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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE . Wednesday, January 12. 1955 Navajo Indian Dance Will Call Attention To Need for Water Window Rocks Ariz. (U.R The Navajo Indians, America's largest tribe, will perform their sacred .war dance for the first time in nearly 90 years to dram atize their fight for .water sup plies. . Upon orders of the tribal council, the dance will be con ducted Jan. 24 at Window Rock, administrative center of the 15,-000,000-acre Jfavajo reservation, which is larger than the state of West Virginia. , . , More than 2000 warriors and drummers in full ceremonial ' dress will participate. The war dance has not been performed for any purpose since the Nav ajos signed a peace treaty with " the United States in 1868. . . Reason for Dane . The Indians say they are re viving the war dance to call at tention of the nation, and par ticularly Congress, to the con troversial Upper Colorado river storage project, which the Nava jos support. . " :. The multi:million dollar proj ect includes construction of a dam on the Sari Juan river, a tributary of " the Colorado. It would . be known as Navajo Dam, and would be built near four corners, where, the state lines of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico intersect. - Such development of the Up per Colorado Basin is opposed by some interests in California, on the down stream reaches of the Colorado. Sam 'Akeah,. chairman of the Navajo tribal council, said the performance of the war dance was designed f.o "show our de termination to defend" waters which the. Navajos believe are theirs. 'A Warning to All' "We mean this to be warning to all those who are opposing this project for real or fancied reasons," he said, "This water is vital to our future, and we're ready to do anything possible to protect it." 1 , The standard of living among the 75,000 Jndians on the Navajo reservation is about the lowest in the country. The individual annual income ; averages. -' less than $500. An estimated 16,000 I Navajo children are unable to attend school because of , eco nomic difficulty. Akeah said construction of the Navajo Dam would directly benefit at least 15,600 members of the "tribe through irrigation of 125,000 acres of now desolate Navajo land. All other members of the tribe, and thousands . of non-whites, would benefit indirectly'-. :- - lip .J BE- SEIZED at home, Joseph P. Samson, 20, Is identified as "Man from Mars" bandit by Los Angeles police. (International) Piclcin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White - By SID HONLLINGS WORTH Henry Medley served in the Philippines under Gen. Arthur MacArthur, who later became governor general of the islands. He happened to be going through some of his papers and souvenirs not long ago and came across a photograph of the gen eral, which he had carried with him all those years. - - . . The r picture of the stern countenance and the military bearing awakened a number of recollections, both past and more recent, when his' distin guished son, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, was in command not only of the Philippines but the whole Pacific war theater. "I think I'll send this picture 'to General MacArthur," he mused. And he did, receiving an acknowledgment in a letter signed by Douglas MacArthur personally. "I was a little timid about sending it," he said. And he had good reason for his hesitancy -be cause he was aware, as only a J soldier who served under Gen. Arthur MacArthur could be, that father and son were tem peramentally as far apart as the poles. "No two men could have been more different and wear the uni- Week's Sewing Buy 9016 ,o-2o You're so smart to sew this new spring topper now! YouH love its sKm," trim lines the very newest styling for the New Year! You'll love the way it slims, trims your figure! 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Rabbi Kleinman was particular ly impressed with the ; develop ment of agricultural communi ties in the new Jewish home land. ' ' 1 ':' Ira ' Townsend was asked: "What was the tightest spot you met as a pitcher1 in-professional baseball?" fi. Ira thought for a moment and then : related an experience in minor league ball toward , the end of his career. ; : . "We were leading 1 to'O in the ninth inning with two out and two men on base and the cleanup batter, a left handed hitter, up. I managed to get a 3 and 2 count on him and was trying to figure whether to walk him or pitch to him. I-knew just -where he liked them but I was getting tired and just threw a fast ball at him giving it all I had. "The ball cut right across the plate where he would ordinarily have driven it out ofthe lot, but he struck out. He expected me to walk him and was surprised when 'I