Average Londoner Enjoys Country Trek
Get Away from Not-So-Drab Big City
By GLORIA SWANSON
Wrilten for United Press
London (U.R) With rain and
fog and Somerset Maugham
there was no doubt I was in
England.
Sjspeciay on a week end,
wSen the average Londoner
leaves the city to enjoy good,
bad or indifferent weather in
the country. Nothing ever inter
fere with his week end.
; If this description gives you
the impression that London is
drab, let me say that this is not
true. Don't let anyone tell you
that it is not a city of gaiety.
The automobile show is here
and withQor without it, the ho
stels and restaurants are full.
oPeople ress formally, more so
than in any other city I have
been in, and the food in most
restaurarSs can be compared to
the best on the continent.
Peggy and J. P. McEvoy,
writers for the "Reader's Di
gest," and I spent three hours
over luncheon because Capt.
Cunningham, the proprietor of
a most interesting restaurant,
held us speechless an achieve
ment with two gabby women
like Peggy and me. He kept us
fascinated with stories which
ranged from his first job open
ing oysters in a restaurant when
he9 was a little boy learning
the art of antiquing pewter a
censored story and now own
ing and running very success
fully several restaurants iru Lon
don. .
With our minds and tummies
full we returned to the hotel.
Mac promptly left us to take
a nap and Peggy, finding out
that Somerset Maugham also
livid in the. same hotel, acted
like a school girl. Since she
had always thought of Maugham
1 terms of her literary "dream
boat" and read every word he
has written, I goaded her into
inviting him to a cup of tea or
something stronger '
Bless his heart, the old boy
accepted without hesitation. As
he entered the apartment he
asked a favor of these two silly
American females.
"Don't gush, please don't
gush or I. shall leave," and
promptly, sat himself down to
a gin and tonic.
Alter 40 winks J.. P. McEvoy
joined us, and Roger Dann who
meantime had arrived "for 3
spot of tea." He ia the French
actor who twft years ago had
that New York success in "The
Happy Time." Presently he is
playing here in "Romance in
Candlelight."
J. P. has a way of drawing
people out, so before Maugham
realized it, he was fascinating
us with his viewpoint on a va
riety of subjects.
We discussed, grandchildren,
whom he doesn't understand at
all, and especially their con
versation. -He confessed to be
interested only in people of his
own age and no more than one
generation removed.
MRS. GEORGE FRIES stands in kitchen doorway Jthrough
which escaping San Quentin convict, Warren E. Daley (left),
entered hecjgan Rafael home Wednesday night. Daley terror
ized Mr. and Mrs. Fries for an hour before he'fled with stolen
clothes, money, auto. Police caught him later. (International)
Quotes From the Hem
By UNITED PRESS
Duluth Adlai Stevenson declining an invitation to enter JVIin
nesota's , presidential primary election next March:
As I have said before, I will make known my intention re
garding the presidential campaign in Chicago. That still stands."
Igglesund, Sweden Lenna-r Petterson, 25, on trading wires
with his next door neighbor:
"Suddenly I stopped eating and told Tom what we ail knew
already ... I was in love with his wife. He told me he was in love
with mine, and we agreed to trade."
New York Racehorse trainer James J. (Sunny Jim) Fitzsim
mons on the late William Woodward Jr.: 1
"Mr. Woodward was a high-class sportsman and as plain as an
old shoe. There was nothing, high hat about him."
Independence, Mo. Former President Truman on whether he
would support Sen. Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.) who has been
mentioned as a candidate for the presidential nomination:
, "I don't know about his ambitions. He told me he didn't have
any." .
Madrid Playboy Sheppard W. King on his latest romance with
a 23-year-old Venezuelan beauty, for whom he is willing to embrace-Catholicism:
,
"It wasn't love 'at first sight. This was something different it
grew slowly." - -
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New Orleans Marshall Igiald Jr.. publisher of the Chicago
Sun-Times, on the danger in government control-of news in the
Uiited States: , . ,
"It is extremely dangrous when the people's right to know is
gradually being whittled down."
