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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
!0 YEARS AGO
August 16. 1945
(It was Thursday)
A total of 6,174 items pre
pared this summer by Red Cross
Jeep" shop kids for wounded
soldiers.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column (taken from
Corvallis Gazette-Times): Oregon
editors have a new style hot wat
er to get into. Returned ser
geants, mentioned as corporals,
demand justice and corrections.
20 YEARS AGO
August 16, 1935
(It was Friday)
Will Rogers and Wiley Post
killed in Alaska air accident.
C. M. Brewer elected county
Chamber of Commerce president.
30 YEARS AGO
August 16, 1925
(It was Friday)
Table Rock grain harvest
termed "exceptional." Seventy
bushels per acre reaped in some
places.
Two forest fires still out of
control in Crater Lake National
forest.
Chandler Egan, former nation
al amateur champ, and others
leave for golf team match with
Eugene.
40 YEARS AGO
.August 16, 1915
(It was Monday)
Amy and Pottenger building
on Main st. being remodeled for
armory.
Bucky Rathburn wins riding
money if? Butte Falls Buckaroo.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. The 48 states as a whole
are collecting in motor fuel taxes
about one-third? one-half, or two-
thirds more than five years ago?
2. President Eisenhower ac
cepted or rejected the Tariff
Commission's plea for higher
tariff duties on foreign watches?
3. Natives on the British-held
Island of Cyprus want independ
ence, Dominion status, union
with Greece or an alliance with
Russia?
4. A score of oyer 200 at duck-
pins is made often, occasionally
or rarely?
Ten
i
5. "Al" Smith was placed in
nomination before the 1928 Dem
ocratic convention by Jim Far
ley, Cordell Hull, Bernard Ba-
ruch, F. D. Roosevelt or Harry
0 Truman?
6. What was the name of Mos
O cow before the Communist revo
8 lution of 1917 in Russia?
G 7. Who in the Bible ate grass
O as an ox: Shadrach, Samson,
G Nebuchadnezzar, Methusalah, or
f Herod?
O The Answers. 1. About two-
thirds more. 2. Accepted. 3. Un
Q ion with Greece. 4. Rarely. 5. F.
D. Roosevelt 6. Moscow. 7. Neb
uchadnezzar, o
LUMBERMAN DIES
O Portland U.P.) Albert Her
mann, 63 one of the founders
q and directors of the Western
Pine association research labora
tory, died at his home yesterday.
Hermann, during his 30 years
with the research unit, develop
ed new methods of processing
hardboard. and a solvent season
ing now widely used in the lum
ber Industry.
mail tribune
Should Sec. McKay Resign?
Palmer Hoyt publisher of the Denver Post, and
former hard-hitting editor of the Portland Oregonian,
wants Secretary of the Interior McKay fired.
He doesn't say he is the worst Interior Secretary
since Albert Fall, but he does say, in effect, he is a
mill-stone around the Eisenhower administration's
neck and should be allowed to return to Salem and
his . General Motors agency where he belongs, and
from whence he should not have departed.
The Mail Tribune seconds the motion.
B
UT the Salem Statesman doesn't.
Former Governor Sprague, editor of the States
man, who naturally has a kindly feeling for his old
friend and neighbor, as well as gubernatorial col
league ascribes the enmity of the Denver Post chief
ly to the non-passage of the Upper Colorado develop
ment measure,- one of the Post's pet projects.
The Statesman also in refutation calls attention to
the fact that the Denver Post does not question f ormer
Governor McKay's personal integrity, patriotism or
his abilities as a politician, but condemns him for
taking a "sentimental journey" to European battle
fields, when the fate of the cherished Colorado de
velopment bill was at stake.
"THIS Editor Sprague seems to think is not quite
Icnshpr.
Tf that, wpvp the Post's
such criticism might be justified. But it wasn't, far
from it in fact.