grooved the ball for. him to hit. As he passed me. on the field he congratulated me for outsmarting' him. He didn't known 'that I was as surprised as he was when the ball cut across the plate." . v Wet weather was more of a nuisance - than the much pub licized smog of Los Angeles dur ing the visit of Dr. and Mrs. William E. White in that area. "We had rain, but the smog sit uation doesn't seem any differ ent now than it has been," Dr. White declared. "Over in the, southern part of the city where the - refineries are located the smog is bad but it . is hardly noticable in west Los Angeles." Chessman Wins Fifth Stay of Execution ;. San Quentin, Calif. (U.B Convict-author Caryl Chessman won his fifth stay of execution Tuesday when Chief Justice Wil liam Denman of the Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Chess man has a probable cause of ap peal. , ' -v.-;:" Justice Denman ordered San Quentin Prison Warden Harley O. Teets "not to execute Chess man on Friday, Jan. 14, 2955, and to stay his execution until the order of the Court of Appeals of the Ninth District. . That meant the 33-year-old author of the best-selling auto biography, "Cell 2455, Death Row," will have at least 60 more days of life. The Appeals Court is not expected to consider his case before that time. 'v. v ASH TRAYS RULED OUT T " l Hartford, Conn. U.R) Demo cratic Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney proposed Tuesday that ash trays be provided to protect thenew "beautiful rug" in the House of Representatives. However, Re publican Leader Norman K. Par sells objected. He said ash trays mtht nrove too temntincr " am m;.dlM "in the heat of riohato " The proposal wm ueieaieo. On The Side By E. V. DURLING (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) One star is the type of the tlory of Heaven, One shell from the beach whis- - pers still of the sea To a rose all the sweetness of summer is given, One kiss tells what living and loving might be. . t Ritter. Equipment To Contact Flying Saucers Possible, Chicago Scientists Chicago (U.R) Want to. talk to the fellows aboard those fly ing saucers. . , : ' " . .. For $25 each, you' can build a transmitter and a receiver "to contact saucers, say three Chi cago electronics experts.: Of course, you may not understand a word the saucermen say. Per haps that's just as well. . The three engineers' say they have received .weird .messages which they, believe came from saucers. John Otto, a patent en gineer who heads : the group, played a tape recording of one such message. It certaily sounded out of this world. " Based on Light Beams Otto and his associates, Myron Anthony and Al Williams, have developed a device based on tLe principle that infra-red light beams, or for that matter any ordinary , beam of light, can be used to transmit and receive audible messages. r They : - have picked . up a strange sort of code, similar in some , respects to morse codes. They have not been able to de cipher it.; - - Williams said he " also has heard voice messages in a sylla bic tongue: . ' Williams said some of the voice messages he heard seem to come "in chorus" with many voices - saying i the same thing. Some were guttural,- he report ed, and some higher pitched, as if feminine. -- - All three men believe in fly ing saucers." In this they differ from the -Air Force "which in sists it has no . real evidence to indicate any space ships are ex ploring the world. , Can Build Transmitter Anthony said a ; transmitter could be built consisting of a microphone and an audio-amplifier which varies the intensity of a light beam from an ordinary tungsten lamp. The receiver consists of a That recent long, long mur der trial in Ohio has inspired the query: "What is the United States record ' for a short mur der trial?" That I cannot defi nitely answer. However, I have been reliably ; informed . that some years ago in Milwaukee a man murdered his wife at 7 a.m. He was arrested at 8 a.m. and at 3 p.m.. that afternoon was on his way : to , Waupun Peniten tiary to serve a life sentenced Mothers-In-Law How are you getting, along with , your mother-in-law? Are you familiar with Morgan Dem- ing's educational work titled "How to Handle 'a Mother-in- law? In this, .Morgan refers, to the various types of mothers-in- law described , by the eminent psychiatrist, Bertrand Fraham. These are: 1. The possessive type. They say "my Jim" or "my Nancy." 2.' Chip on the shoulder type. Continually: complians of neglect. 