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SIX MCDTORS (ORZaOH) MAIL TRIBUNE Tu4r. April 5, 1951 'Stiitrt Cklekt' Japanese Government in Jeopardy as Result of Blunder make early selections of' 'Face' Lost By American Refusal To Schedule Talks Washington U.Rr Diplo matic authorities said today that the government of Japan, one of the United States' staunchest allies in the troubled Far East, is in jeopardy as a result of an international blunder. The difficulty grew out of Japanese Foreign Minister Ma mom Shigemitsu s sudden re quest for an invitation to discuss Japanese problems in Washing ton. Instead he got an abrupt American turndown. The result was a serious loss of "face" for Shigemitsu and the entire Jap anese government in a nation where ' face" is all-important. Relations Strained JaDan was seething with in dignation. The final outcome was difficult to foretell. But diplomatic experts said the incident has seriously strain ed U.S.-Japanese relations and could lead to the downfall of the present Japanese govern ment. Furthermore, the Communists are expected to capitalize on the fuss in an effort to weaken the American position in Japan. The Reds likely will scream that the United States doesn't really care about the future of Japan and that the Japanese should work for closer ties with Communist China and Russia. Meeting Hinted in Press The furor had its beginnings when the Japanese began hint ing through newspapers that they wanted a high-level meet ing with the United States in Washington. Friday Shigemitsu tuddenly told U.S. Ambassador John M. Allison his government wanted him to go to Washington almost immediately. Allison said it would be diffi cult to arrange a meeting in such short order but agreed to for ward the request. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said it would be impossible to work out Immediate 'talks because there wasn't enough time to prepare for them nor was there time on his crowded schedule. Shigemitsu replied that he un derstood. But his position at home was seriously weakened. Stevens Sees Mo DmnnmedDate IFar East War Threat Taipei 'U.R) U.S. Army Sec retary Robert E. Stevens left to day for Washington apparently convinced there was no imme diate threat of war in the Far East despite scary reports of a Matsu "invasion threat" in the Nationalist press. Stevens aid he did not believe U.S. ground forces would be needed to defend Formosa and "eventuality" the Navy and Air Force would bear the brunt of a 1 afternoon attack within sight of Red attack. Red Gunboats Damaged The Nationalist Air Force said waves of fighter-bombers at tacked Communist ship concen trations off the Fukien coast to day and damaged four Red gun boats. Two gunboats were shot up at Meichow Bay, midway be tween Matsu and Quemoy and two others were shot up in an Quemoy. The Nationalists also an nounced bombers flying out of Formosa crippled two Red Chi nese gunboats today near Mei chow Bay midway between Mat su and Quemoy. Military quar ters said light artillery dueling was taking place in Quemoy. The English language China News, quoting "well - informed Suspect Questioned In Slaying of Girl Detroit (U.R) Police ques tioned the "best suspect yet" in their hunt for the sex slayer of Barbara Gaca just hours before funeral services for the seven-year-old girl were held. Final rites for the brown haired girl, whose mutilated and ravished body was found last Thursday in neighboring Oak land county, were conducted in Assumption Grotto Catholic church where she was to re ceive her first Communion May 1. Held for questioning in the girl's slaying was Albert Ur banik, 28, an Oakland county trailer court dweller. He was arrested late Monday for investi gation of indecent liberties. Wife of South Dakota Senator Collects Barbs From Pens of Society Writers By PATRICIA WIGGINS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) "Congres sional wives 'look like parrots, think like mannikins and act like robots." "Congressional wives are dull, pale, deprecatory dames at best." Mrs. Karl E. Mundt, once a congressional wife, now a sen atorial wife, has created one of Washington's most unique hob bies by saving barbs like these from the pens of local society writers. The wife of the Republican Senator from South Dakota pre serves in a growing scrapbook the very things that most official wives try to forget. Blonde, blue-eyed Mrs. Mundt told a reporter today she doesn't save any of the favorable or ad miring lines, and there are many, despite the society sisters' notorious lack of restraint. She only gets out her paste-pot for the unflattering comments. Littered With Wives Like the words of one fashion reporter reporting on a fancy Washington tea. She commented on the lovely gowns of diplomats wives, described a "stunning" buffet table, ad added, "congres sional and senatorial wives were littering up the whole place." Mrs. Mundt chuckled when On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Snoring is incurable. That is what is frequently claimed. Yet H. L. Mencken, in an autobio graphical sketch, said he had been cured of snoring by an op eration on his nose. It has also been claimed an organic hearing disorder cannot be cured. YetAl Schact, the celebrated baseball figure, now a successful restau rateur, says in his recently pub lished autobiography that he was nearly completely deaf when cured by an operation per formed by a New York City surgeon. Asking Queries from clients. Q. What is this country's record for open all night" restaurants? That is, what restaurant holds the record for being continu ously open for business? A. Couldn't say definitely. How ever, I know that Drake's Res taurant in New York City was open continuously, twenty-four hours a day for thirty-seven years until closed by a strike in 1937. Q. Is Nona an Indian name? A. It is from the Latin. Means ninth daughter. Octavia means eighth daughter. Sidelights It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who said, "own up, pay up, if defeated shut up, these are the virtues of a sporting man" . . . French painter Georges Seurat, founder of neo-impressionism, was unable to sell one of his