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By ALINE MOSBY
- United Press Correspondent
i HoUywood (U.B What be-j:-comes
of the happy winners who
Kleavi... radio and television pro-
grains wi t h
prizes, fame
and . well
wishes? :. ,
F6ur r year
a g o a war
hero named
Maj. Peter Or
tiz was glori
fied on TV's
"This Is Your
Life" and then
oh radio.- The show caused so
"ijiiuchricomment that Warners
itodaa1851 film, "Operation
?;fiectet7f - with Cornell Wilde,
tiased:onthe major cover as a
'zy. S. -Marine Corps spy in
..iff!-1" '. ' "
Btrt-this week"Ortiz advertised
Jthe ;inovie trade papers for
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'f
i!. Aline Mosby
'f'ijaving' '-all' that honor was
PrM ;guarantee of life solvency,"
.-wife and; 19-month-old boy
fil Aheir small.- tract house in
'"iiiKurKan Pnrrana
f'CSi;the program they prom
,Jsed xnenry acting career would
),be , buijt iip but nothing, hap-'
pened.
it,. 'ince the war. I have worked
('befe- as an ' actor, but the in
c;$qte is: no. longer sufficient. As
said in my ad, I am willing and
riorranythmgA' r-
Ortiz," noW a ', colonel," was
i: doing character roles around
ijCcinema City when master-of-wremohies
' Ralph Edwards
IfSeara-' about him and featured
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lerwe.-and bttier gifts. But
k letbest prize to him was an as
jR prance his acting career would
?evtielpe;..v -- ; .
!'r? 'In, a Ltape recording on the
!rogram: a producer said he ad
j jfcired me and he pledged him
aff "ta give me a par in bis pic
rl tjur and build me up for future
i jbles. Then, of. course, he
:j plugged the - picture, with the
ctors'-- names and all. .
iie -didn't keep his promise.
liAbsolutely nothing came of it. I
J atill have, never met-the man.
r-?'Oh,yes, the casting director
! -called ": me and I went to , the
,atiidio-for that one picture. But
wasn't a part. I did one day's
!. work-as an extra. I had nothing
ftito say.-1 was in one scene with
UA5 -extras, and when the picture
tweam- out .that scene did not ap
U iear in it. I wrote the producer
fa several; letters. He never re-
Science Explores New Ways
Of Sblying Water Problem
Washington : President Eis
enhower's warning that water
is rapidly becoming the nation's
most critical natural resource
points up the habitual shortages
of fresh water in many parts of
the United States. "
Water, the lifeblood of all liv
ing things, is also the lifeblood
of industry. The production of
a ton of finished steel, for ex
ample, requires 65,000 gallons.
As the nation grows, it gulps
down water in ever-increasing
quantities. The current demand
for public use, industry and ir
rigation totals an estimated 200
billion gallons a day or 73,000
billion gallons a year.
- Falling water ' tables . and
squabbles over water rights have
plagued the West and Southwest
for years. More recently, ling
ering droughts' have siphoned
off wells, ponds and streams in
the South. Summertime ration-
KXSitiz: ,39. insisted that: he is
itnotupset with "This Is Your
IJfLife." . - .r:. t-ir-t-x:
l k'The- results .of some quiz
i:snwS " .are vpatneuc, - ne saia.
4They're so -exciting while they
last. But the next day, when the
-extatement is over, what have
Kthe winners got? Of course, that
isn't true in my case.
n,.V-T timiil -inct lilro tn have
Is. job.";; ;:
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jiff Donald- Lee Christie, failure to stop
red ;iiSlt.: S.:
Delores -Jeao ne rtifin, uu t u uiu,
f DISTRICT COUBT . : - -
i Edwin G.-Iceland, violation of basic
erti"NB. Cathey..:n'o operator-
f A Date edermeyer. failure to stop
?lw ;m sin. . -
.-kn-.M R Grant, failure to stop
a aary- W.- Coltoty 18.-of 1619 East
5-.l .et. recklesa driving. 30
.v"jilfie D. Perkins, violation of basic
'rute. $30. , .:
on end- load, S6. - -
James r. -ugeo. vac mow
it" . w-v-tt defective muf-
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Ifle'a Sanders displaylni
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iFiederick'W. east, vioiauon or dbsic
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5rv5 Clarrrfe' June , Voss .v Billy
Voss. divorce complaint. .
lPMJATION : :-.- -
i liwis Frederick Bo tens. 40. Grange
i Fyine.' Ida:.- ah Mildred Faye Finnell,
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Over-Population '
Egyptian Problem
Cairo (U.PJ The most funda
mental problem facing Egypt
now is over-population.
With the present population at
23,000,000, there are 1,500 chil
dren born every day. The rate
of, infant mortality has declined
in recent 'years so that now only
180 of 1,500 die before reaching
adolescence.
