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Capital AJournal AN INDIPINDINT NIWIMPU-HTAUISHID IN 111! Bernard Mainwaring (1 897-1 957) Editor and Publisher 1 953-1 957 , E. A. Brown, Publisher Glenn Cushman, Managing Editor George Putnam, Editor Emeritus Full leaiad Wirt Servka of Tht Auoclaled Prail and The United Prew. Tht Aitoclalad Preil l axcluiivaly entitled to tht uit for publictlion of ill ntwl diipttchti crtdittd to it or othtrwiit crtdittd in Ihti piptr ind tlto ntwl publiihtd therein. SUISCIIPTION RATIS ly Carriar: Monthly, $I.1J; Sia Manlhi, $7.50; Ont Year, $11.00. ly Moil In Origan; Monthly, $1.00; $l Monthl, li.00; Ont Veer $9.00. ly Mail Oullidl Ottgtn: Monthly, II .33; She Mtnlht, 7.J0; Ont rear, $13.00 The Only Choice Choice by Ine state military department of a location on the State Fairgrounds for Sa- ; lem's new Armory should, under the eircum- " stances, meet general approval. If the building is to be used for civic as ' well as military purposes, which it will be, a location near the city center is preferable, but such a location isn't to be had. The mili tary department, and the Metropolitan Plan ning Division of the Chamber of Commerce have explored all possible locations, Including public parks, and found them unavailable. City, county or stale must furnish the loca tion. The federal government does not do it. The location of the present outmoded Armory isn't suitable for several reasons. .While the property is state-owned the prem ises are not large enough for the Armory needed, nor would car parking space be possible. And the old building would have to be razed while the new one was being built, which w,ould mean that Salem units . of the National Guard would be without quar ters for several months. Gen. Thomas E. Rilca, adjutant general of Oregon, who has approved the fairgrounds location, says it is ideal for military purposes. For civic uses, while he would prefer a spot in the downtown district,' he believes the fairgrounds location can be made a great asset for Salem and that it should have a seating capacity of 5000 for public gatherings. Car parking will be no problem. If the fairgrounds location is approved by the Legislature the building will be an asset to the stale in addition to its military service for it can be used as an exhibit building dur ing fair week. Fortunately congressional money for ar mories is already available. For armories exclusively for Military service the govern ment puts up 75 per cent of the cost, the state 25 per cent, if used also for civic pur- , po$es the federal grant would probably be less but would still be generous. In working toward a much-needed new armory for Salem much credit is due the 1 Metropolitan Planning Division of the Cham- , ber of Commerce, which has been working at It quietly and cooperatively with the military department, for about two years.' . The old Armory, now no longer adequate, 'has an honored place In Salem history., It was built In the early 1900s and for nearly 50 years has been an active spot. There assembled Salem National Guardsmen when they were called to the Mexican border In 1916, and when they were mobilized for World Wars I and II. 11 was the home of the draft board for a time. It has been the scene of hundreds of sports events, fairs and shows and lectures. Madame Nordlca sang there and William Howard Taft spoke between the presidency and the chief . justiceship. Billy Sunday and Upton Sinclair spoke from its rostrum. Frederick Wardo lectured on "Fifty Years of Make-believe," ;and predicted that a time would come when people at the fireside would turn a dial and bring the theater Into their own homes. And after the old State House burned In 1035 the Armory was the meeting place of the 1937 Legislature. Kreiiilin Rules II. S. Reds . Some 2(10 self-elected, delegates, remnants ; of the U.S. Communist party that recently ; met in New York City, Us membership down to about 8.500, adopted a resolution stating '- the Communist party In America will "inter ,vjret and apply" Marxism for themselves. There were somo present who had appar ently been revolicd by the exposure of Stal- inism at the Supreme Soviet congress a year Tn?o, and this resolution was taken to mean Z that the parly In the United Stains was going ' t to P'ay a Tito role of Interpreting a lied lino ; of their own, Instead of blindly following the Kremlin's. . Among the announced purposes of the t. four-day closed session was to select a new national committee and reunite the three-way split party ranks following the attack on Stalin and his restoration and the Hungarian k riiassacrc. . However, there will evidently he no break between the American fled party and the Kremlin. The