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ACT WAS TOO REAL
'Desperate Attempt at Suicide'
In Circus Arena Is Successful
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. IS U.R) The Shrine clrcui band blared
a fanfare and blue spotlight played on "the great Stanelly'" as
the Dutch high-trapeze artist raced up a rope ladder to his
platform 85 feet above Municipal auditorium here.
The aerial performer Jan Vogel, 30, Amsterdam, Holland
danced back and forth on the
lofty perch, flexed his muscles,
and waved as the 9,000 specta
tors cheered.
Then he turned to the shining
white "breakaway" trapeze bar,
swinging back and forth from
the loft of the arena.
The band did a fade-out, and
the voice of Bingrmster L. Fred
Stein came over the public ad
dress system.
"And now . ., Stein an
nounced dramatically, "... and
now we present the dangerous
aerial act by 'the great Stanel
y.' "
"It is, without doubt," he con
cluded, "the most desperate at
tempt ever made by man to com
mit suicide."
Vogel poised on the platform
as the crowd watched breath
lessly. Then he leaped for the
bar, which was designed to
break from its two rope sup
ports and permit the trapeze
League to Hear
Dr. Packer
Dr. Paul C. Packer, chancel
lor of higher education in Ore
gon, is to be in Salem next
Wednesday evening to speak be
fore a meeting of the League
of Women Voters.
The program Is scheduled for
8 p.m. in Collins hall on the
Willamette university campus
"Whose Education Is It?" is
topic for Dr. Packer's talk, and
he will discuss the Issues and
problems in higher education,
also the growth and develop
ment of the state and its finan
cial problems.
A question period is to follow
the speaker's comments. Mrs.
Arthur Bone will introduce the
speaker.
The general public la in
vited, including members of the
league, their husbands and all
men and women interested in
the state education program and
Its problems.
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Dr. Paul C. Facker
CHAIRS AS PERSONAL AS CLOTHING
Way One Sits at Work
Can Affect Health, Attitude
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
(AAtoelatMl PrfAj Seknct Bdltorl
Nov. 19 W) This is about sitting down while you
Cincinnati
work.
If you want
your brain to
chair, the Southern Medical association was told today.
"Chairs." said Dr. J. B. Garner, Atlanta, "should be
sonal as your clothing."
They fit for proper sitting.
And if you don't sit right, Dr.
Garner said, some surprising
things metal, physical and psy
chological happen.
ln tli is personal chair your
rear will extend out back a bit,
to prevent coccyxosis. This re
fers to your coccyx, a pair of
bones, like sluby stilts, just at
the base of your spine. They
aren't real sitting bones, but
lots of people use them for that,
said Dr. Garner. This puts an
extra strain on the end of the
spine. A properly designed chair
bottom will also do the work of
the rear overhang.
The chair back needs a slight
ly curving area to press forward
into the curve of your spine.
Keeping that curve in position
tends to reduce pot-shaped cor
porosities. Think of
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artist to plungi
death dive to
in
the
a seeming
hardwood
floor below.
The bar snapped as it was
supposed to and "the great
Stanelly" fell as the crowd gasp
ed.
But a little-noticed black rope
with elastic sections which Vo
gel had tied to his ankles and
which had snapped him back
from the floor of the circus ring
hundreds of times before broke
last night.
The Dutchman crashed to the
floor with no safety net to break
his fall.
Only a few persons in the
audience knew that it was not
"part of the act." Few knew
that Vogel was fatally injured
as other circus hands carried
him from the ring and shouted
for first aid.
Few knew, until today, that
Vogel died an hour later in
General hospital.
Shirley Grotona, a 10-year-old
high wire walker, told au
thorities Vogel had complained
that, because of the auditorium's
extreme height, his simulated
death plunges had been hurting
his back.
Two other circus employes.
Jack Earl and B. C. Watkins,
said he installed two new shock
cords in his black safety rope
yesterday, after performing the
act seven times here this week
But he had not tested his ap
paratus after working on it,
they said.
Vogel, who reportedly earned
?500 weekly as "the great Sta
nelly," had been in the United
States 18 months on a temporary
visa. He had began seeking to
obtain an extension so he could
accept another six months of
circus bookings.
Mrs. Wifhycombe
Dies at Sacramento
Information has been received
here of the death in Sacramen
to, Cal., of Mrs. James Mithy
combe, widow of the late Gov
ernor Withycombe who died in
1919.
Mrs. Withycombe lived con
tinuously in Portland after the
death of Governor Withycombe
until about a year ago when her
daughter, Mabel Withycombe,
with whom she made her home,
passed away. She then went to
Sacramento to live with her son.
ban, who is with the California
state highway department. An
other son, Harry, lives at Eure
ka, Mont. There are eight grand
children. Before her marriage Mrs.
Withycombe was Miss Isabel
Carpenter of Farmington, Wash
ington county, Oregon.
The body will be brought to
Salem and private services held
at Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum.
stay clear, you need a personal
as pcr-
The chair seat should not be
long enough to press against the
fold-back of your knees. That
puts the feet to sleep.
Your blood pressure goes up,
said Dr. Garner, when you sit
with the familiar forward slouch.
Dr. Garner cites some serious
deformities that sometimes come
from prolonged improper posture
in sedentary work.
You know about neuroses and
psychoses. Dr. Garner says that
now we are also getting postur-oses.
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EXTENDED CAPITOL ARLA " . 'ff'Mk
Enlarged Area
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W. W. Bosebraugh of the city
commission said that agency was
in sympathy with the purpose of
the plan, "but we have proD
lems to meet. This is a battle for
the ideal, against those who
have property in the area and
want to make money on it."
