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Does a Man'f Job Mrs. Margaret Pallas, 22-year-old di
vorcee, swings a pick in digging a trench on a building
construction Job at Chicago. She takes turns in an eight
hour day digging trenches, mixing cement and carrying tile
pipe, receiving a $10 daily wage. She had tried office work
for a year, but gave up when she became ill. Behind her is
her boss, Donald Buss, 31, a contractor, who says he and
Mrs. Pallas intend to get married. She has a two-year-old
daughter who is cared for by relatives during the day. (AP
Wirephoto)
Henry Luce Asks Business
To Take World Leadership
New York, Jan. 28 The Job of the next half century, now
ennfrnntinff the U. S. is nothing less than the reformation of
the world's economies, asserts Henry R. Luce in a by-lined
article keynoting the 20th anniversary issue of Fortune maga-
published today.
Fortune's birthday issue has
the over-all title, "The U. S. in
the World." Its theme is a call to
American business to assume
the world leadership that no
other business group, anywhere
else in the world today, is
equally able to assume.
The heart of the task Is de
fined as follows by Fortune's
Editor-in-Chief Luce: "To get
all the people in the world, or
as many of them as we can,
functionally related to a business
economy."
(In the U. S everybody is
"in" the business economy, Luce
points out; but most inhabitants
of "backward" countries in
cluding many in Europe have
verv little business relation, if
any, to the other people of their
own country.)
U. S. political and military
power should be able to hold
the line against communism for
the next ten years Luce esti
mates. "By then it is both pos
sible and essential that our
American business economy shall
be well on its way to accomplish
ing the reformation.
"By then tt will make sense
to hope and believe that the peo
ples of the world will find in
their rising standards of living
and in the health of body, mind,
and spirit which goes with it,
the enthusiasm and fortitude to
cast out the cancer of commun
ism and to unite all men, includ
ing the Russians, to the ways of
peace and prospertiy and free
dom under law."
European business men will
not provide the leadership for a
worldwide economic reforma
tion, asserts William S.
Schlamm, one of Fortune's edi
tors, in the same issue.
Europe s business men are
allergic to such American con
cepts as "service," "vision.
"the world's needs," and "free
trade among free m e n,"
Schlamm explains.
"They are allergic to any
thing that implies risks on the
future. The European business
man is lonely never fully ac
cepted by society. Inwardly he
knows of only one justification
for being in business at all,
namely, to get out of it by ac
cumulating as fast and as deci
sively as possible the sort of
wealth that establishes status. To
have status in Europe means to
pursue an extra-economic car
eer: government, army, scholar
ship, or the fine art of relaxa
tion."
Getting Old Not Too Inevitable,
Says Fritzi; Age 'State of Mind'
New York. Jan. 28 (U.R) All this fuss women make about get
ting older is getting under Fritzi Scheff's fine, white skin.
It irritates th eagmg out inaesirucuoie rrnzi mat a woman
will fib about her age with a face as straight as though she were
holding four aces in a poker hand.
"I can t see why either," said-
the famous opera star
Reapportionment
Plan May Be Dropped
Portland, Jan. 28 UP) The
Oregon Farm Bureau federation
may give up its proposal to re
apportion the state legislature
along the lines of congress: A
senator for each county and rep
resentatives according to population.
Lowell Steen, Salem, said
here yesterday that there was so
much western Oregon opposi
tion to the plan that the farm
bureau plans to poll its local
units to see whether the propos
al should be dropped.
Earlier the federation had
planned to circulate petitions to
put the matter on the 1950 ballot.
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the midst of a new musical ca
reer. "I'm 70. I see no reason
for lying about it. And I feel
I have several good years left.
As if not telling her age
makes a woman younger any
way." she snorted.
"Age is a state of mino," sne
continued. "It's like the old
ying about what you don't
know not hurting you. If we
didn't know how old we are, we
wouldn't show our age."
Besides, she said, 'every
woman ought to remember that
each period of life has something
to offer."
