i
G
.EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, October 26. 1955
Nagasaki A-Bpmb Damage Rebuilt Quietly; Quickly
Nagasaki (U.R) This A-
bomb city that the world forgot
4s quickly rebuilding its big fac
tories and shipyards without the
fanfare and publicity of Hiroshi
ma. Any mention of the terrifying
birth of the atomic age 10 years
ago immediately suggests Hiro
shima. It was Hiroshima that de
clared $self the peace city, that
each year holds huge interna
tional rallies against nuclear
weapons and that sent 25 well
publicized women to the United
States for plastic surgery.
But Nagasaki, famed as the
home of Cho-Cho San, heroine
of Puccini's opera, "Madam But
terfly," has taken a back seat
in displaying the horrors of atom
bomb warfare.
"We don't like publicity,"
Mayor Tsutomu Tagawa said.
"We are a gentle people with a
mild outlook on life."
For centuries when Japan
was all but closed to the West,
the military dictators permitted
limited trading with the outside
world through Nagasaki. With
one of the finest natural harbors
in Japan, trade was opened in
1571 with the arrival of a Portu
guese ship.
Missionaries, particularly Ca
tholics, followed, and to this
day Nagasaki is the center of
Christianity in Japan.
These long contacts with the
West, Mayor Tagawa said, gave
Nagasaki people a tolerant
spirit, and they met the atom
bomb without rancor.
No More Wreckage
On Aug. 9, 1945 three days
after a uranium bomb killed at
least 78,000 persons in Hiroshi
ma a more powerful pluton
ium bomb was dropped in a
heavily populated Nagasaki val
ley. The white-hot searing blast
hurtled down the valley toward
the harbor, burning and splint
ering some 18,000 houses and
buildings and killing an estimat
ed 74,000 persons.
The proud industrial city
much of it built by the fabulous
Mitsubishi wealth was reduc
ed to twisted steel girders, sick
ening pieces of flesh and tons of
brick and stone rubble.
Today, 10 years later, there is
no wreckage.
Mitsubishi rebuilt its ship
yards, and Nagasaki vessels are
sailing on every sea. New fac
tories are making induction and
direct current motors, turbo-generators,
hoisting machines,' forg
ed products; winches, steel
plate, high-grade steels and a
popular tourist item, tortoise
shell ware.
"The city has now almost re
covered from its disaster," said
Mayor Tagawa.
"We are firmly convinced that
with their old traditions and rich
experience in foreign trade, the
traders of Nagasaki will in time
make our city one of the most
important trading ports in west
ern Japan."
Nagasaki faces the same ma
jor problem plaguing all Jap
pan, loss of the China market.
Because of its location in west
ern Japan, Nagasaki before the
war was a major port of trade
with the China mainland and
southeastern Asia. But the once
vital China trade is now a
trickle. (
Nagasaki does most of its bus
iness with Singapore, Hongkong,
India, West Africa, and Burma.
Despite its long historic asso
ciation with the West, only about
70 Americans and Europeans
live in Nagasaki, a city of 300,
000. Twenty-nine are Americans
most of them medical scientists
connected with the atomic bomb
casualty commission which is
studying nuclear radiation ef
fects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
bomb victims.
"The anti-war feeling," one
Japanese newsman said, "is very
strong, but there are no indica
tions pointing to its connection
with anti-Americanism.
"The Communist party's or
ganization and strength in Naga
saki are weak. Registered party
members number only about 200
and there are 1,000 fellow-trav;
elers."
In a recent election for city
assemblymen, only one Commu
nist ran and he received only
1,000 votes..
Are Nagasaki people jealous
of the attention given to Hiro
shima? "There have been some com
plaints this year," said a Japa
nese newspaperman, "that the
money given for treatment of
A-bomb patients in Nagasaki
was small compared with what
Hiroshima received.
I As We Live
Long Engagements May Be
Bad Or Good For Couple
In the past, a reasonably long
engagement of six months to a
year was considered proper.
However, as the trend has been
toward shorter and shorter en
gagements, a long one can be a
problem for those involved.
(Q) "I am 21 years eld and
have just announced by engage
ment to a young man of 24 who
hat completed
his army ser
vice and . has
gone into bus
iness for him
self. . He said
that he did not
feel he could
be married for
a year be-
cause he is
Dr. Herlock putting every
thing he has into this new busi
ness until it gets started. He has
told me that we may have to
delay our marriage even beyond
the year if his business doesn't
work out well.
"I agree that this is wise, but
my family and friends are mak
ing things difficult for me. They
keep asking when I will be mar
ried and seem surprised, if not
actually shocked, when
I tell them I do not know, but
By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D.
not for at least a year. My
mother thinks we should be mar
ried by next June and, if nec
essary, I should keep on with
my job until the business is on
a good basis. She maintains that
a long engagement is not good.
Ie she rights'
P. T.
(A) A long engagement can be
"good"-or "bad," depending on
how the engaged couple feels
about it. As both you and your
fiance agree that it is best to
wait until he can devote more
time to you and your new home,
I cannot see why a long engage
ment would be harmful in any
way and it should be beneficial.