If we can agree on the ideal.
said Chairman Sawyer, "I think
the state will support us."
Looks Ahead 50 Years
Reference was made to the
construction of the telephone
office building at Court and
Winter streets. Rosebraugh and
City Engineer J. H. Davis said
this went in over the opposition
of the planning and zoning com
mission and with approval of the
state board of control. Sawyer
said he hoped no more develop
ments like the Capitol Shopping
Center, on the fringe of the area,
would be permitted.
Sawyer mentioned that the
plan looked ahead 50 to 75 years,
and Robert Stanley of the city
commission wanted to know if
"any district could remain sta
tic for 75 years."
Opposes Gas Station
Stanley then asked Sawyers
opinion about a proposed service
station at Capitol and Center,
within the capitol area. He said
it would be designed to conform
with the state capitol buildings.
'If it is in the extension area,
said Sawyer, "my opinion is it
shouldn t be allowed. But I m
not speaking for the commis
sion." Stanley said he would prefer
it to apartment houses. The area
and its fringe would permit
home and apartment construe'
tion.
W. R. Metsler, Eugene super
intendent of parks, spoke for the
Oregon Association of Land
scape Architects in support of
the state commission s plan, but
suggested that any business de
velopment considered by the
Salem authorities to be neces
sary, might be incorporated into
the state plan.
School Site
Relative to speculation that
the state might acquire the Wa
shington school grounds for
car parking purposes Rose
braugh said he doubted the wis-
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Shown in the drawing is the state capitol zoning area as
proposed by the state capitol planning and the Salem long
range planning commissions, and which must be approved
by the city authorities. It shows the proposed extension
from the State House to D street between Winter and Capjtol
and the fringe area that would be under the same zone classification.
dom of this and suggested in
stead that the state acquire pro
perty in the area and use it tem
porarily fur that purpose, since
it might be held many years be
fore development.
By request Mrs. Gertrude Lob-
dell of the city zoning commis
sion asked whether necessity of
moving would face the First
Presbyterian church in the near
or distant future.
Sawyer indicated the neces
ity would not arise for many
years.
Dean G. W. Gleason of Oregon
State college commended the Sa
lem long-range commission for
having originated the plan un
der discussion.
Program Offered
The plan that the Salem city
council will be asked to approve
provides tentatively:
Bringing into the capitol zone
district the enlarged area to D
street.
Closing Summer street be
tween Chemeketa and Center
and approval of extension of East
and West Summer to Center.
Closing of Chemeketa between
Capitol and Winter.
If and when purchase of pro
perty between Capitol, Marion,
Winter and Center streets is
completed, closing of Summer
street between Center and Mar
ion and extension of East and
and West Summer.
Amendment of the Baldock
plan to make Winter instead of
Summer a one-way artery in
the traffic grid.
Future closing of Waverly and
Union streets.
Governor McKay did not at
tend the meeting, but said yes
terday he would not favor ex
tension of the area north beyond
Center. If greater extension
should be necessary, he said, he
would favor taking it eastward. I
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In spite of considerable difficulty in securing our necessary fixtures that made it
impossible for us to open on our originally planned schedule, you folks really showed a
response to our Grand Opening that far exceeded all expectations. We also wish to
thank our many friends who extended their best wishes for our success. Our sincerest
desire is to make our store a pleasant and cheerful place for all who wish to visit us.
In The
Capitol Shopping
Center
Allan Carson to
Represent Idanha
Lloyd Girod from the Idanha
district in the city Saturday re
ported to the county court that
the group favoring incorpora
tion of that city has arranged
with Senator Allan Carson to
appear as an attorney in their
interests in connection with in
injunction proceedings sought
by Edison Vickers against the
county clerk and county court to
stop the Idanha election on ques
tion of incorporation on Decem
ber 9.
Circuit Judge Rex Kimmell
has set November 28 at 10 a.m.,
as the time for the court and
clerk to appear and show cause
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area. Over 100 designs in high quality napkins for cocktail, luncheon, tea
or dinner. The latest in Brownie Woodblocks, Emory candles, Konstant
candles, Dollcraft Dolls, playing cards by Congress, Arco, Gainsborough, and
Kem for bridge, pinochle, and canasta. Score pads and rule books for all
games. Masslinn cloth napkins and cloths, bridge table covers, and chil
dren's party favors.
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PLAYING CARDS - UNIQUE CANDLES
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why an injunction order should
not be issued. District Attorney
Ed Stadter will appear as at
torney for the county officials
with Carson assisting him on be
half of the proponents of the
Idanha incorporation.
Eire faces a clothing scarcity.
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Dies at Home
Death Friday claimed James
Marion Billings, who for many
years was superintendent of the
Gideon Stolz vinegar plant here.
Ill for a long time, he died at his
home at 1824 North 24th street.
Billings was born July 23
1863, at Noble, 111., and June 10,
1890, in the same town was mar
ried to Laura Ellen Spegal, who
survives him.
The couple moved to Salem in
1913 and the same year Billings
became manager of the Gideon
Stolz vinegar plant. He retired
in 1935. Billings had been a
member of the Modern Wood
men of America for 54 years.
Surviving besides the wife
are four daughters, lrs. Flor
ence Foster of Portland, Mrs.
Esther Mason of Eureka, Calif
Mrs. Agnes Schad of Portland
and Mrs. Virginia Hammer of
Aumsville; three grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Announcement of services
will be made later by the Howell-Edwards
chapel.
Funeral services will be held
at the Howell-Edwards chapel
Monday, November 21, at 1:30 p.
m. with Bev. Walter Fredericks
officiating. Concluding services
will be at Mt. Crest Abbey Mau
saleum. That phone number is
3-3131
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