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Bernarr MacFadden
Made Fortune With
Health, Publishing
Thursday, October 13, 1953
.Tersev Citv. N.J. U.R) Ber
narr MacFadden, who parlayed
a physical culture and publish
ing career into a fortune, died
in a hospital here last night.
MacFadden, who once said he
expected to live to be 120, built
a multi-million dollar publish
ing empire on sex and raw car
rots. He was derided as a char
latan, arrested as immoral, and
O lauded and adored as a prophet.
Born in a two-room cabin in
Missouri, Aug. 16, 1868, he
started his climb to fame and
fortune as the puny, poverty
stricken son of a drunkard fa
ther and an undernourished
mother. ,
Orphan J Early
Orphaned at an early age, he
made his way through the world
with experience gained through
combining some knowledge of
printing, muscular skill and
clean living. The money that he
made teaching courses in "heal
ing disease by movement"
aundtted him on a $30,000,000
publishing career that was the
talk of the Roaring Twenties.
By the 1930s his publishing
empire had grown to include 10
newspapers and about as many
magazines. One of his most fa
mous and least successful news
papers was the New York Eve
ning Graphic, started in 1924.
The MacFadden publishing
empire also included such maga
zines as Liberty, edited by Ful
ton Oursler. The health culturist
also pioneered the "confessions"
and "love-story" magazines.
Nearly always in the lime
light, he continued to make the
headlines well into his final
years, selling health and sex.
He made his first parachute
jump on his 81st birthday, slept
on the floor, walked barefoot to
absorb "the earth's magnetism"
and reared his five daughters
and two sons in family nudity
indoors and out.
Harriman Schedules
Clackamas Speech
Portland (U.R) Gov. Aver-
ell Harriman of New York, a
contender for the Democratic
presidential nomination, will
speak in Clackamas county Dec.
22, State Democratic Chairman
Howard Morgan said today. Ex
act site of the speech has not
been decided.
WRONG SIGN
Boston (U.R) Thieves hit the
jackpot at the Builders Special
ty Co. Here because they didn't
believe a sign saying, "Please
don't break the safe. There's less
than $50 in it." The safe con
tained $300.
"THE ASTRID" . . . Exquisite
15-DIAMOND WEDDING BAND
In a 14-Karat gold mounting
NO MONEY DOWN
ONLY $1.25 WEEK .
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ROUTS BEVAN Hugh
Gaitskell (shown above at
Margate, England), right wing
candidate for leadership of
the British Labor Party,
routed Aneurin Bevan, long
the hero of British Social
ism's left, in a contest for the
key post of party treasurer.
Tokyo Top Contender
For Largest City Title
Tokyo (U.R) Tokyo's popu
lation has passed the 8,000,000
mark, challenging New York
and London for the title of the
world's largest city, it was an
nounced today.
The metropolitan statistics sec
tion said the announcement was
based on a known Sept. 1 popu
lation of 7,997,699 and an aver
age monthly increase of 19,000.
Chief Points Out
Dangers of Fire
To Small Children
Children should never be left
home alone, and baby sitters
should be trained and capable
of protecting children, especial
ly in time of fire.
The National Fire Protection
association, which sponsors Na
tional Fire Protection Week in
cooperation with the Interna
tional Association of Fire Chiefs,
reports that each year more and
more children are trapped and
killed by fire because no one has
been available to help them.
Medford Fire Chief Gordon
Barker urged local residents not
to leave children alone, and
baby sitters should be thorough
ly fire-conscious! He stressed the
importance of the baby sitter
knowing location of front and
back entrances", and the most di
rect route from ' the children's
room to the outside.
Should List Number
She should know the loca
tion of the telephone and there
should be emergency numbers
listed in plain view near the tele
phone, Barker pointed out.
Baby sitters should be instruc
ted to remove the children from
the house on the first smell of
smoke. Barker said the baby-sitter
should not waste time dress
ing the children, but wrap them
in blankets or other available
clothing and move them out of
the house.
Once the children are safely
out of the house, the sitter should
then notify the fire department,
Barker said. The sitter should
use a neighbor's telephone, and
not take a chance on returning
to the house if she knows there
is a fire.
Egypt Lowers Draft
Age to 18 Years
Cairo (U.R) The government
today announced a tightened
conscription law lowering the
draft age from 19 to 18, but said
it had nothing to do with the
present world situation.
The new law requires every
male of 18 to serve three years
of military duty. Those physical
ly unfit also will be drafted,
but for non-military tasks.
Mine Congress Urges
Immediate Return
To Gold Standard
Las Vegas (U.R) The Am
erican Mining Congress complet
ed a three-day convention by
urging the United States to re
turn to a gold standard and for
the establishment of a free world
market for gold.
The congress said since infla
tion has devalued the dollar be
low 50 cents while a fixed rate
of $35 an ounce for gold has
been maintained for more than
20 years, a changeover to the
gold standard would be "a simple
step."
Would Lift Restrictions
The AMC, in a reslution adop
ted at its closing session yester
day, also recommended removal
of restrictions on the sale, own
ership and purchase of gold by
American citizens. It said the
gold mining industry could be
revived if the federal govern
ment was removed as the sup
plier of gold for manufacturing
needs.