For example we quote the Denver paper:
the administration has pursued no dynamic selling
job on western development. That has been historically
the function of the Interior Department. But Mr. McKay
has failed either through ignorance, indifference or a cal
culated compromise engineered
and its many, many friends."
We have no doubt which item mentioned has in
the opinion of the Post,
factor m this "failure,"
U.S. utility industry pressure.
And we might add
"ignorance" or "indifference. It proceeds from Sec
retary McKays strongest political conviction, namely:
that what is the best for the
the United States, just as he believes that what is
best for his own General Motors is best for the United
States. That is the corner stone of his political philos
ophy as it is of so many of his colleagues in Wash
ington. We don't question the Secretary's sincerity,
we do question his conception of democracy.
To quote the Post further:
"Why doesn't Douglas McKay follow Mrs. Hobby in
retirement from President Eisenhower's cabinet? Mr. McKay
has been anything but an asset Mr. McKay hasn't helped
the Eisenhower administration articulate a water and pub
lic works policy that makes sense. He has been Of little help
in passing legislation that would strengthen the Republican
partys record in that field. Nor has he dramatized the na
tional investment values of reclamation and the use and
re-use of water for the benefit of the West, whence he
entered high office, or the nation he is supposed to repre
sent. He has no enthusiasm for the role of championing
the economic expansion of a region which now as always
relies upon the Department of the Interior for cooperation.
And he has evidently been touted away from that feature
of his responsibility by the slickest and best-heeled touts
of that never resting gang known as the "Washington
Lobby."
It is also known as the "Private Power Lobby."
As the Sacramento Bee recently commented re
garding Oregon's unfortunate contribution to the Ei
senhower -cabinet, Mr. McKay may well be best and
longest known as the member of the present Eisen
hower cabinet who did more than anyone else to
"stymie or even destroy public power."
The Bee then agrees with the Post, and concludes
even more forcefully, as follows, quote :
"Mr. Eisenhower would be wise to send his Secretary of
the Interior out of the country for the duration of the 1956
campaign year. And he would be wiser still to name a
Secretary who would and could use the prestige of a cab
inetship to defend and promote the legitimate invesfment
functions of the central government."
HTHE Sacramento Bee and the Denver Post are not
1 only strong supporters of the Republican party
and President Eisenhower, but are tremendously in
fluential in California and Colorado politics.
Does the above indicate then that the opposition
of the Denver paper proceeds only from personal
pique or resentment over the fact that one of its pet
projects did not pass the House?
Hardly!
In fact the Eisenhower administration did every
thing it could to get the Post's power measure enacted,
and if Secretary McKay did not approve 100 per cent
it's the first time he has failed to do so regarding any
thing with a GOP "ok" on it. In other words wasn't
that trip to Europe, as the movies say, coincidental?
X7ELL at any rate the growing opposition to Sec
retary McKay does not proceed from any per
sonal prejudice against the man or wounded local
pride nor any doubt of his essential honesty.
It proceeds solely from the conviction he is
WRONG 100 wrong it proceeds from realiza
tion that Secretary McKay like Secretary of Defense
Wilson is not interested primarily in advancing the
general welfare of the country and its people, but in
advancing the interests of Big Business in general and
General Motors in particular.
The Denver Post concluded:
"The people of the US need a Secretary of the Interior
who will act boldly in the demonstrated PUBLIC INTER
EST one who will not retreat behind the fatuous double
talk' about "socialism," the preeminence of. local interests
or that frightfully abused phrase "free private enterprise"
which is touchingly symbolized by what the late Mr. Ickes
described as "the barefoot boys of Wall Street."
Tuesday, August 16, 1955
nnlv or chief argument.
by the US Utility industry
been the chief motivating
it is No. 3, of course, the
this doesn't proceed from
Utility combine is best for
R.W.R.
Matter of Fact By Stewart Alsop
ALL PASSION SPENT
Paris "The French people do
not wish to be troubled or upset.
