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Water Elevator Small boats stored in an underground
garage at Genoa, Italy, float out to the surface on crest of
flood wave pouring down from the street. Floods in north
ern Italy are reported to have killed more than 35 persons,
with a damage toll of 48 million dollars (Acme Telephoto)
'BLUES' AUTHOR HONORED
Music Pushed Him Dovn
Vhere He Found His Theme
By H. D.
New York, Nov. 21 U.R The
eld man stood on a flower-banked
dais, his sightless stare fixed
above the heads of the men and
women in formal dress looking
up at his.
He clenched his fists in front
of him and a smile broke across
his chocolate face. And he sang,
and in that moment the jade
room of the Waldorf-Astoria
went down to the levee.
Softly, huskily:
"Mr. Crump won't 'low no
easy riders here,
"Mr. Crump won't 'low no
easy riders here;
"I don't care what Mr. Crump
don't 'low,
"I'm gonna bar'l-house any
how "Mr Crump can go and catch
himself some air."
William Christopher Handy,
the man who wrote "St. Louis
Blues," was 7B years old, and
his friends and admirers gave
him a birthday party the other
night. "Mr Crump," the old
Silverton C of C
Silverton At last week's
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
meeting, at Toneys, J. Carey
Moore of the Cooiidge and Mc
Claine bank, was nominated for
president of the forum.
Assisting officials selected by
Ralph Bauer, chairman of the
nominating committee, were di
rectors; Dr. Robert Epenetcr,
Chester Carter and Frank Por
ter; for treasurer was Max
Hubbs. Kenneth Brown, forum
ecretary, presided in the ab
aence of the president, Gene
Smith.
A resolution was read propos
ing an amendment to the Cham
ber of Commerce constitution
that would include on the board
of directors the mayor of the
city, the president of the plan
ning commission, and the presi
dents of the Lions, notary and
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clubs.
Judge Alt. O. Nelson's sug
gestion that areas adjacent to
the city of Silverton that have
admitted to the city limits of
the town, met with approval.
The personnel of the investi
gating committee are Judge Nel
son, R. F. Schmidt and Lloyd
Larsen.
Slave Freed
By Lincoln
Taking Wife
Seattle, Nov. 21 W Mar
tin Davis, horn in slavery and
freed by Abraham Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation,
applied for a marriage license
here.
The age on his application
yesterday shows 91.
Rut today he said the age
wasn't right.
"The way I've figured it
eut I'm 101 maybe 102. Folks
didn't see after their children
when I was born in Texas
like they do sow. Didn't trll
you when you were born.
"But I was a fair-sized boy
when Lincoln was assassinat
ed I remember.
Of his bride
to-be, Mrs.
lones, IHvli
ime to nurse
i of me two
?s good care
Laura Harris Jones,
aid:
"Im falling ba
I getting old. She came
! me and take rare
I months ago. Takes good care
of me every day. Don't know
how I could get along wlth
! ant her. So we're going to tie
p Friday. I'll give her a
borne. She'll give me care."
How old is the future Mrs.
Davis?
She wrolet "Legal."
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Memphis mayoralty campaign
song that he wrote for E. H.
Crump in 1009 and later
changed to "Memphis Blues,
was for all practical purposes
the birth of the blues.
The encyclopedia Britannica
credits that one song with bring
ing the blues to the public: "So
popular did it become that
Crump was elected mayor.
Handy became locally famous,
and the term 'Blues' appeared
out of nowhere."
Handy told about it this way
When I played that song at
Main and Madison, stenograph'
ers would come out and jump
for joy. Mr. Crump got elected,
and after that if a band couldn't
play 'Mr. Crump' they couldn't
get work. It got popular when
i changed it to 'Memphis
Blues' but what I had put into
it was Negro music.
It was a great night lor" W. C.
Handy, In the jade-and-gold
room he couldn't see, surround'
ed by dignitaries. He lifted his
chin high when actress Tallu
IJah Bankhead told the audience
she had come to honor ' one of
the greatest American gentle
men who ever lived, Mr
Handy."
He propped his head on a
dusky hand and grinned when
Gene Buck said: "Its a long, long
way from that little Alabama
town of Florence on the Ten
nessee river in this gilded hall
of the Waldorf."
The dinner, In addition lo
honoring Handy, called to pub
lic attention the W. C. Handy
Foundation for the Blind, a new
nationwide organization which
will give special attention to the
Negro blind.
