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Accused Mrs. Margaret Russell (above), 88, partially deaf
and blind in one eye, is pictured in the Oakland, Calif., Jail
where she was being held on charges of stealing two cubes
of butter from a grocery store. The special police officer
who arrested her at the store said he would not have made
the arrest "except that she got indignant and tough to me."
(Acme Telephoto)
Widow, 88, May Go to Jail,
Cheered by Many Friends
Oakland, Calif., Dec. 21 (U.R) A chain store manager said today
he was determined to press charges against Mrs. Margie Russell,
88-year-old widow accused of stealing two cubes of butter worth
38 cents.
The half-blind, nearly deaf old
Toys Given to
Needy Ones
The regular monthly meeting
of Cub Scout Pack 11 was held
December 18, 1949, at Engle
wood school and under the lead
ership of Cubmaster Robert B.
Wright the pack meeting car
ried out the theme of the month
by bringing repaired and unre
paired toys to be given to chil
dren of the underprivileged.
This was their good will deed
for the month.
Nine new Bobcats were in
ducted into the pack. They are
Jimmy Johnson, Charles McGee,
Robert Hegg, Pete Berry, Stevie
Cross, Ralph McEldowney, Wes
ley Armstrong, Gary Graham
and Cary Douris.
Seven boys received their
Wolf badges after having joined
the pack November 18, 1949.
They are Ralph Morgan, Clay
Newell, James Reimann, John
Rausch, Pat Kelley, Mike Kelley
and John Socolofsky.
Jack Bowman was awarded
his Bear badge. John Gallagher
was awarded his Weblos badge
which is the highest rank of
Cub Scouts. He is now ready
to join a regular Scout troop.
Service stars and gold and sil
ver arrows were awarded Bill
Auman, Dick Buchanan and Ar
thur McEldowney.
After all business was com
pleted a Christmas party was
held for the Cub Scouts with an
exchange of gifts. Candy was
furnished by mothers of the
Cubs and apples were furnished
by the pack. There was a good
attendance of boys and parents.
, The pack now has 65 boys en
rolled and 62 were present.
Demonstration Held
Upon Decorations
Aumsville A number of
members of the Aumsville ex
tension unit attended the meet
ing on holiday decorations in
Stayton. Miss Betty Ann Boet
cher and Miss Eleanor Trindle
gave the demonstrations.
Going from here were the
Mesdames Charles Wright,
Omar Roberts Sr., Omar Rob
erts Jr., Vernon Roberts, Bland
Speer, jack La Ront, Joe Nich
yilson, David Wettmer, Elmer
. Gunther and Marvin Bradley.
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lady appeared in court before
Police Judge Joseph A. Ken
nedy, holding on to the arm of
Attorney Rupert Crittenden,
who volunteered to defend her.
Crittenden asked for a jury trial
and Kennedy set December 22
for trial in extra sessions court.
She earlier had pleaded not
guilty to petty theft charges.
Mrs. Russell said nothing to
the judge in court, but after the
session was over, she told Crit
tenden:
"This has spoiled Christmas
for me. But it's a grand exper
ience ... I never knew I had so
many friends."
If convicted, she could be fin
ed $500 and sentenced to six
months in jail.
Mrs. Russell, or "Grandma,"
as her jailmates nicknamed her,
was arrested last Thursday by a
store detective. She was in jail
for four days until her middle-
aged son yesterday put up $200
bail.
"I'm real mad over all this
fuss!" she exclaimed. "I didn't
steal the butter."
Son Born to
Mrs. Vanderbilt
New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) Mrs,
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, wife
of the millionaire sportsman
gave birth to a son Tuesday at a
small private hospital.
The mother is the former Je
anne Murray, cousin of Mrs.
Henry Ford, 2nd, and daughter
of the late Wall street stock bro
ker, John F. Murray. Both she
and the baby were reported do
ing well at the Le Roy sanitar
ium.
The Vanderbilts were married
Oct. 13, 1945, when they eloped
by plane to Philadelphia where
a civil ceremony was performed
by Judge Charles Klein.
