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Will Wed First Wife's Bridesmaid Dr. Jacob Armstrong
Swisher, 65, of Iowa City, la., and Mrs. Blanche A. Fletcher,
60, who was bridesmaid at the doctor's first weeding 40 years
ago, have obtained a marriage license in Los Angeles. The
doctor's first wife died a year Hgo and Mrs. Fletcher is
divorced from her first husband. They exchanged letters re
cently and decided to marry. (AP Wirephoto).
Somenir Him D...dse got it roller skating.
Dutchman Sees America
On $25 and a Rail Pass
Cumberland, Md., Jan. 24 VP) A big bespectacled Dutchman
with a boyish grin is back home now, telling all his friends about
his month-long visit in the States all for $25. That is, $25 and
the gratitude of a couple of Yanks he helped escape from Nazi-
held Holland during the war.
Harm Davidse, 36-year-old
employe of The Netherlands
Railway, was eligible for passes
to travel by train all over Eur
ope. Why, he asked himself this
summer, not get one to Ameri
ca? He took the matter up with
the railroad. The railway man
agement started negotiations.
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The Holland-America line
agreed to furnish him pas
sage, including meals. And on
this side, the Baltimore and
Ohio honored his Dutch rail
road pass.
But his country Informed
him he could bring only 25
of those dollars back to the
country that made them fam
ous. They were needed too
badly at home.
At the dock at Hoboken, N.J.,
he learned how fast they could
disappear. The customs inspec
tors took six as duty on souven
irs he had brought for his
friends. Another six went for a
taxi to the railroad station,
By the time he reached Cum
berland, half of his $25 was
gone. But there, he found he
didn't need even that much.
Jack C. Murrell, 27, met him
at the station and whisked him
to the Murrell home just across
the river at Ridgely, W.Va. The
two hadn't seen each other since
the dark days of 1944.
Murrell was a second lieut
enant then in Uncle Sam's
army. He had parachuted
from a crippled C-47 after
" dropping paratroopers in the
vicinity of Arnheim.
He broke his leg in the fall
"right smack In the middle of
two German Panzer divi
sions," as Jack puts it. He was
picked up by the Nazis and
hospitalized at Utrecht. But he
soon learned the Dutch under
ground was entrenched firm
ly within its guarded walls.
By the time Murrell was up
and about, he had been furnish-
wi blue-prints of the hospital
by alert Dutch hospital attend
ants. Through their help he and an
other American, Sgt. Wiley
Moore of Ashville, N.C., escap
ed through a large conduit un
known to the Nazis that ran
underground from the hospital
basement to a power station out
side the barricaded fence.
Two more underground work
ers met them and took them to
Davidse's home. Moore was
sheltered next door, while Mur
rel was hidden by Davidse be
tweed the walls above the
McCarthy Demands Probe
Of Removal of Adm. Denfeld
Washington, Jan. 24 U. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy R., Wis.,
today pressed his demands for a senate investigation of the re
moval of Adm. Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations.
He renewed his charges, made last week, that navy Secretary
Francis P. Matthews was either dishonest or incompetent. Chair
man Millard Tydings, D., Md.,
of the senate armed services
committee took the floor earlier
to defend Matthews.
The controveersy centered on
Denfeld's commission issued
last September for a second
term as operations chief.
Tydings read the senate a
statement from Matthews to the
effect that the commission was
not properly delivered to Denfeld.
Gambling Probe
Bv Senate Looms
Washington, Jan. 24 () Two
senators pressed Monday for a
full - scale senate investigation
into "nation-wide gambling and
racketeering activities."
The words were those of Sen
ator McCarthy (R., Wis.), who
proposed yesterday that at least
two and possibly three com
mittees be authorized to engage
in such an inquiry.
Senator Kefauver (D., Tenn.)
already has asked the senate to
give the judiciary committee
$100,000 for such a probe.
McCarthy said the senate's
special investigations subcom
mltte uncovered some leads dur
ing "Five Percenter" hearings
last year which might be worth
following up. He said the com
merce committee might get into
the inquiry too.
"I think we ought to find out
in particular," he said, "whether
racketeers and gamblers in inter
state commerce are attempting
to control city politics..
