Columbia Basin
Plan Considered
Washington, Oct. 11 ") The
army's plans for flood control
and navigation projects on the
Columbia river must be con
sidered at the same time as re
clamation phases of the pro
gram, witnesses told the senate
Interior committee yesterday.
The witnesses, including Kir
b y Billingsley, Washington
state Columbia basin commis
sioner, asked the committee to
Include 175,000,000 of reclam
ation projects in the omnibus
rivers and harbors and flood
control authorization bill now
before the senate.
Jack Dixon, reclamation bu
reau director of project plan
ning, said the billion dollar pro
gram of Columbia river basin
development is a combination of
basin plans of the army engin
eers and the reclamation bureau.
"The two plans must be con
sidered together, as they sup
plement and complement each
other to produce one overall
comprehensive plan," he said.
The reclamation bureau seeks
authorization for 13 projects in
the basin, biggest of which is
the $113,600,000 Hell's Canyon
dam.
A FLOP ON 'CLEAN' SONGS
Entertainer Drops Nice
Tunes for Naughty Ditties
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Hollywood, Oct. 11 WR) Ruth Wallis, a nightclub entertainer
who has the movie stars driving clear across town to snicker
at her naughty ditties, said today she doesn't like to sing 'em
but nobody'U listen to her "nice, little tunes."
Juke box owners are gobbling up the other kind; her record
""sales arc reaching the half-mil
lion mark; and practically ev
ery Wallis lyric Is banned on
the radio.
She's a big success.
"I once wrote a perfectly love
ly song ... all about evolu
tion," she said, "something about
'You were a frog and I was a
log and we made beautiful evo
lution together.
"Nobody liked it. Kept ask
ing me where was the punch
line? Or said they couldn't see
anything obscene about It. It
really hurt me."
Miss Wallis. a pretty redhead
who writes all her own stuff
cringes when you call her ly
rics "obscene." She said they're
only "risque." There's a dif
ference, she added.
"My greatest ambition was to
come clean," she walled. "But
look what happened when I did.
I was a flop."
Nobody wanted to hire a sing
who warbled about "frogs
and logs." So Miss Wallis sat
down and scribbled out a dittie
about a "yo yo." She said
she'd rather not repeat the lyrics
out loud. But it wasn t '.'ob
scene, " she said.
Right quick she followed it
up with one about a sailor
named Davey. It was chuck-
full of double-entendre.
I wrote it to replace 'An
chors Aweigh ," she said. "It
sold almost half a million copies
And the navy s still singing
Anchors Aweigh ."
But nightclub owners all over
the country started signing her
up to pep business up. And
Hutn kept turning out more
songs, most of which are un
quotable in a family newspaper.
But the titles "Down In the
Indies They Don't Wear Undies,"
and "Pull Down the Shade,
Marie" give a rough idea.
Right now Ruth's luring Hol-
lywoodites out of their far-flung
Brentwood estates to the Zephyr
room in the Chapman Park ho
tel . . . 30 miles away. And
that's not easy to do.
"Trouble is," she complained,
"people listen to my lyrics and
then poke an elbow In my ribs
and say: 'Hey, I've got a pip of
a naughty joke for you .
"I don't like filthy jokes. And
another thing. They're putting
my records in Ice cream parlors
near high schools now.
"Heck, that's no feather In
my cap. I'm all right for cock
tail bars but not for kids. I
might have one of my own
some day . . . and I wouldn't
want him listening to this kind
of stuff."
World War I Yet
Disability Pay Upped
Washington, Oct. 11 (U.
President Truman Monday sign
ed Into law legislation increas
ing disability and dependency
payments to World War I vet
erans by more than $100,000,000
a year.
The new law provides com
plete compensation instead of 75
per cent for veterans whose ill
ness or disability is presumed to
have been service connected.
It sets up a new disability
schedule based on a $130 a
month payment for total dis
ability. The payments range
down to $15 a month for 10 per
cent disability. The top pay
ment under the old law was
$138; the lowest $13.80.
Medical Society Suit
Dated to Start Oct. 18
Portland, Oct. 11 W) The gov
ernment's anti-trust suit against
the Oregon State Medical socie
ty was set today to open in fed
eral court here October 18.
The government contends that
the Oregon Physicians Service,
a prepaid medical plan sponsored
by the Medical society, consti
tutes a monopoly.
The Medical society, the Phys
icians Service, and a long list of
Individual physicians are defendants.
Truck Driver Killed
St. Helens, Ore., Oct. 11 (Pi
A truck driver was killed by
electric shock here yesterday
while loading wet planks on a
truck. Police said a large crane
already loaded on the truck
touched a power line just as
George Martin Johansen, 39,
Portland, lifted the wet plank
onto the truck.
Public Health Department
Reports to Council on Polio
Poliomyelitis, or Infantile paralysis, has been a serious threat
in this community, the city health office informed the city coun
cil Monday night through the monthly report of City Manager
J. L. Franzen.
The report indicated that every known measure is being taken
lo block the disease.
One new case was reported
from Salem Memorial hospital
Tuesday. The patient is John
Crawford, 22, of 444 North 14th.
His condition is definite but not
critical.
Four cases are now in that
hospital. Dale Esch, 453 Gerth;
Stuart Clark, S A years old, who
was admitted Oct. 6; and Miss
Nell Beedle, 16, of 1570 Park,
who has been in the hospital over
a month, are all in favorable
condition.
