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Monday, August 22, 1953
Democrats, Republicans Stake
States for Fight For Control of
n
Washington (U.R) Repub-
ilicar. and Democrats are stak-
ing out 14 to 20 states as the
(tnajor battlefields in the fight
for control of the Senate in the
iip$6 elections.
o The Republicans face an up
hill struggle even if they reelect
president Eisenhower and cash
in on the pulling power of a
winning national ticket. They
have more seats at stake than
(She Democrats and substantially
more in the closely contested
states, g
Since the Democrats recaptur
ed control of the Senate in the
(1954 elections, the division has
(been 49 Democrats and 47 Re
publicans.
Thirty-two of the 96 seats will
be filled in 1956, plus any vac
ancies which may be created
(in the coming year.
Of the 32, the Republicans
G
Transit Strike Ends
At Washington, D.C.
Washington (U.R) Trolleys
and buses rolled out of moth
balls and onto their regular
schedules today providing thous
Gands og government workers and
capital residents with public
transportation for the first time
in almost two months.
The 53-day-old strike was the
second longest transit walkout
in any major American city. It
Qwas topped only by a 56-day
strike in Detroit in 1952.
Residents paid a little more
for rides today than they did
before members of the AFL
Transit Union walked out July
J against the Capital . Transit
Tiompany, headed by financier
Louis E. Wolfson.
The 20-cent cash fare remain
ed unchanged, but token fares
and weekly permits were in
creased. O
JJQUOR COSTS
O McLeansboro, 111. (U.R)
The Hamilton County board of
supervisors has set the annual
cSinty license fee for taverns at
$15,000 per year and package
liquor stores at $1,000.
hold 17 and the Democrats 15,
and seve"n of the Democratic
seats are in the Democratic
South where the Republicans
have virtually no hope of gain
ing. However, five of the GOP
seats are in relatively "safe"
arenas Vermont, New Hamp
shire, Kansas, North Dakota and
South Dakota.
Republican hopes for picking
up seats next year rest largely
on winning posts now held by
Democrats in Missiouri, New
York, Oregon and Washington,
where GOP hopes have been
given a lift by the jolting intern
al Democratic party fight this
year in that normally Democratic
state.
Against these five states, Dem
ocrats will be concentrating on
eight to a dozen states to pick
up seats now held by Republi
cans. Among these are Califor
nia, Colorado, Connecticut, Ida
ho, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio,
Arctic Ice Shelf
Being Melted Away
By Warmer Weather
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (U.R) During the
August heat it is cooling to know
that Arctic weather has warmed
up enough for science to foresee
the melting away of the ice shelf
extending outward from the
northwest ' coast of Ellesmere
Island, in -80 years or so.
Ellesmere is the northern
most extension of Canada to
ward the North Pole. On the
other side of the pole from
Ellesmere is European Russia
and so it is of prime importance
in the defense of the North Amer
ican continent from any attack
across the top of the world.
Shelf Not Holding Own
G. Hattersley-Smith, Canad
ian Arctic scientist who was a
member of an exploratory party
in Northern Ellesmere in the
summers of 1953 and 1954, re
ported that in the present warm
ing climate, the huge ice shelf
which is miles wide and more
than 80 feet deep, was not even
holding its own.
A slight further warming of
Arctic summer weather would
be "extremely destructive" and
cause the shelf to melt away in
some 80 years, he said in his re
port to the Arctic Institute of
North America. Arctic weather
has been warming for years;
there is no reason to believe it
won't continue for some time.
Last summer was so warm up
near the Arctic, Circle that 24
inches of ice on the ice shelf
melted away. In August there
were a number of hot days with
temperatures in the upper 50s.
No Accumulation of Ice
Hattfrsley-Smith said he had
"confirmed" that there had been
no net accumulation of ice on
the shelf in the last 45 years. As
to how long the shelf had been
attached to the island shore, he
figured it couldn't be any longer
than the Christian era. Geologi
cally speaking, that's almost like
saying, yesterday.
Scientists who thought the ice
shelf at least its foundation
was a remnant of the last glacial
age, have suggested its formation
began 4,000 to 6,000 years ago.
But Hattersley-Smith cited his
findings to dispute glacial origin
and hence, this considerable an
tiquity. Indeed, he added, "it is
perhaps unlikely to have existed
even as recently as 500 B.C."
Out Major
Senate
Pennsylvania and Utah..
