fOUn MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. March 7. 1950
Delake 'Monster' Might Well Be
Whale Shark, Expert On Fishes Says
in the Day's News
By Paul F. EUil
United Press Science Editor
New York, Mar. 7 (U.R) A
man who knows his fishes said
today that the "monster" washed
up on the shore at Delake, Ore.,
might well be a whale shark. It
certainly is no serpent, he said.
The expert, Dr. E. W. Gudger,
honorary associate in the depart
ment of fishes, American Muse
um of Natural History, said that
a whale-shark is a harmless crit
ter of the sea and that its body
is shaped somewhat like a tad
pole. Big Scare Recalled
Gudccr. who has been inter
ested in fishes and marine life
for almost half a century, said
that the "monster" and "sea ser
pent" stories pop up every once
in a while. He recalled one big
scare" back in 1903 when a
"terrible" serpent was seen In
the bay of Tonquin, French Indo
china.
"Trouble is," he said, "no sci
entific person has ever seen ser-Dents."
He also recalled that there
was a "scare" about JO years ago
when a sea serpent, with an ex
tremely long tail, was observed
off the coast of France. The ser
pent turned out to be a school
of whale-sharks, or basking
sharks, who were swimming
along in single file. They are
called basking sharks because
they like to swim on the surface
of the water, seemingly to bask
in the sun.
Whale-Sharks Harmless
"Whale or basking sharks are
harmless," Dr. Gudger said.
"Their teeth arc only about one
fourth of an inch long. They
have scales, but not so the lay
person could notice them. If you
run your hand over the back of
a whale-sharp it feels like run
ning your hand over a coarse
file."
The technical name for the
whale-shark is cetorhinus.
He said it would be easy for
a lay person to mistake a col
umn of the sharks for a serpent
as they ride the crest of waves
in the ocean.
The whale-shark, according to
Gudger, has a bulky body and
has a long tail, sometimes IS to
18 feet long. He wouldn't go
so far as to say the west coast's
"monster" was a whale-shark.
But he agreed it appears to re
semble one.
Not Something New
At any rate, the "monster" Is
not something new from the
depths of the ocean.
Dr. Gudger said that sea life In
the dark depths of the ocean is
small bodies. The big fish, he
said, stay comparatively close to
the top.
Multnomah Sheriff
Tells Of Bribe Offers
Portland, Ore., Mar. 7 U.R)
Multnomah County Sheriff Ter
ry D. Schrunk today said he had
turned down several bribes of
fered to ward off his interfer
ence in gambling operations,
Schrunk did not say who of
fered the bribes. The largest
fer he said was $20,000.
WEATHER
By United Press
Northern California: Fair to
day, tonight and Wednesday ex
cept considerable cloudiness ex
treme northern portion and light
rain near Oregon border tonight
and Wednesday. Slightly warm-
today. Variable wind 8-13
MPH, mostly northwesterly in
afternoon but southerly tonight
and Wednesday from Point Are
na north.
By FRANK JENKINS
Defense Secretary Johnson
speaking:
"No amount of money can give
America 100 per cent protection
from atomic bombers in the
event of war.
"THERE IS A RISK TO LIV
ING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
20TH CENTURY. It is a risk that
every community must take in
an atomic age."
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HAT is the risk?
Secretary Johnson spells it out
like this:
"Some enemy pilot with the
zeal and fanaticism of a kami
kaze ("kamikazes," you will re
member, were Jap suicide pilots)
might get through our net on a
one-way suicide mission and the
United States might get hurt."
The suicide pilot, of c o u r s e,
would be carrying an atom bomb
or a hydrogen bomb. He would
drop it on some city. If MORE
THAN ONE suicide pilot got
through, the bombs would be
dropped on more than one city
That is how it would work.
Guided Missile With Range Penitentiary Terms
Of Almost 1000 Miles Seen
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HY iulcide pilots?
