Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, A ugust 21, 1947
Telephone Traces W hite House History
P resident Hayes H ad First
I *1 tone in Execn t i ve M ansion
T ry sewing buttons on c h ild re n 's
garm ents w ith dental H oms . The
waxed thread w ill w ithstand m ore
'O R the lust six years, if you feel w ear and tear than the o rd in a ry
strong enough to turn buck the thread,
calendar to 1941, the Cardinals and
the Dodgers huve taken over most
r in g e r m .irk ’i and ugly Mttiudge*
¡o f the pennant Interest in the Nu- 0,1 w allpupet cun he rem oved ef-
tionul league. By some odd turn, flt'it'n tly w ith a handy a rt gum
i the Cubs slipped safely Into port in <’ U>ser. Keep one of these erasers
1945, but even then the Cardinals
h{,nd for CB*y cleaning.
' were breathing not fire on their
*
) „ecks.
Hang table linens on the lines
1 It must be admitted, that In most lengthwise. 1 he w urp threads in
of the Cardinal - Dodger pursuit ‘ ¡'e lon< weave are stronger thun
¡the woof threads.
r a c e s , the Red
—a —
B ir d s
from St.
Huy pillow eases large enough
Louis , have shown
fo r your pillow s. O therw ise the
more wing power
casings w ill not stand the w ear
in die stretch.They
and tear.
had the extra flut­
ter needed. A year
When shoes begin to scuff oral
ago,
around this
peel, rub them w ith the w hite of
time, the Dodgers
an egg. I t w ill paste down the
were seven-and-a-
broken pieces.
half games in front
of their Cardinul
Table linen should be looked
pursuers, but this
over fo r stains before pu ttin g in
lead wasn't enough,
as they tlnlshed in (■ranllund Rice (jle w asj, tub. Soapy w a te r w ill
a dead heat with the Cardinals win- ?et ^J® ■tain9- nnd m easures m ust
ning the play-off.
be taken ,0 rem ove any m a rks bc-
Whutever happens In ihe foggy ^o r® im m e rsin g in the suds,
future, and all futures ore foggy,
the Dodgers have stolen the Nu- , • ° u r step-stool or kitchen lad-
lional league show up to this spot.
can t be too c u ri-fu lly chosen.
. I t should be as w ide and stu rd y ns
w ith rubber feet and non­
their manager, Leo Durocher, was
s lip treads fo r safety. Take no
ordered to Elba, or St. Helena, the chances on a ric k e ty ladder.
F
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WASHINGTON,—R ecently the P resid en t turned down a
very flossy television set because he alread y had one. It w as
installed in the White House la st J a n u a ry in tim e for Mr. T ru ­
m an to "see the installation of the new R epublican congress.
However, I imagine this innovation caused nowhere near the flurry
among the White House staff that ensued on that day in 1878 when the
first telephone instrument was put in. That was in the administration of
Rutherford B Hayes of Ohio, the 19th president-and that was the vear
in which the Democrats, who already had control of the house, acquired
control in the senate as well.
However, the opposition, when it 4b—-------------------------------------------------------
became the m ajority, made blunder said, "she doesn't need a number to
after blunder. Mr. Hayes continued get her man.”
his administration with a quiet if
Once she located Cornelius yan
perhaps somewhat monotonous dig­ derbilt Jr. with no other clue than
nity, until he was succeeded by an­ that he was motoring east from
IT PAYS TO BE EDUCATED . . . Some kind of high-water mark
other Republican. President Gar­ California.
for radio quiz show prizes must have been reached when $7.440_
field.
I don't know how many long­
largest amount of money ever offered on a radio show—went to Mr,
I doubt if the even tenor of Mr. distance calls a day she put in at
and Mrs. Albert Eowler of Glen Rock, N. J., whom M. C. Bert Parks
Hayes’ existence was frequently the peak of the war but I do know
Is congratulating here. Both in their seventies, they are teachers In
disturbed by the that the number of long-distance
Paterson, N. J.
ringing of the calls out of Washington jumped
telephone bell — from approximately 11.000 a day in
or much of any­ 1939 to well over 48.000 in 1945. To­
th in g else fo r day they have dropped back to a
t h a t m a t t e r . little over 44.000 It is fa ir to as­
Very few resi­ sume that the White House calls
dences or places have followed the same curve
of business pos­ under the nimble-fingered direction
sessed phones of “ Hackie."
