Jungle Warfare School To
Sharpen Fighting Prowess
Of Soldiers in Australia
Sydney (U.R) A new jungle
warfare school set up in tropical
Queensland will sharpen the
fighting prowess of any Austra
lian soldiers likely to be sent to
Malaya.
Athough Prime Minister Rob
ert G. Menzie made no definite
committments about Australian
forces for Malaya, such a move
is strongly tipped by authorita
tive sources in Canberra. How
ever, they point out it would
have to wait until Menzie con
fers with his Cabinet on his re
turn from Washington and Otta
wa late in March.
Defense authorities feel that
jungle training will be invalu
able, whether Australian forces
be required in Malaya or any
other tropical battlefield.
The army's jungle training
center is located at Canungra, 48
miles southwest of Brisbane. Lt.
Col. George Warfe, chief instruc
tor at the center, conducts a rig
id training designed to form a
nucleus of tough, "jungle-wise"
lighters.
That includes how to cope
with snakes, beetles, spiders,
leeches, typhoid: how to be com
fortable in steaming heat, roar
ing rivers, torrential rains; how
- to camouflage and how to es
cape a jungle ambush.
Fast Pace
Warfe, popularly known as
"Jungle George," recently re-
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turned from four months in Ma
laya. He admitted that Commun-
j ist guerillas terrorizing the
jungle there a re "astounding"
fighters. But whether Australian
troops would be used in this in
ternal struggle or to help guard
against external attack only, is
a question that Warfe declined
to answer.
Regardless of the decision
which would be a matter of high
policy the army's training
program at Canungra moves
along at a back-breaking pace.
"Sneaker courses" sections
of thick jungle undergrowth
are set with mechanical traps.
Some of these even simulate an
enemy, complete with guns,
leaping from behind innocent
looking trees. Soldiers who tra
verse this course learn, to stalk
the enemy stealthily, and to
shoot first and fast when he
attacks out of nowhere.
Warfe is quick to emphasize
that "the ambush in Malaya to
day is one of the most danger
ous and damaging forms of guer
illa attack on the British. The
Communists hide out in high
spots overlooking a road, then,
when a truck comes past, they
soak it with machine-gun fire."
New Ration Tested
To familiarize Australians
with this danger, Canungra has
an "anti-ambush trainer," a
gorge 500 feet high, with a
stony washboard road running
through the bottom. Day after
day Australian troops w en d
their way along the road, prac
ticing Warfe's jungle - tried
methods for escaping the am
bush. One rule that Warfe stresses
is that troops should never trav
el in a completely tarpaulined
truck. He says the sides should
be left open so troops may escape
from the opposite side to the
ambush.
A fiendish obstacle course apt
ly titled "Hell's Pathway" is un
der construction down on the
banks of the Coomera river.
There the soldiers pit themselves
against water jumps, rope lad
ders, barbed wire entanglements,
low wire mazes, a "revetted bear
pit," a "monkey walk" on hori
zontal ladders, and "wobble
boards." The men practice jump
ing, complete with full pack, into
the river from a 30-foot tower.
Further preparation for jungle
fighting conditions includes tests
of a new ration-pack designed
to last a fighting soldier for 24
hours. Australian scientists plan
ned the food pack for feeding
large groups particularly in trop
ical country- Doctors also check
fatigue, hunger, and energy tests
in relation to the new food ration.
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On The Side
By E. V. Durling
Wednesday. July 27. 1953
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Rumor Factories Boi as 'M-Day' Nears
In Britain; Margaret May Select Mate
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Before she can become a bride
an Italian girl must have a
dowry. The man of her choice
will not marry her otherwise.
The minimum dowry is the
equivalent of S280. Doesn't seem
much here but in Italy that's im
portant money. If the girl's par
ents haven't the money to give
her. she has to go out and earn
it. That's why many Italian girls
are working in factories in Eng
land. To get enough money for
a dowry. Call this to the atten
tion of your wife so she will
know what a lucky girl she was
to get you in matrimonial har
ness without having to have a
dowry.
Changing Name
Some of the changes made
from real names to professional
names by film stars are quite
interesting. For example, the
real name of Kirk Douglas is
Issur Danielovich, Mario Lanza
was originally known as Alfred
Arnold Cocoza. Ray Milland was
Reginald Truscott-Jones. Wil
liam Holden was William Beedie.