The theme of the evening, of
course, was "St. Louis Blues,"
which Handy wrote in 1914 and
which still brings him plenty of
money. It is one of the best
known songs in the world. An
orchestra played it, and a night
club singer sang it. Then it was
lime for Handy to talk.
"I'm very happy." he said, and
there was a pause between each
word. "I can stand right here
and look way down the road and
see a thousand miles away to
that early beginning. Sometimes
I wonder what contributed to
the success of that song. My
school-teacher wanted me to be
a congressman. My father want
ed me to be a preacher like him
and like his father.
"But somehow I got hold of
an old cornet. And I found my
self one day down and out on
the cobblestones of the levee at
St. Louis. That's where you
learn to hate lo see that evening
sun go down when you
haven't a nickel for your bed.
"But I wrestled and fought
and worked (here on the levee.
Providence, for some reason.
threw me down with Ihe man
farthest down. I suffered as he
suffered. And out of his heart
took that music.
"1 got It from the Necro, and
put It on a sliver platter and
handed it back lo him just a
little more beautiful. My old
schoolteacher lold me music
would bring me to the gutter.
Yes, music brought me to the
gutter, but I got something there
of the spirit of the people.
And now all humanity
knows 'I hale to see that eve
ning sun go down'."
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Phony 'Doctor'
To Get Dicharge
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 21 0J
Red-faced naval sources indi
rectly paid tribute today to a
phony "doctor" who successfully
performed difficult operations
aboard a Canadian destroyer In
Korean waters.
The navy Identified the bogus
surgeon as Ferdinand Waldo De-
mara, Jr., a part-time philosoph
er from Lawrence, Mass. He
will be discharged for "fraudu
lent entry" into the service.
It was definitely established,
the navy said, that Demara, 29,
entered the service by using the
credentials of Dr. Joseph Cyr of
Edmundston, N.B. The fraud
was discovered when Cyr re
ported his papers were missing.
The navy was embarrassed by
this disclosure because a press
release had been prepared prais
ing "Surgeon Lieutenant Cyr s
skill with a scalpel.
In Korea, Demara extracted a
bullet lodged within a quarter
inch of a Canadian soldier's
heart, collapsed a patient's lung
and performed various leg am
putations. 'Nothing has occurred to in
dicate either to Royal Canadian
navy authorities or to authori
ties or other forces serving in
Korea that he did not possess
the competence of a fully-quali
fied medical man, the navy
said.
Demara entered the RCN in
March, 1951, and was commis
sioned a surgeon lieutenant and
assigned to the destroyer Cayu
ga. He was flown to Esqui-
mault, B.C., from Korea and
closed hearing on his case was
held last week.
In Lawrence, Mass., Ferdi
nand W. Demara, Sr., 63, said
his son left high school 14 years
ago to enter the Cistercian Mon
aslerv at Cumberland, R.I.
The elder Demara said his son
returned home within a year
but was still bent on seeking
monastic life.
After serving hitches in the
army and navy, the younger De
mara taught philosophy at St.
Martin's college in Lacy, Wash.,
and studied at Purdue univer
sity, the father said.
He also worked as an orderly
at the Massachusetts Eye and
Ear hospital in Boston.
Log Haulers Promote
Public Relations
The log haulers ' of Baker
county took it upon themselves
today to regulate themselves in
the interest of promoting better
public relations.
They filed articles of incor
poration here for the Baker
County Timber Transporters,
Inc., with headquarters in Baker
and listed as their objective:
"To protect and promote the
development of the log trucking
industry in Oregon and encour
age orderly, fair and practical
regulation and administration
there of consistent with the best
interests of the industry and the
slate" and:
"To promote and encourage
the good will of the general pub
lic toward the log trucking in
dustry in Oregon and to promote
and encourage safe and court
eous operation of log trucking."
Funeral Rites Today
For Pottawatomi Chief
Paw Paw, Mich.. Nov. 21 IFt
Funeral services will be held to
day for yie chief of the Potta
watomi Indians.
uniet Joseph yuiRno was
found dead behind the wheel of
his truck near Hartford Monday,
He was a grandson of Chief Si
mon Pokagon, a famous figure
in the early history of southwest
ern Michigan. He was employed
by the state highway department,
Wuigno s son, Joseph, Jr., be
comes the new chief.