3. The visiting type. Al ways dropping in without warn ing. 4. The perpetual juvenile. Doesn't care for people of her own age. Likes - to be around young people. - 5. The chronic executive. The "mother knows best" type. ! In Korea -- v V- In Korea, white is the color used for mourning.. -Men keep their hats on in the house. Eggs are not sold by the dozen but by the yard. National dish of Korea is something called kimchi. It is a mixture of cabbage, turnips, onions, dry fish, ginger and the world's hottest pepper. ; Asking ' ' Queries from clients. Q. Have blondes more . sex appeal than brunettes?. A." Our experts say sex appeal is not a matter of hair coloring. However,' accord ing to men of experience bru ettes love more cleverly and in tensely than blondes. Q. My hus band says Nora Bayes was mar ried to an undertaker. I ; say she was the wife of Jack Nor worth, the song and 'dance man. Who, is right? A.- You're both rights Nora's first husband was an undertaker named Cressing. Her , second husband was Jack Norworth. ' ' : Horses And Women ; Young women with gray green eyes make the best secre taries. Brdwh-eyed girls are the least efficient in that position. Not because they lack intelli gence but:sbecause if they are single they , are always looking around for or thinking of matri monial prospects. If they are married they aire always worry ing about their husbands. Mar ried women are more efficient as secretaries than bachelorettes. The best secretaries are . tall, gray-green - eyed brunettes of Scotch-Irish descent-: who. have been married at least three years. Or so the research of our Horses & Women Department experts indicates. Briefly - . Still frequently used is the quotation: , "Nero fiddled - while Rome ' burned." The -rviolin hadn't " been invented in Nero's day.Nero played a zither while Rome burned .:. What's your lucky number, if any? Gabrielle Chanel,"T Paris dressmaker and perfume manufacturer, believes her lucky number is five. She holds her showings on the fifth of May. "That is the fifth" day, fifth month. When she went into the perfume business she named her first product Chanel No. 5. She certainly has been lucky with that. Students To Prepare Report on Lumbering Ashland Harold Schneider man, a junior at Southern Ore gon college and . a pre-business administration major, has been elected chairman: of a research group to prepare a report on the lumbering industry in Ashland and the neighboring' community. Members of the group in De Wayne B. Johnson's journalism class are to prepare a newspaper, report on all phases of the lumbering industry from logging in the woods ' to the transporta tion of finished manufactured products. The purpose ;:of ' the study is to give members of the class laboratory experience in specialized newsgathering. The final report is meant to lie pub lished. : SOC Enrollment Up Over Total in 1954 Ashland Enrollment reports at the end of the first week of the winter quarter at Southern Oregon College indicate that the number of. students in j the college continues , to be r about 23 per cent more than a similar period last. year. ' ; ' - -7 . At the end of the first week of j the quarter the total enroll ment was 682 students, 395 men and 287 women. Registrar Mabel W. Winston said that the greatest percentage increases .were in the 'junior class and among teacher educa tion, students. These increases, she said, could be partially . at tributed to the new secondary teacher training curriculum at the college, and increased oppor tunities for students to major in general studies programs. A total of 164 veterans are among the current students. ' photoelectric cell which picks up the , variations in - light and transforms them into sound through ah ordinary amplifier. Some receivers are built inside large flashlight cases. Williams put his in a lunch pail. Otto and his" colleagues say the use of the light beam system all but rules out the possibility that the- messages r come from a normal radio, or radio-teletype source. They also have ruled out natural phenomena such as cos mic ray bombardment which has no pattern. Sheppard's Father In Cleveland, O. U.R) Dr. Richard A. Sheppard, 65-year-old father of convicted wife-killer Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, lay gravely ill in Cleveland Clinic today with pleurisy. - Dr. Sam's, eldest brother, Dr. Richard. N, Sheppard, said their father's condition was "poor, verging on critical." He said the diagnosis of the elder Dr. Rich ard had not been "definitely pin pointed." However, he said lie agreed with the pleurisy diagno sis made when Jiis father was stricken a'month ago during Dr; Sam's trial for the murder of his wife, Marilyn. ' The father was transferred from Bay View Osteopathic hos pital, which is operated by the Sheppard family, to the clinic operated by doctors- of medicine. He was examined and then ad FLAG FROZEN Metz, France U.R) The tra ditional lowering of the flag at sunset at the Royal Canadian Air Force division headquarters here had to be called off Tues day. 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