TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, April 20, 1356
US D
efense Pushed to Limit
At Secret Rocket Project
By CHARLES CORDDREY
United Press Correspondent
Santa Susana, Calif. (U.R;
U.S. defenses are being pushed
to the limit of outer space at a
secret rocket development pro
ject in the mountain fastness of
California.
; Gigantic rocket engines to
power future space ships and
intercontinental ballistic mis
siles are being tested in the
Santa Susana Mountains just 35
miles from Los Angeles.
The Air Force and North
American Aviation, Inc., cau
tiously lifted a part of the veil
of secrecy Wednesday on the
tests conducted by several thous
and scientists and technicians at
the largest rocket laboratory in
North America.
"Modern science and industry
are packing enough power into
rocket engines to drive missiles
from continent to continent and
perhaps some day out of the
world," the aircraft company
said.
Proving Into Space
In deepest secrecy for six
years, the scientists have been
conducting experiments that
may drive missiles out of the
Earth's atmosphere and down on
targets thousands of miles away
from their launching cities. And
some day man-made vehicles
may be pushed into space.
The testing towers rose to
heights of 150 feet and dot three
square miles of this isolated
mountain and valley retreat.
Horrendous noise from the ex
periment is trapped in the moun
tain bowl, sparing the ears of
the people of Los Angeles and
denelv populated San Fernan
do Valley.
Testing installations are be
ing prepared by the scientists to
test rocket engines that deliver
a stupendous 1,000,000 pounds
of thrust. In comparison, the
most powerful jet engines in the
world today deliver 15,000 to
Meat Inspectors
In Northeast Oregon
Salem (U.R) The statewide
pilot compulsory meat inspec
tion program is now concentrated
in Wallowa, Union and Umatilla
counties, the State Agriculture
Department said today.-
Two survey teams are inspect
ing 12 plants in this area.
Each team remains in the
plants for three weeks of contin
uous inspection. Animals passing
inspection are stamped "Oregon
Department of Agriculture in
spected and passed."
The pilot program was au
thorized by the 1955 Legisla
ture. Findings of the surveys
will not be complete until the
Legislature convenes next January.
20,000 pounds of thrust.
Small But Powerful
And officially it was learned
that other scientists are devising
engines no bigger than a small
sports car which will generate
more horsepower than the total
output of Hoover Dam.
Newsmen, 1200 feet away
from one of the gigantic firing
towers, saw an engine blast out
some 150,000 pounds of thrust,
three times that of Germany's
World War II V2 rocket.
L. L. Waite, North American
vice-president, said "the engines
are probably the largest in the
world. We are not sure what
goes on behind" the Iron Cur
tain." The tremendous scope of the
project is indicated by the 30 to
40 firings of each of the rocket
stands per month. Reporters saw
at least eight stands, anchored
in bed rock. The total number is
secret.
Extraordinary safety, precau
tions rival the security measures
taken at the vast project. There
has been only one serious in
jury, a man lost a hand, in the
years since 1950 when the first
firing of a unit larger than a V2
took place.
Wreck Near Lowell
Fatal To Girl, 17
Springfield, Ore. (U.R) A
17-year-oid girl was killed and
three other young persons were
injured yesterday when a . car
failed to negotiate a curve and
rolled over near Lowell, about
18 miles southeast of here, state
police reported.
The victim was Wanda Gain
es, who was thrown from the
car. Injured and taken to a Eu
gene hosital were Ann Bangness,
15, Springfield and two sailors,
Harry M. Smith, 18, and Richard
Curtis Mangum, 21, whose home
addresses were not immediately
available State police said they
did-not believe the injured were
hurt critically.
4-H Club News
Upper Rogue Club
Upper Rogue 4-H club had a
monthly meeting Monday eve
ning at the home of Robert Peile.
A discussion was held on para
sites and diseases of cattle.
Refreshments were served
and plans were made for our
next meeting May 14 at the
home of May and Judy Lee Key.
Mary Lee Key
Reporter
Davy Crockett Craze
Spreading To Paris
Paris (U.R) Seven-year-old
Davy Crocketts are popping up
with the crocuses in Pairs this
spring.
The coonskin cap set has re
placed America's two best known
prototypes les cowboys and les
gangsters de Chicago the same
way it happened in the United
States. Walt Disney's movie of
the frontier hero has been play
ing to packed houses for weeks,
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King Futures Syndicate, Inc.)
Both wr young, nd one was
braotiful.
And to his eye
There km but one beloved face
on earth
And that was shining on him.
She was his life.
The ocean to the river of his
thoughts.
Which terminated all.
Byron
A woman inventor is a rarity.
There is only one statue in the
world erected in honor of a
feminine inventor. That is the
statue of Marie Harel in The
Vimoutiers, France. Marie in
vented Camembert cheese.
