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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1954)
- 'vmfteMrr. - ass; : ;: ?;-. s mis--.;:-: !v:miimm v :..-v.::. ;;...::.,.: 7 I : .X LANDING ON ICE CAP covering Greenland at highest ice cap altitude in history, this U. S. Air Force C-47 opened some 390,000 square miles of cap to air rescue operations. Planting flag of Denmark is Lt. Gorn Jensen, Danish meteorologist, who accompanied crew. (International) Navy To Launch USS Forrestal, Largest American Ship, Saturday By CHARLES CORDDRY United Press Correspondent Washington U.R) A trium- i launch " the largest American ) -u; v, tid7 qro nnn super-aircraft carrier U.S.S. For restal. The mighty man of war, 1,036 feet long and displacing 59,650 toni will be eased gently into Hampton Roads, Va., with pomp befitting a new capital ship spe cially designated for the jet 'atomic age. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and others will wish the ship well in speeches to an audi ence of congressmen, govern ment officials, military leaders, shipyard executives and work ers. The gigantic flattop will be sponsored by Mrs. James V. For- f estal, widow of the first defense secretary whose name it bears. Controversial Ship One of the most controversial ships in naval history, the For restal is being built for $20,141,- 000 less than the $218,000,000 forecast when the keel was laid on July 14, 1952, the Navy said today, It is scheduled to be complet- PERMANENT WAVES From -f fan COMPLETE CUT and SET Anyway you desire it . . CRATERIAN BEAUTY SHOP 41 South Central Phone 2-4830 ed in the fall of 1955 and com missioned m the fleet with a complement of 3,826 men and about 90 planes jet atomic bombers ind interceptors. Afloat, with its modern, high speed planes able to reach tar gets 1,000 miles from its deck, the vessel "will represent an in vestment of about $372,000,000. As the ship moves out of the graving dock, aided by 12 tugs, at the Newport News Shipbuild ing and Drydock Co., it will be sailing straight into a new argu ment over the future need and role of aircraft carriers. May Be 'End of Line' Some experts suspect the For festal class is the end of the line in ship size. Two sister, ships, CAP Squadron Will See Training Films The Medford squadron of the Civil Air patrol will be shown two movies at their next meeting on Monday, Dec. 13, as part of the CAP training program. The film on radio receivers will give the radio classes in structions on the operation of the new transmittor and receiv er that links the Medford squad ron with the state and national CAP radio network on Monday and -Friday nights. The film onr military courtesy will give 'the cadets a chance to see the re spect that should be shown to those with higher rank whether in CAP, in the home, in the school of in the military service. The films are on loan from the western film exchange at McClellan Air Force base, one of the extensive film libraries which make films available to the Medford squadron on any phase of the training program. The Air Force . reserve unit will furnish equipment and an operator to show these films for the Medford CAP squadron.: Saratoga and Ranger, are build ing, a fourth is authorized, and a fifth is to be sought next year, Other experts expect the first atomic-powered carrier to be larger, maybe by 15,000 tons The Forrestal is the longest and broadest, ship ever built but its displacement tonnage is less than that of the British Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. The nearest approach to the Forestal revealed by a check of Navy records was the Japanese carrier Shinano, which displaced 59,000 tons. On its maiden voy age in November, 1944, it was sunk by the U.S. submarine Archerfish, commanded by Capt (the Commander) Joseph En- right. The supercarrler concept was adopted only after bitter contro versy which saw a Navy secre tary, resign, a chief of naval operations fired, a prolonged Air Force-Navy wrangle over bomb ers vs. carriers, and an ' admi ral's revolt? against unification policies. Funeral Rites Held For Ex-Broadway Star Hollywood U.R) Funeral services were to be conducted today for Truly Shattuck, Broad way musical comedy star of three-score years ago who once was the toast of New York. It as disclosed yesterday that the one-time singing actress had died Monday at the Motion Pic ture Country Home following a long illness. She was 79. She achieved fame on Broad way as the leading lady of Weber and Fields musical shows. Her rendition of the famous old song, "Dearie," won her widespread popularity. She also appeared in road companies, tion pictures. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Police To Distribute Leaflets for S-D Day Salem U.R) Oregon state police will distribute leaflets calling attention to S-D day , to motorists at points along all ma jor highways of the state Mon day and Tuesday, Superintend ent F. G. Maison said today. Drivers proceeding in one di-. rection during a one-hour period i Monday morning will be hand ed the leaflets and traffic head ing on the opposite direction will receive them during a one hour period in the afternoon. The operation will be repeated during the same hours, but in reverse order, Tuesday. SED day, national safe driv ing day, is Wednesday, Dec. 15, when the entire nation will try to go accident-free for 24 hours. No Action Planned In Sinatra Fight Hollywood 4U.R) A Holly wood press agent said today he planned no legal action against crooner Frank Sinatra who, he said, picked a street fight with him because he thought he was a detective or a newspaper re porter. Me nress agent, Jim Byron, who witnesses said, apparently . nstt?r in the exchange of blows, said, "I'm no longer mad at Frank and I plan no le gal action against him." "I was mad at first," Byron sid, "but now I've decided to let the whole matter drop." Sinatra himself refused to comment on the incident. His business manager, Hank Sani cola, said, "We have no comment to . make. It was only ; an un important incident." Friday, December 10. 1954 , MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN MOVIE COLLEGE New , Haven, Conn. flJ.R) A Yale instructor says some stu dents are misfits because they envisioned college as a place of all play and no work. Richard B. Young says that ' too many undergraduates expected to find a "daily round of fun and games to the accompaniment of music that, constitutes a college in the movies." ' v - KERNEilM O MONIT SACK Early U. S. gold pieces were! Watermelons are "grown com counterfeited in platinum. I mercially in 22 states. TOO FULL FLOORS . 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