EIGHT MEDFRD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, August 7, 1952
Scientists To Make Survey
On Kon Tiki Landing Site
New York U.R) A team
of eight scientists will make an
ecological survey this summer of
Raroia Atoll, where the famed
voyage of -the Kon Tiki exped
ition ended in 1947.
Ecology is a branch of biology
dealing with the relations be
tween organisms and their en
vironment. The atoll will be familiar ter
ritory to at least one member of
the expedition Dr. Bengt Dan
iellson of Sweden. He was on
the Kon Tiki when it wound up
on the Raroia coral reef. He
later spent 18 months there do
ing anthropological research.
All the Swedish scientists' sev
en companions on the trip will
all be Americans, headed by
Prof. Norman D. Newell, prof
essor of geology at Columbia un
iversity. The expedition will
rtart from Tahiti, chief island of
French Oceania.
French Help Out
From Tahiti, the scientists will
make the 400-mile trip to Raroia
in the Goelet, a diesel - powered
schooner furnished by the
French administrative authorit
ies. Raroia atoll belongs to Tua
motu Archipelago . in French
Oceania. It is 10 miles wide and
25 miles long, with a native pop
ulation of some 300 primitive
Polynesians.
Planned by the Pacific science
board of the National Research
Council, and financed by a grant
of the U.S. Office of Naval Re
search, the expedition will stay
three months on Raroia. The
ecological survey, which will in
vestigate the plant and animal
community in relation to its en
vironment, will be the third in
a series of five. The series seeks
to "sample'' geographically and
culturally different parts of the
Pacific.
Prof. Newell said co - opera
tion of the French administra
tive authorities on Tahiti is
whole - hearted. In return, he
will undertake to comply with a
French request for advice on
how to improve the pearl fish
ing industry, which was former
ly the chief one in the area. It
has been replaced by cocoanut
production, for copra.
The industry is now under at
tack by swarms of rats on the
atolls, which currently ruin 30
per cent of the cocoanut crop."
Newell will conduct studies on
the rodents' breeding and feed
ing habits with a view toward
their extermination.
Much Diving Planned
Most of the time, Newell and
his associates will be exploring
the waters of the 100-foot deep
lagoon and the ocean immediate
ly outside the reef. They will
dive from whale boats, provided
with outboard motors, and, ac
cording to Newell, will spend
two - thirds of their investigat
ing time under water.
Although the waters around
the reef contain sharks, eels,
and rays the expedition's chief
expects no trouble. He said the
undersea probers vill be pro
tected by the plume of bubbles
ejected by compressed air gear
strapped to their bks. The div
ers will use improvised underwa
ter cameras, as well as movie
and still cameras to record on
land their daily operations.
While the other scientists pur
sue their special investigations
Newell will concern himself
mainly with the origin of the
atoll. Why it is there and what
changes it has undergone are
questions to which the Columbia
geologist will seek answers. "
Life "on Raroia, said Newell,
will be nearly all work, with
little social contact with Poly
nesians, except for anthropolog
ical study. The scientists will
live in thatched huts built by
the natives. They will supple
ment their canned food diet with
fish from the Polynesian nets
and with breadfruit and papaya.
Snow Being Used
In Soil Research
Berkeley, Calif. flJ.R)
Snow is being used in soil
science research at the Univers
ity of California College of Ag
riculture. In telling whether a soil is
too alkaline for radishes, a prob
lem is to moisten the soil just
enough for seedlings to sprout.
Powdered snow provides the
needed moisture.
The snow, "sawdust from ice
factories," is kept in refrigerat
ed rodms and mixed with the
soil according to weight propor
tion. As the snow melts, it mois
tens the soil.
The moistened soils are plant
ed with 36-hour-old radish seed
lings. In 24 hours the growth
of the radish determines the
presence of alkali, or sodium
salts, which hinders plant
growth.
In rebuilding its cities Ger
many has erected 356,000 dwell
ings so far in 1952, 407,000 in
1951 and since 1950 a total of
1,500,000 according 'to the Ger
man tourist bureau.
Wolves, like dogs, express
nleasurp bv waffsine their tails
"and put their tails between their
legs when frightened.
