12--Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1949
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Cold Dp North? Lee Garee, (left) and LaDene Von Wag
oner, both of Miami Beach, Fla., can't believe it as they frolic
on the beach at Miami in bright, sunshiny weather with the
mercury at 74 degrees. (AP Wirephoto)
Santa Called Commercial,
But He's Winning Anyway
PATRICIA CLARY
(United PreM Staff Correspondent)
Los Angeles, Dec. 14 (U.R) The three kings of the Orient, the
Latin version of Santa Claus, met the American Santa today and
pronounced him "too commercial."
But he's winning Latin America away from them anyway, they
admitted. The children think the jolly round saint is more fun
than the staid, dignified kingf
from the Bible.
The wise men, who bring gifts
for every south-of-the-border
child on January 6, just as they
brought myrrh and frankincense
to the infant Jesus, were flown
here from Mexico by Compania
Mexicana de Avacion to meet
Santa Claus.
It was the first official visit
to this country of the robed and
bearded men who are as im-l
portant to Christmas in Latin
countries as Santa is here.
"Santa is very jolly, but he
1b too commercial," "Wise Man
Enrique Ortega said. "He sells
everything. With all the gifts
from him, the real spirit of
Christmas Is forgotten.
"With us, Christmas Is a time
for fasting and prayer. We take
it seriously."
Ortega and the other two wise
men, Juan De Domenico, a CMW
official, and Prfirio Romay,
Mexican vice-counsul, had a date
with Santa and Mayor Fletcher
Bowron under the city's 105-
foot Christmas tree.
They showed up In the flow
ing blue robes, draped hat and
false beards that the Mexican
gift-giver substitutes for Santa's
red suit and pillows.
The wise men ride on flying
camels, instead of a sleigh.
Mexican children
ters to the wise
write let
men, Ortega
said, and leave them with them
in department stores. More ad
vanced stores now have Santa
Claus and a wise man side by
side. A child who wants to be
on the safe side can place 'an
order with both.
'Families are trying to keep
the old customs, but you can't
blame the children for liking
the jolly, laughing Santa better
than a sober old wise man.
Ortega said.
"Perhaps it will not be long
until Santa Claus conquers the
country and runs us out of busi
ness," the wise man said.
Detroit Woman Wins
$50,000 for Baking
New York, Dec. 14 (U.R) Mrs.
Ralph . Smafield of Detroit,
Mich., won a $50,000 prize from
a flour maker today as the top
baker among 100 home cooks
selected in a nation-wide con
test.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt an
nounced the young Detroit
mother won in a "bake-off" con
test held at the Waldorf-Astoria
yesterday.
Other winners were Mrs.
Richard W. Sprague, San Mari
no, Calif., third place, $4,000
and Mrs. Estclla Worley, Los
Angeles, $1,000.
ish Doctors
Reply to Ewing
London, Dec. 14 VP) A group
of British doctors lambasted
U.S. Federal Security Adminis
trator Oscar R. Ewing today for
his views on Britain's national
health service.
The "Fellowship for Freedom
in Medicine," target for remarks
bv Ewing here last week, re
torted that "the public should
realize that Mr. Oscar Ewing is
Mr. Aneurin Bevan's opposite
number in the United States.'
Bevan is British health minister.
The group objected to being
tagged "a small group of die-
hards" by Ewing, retorting that
on the contrary is numbers 3,000
members, most of whom are in
Britain's health service now and
are trying to make it work.
Ewing last week said the
British health program was a
success, and charged that cer
tain groups in organized Amer
ican medicine, opponents of a
U.S. health scheme, were con
tributing to support the propa
ganda activities of "a small group
of diehard British doctors who
are still fighting the national
health program.
The fellowship replied it was
not fighting the national health
program but was fighting to
keep party politics out of med
icene. ..."
Neighbors Join in
Wife's Plea That
Husband Be Freed
New Orleans, Dec. 14 (U.R)
If the Louisiana pardon board
will just have as much faith in
her husband as the people of
Branscomb, Calif., Mrs. John
Wiley Johnson said today, it
would let him go home.
Mrs. Johnson and her 2-year-old
daughter, Sharron
Faye, appeared before- the
board yesterday to seek free
dom for her husband who es
caped from the state peniten
tiary in 1946 while serving a
20-year shop-breaking term.
Mrs. Johnson brought with
her a petition signed by 100
Branscomb citizens who think
Johnson ought to go free.
The petitioners said Johnson
lived an "exemplary life" in
Branscomb after his escape.
During his stay there he mar
ried his pretty wife, went into
the trucking business on a loan
from the Branscomb bank and
became prosperous.
He was arrested again last
October when his past caught
up with him, and returned to
prison in Louisiana.
The Johnson's friends went
further than just signing a
petition. They paid Mrs.
Johnson's and the baby's way
here.
