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16-(Sec II) Statesman, Salem, Ore-, Thurs., Jane 21. '56 Harry Truman Given Degre At Oxford U. By EDDY GTLMORS OXFORD. England If) Harry ,8. Truman, who was toe poor to go to college, Wednesday received an honorary degree Irom oxford. one of the world's most distin guished universities. Tear tilled the eyes of the for- Bier U. S. President when Lord Halifax, chancellor of the Univer- eitv. conferred the degree of doc tor of civil tawt with this eulogy: Truest of allies, direct in your speed) and ia your writings, and ever a pattern of simple cour Truman smiled, choked op, and then ouici.hr whipped out a hand kerchief and blew hi nose. "Never, never in my We he whispered to a reporter, "did I ever think I'd be a Yank at Ox lord." ..--.. Baiiaess Reverses He had explained to correspond ents that bis father's business re verses had prevented hint from going to the university after a boy hood ea a Missouri farm. Asked by a reporter how many honorary degrees be una received Truman replied: "My God, I must have a couple of dozen. But this Is really a, big one." Broad mHe The auditorium of Oxford's an cient Sheldonian Theater rang with applause as the degree was conferred. It swelled la volume as Trumai faced M crimson robed professors ia the packed auditor' him and flashed a broad smile. "I've attended a lot of . these convocations," said an old profes sor after the bouse became quiet. "1 doa't remember when there was aver so much applause. Mr. Truman It very popular In this country." t Mrs, Truman, sitting : several rows behind her husband also wiped the tears out of her eyes. But the ceremony wasn't all ser- Brother and Sister Pianists Among 74 Airliner Wreck Victims As V - r I Jr' 1 t i - IfilnM" aT a r aW ,1 u - ' 'A ' wm US: a. w m a m t V W a PrajtkfleJ 4 Finn J9 NEW YORK-Veaeswian Saner ConsteDaUoa alrnaer that erathed la flames tate Atiaaile Ocean early Wed nesday with 74 persons aboard is showa ia flight last year waea H was eeuveree m un eperauag cwup--. Uuea.Aeopeetal Veaetalaaa. (AP Wlrepboto) NEW YORK-Crots Inatcatei area la Atlantic Oceaa eff Aibary Park, N. J., where airliner carrying 74 persons crashed la flames early Wedaetday. Cuil Caard plane reported fiadiag ealy "aa ell tlkk aad debris." Plane, a Super Coastellatloa eperated by Liaea Aere sUl Veaetalaaa. took eff from New York's Idlewild Airport far Caracas, Veaetaela, seme two hours before plaaglng late oceaa. (AP Wtrepaete) ' Iteand, at Langhter - The public orator, Thomas R. Higham, speaking in Latin, roused a round of loud laughter when he referred to Truman's sensational election to the presidency in 1948 when publie opinion polls pre dicted hit defeat. - - - Referring to Thomas E. Dewey, Truman's Republican opponent, the orator said Virgil may help In de r-ib!ng his pli"ht. , . "The (eers saw not your defeat. poor rtV. "Vain prayers, vain promises vain Gallup pott." Truman, who had been shown It English translation, shook with laughter. Mechanical Nose, Death Ray Eyed by Inventors By AITHL'R EDSON i prose, the odor measuring de- AP Newsfeature Writer I vice. WASHINGTON ( What this ! "Odors abosrd military sir- country needs is someone who craft, the report says, 'present will invent a good mechanical ; very real problems. nose, or a substitute for wolver ine fur, or a handy little death ray machine that would work xzzzzxt! at 500 yards. In the old days the saying went: build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door evea though you live in a house in the woods. That may have worked once, Some smells are so bad they may effect the operators of the plane. Yet in attempting to de odorize, one could destroy odors on which the lives of everyone depend. Leaking gasoline, for in stance, or burning electrical in sulation. Anywsy, military officials think it's time we had a mechanical hut today's world is so complex i sniffer to report what's smelling the noor inventor mav not evea and how much. know what needs inventing. ! It's odd that with all those gsd So the National Inventors Council, in the Department of Commerce, has prepared a handy little list of thiogs badly needed, especially in national defense. ProbJeni No. SS5 Take Problem No. 593, the me chanical nose. Or if you prefer the more sombre government HOT ROD REALLY "GONER' SUDBURY. Ont. f - Police stooped a hot rod and told the 16-year-old driver to tike it to (he station. There they found, lacked: Tail lights, muffler, gas tank cap, windshield