Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, July 7, 1949
This Handsome Settee
Excellent for Lawn
UN CHAPEL WILL HAVE NO ALTAR . . .
'Divers Are the Ways to Approach God'
IT CAN BE A MANGER OR A MOSQUE
By H I. PHILLIPS
'D IV E R S ARE TH E W AYS . . .*
B-36 Probe
No altar. . , .
truth and an omnipotent power . , ,
“ The chapel ot prayer in the new
No stained-glass windows. . . .
Yet here can be the Universal
United Nations headquarters w ill
No man of Sorrows with His ex­ Temple, the Cathedral of the Earth,
have no altar or windows. A shaft ample of love, sacrifice, sorrow the Prayer Room of All Races,
of sunlight w ill come through the and ultimate victory that has Creeds and Sects, all communing
roof. A huge m a r b l e slab, me­ stirred m illions through the cen­ with a Supreme Being in the reali­
morializing the war dead, w ill be turies. . . .
zation that without it they are as
the only object in the simple, cy­
Just a shaft of sunlight beating video puppets!
lindrical structure.*’—News Item.
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in from above to symbolize hope.
A shaft of sunlight! Nothing
more! Yet In It the Christian,
Jew, Confueianist.
Buddhist,
Mohammedisi and Zoroastrlan-
Ist may know the mysteries of
faith, see the holy of holies and
seek the Inspiration and guid­
ance desired by all men.
G ra c e
N o ll
C r o w e ll
*5,
E WHO has suffered much speaks many
tongues.
H
He can be understood, he understands
The language of the countless ones who reach
For sympathy with weak imploring hands;
To each in his own tongue he has the words
That bring the quick relief of tears; he speaks
And suddenly old heavy burdens lift,
And there is hope again for him who seeks.
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In it, the Christian w ill see the
manger at Bethlehem, hear “ Holy
N ight," perceive the shepherds
watching their flocks by night . . .
know the cleansing beauty of the
Sermon on the Mount . . . feel the
horror of Golgotha . . . th rill to the
Resurrection morn!
Here may the Jew commune with
Moses and his ancient prophets, the
Turk turn to Mohammed and the
Indian seek guidance from his
separate gods. In this simple
chamber may all hear the timeless
voice!
May this be a "room at the
inn,’ * a manger, a temple and
a mosque, breathing the true
essence of divinity.
Here may troubled men. charged
with a great duty in an hour of
frightful peril, subscribe to the
words of Sri Ramakrishna:
"As one can ascend to the top of
a house by means of a ladder, a
bamboo, a staircase or a rope, so
divers are the ways to approach
God, end every religion in the
world shows these ways. Different
are the ways that lead to the Tem­
ple of Kalighat; sim ilarly varied
are those that lead to the House of
the Lord."
O you who have grown weary of your load,
Shoulder it bravely again a little while.
There will be those who may require of you
Help to go some first bewildering mile
With grief or pain. God will have need of you
As His interpreter that you may tell
Them of the hope ahead, of the healing years, •
And of His love. Oh, learn the language well!
"There w ill be no windows
F ic tio n
HE MUCH ballyhooed prob« of
Yet on these «¡ills and In
these shadows may men of all
faiths
find
truth,
charity,
brotherly love and respect for
the eternal verities.
Here, denied all symbols,
may they hear the flutter of
wings, stir to distant trumpets,
and mark, "Thou shall not kill”
In a dosen longues.
T the B 36 la now taking an un­
expected and not too happy turn—
"A marble slab w ill be the only
object in the room . . . ”
In it may the envoys see the de­
votion of the gallant dead, the suf­
ferings of the widow and orphan.
May its rugged sim plicity picture
the kid in the sandlots suddenly de­
fending a bloody barricade and
echo the schoolgirl's laughter sud­
denly changed to words of com­
fort in a field hospital.
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This is the indispensable struc­
ture. the all-im portant chamber.
This is the simple, unadorned place
without which all the elaborated
council chambers w ill be as a
field without sun or rain.
This is the cornerstonel
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CUFF STUFF
"The President Insists that con
gress has flagrantly ignored the
November mandate of the voters.
—News item . . . That ol’ Forgot­
ten Mandate, ag'in.
■ •
P.L.T. says he has a kid who is
so smart he knows all the video
sets by name.
■ • —
Ye Gotham Bugle
One of the most perfect video
skits we’ve seen was a recent one
by Boris K arloff which opened
with a three-quarters close-up of
him in his most terrorizing form.
He was wielding a hatchet and ex­
claiming, "Remember, you must
strike straight and hard! You must
strike often! And you mustn’t miss
a single stroke.” . . . In the sur­
prise finish, he was revealed as a
scoutmaster
instructing
Boy
Scouts on woodmanship.
