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$15,935,879 Increase in
Unemployment Fund Okhed
A $13,935,879 increase in the unemployment compensation com
mission budget for the remainder of the 1949 fiscal year, to
provide payments for the growing unemployment rolls, was
granted by unanimous vote of the state emergency board Friday.
Representatives of trie commission tola memDers ot me ooara
that some indication of the rapid
rise in unemployment largely
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Snow Storm Buries Auto Henry Gray, Dunsmuir, Calif.,
'service station operator shovels snow away from his car after
a storm deposited it in one of the most severe storms of the
aeason to hit the Pacific. Gray is faced with doing the Job
. all over again as a new storm approaches the coast from the
west. (AP Wirephoto)
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Big Snow Drifts Stop Bus Drifts like this blocked nearly
every road when a raging blizzard, the worst of the century,
struck eastern Washington. This bus halted near. the Idaho
Washington line on U. S. highway 10, near Spokane, Wash.
Dozens of cars were stalled on both sides of this snow drift
at entrance to an underpass. (AP Wirephoto)
State University to
Dedicate 3 Buildings
University of Oregon, Kugene,
Jan. 16 Dedication of the first
three buildings completed under
the university's $6,000,000 build
ing program will be held on the
campus Saturday, Feb. 11, with
Governor Douglas McKay slated
to be on hand to assist with the
ceremonies.
Carson hall, new $1,600,000
dormitory for women, the school
of music addition, and Villard
hall with the University theatre
addition will be dedicated at
ceremonies carried by radio sta
tions throughout the state. Pre
liminary plans are now being
worked out by a student and
faculty committee.
Officiating at the dedication
program, to be held in Carson
hall, will be Edgar W. Smith,
Portland, president of the state
board of higher education; R.
E. Kleinsorge, Silverton, chair
man of the building committee
of the state board; Dr. H. K
Newburn, university president;
and the governor.
Open house will be held in the
building following the dedica
tion.
7 -Year Wonder of 'Oklahoma'
Is Still as Strong as Ever
By BOB THOMAS
Hollywood. Jan. 16 W) With "Oklahoma!" back in town,
it's time to re-evaluate what may well be the most successful
musical of all time.
Perhaps you are one of the many, many people who have seen
the musical hit since it opened April 1, 1943. If not, just sit
tight and it will probably come
to you. .
Most patrons fall in love with
"Okla!" every time they see it.
As in most love affairs, it's hard
to analyze the object of affec
tion. But having seen the show
three times, I have tried to stand
back and observe its beauties
and its flaws, if any.
. It seems to me that the great
feature of "Okla!" is the perfect
marriage of play and music. The
Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes
seem entirely natural coming
from the characters of the Lynn
Riggs play. "Carousel" was per
haps a better score, but lacked
the naturalness of its predeces
sor. In fact, everything seems nat
ural about "Okla!"
The male dancers actually
look like cowboys and farmers,
not chorus boys. The simple,
Grant-wood like settings resem
ble the prairie. The villainy of
Pore Jud seems real and not
just cooked up for plot purposes.
Perhaps the only jarring note
in the whole show is the com
edy. For the chief comic char
acter, Hammerstein resorted to
that oldest of musical comedy
devices the dialect comedian.
The suspicious, shotgun-toting
father is not exactly new, either.
These can be forgiven, con
sidering the effectiveness of the
entire show. Its impact cannot
be too well understood now that
its imitations have flooded the
stage for seven years. But it
was the giant of its time. It
brought new life to the failing
institution of the stage musical.
And of all American musicals,
it seems best suited for long
life. For the heart of it is far
from Broadway, from which
most shows spring.
With its love of song and
dance and its excitement in the
frontier life, it is deep in the
U.S. spirit.
One thing still puzzles me
about the show why the I
Oklahoma! ?
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Red Cross Finds
Bedding Shortage
Lebanon A shortage of bed
ding is revealed by the Linn
county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross. More quilts are
needed to distribute to needy
families and those whose homes
have burned.
The Red Cross is calling on
Lebanon's women's groups to
assist in a program where all
batting is furnished for the mak
ing of quilts, the piecing to be
done by the sewers.
