Oregon College of Education, Monmouth "Bet these casts
weigh 10 pounds!" That's what Dr. Geraldine Hammond (leg
upraised) is telling Mrs. George Harding (second from left)
as Charles Stowell and Miss Mary Donaldson look on. All are
members of OCE faculty group who injured ankle or knee
in similar accidents within a few days. Miss Donaldson is
supervising teacher, Mrs. Harding wife of OCE drama and
speech instructor, Charles Stowell is music instructor, and
Dr. Hammond is visiting English lecturer from University of
Wichita. Hammond slipped on floor, Stowell fell in hole fish
ing, Donaldson tripped on stairs, Mrs. Harding caught foot
on car runningboard.
WAYS OF CONGRESSMEN
Little Matter of Names
To Impress Home Folks
By JAMES MARLOW '
Washington, Aug. 12 Congressman Minniver Mistletoe goes
home and tells the folks:
'Why, sure. Congress passed a housing bill for the low-income
people. Now I think congress
ought to do it for you moderate
Income folks.
"In fact, I introduced a bill
in congress to do just that.
I'll show you. Here's a copy of
the very bill with my name
on it."
Sure enough. There it Is.
Just as he said. But maybe he
forgets to tell them how he
came to get his name on the bill
in the first place.
For instance:
Last May a congressman in
troduced a housing bill for moderate-income
families. A cou
ple of months later along came
another congressman who, for
some reason, wanted his. own
name on the bill so, without
changing a word in the bill it
self, he scratched out the name
of the first congressman and
wrote In his own name in ink.
Then the bill was sent down
to the government printer where
new copies of the same bill
were made except that now the
second congressman's name was
on it.
He may go home later and tell
the folks about the bill, and
himself. Or, maybe he had an
other reason for doing what he
did.
There't a lot of that don.
In the house there's rule
that only one member's name can
appear on a bill.
Just to show how much that
particular bill has, a whole gang
of other congressmen may have
the same bill reprinted with
their name on it.
All this cost the taxpayers
money, of course, since its the
government printer who does the
printing, and the cost of print
ing a bill depends upon the
number of pages.
For Instance, the idea of a
World Federation has a lot of
support in the house.
About 103 bills all identical
but bearing in each case the
name of a different congressman
were introduced to back up
World Federation.
.
In the senate there's no rule
like that of the house. There
any number of senators all can
have their names lumped to
gether on one bill.
And a congressman's name on
a bill doesn't mean he had any
thing to do with writing it. The
job may have been done for him
by the bill-writing experts em
ployed by congress, after he told
them what he wanted.
Or, maybe it was written by
the lawyers in some government
agency. Or even by the lawyers
of some outside organization
which got a congressman to in
troduce a bill for it as his own.
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ways remember or even rec
ognize a bill they introduced.
Milk Board Gets
Increased Funds
Portland, Aug. 12 CP) The
milk control administration got
an $18,150 increase in funds for
the current bienmum at a meet'
ing here yesterday.
The state board of agriculture
granted the increase at the re
quest of Thomas L. Ohlsen, milk
control administrator. The sum
included $6000 for the purchase
of six automobiles from the ag
riculture department.
Chairman Freck Cockell, Mil-
waukie, reported that Agricul
ture Director E. L. Peterson was
removing himself completely
from the administration of milk
control. Peterson asked , to be
excused from his normal duties
as secretary of the agriculture
board when milk control matters
are discussed.
Peterson advised the board to
get-a legal opinion on the status
of seven counties now exempt
from milk control. They are
Lake, Linn, Grant, Wheeler,
Wallowa, Curry and Baker.
First Bus Leaves After
Strike of 18 Weeks
Seattle, Aug. 12 W) The first
direct Greyhound bus left for
the east via Butte, Mont., ThurS'
day after settlement of an 18-
week Northland Greyhound
strike between Butte and -Chi
cago.
Meantime the North Coast
Greyhound Lines' strike, which
has halted service between Van
couver, B. C, and Portland, en
tered its eighth week.
The Butte-Chicago settlement
ended a 105-day walkout. Strik
ing drivers on that route voted
1,051 to 112 for acceptance if
the company's latest wage offer
Service was- being resumed
today in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Montana
and in Manitoba.
During the mid-west strike
eastbound passengers were tak
en to Butte from Seattle, and
routed further east via Ogden
Utah.
Polio Victim Dies
Everett, Aug. 12 P) Snohom
ish county's sixth infantile paral
ysis victim this year died yester
day. He was Fred Clarke, 24,
Bomb Wrecks
nvoy's Car
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Aug.
12 (U.R) A bomb wrecked the
car of assistant U.S. Air Attache
John Childs last midnight, some
45 minutes after he parked it in
front of his apartment house.
The blast awakened the 25-year-old
assistant attache and
broke windows in several near
by buildings on Lodecka street
in the center of Prague.
A U.S. embassy spokesman
said Prague police had been ask
ed to investigate. The embassy
will take no further steps until
the investigation has been com
pleted. The spokesman said.
Childs had returned to his
apartment at 11:15 p.m. after
driving a dinner guest home.
Childs said the bomb appear
ed to have been home-made. It
consisted of a lead pipe inserted
in a tin can of powder. He said
he thought it probably had been
shoved under his car after he
parked it.
He said he had not received
any threatening letters and
knew of no reason why an at
tempt should be made on hi:
life.
Childs, a native of Lewiton,
Me., came to Prague about five
months ago. He is single.
The car was a 1948 Pontiac
A fragment of the lead pipe
penetrated an iron shutter and
broke a shop window. Another
window across the street also
shattered.
