EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, February 8, 1951
THEY'RE READY Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride (left), U. S.
7th Fleet commander, studies base map of Formosa and
Tachen Islands with Capt. O. D. T. Lynch, plane commander
of the fleet. They are in the operations room of the flag
ship, the cruiser USS Helena, at Taipen, Formosa. Ships
and aircraft of the 7th Fleet await only word from Wash
ington to begin evacuation of the Tachens. prepared to de
fend themselves against any attack from Red Chinese.
A Nichol's Worth of . . . '
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Uaired Press Feitur Writer
is. II Mill
Haimia ftichois
Washington (U. R) A hundred
years ago this week, the weather
was nasty in Washington. Con
gress and oth
er people were
losing hair.
And the front
pages of the
newsp a p e r s
were advertis
ing cures for
baldness and
diseases
worse, also
Dills to con
quer the sniffles..
Franklia Pierce W presi
dent And his "Veep' was Wil
liam R. King. The big issue of
the day was the "Kansas Ques
tion.' wnexner xo open n.anoaa
to settlement under the "popular
sovereignty formula. A severe
test was in th offing, but you
could, not tell it by the news
, papers in the first week of Feb
ruary O. J.099.
In those day, the type was
small and the copy on page one
was mostly advertisements, and
the "mama please come back"
sort of personal notices.
Benefit Party
The main item on page 1 of
the Star for Feb. 1, 1855, had
Vi tVi "hieh-nanders
tt -o x
a m i i A P. J. 1 .
party ior Denem ox me yuui.
The announcement was paid for
and was. cushiond among the
ads for the aid of belly miseries
0 The charity deal was for soci
ety only anobwas to be held in
the 'Assembly Room" and tick
ets were one dollar a copy.
a Horses were well-behaved in
those days, or must have been.
There; were no reports of car
riage accidents. .
Reports of the Congress were
ori the inside pages. If President
Pierce had a calling list, it
wasn't in the paper.
gThe Star reported that "after
We went to press" the previous
day, the Army appropriation bill
"was further considered and
passed." There was no mention
of how many hundreds of dol
lars the measure called for,
A Utue down on the same
page, it was revealed that the
Senate passed a bill by "Mr,
Mallony which increased the ef
ficiency of the Navy." The meas
ure was to take care of the old
and disabled, who could re-
s main ashore while awaiting or-
0 ders."0 u
c 'High Finance
"-"On Feb. 5 the Washington In
telligencet printed part of the
itreasury report for a couple of
rfava hffrrf TMn hnlanro nrac
mentioned.
"Payment of treasury debts
; $45,729.80; For Customs 10,
"916.54 For War Department
1,570.27; Interior Department
u 228,251.33."
The papers of the days gone
by are a little hard to read to-
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are. microfilmed
The editor of the Star, search
ing the" exchanges for things, to
print, fell back on a colleague,
Mr. Horace Greeley, who made
some pertinent Remarks in the
i New York Tribune about a ship-
e ment of "new white beans for
cc hominy and soup." The editor
c said that the event had no politi
0 cal significance, but added that
ne was nappy to pass along tne
word." "
There was entertainment in
the capital 100 years ago. The
Star mentioned1 a clown named
"Dodge" who was about to give
another "of his delightful enter
tainments in the saloon tonight
(Feb. 3, 1855). The whole world
and his wife will be there."
'Keep 'Em 'Guessi
Ds U.. Policy ffor
Asia, Lodge States
Washington (U.R) United
Nations Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr., indicated after
a conference with President Ei
senhower Saturday, that U. S.
Far Eastern policy for the mo
ment is "to keep the other fellow
guessing."
Lodge talked with trie Presi
dent for about an hour over
breakfast and spent another dis
cussing the Formosan crisis with
the President's White House
aides.
Administration sources had in
dicated the United States is con
sidering a U.N. showdown with
Russia on a Formosa cease-fire.
It appeared certain that Lodge
discussed the Formosa crisis,
what the United Nations is doing
about it, and a wide range of
possible future actions. But he
gave no details.
Skirts Plane Incident
"If the other side holds its
peace for a long period, some
times it is advantageous to us,
too," he told reporters. "Some
times it is best to keep the other
fellow guessing."
Neither Lodge nor other U.S.
officials would discuss for the
time being the shooting down
of " two Communist MIGs by
American fighters over the Yel-
February Sky Review
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By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer. Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
If courage in facing the morn
ing "dews and damps" is one
of your outstanding character
istics, be sure to crawl out of
your downy bed at the "crack
of dawn" the next clear morn
ing and look toward the south
east for the gorgeous planet
Venus. Several have written me
expressing their great delight
at seeing the brilliant little sky
lantern.
If you venture out, look also
rather low in the south for yel
low Saturn. For morning ob
servations this weekend, the
big moon about to set in the
west will add to the dawn
grandeur.
