Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1950)
Princess Margaret Rose Reaches 20th Birthday Balmoral, Scotland, Aug. 21 U.R) Princess Margaret left' her 'teens today amid the rustle of royal silk skirts and the baying of hunting dogs, and, perhaps, with the name of her future husband on her lips. Margaret, younger daughter of the king and queen, becamt 20. She was born at ancient Glam- Is castle, the setting for Shake speare's Macbeth. And accord ing to legend, which Scots here abouts firmly believe, any girl born at Glamis knows her fu ture husband by the time she is 20. So todayt is a bit differnt from the previous birthdays the prin cess spent here with her family and friends. What makes it even more of an occasion is that the man who may turn out to be her husband and some London newspapers already are calling him her fiancee is a Scot him self. He Is the handsome Earl of Dalkeith, 26-year-old heir to the dukedom of Buccleuch. One day the studious, music-loving earl will be among the richest men in Britain, the owner of six man sions and more than 500,000 acres in seven Scottish counties. A persistent report here today said Dalkeith has been invited to the birthday party the king and queen are giving for Mar garet tonight. Birthday greetings from 'all over the world piled up in Bal moral's tiny post office and will be delivered throughout the day. Gifts also have arrived by spe cial couriers, although many, in cluding a television set for Mar garet's private salon, were taken to her London home, Bucking ham palace. Margaret's first visitors this morning was her mother, Queen Elizabeth. A spokesman at the palace said if the weather is good the sun was to break through grey skies the queen and the princess would go fishing. King George, up early, led a party across the heathered hills for grouse shooting. The royal family, including Margaret, probably will remain here until early October. Leg Caught by Elevator Despite the pain from his gashed leg Angelo Vocci, 54-year-old" janitor in a Boston building, stoically waits while rescuers saw through flooring of an elevator in which he was trapped. A priest (left) kneels to comfort Vocci who remained conscious through the hour and one half ordeal. Surgeons at Massachusetts General hos pital said they hoped to save the injured leg. (APWirephoto) Middle Grove Stubble-Fire Burns CombineFour Acres Middle Grove One of the many fires that have been trouble. some during this very dry month started on the Frank Johnson farm, Route 7 box 358 Saturday morning. It was started by a hay-chopper machine which was badly damaged and the fire passed over four acres of stubble before being brought under control. Two departments an-w wered the call, the Four Cor- the county fair, given back for tiers and that of the forestry de partment. There was a strip of timber near the field that could have caused a great deal of loss to crops and property if the fire had reached it. The fire fight ers were out almost an hour. Members of the 4-H club, "Milkers of Tomorrow," and the swine club are ready for the Marion county 4-H fair this week. Both cows and heifers will be entered. Exhibitors will be Edwin Stahl, Lewis Patterson, Gary Doty, Robert Schafer, Marshall Jelderks, Steve Patterson, Jay Blankenship, Leonard Hammer, John Jelderks and Stanley Mey ers. Last year's champion Red Pole of the state will be among the entries, also Robert Schaf er's heifer, which was a first last year in the State Fair. Edwin Stahl's entry will be the Ayr shire award heifer which he re ceived in 1949, and Lewis Fatter son's cow, the Ayrshire he re ceived as a calf in 1948, both as Elmer Klein awards. There will be Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires and Red Poles in the group The members will be wearing their newest wearing apparel, T-shirts with "Middle Grove Milkers of Tomorrow" in letters ill who see may read. Although the club does not end until Nov ember, all record books are turned In for checking before adjustment and handed in for checking for the State Fair. Entering swine will be Mar shall Jelderks, Gary Doty, El- don Beutler, Lewis Patterson, John Jelderks, William Werner, Dale Van Cleave, Steve Patter son, Marvin Cage and Wayne Goode. There will be Durocs, Hampshires, Chester Whites and Berkshires in the showing of the club Entering poultry will be Wayne Gooq and Yvonne Goode. Eddie Page and Daryle Page. also members of the swine club. will enter in the State Fair only as they have fat hogs for sale, The Woman's Society for World Service of Middle Grove community meets Tuesday after noon at the home of Mrs. John Ackerman. CUTICURA RESULTS OFTEN AMAZING Pimples, rashes start to clear up in just 7 days Yoa too mar be amated tht prompt tray Cotictm Soap and Ointment speed out Mack heads, help relieve pimptea, 'externallreaosed.Fragrafrt, sctentincally medicated, n yean aocceea. Buy today. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR NEW AUTO COLLISION POLICY Our policy requires that you pay the deduc tible amount ONCE. Thereafter you have FULL COVERAGE at no increase in cost for the balance of the policy term. We write the broadest full coverage auto policy in Salem and we are exclusive agents for this coverage. RICHARD G. SEVERIN - EVERY FORM OF INSURANCE 212 N. High St. Dial 3-4016 Info ' ' ''.'' BIOGRAPHER Princess Margaret Rose Civilians to Rule Austria Washington. Aug. 21 W The United States is reported plan ning to transfer the occupation of Austria from military to ci vilian direction in October. Informed diplomatic officials who reported this over the week end also said Walter J. Donnelly probably will be named U. S. high commissioner for the Amer ican zone of Austria. Donnelly is now ambassador to Venezuela. The move, designed to give Austria's government as. much freedom of operation as possible pending a final peace treaty, was agreed upon by the U. S., Britain and France last May, but no timetable was then set up. Roosevelt 'Race' Denied by James New York, Aug. 21 (P) James Roosevelt, democratic nominee for governor of California, de nies that he and his brother, Rep. Franklin R. Roosevelt, Jr., both have their eyes on the presi dency. The Califorman made the statement in answering news men's questions yesterday on the NBC "Meet the Press" program. Speaking of himself and his brother, the democratic-liberal congressman who seeks re-elec tion in Manhattan this fall, he declared: "We both want to do a good job. ... I don't know what the future holds tor him. All I know is that I hope it will be my priv ilege to be the governor of California." The congressman has been mentioned as a possibility for the democratic nomination for gov ernor in New York State. Wife of Congressman to Tell Story of Forgotten Artist By BARMAN W. NICHOLS Washington, Aug. 21 MB One of the best reporters In our town is a lovely little white-haired lady from Arizona. She isn't interested in pecking out little pieces for the papers on deadline; The lady takes her time. Myrtle Cheney Murdock, wife of the congressman from Arizona, has spent 14 years looking into- the background of the artist who painted most of the fres coes, or murals, which decorate the inside of the dome of our capitol. When Mrs. Murdock came to Washington with her husband she was amazed to learn that few people ever had heard of Constantino Brumidi, who came here from Italy about 100 years ago. So she went to work.. She searched the files of the library of congress, which is supposed to know everything. There was little or nothing in print about this man. She asked around and found that nobody even knew where he was buried. Fisherman's Body Found Portland, Aug. 21 OT The body of Carl W. Wilson, 44, Astoria commercial fisherman, was found yesterday in the Co lumbia river. He had vanished from his beat east of here May 2. The Greatest Entertainment Event of the Year. Order your tickets by mall I Tiki idvintigi of thii opportunity Is ordir rilirvitlont now (or thii ipic ticulir Ivint bigffir ind mart dlvirll fied thin ivcr. Evening pirferrnancit 1:00 P.M. dally Mitlnm 3:00 P.M. Nine ovonlng .orrermancot .rut Sunday Motlno. prleoi lollowii toon. .S1.M Mom 7 ton $1.40 nnt 4 SJ.oe Imu 9H.oitl.SO Popular Mc.cl Matin..! Octob.r 7th, 11th, 14th All Seotl IMriMTVod. . . .S1.IO Morlnoot.x.1 S4.40 All tleaoli Inclvdt Fidirol Toi oncl Control Admlnlon to Enllr. fipoilllori 4-H fTA Shew Oct. 6-1 1 Dog Shew Oct. 13 and 14 Relirvitioiil occtptld now. Mill ordirl oirlr. oncleilng If-iddriMtd, limpid onvilopt. ind chick or money ordor to oddrill bilow. Mrs. Murdock, being a good reporter, made the rounds of old graveyards in the vicinity of Washington, and learned that Brumidi was six feet under in an unmarked grave in Glenwood cemetery, right here in the district. The wife of the congressman is putting her research on paper. It'll come out in an elaborate book, with colored pictures of some of the murals, some time in November. The book will be called "Constantino Brumidi, Michaelangelo of the United States capitol." So far as Mrs. Murdock is concerned it's a labor of love. She doesn't expect even to get her money back. She has spent lot. "I had a very dickens of time trying to track down the background on this great man," she said. "I understood that he had married his model after coming here, but I could not find any of the relatives to prove it. I couldn't find any body who ever heard of her. And I found few who even had heard of Brumidi." For the record, Brumidi came nere irom Italy and gave 25 years of his life in devotion to his adopted Uncle Sam. He was almost 50 years old when he reached Washington in 1852. The senate annex was nearing completion and the rotunda of the dome was taking form. He started out, with consent of congress, by painting murals about the corridors and rooms of the capitol building in a burst of patriotism after he was grant ed citizenship he proudly signed one painting in the house mere ly "citizen of the United States." Mrs. Murdock learned, through tireless research, that Brumidi worked under difficul ties. When he painted, in color, the frescoes under our most fam ous dome, the work had to be done on wet plaster. The artist would make a rough draft in oil and then would hurry up the steps of the capitol in the dark of night and work like mad to complete a picture before the plaster dried. 