Visiting at Tigard
Grand Island Mr. and Mrs.
Roy E. Stoutenburg and her
mother, Mrs. L. E. Penrose, 87,
are guests for a few days of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Probst at
Tigard. The Probsts are build
ing a new home on their acre
age there and Mr.- Stoutenberg,
local carpenter, will help put the
roof on. Mrs. Stoutenburg is a
sister of Mrs. Propst.
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Amateur Salvagers Ready
To Tackle 'Impossible' Job
By BILL MAVOR
Vancouver, B. C. U") An amateur salvage company has its
grasp on a success that experienced salvage operators thought too
doubtful to attain. '
The 100-ton tug F. M. York I
is to be resurrected soon Irom
the floor of Howe bound, some
60 miles north of here.
The 98-foot craft sank to the
900-foot depth during a freak
accident of April, 194B.
Experienced operators
thought it doubtful that any
person could go down that depth
and direct operations, so insur
ance companies paid $100,000
and wrote off the craft as a to
tal loss.
The amateurs, who bought the
tug for $1000, are sure the craft
landed flat on the muddy bot
tom, right side up, undamaged.
In the company are Johnny
Pieters, 32, an electrician, and
Designer of the equipment;
George Martens, real estate op
erator, and Fred Free, cafe own
er, all of Chilliwack, B.C.
Pieters assembled some equip
ment for the job, found the site
and was started before he sought
additional financial aid and in
corporated the company with
Martens and Free in September.
Pieters' home-designed equip
mentis bulky and unwieldy, but
practical. It resembles a light
globe and is referred to as the
"bulb."
The circular top is clamped
on with bolts. The diving unit
itself is in two sections, the
outer layer of one-inch thick
iron, and the inside spaced away
a quarter-inch as insulation, and
welded top and bottom to its
mate.
It has three, seven-inch thick
plastic windows, and three seal-
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beam headlights of the same
power found in the ordinary au-
tomobile, bracketed to the out
side of the bell. Voltage is sup
plied from two auto batteries.
Two-way phone communica
tion is maintained at all times.
A safety measure incorporat
ed by Pieters is a stand holding
two uxygen tanks and chemical
tank to burn up carbon dioxide,
doing away with possible air
line fouling by the ship's rig
ging. The partners claim the rais
ing of the F. M. York will be
quick.
After prolonged trouble with
makeshift equipment, finding
more suitable special gear, and
awaiting the clearing of muddy
waters and storm-whipped
waves, it's thought the raising
operation will be simple.
Lifting of the ship is being
planned through the cable wrap
ped around the stern, cabins and
bow, hooked through a loop to
a grounded five-ton weight, and
spliced from the one and three
quarter inch cable to a smaller
one which will absorb the pun
ishing pulls from the surface.
Tightening of the cable
around the ship will cause the
block to act solidly against the
bottom of the craft, forcing the
lift and acting as a ship's keel
In 50-foot pulls, two days is
the estimated time for hauling
the ship to the surface.
It is planned to move the
craft as close as possible to the
shore and then to make the last
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Year's Work for
Week of Fair
Production of the 84th annual
Oregon State Fair in Salem,
September 5 to 11, is a year
around task for seven days of
full geared activity. However,
if years of experience mean a
great performance, the 1949 ex
position should be the best of
them all.
Manager Leo Spitzbart first
took over as fair head in 1935
although he had been associated
with the state fair for over a
decade before assuming tile top
job. This will be his 14th year
as fair manager.
His able assistant, Mrs. F.lla
Wilson, has been directly con
nected with the fair since 1915
and numbers thousands of Ore
gonian exhibitors and patrons
among her friends. In the late
1920s, Mrs. Wilson served as fair
secretary before the exposition
became a part of the agricultural
department.
John Graber, long time Salem
resident, has been in charge of
the fair's many miles of plumb
ing on the 167 acres of fair
grounds, since 1916. Damon
Fleener who supervises the fair's
electrical outlets first came on
the fair scene in 1946 as did Joe
Cook, who is the caretaker and
overseer for all new fair con
struction. Art Keene, in charge
of ground and building mainle
nance, also is a comparative
newcomer, having first been
employed in 1946.
Divisional heads, all of whom
short haul, floating the resur
rected ship between the barges.
Standing ready for work will
be a crew of experienced engin
eers and deck hands, who will
tear the ship apart, piece by
piece, and immerse it in oil to
prevent rust.
true today
Capital .Journal. Salem, Oregon,
are veterans In their fair depart
ments, include Joe Simeral,
ticket sales manager, and
Charles A. Evans, who heads
the horse racing program. Ben
Newell, Marion county agent,
will be back for his fourth year
at the fair as head of the live
stock division.
Collision Kills Cafe Man
The Dalles, Aug. 12 (P
James Harry McKee, whose au
tomobile was tossed 80 feet in a
collision with a train, died in a
hospital here yesterday. His
widow, also injured in the col
lision Wednesday night, is ex
pected to recover. McKee, 57,
was a cafe operator here.
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Aircraft Workers
May Strike Monday
Los Angeles, Aug. 12 U.R
About 14,000 workers at two
Douglas Aircraft Co. plants plan
ned today to walk out on strike
next Monday.
Labor tension also rose at six
other Los Angeles county air
plane factories.
Officials of the International
Association of Machinists said
members at the El Segundo and
Santan Monica Douglas plants
"almost unanimously" turned
down a company offer of a five
cent hourly wage increase. The
union asked 15 cents. They
scheduled a strike tentatively for
Monday.
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