Democrats Confident
Senators also will be elected
next year in the normally Re
publican states of Iowa, Indiana
and Wisconsin and the normally
Democratic states of Arizona,
Nevad and Oklahoma. Iowa el
ected a Democrat to the Senate
as recently as 1948 and Arizona
and Nevada elected Republicans
in 1952.
Republicans need a net pick
up of two seats to grab a major
ity of the Senate. But they can
win control with a pickup of
one if they against elect a Vice
President to cast a tie-breaking
vote.
Because of the lineup of seats
at stake next year, Democrats
are talking confidently of re
taining control of the Senate,
even if they fail to win the
White House. However, no Pres
ident has been elected since 1882
along with a . Senate controlled
by the opposition party.
PIER ANGELI HAS SON
Hollywood (U.R) Film star
Pier Angeli was reported "doing
fine" today after giving birth
to an 8-pound, 13-ounce boy at
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The
22-year-old Italian-born actress,
wife of Singer Vic Damone, gave
birth to the child Sunday.
Schmidt En Route
For Portland Visit
Portland (U.R) Airman
Daniel C. Schmidt was en route
to Portland today, still unsure of
how he would solve his tangled
marriage with a childhood sweet
heart who remarried while he
was a captive of the Chinese
Reds.
Schmidt left California Satur
day en route to Portland for his
first visit with his mother in
more than three years.
Before he left the small com
munity of Childs Meadows, Cal.,
the modern day "Enoch Arden"
disclosed he was . holding out
hope for a possible reconciliation
with his young wife, Una, even
though he had charged her in
a divorce suit with being an un
fit mother.
"There is a possibility," the
23-year-old airman said, "I'm not
saying yes or no.' It's possible.
I can't tell you more than that."
Schmidt filed the divorce suit
in Red Bluff Friday, charging
Una was an unfit mother for
their 21fc-year-old son, Danny,
Jr.
Increase Seen in '
Enrollments for
Slate Colleges
Eugene SJate higher educa
tion administrators this week
agreed that collegiate enroll
ments next month will exceed
the eight per cent increase pre
dicted six months ago.
Enrollments last fall were up
14 per cent over fall of 1953 and
increases of eight per cent in
1955 and another eight per cent
in 1956 were estimated for legis
lative appropriation purposes
Since the session adjourned in
May, however, inquiries at
campus registrar offices have
far exceeded expectations.
Beginning Dates
Beginning dates for the col
leges and the university, their
1954 enrollment and predicted
enrollment for 1955 fall term
are: Oregon State college. Sept
26, 5214-5600; University of Ore
gon, Sept. 26, 4435-4800; East
ern Oregon College of Education
Sept. 26, 509-550; Oregon Col
lege of Education, Sept. 27, 651
650; Southern Oregon college,
Sept. 26, 702-750; Portland State
college, Sept. 26, 2367-2720; Den
tal School of the University of
Oregon, Oct. 5, 323-234; Univer
sity of Oregon Medical School,
Oct. 4, 581-581.
Each institution except the
Dental and Medical schools holds
orientation or new student days
preceding the opening of classes
Hells Canyon Group Seeks Funds for Fight
Water wells in the dray Ca
nary Islands off northwest Af
rica often bring wealth to their
owners. The islands' banana cul
tivation requires much moisture.
Unirrigated land sells for as lit
tie as $10 an acre. With suffici
ent water for bananas, that same
acre may sell for $10,000.
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That Needs
Telling"
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Boise (U.R) The Idaho-
Oregon-Washington Hells Can
yon association today began
seeking funds to finance its bat
tle against recent Federal Pow
er commission action authoriz
ing Idaho Power company to
build three dams on the Snake
river.
Sam Fretwell of Parma, chair
man of the tri-state group, said
its directors met here yesterday
to vote support of the national
rehearing of the FPC action.
He said an appeal was issued
for voluntary contributions from
persons supporting a single high
federal dam in Hells Canyon.
The funds would be used, he
said, to carry the fight to "ap
propriate courts" in the event
the rehearing is not granted.
Idaho Power bas said it ex
pects to start construction in
Hells canyon by the end of the
year.
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Vary With Population
Chicago (U.R) Cities with
population of more than 10,000
average 1.46 policemen for each
1,000 persons, according to the
International City Managers
Association. The association said
the number of policemen for
each 1,000 population ranges
from 1.39 in cities of 10,000 to
25,000 population, to 2.38 for
cities over 500,000.
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