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Truman Born In This House
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Truman birthplace offered far f lS.tOt m a brine.
Missouri May Buy Birthplace
Of President as State Shrine
By Clarence A. Johnson
LAMAR, Mo., June 11 -")-The cottage that John A. Truman
Truman bought here In 1882 for $685 may be a itate historical site.
It Is the birthplace of President Truman and the itate assembly Is
considering a proposal to buy It for $13,000. The deal would include
the house and an 80 by 160 foot corner lot.
Foryers it ws just another house, four blocks from the mam
square. But when Mr. irumsn Be
came President, the tired look
In house acquired a new Interest
in this Barton county seat It
was Riven a coat or two paints
and the owner opened t to visi
tors. It is marked by a large sign In
black letters, which reads:
PRESIDENT
HARRY 8. TRUMAN
BIRTHPLACE
Nailed to a tree beside it is
another sign: "Everett M. larp,
Heal Estate,"
Karp Owns Land
Earp Is the owner of the pro-fK-rty.
It has been in his fam
ily for some 30 years. Hefty 68-year-old
Earp, with a broad wes
tern hat, Is known as "Big Chief".
The title fit ems from his days in
the "law." He was constable and
In now assistant chief of police. His
father's cousin, Wyatt Earp, was
the famous western sheriff who
was quick on the draw when
meeting bad men.
Partly overhanging the house
I a huge pine tree. Lenend has
It that John Truman planted it
there the day Harry was born.
There is a well worn mule shoe
over the front door. Legend too,
h i.i it that it was nailed there by
th President's father.
Truman's Picture Here
inside the house the Trumans
and the Earps vie for honors.
Above one door to a room off the
living room or "parlor" as it is
known here, is a framed picture of
President Truman. Ar the left is
a much larger pencil drawing of
Big Chief done by a local amateur.
The president was born in a little
back room, just 6V4 by 10 feet
Its walls are covered by news
paper clippings about the Earps;
a framed photograph of Gov. For
rest Smith of Missouri, some pro
traits of the President and a pic
ture of George Washington. (How
ever Big Chief hasn't gotten a
round to telling folks that George
slept here.)
There are some flage, a picture
of the late President Roosevelt and
a bunch of turkey feathers.
Admission charged 1
Earp thought he should have
$25,000 for the place. Then he
came down to $20,000 and finally
$15,000 if the state would per
mit the placement of a bronze plac
que in memory of his parents.
"We owned this place of 30
years," Big Chief explained, "and
after all, it's the Old Earp home
as well as then Old Truman home."
Sometimes as many as 75 per
sons visit the home daily.
And the charge for a look?
"Well, we don't exactly have no
State Editors,
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Publishers to
Meet on Coast
GRARHART, June ll-(Spial)
Newspaper editors and publish
ers will meet here next weekend
for the 62nd annual meeting of
the Oregon Newspaper Publish
ers association.
Seven out-of-state speakers will
headline the program and 14 Ore
gon newspapermen also will give
talks.
FrOm New York City will come
Frank Starzel, general manager
of the Ataociated Press; Wesley EL
Carter, editor of ther Linotype
News; and Edgar S. Bayol, press
counsel for the Coca-Cola com
panyj Robert W. Reed, assistant man
aging editor of the Kansas City
Star; L. L. Colemaa, publisher of
khe Tribune at Mobridge, S. D.;
Robert E. Mayer, director of pub
lic relations for the Waterfront
Employers Association of the Pa
cific, coast with headquarters in
San ; Francisco; and Walter W.
Morey, originator of the Teletype
setter, Los Angeles, are all corn
ing to Oregon to take part on the
program.
Newspapermen from Ore go n
who will take part in the program
include : Arne Strommer, Eugene
Register-Guard; Philip N. Bladine,
McMinnvile Telephone Register;
Robert L. Jones, Salem Capital
Journal; Wendell Webb. Oregon
Statesman; Fred L. Andrus, As-torian-Budget;
Ralph Stuller, Co
quille Valley Sentinel;
Henry N. Fowler. Bend Bulle
tin; W. Verne McKinney. Hills
boro Argus; Robert E. Pollock. St.
Helens Sentinel -Mist; Frank Schi
ro, LaGrande Evening Observer;
Eric W. Allen, jr., Medford Mail
Tribune: Ralph Kletzing. Indepen
dence Enterprise; Lee D. Drake,
East Oregonian, Pendleton: Ernest
Fingerlos, Roseburg News-Review;
and Hugh McGilvra, Forest Grove
News-Times.
Frank Jenkins, Klamath Falls
Herald and News and president of
the association, will preside over
the meetings which start Thursday
afternoon.