IN FECTK)U5 LAUGH
Corner
ot least for the navy. The turn is
so unhappy (hut nuval reserve cap­
tain Congressman Jimmie Von
Zandt, the Pennsylvania Republi­
can who started all the B-36 furor,
would Just as soon forget about it.
For Chairman Curl Vinson of the
armed services committee is not
merely probing the B-38. He is
also investigating the source of the
ainear stories against secretary of
defense Johnson and secretary of
a ir Symington. In other words; he
Is probing the delicate but highly
important question of who wrote
Congressman Van Zandt’s vitriolic
speeches.
Richard H. Wilkinson
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G e n e ra l Q uiz
Io this eonneelloii It may be
significant that the navy has
suddenly transferred Its press
relations and propaganda ex­
pert, Rear Adm. Edward Ewen,
to Guam. Admiral Ewen had
served only one year of a three-
year tour of duty, hut suddenly
he was whisked off to a distant
island, far from the strong arm
of a congressional subpoena.
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The Questions
1. Who Is comm ander-ln-chlcf
of the U.S Army and Navy?
2. What does ‘‘burying the
the hatchet” signify?
3. What is the feminine of
senor?
4. What do the letters C. C. C.
stand for?
5. Who Is known as the ‘‘King
The Vinson committee also is ex­
pected to apply the microscope to
The Answers
the most powerful backstage lobby­
ing organization ever to buttonhole
1. President H arry S. Trum an.
congressmen for a government bu­
2. Making peace.
reau—the Navy League. Frank
3. Señora.
Hecht, president of the Navy
4. Civilian Conservation Corps,
League, now has become so vitu­ of Jazz” ?
perative in comparing Secretary
5. Paul Whiteman,
Johnson to European dictators, that
good-natured Bob Fleming, presi­
dent of Washington's Riggs National Uncovered Relics Y ield
Bank, is all set to resign us
Story of P rim itiv e M an
treasurer of the Navy League. As
treasurer of the G.O.P. congres­
L O N D O N . — Archaeologists
sional committee last year, Flem­ thought they had caught a glimpse
ing helped raise around a million of the lives of B ritain’s pagan
dollars for Dewey, and has no love Saxon ancestors through relics dug
for the administration. But he up recently from an ancient burial
hasn't been able to stomach the ground on Farthing Down near
Navy League diatribes.
Coulsdon.
The Navy League has now taken j Beside the skeleton of n child
over the admirals' crusade against of about 2, probably a boy. had
the b ill before congress tightening been placed his well-loved toy
unification. What the admirals say j iron spear. A child in another
privately, the Navy League now i grave was thought to be n girl.
says for them publicly.
Beneath her chin were found
H isto ry Repeats
By
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settee by following the pattern
method of construction. This nnd
m any m ore projects con be built
at the lowest possible cost—if you
want to "buihl it yourself.”
H arry Truman isn’t the first Pres­
ident to have trouble with the Navy
League. Herbert Hoover also had
his headaches. Just 17 years ago
he got into such a mudslinging duel
with the Navy League that the
latter ended up charging the Pres­
ident of the United States with
"abysmal ignorance.”
the colored beads she used to w ear
and someone, m ore than 13 cen­
turies ago, had placed a large dec­
orated bead in her mouth when
she was laid to rest.
Leg and ankle bones of an old
m an were found to be bent, prob­
ably because he had squatted on
his heels in a prim itive home
which boasted no chair.
TT WAS ETHAN PRYOR'S laugh- with Ethan. The comedian was in­
"Sure,” said Abigail. "When you
ter that firs t attracted Abigail spired.
have something it should be cashed
BY INEZ GERHARD
to him. When Ethan laughed every
After the show a man came up
JjE T T Y CLARK, star of the Sun- one else laughed. The sound had and sat down at Ethan’s and Abi­ in on. You can laugh your way to
& day ABC “ Betty Clark Sings," that m irthful, appealing quality gail's table. Abigail introduced him riches, my dear.”
Attempting to practice econ­
Times were getting better. Peo­
is one of those rare people who that was infectious. It was good to as the owner of the stock company
How
omy, Hoover had ordered the
should be a lesson to all of us. It hear. It gave you a feeling of w ell­ show where she sold tickets. His ple were buying antiques. By the
You
admirals to < ut their 1933
beginning of 1936 he was doing
wasn’t too surprising to learn that being.
name was Jones.
M ay
budget.
Instead
the
admirals
quite
well.