wiper, engine hood, door handles, a workable horn and an engine that would start when expected. Banishing the heap,' they summed up:"lt't real gone." Tito Help in gets that now infest a military plane the human nose is still the world's finest sniffer. Wolverine Far Problem No. 533 deals with wolverine fur. "Fun, other than center skunk strips or synthetics, are generally unacceptable as s ruffing material for cold weather garments becsuse of poor frost removal properties - Wolverine fur seeminsly does fine, but s'nre the wolverne suo nly is limited, s substitute is mrdrd. Old No. 450 sounds ss it it came straight from Buck Rogers. The Idea is "to develop equip ment of usesble site eapable of producing destructive or death rsys effective at 500 yards with out excessive power input." The trouble is that "tremend- r "w J"' V . if ........ , - : -y h 1 .:, lj ;-. !. v.. "I t LL NORTH HOLLYWOOD. CaHf.-Dorothf Aia WHter. and ber broiaer, George Leon, It, were amang vie- I Urns ( giant airliner's plunge Into eceae aft tuil of New Jersey early Wednesday. They were only chil dren ef Mr. aad Mrs. George Witter, iverts nonywsoa, ana were ea rouie 10 larariK, irnrmrn, acle. (AP Wlrepboto) Author Admits Being Drunk On British TV LONDON UR - Irish playwright Brendan Behan cheerfully admit ted Wednesday that, aa millions of viewers suspected, be really had a load an the other night on the TV. I had a bottle of whisky-good Irish whisky inside me before I went to the studios," said the rumpled, 225-pound former menv ber of Ireland's terrorist Repub lican army. "They kept me locked in the place from i o'clock until I went on the air at It o'clock, and 1 had a few drops of Scotch to while away the time. "So when we got in front of the cameras I made an exhibition of myself." Makes CeafessWa Behan (pronounced Bean, as in lima bean i made his unabashed confession to reporters who found him treating a hangover with pints of beer in his London flat. His television appearance for the British Broadcasting Corp. Monday night was an interview by Malcolm Muggeridge, editor of the humor magazine Punch. The interview was supposed to consist of questions and answers about a play. The Juare Fellow, which has scored a hit in London and projected 33-year-old Behan into fame. Protests Ladged Muggeridge asked the questions, but Behan's answers were indis tinct to the point of incoherence. At one point he nearly slid from his chair to the floor. Hundreds of listeners who called the BBC to protest were told by a spokesman: "Mr. Behan was nervous." "Nervous?" snickered Behan. "Not a bit of it. You can put me down as a ham actor if you like, but I wasn't nervous. I was drunk. Please let it be known that I am sorry sorry for the people in the show, sorry for the BBC, sorry for the viewers." And Behan, who served eight years in British prisons for his Re publican army activities, con cluded the interview with: 'We Irish have always said about the English that, they have short memories. I hope that's still true for me." MOMMY y THI MOSSUU fr-lt 4pM - M Vm Im AfAm-iMr "Don't feel guilty, Vero! After oil, It's lodies'doyot the ball pork todoy !'; Eugene Couple lLeave for Korea To Adopt Youth EUGENE m A Eugene couple left here Wednesday for San Fran cisco to greet a 19-year-old Korean youth they aay they intend to adopt. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Blinkhorn, said the youth. Pak Sang Wong, became acquainted with their son,-Jim, while he was serving with the Air Force in Korea. The Korean youth, who is called Joe by his American friends, was a houseboy for U.S. forces in Korea. Mrs. Blinkhorn said Joe's par ents were killed in the Korean War. He is coming to America on a permanent visa, and hopes to enter the University of Oregon as a pre-medical student. Jim, who expects to be out of the service in two months, will attend the university with Joe The Blinkhorns have two other children, one married. Blinkhorn is a realtor here. - Joe is scheduled to arrive Friday at San Francisco aboard the Pacific Bear. ous amounts of power would be said, "I don't know why they required using present tech- had to invent the hydrogen niques. So a completely new Domo. ine aiom Dimo was g""u approach is indicated. May Be Fretful This lack of a death riy ma chine may fret the military, but most civilians probably can abide their time. Like the lady who enough for me." Well, the list shows the scope of operations in this braVe new world. There are demands for equip ment