During this period, you can
get to know each other and your
families better. You can get to
know your fiance's friends and
he, your friends. You can work
out all kinds of problems that
are likely to arise and try to
solve them before they become
. fl warm wellcDuin
ffir oneu Pacific Merttoesteiriiiieirs
- " i
III the laSt 10 yCarS Pacific Northwest population has grown
at the rate of 94,000 people annually! That's why Standard was planning many
years ago for this winter's job of helping to keep you and the newcomers in your
community warm. Bight now, a 710-mile pipe line . . . sea-going tankers and in
land barges... multi-million gallon storage facilities... hundreds of trucks and rail
way tank cars are on the job. They're feeding an endless stream of clean, healthful
and economical heating oils the most popular fuel in this region to your Distrib
utor of Standard Heating Oils . . . the "Housewarmer."
This supply system, bringing you cold-weather comfort, is another important way
Standard serves you . . . and the farms, industry and commerce of a growing
Pacific Northwest. . .
...And we bring your car a BIG PLUS! It's
"Detergent-Action" plus New Power in Chevron
Gasolines! Thanks to new and improved refining meth
ods, you get the highest octane in Chevron history . . .
for ping-free power in high-compression engines! And
you get exclusive carburetor-cleaning "Detergent
Action", that ends a major cause of engine stalling.
Only Chevron Gasolines offer you this Big Plus ... . try
a tankful today at your Standard or Chevron Station!
Working with yon in
Washington, Oregon
and Idaho
3,081 Standard employees -
$14,942,035 annual payroll
4,915 Pacific Northwest
shareholders
$76,618,025 investment in
plant, refinery and distribu- ,
tion facilities"
$26,291,953 worth of goods
and services bought from more
than 1,575 Pacific Northwest
businesses in 1954
3,067 independent business
men who support themselves
and their 8,492 employees by ,
selling Standard products
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
Siace 1379 forming ahead to serve the Pacific Northwest better
Mother and Sons Reunite
Omaha, Neb.V (U.R) Mrs.
Alice Crosby has been reunited
with two sons who were taken
away from her 17 years ago and
left in a boys' home in Iowa by
their father. ,
Mrs. Crosby, who worked
hard to support five other chil
dren from a previous marriage,
said she never had the oppor-
real obstacles to harniony in
your home, such as problems re
lating to the budget, inlaws, and
raising children.
Only if you allow the pres
sure of your parents and friends
to influence your attitude to
ward your fiance and to try to
force him into marriage before
he is ready will this year be a
hazardous one so far as your
future happiness is concerned.
It is up to you to see that this
does not happen.
(COPYRIGHT li)55.
GENERAL FEATURES CORP.)
After 17-Year Separation
tunity to trace the boys, who
were two and four years old
when they disappeared.
Recently she was notified
that they, were released from
the home in which they grew
up, and that one son, Verne, 19,,
was hospitalized at Iowa City
for an operation.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a m . Monday for
Monday, other days 5:30 Dreviousday.
Serving The Meat Industry
For 60 Years
Oak, Hickory and Redwood
SAWDUST
:or smoking sausage, hams and bacon
PINE SAWDUST
. . . For cooler boxes and floors
PIONEER SAWDUST
and SAND DEPOT
HLgate 4-1011 2800 Peralts St.
OAKLAND 8 CALIFORNIA
c
wm
and
POMUTS
Served All Day Sat.
0 Halloween Cake , to Be Given Away
GIFTS FOR THE LADIES -
BALLOONS FOR KIDDIES
Come In Saturday, Oct. 29 ... Join in the Fun!
mm-im wmhi
-MEW 1955
"hotpoint" I '
win
SUPGR-S70R
RGFttlGGRATGH
-FREEZER
Foods Frotzo Fqstor in this
91-lb. true freezer! , Six-side insu
lation . . . separate cold system!
Foods Stay Fresh far longer,
even,rhen uncovered! New
3-Way Cold provides ideal humid-
ty tor alt mnas ot iresn rooas: .
No Defrosting exclusiva
Frost-Awiy means no frost to
defrost! Frees you forever of all
messy defrosting!
COME IN AND SEE this most
advanced of all new 2 -door com
bination refrigerator-freezers!
HANDY DAIRY-STOR
"H0TPul.iT" i
Changes Your View
point . Automatical!'
j.
Foods in reir comers as easy
to reach as foods at the front!
Sturdy aluminum shelves glide
out on nylon roller! '
Egg Rack, Butter Bin, 2 Cheese
Keepers, Ready-Foil Dispenser
built into the door! Conven
ient new "p-ftocr" storage!
And Your Old Refrigerator
HURRY! LIMITED SUPPLY!
REGULAR VALUE ....... .. $529.95
. Less Trade-In for Your Old Refrigerator ........ 1 00.00
WHILE ffhpin f $I5 (o)95
THEY LAST bJl! II SQI
OITY APPUAQCE, lie
Medford's and Ashland's Exclusive "HOTPOINT" Dealer
127 NO. CENTRAL AVE. MEDFORD PHONE 3-5306
. 137 EAST MAIN STREET ASHLAND PHONE 9-5831
OPEN WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 'TIL 9 P.M.
A
0