As for John Wayne, his real
name is Marion Morrison. Jane
Wyman was Sarah Fulkcs, Terry
Moore was Helen Koford and
Susan Hayward was Edythe Mar
rener. As I have previously ad
vised, if you don't like the name
your parents wished on you,
change it. Might help your ca
reer. This applies to business as
well as the entertainment world.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Where
was Joe's barroom which was
the background of the classic
poem titled "The Face on the
As We Live
By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D.
Children Need
Responsibility
Many youngsters think it is
"the thing to do" to dislike work
and to complain about any duties
or responsibilities they are ex
pected to carry out. As they
grow older they feel sorry for
themselves when they must work
to earn a living or to run a
home.
Q. "I am a middle-aged man
who grow up in the days when
peoplo look it for granted that
on works in
life and does
not expect to
have erery
thing handed
to him on a
silver platter.
T h younger
generation, as
I see it in my
teenage c h i 1-
Dt. Herlock dren and in the
young people who come to work
at my office, feel that working
is almost like slavery. They do
as little as they can, always with
one eye on the clock. What is
responsible for this attitude, and
how can it be changed?"
(A) Early childhood training
is, fundamentally, responsible
for the anti-work attitude so pre
valent today. Because homes run
more or less on the push-button
system, children are given few
er duties and responsibilities
than they were when you were
a boy.
Then, too, there is the preval
ent belief that childhood should
be a happy, carefree time, so the
child can enjoy life before he
must settle down to the burdens
of adulthood. Many parents
overdo this and make the child
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feel abused if he is asked to do
anything but play.
Correcting an attitude is cer
tainly not easy when it has per
sisted from early childhood. It
is hard to convince a person who
has been used to having no real
responsibilities that it can be
fun to work and that the pleas
ures of successful achievement
are greater than the pleasures of
frittering away one's time in
play.
The sooner a child is given
duties and responsibilities, the
easier it is for him to get the
idea that life is not one con
tinuous round of play. Even
more important, he must learn to
get satisfaction from his achieve
ments. This he will get only
when he is praised or in some
way rewarded for them. This is
where far too many parents fall
short. As a result they help
create the "anti-work" attitude.
(Copyright 1955.
General Features Corp.)
Moral Conduct of
Wacs To Be Queried
Ft. Jackson, S.C. (U.R)
Military authorities disclosed to
day they were investigating
charges of "questionable moral
conduct" among members of the
Women's Army Corps detach
ment at Fort Jackson.
Lt. Col. M. N. Squires, public
information officer, said the in
vestigation was started "as a
result of reports received from
center members of the WAC de
tachment," but has not reached
a point calling for positive ac
tion against any individual.
The investigation involves "a
small group within the detach
ment," Squires said. He said that
to protect the innocent the in-
Barroom Floor"? My brother-in-law
savs it was in Denver. A.
Place you refer to was on Union
Square, New York City . . . Q.
What man managed two world
heavyweight boxing champions
and also won the Pulitzer prize
as a play producer? A. William
A. Brady, who managed James
J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries
and won the Pulitzer prize in
1929 with the play "Street
Scene," written by Elmer Rice.
Among the Married
In what country can be found
the world's most broad minded
husbands? I have always thought
it was the United States. I am
beginning to suspect it is Great
Britain. In evidence, I offer the
following happening. As a bonus
for exceptional efficiency, a Lon
don firm decided to make a gift
of an all-expense week end trip
to Paris for ten of its typists.
Eight of these typists are mar
ried. Their husbands were not
included in the invitation. How
ever, none protested as to his
wife taking the trip. So the
eight young matrons flew off to
Paris. The trip included visits
to the gayer night spots. For
this, the young women were pro
vided with handsome male 'es
corts. How about it sir? If
your wife went on a week end
trip to Paris alone such as the
aforementioned, would you
worry?
Where to Eat
If you know where in Manhat
tan to find a restaurant where
the food is exceptional, the ser
vice excellent and the price
right, ask some native of New
York who can be classed as a
young oldtimer. Among the top
favorite eating places of fellows
who really know New York are
Dinty Moore's, Luchow's, Cav
anaugh's, Rosoff's and Lindy's.
