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KoUred aa Second Clue Matter at the Poat Office of
pa Grande, Oregon Under tbe Act of MarrJu . 1197
Cplunibus, His Pay
'": He called it San Salvador, but later it was known
under the more prosaic name of Watling Island. 'Now,
' in honor of being: Columbus's first New World landfall
on Oct. 12, J'192, it is jrerierally called San Salvador
'again. ,
.Zj'- About 600 miles southeast of Miami and 850 miles
.northeast of Cuba, San Salvador is one of the Bahamas
jsland tfroup. Spain senfno' more official expeditions
to -the archipelago after those of Columbus, and iii the
o.l7th century the Bahamas went tinder British sover-fiZnty;'-'
,,; ' ' ' v
v?"''Tfte 1492 landing on San Salvador is thus narrated in
an 'abstract made by Bartolome de las 'Chsas of the
j-diary written by Columbus : ' ' -s ".
, At 'two o'clock in the morning' the land was dis
! covered, at two' leagues' distance ; they took in sail
" iuu) Remained under the square-sail, lying to till day, '
which "H'as Friday, when they found themselves near -
..a smrill island, one of the IAicayos, called in the Indian
language Guanahani. ! Presently they decried "peo
, pie, naked, and the Admiral landed iii the boat'which
- was armed. ; ' '
Inasmuch as the birthday of Columbus is unknown,
he'is celebrated in the United States on the anniversary
r of 'the clrry when he sighted San .Salvador. As the
J Itallah-boin proportion of the U. S. population inevit
i aby gets smaller and smaller, the number and size of
Columbus Day parades in the United States also tend
, to diminish, as with S Patrick's Day parades.' :'
J Columbus Day is an official holiday iii ail but about
a dozen states There is little rhyme or reason in the
-Mst of states that have and haven't made it a holiday.
:As might be expected.'it is 6ne of those where the Italian
stvain Jn the population is strong all the New' England
and Middle Atlantic states, for instance.
But why Should it be 'a holiday in North Dakota, not
'South Dakota? ln Kentucky, not in- Tennessee? In
'Georgia, not 'in North or'Soitth Carolina ? Andwhy not '
i.h Wisconsin, "'wh ere the Census showsmianV persons of
Italian stock? .. . .'.' .' . .'V'-
: ' Columbus Day isn't a legal holiday in the pistrict of
Columbia, either. Evidently members of Congress, arid
would-be members of Congress, find little political profit'
,riii proisiijg to see to it that every October 12 becomes
ia holidp.y in, the voteless seat of Government.' In; the
JJirst year of the current 85th Congress, only one bill was
'Introduced for that purpose, by Rep. Peter W. Rodino,
Jr., of Newark, N. J. ' ' :-'
In the letter that Columbus composed for . King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella about his first voyage, he
j'says that his three-vessel fleet spent twenty days at
sea before land was sighted.' Prof. Samuel 13. Morison
; of Harvard,' the naval historian, believes that "twenty"
j;was a printer's error for "thirty." "Actually, that first
k voyage took 88 days. Columbus kept two logs, one for
himself, one for the crew, reducing the actual distance
traveled. '
J..1' 'The year now most often given for his birth is 1451,
'and;:the -place 'is accepted as Genoa or the vicinity.
i.Salvaddr de Madariaga, noted Snanish historian,' tle
; tjtices thatt he family Was of Jewish extraction.' ' -W
Columbus soon abandoned the '! family trade of
"weaving. He made various sea voyages, and settled for n -time
in Portugal. Portuguese had recently, made trips
westward' in search of new islands, and had' been hear
Jtlfr "theories . that ' the earth vtas. a sphere. : ' '
Columbus niarrjed the daughter of a Portuguese sea
.captain,, and first tried to get his -own exploration
financed by the Portuguese Crown. ' Ferdinand ' and
-Isabella were more inclined toward it after their long
effort to capture Granada from the ftjnors was success-
-ful on Jan. 2, 1192. -
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"I guess I'll order dessert.'but I know J won't enjoy itl"
Ohio Voters May Back Shdcker'
By LYLE C. WILSON
" UnitMr- Pr International
WASHINGTON UPI) -
Richard L. Maher,. the astute no
liticat expert of the Cleveland
Press, nelievos Ohio voters are
about to come up with another
union labor shocker -like "heir
whopping 193.') rc-e!ccl:on of Sen.
Honert'A. Tflit. - ' ' -
The shocker this time would be
approval of a constitulional
amendmem forbidding the union
chop in Ohio.' This is a' right-to-work
proposal which organized
labor is trying mightily to kill. -
Tan s re-election in 1950 by a
margin of 4iW,000 vou.h made the
senator Air. Republican to one
and all and almost p'opclled him
into the White House. The Repub
lican politician who stands to ben
efit the mo4 if Ohio: goes for
right-to-work next month is Ohio's
42-year-old governor C. William
O'Neill, , a phi beta kappa and a
Baptist. ' '
O'Neill got his re-election cam
paign off the ground some weeks
ago with a public endorsement of
right-to-work. The blast-off was so
successful that it enabled O'Neill
to gain and, so 'far, to hold the
campaign offensive.;, .
