Even Experts Can Be FooleH
By Fossil Perpetrations
Washington In the field of utan. The skull was a real Jossil.
fossil study, where serious de
bates have raged over which end
of a backbone a skull should be
fastened to, it is inevitable that
even the experts can be fooled.
Dr. Harry Ladd and Dr. Rol
and W. Brown, of the United
States Geological Survey, tell of
several frauds that have been
perpetrated on paleontologists.
The falsity of one. fossil,, as a
matter of fact, was proved
through research in preparing
the article. - -
Dr. Ladd, remembering spe
cimen he had seen 30 years ago
in an Australian museum, wrote
for information about it. It was
a piece of selenite (a variety of
gypsum in crystals) with the
wing of a large insect trapped
inside.
A Put-Up Job
When the museum director
photographed the specimen for
Dr. Ladd, he noticed that, under
pressure, tiny air bubbles near
the wing shifted position. Closer
scrutiny revealed that the crys
tal of selenite had been cut open,
the wing slipped inside, and the
crack pounded srriooth over it.
The wing, long believed to be a
fossil of the Tertiary period, was
nothing more than that of a com
mon grasshopper.
experts once identified a
Wedgwood teacup handle as the
stem of a "calamie," a fossil
plant. But their shame was small
compared to that of poor Johann
Bennger, the credulous profes
sor of Wurzburg.
An avid fossil collector, Ber
inger used to take his students
digging in his favorite hillside.
He believed that the Creator had
planted fossils there for him
But the students didn't. They
carved weird stone images and
smuggled them into the hill for
the professor to discover. As
fast as the students carved, the
professor gathered.
Not until after he had pub
lished his unusual findings in
an illustrated volume in 1726
did Beringer tumble to the trick.
Then he spent all he had trying
to buy back the copies of his
book. He died shortly thereafter,
penniless and humiliated. Iron
ically, the book was reissued in
1767 and sold for profit as a
collector's item.
The Piltdown Plot
The most recent if not the
greatest hoax of all was the
Piltdown man. For 40 years after
Charles Dawson, a Sussex lawyer
and amateur antiquarian, dis
covered the skull and jaw bones
near Piltdown, they were be
lieved to have belonged to the
earliest Englishman a "beetle
browed chap with a murderous
jaw" who roamed the land 500,
000 years ago.
So rare were the fossils that
they were locked up, like the
crown jewels, for safe keeping.
Because a few authorities
among them, the late Dr. Gerrit
Miller of the Smithsonian Insti
tution doubted that the jaw be
longed to a man, a team of Brit
ish scientists finally decided in
1949 to re-examine the bones.
Through radiation and chemi
cal tests, they proved that the
jaw belonged to a modern orang-
But it had been doctored to make
it look 10 times older than its
actual 50,000 years. Like the
skull and jaw, other animal re
mains found with them abo had
been artificially aged. AK the
"fossils," moreover, had come
from somewhere else and been
planted at Piltdown.
So far, the faker of the fossils
remains officially unidentified.
But it is certain that,, in making
a man of a monkey, he made
monkeys of men.
Bitter Fighting
Rages in Algeria
Algiers, Algeria (U.R) Bitter
hand-to-hand fighting between
French forces and "Army of
Allah" rebeis raged Saturday
in the mountains of western Al
geria. French army headquarters re
ported the rebels have suffered
"high losses" and that the bat
tle is continuing.
At lease 70 guerrillas were
killed in sporadic clashes Fri
day. Twenty rebels were reported
killed in a clash early Saturday
at Mestaoua, 100 miles south
west of Philippeville in terrorist-ridden
Constantine province.
Seven French soldiers were
wounded.
Veteran Foreign Legionnaires
led new French conscripts into
battle for the first time in the
close-up fighting in western Algeria.
British Reporter
Gets Varied Replies
London (U.R) A British re
porter got confusing replies
Sunday when he welcomed
part of the advance Russian
delegation for Wednesday's
Bulganin-Khrushchev visit.
The Daily Express reporter
went up to four of the Rus
sians and said "Welcome to
England" in English.
He got these greetings from
each one: "Very nice sir," ...
"Yes. thank you, please, sir"
. . . "Please excuse, sir" . . .
and "Excuse please, the wea
ther, she is very nice sir."