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Returns Mary Pickford,
once "America's Sweetheart,"
is returning to the screen aft
er almost 20 years in retire
ment to appear in "The Li
brary." The silent screen ac
tress, now 58, called the role
"an almost sacred responsi
bility." (Acme Telephoto)
Mary Pickford
To Star in Film
New York, Nov. 21 MP) Mary
P i c k f o r d, 1 once known as
"America's sweetheart," is com
ing out of a 19-ycar retirement
from the screen to star in just
one more film.
The 5fi-vcar-old actress will
play the role of a librarian in
the film, "The Library," to be
made by Columbia Pictures.
Her return to the screen
matches in many ways the mov
ie comeback of another early
Hollywood queen, Gloria Swan-
son.
Miss Swanson, now 52, re
gained her former prominence
last year with the film "Sunset
Boulevard." She went on to
further successes on the stage
and in television.
The careers of both actresses
ran almost parallel. Miss Swan
son started her film career in
1913, Miss Pickford in 1914.
Miss Swanson appeared in only
two films after 1932. Miss Pick
ford's last film, "Secrets," was
made in 1933.
But unlike Miss Swanson,
Miss Pickford indicated that
"The Library" would not be
followed by further roles. She
said in a statement released by
Columbia Pictures that it "is
the one and only story which
would have induced me again
to appear before the cameras."
Miss Pickford declined to give
further details on the film.
Since her retirement from
acting, Miss Pickford has con
tinued to be active in the man
agement and ownership phases
of the film industry. She was
one of the founders of the Unit
ed Artists producing and dis
tributing organizations.
The Canadian-born actress
started her slage career at 5 and
made her first film in 1909 at
the age of 16. But the real start
of her movie career dates from
the 1914 film, "Hearts Adrift.'
Her other silent film success
es, which led to her title ai
America's sweetheart." includ
ed "Tess of the Storm Country.'
1922; "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm," 1917 "Poor Little Rich
Girl," 1917; and "Little Lord
Fauntleroy,".1921.
Logger Killed
Eugene, Nov. 21 A logging
accident near Vida yesterday
claimed the life of Ernest Wil
helm Blom, 28, Eugene.
He was struck in the head by
a cable, Fred Buell, Lane county
coroner, reported.
Blom is survived by his widow
and two sons. 3 and 5. They live
at Kathryn, N.D., and were plan
ning to move here in December.
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ir At national truck and trailer
driving champion for 1949,
1950 and 1951, John Castner, who It also National Driver of
the Year for 1950, retaini permanent poiseuion of hit
American Trucking Association trophy,
Ai a Pierce Freight Lines, Inc., driver he has driven over
900,000 miles in 13 years of driving en the highways without
an accident,
Pierce Freight lines, Inc., Is proud to salute him for his ac
complishments in competition and on the job,
To be o better driver
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East Salem Benefit projects
continue to be a first interest of
many members of the different
parent teachers organizations in
all East Salem districts.
Mrs. Jack Killinger and Mrs.
Loran Richey were hostesses for
a coffee hour Friday morning at
the Killinger home on Monroe
ave. Invited guests were Mrs.
Gordon Shepherd, Mrs. Enoch
Merrell, Mrs. Cornelius Fes
kens, Mrs. Ray Gardner, Mrs.
Clifford Long and Mrs. Arlo
McLain. It was in the interest
of the Auburn Mothers club.
The members of the Auburn
Mothers club who sold the pie
and coffee and had a table of
small articles for sale Thursday
night during open house hours
were pleased with the sale bal
ance which netted them more
than $35.
Featured at Auburn school
for open house were the demon
strations of , simple scientific ex
periments made by the boys and
girls of the fifth and sixth
grades of Mrs. Marjorie Thomp
son. The usual fall projects were
exhibited in other rooms.
Frank Taylor
Printer, Dead
Albany
A printer for 71
years, the last 30 years in AI
bany, Frank Taylor, 86, one of
Albany s most well known resi
dents, died Sunday morning in
Lebanon. Mr. Taylor, with his
son, Glenn, operated the print
ing business of Frank Taylor &
Son, West Second avenue.
