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4 Salem. Oregon, Thursday, December 22, 1949
Jackson Hole Given to United States
John D. Kockefeller, Jr., has presented as a gift to the
nation 33,562 acres of land in Grand Teton National Park
and the Jackson Hole National Monument in Wyoming, one
of the most scenic and picturesque areas in the world.
The lands, which are a part of the park and monument
were acquired and maintained as a wild life preserve by
the Rockefeller interests for more than a quarter of a
century at a cost of $2,000,000. They are being turned
over to the government for national park purposes. .
Jackson Hole Monument has been a center of controversy
'since its creation by an executive order of President Roose
velt in 1943. Various interests in Wyoming opposed the
monument. One basis for the opposition was the conten
tion that the Rockefeller lands, if made a part of the monu
ment, would be taken off county tax rolls.
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming has suggested
to President Truman that the Jackson Hole area would be
a "suitable" summer home for the president of the United
States. Necessary legislation to this effect is being draft
ed by the Wwoming delegation in congress with the secre
tary of the interior and the Wyoming Fish and Game Com
mission and others interested. Secretary Chapman says,:
"There will be no comparison between the use of this park
today and 10 years from now. Transfer of the lands is taking
place at this time because it is felt that the project now has
reached the point where it should be taken over by the national
park service and administered as a part of the great national
park system.1
One of the main objections, the right of Teton county to
tax reimbursement for the lands taken out of private own
ership through the gift, has been recognized. The trans
fers will not affect leases made in recent years for cattle
Bnd dude ranching operations, which will be protected
until their expiration.
The Izaak Walton league terms the transfer of the lands
"a victory for the forces of recreational resource conser
vation, ending one of the longest and bitter controversies
the country has ever seen."
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Park, a 1500-acre preserve
near Moran, Wyo., was formally dedicated last July upon
the land, five miles long and half a mile wide made avail
able by the Rockefellers.
This park ia given over to showing wild animals in their
natural habitat and to biological field studies. Ninety
western mammals live in the area, including bighorn sheep,
moose, buffalo, black and grizzle bears, pine martins and
others. It is 22 miles south of Yellowstone Park.
Some Words of Advice
"Be yourself" is good advice anytime. However, that
bit of advice is' a summary of four year's observation in
Europe of William K. Opclyke, ex-chief of the employers'
service of the International Labor organization. Opdyke
suggests Americans avoid the "silken language and fervent
handshaking" of the old world.
In cold language, the American has warned against try
ing to become "continental":
"The people of North America as a general rule were not
brought up on deceit, evasion, insincerity, secrecy and flagrant
personal selfishness, plus the truly amazing, hard-won art of
so cleverly concealing such characteristics.
"We, from happier lands, will also do well to remember that
the average peison across the seas is the product of many cen
turies of 'human culture' centuries which include necessarily
broad experience in all phases of intellectual treachery along
with the finest of the fine human arts."
Back in the days of the founding of our nation, the men
who drew up the constitution were well aware of a certain
sham about the old world. Those men included in the
first article of the constitution what, in effect, Opdyke is
repeating in his warning.
The constitution forbids the granting of any titles of
nobility by the states. Americans also are forbidden from
receiving any presents, offices or titles from foreign gov
ernments, without permission of congress.
In other words, the founders of the nation wanted to
keep Americans American, The building of a distinct
North American civilization was inevitable. That, in
effect, is what Opdyke has suggested to American diplo
mats and representatives of all kinds throughout the
world. The advice is doubly important with the new role
of world leadership that the country has only recently
assumed. With the advice of "Be yourself," could be
added three other words : "Be yourself, decent and consid-srate."
What the Alert Traveler From
Europe Carries With Him
London, Dec. 23 W Add British exports to Americal
Water.
Mindful of the drought in New York, Blackla Kronfeld and
Ted Malone carried two hot water bottles full aboard their
westbound plane today.
"We're taking It so we can have a shave," explained
Malone. "We arrive there on 'dry Friday'."
New Yorkers were asked to give up bathing and shaving
last Friday because a long dry spell has reduced water re
serves to a dangerous low level.
Malone and Kronfeld have been touring Europe making
recordings for a television company.
