Airliner Collides With Navy Fighter Military policemen
examine the charred wreckage of an Eastern Airlines' DC-3
which collided with a navy fighter in the air and then crashed
near Wrightstown, N. J. All 15 persons aboard the airliner
and the pilot of the fighter were killed. There were no
survivors. (Acme Telephoto)
WEIGHED BUT 26'2 OUNCES AT BIRTH
Premature Baby Amazes
Doctors by Survival
Sydney, Australia (U.R) Mary Gabrielle McGrath weighed only
16 Vi ounces when she was born three months prematurely.
Ten weeks later, doctors disclosed the unique birth after the
child had thrived and weighed nearly three pounds. They pre
dieted she would develop normally.
Some doctors believed this4
may be close to a record of some
tort.
The doctor attending the baby
explained: "Unless the period of
pregnancy is at least 26 weeks,
a child's chances of survival are
remote.
"Pregnancy in this case was
25 weeks and three days. I
know of no other case in medical
history of such a permature
child, weighing so little, having
lived so long.
"I expect the baby will live
and grow into a perfectly nor
mal child. She had a normal
birth without any complica
tions."
Hospital officials would not
give details earlier because sur
vival of a baby born in such cir
cumstances is rare.
The professor of obstetrics at
Sydney university, Dr. B. T
Mayes, said:
"I know of only two cases of
babies born at 26 weeks who
have survived. We never re
gard a baby as having a reason
able chance unless it has reached
26 weeks gestation.
"Very few survive even at
that stage."
The mother of the child, Mrs.
John McGrath, has three normal
daughters whose ages range
from 13 months to four years.
The matron of the hospital
where the baby was born said
the baby will stay in the prema
ture babies' ward until she
weighs five pounds.
The matron added:
"When the baby was born her
nails were half formed and she
had just a bit of brown hair.
"For three days after her
birth she was fed by a dropper
with a mixture of glucose.
brandy and water. From the
fourth day onwards for five
weeks she was fed by tube on
the small quantity of breast milk
her mother was able to give.
"For the rest of the time she
has been fed on a complement
of cow's milk and water. She
takes about a teaspoonful of the
liquid, which is given to her by
tube every three hours, night
and day."
Mountain Lion Bunted
Price, Utah., Aug. 1 UP) Gov
ernment hunters launched a
search today for a mountain lion
blamed for the greatest sheep
kill reported here in recent
years. The single animal
known to have killed more than
350 sheep. ,
Foot clinics are to be opened
in all parts of northern Ireland.
Elmer the Bui!
Dies Afler Meal
Swoooe. Va.. Aug. 1 (IP)
Folks in this northern Virginia
community were downcast today.
Elmer the bull is dead.
For a week they had rooted
for Elmer in His fight for recov
ery from the exposure he suf
fered when he was trapped for
21 days in a railroad culvert
pipe.
For those 21 days Elmer stood
up to his shanks in water. Rail
road workers came along last
week and pulled him out. The
black angus had shrunk to a
mere shadow of himself. Those
three weeks had sloughed off 600
pounds.
Elmer died last night after a
hearty meal
No expense had been spared
on Elmer's convalescent diet. Vi
tamins, eggs, milk and finally
oats were his as body builders.
Elmer appeared to like the
diet fine. And fan mail attested
folks' interest in his progress to
ward a normal 900 pounds.
But today Elmer was on the
way to the rendering factory.
Tales About Paul Bunyan
Ar e as Big as He Is
Washington (U.R) Paul Bunyan, the gigantic legendary log
roller who was said to gnaw on a cake of eatin' tobacco as big
as a bale of hay, has put Minnesota on the spot with his tall talk.
Paul is appearing "in person
at the Chicago railroad fair.
Standing there 23 feet tall and
wearing a size 42 cap, a lou
inch belt and a shirt sheared
from 768 square feet of gaudy
plaid.
A statue, of course, but with
a trained seal inside to answer
questions about himself at the
Chicago and Northwestern ex
hibit. He repjies mostly with
a Minnesota accent. A native
of Bemidji, Minn., Paul says he
spent most of his life in the
area.
That doesn't set well with
leaders from other states.
Sen. Owen Brewster, repub
lican of Maine, nearly blew his
top.
"What do you mean born
in Minnesota?" asked the sen
ator. "He was born in Maine.
I know a man who has it from
his great-great-great grandpappy
straight that Paul used to sit
in the Maine woods and wolf
a breakfast of 40 bowls of por
ridge plus 15 ten-foot high stacks
of wheatcakes."
