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J Medford Uniiea Press Full Leased Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1956 Pages 1-6 Dulles' 'Brink of War' Statements Help Take Political Heat Off Eden London flJ.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' "brink of war" interview shook Anglo American relations but helped take the domestic political heat off Prime Minister Anthony Eden, diplomatic observers said today. Almost overnight the inter view in Life magazine drastic ally altered the background of Eden'i forthcoming talks with "President. Eisenhower. The Prime Minister sails for the United States a week from to day. Slatei Major Speech Eden may give the nation an advance view of the consulta tions in a major political speech tomorrow. Political sources said he considers it the most im portant speech he has made since succeeding Sir Winston Churchill as prime minister. Diplomats in London believed Newsman Flies Around World In 5 Minutes Sri South Pole Trip (Editor's "Note: Newsmen accompa nying Admiral Byrd on his Antarctic nedition drpw lots to see who should be the first to accompany aerial ex ' plorers on a trip over the South Puje. Saul Pett. Associated Press staff writ er, won the draw. HJs dispatch follows) By SAUL PETT (For the combined American Press) Over the South Pole, Friday, Jan. 13 (Delayed) (U.R) It is now 7:28 P.m., (New Zealand time, 10:28 a.m., PST). A min ute ago we were flying south. Without changing course, we are now flying north. Eighteen hundred feet below us lies the' precise bottom of the world from which all direc tions are north. This is the magi cal 90 degree south latitude- one of the two most exclusive navigational positions on earth This is the South Pole for which men have died in the reaching. Complete Circle We have just completed a circle of five miles in diameter. Thus we have flown around the world in five minutes. There are 10 of is aboard the plane nine base fliers of Operation Deep Freeze and one bug-eyed correspondent. Their boredom is understandable since, for most of the crew of the four-engined Sjymaster, this is their second flight over the pole in 11 days. The excitement of this corre spondent is equally understand able. Less than 40 men have been here before us. This is only the fifth flight in all history over the. pole and I, they tell me, am the first reporter ever to fly overQt. Now what does a good re porter do in such an exclusive spot? He reaches into his book TOSS IT ACROSS Sault Ste.' Marie, Ont. (U.R) Mrs. E. H. Botting received a letter three months late. It was mailed at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich The post office where the letter was mailed is plainly visible across the St. Mary's river from Mrs. Bottmg's house. of adjectives for a ringing de scription on the epic level. This will now be done in one broken hearted line. Dirty White Blur All I can see below, above and to the left and right of our orange-tipped wings is a dirty white blur. This is a whiteout the antarc tic trick of refraction by which light bounces off billions of minute ice particles and results in zero visibility. It is just my luck to strike it now. "Don't feel bad," says our colorful, heavily mustached plane commander, Lt. Col. Hal R. Kolp, Marine pilot from Akron. "You didn't miss anything. The pole is exactly like the rest of the dull, flat snow-covered plateau we have been flying over all day." We hit the pole on the return leg of a long, tiring flight of exploration deep into the un known heartland of the Antarc tic. We took off from the base. McMurdo Sound, headed toward Queen Maude land, reached a point 550 miles beyond the pole at latitude 82 degrees south. longitude 20 degrees east, turn ed left and headed for the pole on the homeward' journey. Towering Coastal Peaks We are now 20 minutes away from the pole and still in the whiteout. In an hour and a half, we are due to reach the tower ing coastal peaks. We are still 900 miles from the base and we have been burning Eas heavily all day fighting head winds and overcasts and white-outs-on the way out. We are now flying at an alti tude of 1,000 feet above sea level, but the radar shows a high polar plateau only 1,500 feet below us. It is "now almost five hours later and we have just landed at McMurdo base with our sense of history completely numbed by the exhausting flight which covered 2,700 miles and took 24 hours. U. S. Far East