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Thursday, November J8, 1953
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THE DAY FOR THANKSGIVING
Today isn't really "turkey day," nor is it the day when
the football season is supposed to end and does in many
localities. It la America's third most important religious
festival day, next to Christmas and Easter, for in its in
ception this Is a day of thanksgiving to the Almighty for
our blessings. .
Many peoples have held Thanksgivings throughout the
centuries, usually in the autumn after the harvests were
gathered in. Ours originated with the Pilgrims at Plym
outh in 1621 when the people wished to thank, God. Not
for prosperity as we know it now, but for still being alive
after very hard first year in the new world, and for
harvests sufficient to keep them alive till the following
year.
Each year since, Thanksgiving has been observed, not
always the same day, but always in the same spirit, at
least by those with a spiritual attitude toward their
blessings. The treat day comes again. Let us count a
few of our many blessings and see what they are.
Perhaps the greatest national blessing in our country
this Thanksgiving is that the war in Korea is over.
American youtha are no longer being killed and tortured
by our Communist foes. This is certainly the greatest
blessing of all in several million homes with sons in the
service or subject to call. It may prove a temporary
blessing but we have much to be thankful for while it
lasts.
We have a very great material blessing in the contin
uance of a high level of prosperity. Despite some com
plaint because the boom does not get boomier and boom
ier it appears that this will be the biggest business year
in the history of a country that has seen one big one
after another for many years past ' We have much to be
thankful for in a material way, compared with former
generations of Americans who were probably a good deal
more thankful for great deal less.
We should be thankful that we are still an island of
freedom in world where the areas of freedom arc
still shrinking. This is a blessing which is better appre
ciated after it is lost, but ought to be supremely appre
ciated here and now. And appreciated in a way to inspire
us to help others keep from losing theirs.
There are so many other things, health, educational
opportunity, a kindly government which we can control,
bright hopes for the future which ao much of mankind
aeems to have lost
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike's Thanksgiving Turkey
From Nebraska This Year
CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING
The monthly report of the Federal Reserve Board
bulletin gives the nation real grounds for Thanksgiv
ing this year. It shows that United States free enter
prise economy will produce a record breaking $368 billion
worth of goods and services this calendar year. This is
about $2300 for every man, woman and child in the coun
try, a new level of good living, both in terms of dollar
value and production, about 5 per cent over the previous
record set last year.
Describing 1953 as a "year of substantial achievement"
the board said business generally is at a "high level"
although "the pace of economic activity has slackened
somewhat" since midyear.
President Eisenhower' chief economic adviser, Dr.
Gabriel Hauge, said '' ... ..-tion has weathered a "psycho
logical recession" eud is now In a period of healthy "eco
nomic adjustment.'
Farm income was about the only downward line in the
board's chart of economic conditions. The Income of
farm proprietors has "declined markedly" and Is back at
the postwar level of 1949 about $16.25 billion.
Dr. Hauge said the rise in the cost of living should
"be slowing down to a stop within a matter of a few
months," and that the month-to-month changes ahead
ought to be "very very small."
Supporting him was Ewan Clague, long-time commis
sioner of the labor department's bureau of labor statis
tics, who said prices are now "practically stable" and
"the period of inflation appears to be ended."
Since midyear, the reserve board said, businessmen
have slowed the growth of their inventories, which re
sulted in fewer new orders and has been t'ne chief factor
Washington
turkeys throughout the years
hive been strictly nonpartisan,
and u u a 1 1 y nonsectional.
Through accident more than
design, the President of the
United States usually gets his
turkeys from widely separated
geographical areas . . . Eisen
hower's first Thanksgiving tur
key as president comes from
near. Lincoln, Neb., a 39-pound,
broad-breasted, bronze torn
donated by Roscoe Hill, head of
the National Turkey Federation
. . . Truman usually got his
gobblers from Wilton E. Hall,
Anderson, S. C, publisher . . .
