ Absorbing Drama! Shatters Records As ? Se na eT Problem of a Young Doctor Torn Be- Best Selling Novel In “As The Earth Turns,” which comes to the Capitol theater on Sat- urday, Warner Bros. have brought to the screen the most talked of work of fiction in the United States. The “Men in White,” current film at-| novel has shattered more records and traction at the Paramount theatre, is| upset’ more traditions in the book significant, substantial fare. It is an| publishing and book-selling fields excellently mounted piece of work.| than any novel published in this all-around competence and} country for many years, sincerity and a credit, individually} Brought out in May, 1933, the first and collectively, to everyone con-| published novel of @ young Maine cerned in its composition. woman, Gladys Hasty Carroll, wife The play has been heralded on) of a professor of psychology at the Broadway this season as an earnest! University of Minnesota, it immed- and authentic saga of a clan hereto-| {ately leaped into first place, almost fore unexploited in the theater—men/| an overnight performance, of the medical profession. A national record compiled by the Clark Gable, as Dr. Ferguson, sur-| Publishers’ Weekly, of New York City, passes any characterization he has|is a sensational index to the bonk’s ever essayed. Jean Hersholt is un-j popularity. forgettable as the eminent Dr. Hoch-| The timeliness and appeal of Mrs. berg, sage mentor, solicitous only of| Carroll's first novel is most forcibly brought home when it is remembered that it outstrips in popularity the the younger man, austerely refusing| latest novels of such famous writers to countenance any social or domes-|as Sinclair Lewis, T. 8. Stribling, tic infringements. Edna Ferber, Charles G. Norris, A. Myrna Loy, the one character rep-| J. Cronin, Thorne Smith, Rafael resenting the detached laity, com-/ Sabatini and Vicki Baum, petes with Dr. Hochberg in outlining) The book, regarded as phenomenal Ferguson's future, but her plans are/ in that it is the author's first work, Jess noble. Her cool, self-possessed/ deals with an unusual subject and is dignity is very much in evidence, and | a best seller. enables her to make of Laura a very; This epic of American life was dramatized for the screen by Ernest Pascal, himself a novelist of note. Jean Muir and Donald Woods head BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES There are a lot of crackpots on A me GA ee ea oe LP Beeear saab RIVERS aio ee jut I'm one m.—} . Gen. Smedley D. Butler. MEN DECIDE TO TRY DEVIL'S CANYO What SHE TOLD WORN-OUT HUSBAND HE could Teproached Sie iaeer: Ey