Movie Writers
Beat Science
To the Moon
By Jae Qiff
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 14-(-The
rocket, pointing Ilk a silver ar
row toward the huge, pock-marked
moon blocking the sky ahead,
coasts i at! 5,000 miles an hour
through the airless void of space.
.. On its steel skin a man In a strange
helmet clumps aft on magnetized
boots to Inspect the rKaust vent
for a landing.
He bends forward, peers Into the
opening. Then, forgetfully, he
kneels and his magnetic soles
break contact with the surface. A
motion of a leg pushes his weight
less body out from the ship. He
grabs frantically, too late. Slowly,
few Inches a second, he floats
farther into space.
1 Maybe this could happen some
day - - if a man were careless en
ough on a moonbound rocket. It
does happen in "destination
moon," a movie - In - the - making
that could Inspire a new cycle of
apace travel epics.
Hollywood Goes Wild
When rocket experts announced
that only money --hundreds -of
millions - - is needed to develop
man-carrying space ship, Holly
wood was off, with a rocket-like
whosh of publicity, into the wild
blue yonder.
Producer George Pal says bis
celluloid jaunt will be as accur
ate scientifically as latest non-secret
information can make it Hell
how no equipment that could not
be designed by 1960, when his
flight takes place.
'Most people probably won't
appreciate our efforts," says PaL
"But we want' everything to be
so correct technically that even
rocket physicists will not be of
fended." . - Pal called in as writer and tech
nical adviser Robert A. Heinlein,
Annapolis' graduate and engineer,
who since the war has capitalized
on his hobby, astronomy, by writ
ing science fiction . "Destination
Moon" is based on his novel
"Rocket Ship Galileo." Heinlein
says the only other serious attempt
on this theme was "Girl in the
Moon," made by UFA films in
Germany 25 years ago.
The writer designed a rocket
. 150 feet long, 15 feet in diameter
. at thickest point, theoretically
propelled by a Jet of dry steam
superheated by a small atomic pile.
It has engine and machinery com
partments, water tanks, an air
lock for exit and a gadget-studded
control room which doubles as liv
ing quarters. Such a ship is devel
opable, he says, within 10 years.
riJcht Described
Full scale sections of the rocket
(made of wood painted silver) lit
ter an entire soundstage. Three
models of varying size were built
for distant shots, i
Let's climb aboard and Join the
quartet of space; voyagers who
make the mythical flight. With a
terrifying roar the ship blasts off
from its launching site. Inside, the
. four men tense themselves in their
specially curved bunks against the
pull of six times the force of gra
vity. Their cheeks sag (as conceal
- ed strings pull down invisible silk
patches on their jowls), mattresses
flatten (as they are secretly de
flated), j n
Less than 10 seconds after laun
ching, their tiny cell quiets ab
ruptly as the engine cuts out. The
rocket, now shooting at seven
miles a second, has cracked the
chains of gravity. The rest of the
48-hour flight will be a free faU
toward the moon, 221,000 miles
away.
On the second day the men don
space suits, complete with oxygen
bottles, plastic helmets and, as
sound doesn't carry in space, walk
, ie-talkie radio units. They venture
through the air lock to repair a
radar antenna, frozen because an
erring earthling greased it It is
on this occasion that the scientist,
who should know better, drifts in
to space while checking the rock
et vent
He is saved, in one of the film's
few schmaltzy scenes, when an
other crewman grab a spare ox
ygen bottle, opens the valve and,
using the escaping gas as a jet
propellant, sails into space and
retrieves him.
Jamps Over Ship
While In free fall the rocket is
' turned so it approaches the moon
tall first. A blast of power brakes
it to a landing on its reinforced
". tail. .
Disembarking, the men stretch
their muscles and express their
Joy by leaping over the ship, pos
sible because gravity is only one
Sixth that of the earth.
Savants will be pleased to bear
their Judgments confirmed. The
explorers find no people, animals,
plants, air or water. They devote
their time during their five-day
stay to making photographs and
observations and communicating
with the earth via television and
radio. An odd effect is the almost
two-second lag in conversation
from the earth, caused by distance.
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tall tree came crashing down en Its roof. The big Douglas fir, and another one In Simnings back
yard, were blown ever at the height of a raging snow storm late Friday afternoon. None of the boose's
occupants was Injured but the 20-lnch, 150-foot-tall tree Jarred loose several sections of the Interior
celling and ripped a hole In the front porch ceiling. A falling tree smashed 6imnlngs car In a similar
accident last winter, he said. (Statesman photo)
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Japanese Red
Leader 'First
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By Knssell Brines
TOKYO, Jan. 14-OD-The Jap
anese communist party has of
ficially set its top strategist, Sanzo
Nozaka, on the way to becoming
the Orient's first Tito." j
There were too, many unanswer
ed questions to determine im
mediately whether the move was
genuine or an elaborate decoy
but on paper it looked convincing.
