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This Would Be Simply Awful,
Better Avoid Bottomless Pit
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division, Oregon Higher Education System
1, "Is China exactly on the opposite side of the world from
us, and do the people there walk upside down by our standards?"
(j! W., Eugene)
The term antipodes (an-tip-o-dez, accent second syllable) is
sometimes applied to the location we would reach should we be
nhle to bo on a straight lines
course through the center of the
earth and on to the other side.
The word means "opposite our
feet."
Let us suppose a straight tun
nel literally a "bottomless pit"
runs the nearly 6000 miles
through our planet to the oppo
site surface. The most spedy
way to reach our antipodes is
to lump into this hole and let
the force of eravitation do its
worst. Once started, our velo
city of fall constantly increases,
until at the center (we assume
no air resistance) we are tear
ing along at 4.9 miles per sec
ond. Then our speed decreases
and 42.5 minutes after we start
ed, we reach the other side
"feet up" and, for a split second
motionless. But unless some
kindly native grabs us, we fall
back into this pit and start
homeward, doomed to an eternal
pndulum-like oscillation back
and forth through the earth.
Hollywood, Calif. Bob "Great Lover" Precht (left), .19-year-old
UCLA sophomore, strolls the campus here late
today with his "steady," 18-year-old Molly Cosgrove (right),
as he explains to her why she will be escorted to the junior
Drom bv someone else. Reason? : 15.000 college students voted
Bob the "most romantic he-man on the campus." The reward
for such a title is the privilege of escorting Screen Star Eliza
beth Taylor to the prom Saturday night. (Acme Telephoto)
WITH THE CAMPUS WATCHING
UCLA Boy, Tagged 'Lover
Will Date Elizabeth Taylor
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 10 (U.R) The most uncomfortable boy
In town today is 19-year-old Bob "Great Lover" Precht. He has
a date with Elizabeth Taylor.
The prospect of a whole evening with Luscious Liz is enough
to give even experienced Hollywood wolves a few flutters. It just
" Ymakes Bob nervous.
it Because, see, the date's for
tupping usea oy
Cordray in Argument
In his effort to secure a change
of venue for the trial in which
he is charged with conducting a
lottery, Harley v. uoraray, ior
mer Salem patrolman, has fil
ed a newspaper clipping with
the county clerk in an effort to
show that the minds of the peo
ple of the county have been pois
oned against him by adverse pub
licity and that he cannot secure
a fair impartial trial here.
As an offset District Attorney
E. O. Stadter has filed counter
affidavits from long time resi
dents of the county stating that
they never have heard of Cord
ray. Previous affidavits and coun
ter showing have been filed on
both sides.
'Big Jim' of I.W.W.
Days Dies in Seattle
Seattle, Dec. 10 W) "Big
Jim" Thompson, a veteran cam
paigner in the I.W.W.-led strikes
in the lumber and other indus
tries many years ago, died here
Thursday at age 76.
James P. Thompson was his
proper name, but he was known
the breadth of the land as "Big
Jim" during the era when the
"Wobbly" label was the popu
lar one for members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
He has been in retirement
here for many years, except for
tti occasional sally at oratory
for the I. W. W. organization
Thompson went to prison for
his I. W. W. activities in World
War I. He was sentenced to fed
1918 but went free under a pre
sidential pardon five years later.
Red China's Mao
'Hangs' in Moscow
Moscow, Dec. 10 W) China's
top communist, Mao Tse Tung,
has sent his portrait to General
issimo Stalin.
The portrait now hangs in the
museum of the revolution here.
Mao signed the portrait in
Chinese characters with these
words:
, "To our leader, Comrade
Stalin, from Mao Tse Tung."
1 Onions belong to the lily fam
ily. ' '
the UCLA junior prom. And
where does that leave Bob's
steady girl, 18-year-old Molly
Cosgrave? It leaves her with a
date from another guy, that's
what.
And Bob, a husky blond soph
omore- from San Diego, Calif,
still is trying to explain that
"great lover" stuff.
That handle got thrust on him
when 15.000 students, half of
'em starry-eyed coeds, voted
Precht the most romantic he
man on the UCLA campus.
"I don't know why they pick
ed me," he sighed. "I'm a no-
thin', don't get straight A's, don't
play football, don't even go out
much. And now everybody
keeps asking me about my tech
nique. Huh! Don't even have
any!"
"Oh, I don't know about that,"
purred Molly, a pink-cheeked
beauty. "Just don't use any of it
on Liz, that's all."
