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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. Mir mo - i I t - 1 rTT 1 i i I Mim fAcm Tetephotot . 29 HURT IN APARTMENT BUILDING BLAST-Centor section of a four-story apartment building In I Seattle, Wash., sags In shattered shambles after an early-morning explosion ripped through the structure. Injuring 30 persons. Authorities believe the blast was caused by gas leakage In boiler room. Every window In the 32-apartment structure was broken. Approximately 100 persons lived In the building. ....AROUND HOLLYWOOD y VIRGINIA MscPHERSON United ttn$ Csfftipoadent VliglnJsv -MaePherMS Hollywood, May 2 U.R) Got wild moose running around in your neighborhood? If you have and you can catch h i m you can make a fortune in Hollywood. There's just one hitch. He's gotta have act ing experience and personal ity. And he has to weigh in at hall a ton. If your moose can qualify he's got a career waiting for him here. Robert Riley Crutcher has just written a movie called "The Big Moose." And this is a switch they're going to use moose for the role. "I got the idea," Crutcher ex plained, "when I saw a picture of a trained bull-moose In a mag azine a couple of years ago. His name was Mushkig. He later itarred on a coast to coast radio program." Mushkig's grunts or what ever it is mooses do inspired Crutcher. He sat right down and whipped out a story. He didn't bother to sign Mushkig to a contract at that time. Figured he could always find him around. But no. Mushkig has disap peared. Taxidermlts Checked "I've looked all over for the beast," Crutcher says. "My pro ducer!, Wayne Griffith, has look ad. We even check the taxider mists all over New York. But then, that's a big town. You could lose a moose there, I guess." They sent out a nationwide call for Mushkig. Or any other moose with Hollywood ambi tions. No moose has even of fered himself for a screen test. And some bull somewhere Is missing a good bet when you atop to think of it. He could be the first movie star ever to im print his antlers in wet cement outside Grauman'i Chinese thea ter. Crutcher's getting desperate. He'll settle for any moose now, he says, as long as It's got tal ent. "A relative of Mushkig's would be fine," he added. "May be an uncle or an antler." (We said hes getting desperate. His Suns are too.) angerous Beasts Before you grab for your las so, however, it's only fair to warn you. Bull mooses (or is it meese?) are dangerous beasts. Mushkig's the only one in cap tivity who won't attack a human being, a pretty good way to tell whether or not you ve found Mushkig. Crutcher says he's done a lot of research on herbivorous mam mals and there's a way to calm down a moose that becomes en raged. (He will, you know, when you try to load him on the Super Chief for Hollywood.) "Get him near the water and dunk him," Crutcher advises. "A moose is perfectly harmless in a lake or a bathtub." Chinese Determined To Obfain Education Morgantown, W. Va. (U.R) It s been try, try and try again with a persistent Chinese biology student at West Virginia univer sity, whose attempts to obtain an education have been thwarted by war for the last decade. But it looks as though Philip Ching-Chen Chen will make it this time. Chen was forced to move from high school at Swatow, Kwang tung province, when Japanese troops Invaded the Interior in 1941. Chen left school and work ed in a Shanghai business house for the next two years. Then he went to Fukien uni versity In the interior, but had to give up his education again for duly with the U. S. air force as interpreter. He returned to the school and was graduated in 1947. His determination to seek Graduate study finally brought him to West Virginia university, after he had taught English and biology at his home town high school. VICTIMS ROLL ON Tampa, Fla. (U.R) Special ramps have been installed over the University of Tampa enmpus so polio victims enrolled in the school can get to classes unaid ed. Each new ramp is dedicated to one of the victims. Thirteen are enrolled at present. RABBIT GETS BREAK Payments to State Unemployed Drop Rapidly in April Salem, Ore., May 2 U.R Payments to Oregons unemploy ed dropped rapidly in April to the lowest figure since last Octo ber, the state ' unemployment compensation commission report ed today. Last month's total of $1,934, 073 was 47.4 per cent less than in March. The final week saw checks go to only 18,438 work ers, compared with 61,108 at the peak of the cold spell in mid February. While noting an encouraging spring upturn in employment, the commission pointed out that compensation to Oregon's cov ered workers for the past six months reached $19,223,057 or more than the total for any pre vious six months reached $19, 223,057 for more than the total for any previous year. Payments