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Long 'Cold War' for Control of
Antarctic Seen interesting Issue
Editor's note: The Antarctic- eonti
lient has been the subject recently of
the most intense scientific explorations
in its history. Another kind of study
of its Dontical status mav be next.
The following dispatch explains the
complicated political background of
Antarctica and how the t'nited Nations
may be called on to settle its future.
By RALPH TEATSORTH
Uniled Press Correspondent
United Nations, N.Y. (U.R)
The long "colrl war" over con
trol of the Antarctic mav prove
o to be one of the most interesting
issues ever brought before the
United Nations.
Q India has proposed that the
future of Antarctica be debated
this year in the U.N. General
Assembly.
O The proposal is being received
with mixed feelings. Some gov
ernments and scientific circles
welcome it. Argentina and Chile,
which both claim certain South
Polar regions, are opposing it.
Those who favor U.N. inter
vention point out that conflict
ing claims on the Antarctic
wastes constitute a knotty prob-
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As We Live
By ELIZABETH HimOCK. PH.D.
O
Women Must Sometimes
Sacrifice Femininity
It is not always possible for
women today to wear truly
feminine clothes.
(Q) "My wife insists upon go
ing around in blue jeans, shorts
and slacks. When she was
younger, before our marriage I
.. a j
iSl4t& why she wore
such clothes.
She was very
s 1 e n d er, had
well- shaped
legs and was
in all sorts of
athletics at
school and col
lege. Now she
TVr Hu.wv s Z9. mother
of three children and anything
but thin. She wears shorts in the
summer and blue jeans or slacks
in the winter.
"I can understand why she
wears them in the house as
they make it easier for her to do
the housework and take care of
the children. But I cannot un
derstand why she doesn't change
io a skirt when she goes shop
ping or out to chafe with the oth
er women in the neighborhood.
Her argument is that she is
more comfortable in shorts or
slacks than in skirts and they
make less laundry for her. Don't
you think a woman of her agel
and size should wear more i
feminine clothes?"
M. T.
(A)When a woman has three
small children and a house to
take care of she must sometimes
sacrifice becomingness to com
fort and efficiency. Having been
accustomed to wearing shorts or
slacks for athletics when she
was younger, it is natural for
her to find skirts hampering in
her busy life. '
The laundry argument hardly
holds water these days because
there are plenty of skirts and
dresses made of materials tht
require no ironing. All they
need is to be hung up to dry
after they are laundered. This
means no more work for your
wife than would be needed to
keep her shorts and blue jeans
clean.
Looks Better in Skirts
I agree a woman looks better
in skirts than in shorts or slacks
uen she goes to stores or to
visit with her friends. As one
approaches 30 it is time to dress
one's age, not like a schoolgirl.
' As your children grow older,
they are very likely to be criti
cal of their mother, if she -continues
to wear such clothes, ex
cept when she is doing heavy
work around the house.
You might use the unbecom
ingness of shorts as an argument
to persuade your wife to go on
a reducing diet. If she could re
gain the slender figure she had
when she was younger, shorts
and slacks would not look so
out of place.
(Copyright 1956,
General Features' Corp.)
lem that only international ac
tion can untangle.
The question is one of claims
and counter-claims arising from
discovery and exploration. The
U.N. may be called on to decide
whether discovery without con
quest confers a right of owner
ship. Golden Age of Exploration
In the golden age of European
exploration the adventurer who
got there first usually had the
best claim to a piece of land.
Empires were built this way, but
in the present century such em
pires have been melting away
because of one big weakness:
They did not take into considera
tion the will of the "discovered"
people.
As an organization the U.N.
has encouraged peoples to
govern themselves and sever
colonial ties. But Antarctica is
another matter entirely.
Antarctica was "discovered"
in the true sense. There is not
a single "native" human being
there who could be called on to
choose his own political destiny.
It also must be considered that
the U.N. General Assembly is
a body that can merely recom
mend, not command. Any na
tion can ignore its recommenda
tions. The assembly, among other
things, might call for an inter
national geographical conference
to consider the probJem of Ant
arctica. International Control
Eight years ag-o the United
States suggested that the con
tinent be put under international
control. It has been hinted that
India may propose U.N. trustee
ship. Any such proposal is sure
to generate heated debate in the
General Assembly.
International legal brains dif
fer in opinion on how claims
should be established. Some have
suggested that continuous oc
cupation and administration
should be the determining fac
tors.' The United States, while mak
ing no claim for itself, does not
recognize any other claims. Rus
sia has made it clear that it
wants to be dealt in on any game
of dividing the Antarctic. Brit
ain has considered itself an Ant
arctic power since Capt. James
Cook circled the continent in
1773.
Many Claims To Antarctic
Britain, France, Norway, Aus
tralia and New Zealand have
proclaimed their sovereignty
over parts of the Antarctic. Ar
gentina and Chile are in a tri
angular dispute with Britain
over that part of the Antarctic
nearest South America. Ger
many, Japan, South Africa and
Belgium also have, shown keen
interest at times in the con
tinent.
