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Six Injured in Explosions Firemen are shown here bring
ing under control gas-fed fires that swept six stores after a
series of explosions rocked a business center in Northwest
Detroit, Mich. Four firemen, a policeman and a civilian were
injured. (AP Wirephoto)
Agar Admits He and Shirley
Might Work Out Reconciliation
Hollywood, Dec. 17 W) Shirley Temple's ex-husband John
Agar is back in town, and Shirley's got him for the holidays
anyway. But there could be more than mistletoe in the air.
"I'll be at home with Susan all Christmas day," said the 21-year-old
divorcee. "John is welcome to come over."
"We haven't discussed the
time as yet, but I certainly will
see the baby on Christmas,"
Agar said as he stepped from a
plane here yesterday, clutching
two imported French dolls.
"We haven't discussed the
time as yet, but I certainly will
gee the baby on Christmas,"
Agar said as he stepped from a
plane here yesterday, clutching
two imported French dolls.
"I've bought the baby (full
name: Linda Susan, 22 months)
a number of little things, but I
still have to pick out her main
present," said the 28-year-old
actor whom Shirley divorced
December 6 while he was on a
personal appearance tour.
Reconciliation?
"Maybe if all this furore dies
down, it isn't impossible. I sure
hope we can get together again,"
said Agar before he left Chicago.
But when he arrived here he declared:
"I haven't called Shirley since
the divorce, nor have I tried to
contact her any other way. I
won't either; except to make ar
rangements to see our daughter.
"Of course nobody can say
what the future brings so you
can't tell what will eventually
develop from this."
Shirley also soft-pedaled tlje
idea oi Kiss-ana-maKe up.
"I don't want to comment on
this," she said. "I don't think
I should." . .
Under California law, the
couple must wait a year after
last December 6 when their in
terlocutory decree was granted
to receive their final divorce
papers..
Agar disclosed he already had
sent a number of presents to
Shirley.
He indicated that his head
quarters here will be his par
ents' home in Beverly Hills. But,
as his attorney put it, Agar
"could go over to Shirley's home
every day to see the baby and
probably will as soon as he gets
shaved and cleaned up. '
What will happen when he
sees the baby's mother? That's
a question for Santa Claus
Children Present
Christmas Scene
A cast of 200 children, attired
in colorful costumes will pre
sent the drama "The Spirit of
Christmas" in two parts the
night of December 23 at the
Evangelistic tabernacle on Gar
den Road and Park avenue
Part one depicts the modern
Christmas with toys, candy, and
the exchange of gifts. Part two
will take the audience back to
Bethlehem and the coming of
Christ.
Old-Time Glamor Gal's
Dead, Janis Carter Says
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSOX
Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 17 (U.R) The old-time glamour gal's
deader than last week's gossip, Janis Carter said today, and
she's glad of it.
Now she can scrub her kitchen floor without locking the door
This she wouldn't have dared1'
a few years back. Let the news
leak out that a movie queen was
just like any old housewife and
she lost out to the platinum
blonde "fireball" who couldn't
even scramble oft her white
bear rug without help.
"Those were all glamour
props." Miss Carter sniffed.
"Nowadays, we don't need
'em. Solid gold limousines . . .
leopard skin seat covers . . . ex
otic sex lives . . . they're all out
of date."
Mrs. Henry Damon
Dies in Portland
Word has been received here
of the death in Portland of Mrs.
Helen Damon, Salem resident of
many years ago and who is well
remembered for having operated
a popular dining place at New
port for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held
at Finley's in Portland, Monday
at 10:30 a.m. with interment at
2 o'clock in Salem at the City
View cemetery.
Mrs. Damon was the widow of
the late N. J. Damon who, after
leaving Salem, operated a nur
sery at Toppenish, Wash. Mr.
Damon died many years ago.
Before her marriage Mrs. Da
mon was Helen Osburn. As a
young woman she worked in a
store here that was operated by
her father. She is survived by a
sister, Miss Margaret Osburn.
Snake-Eater Put
In Mental Hospital
Yarnell, Art?.., Dec. 17 U.PJ
"Wild Man" Emil Leske, who
lived four months on raw rattle
snakes, porcupines and skunks
has returned to the state hospi
tal for the insane.
