Woodburn Merchants Plan
Gift Shower for Infants
Woodburn, Dec. 30 The first two babies born after the start
of the New Year to parents residing in the Woodburn trading
area will receive a host of gifts, ranging from a couple of bank
accounts to a swing. The prizes are being offered in the second
annual Woodburn Merchants' Baby Derby by 43 local concerns.
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Handel Oratorio
Edition Found
Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 30 VP)
A first edition of Handel's fa
mous Christmas oratorio, The
Messiah, has been discovered in
the Johnstown library where it
went unnoticed for ten years.
It is the only known copy ex
tant in the United States.
David Griffith, 27-year-old
graduate library science student
who made the find, said the dis
covery has been substantiated by
the Library of Congress and by
William Smith of London, noted
Handel biographer.
Heretofore, Griffith said, a
1767 edition of The Messiah
owned by the Library of Con
gress and the Harvard Univer
sity library was believed to be
the first edition.
The battered leather bound
volume in the Johnstown library
Is not dated but apparently was
one of 129 printed around 1758.
Griffith said the book was one
of a hundred presented to the
library in 1939 by Donald Davis
of Johnstown. The books had
belonged to Davis' father, a for
mer Cambria county sheriff,
who has since died.
Davis said he had no idea
where his father got the book.
Dallas 'Baby Derby' Gift
List Shows Wide Variety
Dallas, Ore., Dec. 30 Lucky, indeed, will be the parents of the
first babv born in Dallas in 1950.
Local merchants are contributing nearly 30 gifts for the new
irrival, but the parents naturally will reap the benefit. The
infant probably won't realize a thing about its good fortune for
a few years yet.
Businessmen are cooperating
with the Itemizer-Observer in
this second annual Dallas "baby
derby." The plan has been en
larged this year to take on some
new features.
Whether it be on January 1 or
July 4, the first pair of twins
born in Dallas will be awarded
a fine gift an electric orange
juicer. This was offered by
Guy's hardware.
Bulk of the prizes will go to
the first baby, but a number of
gifts will be presented to the
second and third arrivals, too.
Parents will have some gifts
of their own. Included will be
free theater passes, cigars for
dad, free subscription to the
town paper, a shag rug, and five
gallons of gasoline.
The first baby will receive a
bottle warmer, $5 savings ac
count in the Dallas Citv bank, a
baby arrangement of flowers in
souvenir container, pair of
shoes, birthday cake at age one,
four dozen cans of baby food,
baby blanket, dress, high chair
pad, 15 quarts of milk, baby tray
set, two dozen small cans of
milk, six packages of Pablum, a
coin bank, two lullaby records,
baby ring, free photographs at
six months, a surprise gift and
$1.50 in merchandise.
The first girl born in Dallas
will receive in addition six pairs
of baby pants.
Second and third babies will
receive similar gifts, only about
half as much.
Last year's winner was Penny
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fered in the derby, one to the
first baby of the year born to
parents residing in area I (with
in the city limits of Woodburn)
and the second to the first baby
of 1950 to parents residing in
area II (Woodburn routes 1 and
2, Hubbard and Hubbard route
1, Gervais and Gervais route 1,
Monitor and that portion of Au
rora route 1 in Marion county.)
Parents of the babies eligible
for the award are to report the
birth to the Woodburn Independ
ent by Tuesday noon, Jan. 3
Information required will be
1 The name, sex weight and
color of eyes of baby; 2 The
place, date, hour and minute of
birth. The information must
carry the signature and address
of attending doctor. In case of
a tie the gift for the area will
be divided. The decision of the
judges will be final, the winner
in each area being determined
from the births reported with
required information on or be
fore the deadline.
If no winner appears in one
or both of the areas by noon of
Jan. 3, the deadline will advance
exactly one week Thursday
noon, Jan. 10. The same require
ments will remain in effect.
All prizes to be awarded in
the Derby have been donated
by Woodburn merchants.