What happened after he was
elected "great lover," Bob moan
ed, was enough to make any
guy wish they'd left him alone,
Liz Taylor or no Liz Taylor.
Girls whistle when he walks
across the campus. Photograph
ers make him pose with pretty
coeds. He's so busy "great lover-
ing" he hasn't even got time to
do his homework.
"My fraternity brothers won't
leave me alone. Everybody calls
me 'lover-boy.' And every time
I come into a class they all start
razzing me and singing 'I can't
get started with you.'
"Ufh, that's all I've got to
say: ugh!"
And the festivities haven't
even started vet. He escorts Miss
Taylor to a movie and then to 'a
gauntlet of open-houses on cam
pus. Tonight he has dinner at
her home and then takes her to
the prom, where 2500 guys and
gals will watch every move he
makes all night long.
Although China is almost half
way around the world from us,
it is on the same side of the
equator as are we and its people
there walk horizontally instead
of upside down. If anyone cat
ches us at the other end of the
tunnel flight, it will not be a
Chinese, but more likely a mer
maid or possibly a penguin. We
shall come up in the South Seas,
east southeast of the southern
part of Africa, and perhaps luck
ily on one of the small islands in
that remote region.
2. From a correspondent (D
P.B., Portland) eome suggest
ions on a change in a term re
cently discussed in this column.
"I have long thought htat 'light
year' was a confusing coining of
a word, especially for the learn
er. My experience was and still
is, in a way that of first get
ting an impression and then
having to back up and start
again. I believe that anyone, ex
cepting those of you who deal in
such matters constantly, is bound
to think first of a measure of
time. And so the word itself
makes the understanding and re
taining dififcult.
"My dictionary states that
there are statute miles (5280 ft.)
and nautical miles (6080 ft.) So
why not have an 'astronomical
mile and learn that it is about
six trillion statute miles? From
there the student could learn
why that distance was choses for
the astronomical mile. Why can
not someone of world fame, such
as Mr. Einstein, introduce such a
new word? Who coined the word
'light-year', anyhow? I'm argu
ing with him."
Many scientific terms need re
vising, but long useage makes
a change very difficult.
Cold Weather
Grips Midwest
(By the Associated Press!
A batch of inclement weather
snow, sleet, rain and cold ap
peared in prospect for many
parts of the country over the
week-end.
Much colder weather and
snow was forecast for the upper
Mississippi valley and the cen
tral and "southern plains states.
Blizzard conditions were fore
cast for western Nebraska and
northwestern Kansas.
Light snow or freezing drizzle
was reported today from Iowa
and southern Minnesota south
eastward to Indiana and Ohio
state. The weather bureau is
sued a glaze and ice warning
for several north central states.
Rain or freezing drizzle also
was falling in the southern Ap
palachians and the central and
southern plains. Snow fell lr
the central and northern Rock
ies, bkies in other parts of the
country were cloudy.
Today's coldest weather was
in the northeastern .states, with
the mercury dropping to below
zero in some areas. It was -3
at Portland, Me., and zero at Al
bany, N.Y. Temperatures gen
erally were around normal in
the southern states and most of
the Far West.
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Capital Journal, Saleiti, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1949 S
Lebanon Mrs. Frank Lindsey, 860 Grove street, displays
her Kumasaka camillia, at the .height of bloom on Thanks
giving and with scores of buds giving promise of Christmas
bloom. Even more unusual at this time of year are blossoms
of bearded iris growing in the garden of Mrs. Juanita Gun
ders. Among numbers of lone primroses reported, a full
crown, is flowering at the Glenn Tucker home. (Express
photo)
Byrd Offers Plan to Slash
$7.5 Billions From Budget
Washington, Dec. 10 W) Senator Byrd (D., Va.), today sought
to lead the nation away from the "economic primrose path of
indefinite deficit financing" with a plan calling for a $7,500,000,
000 slash in federal spending.
Byrd issued a 4,000-word statement which was virtually an
abbreviated federal budget pro-
p sa) for the next fiscal year.l ..It is apparent that the fed
ending June 30, 1951. eral government is headed to-
It called lor government ex- ward an extended era of chronic
penses of only $.Jb,uuu,uuu,uuu dei(.it spending which may con-
Woodburn Sets
Limit on Loads
Woodburn Ordinances pass
ed by the city council recently
are an ordinance to control soli
citation of funds in Woodburn
and another restricting heavy
truck traffic to the state high
way through the city.
