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( Air Power Seen to Dominate
Any War Fought In Arctic Area
By Charles Cordry
United Press Aviation Writer
Washington. March lWK
Air power will be the dominant
ingredient of any war fought in
the Arctic. Many of the earlier
problems hampering Arctic use
of airpower have been licked.
Some tough ones remain.
It seems certain that these will
be the main conclusions of com
manders and staff officers now
holding a post mortem in White
horse, Yukon Territory, on Ex
ercise Sweetbriar.
Intensive Test
The Canadian-American ma
neuver was the most intensive
test yet of the ability of men and
machines to function under com-
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bat conditions In the Far North.
Temperatures ranged from 20
above to 60 below zero. Snow
was waist deep in spots, and
much of the rocky terrain a few
yr-rds off the Alcan highway was
all but impassable.
It will be come time, as Can
adian Defense Minister Brooke
Claxton said at the wind up, be
fore conclusions can be reached
about tactics, equipment and ef
fects on troops.
But 10 days spent with the
maneuver forces along the 350
mile stretch of road from White
horse to Northway, Alaska, re
vealed a number of continuing
problems peculiar to Arctic war
fare. Some are:
Radar Limited
1. Air operations: Military
men have beaten or are beating
the mechanical troubles which
once beset the planes them
selves. But radar is severely
limited in its ability to "see '
i because of the vast, uneven
i mountain ranges. The weather
! is a constant menace, with 2,000
foot deep cloud layers frequent
j ly hanging among the mountains
I and ice fogs overlaying air strips,
j 2. Ground operations: Top
maneuvers commanders foresee
! relatively small-scale use of
: ground troops in the Arctic. The
! rugged country, with its moun
i tains, marshes, deep snow and
(forests, restricts the deployment
i of troops. The test "war" was
I fought on a 38-foot front mainly
l comprising the Alcan highway.
I Because of the difficulty in mov
! ing men overland, top officers
I expect heavy reliance on para
troops in any Arctic war.
( Occasional Breakdowns
j 3. Communications: Radio,
teletype and telephone were
: used in the maneuver. Still
1 there were occasional break
downs chargeable both to the
northland itself and to lack of
training on the part of commu
nications men. The northern
weight materials that are just as
warm. Fiber glass is one, but it
has a tendency to crack at pres
sure points, such as at the el
bows and knees. Foot wear
seems to be the big problem,
but officers said a sizable num
ber of frostbite cases could be
traced more to improper use
than the equipment itself. For
instance, some soldiers had to
learn the hard way that wet
socks and wet felt boots have to
be dried promptly if the feet are
not to freeze.
Ambulance Plane
Makes 1st Flight
First emergency flight of the
Mercy Flights Inc., ambulance
plane, "Rogue's Wings O'
Mercy," was made yesterday, it
was reported today by Chairman
George Milligan. Milligan and
Eugene Koozer acted as pilot and
co-pilot for the flight to Port
land. A woman patient was taken
to a Portland clinic for treat
ment at the request of her doc
tor, Milligan said. She was ac
companied by her husband as
flight attendant.
The flight north took one hour
35 minutes, with the return tak
ing an hour and a half, with an
air and ground speed average of
more than 160 miles per hour,
Milligan said. He also reported
that the two-engined Cessna am
bulance plane performed well up
to expectations.
All arrangements for the
flight had been made the night
before and the woman was met
at the Portland airport by an
ambulance.
51 Take Examinations
iiivavtuiis men. tic law i. j
nomna'rnakeadiolone undelOr L6I1SUS rOSIllORS
nendable.
4. Transport: The war games
revealed an urgent need on the
part of the U. S. army for a bet
i ter tracked vehicle than the
"weasel." Under powered and
j difficult to maintain, the "weas
: els" suffered an estimated 50
per cent casualty rate. The Cana
dian "ponguin" fared very well
except that .because of its size.
: it is hard to - maneuver off the
highway.
! 5. Health: Illness ranging
from common head colds to flu
was commonplace during the
games, especially among com
manders, staff officers, observ-
I ers and the press, who alternat
ed between over - neatect. oxer
crowded buildings and the ex
treme cold outside.