Who Plays Santa for Santa?
Hollywood, Dec. 22 W) Ever wonder who plays Santa
Claus for Santa Claus?
Bob Hope, of eoursc.
Some 57 St. Nicks, of the department store variety, were
the comedian's guests last night for dinner and cocktails.
"Nobody ever does anything for these boys," Hope ex
plained. All 57 showed up In costume after their long day s
work.
Quipped Hope u he looked over the mass of beards:
"Looks like a whIU Christmas."
BY BECK
Recollections
t?5J SEARCH, FOLKS. ME 60T iarfSSak I
V-l LOCKED IN THE CLOSET WITH HE OUSHT TOV I
El LTHE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WHEN (SSaSa86 TO0K 0UT 70
HE TRIED TO PEEK AND THE MTr) THE WOODSHED S3
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND 1
Back Stage Debate Rages on
Taking Over Island of Formosa
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Most important backstage debate over U. S. for
eign policy now involves Formosa, the strategic island north of
the Philippines which Japan captured from China in the war
of 1895. One pledge the allies made to China in the recent war
was that Formosa would go back to China.
But last
BY CURE BARNES, JR.
White Collar Zoo
!2s II J
Drew Pe.rion
Denfeld explained that he was
having trouble making up his
mind. At first, he said, 70 per
cent of his friends advised him
to stick, but this ratio has now
dropped to about 50-50. He had
also been offered many civilian
jobs both in industry and poli
tics. He had been, invited, he
said, to run for governor of Mas
sachusetts and for the late Con
gessman Bates' seat in congress.
But, he insisted, he wasn't in-
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Quite a Stack
By DON UPJOHN
While we had 252,000 mail cancelations here in the Salem
post office in one day this week to set up a new record and that
seems like quite a hunk of mail, we can't help but wonder how
many cancelations there were at the private post office in the
Kremlin of cards sent to Uncle Joe on his 70th birthday. That
Jtrdliy 111 US I ,r..-w
have been
pileup and in
every language
on the globe
with probably
as weird a con
glomeration of
cards as ever
put together for
one event. And
getting down to
brass tacks we
also can't help
but wonder how many of same
were run through the canceling
machine at the Salem post office.
LM3
Don Upjohn
delivery wagon came to the con
clusion that they were tired of
this wishee washee all the time
and would runny, runny for a
change, so they let out up the
road leading from the dock.
They had, however, calculated
without the beautiful muddy
roads, and by the time they
reached the top of the grade had
expended enough steam to run
two or three laundries and were
ready to quit and "be good."
Frank Zinn, the well known
mail carrier, has popped up for
the 25th year with a sprig of
mistletoe tucked into his cap
And as to that office we re- and is once more carrying that
ceived through the registry invitational smug look on the
window of same today an Xmas old Zinn face ready to pucker
gift from Fred J. Brownine. at the slightest sign. We're not
northwest carnival king, of pro- quite sure whether this is the
bably what is the most expen- same sprig used over and over
sive pound of coffee sold around again for 25 years and kept
these parts this fall, even with tucked away in mothballs be
coffee at its top price. In the tween times, or whether Frank
first place it was a top brand of has gone out and picked up a
coffee and so anxious was Fred new sprig somewhere this year,
to see we got same by Christ- At any rate, he boasts that the
mas he sent it by registered mistletoe situation to date has
mail, return receipt requested, been pretty good and expects to
and it cost him 56 cents in good do a thriving business before
old stamps to get the same from Christmas shuts him off.
his Liberty road domain down . .
to the post office. Add that to 11 must make the republicans
the cost of the coffee and the shudder to read the dire predic
Christmas beverage at the old tions of Monroe Sweetland, de
shack will represent quite an mocratic slate chairman, as to
investment as coffee goes. We wnat nis party is going to do at
sure oughta smack our lips over tne next election in this usually
that there. pretty solid republican state. It
seems there'll be quite a clean
Horse Sense sweep of It, according to Mon-
(50 Years Ago in The Dalles roe. But we still figure that
Chronicle) t sprinkled around here and there
Just as tho first boat whistle may be a republican constable
tooted forth this morning the or so overlooked by the land
horses attached to tte laundry slide.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Husbands Defeat Wives by
Staging Sex Strike on Mars
By HAL BOYLE
New York W) Want to know what life is like on the planet
Mars?