They wish only to be entertained
and kept inte-
yHf si rested. That is
the present
mood of
France, and
Mr. Faure un
derstands the
mood very
well. That is
why, bar the
worst k in d of
crisis in North
Africa, his gov-
Stewart Alsop ernment should
last through to the elections in
the spring."
The speaker was a high official
in the government of Prime Min
ister Edgar Faure, who is prob
ably France's cleverest politi
cian. The Faure government has
no intention whatsoever of
troubling or upsetting the French
people, if it can possibly help it
As a result, most observers here
agree that the Faure government
has a better chance of survival
than any French government in
a long time if only the trouble
in North Africa can somehow be
dealt with.
Except for North Africa, all
the passion of- French politics
has suddenly been spent. When
this reporter was last in France
two years ago, France was en
gulfed in a great wave of strikes,
and two tremendous issues the
war in Indochina and the re
armament of Germany were
troubling and upsetting the
French people.
Now France is calmly pros
perous. Production stands at 176
per cent of pre-war. In the last
year wages have increased by
eight per cent while living costs
have held steady. In contrast to
England, there is no monetary
crisis. All in all, although basic
dislocations in the French econo
my still exist, France is better
off now than the most dreamily
optimistic Marshall aid planners
dared hope a few short years
ago.
And now. the tremendous is
sues of two years ago no longer
even interest France. As for In
dochina, that unfortunate coun
try has simply ceased to exist in
French eyes. The process of total
abandonment began at Dien
Bien Phu, continued at Geneva,
and was completed this spring,
when the United States insisted
on backing the violently anti
French Premier Diem.
A
S one French official rather
to shove a knife in our backs,
you can hardly expect us to help
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The Same Old S.P.
10 the Editor: What I am
about to write may be ancient
history but I think that it is note
worthy in that it may help to
prove the adage that "a leopard
never changes its spots".
Back in the 1860s Congress
granted the usual alternate-sec
tion rights along a 20 mile strip
to any company that would
agree to build a railroad from
Portland, Oregon to' the Califor
nia border, and also to any com
pany which would agree to
build a military wagon road
from Eugene, Oregon in the Wil
lamette Valley, to Coos bay on
the- southwest coast. The Oregon
and California Railway Com
pany was formed, accepted the
offer, and took the rights to both
grants. The present Southern Pa
cific Railroad company suc
ceeded to the rights and the
duties of the Oregon and Cal
ifornia railroad.
Congress had stipulated, how
ever, that the taker of the grant
could not sell these lands except
(1) to actual settlers, (2) in tracts
of not more than 160 acres, and
(3) for a price of not more than
$2.50 per acre. The Southern Pa
cific violated all three condi
tions, selling to timber specula
tors as well as actual settlers,
sometimes in acreages far ex
ceeding 160, and sometimes at
prices well above $2.50 per acre.
Complaints became howls, and
about 1912 the United States be
gan a suit to restrain further
sales by the Southern Pacific,
and to forfeit the grants. The
Supreme Court restrained the
sales with most of the lands still
unsold, but left up to Congress
the disposition of the grant.
In 1916 Congress revested, or
ordered reconveyed, the unsold
lands to the United States, the
Southern Pacific was later paid
off, and the lands were placed
under the Dept. of the Interior.
There they are today, known by
the tongue rattling name of the
"Revested Oregon and Califor
nia and reconveyed Coos Bay
Wagonroad Grant Lands." Their
short and convenient title is the
'O&C" Lands".
Perhaps the Southern Pacific
Railroad didn't amass their com
plete assets with this one ven
ture, but I would risk a wild
guess and say that it didn't
hinder their progress or for that
matter cause them to loose their
spots.
Ken Corliss
1564 Myers Lane
Medford
you push it in. Now Indochina is
your baby, and we wish you joy
from it." The process of handing
over the baby is proceeding
apace. French troops are being
withdrawn at the rate of 10,000
a month, and by January next
there will be left hardly more
than a corporal's guard.
