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10 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Feb. IS, 1950 rrr 1 1 1 k Mjm Freight Wreck Clogs Main Line A Denver and Rio Grande Western raliroad freight train careened off the rails at New Castle in western Colorado and main line traffic was delayed six hours. Twenty-three cars were derailed but no injuries were reported. The freight was bound to Salt Lake City from Denver. The west-bound California Zephyr was guided past the wreckage on a passing track six hours after the wreck. (AP Wirephoto) Dancer Maintains Movie Stars Should Discard Some Clothes By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON Hollywood, Feb. 15 MR) Hollywood lost a million early-bird customers, Dancer Yvette Dare declared today, when it cut down on movie beauties dunking their curves In bubble baths. A few more bare shoulders draped in bath towels, she said, and the powers-that-be could stop fretting about those lonely clinks a lot of movie theater cash regis ters are making these days. Miss Dare is what you might call an expert on bare shoul ders and things. She makes her living at Larry Potter's supper club with her "Fowl Strip Tease." A parrot peels her down to the limits prescribed by law. It's a technique that'd work wonders for battered box of fices, too, to hear Miss Dare tell it. All these covered-up heroines are driving away the gents who work nights. ' a a The boys who have time on their hands in the mornings, Yvette says. "They go for the quick fade-outs with screen sir ens stepping into showers oi dropping shoulder straps. "Nowadays the girls keep too many clothes on. "All the night watchmen, salesmen, restaurant workers, and night-shift laborers are pass ing up the movies for pool rooms, penny arcades, and live girl shows." Miss Dare wants it understood right here that she's not real ly a strip-teaser herelf. The way her parrot flies off with her costume-veil by veil she says, is "art." And she thinks Hollywood could get away with the same thing with a little practice. "Katherine Hepburn almost did it in 'Adam's Rib.' " she said. "She wrapped herself in a towel and then whirled around. I saw the movie one morning and the theater was packed with men." Word gets around about thing like that, Yvette said. Why Is "Samson and Delilah" smash ing records? Because of Hedy Tha atuwers to avarrdar Insurance problama By SID BOISE QUESTION: Could you tell me if there is any form of in surance which will reimburse an owner for loss of rental in come in case a leased property is damaged by fire? Also if there is such insurance, is it a part of a regular fire insur ance coverage or is it a sepa rate policy? ANSWER: Yes, you can ob tain insurance against loss of rental income because of fire damage to the rental proper ty. This insurance may be added to your regular fire in surance policy and you will pay a small additional prem ium. II youTI addrasa your own Inaur anca questions to this office, we'll trr to give you the correct answers and there will be na eharfo ar abU cation of any kind. Ill M, Charah naaa SMI Kepresentlnr General af America Ca'a. LaMarr's Biblical scanties, she said. Yvette says the big day of all will be the day Greta Barbo does a little subtle peeling for the camera. "She has the mysticism, the withdrawn, isolated quality that makes for a great body act," she said There are only two glamour gals who do as well with their clothes on as they would other wise, Miss Dare says: Lana Tur ner and Paulette Goddard. "They pack theaters just by turning their backs to the cam era," she said. 'Hot Rod' Driver Gets Life Term Burley, Ida., Feb. 15 (U.PJ Neal Butterfield, 17 -year -old 'Hot Rod" driver, Tuesday was sentenced to life Imprisonment for the brutal sex murder of little Glenda Joyce Brisbois, 7, h.t November. The state had demanded death. The sentence was the most se vere Judge Hugh A. Baker could impose short of death. The tall, imperturable youth previously had pleaded guilty to the slaying. He admitted strik ing the child over the head with an automobile jack, "because I wanted to see someone die." He tossed her unconscllus into an irrigation ditch, where she drowned. Butterfield denied the coro ner's assertion that the child had been mistreated sexually. Butterfield confessed the slay ing just 50 hours after the blonde curly-haired child was enticed into a black sedan near the home of her truck-driver father. Her body was found south of Burley. Henry Cobb Builds $10 in '30s To Fortune Today in Fruit Ideas In a Miami newspaper recently, Henry Cobbs told Amer icans: "If you don't want to talk us into a depression, then keep your big flannel mouths shut." President Truman, as well as Tide Magazine praised Cobbs' blast against loose mouthings, but many citizens who caught the message no doubt said, Me, shut