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Monday. April 8, 1937
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References are constantly
Ifkme to the high, salaries cur
Vbatly paid persons of unusual
ility in business, entertain
wnt and sports. That the pres
et day stipends are high there
id) 00 doubt. However, they can
not compare in that respect to
ht persons of similar ability
wer paid in the same fields 40
or 50 years ago. At any rate,
not insofar as net or so called
"take home pay" is concerned.
For example, over 50 years ago
Charles M. Schwab, steel com
pany executive, was paid $100,
000 a year, plus an annual bonus
that amounted to as high as 52
million! And there was no in
come tax to pay. In 1910, George
M. Cohan was offered 510,000
a week by Marcus Loew for a
vaudeville appearance. George
turned the offer down. About
the same time, Lina Calvaleri
was paid 55,000 a week in vaude
ville. Caruso was making con
cert appearances for 58,000 a
night. Eddie Arcaro, now Amer
ica's top jockey, does all right
financially but he doesn't take
home nearly as much money as
Winnie O'Connor did over 50
years ago. As for example. Win
nie was paid a fee of S10.000
for one ride, win or" lose! Tnat
was when he rode JohnE. Mad
den s thoroughbred Yankee in
the Sheepshead Bay Futurity.
Also keep in mind that in addi
tion to there being no income
tax to pay, the dollar of 50 years
ago had about four times the pur
chasing power it has today!
Menu Cards
Where menu card items are
concerned there is definitely
something in a name. A cleverly
worded menu can do much to
increase a restaurant's business.
As for example, a railroad din
ing car menu listed "Pennsyl
vania Dutch Fried Chicken." A
very small number of orders
were received. The description
of the item was then changed
to "Fried Chicken, Kentucky
Style." It was a sellout!
Alides
Ever hear of a hotel in which
the rooms were not numbered?
Such was the situation at the
Kirby House in Milwaukee. In
stead of a number each room
had a name. The bridal suite was
named,; "Paradise" . . . Boston
ian says , she aspires to write
a novel but has no time as she
has a house, a husband and two
youngsters to take care of. When
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," she had
a house, a husband, six children
and some boarders to care for.
Drinking
Habitual drinking of hard
liquor in the morning indicates
the drinker is on the way to
a drunkard's grave. On this most
medical men are agreed. There
has also been written a poetic
warning as to the habit. It is as
follows:
Drink in the morning
Doctors say takt warning
Claim your inevitable fat
An incurable inebriate.
Get It Right
Females of all nations consid
ed the Spanish girls have the
most beautiful eyes. So I note
it said. That's wrong. The Scotch
girls have the most beautiful
eyes. The Spanish girls have
the most beautiful voices. Irish
girls have the best complexions.
Swedish girls have the most
beautiful hair, and Americans,
the most beautiful legs.
That Beers
What is the origin of the term
"Drawing Room" as referring
to a room in a house? That's
what I am asked. It was origin
ally0 called "The Withdrawing
Room." It was the room to
which the ladies withdrew after
dinner when the men went to
the "Smoking Room." When the
men finished their cigars the
host voiced that immortal query,
"Shall we join the ladies?" In
those days the ladies only smok
ed in secret. That was when
your great - great - great grand
mother was a whistle girl.
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EMPTYING PAIL OF GASOLIXE in crowded cocktail bar, four men, angered because
they were refused service, caused deaths of six, injuries to three persons in resulting
explosion and fire. Body of one victim is coverwd with sheet In foreground. (International)
ACCIDENT FATAL
Port Orford, Ore. (U.R)
Chester Tomski, about 35, fell
into a millpond here while
working Friday and was dead a
few minutes later when taken
out of the water. Cause of death
was not determined immediately.
Cancer will at some time strike
one in every four Americans, ac
cording to present estimates.
Thus the fight of the American
Cancer Society directly con
cerns 40.000.000 Americans now
living. Give to the 1957 Cancer
Crusade.
Salem (U.R) The House has
defeated 43-15 House bill 641
that would have allowed taverns
to sell wine by the glass.
Foe of Hawaiian Statehood May
Have Succeeded for Time Being
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington It is beginning
to look like one of the strongest
foes of statehood for Alaska and
Hawaii has
succeeded i n
what many
thought was
his intent
when he set
sail for Hono
lulu last fall.
The man in
question is
Sen. James
A. Robt. smim rasuana .u-
Miss.), who went to Hawaii to
conduct an investigation of al
leged Communist activity in the
islands. This is an old chestnut
that has been roasted so long
it is no longer swallowable, in
the view of most observers as
well as statehood supporters.