former Soviet secret police in k telligencc chief, Alexander Orlov. testifying ; before the Senate Internal Security Sulicom- miltee last week slated there will be no ' break. j Orlov stated that the American parly's I; "declaration of independence" was onlv a maneuver carried out on Moscow's explicit orders. "All their resolutions." he said, "had IT-been approved in the Kremiln beforehand. If; And they are so disciplined thai they carry i tvit to the minutest detail the performance to i'Show they are not disciplined." Presumably i the same tactics for reuniting the Communists T in France, Italy and other countries are uti lized to keep party solidarity. j; Orlov further testified that there were 18 ! Soviet spy rings operating in the United h Slates of which only two were exposed by ,' Whlttaker Chambers and Klirahelh tVnllcy. J; Red espionage has been driven underground ' but It apparently continues and must be C watched. HZ To gel the new program underway, party i. headquarters will he rrturnod to Chicago from Manhattan. It migrated from Chicago -in 1026 and goes back to be in the heart of lhe farm belt. ! '. Meanwhile the Soviet Union Is seeking to 1; re-estanllsll central uirenicn oi mo interna 5 tional Communist movement a new commin- form but getting a cold reception. G. P. - f'paee I hose l nines Th Lecislaturo's House highway commit- T.V . .... I - u;il JJWt nSS iniroUUCCtl a mil I" !!!!- nrtiuirvr, JrMJ Banfield as the name? of two Orecnn Kolghways and substitute for them names hv lti geographical or historical significance. ftt former of course is Rtldnck. Freeway "ttBaltm to Portland, which the bill would call Willamette Freeway. P'or Banfield would be substituted Columbia. There is nothing practical or necessary about the bill and it would serve no good pur pose. Both highways mentioned were named to recognize great service to tho state by the two men, the late T. H, Banfield as chairman of the State Highway Commission for many years, and ft. H. Baldock for over 40 years service with the highway department, most of it as chief highway engineer, where he won national recognition. Both served the state during the era of its greatest highway devel opment. The Astorian-Budget, criticizing the bill, rebukes Clatsop County's own Rep. W. H. Holmstrom, who is a member of the highway committee. "Is Clatsop's legislative delegate starting something that may go further?" inquires the Astorian-Budget. "If this idea of historically j or geographically significant place names is carried to its logical conclusion it could cre ate a revolution in nomenclature." It mentions that Rep. Holmstrom's home town of Gearhart was named for a man, and Astoria as well, and satirically suggests that perhaps Oswald West State Park, named for the former governor "who preserved the beaches for the people of the state," ought to be changed to something else. The Astorian-Budget might have added the cities of Pendleton, Kugene, Baker, Grants Pass and several Oregon counties to the list, all named for men who had something to do with history, either nationally or regionally. Names so used do have hsitoric meaning. As for Baldock and Banfield, what period of Oregon's history is more important or even more glamorous than its era of highway building? Both names are historically sig nificant. They define a historic period, which the names Willamette and Columbia do not. RAY TUCKER Liberals Seeking Oil Bath for Ike WASHINGTON A few liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill are seeking to smear the Kis enhowcr Administration with political oil in the current controversy over the new Middle Kast Doctrine. Combined with tho emotional and acrimonious Israel problem, they believe that an overseas Teapot Dome "scandal" would win future elections. Headed by C. O'Mahoney the Democrats trust-buster, they charge that Ike and Sec retary Dulles are trying to protect tho Investments and profits of a few American petroleum firms sions in the Arabian area. ray tuckkp. Indeed O'Mahoney maintains that oil in fluences and dominates our foreign policy. Others ask whether, under the Middle Kast program, American forces and money will be spent to save Standard Oil and associated interests. Importance of Middle Fast Oil The answer would bo a flat "Yes" If offi cial spokesmen dared to discuss the matter frankly. They would also add that Middle Kast oil is essential to the survival of the western world, and to eventual destruction of Moscow's dream of Communist supremacy. Furthermore, every administration in the last 50 years, Democratic and Republican, has based lis Middle Kast policies on recognition of the vital Importance of this supply. Tho late .lames V. Fnrrcstal, Roosevelt