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British Soviet
Remote Island
Rev. Harold de. Ruler,
Is Hurrying Home With
..' ' new Five-Year Plan
By RATJER -WINGET-
LONDON (Correspondence of
the Associated PreM)-iTh dic
tator of the only Chrlstiaa com
munist state under the' British
flag was on his way home today
to reassume control of hla soviet.
In his pocket he had a new
"fire year plan" for Increasing
production, a plan aparoved by
tbe British government and the
Church of England. j
The dictator is the Rev. Harold
Wilde, and his soviet is the island
f Tristan de Cunha, a tiny spot
half way between South America
and Africa and nearly even with
the Cape of Good Hope.
'' Tristan, and small nearby is
lands, were discovered in i 1506,
and since 1816 they have been
Aeld by the British, the 187 In
habitants making a little "lost
world." v. j. j , .
Wilde went there as resident
chaplain nearly four years ago,
" And in February of this rear he
time out on a British warship
to raise money for supplies for
the islanders. L 5 '
The short, chunky,! bearded
"padre" gathered money wherever
tie went in London with the aid
of the society for the propagation
of the gospel in foreign parts.
Money Unknown There
He doesn't need money.; There
isn't any on the island.; He heeds
supplies. 1
- His return to Tristan waa sym
bolic of the sharp line between
the island civilization and the rest
of the world.
Wilde left London by airplane
lor Durban, Africa. He planned
to change there to a train for
Cape Town. Then he will spend
bis money for supplies nails,
.aalt, glass, tools and other lux
uries. " " ", V
From Cape Town he will sail
to- Tristan on a Norwegian boat
that will drop him at his home.
He hopes to arrive for Christ
mas, but the celebration won't be
-held until February. Islanders
must wait for the supply boat be-
cause the : Norwegian won't have
.rom for the stores. 1
The islanders won't care, Bald
Wilde. They don't count time by
days but by years. Everything
moves like that. Once, i long ago,
they wera. five years without a
"boat calling. -
Settled in 1810
The first permanent settlement
dates trom 1816 when the British
placed a garrison there to pre-
vent French ships watering at
Tristan while Napoleon was at St.
Helena. '
Napoleon died, and the garri
son was withdrawn, but a Scottish
corporal, ,- William Glass, stayed
He was Joined by others, and they
obtained, wives from England and
Africa, the beginning of the colony
. of today. ' -..;V
Once a week every man smokes
- one pipe of tobacco, and twice
- each week .each woman has one
cup of tea.
"We aren't rich at', Tristan,"
aaid Wilde. "We must conserve
our wealth. We do It by practicing
a pure Christian communism.
His five-year plan is along com
. nunistic lines, and it la designed
to increase the community's well
being. It won't enrich a single
Individual.
Radio Lacks "Juice"
The most valued possession of
the. community, aside from food,
will be a radio set which Wilde
"bought in London. A 'long time
- ago someone thoughtfully gave
: Tristan a radio, but thoughtlessly
i. forgot there wasn't any electricity
there. ' ,
"We listened to it alL the time,"
aaid Wilde, "but the batteries ran
down in a month. Then it was
useless." .". - "-
J "The new radio will operate from
a windmill attached to a genera
tor for the batteries, i
Islanders probably will cherish
the nails, too, because Queen Mary
gare them- to Wilde. ', He repre
aents the crown In Tristan, and
- even when doing manual '. labor
he wears his ecclesiastical collar
and stock as a sort of badge of
office, r - ;
They don't know, ;of course,
that George VI was crowned. They
heard about Edward abdicating
when the warship took 'Wilde off
the Island, but Edward's marriage
to Wallis would be page one news,
At they had a newspaper. " --
"I rule the island." said Wilde.
v "They come to me with 'their
troubles. A donkey might destroy
a man's garden. The whole island
alts in Judgment on the donkey's
owner. I - pass sentence, usually
that the owner, must replace the
crops tn kind. ;
- "I conduct the school. The chil-
dren are educated in the fear of
God and directed In the paths of
righteousness. j :-
- i "I marry the lovers. I baptize
the babies. I bury the dead, all In
. the Church of England.
