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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
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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.
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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)
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. 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
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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 .
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