14 Th Ntwf-lttviw, RoMburg, Or.-Wt(., Oct. 3, 1949
Jolson Now Multi-Millionaire But
Can't Tie In With Simple Life
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK W There l a b roadway laying that Al Jolson
didn't Invent hokum he Just found a way to put It In the bank.
And at 64 the king of Schmaltz If still a young man working
overtime to keep tne won irom mi aoor.
Hit fellow entertainer! say,
however, this Isn't a necessity
now it'i a habit. They estimate
that nasty old wolf would have
to chaw through $4,000,000 to $15,.
000.000 In greenbacks before he
could cross the Jolson threshold.
1 dropped In on the timeless
mammy singer the other night
and found him still as energetic
as a boy on a pogo stick, i
"Come In, kid," he said. Jaun
ty In a pigeon blue robe decor
ated with his initials in red. He
bounced over to a hotel chair.
This robe cost me $150,000."
he remarked. "A broker gave It
to me but I bought some of his
stock."
For the next hour Al kept up
a running fire of wisecracks on
his past, present and future.
There's one thing about the ild
time entertainers they put on
as good a show for one lis
tener as they do for a packed
house.
- At the moment Jolson Is still
collecting from 'The Jolson
Story" and waiting for the gold
en harvest from "Jolson Sings
Again" to roll In. He's In the
spot of a man who can't make
any, more'money by working
Iwwanc nf ihm tav laws hut he
still wants to keep busy. Mr.
wnisKers nas goi sonny auy
crying uncle.
Tax Bill In 7 Fligur
- "I had to pay a million dollars
In taxes last, year," he grim-
mafaA "Th wnrmt thino I, thpv
want you to show receipts and
data. .
"I don't even have dis-A.
how'm I going to show 'em data."
The phone rang In the bed-
. ft un Wm UifA FaHp.
calling from California. Jolson's
outraged voice echoed into the
living room:
"What! Twelve hundred 'nd
fifty? Walt until I get out ther-.
rv,n't Ha thlna until then. I'll
pall vou dav after tomorrow.
What, Dear? Awright. No. Aw-
right, No.
Awright, dear, I'll call you to
morrow. Awright, tomorrow."
Al came oacK in, inaiKnani.
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ENDURANCE MARK NEARS-Cre""" " c" P""1J"uPp"e to.Tdu?" "7e W2? 'nsTlr",
and Bob Woodhouse as they cruise low over the airfield at Yuma, Aria. The two young businessmen,
tent on breaking the existing record, passed the WO-nour mark at this point, leaving 110 boars go.
'Can ya Imagine., We're add-
in' a coupla small rooms. They
want $1250 Just to throw on some
paint and hang a few draperies."
Jolson said he and his wile
tried to live a simple live In the
San Fernando Valley, but It was
hard.
"You Just can't lead a nor
mal life," he grinned, "you have
a butler, a maid, a cook, a place
at Palm Springs and they aren't
deducs with the tax boys. And
if you drive a jalopy out there,
why they call you names.
"If you can get away for any
thing less than $1,500 a week,
jam.
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Pledges At OSC
Believed Record
For Sororities
By ROD NEWLAND
Oregon State college's 16 soror
ities set what Is believed to be a
new record, when they pledged
314 of the college's coeds as a
climax of a two-week rushing pe
riod. This Is nearly 50 more
pledgings than last year at this
time.
. The Douglas county girls are:
Sledging Alpha Gamma Delta,
oyce Carolyn Graham of Rose
burg; Delta Delta Delta, Lorraine
Losee and Cynthia Sue Turner,
both of Roseburg; Gamma Phi
Beta, Connie Joyce Groshong,
Sutherlin, and Susan Jean Mot
schenbacher, Roseburg; Sigma
Kappa, Mary Lee McKinney,
Roseburg.
The pledging was a climax to
a grueling two weeks of pressure
and an extremely full social
schedule, on top of the scholastic
obligations since school has start
ed. Only 26 of Oregon State's 28
fraternities participated in the
second rush period of the fall
term. Those 26 fraternities pledg
ed 79 more men, which, added to
the 299 of last week, made .- total
of 378 men compared to 409 the
same time last year.
The only one from Douglas
county to pledge in the second
rush week was James Poirot of
Roseburg, who Joined Delta Tau
Delta. According to the Inter Fra
ternity Council rules, the men's
rushing is closed now until Oct.
15, when Informal rushing will be
gin. Bob Fullhart, Reedsport, was
defeated by 15 votes for the of
fice of treasurer in the class of
'53 election at Oregon State col
lege. He was defeated by Doug
Engberg of Los Angeles. Dick Pe
dranti was elected Rook presi
dent over Jerry Plucket, Corval
lis by a slim eight-vote margin.
The percentage of Americans
who own life insurance increases
as the income increases, with 45
per cent of those earning under
$1,000 a year owning policies and
91 per cent of those earning'
$7,500 or over owning them.
I'll eat it."
Jolson has a formula for stav-
lng young the same formula ,
mentioned long ago by Aristotle, j
"nothing in excess."
"I don't overeat, and I don't
oversleep," he said. "And Harry !
Truman gave me a good tip. He
told me, 'if you quit, you die.
"I know it sounds corny, but
what I'd like to do is go home ;
and play with my kids. I don't
know how.
"I'm a bigger success than I
ever was. Now I want to sit
down and play and I don't know
how. That's what I want and I
don't want. I'm a ham. I have
to keep onsinglng, even if it's
only In my bathroom."
Ookrfdqt Mayor Dtniti
Misconduct Charges
EUGENE. Oct. 5 (.P Ma
yor L. F. Gerspach of Oakrldge
pleaded not guilty Monday to
charges of disorderly conduct be
fore Justice of the Peace George
Boughey in Justice court.
No trial date has been set for
the town's mayor, who is also
the village blacksmith, and who
is accused of making improper
advances toward a woman and
using bad language. Cerspach re
quested that his bail of $250 be
lilted and Boughey granted the
request.
Harold F. Haktead, proprietor
of the Chicken Inn at Oakridge,
filed the complaint against Ger
spach. alleging that the incident
occurred in his cafe on Septem
ber 20.
Stories In News-Rtview
From Journalism Class
News accounts of Roseburg Se
nior high school activities appear
ing the last two weeks in the
News-Review were written by
members of the school's Journa
lism class. Taught by Frank
Purdy.
The following are the writers
for that period: Frank Moffett,
Howard Burnette, Dale Carlson.
Mary Campbell, Lola Bird, Janet
Stookey, Dolores Burley, Rose
Bond and Dick Cumpston. Others
will be assigned to write stories
later in the school year.
Mountain Climb Fatal To'
Japantst College Boys
TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Pl Six of
eight Japanese college boy
died over the weekend trying to
climb 6.477-foot mount Tanigawa,
100 miles north of Tokyo in the
Mikuni range.
The frozen bodies of the six
have been recovered by rescue
workers.
The office of United States At-tornev-General
was organized by
an Act of Congress In 1789.
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