Chicago Dour Coach Paul Brown on the 26-20 victory over the
Chicago Cardinals that pu his perennial champion Cleveland
Browns in undisputed possession of first place in their division of
the National Football league:
"Wetoould have lost if the game had lasted a few minutes
longer."
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7-V9 BOTTLING COMPANY
Bedford, Oregon
To a point-blank question as
to why he no longer wrote,
Maugham said he would be old
fashioned which, of course, all
immediately disputed. I accused
him of using this merely as an
excuse just because he no longer
had any real interest in present
day life.
With a twinkle in his eye he
admitted that this was the truth.
Naturally I did not have nerve
enough to ask, but I was won
dering why the crown had not
knighted him. Somebody later
ventured the idea that maybe
he did not want it, because the
honor that had been bestowed
on him, that of the Order of
Merit, is a much greater one.
Dr. Schweitzer has come here
to receive this same award.
How love got Into the con
versation I don't recall, but it
and sex always manage to some
how, probably via Princess Mar
garet and Group Captain Peter
Townsend, which is still a great
topic on the tips of tongues.
Maugham had a good chuckle
when he told us how madly in
love he once was with a woman
because of her beautiful, husky
voice, but unhappily when she
recovered he discovered it was
nothing but a cold.
O&C Petition Slated
For Public Hearing
Portland "(U.R) A Clatsop
county petition to open some 94,
570 acres of O and C timber to
its logging industry will be dis
cussed at a public hearing here
Jan. 20, Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay said today.
The petition asks the interior
department to reconsider a 1947
policy excluding Astoria and
adjacent communities from O&C
master units and marketing
areas. Th areas were not de
pendent on O&C lands for logs
wheti the policy was effected.
The hearing also will discuss
the possibility of including parts
of Columbia. Tillamook and
Washington counties , which
were excluded along with Clat
sop county by the 1947 policy.
The tract of land involved
would have an annual sustained
yield of 28,300,000 board feet of
timber.
Herbert Hoover Joins
Truman Library Committ
Los Angeles (U.R) Former
President Hoover has joined the
sponsors of the Harry S. Truman
Library Committee of the South
west, it was disclosed today. .
Mr. Hoover wired library
Vice-President Edwin W. Pauley
M1 y.:.
ACTRESS Maureea O'Hara
shown entering Santa Monica
courtroom to approve amend
ed settlement in long divorce
battle with her husband, Will
Price. (International)
that he "would be glad" to be
one of the committee's sponsors.
Mr. ..Truman will be guest of
honor and speaker here.NoVi'28
when a , fund-raising dinner is
held in ' behalf of the library,
Pauley said.
Monday, October 31, 195S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Deputies Quell
Union Disturbance
St. Helens (U.R) The picket
ed St. Helens plant of the Fix
Tex Insulation Company was
quiet Sunday after a near-riot
Saturday.
Some 50 deputy sheriffs were
posted around the plant for the
midnight change of shift, but
further violence failed to mater
ialize as non-striking workers en
tered the plant.
When the 4 p.m. shift changed,
rocks were reported thrown and
windows smashed, but no in
juries were reported either- by
police or strikers.
The demonstration started
with a 200-car parade through
downtown St. Helens.
About 150 striking workers
and sympathizers surrounded the
plant Saturday. Some 388 union
men are on strike and the plant
is now being run with 200 non
union workers from Portland,
Vancouver, Wash., and other
areas.
Quick in Results!
Low in tost
Use Tribune W Ac's
WERE THEY ALL ON SCREEN?
New York (U.R) Two armed
thugs robbed ttie cashier of the
Anco movie theater Sunday
night of $183 while the audience
watched the film "The Violent
Men."
WEDDING PLANNED
Hollywood (U.R) Jill
Schary, 19, daughter of MGM
production head Dore Schary,
will marry Naval Lt. Jon Zim
mer at her parents' home on
Jan. 8, they announced today.
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