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Wednesday, March 28, 1956
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Tucker Says Tide Has Turned;
Problem of Meeting Cat Demand
SNO-CATS The Tucker Sno-Cat, manufac
tured in Medford, has gained a world-wide
reputation in recent" years, and is now in use
in every continent of the world, including
Antarctica. E. M. Tucker, inventor of the ve
hicle and president of the company making
them, says his problem now is in keeping up
with the demand. Two versions of the vehicle
are shown in the pictures above. At the top
are two cabless Sno-Cats purchased for the
Frhch Antarctic expedition as part of the
International Geophysical Year exploration
of that continent. The French wished to de
velop their, own type of cabs. Reports from
Antarctica say the 'Cats are living up to ex
pectations. The lower photo shows a regular
model as is used in ski resorts around the
world for a number of purposes. The picture
shows one towing a sled full of winter sports
enthusiasts. Other models have two pontoons
and skis in front, as well as other variations
E. M. Tucker, president of
Tucker Sno-Cat corporation, said
yesterday the tide has turned for
his enterprise.
"I've spent years trying to
sell Sno-Cats. Now the problem
is making them fast enough to
meet the demand," he decii.
The unique over-the-snow ve
hicle, perfected by Tucker after
half a lifetime of experimenting
and testing different designs, is
rapidly turning into the major
form of . over-snow travel
throughout the world. About 450
of the machines, in a number of
different models, have been
made since Tucker started his
enterprise. He is now assisted by
his sonj in the management of
the business, which is worldwide.
Small Plant
The vehicles are manufactur
ed in a comparatively small
plant located on the Pacific high
way south of Medford. For
years the machines were turned
out, one 01 two at a time, on a
hand-assembly basis. But as the
advantages of its design became
better and better known, the
orders came in faster and faster,
and now the big problem is ex
panding to meet the demand.
The French Antarctic expedi
tion is using two of his machin
es, the U. S. has several there,
the Navy recently ordered eight
Sno-Cats, the Japanese govern
ment has ordered two for imme
diate delivery and 12 more for
later delivery, and in the past
few weeks the Tucker company
has received inquiries from the
governr lents of Finland, Italy,
Formosa, Holland and Greece.
Unique Pontoon
The Sno-Cat feature which
makes it unique is the "pontoon"
around which runs the endless
chain which drives the machine.
It is hollow and light, giving the
Sno-Cat probably the best ratio
of weight to power of any snow
vehicle now in operation.
A recent article in the New
York Herald Tribune was de
voted to the Sno-Cat, and the
uses to which it has been put in
the east It starts out: "As far
as Eastern ski areas are con
cerned, the Sno-Cat seems to toe
secondary in importane only to
snow."
The article goes on to de
scribe how the big vehicles are
seen in almost all the Eastern
ski resorts, and how they are
used to pull skiers up slopes, to
smooth off skiing areas after
fresh snow, to roll down ski ,
a : i i hi ,, ;u r : '
iraus, lo narrow iieius ui ice
to permit skiing, and a dozen
other chores.
Eastern distributor of the Sno
Cats is David A. Gregg, of Na
shua, N.H., a lumberman who
became interested in the vehicles
after seeing a picture of one in
the National Geographic maga
zine. The Herald Tribune article
tells how he bought one and
shipped it east with a load of
lumber.
He warned his unloading
crews to "be careful of the snow
cat" that he was sending. "Since
they couldn't hear any noise in
the boxcar when it arrived, they
were afraid it was dead, and af
ter seeing the size of the crate it
was in they rather hoped that it
was," the H-T story said.
Army Seen Temporary
Winner in Battle on
Nike Missile System
Man Claimed To Be 1 10
Succumbs at Hillsboro
Hillsboro (U.R) James Rock
well, who claimed to be 110
years old, died yesterday at a
local hospital.
Rockwell, who never married
and had no local known rela
tives, said he was born May 1,
1845, in New York, coming to
Oregon in 1901.
He always referred to himself
as a soldier of fortune.
CAKE AND ICE CREAM?
Chicago (U.R) Mrs. Emma
Simpson assured a neighbor not
to worry about the menu when
she gives a party in honor of
Mrs.- Simpson's 101st birthday
Thursday.
"I like to eat almost anything,"
Mrs. Simpson said.
Worshippers Injured
As Ceiling Collapses
New York (U.R) A sec
tion of ceiling collapsed in a
Bronz synagogue during a pass
over service yesterday, injuring
three women, two of them ser
iously. Four women were seated in
a balcony of the Mesivta Zich--ron
Moshe Synagogue and,- 25
to 30 men on the main floor of
the temple. A layman was read
ing part of the traditional pass
over service when heavy chunks
of ornamental plaster began
falling from the ceiling onto
the balcony, knocking the wom
en to the floor and pulling more
of the ceiling onto them.
Washington (U.R) The Army
today appeared to have won at
least a tmeporary victory in its
battle with the Air Force for
continued expansion of its multi-billion
dollar Nike missile sys
tem. Still unresolved, however, was
the basic question of which
the Army or Air Force ulti
mately will have the primary
mission of anti-aircraft defense
of the United States.
To Call Officials
In an attempt to get an answer
to this question, a Senate Armed
Services Subcommittee an
nounced today it will call De
fense Department officials to
explain why the Army is devel
oping one type of anti-aircraft
missile system and the Air Force
another.
While the subcommittee aired
the simmering interservice con
troversy, D e f e ns e Secretary
Charles E. Wilson moved to
speed development of offensive
ballistic missiles.
Wilson Tuesday announced ap
pointment of 2gar V. Murphree,
president of ESSO Research and
Engineering Co., to be missile
"czar," with the particular as
signment of pushing develop.
ment of the intercontinental bal
listic missile. Wilson told a news
conference that as his special as-
sistant Murphree "will be given
whatever authority is necessary
to get the guided missiles job
done."
Army Presents Case
The Army Tuesday presented
at a secret session of . the sub
committee its case for the Nike
missile system and the Air Force
its case for the Talos missile
system.
Subcommittee members were
obviously impressed at the
Army's presentation, with its fu
turistic picture of anti-aircraft
missiles armed with atomic war
heads and "anti-missile" missiles.
The subcommittee refrained
from making a formal decision
until after the Defense Depart
ment presentation. But Sen.
Francis Case (R-S.D.) for one,
said he could see no reason for
abandoning Nike at this point.
Tax Liens Filed
Against Entertainers
Los Angeles (U.R) The Inter
nal Revenue service yesterday
filed tax liens against several
top Hollywood entertainers in
cluding Rita Hayworth and
Judy Garland.
The liens included Miss Hay
worth, $7541 for 1951; Miss Gar
land and her busband, Sid Luft,
$20,891 for 1952 and 1953; Ethel
Barrymore, $12,142 for 1951 and
1954; and Mickey Rooney, $3295
for 1954.
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Representatives of several
government agencies arrived in
Medford yesterday to make a
first-hand inspection of the
Rogue river basin for the De
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Included in the eroun are Ar-
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It was reported that the group
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area and the Lower Rogue
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Thomas J. Williams, superinten
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