The solicitation ordinance re
quires that all persons shall ob
tain a permit to solicit for funds
upon the streets or from house
to house in the corporate limits
of Woodburn for any religious,
political, charitable or other
cause or organization supposed
to be primarily or principally
for the public benefit. The per
mit must be obtained from the
city recorder and be submitted
to the city council for approval
or refusal. The ordinance carries
a fine of from $5 to $100 for vio
lation.
The truck ordinance bans
commercial vehicles with a com
bined load and truck weight in
excess of 10 tons from Hard
castle. East Cleveland and East
Lincoln streets between the Pa
cific highway and Front street.
and from Settlemier avenue
from the St. Paul highway to
South Front street. The action
limits such trucks to the state
highway through the city, name
ly Young street, Front street be
tween Young and Harrison and
Harrison to the city limits.
Ward to Seek
Congress Post
Corvallis, Dec. 10 (IP) L. T.
Ward, publisher of the Benton
County Review, weekly newspa
per at Fnilomatn, today an
nounced he will be a candidate
for the democratic nomination
for representative from the first
Oregon congressional district.
He said he was making the
announcement early to help
clarify the political picture.
He announced a platform
which included opposition to the
CVA, called for repeal of the
Taft-Hartley act, urged elimina
tion of federal farm subsidies
wherever possible in favor of a
permanent marketing plan, was
opposed to a ""compulsory"
health insurance program, advo
cated expansion of social secur
ity benefits and a continuation
of the bipartisan foreign policy.
Two Are Hospifalized
In Sports Accidents
Sports accidents sent two Sa
lem persons to Salem General
hospital Friday night, and both
accidents were of unusual na
ture.
Stephen Walcott, 30, of 468
Ferry street, was setting pins
at the Capitol Bowling alleys
on .terry street when a bowling
ball struck and fractured his
right leg. He was taken to the
hospital by first aid.
Darlene Penrod, 14, was play
ing crack-the-whip on roller
skates at the local rink and was
on the end of the line. She was
thrown against a post and got
a back injury. First aid took
her to the hospital.
Rare Type Blood
Found at Stayton
Stayton In its first visit to
Stayton the bloodmobile of the
Portland Regional Blood center
of the American Red Cross col
lected 65 pints of blood. In ad
dition to Stayton, the commun
ities of Aumsville, Sublimity and
Turner also participated here.
Donating from Stayton were
25 persons with ten from Aums
ville, five from Sublimity, four
from Scio, and two from Meha-
ma contributing blood. Under
the Marion county Blood pro
gram, blood is available to all
needing it, without charge.
A blood pf a rather rare type
was found, when Mrs. Johnnie
E. McGuffin of North Santiam
came to the civic building to do
nate blood. Her blood was class
ified as 3B RH negative. Only
about 15 per cent of the people
have blood in the 3B group and
the negative type is always rare,
it was said.
Not long ago, according to a
nurse with the bloodmobile, a
call was received for blood of
this rare type for a patient. They
were unable to find anyone with
this type of blood and it was nec
essary to send back east for it.
Rotarians Hear Sampson
Woodburn Paul O. Samp
son of St. Louis, Mo., dietician
and lecturer, was the speaker at
the Woodburn Rotary club
Thursday noon. His topic was
The Joy of Eats." Henry Miller
was program chairman. Willard
H. Atwood was received into
membership.
du.ine that 12-month period,
compared with Byrd's estimate
that expenses for fiscal 1950 will
tota1 some $43,500,000,000.
Even his proposed but".get,
Byrd argued, would be $2,000,
000,000 more than President
Truman's budget for fiscal 1948
"whieh ended only 18 months
ago."
It can be achieved without
superhuman effort," Byrd said.
It can be reached principally
by foregoing nonessential in
creases and elimination of ad
ministrative inefficiency, ex
travagance and waste."
The senator issued the pro
posal as the latest step in his
long, battle to reduce govern
ment spending, which is expect
ed to exceed income this year
by more than $5,000,000,000.
He differed sharply with Mr.
Truman's position that the only
way to keep government income
in line with outgo at this time is
by raising taxes.
"To impose new taxes on top
of the existing burdensome, and
in many instances, almost con
fiscatory taxation would put us
in a position where any minor
business decline could easily be
accelerated into a major reces
sion," he said.
Byrds statement came- at a
time when Mr. Truman and his
financial experts were mapping
budget plans for the 12-month
period beginning next July 1.
The Virginia senator left no
doubt that he expects their bud
get proposals to be considerably
higher than his,
tinue until the public debt
crushes us into national insol
vency," he said.