COMEDIAN'S FATHER DIES
Hollywood, Mar. 7 !U.R)
Comedian Jack Carson flew here
today to make arrangements to
bury his father, timer L. (Kit)
Carson, who died yesterday af
ter a heart attack.
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M. M. DEPT. STORE
The answer to that is that AS
YET Russia is not believed to
have developed a plane with
range enough to fly to the United
States, drop its oomos ui u goi
past ' our defenses) and FLY
BACK TO RUSSIA.
SO
"Suicide" pilots would have
to do the Job. They'd drop their
bomb (or bombs). Then they'd
crash. Or maybe they'd land on
some airfield and give them
selves up as prisoners of war.
QR-
And this is the latest sugges
tion: They'd ball out AFTER
ALERTING THE NEAREST
COMMUNIST CELL. They'd
hope that when they landed they
would be Dicked uo by their
communist friends, concealed
and eventually smuggled back to
Russia to do it all over again.
We must bear this in mind:
In the event of war with Rus
sia every communist in America
will be a suicide enemy in our
midst whose life will be pledged
to doing us all the damage he
can in anv way he can REGARD
LESS OF THE RISK IN
VOLVED. gECRETARY Johnson goes on:
"Even it the U. S. put all its
defense money now 13 billions
a yea r into air defense it
Washington. Mar. 7 (U.R) A
guided missile with a ground-to-ground
range of nearly 1,000
miles is possible with present
American knowledge and exper
ience, the army disclosed today.
But Brig. Gen. Leslie E.
Simon, chief of army ordnance
and development, said an imme
diate program to make such a
missile would mean "freezing
design" at the present stage of
development and concentrating
on production rather than research.
Year of Work
Under present conditions and
if ample funds were on hand, it
was indicated, it would tako
about a year to carry out neces
sary work in design and engi
neering production.
Simon said the services nave
been working on the long-range
guided missile about five years
and "we have solved many of
the basic scientific problems" in
this field.
He said the so-called "Wac
Corporal" fired last year at the
White Sands, N.M., proving
grounds could have been hurled
more than DUO miles if it had
been fired for maximum range.
Instead, Simon said the two
stage missile in which one mis
sile travels a certain distance
and then releases a smaller one
was fired vertically so it
would fall safely within proving
ground limits. It was fired to a
height of 25 miles.
Witness To Progress
"That flight was a substantial I
accomplishment and bears wit
ness to the progress made be-
yond the elementary stage at ;
which the Germans were
stopped on V-E Day," Simon j
said.
He said the Germans rushed I
guided missiles into production I
prematurely while the United
States is concentrating on re
search and development.
This process, he said, has "led
to a number of highly efficient
surface-to-surface and surface-to-air
missiles."
Simon said much of the credit
for missile development should
go to the General Electric com
pany, Bell Telephone Labora
tories, the California Institute of
Technology's Jet Propulsion lab
oratory, and Gsrman scientists
brought to this country at the
end of the war.
About 100 V-2 rockets were
brought to the United States aft
er the war, Simon said, and 50
of them have been fired at White
Sands.
These rockets saved the Unit
ed States money with their
availability for use in testing
instrumentation, operational:
techniques, and as carriers of in
struments for research institu-1
tions.
Given Two Felons
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna yes
terday imposed prison sentences
on two admitted felons and ar
raigned a third in an anernoon
court session. Louis Roy Valdez,
charged with larceny from an
auto, was sentenced to four years
in the state penitentiary, and
William Frank Collins, charged
with Grand larcenv for the theft
of a wrist watch from Brophy's
jewelers, was given a one-year
sentence, Both had pleaded
guilty.
Farley Orval Pollock was ar
raiened on a grand larceny
charge involving theft of a power
saw and asked that his case be
continued for a few days before
he pleads on a district attorney s
information. He has waived
grand jury indictment.
