Let 'Er Blow! That's 200 pounds of nitroglycerin on the
end of that weird-looking apparatus. The explosive was det
onated over the mouth' of a blazing oil well at Elk City,
Okla., and snuffed out the flames for 10 minutes. However
100-foot flames sprang up again from the well, ignited by a
gas explosion. Further attempts to extinguish the fire will
be continued. (AP Wirephoto.)
Too Many Irish Bachelors,
So Marriage Drive Is On
Dublin, Jan. 18 (U.R) Thousands of Irish bachelors are heading
for early weddings, if plans of the state and social organizations
work out.
Concerned over the effects of Ireland's low marriage rate, be
lieved to be the lowest in the world on the population figures,
social workers are drafting-
plans to bring Irish bachelors to
the altar whether they like it or
not.
Statistics prepared by social
organizations show that one in
fo ir Irish people never marry.
Many of those marry late in
life. They pass the age of fertil
ity before they can add substan
tially to the nation's dangerous
ly depleted population.
Census statistics bear out the
bad effects of the low marriage
and fertility rate on the popula
tion trends.
One hundred years ago, Ire
land had a child population of
1,836,298. In 1941, the number
had been reduced to 815,000.
Correspondingly, the number
of old persons past the age of
fertility shows an increase from
174,450 in 1851 to 308,823 in
1941.
That Is what the social work
ers and the government plan to
alter by boosting the marriage
rate, and lower the average
marrying age.
The bachelors, on the other
hand, charge that existing social
and economic conditions make
it impossible for them to marry.
In support of their stand they
point to the high rate of taxa
tion on bachelors, and state that
this In fact achieves the very
opposite to the government's in
tention of forcing the reluctant
bachelor to the altar.
The burden of taxes, they
claim, makes it Impossible for
them to put aside the necessary
nest egg.
Housing conditions also sup
port the bachelor's contention.
The housing shortage is acute
and rents are high. As in many
other countries, young couples
with babies are blacklisted in
apartment houses.
Consequently, they postpone
their weddings until they can
get houses of their own, and
the population - figures stand
till.
But the state intends to cut
the bachelor's feet from' under
him in this defence. Among the
latest government projects is a
120,000,000 housing and hos
pitalization program aimed at
supplying the needed 111,000
homes over a ten-year period.
Housing loan societies are
also receiving top level priority
in the national picture, statls.
tics show that housing societies
advanced 3,000,000 to young
couples during 1948 and the fig'
ure for 1949 may be even high
er, A drive for rural develop.
ment and national repopulation
has been carried to the United
States by the founder of the
Muintlr Na Tire Organization,
Father John Hayes, who has
toured American cities explain
ing and enlisting support for his
back to the land" movement,
Hollywood Master-Minds Are
Stumped Over New Movie Star
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Hollywood, Jan. 18 (U.B Hollywood's all a-dither these days
over a new movie star noDoay ever expeciea wouia uiuuuiu ia
much. And this brings up a ticklish problem that's even got
the press agents stumped.
They have their orders. Pull out all the stops to ballyhoo this
new star.
But the idea boys are stymied.
They don't know whether to
make with the "cheesecake" stuff:
or dig up a few old "he-man"
gags.
Trouble is, It's a mule. But tne
master-minds are going nuts try
ing to figure out whether it s a
"he" mule or a "she" mule.
There's also a strong suspicion
going aruond that this new star
Frank Brown
Rites Friday
Funeral services for Frank A.
Brown, 65, of 6530 Locust, val
ley farmer and sportsman who
died at his home Monday, will
be held from the Clough-Barrick
chapel Friday at 1:30 o'clock,
Rev. Dudley Strain officiating
and interment in City View cemetery.
Brown was born in Ontario,
Canada, October 1, 1884, and
came to Oregon with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Archie O. Brown,
when six years old. He and' his
father operated a Polk county
farm and he continued after the
death of his father. During his
youth Brown won several cross
country bicycle riding contests
and was an ardent fisherman.
Surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Bettie E. Lent, The Dalles:
Mrs. Christie L. Moorman, Sa
lem and Mrs. Minnie E. Wood-
side, Oakland, Calif, and four
brothers, Joseph B. and Charles
A. Brown, both of Salem; Rob
ert A. Brown, Monmouth and
Roy R. Brown, Rose Lodge.
Hangar Thaw-Out
Party in Dallas
Dallas, Ore., Jan. 18 Deep
snow frozen on the rounding
roof of the Dallas airport hangar
had Owner Joe Card badly wor
ried until he came up with a
bright idea.
Because it was frozen,
snow couldn t be scooped
Card then merely moved
planes out of the hangar
built a huge bonfire in the cen
ter of the dirt floor.
Heat soon melted the snow
enough so that it could be
scooped from the roof. Then
not wishing the fire to go to
waste Card and his wife called
in friends to end the day with a
weiner roast.
2 Vet Groups
After Bonuses
Washington, Jan. 18 (U.R) Two
major veterans organizations
urged congress today to approve
a bonus for veterans of World
War II.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
renewed its long-standing bonus
appeal, and Amvets a World
War II organization endorsed
the bonus for the first time.