then F u r t h e r ­
Napoleonic bide - out, by Happy
Even by 1935 it took five
more, the tele­
Chandler,
who, right or wrong, also
operators in shifts to handle the
S m all scrapa of w hite candles
phone was by no
was wrapped up in a fog. This
White House calls. At that time
m ay be put together in a »m all
means accepted
forced Branch Hickey to reach out
Miss Haclyncister was the first
cotton bag and brought out on
A N N IV E R S A R Y :
as a means of
and drag In Hurt Shotton, the most
and only woman to operate a
ironing day. The iron won’t stick
protests
to
come
from
the
state
de­
c o m m u n ic a tio n
underrated
manager
In
baseball,
Hells Tolled
White House switchboard.
i f it's passed over the bag a few
partment
since
American
planes
for
presidents
or
who knew nothing about his team. tim es.
Baukhage
In Hiroshima, lapan. the hells
President Truman,uses the tele­
were shot down over Yugoslavia a
their entourages
Shotton stepped into the middle of
—•—
tolled.
People
of
the
city
stood
year ago. the note marked the first
in those days. In any case, the phone a good deal — he has so
a strange squad. He soon lost his
silently in prayer for a moment,
many
friends
on
Capitol
H
ill
that
Avoid
leaning
against the door
official
unpleasantry
to
be
delivered
White House managed to lim p along
then went on about the business
by the United States to the puppet star. Pete Reiser, who still believes when rid in g in an autom obile, i f
on one phone until the end of Presi­
of living.
his head is harder than a hydrant you lik e to sit sidewise, put on the
Hungarian regime.
dent Cleveland's administration.
It was the second anniversary of
or a concrete wall Then Shotton safety latch.
The
incident
grew
out
of
the
ar­
By the time President McKinley
the radiant, consuming flash of the
—• —
rest of Stephen T. Thuransky, an begun looking around for a pitcher
entered the White House, all gov­
world's first atomic bomb.
who
could
travel
four
innings—al-
Rem
oving
outside
paint is best
American citizen, for his alleged
ernment offices had phones and
Hiroshima, which saw 92.000 of its
“ revolting and scandalizing vilifica­ most anyone who could locate the done w ith a blow torch, but the
they were accepted as every-day
citizens immolated in that uncon-
elem ent of danger m ust alw ays be
tions in public" of Hungary's presi­ general direction of the plate.
necessities, but they were not an
j trollable outburst of energy in 1945.
dent and other government mem
4
i
f
f
j
z
s
i
i
w
borne in m ind. Use only enough
important element in the handling
i was perhaps the oi.e place on earth
flam e to m e lt ttie paint.
Then
bers. Thuransky, his wife and two A lllla (H d-I lin e r
of White House business.
! where the bomb could be thought
Shotton. a mild, country looking scrape im m e d ia te ly w ith a knife,
daughters later were taken into cus­
When Teddy Roosevelt came in,
, of as a reality. Everywhere else
tody by U. S. legation officials and old-timer, the exact opposite of Hold the torch in one hand and
despite his strenuous activities and
| it was a nightmarish. Damoclean removed to Vienna.
Durocher. like Ole Man River, just use the other fo r the scraper,
what was considered then a some- ,
sword; but in Hiroshima the people
Tl
|>
,
•
In the protest note, the state de­ k e p t ro llin g * a lo n g
what revolutionary outlook, he
were paying it a sort of fantastic
were
shot
The
day
of
the
Bums
Before
washing
glasses which
partment
pointed
out
that
the
ar
made very little use of the tele- |
and bewildered adulation.
rest of an American citizen on pure­ was over. The Brooklyn attendance ¡have held m ilk , rinse them in cold
phone himself.
They tolled bells.
and thoy
ly political charges is "absolutely would take a dizzy dip. But what w ater.
