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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1952)
t Glaciers Melt In Montana I l : WEST GLACIER, Mont. JF) -Montana'! Glacier Park may .have to start looking for a new name. Naturalists say that 50 years from now It'll be glacierless un less there's a bis change in Mon tana climate. The, giant glaciers which gave the park its name are slowly melting away. Some are gone already. Every winter blizzards shriek and swirl around the mountain peaks and repleenish the glaciers with new snow, but summer's hot sun take away more than a winter adds. BIG FLAME IS BEACON LONG BEACH, Calif. (JFl-The Calstate Refining Co. here doesn't have any trouble with its huge open gas flame until workmen turn it off. The big torch, seen for miles at night, burns off surplus gases from the plant. On rare occasions when the flame doesn't burn, the plant and local police station are swamped with telephone calls with the complaint: "The torch if out." The flame is also a marker for pilots who land at Long Beach Air Terminal, a company official aid. YOl'TH TRAVEL TO INDIA NEW DELHI, (TP) A pair of German youths who left home with $11 and a pre-war motorcycle between them have traveled 9,000 miles to write a college thesis on India. The pair, Gustav Pfirmann and Oskar Kroner, both 24, left home last March 15 against the advice of their friends and Munich Uni versity associates. On the long overland trip, Kro her, a good cook with a flair for medicine, kept both men in good shape. Pfirmann, a motor mechan ic, kept their ancient motorcycle purring contentedly. 1 1 ixi ., . - - ":--5-.-:-i-S-.:'xs;::f5 .A 1 4k . i I J i3 AT' PHYSICAL AND MORAL UPLIFT Four members of True Mg ht Chinese Lutheran Church la New York's Chinatown take fencing- lessons, one of church's many social activities. Ducks Obey Hotel Routine MEMPHIS, Term. (yPy-Every aft ernoon at 3 o'clock a couple of bellhops go to the fountain in the lobby of the Hotel Peabody, wave their hands and four ducks hop out of the water. The ducks waddle to the ele vator, on which they are whisked to the hotel roof to spend the night in their toops. The next morning at 7 o'clock the procedure is reversed and down they come again to go on duty in the lobby fountain. Skoda Production Drops in January VIENNA, (P) Despite a de mand for greater production, the output of locomotives in the giant Skoda works in Pilsen, Czechoslo vakia, is behind schedule. Radio Brno said that January production was only 66 percent of the taget. Western ecomists in Vienna said locomotive production possibly was down because the Skoda works is streamlining its output of tanks and guns for Russia, 1 1 Many of the early automobile men in the United States had been in the bicycle business. PLANT SERVES CANNERIES SAN PEDRO, Calif. (JF) Five fish canneries on nearby Terminal Island are served by 4,000 horse power developed by a recently j completed million dollar cooper-1 ative steam plant. The canneries checked on overhaul costs for their individual boilers and found they i could save money by constructing I JAP EXPERTS STUDY MINES TOKYO (TO-Japanese experts, by request, are probing mines in the Philippines, Thailand and In dia, seeking ways of expanding production. The economic Journal, Nihon Kebai, reported the calls on Ja panese geologists and mining ex perts. One mining company prom ised to send its ace geologist to the Apart copper mine in the Philip pines. When operated by the Japanese company during the Pacific war, it yielded 4.000 tons of ore monthly. N'ow the Philippine oper ator is seeking help to mine 1,200 tons a month. NEW SOVIET SUBWAY STA TIONS MOSCOW, (&) The Moscow ! "Metro", or subway, ha,s recently DESIGN IN TILE NEW YOFK (INS) Clay tiles created by the Moors played an important part in development of opened four new stations, bringing ! architectural desitrns in Soain dur Uie total to Ja. ine suDway, now, ing the Renaissance, especially for BURGLARS IGNORE SAFE WAUKEGAN, 111. (p) Burglars entering the Elks Service Center j put the place in a shambles but i got little of value Thsy wrecked ; a door, pried open a cash register, ' and ransacked dispensing machin- es, candy case and storage cup- i boards. A large safe was un touched. 17 vears old, has 28.2 miles ol track. STREET RENAMED FOR HERO SAIGON", Indochina, (P This city is going to rename one of its main thorough-fares in honor of a French war hero. The Rue Mac is to be called the Rue I Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny in I memory of the "glorious soldier, i saviour of Vietnam and all of In- dochina." He died in Paris Jan. 1 11. floors and wainscots. IRON LUNG GIFT TOKYO (P- The first iron lung to be owned by a Japanese hos pital has been presented to the National Daiichi Hospital here. It is a gift of the American Free Mason Associations in Japan. FREE TEXTBOOKS SINGAPORE WVThe Singapore government has decided to give free textbooks to needy pupils in primary schools in 4he colony. Principals of government and government-aided primary schools have been asked to turn in esti mates of number of books needed. NYLON SOCKS Heavy Weight 6x3 RIB Solid Colors Navy - Wine Maize - Camel PRICE Siies lOVt to 13 2 ,r $1.00 Pure Spun Nylon Friday & Saturday ALEX JONES 121 N. High St. The Stcrtepnan, Salem, Oregon, Friday. March 21. 1 eeeeeeeeeeeee eeeee e eeeetwitww TODAY- er i TOMORROW- ...A RAGE! mm A RAEMARkable new sandaf styled by Nathan. Choose gen uine rust cobra trimmed with blue or grey suede. Sizes 4Vi; to 8. AAAA to B. Fits 3 Ways e Fits Your Foot Fits Your Wardrobe Fits Your Pur 1 2 Ask For Your Free Tickets ? 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