10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1950
What's That Noise Back East?
That's Congress Starting Up
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, Jan. 3 UP) That noise you hear, starting today Is
congress.
The blood-pressure of the regular Washington Inhabitants has
been down to normal for about two months or so.
Those were the months in which congress, taking a recess here,
'iad gone DacK to duzz tne
home folks.
But congress, the senators and
representatives, were streaming
back here Monday.
And today at noon It will
open its final session before next
fall's elections pick a new con
gress for 1951.
Then, meaning today, the
wheels start grinding again, the
orators cut loose, and Washing
ton is kept Jumping.
This will last until summer
rolls around when the congress
men, seeking election, will scram
away again.
'Economic Cure' Albert S.
Falk (above), bearded Minne
sota paperhanger, announced
In New York that he will sub
mit to the United Nations his
pension plan to give everyone
In the world over the age of
21 an income of $20 to $50 a
month. He will present his
plan to "cure the world's eco
nomic and other ills' 'when the
UN reconvenes. (Acme Tele-photo.)
U.S. Foreign Aid
fotal $30 Billion
5 Washington, Jan. S UP) U.S.
aid to foreign countries since
the war now totals nearly $30,
000,000,000.
A commerce department re
port last night said that from
mid-1945 through last Septem
ber the amount was $28,187,000,-
000. Figures for the last three
months of 1949 are expected
later, showing a round sum total
of about $30,000,000,000.
The total amounts to about
$200 for every person in this
Country.
i Reductions in the outflow arc
expected as war-torn countries
rebuild.
Store Owner Slugged
i Portland, Jan. 3 VP) An Ice
cream store owner was slugged
On the head with a soft drink
bottle by one of two gunmen
last night and then robbed of
$25. Police said Roy V. Pear
con, 49, required 14 stitches to
close the scalp Injury. Pearson
(aid he was slugged while grap
pling with one of the men who
had forced him to enter a back
loom ot the store.
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Young Lodge Leaders at Mill City Left, Mrs. Margaret Mc
Coy, 22, Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, and Carmen Staf
ford, 21 noble grand of Rebekahs.
This time, while congress was
away, workmen fancied up their
meeting place House and sen
ate chambers got a going over.
This will help some, since
the senate has always, because
of the poor lighting, been a
dreary-looking place.
The house wasn't much bet
ter. Maybe the better lighting
wiU have a beneficial effect on
congressional tempers.
Readings accounts of congress
in session doesn't, and can't,
give you a full picture of the
lawmakers at work.
They work all right, besides
talking. There are hearings
which seem endless, once they
get underway.
Regiments of people, each
with his own ax to grind, troop
up to the hearings to speak his
piece.
And since congressmen have
axes to grind, too, meaning poli
tical, this adds to the noise if
not to the clarity.
And then, of course, Congress
man Whozis, afraid he'll miss a
chance for a little free publicity,
has a statement to make.
In addition to the hearings,
the oratory and the witnesses,
congressional staffs are working
Messengers speed along the cor
ridors of the senate and house
office buildings, stenographers
on their high-heel shoes move
through the halls, too, but not
exactly speedily, and the long
'ines form in the cafeterias,
And then, of course, there arc
the people, always the people,
from the 48 states, parading
through the Capitol, through the
office buildings, over the lawns,
up and down the steps, taking
pictures, stretching their necks,
being amazed or impressed
disappointed.
And I almost forgot there's
the endless sing-song of the pro
fessional guides in the Capitol
itself, pointing out the wonders
and ancient glories of the place
for so much a tour around.
All in all, life picks up here
today . . .
Young Women
Lodge Leaders
Mill City, Jan. 3 Mill City
has two young women who have
the distinction of being the head
of lodge chapters at very early
ages. They are Mrs. Margaret
McCoy and Miss Carman Staf
ford. Mrs. McCoy, 22, was installed
Monday night as worthy matron
of Marilyn chapter No. 145, East
ern Star, and she is believed to
be the youngest in that position
in Oregon. She is Mill City's
telephone operator. Mrs. McCoy
is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Frank Smith of Sheridan, who
are past patron and matron of
Marilyn chapter.
Mrs. Stafford, 21, has been In
stalled as noble grand of San
tiam Rebekah lodge No. 166 at
Nem's Country Store Rivals
Big City Stuff With His Sale
Hollcy Grove, Tenn., Jan. 3 (U.B The bargain basement of
the big city department store had nothing on Nem Caughran's
country store here Monday.
Caughran hung one rack full of clothing and marked it: "Free,
only one to a customer." He filled up another rack and tagged
it "?i . All or it was clothing
that had been accumulating for
to 10 years, and Nem was hav
ing a "clearance."
Caughran advertised last week
what he was going to do, and the
crowd at his front door was thick
as the 9 o'clock opening hour
came.
Caughran, peering over his
horned-rtm glasses, took time
out from waiting on customers
and said: "I don't rightly know
how many are outside. 1 guess
about 200 at the start, but every
time I open the door they push
me back. We're just letting in 30
at a time though."
Customers looking for some
thing "for free" apparently were
coming from miles around, in
cluding nearby Lcwisburg There
arc only about 25 families in the
Holley Grove community.