policy suffered heavily and that Eden's prestige rose because of the Dulles' state ments. First British reaction was heated, and one editor called the Dulles' "brink" strategy a "dance of death." The interview's timing so close to Eden's Washington mis sion puzzled officials in London and most expressed belief it was aimed at the domestic American political situation. Attitude Changed But whatever the motive, Eden appeared to have come out of the trans-Atlantic differ ence of opinion with heightened strength. One week the big Daily Mirror published a ban ner headline proclaiming "Eden Is a Flop." The next week, after the Dulles interview, it said: "Thank God the advice that was followed was Eden's advice, and not the bomb-brandishing of Dulles." "For the past month " it said in an editorial, "The Mirror has been attacking Sir Anthony Eden for his fumblings on the Tillamook Girl Drowns in River Tillamook-UU.R) A teenaged boy and girl told police Sun day that they kept quiet when their 18-year-old girl companion fell, into the Kilchis river and drowned because they were afraid to have anyone know about their night excursion into the pitch-dark park along the river.- The body of Thea Silk, a Til lamook' high school- girl, was found floating in the river Sat urday by ,Cy Lane, a Bay City, Ore., fisherman. , The girl's companion, 15-year-old Mona Ison, Garibaldi, and William Ramsay, 17, Bay City, were questioned by District At torney John Hathaway. Hathaway said the young peo ple, told him that they and Thea drove into the dark park after attending a basketball game and dance at Neahkahnie Union high school. Ramsay told police his car be came stuck in the mud and he urged the girls to go off in the brush and hide while he got help from a farmer: The girl apparently fell in the river and drowned while stum bling around in the dark. After getting farmer Paul Barker to help them out of the mud, the two teenagers looked for . Thea without finding her. LOOK! NO HANDS! McCook, Neb. (U.R) No one was injured when two cars col lided here. Both cars were driv erless. Apparently the hand brakes on the vehicles released, causing them to roll. home front . . . but today The Mirror salutes Eden . . . the whole world has been shocked by the outrageous statements made by Mr. John Foster Dulles." Historical Group Issues Memorial To E. C. Ferguson The Southern Oregon Histori cal Society, Inc., last week is sued a statement in memory of the late E. C. Ferguson, manag ing editor of the Mail Tribune for many years, and one. of the founders and directors of the so ciety. The statement follows: In the passing of E. C. Fergu son, a long time and influential citizen of southern Oregon, our community has suffered a grie vous loss. 'This is especially true of the Southern Oregon Histori cal Society. Active. Influential Mr. Ferguson was associated with the Society from the time of its inception. He was very active and influential in arous ing public sentiment favorable, to the establishment of the tax supported Museum at Jackson ville. Not only did Mr'. Ferguson give his personal support to this project, he also advocated the building of the Museum in the editorial columns of the Medford Mail Tribune. After the Museum became an actuality, Mr. Fer guson served as a board member of the Southern Oregon Histori cal Society until his death. His services were invaluable on the publicity and budget commit tees. Just before his final illness, Mr. Ferguson played an active part in arranging for the trans fer of many of the historical ma terials from the Britt estate to the Museum. We feel that E. C. Ferguson's work with, ,our Society- will re main a monument to liis mem ory for many future years. Cer tainly his companionship and friendship will be - cherished by those of us who had the privi lege of working with him. The Officers and Mem bers of the Southern -Oregon Historical So ciety, i Blue Crutch Sale Nets $227 for March of Dimes A total of $227.35 was raised for the March, of Dimes by the sale of Blue Crutches on the streets of Medford last Satur day, it was announced today by Jerry Gastineau, city drive chairman.. The sale was conduct ed by members of the Medford 20-30 club. BKSl Bin II W IN -Tit-na'n y'i'- Jf ih ilTWiiiiill i iinfimi in i STEWART AT KING ST. g IT 0 P P lb U MED Your Brand New SUPER DELUXE n STEWART AT KING ST. - MEDFORD n n U WATCH FOR IT! WAIT FOR IT! 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