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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfctd, Or. I H 1 a bviMis -1 -v i : t v La1 - - I l!r f 5 . FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED - An Bl-cir Nubudy was freight train whisked under iin iiutoniuljilc- train w;is lui bridife at Philadelphia, Pa., somehow snac- li'iw the thin lied it, and brough the bridge down with a the view lion tumultuous cro.sh that derailed 24 of the ears leaving them seattercd about the landscape. mi the bridge nobody on the l, :md nobody knew exactly ! liiipjieiu'd. The pholo shows i the wrecked bridge. Young Artist Paints High on New York B New York-d'Pli-Thc impres sionists may attract art pa trons to the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art, but in Times Square the reigning exhibitor is Jim Rosenquist, dues-paying member ot Painters, Dec orators and Paperhangers, Local 230. Perched on scaffolding four stories above teeming Broad way, the aspiring young min iature artist paints gargan tuan figures on some of the world's biggest outdoor bill boards to make a living. Well aware that bigness isn't necessarily greatness, his creations nonetheless dwarf the most grandiose artistic ac complishments of Rivera and Michelangelo. He Is one of the few paint ers In the world who must walk two or three blocks away during his lunch hour to scale the size relationships of his super colossal figures. "I'm very careful," ack nowledged Rosenquist, who has mixed his colors on sway ing one-plank studios as far up as 22 stories. ' And he's very careful about spilling his brilliant green, yellow and vermilion paints. He admits, however, that sometimes a "few drops" White City Writer Recalls Closeness To Rockefeller Jr. (UI'I Telephoto) Former Spo Onset Life at rts L 5VS- By SID HOLLINGS WORTH White City Correspondent Camp White has a distinc tion thai may not be shared by many of the Veterans Ad ministration domiciliates, as a harbor for notables of the sports world who have retired from the game because of age, and seek only escape from the glamor that belongs to other days. Identification with sports is found among many others at the domiciliary with athletic accomplishments. As Eugene K. Ricker, former manager, once r. .larked: "This is the most sports minded place I have ever been In." Baseball, football and rin'j stars have shone through the lives of men living at the White City veterans home, which have occasion ally sparkled when their names became known. . f College Athletics Some distinguished them selves in college athletics. Tick Malarkey and Bill Hum, who played football for the University of , Oregon, have died. They were known for their writing ventures while here. Professional baseball was represented for some time by Frank White, who did as much as any man on the coast to bring the Dodgers and Giants to Los Ai.geles and San Francisco. He represented the man agement end of the game for years as a scout for the Cleve land Indians and was n mem ber of a famous baseball fam ily, brother of "Doc" While, one of the great pitchers of the Chicago White Sox in the early days. Professional Playor Another professional base bail player, whose interests and fortunes have traveled with the game in all its phases is King Rice, section leader for a number of years at the domiciliary. He left last week to bask in the sun of Mexico in recovering from a recent siege of illness. "I started with San Fran cisco in the Coast League and finished there." he Yaid be fore he left. His career car ried him into the Southern league, now Southern associ ation, with Nashville, Ameri can association, with Kansas the American City, and league. He was with the Washing ton Senators during the 20s, where another Rice played in the outfield, lie is not related to Sam Rice, however. Rice is a rreat admirer of the New York Yankees as .i ball cluh. and regards the ag gregation with Babe Hulh and Lou deling as the greatest ' team in baseball history. I Enthusiasts Gather Some few years ago, several baseball enthusiasts gathered occasionally at a convenient spot between the buildings to "warm up." The man with the catcher's mitt handled himself well, reminiscent of the days ho did the receiving for that hardy perennial of the game, Satchel Paige. "Mike" Dillinn, who teach es Spanish and bookkeeping in addition to occasional writing, played .semi-pro base ball at one lime, and at school, back in "Jersey" he distin guished himself in the high jump. The fight game also has its adherents and quite a few, with imposing records in the ring, have wandered in and out of the domiciliary during Ihe past 10 years. Just at present Bobby Ward rales recognition. Lightweight Division He was in the lighlweight division. Ward fought 271 fights between 1012 and 1D25, when he hung up his gloves afler his last cncouiiler with Sammy Mandell in SI. Louis. Rocky Kansas, C h a r 1 e y While and Johnny Kay were some of Ihe contenders. In those days, touring the cnun- Iry, there wasn't nuuii time out for training between fights, i e says. "I once fought three fi :hts in one week," lie .urn, d. tOuite a number of the men here remember Hobby Ward as a hard fighter who always gave a good account of himself in the ring. Asked to compare the fights In those days with Ihe general