A Scorecard of Smiles Despite her plight, 7-year-old Iron
lung patient Norma Gaston leads in smiles competition with
fellow patients in Little Rock, Arkansas, polio ward. The
smiles of plucky youngsters and of grown-up polio victims,
too. can be broadened by contributions to the 1950 March
of Dimes (Jan. 16-31), upon which the National Foundation
tor Infantile Paralysis depends for continuing its assistance
to patients.
Old Salt Claims Stiff Wind
Could Get 'Mo' Out of Mud
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Jan. U.R The way my captain looks at it, the
mighty Mo will stay stuck in her mud puddle on the flats off
Hampton Roads until:
1 A stiff nor'easter comes along; or
2 They do things my captain's way.
Eric Just, a mercnant marine"
captain who has sailed the sev
en seas and more, admits that a
good hard blow could get the
job done quicker.
But he thinks his idea, gath
ered from experience, has merit,
too.
"The navy, the army, and the
coast guard are doing the job
all wrong," he said.
The captain pushed aside his
coffee and drew a diagram on
his napkin. , '
"These guys," said the old
salt who came of a long line of
seamen from Denmark, "have
got all those tugs attached to
the stern end of the ship. The
way they're doing it, the prop
wash from the tugs is pushing
against the ship rather than pull
ing the 57,000-ton battleship
Missouri out of the mud.
"I've had a lot of experience
of that kind. The thing to do is
to piit the steel cables on "the
bow and attach the tugs at that
end. Then the prop wash would
be to the advantage of the oper
ation." Captain Just, who went to sea
at 19 and stayed there 25 years,
once directed the job of getting
the S.S. Rollo, of 9,000 tons,
off a sand bar in the Bay of Bis
cay. "It sounds a lot easier," he
said, "but it was the same sort
of problem and we handled it
like I said."
Captain Just fancies himself
a good cook. He learned the
business the hard way. He was
in the South Atlantic on a
square rigger when a gale came
up and the cook was washed
overboard. During the storm the
crew, had nothing to keep body
and soul together but hard tack
and. water. Whe.the wind died,
the skipper called the boys aft
and looked them over. He kind
of went eenie-minee-mo. ' The
"m" pointed to Eric Just, who
had never even boiled water be
fore. He became "chief cook."
For 60 days he parboiled his
face over a coal stove and kept
Johnson, Bradley Tell Senate
Fall of Formosa's Effect on U. S.
Washington, Jan. 27 U.R Defense Secretary Louis Johnson
and Gen Omar N. Bradley told a senate committee Thursday
that the falling of Formosa into "hands of an enemy" would
be a matter of "strategic significance" to the United States.
Their attitude on the strategic value of the Chinese national
ists island redoubt was announ
ced by. Chairman Tom Connally,
D.. Tex., of the senate foreign re
lations committee.
Johnson and Bradley, chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff,
met behind closed doors with the
committee for almost three
hours. ',
Connally's account of- the
Johnson-Bradley position seem
ed to place the military at odds
with the viewpoint expressed
Dec. 23, by the state department.
The department said then that
the fate of the Chinese island had
no strategic significance to this
country.
But Connally also said that
Johnson "strongly" denied re
ports of a riff between himself
and Secretary of State Dean
Acheson of the question of U. S.
policy toward Formosa and
China.
Connally, in a carefully pre
pared statement, said that John
son and Bradely at no time fav
ored "any occupation" of For
mosa by the United Staets.
An outright military occupa
tion has not been suggested by
any responsible official, but!
many republiciam have called'
Navy Prepares
To 'Rescue' Mo
Norfolk, Va., Jan. VP)
Given a vote of confidence by
Secretary of the Navy Francis
P. Matthews, naval personnel
continued preparations today for
their next attempt to pull the
battleship Missouri off her Che
sapeake bay mudbank.
Matthews got an aerial view
of salvage operations yesterday
on his way back to Washington
after speaking to the graduating
class of the armed forces staff
college here. He expressed com
plete confidence that the navy
would refloat its only active
service battlewagon.
Divers worked through the
night on the floor of Chesapeake
bay passing lines beneath the
Missouri's stern preliminary to
placing six submarine salvage
pontoons. Each have 480 tons
of lifting power.
Tomorrow the salvage team
will begin unloading the big
Mo's ammunition and rigging
the heavy beaching gear. Each
of the nine beaching gear instal
lations will be tested as it is
placed in position.
Each installation consists of a
four-ton anchor imbedded in the
bottom of the bay and connected
to a winch aboard the Missouri
by a 1500-foot steel cable 1
inches in diameter.