But now, it appears, the Jus
tice Department has swallowed
it and much to the amazement
of other leaders within the Ei
senhower administration who
understood nothing had changed
the solid support the administra-
tion had been giving Hawaiian House, two for Hawaii and one
statehood the last four years.
The White House recently was
the scene of a meeting of various
administration officials just be
low the cabinet level on the
statehood issue. Since President
Eisenhower has endorsed state
hood for both territories, thanks
to the persuasive work of Secre
tary of the Interior Fred A. Sea
ton, ways and means of getting
the bills through Congress were
being discussed.
Difficulty Seen in House
It was the concensus that state
hood has a good chance in the
Senate but that it would have
its worst difficulty in the House.
One reason, among many minor
handicaps, is that while state
hood will increase the size of
the Senate by four, it can not
increase the size of the House,
which must remain stable at 435
members unless Congress itself
decides to lift this ceiling and
let the House become more un
wieldy. This means that when the ter
ritories are admitted as states
and given three seats in the
Americans Said Acquiring
Taste for Old-World Flavor
In Consumption of Wine
New York U.R) Americans
who have traditionally liked
their drinks short and to the
point, whether it be bath-tub
gin or a shot of Kentucky mash,
are fast acquiring a taste for the
more subtle, old-world flavor
of wine.
U. S. wine producers, who run
a poor second to makers of more
authoritative spirits, are savor
ing this latest revolution in
American taste with keen relish.
Consumption Will Double
E. Otto SicheL research' and
promotion director of Fromm
and Sichel Inc., distributors of
Christian Brothers wines, told
the United Press that if this
taste trend continues wine con
sumption in the U. S. will double
in the next ten years.
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SUCCUMBING to heart ail
ment, Herbert Fleishhacker,
84, banker-philanthr o p i s t,
who founded San Francisco
Zoo, is dead. (International)
CONTRACT AWARDED
Portland (U.R) The Corps
of Engineers Saturday announc
ed that Robert Mathews, Coos
Bay, has been awarded a 51,
843 contract for removal and
disposal of a sunken steel barge
from the Yaquina river near Toledo.
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Sichel noted that last year the
industry sold some 580 million
bottles of wine and harvested a
cool 600 million dollars. How
ever on a per capita basis, Amer
icans drank slightly less than
four bottles, as compared with
some 160 bottles polished off by
the French.
The 50-year-old wine mer
chant who is descended from an
old German house of vintners,
said Americans now are drink
ing about twice the amount of
wine they did in 1939.
Four Per Cent Imported
He pointed out that most wine
drinkers in this country prefer
"grapier" and "fuller bodied"
wines to the "subtle delicacy" of
French vintages. Indicative of
this he added, is the fact that
only about four per cent of all
the wines consumed in the U.S.
are imported.
"You also cannot impress
Americans with vintages," he
said. "Just as Americans want
each pack of cigarettes to be the
same," he added, . "they want
each bottle of wine to taste the
same no matter what the year."
for Alaska, three congressional
districts somewhere in the pres
ent 48 states will have to be
abolished and three present
congressmen will be out of luck.
No one knows who would be
hit, but many members know
they come from states that are
vulnerable because their popu
lation growth has been below
many other states.
No Problem in West
This is no problem for west
ern congressmen, many of whom
come from states that will add
an additional congressional dis
trict. California will probably
add a half dozen or more. All
these seats will come from other
states, in the east, south and
midwest, after the 1960 census
has been taken.
No one in the White House dis
cussion reportedly had heard
about a letter being prepared by
the Justice Department for sub
mission to the Senate territories
subcommittee headed by Sen.
Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.).
Deputy Attorney General Wil
liam Rogers, who signed the let
ter, referred to Eastland's hear
ings and said "the serious threat
of communism in Hawaii is in
filtration" of the economy.
La Applies
This letter, it is feared, will
give support to arguments of
anti-statehood elements who
have claimed that Hawaii could
become dominated by Commu
nists through control of its econ
omy by the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union headed by Harry Bridges.
The letter reversed the position
of the Justice Department in
1955 when Attorney General
Herbert Brownell said he didn't
think statehood would make any
difference because the laws gov
erning subversion apply to Ha
waii whether it is a territory or
becomes a state. Brownell sup
ported statehood.
Some statehood supporters on
Capitol Hill had hoped to get a
stronger statement than ever
this year, possibly from FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover, as an
antidote to the finding of the
Eastland committee. Eastland,
like many southerners, opposes
statehood because it would en
danger the filibustering strength
of the anti-civil rights bloc with
the seating of four new senators,
all presumably pro-civil rights.
The concensus now is that the
statehood cause has been badly
damaged, possibly critically for
this Congress.
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