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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
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