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A safety expert predicts
that 50,000 persons will be
killed in traffic accidents by
the year 1966 unless effective
action is taken.
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1959 7
What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
Colleqe of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
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he Arthur Godfrey Story
Editor's note: The Incredible ca
reer of Arthur Godfrey, who rose
from a youth of flophouses and
barroom brawls to become Amer
ica's No. 1 radio-TV entertainer
for many years, has reached an
other crisis. In his own words he
will aaderso exploratory surgery
for "ivy" growing in his chest
that may or may not be'cancerous.
This Is the first of two dispatches
recalling how Godfrey has bounced
back many times before from
seemingly finishing blows, and tell
ing what has happened to his ca
reer recently.
By FRED DANZIG
UPI International
New York-IUPD-Arthur God
frey flat on his back again?
Don't make the mistake of
counting him out.
The self-styled "old Irish
ruin" has been flattened be
fore, financially, physically
, and professionally. But each
time, the freckle-faced, red
o haired radio and television
star has bounced back, dusted
kimself off, and gone right
n enjoying life and entertain
ing millions in the bargain.
As he faces surgery for a
suspected . chest tumor, God
frey can look back on a roller
coaster career that has led to
fame and fortune, but not
tvithout hard knocks and pain.
He is, in short, an old hand
et this sort of thing.
It dates back to the time
fte was 15 and had just left
the Godfrey home in Has
brouck Heights, N.J., to make
his way in the world. His
first job, as an architect's of
fice boy in New York, paid
10 a week. After getting his
first pay check, Godfrey went
out to eat in a hamburger
stand. When the time came to
pay the 65-cent tab, young
Arthur discovered he had lost
the money.
Washed Dishes
He paid the bill by wash
ing dishes, to save on room
rent, he slept on rolls of news
print at a newspaper plant.
Then, at 16, someone talked
him into becoming a coal
miner in Pennsylvania. God
frey had to quit after he de
veloped a cough. Undaunted,
he decided to be a lumber
jack and work in the fresh
air. This career came a-crop-per
when he was unable to
swing the heavy ax. Godfrey
went on the bum, sleeping in
local jailhouses at night.
In Akron, Ohio, he found
a job as a tire finisher in a
rubber plant and, as a side
line, worked in a poolroom
and helped steer the suckers
to a floating crap game. A
friend persuaded him to get
a more formal education and.
Godfrey enlisted in the Navy.
He learned to be a radio op
erator and, at various ports
of call along the Mediter
ranean shore, to handle Kim
self in barroom brawls. How
ever, this phase of his educa
tion left him with permanent
souvenirs: stitchwork on the
scalp and bridgwork in his
mouth. He left the Navv in
-1924 and found 'a job writing
advertising copy for a per
fume company, at the rich
salary of $100 a week. But
Godfrey argued with the boss,
quit, and went to Detroit to
work on an auto assembly
line.
' The factory job made him
sick and he fell back on his
dishwashing ability. Later, he
became a "see-no-evil" desk
clerk in a disreputable Detroit
hotel but gave this up to
become a salesman. Godfrey,
who was to become known
as the world's greatest sales
man, earned $500 a week sell-
ring cemetery lots. He gave it
up to buy a share of a vaude
ville troupe, travelled to California-
with it as a part-time
performer, and after the out
fit went broke, rode the rails
back to .Chicago.
Enlisted in Coast Guard
Upon learning that he could
make use of his radio talents
in the Coast Guard, he en
listed and soon found himself
in Baltimore as an instructor.
One Saturday night in 1929,
Godfrey and some buddies
were guzzling beer and listen
ing to a local amateur show
on the radio. Godfrey decid
ed he could do as well as the
talent on the show and
promptly made his debut as
"Red , Godfrey, the warbling
banjoist," on Baltimore Sta
tion WFRBfcHe was a smash.
He was hired-as a singer-for
$5 a show, but soon began
concentrating on becoming an
announcer. From this begin
ning, Godfrey develepod his
inimitable salty- irreverent-brash-common
touch delivery
that was to make him a na
tional institution and cause
sponsors to spend as much as
$27 million a year to have
Godfrey deliver their mes
sages. Godfrey was hired by NBC's
station in Washington, D.C.,
for $50 a week and all seem
ed to be going well until
Sept. 26, 1931. A car he was
driving collided with a truck
and . Godfrey found himself
flat on his back in a hospital
with 32 fractures, including
a broken left arm, fractured
skull, four broken ribs, a dis
placed heart, dislocated hips
and shattered kneecaps. He
emerged from the hospital
many months later with
many scars, a permanent limp,
and more than a trace of an
"old Irish ruin" complex.
But he came back.
In Trouble Professionally
In the summer of 1953,
when Godfrey underwent cor
rective surgery on his right
hip, the operation was front
page news for weeks. And
when, in August, 1953, God
frey returned to his farm near
Leesburg, Va., threw away
his crutches and went for a
swim before a nationwide TV
audience, there was hardly a
dry eye in the audience. God
frey had come back again.
i Physical ailments can't
seem to slow him down. He
still rides horses, goes hunt
ing, flies his own plane swims
and plays golf.