The 42-year-old prospector
lived in a cave since escaping
from the Phoenix hospital last
August.
He wore only thin overalls,
tattered - coat and worn-out
shoes in weather that dropped
to five degrees below zero this
week.
Leske's cave was littered with
the remains of five rattlesnakes,
a skunk and a porcupine.
'Rattlesnake is mighty fine
eating," he said. "And theres
Farm Income
Below 1948
Washington, Dec. 17 (fP)
Farmers have made only 90
cents this year on crops and
livestock where they made a
dollar in 1948, the agriculture
department reports.
And from January through
October, farm income was down
in every state except Florida,
new Mexico and Delaware.
Iowa topped all states in cash
receipts from farm marketing
during the 10 months and mid
west states, as usual, comprised
most of the first 10 in farm in
come.
Farm income, a department
survey says, is running about 10
per cent below 1948. November
and December returns aren't ex
pected to brighten the picture,
The biggest gain over last year
among the three states with in
creases was shown by Florida.
In that state farmers made
$323,419,000 during the January
October period as against $272,-
643,000 for the same months
last year.
Iowa's total farm income in
10 months this year was $1,636,-
568,000. California was second
among the states with $1,575,
841,000, trailed by Texas with
$1,544,335,000.
Then came the midwest "Mar
ket Basket" states.
Illinois was fourth with $1,-
416,629,000 followed by Minne
sota with $953,608,000, Kansas,
S800,604,000 and Wisconsin,
$794,072,000.
New York was 12th with
$649,898,000.
All other states had income
below a half billjon dollars. They
include:
Washington $431,501,000 and
Oregon, $273,631,000.
Vincent Sheean Remarried
London, Dec. 17 (P) Vincent
Sheean, the American author,
and his former British wife were
remarried today at the Maryle
bone register office. Mrs.' Sheean
is the former Diana Forbes-Robertson,
youngest daughter of the
late actor Sir Joufbporbes-Rob-ertson.
Nowadays, La Carter said,
you have to look twice to find a
star painted like a hussy ana
mincing down Hollywood boul
evard towing a live lion on a
leash.
We scrub our faces. We look
healthy. We even do our own
housework," she added. "And
the customers don't mind it a
bit."
Even their names have chang
ed. "Janis Carter" wouldn't
have stood a chance in the old
days.
"You had to sound exotic,
she said. "Like Theda Bara, Pola
Negri, Simone Simone, or Mi
chael Strange. Even Myrna
Loy's name has a mysterious
feeling."
There's another big change
that's creeping over Hollywood,
Miss Carter said, although a few
actresses haven't latched on to it
yet. You can show a little intel
ligence now and not be run out
of town on a rail.
"Big stars can actually carry
on adult conversations these
days," she said. "They're up on
world politics, philosophy, best
sellers, architecture, interior
decoration . . . they even know
how to raise children."
"But I can remember when
. . . if a star talked about any
thing but how to drink cham
pagne out of a slipper or what
wild party she went on the night
before . . . she was considered a
little queer in the head."
This new trend goes for movie
sirens, too. Of which Miss Car
ter is one of the best. She has
played the "other woman" oft-
ener than she'd like to remem
ber, and she didn't insure her
"bedroom eyes" for a million
bucks because they make the
gents think of home and mother
and good old apple pie.
"I just finished a sexy role in
'I Married a Communist,' she
adde. "Right after it was over,
I went on a hospital tour. In the
old days an actress wouldn't
have considered mingling with
wounded veterans. It wasn't
glamorous."
Cold Wave Hits
enlral Area
'By the Associated Press!
Most of the midwest had war
mer weather today but some cold
with rain or snow, wasi
heading for the north central1
states.
The cold air already had mov
ed into northeastern Montana
nd North Dakota, sending tem
peratures to around the zero
mark. The warmer air over the
upper Mississippi valley and
Great Lakes region yesterday
ended several days of chilly
weather.
Fair, cool weather prevailed
along the Atlantic coast south
ward into Florida and the Gulf
region.
