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Stuck Bobby Moran,
is about to eet out of this oil
drum with the help of his mother, Mrs. Arlene Morgan (left),
everal neighbors, the Pasadena, Calif., fire department and
ambulance crew. He got into It while Dlavine. A hack
saw and tin snips slipped him out 30 minutes later. (AP
Wirephoto)
Later this
a friend of
i Gaekwar of Baroda in Same
Trouble as Were His Elders
By DeWITT MacKENZIE '
The new and mighty nation of India, which became a sovereign
republic earlier this week, is displaying some astonishing grow
ing pains.
For instance, take the strange case of the Gaekwar of Baroda
who untilthe advent of the new India was one of the richest
, and most pow
erful of old In
dia's some 600
ruling princes
His highness is
the potentate
whose state leg
islature charg
ed that he blew
$10,000,000 i n
a six-week
spree. i
The case was
eompr o m i s e d
when the charge was dropped
end the Gaekwar withdrew to
life as a commoner in his palace,
behind a mighty barricade of
jewels and gold. His princi
pality was absorbed by the Bom
bay government. I
So his nibs now is a "private
citizen," which is a paradoxi
cal designation for one who man
ages to keep so much in the pub
lic eye. The latest adventure of
this potenate is involvement in
a dispute with his 250 palace
servants. They have organized
a union under India's new free
dom and are striking for higher
wages. . ',.
There's a fine kettle of fish
for a ruler who virtually held
the power of life and death over
hii 3,500,000 subjects.
DeWIU Mackenth
The prince is the successor of
an indulgent grandfather, the
famous Gaekwar of a genera
tion ago, who was internation
ally known as a beneficlent
ruler and a great philanthro
pist. The old Gaekwar was one
of the finest men I have met.
but he certainly did have a
weakness for loading his chil
dren with riches.
As an example, the former
Gaekwar was reputed to have
given his second son, Prince
Jaisingh. an annual allowance
of $500,000 when the young man
was sent to Harvard. Well, you
can imagine the result. I knew
Jaisingh later in India, and saw
him throw money about like
peanut shucks. He died at an
early age while touring Europe,
The elder brother was heir
to the throne at that time, and
his son, the present Gaekwar,
was a youngster who was being
carefully guarded against assas
sination, since he was a potential
heir. Sure enough, his father
also died young, and the present
prince became ruler of the great
state of Baroda when the old
Gaekwar passed on.
If the current Gaekwar did
spend $10,000,000 in six weeks
he was merely keeping up the
record set by some of his elders.
Unhappily that also was the rec
ord in many of the ruling houses
of India. The maharajahs had
such vast wealth that they just
didn't have much idea of its
extent. These riches had piled
up over centuries and, of course,
were acquired through the
sweat snd blood of long genera
tions of patient subjects.
During my time in India there
was one princely rake who used
to get soused on champagne and
chase wild dogs across the coun
try in a Rolls Royce. Fox hunt
ing he called it.
Perhaps in some previous col
umn I may also have mentioned
the prince who was driving his
own car when he found his road
blocked by a peasant's bullock
cart. The prince, who had too
much alcohol aboard, got out of
his ear, pulled a pistol and shot
the peasant dead,
ruler remarked to
mine:
"You know, I shouldn't have
shot that fellow. It really wasn't
a nice thing to do. Hereafter
I'm not going to drink cham
pagne when I'm driving."
However, it would be unfair
to stop our column on this note.
Some of the maharajahs were
beneficlent rulers and did much
for their people. Among these
most assuredly must be includ
ed the Great House of Baroda,
at least in some periods of its
reign.
Most of the principalities of
course, have been absorbed by
the new government of India
The bejeweled maharajahs with
their richly caparisoned trains of
elephants are' returning to the
dim past to which they belonged.
Dr. Farley's Article ,
Gets National Note
Oregon College of Education,
Monmouth Dr. H. Kent Farley
of OCE is the author of an arti
cle receiving national attention,
The article, entitled "Teacher
Skills for Health Instruction,
was based on Dr. Farley's report
of research done over the past
several years in teaching Health
Education at OCE,
The report appeared in the
"Progressive Physical Educa
tor," national organ of Phi Delta
Pi, national professional honor
ary.