"We have had a lot of com
plaints that they are, and the
federal government certainly
has the right to investigate if
the people involved are operat
ing across state lines."
The Fahrenheit scale is named
after Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit,
a German physicist.
McCarthy immediately read
the senate a telegram from
Denfeld which said the admiral
had thanked Matthews for the
commission and was congratu
lated by the secretary on his re
appointment. McCarthy introduced the or
iginal commission and showed
the senate the bright blue seal
which was stamped on it. He
said the presence of the seal in
dicated that the delivery of the
commission was not improper as
Matthews had suggested.
Matthews admitted in a state
ment read to the senate that
both he and the president had
signed Denfeld's commission for
another term as chief. But he
said the commission was invalid
because it was "irregularly
placed" in Denfeld's "custody."
The person who delivered the
commission "irregularly to
Denfeld was Rear Adm. Robert
L.' Dennison, President Tru
man's naval aide.
Matthews also released an
opinion by Rear Adm. G. L.
Russell, navy judge advocate
general, that Denfeld was re
moved legally and replaced by
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman. Rus
sell said Denfeld did not go
through the formality of accept
ing the office for a second term.
Matthews' statement was
mado in a letter to Chairman
Millard E. Tydings, D., Md., of
the senate armed services com
mittee. The senate has with
held confirmation of Sherman,
pending investigation of charg
es by pro-navy senators that
Denfeld had a commission and
therefore no vacancy existed to
which to appoint Sherman.
License Given
To Don Clark
With two "no" votes and two
members absent, the city council
Monday night voted a taxicab
operator's license to Don Clark,
who was involved in the taxicab
scandal case a few weeks ago.
Clark was charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of
a minor, but was found innocent
by a circuit court jury. He had
no previous blemishes on his
record.
The motion that his license be
granted was made by Alderman
Tom Armstrong and seconded by
Alderman Maple. The no votes
were by Alderman Musgrave
and Gille.
Maple explained his vote by
saying he was "going to recognize
the courts." Alderman OHara
also mentioned the outcome of
the court case in explaining his
vote.
French doors separating the llv--
ing and dining rooms.
He remained with Davidse
for three weeks. Then he was
smuggled back to Allied lines,
although it took six months to
make this transit.
Murrel saw to it that Davidse
was entertained during his stay
here. The first day Jack took
the husky Dutchman off on a
combination weiner roast and
roller skating party, Davidse be
came a firm believer in hot
dogs, but it took him a little
longer to appreciate the skates,
"The floor was very hard at
first," he explained with a
laugh, rubbing the sore spot
which absorbed most of the
tumbles.
But it took a high school foot
ball game colorful bands, natty
majorettes, cheerleaders, uni
formed players to bring out
the comment, "this is really the
big, great, wonderful United
States."
In 1939, tea bags accounted
for less than 10 percent of the
tonnage of tea sold. Today sales
of tea in the U.S. divide almost
50-50 between tea bags and loose
packaged tea.
FOR SALE
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15 Sacks for $1
$3 per ton.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, January 24, 1950 3
Top Brass Lets Hair Down
For Hillbilly Band Doin's
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R) Top government officials let their
hair down once in a while. Especially for a good cause.
That's what happened when a congressional hillbilly band re
hearsed for the American Heart association program which is to
be broadcast from here Feb. 2.
The object is, of course, to, it he beat the dickens out of a
Battle for House Seat
Hackensack, N.J., Jan. 24 W)
Three men battle today for
the republican nomination for
the vacant congressional seat of
J. Parnell Thomas, now serving
a prison term for fraud.
Observers gave the odds to
Harry C. Harper, former big
league pitcher and now state
labor commissioner, who has the
backing of the regular republi
can organization in today's spe
cial primary election.
Col. Babcock Dies
Berlin, Jan. 24 W) Colonel
William T. Babcock, deputy U.S.
commissioner for Berlin who
played an active part in East
West disputes over Berlin, died
today of a heart attack. He was
52. Babcock, a former police
commissioner of New London,
Conn., came to his post In Berlin
in 1945.
