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.
California's first shipment of
uranium ore was made in July,
1954.
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