For seafood they go to Sweet's,
far downtown, and occasionally
cross the bridge to Gage & Toll
ner's in Brooklyn.
By ROBERT MUSEL
United Press Correspondent
London U.R) The day Prin
cess Margaret is free to an
nounce her marital'intentions, if
any is Aug. 21, her 25th birth
day. The West End of London
is beginning to boil with gossip
as "M-day" approaches.
Life will become a good deal
duller when and if the little prin
cess does choose a mate. The
rumor factories will practically
go out of business and her
friends and alleged friends will
have to find another subject of
conversation.
On a swing around the plush
night club belt these are the
stories I heard:
Polo Player Rumored
A titled young man who used
to escort Princess Margaret be
fore his marriage (to someone
else) is passing the word that
millionaire Billy Wallace, polo
playing stepson of American
writer Herbert Agar, is the
lucky man.
I had duly noted this tip when
a friend well-versed in the
, thought processes of the nobility
pointed out that this titled
young man had never discussed
the princess' affairs before and
might have a motive in naming
Wallace.
The motive: To hide the real
choice.
The Margaret Set, as the
younger social crowd used to be
called, is divided on whether
Billy is the boy. Some think he
may be. At least, he sees the
princess more than any other
eligible male does. However,
says the negative camp, if she
TROOP FUND APPROVED
Bonn, Germany (U.R) The
security and budget committees
of the West Germany Bundestag
(lower house) Tuesday night ap
proved an $11,233,333 appropro
priation for the first cadres of
the new German armed forces.
vestigation "is being conducted
with the utmost care and discre
tion." Squires declined to elaborate
on the nature of the charges.
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Those With Indian Blood
May Apply for Benefits
Portland Don C. Foster, Port
land area office director of the
bureau of Indian affairs, called
for persons of Indian blood and
who are lineal descendants of cer
tain Oregon tribes to file their
application for participation in
the Western Oregon judgment
fund.
The tribes are the Molel or
Molallas, Umpqua, Calapooia,
Tillamook, Coquille, Tootooto
ney or Chetco. Aoplications not
filed by Aug. 30 for each person
living on Aug. 30, 1954, will not
be accepted or considered by the
government.
Persons feeling they are de
scendants by blood of one of the
tribes who have not filed appli
cations, should immediately con
tact Clyde Busey, administrative
officer. Box 1335, Newport, Ore.,
Foster said.
wants to marry Billy why is she
waiting? There are no obstacles
to that match.
Peier Said Convinced
Was the young nobleman try
ing to throw me off the Peter
Townsend trail? The 41-year-old
group captain, now air attache
at Brussels, has told close
friends (according to another
story) that he will marry the
princess in the late summer of
1956. A society girl said "don't
use my name but my boy friend
knows Peter well, spent some
time with him recently. He says
Peter is convinced he and Mar
garet will marry."
But is the princess convinced?
A member of the court inner
circle refused to be drawn into
the speculation, while sipping a
'"Trinity" (gin and the two ver
mouths) at Siegi's Club, but he
pointed out:
"She can always remain a
spinster, you know. There have
Siamese Twin Girls
Die After Operation
Berlin U.P.) A pair of 11-month-old
Siamese twin girls
died today soon after a West
Berlin surgeon operated in an
attempt to separate them, West
Berlin City Health office an
nounced. The parents of the girls had
brought them here from the East
zone of Germany in hopes that
Western science could accomp
lish what the Soviet Zone doc
tors refused even to attempt but
the operation failed.
The twins were 11-month-old
Margit and Christel who were
joined from the chest to the na
vel. Hospital authorities did not
disclose the names of the par
ents, explaining they were en
titled to privacy.
ALMOST GET BEER
Los Angeles (U.R) The
police commission quickly can
celled Tuesday its order for
"2,000 pounds of beer" for city
jail inmates. The commission
said the order was a typograph
ical error and should have read
"beef" instead of "beer."
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been spinsters in the Royal Fam
ily before."
If Margaret announces her in
tention to marry Townsend or
any other "ineligible" man on
M-day, she must wait a year be
fore the ceremony can take
place. In that interim period
only an act of Parliament can
stop her, Townsend is "in
eligible" because as a divorced
man he canont be approved by
Queen Elizabeth, head of the
Church of England.
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