that will stand up under arctic temperature?, anil ma terials that won't collapse in blaz-, ins heat. But nowhere on the long list is there any demand for someone to build himself a better mouse trap. Temporarily at least, that iroblem seems to have been icked. Rehearsals to Start for Shakespeare Festival ASHLAND .1" - Rehearsals for the annual Shakespearean Festival start Thursday after an all-night casting session. Auditions began Monday. The festival opens Aug. t snd runs through Sept. 1. Cement Strike Negotiation Halts SPOKANE - No further ne gotiations have been scheduled in the in-day strike of the Lehigh Purl land t'rment fn. at Mctaline Falls. Wash , Federal Mediator Louis Ziman said Wednesday. Members, of the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers Union 1 1, .j .... f,.H . ..m - f i . i. ,.. I pan; oner oi an in crm nouriy wage boost. Northwestern Reclamation Projects Gain WASHINGTON - Senate and ! House conferees Wednesday reached agreement on a number of Items in the giant public works reclamation appropriations bill, in an attempt to reconcile differ ences between what the two houses have authorized. The agreements were reported by Sen. Warren Magnuson 'D Wash i and Rep. Don Magnuson D Wash i, who said these Pa cific Northwest projects won ap proval: RECLAMATION Columbia Basin project, $13, 8.V).000; Roza power plant, Yaki ma project, tl.720.000, Kennewick division, Yakima project, $1,288, Oofl; Chief Joseph Dam project, reclamation division. $1,500,000. Also, the amendment sponsored by Sen. Magnuson for construc tion of a large siphon to serve the Wahluke Slope section of the Columbia Basin project. Harbor projects included Colum bia River, improving channel at river's mouth, $1,370,000, for start of $S,M1,000 project. Power Projects The Dalles Dam. $42,457,000; Chief. Joseph Dam. $fl. 500.000. Ire Harbor I.ock and Dam. $8 000 000; Kagle (iorge project 'King Coun tyi, $uofl.ooo. McNary Lock and Dam $2.828 000: John Day Lock and Dam, planning funds. $1,200, 000 The sum of $17,000 was agreed upon for planning funds for $ i3.000 project for new levees on the Lower Columbia River in the Washmigal area. MOSCOW Ut - Defense Minis ter Georgia Zhukov assured Yu goslav President Tito Wednesday the Soviet Union would fight "shoulder to shoulder with Com munist Yugoslavia in any future war. ' x" Marshall Zhukov, wartime' as sociate of President Eisenhower, made the statement after Tito and the Russians formally ended their bitter feud by signing agreements pledging cooperation both on gov ernment and party levels. The communiques, closing a three weeks visit by Tito, ex pressed striking similarity of So viet and ' Yugoslav outlook on ma jor worU issues and nailed down the principle of "equality" in dealings between the two Commu , nist states who fell apart in 1941. ever Stalin's attempt to dominate the Yugoslavs. High Decoration Zhukov's surprise statement bout cooperation In a future war came In response to remarks by Tito in awarding the World War II Soviet hero, Yugoslavia's high est decoration, the Order of Free dom, for his command of Soviet forces which led "to the libera tion of Yugoslavia from the Fas cist invadors," "I am convinced," said Zhu kov, "the people of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia will march hand in hand for peace and so cialism. We will do all we can to assure peace in the world, but if war is imposed on us, we will be together shoulder to shoulder as in the last war to fight for the well being of mankind. The Zhukov remark may have been spontaneous and a surprise even to Tito, who only Monday - had told foreign correspondents he had reached no military agree ments with the'U. S. S. R. CeaUgaed V. I. AM (In Washington. U. S. State De- partmcnt officials said despite Tito's increased collaboration with Moscow, it appeared to be in American interest to continue economic and some military as sistance to Yugoslavia. (These sources said the Zhukov statement might have been part of a Soviet effort to embarass Tito with regard to his links with the West, adding Tito hardly could have been expected at the ' moment to burst out with a pro test that Zhukov had gone too far.l The brief ceremony for signing the communiques was attended by ton leaders of the soviet govern , ment. Including First Deputy Pre mier V. M. Molotov, who stepped down as foreign minister on the eve of Tito s amval. ARMSTRONG TO TALK mrp-nr RAY u. C. 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