Professionally, he has been
having trouble ever since Oc
tober, 1953, when he fired
singer Julius LaRosa almost
in the middle of a song. Many
other firings decimated his
well-known airtime "family,1
and then he began having
sponsor trouble. He 'also was
penalized for reckless flying
in January, 1954. His ratings
Lyle said Tom could live in
his house in Oregon. They
did not reach an understand
ing on how long Tom would
be permitted to stay in the
house but Tom rid promise
to pay Lyle $75 per month,
while he lived there.
Several months later Lyle
had an opportunity to sell the
house at a very good price.
The buyer insisted on imme
diate possession and Lyle ask
ed Tom to move out. Tom,
who had been paying rent as
agreed, refused to leave and
Lyle failed to make the sale.
Is Tom liable to Lyle for the
money Lyle lost when the sale
fell through?
Tendancy at Will
This type of common law
case, called a "tendancy at
will," is created when a per
son lives on land with consent
of the owner but with no spe
cific agreement regarding the
length of the agreement. The
tendancy at will could be
terminated by either the land
lord or the tenant without
any period of notice. How
ever, under modern law, when
a tenant agrees to pay rent
periodically (even though he
does not agree to stay for any
certain period) a "periodic
tenancy" is created and notice
is required. In Oregon a 30
day notice is required to ter
minate a tenancy when the
rent is being paid on a month
ly basis. Therefore, Tom was
entitled to, notice and did not
have to leave until 30- days
had elapsed from the time he
received the notice. He would
not be liable to Lyle for the
loss of the sale.
The sword has two edges.
If Tom wanted to vacate the
premises in a hurry he would
have to give the same 30-day
notice .and would be liable to
Lyle for the rent for the next
month whether or not he ao
tually occupied the premises.
Notice Required
When there is no under
standing as to how long a ten
ant will stay on the land and
rent is to be paid on an an
nual basis a 60-day notice is
required in Oregon. In addi
tion to the 60-day require
ment, the law also insists that
the tenancy be terminated at
the end of the rental period
Of course, all of the pro
visions in the law relating to
notice only operate when the
parties are silent about their
termination plans. They can
make any agreement they de-
s i r e regarding termination
and their understanding will
control. For instance, a ten
ant may agree to move out
without notice or with a 2-day
notice and the agreement will
be enforced.
If parties enter into a valid
lease which indicates the
length of the tenancy, the
agreement will again control
and neither party will be able
to terminate the relationship
until the period of the lease
expires. At this time the ten
ancy is terminated without
notice.
KILLS ONE IN FOUR
Berlin -(UPD- One of every
four adult deaths in East
Germany is caused by cancer
according to an East German
cancer expert. The Commun
ist newspaper Volkstimme of
Makdeburg quoted Dr. F.
Lindner as saying 50,000 of
the 200,000 East German ad
ults who die each year are
cancer victims.
began to drop and he lost
his "Talent Scout" nighttime
show, once a top-rated pro
gram. He gave up his ,Wed
nesday night hour and return
ed this season with a Tuesday
night show that failed to catch
on.
As many wiseacres began
saying Godfrey was through,
he suddenly bounced back as
the heir-apparent to Edward
R. Murrow's popular "Person
to. Person" show, starting next
fall.
Now, Godfrey is down again
-this time with a medical
problem.
But with a record like his,
don't bet against the man.-
Next: Godfrey's role today.
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MUFFLED Police subdue a middle-aged woman who
approached British Queen Mother Elizabeth in Rome,
screaming incoherently in Italian. The woman's identity
and her motive were not immediately established. The
woman, who was carrying a baby in her arms, was rushed
away by Roman police, and a bystander who spoke up
for her was also arrested. The Queen Mother gave no
indication of noticing the incident at the time, but later
made a request for clemency for the woman.
Can We Help You?
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FINANCE COMPANIES
OF TODAY IS THE WAY
PEOPLE ARE TREATED ...
Oregon Finance Company
Medford's "First" - Established 1928
Gene Thomas, Manager
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Some people seem to think we don't want to run passenger trains.
. This is a matter of great concern to us because running trains
is our business and we expect to be running them for a long time.
So we want you to know just how we feel about the important
passenger side of our business :
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We want to run passenger trains that you need and use.
We welcome passenger business and we hope more
people will ride our trains.
We want our passenger trains to be good trains. We
think our passenger service is as good as any in the
country ...and we intend to keep it that way.
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We feel, however, that it is sensible to limit our service
to trains and schedules which many people nee4 and
use, and to discontinue those which few people use
and which are obviously no longer needed.
More and more people are traveling by
automobile and by air, fewer by train.
But we have not been sitting idly by while
the public's travel habits changed. We've
spent millions of dollars in the last ten
years on new passenger train equipment,
and more millions promoting our service.
In spite of our efforts, some of our trains
have been carrying very few passengers.
We think it is better for everybody
for you and for us to reduce or eliminate
poorly patronized train service which
causes heavy losses. Such losses become a
burden on freight shippers and industry,
and impair our ability to serve this great
and growing Western region.
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