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4 dngfc 31 TANKS TAKE OVER An Egyptian Army tank leads a column of tanks through the streets of Cairo following seizure of the city and ouster of Premier Naguib El Hihaly Pasha. The troops moved into the 'city at dawn and took over. They also took control of Alexandria, the summer capital, where King Farouk and Govern ment leaders are staying. The Railroad Bear Riding high in an airplane on a sunny day, up the Willamette valley and over the hills of old growth Douglas fir between Eu gene and Medford, I was told again the story of the railroad bear. It was recited by a griz zled seat mate. He was a retired railroader who made no bones about liking to fly and to make railroad talk while doing it. "This here bear had growed up along the railroad pass through the Siskiyous," said the old timer. "Well, sir, Mr. John Dewey, a railroader who was a mighty bear hunter, found him self chased by the railroad bear one day right up to the Ashland yards. John came to a switch. Knowing it was the railroad bear, he threw the switch be hind him. "Sure enough, the bear heeded the signal, and took off down a 'Y lead. John slowed up on his track to catch his breath. Then the bear struck the tail of the Y, swung up the other leg, and John had to hrt the grit again, to keep from being headed off. Only thing saved him. finallv. was that John Danted ud to a telo- graph shanty, the telegrapher saw nis trouble and just in the nick cf time pulled the train or der board up against the bear. Sure enough, again, that bear, being a born and bred railroad bear, stopped dead and John panted on through his clear sig nal to tne safety of the shanty. Close shave, yes, sir" Ur Skogen In the seat behind me was Mr. Larson I've lost track of his first name who was on the last flight of an 8,000-mile round trip to Sweden and back to his Med ford pear orchard. The long jour ney was an outcome of many Coos River Blaze Burns 1500 Acres COOS BAY (U.R) A stub born forest fire in the canyons of the South Coos river in the coastal range spread to 1500 acres Tuesday but firefighters said they hoped to hold their lines if the weather doesn't change. The Coos Forest Protective as sociation reported the flames had been about three-quarters "trailed," with firelines mostly along the tops of ridges and in "good position" to hold. Some 300 men were battling the blaze which spread out of control between here and Rose burg from an initial beginning of about 100 acres last Friday. 4-HCIubNewT Sams Valley Club Sams Valley 4-H Dairy club met July 25 at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Frank Straus, called to order by the acting president, Max Fredericks. Attending were Connie McDonaugh, Patty Straus, Patty Peffley, , Deanna Doland, Lyle Bigham and Ken neth Bigham. Our leader suggested that we should have a model farm. He asked how many members have 4-H boxes to carry their brushes, currycombs and other tools in. Lyle. and Kenneth Bigham were the only ones having the boxes. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Strauss to the members and nine visitors. Patty Straus, reported. fe4 Perfect For (icnicsj years of hard work, careful sav ing and then more hard work to make a modest investment pay. "I've made the trip twice be fore in six years," said Mr. Lar son. "It's just (he said it 'yust') to visit my parents, who are very old. I have nobody else. The wages I saved stand alive in good pear trees that have made me more money than I need until this year. The late freeze brought me my only poor crop. I have only myself, and travel by air to see th eold folks in Sweden is my one pleasure in life outside growing pears." Mr. Larson and the retired railroader, who was full of apol ogies and explanations for mak ing the trip by plane, fell into an argument on air versus rail road travel. I looked down at the country, a land of history and hope, a region alive with tales of trees and men, the great forest . . . The Two Forests Fly over the lower Casrndp slope and Puget Sound plain trom uanada south to Seattle, then on the Columbia hills and up the Willamette, and the per sistence of the young forest growth on old burns and cut- overs is the sight that amazees and delights the viewer who knew the land 40 years and more ago.. TJie vast extent of old growth Douglas fir and companion spe cies on the mountains that roll away, and in the canyons that dip away, ridge after ridge, slope after slope, is the well-nigh in credible scene to behold from the high air between Eugene and Medford. Within a few hours on a clear clay one who knows the history and the portents of the transition from old forests to new can vis ualize it in miles of moving pic tures on the forest land itself, passing, changing, appearing as the plane flies on. It was an edu cation to me, it was heartening and inspiring, that