Some Mexicans Fear Security Program
Mexico City , U.R) Some
Mexicon doctors fear that con
tinuing expansion of Mexico's
multimillion dollar social secur
ity program may convert them
into "mere employes of the gov
ernment." Dr. Alfonso Millan Maldonado,
president of the Mexican Medi
cal Confederation, said his col
leagues are ."deeply concerned
by the constant extension" of
the vast government security
benefits system.
"We are well aware that the
day is coming when Mexican
physicians will have to abandon
private practice to convert them
selves into government workers
mere functionaries," he said.
"We will collaborate only if
we are furnished just economic
compensation."
Millan Maldonado said he has
asked President Miguel Aleman
to approve a program drawn up
by the confederation seeking to
establish minimum wages for
doctors, job guarantees, better
opportunities for study and self
improvement and other social
benefits.
He said the confederation be
lieves doctors should receive a
minimum salary . of $35 per
month for one hour '. of work
daily for 'the social security pro
gram. Mexico's government-controlled
health program . provides
free medical treatment and free
medicines to all workers who
MacLean Resigns
State Tax Position
Salem (U.R) Robert D. Mac
Lean, a member of the Oregon
State Tax Commission for three
years, has resigned to enter pri
vate industry, State Treasurer
Walter J. Pearson said Thurs
day. MacLean is a resident of Wald
port, where he owns a ranch and
has other business interests. He
asked to be relieved of his duties
by September 30.
contribute a percentage of "their
wages to the social security
fund.
Dead Hne on Classified Ads: 5:30
p.m. for following day: 10 a m Mon
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Washington Prison
Escapee Returned
Walla Walla (U.R) Keith
Coryell, who escaped from the
Washington state penitentiary
Sunday, was back behind bars
Thursday. j
Coryell was captured by state
patrol officers near Wallula
early Wednesday after a Walla
Walla couple, Mr. and Mrs. Mac
Moore, reported that two men
tried to force them from their
car near Wallula about an hour
earlier. Moore was slugged
twice before his wife managed
to get the car started.
Patrick Falwell, who made a
break for freedom at the same
time as Coryell, managed to
elude officers.
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KEEP BUSY!
IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO
FORGET LONELINESS
The only real solution to
lonelines is to keep so busy that
ycu have no time to think about
yourself and how lonely you are.
That is the best advice for the
21-year-old wife who writes:
(Q " Ihav a terrific fear
of loneliness that has been
with me since childhood. My
husband had to go to the serv
ice and is now in Korea.
Worrying about his safety
plus the fact thai I have no
friends to go out with if start
ing lo depress me. I have tried
working in an office to keep
my mind busy and perhaps ac
quire a friend but I have
found that there was no one
my age who was friendly
toward me or interested in be
coming acquainted. I crave
the feeling of being useful
and needed. What would you
advise?"
(A) There are few people who
are happy alone. In your case,
this natural craving for compan-
i o n ship has
been intensi
fied by child
h o o d experi
ences. There is
no use to huck
it. You will be
much wiser to
put yourself in
situation
where loneli
ness is reduced
to a minimum.
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Dr. Hurlock
First of all, get another job.
There are many office jobs avail
able today so you can be selec
tive. When you apply for a new
job. make the type of people you
will be working with your first
consideration. You can find out
in your interview if there are
many young people your age
employed there and if the or
ganization has any social events
or clubs for its employees. That
would be more important to you
than salary.
.Second, offer to do volunteer
By ELIZABETH HURLOCK. PH.D.
work in the evenings or over the'
week-ends. All hospitals are in
great need of volunteer workers.
In addition, there is the Red
Cross and a number of other
community and church organiza
tions which need workers. Your
office experience would be of
great value to them.
Get Home Companion
And, finally, make some ar
rangement that you will not be
living alone. If you want to re
main in your home so you will
be there when your husband re
turns from overseas, have some
one come and live with you. If
you have no relative or friend
who is available, ask your min
ister if he knows a congenial
person to share your home with
you. There are many war wives
in your position and it would
mean a lot to one of them to
share your home.
Elizabeth Hurlock is one of
the nation's great psychologists,
and she will gladly help you
with personal problems.
(Copyright, 1952
General Features Corp.)
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