Full information can be had
on the local program by calling
Mrs. Clarence Conner, 471 Park
street. Mrs. Conner is chair
man of the county production di
vision of Red Cross.
due to the closing of logging and
lumber industry was shown by
the fact that during the last
week in December 30,000 claims
were filed while in the first
week of January the claims fil
ed had jumped to 41,000. To
care for the latter number re
quired approximately $800,000.
Also allowed by the board
was a request from the public
welfare commission for use of
an additional $4,175,000, money
carried over from the last bien
nium. This amount is in addi
tion to the $55,000,000 appro
priated for welfare at the last
session of the legislature.
Rep. Rudie Wilhelm of Port
land was reluctant to vote for
the use of the money, expressing
fear that the additional appro
priation might upset some
county budgets. He urged that
the matter be deferred until an
investigation could be made.
Senator William Walsh, chair
man of the board, said that he
did not wish to see the present
standards for public assistance
lowered and that it might be
cheaper in the long run to grant
the request than to deny it.
After considerable discussion
the board unanimously voted
approval of the request.
One negative vote, that of
Senator Howard Belton of
Clackamas county, killed the re
quest of the state board of health
for $24,263 from the state emer
gency fund. About half of the
sum requested was for adminis
tering the $9,000,000 federal
grant to Oregon to aid cities in
constructing hospitals. The re
mainder of the request was for
carrying on inspection of homes
for the aged in the state.
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state
health officer, said that when
the hospital aid appropriation
was made the federal grant for
Oregon was $3,000,000 but since
that time the Hill-Burton law
has been amended under which
the state receives $9,000,000.
Due to the enlarged program,
the bureau requires additional
funds for administration.
Sen. Walsh said that he would
present the request to the emer
gency board at its next meeting
for reconsideration saying that
he felt the program was far too
important to the cities or state
to abandon. -"
The board voted $5,000 addi
tion for the legislative interim
committee on government ad
ministration, better known as
the "little Hoover" committee.
The legislature appropriated
$10,000 for the committee al
though the original request was
$30,000 and reduced at the in
sistance of Rep. Wilhelm, who
ironically is now chairman of
the committee and who filed
the request for the additional
money.
"Is my face red," sighed Wil
helm as the board members vot
ed the additional money. '
University Set for
Dad's Day Occasion
University of Oregon, Eugene,
January 16 A Portland junior,
business administration major, is
chairman of activities for the
University's annual Dad's Day
celebration on Jan. 28.
r.pralrt Smith will heart lin thp I broadcast.
events planned for the Dads.
Serving as his assistant will be
Virginia Wright, also of Port
lind. Chairmen of the committees
includes Richard Lee, Anne
Case, David Palmer, Lorna Lar
son, Eleanor Johns, all of Port
land: Robert Hinz, Eugene; Her
bert Nill, Medford; Georgie
Oberteuffer, Oswego; Gretchen
Grondahl, Pendleton; Donna
Buse, West Linn; Roger Nudd,
Glendale, Cal.; Nancy Pollard,
Los Gatos, Cal.; Nancy Kukn-
hausen, Oakland, Cal.; Marian
Christenson, Nampa, Ida.; and
Edwin Artzt, New York City, N.
Y.
Red Hills Grange
Plans Repair Work
Liberty, Jan. 16 The Red
Hills Grange met for a covered
dish dinner at the hall.
A business meeting followed
presided over by the master,
Frank Judd. Mrs. Grant Teter,
chairman of the home economics
committee, announced there will
be an all day meeting when the
group plans to do repair work
and a general cleanup of the
hall as soon as the weather per
mits.
Victor Ballantyne, lecturer,
was in charge of the program
which featured the events of the
last half of the century. He told
of the first automobile, first
phonograph, airplane,
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday January 16, 1950 7
radio distress signals, parcel
post, woman's suf f erage. He also
explained about the advances in
medical science, and compared
the expectancy of life in 1900 of
48 years to 68 years in 1950. Also
that the men in World War II
were one inch taller and heavier
than in World War I. Olga Nor-
thup gave a reading, "What New
Year's Means." Games and mu
sic ended the entertainment.
Americans eat about 4.2
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Greta Back in Pictures
Hollywood, Jan. 16 (JP) Gre
ta Garbo is coming out of re
tirement to play in "Lover and
Friend," which will be photo
graphed in England and France.
Eagle-Lion studio announced to
day that the production, based
on Honore De Balzac's "Duchess
Le Langaeis," will get under
way in April.
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