paintings during his life. Now his painting titled "Le Grande Jatte" is valued at a quarter of a million dollars! Among the Married Leon Blum, in offering advice on the subject of love among the married, observed "never forget to make your wife believe you really love her or she may suc cumb to the natural teirmtation Mario Lanza Misses Las Vegas Opening Las Vegas (U.R) Singer Mario Lanza, in bed with laryn gitis, missed his big comeback opening at the new Frontier hot el last night and the angry management said it would break his contract if the temperament al tenor fails to appear tonight. The husky singer, pared down to 206 pounds by dint of weeks of training in Palm Springs for the big event, was to receive $50,000 a week, the highest sal ary ever paid a performer in this gambling resort. Dr. John R. McDaniel, at tached to the Las Vegas hospital, said Lanza was in bed in his hotel room with "laryngitis and an upper respiratory infection." He said he would examine him today to determine if he could sing. Chicago !(U.R) The Navy is puzzled over which of its 60 pos sible classifications Seaman Re cruit Alfred Padilla belongs in. Padilla is a bullfighter. to try out her feminine powers on some other man. A woman needs confirmation of her power." Longshot John Law, Scottish financier and speculator, origipated a bet he made many times and never lost! He offered 20,000 to one that any man who wished to "bet on it could not throw double sixes with dice six times in sue cesion. A surprising number of men took this bet. They were aware it bordered on the impos sible. But they liked the price. Asides Baldness is hereditary. If your father is bald it is probable your son will be bald when he reaches manhood . . . That editorial genius of the yesteryear, Sara Josepha Hale, bitterly objected to the use of "female" in refer ence to women. Said Sara, "fe male should be used for animals For humans, woman or lady." Briefly it it is spelled whisky it is Scotch. If it is spelled whiskey, that is .with an "E," it is Irish. ... It was Cicero who advised lawyers as follows, "When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff." . . . When Edsel Ford was born his father, Henry Ford, was a $15 a week mechanic working for the De troit Edison Company. Almost Confidential Am asked if there has ever been a red-haired saint. Answer is that St. Helena was red-haired . . . If the smoke from a cigar is sky blue in color it is a cheap cigar. The smoke from a good cigar is something between gray and white ... Coast To Coast What's the speed record for an automobile trip from New York to Los Angeles? That's what a New Yorker wants to know. I don't know. However, in 1938 Bob MacKenzie made the New York to Los Angeles trip by auto in 51 hours and 58 minutes. The distance is.3,192 miles. That record might be hard to top. Poker Are you a poker fan? How are you doing? What is the extent of your knowledge of that grand old game? Do you realize that when you hold a pair and keep it with the hope of getting four of a kind that the dods against your so doing are 359 to 1? Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Dalewood Margarine is FRESH (Its made on order and rushed lo your store) Dalewood is easy to spread, even at "iceboy temperatures.'' Dalewood Is foil-wrapped to preserve all its delicate flavor. But this fine margarine is now priced at only at SAFEWAY 22 lb. she recalled how this item in her scrapbook dampened her ex citement over her first White House reception: "The congressional reception, if it lives up to its reputation, will be the dowdiest of the win ter season. At best, Congressmen and Senators are a motley lot and their wives are notoriously monotonous in dress. It must be remembered that most of the legislators married these women long before they entered public life." Mrs. Mundt is more discreet than some of the society writers in that she doesn't disclose the names of the poison pen authors. No Names And she won't disclose the name of the cabinet wife who was quoted as saying when asked if she enjoyed one of her own home receptions: "Dear no. The people I wanted to see didn't come and the peo ple I didn't care anything about came in droves. And did you see the congressmen's wives mowing down my tea table like a bunch of locusts over a wheat field?" , Mrs. Mundt said only that it was not a present day cabinet wife. Mrs. ' Mundt, whose husband served in the House 10 years before moving over to the Sen ate in 1948, has another favorite commentary in her collection. This writer wrote: "Every time one of them (con gressional wives) voices an orig inal idea, the Washington Monu ment bends over in a grand salaam." sources," said that a big fleet of Communist junks and gunboats were concentrating near the Matsu islands and that the Air F.orce and Navy had rushed units to the area to "stem the possible invasion." Official sources discounted the reports and Stevens told report ers he did not think war here was "imminent." He declined to elaborate on his belief but said it appeared that Americans were more concerned over the likeli hood of war than the people on Formosa. Major War Scare The China News reports touched off a major war scare here but Col. Lu Tu of the De fense ministry said he had re ceived nothing on the published report. Gen. Earle E. Partridge, Far East Air Force commander, ar- Architect Joins Firm Of Ben H. Todd Here Medford Architect Ben H. Todd, Suite 303, U.S. National Bank building, today announced that William H. Seibert is an associated architect with the firm. Due to an increased volume of business and an expanding territory, plans are being made for enlargement of the present offices and addition of other new personnel, Todd. said. Seibert is a registered archi tect in Oregon, Washington and Florida, and is a graduate of the University of Florida. He has more than 20 years of ex perience in various phases of the profession. Seibert first came to the Rogue Valley in 1943 when he was stationed with the Army at Camp White. He and his wife, the former Jean Lydiairt of, Medford, moved here from Florida in 1950. 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