Rain fell in the Pacific north
west. In some sections of eastern
Washington and Oregon there
was rain mixed with snow. The
rain spread as far south as north
ern California and there were
ight showers in Arizona. An
other small rain area developed
over eastern Texas and Arkansas
early today.
nothing better than porcupine."
Leske's only equipment was
a butcher knife, a pickaxe and
home-made traps.
Ike Notes People Bewildered
Since High Hopes Not Realized
Fort Worth, Dec. 17 UP) General Ddight D. Eisenhower says
there is a growing concern among the people a bewilderment,
sometimes a resentment because the high hopes held during
the war have not been realized.
' "In foreign relations we have seen an ideology, an announced
foe of our form of government,
engulf all of eastern Europe,"
he said last night, "and threaten
western Europe and reach into
asia until at times we feel al
most isolated. To make the solu
tions to uor problems more com
plicated, we must reach some
answer in the atomic shadow."
Eisenhower, who says he will
not let any sort of talk by others
make him a presidential candi
date, spoke at the annual din-
Portland Plane Crewman
Tells of Bailing Out in Snow
By PFC. JOSEPH LEPTICH
Reno, Nev., Dec. 17 U.R Pfc. Joseph Leptich, 21, Portland
Ore., was a crewman on an air force C-82 and bailed out over
western Nevada early Friday.
This is his story of the incident:
"It's a nice Christmas present, just to be alive today.
"I was stationed at Chanute
Field, HI., and was en route
home for the holidays."
"We were dozing when the
sound of one of the motors miss
ing woke us all up. We looked
out and could see nothing but
snow driving against the win
dows. "When the engine Icicked out
altogether, the crew chief came
back and told us to bail the
' hell out. And we went. It was
(iur first jump but we didn't wait
around to think, about that.
"The first thing I noticed when
the chute opened was that it
Was snowing and the wind was
flapping my chute and Plowing
hie back and forth. I looked
down and the snow swirling un
per me made me think I was
going into water.
J "Boy, I thought I was a goner.
, "Then I hit the ground with a
I got out of the chute and shout
ed for the others, but there was
no answer. The country was all
lava bed and rimrock with pat
ches of snow- around.
"I took off down a creek bed
and ran into the other guys. We
wrapped one of the guys who
was injured in chutes and a
marine with a bunged up arm
said he would stay with him un
til we got back. Then we walked
to the road and here we are.
"Boy, oh boy, I'm taking a
bus from here to Portland. I'm
through flying."
ner of the Fort Worth Chamber
of Commerce.
He told an audience of 5.000:
"I believe we should not for
get that what the founding fath
ers of America strove for was
the diffusion and decentraliza
tion of power strove to keep
power out of the hands of the
central government to the detri
ment o the individuals.
we can remember that if
we surrender responsibility, we
must surrender a comparable
amount of authority if we can
remember this and solve our
own problems our own way
then the faith of our founding
fathers that this nation can gov
ern itself will be justified."
Earlier Thursday at a press
conference he said again that he
does not intend to enter the
field of politics.
And he emphasized he had no
reaction to recent quoted state
ments by members of President
Truman's staff that Eisenhower
was "acting like a (presidential)
candidate."
"Frankly," said Eisenhower,
"I have no political angle and
I'm not going to let any sort of
talk by others make me a candidate."
Salem Heights Girls
Entertain Mothers
Salem Heights, Dec. 17 The
Bluebirds of the third grade
honored their mothers at the
school lunchroom with a Christ
mas party. The girls sang carols
which they will sing Saturday
afternoon with the other Blue
bird and Campfire groups on
the court house lawn around
the Christmas tree. They played
games with the mothers joining
in. There was a gift, for each
mother and each Bluebird un
der the tree. Each Bluebird pre
sented the gift to her mother.
Mothers present were Mrs,
Glen Wilbur, Mrs. Vernon Wea
ver, Mrs. William Fonsiord,
Mrs. Floyd McClellan, Mrs.