Truman Secretary of the Navy, said that the United Slates could not win another global conflict, if Russia should ever be able to shut off this source of fuel for the fleet, the Air Force and industry. Our European NATO Allies depend upon the Middle Fast for 75 percent of their annual consumption, and the percntagc increass every 12 months. Franco-British Repercussions If Britain and France had to rely on oil from (ho Western Hemisphere In peace or war lime, American automobiles would he the principal victims, together with the homes and factories which use this form of fuel. Oil and gasoline would have to be rationed more drastically than in World War II. In fact, experts predict that two-cylinder cars would be the most powerful that this country could afford In make. Today's long and luxurious automobiles would be uneconomic. Until atomic energy is developed for com mercial use. our major industries would suf fer seriously. The American way of life as we know it would disappear. Wilson Inspired Oil Development Ironically from the O'Mahoney standpoint, it was the Wilson Administration which first Inspired overseas oil development. When the victorious Allies agreed to give France the German concessions in Ihe Middle K.at In 1920. Hainhrldgc Colby, then Secretary of Stale, protested vigorously and successfully. He insisted on an "open door" policy under which American interests would get their share. Not until 192'.' was Charles Kvans Hughes, Harding's Secretary of Stale, able to "per suade" the British io offer half of their hold ings to American firms. F.ven then, it took six years of negotiations for final division of the petroleum concessions. Ten U.S. compa nies dropped out because of the cost and risk. President Truman and Secretary Acheson pursued the same policy. When Mossadegh nationalized British oil in Iran. Washington supported the Imdnn boycott of the confis cated product. Thev ordered American tankers not to haul Iranian oil to market, and Moss!gh'; tegnt wits starve tt f existence. nt..t. Senator Joseph j of Wyoming, with conces UJDU JAMES MARLOW Pullout of Israel May Be Victory WASHINGTON m - Any an nouncement by Israel today that she will pull out of Egyptian ter ritory may turn out to be a vic tory for Israel and a setback for the United States in its dealings with the Arabs. Israel had re fused demands y the United Nations to get ut of the Gaza jamki marlow a, q a b a Gulf areas, both claimed by Egypt, un less guaranteed Egypt couldn't use cither to harass her. When the news broke that Is racl was ready to announce her withdrawal, there still had been no public promises of guarantees by either tbis country or the U.N. Why then would Israel pull back? Possibly because the United States, and other nations friendly to Israel, had given the latter pretty solid promises that U.N. troops would move into the Gaza and Aqaba areas to prevent fcgyp- tian attack or blockade. If true, this would not sit well with the Arabs, who had demand ed the U N. use sanctions to force Israel out of Egypt, without guar antees. Pressure Was Applied For weeks the United States while talking up President Eisen hower's Mideast program for win nine over the Arabs had tried to pressure Israel into pulling back her troops, This pressure was applied both by President Eisenhower in a nation-wide radio-TV talk Feb. 20 and by Secretary of State Dulles in public statements. The Israelis nevertheless held out for guaran tees. And the administration, because of the reaction among friends of Israel at home and abroad, said less about pressure. Dulles talked intensely and almost incessantly with Israeli representatives. The United States was on a kind of hook: if it didn't go along with the Arabs who wanted sanctions against Israel, it was in danger of alienating them just when hison aitenaung mem jua ' IIIJWl'l WHS llltllMIIK 1111.11111 Would Anger Israel, Friends But if U went along with sane-. Hons and as time passed it seemed less likely to it would anger friends of Israel, both here m America and among American allies overseas. Dulles rushed on with his diplo matic talks with the Israelis be hind closed doors. For days there was a kind of off-agam-on-again air about the talks. But they seemed to be Retting nowhere until Wednesday night. Any attempt by this country and other friends of Israel to have U.N. troops protect Israel seems certain to provoke opposition from the Arabs, particularly Kgypl. But -if Israel, through its power ful friends, is able to get what it wants protection from hgypt even without publicly staled guarantees, it will he a victory for Israel all Ihe same. This whole story, very fuzzy around Washington last night, needs a lot of explaining. It