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xrS ' m m trot JtSff W Bfefc-3viarine Sgt. D. L. Pruitt (left) of Minneapolis t warn but tearful embrace from his sweetheart, Mar yMt If rtin fter he was rescued from the Dismal Swamp Sutfolt, Va. Pruitt and another Marine were lost c5i warching for two lost hunters. The hunters were (lXcuef. Japan's Top Military Man E-Hp-gcting Complicated War (uyu u.r.j ijdpda s tup mn- itgrj ifn, Gen. Keizo Hayashi, (ftij'D ft is "expecting the most complicated war in history" but Sbts there will be any major fhSnf) for at least three years. Kg charged that the Japanese p&lic' "jumping logic" is hin dering the build-up of the new 180.000 g)m air, ground and sea seJEdefense forces and blamed part of the trouble on "Com munist (Subversives." Iivfi exclusive interview, the chSirmtji of tb Japanese joint (gjiH council predicted three pos ib)typii of r: o 1 "Th rf xt world wr could h ,S) war -ithojat saying it's a war Wfr of infiltration and ubvrsion." (S-"Or f$migfrt bt war with out (ijomic weapons. It could happen . . . something like Korea r Indo-China. 3 "And then it may be a war of the size and scale and meth ods now undreamed of. . ." Rfxrenint Attitude The 48-wear-old general dis- eusifafl th defeated and dis armed nation's new military povr (gtid stressed that it i a defense rc "Becau: we were defeated, thJ) basic sentiment here is still hate wr . . . and so hate jvar, (fcate rearmament. That's the way th peopif) think. It's jumping "The nation XS not conscious enough of the self-defense force ... and they don't understand it." The general said flatly that this "lack of understanding" has been "aggravated by groups of Communist subversives." He re fused to elaborate. "To maintain peace," he said, "we need a defense force to pro tect our country. I hope public opinion is heading in that gen eral directic" Haifway MBrk O The general glanced at two side-by-side models of the latest Russian and American super Paz Takes Formal Title lo Properties Buenos Aires U.R) Dr. Al berto Gainza Paz tages formal ti tie today to the principal proper ties of the newspaper La Pren sa, confiscated from him more than four years ago by deposed dictator Juan D. Peron. The La Prensa building and the printing plant, six blocks away, were handed over Mon day to Manuel Ordonez, chief counsel oOthe Paz family, but today's ceremony formally marks restitution of the proper ties. Peron converted La Prensa into a propaganda organ for his CGT labor federation, which continued to run the paper until the present revolutionary gov ernment decided to return it to Gainza Paz. She newspaper is scheduled to reappear under his direction as soon as an inventory is completed. sonic jet fighters in his office and commented: "No one can predict beyond three years. "But personally I'm expecting the most complicated war in history. "It won't be as simple as past wars . . . and there may be many small wars inside the big war." Asking about the possibility that Japan's dislike for was is so intense that its forces would do little fighting, Hayashi replied: ' "Our troops hate aggressive war, but they are willing to sacrifice . . . and fight to the last man to keep any invading force away." He said Japan's new American-equipped and trained armed forces are "preparing for any situation we might have to face." Asked how soon Japanese forces would be capable of facing an enemy, the one-time lawyer answered, "you might say we are climbing Mt. Fuji at the halfway mark." Japan is aiming next year for a 160,000-man ground force, about a 15,000-man air force with U.S. F-86 Sabrejets and a 422-vessel navy of around 23,000 men. Indepenednt Unions May Merge St. Louis (U.R) A commit tee representing two groups of independent labor unions yester day urged unification of all the independents into a single or ganization to "protect" them from the AFL-CIO. The committee, representing the National Independent Union Council and the Confederated Unions of America, called for a national convention next May to effect the organization and elect national officers. Don Mahon, executive secre tary of the NIUA, said all inde pendent unions, representing "between 6 and 7,000,000 work ers," would be invited to send delegates to the convention and join the organization. Mahon said the new organiza tion would unify more than 2500 independent unions in the nation. Virgin Islanders Ask New Political Status Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands U.P.) A committee of citizens adopted a resolution Tuesday asking the U.S. Con gress to grant the Virgin Islands the same political status Puerto Rico received in 1948. Such status would give the Virgin Islands the right to elect a governor, now appointed by the American president, and to appoint a resident in Congress. It would also allow the legisla ture full powers to legislate on internal matters, although re serving Congress the right to annul any legislation deemed inconvenient. U!t READY C0NC Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 . C LININGER & SONS mi A Is That So? Modern scientific research not withstanding, we are surrounded today by many popular beliefs