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BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Frld.y. r.b,u.,y 17. 1950. .,,Anu!A fc;ufl. JQblVjUllf IIIC WHW $453 To Polio Fund (Acme Ttitpholo) TWISTERS KILL 44 Cooks at Slack Alrdepot In Shreveport, La., began moving personal belongings from their barracks after a tornado struck the base and killed three men. The South and Southwest, hit bard by tornadoes, counted 44 dead, hundreds Injured, and thousands of dollars lost In property damage. Arctic Warfare Will Demand Tough Indoctrination, Correspondent' Says By Noel Mostert .tontion on the road and not on United Press Correspondent the cramped compartment and (Bdiioi i noi: tii luuuwini -; me dun acne oi J 11I1U5. carrlrd by dliliatrh rider from Ihe "ront" of ria. Sweet-briar where .....I u..B staff Correipondenl Noel Molten ll Ihe only reporter thui fir to have arrnii'"r" , ,! dlrertly Into murk warfare In Ine combined Canadian-United Stalei war guinea.) With Defending Force In the Yukon, Feb. 17 (U.R) Three days in the Swcetbriar front line convinced this reporter that Arc tice warfare will demand the toughest indoctrination yot de vised and that the troops here till had a lot to learn. The experience was morale ahattcrinR, bitter, and utterly depressing. . In Snowmobile For 72 hours I alternately crouched in or drove a snowmo bile, built camp on three-foot deep snowbanks, and Joined snowshoe pntrols scouting for the "enemy." I plnyed the full role of a member of Canada's toughest winter-trained force, th" Princess Patricia's Canadian light infantry of Calgary. The regiment was pushing up the Alaska highway to hold the "invader" at bay. Even the rigor ous training which had prepared these men for the exercise didn't prevent some from collapsing with fatigue over the wheels of their vehicles, belching with nausea after traveling three days and nights with little food and sleep, and suffering acute head ache from (he general strain. Calls for Hard Narvas Arctic fighting takes more than ordinary guts and brawn. It calls for nerves as hard as the mountains which rear above this northern highway and emotion as cold as Ihe snows which cover them. In other words, the sol dier must build a bulwark against despair. We spent a long night In the 8 D.m. In the school builrline darkened vehicle, skirting cliff i There will be a discussion of luces and straining to keep at- school problems. Penguin, as the snowmobile is known, has been arcticized. This word is a new contribution to the modern vocabulary and means that the vehicle was equipped to withstand the north ern cold. Along the way, several ve hicles lay nose-deep in drifts where they had careened off the road when the drivers fell asleep. One stood on a pass blaz ing furiously. It caught fire when troops, against orders, at tempted to light a stove in the rear. 40 Balow at Night I came close to the breaking point on the rare occasions when we pitched camp. Generally, it ws around two or three in the morning after spending the day on the road and when the mer cury was at its lowest., The night temperature averages 30 to 40 below zero. The snowmobile ploughed off Ihe road into the drifts. We clambered out. fiddled at lash ings with half-frozen hands to loosen equipment and then shov elled snow aside over a twelve- Car Verstegen On Board Of Directors Of Lone Pine School Carl Verstegen has been named to the board of directors of the Lone Pine school district No. 10 to replace Henry Padg ham, resigned, it was announced today. Verslegen will serve un til the end of the present school year. The board also announced that a special meeting of the tax payers in the Lone Pine district tas been called for March 8 at foot square for the tent. The lowest ebb reached was in "going to ground," as the army put it wading, sometimes waist-high, through the white stuff to chop down a spruce or fir, the brunches of which were stripped for tent-floor insula tion, i Cured Alfalfa Meal Still Shows Low Price Sun-cured alfalfa meals still reflect lower prices at the major markets, it was reported today by the Oregon State college ex tension service. At the Portland market, sun-cured meal was sell ing: for $40 a ton. down $2 from last week. Dehydrated meal is steady at S67 to $68. . Alfalfa hay markets, in the Pacific northwest have register ed the first price decline for manv weeks, l ie extension serv ice said. At Portland prices of cood quality alfalfa hay from Idaho are quoted at S3.V50 to $36.50 a ton in carlots. This is unchanged to a dollar lower than a week ago. Oregon and Washington alfalfa hay is $39.50 to $41 a ton. Oregon and Washington grow ers are holding firmly but of ferings are liberal from Idaho. CROSBY, HOPE PRAISED Harlingen, Tox., Feb. 17 (U.R) Money makers Bing Crosby nd Rob Hope have done as mrich for golf as money-winners Sat iny Snead and Jimmy Demaret, a PGA official said today. I STANFORD RUGBY LOSES Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 17 (U.R) The University of British Columbia Thundcrbirds defeated Stanford Indians 11-8 here yes terday in the first game' of an international rugby series. Dead line Sunday Claa.ilflcd la .1 Noon Saturday! ibun,;lll(, Fch 17 Final n...na .larlrannvUlp'a March of Dimes drive showed a total of $453.25. according to Arthur Davies, president of Jackson ville T.lnne rluh which SDOn- sored the campaign here. Ben Anderson neadea ine ciuo in ine drive. Figures showed special gifts $10: schools. SI 10.88; Boy scouts' mile o' dimes $64.25; dimes banks ifi stores, $46.02; dimes' cards, 1 13.65; donkey basket ball, $81.25 and dance, Excessive speed is a factor in two out of five fatal traffic ac cidents. A heavy foot on the gas pedal is one foot in the grave. Bliss Heine Troupes Plan Several Programs Bliss Heine announced today that his troupes are booked ahead for several programs and that it is important for all mem bers to attend their respective classes in order that they may participate in program work. With the present warmer weath er, Heine states that attendance should reach 100 per cent. Last week Norma Funk was promoted to senior captain and Carolyn Funk to first lieutenant in the baton section. Ten addi tional girls Joined the section last week and the group now num bers nearly 200 students. Mr. Heine stales that news papers are still wanted for the fund-raising project and these may be left on the front porch at 916 West Tenth street. He add ed that no pick-ups would be available for a time. The news papers are needed for immedi ate turnover, he said. 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