Carl Harris, Mrs. Hans Stelzen
mueller, Mrs. Kenneth Zwicker,
Mrs. Roland Baker, Mrs. Louis
Kurth and the leader of the
group, Mrs. Roy McElroy.
Refreshments were served
around a white ruffled doille
Christmas tree made by Mrs.
Vernon Weaver.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 17, 1949 3
CAPEHART CLAIMS:
Steusloff Will Head
Oregon Sheepherders
Claude Steusloff, Salem, was
elected president of the Oregon!
Purebred Sheep Breeders asso
ciation at the annual meeting in
Corvallis this week. Other offi
cers and directors are Floyd Ed
wards, Albany; C. M. Hubbard,
Junction City, Route 3; Jay
Thompson, Salem; Eddie Ahrens,
Turner, and Lynn Barnes, Har-risburg.
Recommendations at the re
cent national wool growers
meeting in Denver, Colo., were
explained by R. A. Ward, Paci
fic Wool Growers association
Other speakers were President
A. R. Strand, Dr. J. N. Shaw,
Henry Ramp ton and Dr. F. M.
McKenzie, all of OSC; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Moser, of Corvallis,
who told of their summer trip
to Europe; R. V. Hogg, Salem,
and W. A. Holt, of the Pacific In
ternational Livestock exposition,
Pearl Manamaker to
Head School Officers
Olympia, Dec. 17 U-R Pearl
A. Wanamaker, state superin
tendent of public instruction
has been elected 1950 president
of the National Council of Chief
State School Officers, her office
learned Friday.
The council announced the re
suits of an election December 10
at its annual meeting in Biloxi
Miss.
The national council of chief
state school officers is the off i.
cial organization of all the state
superintendents in the United
States.
ELIZABETH SLOAN SIMPSON
Mayor O'Dwyer
Weds Tuesday
Stuart. Fla. Dec. 17 VP) The
nation's largest city will have a
Texas born first lady when May-
William O'Dwyer of New
York is married Tuesday morn
ing to dark-haired Elizabeth
Sloan Simpson.
Details of the approaching
marriage remained a secret as
the Irish-born chief executive
of New York City and his bride-to-be
remained in hiding, report
edly aboard a friend's yacht.
O'Dwyer, 59, who rose from a
penniless immigrant boy to may
or of Gotham, and the 33-year-old
former model appeared at the
court house of this picturesque
little resort and fishing town
yesterday to obtain an applica
tion for a wedding license.
Under Florida's three-day wait
law, the actual license will not
be issued until 8 a.m. (EST)
Tuesday, immediately before the
ceremony.
The wedding is to be perform
ed by the Rev. Timothy J.
Geary in St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic church about 8:30
a.m. (EST) Tuesday.
$37 Million RFC Loan
Insisted on by Truman
Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 17 W) Senator Capehart (R-Ind) said
last night that a $37,000,000 loan by the Reconstruction Finance
corporation to Lustron corporation was made at the insistence
of President Truman. 4
Capehart recalled that he was a member of the senate banking'-'
and currency committee whichv
studied the RFC loan to the
Columbus (Ohio) prefabricated
house manufacturing concern.
"The word came over that the
president of the United States
was insisting that the loan be
made," Capehart said. '"When
we investigated we found that
the place was filled with people
from Missouri. 1
The senator did not say from
whom the word came. He said
the RFC had repeatedly rejected
the loan before word came.
His statement was made in a
debate with Rep. Jacobs (D-Ind)
at Valparaiso university.
Capehart had said m a prev
ious debate at Richmond, Ind.,
that the government is "squan
dering your money and mine ov
er in Ohio on Lustron homes."
Jacobs counlered this last
night by declaring that a repub
lican congressman who later be
came a Lustron official made the
huge loan possible.
Jacobs identified the man he
said "made possible the loan by
introducing an amendment" as
"the former republican repre
sentative from New Jersey,
Frank Sundstrom, who later be
came executive vice-president
in charge of sales for Lustron."
Jacobs added that another re
publican, Senator Flanders of
Vermont, testified in favor of
the Lustron loan.
The republican senior senator
and the democratic freshman
congressman from Indianapolis
are touring the state in a series
of debates. Their announced
subject, "Is the New Deal Party
Forcing British - Type Social
ism on the American People?