Committee to
Probe Garbage
Before the city council acts
on petitions of Salem women's
organizations for universal gar
bage collection in Salem an in
vestigation will be made by a
committee of seven.
Motion that the committee be
appointed was made Monday
night by Alderman Howard
Maple and wasn't opposed. On
the committee will be the city
manager and one alderman, rep
resenting the city administra
tion: three citizens at large; and
the manager of Sanitary Service
company which operates on the
east side of the river, and the
manager of the collector operat
ing on the west side.
The committee will be ap
pointed by Alderman David
O'Hara who was acting mayor
Monday night and instructed to
make the appointment.
The action was taken after a
public hearing on the question
which was very brief. Only one
speaker appeared. This was
Mrs. George Ailing, president of
the Salem Woman's club, which
headed the movement and has
the backing of about 37 other
women's organizations in the
city.
Mrs. Ailing said the movement
was necessary to public health
and rat eradication. She also
struck at the unsanitary' man
ner in which garbage is some
times handled in Salem.
Despite the fact that Mount
Etna is often active as a volcano
and menaces towns and houses
around it, people continue to
live there because volcanic dust
makes the soil around the moun
tain rich.
draw in the coins for the pro
gram to fight the greatest killer
we know heart disease. The
original amateur hour is elimin
ating all its commercials and
will sacrifice its time for what
will be known as the "V.I.P.
(very important person) ama
teur hour."
Master of ceremonies may be
Vice President Alben W. Bark
ley who is capable of a pretty
fine piece on the harmonica
when pressed.
Anyhow, the hillbilly band re
hearsal at the Willard hotel's
Mark Twain suite was quite a
thing.
There was the leader of the
band Sen. Estes Kefauver, (D.,
Tenn., wearing his coonskin cap
in which he claims he "rode Into
the senate." He was tooting a
kazoo, the simple little tin thing
you hum in to make music. The
noise that came out of the "in
strument" wasn't too unmelodic.
The liveliest man on the set
was Rep. Frank W. Boykin, (D.,
Ala.'). He kept losing his nose
glasses as he hopped around
giving his best on the "Camp-
town Races." Luckily he had a
black ribbon around his neck
and attached to the specs.
Boykin also did a dandy ren
dition of "Everything is made
for love," and while he was at
washboard, a-la-Spike Jones.
The congressman did Jones one
better by coppering his fingers
with thimbles. You get more
racket that way
There was Rep. Frank L. Chelf
or Kentucky, Rep. Louis C. Rab
aut of Michigan, not to mention
Paul Porter, former OPA administrator.
All were blowing their lungs
out on the kazoos, and in the
background was Capt. Chris
tian Engleman of the U.S. navy. :
He had rigged himself up a -
dandy. The captain had a canoe '
paddle rigged up much like a
bull fiddle. The handle was ;
anchored in an old-fashioned
wash tub. The captain mani
pulated the strings across the
blade and to a point where he
got a fine bass tone.
Another navy man was giving
an upside-down tub the business
for the drum effect. Gen. Carl
("Tooey") Spaatz also had a
fine old time with a kazoo.
But having the most fun and
not adding anything to the noise
was retired Admiral Clark H.
Woodward, who spent a half a
century at sea.
The old gentleman equipped
himself with a navy life belt
and attached some strings.
The admiral's . gadget didn't
make any racket but he waved
his head with the music and had
a good time strumming.
Clubs Resume
In East Salem
East Salem, Jan. 24 East Sa
lem clubs meeting this week are:
Lansing Neighbors Garden club.
meeting at 1:30 o'clock on
Thursday in the home of Mrs.
Merle Hann, 280 Evergreen ave
nue. Lancaster extension unit meets
Friday in the home of Mrs. Rob
ert Pickerel. The lesson ior this
meeting will be "Giving Home
Sewing a Professional Look."
Edina lane extension unit
meets Friday at 10:15 o'clock at
the YWCA in Salem. The lesson
will be "Making Draperies," and
material should be brought for
samples. There will be a covered
dish luncheon and the hostesses
will be Mrs. Ronald Hopper,
Mrs. Max Madison and Mrs. Phil
Huber.
The Auburn Cub pack meets
at the community hall Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock. Cubi and
parents should attend.
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