Dr. Farley's dissertation pre
sents the "Health Education
Experience" outline which he
has been using in health educa
tion at OCE for some time. The
article explains the procedures
by which the outline was devel
oped and the use to which it
was put to help the teacher to
utilize student Interest in moti
vating those students. 1
Insurance Man
Here from Wise-
By MASTER SGT. ROBERT ESPE
As told to Graham Trotter, Canadian Press Staff Writer
Whitehorse, Y. T., Jan. 30 VP) I've gone through the hysterics
and have cried myself silly.
I believe that due to the fact conditions in the area where the
plane was last reported were good and that it was daylight last
Thursday when it disappeared, the plane could have made a
normal, ditching-procedure land--
ing in some clear spot. If it did,
I'm sure my wife and little son
are still alive.
My wife was seven months
pregnant, and because her health
was not good in the Alaskan cli
mate she was going to visit Mr.
and Mrs. James Vagneour in
Rifle, Colo., and have the baby
there.
She was scheduled to take an
other plane out of Anchorage.
But it was to have left three
hours later than the one she
finally boarded, which was
making a direct run to Great
Falls, Mont.
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'My Wife and Child
Are Lost in C-54'
(Editor's Note: Robert Espe, radio operator attached to the
Sixth Radar unit of the U. S. air force at Elmendorf field, An
chorage, Alaska, is the husband of Mrs. Joyce Espe, 23, missing
with their 23-month-old son Victor and 42 other persons on
the U. S. C-54 transport somewhere in the Yukon.)
I was at the field to see her
and Victor off. But after a run
down the field, the plane failed
to take off because of the fail
ure of a feathering motor in one
of the propellers, a very minor
thing. That caused a three-hour
delay.
The plane crew had fitted all
the passengers with parachutes.
My last words to Joycie were:
If you have to jump, give the
baby to Sgt. Roy Jones (Mariet
ta, Ga.)"
She said she would.
Sgt. Jones was to have been
discharged on arrival at Great
Falls. Seeing him off was his
fiancee, Cecilia Iros of Los An
geles, whom he was to marry
shortly.
I haven't, slept or eaten since
Thursday.
I've done a lot of praying
lately, although I never did go
to church much. I've kept pray
ing continuously for them, I've
always believed that a person
who has faith in God was much
better off than anyone else.
Now I'm just sitting and hop
ing that my prayers will be answered.
Thursday afternoon when
heard the plane was missing,
Homer D. Tarpley Dies
Of Stroke in Denver
Word has been received here
of the death of Homer D. Tarp
ley in Denver, Colo., where he
was making his home. Death
was caused by a stroke.
Tarpley was a salesman of
airplane supplies. He was born
March 4, 1898, in Salem, and
for some time was with the
Bonesteele company here.
He was married to Eva Bress
ler of Salem, who survives him,
His mother, Mrs. May Tarpley,
died here about two years ago,
and his father, William Tarpley,
some years earlier. Mrs. Henry
Lee, Mrs. Belle Fleming. Mrs.
George Johnson and Mrs. Maude
Zimmerman of Salem are aunts,
and Mrs. Wallace Hug his cou
sin.
Funeral services will be in Sa
lem at a time to be announced
Cornelius W. La;
Cornelius W. Lofgren, who
comes from Wisconsin, was an
nounced this week as a new as
sociate with the Northwest Mu
tual Life Insurance com par y in
the district agency of PdUl Ac
ton.
A special agent with tlie com
pany in Wisconsin, Lofgren
previously was an associate of
the Eau Claire, Wis., agtr.cy of
the company, and was a half
million dollar producer in north
ern Wisconsin. ; "
Lofgren is a member of the
group of life underwriters hon
ored with the national quality
award given by the N'at'onal
Association of Life Underwrit
ers and has completed his com
pany's various educational cour
ses. He spent some time at the
home office of the co;i)iny at
Milwaukee, Wis., and has done
work in estate planning and busi
ness insurance.
Prior to entering the life in
surance business, Lofgren was in
the field of accounting and
banking. For a number of
years he was editor and publish
er of the Greenwood City Tri
bune at Glenvood City, Wis.
Coming to Salem with Lof
gren were his wife t.nd two
sons. The family has taken up
its residence at 245 Alice ave
nue in Candalaria Heights.
In medieval Europe, girls
usually married at 14; boys, at
19.
got emergency leave. I arrived
in Whitehorse Saturday and
stayed in a rescue operations
room all night. On Sunday
morning I boarded the first
search plane to leave the base.
