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in COLLIDING WITH TRUCK at crossing near Lob An geles, Santa Fe Streamliner Is badly damaged but none of crewmen in engine was injured. (International) On The Side Ry E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Future Syndicate, Inc.) i This year's hurricanes, accord- j Passing By ing to official statement, will be given feminine names "from Anna to Zenda." Where did the weather bureau men find that name Zenda? I never heard of it before. Still female names be ginning with Z are hard to find. Only ones I can think of are Zoe, Zenobia and Zenocrate. Says She A man with well polished boots is a rarity. Too many men are also featuring shoes with run down heels. The number of coat less men wearing wrinkled slop py shirts and minus neckties is increasing in an alarming man ner. So writes a feminine sub scriber. She adds that when a man presents a generally sloppy appearance it is a reflection on his wife. That you can get an idea of a wife's character by the way her husband looks. She says the truly intelligent .wife who has a real love for her husband subjects him to a daily inspection before he leaves home. And that the "stupid, careless, self-centered" wife is "too wrapped up in her own trivial troubles to pay any attention to how her hus band looks." Pleas Note Mrs. Hetty Jordan of San Jose, Calif., recently gave birth to twins unaided. She ushered a pair of beautiful babies into the world without the assistance of a physician. Evidently the "do it yourself" movement is making remarkable progress in the gold en state. National Anthem How long has "The Star-Spangled Banner" been our national anthem? That query baffles a lot of people, including many col lege graduates. The answer is 25 years. "The Star-Spangled Ban ner" was not made the national anthem until 1931, or 117 years after it was written. By the way, do you know all the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner"? All right, sing it for your wife. Bargain How much can you eat and drink in one hour and 40 min utes? A restaurant in Rotterdam, Holland, offers all you can eat and drink in that time for the equivalent of $2.80. It is a high class place with a highly varied menu and wine list. The time limit idea on food and drink is not new. Years ago a saloon in Texas had an offer of a flat price for all you could drink in one hour. Sleep How much nightly sleep do you require to feel in the pink next day? An expert on the sub ject says the more mentally alert a man is the less sleep he needs. That a really smart fellow can get along on six hours sleep per night. Tftat lets me out. I have to have eight hours sleep or I am grouchy the next morning. As I am always saying I never get a break from those experts. Only one I have ever had was from the expert who said men with big feet make the best husbands. Ben Gage. Husband of the bux om swimming star of the cinema, Esther Williams. Ben is quite a mass of manhood. His height is six feet, six inches. He sells swimming' pools, specializing in the backyard variety which can be purchased complete for $2,- 000. Among the Married In Italy a male can legally marry at 18 and a female at 15. But the Italian men usually mar ry at 28 and the women at 25. Major reason for the delay is that in Italy marriage is for keeps. The participants have to be as certain as possible they were made for each other. In Italy di vorce is practically non-existent. Rich Man Ever hear of Aw Cheng-Chye? He is one of the richest men in the world. Lives in Singapore. Inherited millions from his fath er Aw Boon-Haw, and added more millions to his fortune by his own enterprise. His father, Aw Boon-Haw, was originator of a preparation called "Tiger Balm." Chinese use it as a cure for all types of aches, toothache, headache, backache, stomach ache, etc. It is said to work very well. NAACP Seeks Review Of Contempt Fine Birmingham, Ala. (U,R) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will ask the state supreme court Monday to review its $100,000 fine for contempt of a circuit court. The Supreme Court set Mon day as a hearing date on an NAACP request for a writ of certiorari, which would force the lower court to submit Its records for review. The writ would automatically stay execution of the fine until a supreme court decision is hand ed down. The NAACP was fined July 25 when it refused to surrender its membership lists as ordered by Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones. The state sought the rec ords to use as evidence in its battle to prevent the NAACP from dissolving a temporary in junction issued June 1, banning it in Alabama. The Negro organization sub mitted all other records asked, but balked at giving up its mem bership rolls on grounds it would open up its members to mistreatment and discrimination. Three Italian Children Die When 'Joy" Explodes Ravena, Italy U.R) Three children playing with a wartime anti-tank mine at nearby Borgo Rivola were killed when their "toy" exploded Tuesday night. The victims were nine-year-old twins Paolo and Luigi Bal dassarri and 11-year-old Maria Poggi. Two women were injured by flying splinters. Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day Xkitr cane sugar i PERFECT! it's pure cane A Nkhol's Worth of Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer Barman Nlcbols probably has his lenses at Washington (U.R) Alfred Wagg, one of the best camera men in the business today, got that way by accident. When a civil riot broke out in India a long time ago, he was right there with a "box" in his hand. He has had a box in hand ever since. Since then he looked through more than any lensman extant. Running around the world cov ering wars and other things makes a man a pro if he knows his business. Wagg does. He has come out with a book called "Know Your Camera." It is written in English so that the owner of a $10 ca mera won't have to run to Web ster to know what the old pro is talking about. Greatest Triumph Little Wagg, still as hard as a steel wall, thinks that his great est triumph came when Haillie Salassie, the "Lion of Judah" was our guest here from Ethio pia. Wagg, who is distinguished in a goatee, was working on a