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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1949)
1 ! : 1 S The 1 Huailmati OrW hndat; Aucniif Ml : lto-1 Jlc De France Wear New Garb ....- S " On Resuming Passenger Br Am Brephy. j.' International Nw Service SUff correspondent it NEW YORK-(INS)-The Be De rrance. pride of the French Mer chant marine, is back, in luxury service again, completely refurbished after rigorous troop-carrier duty during World War IL I The 23-year-old ship-received a say and enthusiastic welcome when it docked recently, for the first time since the war, in New Yprki The line? boast many added innovation and lavish decorations She has come a long way since her launching on March 14, 1926, and her maiden voyage In June 1927. Her story is one of sen-ice to her nation Made 341 Cross Inn The He De France carried coun tless voyagers on the 346 transat lantic crossings she made until her emergency conversion to war duty. in 1928 the first ship-to-shore mail delivery was begun 'by cata pulting a sea-plane from Jier decks 400 miles from New York. During the war the He De France sered as a troop transport and carried more than 485,000 soldiers. Because, of her outstanding war service, the Croix De Guerre with palms and a special citation from the French government was a "warded to the vessel. Now she is back with even greater splendor that was hers be fore the war. The He De Trance Is catering to the cabin class. The most surprising item in the re-doing of the large ship lis the extension of the cabin class; space areas , that are usually: reserv ed for first class on most other- ships. A tremendous section of the for ward part of the He be France Ing capacity has been reduced from 1,348 to WW. ""- There art five bars, lounges, din ing rooms, puppet show for the children, two gyms, an illuminated swimming pool, and a well filled library to help pass the days away while on th ship. ' The physical shape has been altered little sine prewar days. One ef her three funnels has been removed and the promenade arid other upper decks have been re designed. The vessel's gross ton nage has been increased approxi mately 2,000 tons and the 45,330 ton liner makes the ocean crossing in days. - The lie De France Is commanded by Captain Joseph Caliloce, a vet eran of thirty years service who was the second in command of the Normandie. He has a picked crew of 63 officers and 766 men. has been gers Touristy alloted to cabin passen- accommodations have been cut-down from 416 to 259 and havj been completely rede signed. -. , ; I f Passengers in the cabin class may use the theatre, which was, the grand salon of the ipld 'He De France, and swim In the pool with first class passengers. - I Capacity Reduced I f There are 513 accommodations in the first class space and 577 inter mediate cabins. Her overall carry- A mm I EIou al (the Army & Oavy 223 No. Com! i :4 Store 1 . . LI i- Quads9 Father Not Famous For Having Job PORTLAND, Aug. 20 -OV L." D. Tigner, sued for non-support, sat in a jail here today and told reporters: Tm famous for being the father of quadruplets, but I ain't famous for having a Job." The father of Portland's only Quadruplets, arrested on a warrant signed by his wife, Lucile, also said in a sad voice: "I bring home all the money I make. I want to work, but I cant get a job. I been all over. I been picking beans. Anybody picks up beans and totes those heavy sacks, he wants to work." The Tigners, Negro, also have five other children. The quadruplets, who will be three, years old Monday, have some trust fund income of their own. It derives from advertising contracts. , k V'TE i Nov! from BOND IX .. . E WASHER. THAT Amazing Triple-Action j Wondertub is Secret of the first Automatic Washer j Every Family Can Afford I Now see the all-new Bendix EConomat automatic washet! Featuring the amazing flexible Wondertub made of metexaloyi The tub that revolutionizes automatic wash ing, draining and damp-drying! 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Just even, constant, vacuun ptessntc. Clothet come out damp-dry in a iiffy 21 t X ,1111 SED THE ECONOfAAT HERE! . '. i . ... if '4 r v X - - I" - - t ."V v;-,,. ) O E yi A Y FASSENCE R A sfarle-entined BeecheraXt which John Broaden. Italian pflet, wlU fly hack to the United Stales, is sales led from a ran Asaeriean Clipper at London Airport, - . .hi -St''.'.