Mystery Blast
Startles Eugene
Eugene, March 7 ff An army"
engineer! report that a rock
quarry blast was set off Sun
day, exploded theories of a me
teorite landing.
The blast was at the Cowles
quarry. It was felt here and
over a several nunarea square
mile area.
t Perugia It was old centuries ago and stays that way.
City That Lives in The Past
And Loves It Perugia
By PHILIP CLARKE
(AP Newsfeituru)
Perugia, Italy, March Tired of living in the present? Then
take a trip to Perugia which lives in the past and loves it.
This quaint city of 90,000 high amid the hills of central Italy
is like a living chapter from a history book of the Middle Ages.
Time passed by and left It to dream.
Cesare Borgia, notorious son'
umns in the interior, built In the
sixth century.
of Pope Alexander VI, was a
student at Perugia's 700-year-old
university. He probably still
would know his way around the
narrow winding cobblestone
streets.
)i Although wearing the look of
s aa medieval city, Perugia was
more than 2,000 years old when
Columbus discovered America.
Roman ruins, sniff Perugians,
are not so old. They proudly
1 point out the remains of an even
earlier civilization theEtruscan
whose language still is studied
in Perguia's 30-year-old "Uni
versity for foreigners."
Perusia, as it was called in
those days, was founded about
600 B.C. by the ancient Umbnan
tribes atop a 1,000-foot ridge of
hills overlooking the broad
green valley of the Tiber river
It became an Etruscan strong
hold, one of the 12 confederated
cities of this powerful civilization.
There are remains of once
formidable walls of Perugia's
great Etruscan citadel. Traffic
still squeezes through a mas
sive stone Etruscan gateway.
On the slopes of hills nearby,
etruscologists have dug into bur
ial grounds and sepulchres con
taining treasured relics of this
early civilization.
Perugia fell into Boman hands
in 310 B.C. The lamed Flaminia
way, sections of which are still
visible alongside the modern mo
tor road, linked Perugia with
Rome, 100 miles to the south
west.
Hannibal's conquering legions
swept by Perugia in 217 B.C.
after annihilating some 16,000
Roman soldiers near Lake Trasi-
meno, 25 miles northwest of the
city. Peasant plows still unearth
rusty weapons used in the battle.
In 41 A.D. Mark Antony made
Perugia his headquarters in
war with Octavianus, emperor of
Rome. Octavianus captured and
burneoVthe city. It later was re
built as a Roman colony called
Augusta Ferusia.
Still standing is the church of
Sant' Angelo, a circular Roman
structure with 16 antique col-
East Salem Club Calendar
Has Variety Entertainment
East Salem, Madch 7 The club calendar for East Salem resi
dents the past week offered a variety of entertainment and this
week it will be the same. The first social evening for the hus
bands and all members of their families of the Jollv Neiehbors
club was held at the Brown road home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
seguin.
A covered dish supper was
held by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Preim; Mr. and Mrs. George
Brown and granddaughter, Car
ol; Mr. and Mrs. Robert John
son, Marilyn, Bobbie and Jac
queline; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Currie; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wil
son, Lorna and Norma; Mrs.
Arly Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Bernardy, Ronald and Sharon;
Mr. and Mrs. John Jansen, Mary,
Paul and Gerald; Mr. and Mrs.
Seguin, Jacquelyn and Judith.
It was a get-acquatined social
evening.
Congratulations were in order
for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cater,
(Ann Becker) of Hollywood
drive who became the parents
of a son on Tuesday at the Sa
lem General hospital, there first
child. He weighed eight and
one half pounds and has been
named Michael Edwin. His grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Becker of Sunnyview avenue;
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cater of
Salem; his great grand parents,
Robert Becker of Keizer; Mr.
and Mrs. E. Duquette of Calgary,
Can.; and Mrs. L. N. Castor of
Des Moines, la.; and he has a
great, great aunt, Mrs. Jennie
Thomas of Salem.
' The new project for extension
units this month is "Making
Lamp Shades" and all units will
be doing the. same this month.
Lansing Neighbors unit will meet
Thursday, March 9, in the May
flower hall in Salem, at 10:30
p.m.
Swegle unit will meet at the
YMCA in the club rooms down
stairs on Friday, March 10th at
10 o'clock.
Auburn Woman's club meets
Lincoln Goodwill
Club Meets Friday
Lincoln Mrs. R. J. Meissner,
Mrs. Paul Libby, Mrs. Lois
Crawford, Mrs. Lawrence Mick
ey and Mrs. Fannie Emel will be
hostesses for the March meeting
of the Lincoln Goodwill club,
Thursday at 2 o'clock at the R.