run today. Ward declared: "Mike1 libhifns would turn over in his urave to see Ihe way they swing at each other now." Lack of coordination and punch seem lacking today, he noted. Liobhy lought out of St. Paul, having been trained rosemary in the Gibbons stable there. His military service was with the Marines. Cliff Barry, of Alameda and Portland, is the patriarch of sports at Camp White. Base ball and fights are his special interests, having participated In both under famous coaches in his youth. He keeps him self in condition by daily workouts at the "gym" and taking long hikes around the installation. The two most colorful fig ures now living at the domi ciliary are "Tex" Hatcher, rodeo performer, and Irving (Chief) C, r a y, the "Jim Thorpe" of sports, a champion at everything he attempts. "Tex" belongs to that brand of hardy, men who have rid den the range as cowboys and turned to showmanship of skill with horse and rope at the various events held each year throughout the West. Halcher has had some hard riding to do in recent years but he ."'ways comes up smil ing. "Calf roping is my spec ialty. I'm too light for bull dogging," he commented. At one time he appeared in a big "roundup" show at Madison Square Garden, New York, where he won a large sized purse. Billings, Moid., Denver. Ft. Worth, and Pen rllelon have seen him perform. Return from Pendleton Several years ago he return ed after appearing at the Pen dleton roundup, with a new 10 gallon hat, a fine silk cord rope and other winnings. "Iron Man" Gray still fol lows Ihe cycle of sports ar ranged for members at the domiciliary. In addition to being the bowling champion, he is a top notch golfer on the pitch and putt course, and has made good scores on the Coun trv Club course Irving likes to recall the occasion he pitched a shutout game for the Marines against the Navy hi Shanghai in 11IH9 He holds the title as the best bowler in an all Army-Navv event some years back. "I won the championship by one I pin he says. I Two members of the per- sonnel staff have records in big lime sports - Frank don ning in baseball and Louis Heale in boxing. This was back in "school days" however. By SID HOLLINGS WORTH While Citv Correspondent The recent death of John D. Rockefeller Jr.. marks the end of a formidable phase of American life animated by benefactions and cultural ben efits drawn from the wealth of the era of acquisition. John D. Jr., as he was more familiarly known, lived with in seven years of the life span of his noted father. His sons are carrying on the tradition of the Rockefeller name, but like their father, are doing the job in their own way, keeping abreast always of the exigencies of the times. The occasion of any tribute from this source is that at one lime I was rather close to the Rockefeller interests, having worked prior to the great de pression in the office of Ivy Lee, public relations adviser to John D. Jr. . Close Friends Ivy Lee and John D. Jr. were close friends. Lee went to work for him when John D. Jr., needed public relations assistance in settling the bit ter industrial conflict growing out of a strike at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in that state. When Ivy Lee established his own office in New York, John D. Jr., became his first client. Crusader At Heart I learned much about the Rockefeller method, philoso phy and purpose during the Ihree years I was with Mr. Lee. The young man I work ed with for a while was doing the publicity for the new Riv erside church where Harry Emerson Fosdlck was pastor. I discovered then how keenly religious in the modern sense Mr. Rockefeller was. He was a crusader at heart every cause in which he participated. The weight of his name and his resources was augmented by that in domitable nature possessed by Rockefellers to see through each undertaking. In Wall Street, the tide of decline In the stock market was checked for a period at least when the Rockefellers, father and son, were reported buying stocks. Then at another time, it was John D. Jr., who stepped forward in the oil scandals to oust the head of Standard Oil company of Indiana with only 15 per cent of the stock, but enough proxies to effect the purge he sought. It is no easy job to work for the Rockefellers. Even to be within range of those in con tact with their office, is an exacting state to be in, for there is an electrifying pur pose behind every move they make. And back of all of the Rock efeller maneuvers there seems to be some spark of light from heaven that Justifies every step of the way. The achieve ment of John D. Rockefeller Jr., in showing how to use money wisely is his greatest benefaction. In recent years, the work of his sons in pressing forward the cause of humanitarian progress is in the ascendant. But those of my generation will look back on the name of Rockefeller as that of a bless ing in an age of reckless indif ference to the moral purpose which is symbolized in the good works advanced. Figures illboards splash on the sidewalk art connoisseurs below. Although his paintings al ready occupy conspicuous dis play space in the commercial billboard sign world, Rosen quist has other much more artistic aspirations. He is a serious young artist whose works have already hung at exhibitions. A 26-year-old native of Grands