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rOUK MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wtdnesday, May 18, 1935' TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WAR'S LULL An exhausted, half-naked boy stretches'out on the grass in front of a man who was wounded in the head in Saigon when caught in the crossure between government and rebel forces. During the lulls in the fighting many civilians paused in their flight to catch their breath. Peace-Loving Switzerland Bristling With Guns; Ready To Fend Off Attack Berne. Switzerland U.R) Now that we are in the atomic age some misguided country may, someday, try to swallow little" Switzerland. This is to ad vise against it. The air age reduced Switzer land's great girdling chain of fortress mountains to molehills. But the spirit and the resolution of the people behind them have changed not at all. And although they have not been at war for 450 years, the Swiss are still o intrinsically warlike they have to beg their sons not to g off fighting other people's battles. In lovely Switzerland, as in! the rest of the West, the price of peace is preparedness. It star tles a visitor at first to discover ' that this neutral paradise is ac tually "bristling with guns" to u h e the time honored cliche. Young men in civies go riding by on bicycles, rifle over shoul der. Others get on and off trains carrying guns with th same unconcern ai if it wer luggage. Standing Xxrny You see more guns in a day in a Swiss city than you see all year in New York or Chicago or San Francisco. But then Switzer land has one of the largest "standing" armies in the world. The reason is the unique Swiss military setup which makes every male between 19 and 60 a fighting man.- At 20 the Swiss gets his rifle and military equipment. He keeps these at home. In an emer gency, 1,500,000 citizens would become as many tough soldiers in a matter of minutes. The rifle in his home is a sacred trust to the Swiss. Rarely is it dishon ored in crime. The Swiss defense against a nuclear attack is based on the premise that, after the bomb falls the enemy will still have to march in an occupying army. Hence the emphasis is first on civil defense, then on counter attck. One hundred tanks have just been ordered from Britain. It can be assumed that there will be plenty of Swiss survivors ready to meet an invader. Warlike Swiss It is hard to think of the tra ditionally neutral Swiss as war like but facts are facts. For cen turies they provided mercenaries for other armies. Now military authorities are conducting a OUTDOOR Ploy or Work! I Tkr s m I J for toih mm SllS OuUloor tntifSrofj in jljfl Gomes . . . not juil th t4 ASCJ J! Ml or secret, but k U PjCIIICS L h ,;,. Yord lif V TT r"-nt- jj Approved tar Siijj complete willi lift. f , : es I Heavy Duty Zmt4 Set ) S2? 1 Gartering Barbecues Use it with a 100 watt insect repellent bulb! Just SPEAR H-onyUny, anywhf! Pomltd lip and "HanxM tare mat Mtyf Vtost-lti1 (ait littonl Slack Inom? 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He was a Red Cross and prisoner of war official in both the-Ethio- pian and second World Wars and was captured by American Rangers on D-Day. Young Swiss Get Bored Niederhauser's theory is that the young Swiss simply gets bored with the perfection of the country. Life is smooth and easy, the standard of living very high, the scenery soaked in beauty. He climbs onto skis or drives fast cars to let off steam but sometimes he feels hemmed in by his tiny native land and grabs at what looks like adventure. "Then," Niederhauser smiled, "like me he comes back to the mountains and the lakes and the quiet and happiness." Small Farmer Parity Urged by Humphrey Washington U.R) Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey has proposed that small farmers ibe guaran teed 90 per cent of parity for their crops but that price sup ports be curtailed .sharply for large farmers. Under legislation drafted by the Minnesota Democrat, farm ers would Ire given 90 per cent of parity price supports for the first $25,000 worth of their crops and 75 per cent of parity for the next $25,000. . . No supports would be pro vided for farm production above $50,000. Humphrey said his bill would assure a "family farmer" of meeting living expenses but re move support incentives "for the big corporation farm operator to increase production beyond the point for which there is effec tive demand in the open mar ket." His measure would apply to all farm products. Communism Said No Problem South of Sahara Lisbon, ' Portugal (U.R) Ad lai E. Stevenson, en route by plane to New York after ewtour of Africa, said during a prief stopover here yesterday that Communism is not a major prob lem south of the Sahara. "The problem is the transition from colonialism to African par ticipation in industry and gov ernment," the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate said. "The rapid progress of the African is seen everywhere except in the Union of South Africa which is not keeping pace." Court Records DISTRICT COCRT Guy o. Powell, iu meter vehicle license, SS. Kenneth L. NolU, violation of basic rule, S10. Charlotte M. Keene, failure to atop at stop sign, $10. David W. Beyers, violation of basic rule. S12.50. Wilbur R. Sanders, operating; motor vehicle while license suspended, $30. Dennis C. Bateman, failure to stop at stop sign, S7. CIRCUIT COURT Lila L. Nelson vs. Glenn I. Nelson, divorce decree. Leonard F. Reed vs. June Louise Reed, divorce decree. Rachel Faye Williams vs. David Arthur Williams, divorce decree. Ardyce Prentiss vs. Hoy A. Prentiss, divorce decree. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS I Charles Victor Birchfield.' 24, of 523 North Main St., Ashland, and Barbara Jeanne Read, 19, of 430 North GraDe St., Medford. Edward Grant Tenney. 26. of 219 Meade St.. Ashland, and Barbara Deanne Wietse. 20. of 75 Oak at.. Ford and Union Discuss Demand For Layoff Pay "Detroit (U.R) Ford Motor Co. officials met with the CIO United Auto "Workers today to consider the union's demand for full pay during layoffs. Ford officials disclosed Tues day that the union was seeking 40 hours pay a week during lay offs as part of its guaranteed an nual wage formula. The company reported the un ion demand in a confidential memo to top Ford officials but confirmed the information pub licly after news of the memo leaked. 1 Based on 40-Hour Week It said the union wants laid off workers to be given benefits "equal to weekly straight time pay, after taxes, based on a 40 hour week." The company said it was giv ing a thorough study to every phase of the union proposal but still hasn't decided what stand it will take. at the "Our goal is an agreement that is fair to our employees, our company and the public large," the memo said. The Ford contract with union expires in two weeks. 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