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Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington Indonesian President Sukarno, on the determina tion of Asian peoples to overthrow colonialism: "Nationalism ... is the mainspring of our effort. Fail to un derstand it and no amount of thinking, no torrent of wordi, and no niagara of dollars will produce anything but bitterness and dis illusionment." Paris A passerby, on seeing former President Truman slip Into a restaurant: "By gosh, it's old Harry!" New York Crusading labor columnist Victor Riesel, blinded by a thug's acid attack, on his plans for the future: "I will write my column for as long as people read it. They knocked me out for six weeks but that's all." Hollywood Paul Brinkman. on chasges by his wife, actress Jeanne Crain, that ha beat her until she submitted to him: "I could hardly believe my wife had read the divorce complaint he signed, or she would hare known that the charges are wholly untrue." Moscow French Permier Guy Mollet, in talks with the Rus sians, on his country's alignment with Britain and the United States: "If the Russians do not understand French policy now and till think they can separate us from our Allies, we may as well end the talks now." Detroit Dr. Evarts A. Graham, noted medical college sur geon, in a warning against excessive smoking as a lung cancer cause: "The evidence against cigarette smoking is stronger than the proof that vaccination protects against smallpox. Only screwballs doubt that" Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Prats Correspondent Las Vegas, Nev. (U.P.) The longest-playing entertainer in Las Vegas is a comedian the big' name stars line up to see so they can take lessons and steal his lines. The object of this admira tion is a home ly burlesque comic named Aline Mosby Hank Henry who's been holding forth on the ame stage in this gambling cap ital for six years. Hank is the star of a burlesque show in the Silver Slipper, a western-style "saloon" that stands on a replica of western street next to the New Frontier hotel. At Hank's 3 a.m. show (floor hows run around the clock in Las Vegas and you're a sissy if you go to bed before 6 a.m.) you can see stars from the big hotels around town. Show folk from Jack Carson and Jerry Lewis to chorus girls and musicians jam the tiny club to hoot and roar at the gags and sketches. Humor Corny The humor is broad and corny but at 3 a.m. it's hilarious. Hank claims his place is the last stronghold in the country of true burlesque, in. which comedians and not strippers are the main show. His greatest compliment is that many of his sketches and gags show up in big-name acts around Las Vegas. Hank, a master of the "double take" and "slow burn," started in show business 30 years ago by doing impromptu acts in speak easies around New York. After working as a clown in carnivals, he went to Grossinger's Resort in the Catskills to entertain for a week and stayed eight years. Don Hartman, now a big Holly wood producer, was social direc tor at the resort then. Dore Schary, now MGM chief, was editor of the hotel newspaper. Attraction Told Henry worked at Minsky's burlesque in New York, sharing the stage with Phil Silvers, Rags Ragland, Red Buttons, Jackie Gleason and Abbott & Costello. Bob Alda was his straight man. Later he toured with musical comedies such as "The Student Prince" and "Kiss Me Kate" and "This Is the Army." While his colleagues from Minskys wound up in TV, Henry went back to keeping burlesque alive. He was happy to settle down in Las Vegas where he's a respected, modest family man with an ex-chorine wife and three children. "I'm happy to be here," he said. "Success is having peace of mind and being happy at what you're doing, and making a good living." SLASH 1 f FREEZES vIBll'S Mf - cu. FT. CHEST FREEZERS fWUJ J26995 WHILE THEY LAST! $10 DOWN DELIVERS to YOUR HOME 2 YEARS TO PAY $0QQ9S and LJJ TESTIFYING on Russia's announced cutback in armed forces, Air Force Secretary Donald Quarles tells sena tors it appears to be a be lated "new look" at their manpower. (International) Harriman, Tired, Heads Home After Tour Through West Reno, Nev. U.R) Gov. Aver ell Harriman of New York, ex hausted after a six-state tour of the West, leaves today for home. Harriman was scheduled ' to fly to San Francisco and from there catch a flight for New York. During the course of his west ern tour, Harriman announced he is a "non-active" candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Faltered in Speech Thursday night Harriman spok e to a Nevada Jefferson Jackson dinner in Reno. He was obviously tired and once or twice faltered in the course of his remarks. However, he minced no words when it came to the subject of the Republican administration, which he charged favored big business. He said 1955 will be known as the "billion dollar year a bil lion dollar profit for General Motors and a billion dollar loss of income for farm families." He said Republicans "have never learned what we Demo crats have always known that our towns and cities cannot en joy prosperity in the long run when there are hard times on the farm and in many small . businesses." i "What's good for the farmer is good for General Motors," he added. j No Plea for Support j Harriman made no plea for support from the uninstructed I Nevada delegates to the Demo cratic national convention. However, national committee man William K. Woodburn said in his introductory remarks that it behooves members of the del egation "to give close scrutiny to our guest." During his tour, Harriman visited Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Montana and Ne- j vada. Compromise Sugar Bill Gets Passage Washington (U.R) Con gress has sent to the White House a compromise bill revising and extending the federal sugar pro gram through 1960. The bill, passed Thursday by both houses on a voice vote with in ' 90 minutes, would continue the present subsidies to sugar growers in the United States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. It provides for immediate expansion of their marketing quotas. It also features a revised for mula to govern participation of foreign suppliers in the annual growth of the American sugar market Under the formula, Cuba would continue as the largest single sugar supplier, foreign or domestic. But Mexico, the Do minican Republic and Peru would have a better chance to increase their sugar sales here each year. EARLY SHEARING Alton, 111. 