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People of Dallas Think 1949
Treated Them Pretty Well
1949,
By WES SHERMAN
Dallas. Dec. 24 The Old Man with the Scythe, Mr.
will leave this city with the blessings of its good people.
Although quiet and modest, Mr. 1949 brought some real ac
complishments here, and the city has profited by his 365-day
visit.
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'Good to Be Back' Elden Ertckson, 30 (left) of Concordia,
Kans., and Jack Feigal, 28, of Pine Island, Minn., two
members of Consul General Angus Ward's "Mukden House
arrest party," are pictured following their arrival in Los
Angeles. Sharing the ordeals of Ward and 17 other members
on his staff, held by Manchurian Reds for more than a year
In Mukden, the two men said "our treatment was anything
but pleasant." (AP Wirephoto)
Have That 'Tired Feeling'?
It's Major Affliction in U. S.
Chicago, Dec. 24 VP) That "tired feeling" is a major American
affliction.
Dr. Dwlght L. Wilbur of Stanford university put it this way
today:
A tired feeling or nervousness are the most common symptoms
"of emotional or neurotic disturb
ances. And from one third to
two thirds of all patients seen
by doctors suffer from such disturbances.
The tired feeling falls under
such medical names as chronic
nervous exhaustion, psychoneur
osis, benign nervousness, func
tional disorder, anxiety state,
neurasthenia or constitutional
inadequacy.
The usual causes of emotional
neurotic disturbances, Dr.
Wilbur said, are emotional prob
lems, life situations, overwork
with inadequate rest and relaxa
tion and inadequate recovery
emotionally from an infection.
He added in an article in the
Journal of the American Medical
association:
"Acute fatigue or nervousness
can be induced in any normal
person by lack of sleep and suf
ficient threat to security: recov
ery generally is rapid with sleep
or removal of the threat. When
these symptoms are chronic the
period of recovery will be longer
even after the cause is removed.
"Improving or relieving the
patient's symptoms is an individ
ual problem in each case. It can
not be accomplished until the
patient understands the nature
of his symptoms and accepts it
reasonably well.
If the cause of the symptoms
is merely the stress of anxiety
over a nonexistent organic dis
ease or result of overwork, re
lief usually can be obtained ra
pidly by simple reassurance or
by adequate rest or a vacation.
If, however, the distress is
from a more complicated and
less easily solved external cause,
or if it deeply involves one of
the major emotions, more de
tailed treatment and psycho
therapy will be necessary."
Frozen Body of
Boy-Skier Found
Bakersfield, Calif., Dec. 24 m
A six-day search for a 15-year-old
boy skier has ended trag
ically with the finding of his
frozen body in a mountain can
yon. James Camp, missing since
Sunday when he went on a snow
frolic with six friends, was
found dead yesterday only two
miles from Weldon ranch, head
quarters for 25 searchers who
had been combing the Teha
chapi mountain area.
The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Camp of nearby Caliente,
was about 12 miles from the
place where he left his compan
ions after a quarrel, reportedly
concerning two girls in the par
ty. He struck out on his own,
but was never seen again un
til yesterday.
Casey Gladwell, 27, Kern
county fireman who found the
body, said he believed the youth
became exhausted trying to find
his way and froze to death as
temperatures sank to about 15
degrees on recent nights.
Auto Plunge Kills
Two Oregonians
Cloverdale, Calif., Dec. 24 W
An automobile plunged down
a 100-foot embankment six miles
south of here last night and kill
ed two Oregon motorists. Two
others were injured.
Mrs. Neva M. Heistad, 42, of
McKinley road, Coquille, Ore.,
and her father, D. S. Brode, 75,
were killed.
The Injured were her hus
band, Adam Heistad, 48, the
driver of the car, and a nephew,
Harold Everdeen, 19, Myrtle
Point, Ore.
They were enroute to Napa,
Calif., to visit Mrs. Heistand's
sister, Mrs. E. E. McConnell.
They were attempting to pass
a truck when they left the highway.
One thing that local residents
appreciated about the greying
old fellow was that he brought
little in the way of violence and
disaster. Auto accidents were at
a minimum, industrial deaths
were few, fire losses were light,
and thus little in the way of cat
astrophe marked the domestic
scene.
True, there was the flash one
day flood of February 10 with
heavy property damage, espe
cially to bridges and county
roads, and there were the forest
fires of late summer in cutover
logging areas to keep emergency
crews humping. But they took
no lives, nor did they bring ser
ious bodily harm to anyone.
Municipal improvements were
notable. The new $175,000 water
reservoir may be a step towards
opening new vistas in both an
industrial and residential way
Shortage of water has been an
acute problem, but capacity will
be four times that of previous
years with the new 3 million gal
lon tank.
The Dallas volunteer fire de
partment, after approval of a
bond issue by the people, added
a large new pumper truck to its
equipment and the unit remains
one of the best equipped volun
teer departments in the state. At
the same time, addition of this
equipment made it possible to
retain a low class 5 fire insur
ance rating. Fire losses were
very low during 1949.
A new ambulance, modern
and functional in design, arriv
ed in mid-December to take the
place of the old vehicle. Pur
chased at a cost of $3600, the
new ambulance will undoubted
ly be instrumental in saving
many lives in emergencies.
Three large new power sub
stations being added to the sys
tem of the Mountain States Pow
er company will prevent future
electrical breakdowns, add ca
pacity for domestic and commer
cial use, and maintain a more
constant flow of energy. R. G.
McFarland, manager, says that
one substation is already com
pleted and two more are under
construction.
Population of Dallas is esti
mated at over 8,000 on the basis
of water services. The number
of services is 1502, and using the
national average of four persons
to a service, E. L. McCleary,
manager of the water commis
sion, estimates the 6,000 persons
in the city. This may be proved
by the coming census.