- x". nvi OIL FROM BENEATH SEA.. An oft Installation tn the CuU of Mexico, off Grand Isle, L was pictured darin a Navy tear of inspection to organise a system of weather reports far protection of lives and equipment of the drillers. County Agent Wins Harvard j Scholarship CORVALLIS. Aug. 20--Jean Lear, Deschutes county agent, has been granted a year's scholarship at Harvard university for advanc ed study in public administration. He applied for sabbatical leave starting September 1, so that he can start his Harvard work in the fall term. F. L. Ballard, associate director of Oregon State college extension, said the sabbatical was granted, subject to final approval by the state board of higher edu cation. Lear, a 1938 graduate of Oregon State, was assistant county agent In Wasco and Umatilla counties before his assignment to De schutes county in 1943. This is the second Harvard scholarship awarded to members of the extension staff recently. Invalid Plans To Tour U.S. In Wheelchair SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 2H John A.Padjen, 41, left today for San Francisco where he says he win start a 4.000-mile coast to coast tour in a wheelchair. i Padjen, whose legs were crip pled at th- age of five by infantile paralysis, plans to make the trip in a motorized chairmobile which he recently constructed. . He said he plans the trip to "in spire handicapped persons throughout the world." "Three million men and women In the United States are wheel chair cases most of them shut ins," Padjen said. -"I want to en courage those unfortunates . by (demonstrating what can me ac complished in a wheelchair." Padjen is a watchmaker and draftsman by trade. He formerly owned a jewelry store, out sold It at the beginning of World war II and went fo Washington. D.C., to work as. a precision expert on secret airplane planning. His three-wheeled chair is eauipped with a-, motor and a hand crank. Weighing 200 pounds, it will do 20 mile per hour on the highway,, and by using the crank Padgen says he can climb any grade. He plans to make 100 miles a day. The vehicle, a familiar sight on Salt Lake City streets, already has gone 2,500 miles. State Accident Rate on Rise PORTLAND, Aug. 2MVThe state board of health reported to day that Oregon's death rate from accidents was increasing steadily. The state now stands sixth high est in the nation behind Wyom ing, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico and Colorado. Last year 14,185 Oregonians died. Accidents claimed 1333 of them, 1 In every 10.6 deaths. This figured out to 90.8 deaths for 100,000 popu lation. Motor accidents led the list, tiling 23 JJ persons of every 100, 000. Home accidents claimed 25.6. ; r - 1 ' , . - ' ' ' f 'j ' Mid-'45 Note Warned of Red Moves in East WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 -(iP) Rep. Judd (R-Minn) today made public a U. S. military intelli gence warning of mid-1945 that "there is reason to believe" Rus sia plans to dominate Manchuria, Korea and North China. Intelligence called Chinese com munism part of the Moscow- guided international movement. It spoke out against giving the red army any exclusive opera tion zone in Asia. This was be fore Russia entered the war against Japan. The warning was contained in what Judd termed a "top secret" report. He said he released the information because the state de partment has issued "all the secret documents it. could find to bol ster its own feeble case." He re ferred to the department's White Paper on policy toward China. Summary of Report Judd gave out the military In telligence summary of its report on Chinese communism and Rus sian intentions from 1944 to July, 1945. It also concluded that: Chinese communist "democra cy" is Soviet-styled democracy. China's strength and stability depends on the natural resources of Manchuria and north China. . To prevent China's separation from its northern areas and Man churia "it is essential that China not be divided (like Europe) into separate American-British and Russian military zones. Issves Warning The Intelligence report specifi cally warned against modifying the Cairo declaration of Dec I, 1943. for Korean independence and Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria. Judd told reporters that when the army Intelligence experts Hearing Hid Center Zenith . Auro phone Super phonic Batteries lor all make of haKrring adds ... card lot moat Instruments. Lai ua know your nseds 1 Mail orders Filled Promptly! Ilorris made their recommendations, "they did not know that Yalta had given Manchuria and other areas to Russia." Judd said he had had the pa pers a number of years but did not explain how he came into possession of them. Oregon Motor Stages Ask to Abandon Lines PORTLAND, Aug. 20 -(JP)- A public hearing will be held here Sept. 16 oh the application of the Oregon Motor Stages to abandon service on ten routes and extend two other routes. The Clackamas county routes ef fected: To abandon service on Oswego-Oregon City; Oatfield road-. Damascus; Mil aukie - Aldercrest road. The alligator has a transparent eyelid. V -'1 VhN7 f Oft PUEBTft Dim --MI AveUna Medraao Ubove). IS, of Elo Picdras, a ballet dancer, has been chosen "Miss ------ v " ivr me 1 misa a m. 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