Asking
Queries from clients: Q. Just
what is the connection with
Monaco and Monte Carlo of the
Greek millionaire. Aristotle On
assis? A. The falling receipts oi
the gambling establishment at
Monte Carlo, chief support of
Monaco, necessitated financial
aid for the principality. So the
Casina, the Hotel de Paris, the
International Sporting Club and
the Beach Club were sold to
Onassis. He has put much addi
tional money, accompanied by
' clever press agentry, into the
proposition and I.Ionaco seems
due to resume its position as one
President Pleased
By Peace Proposal
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower expressed great sat
isfaction yesterday with the pre
liminary approval of an interna
tional agency to carry out his
long cherished atoms for peace
program.
Ambassador James Wadsworth,
deputy U. S. representative to
the United Nations who led the
12-nation negotiations on the
agency, disclosed the President's
feelings after a call at the White
House.
- The United States, Russia, and
10 other nations yesterday ap
proved a draft charter for the
international agency which Mr.
Eisenhower first proposed in his
historic atoms for peace address
to the United Nations in 1953.
Wadsworth predicted that the
charter will be ratified by an
84-nation conference which will
be held at the U.N. Headquar
ters in September.
AppointmentsMade
For County Drives
In State Campaigns
Four Jackson county men have
been appointed chairmanships of
committees supporting political
candidates.
Robert R. Dickey, Medford
attorney, has been named Jack
son county chairman of the
Mark Hatfield for Secretary of
State committee, state chairman
William E. Walsh has announced
Walsh said that the Hatfield
campaign "is meeting with an
enthusiastic response through
out the state."
Invites Contribution!
Dickey noted that "it was a
group of Jackson county resi
dents who first actively urged
Mark Hatfield to announce for
this office early last fall." He
invited contributions for the
campaign.
Robert Root, Medford, has
been named Jackson county
chairman of the Elmo Smith
for Governor committee, R. A,
Rawlinson, Salem .state chair
man, announced.
Root said he will announce
names of members of the county
committee soon.
Rawlison said the committee
expected to conduct a vigorous
statewide drive to keep.. Elmo
Smith as governor.
Back Bob Mauix
William M. McAllister, . Med
ford, and Jean Eberhard, Ash
land, have been named Jackson
county co-chairman of a com
mittee backing Bob Mautz, Port
land, for the Republican na
tional committeeman's post, ac
cording to Omar (Slug) Palmer,
Portland, committee chairman.
Mautz is a past director of the
Portland Better Business bureau,
Oregon State Tuberculosis as
sociation, Junior Chamber of
Commerce, has served on the
Oregon State Board of Bar
Examiners and has held appoint
ive office in this state under
three Oregon governors. He has
served as a precinct committee
man for many years.
1
2 SPEAKERS!
Swivel-Base
of the world's greatest pleasure
resorts . . . Q. From what song
is the line. "Daisy, Daisy, Give
Me Your Promise True?" A
From "Daisy Bell" generally
referred to as "A Bicycle Built
for Two," written by Harry
Dacre, English composer.
Horses and Women
"You keep saying women are
"harder to understand . than
horses," writes a feminine sub
scriber. "Nonsense, Eddie, Wom
en are not difficult to under
stand. It is trying to understand
horses that gives people head
aches. If there is something you
don't understand about women.
just ask me. I will give you the
answer plus some real inside in
formation on the female of the
species. This will give you more
time to try to understand horses.
Briefly, I will help you under
stand women if you will help me
understand horses. Misunder
standing horses is costing me
much too much money.
Leap Year Note
Members of large families are
usually high grade matrimonial
material. They are generally less
selfish than those of small fam
ilies. Also much easier to get
along with. On this many ex
perts on matrimonial mate se
lection are agreed. Keep it in
mind, young fellow, the next
time a girl proposes to you.
As It Was
Am informed Chicago once
legislated against the peek-a-boo
waist and the plunging neck
line. Any female appearing in
public wearing a peek-a-boo
waist or featuring a plunging
neckline that took too deep a
plunge could be arrested for in
decent exposure.
Girl Friday
Have you a secretary? What
are her measurements? The
number of Girl Fridays suffer
ing from the condition known
as "stenographers spread" con
tinues to increase alarmingly. If
something isn't done about it
soon the revolving doors in all
office buildings will have to be
made larger. The cause of this
type of bulge is, of course, too
much sitting down. Why don't
they have high desks so a stenog
rapher could do her typing
standing up? '
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MEETING IN MACON, GA., members of Ku Klux Klan burn fiery crosses, demonstrate
against Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation. (International SoundphoU)
DON'T TELEPHONE .
Detroit (U.R) A man who
looted St. Mark's Evangelical
Church made one mistake. Dur
ing the looting, he decided to
telephone an old Army com
panion in Pittsburgh. The Rev.
Edward Drews received a bill
for the call a . month later and
Chicago HJ.P.) Fifty-seven
prisoners rioted in Cook coujvty
jail Wednesday, smashing win
dows and furniture before
guards moved in.
called police, who traced the call
to the thief.
Use Mail Tribune Want Ada
DR. CORNELL A. SABO
Dentist. '
Announces the Removal of His Office
to
810 West Main Street
Medford, Oregon
Office Hours Telephone
By Appointment . 3-3934
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