EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGOK) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, April 20, 1958
Earthquake Expert Asks
For Stepped-Up Research
Tokyo (U.R; Japan's fore
most earthquake expert has call
ed upon Asian countries linked
to his nation in the Pacific earth
quake zone to step up their re
search and exchange informa
tion on nature's devastating
tremors.
Dr. N o b u j i Nasu, head of
Tokyo University's Earthquake
Research institute, refused to
predict when he thought another
land-jarring, destructive earth
quake would strike Japan,
where as many as 850 to 5.893
tremors a year have been felt in
the last decade.
But the Central Meteorologic
al Observatory said Japan stood
a one-to-three chance of suffer
ing a "very strong to disastrous"
quake within the next 10 years,
a- one-to-two chance in the next
20 years, and a three-to-four
probability of one in 50 years.
Nasu emphasized that other
Asian areas such as Formosa
and the Philippines are within
the same geological chain as
Japan. He said the reason the
quakes in those regions are less
known than those in Japan is
that they are not registered and
reported.
Japan Needs Data
Nasu hoped that these Asian
nations would step up their stud
ies and improve their facilities
in earthquake observations so
they could collaborate with Ja
pan in reporting and exchanging
data. He added that so far there
has been practically no colla
boration among these countries.
There is always the danger of
a violent earthquake striking
Japan, he said, due to the con
stant magma action in the earth.
He explained the magma ac
tion as the terrific pressure and
stress created by crystalization
of lava. That strain forces the
earth's crust to give away in an
Genetic Catastrophe
Said Seen in Future
Yellow Springs, O. U.R) Dr.
C. Vernon Cannon, Antioch Col
lege physics professor, foresees
a genetic catastrophe for future
generations from atomic energy
and X-ray use unless precautions
are taken.
Dr. Cannon said the present
generation is not aware of the
future danger of radiation since
individuals can take some radia
tion without harm, although it
may harm their heirs two or
three generations hence.
The physicist explained that
this is because the body normal
ly repairs minor radiation in
jury, but that damage to germ
cells, which results in mutations,
cannot be repaired.
eruption. That is how the so-call
ed "faults" are formed.
It is the eruption from the
magma action that creates earth
quakes the wave action that
comes from the eruption.
He explained that naturally
the greater eruption the more
violent earthquake. Otherwise,
its depth in the earth's crust de
termines largely how strongly it
is felt.
Berkeley Conference
In this connection, an official
of the Central Meteorological
Observatory said the earthquake
that shook the Kushiro area in
Hokkaido March 4, 1952, was
the most violent of some eight
fairly strong, earthquakes (four
or five in the scale of seven) that
have hit Japan since the end of
World War II.
Japan is said to have the great
est number of earthquakes in the
world. Statistics of the Central
Meteorological Observatory
show that since the end of World
War II, there were 11,276 earth
quakes of strength that could be
peroeived by. the human body,
while tremors of less strength
registered on the seismograph
numbered many times that fig
ure. Nasu was pleased that last
year the Nationalist Chinese
government sent two students to
study at his institute. A mem
ber of the Philippines Volcano
commission, Gergorio A. Andal,
also made field studies at the in
stitute last summer, he said.
He said he will propose a plan
for such exchange and collabor
ation at the forthcoming world
conference on earthquake en
gineering to be held at the Uni
versity of California in Berke
ley, Calif., for eight days begin
ning June 12.
Traffic Violators
Face Arrest in Style
St. Louis U.PJ Motorists
stopped for traffic infractions in
the St. Louis county village of
Town and Country would be
picked up in style if there were
ever any traffic arrests.
The town marshall is Walter
L. Trampe, a bank director, loan
company executive and head of
a lumber yard. He claims he
never even sees the dollar he's
supposed to be paid each year,
but that isn't a complaint.
Trampe does his prowling in
his own light blue, $8,000 air
conditioned car. He has an extra
one, just like it, in his garage
at home, although the "official"
limousine is equipped with a
siren.
Three years ago, the village
board of trustees couldn't find a
suitable candidate among the
community's 2,000 inhabitants.
Trampe took the job "sort of as
a hobby." He carries a pistol and
has a badge, and expects to get
a uniform as quickly as he is
deputized by the St. Louis coun
ty police department.
The 58-year-old grandfather
hopes these tools of the trade
might spur him to greater things
in law enforcement.
"I've never made an arrest,
but I've had some pretty lively
times chasing stray dogs and
horses," he said. "Maybe one of
these days I'll get into the big
time and get to chase an
elephant."
DRIVING RECORD
Columbus, Neb. (U.R) The
Nebraska Public Power system
thinks it has an unusual, driv
ing record. In 15 years,, employ
es have driven 40,000,000 miles
withe only one injury accident.
The system has some 200 work
ers, most of them on the road
checking equipment and doing
construction work.
Around Hollywood
, By ALINE MOSBY ;'
United Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) This year
marks the biggest rush of Amer
ican travelers to Russia, and
Hollywood's No.
1 tourist, Wil
liam Holden,
hopes to be in
line to go be
hind the Iron
Curtain.
Since he
took up travel
ing five years
ago, Holden
has been liv-
out of a suit-
Aline Mosby case on his
hops around the world. On May
17 he leaves on another trip
overseas which he hopes to cli
max with visits to Moscow and
Leingrad.
"I don't want to go on those
conducted tours," he said as he
figured his travel plans in his
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studio dressing room. "I want
to wander around by myself
and I hope I get a visa for that."