Well, it's a place where:
The women rule, but husbands sometimes win their way by
going on a sex strike.
month General
MacArthur sent
a triple - urgent
cable urging
that Formosa
be claimed by us
and occupied by
U.S. troops for
Japan. He warn
ed that Formosa
was a three-1-
hnur rilnUt
Okinawa, two
hours from Japan, and that the terested in politics.
ii'-r VT fsAweu klss A few days later Denfeld
all its southeast Asla program if wrote Matthews a letter reject
it abandoned Formosa to Chinese ing the command of u.g. naval
communism. forccs m European waters
Behind this cable was the fact though he is still remaining
that Chinese communists are temporarily in the navy,
readying a giant flotilla on the ...
mainland to take this island, last U.S. Diplomats Hounded
remaining stronghold of the Counselor George Kennan has
w Na,1na lsts- u,Als be" told Secretary of State Acheson
hind MacArthur s cable is the that the United States may have
fact that Chiang Kai-shek, im- to close down all its embassies
mediately after V-J Day, made and legations in Eastern Europe,
the tragic mistake of putting Kennan, the ace diplomat on
Formosa under one of his most Russia, says the restrictions
unscrupulous wanoras Kesuit: placed on the American legation
Looting, terrorism and 60,000 in Bulgaria are just the begin
Formosans kil led Most resi- ning of a Russian campaign to
dents of he island would now drive eVery American diplomat
we come the communists. Their ut of Eastern Europe,
taste of Chinese Nationalism . ... . . ,.
has been sour indeed. , America diplomats in Sofia are
. ,..,,. . followed day and night by se
Prior to MacArthur's cable cret police, aren't even allowed
the joint chiefs of staff had license plates for their automo
decided to abandon Formosa. biIes. Rather than submit to
But his cable bucked them up. this highhanded treatment, Ken
As a result, they have now nan says it would just as well
agreed unanimously, have rec- to break relations with all Rus
ommended that Formosa be sian satellites
claimed as Japanese territory . ' .
and that a detachment of U.S. Death Better Than Russians
marines, now on Guam, be land- c ,.. T ,
ed u.S. High Commissioner Jack
, fi( ,,,,, . , .. McCloy has reported to Wash
n,r, L f Qstaff are ington that Otto Grotewohl,
Tnlttlt ?. ? J Secretary (me minjs(er Eastern Ger
hl.Tl t Johnn, And m tried t commit icid
this is where the clash occurs. u v.
T. nm , . , " because of the Russians. Mc-
En L',1!, 'TP? by, SVelt1 Cloy says Grotewohl and his
but equally potent Secretary of wif lrd , nd' their u
fh t n ' "T.'i? B'n ar repeated argu-
out that to occupy Formosa with ,. ,.,!lv, -a,,.., ., ,i.
Am-i . , - ments with Russian officers who
American troops on behalf of ,, t. .
T T , . . boss the East German puppet
Japan, after Japan's long record eovernm.nt
of imperial conquest against Sovernment.
China, would make us the laugh- Foreign Minister Andrei Vish
ing stock of the orient. Fur- inskv visited Grotewohl in the
thermore, it would alienate ori- Russian hospital outside Berlin
ental races all the way from thls week and then ordered the
Batavia to Harbin. Russians to put out the story
... that Grotewohl is suffering from
Cutting ed Tape the flu- ...
Red-tape cutter Steve Early , n .
the undersecretary of defense, Th D1""0 Pou!h
raised cain last week with mo- American liplomats in Mos-
lasses-moving executives in the cow report that Stalin's 70th
Pentagon. birthday yesterday may be his
"Too many memos, too much last- He is reported still vaca-
red tape, too much dillydally- t'oning on the Black Sea, trying
ing," Early blasted, looking at to Pick UP weight after his
Bill Frye, chief of press relations latest heart attack-
for the entire national defense The Norwegian government
department. has appealed to the United
Early, once a newsman, and States for three destroyers to
once press secretary to FDR, help guard its coast against
promptly relieved Frye as king- prowling Russian submarines,
pin press arbiter over the army, The Norwegians have spotted
navy and air forces. From now Russian subs photographing the
on, the navy can issue its own coastline around Narvik,
statements to the press as well Half a million American Cath-
as the army and air force. olics will make the holy year
pilgrimmage to Rome this year.
