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Survivor of 'Black Hole'-Tells
Of Anguished Cries for Water
Kosti, Sudan (U.R) A survi
vor of the "black hole" of Kosti
where 190 Sudanese tenant
farmera suffocated said today
their anguished cries for air and
water went unheeded by police
guards.
The Sudanese told a shocking
story of the horrible hours in a
prison ward where prisoners
were packed so tightly those
who died remained in an up
right position.
The survivor said that he and
the other tenant farmers were
arrested Tuesday morning and
taken by truck to the town of
Juda. He said they were held
without food and water ) until
late afternoon.
Drank From Canal
He said they were hustled on
board huge trucks for transpor
tation to Kosti, the huge cotton
growing center in the White
Nile province.
"They allowed us to drink
from the canal on the way," the
Sudanese said. "We reached
Kosti (after some five hours)
completely exhausted."
He said all 281 prisoners were
crammed into 65 by 20 foot
room. Semi-official reports said
there was a total of 334 prison
ers. ' .
"We couldn't sit we had to
stand all the time," he said.
"After two hours, we felt the
strong heat," he continued. "We
couldn't breathe. The doors, two
small glass windows near the
ceiling and the wooden shutters
were all closed.
Begged for Water
"We shouted, cried and bang
ed on the doors. 'We begged po
lice for water and told them we
were suffocating, but without
avail." ,
When the iron doors were
Brazilian Loyalists
Prepare for Af tack
Belem, Brazil (U.R) A com
mandeered riverboat loaded with
loyal troops ws reported steam
ing today toward Itaituba, head
of navigation on the Amazon
river, to attack rebels holding
the airstrip at Jacareacanga.
Air force sources said the 1,100
soldiers, marines and airmen in
the riverboat Presidente Vargas
will land at Itaituba and advance
against" the remote jungle air
strip. ' '...-.
Reports that the government is
planning an air raid and a para
troop landing at Jacareacanga
later today could not be con
firmed immediately..' ;
The air force sources said the
Presidente Vargas bypassed San
tarem, a riverside city abandon
ed by the rebels Thursday, and
headed directly for Itaituba.
others died in the hospital.
In Khartoum, student rioting
flared and newspapers printed
bitter editorials blaming the
government for the "black hole"
deaths and the slaughter of an
opened Wednesday morning 187
men were dead, he said. Three
other 150 tenant farmers in a
brawl with police.
The riots stemmed from the
refusal of the cotton farmers to
sell their crops to the market 'of
the Goda farm combine. Com
pany officials charged the riots
were Communist-inspired. "
Young Democrats Plan !
Saturday Convention
Portland (U.R) The first an
nual convention of the newly-
organized College Federation of
Young Democrates. of Oregon
will be held at Reed College
here tomorrow. Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton . and
State .Sen. . Monroe Sweetland
will be principal speakers.
Friday, February 24. 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Benson Asks Nationwide Backing
For Flexible Farm Price Program
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson,
in a direct blast at radio-TV com
mentator Edward R. Murrow,
said Thursday night anyone who
claims farmers are headed for a
depression is "simply not telling
the truth." f ,
Benson appeared on Murrow's
CBS television show, "See It
Now," to reply to a Jan. 26 pro
gram which Murrow called "The
Farm Problem A Crisis of
Abundance." Benson said it gave
a "somewhat distorted picture of
the American farm situation.
Support Asked
Benson called on the nation
wide TV audience to back the ad
ministration's flexible farm price
support program and "make
your wishes known" to members
of Congress. The Senate now is
debating a Democratic-sponsored
bill to junk the administration
program.
. Benson also said that Ameri
can agriculture is "not on the
rocks" and is "not depression
bound." . "Whoever says it is," he de
clared, "is rendering the cause
of the farmer a disservice and
is simply not telling the truth."
Benson, defending his farm
program and attacking Demo
cratic proposals for high rigid
price supports, also declared that
"there is no crisis of abundance."
He said current farm troubles
stem from "an imbalance be
tween supply and demand" and
"a critical cost-price squeeze."
Prices, Income Smothered
"Surpluses are' smothering
farm prices and income," he said.
