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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
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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-
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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 -
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