COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, June 1, 2019
East Oregonian
C5
OUT OF THE VAULT
Carnival act goes awry for performer
By RENEE STRUTHERS
East Oregonian
A carnival magician whose schtick
was to balance a heavy anvil on his
chest and then allow members of the
audience to hit it with a sledgeham-
mer rued his choice of career on May
21, 1931, after the act took a sudden,
and perhaps not unexpected, turn.
The magician, Jack Rabclown,
had been entertaining the crowd with
the usual array of sideshow acts,
such as swallowing glass and car-
pet tacks, during a carnival held in
Pendleton. Rabclown was lying prone
on the ground with the anvil on his
chest, demonstrating his main attrac-
tion, and invited a spectator from the
crowd to take aim at the anvil. Swing-
ing the hammer with all his strength,
the spectator was horrified when it
glanced off the anvil and landed on
the magician’s abdomen.
Mr. Rabclown was taken to St.
Anthony Hospital and treated for seri-
ous injuries.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 1-2, 1919
The farmers on the Hermiston irri-
gation project have organized a cooper-
ative creamery company and have pur-
chased from S.R. Oldaker the creamery
formerly operated by him in Hermis-
ton. There are nearly 600 dairy cows on
the project and the new company has
the united support of all the dairymen.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 1-2, 1969
At least $1,000 damage was caused
by vandals at the Mission elevator of
Pendleton Grain Growers over the
weekend. Wayne Friedly, assistant
manager of PGG’s feed and seed divi-
sion, said the vandals ripped open 25
bags of seed peas and 60 bags of seed
grain. About a month ago the eleva-
tor was hit by vandals who caused the
same sort of damage. They apparently
were able to squeeze into the building
through a sliding door. The Umatilla
County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 1-2, 1994
Bryan and Kathy Jones of Helix
have become emu farmers. They are
raising and breeding the curious,
friendly birds from Australia. The
Joneses operate Green Eggers Emu
Ranch — an obvious reference to
the classic “Green Acres” television
show. Their four large birds are named
Laverne, Shirley, Lenny and Squiggy,
all characters from TV’s “Laverne &
Shirley.” Emus are similar to ostriches
only smaller. “It seemed like a good
business opportunity,” Bryan says
about breeding the birds part time.
They also raise dryland canola and
wheat in Juniper Canyon. Bryan notes
the off-season for crops coincides
with the busy time for emus.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On June 1, 1813, the
mortally wounded com-
mander of the USS Ches-
apeake, Capt. James Law-
rence, gave the order, “Don’t
give up the ship” during a
losing battle with the British
frigate HMS Shannon in the
War of 1812.
In 1939, the British sub-
marine HMS Thetis sank
during a trial dive off North
Wales with the loss of 99
lives. Mexico officially abol-
ished the siesta.
In 1967, the Beatles album
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band” was released
In 1977, the Soviet Union
formally charged Jewish
human rights activist Ana-
toly Shcharansky with trea-
son. (Shcharansky was
imprisoned, then released
in 1986; he’s now known as
Natan Sharansky.)
In 2017, President Don-
ald Trump declared he would
pull the U.S. from the Paris
climate agreement.
Thought for Today:
“Our age knows nothing
but reaction, and leaps from
one extreme to another.” —
Reinhold Niebuhr, American
theologian (1892-1971).
DEAR ABBY
Tiny apartment overwhelmed by unwanted gift for new baby
Dear Abby: My
husband and I are
expecting a baby
in a few months.
My father and his
wife asked if we
would like a large
crib/changing table/
J eanne
shelf combination
P
hilliPs
they took a fancy to
ADVICE
at an antique store. I
politely refused and
explained that there is no space in our
small apartment. They sent it anyway!
Now I have to figure out how to get rid
of it because it takes up most of our liv-
ing room. The piece can’t be returned,
won’t fit in my car, and I can’t lift it
anyway. I’m hoping the thrift store will
pick it up.
My questions are: Must I send a
thank you for a gift I explicitly asked
them not to send, and what should I
say when they discover I’ve given it
away (they are going to be angry), and
how do I prevent this from happening
again? — Unwanted in the South
Dear Unwanted: Write your father
and stepmother a sweet note thank-
ing them for their thoughtfulness, and
include with it a photo or two that
show it crowding your living room.
The next time you talk with them,
explain that space is tight and offer
to have it shipped to them to be used
when the baby visits. If they agree,
you’re off the hook. If they don’t, sell
or donate it.
As to preventing this from happen-
ing again, much as you may wish to,
you can’t control what other people do.
You tried that before, and it didn’t work.
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg June 1, 2019
ACROSS
1 With 11-Down, furry
fairy-tale father
5 Hogwarts caretaker
10 Recipe amt.
14 They’re sometimes pale
15 Love a lot
16 Unlike leprechauns
17 Defeat a “Golden Girls”
actress in a game?
19 “Othello” villain
20 Thyme piece?
21 Remote batteries
22 Fastener with threading
23 “___ will be done”
24 Armageddon in a Thor
movie title
27 Hamilton bills
28 Bum wraps?
32 Prestige
35 Rigid airship
36 Turkish title: Var.
37 Vowel-shaped beams
39 Actress Russo
40 Mesmerize
42 Wear down
44 Treated to dinner and
a show, say
45 Get carried ___
46 Touch up, as a photo
48 ___ Angelico
51 Erie or Suez
54 Hankering
55 Give permission
57 Ilhan in the House
58 Help a “Godfather”
actor with a crime?
60 Long vehicle, for short
61 Palindromic Honda
62 Afrikaans speaker
63 Tree of life location
64 Roundup animal
65 Walked (on)
DOWN
1 Blue Ribbon brewer
2 Hebrew letter before beth
3 Arctic explorer Robert
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Italian wine province
Distant
Pet collar attachments
“Mean Girls” actress
Lindsay
One fighting for a cause
She/___ pronouns
Hoodwink the
secretary of energy?
See 1-Across
Wise person
Snow-clearing vehicle
Feel the same
Lather source
Stance against some
coats
Woodcutting tools
Express gratitude to
baseball’s “Hammer”?
Zeno’s home
Peel
Dagger of old
Suffragist Carrie
Chapman ___
“GIVE ME A T!” By Tina Lippman
sudoku answers
33 Farming: Prefix
34 Secretary of
Transportation Elaine
35 Stubborn Seuss
character
38 A little at a time
41 Flower bed filler
43 Faith emphasizing
gender equality
45 Em, to Dorothy
47 He played Superman
in “Superman”
48 Word with “plan” or
“show”
49 “This ain’t my first ___!”
50 Hugo or Edgar
51 “Riverdale” actor
Sprouse
52 Surrounded by
53 Hugo or Edgar
56 Pride parade letters
58 Rm. coolers
59 DVD player ancestor