That is the report of Ohio ob
9sn9 yer Racial jssue
By RAYMOND L. LAHR
United ' Prtu' International
WASHINGTON (UPI) Demo
cratic party rows over the racial
issue kept Republicans supplied
today with unsolicited ammunition
tor be fired 'during the 1958 politi
cat-campaign. ;' ; '-
There' was a feeling in both
parties that1' the Democratic rift
raised a 'greater threat 'to that
party and a greater promise of
benefits for -the GOP in 1960 than
in 'the 'current contest 'for control
0 Congress. But the Republicans
werei''not 'letting the issue go utt
nticed how.' '- '" - ' '
'Even 'while Gov. Orval Faubus
ofj Arkansas remained the Demo
cratic symbol of Sotithorn resis
tance to mixing races in schools,
L6ulsiana!"pemocrnts got - into 'a
scrap '' anio'ng "themselves and
probably with the national party
over 'the same issue. "
(Republican ' National Chairman
Afeade Alcorn said Thursday that
Democratic Chairman ,; Paul M.
Butler's 'recent attacks on Faubus
represented an "about face" to
lUre Negro votes to" Northern
Democrats in the Nov. 4 elections.
Other developments: 4 '
Vice 'President 'Richard M.
Nixon said at Columbus, Ohio,
Thursday night that ' the box
score on charges made by for
mer President ' Truman against
the administration is "no hits, no
runs, all errors." Concurrently,
the Republican National Commit
tee in Washington issued a third
Truman vs. 'the truth fact sheet"
setting forth "his most prominent
misstatements placed against the
facts. ; . v,
Truman in a speech at Chero
kee, Iowa, Thursday night charged
that Republican ' policies have
squeezed 20 billion dollars out of
the farm economy since 1952. He
told a Democratic rally that this1
yeur s Dumper crops mean a
"tremendous addition to the sur
plus and that "farm prices ore
going to go down again. ' '
Butler, meanwhile, was busy
slapping down tne Louisiana Dem
ocratic- Committee - "for - its vote
Tuesday to remove Camille Grav
er as the Louisiana -member -of
the 'Democratic "National 'Commit
tee. "He said ortly ' the National
Committee could expel' a member
during an elected 'term' and that
he did not 'think ''the 'charges
against uravel 'would 'be consid
ered cause for removal:'-
The Louisiana committee vote
was based on charges that 'Gravel,
a 'Southern 'moderate on 'the 'civil
rights -issue, was' out of step with
the party 'In his 'state. As a mem
ber 'of the Democratic Advisory
Council, he voted for some 'of the
council's civil rights declarations
Mf lie felt !thoy 'conformed 'with
the 1956 party platform. ''''-'l '
Unless Gravel ' dhanges his
mind and resigns, the Louisiana
parly Organization must 'take its
case to the 'National 'Commlttee-
where Butler at least has indicat
ed that it would get a cold recep
tion. .. '. ......
14,000 Drivers Cited
For Traffic Violations -
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SALEM (UPI) More than
14,000 drivers were convicted of
violating Oregon traffic laws dur
ing September, the Motor Vehicle
Department reported today.
Last September, 11,804 convic
tions were reported. , . i
A bad driving1' record was re
sponsible for '195 ''.of 810 suspen
sions ordered during the month.
Of the 14,104 convictions, 247
were for driving while intoxicated
which M-suts; iri A mandatory.; li
cense suspension fo rtho driver..
servers who, like the late Sen.
Arthur Capper IR-Kan.). are ere
dited with the ability to keep both
ears to the ground.
Telephone returns to O'Neill on
his . endorsement of right-to-work
have been impressively favora
ble.
' So the young governor has
made that his major campaign
issue. He tells the 'voters that
right-to-work combines an affir
mative position 'on man's' funda
mental freedom Of choice and on
the anti-corruption issue as it re
lates-to organized labor. There is
evidence that the issue is popular
and that O'Neill may .overcome
the Ohio political tradition against
re-electing Republican, governors.
"''O'Neill's 'Democratic -;opponeiil
is Michael. V. Del Salle, one-time
chiefi-of; the federal Office-'of
Price' ' Administration, ' Mike ' 'Dl
Salle ' was "one of 'the most ' at-
tractive and' politically .adept of
the many able' -men' brought into
Washington during the 'Roosevelt
and T r urn a n administrations.
