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BY GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
NEW YORK' UPI l Careers
of female Vocalists at the Met
often -are short and end on a sour
note. It's a " different , tune for
those in the Salt Lake Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. Some of the
ladies -are setting records for
vocal longevity and hardly any
body . gets fired. '
During the choir's visit to New
Yoflc as part of its national tour.
Red Defeat
Seen In France
PARIS (UPI) A survey by offi
cials, of the 09 departments of
metropolitan France has informed
Premier ..Charles 'de- Gaulle that
the Communists will be defeated
heavily by right-wing candidates
in the forthcoming parliamentary
.elections.-' '. ' .- -'
'-The'rcporl was made public Wed
nesday while observers speculated
' tbat President Rene Coty would
';step dovii soon to give de Gaulle
a freer hand in directing French
politics. The French long have as
... stlmed that de Gaulle would ro
ploco Coty, 72, but none had sug
gested Coty would resign. .
Coty gave a strong hint Tues
day in Armistice Day ceremonies
at Compiegne, scene of, the signaX
ture of the 1918 armistice, when
he told listeners: "Listen to mo
-well.,-Listen well to (his old man
' iWhri- speaks' to you today Without
doubt forUhc lost time." ' r -(
Under the new constitution the
French president will be a strong
political figurestronger even
than the premier. Under tho pres
ent Constitution the president has
been a mere figurehead. ?
The B9 provincial prefects re
porting to de -Gaulle' said the
trend indicates the Communist
representation in the new General
Assembly will be cut from 142
seats in the past Chamber- of
Deputies to 30 or 40.
But the report indicated the
nexti chamber might be split
again into hostile blocs a division
that mght be a serious headache
even for the strong president -set
up by the new regime, v -
Officials Probe
Carrier Explosion
ALAMEDA, Calif. (UPIV A
Navy board of inquiry has be
gun an investigation of an explo
slon which killed "two crewmen
"aboard the aircraft carrier USS
. Ranger. .
1 Thf Pnnipi llin Nnvv'c lnrfntsl
' carrier,' returned here Tuesday
.night to undergo repairs on the
"minor Ho moderate" d a hi a g e
'caused by the explosion. '
.The, .Navy said the explosion oc-
tcurred Monday night in a magaz-
'zinc- seven '-' Hecks- below while the
..ship wasipn a routine training as
,'; signment 6 miles off the CaliCor
nia 'coast..'"
-The blast was believed to have
been caused by gunpowder used
. for honor salutes to visiting dig
nitaries. - ,
. The Navy said the two men in
the compartment were apparently
blown to bits, but no other crew
men were injured. The names of
. the victims were withheld pend
ing notification-of kin. -
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' Rough It In Wilds
3AD NAUHEM, Germany
(UPI) Pvt. Elvis Presley, the
'.only' GI in Germany with person
al bodyguards, roughed it in the
exposed wilds of the Taunus
Mountains Wednesday. His two
..burlcy "good friends" had to be
content with cracking their
knuckles in a luxury hotel here.
. .'Army sources indicated that the
rock-'n-rolling Gl was-doing fine;
. even without being guarded by
his, -husky pals, as a reconnais
; sance jeep driver. -. i
But the bodyguards from Mcm
, phis -and the singer's father- and
; grandmother, with whom they are
staying here, .may soon, journey
en niasso to the' 3rd Armored Di
' vision's, maneuver' area 'to check
on 'how he's'making out.
:: Presley's imported but shy pro-
teeters are Lahiar Fike, 23, who
stands 6 f pot, 'and weighs 250
pounds, and Bobby West,. 22, also
.6, feet but a mere 185 pounds. The
singer's father, called them "nice
young fellasV and insisted they
are i"just good friends."
' "They form a sort of fence
around Elvis," ho said.
The Army , was non-committal
about one of. its , enlisted . men
having two bodyguards. Spokes
men said that whatever Presley
' docs on his own time is his own
affair so long as it does not in
terfere with his Army duties.
Accountant Given
ProbationSentence
- PORTLAND iVPl) -'George
IGannon, 50, Modford accountant,
has been given a three-year pro
bationary sentence after entering
a plea of guilty to a charge of
taking about (l, 000 given him-by
two brothers for income taxes. :
U.S. District , Judge Gus Solo
mon made a condition of the pro
bation that Gannon make retribu
tion of the tax money, plus pen
alty and interest.
The judge said if it were not
... for - Gannon's . family -he would ,
have sent him to prison. .: j
Observer, La Crande, Ore., Thurs., Nov. 13, 1-53 Page 1 1
i .tamed with tluee long-time
singers with the fmaons musical
group; Their years -with the criair
added up to' more than a century
and. all ore still going strong."-"
'.iOnc is ! Mrs Warren John
(Jack) Thomas, a lively woman
in her 70's. wife of the tour di
rector and , mezzo-soprano with
the, choir' -for ;45 years. Mrs.