Heartbroken Boy Seeks Body Of Lost
Dog So He Can Give It Proper Burial -
Broken-hearted over the ap- day and Tuesday mornings and
parent death of his pet dog, hopefully hurried out to look in
which fell into Bear Creek and the dog's box, thinking he might
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Firemen Organize
New Group Here
An organization of regular and
volunteer firemen was effected
last night when about 33 men
met at the city fire hall and
elected Barry Bigham president.
A committee to draw up by-laws
and another committee to plan
social activities were named.
Other officers elected were
Clyde Fichtncr, vice president;
LcRoy William5. secretary-treasurer,
and Virgil Swanston, as
sistant secretary-treasurer.
Acting Fire Chief Leo Wcid
ner said that hereafter volunteer
firemen will be known as "call
men.'' Ho stressed that as far as
the local department is con
cerned there is no real difference
between the callmcn and the reg
ular firemen.
The entertainment committee
named last night will plan for
a social event in April open to
firemen and their wives.
Services Arranged For
Mrs. Liza Jane Cook
Ashland. Mar. 7 Services
for Mrs. Liza Jane Cook, who
died at her Talent home Sunday,
will be held Thursday at 1:30
p.m. at Litwiller funeral home
with interment at Mountain
View cemetery.
She had been in failing health
for several years. Mr. Cook was
born March 22, 1875. at YVorth
ington, la. She came to Talent
three years ago.
Survivors are her husband
George: three sons. Holland, Tal
ent: Milo, Medford.'and Wendell
Loos Bay; six brothers and sis
ters, Melvin and John Brrakey.
Mrs. Nellie Deach and Mrs. I.
M. Schessel, all of Nora Springs.
Ia.: Ralph Breakey, Portland,
and Mrs. Louis Glassell, Brea,
Cal.. and three grandchildren.
wouldn't guarantee 1 m m u nity
from atomic attack. This is w hat
we can and WILL do instead:
"Build a strong air defense. . .
niHke enemy raids costly so
costly that the enemy will' find
himself unable to continue his
attack. . . we can make RKTIit
BUTION so deadly he will wish
he had never started."
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QRIM?
Sure It's grim. Death in any
form is grim. That train wrrrk
back on Long Island, when hu
man beings were ground up like
sausage meat, wasn't nice.
BUT WK D1K ONLY ONCE.
Let's keep that in mind. It
lakes away some of the grimncss.
VyilEN a bridegroom throwing
" a party on t lie night before
his wedding dav CAN CHOKE
ON A FRIED EGO and die as
dead as if he had got in his sole
person the whole explosive pow
er of a hydrogen bomb, it rather
puts a new light on the whole
business.
So far as he was concerned
a fried rgg was as deadly as an
II bomb.
There have always been fried
eggs.
Happy Is The Day
When Backache
Goes Away
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disappeared Sunday, 11-year-old
Duanc Denney has made an ap
peal to the Tribune to help him
find the animal's body in order
that he may bury it.
"While playing in Bear Creek
park Sunday afternoon I saw
my dog fall in the water under
Bear creek bridge," Duanc wrote.
"Then he was washed over the
falls at the west end. He never
came out of the whirling water.
If someone finds my little pal
washed somewhere along the
bank please let me know. For
this information I cannot pay,
but will thank you sincerely,"
the boy's note concluded.
Was Blue Terrier
The dog. which Duanc called
Diablo, was a blue terrier with
white markings. He wore a
rabies vaccination tag No. 117598
and a 1950 license number on his
collar.
Duanc's mother. Mrs. Laura
Denney. 504'2 North Grape
street, said that Duane and a
companion were playing in the
park and were skipping rocks
along the banks of the creek.
Diablo had been trained to fetch
rocks and sticks, and when one
went too far and f:Il into the
water, he rushed after it.
The two boys and Mrs. Den
ney spent about two hours
searching alollg the edges of the
creek after the accident, the
mother said, but no trace of the
dog could be found. She said
Duane and the dog had been
constant companions for three
years, and the dog had been
trained to ride in a basket on
the boys' bicycle.