All nine installations are ex
pected to be in place during the
week-end, and several tests will
be conducted between that time
and Feb. 2, when the next at
tempt will be made to free the
warship, : grounded near old
Point Comfort since last Tues
day. the crew happy They reached
port pot-bellied on the captain's
cooking. Mostly hash and stew.
The old tar isn't too worried
about the fate of the mighty Mo.
He's about to open a restau
rant out west.
for sending U. S. arms aid and
military advice to the communist-threatened
island.
"They (Johnson and Bradley)
a'so expresesed the view that
Formosa is of strategic signifi
cance to the United Staes if in
the hands of an enemy," Con
nally said. "In the view of the
joint chiefs of staff, its signifi
cance would not warrant the use
of our armed forces to occupy
it."
Connally said the question of
U. S. arms shipments and mili
tary advice for Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek "was not gone
into" by his committee.
Leave for Alaska
Falls City Mr. and Mrs. Geo
McGinity and son of Alaska
were calling on old friends the
past week. They had dinner
with Mrs. M. L. Thompson and
son Hal, and also with Mr. and
Mrs. Eldon Frink. After dinner
they were accompanied to Sa
lem by Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Frink and Mrs. Thompson where
they took their plane for their
home ja Alaska,
Great Lovers of Screen Seek
Equal Rights of Mere Man
(Editor's Note: The senate passed and sent to the house
of representatives in Washington Wednesday a resolution
for a constitutional amendment giving equal rights to wom
en. Before the amendment can become law, it still must be
approved by the house and by three-fourths of the state
legislatures. In the following dispatch a number of Holly
wood stars give their opinions of such an amendment.)
Hollywood, Jan. 27 (U.R) The great lovers of the screen said
today equal rights for women are great, but the next thing the
senate ought to see to is equal rights for men.
The men said they want some aid and assistance from the
government in getting equal rights to scats on streetcars, ali
manv and invitations to hen
parties.
"This is the greatest contribu
tion to masculine emancipation
since Henry VIII," Peter Law
ford said.
But movie queens feared
they'd soon be helping boy
friends into cars, going dutch
treat, buying them overcoats
and engagement rings and
eventually paying them alimony.
"I'm glad to hear I may be
hardly different from a man,"
said Marie Wilson, "but thank
God for that little difference."
"It's nothing new anyway,"
Cary Grant said. "When haven't
they had equal rights?"
Robert Taylor said the same
thing. "More power to 'em," he
added, unnecessarily.
"If this means that I have to
go on dates dutch treat," Eliza
beth Taylor said, "I claim it's
unconstitutional."
Both Bob Hope and Kirk
Douglas hoped men would get
a few rights out of the deal.
"Maybe now women will start
to drive on the same side of the
street as men," Hope cracked.
"I'm waiting for the day when
a woman gives me her seat on
the bus," Douglas said.
"Oh, great," wailed June
Allyson, "and just when I had
my husband getting up to close
the windows in the morning."
George Jessel, head of the
Frairs' club, said he guessed
they'd have to let the ladies into
their masculine sanctuary.
"But if they want to be mem
bers," he said, "they'll have to
learn the kind of language used
in our guardroom."
"I don't want to smoke cigars,
go to stag parties, pay alimony,
wear jockey shorts, get. five
o'clock shadow, pick up the
check or buy some guy an en
gagement ring," Shelley Winters
said. "Now we gals will have
to take half the blame for
everything."
Broadway actresses were in
clined to agree with their skep
tical colleagues on the west
coast.
Carol Channing, hailed as a
star for her performance in the
musical "Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes," said:
"If I had any more rights. than
I enjoy now I wouldn't know
what to do with them. I'm a sta
tus quo girl, myself."
Those were the views, too, of
Nancy Andrews, the star of
"Touch and Go."
"Don't we already have equal
rights?" she said. "Women are
doing all right. We don't need
any more 'assistance from the
government."
New Telephone Ideas
Shown Salem Students
Salem high's student body
viewed the latest telephone
ideas in a national telephone as
sembly held Friday afternoon.
Some of the newest scientific
inventions were displayed and
explained to the large group of
students. The Pacific Bell Tele
phone company which sponsors
the public relations tour has
added new ideas to the program
which was returned from last
year by popular demand.
Merlin benuize, asb presi
dent, presided over the assem
bly and Principal E. A. Carle
ton gave the opening talk.
Fairfield Cooperative
Stockholders Called
Fairfield The annual stock
holders meeting of the Fairfield
Cooperative community and
Grange was held. Two directors,
Mr. M. J. Nahory and D. B.