Embree, who born on January
2 in the Dallas hospital. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norval Embree of route 2, Dal
las, and is still receiving some of
her gifts. She will have her first
birthday cake Monday.
Selection of Queen
Raises Ire of Rivals
Miami, Fla., Dec. 30 ()
Blonde LaDene Van Wagoner
reigned as Orange Bowl queen
today, but the committee which
chose her had 17 angry con
testants on .its hands.
Seventeen of the unsuccess
ful candidates conferred with
attorney Earl D. Waldin, Jr.,
last night. They said they would'
present the committee with a
petition of protest today.
The petition lists six specific
allegations, including claims
that:
1. Miss Van Wagoner, 23-year-old
air line stewardess
from Salt Lake City, was fitted
for the queen's wardrobe two
weeks before the coronation
Wednesday night.
2. The losers were "betrayed"
in that they spent a lot of time
in rehearsals and money on
gowns thinking they had an
even chance, which "was ev
idently not the truth."
3. Newspaper stories of the
coronation were on the street
simultaneously with announce
ment of the queen's selection.
Britain Sees End of Its Water Shortage Looking like a
miniature Niagara, millions of gallons of water cascade over
the dam wall at Derwent reservoir after a heavy rain in the
Derbyshire district of England. This is the first time the dam
and adjoining reservoir have been full since last summer's
drought, with ample supplies for next summer.
Broncho Charley, Almost 700,
Still Can Whip Cigaret in Two
By H. D. QUIGG
New York, Dec. 30 (U.R) Julius
the Pony Express riders, was a
He still had his health, he still
length frontiersman's hair-do, he
a cigaret in two while it was in a
on .New Year s day he will be"
100 years old
For 92 years Miller has been
known simply as "Broncho
Charley." He got that name
when he began riding wild
horses at the age of eight.
Today, the Community Ser
vice society, in whose Tompkins
Square house he lives, honored
him by making him chairman
of the Society's children fund
for 1950.
Broncho Charley responded
by presenting the Society a large
wood carving he made himself
of the whole block in which the
Tompkins Square house is lo
cated. Then he indulged in a
little reminiscence.
"I rode the Pony Express in
1861 for five months from Sac
ramento, (Cal.), to Carson City,
Nevada," he said.. "I was eleven
and a half years old, youngest
boy they ever put on. Made the
run in a day, morn to dark, 172
miles. Made 18 changes of
horses between stations, took
me two minutes to change
horses; every other 24 hours I
took off."
Broncho Charley has been an
Indian fighter, Texas Ranger
for four years, ranch hand, and
performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild
West show.
He was wounded twice by the
Indians on the Pony Express,
arrowed in the wrist and over
the eye. He was gassed twice
and wounded twice with shrap
nel while serving with the
Canadian cavalry in the first
Tasty Job F. P. Morris (left) and C. Wiggins perform job
of ale testing, traditionally known as ale conners during
ancient ceremony outside London tavern.
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sported his iron-gray, shoulder-
could still take a whip and cut
man's mouth 30 feet away, and
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world war. He also was wound
ed twice in barroom fights, but
Charley says he, personally,
didn't drink after some early
saa experiences.
"I quit drinking, I tell you,"
he said. "I rode wild horses
When I got so my head went
one way and the horse the other,
I quit."
Broncho Charley has very
steady hands. He always wears
his wild west outfit, including
a wide red sash.
"Remember once I performed
Before Queen Victoria," he said
"That was in London in '87
Rode a bucking horse called
'Dynamite.' We almost went
into her box seat. She gave me
a signed picture of herself."
Charley was insulted when
close to 90 years old, he was
turned down for enlistment in
World War II. He volunteer
ed as a war bond salesman, per
forming with his whip and cig
aret act.
Asked his recipe for long
life, Broncho Charley laughed.
"People always ask me that
I can only answer: 'Ask God,
He'll tell you." I smoke cigarets.
Some nights I don't go to bed
at all till one or two o'clock. I
rise up every morning at half
past six. If I only have one
hour's sleep that's enough."
