ZIOHT MEOrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
under. May 23, 19S2
Medford People Visiting in Denmark; Write of Customs, Fearof Reds
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BUYING'
PLANNING
(Editoi'i note: Mr. end Mrs.
Leonard Carpenter, of Veil
lai orchards. Medford, are in
Europe on a tour of lhe north
ern poriion of ihai continent.
The following article was
written to The Mail Tribune
by Mr. Carpenter, and gives a
number of intereiting side
lights on the trip.)
By LEONARD CARPENTER
Copenhagen, Denmark (By
Mail) The pear treei and
flowering shrubs are in lull
bloom here this first day of
May, just as in the Rogue val-
Copenhagen is a capital city
with a democratic royal family
and a million and a quarter of
the four million Danes. It is a
city built of stone upon the wa
ter and one is never unconscious
of this fact. Into one of the great
squares an arm of the Kattegut
runs and ships come and go
within a block of the palace res
idence of the king.
The Danes know the wise use
of paint and have used the yel
lows, reds, pinks, greens and
blues to make their narrow curv
ing streets gay and interesting.
Cay and Lovely City
This is a gay and lovely city
with an amusement park with
eome Coney Island tricks (but
no litter, no old cigarette wrap
pers, popcorn bags or newspa
pers not even a tiny discarded
scrap of paper) several band
stands where the best music in
Europe can be heard in season,
numerous good restaurants
eating hundeds of guests inside
and in the open air terraces and
gardens.
Since practically no one, ex
cept a handful of prohis, drinks
anything but beer instead of wa
ter, the breweries are tremen
dous money makers and so dur
ing the last fifty or a hundred
years many worthwhile gifts
have been made by brewers. In
one case the whole brewery was
given to the public, the income
to be used to care for the aged
and for other philanthropic pur
poses. So every time one takes a
glass he has the feeling of help
ing the other fellow.
And, having recorded this uni
versal act of unselfishness, let
me add that all Danes must be
long to health associations to
which they pay small dues and
for this they get the best medical
care, including hospitalization
for about 20 cents per day while
having an operation or being ill.
One lady said upon hearing this:
"And my husband paid $75 a
day for his hospital alone in
New York." This is not socializ
ed medicine, according to my in
formant. Meet U. S. Colonels
At breakfast recently were
four American regular army col
onels who had flown from their
German base and landed at Co
penhagen when in fact they had
taken off for Oslo. Don't ask me
why! But Copenhagen town has
it all over the Norwegian town
as far as night life is concerned.
Of course, we asked about
them and found that one was
very familiar with Medford's
airport and wished to go back
there. One colonel, from Texas,
wanted to. get in a good word
about his state. He has a house
in Austin, "the capital of the
U.S.A., including Texas and
three years away In Germany
has been too long." Now, how
ever, his wife and kids have
come over and life is more bear
able. After some ribbing by . the
two Oregomans, the Texan sud
denly pulled down the Lone Star
State banner by saying "oh, hell,
I was borti in Minnesota. Texas
is where I was last stationed."
They were all fine fellows,
upright, good looking and good
natured, but one had the feeling
that they were plenty tough.
Egg Production High
The manager of the world's
largest egg cooperative which
handles over 1,000 tons of fresh
eggs a week and has about 500
collecting centers, had interest
ing things to tell us. "We are too
near Russia too near too
near. We have requests for quo
tations on eggs from several
South American countries and
from New York. No chance to
sell in the U.S.A. on account of
the unfavorable exchange and
restrictions. Anyway, we have
n't enough eggs to supply Eng
land, France, Germany and
many other countries, and now
Spain wants eggs too.
"Too close to Russia, we are.
Oh, yes, I was in the resistance
and I helped blow up the heavy
water works In Norway near
Trondheim which delayed the
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Germans In developing the atom
bomb. I was in many blow-ups.
I was younger then. Oh, no, I
was never caught. Had I been I
would have been taken out like
many of my friends and shot by
the Germans.
"In one-half day the Germans
took over Denmark and so can
the Russians" ,
,He was neither frightened
nor nervous, but simply stating
a fact which is so appalling to
us who have never had a for
eign occupation that we shud
der to hear him say "too near."
He suffered under occupation
for five years 1,835 long days
and 1,835 dreadful nights! Think
of that and you can begin to un
derstand what occupation
means.
In Copenhagen, this huge city,
all water, lights and other utili
ties were cut off and streets
leading to the fresh water had
barbed wire strung across them.
But the Danish women walked
with their pitchers, buckets or
stew pans to the lakes and soon
the men cut the wires and erect
ed barriers on streets leading to
those life saving lakes. All build
ings, hotels, good private homes
were taken over and occupied.
Many buildings were blown
up because it was said the un
der ground held meetings in
them. Among them was the
beautiful Swedish Yacht club.
Danei Need Dollars
Of course the Danes are urg
ently in need of American dol
lars as who isn't and they
very generous, gay and pleasant
to the foreign visitors.
The castle at Elsinor where
the story originated which
Shakespeare made into his trag
edy "Hamlet, Prince of Den
mark," is a prime tour for sight
seers. It is a gloomy palace and
one can easily believe that any
dreadful thing could happen
there. Each year the play is pro
duced in the original courtyard
and most of the notable "Ham
lets" have trod the historic
boards there. This year the Ir
ish players are to be presented.
