United States, Russia
In Full Cooperation
Against Locust Horde
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Pri Foreign Analyii
It may come a? surprise to
mu-y that there is one iield in
which the United States and
Russia are co
operating whole - heart
edly. It is against
hordes of loc
usts threaten
ing to visit the
Middle East
with its worst
invasion in 100
years and
whose numb-
I'hil Newsora
ers make man-made armies seem
infinitesimal by comparison. To
the locust there is no such thing
as a "neutral" boundary.
This year their eggs infest
more than 700,000 square miles
of Africa, the Middle East and
Asia, and the next week may
iell whether the hatching lo
custs will be destroyed or will
bring the final touches of dis
aster to millions of already nun
gry people.
(Jailed Grasshopper Here
The locust of the Middle East
i also is familiar in the United
States, except that here he is
called a grasshopper.
In Midwestern pioneer days
he was as fearsome as a prairie
fire, and it was only about 15
years ago that grasshopper
swarms cleared huge areas of
the Midwestern bread basket of
every green thing and even
gnawed at the exposed fabric of
automobile cushions.
On Larger Scale
That's what an area centering
on the Middle East is up against
now, but on a much vaster scale.
The main infested area stretch'
es from the Dead Sea to Paki
stan, but threatened are all of
Morse Election
Committee Reports
$852 Expenditure
Salem (U.R) The commit
tee to elect Oregon Sen. Wayne
Morse as delegate to the Repub
lican national convention spent
$852.33, it was reported to the
state election bureau Monday.
Morse, himself, spent $65.,.. .
Estelle O. Morrison, Albany,
spent $105.12 in her campaign
'for delegate to the Republican
national convention.
Douglas Figures Told
Mary G. Macewan, secretary
or the William O. Douglas-for-president
committee, spent $!
345.65 in the campaign to win
the U. S. Supreme Court Just
Ice from Oregon the preference
for Democratic nominee for pres
ident.
Ernest Frederick Hinkle, The
Dalles, spent $253.06 in his cam
paign for Republican nomina
tion lor congressman from the
second Oregon district.
The Chadwick-for-State- Rep
resentative committee spent
$208.22 on behalf of the Salem
hotel man for state representa
tive from Marion county on the
Republican ticket.
Attorney Reports
Walter W. Foster. Salem,
spent $117.13 in his bid for Re
publican nomination for dist
rict attorney for Polk county.
F. Leo Smith spent $100 in
behalf of Eugene K. Oppen
heimer in his campaign for re
turn to the Multnomah county
circuit court. Smith also spent
$100 in behalf of Virgil H. Lang
tiy, judge of the Multnomah
county circuit court.
San Francisco's Maritime mu
seum is now housed in Aquatic
Park at the foot of Van Ness av
enue fronting on San Francisco
bay.
the Middle and Near East, more
than half of Africa and great
areas of Southern Asia, includ
ing Soviet Central Asia.
The fact that parts of Soviet
Asia are threatened may explain
Russia s cooperation in the war
against the insects.
Cooperation Results
This year's war against locusts
has resulted in international co
operation never seen before in
the fight against a plague hated
since the days of John the Baptist.
It is estimated that $11,000,000
will be spent in the locust fight
this year.
The Grange
Upper Rogue Grange
Upper Rogue Grange is look
ing forward to having Lake
Creek Grangers, as guests on
Thursday June fifth. Lake
Creek Grange will put on the
program and all grangers are
welcome. Each lady is asked to
bring a few sandwiches.
Detroiters make most of the
Nation's motor cars, and drive
more of them in proportion to
population than any other major
city except one Los Angeles.
Medford
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1952
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CARELESSNESS COSTLY A Catholic priest administers last
rites to Mrs. Barbara Shurin after she was struck and killed af
Seattle when she stepped into the path of an oncoming auto. Mrs.
Shurin apparently didn't see the car as she crossed the highway in
front of her home. The driver was not held. Praying with Rev.
' Lawrence O'Leary (left) are another priest, Rev. David E. White
(center) and an unidentified neighbor.
Early-Morning Risers Witness Sale of Fish
New York (U.R) Only the
early-morning risers among New
York City tourists can witness
the sale of 1,000,000,000 pounds
of fish.
Around 7 a.m. each week day,
the six-block Fulton Fish Mar
ket area, along the East river
just south of Brooklyn Bridge,
hums with the babel of bargain
ing fish sellers and buyers.
The largest wholesale fish
mart on the east coast, Fulton
supplies the city's restaurants,
hotels and retailers with nearly
100 different species of fish
from haddock to octopuses, smelt
to snails. Many of the fish deli
cacies come from various parts
of the world, including Canada,
Mexico, Portugal and South
Africa.
The Fulton Market was begun
in 1664 and is now owned by the
city. Fish merchants bid for
space at auctions held whenever
a rare vacancy occurs.
For six summers, King Ranch
steers approaching market age
have been shipped by rail from
south Texas rangeland to mea
dows 30 miles southwest of Phil
adelphia to be fattened.
SAVES TIME
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NOW IN COLORS... AT REGULAR PRICES
'Oregon Platoon' Planned by Marines
Marine Corps recruiters in
Oregon will make an effort to
enlist an "Oregon Platoon" dur
ing the first few weeks in June,
it was reported here today by
Sgt. Stanley Smith, Marine re
cruiter here.
Under the plan, if sufficient
Oregon men join the Marine
Corps there will be formed into
a platoon, and will take their
boot training together. In ad
dition, they will appear in the
Portland Rose Festival Parade
on June 21 before leaving for
camp, and also will be honored
when they are through boot
training.
Any men Interested may get in
touch with Sergeant Smith at
the Marine Corps recruiting of
fice in the Medford post office.
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