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Russians Also Have Eye for Blonde
Film Queen Compared to Mariiyn
Moscow -M PeoDle in Mos
cow with an eye for blondes and
a smattering of knowledge of
American movies say that Mari
lyn Monroe bears a striking re
semblance to Irina Skobtseva.
Some even go so far as to.say
that Marilyn is the Irina Skobt
seva of Hollywood.
The Russians, it seems, have
finally got around to turping out
not only sleek tractors but
streamlined women and Miss
Skobtseva is a prize example.
She is about 5-feet 4-inches,
with a slender but well curved
figure (no statistics), a delicate
oval face, upswept reddish-
blonde hair, blue gray eyes, a
quick smile and a soft voice.
Typical Hollywood Starl
So far as is known Irina has
never posed for calendars, but
she had a typical Hollywood rise
On The Side By E v. Du iing
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.)
Recently reported have been
several cases of taxicab drivers
and others finding large sums
of cash. In New York and many
other states money found be
comes the property of the find
er if not claimed by the prop
erly identified loser, within a
certain period. The question
arises, how about the income
tax on money found? Suppose
a man found $50,000 in cash.
Would it be tax free? Ask your
lawyer. This situation could
have some interesting angles.
Horses and Women
In the yesteryear in Ireland
red-haired women with freckles
were considered the outstanding
beauties. So says a historian.
Whether or not this type of fe
male can be rated 9s tops in
beauty is open to discussion.
However, red-haired girls with
freckles are still considered ex
tremely interesting companions
by men of experience.. Especial
ly on moonlight strolls. They
are said to be intensely affec
tionate. As wives they are re
ported very difficult to handle.
In fact, it is said only a red
haired man is capable of keep
in.? a red-haired wife under rea
sonable control.
Gt It Right
Am asked the maiden name
of Mike Todd's first wife. It
wat Bertha Freshman. Mike,
who real name is Avron Hirsch
Goldbogen, married Bertha in
192S when he was 18 years old.
She died in 1946. They had one
son, Michael Todd Jr., now 23
years old.
Passing By
G. Barker Seeley. Peripatetic
publicist. A picture of sartoial
elegance, he is rated as the
nearest approach to Beau Brum
mel seen regularly on Madison
ave. since Lucius Beebe moved
to Nevada. Mr. Seeley's com
mendable effort to be a .man
of distinction dates back to the
time he introduced the racoon
overcoat to the campus at
Princeton University.
That Club
A rumor, not yet confirmed,
is that Gerard Regard of Bos
ton, Mass., is being groomed
to run for President of the My
Name Is A Poem Club in a de
termined effort by New Eng
landers headed by Truly Dooley
of Providence, R. I., to dislodge
the present holder of the of
fice. Hugh Blue of Arcadia,
Calif. When queried about, this
possibility Mr. Blue, without
even looking up from his Racing
Form, said, "No comment."
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Are
you still stubbornly claiming
Voltaire did not write or speak
the immortal quotation begin
ning 'I disapprove of what you
say"? I have before me four
books of quotations that say he
did. How about this? A. There
is no record of Voltaire having
made the observation you men
tion. For the facts, check in the
appendix of Stevenson's "Home
Book of Quotations." . . . Q.
Saw Harold "Red" Grange yes
terday. Do you share my opinion
that he was the greatest foot
ball player in the history of the
"Big Ten?" A. Grange was a
great and spectacular player
but my choice for the greatest
of "Big Ten" football players
is Walter Eckersall.
Lazy People
Lazy people often originate
labor devices. Ole Evinrude, as
you know, invented the out
board motor boat because he was
too lazy to row a boat. Now a
young fellow who was too lazy
to regularly mow the family
lawn has invented a power mow
er that can be operated by re
mote control. Yes, sir, with this
remarkable machine it is pos
sible to sit on the porch and
enjoy a high ball and mow the
lawn at the same time.
Medford Boy Named
Camps King Neptune
Robert Claussen, 13, of 2986
Newtown st., Medford, was elect
ed King Neptune at the YMCA's
Diamond lake camp last week.
He reigned over the days wa
ter activities, which included
swimming, log rolling, canoe
swamping, tug-o-war and, canoe
racing without paddles. High
light of the day was a greased
watermelon contest.
A total of 58 boys attended
the week of resident camping at
the Y site on Diamond lake. Dur
ing the week they went on two
hikes; one an overnight and the
other a day trip to the top of
Mt. Thielsen and Mt. Bailey.