From top to bottom, the
French have written off Indo
china as lost already. This re
porter, whose French is halting
and most inelegant, asked an
other high official whether he
thought Indochina was "foutu,"
and impolite word which means,
more or less, "all washed up."
No, he replied, smiling, Indo
china is not "foutu," but "fichu"
a more polite word which
means exactly the same thing.
At any rate, the French nowa
days do not want to have to
think about Indochina or talk
about Indochina, which is per
haps not surprising. But it is sur
prising that they do not want to
think or talk about the rearma
ment of Germany, which was not
long ago the most passionately
debated of all issues in France.
German rearmament is now ac
cepted as an accomplished fact.
Strangely enough, nowadays
the French are not even much
disturbed by the prospect of Ger
many maintaining a bigger army
on the Continent than France.
Partly this is because the French
have at last begun to believe in
the Anglo-American commitment
in NATO. Partly it is because
they have come to realize that,
in the nuclear age, the balance of
power can no longer be measured
in numbers of divisions. But
mostly it is because, especially
since Geneva, the French simply
do not believe in war any more.
This is the most striking as
pect of the new mood of France.
It is not optimism, exactly
any sensible Frenchman would
furiously resent being called an
optimist. It is a "relaxation of
tensions" so complete as to
amount to a condition of total
nervelessness.
THIS nerveless complacency is
known as "the spirit of Ge
neva." The spirit of Geneva re
cently found appropriate expres
sion when the Senate Committee
on National Defense voted over
whelmingly to reduce the term
of conscription from 18 months
which the NATO experts have
long regarded as inadequate to
sixteen months.
The wisest American observ
ers here believe that Geneva was
a net plus for the United States
as far as France is concerned, for
one simple reason. Geneva
knocked into a cocked hat the
almost universal French image
of American policy as inflexible
and warlike. This is a real
achievement, but nerveless com
placency in America's pricipal
Continental ally may in the end
prove a high price to pay for it
Yet there is one subject which
still causes French nerves to
jump and jangle. The subject is,
of course, the mounting crisis in
North Africa. The French re
action today to the North Afri
can crisis is oddly reminiscent of
the passionate paralysis which
was the French reaction to Indo
china six or seven years ago
which is one reason why this re
porter will soon fly to North
Africa for a first-hand look.
Copyright, 1955, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Pipeline Construction
Delayed by Holdouts
Ontario, Ore. (U.R) Con
struction of the Ontario to Her-
miston section of the Pacific
Northwest Pipeline corporation's
transmission line to the Pacific
Northwest has been held up for
at least 30 days by several land
owner holdouts two mile's north
of here.
Superintendent G. E. Beavers
of Fulghum Construction Com
pany, said prices demanded by
the land owners amounted to a
refusal to grant right of way for
the pipeline across their land.
He said delay of at least a
month would result as the con
tracting company must start con
demnation proceedings in order
to lay the pipe.
Many of the 250 workers who
were posed to start work yester
day will be placed in a poor fi
nancial position by the delay,
Beavers reported.
Industrial Production
Sets Record in July
Washington U.R) The Fed
eral Reserve Board's index of
industrial production hit a rec
ord high in July.
The board said the index
reached 140. This was an ad
vance of one point from June on
a seasonally adjusted basis and a
jump of 14 per cent above the
index figure for a year ago.
July was the 11th straight
month in which an advance was
recorded.
In another development on
the economic front, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics reported new
housing starts declined 11 per
cent in July. The drop was prin
cipally due to a voluntary tight
ening up on mortgage money as
a result of competition for loans
of all types.
Domestication, of musk ox for
farm use is being tested near
Huntington Center, Vt., says the
National Geographic Society.
Back Stairs: Ike's Offices Get
By WARREN DUFFEE
United Press Correspondent
Denver, Colo U.R) Back
stairs at the summer White
House:
President Eisenhower is trav
eling lighter on his work-and-play
vacation this year a smal
ler staff of office workers and a
smaller press cadre.
