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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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