Milwaukee Transit
Strike Unsettled
Milwaukee, Wis. U.R) Mil-i
waukee entered the fourth day j
of its street car and bus strike j
today with no signs of settle-1
,ment in sight. ,
Police said they did not ex
pect a repetition of the traffic j
jams which developed Friday ;
when about 2,100 employees of j
the Milwaukee Transport Co.
went on strike. I
On The Side
By E. V. DURLING
(Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
We loved, sir used to meet,
How sad and bad and mad it was
But then how it was sweet!
Robert Brownin?
Who is the richest man in the
world? There is much disagree
ment as to who rates that title.
It was held for years by the
Nizam of Hyderabad. However,
it is said he is not even among
the first six at present. That
some Texas oil men are richer.
Still, let us shed no tears for
the Nizam. He is still doing all
right. His annual salary paid by
the Indian government is the
equivalent of 82,000,000 a year,
tax free. He also has an annual
income of about $250,000 from
government bonds. Then he has
a fortune in cash and gilt-edged
securities amounting to $470,
000,000. I don't know what
Texan has more than that. Rich
est resident of the Lone Star
State I know of is H. L. Hunt,
oil man of Dallas. However, his
fortune is said to be only $260,
000,000. Says She
"My girl friend and I, both
Aquarians, have been noticing
your repeated reports that the
stargazers rate Scorpians the
'Oomph Girls' of the Zodiac,"
writes a young woman of Man
hattan. "It is quite evident your
horses and women department
has not checked this claim. My
friend and I have. We have
checked on a great many women
and fine! that a Scorpio with a
bust measurement of more than
34 or 35 is a rarity. The real
'Oomph Girls' are the Aquar
ians. As for example, Lana
Turner, the original sweater girl
is an Aquarian."
Among the Married
Are you an expectant father?
Are you insured against the extra
expense that will be incurred
if the blessed event expected is
twins, triplets, quadruplets or
quintuplets? Just heard of a
young husband who took out
insurance such as aforemention
ed. The policy cost him $7. It
called for the following pay
offs: Twins, $700, triplets, S980,
quadruplets, S1400, and quin
tuplets, $2,800. The birth was
twins. So the young father col
lected $700. That was 100 to
one. According to the experts on
birth probabilities, the chances
of having twins are one in 86.
Unusual Family
Mr. and Mrs. George Thorn
of Cudahy, Wis., have four chil
dren all born on Jan. 22 in dif
ferent years. The births were
alternate. First a girl, then a
boy, then a girl, then a boy. Of
additional interest, is that the
births were each two years
apart.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Saw
item saying Charles Coburn in
troduced the song titled "The
Man Who Broke the Bank at
Monte Carlo." That song is over
60 years old. How old is Coburn?
A. Song referred to was not in
troduced by Coburn, the Ameri
can actor, but by a British com
edian named Charles Coborn.
Was first sung in this country
by the comedian named "Old
Hoss" Hoey in the play titled "A
Parlor Match."
Sleep
What is your favorite position
when sleeping? Don't answer
me. That certainly is none of
my business. However, you may
be interested in hearing that Dr.
Marie Stopes, an expert on rest
ful sleep, says the best position
is on the left side, with legs
nearly straight and touching.
Arms lightly crossed and sup
ported on mattress. Doctor
Stopes says that is the position
favored by animals who really
know how to relax.
Longevity
The death rate among bach
elors is two-thirds greater than
among husbands. Divorced men
die twice as fast as those who
stay married. So says a sta
tistician. That is not a recent
development. It was being dis
cussed years ago. In fact, I re
call when a lad hearing a male
and female vaudeville team give
out with the following jest: She
"They say married men live
longer than single men." He
"It only seems longer."
PEACE CONFERENCE Gen. E. L. M. Burns (left), United Nations Palestine truce
supervisor, and Dag Hammarskjold (second from left), UN secy.-gen., confer with
Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser (second from right) concerning peace be
tween Israel and the Arab countries. Nasser's government accepted Hammarskjold's
eight-point peace plan after four days of ta Iks. The UN trouble shooter is now at
tempting to get Israel's Premier Ben Gurion to accept the same pact. Man on right
is unidentified.
Gloria Swanson Has Hunch Marriage
Of Grace arid Prince Due Happy Ending
Monday, April IB, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Mcnegasques Think Troubles Are Over
Now That Prince Will Marry American
By GLORIA SWANSON
Written for United Press
Monte Carlo U.R) I have a
hunch but it has nothing to do
with playing a lucky number in
the Monte Carlo casino, hereto
fore the hub around which life
revolved in this wee paradise.
Now, all the activity and ex
citement is no longer centered
in the house where the wheel of
chance rules but rather on the
rock of Monaco around the pal
ace and cathedral.