The issue of the conflicting
claims is more pressing now than
ever, not so much because of
Antarctica's material or strategic
importance today but because of
the role it may play tomorrow.
Among questions being asked
are these: Will control of Ant
arctica be an essential of any
global war? Will trans-polar air
travel require permanent air
and weather bases there? Are
minerals, uranium for instance,
available there to a commercial
extent? ,
Is That So?
(Editor's note: Eugene Burns has
just returned from a six weeks' tour of
the Orient "with Japan Air Lines. As a
result of his many experiences and
conversations with fellow-naturalists,
writers, university professors, zoo di
rectors, .JAL pilots, friendly innkeep
ers, anglers and hunters, he has
amassed a wealth of material to share
with our readers, topics such as: The
world's oldest wooden buildings, China
Typhoon. Keeping cut flowers fresh,
Moon-viewing and Writing Japanese
poetry. Bathing in hot springs. The
lei of the island, Animals have no pol
itics. Transplanting centtiry-old coco
nut palms. Princess Kaiulani's mouth
watering pineapple recipes, New Eng
land forests in old Japan. Caged insect
singers. Big Island Volcano House. Cer
tainly these coming weeks promise
some interesting new viewpoints. Ap
propriately his first piece is Pacific
Biggest of Oceans. Fasten your seat
belts! We're adventure-bound.)
Over the wide Pacific. Coat
off, sweater on: shoes off, JAL
flight-issue socks on; steaming
hot towel to wipe face and hands
and ease the tension; a dainty
cup of warm sake (Japanase rice
wine) presented by a petite kimono-clad
Japanese stewardess,
Pilots Walk Away
From Mt. Fuji Crash
Tokyo (U.R) A U.S. Air
Force transport slammed into a
snowbank on the side of Mount
Fuji today but its two pilots
walked away, unharmed, the
Air Force reported.
The two-engined C47 crashed
in 20 feet of snow about 1,000
feet from the top of the sacred
mountain.
An Air Force spokesman said
the deep snow padded the shock
of the crash, enabling the two
pilots to crawl out and walk to
a Japanese weather station a
short distance away.
They were (identified as Maj.
John C. Fowle, of Lakeworth,
Fla., and Capt. Earl Preston
Kelley, of Clear Springs, Md.
Swiss Males Vote To
Keep Women From Polls
Bern, Switzerland U.R)
Male citizens voted for the 24th
time here Sunday to keep wom
en out of politics.
They rejected by a vote of
62,971 to 52,929 a law which
would have introduced women
suffrage in the cnton of Bern.
3-5-56
an exciting travel book (After
You, Marco Polo by Jean Bowie
Shor) and I'm off. to the Orient
in surroundings already redo
lent of the Far East.
To latch on to a tailwind, we
are crusing at 22,000 feet. This
will swish our four - engined
magic carpet through the air at
an incredible 6V miles a min
ute a mile for every nine sec
onds As I stand in the cockpit, our
American pilot, Capt. Robert G.
Judd, who has some 2,500,000
miles of piloting under his belt,
tells me that from our four-mile
high elevation in our pressur
ized plane, the circle of our hori
zon is pushed out to where we
can see 196 miles in every di
rection. "Stop right there," I tell him.
"You mean, Captain, I'm look
ing at an area as great as all
New England rolled together?"
Bigger Than Oregon
"And then some," he says,
pulling out his slide rule.
"Roughly, 120,500 square miles
about twice as big as New
England. Bigger than Oregon.
Slightly smalelr than Montana!"
Calling over the intercom for
a weather map from his naviga
tor, he traced our DC-6'Bs
course with his index finger:
"You see, we are going some 300
miles north of the direct route
to allow for the earth's curva
ture plus a storm brewing in
this area.
"Airplanes today not only fly
around storms, but mostly over
them."
I asked him to pinpoint the
"visible horizon." After deliber
ating, he drew a small circle.
"Roughly ,an hour and twenty
minutes flying time. Of course,
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same distance in half the time
in forty minutes at around 600
miles per hour!"
64,000,000 Square Miles
Although the Captain's circle
represents an area bigger than
Arizona, in the illimitable Paci
fic greatest of oceans it is
swallowed up. Stretching 7,300
miles from the Aleutians to the
Antarctic and 10,500 miles from
Panama to Malaya, the Pacific
totals 64,000,000 square miles.
About two-thirds of all the
worlds other bodies of water.
Big? Man alive!
Upon this tremendous ocean,
one can place 21 countries the
size of the U.S. Or, for that mat
ter, all of the continents, Africa,
Antarctica, .Asia, . Australia,
Europe, North America and
South America combined and
still have enough space left to
accommodate a second South
American continent.