Then along came Franklin Roose
planned the building of a modern
—• —
inadmissible" under the armistice h a p p e n s '' T h e D o d g e rs BMV* OUt In
veit and the New Deal, a part of 1
city with a peace memorial at the
Before washing d ir ty curtains,
agreement which prevails In Hun­ front, and (he attendance fills the
which was a five-position branch i
spot over which the bomb had been
gary. Also, officials of the Hungari­ ball park, despite a wet. cold spring allow them to soak in cold w ater
exchange with more than 200 offi
dropped.
overnight, to loosen d irt.
an m inistry of the interior were and a wetter, colder June
cial extensions and 20 outside trunk
At other points across the globe,
The Dodgers, so far, under S h o t ________________ ______________ _
accused of being “ uncooperative in
connections to handle the calls
the atomic age was living up to its
the extreme and in some cases in- ton, have outplayed the Bums. And
“ White House calling" became a
awful reputation by wringing fear­ admissibly insolent."
they have even keener fan support.
by-word.
some comments and predictions
For Brooklyn knows its baseball
Then also came the first woman
from men who are supposed to know V I V A :
and Brooklyn understands and ap­
telephone operator and probably
about
it.
LOUISE HACHMEISTER
preciates the handicaps Shotton has
the most efficient of either sex that
Robert M. Hutchins, chancellor of T oreador
. doesn't need a num ber . . .
faced, with Chuck Dressen and Red
the White House ever had or w ill
University of Chicago, said that two
Orson Welles, the man who didn't Corriden over in the Yankee camp.
have in many a day. Louise Hach- his voice is almost as fam iliar over atom bombs which now could be
An old-timer by the name of Burt
meister—“ Hackie” —is probably fa those branch lines as it was when manufactured would make the Unit­ come from Mars, has found him ­
self, to put it politely, on the horns Shotton deserves much more credit
vorably known to more famous he was a senator himself.
ed States uninhabitable if exploded of a dilemma.
than he has ’ecelved. He has turned
users of the telephone than any
I don't know how much fun he simultaneously. He made it a com­
The self-designated genius was In one of the big Jobs of the year.
other operator in history. Her gen­ gets out of the television set. His
plete Jeremiad by adding, "We quoted recently as saying he had
The Cardinals, looking back to
ius in being able to locate people bowling alley is pretty dusty and
know that some other country w ill killed 20 bulls, and immediately he
March and April, appeared to have
anywhere in the world has been the the d irt doesn’t often fly on his
subject of many a story. Louis horseshoe pitching court—or what­ have the atomic bomb within five was challenged by another actor, class. The Giants have had power
years.
We know that when that Fortunio Bonanova, to enter the
Howe, who introduced her to the ever the technical name of that
The Braves have had balance,
happens we are all set for the Anal bull fighting ring at Tijuana, Mex­
President while she was working at arena is. As to the “ video," it can’t
pitching and hitting But the Dodg­
catastrophe.”
ico, and perform for the benefit of ers remain the major threat, the
Friends of Roosevelt headquarters, be half the novelty to him that the
In
a
constructive
moment,
Dr.
charity.
called her “ the world's greatest old-fashioned telephone instrument
team to beat.
Robert Oppenheimer, atom pio­
Said the Spanish-born Bonanova
telephone detective" because, he was to President Hayes
A few days ago, I ran across my
neer, said that usable electrical
in an open letter to Welles, "K illin g old friend Arky Vaughan, one of the
power derived from atomic en­
20 bulls is a lot of killin g ,” neglect­ best all-around ballplayers you'll
ergy may be available by 1952.
ing to add that it is also a lot of see in many a year. Arky can play
But everybody knew that the Unit­ bulls.
ed States was stressing development I "So let us do a corrida (series of either the infield or the outfield—
and
production of the atomic bomb fights) this season in Tijuana for and he is one of the best natural H u n d (,r S to k f,/' Doesn't like the
Boris Krelov has gone home. He and explain why your govern­
hitters baseball has known.
to build a stockpile for utter de­ the motion picture relief fund. I
was a member of the staff of Tass ment—”
“ What holds the Dodgers up?” 1 food he’s getting and makes no secret
struction.
And
everybody
knew
that
(official Soviet news agency), sta­
am sure the impresario would give asked.
of it. If only his mistress would dish
Before she could finish (he
tioned for some three years in guessed what was coming) he held Russia was laboring furiously to­ us a Sunday afternoon. What do
up Oro-Pup Ribbon! Crisp. Toasted
“
A
good
all-around
ball
club,"
Washington.
ward the same ends.
you say to two bulls apiece?"
up his hand.