will probably unfold in the U.N. Stressed I'nlted Nations Eisenhower and Dulles both have stressed reliance on the U.N. settle international disputes. Yet the U.N. itself was forced into n back seat by the United States in its dealings with Israel. The U.N. practically had to sus pend operations and snt back im mobilized while Dulles, here in Washington, tried to find a solu tion. This is one more evanmlc of what seems to be a growing ten dency among U.N. members to settle their disputes in huddles outside the U.N. Assembly cham ber, which thus hecomes merely place where they announce the agreements they have made. ;,V MAXWELL History in The Mahing March I, tittl Snow had fallen in Salem on this day six year ago. Before month ended total smnviall Ihe at tamed a record of 10 ) inches". Paul W. Miller had retired al ter 4'J years of service with Sa lem postoffice. He had been as Mstant postmas ter since I M7. Lawrence T. Cherry, senior nr. mwhci i, scholar at Willamette university in physics and mathematics with an "A" record in both, had been awarded a Wisconsin Alumni l!e search Foundation assist AnUhip in departmental physics. A St avion man arreted in Sa lem for being drunk had explained to police that his new cowboy hoots caused him to stagger. W. W. Hosebraugh. chairman of the city planninc commission, had addressed the Salem Optimists on the subject of planning and zoning .tohn K. Marr hnd been named president of the South Salem Lions fcu. sixth Ift to rfL'uu a lie dm 111 mm .VV- H DAVID LAWRENCE Clinton Desegregation Troubles Point Up Wrong Federal Usurpation of State Powers WASHINGTON It i a matter when the of news importance American Civil Liberties Union, known "for . its persistent de fense of "liber al" causes, cri ticizes a federal court injunction in a "desegre- casc. . ., , pre me Court of the United States issued its order throwing out state' laws-". i.awrknck that permitted segregation, the school authorities of Clinton, Tenn. interpreted this to mean they bad to bring about a forced associa tion of the races and they com plied with the court's order. But various people in the town spoke in criticism and some of them allegedly attempted to interfere with the school board's operation. A riot took place near the school grounds, which should have been handled by local police under state laws. But the federal judge issued DR. 1)1 ELI AM BRADY era Exercises Sometimes Cure Certain Types of Ruptures "Years aco." says Mr. S. G.,of fatty tissue covering the stom- you saved nie Ihe painliil opera tion lor rupture. I read your ar ticle on physical: exercises for rupture. boR.m doing the exer cises regularly. .and in a few weeks my nip-i lure, as liu sc as an egg, disap peared. Tlieie' j has never been any sign of it since. Have a . . ," mi. nn,i)Y No. thank you. 1 don't smoke em. Rut if vou have e'er a hit nf tobacco about you. I'll trv a nine - ful. I can't imagine what rare com - Plication would in a k e a hernia rupture, breach) operation pain ful. It is no more painful th ni a,J apnendiiitis operation and know that's just good fun, for had one. Was Hedtirlhlp Mr. (1. does not say, but we must asume that his hernia, rup ture, or breach, whichever you pre fer to call the protrusion or bulg ing of some structure from the abdomen p.irtlv through the ab- domninl wall so that it appears as ? L i Vi t'i iii . . n was reducible 1 hat is to say the bulging or protruding structure. I structure, perhaps a portion of in testine or of omentum, the apron. I.KTS TAX Til KM f S 1 . at A comde of politicians have a your strength increases, do a nunv hill to restrict savmg stamp. We her of squats, always supporting don't think much of them lylherjlhe ruptured or weak place with hut it would make more sense to the fingers of one hand. Learn how tax them tlun to further restrict breathe and get into the habit business, Sherman County Jour nal. t'lltfl IT KROKKR In Shctlielil. Kngland. Lewis Montreal set a $'J0 electric bill. learned h, alter he turned oil house's main switch in disgust. also blacked out a row of 23 nrw - ly installed streetlights. Time. JOY SHORT UVKD LONDON U'P-Joanne Connel lay I'alino alter her estranged dis band. Bolivian tin heir Jaime Or- lit Palino. w.n awarded S.VI.00O j, ,... ,:,,i.j ... . tinmte t.r win. noeiefl n a London nrwspaev: fa ' jWf J jte than," School Problem an injunction of such broad scope that the Department of Justice ar rested 16 citizens and made them defendants on the ground that they had engaged in a conspiracy to violate the injunction. Some of them had merely criticized the in junction ajid the court decision. Others happened to witness the disturbance. One of them merely offered bail for a defendant and was promptly