Denfeld Not Quitting They hope to build this into a
iwo men wno were in the crusade against communism.
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Unidentified boy friend of girl in Billing Department,
photoed at office Christmas parry
OPEN FORUM
Thanks to 'Generous' Salem
To the Editor: The best people in the world live in Salem,
Oregon.
Read on and you shall know, from the heart of one who is
grateful, the amazing story of generosity and goodness which
abounds in Salem.
Following Thanksgiving, a We are both veterans of World
very kind physician advised that war II and have lived in many
I have a kidney stone.
When told of my inability to
pay for diagnostic treatment,
this gentleman of specialized
skill effected my admission to a
veterans' hospital immediately.
He also called the American Red
Cross and they arranged trans
portation for me. I was thinking
more of my family than myself
but I was soon relieved of
worry on the item of welfare.
The Red Cross representative
called on my family with very
useful items. The county welfare
commission heard of our plight,
the American Legion and its
auxiliary made their helpful
ways known, tne salvation
parts of the world; but never
has such voluntary goodness
been our lot to experience or
witness.
Such wonderful people, in
cluding the organizations, the
landlady and her husband, the
neighbors, and employer are in
deed rare in other parts of the
universe. It is our sincere wish
that these folk have a very hap
py holiday season. They have
certainly helped me and mine in
this little crisis.
I feel that gratitude is hardly
sufficient thanks or reward.
People who have neglected
the Community Chest and other
Army fitted my' older child with dr'v F unds should feel re-
shoes.
This generous help was fur
ther supplemented by a local
church group, by neighbors, and
by the people for whom I have
worked the last few months. My
landlady and her husband grac
iously provided a Christmas tree
and a few gifts which the chil
dren will enjoy immensely.
We have assurance of yuletide
for our youngsters, we have a
supply of canned goods, a quan
tity of much needed groceries,
and a chin-up attitude which
can result only from such con
siderate acts of kindness.
solved: Never again to let these
worthy causes suffer from their
neglect. 1 hope some day that
the kindly Christian spirit dem
onstrated in this case will be our
lot to administer and I feel these
kindly people have done much
to raise our self confidence and
faith in humanity.
Because we do not wish to
draw public attention to this
plight, since I must return to the
hospital for further treatment, 1
ask that the editor use only my
initials should he see fit to pub
lish this message of gratitude.
R. E. T. '
Mr. Claus Wuz Robbed
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 22 (U.R) Someone stole 12 five-cent
candy canes from the Krlngle market operated by F. S.
Claus.
headlines over unification two
Secretary of National Defense
nicate by thought instead of
voice. Because the air doesn't
carry scent well they have de
veloped a long nose like the
l trunk of an elephant.
Their thoughts are exchanged
by long telepathic antennas,
growing from their heads. A
male has two, a female four.
"The double antennas allow
her to double-talk better," a
Martian quipped to the explorer.
"This confuses the male better
too."
Sometimes the Martian male
recently gave birth to her first rebels against being lady-bossed.
child at the age of 2,500 years. "The males go on strike en
Martians live in a vast under- masse millions of them refuse
ground city a mile below the to make love to 'heir wives," re
cold surface of the planet. There Ported Banshuck.
are no traffic iams. Travel is "The last 'sex strike' 14 years
by transparent vehicles that neu- aB- involving over 2,500.000
tralizc graviation.