Jupiter Striking Sight
For the spotting of the planets
and bright stars of the evening
sky, let us observe about 8 p.m.
A little southeast of overhead
the "planet Jupiter is a striking
sight. Nearby and almost in line
with Jupiter are the stars Pol
lux and . Castor in the order
named from the planet. Mars is
the reddish, nontwinkling object
in the 'west. Mercury is now too
near the sun to be seen.
High in the south the fine
Orion group is very conspicu
ous. Note the three stars in a
short line marking Orion's belt.
Higher the red star Betelgeuse
in his shoulder is prominent.
Lower than the belt, blue-white
Rigel twinkles brilliantly.
Almost due east of Betelgeuse,
bright Procyon in the Little
Dog is the only star to attract
attention. Much lower than
Orion and near the south-southeast,
a glorious star is scintil
lating. This is Sirius, the dog
star, the brightest real star in
the evening sky. Sirius is almost
as luminous as Jupiter.
Fairly well above the eastern
point of the horizon, blue-white
Regulus glitters. A little inspec
tion of this region will show
that Regulus is at the lower end
of the handle of the Sickle, a
figure composed mostly of rath
er dim stars.
Small V of Stars
Bright, yellow Capella is al
m o s t overhead. Considerably
south and a little west of Ca
pella we note a small letter V
composed of stars, all dim with
the exception of orange Alde-
baran at one of the upper points.
A little farther west, the
charming tiny group of the lit
tle stars of the Pleiades appear
almost like a flock of flying
birds.
Low toward the north-north
west bright Deneb is at the top
of the Northern Cross. And do
not forget to look well up in
the northeast for our familiar
Big Dipper as it is balancing
precariously on the end of its
starry handle.
Within a few nights from now
the full moon will be out of
the early evening heavens, and,
if clear skies prevail, a good
opportunity will be offered to
see the faint zodiacal light ex
tending upwards and somewhat
southward from the western
horizon as soon as the last traces
of twilight have faded. A dark
observing location is needed.
DELAYED MAIL
Salisbury, N. H. (U.R) HarryJ
Twonbly received a letter nearly
40 years after it was mailed.
The letter had fallen behind a
local store sometime in January,
1915. The new store owner dis
covered it while making renovations.
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low Sea west of Korea.
New strategy on cease-fire
moves was considered necessary
now that Red China has rejected
an invitation to discuss the mat
ter at a U.N. meeting. The State
Department let it be known Fri
day that it opposes any big in
ternational conference outside
the U.N. on all Far Eastern
issues.
Lodge attended a cabinet meet
ing at .Jhe White House Friday
and then talked later with Sen.
H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ), a
member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. Without
going into details, Smith said
Lodge outlined privately possible
future U.N. developments on the
Formosa problem.
Smith said he feels the United
States is in a "very fine position"
and that he was impressed by
Lodge's report of U.S. determin
ation to "be firm."
WEEPING as he embraces son,
Harold Lewis, 25, Los Angeles
denies in Chicago that he
threatened to blow up self and
Gary after abducting son from
estranged wife. (International)
PET TREE
Kent, O. (U.R) Crispus, an
cient Rome's eminent orator,
probably would be known as
"Old Splinterlips" today. He had
a beech tree he loved so much
that he embraced it, kissed it
and watered it with wine, ac
cording to Davey tree research
ers.
Cooper Nomination
Okayed by Senate
' Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate has approved the nomination
of former Sen. John Sherman
Cooper of Kentucky to be U.S.
Ambassador to India.
It also confirmed the appoint
ment of Donald R. Heath of
Kansas to be Ambassador to Le
banon. Other nominations approved:
Phillip D. Rice, associate jus
tice of the Hawaiian Supreme
Court. . .
Edward J. Devitt, U.S. district
judge for Minnesota.
Russell B. Wine, U.S. attorn
ey for the western district of
Texas.
Philip D. Reed of New York
and Erwin D. Canham of Massa
chusetts, members of the U. S.
Advisory Commission on Infor
mation. .
George Glenn Killinger of
Virginia, member of the Federal
Parole board.
U.S. Officials Want End of French Crisis
Washington (U.R) High
ranking American officials
hoped Saturday a new French
government can be formed
quickly and that it will press
ahead to win ratification of the
German rearmament agreement.
Officials said the fall of Pre
mier Pierre Mendes-France
means a temporary setback to
the new West European defense
plans which would include a
rearmed Germany. But they said
his ouster by no means killi;
chances for final French approv
al of the plans. 0
They hoped Mendes-France'i
successor will carry on the fight
for ratification.
But officials conceded private
ly thai: if theYe is a long impasse
over a nevj government and
France fails to act on German
rearmament, the result would
be a tremendous victory for Russia.
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