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Fat Bill Wetzel photographed by friend
John Wheatley, his penonal photog.
WIDER THAN HE IS TALL
World's Fattest Man Tips
Scales at 627 Pounds
By ROBERT A. BARNES
Clayton, N. M. W) Bill Wetzel aayi he's the world's fattest
man, and there's plenty of weight behind his argument.
His belt if he wore one would be longer than most men
are tall. And he hasn't been able to bend over and put on his
-own shoes for 13 years.
He's 6 feet 8 inches around the
waist and 5 feet 8V4 inches tall.
And his weight? Just 627
pounds at last count.
It Takes Five Girls to wear the pants
in 627-pound Bill Wetzel's home.
Farm Subsidies
Face Trimming
Washington, Oct. S () The
administration moved today to
head off growing criticism of
the top-heavy subsidies paid by
the government on some farm
products.
Democratic Leader Lucas of
Illinois said he didn't know
whether the farmers would like
it, but "we are trying to save
the farm program from annihila
tion through the payments of
huge subsidies on certain crops."
Lucas didn't say what crops
are involved. He merely told
newsmen the move would ap
ply to all crops where subsidy
payments are inflated.
He offered an amendment
yesterday to the Anderson farm
bill to carry out the plan which
has the approval of the agricul
ture department.
The bill was drafted by Sena
tor Anderson D..-N.M., as a
compromise in the political tug-of-war
over the administration's
farm program
The Anderson bill establishes
a flexible price-support program
It would continue price support
for basic crops at 90 per cent
of parity for another year. Then,
if production outran demand,
the support level could drop to
75 per cent of parity.
Parity is a price calculated to
five farmers a fair return on
what they grow in relation to
the prices of the things they
have to buy.
Lucas said his amendment
would make the farm program
"more realistic" by eliminating
abuses and saving money for
the government on parity pay
ments.
Plant Contract Awarded
Portland, Oct. 3 W The In
ternational Harvester company
has awarded a contract for i
$750,000 sales, service and ware
house installation at nearby
Milwaukie. The installation will
provide headquarters for the
northwest operations of the farm
implement and machinery firm,
A few years back Bill had
hopes of topping the 700-pound
mark.
In 1941 he tipped the scales at
675. For seven years he found
to his surprise and disappoint
ment that he had lost 48
pounds, although he was bigger
than ever. He decided some
muscle turned to fat, which
weighs less.
During World War I the army
drafted Bill but discharged him
after 17 days of obesity. He
claims a note is attached to his
honorable discharge which calls
him "too large for a man, too
small for a horse." He just
weighed 280 then.
Bill doesn't claim to be the
heaviest man in the world just
the fattest. But he ridicules
some of the tales making the
rounds on how much he eats.
Half a pound of bacon? Three
loaves of bread at a sitting? A
pound of lard for dessert?
"Preposterous!" he complains.
He says he usually eats about
three-fourths of a loaf of bread
a day. In his younger days
he s 56 now he ate more than a
loaf a day.
Anxious to support himself, he
has recently overcome his dislike
of being stared at and appeared
at several public functions billed
as "The World's Fattest Man."
Bill is the oldest of nine chil
dren still living of an original
16. Three brothers top 200
pounds, as does his mother. An
aunt weighs more than 400
pounds.
It takes lots of sleep to keep
Bill going. He gets eight to 12
hours a night and a nap in the
afternoon.
Fishing Vessels
Collide; 1 Sunk
Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 3 U.R)
The 24-ton purse seiner Row
City sank off the British Colum
bia coast last night after collid
ing with the fishing vessel In
vercar but all crew members
were saved, the Royal Canadian
Air Force reported today.
A vessel the type of the Row
City normally carries five or
six crewmen, the RCAF said.
The crew was taken aboard the
Invercar, also a purse seiner.
The accident occurred about
10:45 p.m., 30 miles east of
Prince Rupert, B.C., near Wil
liams island.
The RCAF said the Row City
was taken in tow by the 24-ton
Invercar after the collision, but
the tow rope parted and the
Row City sank shortly after,
Salmon Fishermen
Accept Price Scale
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 3 (U.B
A week-long strike of some 4400
British Columbia salmon fisher
men ended today with company
union agreement on a set scale
of prices for the fish they catch.
Members of the fishermen's
and allied workers' union voted
to return to their jobs Tuesday.
They voted three to one to ac
cept cannery operators' offers of
nine cents a pound for chum sol
mon caught in the Johnston
straits, and 7 Vi cents a pound for
all fish caught south of Cape
Caution. Prices were to be ret
roactive to Sept. 1.
Refugees from
Baltic in Ireland
Cobh. Ireland. Oct. 3 U.R)
Irish authorities said today they
would permit the sailing of 402
Baltic refugees across the north
Atlantic to Halifax in a battered
landing craft.
The landing craft, christened
the "Victory," is packed to ca
pacity with men, women and
children who want to cross the
Atlantic and "get as far away
from Russia as possible."
'If they can get away under
their own steam, may God be
with them," an Irish govern
ment spokesman said. " We
won't hinder them. On the con
trary, Ireland has always shown
itself ready to give every assist
ance to anybody in distress.
The ship slipped out of a
Swedish port early this week de
spite the attempt of a Swedish
coast guard vessel to make it
turn back.
Passengers said the coast
guard ship fired several rockets
and the Victory smashed a hole
in her bow on submerged rocks
when she tried to evade the
Swedish ship. The compass
also failed on the trip across the
North Sea and food supplies gave
out.
When the ship reached Cobh
yesterday the starving passen
gers, including about 100 wom
en and 100 children, tore apart
and gulped down loaves of breads
tossed them from the dock.
The Victory, 159 feet long,
was built to accommodate BU
soldiers, wooden bunks line the
walls but they are insufficient
and the passengers are forced
to sleep in shifts.
Detroit Has Reception
Detroit A reception for De
troit teachers will be held in the
new grade school Monday, Oct.
3 at 8 o'clock. All parents and
teachers are urged to come.
A very pleasant evening has
been planned. Mrs Ray Sophy
is chairman of entertainment
and Mrs. John Weisgerber is
chairman of refreshments.
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