0J.R) Glen Eudy, Jr., was only two weeks old when he got his first haircut and became the youngest "customer" barber Everett Jett ever had. The baby's parents said they de cided to have his long, curly locks cut because they irritated his neck. f MARKET 1202 North Riverside OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT I 13-Year-0!d Girl From Pittsburgh Spelling Champion Washington (U.R) Melody Sachko, 13-year-old $1000 first prize winner in the 1956 Na tional Spelling Bee, today gave this simple advice for future hopefuls today: Memorize the dictionary. The slim, brown-eyed girl from Pittsburgh, Pa., has been at it for two years. For the past year she has been concentrating on a two-volume number that she won in a Pennsylvania con test. Studied Every Night "I studied every night," Mel ody said, "unless it was impos sible, and that wasn't very often." She confessed that she didn't learn "all the words." But she knew enough to outlast 62 other finalists in Thursday's nine-hour bee. It was the largest of an nual bees sponsored since 1925 by the Scripps-Howard News papers and 43 other newspapers. Melody was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Press. The word she won on was "condominium." Before that she out-spelled her last opponent and runner-up, 13-year-old San dra Owen from Justus, O., on "afflatus." Gets Second Prize Sandra,' who came up with "affatous," broke down and sob bed when the bell rang her de feat. A bystander in the crowded auditorium patted her shoulder and said "you still have $500," the second prize. Third prize of $250 went to Ann Malone Warren, 13-year-old from Monticello, Ga. The other ' winners included: 4th, Karin Carter, 12. San Fran cisco, who spelled "anabasis" as "anabysis." BUSINESS HOBBY Rochester, N. Y. (U.R) Photography is more than just a business word to Thomas J. Hargrave, chairman of the East man Kodak Company's board of directors. He is an excellent pho tographer in his own right. Some of his Kodachrome shots have appeared in the National Geo graphic magazine. Friday. May 18, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Back Stairs: Remarks Anger President By MERRIMAN SMITH Washington (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: It wasn't apparent to most of the guests. But it has been quite a number of moons since Pres- Cain Expects Axe On Subversive Board Denver (U.R) Former GOP Sen. Harry P. Cain predicted Thursday night President Eisen hower was ready to drop him from the Subversive Activities Control Board because of his at tacks on the federal security pro gram. "My usefulness to the Presi dent, who appointed me to my present post some three years ago, is, I believe, rapidly draw ing to a close," the former Wash ington senator said in an address before the Colorado branch of the Civil Liberties Union. Cain charged that Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. and other presidential advisers had "fed" Mr. Eisenhower "var nish" about injustices to various individuals under the govern ment's employee security pro gram. He ' also declared that top White House aides and the Re publican . National Committee were playing a "numbers game" with security risk firings. He said some of the numbers are "unadulterated fiction." Racing Pigeons Enjoy Fragrance Over Town Cognac, France (U.R) More than 2,000 pedigreed racing pi geon got off to a late but heady start ' in a race from Cognac, France, to Brussels, Belgium. Instead of taking the two or three warm-up turns usual with racers before taking course, the pigeons circled the town of Cog nac some 50 times. Oldtimers had one explanation for the pigeons' reluctance to leave. The air here is fairly potent' with evaporation fumes of the town's famed product, cognac brandy, they said, and the pigeons simply were in no: hurry to leave such an atmos- j phere. ident Eisenhower got as sore as he did last Saturday night as a result of remarks by Senate Democratic Leader Lydon John son. The occasion was the splend iferous Gridiron Club" dinner. Johnson's biting remarks made the President sizzle. Some of the comments bantered by members of the Eisenhower team anent Johnson's comments were some thing less than complimentary. The president did not object to Johnson's right to say what he did, but some of the White House crowd thought that if Johnson got so rough, the President should reply in kind. Mr. Eisen hower was perfectly free to do just that. Instead, however, he decided to turn the other cheek. He met the Democratic leader's thrusts with a soft answer. The give and take between the two men may not be reported because the Gridiron Club spec ifies that "reporters are never present." they serve their purposes a bit better by not attempting to reply with equal invective. Before going to the Gridiron party, the President had a highly successful round on the Burn ing Tree course last Saturday afternoon. He shot an 84, his best 18-hole score since his heart attack last Sept. 24, A man who played with him said, "I've never seen him iri bitter spirits." Presidential intimates' de scribe as so much hogwash a cur rent report that from now until the election, no golf pictures of the President will be permitted. "How," says one big Republi can, "can the Democrats sustain the idea of this man being in poor health if there Is a suc cession of pictures showing him on the golf links?" President Truman once used the same soft answer technique in dealing with a Republican speaker at the Gridiron dinner. The GOP spokesman " threw everything but spikes at Mr. T'uman and against his inclina-1 tion to talk back. Mr. Truman 1 merely smiled and said nothing. Nothing irritates a political j speaker more than being ignor ed. " When targets of sharp re marks can keep their tempers, YMC'A SMORGASBORD Saturday, May 19th . 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. 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