The Denver White House staff
is smaller by a half-dozen this
summer, largely because the
President stayed in Washington
long enough to clear up the leg
islative work Congress left for
him. The press corps is smaller
because Mr. Eisenhower hasn't
scheduled the side trips he took
last year, and there is no con
gressional election campaign to
add to the interest in the chief
executive's every word and vis
itor. Twenty-five reporters and
photographers from Washington
are here this. year.
The President's offices get
smaller and plainer as he ac
quires each new one. His office
By FRANK JENKINS
Lessons of history note:
Police throughout England
have been alerted to watch for
an armed band of about 20 men
who raided a British barracks
near Reading and seized a quan
tity of ammunition and arms.
The raiders, some of them
wearing British uniforms, were
identified as members of the out
lawed Irish Republican Army.
The outlawed Irish army is
pledged to fight the political par
tition of Ireland, where six
northern counties are still a po
litical part of Britain.
TT MIGHT be a good idea for
-- the big boys in the Kremlin
to take a day off some time and
read up on the situation of which
this Irish Republican1 Army is
the modern hangover.
It got stared back in the 12th
century when England's Norman
conquerors stuck their noses into
Ireland's affairs. They inter
vened in the first place in behalf
of a deposed Irish king, but that
was only an excuse. What they
wanted was IRISH LAND.
The ruckus that started then
has been going on, in one form
and another, ever since. The af
fair in Reading was just an insig
nificant incident in the eight
centuries of turmoil that fol
lowed the first Norman invasion
in 1171.
IN THE closing weeks of World
War II, the Russians grabbed
the eastern part of Germany
They are still hanging onto it,
It is probable that they will hang
onto it as long as they can.
Ireland has been a hot potato.
and over these eight centuries
there have b een many times
when the English have wished
they could drop it and be done
with it. It isn't at all improbable
that the Russians will find Ger
many an equally hot potato.
IHEN one speaks of potatoes.
" one thinks naturally of the
Irish.
How come?
Well, it's a' long story.
The Norman-English invaders
of Ireland were feudal lords
Following the pleasant feudal
custom, they divided the con
quered land up into vast feudal
estates and these estates were
bestowed by the sovereign upon
his nobles. The people, being
mere serfs, went with the land.
As the centuries passed, they
rose from the lowly estate of
serfs to the somewhat higher one
of tenants. As tenants, they paid
what we call "grain rent." And,
as time passed, the rent was
steadily RAISED on them until
after paying their rent they
didn't have enough left to feed
themselves.
t
TTERE is where the potato
" psmn in
The potato was first discov
ered by white men in South
America, and from there it was
taken back to Europe, where it
was improved enormously in size
and quality. In time, it reached
Ireland, whose cool climate was
well adapted to it.
The Irish took to.it in a big
way, and used it as a substitute
for the grain that was taken
away from them by the land
lords. They also learned how to
make from it a peculiarly potent
whiskey, which helped to dull
the sharp edge of their woe.
That is how Irishmen and po
tatoes came to be associated
more or less indissolubly in the
public thinking.
THERE'S one more chapter.
Tn thp 1840s there was an
almost total failure of the potato
crop in Ireland which resulted in
terrible famine. Thousands
died of hunger and hundreds of
thousands emigrated. That was
when the big Irish emigration to
America started an emigration
that added a priceless strain to
our national blood line.
From those Irish immigrants
came some of our best citizen
ship. YOU KNOW
Considering the present
state of the potato market
Which in considerable part is
the result of declining per capita
consumption of potatoes
I can't help wishing we could
get another BIG immigration of
potato-eating Irish.
In the Day's News
at Lowry Air Force Base here is
about half the size of his White
House office and furnished only
with a small desk, a few chairs,
a side table and a rug. His new
est office, on the Eisenhower
farm in Gettysburg, Pa., is about
one-third the Lowry size, about
six-by-eight and furnished with
one small, unpainted desk, one
chair, one lamp, one scatter rug
and three wall book shelves.