The pardon board said It
would have a decision on the
case in 10 days.
Mrs. Fish Honored
Dayton Mr. and Mrs. E. K.
Fish entertained a group of rel
atives, honoring her mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Miller on her sev
entieth birthday. Those of the
family included Mrs. Vern Gar
rett and daughter Lois; Mr. and
Mrs. Leland Newhouse and fam
ily; Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Good
rich and Laura Mae; Sharolyn
Wolfe.
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11, surrealist, who says he is
turning to religious painting,
leaves his hotel in Rome car
rying his canvas of the "Im
maculate Conception."
Dim Prospects for
Early CVA Hearings
Washington, Dec. 14 (P)'
Prospects appeared dim today
for early hearings in the Pacific
Northwest on President Tru
man's proposal for a Columbia
Valley Administration.
Chairman Chavez (D., N.M.)
of the senate public works com
mittee said a heavy schedule in
the senate would make it dif
ficult for his group to conduct
the hearings. He had hoped, he
said, to schedule them in January.
'But it does not seem likely
that we could possibly get away
for more than two weeks in the
early part of the session," he
told a reporter. "That is not
enough time for the CVA hear
ings in the Columbia River ba
sin. I do not believe that we
can do justice to the subject and
the people in less than four
Happy Three-Legged Rabbit
May Get a Wooden Leg
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Dec. 14 (U.R) "Cutle" cottontail is the happiest
three-legged rabbit in the world.
If she isn't, she certainly is the only wild bunny which ever
had a couple of nurses and a skilled rabbit doctor in attendance
for a leg amputation.
Here's the story:
John Webster, a Washington
lawyer, who lives in nearby
Va . looked out his
basement window a few months
ago and saw the little brown
bunny looking in half starved.
He and his sons, Mark, 3 "A and
David, 2 'A, fed the animal and
shooed her into the woods.
But "Cutie" cottontail, as tne
llttlo hovs named the bunny,
kept coming back for more car
rot tops. And betore long "ou
tie" discovered the clover on the
Wohtor lawn. The Websters
realized they had permanent
company.
Small boys, being small Doys,
rfnn't like their Dets to stay out
in the wet. So it wasn't long
before ' "Cutie," puffing up to
around three pounds, had bun
nied her way into the house.
She even allowed herself to
get house broken, and learned
to rear up on her hind legs and
beg for carrots in front of the
ice box.
Woll last week, the rabbit
was turned out to clover while
the kids were napping. Later
"Cutie" came back wounded,
scratching on the back door to
get in.
Mrs. Webster let her in; a bad
ly hurt rabbitt.
So Mrs. W. called Mr. W. and
he dropped everything legal and
came home. Mr. W. bundled
the bunny and took her to Dr.
R. R. Whitter's animal hospital
in Alexandria.
First they put her gently onto
the "patient's"- table and looked
her over. A broken leg. It
couldn't be set, Dr. Whitter could
I see that.
An operation was successful
Census to Ask
Income Data
Washington, Dec. 14 U.R The
census bureau today refused to
back down on its plan to gather
personal income statistics, de
spite Republican protests that
the scheme is an invasion of
privacy.
Acting Census Director Philip
M. Kauser told Secretary of
Commerce Charles Sa-.vyer that
the only compromise he would
offer for the 1950 census would
be to allow citizens to send their
income information directly to
Washington.
That would prevent the local
census-taker from knowing the
income of the person he is in
terviewing. The same method
was used in 1940.
Hauser said Aemricans have
no reason to fear that gossipy
census takers will discuss any
one s income with the neighbors
He said the census bureau has
a reputation for "zealousness in
guarding the confidential nature
of the reply of any individual
person or establishment."
The Republicans said they
were not mollified by Hauser's
offer to let citizens mail their
income .statistics to Washington
Furthermore, the GOP legis
lators said, it is a "raw injustice'
against low-income persons be
cause the bureau plans to seek
detailed information only from
those making less than $10,000
a year.
weeks."
Chavez said a definite decision
will not be made until after con
gress convenes next month.
He said he would have to dis
cuss the question with other
members of the committee.
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Dallas Eighty dairymen and
interested persons attended the
Polk county DHIA tour of the
Oregon Dairy Breeders' associa
tion near Corvallis and the John
Pugh farm near Shedd. The
final visit was to the Rex Dick
farm also near Shedd.
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Breeders' association. Ben Si
monson and Fred Roberts gave
an interesting talk concerning
the value of artificial insemina
tion and what it can do for the
dariymen. More than 12,000
cows were mechanically bred
during 1949.
On the John Pugh farm many
heifers and several cows pro
duced artificially were observed.
These were raised under farm
conditions and out of grade dairy
cows.
A New Zealand type of milk
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good right hind one and look for
a goodie in the ice-box.
There is some thought of a
wooden leg, although Dr. Whit
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