President Roosevelt's birds
came from a fancier In Rhode
Island, who liked to demon
strate that of the six standard
varieties of domesticated tur
keys bronze, Narragansett,
buff, slate, white and black
the bronze and Narragansett
are the largest . . . President
Taft got his turkeys from Taze
well county, Va., from where
Queen Victoria always received
turkeys every year during her
reign . . . Vice President Bark
ley claimed that the Kentucky
birds raised by the late John W.
Perry near Frankfort, Ky.,
were the best . . . Woodrow
Wilson got his turkeys from
Senator Ollie James of Ken
tucky, who insisted that blue-
By DREW PEARSON
Presidential 1 possibilities
of the national
holiday and began to advertise
"60 barrel of white wine, 40
barrels of champagne and New
York cider, all by recent packet
from New York via Alexandria.
For a long time, Thanksgiv
ing was no holiday for the
President Because immediately
afterward he faced an arduous
lame-duck session when mem
bers of congress, recently de
feated in November, came back
ously that reporters were re
quired to undergo "cruel and
unusual punishment beyond the
line of rtuty" In listening to the
Tugwell lectures. "Yes," count
ered .another reporter, "but
that's not as bad as having to
listen to Colonel McCormick."
Letter Carriers March
This week, when the U.S.A.
is giving thanks for its bless
ings, the National Association
of Letter Carriers will stage a
unique contribution to less for
tunate neighbors. At that time
the letter carriers will "walk"
to raise money for muscular
dystrophy, that dread disease
which strikes only at children.
Under the national chairman
ship of Postmaster General
Summerfield, head of the mus
to wind up their labors before cular dystrophy drive, the mail
they left office on March 4. 1 men will collect funds to help
These lame-duck sessions were 'find a cure for this mysterious
the most heterogeneous and ir
responsible of all. Few Presi
dents could keep them in line,
and Thanksgiving day usually
disease,
Though the Chicago Tribune
has raised some criticism of
their efforts, the letter carriers
saw the President of the United ; will not march on the taxpay
States spending all of bis noli-j era' time, but on their own
day working on his coming time. They are doing this not
message on the state of the 'as part of their job, but in the
union. . I tradition of good Americans
Todav. with tha lm-rfurlr grateful for their own health
session of congress eliminated nd snxioua to help the health
and the regular session opening 1 01 omera.
in January, Eisenhower is not I icmwhimii
quite so harried, though even BETTER READ THE SIGN
so his advisers are already wor- Ta rll Burgl,
ried about what will happen dld . J of worK fo6 ,
' ""'iMpaiui thv InnliwnHv ritrln'
democrats, come back to town.
FDR's Old Brain Truster . .
The redoubtable Colonel Mc
Cormick, publisher of the Chi
cago Tribune, not content with by turning the handle. The note
beinf one of the chief uinrmrt-lni.n aii h ... .......
grass-fed turkeys were better jers of Senator McCarthy, has It was.
man any omers . . . tisennow- also underUken to police the
believe, in signs. Police said the
burglars forced open a store
safe despite a note on it saying
the safe could be opened simply
er will be the second President , Universitv of Chlcaeo. Sneclfl.
10 spena mi inanKsgiving in cally, a monitor from the Chi
Georgia. FDR usually carved cago Tribune showed uo in a
his turkey at Warm Springs, class given by Prof esor Rexford
Ga., where five birds were Guy Tugwell, former top mem
necesary to satisfy the appetites ber of the Roosevelt brain trust,
of all the polio-tsricken young- and sat patiently through a ser-
in the sliirht economic Hnwntnrn .hn..f 1 .r ,. .;,. i,l'r- lne. ute .f resident mm- ics of lectures. Furthermore he
.. . ... . . - ----- t. o...vw PaPvr( the first turkev. sur
the spring high. But it has been a good year in employ
meni, industrial activity, factory expansion, high per
sonal living standards and overall price stability.