The President won't be cramp
ed for living quarters on this
Colorado trip, but those who
travel with him are running in
to some new competition on this
score. Traveling earlier than
they did last year, the Presi
dents' party is hitting the peak
of the Rocky Mountain tourist
season. In addition, the new Air
Force academy, located tempor
arily at Denver's Lowry AFB,
has brought a host of new resi
dents to the area. And at Fraser,
where the President does his
fishing, workers on a major con
struction project are using up
much of the available living
space. None of the Washington
gang will have to tent it, though.
Back in Washington, where
it's hotter, newsmen for the Brit
ish Broadcasting Corp. had an
idea which would have cement
ed Anglo-American relations for
decades to come. One of their
number brought up the notion
of buying an air conditioner for
the President's news conference
room out of the "hardship" funds
that BBC men receive for work
ing in our steaming capital city.
On The Side
(Distributed by King
What organization in this
country having "and Sons" in
the firm name has the most sons
actively engaged in the business?
Sam Sene and Sons, Chicago,
specializing in tuxedo and full
dress suit rentals, includes Sam,
the father, and six sons. Can
you top it?
Among the Married
The majority of American hus
bands consider ability as a home
manager, the most important of
a wife's talents. After that a
pleasant disposition and loyalty.
Or, so I note it claimed. I cannot
agree that housekeeping ability
should be rated tops in selecting
a matrimonial mate. The best
type of wife is a sympathetic
girl with a sense of humor who
has had some experience in the
business world. If a wife can be
sympathetic, gay and reasonably
careful in handling money, many
of her faults as a cook or house
keeper can be overlooked by
discerning men of experience.
the husband who wants hotel
service in the home is 'usually
no bargain as a matrimonial
mate.
Losing Weight
Note it said that Don New-
combe, Dodger twirler, lost 12
pounds pitching one game on a
hot afternoon in St. Louis,
Brings to mind I once lost 14
pounds one hot October after
noon playing in a football game
in Hoboken, N.J., against the
Stevens Institute. Before the
contest I weighed 190 pounds,
lifter 176!
In a Few Words
It was Mark Twain, who said
"Let us so live that when we
come to die even the undertaker
will be sorry." Dr. Samuel John
son observed: "A second mar
riage is a triumph of hope over
experience." Salvador de Madar
lago said: "A drunkard is a man
who wants to get rid of himself
and can do so by no other means
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. How
long has Ronald Coleman been
m films? A. Thirty-eight vears
First appeared in British films,
ms iirst American film was
"The White Sister," in which he
was leading man for Lillian
Gish. ... Q. In what year was
the song titled "Whispering'
written? A. In 1921 bv John
Schonberger, Richard C o b u r n
and Vincent Rose. It may inter
est you to know that "Whisper
ing" is referred to by Katharine
Cornell and Guthrie McClintic.
who have been happily married
for 33 years, as "our sone." In
lact, the orchestra was playing
that tune when Guthrie pro
posed to Katharine on the roof
garden of the Pennsylvania (now
the Statler) Hotel in Manhattan.
Utner songs on the 1921 hit
parade were "April Showers."
Athletic Beggar
Receives 30 Days
Newark. N. J. (U.R) Detec
tive Benjamin Zager said he
arrested Harris Brent, 47, of
Nashville, Tenn.. when he saw
Brent spring athletically onto
a bus while carrying some
braces.
Zager told a judge Monday
he had seen Brent a short time
before the arrest, begging on
a Newark street while wear
ing heavy braces on his legs.
The judge gave Brent 30 days
to think it over in Newark jail.
JAPAN FISHERMEN DROWN
Kushiro, Japan (U.R) The
Maritime Safety Office reported
today that 156 Japanese fisher
men have drowned and 234 are
missing so far in the north Pa
cific salmon and trout season.
During the season, which began
Mav 1 and will end m late
August, 35 boats have been sunk
or are missing and 37 have Deen
damaged.