Du Rette were elected for three
years. Freeman Marthaler was
re-elected chairman.
Hold over directors are Nora
Miller and Charles Allenbach.
Nora Miller is still custodian of
the renting of the hall. The old
committees to carry on for 1950.
D. B. Du Rette was again auth
orized to provide wood for the
coming year.
Directors were authorized to
investigate the cost of renovat
ing and painting the basement
and were given the go ahead
if sufficient funds were available.
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Girod Named
For Rotary
Elected honorary Rotarian for
the month of February by the
ASB council at Salem high
school Daryl Girod, a senior, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Girod.
Girod attended the last Rotar
ian meeting and is slated to at
tend all February meetings.
Besides being active in sports
in which he is a three-year let-
terman in basketball, and base
ball, Girod is captain of the bas
ketball squad and plays in the
forward position.
Other activities are S club
president, president of Inter-
club council, a member of Civ
ics club, Abel Gregg chapter of
Hi-Y and a member of Order of
DeMolay.
Upon graduation of Salem
high, his tentative plans are to
attend Oregon State college and
major in physcial education or
business.
Dance to Raise
Fund for Polio
"Let's Dance That Others May
Walk" is the slogan adopted for
the "March of Dimes" benefit
ball to be held at the Crystal
Gardens, the night of January
31, under the sponsorship of the
Salem Elks lodge.
A brief program signifying the
close of the 1950 "March of
Dimes" campaign, with promin
ent local officials and personal
ities appearing, will be a feature
of the evening's entertainment.
Both floors of the Garden will
be in use with Bill DcSouza's
10-piece orchestra providing
dance music on one and Pop Ed
ward's old time musicians on the
other.
Tickets for the dance are on
sale at Cooke Stationery,
Brown's Jewelry, Burright's
Cleaners, Tyndall's Pharmacy
and Hale's Jewelry. They are al
so available from "March of
Dimes" chairmen in Salem,
Woodburn, Mt. Angel, Silverton,
and Stayton.
Scout Groups Meet
Willamina The Scout coun
cil and Scout troop leaders met
at the home of Mrs. George King.
Girl Scout Troop I, north side,
met Monday evening at the home
of their leader, Mrs. Otto Hein.
A good attendance was reported,
and after the meeting refresh
ments were served by Joyce
Huddleston and Nancy Buswell.
The next meeting will be held
January 30.
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Unit Liberal in
Polio Policy
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, supported by
funds raised through the annual
"March of Dimes" campaign, has
taken a liberal attitude in re
cent years in its interpretation
of financial needs, it was pointed
out by county officials Friday.
The Marion county chapter has
stood ready to pay all or part of
hospital costs, medical and sur
gical fees, appliances and physi
cal therapy. Furthermore it has
not required that families mak
ing requests from the founda
tion, lower their standards of
living. .
Calling of a physician imme
diately is highly essential if any
member of the family suspects
polio, officials state. "Good
medical and nursing care will
help the patient in the course of
his illness. If you anticipate
making a request to the local
chapter for financial assistance,
save all bills and present them
to the secretary with your re
quest." The executive committee
meets the first Thursday of the
month to transact necessary busi
ness. Chapter officials are: Mrs;
David Wright, chairman; E. J.
Church, vice chairman; Albert
Arpke, treasurer; W. J. Stone,
M.D., medical adviser; Miss Lu
cille Sattcr, secretary.
Amitv During Ampriran Rnv
Scout week, a Cub Scout pack
will be organized in Amity, with
John Stllllpr. n mpmhpr of thr
high school faculty as Scout
iviasier. ine nign school gym
nasium has been selected as the
Dlace for the Hnv Snnnt Pnni-t
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Willamette university's mid-year academic convocation to be
held Thursday, Feb. 9 at the First Methodist church will be
known as "Founders and Benefactors day," according to an
nouncement by President G. Herbert Smith.
Participants in the chapel program, to which the public will be
welcome, will include Jason?-
Lee, administrative assistant to
the state. tax commission; Rus
sell Tripp, Albany, student
body president; Jack Gunn,
Monmouth Collins scholar; the
university a capella choir and
Dr. Smith
Honored at the convocation
will be Jason Lee, pioneer mis
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lins, former member of the
board of trustees and long a
devoted friend of the university.
In making the convocation
announcement, President Smith
explained "it is the plan of the
university to repeat this convo
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to honor two additional people
who have served with distinc
tion in the upbuilding of Willa
mette." The convocation will be held
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