Thomas has 5 "Children and 12,
grand children. I )
There is 'Mrs. Lester F. Hew
lell,;58r whose husband is choir
president: She was the youngest
member of the choir when she
joined as a soprano, 35 years ago.
She has 5 children and' 16 grand
children. ' -"Mi fJ-. ,!V.HI(.
And the third is Mrs. Wijfrcd
A. Beesley, a contralto, widoWed,
and. -a member of -tho- organiza
tion, on and off, for 47 ycarsi ;
':iMrs. Beesley, who has 4 chil
dren and 8 grand-children, was
with the choir on its previous vis
it to New York in 1911.- She" didn't
want. to discuss ago "just say
I was a child soprano," she
laughed. . .
,;"Nb matter how long we've,
been witlv the choir, we all take
regular auditions," she said. "Oh,
the membership changes. It isn't
so much a case of being asked
to leave. If you've - got 'good
sense, you know when you're
through."
Mrs. Thomas said "it . nearly
killed me to do it,-, but ;lrist "year'
Ij asked the choir to release mo'.
1 was just afraid my voice no
longer was what lt! . should be.. In
stead' they made' me a 'member
of.the staff."
Ail 375 members of tho choir,
male and female, volunteer their
services. Their only pay is the
reward of making fine music.
Some travel as ihany as 05' miles
into Salt Lake City for rehearsals
for , the regular Sunday network
broadcasts, which started in 1929!
.During their Carnegie Hall at'
pearance, Richard L. Evans, who
does 'the spoken word on the
broadcasts, was-pointing out that
members follow a wide variety of
careers. There are a glass blow
er, a wool puller, an internal rev
enue agent, college students, and
husband and wife teams.
;"And," he said, "will all of you
who are mothers and homemak-ers-
stand up?" .
Ivjost of the feminine chorus
arose. N
"1'ou can 'see,'.' 'quipped- Evans,
".there are hundreds -of- homeless
and wandering children back in
Utah. . ." .
B.tit neither home, nor husbands
nor -children is neglected because
of . choir duties, said Mrs! Hew
lett. Even iwhen there are extra
Ktbfjarsals in i preparation;; fori-a1
tour.
"The housework all gets done,"
she said. "But 'the. .baby .sitting
fees' were really something all
ims1 last summer.'- Wd '.had re:
henrsals.-.three" nights -a'' 'week.!' i.
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8 Disguise
12 Lowyer (ab.)
13 Arm bone
14 Sailor's term
15 Meadow
16 Railroad
worker
18 Lover of arts
20 Opera worker 55 Beverages
21 Medical 5g Golfers use
specialty
22 Cicatrix
24 Essence
26 Printing term
27 Variety of
36 - at Work
37 Communists
3Bfish(pl.y
40 Wait ' a
41 Speck -visjf
42 Rock ; '.
45 Gayer
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OF EVENTS
THURSDAY
8 p.m., Elks lodge, Elks temple.
K .8 i'p.ni., Eagles lodge,- Eagles
hall. , :l:t:, ". ;';;.
FRIDAY '
8:-,p,rti., UP. ; bid tiitiers-find
auxiliary in McAllister hall. .
.('8 p.m.. Odd Fellows, Odd Follows
teroplo. j. ; j'' r
lettuce
30 Tangle
32 Ridicule
34 Teachers
use it
35 Newspaper
'worker
10 Oceans
11 Card game
17 Lessened i.
1 1)frmer's'hay 19 Despised-
DOJVN
2 Shoslioncnn
Indians - - --
3 High-grade
politician
4 One who -meditates
24 Microbe
25 Arrow poison
26 Scrap i . .-'
27 Honorable ,
montions
28 Scent .
20 Indian weights
31 Baseball, v j. -players
hnv it
S3 Severity,)
38 Put back
40 Supreme
I'Mppiness
41 i --maker
'42 Cooks nso.it
43 In .this place
44 Region !-.-
46 Fencet's . ,
t sword- '.
47 Cry of '
bacchanals
48 Grade
50 Citizen (ab.)
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TIIR STORVt, Kahrlnr, eer
Inlu fhfti bfT siepffotbcr featl
nnietblnR to do with her iotk-
t(er'B dentil, tan drrlde'd'ja itfy ibe
.trboi niniir hetifr, &;Aamt
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'' Aunt Mlllicent said, "Just be
Tore lunch l was . reading , the
most horrifying article In that
magazine all about .adult dis
eases when they attack children,
i'A never thought about It before
tLi-at course, that was . just what
the article said that people
jdob't think about- it enough it's
one of the blind spots in the
,'piiblic conscience." a i
i, She paused, slid her spoon Into
' Vjer soup,- and as ifton signal,
-three spoons Tose to I three
mouths. i
-.Aunt MiH'.cent dipped the
spdon do'ivn into the bo'! :agam.
one- adaiessea ner3e!f;to; Paul:
'(Have - yb;i -ever rthought about
.chUdicn setting those ..things?"!
