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Wednesday, December 21, 1355
Eden Reorganizes Cabinet To
real of Inflation
Trustees Appointed In Bankrupt Case
Petite Doll' Gruff Voice
May Dampen Christmas Joy
For Some Little Children
Atlanta, Ga. ;u.R) A toy
shop mixup threatened today to
ruin some little girl's Christmas
because a dainty doll that is
supposed to say a good night
praygj will instead growl a fire
prevention rhyme in a bearlike
voice.
The mixup occurred in a toy
factory commissioned to manu
facture talking models of Smo
key, the bear used on posters by
the ForestOservice in its fire
prevention campaign.
OlheiGbolls Pray
The same factory also makes
a petite little doll equipped with
a voice box that says gentlv:
"NW I lay me down to &?eep.
I Vfy the Lord mv soul to
keepTGod blass mommy. God
bless daddy. Amen."
Tke prayer and the voice are
muen different from the sounds
created for Smokey.
It growls in a gruff voice:
"I'm Sm:ey the Bear, I'm
Smokey the Bear.
"Running and looking for
smoke in the air.
"I warn careless people and
tell the:g)'take (re.'
"Please prevent forest fires,
says Smokey the Bear."
Pandemonium Created
The South Carolina Forestry
Commission ordered 96 of the
stuffed bears for use in its fire
prevention campaign. The first
of the 96 Smokey bears to arrive
in the commission office was
immediately tested. It created
pandemonium by uttering in a
childisR voice:
"Now I lay me down . . .
Regional employees speculat
ed that the township mixed the
voice boxes earmarked for Smo
key and the dolls.
One of the bearlike voice box
es was sure to end up in one
of the dainty "praying" dolls,
they calculated.
Washington's Olympic Penin
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Sitka spruce, 51 feet 6 inches in
circumference at chest height;
the largest western red cedar, 66
feet and 1 inch in girth; and the
largest Douglas fir and western
hemlock, with circumferences of
5& feet 4 inches and 27 feet 2
inches respectively.
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Air Power To Be
Stressed Under
Reshuffling
London (U.R) Prime Min
ister Anthony Eden reorganized
his cabinet from top to bottom
today to meet the threats of in
flation a home and new Soviet
provocations abroad.
A key feature of the reshuffle
was a decision to stress air
power in Britain's armed forces
at the expenses of the Army,
whose authorized first-line re
serve strength was slashed Tues
day from 12 to two divisions.
Many Pots Involved
Four major posts and many
minor ones were involved in
the reorganization, in which
Eden replaced ministers inherit
ed from Winston Churchill with
younger men of his own choice
The average ago of the cabinet
was reduced from 58 to 55 years
by the changes.
The major replacements were
affected by transfers within the
existing cabinet, but seven
minor ministers were dropped.
Six of them were either elevated
to the peerage or promoted
within its ranks.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
B. A. Butler was promoted to
lord privy seal and majority
leader in the ' House of Com
mons, making him in effect
deputy prime minister.
Harold Macmillan, whose pol
icies as foreign secretary have
been, under opposition fire for
some time, was shifted to the
exchequer post to replace Butler
as head of the fight against Brit
ain's ominous inflation. .
To Lead Russia Fight
Defense Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd replaced Macmillan as
foreign secretary to lead the dip
lomatic fight against Russia, and
Labor ' Minister Sir Walter
Monckton .moved up to the de
fense, post to protect Britain if
diploma'cy fails.
Health Minister Iain MacLeod
replaced Monckton as labor min
ister, and was replaced in his
turn by R. H. Turton, who is
new to the cabinet.
Nigel Birch, a wartime lieu
tenant colonel in the army, re
placed Lord de L'IsIe and Dud
ley as air secretary a change
reflecting Eden's decision that
"because of the greatly in
creased importance of air pow
er he wants the civilian chief
of the branch to be a member
of the House of Commons.
Rain Check Given
On TV Quiz Show
New York (U.R) Roscoe
Wright, a letter carrier for 24
years, refused to carry the mail
on "The $64,000 Question" last
night.
Wright, who had built up to
$16,000 on the giveaway show
by answering a series of ques
tions on poetry, asked for an ad
ditional week to decide whether
he should gamble his stake. He
was granted the added week by
Steve Carlin, the executive pro
ducer of the show while the
program was on the air.
It was he first time in the
six-months' history of the quiz
that a contestant admitted in
decision on a try for the big
money. ,
If Wright had tried for $32,-
000 and missed, he would have
been given a new convertible
as a consolation prize. Wright,
a Negro, pointed out:
"It's something to think
about. The $16,000 is three years
of my salary."
Trustees were appointed to
handle five cases of bankruptcy
proceedings held early this week
in the federal court room at the
post office building.