Senator Bill Langer, republi
can of North Dakota, wanted to
know if everybody hadn't heard
Paul once had taken a mountain
that stood on its head and righted
same with one finger.
Rep. Cliff Hope, republican,
Kansas, was surprised that peo
ple hadn't heard about the corn
husking bees Bunyan organized
down his way to take care of
an overproduction. Hope swears
that Paul worked six rows at
Gangway for Shakespeare,
Ashland Shows to Open
Ashland. Ore.. Aug. 1 Long famous for their rousing west
ern hospitality, communities of the Pacific northwest again this
vear are extending nearty greetings to visitors wiin a iuu
schedule of rodeos, county fairs, f-
fishing derbies, andtimber carni
vals. And once again, the most
unique program of them all
the annual Oregon Shakespear
ean Festival will be presented
from August 2 to 24 in this small
Siskiyou mountain town.
Cowboys, farmers, fishermen,
and lumberjacks will pause dur
ing their August activity to join
students and drama lovers in
Ashland's picturesque outdoor
theater. For the ninth season,
these audiences will sit under
summer skies and watch stu
dent actors present William
Shakespeare's immortal plays on
an Elizabethan stage exactly as
the Bard saw them in his day.
Ashland residents don't pre
tend to be Shakespearean
scholars, but they do know that
neighbor Angus Bowmer, a pro
fessor at Southern Oregon col
lege, will offer as fine entertain
ment as can be seen anywhere
when he introduces his cast of
60 on opening night. Townsfolk
take pride that the Ashland festi
val is the only operating civic
Elizabethan theater organization
in the world, and the entire com-
-. C-j
munity has pitched in to help
with costumes and properties
and preparation of housing to
assure that visitors are properly
welcomed.
Five plays will be presented
in repertory this season so that
theater-goers may see the entire
festival in five or at the most,
six evenings. Visitors coming
from long distances will get the
best seats possible by making
advanced reservations to the
Oregon Shakespearean Festival
association at Ashland.
Seats have already been re
served for Governor and Mrs,
Douglas McKay who will attend
the opening night ceremonies on
Tuesday August 2, and see the
well-known story of young love
Romeo and Juliet. Sixteen-
year-old Mary Jane Pitts of
Portland will play the femine
lead opposite Ralph C. Burgess
Jr., of Asland, a student at the
Pasadena Playhouse this past
winter.
The second night's perform
ance will be the historical
drama, "Richard II," followed
on Thursday by the fanciful
Midsummer Nights Dream
which will feature a troupe of
15 youngsters playing alongside
experienced actors. The tragedy
Othello" will be next, and the
final play will be the comedy
'The Taming of the Shrew."
Student actors from 10 states
have come to Ashland this sum
mer to participate in the festival
and gain the invaluable experi
ence of playing Shakespeare in
repertory. As in Queen Eliza
beth's day, the productions are
presented without scene breaks
and the action flows as fast as
that of a modern motion picture.
Brilliantly colored period cos
tumes make up for lack of elab
orate scenery, and precise 20th
century lighting helps emphasize
moods.
Ashland folk are not living
entirely on mutton and brussel
sprouts these days, but they do
agree that Shakespeare can be
mighty fine entertainment.
Money from Well C- M. Roddewig, president, Chicago and
Eastern Illinois R. R., Mrs. H. R. Gross (right) of Chicago
Community Fund, and Ann Williamson shovel coins from
the railroad' "Wishing Well" at the Railroad Fair, for
the Fund.
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time and kept five bushels
of corn in the air at once.
Sen. Edwin Carl Johnson,
democrat of Colorado, said he
had it on good authority thaU
Paul once got in a fight with
Pecos Bill over a mountain.
The mythical giant struck at
his opponent with his axe and
missed. "Where do you sup
pose we got the Grand Canyon?"
demanded the senator.
Sen. Claude Pepper, the demo
crat from Florida, said his peo
ple had some claim to the big
'jack, too. Seems Paul sent a
man down that way to stake out
a farm for him. Later he went
down to inspect his property
and found his share cropper out
looking for the fountain of
youth. "Bunyan pulled out,"
said Pepper, "and we were glad
of it. We have other things
to brag about."
Rep. Reid Murray, republican
of Wisconsin, said he would
rather talk against oleomargar
ine than in favor of Bunyan but
"he is as much ours as any
body s."
"Paul did a lot of logging in
our fine state," Murray said.
"I don't think the guy was ever
happier in his life. He found
all the trees in our great state
leaning in the same direction,
which made logging a simple
thing."
The reporter got what he ex
pected from the two senators
from Minnesota.
Sen. Edward J. Thye, repub
lican, wanted to know what all
the argument was about.