( The board admits that during the last half of the year
"some demands have eased and some declines have occur
red In production and employment," but despite this
, managed to stay awake.
slackening "the gross national product"
breaker. G. P.
rounaca oy twelve ooys ana TugweU came to Washington
girls who drew lots o see who from Columbia University as
wou.d sit next to him one of the lluIe who
Thanksgiving 1b White House wrote FDR., lpHchel tame
Most people have forgotten i Undersecretary of Agriculture,
It, but Thanksgiving began as a! later Governor of Puerto Rico.
has been a record ' Purely republican holiday. For. since then he has been a top
years, ine acmocrats were op-. member of the University of
posed, called it a northern holi- j Chicago and has lectured for
day that trampled on states' j Chicago Institute for planning,
rights. They were dead sct His classes are large and he
against centralization of power. can't keep track of every stu-
in Washington just as repuon- dent, so didn t pay much atten
"BIGGEST .PICKLE''
Chicago UJD Singer Julius
La Rosa, who lost his television
Job with Arthur Godfrey and
then became a headliner, won
an award from the National
Pickle Packers Association
a hand-carved wooden pickle
for the "man who got into and
out of the biggest pickle in
1953."
'No Week' Week
Coos Bay Times .
One doesn't have to work
long around a newspaper office
to learn that a week is not just
a week or almost never so.
Most weeks are several weeks
as a result of a growing prac
tice by various groups of desig
nating Just about every week
on the calendar as this week
or that week. National Apple
Week, National Potato Chip
Week, National Be Kind of Un
derprivileged Wood Tick Week
all without regard to what
an entirely different set of
orgc-ilzations may have in
mind for the selfsame week or
weeks.
Confusing, Isn't HT There's
just no telling what answer
you'll get if you should ask
"What week Is this?" And
that's not all, for there are nu
merous special days and
months, too.
Now we learn that the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, no less, has
come to the rescue and is pre
pared, for a slight considera
tion, to supply a booklet which
will wise you up as to busi
ness promotion events (that's
where most of the extra weeks
come from), legal holidays and
religious observances. We're
going to have one of those
booklets. We're looking for
ward to finding out whether
National Leave Us Alone
Week" is a formalized version
of Greta Garbo's "Ay vant to
be alone" of years past, or
whether "National Laugh
Week" coincides with the time
we have to plungle up to Uncle
Sams Internal revenue boys,
It s quite possible that we
might find there are a few
weeks that haven't been discov
ered perhaps created would
be the better term. If we find
it hasn't been done already, we
may campaign for a "Mind
Your Own Business Week."
Now that's only sample of
what is likely to develop if
something lsn t done about this
week business. Who knows but
what there may have to be a
Weekless Week" Just to give
everyone a rest.
How Punish Crime?
(Hood River News)
Some of the gruesome treat
ment recommended by local
people for the murderers of
the Greenlease boy has been
shocking to hear.
Some people in this civiliz
ed age not only believe in "an
eye for an eye" but approve
of torture methods for crim
inals. ,
Of course, these sadistic
types are at the opposite end
of the pole from those who
believe no criminal should be
deprived of his life. No matter
how bloody and cruel the
crime, these persons oppose
capital punishment These
people usually have the erron
eous idea that the most vile
crimes are punished by life
Imprisonment. Life terms may
be given but few are served
out under the lenient parole
provisions of this day and age.
RIGHT ON HER HEAD
Sacramento awn A jury
awarded Mrs. Anne Clark $13.
000 damages for being served
an uordered pot of coffee.
Mrs. Clark said she was
served fried potatoes instead
of hominy grits she ordered,
and when she protested the
waitress served the coffee
"Right on top of my head,
the whole pot."
THE NO. 1 ACHIEVEMENT
(Pendleton East Oregonlan)
According to an AP story
from Salem, Gov. Paul Pat
terson has quit smoking. If
he can win that battle no gov
ernmental problem will be
too big for him.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Hal Imagines: What If Old
Miles Standish Came Back?
ly HAL BOYLE
Hometown. U. ft. A. Ct Let
us suppose that Miles Stan'
dish, military leader of the
Pilgrim fathers, miraculously
returns to life to spend
Thanksgiving in a modern
American city.