arrested as a co conspirator. Should Not be Prohibited "Mere advocacy, in the Clinton case," says the American Civil Liberties Union statement, "urg ing the ignoring of the law or judicial orders, should not be pro hibitcd. As we said at the begin ning of this statement, the ACL.U supports the Supreme Court deci sion and urges all citizens to obey it. But if some citizens choose to oppose the decision by peaceful means, through speech, they have the constitutional right to do so. Mere picketing to express a point of view, in the absence of intimi dation, should not be enjoined. So ach and intestines, could be rc-.pupjis, Au that the citizens did turned to the abdomen by careful ; was l0 criticize the injunction and manipulation with the hand while the supreme Court decision. When Ihe patient relaxed in supine po-1 an altercation occurred some dis silion with shoulders lower than tance rom thc schooi building, it hips. I was certainly a usurpation of au- If a hernia is not reducible but thority for a federal court to at- prouuaes always, nenner truss nur exercises can correct it. Only oper ation will correct it. 'nlltless Treatments Almost painless office (ambul ant injection treatment which doesn't require hospitalization or ahsence from regular work, is sat isfactory in ma;iv instances. I am nm pieparra 10 name puicmna , who Kive such treatment If your wn physician doesn t. perhaps he :kno?.'s ?h .docs; an-Tfl : !!"'MI S .Z.T ' "no good," "dangerous" discarded long ago," ask the pre- " " ! varicator to explain how come it i rates several chapters in the best V . ' ' 7 , wirrniH, ny i.rii;ii r. nUMn, m.u, published by Moshy, St. kouis'. Best exercises for spontaneous cure of small rupture are daily leg raising calisthenics, taken while you he. supine and always supporting the hernia or suspected hernia with the middle fingers of one hand while you do the exer ......... in i nlowlv and smoothly, then lower , t -,jkp fhe same with ; nth(ir Thnri . , !n!hnP rerhaps only one time twice daily at first. Week bv week gradually i increase to from three to a dozen times twice a daw In addition, as of doing two or tnree innauons oi the bellows several times in the Supervised by Phyitrlon Child or adult may set spomane- m, rttrfl nf hernia tvifri'lv fmm ano unt il uy lir Uliun ?uyt:i isumi of the phvsician. Not by an off- lagajn.on - aain trial but by wear- ing the truss or supporter always when up. removing it only alter going to bed at night. Of course I cure, il it occurs, is due to devet-. opnu-nt and strengthening ot inade-, quale abdominal wall muscles. Therefore Ihe truss or surporl is only incide-ital it is not quite so important in tl-e spontaneous cure ot Hernia as is c.-'0-ui support ol (h hpn(t fy fry mmim! hen en s-is. sMnrls. or .iWrim) mt -t4 tl Cvercise. we believe the blanket prohibition against picketing of the Clinton High School is invalid. Without di rect incitement to definite acts of individual or jont obstructiveness interference, coupled with a clear and. present danger that these acts will take place imme diately, the injunction is too broad and interferes with free speech. "However, the prohibition in the injunction as to overt acts of 'hin dering' or .'obstructing' the inte gration order is different. Such overt acts cannot claim the pro tection of free speech. Whether or not such acts have occurred is a matter of proof to be determined at the contemp hearing. This tl Different "However, the prohibition in the injunction as to overt acts of hin dering' or 'obstructing' the inte gration order is different. Such overt acts cannot claim the pro tection of free speech. Whether or not such acts have occurred is matter of proof to be determined at the contempt hearing." This correspondent a few weeks ago called attention to this very defect in the court's injunction and also to the unlawful usurpation by a federal court of a duty and task that should be performed by local police agencies and state law. There is no evidence that the per sons arrested exercised any influ ence whatsoever on the school board or attempted to interfere with its operations in bringing flhnut a fnrrpd flcsnrifltinn nf tempt to apply an injunction to every citizen in the school district as to what he might say in his own home to his friends in criti cism of lorccd association in thc schools. A'ow Kcgrpls Arrests Made ! There are some rumors that the Department of Justice now regrets thp arrests ordered under the fed pral jtl(fge-s injunction. In the lirst plat.e jf ,he judj(e at (ne contcmpt trial charges conspiracy, he will nave ,0 convince the public that i 1 HA nnntmrainrt coharltr1 a nntn in front of a police station to carry nut than rnncmi'Dfii' tin rial an tin, ( lawful thing. 