He said . deeply, reluctantly,
without looking up, "No."
,;i.Aunt Millicent i was saying,
"Well, of course my mind went
ngnt away to Bunits. Her stom
ach's very sensitive, you know.
1 mean we've always had a lot
m trouble with It; We've had her
so tne doctor over and over
again,- but be" always says the
same thing .try not to give her
sUmany sweets and fried foods.
.Jjtell, of course .that's 'ridiculous.
Ryiply ridiculous."
SMaybe 'she's allereic." said
rtherine. -, ' '"" -; '
ro food?" - -.
SjWo.' to something in"parlicu
KSrVI'm allergic to leathers. The
doctor. said I, was. He examined
me." . '. ' -
-"Well," said Aunt Millicent
lowly,. "Bunks might have an
ll'crgy. I hadn't thought of that.
'IK might not be a cancer after all.
I mean there were all those other
things in the article tuber
culosis . i .
iIFrom the narrow white line1
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between . his lips, Paul said, "It's
probably food poisoning."
Aunt Millicent was just put
ting ber spoon . in her , mouth.
There was a black silence for al
most a minute; and then Rather
ine's voice, hollow and , dead,
echoed: "Food poisoning. . . .
Paui was 1 looking at ber. She
glanced hurriedly at her plate in
confusion; She had to be more
careful. But how could the soup
be poisoned? Paul had Hot gotten
anywhere near it.
Aunt 'Millicent was saying,
"Oh, that's Impossible! No one;
could be-more careful than I am
Why, I always buy the-best food
in the world. My kitchen's as
clean as a pih.""
Paul and Aunt Millicent were
both watching -her. She said,
carefully controlling her voice.
"People have been poisoned. You
rend about it in the papers all the
time." :
"Why, what on earth do you
mean, dargng?" said Aunt Milll
cent, bewilderment written
across her face.
"Murder.".. vW, ' "? 'MSimi
"Oh, nobody'd' want to murder
Bunks. She'S;'onl nine years
old." " r;
"I wasn't thinking of Bunks
particularly."
"Da Ming, what, were you
thinking about?" ';.
Katherme finished off her soup
without answering. Aunt Milli
cent rang the bell beside her on
the table ana Amy came in to
clear, .a way the bawls. When she
had gone, Katherine said, "I was
thinking about people getting
ki led."
Aunt Millicent laughed loudly.
She said to Paul.'Chiidren are
all alike. It's those comic -books
they read, pt course. That's what
gives tbenj : inese. ideas 'booui
murder ana Killing people.' Have
you ever looked. at one"iv :
t'aul saiq, .- no. y: . .
"1 'don't read comic books,"
said Katherine. ' - -. j .. i
Aunt Millicent disregarded
this. 'She went on talking, ad
dressing -herself to Paul,- "And
it's not just the , comic books,
either. Not by any means. Look
at the movies. Werewolves
Frankenstein monsters vam
pires gangsters hoodlums
criminals. ..."
Katherine said, "1 don't go to
that kind of movies." .
"Well, you must have gotten
all these ideas from someplace."
,. i " -
Katherine said slowly, feeling
that now she was indeed taking
her life directly in her. ;hands,
'There are other ways to kill
people."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that .-. . if you're go
ing to murder somebody . . .
there are easier ways to do it
than poisoning them." She fin
ished up with a sudden rush and
looked down at the table,, not
daring to meet the-expression, in
Paulls eyes. .., . .. ,',
Aunt Millicent said, "What
kinds of ways?,"
'Well ... if you run over them
with a car, it might look like on
accident.". She .-stoppled -end
thought for a moment '"Or if
they fall off a high place no
body could - tell if they'd ubeen
pushed." . " ..! .
i'Why, this is perfectly terri
ble," said Aunt Millicent right
eously. "Where in the world did
you ever hear of such things?''
Katherine thought: ,,I ve gone
this far; I might as well go all
the way.'. r-u-.' ,r '.--r :
She had almost gotten up her
nerve; clenching her lists and
forcing herself to look up from
the table, when Amy flame in
with a tray of sandwiches and
a dish or potato salad,, ane set
them in front of Aunt Millicent,
brought a pile of plates for 'her
to serve, handed the plates
around the table, and then went
back out to the kitchen. The coo-,
yersation had stopped altogether
In: .her 'presence, :ut.as ooo as
she Jiud .gone, -Katherine aid m
one gasp ol breathi- getting it
over . will) cbsi- quicklywas she
could, t'Or like drawnlng.". ,;;)'.-
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