Mrs. Barkley Finds Life
MS mib. Y ccfJ jucituuuj
By RUTH GMEINER
Washington, Jan. 23 U.R Mrs. Alben W. Barkley is finding
life as "Mrs. Veep" far more strenuous than the 8 to 5 workaday
as a St. Louis secretary.
The friendly, vivacious bride of the vice president has no
desire to became the capital's No. 1 hostess, but she s captured
-the title ot XMo. i guest.
Everyone who is "official"
and many who aren't wants to
meet and fete the newlyweds.
As a result, the Barklcys are
dated up until the end of Feb
ruary.
Mrs. Barkley has had time for
only one trip to Capital Hill on
the opening day of congress. She
has confided to friends that,
much as she enjoys Washington's
gay social life, she is looking
forward to Lent and an end to
the formal social season. Then
she can spend more days watch
ing her husband preside over the
senate, learn the workings of the
legislative system and occasion
ally lunch with her husband at
the Capitol.
White of Salem
Begins Duties
The department of state an
nounces that Ivan B. White of
Salem has taken over his duties
as economic and finance ad
viser for the bureau of inter-
American affairs.
White will be the immediate
adviser on economic and finance
policies to Edward G. Miller,
Jr., assistant secretary for Inter
American affairs.
"The reorganization plan for
the department of state," says a
department announcement,
"made provision for the estab
lishment of geographic bureaus
for each major areas of the
world, and the bureau of inter-
American affairs was established
on October 3, 1949 . . .
W- "Mr. White is a foreign serv
ice officer of many years stand
ing and has had long experi
ence in the broad field of eco
nomic policy. He has just com
pleted an assignment in the Free
Territory of Trieste where he
was director of finance and
economics for the allied military
government. In the international
field Mr. White participated in
the Bretton Woods conference of
1944 as special assistant to the
scretary general. He was a U.S.
delegate to the Paris conference
in 1946; he was adviser to the
meetings of the board of gover
nors of the International Bank
and the International Monetary
Fund in Savannah, Ga., March,
1946, and in Washington, D.C.,
September, 1946."
Burglars Take
r000 Gems
Greenville, Tex., Jan. 23 (P)
Someone stole between $50,000
and $75,000 worth of diamonds
from the Core Laboratories Sat
urday night, but to the thief
they're practically worthless.
Plant officials said it would
be almost impossible to peddle
the 12,000 carats in industrial
diamonds because of the close
relationship between dealers and
manufacturers.
They think the burglars who
iracked the plant's safe grab
bed the small fortune in indus
trial diamonds in ignorance.
Each lot of diamonds has a key
stone, easily recognizable by any
Jeweler who has been warned to
look for it. W. H. Davidson,
president of the firm, said de
scriptions would be sent imme
diately to all jewelry associa
tions.
The theft was discovered yes
terday by the plant manager,
Ed Williams, Jr.
Davidson estimated the loot
contained 12,000 carats, which
would retail at between $50,000
and $75,000.
The haul would have filled
about eight teacups. Industrial
diamonds are second rate stones,
have little luster, and are harder
than most gems.
The burglars pried open a
door to the i plant office and
worked the combination on the
safe. The plant has no night
watchman.
Industrial diamonds are used
for cutting purposes. The core
firm uses them in making drill
bits.
$75
Meantime, Mrs. "Veep" has
adopted her husband's philoso
phy that the American public
has a right to know its govern
ment oficials. But she refuses to
believe that people have a per
sonal Interest in her. She is de
termined to fade into the back
ground.
With the Vice President s ap
proval, she grants no interviews
even though besieged with re
quests by practically every re
porter on the east coast.
Gossip-loving Washington al
ready has rumored a "coolness"
by Mrs. Truman toward Mrs.
Barkley. Some say Mrs. Truman
disapproved of the vice presi
dent's remarriage. Most old
hands around the Capitol write
off the reported "feud" as idle
talk. "
At any rate, President and
Mrs. Truman were among the
lirst to entertain the newlyweds.
One informal dinner for closests
friends of the Barkleys was held
at the President's Blair House
last week. Another is scheduled
for early next month. .
The "Veep" is house-hunting
in fashionable Georgetown, but
for the present the Barkleys are
comfortably settled in the roomy
apartment overlooking Connect!
cut avenue where Barkley has
lived for eight years.