"I husband the supplies. We eat
mostly potatoes, which we raise
and meat from a wild herd of
cattle.s -:: - - i
The people of Tristan aren't
lonely; they haven't time to be
i lonely. And they have so desire
to-get to the outside world. Three
of them are In Capetown now for
specialized medical attention but
1 they-have written to Wilde la
London to hurry so they can go
feack. -' r
Wilde wants to hurry, too. He
: will have lots to do between the
time' he sights the rocky Island
and the mail and spuply boat ar
rives In February. The boat will
have a one year cargo of necessi
ties, magazines, newspapers and
sersonal mail. ; -
Wilde will be busy then: he
Is the postmaster.
Owens Car Is Stolen
B. E. Owens, of Herrall-Owens
Co., reported to police that his
car was stolen from . In front of
liis home at 1690 Fairmont street
Friday nlght..Tha report waa made
7:42, shortly after, the theft
Atom Smasher Gets High Award
j Dr. E. O. IawWnce
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Award of the coveted Comstock scientific prize for achievement on
physics to Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, professor at the University
of California, again focuses attention of the scientific world on the
atom smashing machine he invented. The device, called a "cyclo
tron", whirls minute particles of matter at high speed against a
target Their path after being smashed is directed through a
chamber of. water vapor which reveals the course of the disinte
grated particles and makes possible the study of their nuclei. Dr.
Lawrence is fast becoming one of the world's leading physicists.
Dr. A. N. Logan Is
Buried, Portland
PORTLAND. Nov. 27--Fun-eral
aervices were held here to-
dar for Dr. A. N. Logan, 90, once
a prominent specialist of Boston
and New York City and fiiend
of President Grover Cleveland
and Calvin Coolidge.
He died Thursday night at
Devil's Lake, where he had lived
since retiring from his fruit and
nut acreage at Newberg, Oie.
"If all would devote a little
more attention to golf, fishing
and hiking, they wouldn't need a
doctor's services as often as they
do, he once told friends who ex
pressed wonder at his continued
activity. ...
He supported the claim by
playing from 18 to 45 holes of
golf daily 'within the past few
years, .often scoring In the 80's.
A native of England, he came
to the United States as a child.
graduating from the University
of Pennsylvania in 1873.
Mrs. Logan died in 1933. No
immediate relatives survive.
20-30 Advised of
Iron Lung Project
The Salem Elks plan for pro
viding an "iron lung" for local
emergency use was outlined at
the Salem 20-30 club meeting
Friday night by Clifton Mudd
of the fraternal organization. He
invited the club to send a rep
resentative to the general meet
ing of civic groups' delegates
to consider the question early
next month.
Mi3& Maxine Sautter, local
blind girl for whom a "Seeing
Eye" dog was obtained by the
20-30 club, .was scheduled to
start home with the trained dog
this week from the Seeing Eye
institute - at Morristown, N. J..
it was announced at the meet-1 a prankster was thus celebrat
ing, f ing Thanksgiving.
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Close shaves and quickly, and never a cut or a scrape,
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State at Liberty .
Church. Sponsors
Minstrel Program
The Friendly class of the Knight
Memorial Sunday school will spon
sor a free negro minstrel show
at the church on Friday night.
December -3, at 7:45 o'clock.
Tyler Morley-will act as inter
locutor with end men, Frank Mar
tin, William Drakely, Walter Mc
Cune and Melvin Snyder.
The chorus and cast of the one-
act play, "Uncle Eben's Surprise
Party" includes Mrs. Lloyd Arnold,
Mrs. Frank Martin.Mrs. Orville
Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boyer,
Mn and Mrs, William Drakely,
Walter McCune, Tyler Morley,
Melvin Snyder and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Fiske.
One of the featured musical
numbers will be a solo', ."Lone
some Road" by Ray Drakely.
A candy sale and old fashioned
box 'social will follow the enter
tainment.
Slot Machines in
Courtroom Rifled
WHEELING, W. Va., Nov. 27.
-(P)-A burglar broke into the
police court room and rifled the
money boxes in 28 slot machines
which had been seized in raids.
Police on duty failed to hear
the intruder shattering the glass
o nthe machines with a sledge
hammer and did not discover the
burglary until hours later.