Amvets National Commander
Harold Russell told the house
veterans committee that "by ev
ery standard of equity the bonus
is justifiable."
Russell and Clyde A. Lewis,
commander-in-chief of the VFW,
endorsed pending bills to com
pute the bonus at the rate of $3
per day for service in this coun
try and $4 per day for service
overseas.
The maximum bonus would
be $4500, with an extra $500 for
men who were wounded in ac
tion.
Committee Chairman John E.
Rankin, (D-Miss), has said the
bonus bill would be called up
for prompt consideration by the
committee. He predicts the com
mittee and the congress will ap
prove it.
In their annual statements of
legislative aims, the four big vet
erans groups the American Le
gion and the Disabled American
Veterans, along with VFW and
Amvets joined in urging the
committee to reject the Hoover
commission's proposals on reor
ganizing the veterans administration.
Spokesmen for the four groups
said the commission's proposals
"would mean more grief for the
veteran and more cost for the
taxpayer."
Temporary Mail
Schedule Here
A temporary mail schedule
between Salem, Independence,
Monmouth, Dallas and Falls City
and return has been placed in
effect, Postmaster Albert C,
Gragg announces.
At the same time he slated
that a new schedule would be
come effective between Salem
and Detroit, January 25.
George Kirk, who has operat
ed a star route into Polk coun
ty for some time has taken over
the transportation of all types
of mail on the Falls City run
The first run departs from the
Salem postoffice at 6:10 a.m. and
operates via Independence, Mon
mouth, Dallas and Falls City
Returning the route is through
Dallas and Rickreall, arriving
in Salem at 8:30 in time to con
nect with north and south bound
S.P. trains.
The second trip leaves at 11:15
over part of the same route. A
third trip leaves Salem at 2:45
p.m. covering the entire route
and then returning to Salem via
Monmouth and Independence at
5:15.
The trip to Detroit under the
new schedule will leave Salem
at 6:40 and return to Salem at
5:15 p.m.
Effective January 25 also, a
carrier will leave Mill City at
10:25 a.m. reaching Salem at
11:55. The return to Mill City
is scheduled to leave Salem at
2:45.
The temporary schedule into
Polk county was brought about
when Oregon Motor stages re
linquished their contract.
is an "it. No sex-appeal, In other
words. And that's something
Hollywood can't cope with.
Director Arthur Lubin pointed
out the mule's name was "Miss
Missouri" - before she crashed
Hollywood.
So far, so good. But the studio
changed the name to "Francis,"
to fit the name of the talking
mule in the movie. And by now
everybody's confused plenty.
Not so with the critics. They
broke out with rave notices on a
picture hardly anybody could get
excited about when it was in the
works.
That didn't Include Lubin.
Francis" was his baby from the
minute he bought the story from
newspaper publisher David
Stern. He said he always knew it
would be a hilarious movie.
"But everybody told me I was
nuts," he shrugged. "Even my
agent said if I had anything to do
with a picture about a talking
mule he would have nothing to
do with me. And he meant it. He
quit.
"I peddled the story all over
town. Every story expert said it
was screamingly funny. But they
said it was "too unusual" for a
movie. A mule who talks back to
army generals. Haw!"
Lubin finally took it to Universal-International
where they
nervously agreed to let him take
a whack at it.
"We finally cooked up some
little metal gadgets to put in its
mouth. They were attached to in
visible strings. These gadgets
made the mule nervous, and as he
twisted his lips to get 'em out we
turned on the cameras. It looks
just like he's talking.
Lubin took no chances. He
called "Francis" everything - -"he,"
"she," and"it" just to be
safe.
But the U. S. Army didn't care
what Francis' sex is. The big
brass was so impressed with he
she it's acting talents they're
footing the bills for a fancy
over-seas premiere in Berlin.
Glamour gals, actors, actress
es, singers, and dancers arc
going over to introduce "Fran
cis" to the occupational forces
But Francis can't go. Gets
airsick in planes.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 195015
Swisssh! And the Nail Polish Dries Carol Jean Knight,
1, a victim of 1849's record polio epidemic, gets morale lift
through manicure in Oklahoma hospital. Widespread epi
demics in 1949 call for record contributions to March of
Dimes, January 16-31.
Heat with
fuel that is
clean, efficient
and economical . .
Pres-to-lorsc
Baby Blue
Bores Baby
Houston, Tex., Jan. 18 W)
Baby blue bores baby, a Yale
University physician declared.
, Baby, from birth to kinder
garten, should have a nursery
room ablaze with gay colors.
Dr. Frances Hg said at a post
graduate pediatricians course
yesterday at Baylor Univer
sity's College of Medicine.
She said bright colors are
important, because a small
baby does not see or get any
pleasure out of pastels. Even
at eight to 12 weeks, many
babies, the doctors were told,
will show whether they like
red better than orange.
Thomas Jefferson recorded
planting spinach in his garden in
1811.
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