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Independence
Seeks Queen
Independence The city of
Independence received an invi
tation to participate in the 1950
"Miss Oregon" pageant at Sea
side next July, and if the invi
tation is accepted some local
girl will have the opportunity
to compete for the title "Miss
Oregon" who will represent the
state at the "Miss America pa
geant in September at Atlantic
City.
A franchise for participation
In the fourth annual "Miss Ore
gon" pageant to be held at Sea
side on July 21, 22 and 23, has
been sent to the Chamber of
Commerce, with the hope that
the chamber will sponsor a lo
cal contest; to pick one who will
represent Independence at the
Seaside pageant.
The "Miss Oregon" pageant is
open to girls between the ages
of 18 and 28, inclusive, who are
residents of Oregon, and who
have never been married. Pro
viding the invitation to partici
pate is accepted, the winner will
go to Seaside with all expenses
paid, to compete for the title
"Miss Oregon. At seaside sne
will be judged on a basis of her
talent, her personality, her ap
pearance In formal dress, and
her appearance in a bathing suit,
each having equal bearing on the
final score.
Two Oregon girls have been
among the winners in Atlantic
City, in the three years that Ore
gon has sent a representative to
that event. They have won schol
arships, one to the University of
Oregon and the other to the San
Francisco Conservatory of Mu
ic. Eleven of the girls who took
part in the 1949 contest at Sea
side were offered scholarships
to Pacific university.
Highways Break
Up in Stale
Portland, March 17 VP) Ore
gon highways are deteriorating
iaster than they are being re
placed, State Sen. Paul Patter
son, Hillsboro, told the Oregon
State Motor association annual
banquet Wednesday night.
He said the state faces "an ex
penditure of $750,000,000 more
to bring Oregon highways up to
an acceptable standard. We mo
torists are going to have to pre
pare ourselves to pay for these
improvements if we want
them."
That means still higher auto
license fees and gasoline taxes,
he predicted.
Dr. E. B. McDaniel was re
elected president of the associa
tion for the 23rd time.
Mr. and Mrs. Berg in
Tournament Lead
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Berg
jumped into a 15-match-point
lead in the first half of the open
pair championship bridge tour
nament being conducted by the
Elks Bridge club.
Closely grouped for next po
sition are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
L. Lewis, Mrs. John S Bone and
Mrs. Edward E. Roth, and Mrs.
George D. Henderson and Mrs.
Leona Taylor in order.
The 16 teams entered in the
annual event will play the fi
nal session - Friday evening,
March 24, at the Elks club. Last
year Mr. and Mrs. Lewis tied
with Mrs. W. E Kimsey and Mrs.
Ellis H. Jones for the honor. The
regular weekly tournament will
be held Monday evening, start
ing another special series.
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How British Sub Is Being Raised The lalvage vessels
Ausdauer (left) and Energie get into position in the Thames
estuary off Sheerness, Eng., for start of salvaging operations
by which sunken British submarine Truculent is being raised.
Truculent was raised 54 feet from bottom but operations
were suspended because of damage to lifting gear of one of
the salvage vessels. The submarine was sent to bottom with
loss of 64 lives after collision with Swedish tanker Divina.
(AP Wirephoto)
Kaiser Industrial Empire
Tells Its Story in Booklet
By RALPH HEPPE
Oakland, Calif., March 17 VP) Kaiser industries, making
140 products from aluminum to xylol, has decided to tell of Its
niche in the national economy.
In a pictorial booklet issued Thursday, it puts together for the
first time the story of the war-nurtured industrial empire of
Henrv J. Kaiser and asoclates. '
Here are some of the claims of
the industrial group:
It produces and sells annual
ly a half billion dollars worth
of products and services.
Payrolls exceed $128,000,000.
Annual purchases are in ex
cess of $60,000,000. s
Employes number more than
46,000.
The 44 Kaiser plants are scat
tered from Baton Rouge to Spo
kane, and from Oakland to Bris
tol, Pa. They include, the book
let says:
The west's largest cement
plant.
One of the nation s three larg
est producers of aluminum.
The Pacific coast s only inte
grated steel plant, with a capa
city of 1,130,000 tons of Ingots
annually.
The only aluminum foil roll
ing mill west of the Mississippi.
Products, to name a few, are:
aluminum and automobiles,
brick and bathtubs, cement and
creosote, gypsum and gravel,
garage doors, kitchen sinks,
sand and steel and chemicals
such as toluol and xylol.
There are other activities, too
such as: eleven hospitals and
clinics, home building, engineer
ing, heavy construction and min
ing.
Then there is a steamship com
pany to transport bulk cement
and a 52-mile standard guage,
private railroad to haul iron ore
for the steel plant at Fontana,
Calif.
The heavy construction, the
group points to work on Grand
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Coulee dam, Bonneville dam,
the Long Beach and Los Angeles
breakwaters, the Hoover dam
and other projects of similar
scope.
Kaiser, founding genius back
of the organization, is the son of
a German immigrant family, one
of four children. Born at Sprout
Brook, N. Y., on May 9, 1882, he
left school at the age of 13 to go
to work.