Mrs. Barkley's daughter, 15-year-old
Janie Hadley, has made
as easy a transition as her
mother from the St. Louis pub
lic schools to a private girl's
school on the edge of the city.
She rides back and forth with
Mimi Clark, daughter of Su
preme Court Justice and Mrs
Tom C. Clark who live in the
same building. The other daugh
ter, Ann, 17, is in school in New
Orleans and will spend vacations
with the Barkleys.
Mrs. Barkley hopes before too
long that she can give some time
to charity work or community
organizations. She is her own
social secretary and personally
answered all the hundreds of
letters that came from- well
wishers at the time of the wed
ding. Now, she does let a girl
from the vice president's office
help out with answers to peo
ple she does not personally know.
Mrs. Moore Hostess
Sheridan Mrs. William
Moore was hostess at a dessert
luncheon pinochle party. Mil
dred Cooley won high score and
Nancy Fingscheit consolation.
Atttending were Marcella Bras-
ket, Ruby Kunzler, Mildred
Cooley, Nancy Fingscheit, Ro
gene Burch, Vera Bilyea, Doro
thy Krauthoefer and Gertrude
Reid.
I 111 P
; .... : a
Cities Short of Water Can
Take Lessons From U. S. Navy
By PAUL F. ELLIS
(United Prw Science Writer)
Guantanamo, Cuba, Jan. 23 (U.R) The city of New York and
other American communities with a water shortage can learn
a few thines from the United States navy.
The navy's ships, particularly the big combat vessels, have
the water problem at all times but something is done about it,
and American ships have waters
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, January 23, 1950 11
Surrenders to Law Suspect Don Alexander (right), wound
ed in forearm by California highway Patrol Sgt. Errett Greer
(left), comes out from hiding place under garage at Topanga
Beach, Calif., to surrender to officers. Alexander fired two
shots at pursuing highway patrol car driven by Officer Spen
cer Nelson, one of which pierced Nelson's windshield during
100-mile-per-hour chase. (AP Wirepholo)
Hunt for Boston Bank Bandits
Not Funny to Kokomo Clowns
Rnstnn. .Tan. 23 W) The nation-wide hunt for Boston's mil
lion-dollar bandits may force the touring Kokomo Clowns, t
New York circus basketball team, to buy a new car.
The Clowns reported they were stopped by police seven times
while driving 100 miles from Brockton to Springfield in their
"big black Cadillac sedan.
The gunmen who held up
Brink's, Inc., in Boston Tues
day are believed to have es
caped in a large Cadillac sedan.
But to make matters worse
for the Clowns, police found
rubber face masks and toy guns
in their car and insisted on
searching their bags. The gun
men wore funny-face masks.
"I guess we'll have to get a'
new car or the cops all over the
country will be stopping us,"
said the team's manager, How
ard Davis.
Besides their manager, the
Clowns' lineup also included
Elmer Davis, Bobo, Sr., Bobo,
Jr., Hoho, Loco and Haha.
so pure that it could be injected
into your veins witn no narm
done.
First, the navy has brand new
equipment that converts salt
water into fresh. It's too expen-
for the communities to
adopt now but the techinque
some day may be practical.
Second, the navy known for
its cleanliness knows how to
conserve water.
On all the big ships, such as
the carrier Franklin D. Roose
velt of the Atlantic fleet which
anchored off this island for two
days on a West Indies cruise, the
most modern fresh water lac
tory" can be found. The type
on the Roosevelt produces up to
160,000 even 200,000 gallons
of fresh water each day from
salt sea water, sucked up from
the ocean
When the Roosevelt leaves a
port it carried 206,000 gallons
piped in from land sources but
that lasts only one day or so, and
the ship's fresh water system
goes into action.
The Roosevelt system has four
units, each capable of producing
50,000 gallons of fresh water
from sea water daily. The ocean,
water is sucked into the ship
through six-inch pipes that pro
trude from the bottom of the
vessel. It goes into each unit
at the rate of 600 gallons a min
ute. And each unit produces
about 40 gallons of fresh water
a minute.
