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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. The re
tirement plan was set up after
he left the Senate to be inaugu
rated as vice-president in Jan
uary, 1945. It stipulates that
members must have served in
Congress after Aug. 1, 1946 to
be eligible.
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