Mr. Taylor, who would have
received his 50-year Masonic
lodge pin Tuesday, was born
June 14, 1865 at Saginaw, Mich.,
and developing the urge to be
come a printer early in life, pur
chased a small printing press
and other equipment and learn
ed the elcmentaory principles of
printing. After working on
newspapers for 12 years, he de
cided to go into business for
himself and acquired a news
paper which he operated for six
years before coming to Oregon
in 1907 where he was soon to be
employed in the mechanical de
partment of the Oregonian.
Later, he operated his own
printing establishment in Port
land, only to move to Clover-
dale, Ore., and then to New
berg. He came to Albany m 1921
and purchased the Churchill
printing shop.
Mr. Taylor was a member of
the Albany Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary ' club, Master
Printers of Oregon, Masonic
lodge, Order of Eastern Star,
and the Methodist church.
Surviving are the widow, Ad
die, whom he married Nov. 22,
1885, at Owosso, Mich.; a son,
Glenn; a daughter, Mrs. Erma
Haberle, Albany, and three
grandchildren, Mrs. Joan Wid
mer, Albany, and Gerald and
William Taylor, Saginaw.
The funeral was held Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Fisher Funeral home. Burial was
in the Masonic cemetery. j
Allworth Name to i
Republican Party Post
The appointment of Ed C. All
worth as chairman of the vet
erans division, republican state
central committee, is announced
by State Chairman Sigfrid B.
Unander.
Allworth, chairman of the
Benton county republican cen
tral committee, was awarded
the Congressional Medal of Hon
or in the first World War for
acts above and beyond the call
of duty, and conspicuous gal
lantry In action. He was also
1? 3?l
Dinah Shore First Girl Singer
To Televise Coast-to-Coast
By
Nov.
VIRGINIA
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Hollywood,
Dinah Shore,
who's conquered
radio, movies and nightclub
floors, now becomes the first girl
singer in history to televise a
show coast-to-coast from this
end of the microwave.
And Dinah who has been
primping and preparing for the
debut next Tuesday hopes it's
worth all the frantic hullablloo.
"I have to have a minimum
of 52 brand new show gowns,"
she wailed. "Don Loper's doing
them. And you know what
they'll cost. He's being so sweet
trying to help out with jacket
and things I can switch around.
"But my show'll be on NBC
Tuesday and Thursday for 26
weeks and there's a chance I
may have to have two gowns for
each show. This is 104 gowns!"
That right tnere is enough to
make Dinah wonder if she can
afford to be a TV star, after
all.
But this is only beginning.
Dinah's on a diet too. Of lean
meat. And you know what that
costs now!
'Those TV cameras are very
broadening," she chuckled. "I
have to whittle off a little here
and there."
Next comes the jewelry prob
lem. No matter how pretty a
lady is or how fancy she sings
she's gotta be all gussied up
for TV.
"Only in a dim sort of way
Dinah explained. "No diamonds
they reflect the light and
make little black spots on the
Illegal Mufflers Banned
Lebanon A general crack
down on inadequale mufflers
has been ordered by the police
department. Officers are in
structed to start Tuesday arrest
ing all persons found with muf
flers on vehicles that do not
meet required state traffic codes.
Chief Ben Srheele said that
"cans" on exhausts are illegal.
warded the state of Washington
Diamond Medal as the outstand
ing soldier from the state of
Washington, from which he en
tered the army.
A graduate of Oregon State
college, class of 1916, Allworth
has long made his home in Ore
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stocks and then Ruck' 'em up
with some kind of spray to keep
'em from sparkling."
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And it takes all this work, she
sighed, to keep her in competi
tion with the automobiles which
sponsor her.
"It looks just beayoooootiful
in the commercials," she grin
ned. "I have to look extra good
or nobody'll notice me at all!"
They have to "guck up" the
ear, too. It's too shiny the way
il comes on me asseniuiy iiui;.
"They de-shine it with canned
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outside and all the flies in Holly
wood settled down for a free
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Missionaries Describe
Work Among Africans
Dallas Following the no-hostr
supper of the Dallas Business
and Professional Women, Mrs.
Gilbert Schneider described the
experiences of herself and bus
band wn0 ,pent over four yearJ
as missionaries in tne British
Cameroons of Africa.
Rev. and Mrs. Schneider are
returning to Africa in January
to prepare a new location lor
the care of lepers, who are now
outcasts.
The December meeting will be
8 Christmas party with the gifts
brought by the members turned
over to the Christmas cheer
committee to be distributed by
them with the other articles.
The members will have a grab
bag exchange of gifts.
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