The general death rate is less
than 1,000 daily. ,
Egyptian sociologists said it is
practically impossible to in
crease production and 'national
income to keep pace - with the
population growth. Educational
and health programs: ' barely
meet the increase, and produc
tion projects, ' including land re
form and industrialization, . can
never match it. ,
They , explained that this in
crease of birth rate is due to the
fellaheen (peasants) who form
two-thirds of the population.
. To the fellah, a child is extra
capital which costs nothing, be
cause children - start working as
hands in the fields or servants,
in houses as soon as they are old
enough to walk, thus adding a
bit more revenue to the family's
income.
To the fellah's wife, there is
more security for her in con
stantly producing children be
cause her husband, under Mos
lem law, can easily divorce her
for lack of fertility.
; Sociologists put forward two
inter-dependent solutions. ,
The first is a country-wide
program of obligatory. . educa
tion. This would have the double
effect of depriving the. fellah's
children of their value as imme
diate capital because of their be
ing obliged to attend schools, as
well as spreading education.
The second is to outlaw poly
gamy and restrict divorce. This,
they pointed out, would result in
strengthening the female's posi
tion in the family as well as bet
tering the Egyptian family
bonds. ; '
CRIBBAGE COUP
Providence, R. I. (U.R) A
cribbage player, Joe Nolin, made
a farce of the law of averages.
He was dealt two perfect crib
bage hands in six months. A
Brown University ' statistician
said the ehance of being dealt
a perfect cribbage hand is one
in 649,740. -
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ing is becoming common : in
Eastern cities.:
Problem of Distribution
Nature, however, is not ra
tioning rain. The nation's total
rainfall continues, to average 30
inches a year a superabund
ance of 1,570,000 billion gallons.
The basic problem is distribu
tion. The Herculean task of replen
ishing water in arid zones or
cities where demand is outreach
ing supply is being approached
in several ways: conservation
measures such as antipollution
and re-use of water, helping na
ture to increase supplies in areas
of . scarcity, and conversion of
fresh water from the sea. Some
methods are old, others new and
visionary.
Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay says economical conver
sion of sea water, and reclama
tion of contaminated water offer
two of the most promising fields
for research.
" Several large distillation un
its are actually operating at oil
refineries in remote, sun-baked
spots. The largest of these, on
the Persian gulf, supplies 720,
000 gallons a day for the Kuwait
Oil company. '
Unlimited sweet water from
the salty sea is an age-old
dream. But present distillation
systems are still too costly for
general use, the Rand corpora-1
tion' found" in "a recent survey.
Depending : on the process, the
cost in $150 to $1200 per acre
foot compared to $1.50 to $50
for natural fresh water in the
United States. :;. .;. . .
Underground Reservoir .
' Known principles of launder
ing sewage may eventually pro
vide industry, and . agriculture
with useable water, and science
is looking for an economical
way to treat industrial wastes.
. Part of the nation's supply
flows in vast underground reser
voirs. In some localities, ground
water is being tapped much fast
er than nature can replace it.
Artificial recharging of ." these
reservoirs with excess runoff
water may restore a cheap
source of water. . '
On the King ranch in Texas,
a 1,500-acre lake was built for
a recharging experiment. As the
lake fills, the water will be
pumped down a deep well into
a naturel reservoir that supplies
hundreds of windmills. .
Hydrologists, are studying
other scemes, notably : surface
treatment of watershed lands to
stimulate greater insoak of rain
and snow. Denuded land sheds
water like a "tin roof, causing
floods and loss" of fertile top
soil. Reforesting, proper vege
tation cover, contour plowing
and construction of small deten
tion, dams helps the earth to ab
sorb rainfall.
Evaporation Losses
Plant life, like man and in
dustry, is a greedy consumer of
water. More than 70 per cent of
the nation's rainfall is used by
plants or breathed back into the
atmosphere. To conserve local
supplies, some experts favor the
removal of profuse, "undesire
able plants such as the thirsty,
long-rooted salt pine.
Evaporation robs open storage
lakes, reservoirs and distribu
tion canals of perhaps half their
water. The rate, of course, varies
with humidity. Oil layers or
bouyant insulation covers might
save millions of gallons.
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Old Payroll Sheet
Sheds Light on
Custer Massacre
Fort Riley, Kan. (U.R) A
yellowed payroll sheet for the
period from Feb. 29 through
April 30, 1876 has shed a bit of
new light on one of the bitterest
tragedies in U.S. Army history
the massacre of Custer and his
men at Little Big Horn.
The payroll recorded the iast
pay received by the men of
Troop C before the rampaging
Sioux slaughtered them in a ra
vine on June 25, 1876.
' Until recently, Sgt. Lawrence
R. Sisson had used the payroll
as an exhibit in teaching. He
found it in an Army salvage
dump at Fort Hood, Tex., in
April, 1946.
When Sisson was transferred
to Fort Riley, he linked the sheet
to the Custer affair and the form
now has been placed under glass
and hung in battalion head
quarters. Capt. Thomas W. Custer com
manded Troop C. He died along
side . his famous brother, Mai.
Gen. George A. Custer, at Little
Big Horn.