The comlnform, dominating or
ganization of international com
munism, last week attacked Noz
aka as a tool of the "imperialist
occupiers" of Japan. Pravda, of
ficial communist paper in Moscow,
echoed the accusations, j
The Japanese communist party
today cracked back. The party's
political bureau said the comln
form conclusions were "unaccept
able to the popular masses" and
that "Comrade Nozaka enjoys the
confidence of the masses as 'the
boldest patriot of the people. -
The statement conceded that
Nozaka had been forced to follow
a "zigzag course' because of oc
cupation opposition. But it insisted
that the only uncorrected "mis
take' made by the party in Japan
was failure to advise the comln
form of this unavoidable devious
ness. The statement paid "high re
spect toward brilliant achieve
ments of the comlnform in the
past,-" then went, on to say that
criticism by communists outside
Japan, without due consideration,
will do a great harm to our people
and our, party.
There are two ways of looking
at the situation:
1. The party may be gambling
on a long-range appeal to Japan
ese nationalism by refusing to bow
completely to the comlnform, or
2. The whole thing could be a
pre-arranged effort to regain some
of the ground the communists
have lost recently in Japan be
cause of Soviet refusal to account
for war prisoners. Also, the color
of "Tito ism," or deviation from
the -Moscow line, could cause
American vigilance to lessen.
STUDENTS ELECT
FOUR CORNERS New offi
cers of the Four Corners Lincoln
school student body are president,
Gary Pierpoint vice president, Joe
Wilson: secretary, Barbara Force.
Contributions to the tuberculosis
fund were '$5.43.
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Vet to Move
To Stay ton
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STAYTON Dr. IL W. Coin of
Cloverdale is moving to Stayton,
and will occupy an apartment
and ofice at the corner of First
and Washington streets.
Reared near Jefferson, Dr. Goin
has had 30 years experience In
veterinary work, and practiced at
Jefferson for many years. He is a
nephew of Mrs. Aswa Stayton,
Stayton pioneer, who is now a pa
tient in a convalescent home in
Vancouver, Wash.
4-H Meeting
At St. Paul
Monday Night
Anthol Riney. Marion county
4-tension agent, said Saturday
that organization of 4-H clubs and
discussions regarding the various
4-H projects would be the main
topic at a public meeting to be
held at the St Paul high school at
8:00 Monday night, January 16.
Parents of interested' and pros
pective members are asked to be
present with their children.
Each club will be led by an ad
ult local leader from the commun
ity. The 4-H . leaders from the
county office, Miss Ann Bergholz
and Riney, are asking prospect
ive club leaders to attend the
meeting.
Charles Pellard, St Paul, has
agreed to work with a group of
the older boys in the new 4-H
tractor maintenance project end
Mr. F. L. Zlelinski, prominent
swine breeder, will lead a pig club
for those Interested, Riney said.
He anticipates the need for lead
ers in dairy, poultry, clothing,
cooking and possibly others. The
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305 So. Cotteoo St,'
S e. m. to 12 Neon
St -Paul branch, Commercial bank
of Newberg, has offered the serv
ices of its fieldman, William Klet-
zer, to help get leaders and club
members together.
Mass Meeting
On Buses Set,
Four Comers
if t us Nw Service
FOUR CORNERS There will
be a mass meeting open to the
public at the Four Corners Com
munity, hall Thursday, January
19 at; 7:30 pjn. A report will be
heard from committees elected on
Jan. 1 to formulate plans regard
ing the suburban bus service.
The plans hinge on approval of
the people in the affected areas.
January 12, the committee met for
the second time. At this meeting
the .committee was concerned
principally with the facts and
statements of the city council and
City Transit Lines.
The committee would like to
have committees from each sub
urban area Interested in the trans
porta tion service to be present at
the January 19 meeting. ,
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Records Snow
Marked Cain
ways
By Ralph Wataen
Bighway CommlMloa Conauttaat
Back In the "B. C." era. be
fore the 1917 Orecon legislature
had set up the present state high
way commission. Major Henry L.
Bowlby recorded in bis first an
nual report of the state highway
engineer that, "there are more
than 37,000 miles of road In Ore
gon."
That was on November 30,
1914. after the 1913 legislature
had delegated to Gov. Oswald
West. State Secretary Ben W.
Olcott and State Treasurer Tho
mas B. Kay, the chore of serv
ing as state highway commis
sion and building a system of
state highways.
At that time they launched Ma
jor Bowlby upon the construc
tion of the Columbia highway,
the Pacific highway and soma- se
condary market 'roads and gave
him a total of $243,570 (raised by
a Ya mill state road tax) to start
the Job. In his report the rnajc
notes that on November 30, 1914,
he had a "balance available'' of
$59,593.