Sen. George W. Malone (R
Nev.), criticized the AMC in a
speech for advocating a protec
tive tariff "without teeth." The
AMC had recommended that au
thority over tariffs be administ
ered by Congress instead of the
Federal Tariff commission.
"American markets are the ob
jectives of every ( nation in the
world and every nation in the
world with the exception of Can
ada and one other has a dishon
est currency," Malone said.
Would Have Been Stronger
He said the AMC resolution
should have been stronger so it
could have been used as a basis
for U. S. negotiation next month
at the Geneva conference on tar
iffs and trade. The Nevada Sen
ator is an advocate of high pro
tective tariffs.
Other resolutions adopted yes'
terday called for:
Tax revisions to allow for de
pletion in the mining industry;
setting of a maximum 50 per
cent on income taxation; elinv
ination of double taxation on
corporate dividends; removal of
limits on expenses for explora
tion; lower capital gains taxes,
and adjustment of taxes on in
comes earned abroad.
Spr
rogue River Man
Killed in Argument
Klamath Falls (U.R) Jason
Charles, 50-year-old Sprague
River farm worker, was fatally
injured when he was shot in the
stomach with a .30-.30 calibre
rifle during an argument. He
died in Klamath Valley hospital.
George Dumont, 54, Chiloquin,
was arrested in connection with
the case and lodged in Klamath
county jail.
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WILBUR A. HENRY, DIRECTOR
- BY FILM
7:30 P.M. FRIDAY 7:30 P.M.
ORAL ROBERTS
PREACHING ON - THE BURNING BUSH. ALSO
WILL BE PRAYING FOR THE SICK
7:30 P.M. SATURDAY 7:30 P.M.
JACK COE
PREACHING ON THE JOY OF THE LORD
ALSO PRAYING FOR THE SICK
2:45 P.M. SUNDAY 2:45 P.M.
WILLIAM BRANHAM
, SUBJECT: "THE DEEP CALLETH UNTO THE DEEP"
7:30 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT 7:30 P.M.
REV. W. DeVRIES
BEGINS A SALVATION HEALING REVIVAL
COME EARLY FOR A SEAT
Conciliator Meets
ith Phone Strikers.
San Francisco (U.R) Federal
Conciliator Arthur Viat meets
today with representatives of
22,000 striking telephone work
ers and the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company to see
if there is any way to end a
three-day-old strike in Northern
California and Nevada.
At the same time, the strike
atmosphere became somewhat
tense as a result of a tomato
throwing episode involving non-
stnking telephone operators
here.
Police declared a barrage of
tomatoes was hurled 'from an
automobile at a group of oper
ators leaving work at 11 o'clock
last night. The incident took
place before the telephone . ex
change at No. 1 McCopin st. No
one was hurt. The union. denied
any of its members was respon
sible.
Bodies Found Hear
Carver Badly Beaten,
Autopsy Discloses
Oregon City U.P.) An autop-isame type of injuries, although
Lions Club Official
Speaks at Gold Hill
Gold Hill William B. Miller
of Coos Bay, district governor
of Lions International, will be
guest speaker at a meeting of
the Gold Hill Lions club at 7:30
p.m. today at The Dardanelle.
Miller will speak in connec
tion with District Governor
week as set up by the Interna
tional organization. '
Between 75 and 100 people
are expected to attend the din
ner meeting, including several
zone chairmen and deputy gov-
e r n o r s. Representatives and
members of other clubs in the
Rogue valley have been invited
sy indicated today that a young
woman and her three-year-old
son, whose bodies were found in
dense brush near Carver along
with that of a 31-year-old Port
land man, had been' beaten to
death. .
The man, Leroy Condray, was
dead from a shot through the
forehead. Authorities said he
apparently shot himself with a
.31 caliber revolver after fatal
ly beating Mrs. Shirley F.
Kompst, 24, and her son. Stan
ley. She was the wife of a sol
dier stationed in Germany.
Revolver in Hand
The revolver was still clutch
ed in Condray's hand when he
was found.
The bodies were found yester
day by Paul Scheef, Oregon
City, Condray's uncle, who ear
lier discovered Condray's auto
mobile parked on a lonely road
one mile south and east of Car
ver. The three bodies were lying
some 40 feet from the car.
Coroner Leslie Peak estimat
ed the three had been dead since
Sunday.
Skull Broken
Dr. Mitchel Heinmaan, pathol
ogist from Good Samaritan hos
pital in Portland, said an autop
sy showed that Mrs. Kompst s
skull was broken in several
places. The child suffered the
GLADIOLUS CHAMP
Earlham, la. (U.R) Wilbur
Frederick, who farms five miles
southeast of here, last year took
52 out of 53 prizes in gladioli
contests at the Iowa State Fair.
Fifteen years ago he bought a
handful of gladiolus bulbs. Last
year he sold 11,000 bulbs. To be
successful in raising gladioli,
Frederick " recommends ' deep
planting and frequent cultiva
not so severe, he said. He added
that Condray's fists were badly
bruised.
Relatives said Mrs. Kompst
had been planning to join her
husband, Albert O. Kompst,
overseas. She lived in a trailer
camp near her mother's home.
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