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Talk With Other Planets By J. HUGH PRUETT From the hillside we watched Venus, resplendent gold in the blue twilight as she sank slowly toward the sky line of the west ern mountains. "It is just too bad," said one of our group who for nearly 70 years had viewed this beautiful planet from widely separated lands, "that we cannot somehow go to this other world and learn what it is like there." This urge for interplanetary travel has so far availed us noth ing. Until recently, our vehicles for ascending to the skies bal loons and propeller airplanes were good for only a few miles of altitude since they were de pendent upon the presence of relatively dense air for their movements. Jet planes and rock ets, which can travel outside the atmosphere, now offer better opportunities for getting out into space. They operate on the prin ciple of Newton's third law of motion, that "to every action there is an equal and opposite re action." Below Needed Height Rockets without passengers have recently gone as high as 250 miles above the earth and , have acquired terrific speeds, but far below the 25,000 miles per hour needed for final escape from the earth without further propellants. Some believe that flying saucers actually are bring ing us communicants from other 3 worlds. - Signaling to the planets seems at present more practical than traveling. From 1846 until re cent times many telescopists have reported seeing sudden flashes of light on Mars. Pro fessor Lowell's confirmation of this phenomenon in 1894 gave impetus to the idea that the Mar tians were trying desperately to signal to us. It is well known now that electro-magnetic waves come to us from far out in space. But few advocate that these come from intelligent beings at tempting to communicate with us. Not Seriously Considered The Martian signals are no longer very seriously consider ed. Since all the flashes appear in the regions of the polar snow cap, many believe them to be mirror effects from occasional unusually level areas of ice at the instant the planet's rotation brings these into just the proper position to reflect the sun's light to us. But suppose the Martians were trying to signal us. How shall we answer? When we see Mars best we are between it and the sun. To "inhabitants" there the earth is then lost in the sun's rays, so our signals could not be seen. Someone has suggested that a few months later we illu minate a huge right-angled tri angle in an attempt to get a sim ilar response from them. Radio Waves Advocated Another has advocated that we direct a beam of ultra high fre quency radio waves at Mars, trusting that proper receivers are in operation there. If we send three dots indicating ours is ADDRESSING LOYOLA HIGH fathers and sons, Los Angeles, James Francis Cardinal Mclntytre urges Catholic youths to re dedicate selves to principles of faith. From left: Comedian Bob Hope, son, Tony, 14; Cardinal Mclntyre; Coach Jordan Olivar, Yale University; Rev. F. Ford, Loyola president. (International) New Trucks, Trailers Purchased by Pierce Seventy-nine new trucks and trailers, with a total valuation of over $600,000, are being add ed by Pierce Freight Lines, Inc. The fleet operates on Highway 99 between San Francisco and the third planet from the sun and they answered with four meaning "Mars comes next" we might be convinced we had established communication with highly intelligent beings. Portland, according to George P. Davis, president. The equipment, consisting of 25 new truck tractors and 54 trailer units, is scheduled for delivery early in April. Founded by A. C. Pierce in Medford 30 years ago, with a single truck as its total equip ment, the firm -will nave more than 300 trucks and trailers in operation early next month. 15 Welfare Bills Go Before Senate Salem (U.R) Fifteen bills de signed to strengthen welfare laws in Oregon were introduced in the 'Senate this week by Sen. George Ulett (R-Coquille). The measures, most of them recommended by a legislative in terim committee which studio welfare activities, were aimed at correcting some abuses and at holding down state and county welfare costs. Ulett is chairman of the Ways and Means subcommittee of wel fare. Some of the bills would ask Congress to ease restrictions on earnings of children and aged persons, and to pay social se curity benefits to permanently disabled persons regardless of age. Two other measures would give the state more priority on claims against the estates of de creased welfare recipients. Olympic Woman Dies in Mishap Near Grants Pass Grants Pass (U.R) Mrs. Dora Edna Morris, 63, of Olym pia, Wash., was killed and her husband was critically injured Friday when their automobile and a truck collided near Hayes Hill on the Redwood highway about 14 miles south of here. State police said two other cars were involved in the acci dent, but no one else was injured. Dead line tot Sunday Classified Is it noon Saturdays Sunday, March 20, 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRfBUNE-FXVS Bailey Trial Date Set by Judge East Eugene (U.R) Circuit Judge William ; G. East Fridav sched uled a new trial for May 3 for Kichard G. Bailey, president of the defunct Bailey Lumber Co., after a jury failed to reach a verdict in 9Vi hours of deliber ation. Bailey, 34, was charged with conspiring to obtain money by false pretenses. The jury received the case Thursday afternoon, after a trial that lasted two weeks. Bailey remained free on $10, 000 bond. 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