anaheim-gazette 1952-05-28

CHERRYVILLE, Mo.—SAYS HE HASN'T EATEN IN 37 DAYS—The Rev. J. J. Ivie, 55, an Ozarks preacher, says he has eaten no food for 37 days and vows he will continue his fast until death unless his prayers are answered for a religious revival to save the world from sin and communism. He is on the steps of his church with his wife, also a minister, before he started his fast. The preacher is said to have weakened physically but remained mentally alert. (AP Wirephoto) Minister Says He Will Fast Until Death If Prayers to Save World Unanswered DAYS—The Rev. J. J. Ivie, 55, an Ozarks preacher, says he has eaten no food for 37 days and vows he will continue his fast until death unless his prayers are answered for a religious revival to save the world from sin and communism. He is on the steps of his church with his wife, also a minister, before he started his fast. The preacher is said to have weakened physically but remained mentally alert. (AP Wirephoto) Minister Says He Will Fast Until Death If Prayers to Save World Unanswered CHERRYVILLE, Mo. — An Ozark preacher — claiming he hasn't eaten in 37 days—vowed today to fast until death unless his prayers are answered for a religious revival to save the world from sin and communism. The Rev. J. J. Ivie, 55-year-old minister of the Assembly of God church, is weakening physically but was reported by friends still able to walk. The stocky minister has kept to his room since he began his fast, rejecting efforts by authorities of his church to persuade him to end it. Ivie has given his wife strict instructions not to permit a physician in their home, even if he becomes unconscious. He has prepared a signed statement to protect his wife from possible legal action in the event of his death. The Rev. J. P. Myers, pastor at neighboring Steelville, conferred with the church's national headquarters at Springfield, Mo., regarding the fast. HE SAID THAT a sustained fast which does bodily harm is not a tenet of the church. Myers added that he and another official of the Political Advertisement VOTE AND ELECT JOHN SHEA JUDGE OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL COURT QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED QUALIFIED AS A JUDGE EXPERIENCED AS A JUDGE A JUDGE FOR OVER 5 YEARS GRADUATE OF FULLERTON JUNIOR COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL. ORANGE COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH THE COURT REORGANIZATION PROGRAM. IT IS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE THAT COUNTS Safety Council Says 310 Americans Die in Memorial Day Accidents CHICAGO (UP) — The National Highway council estimates 310 Americans will die in traffic accidents during the Memorial Day end—if motorists fail to with extra caution. The council said today it exclaimed the roads and highways to beammed with more than 35 million vehicles. The grim estimation of fatalities was made for a three-day day period — from 6 p.m. today to midnight Sunday. Day is Memorial Day. Memorial Day fell on Wednesday last and it was a one-day holliday. Traffic deaths then numbered 84, a post-war low. Fifty were lost in other types of incidents, and the total for the week was 134. The council urges all drivers to: "for the dead by protecting driving." It also requests them take this pledge: 1. To make sure my car is in safe mechanical condition. 2. To start a trip in plenty of time. 3. To keep my speed down so that the car is under control at all times. 4. To pass other cars only if there is plenty of room. 5. To stay far enough behind other cars up that I can stop in an emergency. 6. To keep my temper, to be courteous and patient in heavy traffic. 7. To refrain from drinking before driving. 8. To stop and rest whenever over-tired or sleepy. Shelter for Rocket Men On the Moon NEW YORK (UP) — There seems to be a tunnel on the moon. This tunnel has glassy walls, and is several miles long. It would make a fine shelter for rocket-explorers of the moon. The evidence for the tunnel discovery is reported today by H. H. Nininger, director of the American Meteorite Museum, Winslow, Arizona, in Sky and Telescope, a leading journal on astronomy. The tunnel was made, not by moon-men, but by a meteor or shooting star, Nininger suggests. The meteor traveling 20 to 30 miles a second came sweeping low across the moon's face, and bored clear through a mountainous ridge. Veterans Fred Allen and Oscar Lee Star in Movie Town Battle of Words By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (UP) — There's a battle of wits going on at 20th-Fox studios, so I dropped out to get caught in the crossfire. The wits are Fred Allen and Oscar Levant, two of the most widely quoted gents of our time. Both are appearing as confidence men in "The Ransom of Red Chief," an episode in O. Henry's "Bagdad on the Subway." The script couldn't be as good as the byplay that occurs on the set. I found Levant and Allen wearing their usual sour expressions. Then they started spouting. Or at least Allen did. Oscar was quiet, which is unusual for Oscar. "They just saw yesterday's rushes," remarked Allen, "and they're awarding the academy award early this year." "Walt until they see today's rushes," Oscar added, "They'll CHICAGO, May 28 — The Chicago Cubs went to work early on their old nemesis, Harry (The Cat) Brecheen, and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 behind the steady nine-hit pitching of Lefty Joe Hatten today. St. Louis . . 