We were out for about nine
hours,
During the flight, we landed
at Snag where the plane last
made radio contact. I made a
point of talking to the radio op
erators there who had received
the report. They figured the
aircraft was about 25 miles south
of Snag.
They- also said they were
shocked immediately after they
received the radio report from
the plane because they figured
it was sent out from a Gibson
Girl a set used for emergency.
Being a radio operator myself
and after talking with them I
have reason to believe it was a
Gibson Girl.
I believe the plane Is lost
near Snag or close to White
horse. If they search those areas
today I'm going out there with
them. In searches like this two
pairs of eyes are better than one.
My wife who is an Anglo-In
dian was very beautiful and
petite. Her home was Hapur,
India, and I met her while on
war duty while in New Delhi.
Saturday was to have been her
23rd birthday anniversary. We
three all were very close. Little
Victor always shared every meal
with me.
My wife and child are lost
and I'm absolutely just stunned.
Audio-Visual Center
Invited by Brittanica
Oregon College of Education
Monmouth, Jan. 30 The new
Audio-Visual center at OCE has
been invited to participate
the Encyclopedia - Britannica
film scholarships.
These scholarships, for the
payment of tuition for students
specializing in the study of au
dio-visual education during the
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, January 30, 19507
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sort issue on the "What to Wear" question. Wherever she
goes, Miss Scott will turn more heads than a tennis match
when she sports this new swim suit a Rose Marie Reid
original. Made of bright, elasticized satin, it comes in cherry
cordial, cremc de menthe, chartreusse and chalice blue. Miss
Scott co-stars in the current release "Paid in Full."
summer of 1950, are awarded by
the institution.
Such scholarship grant may
be made to OCE by the EBF
Scholarship board, composed of
leading educators and teachers.
Students participating are
those ' who are already stu
dents of education and wish to
do further work in audio-visual
methods.
Everett Van Maanen is di
rector of OCE's new Audio-Visual
center. The center serves as
headquarters for distribution
and training in the use of audio
visual materials and equipment,
both for college-level teaching
at OCE and for demonstration of
equipment and methods at ele
mentary school level. .
Brooks Mrs. Nellie Woodruff
of Salem was a dinner guest of
Mrs. Dollie Ramp recently.
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Dallas Girl Burned
From Fireplace
Dallas, Ore., Jan. 30 Second
degree burns were suffered by
Charlcne Wiedeman, 14, when
her nightgown caught fire while
she was warming herself in front
of the fireplace at her home this
morning. Her condition is report
ed "fair" by the attending physi
cian. The girl is an eighth grade
pupil at the junior high school.
She is the daughter of Char
les Wiedeman, 613 Jefferson,
who lost his arm when acci
dentally shot during the hunt
ing season last fall. She was re
maining at home because the
schools were closed.
Starving Indians
Eating Skunks
Browning, Mont., Jan. 30 UP)
Reports that Blackfeet Indians
are eating skunk and porcupine
to fight off starvation spurred
residents of this northern Mon
tana town to action today.
They appealed to the state
and federal governments and
Red Cross for help. Meanwhile,
women were collecting clothing
and medical supplies: The high
way department was trying to
open snow-clogged roads.
Tribal council members said
thousands of Indians on the res
ervation are Imperiled by criti
cal shortages of food and fuel.
Jim Eagle Head, who rode In
from the reservation on a horse,
said his neighbors are living on
skunk and porcupine meat.
The reservation has been har-
rassed by blizzards and sub-zero
weather almost daily for a
month.
Henry Magee, tribal council,
said the tribe has $150,000 in
oil royalties forthcoming from
the federal government, but the
money is "tied up in red tape."
Prices of Top Grade
Eggs Advance Cent
Eggs generally were boosted
one cent here on top grades,
Monday. The changes here came
on the heels of announcement
that prices had gone up slightly
in Portland markets, too.
For several weeks eggs gen
erally have been declining but
the weather and scarcer supplies
seemed to be strengthening the
market the first of this week.
New prices listed here Includ
ed: Buying quotations, grade
AA, 34 cents; large A, 31-36
cents: medium AA, 32 cents, me
dium A, 30 cents.
In the wholesale list, large
size generally were listed at 41
cents, Monday, the mediums at
35 cents.
Different parts of the same fur
pelt wear differently. The backs
of most animals wear better than
the sides and the sides outwear
the bellies and the paws.
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