Duane got up early both Mon-
not have drowned and might
have come home during the
night, she said.
"The reason Duane is so anxi
ous to find the pet and bury the
body Is because Diablo was fol
lowing orders when he was
drowned," Mrs. Denney ex
plained. "This really means a
lot to Duane."
The Denny's telephone num
ber is 2-8390.
Ashland Lumber Firm
Bids High On Timber
The Red Blanket Lumber com
pany, Inc., Ashland, yesterday
was successful high bidder for
about 11 million feet of timber
placed on sale in the Whiskey
creek area of Rogue River na
tional forest. The Red Blanket
firm bid a total of $114,727 for
timber on two blocks of land in
the area. The forest service had
set a minimum price of $88,382
on the sale.
Red Blank Lumber company
was represented at the oral auc
tion by William Mattson and
there were competitive bids from
the Ross Lumber company and
Skeeters and Skeeters Logging
company. .
Marines To Organize
Drill Team Locally
A drill team which will take
part in the coming Armed Forces
celebration, will be organized by
the marine reserve unit, VTU
13-21, it was announced today
by Capt. William O'Brien. A
meeting will be held Thursday,
March 9, at 8 p.m. in the armory
building to organize the team.
Captain O'Brien stressed that
any young man interested in
drilling with the team is invited
to attend, and said they are not
required to be members of the
reserve unit.
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Some varieties of cactus in
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Man Held In Jail On
Car Use Charges
Authorities here are holding
Richard Laverne Augustine in
county jail in lieu of $2,000 bail
on a charge of taking and using
an automobile without authority.
Central Point Police Chief Doug
las Sawtelle, who filed the com
plaint, said Augustine took a car
owned by Oran W. Van Dyke,
Central Point, on March 4. The
case has been continued for
hearing.
In the meantime. Augustine is
serving a 60-day jail sentence for
being drunk in a public place.
He was sentenced in county jus
tice court yesterday by Judge
W. P. Tucker.
Manila. P. I.. Mar. 7 (U.R)
Moderate to light temblors shook
several central Philippine islands
today but caused only slight
damage. Several persons were
reported injured in Iloilo city
when they ran from theaters in j
fright.
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Mercury and only Mercury wa
the-Sweepctakef winner in the
Mobilgas Grand Canyon Economy
Run at 26.52 miles per gallon.
Some of the crs which have been making
"me too" claims didn't even come close.
If you've been reading the "victory" statements made
by various automobile manufacturers claiming to
have won the Grand Canyon Economy Run, you're
probably pretty well confused.
And we can't blame you a bit. Everybody's trying
to get into the act Mercury's act.
It's true some other cars did take certain "class"
prizes. But the grand prize . . . and the Sweepstakes
Trophy . . . went to Mercury and to Mercury alone.
On a pound-for-pound basis the basis upon which
the American Automobile Association judged this
. famous economy test Mercury outperformed every
other car entered. That's right, every other stock model
car entered regardless of price, size or horse power.
Mercury's actual mileage 6gure was a big, juicy
26.52 miles per gallon! And that over the world's
toughest 751 mile course at an average speed of more
than 41 miles per hour. And how did a car the
size of the big new Mercury do it? Mercury's
gu-saving Touch-O-Matic overdrive helped and
so did careful driving.
But let's not overlook the main fact. The 1950 Mercury
won because it was built to he thrifty. We've been
bragging to folks around here about the amazing
efficiency of Mercury's "Hi-powet compression" and
new "Econ-o-miser" carburetion and it sure
looks like we weren't kidding.
But don't just take our nord for it Come in and
drive the new Mercury yourself. See whit it's like to
set jour hands on a real Grand Prize winner.
And don't put off that pleasure until "tomorrow."
Do it today i
Drive America's No. 1 economy car the 1950 Mercury t
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