"That's why our farm families
are not sharing as they should
in this nation's record prosper
ity." He denounced 90 per cent
4-H Club News
Kitchen Workers
The "Kitchen Workers" Phoe
nix 4-H club met at the Kidwell
home, Feb. 18. The hostess, Patty
Kidwell, demonstrated the bak
ing of cakes. Games were played
after the regular meeting, and
Cokes and cake were served.
Patty Kidwell
;. Reporter
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by government" and blamed
them for huge crop surpluses.
He said the administration pro
gram calls for a halt to price
fixing, and will help build big
ger farm markets.
It also will cut production of
surplus crops, he said, develop
new crops and' new uses for
them, and help farmers "keep
up their, income while cleaning
up . the. debris created by the
unsound programs we inherited."
Is That So?
A brairi thumper it is. Identify
me by No. 2 and you are an out
door expert; by No. 4 a woods
man; by No. 6 a dude wrangler;
by No. 8, a drugstore cowpoke.
The answer is in the last para
graph. . Strong enough to avoid
peeking? . , ;
1. Without using my legs, I am
a powerful swimmer but none
of my kind go far asea. A meat
eater, I refrain from chewing
my food. To help my digestion
along, I swallow hard objects
like pebbles. I build a large nest.
Come springtime, when romance
gives me a twinge, my bellows
carry a mile to my smaller mate.
2.. I may continue to grow half
a century or more. Once adult,
man alone is my enemy and
even though armed, he shows
considerable respect for me. With
my f bantamweight youngsters,
it's different: birds, soft-shelled
turtles, raccoons, fish; snakes
and even their own father may
gobble them up.
3. My fossil remains, found
both in Europe and America,
show that I once had 6-inch teeth
set in a (5-foot head, that I
measured over 50 feet. Today
my kind is smaller from 4 to 25
feet and encircle the globe's
warm regions. Before the white
man, my range in America ex
tended from the Rio Grande in
Texas to North Carolina.
4. I construct my den in the
river bank above water . level,
entering it through : an under
water passageway. Direct sun
shine at 100 degrees F. kills me
hence I bask in the water or
mud. To overcome cold. I hiber
nate, perhaps months on end
the farther north, of course, the
longer. . ' .
5. The female builds the nest.
Some make a large mound of
vegetable matter and mud, oth
ers scoop out a hollow in the
sand. She lays from 20 to 100
hard-shelled, goose-sized white
eggs and then covers them with
sand . and decaying vegetable
matter the latter incubates
them. After eight weeks or so,
the mother hears the "grunting"
from inside the buried eggs,
scratches away the covering? and
then the young peck their way
out with an egg-tooth which , is
discarded within a couple of
days.
Young Eight Inches Long
' 6. At birth the young are eight
inches long ahd look surprisingly
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
mature. They grow slowly, about
a foot a year until mature, at
ten. At an early age I form a
partnership with a plover-like
little bird. He picks my teeth
and removes things from my
close-set overlapping bony armor
plate that covers my back and
neck. 1
7. For a landlubber, I've made
some rather clever adaptations.
For easy walking in bogs, my
feet are webbed; for floating in
water, just under the surface,
my nostrils open on the tip-top
of my upturned snout so I can
breathe, and to keep a sharp
lookout, my eyes protrude, stem
like. Should I desire to sub
merge completely, I close three
valves; one for my nostrils; an
other for my ears; a third for
my throat the latter permits
me to kill my prey under water.
- 8. -A night-time feeder, I eat
anything which I can overpower
such as fish, salamanders, birds,
and creatures which come to the
river banks, including cattle. My
favorite approach is to proceed
slowly, carefully f and then
make a sudden rush, striking my
victims with my large, powerful
tail, and then seizing them in
between, my formidable jaws
and dragging them under the
water to drown.
9. My sharp interlocking teeth
are embedded In vice-like jaws.
Despite my big mouth, I cannot
swallow anything large so once
I drown my prey, I seize hold of
a chunk and twist it off by turn
ing my body lengthwise in the
water. Curiously, once my big
mouth is clamped shut, a comparatively-
weak man can hold it
shut with his bare hands.
10. Of all reptiles, I am per
haps the most highly special
ized. The soft under part of my
tough skin is made into travel
ing bags, handbags and shoes;
my teeth make fine ivory; my
musk glands rare perfume; and
some people think my eggs
scrumptious. I am best known
for my so-called crocodile tears.
I care not a whit for my victims
(Copyright, 1956,
by Eugene Burns)
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