"The community Is fairly well
- "There, is a general lack of
knowledge as to how best to
spray for fly control. Too much
confidence has been placed on
aerosol bomb. This is conveni
ent for daily household use only
Much more effective and by far
economical would be a water
emulsion using a 5 percent wet
table powder, sprayed on sur
faces where flies congregate.
"Adequate pasteurization of
milk (over B0 percent in this
area) assures us that this will
not be a major threat as far as
informed as to the nature of the! spread of poliomyelitis is con
disease." the reDort said. Thelcerned. Mr. Hendricks, of the
medical profession is lending
hand through their private offic
es in allaying unnecessary fear
As far as organized community
effort is concerned, skeleton
United States public health serv
ice. made inquiry as to the prog
ress the department is making in
bringing its ordinance up to the
public health service code. The
plans are ready to be expanded 'city attorney will make the nec
in the event of need. lessary revisions and present it to
"Adeauate sewage disposal; the council at his earliest con
and a safe water supply have
been cared for. It is reassuring
venience.
It would be possible for
to know that the citv will not be man to be assigned to Salem in
expected to go to great expense a teaching capacity without cost
in spraying for fly control as a
means of stopping polio. Flies
have been more of a problem
this year than in previous years.
to demonstrate good practices in
ratproofing and extermination
This service would probably cov
er a 4 or 5-month period."
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SAME ON AND OFF SCREEN
Charles Laughton Admits
He's Blustering, Untidy
By PATRICIA CLARY
Hollywood U"J The mean men of the screen all Insist that
in private life they're too gentle to swat a fly.
The great lovers all claim to stay home nights and play with
their children.
But the blustering, untidy Charles Laughton admits that, in
real life, he's blustering and un
tidy
End of Grain Race The four-masted bark Pamir arrives
at Falmouth, England, carrying a cargo of 4.200 tons of grain
after a stormy voyage of 127 days from Australia.
Oregon's Creed
Used at Pomona
In Prexy's Talk
Claremont, Calif., Oct. 11
The creed of the state of Ore
gon served as the stepping
stone for the opening convo
cation address of Pomona col
lege, Claremont, Calif., deliv
ered here this week by Po
mona's president, E. Wilson
Lyon.
President Lyon, who spent
a part of his summer vacation
touring Oregon, referred to
the following inscription
which he noted in the state
capltol in Salem. He titled his
text "Confident In Their Lib
erties," a phrase drawn from
the creed.
"In the soul of Its citizens
we find the likeness of the
state, which if they be unjust
and tyrannical then will it re
flect their voices, but if they
be lovers of righteousness,
confident in their liberties, so
will it be clear in justice and
freedom."
He emphasized the high im
portance of liberal arts educa
tion, but contended that stu
dents should make full use of
educational opportunities to
develop self-directed individ
ualism as a lever against com
munistic dominance in world
affairs.
Unless students take up this
challenge, President Lyon ex
plained, it is doubtful that the
American people will be able
to remain "Confident in Their
Liberties."
'Every time we get a new vil
lain in Hollywood," Laujhton
rumbled, "they put out reams of
stories about him in the fan
magazines. They want to prove
that he's really home-loving and
kind to children.
'This frequently may be true.
But I don't think anybody be
lieves it or cares."
For years after he appeared
as "Captain Bligh," Laughton
said, he tried to persuade people
he was really a gentle, quiet
chap.
"They couldn t have been less
interested, or less convinced," he
said.
"On the screen I generally
have been cast, mostly by my
choice, as a wicked, blustering
or untidy character. Now I am
ready to admit that in real life
Charles Laughton is all of those
things.
1 often bluster. I find it gets
me my own way. I am notor
iously wicked, especially to
bores. And everybody knows
I'm only happy when I can take
my coat and tie and shoes off."
If he were to let himself go,
he added, he could be a lot more
evil in real life than he really
"I purposely go in for villain
ous roles on the screen," he said,
"to find an outlet for the evil as
pects of my character. They
appear in my own life consid
erably diluted. This makes life
a lot easier on my wife."
Laughton is planning a tour
of 50 American cities this fall to
read selections from great books,
including Shakespeare, Dickens
and the Bible.
This will give movie fans a
chance to judge, he said, wheth
er he's as villainous a man as he
says.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, October 11, 194921
Flights to Singapore
To Start November 1
Seattle, Oct. 11 (U.B New
flight service from the United
States to Singapore by Pan
American World Airways begin
ning Nov. 1 was announced to
day by the airline's Pacific-Alaska
traffic manager, Harvey
Hancock.
Hancock said that for the firs)
time in history of tran-Pacific
air traffic, Singapore will be
directly connected with the Pa
cific coast.
Total flying time from the
mainland to Singapore is set at
39 hours and 15 minutes, he
said.
Insects Peril
Weslern Timber
Seattle, Oct. 11 UB) The So
ciety of American Foresters was
warned yesterday that tree-killing
insects present a serious
peril to the western timber in
dustry.
.Clyde S. Martin, president of
the organization, said more than
2.000,000 acres of Washington
and Oregon forest lands were
being killed by the spruce worm.
He said a mixture of DDT and
oil was sprayed on 160,000 acres
In Oregon this year and that
more than 500.000 must be
sprayed next year if the pest la
to be controlled.
"Forest losses from insect
pests are at least five times
greater than from fire in Wash
ington, Oregon and California,"
Martin declared.
Martin spoke at the opening
session of the society's national
convention. More than 800 dele
gates are expected to attend.
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