And deep! Not only does it
have the deepest spot of all the
oceans over six and a half
miles down at the Challenger
deep off Mindanao, east of the
Philippines, but its average
depth is 1,000 feet greater than
any other ocean almost three
miles.
As color slowly draws out of
the sky and we are swallowed
in Stygian darkness, the Japa
nese stewardess presents the
wine list preparatory to dinner
at the Honolulu airport cham
pagne from France, sake from
Japan, beer from Denmark,
scotch from need I say where?
bourbon from Kentucky, wine
from California ...
We are losing altitude. Still
out of sight at Oahu's lights, the
purser announces: "Prepare for
landing at Honolulu Interna
tional airport. We're only one
hundred miles out we'll be
landing in thirty minutes."
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(Copyright, 1956.
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Military Flying
Becoming Safer
Despite Crashes
Washington (U.R) The Air
Force contends figures show
military flying is becoming safer
despite eight crashes in two
months.
The crash of a giant Globe
master Friday in the Atlantic off
Iceland brought to 45 the num
ber of airmen killed in Air Force
crashes since Jan. 4.
The Air Force Sunday made
the figures available to allay
public anxiety and concern in
its own ranks. The figures in
dicated that military plane acci
dents are declining in the face
of a vast expansion in flight op
erations. Air Refueling Cited
For example, the Air Force
said an average of 360 Strategic
Air Command bombers are re
fueled in flight from aerial tank
ers every day or one every four
minutes regardless of weather.
It also pointed out that some
jet fighter bases have 1,440 land
ings and takeoffs a day, or one
every minute. Nellis Air Force
Base, the gunnery training cen
ter at Las Vegas, Nev., has a
landing or takeoff every 42
seconds, it said.
Last year, the Air Force said,
it flew more than 2Vz times as
many hours as this country's
domestic and international sched
uled airlines. Much of its fly
ing is done in complicated new
planes, under hazardous weather
conditions and in all parts of the
world.
Despite this, the Air Force
said its major accident rate last
year was 17 per 100,000 hours
flown, three fewer thaji in 1954.
There were four fatal accidents
and nine fatalities per 100,000
hours, the same as in 1954, the
lowest rates in Air Force history.
"A tentative check indicates
the accident rate so far this year
is lower than it was on this date
last year," the Air Force said.
!
Monday, March 5, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Air Force in Need of Responsible Leaders
Dallas, Tex. 0J.R) Respon
sible leadership, not mechanical
ingenuity is the great need of
the Air Force, Flying Training
Air Force, Maj. Gabriel P. Diso-
sway thinks.
Disosway addressed some 500
officers and cadets who had just
completed the Lackland pre
flight course. He told them- that
airplanes are aloft seven years
after the dgawing-board stage,
"but it takes at least 20 years to
get the men to fly them."
Although the Air Force uses
almost fantastic equipment, its
operation is simple compared to
obtaining leaders to make pro
per use of the new machines.
"What the world needs today,"
the general said, "is more men
of courage, integrity and perse
verance than any time in history."
4-H Club Hews
Gold Hill Sewing Club
The Dashing Seamstresses 4-H
Sewing club met March 1, in
the Gold Hill School sewing
room. The meeting was called
to order by Dianne Jore, presi
dent. Bonnie Knapp led the 4-H
pledge, and Judith Force led
the flag salute. Roll call was
answered by members naming
their favorite- cake. Refresh
ments were served by Judy
Higgins.
The meeting was adjourned
and turned over to Mrs. Al Be
man. Mrs. John Jore and our
visitor, Mrs. Fred Jones, who
passed out last year's record
books.
Judith Force,
Reporter.
Eagle Point Cooking Club
The Eagle Point Cheerful
cookers met Feb. 27 in the Home
Economics room' of the high
school at 3:30 p.m. Twelve mem
bers were present.
After the business meeting
Ellen Hay and Sharon Sommons
demonstrated how to make pea
nut butter cookies. The cookies
were served for refreshments
after the meeting.
On Monday night the group
took a trip into the new Piggly
Wiggly market in Medford. They
went mainly to see the vegetable
display. The manager explained
about the different types of pro
duce and what to look for when
purchasing vegetables. All the
members benefited from this
tour and enjoyed themselves.
The next meeting will be held
March 12 in the high school -at
3:30 p.m. Plans for a mother's
tea to be held in May will be
made at this meeting,
Susie Carroll,
Acting Reporter.
The Westside Stitchers
The Westside 4-H Sewing club
held its last meeting Feb. 15 at
the home of our leader, Mrs.
Franek. Mrs. Franek gave out
our record books and gave some
assignments. The first year we
learned to pull thread. The next
year learned to hem a dish towel.
The next year learned how to cut
and sew on potholders.
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were served
by Caroly Barnes. The next
meeting will be March 21 after
school at the home of Mrs.
Franek with Nancy Barnes serv
ing refreshments.
Nancy Barnes,
Reporter.
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