since that start of the benefit year last July 1 have passed the $24 million mark and probably will set a new record of between $26 million and 27 million by June 30, the commission said. Exhaustions Climb . With more than 40,000 claims on file, exhaustions for the 1949 50 benefit year climbed rapidly in April to reach 27,000 about one in four of those who have drawn checks since last July. A year ago only 15,000 out of 95, 000 claimants had exhausted an nual benefits. Readjustment allowances to veterans unable to find jobs dipped to $53,521, the lowest monthly figure since October, 1945 with one exception. Dur ing the final week of April only 580 former service men were found eligible for checks. Purge of Officials Reported in Estonia Stockholm, Sweden, May 2 (U.R) The conservative newspa per Svenska Dagbladet said to day that the Russians had car ried out a widespread purge of officials in Estonia and had sim ilar purges underway in Latvia and Lithuania. All members of the original Estonian govern ment which cooperated with the Rusinns have been killed or jailed, it said. Former Communist Given Psychiatric Test After Riot San Francisco, May 2 (U.R) Mrs. Jean Murray, 33-year-old former communist, was under going a psychiatric examination today after staging a May day riot of her own in federal court. The examination was ordered by Federal Judge Louis B. Good man when the glib-tongued blonde went berserk during a preliminary court hearing into charges that she attempted to blackmail a witness in the Har ry Bridges trial. Four Men Struck Three deputies and an attor ney were struck by the wild swinging woman as she was car ried kicking and fighting from the court room, screaming: "Workers arise and prepare yourselves for the revolution." A few hours later the com munist party state committee disclaimed any connection with Mrs. Murray, announcing she had been "expelled" from the communist party in 1945 as a shady political adventuress and Trotskyist. Mrs. Murray and her co-defendant, Mrs. Betty Teixeira, 29, were in court to have a date set for their trial on charges of interfering with a government witness. They are accused of at tempting to silence Prosecution Witness Mervyn Rathborne by threatening to tell his wife he had been intimate with them. Session Continued The riot began when Defense Attorney James Maclnnis ex plained to the court he had been discharged as counsel for Mrs. Murray. At that point, the de fendant jumped up and an nounced that "the working class will have to learn to defend themselves." "I implore you in the name of the fighting Jews to prepare for the revolution," she shouted. "Expect nothing from this gov ernment." The scheduled court session was continued until May 15 at Maclnnis' request. Dr. Rhule Slated To Address Dinner Dr. George C. Ruhle, natural ist for Crater Lake National park, will leave tomorrow morning for Oregon State college, Corvallis, where he has been invited to give the testimonial address for a banquet marking the retire ment of Dr. E. L. Packard from the college staff. Dr. Packard, head of the geology department of the school, has been with the institution for nearly a quarter of a century. Dr. Ruhle is chairman of the governor's advisory board on conservation for Oregon and Dr. Packard is a member of the board. Dr. Packard is famed for his years of research work on the John Day fossil beds in east ern Oregon, and has contributed much noteworthy material on the evolution of the horse and camel. The naturalist recently re turned from a trip which took him to Portland, eastern Wash ington and eastern Oregon .In Portland he attended the annual meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, of which Dr. Pack ard iw h nw virp-nresident. He made botanical field trips into the Hell s canyon cusinci ana spoke at Washington State col lege and the University of Idaho. Returning he attended the tour ist host school at Bend. Oraibi Pueblo, on the Hop! In dian reservation, is believed to be the oldest continuously inhab ited town in America, dating from 1150 AD. VISITOIS WIICOMI I attpt)ol riMrttt! OIVMPU MIWINO COMPANY Olrmrla. WaiMnatM. U. A. You can see around corners with water... Stand near an empty wssh basin it spot where the drain plug Is barely out of sight. Then have someone fill the basin and watch the plug appear in full view. This peculiar ability of water to bend light waves is called "refraction." WATIRS HAVI HIDDIN VAIUIS Some waters have essential qualities of (treat importince in brewing. Re ports based on laboratory analyses prove tht the artesian water used in Olympia Beer is equal in brewing qualities to famed brewing waters of Europe. "It's the Water" that makes Qlrmpia so good. 7i the Water" Chicago, St. Louis Papers Awarded Pulitzer Prizes Mo... Vrtt IJIav 9 (II. PI TWO T3iilit7or nrirac ivorp