Further Identification
The massacre occurred, five
days before the next bi-monthly
payday for Troop C. The docu
ment is important because it
further identifies positively
many of the victim's of the
Sioux.
Troop C and four other troops
of Custer's 7th Cavalry Regi
ment made up the only squad
ron the general had at Little Big
Horn. It was roughly one-third
of the regiment.
Troop, G and Troop E fell as
they formed a skirmish line
some 300 yards from Custer and
completely outside his defense
position. The men of C and E
were in no position to defend
themselves, nor could they take
advantage of the small facilities
the ground offered for defense.
One of the Indian' chiefs,
Lame White Man, and his men
closed with Troop C and broke
it. The soldiers were tumbled
into the ravine and crushed.
Januarr llj IBM
VESFORD (OREGON1 MAIL TRIXTnKXLXVTM
A Nkhol's Worth of . . .
and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Uarted Pratt PwtaM Write
Las Vegas (U.R) John Barry
more .Jr., 22, was fined $50 in
court yesterday for reckless driv
ing Jan. 3.
Washington (U.R) What's
new in Washington: : ?
nver a week now, the red
carpet has
, been out for
Rep. Bruce
Alger of Tex
as. "It's been
one whin g-
ding after an
other, he said.
"I've never
been so over
w h e 1 m e d."
Alger is some
thing of a
political odd
ity, since he is a Republican and
represents the Fifth Congres
sional District.
"First time in history a Re
publican ever went to the House
of Representatives from Dallas
county," he said.
Harmon Nichols
There are four new lady rep
resentatives - in the 84th Con
gress. And all four aqe properly
impressed. For the most part
they gawked for a few days,
like other newcomers. They
house-hunted and took their pot
luck on' quarters in" the House
office - buildings, just like.- -the
other . freshmen.
. Mrs. Cpya ' Knutson, a Demo
crat from Minnesota, gave her
self ,; the nickname of j'Coya"
when she was a smalkone. She
couldn't pronounce ' her- real
name which' is Cornelia. The
Coya has stuck. Mrs. Knutson
and her husband , run a hotel
back in Oklee, Minn. (pop. 500).
She has done about everything
there is to do. She plowed a
straight furrow as a farm lady.
She milked cows. She is a tal
ented musician, and is a cham
pion cook. She campaigned on
a farm program. She pumped
the hands of 20,000 voters and
came out with a sore right paw.
Mrs. Martha Griffiths, a Dem
ocrat from Michigan, is a law
partner with her husband. She
is no stranger to the political
game. She's a former judge and
served a lick in the . Michigan
Legislature. "I'm looking for
ward to working in the big time
political ring," she said. "I won't
be too lonesome for my husband,
who will mind our law business.
I'll see him quite often, I hope.
He flies his own airplane,
Mrs. Edith Green, a Democrat
from Oregon, spent most of her
time shopping for a combination
bed-couch when . she finally
found an apartment. She has a
son, Jimmy, who is in the Army
in. California. Mrs. Green came
on ahead of her. husband and
younger son, Dick, for whom the
bed-couch ' was bought. ' Mr.
Green and Dick dropped off in
Detroit and bought a new car
and drove on from ' the motor
city.
The new Georgia peach on
Capitol Hill is freshman repre
sentative Mrs. . Iris Blitch, a
Democrat of Georgia. She had a
little trouble here for a time, but
it didn't amount to much but
worry. It seems that Geneva
Brand, who has been the Blitch
maid and cook for 18 years,
somehow got her travel orders
to Washington. "We spent one
mixed up and was late getting
whole day meeting every train
and bus from the South," Mrs.
Blitch said. "But my faithful
Geneva got her the-next morn
ing and stirred us up some grits
and so forth at a late breakfast."
TREE MICE
Concord, N. H. (U.R) The
state fish and game department
has disclosed that apple trees in
its experimental orchard at Gil
ford have been damaged by mice
which eat bark from the bases of
the trees, killing the trees.'
New York (U.R) Gloria
Vanderbilt Stokowski, 30, heir
ess who left her famed sym
phony conductor husband for a
stage career, will meet with him
"in the near future" to discuss
a divorce and custody of their
children, her attorney said.
Mrs. Ileuberger Unaware of Booing
Portland (U.R) Mrs. Richard
L. Neuberger, state representa
tive and -wife of Oregon's new
junior U.S. senator, arrived in
Portland Sunday from Wash
ington, D.C., and said she didn't
recall that anyone had booed
her husband during his speech
at the Women's National Press
club. ' .
Press reports, last week said
Mrs. George Malone, wife of
Nevada's junior senator, had
booed and left the room when
Neuberger got up to speak. Mrs.
Malone denied she had booed or
created any disturbance. She
explained she . simply ' had to
leave the gathering to go to the
dressing room.
? Mrs. Neuberger who stopped
off here briefly on her way to
Salem for the 1955 1gislative
session, said she did not hear
Mrs. Malone boo, but she said
the Nevada senator's wife "must
have made some kind of a stir'
around her table." ' -
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