The doughty captain, dres
sed in Pilgrim garb, rubs his
eyes, looks around and de
mands
"Where are all the Indians?"
Hia odd raiment draws no
attention whatsoever, as v
erybody figures he Is adver
tising a restaurant and just
lorgot to put on bis ssndwlch
boards.
Miles steps Into the street
A passing car knocks him
THE NEW DEPARTMENT STORE
The Capital Journal was able vesterdav tn announce
the letting of the contract for the new Lipman, Wolfe '" hve been in later years; tion to the out-of-place student
department store, which it develops will be much lareer wh Gre Washington 1 iron, the Chicago Tribune. At
than earlier reports had indicated.
Four floor levels, 80.000 square feet of floor space with
adjacent parking facilities, a total investment in build
ing, site, fixtures and merchandise stock of some three
million dollars, add up to an Immense venture in Salem's
economic future.
This should give Salem several shots in the arm. First
asked congress in 1789 to set the end of the semester how
aside a holiday to be observed ever, the auditor came 'up to
by the entire country, there was 1 him in some disgust
vigorous southern objection. "I don't know what the hell
It was not until about 75 1 you've been talking about," he
years later that the so-called ; remarked, "but I don't think
"New England holiday" was it's communism or socialism."
marie a national holldav. and A Tribune editor, axkeri
It is expert judgment thst the good business conditions ;thi was largely because mer-' about the Incident, confesed: ' I
of the past 13 years will continue, a judgment that the ch,nU lon1 the 'l'Pv Poto- had to send that man out on
central business district will .till . l t, v.... rnac saw the advantage of the direct order of Colonel Mc-
pe "a urcTof fuc'raT 1953 ""-nstrucUor .lS
-ii;: Of lucrative employment for scores ofln(ton ,d wine mer- which has been trying to organ
workers oer a period of seven months, a source of new j chants In 1845 woke up to theiize the Tribune, argued facetl-
uuDiucoo iur uinienaiB suppliers.
And later the means of attracting more people to shop
In Salem, which should help all of us who live here, as
well as the customer from outside our immediate environs.
Rhee Confers With
Top U. S. Officers
Tokyo WV-The navy dis
closed today that South Ko
rean President Syngman Rhee
conferred with four top-rank
ing U.S. generals and admirals
yesterday aboard the battle
ship Wisconsin at Inchon, Ko-
The subject of the confer
ence was not reported.
Rhee met with the retiring
Seventh fleet commander.
Vice Adm. J. J. "Jocko" Clark
and hia successor. Vice Adm.
A. M. Pride; the US. Eighth
army commander. Gen. Max
well D. Taylor, and Lt. Gen.
S. E. Anderson, U.S. Fifth Air
Force commander.
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Salem 38 Years Ago
November IS. 191S
Carel Mapu. a four-masted.
full-rigged Chilean ship had
gone ashore at Schooner Cove
on the west coast of Vancouver
island. Her entire crew of 25
had perished in the wreck.
Carel Mapu had been the Brit
ish ship Kinross when she was
launched at Liverpool In 1877.
(Carel Mapu was likely the last
of the dozens of square-riggers
tost on Tne northwest coast
since 1840.)
Harvey Wells, state Insur
ance commissioner, had been
pleased to find a crowd of 1000
persons waiting at the depot
when his train rolled Into Salt
Lake City. He never supposed
he had so many admirers. Pres
ently he was disenchanted
when he discovered that the
crowd had gathered to pay last
farewell respects to Joe Hlll
strom, lately executed I.W.W.
whose body was being trans
ported by rail.
At Bishop's, men's Hart,
Schaffner & Marx suits were
obtainable for $20, $25 and
$30.
Upper floor of the new Roth
grocery building on Liberty
street had been almost entirely
completed for YWCA occu
pancy.
