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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1954)
Ike Intervenes In Airline Dispute Washington (U.PJ President Eisenhower intervened yester day to forestall a major airline strike threatened for Friday. The President announced he would create a three-man emer gency board to inyestigate the dispute. His action, under the railway labor act, postpones for at least 60 days the strike or dered by the AFL Machinests Union against Capital, National, Northwest, Trans World, United and Eastern airlines. Under the labor act the board has 30 days to make its findings. No strike is permitted for an other 30 days after it reports to the President. - The machinists' union had scheduled a strike of 20.000 ground crewmen and mechanics to start Friday at major airports in this country, Alaska and Hawaii. The dispute involves a union demand for uniform wage rates on all the, airlines, five per cent higher than, current wages, plus "fringe" benefits. The airlines have demanded rules changes which the union contends would reduce wages. Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other daya 5:30 previous day -something Is That So? By Eugene lim Ranger-Naturalist To help clear up a few of the popular misconceptions ' about animals here's another serving of Fact vs.' Fancy. Fallacy: Birds, like the swal lows at Capistrano, Calif., mi grate the same day each year. Fact: A few birds are fairly accurate but none depart or ar rive always on the same day, year in and year out. Despite a tremendous amount of publicity about the cliff swal- Slli lows at the San Juan Capistrano mission they are supposed to arrive each March 19 and leave each October 23 it just isn't so. They vary from year to year. Surely if they did observe the exact date leap year would throw them for a Jay's loss. But even so, it is remarkable how close to the same day birds will migrate, weather notwithstand ing. Experts, say hat it has to do with the length of day, and the amount of ultra-violet. Fallacy: The hippopotamus has been, called a "bloodsweat ing behemoth" because it sweats blood. i Fact: In the hot sun, the hippo exudes a thick brownish fluid which in the bright sunlight may take on a reddish cast, giving the appearance of blood. As for that oily outpouring, it protects the animal's sensitive skin and keeps it moist and pliable. Fallacy: When monkeys are pawing through their own hair or another monkey's, they are searching for parasites. Fact:, Certainly monkeys do eat parasites--but whether they have parasites or not, they still seek just as diligently, and keep putting something in their mouths. ' Actually, they are searching for pieces of dried skin and par ticles of salt given off by the skin, which they relish. Other mammals get a certain amount of mineral matter by licking their .hides. Fallacy: An elephant is death ly afraid of mice, presumably because it is afraid that the lit tle fellow might enter the trunk and suffocate it. Fact: It is not at all un common to see a mouse scurry ing about in an elephant's cage looking for food and as for the elephant, it seems to care not at all, even when the mouse comes near the trunk. For that matter, if a mouse were to enter the sen sitive passageway unobserved, the chances -are the slephant would give a tremendous blast through its trunk before it had gone but a few inches and plas ter it against the wall. Fallacy: When human beings touch fawns, the doe will aban don them. Fact: Despite this persistent notion and now long will tour ists persist in bringing in 'abandoned fawns" to iNational Park headquarters? the doe will not abandon her youngster. Certainly upon returning to the area where she had hidden her young and finding a strong human scent, she may become suspicious and avoid it for the time being, 'mat's natural. But wiien tne danger appears past, her strong maternal leeling to gether with tne pressure of the mnk bunding up in ner udder ; prompts ner to return to the spot to reciaim her oiispring. Actually, were a doe to re mam near her iawn constantly, wnicn cannot run last during tne first' weeKs, she nerself would attract preaators to it. Fallacy: bnaites cannot bite unaer water. - i act: It snakes were not able to bice unaer water a large num ber would go hungry as many teed on fish ana irogs. iiowever to. poisonous : snases whicti usuauy lunge out to strike wnen they Dite, tne water oners a cer tain interference with their striking but it does not elimin ate it. Iwoyyright, 1954, by Eugene Burns) CReieased by fticciure Newspaper Syndicate) STUDENT- DIES Longview, Wash. (U.R) Rob ert W. 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Paul L, Patterson predicts a crippling blow to the national economy unless the United States either builds up its highway systems or replaces them withi "some thing not now on the horizon." The governor spoke yesterday to the joint convention of the League of Oregon Cities and the Oregon Finance Officers associa tion. Economy, Vehicles Related He estimated that 40 per cent of the nation's economy is re lated to the , operation of vehi cles on streets and highways. But, he said, traffic congestion is so great in. some, eastern cities that motorists are refusing to replace wornout automobiles. Gov. Patterson said the next congress would be asked to ap prove a $25,009,000,000 outlay for a 10-year highway program in order to meet the problem, and state, county and city gov ernments will be asked to in crease highway and street ap propriations. Walter T. Thompson of Bend was elected president of the Oregon Finance Oficers during yesterday's session, succeeding Richard E. Singleton of St. Hel ens. Raymond O. Williams, La Grande; was elected first vice president and Earl T. Simonsen, Grants Pass, second vice-president. ' . Cooperation Effective v Chief James A. Pryde of the Washington State Patrol, - and Portland Police Chief James W. Purcell, both of whom have be come noted for successful traf fic safety programs, told of the effectiveness of public coopera tion in accident prevention. Both also stressed the impor tance of communications media in their safety program. The po lice chiefs said the real traffic problem was the "rapid ' and safe movement of people and commodities, of which the acci dent problem is only a . part." Grand Larceny Charge Dismissed by Order An order was signed by Judge Rawles Moore yesterday which dismissed a charge of grand larency made against Jo seph Dexter Atchley, 30, of 520 South Central ave., in October, according to district court rec ords. . ' Motion for dismissal was made Wednesday, November 17. 1954 mw-wn) MAH. TRIBUNE WVg 'Friendship Fund' Contributions Up Ashland Contributions to the Jean Thompson Friendship fund yesterday totaled $847.80, which left only $195.45 needed to pay the nursing rind hospital costs incurred by Miss Thomp son at the Ashland General hos pital. The ill woman, who was dismissed from the hospital last week, is said to be gaining strength daily and soon will be able to return to her home in England. She had been in the valley only two weeks when she was taken unexpectedly ill. Miss Thompson is convalescing at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harold Ross, Hartley lane. She will make the trip home by air and, her steamer fare is being exchanged for an air coach ticket from New York to London, but the exchange will not equal the cost of the air coach fare across the ocean. She is going by air because it is es sential that she return as early as possible to England where it is expected . she will undergo further treatment. by District Attorney Walter Nunley. 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