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Today's Japanese Soldiers
Reportedly Weak in Spirit
Tokyo (U.R) The new Japa
nese soldier, stripped of World
War II"s fanatical emperor wor
ship, is training like an Ameri
can GI, but some Japanese offi
cers fear his fighting spirit may
be weak.
They point out that Japan's
present distrust of a military
(tablishment is affecting the mo-
rale of the nation's new defense
(force.
Japan, although constitution
(filly barred from maintaining an
armed force, reorganized its police-type
security forces into a
lf-defense army, navy and air
force- last year with American
blessing and arms.
The "self defense" tag, plus
Widespread Japanese opposition
to war and rearmament, is un
dermining troop morale, officers
0$ y.
"Our men don't think they're
fteal soldiers," said Col. Ichiro
IXtoi, commander of Nerima In
fantry Camp on the outskirts of
Tokyo.
i Anti-war Feeling
"If Japan is to have a real
rmy, it must go all the way and
jot try to dodge around the con
stitution by calling it a watered-
kwn defense force."
But the "no war" clause in Ja
Jan's post-war constitution, writ
'4en under strong Allied occupa
"ton influence, is politically pop
ular, particularly among women
Olid students.
Many Japanese believe their
ftation can avoid entanglement
in an East-West war by remain
ing militarily weak. They feel
Vith an armed force Japan is al
"inost certain to become involved
in another war which would de
stroy the nation.
Japan's modest ground, sea
And air defense force is being en
larged from 150,000 to 180,000
'teen this year with more than
$100, 000,000 in U.S. defense aid.
The new Japanese soldier
ears American-style uniforms
iUnd boots and carries U.S. wea
$os. He has dropped the Prussian
Joosestep and marches like an
American soldier. He even sleeps
In U.S. Army steel cots, with
(IHankets tucked in the Gl-way,
rhtead of on the straw-matted
platforms of the old army.
"We have taken the outside
(ffthe U. S. Army," Colonel Itoi
said, "but we don't have the in
side morale." -Net
Like Old Days
Most of the Japanese enlisted
en are too young to have ser
ved in the Imperial Army and
JVavy which fought more than a
(Slecade ago, shouting ."Banzai"
i&the Emperor.
But many of their officers ser
ved in the wartime army, which
(trained by kicks and slaps and
taught that capture was a dis
grace and that bailing out of a
crippled warplane was a coward
(Jy act.
A former private in the war
time Imperial Army visited
itamp Nerima and said he was
amazed" at the freedom allow
ed Japanese soldiers today.
"We had nothing like this in
the old days," he said.
In the all - volunteer defense
'force, a man or officer can re
sign at any time.
"Non-coms are strictly forbid
den to strike a soldier," Colonel
Itoi said. "If they do, they are
punished."
Instead of eating leftovers af
ter serving non - commissioned
officers, recruits and privates
now mess separtely from their
seniors. All eat the same fare.
Like American GI's, the new
Japanese soldier is allowed to
turn up his nose at the mess hall
and eat in the post exchange,
modeled after the TJ. S. Army
PX.
Many Cities Charge
For Industrial Waste
Chicago U.R) More than
255 U.S. cities of over 5,000
population make industries pay
for discharging industrial waste
material into municipal'sewers,
according to a recent report of
the American Public Works As
sociation. Most of the cities base the
charge on how much water an
industry uses. But 41 have flat
charges and 32 base their charge
on both quantity and waste dis
charged and the kind of quality
of the waste.
Cities questioned considered
dairy wastes and those from
meat packing as rendering the
most objectionable discharged in
their sewer systems..
Listed in descending order as
less objectionable were wastes
from metals and metal plating,
food processing, canneries, oils
and oil products, chemicals, poul
try, textiles, garages and gas sta
tions, dye and dry cleaning,
breweries, laundries, tanneries,
paper, tobacco, paint, glass, pho
tographic laboratories and restaurants.
Metallurgy Technique
Aids Plant Experts
East Lansing, Mich. , (U.R)
Michigan State College horticul
ture experts are using metal
lurgy techniques to check the
plant food diets of fruit trees.
"Dr. H. B. Tukey, head of
MSC's horticulture department,
said leaves of trees are photo
graphed in a giant machine
the spectrograph ' which is
used in metallurgy and indus
trial work.
The photographs actually show
the amount of certain plant foods
in the leaves to see whether the
tree takes up the fertility avail
able jn the soil, Tukey said.
; The program, still in the ex
perimental stages, is directed by
MSC's Dr. A. I. Kenworthy, who
tests tree leaves for nitrogen,
phosphorus, potassium, calcium,
and other plant foods. -
Kenworthy , scores the results
on a nutrient - element balance
chart, which looks like' an ordi
nary bulls-eye, and returns the
chart to the fruit growers with a
letter suggesting changes in the
fertilizer program. At present,
the service is available only to
commercial growers.
There are 10 national cemeter
ies in the national park system
of the United States.
Title Insurance Aids
Against Land Losses
Chicago 0J.R) Property own
ers can protect their investments
with title insurance, according
to N. G. Krausz, assistant pro
fessor of agriculture law at the
University of Illinois.
Title to real estate is never
perfect, Krausz said, it can only
be good or "merchantable."
This is because land acquires
new owners, mortgagees, ten
ants, trustee, heirs and other
parties who have varous legal
interests, he explained.