Program Announced 1
For Band Concert
Ten numbers are on the pro
gram of the Salem Municipal
band for its public concert Mon
day night on the west steps of
the state house, with intermis
sion after the fifth selection. Di
rector Maurice Brennen an
nounces the following program
High School Cadets March . .
' Sousa
Overture to "The New Moon'
Romberg
Manhattan Beach March Sousa
Martinique Morrissey
The Occidental March. . . Sousa
Intermission
Cypress Silhouettes... Bennett
The Desert Song Romberg
National Fencibles March . . ,
Sousa
Tropical Gould
Stars and Stripes Forever. . .
Sousa
"Any student of history," he
said "knows that the great Bun
yan really lived born and
reared, mostly, in Minnesota.
You've heard, of course, about
the trouble we had finding but
tons big enough to keep his
pants up when he was a strip
ling. Well, we couldn't find
any. The men of Bemidji where
he was born (and I can prove
!t) donated wheels off their
wheelbarrows."
An echo, for once, came from
the office of Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey, the Minnesota demo
crat.
I thought the sensible thing
to do was to give Paul's stand
in a buzz on the phone at the
rail show in Chicago.
He answered in a deep back
wood voice and listened in sil
ence to the evidence. Congress
wasn t going to involve him in
any controversy.
"No comment," said he.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, August 1, 1949 15
OFF ON A LARK
Pete, Ringtailed Monk, Says
Life's Gay, Mad Whirl
Memphis, Tenn. W) Life is a gay, mad whirl for Pete the
ringtailed monkey.
He got loose from his chain in a Memphis restaurant and
set off on a lark.
Pete's first stop was the middle of a busy street. A car
screeched to a halt and a motorist peered out in confusion.
Pete jumped in.
He looked the situation over, grabbed the ignition key, and
beat it to the top of the rear seat. The motorist protested,
and Pete lost his temper and chased him out of the car.
The motorist called the cops. Pete liked one of them, and
rode on his shoulder to the station.
He ate all the cake the station boys had, and then started
pushing out window screens. The sergeant called the humane
shelter.
Pete rode triumphantly to the shelter, where his owner,
C. R. McDonald, bailed him out.
While McDonald was chaining him up again, Pete picked
his pocket of $1.50 and stuffed it behind a baseboard.
LEGAL
National Forest Timber For SaU
Oral auction bids will be received by
the Regional Forester or hi authorized
Representative at the office of the Foreit
Supervisor, New Post of flee Building, Eu
gene, Oregon, beginning at 3:00 p.m., Pa
cific St find n vd Time, Aimi.U 18, 10-19. foi
all the live timber marked or designated
for cuttlUB and all merchantnble dead
timber located on an area embracing
about 164 acres within portions of Section
13, T. 93. , R. 7E, (unsurveyedl. and Sec
tions 5, 6. and 7, T. 6S R BE., W.M ,
BreKenbush River Watershed, Willamette
National Forest, Oregon, estimated to be
11,300,000 feet B.M., more or less, of
Doug las-fir, 1,550,000 feet B.M., more or
less, of western redcedar, 70.000 feet B.M.,
more or tess, of western white pine, and
3,400,000 feet B.M., more or less, of west
ern hemlock and other species of saw-
timber. Sealed bids accompanied by the
required payment received by the Forest
Supervisor prior to 2:00 p.m., Pacific
Standard Time, August 18, 1040, will be
considered the equivalent of an oral bid
and posted for the information of
bidders. No bid which is leas than $6.00
per M leet lor Douglas-fir. $2.35 per M
feet for western redcedar, 16.00 per M
feet for western white pine, and $0.50 per
M feet for western hemlock and other
species will be considered. In addition to
the prices bid for stumpase, a cooperative
deposit of $0.10 per M feet B.M. to be
used by the Forest Service for paying a
part of the cost of slash disposal, for the
total cut of timber under the terms or
the agreement, will be required. $10,000.00
to be applied on the purchase nrlee. re
funded, or retained In Dart bs llouldntd
damages, according to the conditions of
saie, must accompany each sealed bid and
must be shown to be in the possession of
oral bidders as a qualification for auc
tion bidding If an oral bid is declared to
be high at the closing of the auction.
me Diacier must immediately make tha
required payment and confirm th hid
by submitting it in writing on a Forest
Service bid form. The right to reject any
tun mi diqs is reserves, ueiore bids are
submitted full information concerning
the timber, the conditions of sale and
the submission of bids should be obtained
from the Forest Supervisor, Eugene, Ore
gon, or the District Ranger, Detroit.
Oregon.
July 18 Aug. 1
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27001
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