'this 'would be diffi i cult. If they did not all partici pate and the preacher was struck by a man acting impulsively and. as he claims, because he was shoved aside hy the preacher, it will be a hard thing to sentence the bystanders and make such a decision stand up on appeal. In any event, it is difficult to see how the judge can tie up this inci dent, which occurred some dis tance from the school, with a vio lation of bis order prohibiting in terference with pupils who attend ed the school. The American Civil Liberties I'nion has interested itself often nw pt,nj putes and. as J .JiS Jh"-u " Jen ,h Chmon mjunchon was J"! " umons. Can Pass Legislation I'nder the Fourteenth Amend ment. Congress is empowered to pass legislation to enforce the pro- 7,7. It h. ,C T' T ..... a,.,, p, leers oi t citizen-the basis which the Supreme Court de- nounced racial segregation in the schools. But Congress has never acted. The amendment is not sell- executing out coniams a specuic grant el power to Congress. Hence ! until Congress dees act. neither tne upreme lotiri nor any lower cnurt can do any legislating and at the same time obey the spirit of ire t onsimmnn liseil. ll is trip ,Ab,titen e( the stales to prei-re 'order, and thev have mp mnm I to do so. HAL BOYLE Actor James Would Be Good Movie Script NEW YORK m Hollywood flavor that car ry a warm hu man appeal. All right, Hol lywood, let's test you'. Here is a script that has everything you say you are looking for. But who will buy it? The script: Once upon a time there is ' boilk this tall, lanky Boy Scout, who wears glasses, see, and is shy and awkward and so absent-minded that when he comes to a telephone pole he steps aside to let it pass because he is always polite and considerate of others. Some Deoole think be stutters, hut he doesn't really stutter. He is iust so struck with the moon beam of living that midway in a sentence he changes his mind be cause he has thought of some thing else to say. This mate his talk a bit puzzling. Dreams of Flaying He dreams of being an accord ion player. He reads about Hou dini and dreams of being a magi- clan. He sees a movie of Martin Johnsonnin Africa and dreams of being an actor and a big game hunter. He reads about Charles Lindbergh flying the ocean alone, and he wishes he were Lindberg, soaring high a solitary so he takes to building model airplanes. "That boy Jim would do better to go to work in his dad's hard ware store," says his neighbors in a town with the uniikely name of Indiana, Pa. "He dan't know what he wants. Instead Jim goes to Princeton University where, as thousands cheer (he's a cheerleader), he dreams of being an engineer. ..an actor..,a stage boss. Goals Multi-Directional "Jim's life goals ,are presently multi-directional," say his pro fessors, which is their way of saying he doesn't know what he wants. Well, Jim finally graduates with a degree in architecture, his latest dream and lands a job do ing card tricks and playing an accordion in a New England tea room. He - does a few summer theater roles. Then he becomes a stage manager in Boston, and absent-mindedly rings down the final curtain on Miss Jane Cowl, who is playing "Camille," right in the mildle of the famous death scene. 'Naturally this panics everybody except Jim, who wishes at the moment he .could die.l After a few on-and-off-stage noises along Broadway, Jim goes to Hollywood, where his shy and gangling charm win him a quick buildup as "the boy who lives next to the girl next door." No Stereotyped Roles The producers, who at first think Jim will be easy to push around because he is so polite and doesn't seem to know what he wants, are surprised to find he knows what he doesn't want sterotyped roles. In 1940 he wins an Academy Award in "Thc Philadelphia Story," and tells an interviewer: "Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things. I won't let it get me, but too much praise REARING 81 ST BIRTHDAY Pope Healthy, But Suffering From Constant Threat of War By CRARI.ES RIDLEY United Press Staff Correspondent VATICAN CITY lUPi-On the eve of his 81st birthday, Pope Pius XII is reported to he in ex cellent physical health but "suffer ing deeply" from the constant threat of war. This Saturday, March 2, is a double anniversary for the Pope. It is both his birthday and Ihe Hlh anniversary for the Pope as spiritual leader of Ihe world's 450 million Roman Catholics. While he appears to be in the best health of any winter since World War II, high Vatican sources say he is basically un happy over the stale of the world. The sources say he is still ''suf fering deeply" over the events in Hungary and the Middle East and the constant menace;' of war. "In the face of