J. Meissner home here. '
Contest leaders, Mrs. Edward
Schlegel and Mrs. Eva Purvine
who were appointed by the pres
ident, Mrs. Robert F. Yungen, to
form two groups of members and
make bazaar articles, will give
further instructions on articles
to be made.
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There will be a gardening dis
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and members are asked to bring
plants for an exchange.
Merry Minglers meet Thurs
day afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Cleo Reppinger on Lancas
ter drive and in - the evening
at the Mayflower hall for the
family night supper and pro
gram.
Perugia withstood the Gothic
conquerors of Rome s empire for
seven years before Totila cap
tured and sacked the city late in
the sixth century.
Near the center of the city
stands the so-called Arch of Au
gustus, an ancient town gate rec
ording the three great epochs of
Perugia. The foundations date
from the Etruscan period; an in
scription, "Coloma Vibia Au
gusta Perusia," was added in 40
A.D. during the Imperial Roman
epoch, and a balcony was built
into the arch in tne 1500 s,
Perugia's basilica of SainH
Peter is greatest of the 25
churches built here between the
11th and 17th centuries and still
standing. It was enriched by
early Roman Catholics after the
city came under the power of the
Popes in 1370.
The remains of two popes
Urban IV and Martin IV, both of
whom died in Perugia in the 13th
century are entomed in the
Cathedral of San Lorenzo. Dat
ing from the 15th century, this
magnificient Gothic cathedral
contains what is known as the
betrothal ring of the Virgin
shown to the faithful five times
a year.
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Perugia reached its zenith
during the Middle Ages. Six
teen powerfully-built Gothic
palaces dominate the city's prin
cipal squares. Most of them are
still in use.
Pro-communist socialist mayor
Giuseppe Mana holds forth in
the huge turreted municipal pa
lace, begun in 12 97 and com
pleted in 1423. On special oc
casions, a corps of guardsmen,
costumed in brilliant uniforms of
the Middle Ages, line the stairs
and hallways.
A practical man, the mayor is
plumping for a new acqueduct
to replace the one built cen
turies ago. He thinks some of
the city's 2,000 unemployed
could help build a new railway
bridge, too, to replace the one
destroyed during the last war.
Mana seems more interested
in showing visitors Perugia's
great 100,000 volume library
founded in 1588 and still doing
business on the third floor of
the municipal palace.
Eugene, Ore., March 7 () A
theory that a meteor shwooshed
across the daylight sky here Sun
day and perhaps disintegrated
or thudded to earth, was under
study here today.
TTnivprsitv of Ore con Exten
sion Astronomer J. Hugh Pruitt
has been Catherine data on an
unexplained explosive-like noise
and shock at 11:50 a.m. bunday.
He said he may De prejudiced on
the subject, but "I am fairly cer
tain a large meteor passed over
head."
The noise and reverberating
shock startled city and subur
ban residents and brought re
ports of similar impressions from
Junction City and Coburg
Housewives reported windows
rattled and one said her door war.
unlatched and swung open.
It was at first thought to have
been a man-made or accidental
explosion in the area, but
checks with police and fire de
partments eliminated this pos
sibility yesterday. Pruitt then
called on radio stations to broad
cast an appeal for data. Resi
dents swamped his home phone
with calls and he later reported
the center seemed to be west of
here.
Ex-policeman's Souvenirs Phil Regan, motion picture ac'tor
and singer, who was once a New York policeman, inspects
some of his souvenirs at his home in Hollywood.
200 Jailed in Korea
For Plotting Revolt
Seoul, Korea, March 7 U.B
Nearly 200 persons were in jail
today as the result of a three
week investigation into an as
serted subversive plot to stage
a revolt in the South Korean
army and police force.
The arrests were made quiet
ly during the past three weeks
and it was not until the last few
days that most people began, to
realize it was the biggest round
up of its sort in six months.
Fruit jar rings may be fasten
ed to the under side of small rugs
to prevent slipping.
Capita Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 7. 195013
Princess Margaret
III With Influenza
London, March 7 ff) Princ
ess Margaret has influenza,
Buckingham Palace announced
today.
Tne 19-year-old younger
daughter of King George VI has
been confined to her room at
the royal palace and will be un
able to take part in ceremonies
today attendant to the state visit
of French President Aunol.
Fun-loving Margaret was up
and about yesterday and watch
ed the royal procession for the
state opening of parliament, al
though she could not take part
because she is not 21 years old.
She was sick this morning and
the king's doctor, Sir John Weir,
said she had influenza and or
dered her to remain in her room.
Radio's first loud speaker was
an almost Identical copy of the
phonograph horn of the time, the
only difference being that it
generally was upright.
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