Caughran usually has only
one hired clerk on the Job to
help him but he had four
more assistants Monday. They
were recruited from the gang
that's always sitting around the
pot-bellied stove swapping yarns
in the store.
His cash register was ringing
up some "normal" sales, Caugh
ran added. But whether cash
ales were above or below nor
mal he didn't "rightly know."
"I've been too busy," he said
Caughran figures his "clear
ance should last about three
days before all of his giveaway
and $1 merchandise is gone. He
said he hung about 200 garments
on the "for free" rack today but
has more in reserve. The high
est original price on any garment,
he said, was $20 for a ladles'
coat.
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Miss Charlene Shaner
Has Tenth Birthday
Woodburn Miss Charlene
Shaner, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ray Shaner of
Woodburn, celebrated her tenth
birthday anniversary as the hon
ored guest of her grandmother,
Mrs. Dilly Bliven, and her uncle,
Mr. Daniel Bliven of Brooks,
since they came for the holidays
from Yachats where Mrs. Bliven
is the school principal.
Other enjoying the birthday
dinner with Charlene were her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R
Shaner and her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morgan.
Fabulous du Pont Family
Honors Refugee Ancestors
Kennott Sauare. Pa.. Jan. 3 (&) One hundred and fifty years
ago a small band of tempest-tossed political refugees from France
scrambled ashore at a lonely spot near Newport, R. I.
That was on January 1, 1800. On the 150th anniversary of
that occasion, 632 descendants of those refugees gathered at
beautiful Longwood Garden s
here to celebrate,
The wealth of those assem
bled Sunday is untold, for they
are members of the fabulous du
Pont family. The family mem
bers don't even know how much
they're worth.
And it was a celebration in
keeping with the du Pont tradi
tion. A two-hour luncheon ban
quet was highlighted by the
serving of game pie and johnny
cake.
Each game pie weighed 35
pounds Just like those the du
Ponts brought with them when
they left France aboard the
"American Eagle" for their 91-
day trip to the United States,
Among the pie's ingredients
are veal, pork, turkey, chicken
and various wild game.
It made a big hit with the
guests here. So did the johnny
cake, a type of corn bread. It
was johnny cake which the ori
ginal du Fonts found on the ta
ble of a Rhode Island farmhouse
shortly after they landed their
leaky ship at Newport.
The farmhouse was unoccu
pied; so the du Ponts sat down
and ate.
Two years later Pierre Samuel
du Pont, the family elder, and
his sons had founded on the
banks of the Brandywine river
at Wilmington, Del., what has
grown into E. I. du Pont de Ne
mours & Co., Inc., one of the
world's biggest Industrial em
pires.
The bill for Sunday's banquet
was footed by all the guests
from Pierre S. du Pont, who'll
be 80 Jan. IS, down to the tod
dlers of one and two.
Each guest paid 90 cents for
each year of his life, making
Pierre the biggest contributor at
$40.
The luncheon was served at
three places at Longwood Gar
dens, world-renowned for its
beauty and for the variety of Its
flowers and trees.
There was no head table, be
cause the family recognizes no
titular head. The older du Ponts
ate in the organ room and in the
sunken garden, while the chil
dren dined in a special room de
signed with special tables of va
rying sizes.
Name plates were furnished
for all the guests, and in six dif
ferent colors to denote the
branch of the family.
And the chief topic of con
versation, naturally enough, was
the Du Pont family. Many of
the guests, who included 31
from Europe, had never met
each other before.
It was the first big get-togeth
er for the du Ponts since 1900
when 74 descendants met at the
home of Lammot du Pont in
Wilmington. It was in accord
ance with an old French custom
of visiting with one's family on
New Year s day.
It is estimated that the popu
lation of India is increasing at
the rate of about 3,000,000 a
year.
R. E. Ringling,
Of Circus, Dies
Sarasota, Fla Jan. 3 UP)
Robert Edward Ringling, 52, a
one time operatic star who be
came a top circus official, died
last night.
He was chairman of the board
of Ringling Brothers and Bar
num and Bailey circus. He twice
served as president ot the "Big
Top."
A stroke caused his death.
Ringling was the son of
Charles Ringling, one of the five
brothers who founded the "Big
gest Show on Earth." He was
the last surviving child of any
of the founders.
His close associates said he
never cared much for circus life.
He entered the show business
after his crippled condition forc
ed him to leave the concert
stage. He became permanently
injured playing high school foot
ball. He studied in Munich for the
opera. Later he sang for the
Chicago Civic opera when the
late Samuel Insull was its big
gest contributor. He also sang
with a Cincinnati opera com
pany. Ringling lived in a palatial
home here near the Ringling
art museum.
Survivors include his widow
and two sons, James Conway
Ringling, 25, and Charles Jo
seph Ringling, 12, his mother,
Mrs. Charles Ringling, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Charles E. Sanford, all
of Sarasota.
Georges Have Guests
Silverton With their par
ents for the holidays from
Christmas over New Year's have
been the families of the two sons
of Howard George, principal of
the senior high school, and Mrs.
George, at their James avenue
home, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
George and Phil of Corvallis,
and Mr. and Mrs. Norman
George of Pullman. Wash. Gor
don George is a junior, working
on a forestry major at Oregon
State college, and Norman
George is in his senior year at
Washington State, Pullman, ma
joring in pharmacy.
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