Forks, N.D., he stu died at the University of Min nesota and at the New York Art Students League. Miniature Displayed One of his miniatures, 4 by 11 inches, was displayed at New York's Workshop Gal lery. Entitled "War Chant," it is an abstract conception of Indian signs and symbols he saw during his college years in Minnesota. However, he does not be little his present painting by the square yard. "I have the opportunity to watch a huge composition un fold," he said. "And I have the chance to study painting surface tex tures and to watch what hap pens to paint qualities when pigment accidents happen." Rosenquist is engaged to a textile designer and is sched uled to be married in June, Meantime, he and his paint OUTDOOR "GALLERY" Aspiring artist Jim Rosenquist is shown at work in his out door "gallery" in New York City. He paints gargantuan figures on Times Square area billboards. At left he stands near one of his four-story high creations. At right he works some 100 feet in the air. A native of Grand Forks, N.D., Rosenquist, 26, is seri ous about fine art, too. He has exhibited. Lately he has been concentrating on minia tures. (UPI Telephoto) Ing partner, Heinz Drude, a native of Hamburg, Germany, splash gallons of paint for the Art Kraft Stra,uss Sign I world's biggest pictures in one Corp. of the world's most populous The paint some of the art galleries. Domiciliary Member Featured in Article 605 HIGHLAND DR. MEDFOEl has one r".si3 (Another Siskiyou Funeral Service) in nPY siskivou mmm Modern care Cemetery REi Available to All Farniliss in This Arsa Regardless of the Choice of Funeral Director For Information Call SP 2-5488 OR SP 2 2J44 By SID HOLLINGSWORTH White City Correspondent A little research on the sub ject of the "hobo" or tramp, the term preferred today, was undertaken recently by the Lewiston Morning Tribune, of Lewiston, Idaho. Tht fact that this section of humanity is not as visible as it was when it included In its ranks famous writers and personalities, does not mean that the tramp has disap peared. Claude E. Woods, member of Dominews staff at the VA domiciliary, was asked by the Idaho paper to pose as an au thority on the subject. His son, Roy, former aerial photo grapher on the USS Forestal took the pictures. Claude has the lead story giving the dif ference in terminology ap plied, as well as other infor mation of an "ethnological nature. Still Board Trains Tramps and hobos still board trains and travel about from place to place as a way of life. Many are Included in the ranks of the migrant workers, so necessary in the harvesting of crops in the West. "There are two distinct classes of wanderers com' monly called tramps." Woods writes. "One is the true tramp who is anxious and cer tainly willing to work. The other Is the 'bum,' a lazy good fur nothing sponger who will not work. "Then there was the old time 'hobo' with his inevitable stick across his shoulder, with an old red or blue bandana tied to the end in which he carried his 40 years gather lugs. "He no longer exists un der that pseudonym. He has literally been absorbed by the hundreds of thousands of tramps who are forever on the move. Among Real Tramps "Among the real tramps are. many craftsmen, carpen ters, painters, plumbers electricians, sign writers and artists. Some are proficient with livestock. Others are tree surgeons and fruit pick cit Hut these lobs are of short duration which again nocc'Siialcs moving on. "The money earned on one Job may be enough to get to the next one - and so it goes, a vicious circle from which there seems no escape. 'They have, In many cases, reared families and the home has broken up when the exigencies of time and circum stance have left no other al ternative. Surely, such men, If they cannot be condoned. should not be condemned. 'Most people are curious as to how a tramp is able to exist; what he eats, where he sleeps, how he travels from place to place. Or, in other words, what makes him tick. Tramp's But Friend "The empty boxcar, per haps, is his best friend. In it he not only is able to arrive at a new destination but he also uses it for sleeping quar ters. He refers to it as his side-door pullman. "There are, of course, other means of transportation for the tramp. He may use some old second-hand car this) or he may hitch-hike. "There are other things, too, that a good tramp pos sesses. For instance, to use tramp terminology, he will have with him a 'bindle' which is a packsack; a 'sugan' or bedroll: 'turkey' - sack with groceries. "If he Is going to jungle up, he will raid the city dump for 'gun boats' or gallon cans. A five gallon can is also es sential to boil clothes. If he doesn't have groceries with him, he will head for the cans behind the markets where he can usually dig out some thing to cook up." Bricklayers Drew Big Overtime Pay Jersey City, N.J.-Taxpayers became furious when they learned bricklayers with the public works department col lected S7.80 an hour overtime for snow removal. When snow began to fall, the bricklayers wert Mart t help out at double py. Qm earned $106 extra for spread ing rock salt, the cituetie com plained. Not only that, btit only two inches of snow fell and was followed immedi ately by heavy rata, , Open Monday and Friday Til 9:00 P.M. 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