Byrd said congress in January
has three choices:
1. Increase taxes by more than
$7,000,000,000.
2. Hold the spending budget to
about $36,000,000,000.
3. "Authorize expenditures to
taling more than $7,000,000 in
excess of revenue and go gayly
along the economic primrose
path of indefinite deficit financ
ing,
The second choice a balanced
budget without new taxes is
the only wise one, he said.
Compared with the present
year, Byrd proposed these major
cuts: About $2,000,000,000 for
domestic-civilian functions; $1,
300,000,000 in veterans, chiefly
for GI school and unemployment
benefits; $1,500,000,000 in for
eign aid programs; and $2,000,
000,000 in national defense.
Railway and highway cul
verts make ideal locations for
beaver dams and hence beavers
become a nuisance when roads
and railroads are built.
Ball Game Pools Held Legal
Portland, Ore., Dec. 10 (U.PJ
The city attorney's office, in re
sponse to a request by Mayor
Dorothy McCullough Lee, has
ruled that football and basket
ball pools are not illegal under
present ctiy ordinances.
Old Time
BARN DANCE
Saturday Night
MACLEAY
GRANGE HALL
Sponsored by
Macleay Young Grangers
Music By
Harvey Shubble't
Orchestra
9:00 to 12:30
JIMESSK
nHHan
CHICKEN DINNER 90c
Saturday Evening and All Day Sunday
HOME COOKED MEALS EVERY DAY
Home Made Pie - Ice Cream
THE SNACK SHOP
17th and Center Street
"Where Good Coffee Is Still a Nickel"
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OLD TIME DANCE
Every Saturday Night
Over Western Auto
250 Court St
Join the crowd and have
a good time.
Music By
BEN'S ORCHESTRA
PUBLIC DANCE
Admission 60c Inc. Tax
SPECIAL SUNDAY
DINNER
American Legion Club
Open 2 to 9:30 P.M.
All Legionnaires, Auxiliary
Members and Their Guests
2650 S. Commercial
DANCE
HAUNTED MILL
RICKREALL, ORE.
Every Saturday Nite
Admission per person:
90c inc. tax
Couples Only
MODERN MUSIC
DANCE
S - SATURDAY NITE
A Aumsville Pavilion '
8 Music by Tommy !
j Kezziah and His
2 West Coast Ramblers t
A In Aumsville
5 10 Miles S. E. of Salem
9:30-12:30 i
DANCE
Sloper Hall
Independence
Western Swing
Larry & His Cascade
Range Riders
9:30 - 1 a.m.
TONIGHT
Sponsored by .
American Legion Post 33
The United States bought Al
aska from Russia for $7,200,000
in 1867.
at
Special! Dinner
COLE'S
4135 Portland Road
Open 5 P.M. Week Days
Sunday at Noon
SOUP SALAD
Crispy Fried Chicken
French Fries - ROLL, .
Dessert - Drink
TONIGHT
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
WILLAMETTE
VS.
CHICO STATE
. . WU Gymnasium, 8 P.M.
Preliminary 6:30 P.M.
100 Reserved Seati $1-20
General Admission '0e
Students with Card 50e
NOW OPEN-THE NEW
CHINA CAFE
(JUST BEF6RB YOU GET TO TUE HOLLYWOOD STOPLIGHTS)
We Serve Chinese and American Dishes
"ORDERS TO TAKE OUT"
Open 4:30 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. Saturday 'Til 3 A.M.
WE CLOSE MONDAYS
2055 Fairgrounds Road Phone 2-6596
DANCE
T0NITE
to
Wayne Strachan's
Music
it Best Dance Floor in
Town!
k A Super Snack Bar!
VFW. HALL
Hood and Church Sts.
BIG DANCE
AT THE NEW
CRYSTAL GARDENS
2 Floors
Dance either modern or
old time or mix it up
if you wish.
TONITE
2 Bands
BILL DeSOUZA
Modern Music
POP EDWARDS
Old Timers
1 Price
74c
Includes
Tax
And Admits to Both Floors
For Your Shopping Convenience
MAURER B0GARDUS
FURNITURE CO.
AT THE SO. 12TH STREET HI WAY JUNCTION
WILL BE OPEN
SUNDAY, DEC. 11TH
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SUNDAY, DEC.
From 1 p.m. to
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8 p.m.
AND
OPEN DAILY
9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
You can shop for furniture, hardware, toys,
sundries, groceries, meats, vegetables, ice
cream . . . everything you need for Christmas,
because we are located in Dickson's complete
shopping center.