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I 1 South African Leader Leaves Split Country Behind on Retirement Br CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst A stubborn old man steps out of office in South Africa Tues day. Prime Minister Daniel Fran cois Malan is retiring voluntarily at 80, leaving a divided country behind him. He has been embroiled in fights, internal and foreign, for many years. He has tried to invalidate the high courts of South Africa in an attempt to impose his envies Mcuno extreme "Apartheid" race ' segregation program. He has incurred the bitter resentment of India 'and other countries 'whose people he classes as "colored." He has defied the United Na tions in an attempt to get out right control of the 317,725 a square-mile area of Southwest " Africa, over which the Union of South Africa holds a mandate. He has demanded that Great Britain, a fellow member, of the British Commonwealth, give up its important Simonstown Naval Base on the Cape of Good Hope and cede its protectorates of Bechuanaland, Swaziland and Basutoland inside the Union of South Africa. . , Malan's Party Split . Malan is leaving all these fights as an inheritance to his own Nationalist Party. , Also, he is leaving the party split as to his successor. A man who is even more ex treme in his ideas may be named party leader Tuesday instead of Malan s own candidate, . ; Malan is one of those aged men like Winston Churchill of Britain, Konrad Adenauer of West Germany, Shigeru Yoshida of Japan and Syngman Rhee of T Portland Boys Listen To Moscow t: Portland (U.R) Two 12- year-old Portland boys have re ceived official confirmation from Radio Moscow that they listened to the Russian broadcast last Sept 30. ' Jim Billington and Bruce Northrup received the broadcast on a family radio which had been Chopped up" by the addi tion of a four-foot automobile aerial. : The boys sent a QSL letter the next day to Moscow report ing the reception. QSL is "ham" radio talk, for broadcast verifica tion, and hams traditionally ex change QSL cards after radio conversations. The letter from Radio Moscow wished the boys "good listen ing," and was accompanied by a winter program schedule. Jim and Bruce said they plan to continue their hobbies in radio, and hope some day to gain novice licenses for key broad casting and, eventually, voice broadcast permits. Korea who have remained in of fice by force of personality well beyond the allotted life span of man. , Malan announced on Oct. 12 that he intended to retire on Nov. 30. It is expected that he will even give up his seat in parlia ment. Malan's choice as his successor is Finance Minister Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga, who at 72 is crowding Malan in years. Havenga is a relative moderate. He backs the race segregation program -but wants it carried out by constitutional means. Rival Extreme Nationalist Havenga's rival for leadership is Johannes Gerhardus Stnjdom, 61. He is even more stubborn than Malan. He 'never comp romises. He is a member of the extreme wing of the Nationalist Party. He wants to proclaim the Union of South Africa a republic. It was reported, after Malan announced his intention to re tire, that Strijdom "had agreed to step aside in Havenga's favor. He seems to have changed his mind. Advices from Johannesburg say that Strijdom is a two-to-one favorite over Havenga. The 123 Nationalist members of Parlia ment meetv Tuesday ' in party caucus to elect a new leader. Ad vices from Johannesburg say Strijdom may get two-thirds of the. votes. If he does, there should be headlines from South Africa soon. About 150 cities of 10,000 or more population lie in the Ohio Valley. . Klamath Basin Fowl Refuges Said Insecure Portland U.R) The insecure future of waterfowl refuges in the Klamath basin was described at the state Izaak Walton League convention here during the week end. Ken McLeod of the Klamath Falls Herald and News told dele gates that the remaining key waterfowl lands in the basin, in cluding the Tule Lake national wildlife refuge, are" managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice at the "sufferance" of the Bureau of Reclamation. McLeod said acts creating the refuges followed prior with drawal for reclamation. Klam ath basin refuges, by executive order, are subject to use for "ir rigation, other valid rights, and even incidental purposes." Reduction Possible Doren E. Woodward. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service repre sentative, said 80 per cent of the fowl moving into California wintering grounds from the north pass through the Klamath basin. He said a gradual chip ping away of refuge lands would leave in doubt the future of the whole Pacific flyway." Woodward warned that if birds can't be provided for when they pass through the basin a reduction in the fowl population would have to result, or the Sacramento valley wintering grounds would be flooded in the fall . with four million birds normally detained in the Klam ath basm. Dan Allen, Eugene, was elect ed president of the state's Wal- tonians. Karl Onthank, Eugene, is the new secretary, and Leigh- ton Witsett, Salem, is state .sec retary. Is That So? . By Eugene Burn Ringer-Naturalist . It's an amazing world! ;- Birds can drop in straight and rapid course from 20,000 feet to