spe cial assignment. "From the grapevine, I learn ed that Mataie Eisenhower was to wear her official gown only once at a dinner to be given by the emperor. Photos were bar red." Wagg called a public relations man, and this fellow learned that the "Lion" would not object if Ike was willing to relax the rules against photographers. Salassie arrived a little ahead of time. He was talked into asking his host if a picture could be taken. The President said he didn't mind. Wagg was sitting on the curb in front of the Ethiopian embas sy. Other photographers had giv en up. The picture was taken of Mrs. Ike's fancy get-up also an exclusive picture in color of the "Lion" and the President of the United States. Mostly, though, the champion photographer, who has won many awards and made a pretty nice living out of "shooting the works," as he calls it, likes to help the beginner. In his book he tells how to se lect a camera. A $10 box is good enough for the beginner, he says. The better stuff comes after he learns to "hold his hand steady." Americans snap 5,000,000 pic tures a day, 2,000,000,000 a year. Exploded are 500,000,000 flash bulbs a year, worth $45,000,000. Big business. "Right now," Wagg said, "there are 40,000,000 cameras in America alone. That means three out of every four families own a camera." There are chapters on lighting, how to shoot Aunt Martha feed ing the cat in the basement and such. But Al Wagg has some ad vice if you want to go into the business of making home pictur es for your Christmas cards. First, he warns, pick the paper with care. Good advice. It prints better. Start early, like now. "Your card will gather sympathy but not too much Christmas spir it if it turns out to be the ob vious result of frantic effort," says Wagg. GAINS SEMI FINALS Seattle (U.R) Favored Ann Quast takes on Mrs. Jack Baty, and Mrs. Connie Jones battles Mrs. D. B. Allison today in the semi-finals of the Washington State Women's Amateur Golf tournament at Sand Point Coun try club. McKeon Offered Own Role in Film Story Paris (U.R) American movie producer Darryl Zanuck said today he has offered Mar ine Staff Sgt. Matthew C. Mc Keon his own role in a film, "Parris Island," based on Mc Keon's courts martial. Zanuck said he was in touch with both McKeon and Secre tary of the Navy Charles C. Thomas and that his representa tives have proposed to McKeon that he play his own role in the production. McKeon was sentenced to nine months at hard labor and a bad conduct discharge for "negligent homicide" and drink ing. Six recruits drowned when McKeon led them on a night march "into a "swamp. A spokesman for Zanuck said McKeon's participation would depend upon the review of the sergeant's sentence by Thomas. Zanuck's statement stressed that "the movie will explain the necessity of a rigorous recruit training program. It said the film will dramatize the courts martial proceedings and inci dents that led up to it. Mossadegh Given Extra Protection Tehran, Iran (U.R) The government assigned an extra company of troops yesterday to guard the life of ex-Premier Mohammed Mossadegh because he said that "enemies are try ing to exterminate me." The frail Mossadegh was re leased from jail Saturday after serving a three-year sentence for crimes against the state. Wed nesday 25 persons aboard a bus drove to the house of his son. Dr. Gholam Hossein, where the ex-Premier is staying, and shout ed "down with Mossadegh, the traitor!" Thursday, August 9, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB Around Hollywood y ALINI MOSBY United Press Correspondent Editor's note: Aline Mosby Is on va cation. Today's guest columnist, actor Jim Backus, wonders "Quo Vadls, TV?" By JIM BACKUS Written for United Presi Hollywood U.R) I think television is getting a little reck less. What with hillbilly singers gyrating as if they'll bust their britches, stark cotton - pickin' realism in some of the dramas, double entendre from panelists the audience is becoming jaded. One can't even shock them with give-away figures any more. Whither goest TV? These give away shows will have to go, or the next big headline-hunting program probably will be an audience participation show called "Stand The Pain." The emcee will dimply-drool over his prospects. "Now for your first plateau," he'll say. "We'll give you $5 for every tooth we pull." Broken Arm Worth $100 A broken arm gets you $100. And the grand prize atten tion, every one! the grand prize is an appendectomy for the entire family with two gay, colorful weeks at Cedars of Le banon Hospital! Now about those "television visits so-and-so at home" type program. I think the public is getting wise to that show where everybody loves everybody, the kids are bright little angels and everything's dusted. In the future I'd like to see a show which reveals pop up on the chandelier after getting a snootful the night before, with mom ragging him in the middle of a dirty room, and the kids, in need badly of a change of clothes, tearing at her skirt. Variety Shows Scored Variety shows will . have to come up with entertainment in stead of catalogues. This tre mendous competition for the viewers might lead respectable masters of ceremonies to list stars that's all, just list them. Maybe they'll be in the audience, maybe they'll be at home watch ing the show, maybe he'll men tion he saw them in an alley off Broadway, but the list is so long, one never gets a chance to see the show only the credits. 1 don't blame the actors for these trends in TV. The fault may well rest on the unpadded shoulders of the crewcuts of Madison Avenue whose ticket to TV and show business was earned by a semester in the glee club at Princeton 30 years ago. BUSY DAY Meridian, Miss. U.R) When Dr. Gus A. Rush Jr. delivered a son to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Williams, the physician informed the parents the child was born on his (the doctor's) birthday. Williams then told the doctor it Coon Schedules Visit At Pendleton, La Grande Baker U.R) Rep. Sam Coon (R.-Ore.) said today he would visit Pendleton and La Grande Thursday and Friday on his first trip from here since returning from Washington, D.C., last week end. 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