Although television sets of di
rect view type put the picture
on the flat end of a cone-shaped
tube, it still is called a "screen."
Dr. 8am Hughe
Fire-Hit Pennsylvania Town
Gets Excited About Future
Hyndman, Pa., Dec. 30 There's a bright future in the
cards today for Hyndman scene of a million-dollar fire that
wiped out the town's business district.
The blaze last Sunday night was just the climax to a run of
bad luck this year that knocked the props out from under the
economy of this southwestern
Pennsylvania community.
Many of Hyndman's residents
formerly were employed at the
plant of the Celanese Corpora
tion of America near Cumber
land, Md., 15 miles south of
here. In recent months the
plant laid off nearly half its
labor force.
Hyndman's biggest industry
was the Pennsylvania Lumber
and Post Co. A week ago the
lumber yard burned down. And
three days later another fire
wiped out the other major
source of revenue the business
firms which made the town a
trading center for farmers in the
area.
But the nation-wide attention
Hyndman gained as it burned,
brought more than sympathy.
As the citizens moved to re
build their fire-swept commu
nity, Pennsylvania's Governor
James H. Duff ordered all de
partmenls of the commonwealth
to cooperate in providing lm
mediate aid.
As a result, representatives of
the state departments of forests
and waters, commerce, military
affairs, highway and public in
struction, and the state public
school building authority met
with the town officials at the
high school.
Among subjects discussed
was the possibility of getting
state aid to rebuild the town un
der the new federal housing law,
The statute provides Pennsyl
vania with $15,000,000 for slum
clearance and housing.
Private industry is looking to
Hyndman too.
Members of the local Lions
club excitedly showed represen
tatives of a furniture manufac
turing company around town
The name of the furniture mak
er can't be disclosed yet, they
said, but the firm is interested
in all the unused manpower lo
cated right in town.
In telling of the latest de-
before.
velopments in Hyndman's
born economy, Acting Mayor
Lloyd Christner declared:
"Unquestionably, the fire has
made Hyndman's economic fu
ture better than ever before."
Christner is acting as Hynd
man's chief executive in the
temporary absence of Mayor
Earnest Harden. Mr. and Mrs.
Harden and Mrs. Helen Turner,
the courageous telephone oper
ator who stayed at her post
while the fire raged 35 feet
away, left for New York to ap
pear on a Friday night radio
broadcast ("We the People).
Another new development
may make Hyndman a mecca
for tourists. Admiral Milo F.
Draemel, Pennsylvania secre
tary of forests and waters, yes
terday gave top priority to the
acquisition of lands at the Shaw
nee dam recreational project 20
miles from Hyndmen. The state
plans a road near Hyndman to
the project.
The dam already is under
construction. The road building
doubtless will give jobs lo
townsfolk.
A separate postoffice build
ing may also be in the works.
Christner said Congressman
Simpson (R., Pa.), representa
tive for the district, is trying
to get that project approved
Herns, Mostly Seeds,
Freed From Control
Washington, Dec. 30 CP) The
commerce department Thursday
freed 23 items, mostly seeds,
from export control. This means
they can be shipped anywhere
in the world without a govern
ment license.
The chief effect is to permit
purchase of the items here by
Russia and her satellites if
those countries want them.
The decontrolled items in
elude the following type of
seed: vetch, Kentucky bluegrass
alfalfa, timothy, red clover
crimson clover, alsike clover
red top, and fescue grass.
Also included were unground
pepper, Austrian winter peas,
bone meal, fish meal for feed,
meat meal, tankage, blood al
bumen, bone scraps and dry
solubles.
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is K. O. Darko, 25, the grand
son of the Golden Stool of
Ashanti, the ruling and most
powerful tribe in West Africa,
and cousin of the present Ash
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prempeh II, K B C. Young
K. O. is en route to Detroit,
where he will study electrial
engineering for next two
years.