Offer of Free Turkey
Sandwiches Only Prank
PORTLAND, No. 27-)-A
dozen men hurried to two down
town restaurants where, a tele
phone call Bald, there were free
turkey sandwiches, only to learn
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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,
Airport Projects
Given Large Sum
70 Million Spent; Oregon
Leads in Northwest
Figures Reveal
WASHINGTON, Not. J7.-4PV-
Barry L. Hopkins, works progress
administrator said today bis or
ganization had spent $70,808,617
of federal funds In improving air
ports and airways of the nation
with relief labor.
The expenditures were made in
little over a year. The adminis
trator said that when completed
the work would have cost the fed
eral government $89,894,063.
In the year ending September
3 Or 277, projects were approved,
bringing the total to 1,060. t
The work consisted of construc
tion and Improvement of airports
and ! airways and was carried on
in cooperation with the bureau of
air commerce. It was confined
chiefly to municipal airports but
8,300 air markers were completed
during the year.
Hopkins said a definite pro
gram had been followed in mak
ing the Improvements which be
predicted would be of "vital Im
portance to American aviation,
civil, commercial and military."
The expenditures to date by
states included:
i ' Sites ProJ. Expend.
Idaho ; 7 7 $ 150.676
Oregon ....16 22 1,969.369
Washington 22 34 l,r62,910
HI at Scio Homes
SCIO Mrs. J. Oglesbee is re
ported quite ill at her home near
Shelburn.
Mrs. Fred Roadarmel was re
ported 111 Wednesday from pneu
monia, following an Indisposition
of several weeks.
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"Miss Hungaria"
Flits so Husband
Commits Suicide
KNOCOVA. Czechoslovakia,
Not. n.-UP)-A young Hungarian
beauty queen a love lor me live
lier life of America caused the
tragic death of her husband In
this sleepy Carpathian village.
The beauty, Aranka i Miklos,
"Miss Hungarfa 1936," was the
bride of Johann Scalaj when he
returned proudly to his home here
last year from Philadelphia. They
were happy until Aranka, think
ing of her life In America, soured
of their simple farm life. She dis
appeared. ScalaJY heart was broken. He
burned himself to death in his
barn.
Rail Rate
To Start
WASHINGTON, Nov. Z7.-JP)-
The ailing railroad industry, mar
Bhalled some of its best known
leaders today for a fight for high
er income.
The Interstate commerce com
mission will start a hearing Mon
dav on the roads' request for a
15 per cent freight .rate increase
and a half-cent boost In passenger
coach fares on eastern lines
These would produce an estimated
$508,000,000 in new revenue an
nuallv.
President J. J. Pelley of the
Association of American Railroads
is to be the first witness. Others
will Include Daniel Willard. presi
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio;
M. W. Clements, president of the
Pennsylvania; F. E. Williamson,
nresident of the New Yoric ten
tral, and Hale Holden, chairman
of the. Southern Pacific.
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Lumber Output in
NW Hits low Ebb
SEATTLE,, Nov. 27.-UP)-Lum-
ber production, orders and ship
ments at 177 down and' operating
mills In Washington and Oregon
reached new lows for a . normal
week la the fve days ending No
vember 20, the West Coast Lum
bermen's association reported to
day.; Compared with the week ending
November 13, .during which some
mills operated! only four days be
cause of a holiday, the latest re
port showed a slight increase. .
Compared with other normal
weeks, the lumbermen's associa
tion said the rate of cutting at
mills was 45.9 per cent of its
average weekly cut during 1926
29, good days in the lumber in
dustry.
Production for the week ending
November 20 totaled 72.702,181
board feet, about 10 million feet
less than the week ending Novem
ber 6, latest comparable five-day
period, and about 20 million feet
less than the weekly production
during October.
Since the week ending Octobej
28, the association said production
bad decreased at the rate of five
million feet a week.
Two Men Injured
As Plane Crashes
HOOD RIVER. Ore., Nov. 27-
(iT-Two men were Beriously in
jured Friday ; when their light
plane crashed on a Columbia riv
er sand bar near here.
They were Charles S. Case,
about 22, Alameda, Calif., air
craft salesman, and James Lill,
21, University of Oregon student
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