To look at the thrice-married
Miss Scheff you wonder whether
she will ever lose the bloom -of
youth or the fiery personality
that inspired Paderewski to dub
her "the little devil of grand
opera."
Her skin still has the freshness
the advertisements rave about.
Her eyes sparkle as brightly as
those of a school-girl on her first
date. Her hair has been kept
its original red. She still has
the figure that can draw a "hi-
ya toots," from a pasmg male.
Being 70 would make most
women content to parit tneir
frail bones in a rocking chair,
pull a shawl around their shoul
ders and take up knitting to
while away the hours.
Not so, Fritzi Scheff. When
she hits 70, she began a new
phase of her musical career,
which had een going on close
to 60 years.
Miss Scheff came out of her
10-year retirement from the
stage to become a cafe and night
club singer, and currently is
packing them in at an uptown
cafe here.
Fritzi admits her coloratura
has become a little husky with
the passing years. But when the
spotlight is turned on her and
she breaks into "Kiss Me Again,"
the Victor Herbert, melody she
made famous at the turn of the
century, somehow the years
drop away, not only from the
artist but from her mature
audience.
The Viennese-born entertainer
made her debut at the Metropoli
tan in 'Fidelio" in 1902 and
went on to sing principal roles
in some of the greatest operas.
Some of her happiest memor
ies are of the days wncq sne
sang opposite the great tenor
Enrico Caruso. "He was incom
parable," she said. "There's been
no voice ... no operatic person
ality since that could match his."
After the Metropolitan, Miss
Scheff moved into light opera,
touring the country in such be
loved operettas as "Babette" and
The Prima Donna," in addition
to those that Herbert wrote
especially for her.
Now, she said, "I'd like to quit
singing in cafes and clubs, and
go back to the stage. This time,
though, I want to do comedy,
and I don't mean musical comedy
although I guess people will al
ways be demanding that I sing.'
You know, Miss Scheff
mused,, "the nicest thing about
getting old is this. I can keep
just about every cent I earn. The
Income tax exemption for people
over 65 is wonderful."
Witches Fly
Low, Not High
London, Jan. 28 (JP) You're
all wrong if you think witch
es ride through the air on
broomsticks.
Dr. Margaret A. Murray,
nearing 70 and an authority on
such things for almost 50
years, cleared up the matter
in a lecture here last night.
She said witches ride the
broomsticks all right, but
they just scoot along the
ground on them, as if on hobbyhorses.
Flotation, reduction-roasting
and m a g n e t i c-se.'ration are
processes used to increase the
iron recovery from ore.
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G ets Against Prices Must Pay
Editor's Note Rep. James I. Dolliver, subject of the fol
lowing dispatch will be the principal speaker at the Re
publican Lincoln Day rally In Salem.
By HARMON W. NICHOLS
(United Preu Stiff Corrctpondffntl
Washington, Jan. 28 JM Look at it this way, said the con
gressman from Iowa:
The farmer is "taking a terrific licking" in the price he gets
for the things he grows, white he still is paying wartime prices
lor wnat ne nas to Duy.
"I'll give you a good ex
ample," said Rep. James I. Dol
liver, a pleasant little republi
can from Fort Dodge. "I got
a letter from a dirt farmer the
other day who said he sold
load of hogs for $700 about
year ago. Twelve months later
this farmer carted twice the
number of hogs to market and
received only $623 for them.
"This fellow, like other farm
ers has a right to raise a fuss.
He's paying the same price for
overalls, overshoes, hog feed and
everything else. It doesn't add
up."
The congressman warmed up
to his subject as we talked in his
suite in the new house office
building.
Dolliver explained that this
farmer, like many another, has
interest to pay on his invest
ment.