Medford flight. Heard some entertaining stories, too. Travel today is as broadening as it ever was. But, Rop, Hk hever too early for REAL GOLD! Orange-Rich Real Gold beverage is good anytime. ..costs less than orange juice! Contains the concentrated juice of 6 to 8 California juice oranges. f fiuarontttd by VX1L lijr w. l 6ood Havsekeepin; feuSQ W 'I I MmJ Cv .. - - I- h !;-! - I leal EcU V Commendation Given Nation's Skywachers A commendation and report on the results of the first week of activity for the "Operation Skywatch" in 27 states that be gan July 14 has been received in Jackson county's civilian de fense office, according to CD Di rector Col. Charles E. Stafford. The report from the air de fense filter center at Portland says, in part, "Ground Observa tion corps aircraft reporting and tracking during its first week of 24-hour duty has proved of value to the nation's air defense system . . . Hundres of tracks representing low-flying aircraft and not previously picked up on ADC's radar net, have been fed into the air detection system from the filter centers. High Accuracy . . . Although operations re ports at week-end (July 19) showed the GOC operating with only 50 per cent of the require d number of observer posts, and not all these posts sufficiently manned to permit continuous 24-hour operation, reporting and tracking activities were said to be faster and more efficient than at any previous time. Correla tion between tracks reported by the GOC and -tracks reported by ADC's radar network indicated a high degree of accuracy in the GOC reported tracks. "As of late Saturday night, civilian air defense offices esti mated there were between 70, 000 and 80,000 volunteers active in individual posts and filter centers in the area covered by the skywatch. "Thousands of additional vol unteers are needed to strengthen the system. The GOC has been in organization and training for over two years and is based on a similar system established by the British Royal Observer corps during World War II, and is de signed to supplement the func tions of the radar net by pro viding for detection of low alti tude flights frequently missed by radar. Voluntary Basis "Although working as an in tegral part of the ADC's air de tection, the GOC has been or ganized on a completely volun tary basis by the civilian de fense organization of individual states. In recent months, GOC organization and training have been accelerated sharply in light GETS OKINAWA DEGREE East Lansing, Mich. (U.R) President John A. Hannah of Michigan State College has been awarded the first honorary de gree granted by the University of the Ryukus on Okinawa. The university is run by a group of faculty members on leave from Michigan State. It was estab lished two years ago. of the USSR's growing strength in longe-range aircraft and atomic weapons. According to ADC's commanding officer, the Russians could at any time they choose send over a force of at least 400 heavy ' bombers and strike at important military and civilian installations in this country. "To assume maximum early warning against such a possibil ity, the GOC was called into 24-hour duty." Jackson county has 16 organ ized posts reporting, according to Colonel Stafford, on at least a 14-hour basis. The local office is making an inspection of these posts, Colonel Stafford related, and is "very gratified" with the results found in several areas. During the past five years nearly 260,000 square miles in Mexico harbored animals suf fering from foot-and-mouth disease. Tuesday, July 29, 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE PIYE Pension for Barkley Will Continue; HST Ineligible Washington (U.R) Vice Pres ident Alben . W. Barkley is al ready drawing a government pension and will go on receiving it after he retires. But President Truman won't get aqy pension. The government provides no pensions for retired presidents or vice-presidents. They are about the only members of the executive brancn specuicany ex cluded from retirement annu ities. Retired Congressman Barkley, however, has been drawing a pension as a retired member of Congress. He has been receiving it in addition to his salary and expense allow ance as "veep" ever since he stopped being a senator and was sworn in as vice-president in January, 1949. The 74-year-old Kentuckian is one of 67 former members of Congress who are receiving pen sions ranging from S592 to S6, 562 a year and averaging $3,328. The congressional retirement is voluntary. Members must con tribute six per cent of their con gressional salary for at least six years to become eligible. They also must be 62 years old and retired from congress in order to receive the pension. Truman Not Qualified Although he served 10 years as a senator, Mr. Truman, who is 68, never became eligible for a congressional pension. 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