Vaughan answered.
"There’ s al­ Made with 23 essential nutrients. Eco­
So far as I have been able to
The people of Hiroshima did well
Admission: Shady side. $2; sun­
“ Please,” he said with a dis­
ways
somebody
around
to handle nomical, too. One box supplies as
to toll bells two years after they ny side, $1.
1
learn, his American contacts, which
arming smile that took the
much food in dry weight as five 1-Ib
the job when we get in trouble. This
felt the bomb. It brought to mind
were many, both official and per­
cans of dog food I Oro-Pup also comes
sting out of his words, “ We are
means
pitchers,
outfielders
or
in­
an old, poetic question:
A L E U T IA N S :
sonal, made not a single ideological
having such a pleasant time,
In Meal and In Pel-ms. Feed all three
fielders. We’ve had more hard luck
impact upon him or his way of
Did the bells herald a wed­
but you force me to say this:
Bases
Retained
with
Reiser,
Edwards
and
others,
ding or a funeral?
thinking. He upheld the Russian
I cannot explain what you wish
The Aleutian islands, that long, than any other team. But we keep
cause; he talked more freely than
because you people are just too
I
N
S
O
L
E
N
C
E
:
cold
chain of fog-bound rocks which hustling. We'll outhustle the Cardi­
most Russians in a semi-official or
stupid to understand Commu­
started
many an American G.I. nals, too. We have a bunch of young
official capacity do but (also so far
nism.”
Slap Hands
talking
to
himself during the war, pitchers, wno w ill be stars next
as I can learn) he never offered
DOG FOOD
If that sentiment is a sincere and
The United States, visibly irked is being integrated into the pattern year. After all, Branca is only 21.
M a rfa by
the slightest compromise of view­ typical expression of how the men
by
recent
actions
of
the
new
Com­
of the North American defense sys­ Watch Hatten and Barney. Robin­
point, never accepted any argu­ who run Russia feel, the road ahead
munistic Hungarian government, tem.
son has turned in a swell job Show
ment or explanation of democratic is a rocky one. Kipling once put
vented its diplomatic rage in a
General of the Arm y Dwight me a stronger second base-short­
(A m e ric a n - s ty le ) m e th o d s of into verse the problem he felt the
stinging note which accused Hun­
■ • « » ! • C r e e k a n d O rn ab a
stop combination than Reese and
thought or action.
foreigner faced in trying to under­ gary of “ inadmissibly insolent" con­ Eisenhower has revealed that the
Stanky. They are winning ballplay­
framework
of
strategic
bases
in
the
stand the American. What he said duct toward American diplomats
And yet — and here is the
Aleutians is being kept intact for ers. The Dodgers are made up of
might be applied to Russia:
thing that baffled most of us—
in that country.
winning ballplayers.
rapid
expansion if necessary.
he was well-liked, he was good
"Inopportune, thrill accented, the
Second cause for U. S. anger was
After
having
paid
a
visit
to
the
acrid Asiatic mirth that leaves him,
company, and if we could have
careless 'mid his dead, the scandal the arrest and beating in Budapest continent’s northernmost line of de­ 7 he y en to IT in
found the tiniest peg on which
of the elder earth. How shall he clear of an American citizen and the sub­ fense. General Eisenhower said that
"E very team and every ball­
to hang an idea, he would have
■w O uTm b
himself, how reach your bar or sequent unsatisfactory explanation the islands were not being aban­ player likes to win. But the Dodgers
C e p B r u ih A p p l i c a t o r ]
inspired us to write about Rus­
of
the
incident
offered
by
Hungarian
weighed defense prefer—a brother
m efce. BUCK LEAF 4 0 j
doned, but were undergoing a "con­ like the winning side better than J U S T A
sia "w ith a heart," as a Rus­
IO MUCH P A R T M I*J
hedged with alien speech and lacking officials.
traction and concentration of m ili­ anyone else. I can’t understand why O A SH I N F fÄ T H E R S
sian woman interpreter is re­
all interpreter?"
One of the most harshly worded tary potential.”
OR
S
P
R
E
A
D
O
N
ROOSTS
so
many
people
are
surprised
at
the
ported to have begged of Sam
Dodgers' showing. We might easily
Welles, Time’s correspondent
with better luck, have been much
in Moscow.