Workers are well cared for in
cooperatives or private, oft.en
company owned, apartment
buildings in which they live in
three rooms plus bath plus kit
chen, making five-room apart
ments, with gas, electricity, wa
ter included for $15 to $20 per
month. All modern apartment
construction calls for sun in ev
ery three-room apartment, and
"modern" goes back at least 20
years.
., Small brick houses in their
own grounds surrounded by gar
dens are the homes of many
workers. In this lovely city the
inner business and hotel and res
taurant part Is the kernel of the
nut, surrounded by the many
factories which are the shell. It
is one of the cleanest and quiet
est cities in the world and of
course that brings up transpor
tation and bicycles.
The Danes say there are two
million bicycles In use in Copen
hagen but perhaps that is an ex
aggeration. Men, women and
children ride, ahead of, behind
and between fast moving autos,
on streets not twenty feet wide.
Painters with ladders strapped
on their backs at about the same
angle as the tongue of a logging
truck trailer; mothers with a ba
by riding in a basket facing her,
and a child on a little seat over
the rear wheel; big dogs in bas
kets with their front legs in
wicker tubes, going down town
with master or mistress, on the
handle bars; porters and quick
delivery boys with 8-foot long
bikes built with a platform six
inches off the pavement between
the two wheels.
Sweet little ladles like Blllie
Burke, beautiful ones like Greta
Garbo who used to sell gloves in
this town, old, old ladies, the fat,
the lean, whiz along in a seem
ingly endless procession.
Cart Small, Economical
Cars, generally speaking are
short and horsepower Is low,
but there are few grades to ne
gotiate and every economy of
gasoline and space is needed.
Many of the trains, buses and
all street cars are electrified and
there is a network of lines ra-
DR. CORNELIUS H. SIEMENS
SOC Commencement Speaker
SOC Speaker Young
College President
Ashland Dr. Cornelius H.
Siemens, commencement speak
er at Southern Oregon college, is
the youngest college president in
California, according to Marshall
E. Woodell, chairman of the
graduation exercises. Dr. Sie
mens will appear at the June 1
ceremonies to be held at the
Butler Memorial band shell In
Lithia park.
Dr. Siemens is completing his
second year as president of Hum
boldt State college, Areata, Calif.
Previously he had served as pres
ident of Com'pton college in sou
thern California since 1946.
President Siemens has chosen
as his commencement topic.
"Democracy's Greatest Chal
lenge," Dean Woodell said. He
will be accompanied by his wife
and young son and daughter on
the Ashland visit.
The California educator re
ceived his collegiate degrecsfrom
the University of California, ob
taining the A.B. and M.A. - In
mathematics and physics and
doctorate of philosophy in school
administration.
Wife Killed Because
House Not Shipshape
Port Orchard (U.R) A
retired Navy chief petty officer
said Saturday he shot and killed
his wife because she didn't keep
their house shipshape.
"She was a good woman but
she wouldn't keep the house neat
and clean," Pete J. Smith told
Kitsap county authorities. "Being
a Navy guy, I'm tidy."
Smith, 50, killed his wife.
Anne, 48. with a rifle on the
front lawn of their Keyport
home Friday evening. He threat
ened to shoot himself when of
ficers arrived and found him
standing over the body of his
slain wife but they took the gun
away before he could pull the
trigger.
PENNIES PAY BET
Toronto, Ont. (U.P.) Mayor
Don Mackay of Calgary paid off
a $25 football bet to City Solici
tor Wnlly Angus Thursday. He
brought along 2,500 pennies.
dialing in every direction.
Even in foreign lands one's
hair grows long and the time
comes when diplomatic relations
with either one's travel compan
ions, or the hair, must be sacri
ficed. First, the beautiful blonde
took my hat with a smile and
summoned the appropriate spec
ialist to deal with my thicket.
When I returned to the B. B. to
pay the 71 cents demanded, I
had half as much hair left as for
a $1.25 hair cut in our town but
I also had been thoroughly
washed and brilliantined and
my hair stood out straight in all
directions.
(Continued Monday)
A Tribute To
Buddy Poppy Week!
When you re asked le buy a veteran mad
poppy, do It with a big smile on your face- And
remember that It Is the most grateful, ten-cent
Investment you can aver make! Across America
thousands of men and women popy tellers are
offering YOU their onca-a-year opportunity to
personally thank the uniformed ladi who made
the supreme sacrifice , , . and those countless
boys In hospitals who may never be physically
fit again. If your patriotism means mora than
merely lip service, buy and proudly wear YOUR
remembrance poppy!
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OPS Warns Against
Overpriced Potatoes
Portland (U.R) Oregon
housewives, wholesalers and re
tailers were warned by the Of
fice of Price Stabilization here
not to pay more than ceiling
prices for potatoes.
Carl C. Donaugh, local OPS
director, reported that potatoes
from Shatter and Bakersfield,
Calif., were being sold in Ore
gon at above ceiling prices. He
said any price more than 7 to 8
cents a pound at the retail lev
el was in violation of existing
DUFFY TO WED DUFFY
Milwaukee iU.R) Ann Louise
Duffy, daughter of Federal
Judge F. .Ryan Duffy, will mar
ry Joseph Leo Duffy Jr. Saturday.
regulations.
Donaugh said retailers should
not pay more than $5.37-5.59 a
hundred pounds while the price
to wholesalers should be be
tween $4.57-4.79 a hundred
weight. The OPS for several days has
had agents at Los Angeles and
Bakersfield checking carloads of
potatoes in an attempt to stop
the flow of over-priced spuds in
to Oregon, Donaugh said.
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