ALL GOT PAID THOUGH
Judge Begins With 12 Jurors,
ThenFindsl3,EndsWithll
Pendleton, Dec. 17 m The very-formal United States district
court tried a case here last week with 11 jurors.
Judge Claude McCulloch started out with 12, found he had 13
and ended up with 11.
The day before, the 12 regular jurors looked over the property
site involved in a condemnation'
suit. After it was over, regular
juror Richard Davis flew home
Pageant Draws
AtRickreall
Rickreall, Dec. 17 The ninth
annual Christmas pageant pre
sented by residents of this com
munity drew a capacity crowd
of more than 600 persons Friday
night and will be given for the
last time Saturday night. Resi
dents of the community write
and stage the production which
has a cast of 35.
Mrs. B. C. Bell is the direc
tor, with the music in charge of
Miss Louise Woodruff and Ruth
Frick as pianist. Soloists are
Eva Jean Miller, Ronald Craven,
Cyrill P. Hanney and Ivan Mar
ble with L. C. Miller the reader.
The part of Mary is again
taken by Mrs. Walter Bates with
Ronald Hogg, a shepherd, as
sisted" this year by his trained
sheep dog. Other shepherds are
Leo Buysene, Harlo Kamery,
Frank Whaley and Ray Claggctt.
The three wise men are Claude
Larkin, W. C. Hill and Ledru
King with Cecil Peltier taking
the part of the Roman soldier.
Others in the cast are George
Elvin Van Santen, as John the
Baptist; Lcviles, M. Bayard Find
ley, S. B. Holt and D. W. Shel
ton; Harry Dempsey as Zachari
as; Mrs. L. C. Miller the angel;
J. H. Harlond, Joseph; Mrs. Jess
Ragsdale, Elizabeth and Mrs.
Harlo Kamery the water girl.
Back again this year and add
ing to the reality of the scene is
Billy, a burro belonging to Al
fred Flickinger, who has been
a member of the "cast" for sev
eral years.
Because of limited facilities
only 1200 tickets were available
and these distributed free of
charge. Ticket holders are giv
en preference with others seated
if possible.
Truck Driver Injured
Centralia, Wash., Dec. 17 (U.RI
A Northern Pacific helper train
collided with a freight truck at
the Main street crossing today,
critically injuring the truck driv
er, Hubert Fenlon,29, Seattle.
struck him.
A passing truck
Sprung was killed.
to Union, 75 miles from Pendle
ton. The next morning, fog kept
him out of Pendleton. He phoned
the court clerk he would be late
and was driving over.
Meanwhile Frank E. Cable,
of Pilot Rock, who was two days
late for jury service, showed up
just as the jurors were filing in.
Cable, the unsworn juror, trail
ed in with them.
"Are you a juror?" asked the
bailiff.
"Yes," replied Cable, who fig
ured he must be.
And the bailiff invited him to
sit with the 11 regular jurors.
As the case progressed, Cable
grew increasingly uneasy. He
knew he was out of place but he
haled to interrupt.
Finally it dawned on the
court, and there was a hurried
consultation in the hilarious
courtroom. Defense attorneys
and U. S. attorneys agreed to an
11-man jury, and the case was
tried, minus Davis, the regular
juror who arrived too late, and
Cable, the unsworn juror.
It worked out all right for Da-
Escapes Injury in
Crash, Then Killed
Lindsay, Ont., Dec. 17 W)
Lawrence C. Sprung, 65, escap
ed injury yesterday when his au
tomobile crashed into a ditch.
He stood alongside the car, wait
ing for wreckers to pull it out.
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SATURDAY NITE
Aumsville Pavilion
Music by Tommy
Kezziah and Ills
West Coast Ramblers
In Aumsville
10 Miles S. E. of Salem
9:30-lZ:3U
Special! Dinner
or
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4135 Portland Road
Open 5 P.M. Week Days
Sunday at Noon
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Crispy Fried Chicken
French Fries - ROLL
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Western Swing
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Every Saturday Night
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259 Court St
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