flUurrled tO- day to the Chicago Daily News and the St. Louis Post Dispatch lor tne most aisimeresiea aim mpritnrinne niihlip service" in journalism for the past year. The prizes were awarded for the two papers' articles exposing tne presence 01 Illinois newsmen on the state payroll. Other Investigations TttA onnnnn p a m e n 1 nf thp awards said the articles aroused nationwide attention and caused several newspapers throughout the country to undertake similar investigations in their own areas. The awards were accompanied by a gold medal valued at $500. Other winners of the 14 awards made annually by the trustees of Columbia university were: 1 Tii-tinn- "Thp Wav Welt." by A..B. Guthrie Jr. 2. Drama: "South Pacific." 1 T nnal Qannrtinfl' TVTvpr Berger of the New York Times for his story covering Howard Iinriih mass killine spree in Camden, N. J. 4. National Reporting: Edwin n n..iv.mnn A tt,p c s 9 1 1 p (Wash.) Times for his series of stones clearing irotessor mei vin Rader of the University of Washington of communist charges. Monitor Writer Wini 5. International Reporting: Ed- mun.-l Ktcvpne of the Christiai Science Monitor for a series en titled "This Is rtussia uncen sored." . a VAUni Wfifino- Pari M. Saunders, editor of the Jackson (Mich.) Citizen patriot. n rQrtnnn- .Tamps T. Berrv- maii of the Washington (D. C.) Star for a cartoon eniiueo. n.u Set For a Super Secret Hearing in Washington.'" 8. News Photography: Bill r-..V, r.t tho Oakland (Calif.) Tribune for his photo of a near collision of a B-29 and a stunt flier. 9. Music: "The Consul," an opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti. 10. History: "Art and Life in America," a book by O. W. Lar kin. 11. Biography: "John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy," by Samuel Flagg Bemis. 12. Poetry: "Annie Allen" by Gwendolyn Brooks. Funeral Wednesday For Ex-Ziegfeld Star New York, May 2 U.R)6 Fu neral services will be held tomor row for ex-Ziegfeld star Vera K. Maxwell, 58. known once as one of the world's most beautiful women. , Miss Maxwell, who starred in numerous musicals and plays from 1910 to her retirement in 1928, died yesterday following a lengthy illness. She was one of the few Ziegfeld stars who never married. Orange county was created 1st 1889 from 500,480 acres taken from southeastern Los Angeles county. Record Relief for SOUR STOMACH For heartburn, hi mdd inaifcflioD. Still oalr 10c X 1 S Mmm sw V SK 5 TUMS FOR THE TOMMY tfgrak the complete PENCO, line for Better peri control. 1 yja Jm PrOVftrf fa AclUQt PwformanC! The complete line at fete Insecticides is now available to orchirdUti. Thete are Insecticide ye can rely on with confidence. The Penco Program offers you a lowcost method for better control of destructive pests. Every product has been tested in the laboratory and in the field. And actual performance has already shown they get results! Made by Pennsalt a basic Northwest chemical producer, Penco Insects -cides are especially nnlicable for use under Northwest condition. Scientists Urged to Change Way of Life Flagstaff, Ariz., May 2 4U.R A Washington scientist urges his colleagues to "learn to write and talk ordinary English" because "you have failed to sell yourself to the public." Dr. Howard Meyerhoff, admin istrative secretary of the Ameri can Association of Scientists, said scientists are "in politics whether they like it or not" and must "learn to write and talk ordinary English." "You have made a success in your own fields, but have been failures as human beings," he told 250 members of the south western division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science yesterday. "You have failed to sell your self to the public," he said. "Get smart. You are in politics whether you like it or not." .- 0-PH0S worms end of handling- 1S50Pri"ssiv' (.. . Century Chemistry for .7950 lei Mlt, I ill! ' J5HT? L H4 OREGON CONDENSID STATEMENT OF CONDITION APRIL 24, 1950 RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Banks . .., $ 108,949,131.27 United States Government Bonds , 241,663,101.71 Municipal and Other Bonds 46,942.892.07 Loans and Discounts Net t 147,926,006.65 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 600,000.00 Bank Premises (Including Branches) 7,426,518.73 Customers' Liability on Acceptances 355,973.31 Interest Earned 1,719,102.73 Other Resources 246,690.65 S 556,828,315.92 LIABILITIES Capital $ 10,000,000.00 Surplus 10,000,000.00 Undivided Profit 13,809,333.87 33,809,333.87 Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc 2,298,510.42 Acceptances 367,930.02 Dividends Declared 250,000.00 Deposits 517,806,416.15 Interest Collected Not Earned , 1,274,414.791 Other Liabilities 21,710.67 S 555,828,315.92 i am ttatemtnt inciudn 40 bnnche in Oregon Hbad Optics: PORTLAND, OREGON MEDFORD BRANCH mim s nan kxe co one j