The inhabit
ants live 3,000
to 5,000 years,
and one wife
just got her
129th divorce
The popula
tion is limited to
two billion sci
entifically bred
Martians n n ri
the ladies must
await their turn
to have chil- "'
drcn. A famous Martian actress
if
months ago had a final show- Louis Johnson has compieted the
down last week. They were de(ense budget for next year
sincere hard-working Secretary witn a cut of 13 billion dollars.
of the Navy Francis Matthews He believes we'll have more ac
and the man he kicked out as tual dough for preparedness than
chief of naval operations, popu- when we spent 15 billion.
d,umraI !!1S, DnfC,ld'J Secretary of State Dean Ache-
Mat hews called Denfeld to son win call another meeting of
his office, and demanded to the Atiantic defense pact for-
know definitely whether he was eign minister9 right after New
quitting the navy. He pointed Year's day
out that Denfeld had promised Adm R'ichard Conolly will
to give his answer by December not ,eave his post aJ fleet com.
1, that it was well beyond that mander in Europe, despite press
date, and that navy reorgamza- repor(s that he wM become
t.on couldn t be held up any perintendent at Annapolis,
longer. (OopyriBht 1M9)
males, last five-and-one-half
years. The males won!"
But Mars is no place for a
1. -.. I. 1 .. .. 'I'L .1 1L.
most precious commodity, and "" ', -' 1 J
the last criminal was a man who " thfeT,whB?,; "'-
violated the planet rule against fe,rC.nt abu that?-and the man
.bin ii, u-.i. - of her choice can t refuse her
There has been no crime for
950 million years. Water is the
taking more than one bath a
month. His punishment: He was
disintegrated.
unless he is already married.
The explorer said the inhabit
ant, nf ilia mri nlannl Jnn't liba
This picture of life on Mars or trust the human race and
is given In a tabloid Christ- reRard them as culturally and
mas magazine Issued every year intellectually retarded,
all in fun by Dr. Hugo ..Tne earthlings have the rat's
itn, puuiiaucr ui science instincts," one Martian col-
Fiction.
umnist remarked.
The 1949 edition, called It is doubtful whether the av
"Quip," chronicles the adven- erage man of earth, however,
tures of a mythical explorer would want to trade places,
named Grego Banshuck, who Martians, according to Banshuck,
landed on Mars last October in cat synthetic food, never sleep,
a space ship. and are put to death all except
You don't have to believe in the great leadcrs at the age of
Explorer Banshuck any more 3,000. Outstanding Martians are
than you believe in Santa Claus, allowed to live to 5.000.
but it's some world he soys he One feature of Martian life,
found on Mars. on the other hand, might ap-
The people there are 10 feet peal to earthly bureaucrats,
tall. Because of the low gravity Banshuck discovered the planet
and thin air of the red planet, is ruled by a conclave of five
they have big flat webbed feet, women, each of whom is elec
tion and fragile arms and legs, ted at the age of 2.000 and re
a barrel chest and a huge head mains in power until death,
with a brain 9 4 times that of This gives her 1,000 years in
a human being. They commu- public office!
Jailhouse to Put on Jollities
Los Angeles, Dec. 22 IP) An all-woman prisoner revue,
the first in Los Angeles county jail history, is scheduled for
Friday night.
The Jailhouse Jollities will feature Christmas carols, a
pantomime written by an inmate, and assorted song and
dance acts.
Sheriff Eugene Blscallus had a preview yesterday and
pronounced it a fine show.
"Gcod," said one of the girls, "how about our taking It on
the road?"
Marc, Nile Crocodile, Has
Everyone Upset Over Bottle
Cincinnati, Dec. 22 VP Marc, a 600-pound Nile crocodile, is
the center of attention at the Cincinnati zoo these days and all
because of a bottle.
It isn't that Marc has been hitting the bottle. Zoo officials
are afraid he swallowed it and it may kill him.
The dificulty arose two weeks
ago when someone tossed a bot- couldn't get close enough to
tie into Marc's pool. Marc grab- make an examination,
bed the bottle and zoo superin- Dr. Plueger said he's worried
tendent Charles White couldn't because a crocodile has a small
get it away from him. stomach.
The next morning the bottle "He's able to digest bones but
was missing and White says it a bottle is another matter," Dr.
couldn't have gone down the Plueger said,
drain so he surmised Marc had He added Marc possibly could
swallowed it. live a full life with the bottle in
It wasn't long until Marc be- his stomach but, if it obstructs
gan losing his appetite. his intestinal tract, it will shut
Dr. Carl A. Plueger. zoo vet- off circulation, and he'll die of
trinarian was called in but he gangrene.
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