Own Impression Needed
Holden wants to visit Russia
because he doesn't want to take
anybody's word for what the
country and its citizens are like.
"As much as I believe some
of our better correspondents, I
want to get a feeling of the
country myself," he said. "I'd
like to see some of the theater
and the ballet and some of their
music." ,
The star also is a firm be
liever in travel promoting
peace. He thinks persons "get
a better exchange of ideas when
they come into actual contact
with other people instead of
sitting home watching all of this
on television."
The Oscar-winning actor was
bitten by the travel bug in 1951.
Since then he's toured nearly
every area except South Africa
and the Iron Curtain countries.
During 1954 and 1955 he trav
eled 135,000 miles.
Map Shows Travels
In Holden's office at Para
mount studio he keeps a huge
map with pins stuck in the coun
tries he's visited. He is rivaled
only in areas covered by Bob
Hope. However, Hope travels
while entertaining while Holden
usually is just a tourist.
This trip Holden will tour
Denmark, Sweden and Russia
(he hopes) and then take in some
sports car races in Italy (he just
bought a high-powered Ferrari).
As usual, he'll leave his wife
home with the children and
travel with wealthy businessman
Ray Ryan. But the Holden fam
ily will . vacation together , in
Honolulu this summer.
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Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Feature Writer
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Washington (U.R) In the
giggly parlance of the young
set. the word "send" has been
supplanted by
"transport."
In the coke
bars and over
a malted these
two words still
mean the
same, a step
up in the
heart beat
" vu cl iiaiiu
Harman Nicbols Some boy Or
"doll" comes along. If he can
sing, kick out a tune with a
gravel gargle all the better.
An outfit which has time to
spend on looking into young
minds has made a survey.
Lester Rand, president of the
Young Research Institute, finds
that the adolescents, particular
ly girls, still run limp and then
howl over the likes of Perry
Como, Don Cherry, and even
old Bing.
Politicians With Appeal
But, oddly enough the young
heart strings are strummed by a
couple of professional politic
ians, ,both of whom, in contrast
to Perry, Don and Bing, are
available only for looking pur
poses. "Funny thing," Rand was say
ing, looking over the results of
his survey. "But Sen. John F.
Kennedy, the Democrat from
Massachusetts, and tall urbane
U. N. Representative Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. are front run
ners in the male pin-up division
with the kids."
If it were up to the wearers
of loafers and bobby sox, Rand
concludes," these two, if they
wanted, would be a cinch over
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see and Adlai Stevenson of Il
linois in the race for the Demo
cratic nomination.
Rand believes Kennedy could
give Eddie Fisher "a tough
scramble in the 'teen popularity
derby, even though Kennedy
sings only in the shower, off
key."
He's Real Cute
The young girls consider the
senator a "doll," "cute" and
"the most" which is about the
highest praise a teener can give
a male unless it would be "ter
rif." Whether the wonderful sena
tor likes it or not, the kids fall
for him because of his "pretty
tuft" of uncombed hair and that
youthful look. It might run
down the beat of the young
hearts, but is only fair to report
to the young fry that the dis
tinguished gentleman from
Massachusetts is happily mar
ried. Teen aged girls crowd around
the U. N. headquarters in New
York to wait for Lodge, the de
bonnair gent. Many a matinee
idol must envy his popularity.
Lodge, too, is already hooked,
and happily so. -
According' to the survey, the
non-voting youngsters are more
conscious of politics this year
than ever before.
They seem to know about the
issues at hand, like the prob
lems of the Middle East, ' the
miseries of the farmer. A lot of
them, Rand says, are much bet
ter informed than their parents.
Government Sets
Record for Sales
Washington U.R) Setting
sales records when you have no
sales force isn't easy, but the
federal government is finding
out it can be done.
With only a few sales represen
tatives in the field, the savings
bonds division of the Treasury
Department nevertheless sold
S5,368,000,000 worth of Series
E and H bonds during 1955, its
biggest year since the end of
World War II.
Robert F. Carney, chairman of
the board of Foote, Cone & Bel
ding, reported to the Washington
Ad Club that this sales record
had been attained through "the
biggest advertising campaign in
terms of media frequency going
on in the world today."
To date, advertising agencies
and media have contributed ap
proximately $55,000,000 worth
of services, time and space to the
effort, said Carney, whose
agency prepares all newspapers
and consumer magazine advertis
ing for the campaign, on behalf
of the Advertising Council. Only
series E and H bonds are ad
vertised. . -
"All of us in advertising try to
be business-like in the way we
conduct our operations, but this
is one place we've failed," Car
ney admitted wryly. "No one
gets paid for his services." .
MOVIE RESCUE '
Detroit (U.R) Leo J. Mont
gomery, 60-year-old duck hunter
who was marooned for three
days on a dike along Detroit
River channel, was in good cheer
when rescued by a Navy hel
icopter. "Just like you see in the
movies," said Montgomery, of
Amherstburg, Ont.
McNeil Reelected Mayor of Yreka
Yreka City councilmen of
Yreka Tuesday night unanimous
ly elected Mathew McNeil, in
cumbent council member, as
mayor of the city.
McNeil and two new council
men, Charles J. Cooley and Rob
ert M. Stewart, were formally
installed at the meeting.
Pete Potter, elected city clerk
by a write in vote after final
ballot tabulation, said he plan
ned to serv in the position until
the council requested his resignation.
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