sea-level without evincing any signs of discomfort. . v The beaver waterproofs its fur with oil from glands near the root of its tail. The tree toad can blend in color from dark brown tree bark to bright green new leaves. An otter can enter a frozen lake and emerge at the other end a mile away. How does he do it? Like some other mammals trapped below ice, the otter ex hales air just below the surface of the ice to form a bubble with a larger air-water surface. This flat bubble collects necessary cxygen and disposes quickly of harmful carbon dioxide. Inhal ing this re-freshed air, the otter swims blissfully on its way. Water is supposed to be in compressible, well almost. At a depth of 1,200 feet it is compres sed about two per cent. Not much, you think? Reckoned in terms of our oceans, that amounts to about 90 feet of water. Without this compres sion, I can think of a lot of valuable real estate that wculd be under water. An African vulture, Kolbe's griffon, lays its eggs in mid-win ter, during July and August. Transferred- to our northern hemisphere, it nests during Jan uary and February. Hardest Stone Known The diamond is the hardest stone known (and about the most expensive to get your hands on r Eioeps Double-action additive sIG3uD . prevents dvdgktg anff-rvcfw0 FLYMt HEATING OIL TIDE W AT E R ASSOCIATED Oil COMPANY MEDFORD FUEL CO. Your Distributor Since 1937 Court and McAndrews Telephone 2-2111 and it will scratch all others. Next in hardness to the diamond are the corundum stones called according to their colors, sap phires, ruby, amethyst, emerald and topaz. Fifty million years ago, North America was lush land mag nolias and fig trees grew in Alas ka and palm trees flourished in the Dakotas. A woman's skull is usually slightly smaller and more round ed than a man's. The horizon of a lake or sea is perhaps not as far off as you think. If your eyes are four feet above beach-level, you can see just over 2 12 miles. Tallest of living creatures is the giraffe the bull may be 19 feet That's tall enough to look into a third saftory apartment window. . - Over 150,000 kinds of flower ing plants, trees and shrubs have been classified. Made of Heavy Rock Pumice, a stone light enough to float in water, is made of one of the heaviest rocks we know basalt. It is formed in a seething volcano where the basalt is whip ped to a fiery froth of air bub bles, and then cooled. The im prisoned air gives it the lift. xne pianet Mars, like our earth, has a moon in fact, two of them. But they are tiny, about 10 miles in diameter. The lightning bolt's length varies from 1 1'2 to 4.7 miles. An ice boat can travel twice as fast as the wind which powers it. The monkey wrench did not get its name from the monkey! It was , invented by a London Diacicsmnn named xaoncke pro nounced "Mun-ke." Go on from there. .' .-'-- : Platinum is heavier than gold. A python eats only once in about every 45 days and then it takes over a week to digest its meal and be active again. Eagles often re-use the same nest and in time the accumula tion of heavy sticks may weigh ton! - -V'v (Copyright. 1954. by Eugene Burns) (Realesed by' McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the zeader who sends me the best question on nature and wildlife a oomplete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week, new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friend ly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SOI eo Medford Mail Tribune. Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Human, feet have about 3,000 sweat pores to the square inch, especially in t he area of the soles. . . Subscribers Te report improper or noo-d silv ery ot The ' Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 9M pjn. daily and 10:30 a-m. Sunday. . It regular delivery arrives ahorfc. ly after you call pleaae notify of. Oca thus eliminating ipedal mea earer service. . Monday, November 29, 1954 SUES VICE PRESIDENT NIXON James Heavey, San Francisco shipyard worker, holds photo of his tussle with RJlice officers after he interrupted Vice President Richard ixon s nationwide telecast by calling out, "Dick, tell us 2 rf2 Lstory" A ter toe address, Nixon ordered Heavey eld while he publicly reprimanded him and then ordered, Throw him out." Heavey is suing Nixon for $150,000 for assault and battery and false arrest. Neighbors Assist Burned-Out Family Brightwood U.R) The strong spirit of neighborliness in the community of Brightwood has brightened the outlook of a homeless couple aul their four small children. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cooley and their children were left home less Thanksgiving day when a fire destroyed their log cqbin in the woods near here. And Mrs. Cooley was expecting a fifth child in February. The flames destroyed the small dwelling and all the Cool ey's possessions, including a new washing machine. No members of ,the fanyly were injured. And then neighbors stepped in. Capt. Rupert Weeks, a re tired merchant cap lain, offered the Cooleys a four-bedroom log dwelling for their use. One man brought a ham and others came by with clothing and food. , Beds, linens, dishes and even toys for the children have been gathered by residents and stores in the vicinity. Cooley, a logger. was given an extra shift to bol ster his income for the emer- VICTIM of a mysterious beat ing in Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison, William Remington, ex government official who gave U. S. secrets to Russian agents, is dead. (International) gency. Mrs. Cooley, confined to her bed for a few days, said the ex perience has given her "a sense of values." MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE VS Smog Problem Study Urged To Deaths New York (U.R) The head of the Los Angeles County Med ical association today urged im mediate study of the smog prob lem to prevent a "whole host of dead." X Dr. J. Phillip Sampson, the association head, said such a study would take two or three years and in the meantime steps must be taken to keep air pol lution from rising to. critical levels. He said the death caus ing levels of smog are unknown at present. Critical Level Unknown "We need to know when the critical level is coming up," Dr. Sampson said. "At present, we do not know what the level is nor what chemicals or possible combination of chemicals can cause death from smog to hu man beings." Dr. Sampson arrived in New York today at the invitation of the Television Awards commit tee of the Sylvania corp. 'Host of Dead In Los Angeles, Dr. Sampson said residents of Los Angeles county could "wake up someday to find a whole host of dead in their midst" from smog. , Dr. Sampson told the Los An geles News that a "fatal quanti ty of deadly elements in the smog could be reached" unless pollution is removed from the air. .- . .. .. . .,. "Our people can wake up any day and find a host of dead in their midsts, in a catastrophe many times as terrible as those of Donora, Pa., and England," he said. "And the density of the smog is increasing all the time." UP Conductors Vote Strike for New Pad Pocatello , (U.R) About 450 railway conductors have voted to strike against Union Pacific railroad if they do not receive a new contract. H. W. Corbett, Pocatello, gen eral chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors, said 95.5 percent of the membership in the central and northwest dis tricts favored , the strike. Corbett added, however, that there was little ; possibility of such a strike before Jan. 1. Air Force Bomber Crash Fatal To 5 Baltimore?- U.R) A B25 Air Force bomber crashed hear here last night,-killing five of six persons aboard. The lone sur vivor was rescued today by heli copter. . The survivor was not 'identi fied immediately. Andrews Air Force Base identified the "missing" as in cluding the,, pilot, Maj. Wayne C. Shearer, 30, Route 1, Box 339, Cornelius, Ore., whose next of kin is his wife, Joan. GOLD HILL SOCIAL Gold Hill A benefit ; Boy Scout social and court of awards will be held Tuesday evening, Nov. 30, at the Scout hall in Gold Hill. Pie and coffee will be served. The public is invited. ? Dr. Rudolph Diesel patented the engine with which his name has been generally associated since 1892. San Francisco has a higher percentage of persons over 65 years than the state or nation as a whole. The plane did not burn but cut down trees over a wide area when it crashed. Cause of the crash : was not , tamediately known.; , .. .'- . The bodies of the other five were found at the scene or close by " in a" heavily , wooded area . about two miles west of Friend ship International Airport here. .An Air Force spokesman said the plane was on a routine flight from Tulsa, Okla.,, to Andrews Air Force Base near Washing ton." ' v TRY THE NEW - VogueBeautyNook Room 215 Fluhrer Bldg. RILLING COLD $750 WAVE. FROM ... Complete with Cut and ' Fully Guaranteed Open Tuesday and Friday Nights . ' '. By Appointment FOR APPOINTMENT -" " . - PHONE 3-5501 r. UNITED. . . Fastest Along and to the East! SEnnLE vfa United connecting service 0 -' DENVER 6. CHICAGO I074 hrs. 2 flights daily both North and South in the world's most advanced twin-engine airliner United's Convair Mainliner. . I PIM'.'IWHIIIIIiW'flWiaf. Airport terminal IN MEDFORD CAU 3-3643 or an authorized frartf oganf. . 1 f MM for the year in a row third v A wmmmmmxmmmmmmmmmm S " 11 ' i ' j LINCOLN AGAIN WINS THE PAN AMERICAN ROAD RACE the world's most grueling en durance contest. For the 3rd straight year Lincoln has taken the first and second places in the stock car division, The course again lay over 1,908 miles, of tire-tearing roads from Tuztla Gutierrez to Juarez... through blistering tropic heat at sea level .to freezing mountain weather 10,000 feet up. Leading a field of 30 stock car entries representing leading makes of American cars, Lincoln again proved, its title as "America's Top Performing Car." This same winning performance is yours in the 1955 Lincolns now at our showroom! Lincoln's clean, uncluttered body styling matches its looks to its magnificent per formance. Come in and see what it's like to drive AJnerica's Top Performing Cat. . The fifth annual Pan American Road Race was held between Tuxtld Gutierrez and Juarez, November 19-23. This international contest is sppnsored by the Comite Nacional De La Carrera Panamericana, A. C '. OFFICIAL RESULTS OPEN , STOCK CAR CLASS . i yl ,-- - "' ' ' , " f ':-.' First .. . . ; , . ... . LINCOLN Scend . . . . . . . . . LINCOLN Third . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cadilfaf a-nc.caDLci with the most magnificent performance ever buSt into am MEDFORD MOTORS o 6th & Ivy