He started out as a cash boy
and salesman - for a New York
dry goods store. At a restless age
he turned to the Pacific north
west to enter the hardware sell
ing field.
By 1914 he had formed his
first company, engaged in pav
ing operations in British Colum
bia. The great western dams, pro
ducts of the '30's, found Kaiser
Joining with other construction
companies to build these Im
mense works Hoover dam,
Bonneville dam and Grand Cou
lee. In World War II, 50 shipways
in Kaiser-managed yards in the
three Pacific coast states put out
1,490 ships of all types more
than a third of U. S. merchant
ship construction during the war.
On April 8, 1907, Kaiser mar
ried Bessie Fosburgh of Boston.
Their two sons, Edgar and
Henry, Jr., are asociated with
their father. Edgar is president
of one of the newest enterprises,
the Kaiser-Frazer Corp. which
makes automobiles at Willow
Run, Mich.
QUART
PINT
Lora Lee Must
To Catch Up on
.Hollywood. March 17. IU.R)
lucrative screen career to begin catching up on the "happy, nor
mal life" a judge said she has missed.
The nine-year-old actress played with other children in
juvenille hall, completely unconcerned that her' days as a $100
a-day starlet were over.
Judge A. A. Scott made
blonde Lora Lee a ward of his
juvenile court and made it clear
that the only acting she might
do in the future would be for
her playmates and not for a
camera.
After conferring with the
girl's foster parents yesterday,
the judge said:
Lora Lee has missed many
beautiful things that should be
a part of childhood. I intend to
see that she gets them. She def
initely will not act in another
picture while under my juris
diction." Mr. and Mrs. Otto Michel, the
retired actress' foster parents,
agreed wholeheartedly with
Scott's decision.
The strange case of the "poor
little rich girl" came to Judge
Scott's attention for a second
time this week when she ran
away from her home with the
Michels Monday night.
Scott recently rejected the
claim of Lora Lee's natural mo
ther, Mrs. Lena Brunson of Ne
derland, Tex., for her custody.
At that time, he implicitly or
dered that Lora Lee be kept off
the screen,
Lora Lee fled the Michel
home in her pajamas and bare
feet. She took refuge in the
home of the Rev. Aired Sund
strum in nearby Burbank. The
girl told officers her foster par
ents had mistreated her and re
peated charges that they kept
her underfed to keep her small
for screen roles.
Scott immediately held two
talks with Lora Lee "to get to
the bottom of this whole mat
ter." He apparently did.
The judge said he was satis
fied the Michels had not mis
treated Lora Lee particularly
after the girl changed her orig
inal stories and told Scott "I
love them."
"Because Lora Lee is a prob
lem child, without question, we
expect to have considerable dif
ficulty in finding a home to suit
her needs," Scott said. "But she
must now be allowed to live the
life of normal childhood and to
associate with children of her
own age.
The jurist said a "psychologi
cal study" will be made of Lora
Lee before anything else is done
is the matter
The Michels filed a petion
asking Scott to help plan Lora
Lee's future the one without
any movie-making in it.
The judge said he may have
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Stories Conflict Child ac
tress Lora Lee Michel, 9, who
charges her foster parents
starved her so she'd stay small
enough for movie roles, gives
a look of approval as she
drinks milk in Juvenile hall
at Los Angeles. Judge A. A
Scott, attempting to learn
whether the $100-a-day ac
tress is telling the truth or
acting, said he was concerned
about the differences in the
girl's stories. "Lora Lee is
a precious, emotional child
who could get a lot of people
in trouble," Judge Scott said.
(Acme Telephoto)
Laurel and Hardy
To Try Luck in Paris
Hollywood, March 17 VP)-
Neglected by Hollywood, Stan
Laurel and Oliver Hardy will go
to Paris to make their first pic
ture after a five year screen ab
sence. 'The deal sounds like the best
we've had in years," Hardy said
today. "We have a good story,
and that's important.
"We've had many Hollywood
offers, but none have included
good stories."
The comics will leave next
month for Paris, where the film
will be made in English and
French.
Lora Lee placed in a private
school but added whatever
done "no one, not even the
press, will known what my fu
ture plans are for her."
Mrs. Michel still must face
trial on March 21 on previous
charges she mistreated Lora
Lee.
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At Silverton
Willamette university's a cap
pclla choir has scheduled a con
cert in Silverton on March 30
at the Silverton high school au
ditorium according to concert
tour, plans announced by choir
officials.
The 60 voice traveling group
will be selected from a choir of
84 under the direction of Mel
vin H. Geist, dean of the college
of music. The Silverton concert
is sponsored by the local Jay-c-
ettcs as a benefit for the welfare
fund. The co-chairmen for this
project are Mrs. William Duncan
and Mrs. Harlan Moe.
The choir will begin its 1950
tour at Silverton, and will tra
vel as far north as Vancouver,
B.C. The choir has toured ex
tensively throughout the Paci-
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Seattle, March 17 VP) Navy
undersecretary Dan A. Kimball
reported plans Thursday to re
duce the Sand Point naval air
station here to a reserve status
by the year's end.
The Times Washington, D. C,
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