which simply are not so. To help dispel them, here's another round for fact vs. myth. MYTH: A cold and wet nose marks a healthy dog. FACT. Dogs with cold noses sometimes run a high tempera ture. Dogs with hot noses some times are perfectly normal. MYTH: White eggs are more nutritious than brown eggs. FACT: Eggs are eggs. Food value of eggs however may vary slightly regardless of whether they are brown or white. It's strictly dependant upon what the hen's been eating. MYTH: The bite of our North American tarantula is highly poisonous enough to kill a grown man within hours; min utes even, if he's unlucky enough to be bitten near an artery or on his head. FACT: Not one of our North American tarantulas is danger ous to man. Furthermore they bite only under extreme provo cation (such as prolonged teas ing), if at all. The effect of the tarantula bite, wherever it occurs, is less than that of an ordinary bee sting, little more than the mere mechanical hurt or burn of the incision. For that matter, a pin prick is more injurious po tentially since the pin might be a carrier of infection whereas the tarantula's tiny fangs are exceptionally hygienic. What minor local swelling may ap pear is normally gone within 30 minutes or at most an hour. Exceedingly Rare Even the poison of the largest spider in the world, the giant Brazilian tarantula, measuring eight or nine inches in length, is really toxic only to cold-blooded animals and has no effect on mammals, including man. There is one South American tarantula, much smaller than those in North America, which carries a poison said to be toxic to man. But even in its native habitat it is exceedingly rare. MYTH: Our ancestors, the cave men, were bigger than we are. FACT: Despite the popular illustrations of the cave man, man's average height today is greater. Judging from skeletons, almost two inches greater since the Stone Age. Environment has a great influence on the size of the body. Where living condi tions are comparatively easy and food plentiful, men and women grow taller. MYTH: The blacker the cof fee, the stronger it is. FACT: The color of a cup of coffee is not an indication of its strength. A dark roast of the coffee bean produces a darker brew. In this regard, local preju dices are curious: on the West Coast coffee drinkers demand a light roast, but as one travels eastward, it becomes darker and darker. In Louisiana, by the way, they like coffee which con tains half chicory. And of this you may be sure: in every part of the world, coffee drinkers are dead sure that their own local coffee is the best in the world. By EUGENE BURNS' Ranger-Nituralist Street Pigeons MYTH: Present-day pigeons are a comparatively recent de velopment. FACT: Pigeons similar to those found on our city streets have been associated with man since earliest times. Crude dwellings of such birds have been found on the walls of caves once inhabited by some of our remotest ancestors. " MYTH: Some animals' eyes give off light in the dark. FACT: They don't. At least, they do not give off light of their own. They reflect light. For example, if we were to go into the woods at night with a flash light and throw its beam into a bush we might see some little glitters of topaz, say, from a spider; or even glints of green witchfire from a stealthy fox. These eyes shine in the same way as the roadside reflector button. Behind the retinas of these nocturnal animals is what amounts to a cluster of mirrors. The faint moonlight or starlight in which they have to do their seeing is reflected by these mir rors and thereby multiplied. But, to reiterate, they do not shine of themselves. (Released by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) (Copyright, 1955, by Eugene Burns) Wednesday, December 21, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! c'o Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. UEW Controlled By Reds, Is Claim Washington U.P.) Attorney General Herbert Brownel Jr. charged yesterday that the 100, 000 - member United Electrical Workers Union is controlled by a clique of Communists work ing to accomplish the aims of the Kremlin. Brownell asked the Subver sive Activities Control Board to declare the independent union a Communist infiltrated organi zation. A union so described by the SACB loses its rights before the National Labor - Relations Board. Its members lose all other benefits under the Taft-Hartley act. Brownell said his petition was designed to aid members of the union to "clean their or ganization of Communist dicta tors even as the CIO cleaned its organization in 1949 and 1950." UEW was one of five unions expelled by the CIO in those years on charges that they were dominated by Communists. WCTU SUED FOR TAXES Chicago (U.R) Cook county officials filed a tax delinquency suit of $56,139 against the Wom en's Christian Temperance Un ion. It charged that the training of anti-liquor missionaries at the society's Evanston headquar ters does not make it tax exempt. Use .Mail Trthune Want Ads Dead fine Sunday Classified u at noon Saturday; 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day SHOP WITH CASH! 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