McMurray to
Auction Gilts
H. J. "Mac" McMurray of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, will auc
tion the fifth annual Oregon
Swine Growers' bred gilt sale
Salem, February 4. McMur
ray, a nationally Known auc
tioneer, has handled many of
the top sales of all breeds ot
hogs in the corn belt states.
Over 30 breeders have con
signed to the 1950 bred gilt
sales. Eight breeds will be of
fered.
Lyle McKinley, Shedd, presi
dent of the association, and
F. L. Zielinski, St. Paul, chair
man of the sales committee, re
port animals of top quality and
type have been consigned.
Makes Honor Roll
Willamina Miss Audrey
Spicer valedictorian of last years
graduating class at Union high
school, has made the honor roll
at Oregon State college her first
term, with a grade point average
of 3.73. Miss Spicer is enrolled
in the school of education with
biology as her major and chem
istry as a minor. She is also
taking an art course.
The cost, according to Cmdr.
Raymond Payne, South Bend,
Ind., engineering officer of the
Roosevelt, is about one cent for
10 gallons. That may sound
high for the ordinary water user
but it's the cheapest by far
in the cost of making fresh
water from salt water. The re
search in the navy may some
day lead even to cheaper costs.
Payne and his division engin
eer, Lt. Yorick N. Fontenot, arc
experts on this matter of making
fresh water, and they also de
pend a lot on Chief Petty Officer
John L. Smithers, of Bowling
Green, Va., who is directly as
signed to the water converter
system.
In the navy system, which was
designed and built by Grisscom
Russel, New York, exhaust
steam steam that already has
been used furnishes the heat
to boil the sea water. There are
numerous steps. The steam goes
into a first chamber via tubes,
and its heat boils the water,
causing it to change to vapor.
The vapor passes on to two
other similar chambers and fin
ally goes to a distilling con
denser, where it turns to liquid.
Then the liquid goes through a
testing chamber. The water is
cooled, and then sent to storage
tanks located in the deepest part
of the ship.
The whole process does not
require three minutes. The
water, the purest you ever
drank, is used both for the boil
ers and for drinking, cooking
and all other purposes aboard
this big ship.
Monmouth Grangers
Plan Degree Work
Monmouth The Monmouth
Grange held its regular meeting
and in spite of snow a fair crowd
was in attendance. Wilmer Pow
ell, presided in the absence of
Mr. King who was unable to at
tend. A meeting is scheduled for
Friday, February 27 for the pur
pose of conferring degrees. An
all day session with an evening
session for degree work, will be
held in Monmouth January 28
for Polk county Pomona Grange.
Prof id or Loss
At Farrowing
Profit or loss from the hog
enterprise on Willamette valley!
farms is pretty well determined i
at farrowing time.
Sows and gilts will begin far
rowing spring litters in late
February and early March, ac
cording to Ben A. Newell, Mar
ion county extension agent.
Several points that producers
may heed for a successful far
rowing season follow:
Feed light laxative feeds to
sows. Cut down on corn sharp
ly. Add to the ration mill run,
oats, alfalfa meal, linseed oil
meal and milk if possible. Most
farrowing troubles can be traced
to poor feeding practices.
Farrowing quarters need to
be clean, dry, free from drafts
and bedded lightly. Three or
four pieces of inexpensive equip
ment may pay big dividends.
Farrowing guard rails are a
must. Probably better returns
come from the lumber used for
guard rails than any other use
made of lumber on a hog farm.
Electric brooders, easily made
from a light bulb, a reflector
and a piece of plywood or tin,
save many pigs from chilling in
cold weather.
After farrowing is completed
and the pigs dry and warm, see
(hat the sow has clean water
before her. Do not feed her for
24 hours. Start then with a
thin slop. Gradually increase
the feed until the full ration is
being consumed after 10 days.
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Eder are grandparents of twin
daughters born to Mr. and Mrs
Leroy Duda of Mt. Angel. Mrs.
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Millar Club Speaker
Willamina Dr. James Millar
of Portland will be guest speak
er at the Civic club meeting,
Thursday evening. The Inter
national Relations study group
is in charge of the meeting. His
subject will be "Our World To
day." Dr. Millar will also speak
to high school assemblies at
Willamina and Sheridan. He
speaks to the young people on
personal moral and vocational
guidance.
A silver tea will be held fol
lowing the club meeting Thurs
day night.
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