WNU—13
34—47
farther in front.”
We wonder about Boris.
$e
It
might
be
mentioned
here
that
would have liked so much to sit
Vaughan has been one of the stars
down and talk frankly and freely
in this Dodger drive. Vaughan’s h it­
with him about the common prob­
ting and his all-around play has
lems and the still more common
filled a wide - open gap.
And
misunderstandings
between
our
WASHINGTON. — Fourth largest piowing up sod-lands not suited for
Estim ating on the basis of a 10- Vaughan is no longer a kid.
For You T o Feel Well
countries. Was he able to appear so wheat acreage the farmers of this sustained farm ing in order to take
year average yield figure of 14.3
But, now the Cardinals are com
24 hour* «vary day 7 days every
genial and friendly and charming nation have ever planted may be advantage of high wheat prices.
week, never stopping, the kidney i filter
bushels an acre, the crop in 1948 ing along—and the Cardinals have
because he held such high rank at realized in 1948 if the department
waste m atter irom the blood.
However, an even more impor­
I f more people wore aware of how the
home that he wasn’t afraid to con­ of agriculture’s revised goal of 75 tant factor in determining the na­ would be 1.07 billion bushels, but if always been the team to beat.
kidneys muat constantly remove sur­
the outturn follows the 1942-48 aver­
They were S-to-5 shots last April.
sort, as far as personal matters m illion acres is met next year.
plus
fluid, ezcaaa acids end other wests
tion’s wheat acreage in 1948 w ill be age of 16.3 bushels an acre, pro­
went, as a trusting friend?
“ nnof • " I ’
th « Hood
That m ark is a five million-acre the lure of the two dollar-a-bushel duction would reach 1221 billion They were the sure things of an un­
without Injury to health, there would
sure game. They still look to have
Was he so deeply indoctrinated increase from the pattern recom­ market price. Department authori­
be
better
understanding
of
why tha
bushels.
whole ayatom Is upaet when kidney, fall
the class, the experience, the pitch­
in the ideology of Marxism-Lenin- mended last year and a seven ties admitted that high market
to function properly.
In the wake of this year’s bumper ing and their share of power. But
ism-Stalinism that he was filled million-acre boost over the wheat prices w ill do more to dictate the
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina­
tion sometime, warn, th at something
with pity rather than the typical goal set last spring before the corn amount of wheat planted than could crop, a much smaller 1948 wheat it is still a question as to whether
la
wrong.
You may suffer nagging back­
suspicion which seems to permeate outlook took on its gloomy cast. any a rb itra rily assigned govern­ yield norm ally would be indicated; they can outrun the Dodgers and
ache, headaches, dlazineee, rheumatic
peine, getting up at nights, swelling.
however, the world food shortage the Braves. Anyone who leaves or
most Russian-American relations? Continued and unrem itting interna­ ment goal.
W hy not try Doan’s P ills ! You will
makes it desirable, according to de­ heaves out the Itraves is a trifle
One slight clue we have, though it tional demand for ffiod grains in­
be using a medicine recommended the
The
department
said
the
75
m
il­
goofy.
partment
spokesmen,
that
the
country over. Doan’s stimulate the funo-
may be a false one. Once, at a fluenced the agriculture department
tlon of the kidneys and help them to
lion-acre goal, if achieved, would United States continue its high rate
rather intim ate gathering, Krelov’s into making the upward revision.
The Yankees already have wreck
P,
.
poisonous waste from the
provide
the
fourth
largest
wheat
of
production.
The
United
Nations
blood.
They contain nothing harmful.
hostess finally grew a little impa­
ed the American league race. This
While officials admitted that the acreage the farmers in the United
Get Doan s today. Use with confidence.
has warned that the world food sit­ means a bigger world series pay­
tient and said something like this; increased acreage constitutes an in­
A t all drug stores.
"Listen here, Boris, we’re friends. vitation to farmers to plant heavily States have ever planted. Higher uation has not improved in the past off. This also means a keener finan­
plantings
occurred
in
1919,
1937
and
year, and predicts shortages w ill cial Interest for any National league
Surely you can be frank with us in wheat, they cautioned against 1938.
continue another two years.
winner.
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