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i Medford United Press Full Leased Wire United Praia Full Leued WUe Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952 Pages 1-8 ' If A AwiAiliii IIWi Win .lilw . J . '.. .AdiiAltal EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN FIBRE PresidentTruman congratulates Marine MVSgt. Harold E. Wilson of Birmingham, Ala. (left), Army Lt. Lloyd L. Burke of Stuttgart, Ark. (second from right), and Army Cpl. Rodolfo P. Hernandez of Fowler, Calif., after he had presented them with Congres sional Medals of Honor. The President described the men as examples of "the fibre of the American people." The men were decorated for heroism in the Korean war. Crash of Superbomber Is Expensive Blow to Defense Department By CHARLES CORDDRY United Press Aviation Writer Washington (U.R) When a B-36 Superbomber and its crew of professionals crash, the De fense Department loses in de structive capacity something like hundreds of bombers of World War II type. Chances are it also loses a team which had been put through rigorous training for months or even years to smack a specific target in the event of war. Gloom Spreads ' These are reasons that gloom spreads through the Pentagon like wildfire even when there is a report that a B-3S, somewhere is in trouble. If the Superbomber crashes, as one did at Spokane Tuesday, the cost of replacing it is conservatively stated as $3, 500,000 aside from the lives lost. ' The B-36 is the biggest and one of the most complicated combat airplanes in the world. Its 230-foot wingspan makes a nice contrast with the 120 feet which comprised the entire dis tance of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Can Fly 10.000 Miles Lt. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, strategic air commander, who controls the Superbombers and keerjs their crews at neak rjrofic- iency, would have them on their way within hours after a war started. They can fly 10,000 miles without landing or refueling and can hit a top speed of 435 miles an hour over a target at close to 50,000 feet, where fighter interception is a tough proposi tion. The best jet fighter test pilots will vouch for that. The B-36's Job is atomic bomb ing. To do it, they are equipped with a bombing system combin ing optics, mechanics and elec tronics and costing $250,000 a copy. The Kremlin would shud der if it knew what LeMay knows about the bombing acu racy of B-36 crews; just as those crews shudder whenever LeMay finds them not quite up to his rigid standards. LeMay operates the Super bombers under command of the joint chiefs of staff. Many of his staff officers and aircraft com manders are veterans of his World War II 20th Air Force, a B-29 Superfort outfit in the Pa cific. He has sought to make bomber, piloting an attractive Air Force career and many of his B-36 commanders have had five years experience flying other bombers before stepping into a Superbomber. They command self-contained air-going battleships, bristling with 16 20-mm. cannon for de fense and bomb-bays that will hold enough atomic explosives to do the work of hundreds of conventional bombers of eight years and more ago. The new Kingdom of Libya is Africa's fourth and largest inde pendent country with no tie to foreign crown or colonial em pire. It has joined Ethiopia, Egypt and Liberia In free status. High Court Upholds Oregon Bar Exams Salem U.R) The Oregon Su preme, Court took cognizance Wednesday of charges that have been made upon occasion that Oregon's bar examinations are not fair, especially to those who have studied law in out-of-state schools. After studying the exams de vised by the board of bar exam iners, the high court said, in an opinion written by Chief Jus tice James T. Brand: "Our conclusion upon the whole matter is that the exami nations given in Oregon consti tute in general as fair a test as is given in any state, and that the recommendations already made by the present board, which have been approved by the court, indicate that the quality of the examinations given as a test of worthiness to practice law in Oregon, will not only be maintained, but will be improv ed in the future. . Washington (U.R) President Truman has nominated veteran diplomat Robert D. Murphy to be the first post war American ambassador to Japan. WESTOVER GARDENS NURSERY and LANDSCAPING Evergreen Trees ' Shrubs Old Stage Road Halfway between Ross Lane and Bead Lane. Phone MEDFORD 2-7622 SELECT THE DIAMOND OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THESE SENSATIONAL VALUES DURING CHAPMAN'S APRIL DIAMOND JUBILEE llPA APRIL DIAMOND JUBILEE Br 1 ulmmW A) w.. $137.30 L . . W" i2S0 00 ill iftO EAST -oMtoi ir.iT r n County Officials Will Meet April 26 The fourth district of the As sociation of Oregon Counties will hold a meeting in Grants Pass on April 26, according to Coun ty Commissioner Robert Lytle, Valley View, who is president for the district. The meeting will be concerned with "resolutions adopted at the last convention which will be reviewed and discussed, and rep resentatives of the highway com mission and bureau of public works will be present to discuss road matters," according to F. L. Phipps, The Dalles, execuKve secretary of the association. All members of the county court are planning to attend, and also the county engineer, Lytle added. The fourth district is compos ed of Jackson, Josephine, Doug las, Coos and Curry counties. The state is divided into six districts. Secretary of Labor Upholds Presidential Steel Mills Seizure The two strongest earth snocks recorded since the use of seismo graphs for measuring them be came general about 50 years ago were the Assam-Tibet earth quake of August 15, 1950, and the Colombia temblor of 1906. Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Gov ernment seizure of the steel in dustry was the only way Presi dent Truman could keep mills operating "in the Interests of this nation's freedom," in trie opinion of Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin. ' In a speech before the 27th Pacific Coast Management Con ference, Tobin predicted " a long and prosperous future in this country" for private enterprise, providing it "recognizes its ob ligations to the free society in which it exists." Society Will Insist But he said, "if private enter prise fails to perform the func tions our society requires of it, the society will insist that they be performed by some other in stitution." He also condemned "a few unions in this country" which "do not share the allegiance of the main body of American la bor in our system of private en terprise. "It is really a mistake to refer to these organizations as un ions," he said. "They are fronts for the Communist party ... in the labor movement they are outlaws . . . "It is important to recognize, however, that . . . they are the exception and not the rule in the American labor movement." Returning to the government seizure of steel, he said "nobody is happy that the steel dispute has to be settled this way. Bui when our society Is in a crisis, management as well as labor must sacrifice its own interests in the interest of serving that society. No Appeiita for Selsura "Neither i the president nor any body else In the administra tion has any appetite for seiz ure. But there was no other way to keep the mills operating, as they had to be kept operating in the interests of this nation's freedom." Tobin criticized the "attack of steel on the integrity of the pub lic members of the Wage Stabili zation board" as one of the "most unfortunate acts of the whole controversy." . "The board members are pri vate citizens," he said, "who gave of their time at consider able sacrifice to help their coun try when it needed them. They deserve something better than the treatment they have receiv ed for making an honest de cision." , departmental estimates, which lt is now studying. After an agreement is reached on budget figures, the court will announce the dates of the pub lic hearing. At the time of the Civil War there were more sheep than people in the United States. In 1944 there were three people and today there are five people for every sheep. County Budgeters Plan To Report on April 23 Jackson county's budget com mittee will report back its bud get recommendations for 1952 53 on April 23 at 10 a.m. in the county court chambers. 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