000 000 002 — 2 9 2 Chicago . . 103 000 30x — 7 11 0 I commented that Allen's second trip to the year. He appeared on other episode picks Not Married." "I'm just an episode Allen." When they ran to close a door, they They're afraid to put length picture. No I'll be back again. Just got in on the trend. "I've been fending lon for several hours. When I appear on the audience rush movies. When I'm in they rush home to keep the audience motion." I learned that Allie ing a car in the picture just about the first personally tangled w motive age. He's a and had to take less studio prop, a 1912 m I've never owned license," he admitted only driver in California a Screen Actors Guild license. Ivie said a prolonged "sense offulness (of the world) has him to fasting and prayer." minister, pastor of a church carry Davisville and a part-carpenter and repair man, refused to see anyone but ers of his family and persons wish to join him in prayer room. Roland Giles of Crawford said he considered the fast personal matter and planned to no action. He has known the ter for 25 years. Ivie was interviewed by W. R. Wills, wife of the pubof a weekly newspaper at ville. Mrs. Ivie played two ings in which Ivie explained reasons for his fast. said in one of the recordCommunism, in a mad rush, grading the nation and the ment. thing but a speedy evangeon or Divine intervention can the world. For if we go on we are now, it will take a hundred years to undo it. Hungary Now has Honeymoon on Run WASHINGTON (UP) — Communist rulers of Hungary have streamlined the marriage ceremony so that newlyweds can hurry back to their factory jobs 30 minutes after they are pronounced man and wife. This obviously represents great progress, says a Hungarian communist newspaper, since previously each couple took an average of two days off from work. In 1951, 400,000 work days were lost as a result of absentee brides and bridegrooms who were abiding by "old bourgeois" rules for honeymoons. Hungarian newlyweds, the communist newspaper "Fuggetle Magyarorszag" says "have welcomed the new regulations with deep gratitude." 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"I've been fending off oblivion for several years now. When I appear on television, the audience rushes to the movies. When I'm in the movies, they rush home to television. I keep the audience in constant motion." I learned that Allen was driving a car in the picture, and it's just about the first time he has personally tangled with the automotive age. He's a non-driver, and had to take lessons on the studio prop, a 1912 model. "I've never owned a driver's license," he admitted. "I'm the only driver in California who uses a Screen Actors Guild card for a license. "I drove once before—in a Jack Benny picture. The producer sent me out to the San Fernando Valley to learn how to use a car. I had a scene where I had to drive right up to the lights and cameras. The producer saw the set-up and decided to have the car pulled into the scene by ropes. "I've never had a license because you can never park in front of the place you live in New York. Traffic is terrible and you have to leave your car in a garage blocks from your home. Traffic tickets are a menace. Why, even the Good Humor man was paying 50 cents protection every day to the cop so he wouldn't get a ticket in our block." ALLEN AND Levant had to don their goggles and dusters and rehearse the scene. Action was stopped when the director, Howard Hawks, decided the brook in the background wasn't lively enough. While Levant stood with a worried expression, Allen reported to me on his new TV career. "We've tried a new format, a quiz show," he explained. "It gives me a chance to talk to people, and I don't have the pressure of a variety show. I'll do it on film, so the best parts can be picked out of it, the same as Groucho Marx does on TV and Bing Crosby has done in radio. "Actually, it's the same thing I used to do on radio. Everything's been done before. I used to have a feature called 'People You Didn't Expect to Meet.' Now the same sort of thing is on 'What's My Line?' But I'm not claiming anything. In this business, an old-timer is someone who was alive yesterday. "I think this next season in TV is going to be the tough one. Milton Berle was the sensation of early TV because there were three and four hundred thousand sets being bought every mont. He could keep using other people's material because there was always a new audience. Now the audience is stable, and only the best shows will survive." As I was leaving, it looked as though Levant was getting ready to say something bright. But he couldn't get a word in edgewise with Allen, and he continued his silence. CHOKED with stomach GAS? THANK HEAVENS! Most attacks are just acid indigestion. When it strikes, take Bell-ans tablets. They contain the fastest-acting medicines known to doctors for the relief of heartburn, gas and similar distress. 384. GLEN E. 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