Carl Black, Dallas postmaster,
reported the post office's at
tainment of a first class rating,
having exceeded $40,000 in
stamp sales the previous year.
Schools felt the pinch of an in
creasing population. Crowded
conditions in the elementary
school were responsible for the
passing of a $250,000 bond issue
for the erection of a new eight-
unit school, which is now well
on its way in construction.
Incidentally, both the water
reservoir and school bond issues
were Beset with oimcumes
when the first elections on each
were invalidated by technical
ities. In each case, however, they
passed with wider margins upon
the second elections.
Industries ran steadily
throughout the year, but for sea
sonal shutdowns in logging an
annual necessity due to incle
ment weather. Grain growers
had a bumper year, and the Polk
County Farmers Warehouse
business exceeded $1 million.
Fruit growers were not so for
tunate because the price was too
low for their products and bare
ly paid for the picking, espe
cially in prunes. Agriculture re
tained its place as the No. 1 in
dustry supporting this commun
ity with logging and lumbering
in second place.
Children enjoyed promotional
programs of the Dallas mer
chants the first annual Easter
egg hunt, the continuing Christ
mas program of the holiday sea
son with Santa Claus as the big
attraction, a free back-to-school
show, and other events.
Four-H achievement day un
der the sponsorship of the Dal
las Chamber of Commerce found
500 enlightened young agricul
turists participating, promising
a bright future for farming in
this area. Plans are underway
to enlarge the scope of next
year's achievement program.
The Evangelical Mennonite
Brethren church led the way in
building construction with its
large new edifice. Its auditorium
is the largest in Dallas and one
of the biggest in Polk county.
The Mennonite Brethern church
carried on an extensive remod
eling and addition program
which resulted in a virtually
new church. In this building the
church was host to the Pacific
district conference of the denom-1
ination this fall. Now in progress
is tt aizeuuit; uuuiuuu wj uie sev
enth Day Adventist church.
The First Methodist church
started on its second century af
ter observing a Centennial in
late October and early Novem
ber, and the First Presbyterian
church observed its 60th anni
versary a few weeks later.
Commercial building was
slow, but several smaller busi
ness structures were erected.
The year 1949 saw a continua
tion of residential construction
that has been so marked since
the war in the new additions of
the city. The Dallas-Salem high
way area, especially, shows
many fine new homes.
Property taxes went up for
the tax year of 1949-50, but the
increase was relatively light for
the number of improvements
City levy in Dallas remained
within the 8 per cent limitation
with the levy at 21.6 mills. Over
all levy, including school, coun
ty, state and city is 94.5. This
compares with the 78 mills of
the previous year.
Old 1949 will make his depar
ture leaving some problems be
hind him. Causing wrinkles in
the foreheads of city dads is the
problem of the sewage disposal
plant. A bond levy of $108,000
was approved by the people for
its construction several years
ago, but shortage of materials
and labor at that time made con
struction impossible. Now the
amount is insufficient to do the
job, and at the same time the
state sanitary authority is bring
ing pressure for a new plant to
help clean up the Willamette
river. It seems that a supplemen
tary bond issue, or a new issue,
will be necessary.
Construction of the new Lyle
school across LaCreole creek
brings a traffic problem how
can pupils walk to school across
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Dec. 24, 1949 It
WORLD LOVES SENTIMENT
John Wayne Gets Top Rating
In Films for Christmas Gift
By BOB THOMAS
Hollywood, Dec. 24 VP) John Wayne isn't looking for Santa
Claus tonight; he already has his Christmas gift.
"Being nominated as number two on the box office list is the
best Christmas present I could get," said the rangy star.
Wayne is philosophical about his success and attributes it to
the fact that his films show
"honest emotion."
"The reason some pictures
are so bad," he declared, "is
that the director or writer or
actor is afraid to show senti
ment. They'll twist the plot
the narrow Levens street bridge
in safety with the heavy com
mercial traffic that the artery
bears? It may be necessary to
build a new bridge.
Then, of course, Old 1949
chuckles when he leaves with
out providing an answer to the
problem of keeping the city po
lice car intact. The old one and
a new one were both smashed in
accidents in December.
"Perhaps," says the Man with
the Scythe thoughtfully as he
prepares to bow out, "a tank is
the answer."
around to avoid it. And they are
wrong. The world loves sentiment.
'All my successful pictures
were hits because they were
frankly sentimental. The worn-
in the audience cried, and
they loved it.
There will be sentiment m
my present picture, 'Jet Pilot,'
loo. I'll play some scenes with a
baby. People will be curious to
see how a big bruiser handles
a baby."
Acting, he continued, doesn't
require any formal lessons.
(Wayne received his dramatic
training on the USC football
team.)
"Of course, an actor has to ac
quire poise either through dra
matic schooling or by working
in quickies. But lessons don't
make an actor.
"I've learned that what's be
ing said in a scene isn't so Im
portant. It's the reaction- to
what's being said. The more ii
ural the reaction the better the
actor. That's why kids are o
good on the screen their re
actions are completely natural."
Without appearing so, Wayna
is one of the smartest actors in
the business. He is aware of hii
limitations and will not under
take anything that is over hii
depth. He is also not afraid of
work.
"I have four pictures already
lined up for next year, which
means I'm not going to have any
time off. But," he added hastily,
"I'm not complaining."
Reflecting on his 20-year ca
reer in films, Wayne recalled
that he was the screen's first
singing cowboy.
I played a character who al
ways sang when he got mad,"
he recalled. "Soon they had m
getting mad three times in ev
ery picture. That was too much.
I'm not a singer, so I bowed out."
A lad named Gene Autry in
herited the job.
In the early centuries of the
Christian era it was estimated
that the Spanish peninsula had
a population of about 40,000,000
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