O'Neill licked Di Salle in 1956 for
a' two-year 'term. His vote bulge
Was nearly 430,000. "' -
The contest "now is for Ohio'
first 'fouWyear term. There can be
no fluke about it if O'Neill defeats
Di Salle and if right-to-work car
ries Mike is an able campaigner,
although now thrown off -stridO'by
O'NeiU's surprise 'opposition 'to the
union; shop.' The onions are mak
mg'vn 'real 'fight "to' "defeat "the
amendment. ' ' ''' ley
'Ohio seems to be a fairer test
of 'right'to-work sentiment 'than "is
likely to be had this year in Cali
forriia where the Republican fiaht
ing 'front - is a" 'shambles and 'the
principal candidates hostile -each
to 'the other: -O'NeilLcrossed other
top 'lever Ohio Republicans on the
rightHo-work 'issne but, - apparent
ly, 'without seriously fracturing
party unity.
ah o Ncui-ior-presldent move
ment calculated 'to -attract 'wide
conservative - support 'will be al
most automatic if he is re-elected
and - the right-to-work amendment
is approved in Ohio. The spotlight-would
be hard on -him and
his performance during the next
two years as Republicans man
euvered toward thpir .I960 nom
inating convention.
' On the record 'so far, O'Neill
must be given good marks as a
politician.1 He should know the
game after long service in the
Ohio Legislature. The party pros
as well as the unhappy party
conservatives 'might be iattracted
to O'Neill. ; " - --.
! An" 'Interesting footnote to the
Ohtdcampaign Is the thought that
Negoes may vote ' for right-to-
wdrlp There "has been union 'dis
Church Of Nazarene Is Celebrating
Golpen Anniversary 1 n is vvee
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
An often - misunderstood reli
gious denomination is celebrating
Its golden anniversary this week
end with special services in its
5.000 member churches across the
United States and Canada.
This demomnation, which is
growing more like an adolescent
than V 50-year-old, is the- Church
of the Nazarene:lt is one of the
largest of the distinctively-Ameri
can Protestant groups known as
holiness" churches..; ,.
The holiness movement" devel
oped in the United -States in the
late 19th 'Century: Most '.of its ad
herents came from Methodist or
Baptist backgrounds. 'Their -com
mon bond was John Wesley's doc
trine -of "entire -sanefification''
the relief thai-God achieves,
through the gift of 'the Holy Spirit,
such a purifying of the'hearts and
motives -of 'consecrated 'Christians
that they are freed -from 'their nat
ural human-inclination 'toward sin
and are rendered capable of iper-
rect holiness in 'this Mifer '"'
'By"theearly!part of the present
century,-' the holiness '.movemertt
had - divided into --'two 'distinct
streams. 'One produced 'the .num
erous '-sects -'ain d 'denominations
which are known-.. today as (the
'Pentecostal' ' bodies. 1 They iplace
great' -emphasis- '-on the v visible
signs (such' 'as' '.speaking '-in
tongues )-which the New 'Testa
ment 'records as having' accom
panied' 'tho 'giff -of the Holy Spirit
to the original apostles onithe;Day
of Pentecost. " n1' : ,
The 'other'i branch of the holiness
movement is typified by the
Church of the Nazarene. 'It does
not practice "speaking in tongues"
or other outward manifestations of
religious "ecstasy ."One-visit to a
sedate- Nazarene service is enough
to cure an 'outsider of any notion
that all holiness churches indulge
in "holy roller" worship.
Nazarenes are almost as austere
as old-time Quakers in their per
sonal habits. The rules of the
church forbid drinking, smoking,
attendance nt movies or plays, ii;v
modesly in dress or behavior, and
any1 type of frivolity (even read
ing the newspapers' on Sunday.
But for all the strictness of iheir
discipline, they-do not seem to feel
that holiness is -burdensome. One
is impressed in reading Nazarene
literature by its constant empha
sis on religions as a joyous exper
ience. , -
A Presbylerion minister who has
had occasion to know many Naz
arenes had this to say about
them:,
"Most . church members want
just enough religion to make them
respectable, but never enough to
make thein uncomfortable. T h e
Nazarenes want all they can get."
Nazarenes attach great import
ance to personal cvangeim, ur
"witnessing." They are also great
givers The church teaches the.
principle of tithing, ondit is evi
dent that a large proportion of the
membership practices it. Naza
rene contributions last, yearr av
eraged $133 per-member, more
than twice the overall average for
Protestant denominations. '; ' ?;
In view of' these' facts, it" is
hardly surprising that the Church
of the Nazarene is one of the fastest-growing
Protestant bodies.- - ,
When it was1-founded on Oct.'
13,- 1908, at Pilot Point, Tex., by
the merger of two small regional
holiness associations, the 'church
had only 10,414 members.
Today it. has nearly 300,000
members in North America, and
an additional 45,000 in the 40 forf
eign areas where Nazarene mis
sionaries are at work. '
Fire Damages Portland
Pickle Plant Friday -
PORTLAND (UPI) Fire exten
sively damaged the Yeager pickle
plant early Friday and the owner
t i m a t e d loss as "close' to
$100,000." ' -- -'' ... -.
'The one-story plant had recently
been bought by John P. Gaffney
from Mrs. Fred Yeager and had
continued to', operate it under the
Yeager name. . Gaffney- said the
loss would be partly covered by
Insurance. Cause was not known.
Fire equipment from Portland
Crimination againsfthem to ofiio.Air Base TfbughC the blaze.. ,.,":
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