That
summer
he
en­
12-year-old Betty recently w a s
This all happened in 1929,
"Listen,” said Mr. Jones.
upped it by 40 million dollars
larged
his
shop.
graduated from elementary school
when Ethan’s retail antique
"W e’ll pay you $5 a night to
and Hoover sent the budget
with an average of more than 90
Well,” said Abigail, happily, ” 1
business was netting him $15,-
come and laugh at our show.
—w ithout being awakened
back with a demand that it he
per cent. She looks very intelligent.
guess
we
laughed
our
way
through
000 a year.
It was easy to
I t ’s supposed to be a funny
I f you’ro forced up n ightly h*«-auao of urg«s,
reduced
20
millions
under
1932,
I was slightly surprised to learn
that depression all rig h t.”
do thia: S ta rt taking F O L E Y F I L L S for
laugh then. They were a jolly
show. You can put it across.”
Kluggtah Kidnoya. T h e y purge kidney« of
that she skips rope and goes roller
Whereupon the Navy League,
couple.
Ethan scratched his chin. He
Ethan kissed her. Then he threw
WBataa; they sooth« thoao irritation « causing
skating once a week. And of
acting
as
a
megaphone
for
the
ad­
thoae
urge« Also allay backache«, leg paina,
In 1931 Ethan’s retail antique
back
his
head
and
began
to
laugh.
looked at Abigail. He said:
painful paaaagea from kidney inaction. Unleoa
business dropped off from one-half
“ Well, I dunno. For $40 a week
He laughed loud and long. “ There!” mirals, hurled the “ abysmal ignor
you sleep all night tom orrow night iM H J ItL K
I
Y O U R M O N E Y L A C K . A t your druggtat.
its top amount to one-third, then to
1 might consider it.”
he said. "That laugh isn’t going to ance” charge at Hoover just as the
one-quarter.
cost any one a cent. From now on same Navy League is now calling
"S o ld !” said M r. Jones.
Ethan looked at his wife when I laugh because I want to and free Secretary Johnson a dictator.
That year passed and the next.
■■«P * W» » W1 » W1
Most folks have forgotten the
“ You planned i t ! ” of charge. Honey, I love you.”
The Pryors didn’t find it so easy to he got home.
S U F F E R IN G
FRO M
origin of the Navy League—which
la u g h .
They he accused.
“ D itto,” said Abigail.
RHEUMATISM?
shouldn't be forgotten. For Its
gave up their
founders read like a meeting of
HERE'S GOOD NEWS!,
s e v e n -ro o m
m etallurgical magnates.
«h a
apartment
and
They include: Charles M. Schwab. Crary Water Crystals give
LAST WEEKS
almost miraculous benrhit
moved into a
Bethlehem Steel Corporation; J
to sufferer» from rheuma*
ANSWER ■
less
expensive
Pierpont Morgan, United States turn, a rth ritis , n e u ritis ,
n d s to m a c h disorders
one. In January of 1934 they moved
Steel Corporation and owner of a a caused
or ag gravated by
to a single room in an unfashion­
poor
elimination. Money«
controlling interest in the Carnegie
back guarantee If ><>ur
able part of the city. Ethan was
Steel Company; Col. R. M. Thomp­ drug gist doesn't stock,
barely making enough to keep
ACROSS
2. Sandarac
19. In place of
»end $1.25 for l ib. box.
son, International Nickel Company;
C razy W a te r C om pany,
1. A Hebrew
them from starving.
tree
20. Largest
B. F. Tracy, attorney for the Car
Mineral W ells, Texas
patriarch
3.. Centers
continent
Abigail huhted for a week and
negie Steel and Harvey Steel com­
6.
Custom
4.
Undivided
21.
Obtains
la
eventually won for herself a job.
crysials
panies, and director of the Tennes­
11. Sarcasm
5. Next or
22. Absent
I t wasn’t much of a job. She sat
see Coal and Iron Company;
12. Rapidly
near tc
23. Garment
behind a glass window all after­
George
Westinghouse,
Westing-
13. Unadorned 6. Occur
26. Eye
✓ Relieve distress of M 0 N T H L Y \
house Electric Company; Clement
14. Having a
7. Sacred bull 28. Permit
course she is exceptional as the noon and evening selling tickets for
A. Griscom, director, Cramp Ship
steeple
31. Slants
(Egypt.)
only child in America who has her a stock company performance. The
15. Before
8. Stripe
32. Past
and Engine Company, the Electric
own network show. But what makes stock company wasn’ t doing so
16. Short,
9. Frozen
36. High
Boat Company and the United
all she does especially remarkable well. I t looked as though it might
brisk
water
card
A n s w er to P o u le No. 5
States Steel Corporation; S. S.
and courageous is the fact that fold up any day. But it paid $15 a
jumps
10. Spread
37. Shaky
P a lm e r , director, Lackawanna
charming little Betty has been total­ week and would have to do until
17. Not fresh
grass to dry
(slang)
she could get something better.