Another of the cherry red
street cars had arrived from
Beaverton shops and bad been
slated for service on Salem's
Commercial street line.
Miss A. McCullock, optom
etrist, had an - advertisement
saying that she could correct or
overcome "Presbyopia, that
subtle symptom of middle age,"
with her correctly focused
glasses.
Sixty carloads of evaporated
prunes had been shipped east
this season by Drager Fruit
company. Two carloads con
signed to Glasgow and Liver
pool had not been shipped be
cause transportation was lacking.
H. D. Cross, Pacific coast
representative of the Boy
Scouts, had advised his wards
to lock up Kipling's "Barrack
Room Ballads" and to hide
Jack London's "Sea Wolf" be
cause they carry a flavor of
adventure that inspires youth
with an idea to leave home and
his studies.
Praise for Dewey
(Salt Lake Tribune)
Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey has won his fight to get rid
of his acting lieutenant gov
ernor who, he thought, had
compromised the New York
state administration by visit
ing a convicted extortionist in
prison. Arthur H. Wicks, the
lieutenant governor, finally
resigned after a long wrangle,
but only after claiming that
his record had been "com
pletely vindicated" by a cau
cus of GOP state senators.
However, the fact remains
that Dewey got what he want
ed the removal of any pos
sible taint on his administra
tion or his party. Dewey
deserves credit for his stand. I
sprawling to the pavement
"Devil's chariot!" calls st
dish. He lifts his NundertZ
and shoots out the tire.
three more cars before ha
runs out of ammunition, and
retreat to the curb, wb7r.
other pedestrians break into
cheers and shake his hand.
One of them la Wllb p.
eble, America's average hus
band, who decides to tkt
Miles home for a free m(,i
although he thinks the old
boy is a bit balmy.
They go by bus, and tha
driver wants to call ..
when Miles puts a shilling u.
"This guy claims he's Miles
Standish," explains Wilbur.
"I Uon't care If he's Roh.
E. Lee," said the driver -v.
don't pass counterfeit money
on my bus." Wilbur gave tha
driver a buck to quiet him.
What are we olaylng
charades?" asked Trellis Mia
reeoie, wnen she ODeni h.
Capt. Miles Standtih.
your service," says the soldier.
"Yeah, and I am Prii-ni.
jeera Trellla Mae.
"You areT" asked the tint.
ain, uncertainly. "My, Pris.
cilia, you laok so much older
and you have indeed put oa
weight You used to be such
a pretty wench."
"Take this old bum out
here," yelp Trellis Mae, turn-
ing to ner husband.
Well. Wilbur finallv sonth..
her, settles Miles in a living
room chair and calms him
with a dry martini, which the
captain laps eagerly, murmuring:
My, when did we get these
In the colony?"
"A bounteous repast, savs
Miles later, when he Is seated
at the Thanksgiving dinner.
ana as ne wolls his way thro
ugh the turkey Trellis Mae
mutters, "Why the poor old
bum la really hungry. He
acts like he hasn't eaten for
three hundred years."
When Wilbur switches on
the TV set Miles takes one
look at the screen and then
rushes over, his blunderbus
upraised, ready to club lt. He
is talked out of this and then
watchea lt, falling asleep dur
ing the program and waking
up a n d cheering when the
beer commercials come on.
"Help me with the dishes,"
says Trellis Mae. And before
going into the kitchen, Wilbur
switches off the TV aet and
hands Miles a newspaper to
read.
When they return Miles
points at the date on the news,
paper, and demands:
"Is this verily the 19S3, and
are all these accounta of the
doings of the world as chron
icled in this gazette true, or
merely devil dreams?"
"Oh, they're true,", says
Wilbur. Miles Immediately
puts on his tall hat, shoulders
his blunderbuss, marches to
the door, opens it, and asks:
Will you direct me to the
nearest seacoast?"
Why?" says Wilbur.
I want to board the May
flower," says the captain, "and
sail away. If you see any In
dians, give them my apologies.
I didn't know how it would all
turrt out."
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