Staff for this week's camp in
cluded Herb Partridge, camp di
rector, Harold Walker, program
director; Bob Ayers, Keith Bates
Jr., Roger Hunteman, 'unit di
rectors; and Jim Johnston, Del
bert Harvey, Dick Kengla, Ken
Baker, Glenn Kaye, and Ona
Liles, leaders.
One more week of boys camp
ing will be held starting Sunday,
Aug. 4 in which more than 50
boys will participate.
BAD EMPLOYMENT
Dallas, Tex. (IP) A man
walked into a Safeway grocery
store Thursday night and asked
Manager W. C. Watts for a job.
When Watts told him he had no
openings, the man drew a pistol
and robbed the store safe of
more than 51,000 and fled in a
station wagon. .
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TEAMSTERS SERIOUS THREAT, IS 'CHARGE The Sen
ate labor rackets committee charged in Washington that
the Teamsters Union is linked with plundering racketeers
in New York and other major cities, posing a serious
threat to (he entire country. Committee Counsel Robert
F Kennedy, opening the hearing, displays charts show
ing services' controlled by New York Teamsters.
to stardom. At the premier of a
Japanese film in Moscow several
years ago, Russia's outstanding
director, Serge Yutkevich, spot
ted the blonde girl .n the audi
ence and, according to. local
press agents, turned to a com
panion and said:
"That girl is going to play
Desdemona for me."
A few days later she was at
Mosfilm Studios to try out for a
bit part and ran into- Yutkevich.
"How did you know I wanted
to see you?" he exclaimed.
And so, with the great direc
tors help, she got the part in
the lush color production of
"Othello" and was on her way.
She was the Soviet Union's
choice for the Cannes Film Festi
val this year. Through an inter
preter she talked witri some of
the American stars and, in" true
movie queen fashion, described
Kim Novak and Ginger Rogers
as "very sweet."
Irina has starred in four films
since 'Othello." She thinks her
most recent, "The Duel," is her
best.
Plays Favorite Role
"I play an emotional, Gypsy
like girl who is drawn into- a
tragedy," she said. 'This is the
kind of role I like."
But she says she would like
to try musical comedy now.
Irina is amused by her com
parisons to Marilyn.
' "It happens all the time,", she
said. 'When- I was in Damascus
for another film festival; some
one in the marketplace cried out
'there is Marilyn Monroe.'
And imagine, I haven't even met
her or seen her act."
Irina lives in a Moscow apart
ment with her mother and father
and, as is usual in Russia, her
private life is a closed book to
all but her crosest friends. She
gets heavy fan mail but her ad
mirers don't know who she is
dating, whether she is in love,
what her hobby is or what the
inside of her home loolis like.
Nuclear Engine for
Navy Ship Under Way
Washington (If) Westing
house Electric Corp. said Thurs
day that work "is well under
way" in Idaho on the forerunner
of nuclear engines for large
naval ships such as carriers.
Westinghouse ' is designing,
under contract with the Atomic
Energy Commission, an atomic
propulsion plant "for powering
one shaft of -a large naval sur
face vessel." i
The land-based "keel" of. a
ship already has been laid at
the AEC's Reactor Test Station
in the desert near Idaho Falls.
It was laid alongside the mock
submarine hull which houses
prototype . of the Nautilus engine.
HAD A FINE TIME
Milwaukee (IP) Clark Lef
fler's bachelor party was a howl
ing success, but his five compan
ions each had $10 hangovers. A
judge imposed the fines on the
five party-goers after they raised
so much whoopee in a down
town bar that the band refused
to play. '
Grange Notes
Roxy Ann Grange
Roxy Ann grange met in regu
lar session with Roscoe Roberts
acting as master in the absence
of Al Sims, who was called away
due to the- death of "his father.
Several officers were absent due
to sickness and vacations.
Mrs. Evelyn Hendricks and
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kennedy
were given the first and second
degree obligation by Roscoe Rob
erts. The charter was draped by the
chaplain in respect for Ethel
Besh, who passed away recently.
Harry Martin gave an inter
esting report as to the amount
of acreage used for the highway
program.
The HEC had a good turnout
for their picnic at Hawthorne
park and the next meeting of
the HEC will be at the grange
with Ruby Garrett and Ethel
Gyers as hostesses.
The annual grange picnic will
be Aug. 18 and the place will be
decided at a later meeting.
Grange adjourned and mem
bers enjoyed accordion music
played by Marilyn Martin, and
slides were shown by Mrs. Dick
White. The slides were of Yel
lowstone park taken by the
Whites on their recent trip.
The next serving committee
will be Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Rush
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rushton
and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Forsee.