APMan Speaks Health Office
Immunization
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Mill City Man Gets
10-Year Pen Term
Willie Edward Snell, 27, Mill
City, was sentenced to 10. years
in the state prison by Judge George
Duncan in Marion county circuit
court Saturday.
Snell, arrested May 2 by sheriff
Denver Young, pleaded guilty May
27 to a charge of rape.
charge," Big Chief said, "we give
them three cards and ask 50 cents."
GEARIIART, Ore.. Jane 11
Frank Stand of New York
City, general manacer of The
Associated Press, will be a fea
tured speaker at the 62nd an
nual convention of the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers' associa
tion here next weekend. His talk
is to be eiven Saturday Bight.
Schedule Full
The' Marion county health de
partment Saturday announced th;
following schedule for the ensuing
week :
Monday Immunizations for
children at health department. 10
am-noon and 3-5 p.m ; pre-scnool
clinic at Jefferson Christian
church, 10 a m.-3 p.m.
Tuesday Parent-nurse con
ference hour at Woociburn public
library. 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Wednesday Fluoroscopic chest
clinic at Salem Memorial tvmpi
tal (by appointment). 1-2 p.m.
Thursday Well baby confer
ence at health department (by
appointment). 9:30-11:30 a.m. V
Friday Immunizations at
health department for adults, chil
dren, 10 a.m.-noon and 3-5 p.m.;
food-handler's and milkhanriler's
exam and blood tests', 8:30 a.m.
noon and 1-4 p.m.
Saturday Immunizations for
adult, children at health depart
ment, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
QUICKIES
up under cover of night and right!
the truck to tow it away. But j
the owner of the bees got tired i
of waiting for them to settle and
sold them on the spot to local
buyers.
The been were part of large mo
bile apiaries which follow the
flowering of eucalypt forests from
district to district in Australia.
Air Mail of Future
May Span Country
In Thirty Minutes
NEW YORK. June 11 -OV Air
mail of the future may go from
New Y-rk to Chicago in 10 min
utes, and from New York to San
Francisco in less than 30, says
Dr. G. Edward Pendray, rocket
advisor to the Daniel and Florence
Guggenheim foundation.
This is one of the peacetime
uses whfch he predicts for rock
ets. They would be automatically
controlled rocket - driven craft
speeding more than 5,000 miles
an hour. The final phase of peace
time rocket development may be
passenger rockets that could .shoot
passengers from New York to Lon
don in less than 90 mfnutes. They
would Jiave wing3 for control and
landidng. and could fly 2.500
miles an hour or faster at alti
tudes of 50 miles or more, Dr.
Pendray said.
Japan Institutes
New Jury System
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TOKYO, June ll-)-Japan Is
starting something similar to the
American grand jury system.
So called prosecution investigat
ing committees are to be chosen
by lot among registered voters to
l.at night my wife dreamed I
hired a blonde secretary with a
Statesman Want Ad.-
Crash Liherates
Four Million Bees
SYDNEY. Australia. June 1W;Pi
-When a five-ton truck overturn
ed at Tailem Bend, South Austra
lia, recently with 4.000,000 bees
aboard, valued at $1300. traffic
on the road had to run a gauntlet
of stings for nearly a week.
A breakdown gang had to sneak
review prosecutors' decisions
whether lo prosecute or dismiss
cases andf to advise on improving
conduct of the prosecutors' of
fices. Committee members will serve
six months, being paid only for
their travel, food and lodging ex
penses. Proceedings will be secret.
Fishing in Australia I
'Cheaper by the Dozen
SIDNEY, Australia. June 11-lP)
An Australian recently caught
twelve large trout with a bull
dozer. He was Mr. H. Lewis, of
Maldon, Victoria. While scooping
gravel from the Loddon river dur
ing the construction of a new res
ervoir, he saw the trout. Some of
them weighed up to 4 pounds. A
few were damaged but all were
edible.
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Snakes Thrive in
Hight Temperature
JACKSON. Miss. June 1 1 -i.Vi -There's
nothing like a nice, warm
bed to put a snake in an agi eeabl
mood. In the opinion of Clifford
S. Unkrich. of Jackson, who raUes
reptiles for commercial purpose,
He had engineers of the frflnnei
polis-Honey well Regulator Co , rig
up a control system to turn on th
heat at 82 degrees and turn It off
at 83.
"You ' have no idea how the
snakes respond to that treatment,''
Undrick said. "Snakes, like people,
hae distinct individual personal
ities. They perk up when tho.r
environment is plcant and grgw
mcHHiy when it isn't."
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