Vanderbilt, 32, who already
has inherited $15,000,000 and
will inherit an additional $5,
000,000 on his 35th birthday, is
owner of the Sagamore farms
racing stable. He is a former
president of the Belmont and
Pimlico tracks.
The birth of a boy gave the
Vanderbilt family its first male
heir in many years. Vanderbilt
is the father of an 11-year-old
daughter by his previous mar
riage to the former Manuela
Hudson.
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Boos! in Bus
Express Sought
Portland, Dec. 21 W) A boosM
in charges for express shipments
on Greyhound bus lines in Ore
gon was asked yesterday by the
company.
The bus line proposed a new
minimum for packages of less
than 10 pounds going not more
than SO miles. It would be 75
cents compared with the present
45 cents. Other rates would go
up about 10 percent.
Approval by the state public
utilities commission is likely,
There was no public opposition
at the hearing.
W. H. Egger, Portland, re
gional manager for the bus com
pany, said "we want to return
primarily to the field of fast,
emergency service , . . we're
actually in the passenger busi
ness and are not contemplating
entering the express business on
major scale."
Contract rates on packages
shipped dally would be nearly
doubled within the 50-mile zone,
up from $8 to $11.25. For great
er distances, the boosts would be
relatively smaller.
'Greatest Show on Earth1
Hopes to Have Bearded Lady
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Dec. 21 (U.R) The "greatest show on earth," mean
ing the circus, will have a bearded lady again come spring.
Everybody from John Ringling North on down hopes so,
anyhow.
Maybe I can take a bow.
It's like this:
A few years ago I was in Chi
cago watching them put up the
big tent and asked the press
agent to take me to see the
bearded lady." He fumed and
sweated a little under the collar.
The circus, he said, didn't have
a' bearded lady.
The P. A. explained that the
Barnum and Bailey people had
placed the whiskered lady be
side the fire-eater. It's not hard
to guess what happened. The la
dy's beard went up in smoke.
Since that time I have been
teasing the circus about its in
ability to get hold of another
lady with a beard. Goodness
knows, the circus has tried. It
has put ads in the papers. It gets
all kinds of mail from gals who
are willing to grow beards, but
none from any lady who hap
pens to have one ready-made.
So far as the circus knows
there isn't a full-grown lady
with a full-grown beard in the
country.
Well, Frank Braden, the press
agent for the show, was in town
the other day. He is a gravelly
voiced little man who wears a
white arm band with a big black
"G" on it. That's in memory of
Gargantua, the big gorilla which
passed on not long ago.
In the off-season, Frank gets
tired of smelling tan bark, look
ing at lions, high wire perform
ers and circus bands. Not to
mention not eating. So he goes
around the country plugging
movies.
"We're going to have that
bearded lady for you," he said.
"And I hope you're satisfied."
"You've got John Ringling
North so mad he's sending an
expedition to the Belgian con
go." Actually, it's an independent
expedition headed by Osa John
son, the lady explorer and ani
mal hunter.
Her main job will be to bring
back a live, full-grown gorilla to
replace the late Gargantua.
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Secrecy Covers Plan to Move
Government Inland in War
Washington. Dec. 21 (U.R) Top secret plans provide for moving
some of the government's most
sonnel inland in case of wartime
How much would be moved
severeity of the attacks.
The National Security Re-
sources" board is constantly
working over plans to deal with
such a situation. No single plan
is likely to be adopted and set
aside for possible future use. In
stead, the board intends to keep
revising a number of alternative
proposals.
The program is known offi
cially as "security of the nation's
capital.
It is based on the assumption
that the United States would be
attacked, probably by air, if it
became involved in another
world war.
Military planners point to
both the long range of heavy
bombers and to the recent an
nouncement that the United
States no longer has exclusive
possession of the atomic bomb.
Board s t af f members are
quick to add, too, that the at
omic bomb is not their only
worry "Blockbusters" and in-
Mainly so Frank can shed his
arm band.
Frank claims that actually
Gargy died of a broken heart,
although the doctors mention a
lot of things like tuberculosis,
cancer, ruptured kidneys and
the business of a wild ape being
kept in captivity.