Pick -and-Shovel Days
Those were the days when con
tractors did their blasting with
black jowder. and built their
grades with pick and shovel,
wheelbarrows, horse - drawn
dump wagons and Fresno wheeled
scrapers.
Major Bowlby also notes: "The
rule has been that one dollar is
aU a man is entitled to when the
state or the county asks permis
sion to build for him a modern
highway."
And speaking of "hard surfac
ing state highways" he says, "It
is not necessary today, asvit was
four to eight years ago, to argue
that the motor vehicle has come
to stay and that the roads must
be designed to stand this new
and severe traffic." And speaking
of roads in general he prophe
sied, "Many years will elapse be
fore more than 10 per cent of the
road mileage (37,000 miles) is
hard surfaced. The greater part
of the attention of the county
courts will always be taken up
with building and maintaining
earth roads."
"County Roads" Smaller
That was 35 years ago. As of
June 30, 1948, the report of State
Engineer R. H. BaldocK shows
that 4,492 miles of primary an&
1,602 of secondary highways un
der hard surface paving bet
ter than 16 per cent of the total
road mileage in the state in 1914.
In the face of this it is worthy of
note that the total "county road"
mileage has decreased from the
1914 total of 37,000 to 33,551
miles.
Of this composite stretch of
county roads, 2,660 miles are pav
ed either with concrete or bitu
minous macadam or have been
oiled; 13,167 miles are surfaced
but un -oiled; 4,772 miles graded;
leaving 14,952 miles unimproved
for the counties to improve and
maintain.
In addition to all these, there
are 17,039 miles of national forest
and park roads, Indian reserva
tion, state forest park and mill
tary reservation roads, and non
highway city streets, only 800
miles of which are improved; a
grand total of all classes of roads
other than state highways of SZ,
590 miles. This does not include
mileages added during 1949.
Revenue Gams Sharply
During 1949 highway commis
sion revenues grossed S3 1,353,000,
Of this $11,829,000 was diverted
under legislative command: $5,-
558,000 to the counties for county
road financing; $4,108,000 to the
cities for use on city streets, $1,-
035,000 to the state police, and
$1,128,000 to counties (in loans
to be used by them in the repair
of unusual fro;t damage suffered
by county roads during the winter
of 1948-49) leaving $19,506,000
of gasoline tax, motor vehicle re
gistration fees, motor transport
fees and incidental revenues
state highway funds to spend
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for nigh
The 1959 March of Dimes eoln eel
lector, shaped like a miniature
Iron lung, has been placed in
business establishments and pub
lie buildings throughout Salem.
This year's drive begins Mon
day and wiU continue through
January 3L
in forwarding the state highway
program.
For 1950 the commission will
have an estimated income of
$35,627,000, $28,827,000 from gas
taxes, registration and motor
transport fees and incidental sour
ces, plus $8,800,000 of federal aid
allotments.
From 1917 to the close of the
fiscal year June 30, 1948, a total
of approximately $340,000,000 had
been spent for construction and
maintenance of the state highway
system. By the close of 1950 ap
proximately $90,000,000 will have
been added or obligated, bringing
the grand total expenditure on
the state highway system by that
date to approximately $430,000,-
000.
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Parking Meter
Collector Job
, SPOKANE, Jan. 14 -4Ph Park
ing meter money collector the
most popular city job Spokane has
had in years.
That wu the consensus at city
hall Thursday as dozens of appli
cants filed through the corridors.
There is only one job open but
already more than 200 men have
applied in the three days that ap-
That means
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own particular needs. Upon accepted
credit, a budget pirn to fit oar pem will bt
worked out for you . . .weekly or monthly
payments that yo can easily afford.
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able.
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John Beam, secretary oi the city
civil service commission. "There
has been nothing Ilk this for any
city Job In years.
The job pays $240 a month and
involves walking tip and down city
streets collecting nfcklee and pen
nies from the 2000 parking meters.
The city already has several col
lectors but decided recently to
add another.
"There la a line waiting when I
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Offices in Eugene and Portland
in til principal Pacific Coast
Sunday, Jcsbcbt t&
arrive in the morning.' Beam said,
"and a line when X come back
from lunch. X tell them there la
only one Job open, still they come
They have another week to applji
too."
A civil service examination will
be given In shifts January
24. -
Beam said he has questioned
some of the applicants to deter
mine why so many have applied
for this particular job but wasn't
able to reach any conclusion. Nov
all, he said, were unemployed.
Thqt's AH . . .
leave your answer at the
QUISENBERRY CORNER
anytime between January
16 and 22, inclusive. The
closest estimates win the 3
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