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It was so hot in the room during
the last pre-vacation session that
when an usher announced "193
on the floor" (to indicate the
number present), one newsman
asked if he meant the tempera
ture. The President has also had
some things to say about the
need for air conditioning, but
still no air conditioning.
The White House, of course, is
air conditioned. But the news
conferences are held on the
third floor of the old State, War
and Navy building across the
street.
The President's whereabouts
are of interest to the whole
world, and of particular interest
to the groups who want him' to
be where they are. The desire
to" have the chief executive visit
one's club, convention or city
can be so feverish that some
times people start imagining
things. The other day, in the
short space of an hour, the White
Hause had. to deny reports Mr.
Eisenhower was headed for Mi
ami, Chicago and San Frencisco.
Mr. Eisenhower has taken a
rain check on one ladies break
fast invitation. Without knowing
it in advance, the President was
the first man out on the links at
the Gettysburg Country Club's
ladies' day last Tuesday. The la
dies were just sitting down to, a
club breakfast when he finished
his first nine holes, and they in
vited him in for a doughnut and
coffee. The President said he
had to play on and get back to
work at his farm.
By E. V. Durl.ng
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Foftire Syndicate. Inc.)
"I'm Just Wild About Harry,"
"My Man," "Second Hand Rose,"
"Three o'Clock in the Morning"
and "When Frances Dances With
Me."
Get it Right
"You refer to Ross Young,
New York Giant outfielder, of
the past. No man of that name
ever played for the New York
Giants. Want to bet?" So writes
a Baltimorean. What the gentle
man has in mind no doubt is
that the great Giant outfielder's
real name was Royce Youngs.
However, his argument is with
out much sense. It is the same Q
as saying there never was a film
actress named Mary Pickford be
cause her real name was Gladys
Smith.
Designers
The leading British corset de
signer is a husky six foot war0
veteran named Denis Brigham.
Why is that the most skillful
designers of foundation gar
ments are men? It could be be
cause the male approach toothe
design is . scientific rather than
decorative. The male designer's
chief aim is to make the gar
ment tn. to accomplish what
it is intended to in the battle of
the bulge. The feminine corset
designer probably thinks too
much as to how the garment is
going to look.
Hells Canyon Group
Voles Court Fight
Portland U.R) The board of
directors of the National Hells
Canyon association voted yester
day to carry the fight against
private development of the Hells
Canyon area to the U.S. Supreme
court if necessary.
James T. Marr, president of
the four-state group, said direc
tors decided their first move
would be to file with the Federal
Power Commission a mntinn fnr
rehearing of the case. The FPC
recently granted Idaho Power
company a go-ahead for three
low-level dams in the Hells Can
yon reach of the Snake river.
The NHCA wants federal de
velopment of a high dam.
Marr said that in event of a
denial of a motion for a rehear
ing, the association would take
its case to court, either the Dis
trict Court of Appeals in Wash
ington, DC, or the Ninth Cir
cuit Court of Appeals in San
Francisco.
Milk Producers Ask
For Higher Prices
Eugene (U.R) Oregon Milk
Producers met here yesterday
and decided to gc along with
action taken by Grade A Milk
Producers in the Portland area
last week by asking distributors
for a 46-cent increase per hun
dred pounds of milk starting
Sept. 1.
Manager Lester Adams said
the increase was needed to meet
rising costs and prevent more
decline in milk production. He
said many dairymen would be
forced out of business unless the
increase is granted.
Volcano Entertains
ourists in Sicily
Catamo, Sicily (U.R) Etna
volcano threw pieces of redhot
rock 500 feet into the air Mon
day night in a spectacular dis
play for thousands of holiday
tourists.
Visitors to Taormina and
other towns for the Ferragosto
holiday watched as the rocks
and lava poured from the crater.
Experts said there was no dan
ger to the villages on the slopes.
tna has been in a state of inter
mittent eruption for 48 days.
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