Henry Fonda, Wife Agree
To Divorce Early Next Year
New York, Dec. 30 U.fi Henry Fonda, Hollywood actor and
star of the Broadway hit, "Mister Roberts," will be divorced by
his wealthy wife early next year, it was learned today.
The lanky, angular actor and his wife agreed to a divorce
after numerous but futile attempts to make a go of their mar
riage. On the verge of a divorce
for a long time, they stayed to
gether because of a mutual de
sire to provide a home for their
children, it was said.
Fonda had been living in an
apartment in town while his
wife remained at their Green
wich, Conn., home with their
children Jane Seymour, 12, Peter
Henry, 9, and Mrs. Fonda's
daughter by a previous marriage,
Frances, 19.
The handsome 44-year-old
actor frequently had been seen
with blond actress Susan Blanch
ard. stepdaughter of Oscar Ham-
merstein. II, the lyricist and
producer. Reports of an impend
ing marraige between Fonda and
Miss Blanchard could not be con
firmed.
Miss Blanchard, a Broadway
and Hollywood actress, first met
Fonda when he stayed overnight
at the Hammerslein home. They
have since lunched and dined
together but have not yet been
called an "item" by gossip
columnists.
Mrs. Fonda was dropped from
the social register when she
married the actor in September
1936. Formerly the wife of the
late George T. Brokaw, a socially
prominent lawyer, Mrs. Fonda
was left an estate of over $2,000
000 when he died In 1935. Their
daughter, Frances, became one
of the nation's wealthiest girls
when the estate of her grand
father, Isaac Brokaw, was set
led in 1945.
Fonda previously was married
to film star Margaret Sullivan.
One of his associates said that
since their divorce, they have
remained friends.
One of his associates said
the Fonda divorce "has been
brewing for a long time."
"Whenever it appeared pro
ceedings would begin, they
would make up temporarily," he
said.
Accidental Shot
Kills 8-Year Boy
Eugene, Dec. 30() A rifle
shot killed an 8-year-old boy in
a home here yesterday. The cor
oner ruled it an accidental death.
John Gunderson, 13, said he
was loading his .22 caliber rifle
when the bolt slipped and fired
a cartridge. The shot hit his
younger brother, Thomas Leroy
Gunderson, who was watching.
The boy died an hour later.
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Capital Journal. Salem, Ore.,
Ward Sets Fool
On USSoi! Apain
Honolulu. T.H.. Dec. 30 (U.R)
Consul-General Angus Ward,
who was. held captive by the
Chinese communists at Mukden
for more than a year, set foot
on American soil again Thurs
day when he arrived from Ja
pan aboard the American Presi
dent Lines' President Wilson.
Ward appeared healthy and
rested after his ocean voyage
from Yokohama. With him were
13 other members of the U.S.
Mukden consulate who were de
tained with the diplomat.
"The trip was excellent and
exactly what we needed," Ward
said.
He refused to talk about his
detention and said, "Let's talk
about something pleasant, in
stead." Vice-consul William N. Stokes
of Saten Island, N.Y., who is re
turning to his home to hee his
eight-month old son for the first
time, said the outstanding thing
he remembers about his incar
ceration is "it's all over,"
Tafe of Sublimity to
Head PMA Here Again
W. M. Tate, Sublimity, will
again head the Marion county
production and marketing ad
ministration committee during
the coming year.
Tate was elected chairman of
A. E. Callin Dies
Portland, Dec. 30 (fP) A. E.
Callin, 68, Omaha, general audi
tor of the Union Pacific railroad.
died yesterday while on a visit
in Portland.
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Friday, December 30, 1949-U
the county committee ol three
members and two alternates at
the county convention ot com
munity delegates held last De.
cember 15, in baiem.
Vice chairman of the commit
tee is Eddie Ahrens of route 2,
Turner. Albert Mader of routs
5. Salem, is the third member.
The first and second alternates
are Max Schulz of route 1, Jef
ferson, and James C. Bonner of
route 1, Sllverton,
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