After Osa lassoes a big ape
two, maybe her next job will
be to look up a bunch of beard
ed pigmies. The Ubangi type.
' Frank Braden has never been
in the congo, but he's sure they
grow beards there. And he's
heard that the women as well as
the men sprout some sideburns
and a goatee.
Officials Are Feted
Falls City The Rebekahs
gave a 7 o clock dinner at the
IOOF dining room for the city
officials and wives and the fire
men and wives. The invited
guests were Chief Young and
wife and Assistant Chief Dave
Moser and wife of Dallas. This
will be an annual affair but in
stead of having it in December
they will arrange another date.
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important departments and per
attack on Washington.
and where would depend on the
cendiary bombs as used in World
war II could cause heavy dam
age in American cities.
One of the first steps to be
taken in event of war would be
to disperse several governmen
tal departments which do not
need to operate in Washington.
This was done to a limited ex
tent during World War II be
cause additional space was need
ed in Washington for war agen
cies.
Alter that, an air attack on
Washington could result in two
things.
One would be that the most
important units might move un
derground in existing buildings,
much the same as the British
government stayed in London
during the German blitz.
Little, if any, provision has
been made for such a move at
this time. No appropriation has
been asked to provide emergen
cy working quarters In Wash
ington.
If repeated attacks made
Washington untenable, congress.
the executive agencies and the
supreme court would move to
other locations.
It is reported that no single
location has been chosen for a
temporary capital.
Simmons Heads
Entomologists
jerry bimmons, balem, was
elected president of the Busy
Bumble Bees 4-H entomology
club, led by J. E. Davis, state
entomologist, at the club's reg
ular meeting Saturday morning
Other club officers and mem
bers include Johnny Morris,
vice president; Roy Simmons,
secretary; Lee Golden, reporter;
Homer Ding, custodian, and Ron
nie Simmons.
The members observed many
different insects mounted in dis
play boxes at the state depart
ment of entomology. Mr. Davis,
club leader, explained interest
ing facts about the insects,
This is the second 4-H entom
ology club organized for Sa
lem youth under the supervision
of the city 4-H program, Jim
Bishop, city extension agent,
said. Boys and girls between
ages of 9 and 21, who live in
Salem, and are interested in in
sect study and collecting may
join these clubs. The next meet
ing is scheduled for Saturday
morning, January 14 at 10
o'clock.
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Mayor Sounds
Safety Note
Mayor Robert L, Elfstrom
Tuesday called upon the people
of Salem to do theii part, along
with the National Safety Coun-.
cu and 160 other national co
operating organizations, in hold
ing down accidents during the
Christmastime holiday celebra
tion.
"Let's take our place in this
nationwide holiday safety cam
paign," the mayor said. "No
body can be safe for us each
one of us has to be safe for him
self! It is the individual's re
sponsibility to himself and his
family to recognize the extra
holiday hazards and the extra
means to meet and overcome
them.
"It cannot be a merry Christ
mas for Salem unless we make
certain it is an accident - free
celebration. Needless and pre
ventable accidents that mar the
holiday with suffering and trag
edy make a hollow mockery of
the Yuletide spirit. Lets all
remember this and make it a
personal responsibility to keep
our city's holiday celebration
the safest on record."
Coming Baby
Not Mentioned
Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec
21 (P) Aly Khan and his wife,
former movie actress Rita Hay-
worth, held a 20-minute open
air news conference Tuesday,
but made no mention of the date
they expect Rita's baby to ar
rive. Rita, throughout the inter
view, remained seated in her
gray automobile.
She was dressed in a dark
mink coat and had a green silk
scarf around her light red hair.
She smiled frequently, but
seemed tired.
After the photographers had
finished, Prince Aly invited the
correspondents and photogra
phers inside the Chnteu D'
Origny, the home of his half
brother, Prince Sadruddin. The
pictures had been taken outside
the house.
Inside, Prince Aly drank a
glass of champagne with all of
his guests and passed around
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among them chatting freely.
Rita remained in the car.
When photographers asked for
pictures with her daughter, Re
becca Welles, Rita laughingly
said: "I don't think we'd better.
She really doesn't like being
photographed. She's terribly
camera shy."
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