"The Interest has not decreas
ed," said the man from Fort
Dodge. Neither has the price
he pays for seed, fertilizer,
equipment, repairs, and the fuel
he needs to heat his home, his
hen house, and to run his com
bine." Also, he said, the price the
farmer gets for his products is
something over which the hay-
Local Serves Lunch
Central Howell Ladies of the
Central Howell Farmers Union
auxiliary serving lunch at the
annual interstate show included
Mrs. Earl DeSart and Mrs. Cleo
Keppinger, co-chairmen, Mrs.
Clarence Johnson, Mrs. Frank
Beutler, Mrs. Frank Way, Mrs.
Leon Flux, Mrs. Milo Wilcox,
Mrs. Henry Torvend, Mrs.
George Plane, Mrs. Lawrence
Hammer, Mrs. Lee Dow, Mrs.
John Van Laanen. Also assist
ing was Earl DeSart.
shaker has no control. But the
man in the city controls the price
the man in blue denim pays for
a new milk pail.
jjoinver argues, with con
siderable sense, that the farmer
can get along without the city
guy, but that the urbanite would
starve to death without the man
on the plow.
To put it another way, as the
Fort Dodge congressman did.
the "farmer has his hands tied
with baling wire."
"If you got too much steel in
the city, they turn down the
furnaces and cut down on pro
duction," he said. "But can a
farmer stop the corn from grow
ing?
Not
"By the eame token, the In
dustrialist can hypo his produc
tion when supplies get lower but
the farmer can't reach for a
button and turn on the sun dur
ing a wet spell when the corn
needs heat. The farmer can't
speed the time for a calf to grow
into a cow that'll give milk. He
can't prod a hen into laying
more eggs when the market goes
up. He can't stop a cow from
giving a normal quota of milk
Just because the price has dropped."
Two States Bury Hatchet
Over 25-Y 'ear-Old Dispute
Durango, Colo., Jan. 28 VP) A once-celebrated boundary dis
pute that might easily have become a full-scale shootin' war of the
frontier a century ago, will probably be settled "peaceful- like"
by next summer.
But it has been so long since the case was a prime issue that
it's hard to find anyone who still
remembers what it was all
about.
It involves the exact location
of the boundary between Colo
rado and New Mexico.
The line runs through deserts
lush plateaus and virtually in
accessible mountain ranges. For
many miles only a mountain
goat can reach it easily. But
from the standpoint of legal
jurisdictions and the landhold-
lngs of property owners, it s a
vital border.
New Mexico had the idea that
Colorado was encroaching on
its territory and went to the
supreme court of the united
States on Oct. 29, 1919 in an
attempt to force the Colorado-
ans to play in their own back
yard.
The trouble stemmed from
the fact that the books placed
the line along the 37th parallel
of north latitude. But the line,
as marked, dipped south
many spots. It went into wnat
New Mexico considered its pre
serve as deep as 20 miles in
some places.
It was 1925 before the court
handed down a decision. New
Mexico lost. The court ordered
a remarking of the boundary as
run in the original 1868 survey.
Where no record existed of the
1868 survey, the line was to fol
low rctracings of 1869 and 1900.
A Colorado - New Mexico
boundary commission was set
up to resurvey the line and put
in permanent markers. Alfred
D. Kidder, Terre Haute, Ind., an
engineer with the general land
office at that time, was named
boundary commissioner by the
court.
That started a 25 year long
parade of pack mules, surveyors
and monument builders all
working at the expense of Colo
rado, and New Mexico. They've
resurvcyed 308 miles of the bor
der, and plan to finish the last
27 miles next summer. To date
it has cost Colorado and New
Mexico $15,950.88.
Kidder explains the work
went very slow in some of the
desert and mountain regions.
But, he adds, the largest deter
rent was the fact that the com
mission was constantly running
out of money. It would have to
stop work in the middle of a
campaign and wait for the legis
latures of the two states to put
up some more cash.
In two months last fall the
work was advanced 20 miles in
an area west of the Las Animas
river. Along some parts of the
border pack mules had to bring
in both food and water. Even
the water to mix the cement for
markers being erected had to
be carried in on the animals'
backs.