Norman R. Matteson, 1284
Ross lane, was appointed trustee
for Chrystal Distribution and
Cold Storage company; Chrystal
company; Clara Virginia Chrys
ler; and William Chrysler.
ANNUAL CONCERT The chorus of mixed
voices of the Apostolic Faith church, North
Central ave. and Third st, will participate in
the annual concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25.
Don Wolfe is director of the chorus. The pro
gram Sunday will include the orchestra, solo
ists and choruses portraying the Christmas
story.
Youngster's Bid on Nashua Too Low
But She Weil Get Horse by Christmas
New York (U.R) Some
where in this land today there
is a mighty lucky horse.
By Christmas this horse will
have a proud new owner, 12-year-old
Karen Ann McGuire,
Valhalla, N.Y., and the only
danger is that she may kill him
with kindness.
Karen Ann is the hazel-eyed
little charmer who so captivat
ed the officials of the" Hanover
Bank with a $24.03 bid for the
three-year-old champion Nash
ua that they decided to chip in
and buy her a horse, even though
she fell exactly $1,251,175.97
short of matching the winning
bid.
Banker's Hearts Me.lted
Bankers are supposed to be
cold and unsentimental folks but
Karen Ann melted them with
her "heart warming" letter.
"We were all so touched when
we read it that we felt we just
had to get her a horse," said R.
E. McNeill Jr., president of the
bank, which had acted as execu
tors of the estate of William
Woodward, Nashua's owner who
was accidentally shot and killed
by his wife.
In her letter Karen Ann said
she didn't necessarily have to
receive Nashua.
Good Home Assured
"I read in the paper that you
are going to sell Nashua and his
friends," she wrote. "If you have
a horse that no one will buy, I
would like to. You can send
him or her out to the following
address: 22 Rutledge road, Val
halla, N.Y. The horse will have
a good home, Vz acres of woods
and fields and loveing (sic) care.
I would like a horse that would
grow old with me. My sealed
bid is $24.03 but maybe by the
time you open the bids I will
have earned more money and
I can pay a little higher."
In order to attend the pre
sentation ceremonies at the bank
yesterday, Karen Ann had to be
excused from her classes at St.
Thomas Parochial school in
Pleasantville, N.Y.
Mother Wears Grin
"The sisters at the school
thought I was nuts when I told
them, but they let me go," she
Oak Grove School
Program Thursday
The annual Oak Grove school
Christmas program will be held
in the school gymnasium at 8
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22. .
Included in the program will
be selections by the school band,
a presentation of "Hansel and
Gretel" by fourth and fifth grad
ers and several selections by the
school chorus.
Oak Grove school will be dis
missed following room parties
at 1:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23.
Classes will resume Tuesday,
Jan. 3. '
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The Community's Biggest Marketplace
Norman M. Kerr, 103 South
Holly st., was appointed truste.
for Chrystal Orchard and old
Storage company.
The bankruptcy proceedings
were heard by Referee in Bank
ruptcy, Lester G. Oehler, Cor
vallis. The sum of money repre
sented by the dissolution of the
I five estates was not released.
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PAY NEXT YEAR
said.- "When I came home from
school the day before my mother
had a big grin on her face and
I knew something nice was
about to happen. Then she told
me the bank had called and said
I was getting a horse and all I
could say was 'Oh boy, oh. boy.'
I could hardly believe it."
TRACTOR UPSET FATAL
Roseburg (U.R) Lester V.
Thomas, 36, was injured fatally
near here yesterday when a trac
tor overturned on him. Sheriff's
officers reported that Thomas
was using" the tractor to pull
his car out of the mud at his
home. Survivors include his wife
Ruth.
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Four Men Jailed;
2 Make Appearances
Four men have been jailed for
varying offenses in the last two
days, according to Sheriff How
ard Gault. Two of them appear
ed in district court yesterday af
ternoon. Wayne Harding, 20, Central
Point, is being held under $1,500
bond awaiting grand jury after
arraignment on a charge of lar
ceny in a store building. He is
charged with taking a container
of the American Cancer society
containing S2.94 from Seiber's
market, Talent. "
John Nathaniel Boyce, 32, 322
North Riverside ave., was sen
tenced to six months in jail on
a charge of larceny of four auto
batteries and two auto-type ra
diators owned by Peter Bate
man. James R. Rowden, 24, Med
ford, who was arrested with
Boyce, was jailed as a probation
violator.
Bert Glenn Parrack, 50, Allen
hotel, is being held as a par
ole violator from the state penitentiary.
In the Gulf of Aden schools of
porpoises reach vast propor
tions, says the National Geo
graphic Society. Some schools
number thousands of these mam
mals that can leap 20 feet out
of the water...
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