these grave ev ils." one high source said, "the Pope finds consolation only in spiritual retirement and constant prayer. He has often said that his intense spiritual life and his trust in God give him the power to overcome these sorrows." The night of Dec. 2, when Pius XII lay near death with gas tritis and hernia, few of those close to him expected him to reach the age of 79. Will To Live But expert diagnosis and treat ment by Prof. Antonio Gasharnni and other specialists and the Pope's own strong will to live helped him pull through. Since that fateful night. Vatican sources say. his health has never looked heller. He had been plagued with winter illnesses intermiltentlv since 1(146. Kor two winters now there have been none. Last summer there were reports of occasional sore throats and at limes a mild return of Ihe hiccup j 444 STATE ST. Stewart's Life can turn a fellow's head if h doesn't watch his step." Jim saves up his money for a j.... rA ennn hae unnnoh tft rainy uoy, -..-- - last him through a century-long cloudburst. He ouys a plane ana learns to fly. , uir fommic dames in Hnllv wood are dying to drag him to tha preacher, but Jim likes the bach elor life with some old pals in a r,.lt nf mi half a itrrcpn doves, 3 dogs and 17 cats. "The guy doesn t know wnat n wants," everybody says. Quite a' Pay Drop War looms. The draft board de fers Jim because he is too light for his height. So he puts on 10 pounds, thc draft board tossej him to the Air Corps as a private, and Jim's pay drops from $12,000 a month to $21. He becomes a bomber pilot and goes over to Germany as a big game hunter in uniform. He flies 20 combat missions, comes homa a full colonel with a Distinguished Flying Cross, won the only way it can be. Jim takes up his film career where he had left it at the peak. In 1949 ne linds faloria, the girl he knows he wants, and thev marry and have a fine pair of girl twins. The last dream? In 1955 War ner Bros, asks Jim if he would like to play Lindbergh in a picture called "The Spirit of St. Louis." Be Lindbergh? asks Jim. 'I've dreamed of it most of my life." Then, when the picture is com pleted, Uncle Sam adds a final touch. The President of the United States nominates Jim to be a brigadier general m the Air Force Reserve t,he same . rank Lind bergh has. What an Oddball A few days later, standing In the midst of a crowded studio party, Jim, who once wanted to be an accordion player, thinks back on all his boyhood dreams. All have come true but two. He hasn't been an engineer or an architect, but if he had, could he have built or designed a happier life? A reporter steps up and says, "Well, what are your plans for the future?" "I don't. . .have. . . any pro gram," says Jim in that slow hem-and-haw manner folks havt always mistaken for a stutter. "I don't. . . quite see. . . how. . a fellow. , . really can." Walking away the reporter mut ters: "What an oddball. The guy don't seem to know what he wants or where he's going. . How did he ever get where he is?" That, Hollywood, is the script. If you want to buy it, ee Jimmy Stewart. He lived it. PEOPLE ARE SLIMMER ' People are becoming slimmer, it savs hprp. Whpthpr it ic hu-ac they are eating less or working naroer io pay taxes is not said Sherman County Journal. MORE TO CHOOSE FROM We don't know whether this generation is healthier than any former one or not, but it has more diseases to choose from. Sherman County Journal. i which affected thc Pope through out the 1954 crisis. But the nnld- 1 ness of the ailments was indicated by the fact that the w atchful spec- ' ialists made no extra visits to the ; Pope. ' Busy Schedule The Pope exhibits his fitness whpn hp slrin0: firmli, n mA !down the steps leading to the pap al inrone in si. reier s Basilica. In one month last summer he made 26 speeches, all of which he pre pared himself. In October and November, he issued three ency clical letters on thc Hungarian and Middle Eastern situations and broadcast a major appeal to t3 world for unity and peace. On thc eve of hfs 82nd year, tha Pope starts his day at 6:30 a.m. after mass in his private chapel, he confers with his aides and re ceives visitors in audience. In the afternoon he strolls in the Vatican gardens, along a covered passageway when it is raining, all the while studying documents of the church and Vatican state. It is after midnight when he lays aside his work to prat be before going to sleep in his fourth floor apartment, high above St, Peters Square. "We Were All So Astounded . , . la Vflaw thai r.tleraiiva art was inch m Inarlanl part at tha (on. anl aivia. Wa all ihaughl Hawaii Uw4, Funaril Hama wal parfact. Wa fvit taulaVl baliava thai h teuld ba rlar,.." Howell-Edwords Funeral Home i i