Eagle Point Grange
The Eagle Point Grange is
serving a turkey dinner at the
Eagle Point Grange hall, Sun
day, Aug. 4, at 12:30 p.m. The
public is invited. Tickets will be
on sale at the hall the day of
the dinner. The dinner is being
prepared at the hall and will bfe
served all afternoon.
Saginaw Post Office
Consolidation Urged
Washington UPl Rep. Walter
Norblad (R-Ore.) said Thursday
that he had recommended con
solidation of the post office at
Saginaw, Ore., by converting it
to a rural station of the Cottage
Grove office.
Norblad said: "Although there
has been considerable protest
from the residents of the local
area, I feel that a consolidation
is warranted. This office is lo
cated only two miles from Cot
tage Grove and it is liot neces
sary that it' remain as an inde
pendent post office."
Last year, Norblad said, re
ceipts of the Sagina-, office were
$1,100 while the operating ex
pense was $3,5Q0. As a rural
station, he said, it could be op
erated for $1,200 a year. '
PCA Extends $1 Million in
Credit to- Area Farmers
The Southern Oregon Produc
tion Credit association extended
$1,677,991 in short and intermediate-term
credit to farmers
and ranchers during the six
month period ending June 20,
Irvin Patten, secretary-treasurer,
reported this week.
More than $1,166,700, or ap
proximately 70 per cent of the
association's total loan volume
for the period, was new money,
according to its mid-year report.
A good part of this money,
Patten pointed out, found its
way into the business communi
ties of Jackson, Josephine, Doug
las, Coos and Curry counties
through purchase of feed, seed,
fertilizers, equipment, livestock
and other items connected with
farm and ranch operations.
Patten said the PCA, which is
owned and operated by its 795
member - borrowers, has extend
ed $33,157,396 in credit since its
organization in 1934. It now has
$225,495 in member-owned capi
tal and $219,139 in accumulated
earnings.
The association also owns $10,
405 of capital stock in the Feder
al Intermediate Credit Bank of
similar firms in Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and Washington, are in
the process of buying out the
government's investment in the
Spokane bank, through which
the PCAs obtain the bulk of
their loan funds, Patten said.
Non-Operating Railroad
Group Asks Union Shop
Chicago Of) Representa
tives of 16 Santa Fe Railroad
non-operating unions have de
manded that management renew
talks on demands for a union
shop.
A union spokesman said
Wednesday night the union shop
clauss would not conflict with
state right to work laws because
the Supreme Court ruled last
year that the Railway Labor Act
permitting union shops super
sedes state laws.
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Kills 2-Year-01d Boy
Fairbanks, Alaska HP) A two-year-old
boy was mauled and
killed Wednesday night by an
Alaskan Husky when he wan
dered into the area where the
dog was chained in the small
community of Six-Mile Village
near here.
The child, Maria Anthony Fer
raro, son of Mario and Ramona
Ferraro, was pronounced dead
on arrival at St. Joseph hospital
here.
Death resulted from a severed
jugular vein. The dog's owner,
Harold Allen, told police his son,
Donnie, found the boy's mutilat
ed body when he went outdoors
to feed the dog.
Allen rushed the child to the
hospital, but he was dead before
arrival. The dog was destroyed.
FLYING FISH CAUGHT
Chicago (IP) No, that wasn't
a flying fish that perched on
William Krull's fishing pole. A
water-logged parakeet seized the
tip of Krull's rod when he let it
dip into Lake Michigan. Krull
Spokane. The association, and' 29 i took the parakeet home.
Athens Festival
Cancels Concert
TRANSIT TWINS
Chicago (LI Passengers on
local transit lines aren't neces
sarily off their trolley if they say
they keep running into the same
conductor. The Chicago Transit
Authority says it has four sets of
twins on its payroll.
Gresham OP) The 51st an
nual Multnomah county fair
opened here Thursday.
Athens, Greece 1PI A con
cert by opera star Maria Calla
was cancelled here Thursday
night , because some members of
the audience were reported
ready to shower the stage with
tomatoes.
The Athens Festival an
nounced the cancellation less
than an hour before the curtain
was due to rise, saying the fiery
singer was suffering from a sore
throat.
It was believed police had re
fused to guarantee order because
of reports that Miss Callas would
be booed and chased from the
stage by tomatoes.
There has been widespread
criticism of the singer here fer
accepting a $9,000 fee for two -concerts.
Newspaper critics also
carried reports she allegedly re
fused to give financial aid to her t
mother.
RULES OF SUCCESS
Chicago flP) Ben Benson,
73, elected "king of the hoboes"
six times, gave the reasons for
his "political" success and lon
gevity. "I stay away from wom
en, whiskey and steady jobs," he
said.
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