my mouth? Who says who's Cobbs? In the March issue of Liberty magazine, Beverly Owen tells of the rise of Henry Cobbs of Flor ida, who in 15 years parlayed a 10-dollar bill into an interna tional mail-order fruit-and-jam industry. "Brooklyn's Gift to the Orange Groves" is the title of her article. Fifteen years ago, when Hen ry was in his 30's, the Cobbs fa mily of four migrated from Brooklyn to Florida on the rem nant of a jackpot Henry had hit by inventing a liquid soap-dispenser. Cobbs saw the last of it fade when a mortgage company moved in on tne neaianas orange grove on which they had staked high hopes of profits. Although Henry had nursed expansive ideas about fruit and preserves, he lacked a break, and they remained as flat as the de pression. Then the American Le gion trooped to Miami, and Hen ry, in an impulsive moment, paid $5 for a second-hand orange squeezer and set up a street bar on Biscayne Boulevard. At the end of the Legion frolics, Cobbs tallied a profit of $600 import ant money! With the $600, and the $50 from a ring he hocked, Henry signed a lease for a $30-a-month apartment and his little factory was going. On taking over, the family wallet showed $10. It was that $10 which lifted them to fortune. Merchants approved of Cobbs' merchandise, including his jams and jellies, but shied at the pri ces. Henry, nevertheless, lined up regular customers, and their endorsements led to others. But there were days when the Cobbs family lived on fruit for entree, main dish and dessert. a a a A year after Cobbs began this venture, he made a part payment on the property and later en larged it on one side and crown ed it with an upper floor. He now owns a modern $1,000,000 plant, and spends $200,000 a year on elaborate color litera ture. He ships tropical preserves all over the world and has started a campaign to make the nation conscious of Florida's luscious products. Cobbs is fascinated by letters seeking advice on how to be come a millionaire. "If a man doesn't sense how to get rich, I can't help him," he says. But his own rules have been "work hard have initiative be exact be friendly cultivate person ality and above all, give your best, and the best will return." Utah Man Named Washington, Feb 15 U.R) President Truman today nomin ated James K. Knudson of Utah to the Interstate Commerce Com mission. He would fill the un expired term of the late Carroll Miller. The term expires Dec. 31, 1953. Knudson, 43-year-old republican, has been on the agri cultural department legal staff for the past 17 years. Do You Doubt Your Eyes? Years of training and experience enable us to speak with authority on the subject of eyesight. Visit us for an examination if you wish to see better and look betterl Dr. E. E. Boring USE YOUR CREDIT Optometrists AT BORING OPTICAL Now in Our New Modern Office and Laboratory CORNER 12th AT CENTER Dial 3-6506 Dr. Sam Hughes Dr. William H. Crocker, 74, noted botanist, who died Sat urday at Athena, Ohio. Silverton Jaycees Plan Polio Benefit Silverton With the hone of adding another $100 or more to the cause of the March of Dimes in Silverton, the Jaycees, How ard Morrison, president, have given the green light to four other civic organizations as sponsors of a dance at the Sil verton armory Friday evening. February 17, as a final effort to pass the $600 donation mark for polio prevention. Evans Brothers orchestra will furnish the music. Sponsors are the National Guard, police force, Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary Ghost Is Back With Playmate Bristol, England, Feb. 15 VP) Mrs. It," the ghost of No. 13 Highworth road, is back again with a playmate. Only three weeks ago the haunt was exorcised by a Church of England vicar in a religious rite to drive away spirits taken from early Christian records. The peace of No. 13 was short lived. Mr. and Mrs. William Baber, who live in the house, say the ghost now does a nightly routine up and down the stairs with an unidentified partner. Sometimes it sounds like they're dancing, sometimes like wrestling. The Baber theory is that the original ghost which they named "Mrs. It" is that of a woman who died in the house 18 years ago. "Mrs. It" first be gan prowling around the place in December. Their vicar, the Rev. Francis Maddock, went through a rite of exorcism January 24 after a month of nightly uproar at No 13. Last night the Babers called in a spiritualist. All they found out is that "Mrs. Itt" (1) speaks a foreign language possibly Russian or (2) is an atrocious speller. They used a ouija board to see if she had any message. What came out was "e e h f h m e v. Valentine Tragedy On Valentine's Eve San Francisco, Feb. 15 (U.B Mrs. Ellen Valentine, 39, was fatally burned when fire swept her room here Monday night St. Valentine's eve. 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