Experiments On Clothing
G. Clothing: All kinds of ex
periments now are underway to
improve special Arctic clothing.
The combat troops' uniform
weighed about 25 pounds. Each
man carried about 60 items of
personal equipment. Because
the bulky gear limits action, ex
perts are searching lor lighter zinc.
Fifty-one persons took com
petitive examinations here yes
terday for positions as crew
leaders at Medford. Ashland and
Grants Pass for the decennial
census, according to Ray M.
Feves, district supervisor for the
bureau of census.
Feves, who was in Medford
yesterday, said that two crew
leaders will be selected for this
community, two for Giants Pass
and one for Ashland. Selections
are to be announced before the
end of the week.
The supervisor reported that
exams for enumerators will be!
given in about two weeks.
DURNO ON BOARD
Salem, Ore., March 1 U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay today re
appointed Dr. Edwin R. Durno
of Medford to the state board of
medical examiners for a five
year term. Dr. Durno's new term
will begin March 1.
- Most silver produced in Cali
fornia is a by-product from min
ing of cold, copper, lead and
ild Labor Under
Law Amendments
Explained In Talk
Child labor provisions of the
federal wage and hour law were
strengthened and several loop
holes plugged by a recent act of
congress, it was pointed out by
Madison R. Smith, of the wage
and hour division in Oregon, in
a talk over radio station KYJC
last night.
He said the amendments di
rectly prohibit the employment
of oppressive child labor in in
dustries engaged in interstate
commerce. Previously, he said,
the ban applied only to firms
shipping goods in interstate com
merce. Other Change
"Another important change
concerns employment of chil
dren in agriculture," Smith said.
"The original act said children
under 16 years of age could be
employed when not legally re
quired to attend school. The
amendment says they can be
employed on farms only outside
of school hours for the district
where they are living."
They may also work on farms
during vacations, holidays and
after school hours, he added.
This does not apply to employ
ment on the farm of the child's
parents, he said.
"Newspaper carriers are ex
empted for the first time from
the child labor, minimum wage
and overtime provisions if they
deliver papers to consumers," he
said.
County Home Resident
Hit-Run Wreck Victim
oPrtland, Ore.. March 1 (U.R)
Frank Giratto, 63, a resident of
the Multnomah county home at
Troutdale, was injured fatally
yesterday in front of the home
when he was struck by a station
wason.
Sheriffs deputies arrested Ar
thur Leroy Powell, 51, Spring
dale railroad man. on a hit-run
charge after he allegedly failed
to stop at the scene of the acci
dent. Powell was arrested at his
home on the tip of a witness
who obtained his license number.
PLANS LEOPARD MOVIE
Hollywood. March 1 (U.R)
Producer Maurice Conn an
nounced today he has started
work on a movie called "Leopard
in the Streets." He said he
would concentrate on the reac
tions of persons caught with a
jungle animal loose in the neigh
borhood.
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ot Wagner Creek, has been home
on leave from the naval air sta
tion at Quonset Point, R. I.
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with the U.S.S. Wright aircratt
carrier which returned recently
from Bermuda. He returned to
his station February 28.
Twenty-five met at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hild for the
monthly Sunday school birthday
party, February 23. Birthdays
celebrated for February were
those of Verlee MacDowell, Nan
nett Johnson, Donna Jean Yar
nell and Judy Brabbin. Judy was
ill and unable to attend. A pleas
ant evening was had by all sing
ing songs and playing games.
Delicious refreshments, includ
ing gingerbread and whipped
cream, were served by the host
ess. The next birthday party will
be at the Layton MacDowell
home March 30.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bagley
entertained Mr. and Mrs. M. O.
Grove and family, Phoenix, and
Mr. and Mrs. Penland, Talent,
February 12.
Mr. and Mrs. George Galbraith
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Crain on February 26.
Scotty Scott, Applegate, treed
a 128-pound cougar with dogs
last week near the Hanson home
on Anderson creek. He shot the
cougar with a revolver and haul
ed it out in a jeep.
Mrs. Ann Stewart, Grants
Pass, formerly of Glendale, Cal.,
spent last week with her sister,
Mrs. Edna Hopper and family
here.