0 When Mrs. Murdock found the Italian's unmarked grave, she was depressed. First she got her congressman-husband to introduce a bill in the house ap propriating $200 to mark the grave. A marker will be com ing up soon. Mrs. Murdock noted that the fence surrounding the cemetery lot was badly in need of paint. Without fanfare, she went there one day recently and painted it herself. Train Kills Sleeper Medford, Aug. 21 (IPl Bur leigh Sires, 65, ate lunch Satur day and then took a snooze be side Southern Pacific tracks here. It cost him his life. A switch engine backed string of cars onto a spur, run ning over an arm and leg Sires had dangled across one rail. He died later in a hospital. Prison Riots Under Control San Quentin, Calif., Aug. 21 W) The eleven ringleaders of three week-end riots in San Quentin prison were held in sol itary confinement today. All outbreaks were In t h e mess hall. Eleven men were injured by flying trays, cups and other utensils hurled around during one of the melees. Warden Clinton Duffy said the riots were "outbreaks of hood lumism" not protests against the food. He said they were not planned in advance. Duffy returned from vacation to personally supervise the mess hall last night. He ordered ex tra guards to duty today. The first outbreak, Duffy said, came Friday when Irving Cor nell, 27-year-old convicted Los Angeles sex offender, attacked an inmate mess hall attendant. Guards broke up the fight. More than 240 men surged toward the guards. The guards quieted them down by firing shots over their heads. A few minutes later the sec ond riot broke out. It w a s then the utensils were thrown. Guards finally quelled this. The third riot came at the Saturday eve ning meal. As soon as the men sat down they began booing and hooting. Again it took rifle shots in the air to restore order. U. S. Pushes World Plan To Beat Reds in Propaganda By SIGRID ARNE Washington, Aug. 21 UP) Behind the scenes, the free nations of the world are talking over a U. S. plan to tie together a propa ganda campaign to counter tne daily Hood of words from com munist press and radio. The U. S. will place its proposal formally before an emergency meeting of the executive boarr of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul tural organization) in Paris Man Killed In Plunge McMinnville, Aug. 21 W) Dewey Jones, 27, McMinnville. was killed yesterday when his car hurtled off a gravel road at a sharp curve northwest of Carl ton. Yamhill County Coroner Glen Macy said the car plunged 185 feet from the road. Jones was tossed 50 feet beyond the car. Commie Strength in Europe Drops 11 Percent in Past Year By JAMES E. ROPER Washington, Aug. 21 (U.R) Communists are losing strength in western Europe. Party membership in Atlantic pact nations in Europe has dropped nearly 12 per cent during the last year, authoritative sources reported today. Scattered reports from other Atlantic Pact countries in Eur ope now totals 2,275,400. This compared with 2,577,600 a year ago. That represents a drop of 11.7 percent. The best information availa ble here indicates that commu nist party membership in the 10 European states also are encour aging to the democracies. The Reds, for instance, are reported losing ground in Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, western Austria and western Germany. Of the Pact countries In Eur ope, only Great Britain has failed to reduce its number of commu nists, according to tabulations made here. Estimated communist party membership in European coun tries that joined the Atlantic pact: Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, August 21, 1950 13 August 26 Should UNESCO approve and chances look good it would be two or three months before the campaign could get down to the grass roots to the brown, black, yellow and white peoples of the world into such far reaches as Af ghanistan and French Equa torial Africa. The means are not only at hand, but they have been chart ed. UNESCO has listed the news papers, privately earned radio sets and seating capacity of mo tion picture theaters in the world. All could be used. 0 The U. S. will ask UNESCO to approve the following moves 1. To put out a strong state ment supporting the U. N. ar mies now fighting in Korea. 