42. A gear­
Steel Company; eighteen members
ly blind since birth.
19. Cigarette
14. Coin
38. Crown
wheel tooth
Are you troubled by distress of
of the Midvale Steel Company.
Inspired, a little ashamed,
(slang)
(Peru)
of head
female functional periodic disturb­
43. Constella­
Ethan
went
job
hunting
him
­
ance!?
Does thia make you suffer
22.
Land-
The harpsichord which Eugene
16. Grass cut
(humorous)
tion
Steel W ants Big N avy
from pain, feel so nervous. tired—
self. He hunted a week, two
measure
Ormandy bought in Vienna for
and dried
40. Melody
44. Short sleep
There is a good reason why these
at euch time«? Then do try Lydia B.
w e e k s , without success. He
24. Affirmative
for fodder 41. Gull-
Dr. Frank Black, conductor of
45. River
Plnkham’s Vegetable Compound to
gentlemen
and
their
successors
began
to
brood.
Abigail
did
her
vote
(var.)
relieve such symptoms. Plnkham’e
18. A U. S.
like
"Harvest of Stars,” w ith James
(Swltz.)
should
be
the
most
powerful,
un­
has a grand toothing effect on one
best to cheer him up, to get
25. A slipknot
president
bird
Melton, couldn’t get used to New
47. Music not«
o/
w om an's m ost im p o r ta n t o rg a n s!
scrupulous,
and
consistently
irre
­
27.
A
fierce,
him
into
a
happy
frame
of
York weather. Went out of com­
pressible
propagandlzers
for
a
big
'LYDIA
E. PINKHAM’S SSSSfil“'
wild
animal
mind.
mission and spent a year being re­
navy.
29.
Courage
paired.
"L e t’ s hear the old laugh ring
WNU—13
“
---------27 '15
(slang)
I t pays. The bigger the navy,
out, darling. A pleasant frame of
30. Incites
the more steel plates, the more
mind is half the battle.” She sat
"The Adventures of Sam
32. Mulberry
generators, the more copper
on the arm of his chair. “ Tell you
33. Like
Spade" moves to NBC In Sep­
and nickel these gentlemen sell
what. Let’s celebrate. Let’s take
34. Still
tember (same time, same star,
to Uncle Sam.
$5 and go down to Tony’ s. We can
35. A brewed
Howard Duff) after being heard
have a gay time for a change.”
malt liquor
•n CBS since September of
Members of the Navy League
38. A’little
T H E Y WENT to Tony’s.
They
1946. Before that the show had
have been active and brazenly ad­
(mus.)
drank wine and ate a big din­
put in a couple of months on
mitted their activity in sabotaging
39. Cereal grain
ner. They danced. They sat and
ABC,
American diplomats at interna­
42. An appetizer
watched the floor show. It wasn’t
tional conferences.
45.
Land-
a bad floor show. Among other
It was Charley Schwab of Bethle­
Stacey Harris, radio actor, w ill
measure
things there was a comedian. The
46. Harangu«
hem steel and associates who paid
make his screen debut in “ Postal
He wasn’t
47. A dervish
$25,000 to “ Big Bass Drum” Shearer
Inspector.” Harris started his act­ comedian was sad.
funny. But Abigail laughed. She
(Moh.)
to frustrate the Geneva naval con­
ing career w ith Burt Lancaster on
48. Stares,with
ference. The steel and shipbuilding
the Broadway stage, then turned laughed as though she thought he
was tremendously funny.
open mouth
companies just didn’t want naval
to radio when Lancaster turned to
Ethan looked at her. A fond light
49. Assumed
lim itation to succeed. Dividends,
Hollywood.
came into his eyes. She was trying
parent
for them, came ahead of their coun­
tongue of
to be gay. She was doing all she
try's efforts for peace.
William Bendix finally had to could to bolster up his spirits. He
the Indo-
At Geneva, Shearer would have
wear make-up in “The Big Steal.” could at least help.
European
got nowhere If he had not had the
languages
On location in Mexico he picked
Ethan laughed. It was the old
all-too-eager cooperation of several
DOWN
up such a deep tan that his face time, m irthful, appealing laughter.
U. S. naval officers sent to Geneva
1. Agree
had to be lighted to the shade it I t rolled out and filled the room.
to work for naval limitation. In­
was in the scenes filmed earlier Others heard it. Others laughed.
stead, they did the opposite and
in Hollywood.
PUZZLE NO. •
They couldn’t help it. They laughed
plumped for naval expansion
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