Kidder's crew usually five
to eight men camps along
the boundary line and sleeps on
the ground. The men move their
base camp every time their
work takes them so far that
they can't easily get back for
meals.
Kidder, himself, has grown
old on the job. His hair is
white, his voice is low - and
shaky. But if the money doesn't
run out again, he'll soon have
more than one-thousand monu
ments to his work scattered
along the 335 mile long border.
Top Military Men
Leave for Far East
Washington, Jan. 28 OP) The
United States' top military lead
ers leave tomorrow for a 10-day
visit to American installations
in the Far East.
The joint chiefs of staff
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman;
Gen. Lawton J. Collins, army;
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, air
force, and Adm. Forrest P.
Sherman, navy will confer
with Gen. Douglas MacArthur
in Japan, then stop at 12 U.S.
Pacific bases, including Okin
awa, Guam and Honolulu.
Srubers Will Open
New Lebanon Cafe
Lebanon A new cafe will
open about ieDruary i in ine
renovated bank building at the
corner of Main and Sherman
streets, according to Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Stuber, who will oper
ate the business.
The cafe will serve meals as
well as short orders, it was an
nounced. It will have 10 counter
stools and four booths, according
to present plans.
Mr. and Mrs. stuber nave pre
viously owned and managed a
number of cafes in this locality.
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MacArthur Reviews Troops Gen. Douglas MacArthur
(second from right), supreme allied commander in Japan,
reviews honor guard outside the American Embassy in Tokyo,
on his 70th birthday. Capt. Kenneth G. Groom, commander
of the honor guard, is at right. (AP Wirephoto from Dept. of
Defense radio from Tokyo)
'48 Draft Law Credited
With Preventing New War
Washington, Jan. 28 (U.R) Selective Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey said today that the 1948 draft law prevented "World
War III in 1948 and 1949."
He made the statement in urging a three-year extension of
the law now scheduled to expire June 24. Hershey testified be
fore the house armed services
committee which is considering
a bill to extend the draft.
The present mood of congress
is that any extension should be
on a stand-by basis, with con
gress having sole authority to
order inductions.
Hershey said he had "reser
vations" about giving congress
sole authority because "I'm not
so sure that we're going to
have orderly government" at a
time of emergency. But he took
no definite stand for or against
giving the president such au
thority.
Defense Secretary Louis
Johnson has testified that the
president should have power to
order inductions.
Hershey said he could do his
job regardless of who has au
thority to start actual induc
tions. He said he would rather
have a draft system with con-
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no draft at all.
"Had congress passed a selec
tive service act in 1936 as it did
in 1948," Hershey said, "we
might have avoided World war
11 in 1941 as we avoided World
war III in 1948 and 1949."
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salmon salad; serve with a toss
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mixed pickles.
Coos Bay Wafer
Break Repaired
Coos Bay. Jan. 28 (IP) There
was water in the household taps
of Coos Bay and North Bend
again today.
Engineers completed tempor
ary repairs last night to a water
line break that left much of the
two cities without water yesterday.
A heavy rainfall incnes
in 24 hours drew blame for the
break. It was believed to have
weakened a storage reservoir.
The reservoir bank collapsed
and tore out the connection of
the towns' 16-inch water main.
The main reservoir on Pony
creek was not affected, howevr,
and two engineers ran 10-inch
pipe around the break to bring
water to the two cities.
Weidman Cancels
Western Dance Tour
Oregon College of Education,
Monmouth, Jan. 28 Charles
Weidman, famed dance artist,
has cancelled his planned west
ern tour, it was learned today.
Weidman had been booked for
concerts in San Francisco and
Seattle. He was to teach a mas
ter lesson in modern dance fun
damentals to modern dance dev
otees at OCS, his only appear
ance in Oregon, on February 18.
Mrs. Faye, OCE's instructor in
dance, is attempting to arrange
a visit by another outstanding
exponent of the art.
Arrangements will be an
nounced later.
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