2. To concentrate UNESCO's staff on the program. 3. To begin planning for re lief of Korea once the commu nist armies have been driven out. Supporting the belief that the U. S. request for this campaign will be accepted by UNESCO is the fact that of the 59 nations in the U. N., 53 have already voted approval of armed action against the North Korean com munists. But the job of telling the world about the U. N. campaign will be spotty. Here are some of the weak and strong points in the free-nation communications line around the world as UNSCO found them in May: The world's people 2,351, 113,000 of them have 218,764, 700 daily newspapers distribut ed, 160,686,211 radio sets, and motion picture theaters with 44, 375,000 seats. Curiously, for Americans, six nations have more daily news papers per 1,000 people than the United States. They are Den mark, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the Unit ed Kingdom. The Russians have fewer than half the daily news papers that Americans do. Americans have far more ra dio sets than any other nation. Sweden, Norway and Bermuda come closest. The lowest percentage of own ership is in the British African colony of Tanganyika and in French West Africa, where only two people in every 10,000 own a radio set. In the United States 566 in every 1,000 own a set, in the Soviet Union only 40. 0 0 The report on motion pic ture theaters around the world will probably come as the greatest jolt to Americans. Even though the U. S. pro duces by far the greatest num ber of feature films a year, eight other nations have more thea ter seating per 1,000 population Israel, Belgium, Iceland, Mon aco, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the United King UNESCO reports the smallest number in French Equatorial Africa and Nigeria, another Brit ish African colony only five seats for every 10,000 eople. In the U. S. there are 83 seats per 1,000. country Belgium Denmark Frnnce areat Britain , Iceland 10(0 40,000 30,000 400,000 40,000 BOO 1SS0 Decline 38,000 12K 34,000 31 430,000 29 40,000 Nono 800 ur; Italy l.ioo.ooo 1.100,000 "Quality Strvlcts Art Made for rtoplt Who Art Tirtd el tht Extravaganctt ol Cheap Thlngi." George S.AVay Company 6uovtu. cVtwwxiamu Western Division 191 Gtary Strtol, Son franriiio 2, Calif. Eilabliihsd 1925 unmcosE UEins 1 " mi tv 1 I BELL-HORN si . II .. V ii VI I Shoor, Hohl lo wdght, one) Ol vnnorlcooblo a your own silk hoibry. Mado wltti a regular ttoelr-. Ing lop, wMctg whin oOocTiocI to too gortor, li imoolh and comforlobU. Capital DRUG STORE State & Liberty "On the Corner" llViPERIAL...is the word for it! "Imperial," says Webster, means "superior excellence." IMPERIAL, says Chrysler, Is this luxurious new car that excels anything on wheels In the sheer exquisiteness of its styling. Come look Inside this reigning beauty . . . look at tho lavish wool broadcloth fabrics, tastefully combined with topgrain leathers, look at the lovely color harmonies, the soft sheen of the butler-flnishad chrome. Consider the advantages of Fluid Drive . . . exclusive new automatic transmission . . . Waterproof Ignition . . . Full Flow Oil Filter . . . High Compression Spitfire Engine : . . electric window lifts ... the CLEARBAC rear window for exceptional driver vision . . . and dozens more. Surely, of all the world's fine automobiles, only the Chrysler CROWN IMPERIAL, this car's running mate, achieves the same aristocratic distinction! Come see the flawless workmanship, the fine materials, the superb Chrysler engineering . . . and you'll agree that no other car, at any price, compares with the Chrysler IMPERIAL (nide or out, there is no finer car in Amen'caf , - B..,, ONIY THt CHRYSLER IMPERIAL offn you ttili abtolutcly unlqut yittm of window control! Each window hat iti own itparat Icetrlc motor , . . taeh ont con bm roitad and lowartd Indtptndtntly from tho drlvar'i liat or at tho window Itnlf. And that'i not all I So many other d kixo fsaturoi ... tho kind yotj think of at being In th"ipclal ordor, oxtra cott" caltgory ... aro STANDARD EQUIPMENT on tht Chrytlor Imperial, For example, armreiti on all four doort . . . foam rubber teat euthlont and teat back. . . . double width center armreiti In front at well at rear itati . . , itatnleti steal wheel coven . , . white tide wall low preiture tlrei . . . carpeted luggage compartment! Full flow oil Alter and many other engine features! Yei( you gel all thete extras at standard equipment with your beautiful new Chrytler Imported .-MT Mi l ii"" f ' lo, 96 North Portlond, Orffen Now UovrIM Clrywir Inporjol... om o Jl loncy Orvofor Mr Hytoif Inside and out . . . it has no equal at any price . . . the beautiful Chrysler Imperial SALEM AUTOMOBILE CO., INC., 435 North Commercial St.
