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.
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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)
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Longview, Wash. (U.R) Rob
ert W. Grant, 17-year-old Long
view high school student, died
yesterday at a Tacoma hospital
of injuries received in a traffic
accident June 26.
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Portland U.PJ Gov. 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
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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
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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
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'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. Grounds cited were that
witnesses have moved away,
among others.
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