Only a few days ago Prince
Rainier spent the evening at the
Monte Carlo opera watching An
tonio and his company of Span
ish dancers. Having seen An
tonio's inimitable dancing many
times in Rome, I watched the
Prince instead.
Rather Refreshing
His shyness is the most obvi
ous thing about him and is
rather refreshing. It is true, I'm
sure, that he thoroughly dislikes
crowds. And now with his wed
ding near he has not only his
own subjects massed around him
but visitors from north, east,
south and west. So I felt sorry
for him.
Miss Kelly, in all her movie
career, had never had such a
welcome or ovation. The Mona
gesques have opened their
hearts and arms to her. Wher
ever and whenever you ask the
citizens of Monaco how they
feel about the Prince marrying
an American, you get a genuine
smile of approval an unusual
experience for an American in
Europe.
So the road ahead should be
an easy one in Monaco for these
two nice people if the outside
world including well-meaning
friends and acquaintances, gos
sip-mongers, the press, and rela
tives wanting to share the lime
light will allow them the pri
vacy that any marriage needs to
find its way along a normal and
sane road to happiness.
An Old Hand
I have been in the limelight
ever since I was 15 years old, so
it is part of my breathing, and I
suppose if it were taken away
Federal Agencies
Ready for Floods
Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith said here Friday that
Army engineers and other fed
eral agencies would play a big
part in any flood emergency
which might occur in the state
this spring.
However, the governor said
the "primary responsibility for
meeting any flood threat still
rests with the individual, local
and state government agencies."
The governor said he had been
informed that the magnitude of
the potential flooding in the Co
lumbia river basin was depend
ent almost entirely on the
weather of the next 60 to 90
days.
He said high water of at least
moderate flood magnitude could
be expected, but that a major
flood would depend on very par
ticular temperature and precipi
tation conditions.
State agencies were preparing
to meet the most extreme condi
tions, the governor said.
Washington U.P.) Rep
James T. Patterson (R-Conn.)
said Saturday the forthcoming
H-bomb test in the Pacific will
be "the most devastating explo
sion ever known to mainkind
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from me at this late date I
might wilt. Though a hundred
times over I have screamed for
privacy.
In the case of Prince Rainier,
understand it is his pleasure
to go about the world unnoticed.
As for Grace Kelly, who has
only had a couple of years of
fame, I don't know whether it
has got into her blood or not,
but even so I still have a feeling
that she would happily exchange
a movier career for a successful
marriage.
With his dignity and her re
serve they have a fighting
chance against the trouble mak
ers. Therefore I repeat, I have a
hunch that their story will end
as it should ". . . and they lived
happily ever after."
Monaco (U.R) Monegas-
ques can dream too and now
that theii Prince is marrying the
daughter of an American multi
millionaire they think their
troubles are over.
The Monegasques are a clan
nish, tight-lipped -4,000 among
the 20,000 population of this lit
tle principality. Prince Rainier
knows them all by name. They
always refer to him as "le
Prince Souverain."
It is only to these 4,000 that
the Prince will make the tradi
tional presentation of his prin
cess from the top of the great
marble staircase of Hercules in
the palace courtyard, after the
civil marriage ceremony April
18.
Special Glasses Blown
Then Princess Grace will min
gle with her new people at a
cocktail party in the gardens of
the palace for which special
glasses have been blown with
the red and white arms of Mon
aco. The Mcnegasques are as im
penetrable as small-town people
anywhere are to strangers, but
several chatted the other day un
der the exhilaration of the spec
tacular arrival of Miss Kelly,
and a strange tale they told.
Frankly the choice of a film
star by the Prince hadn't filled
them with wild delight at first.
They dutifully contributed to
the $100,000 jewelry present for
her but how much better it
would have been, they thought
if he had married a princess.
When Miss Kelly democratic
ally announced a mixed group of
bridesmaids, the Monegasques
whispered to each other that
doubtless these were all nice
people but wouldn't it have been
nicer if there were more titles
among them?
Rumor Takes Hold
The majority title is "Amer
ican housewife" except for
the Prince's sister, Princess An
toinette. But gradually rumor spread
and took hold. Of course! John
Kelly, father of the bride, is a
millionaire builder. His friends
are rich, too. Without a doubt
they would get together and re
build the older hotels and add
amenities that would enable
Monaco to withstand the chal
lenge of rjewer resorts.
The appointment of Conrad
Hilton, the hotel owner, as rep
resentative of President Eisen
hower, confirmed this story for
them. When they heard about
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