Esther Holt, Anderson creek,
spent the afternoon of Februnry
25 with Mrs. Margaret (Aunt
Maggie) Goddard .
Mrs. Elfa Long gave a surprise
birthday party February 19 for
her mother, Mrs. Andrew Briner,
on her 80th birthday. Those pres
ent were Elroy and Ella Mae
McGrew, Ollie and Melvin Mc
Grew. Medford, Curtis and Elea
nor McGrew, Lyle and Alta
Briner, Prospect, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Long Sr.. Talent, and the
host and hostess Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Long Jr.
Lois Bradley fell and injured
her arm while roller skating
last week when Mrs. Walde
mire's upper grade room went
on a roller skating party. X-rays
were necessary to determine ex
tent of Lois' arm injury.
Mary Torey returned home
from the hospital February 21.
Her health is improved some
but she is still seriously ill. Mrs.
McMillan from San Francisco is
staying with her mother.
Mrs. Waldemire's room gave
a valentine party February 14
for Mrs. Slack's lower grades.
Present were also P.T.C. mothers,
Wednesday. March 1. 1930
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
$600 Million To
Be Lost On Bad
Checks Is View
The bad check racket will cost
the businessmen of the United
States $600 million this year, and
this tremendous loss is due in a
large measure to careless meth
ods of handling checks, Ray W.
Clark, Medford businessman,
told members of the Medford
Rotary club in an address here
Tuesday. With ten thousand
"professionals" now operating in
the forgery field, losses are
mounting yearly at an alarming
rate, he warned.
Clark, manager of the Medford
hotel and member of the Pacific
Northwest Check Investigators
association, addressed the Ro
tary luncheon meeting at the
Jackson hotel. Operations of the
increasing number of check art
ists, or "hot paper hangers,"
were described by Clark and
their success was attributed to
the eagerness for business on the
part of merchants who neglect
too often to secure adequate iden
tification of check passers. It is
so much easier to get money
with a piece of paper than with
The 4-H cooking club girls served
cookies, cake and tea. Table
decorations were trees made of
laurel and Oregon grape. There
were colored hearts and candy
suckers, valentine boxes and val
entines for each one present. The
upper grades attended games at
Oak Grove school Februnry 24
where they played basketball
most of the day.
A student body program and
party the evening of February
24 to raise funds for a radio
phonograph had a large attend
ance. The girls' chorus sang sev
eral numbers. Jill Gast was in
charge of games.
Delbert Goddard Jr., who has
been ill with flu is up and around
again.
Lucy Maxon. Talent, visited
her sister, Donna Goddard, Feb
ruary 27. Donna was a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bailey
February 12.
Louise Knighten, Ashland, vis
ited at the Grant Torey home
February 26.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bunnell of
Talent were guc3ts of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Work Sr. in Cres
cent City, Cal., February 20 and
21. Mr. and Mrs. Work had been
there since February 15 doing
some work on their cabin. On
their way home they stopped in
Salem, Ore., to visit their son and
family.
a gun that more and more people
are entering this lucrative busi
ness, he said.
Special Warning
A special warning was voiced
by Clark to all who cash gov
ernment checks. It is especially
important that full identification
be secured to avoid a double
loss, as the government demands
full payment from those who
cash such checks in case of loss,
he pointed out.
Following Clark's talk. Chief
of Police Clatous McCredie em
phasized the need for carefully
guarding payroll checks and
check protectors against rob
bery, the prelude to costly bad
check operations. Various local
cases were cited and forged
checks successfully used in this
area were shown. Machlin Rob
inson was program chairman
and introduced the speakers.
Vancouver, B. C, March 1
(U.R) Ten-year-did Tommy Heck
ler ended up with a black eye
and a cut nose today after riding
in a whirling cement mixer. His
older playmates, who operated
the mixer, charged him 30 cents
for the ride.
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Eureka, Cal., yesterday for
George W. Lockstone who passed
away there Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George A,
Grieves. Mr. Lockstone was well
known here during the time he
had been associated wi t h the
Grieves' ''House of Agates," for
merly located at 32 South Cen
tral avenue. He had been mak
ing his home thb winter with the
Grieves who now reside in
Eureka.
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