Even if all links in the chain
of title are available in court
house records, Krausz said, there
is still a slight possibility cf im
perfection in the title.
Title insurance does not im
prove. But it does protect the
owner from financial loss if
another party should establish a
valid claim against the land.
Property owners often get a
single premium policy that re
mains in .effect until title to the
property is transferred to anoth
er, Krausz added.
Man Tires of Milking;
Sells Holstein Herd
Portland (U.R) Fred Zahlen,
60-year-old Portland area dairy
man who said he was tired of
milking cows, today announced
the sale of his 65 head of hol
steins to the partnership of
Frank Windust and Art Blanc of
Corbett.
Zahler has operated the Hills
dale Dairy at Raleigh Hills,
which produces milk for the
Portland area, since 1917.
The American Federation of
Musicians was founded October
19, 1893.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
DATE. August 1. 1955
Sunset tonight 7:30 p.m. Sunrise
tomorrow 5:06 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair with
little change in temperature through
Wednesday. Low tonight 56; high
Wednesday 95.
Western Oregon: . Fair through
Wednesday except morning cloudiness
along coast. Little change ih tempera
ture. Low tonight 48-58; nigh Wednes
day 90 in south interior; 75-85 north
interior; 65-75 along coast.
Northern California: Fair tonight
and Wednesday, but jncearsing coastal
log tonight. Scattered afternoon thun
derstorms in southern Sierras. Little
change in temperature.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
74; normal.
Record high this date 104 in 1939.
Record low this date 46 in 1937.
PRECIPITATION: none. '
Total this month, none; normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 8.89 inches
9.07 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 23,
highest this a.m. 82. -
CITY High Low Prec.
Brookings 73 50
Crater Lake ..... 71 46
Grants Pass 93 52
Klamath Falls 86 50
MEDFORD - 90 59
Portland 76 54
Seattle 70 52
Spokane 82 53
Yakima y. 8 6 48
Eureka ..: 59 53
Red Bluff 104 72
Sacramento 101 63
San Francisco 72 53
Los Angeles 72 62
Phoenix 98 79
Denver 92
65
75
74
82
75
.03
Chicago 94
Miami 89
New York 90
Washington, D.C 92
FIVE DAY FORECASTS
Western Oregon: Temperatures
about normal, lowering to below nor
mal by week end. Maximums generally
in 80s; minimums in 50s. A few show
ers toward end of week.
Northern California: No appreciable
precipitation. Coastal fog. Tempera
ture above normal in interior and
near normal elsewhere.
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Fido's Habits Become Community Headache
Chicago (U.R) Fido's bone
burying and barking can become
a community headache accord
ing to the American Municipal
Association.
The association has collected
reports on several methods cities
use to control the canine prob
lem. In Seattle, Wash., the King
County Humane society has six
light trucks cruising the city for
strays. About a dozen college
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In addition, police prowl cars
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method of catching the dog and
fining the owner because all the
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the dog to collect the forfeiture.
The owner, not the city, must
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do so.
'Urban' Milwaukee
Has Flourishing 4-H
Milwaukee (U.R) This may
come as a surprise, but the 4-H
club is flourishing in some ao
called urban areas.
Acording to E. C. Parminter,
4-H club agent, 793 boys and
girls in Milwaukee County have
signed up for 1955, making the
enrollment the highest in 17
years.
The girls in 4-H work, who
out-number the boya, 489 to 304,
choose projects such as clothing,
foods and nutrition toward
which to direct their interests.
The boys seem to find garden
ing their most popular project,
followed by wood-working, elec
tricity, poultry, rabbits and home
improvements.
The city of Milwaukee and
other parts of the country boast
a total of 27 4-H clubs. Members
of the tlub are between the ages
ol 10 and. 21., " .
Tuesday, August 2, 19SS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
University Plans ERI
Addition to Campus
Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.P.J
The University of Michigan's En
gineering Research " Institute,
which handles research problems
for outside agencies, has an
an aeronautical research build
nounced plans for construction of
ing.
The ERI is headed by Richard
Folsom. He said the 4-year-old
organization has for years fun
neled research problems from in
dustry, government and other
groups to faculty members as
well as to its own staff of tech
nicians. The contracts from out
side agencies amount to better
than $8,000,000 a year, he said.
The ERI, which has dozens of
laboratories scattered about the
campus here has done research
on beach erosion, made harbor
studies, and is doing work for
the government connected with
national defense against aerial
attack. -
Folsom said that with "some
ERI funds from outside con
tracts" the new aeronautics en
gineering research building will
be constructed. 'It will include a
high-speed wind tunnel, an air
craft propulsion laboratory and
a pumping station.
Construction is expected to be
gin this summer.
Josephine County Road
Bids Being Requested
Portland (U.R) Bids are be
ing called for the grading of 5.7
miles of road in Josephine coun
ty, according to F. E. Andrews,
division engineer for the Bureau
of Public Roads.
The road is to be constructed
along Taylor creek and will con
nect with the Grants Pass-Galice
highway about 16 miles north
west of Grants Pass.
BUS RECORD
Chicago (U.R) The Chicago
Transit Authority claims the
world records for the largest sin
gle charter bus service. It says
800 buses were chartered Sept.
8, 1954 to carry approximately
38,400 passengers to the Marian
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