Americana Annual
Now Off Presses
Chicago The 1956 edition of
The Americana Annual, year
book of The Encyclopedia Amer
icana, is now off the press. The
new edition reviews the histori
cal events, personalities, and
most important statistics of the
past year.
The annual has been publish
ed for 34 years. The 1956 edi
tion totals more than 900 pages
and features 811 main articles
alphabetically arranged from
Abrasives" to "Zoology", and
340 Illustrations. Approximately
400 authorities are listed as con
tributors of signed articles, al
though thousands of individuals
contributed parts of articles or
specific information to the work.
The index of some 5,000 entries
is cumulative, covering the 1956
and four preceding editions.
Special features include an
illustrated index of the year's
events; a listing of records and
champions in all major sports;
biographies of the year's im
portant personalities, and a nec
rology listing of over 500 notable
deaths; information on over 200
societies and organizations; re
views of all countries of the
world, all states of the U.S., and
major U.S. and Canadian cities;
a select list of colleges and uni
versities in the U.S. and Canada;
the U.S. diplomatic list; a list
of members of Congress, and
others.
Chicago Nation's
Busiest Airport
Washington (U.R) The Civ
il Aeronautics Administration
has reported that in 1955 for
the fourth straight year Chica
go's Midway airport was the
busiest in the nation.
Administrator Charles J. Low
en said CAA traffic controllers
throughout the country handled
a record total of 19.48 million
takeoffs and landings last year,
an increase of 9 per cent over
1954. Military movements show
ed the heaviest rise. They were
up 12 per cent. Air Lines showed
an 8 per cent increase and other
civil aviation takeoffs and land
ings were up 7 per cent, he re
ported. Midway had 381,737 takeoffs
and landings, or 32,374 more
than in 1954. Miami, Fla., was
second with 276,729, New York's
Laguardia field was third with
266,058, Los Angeles was next
with 263,516. '
Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1956
Pages 1-6
WASHINGTON WELCOME Three of four Soviet sailors who rebuffed Soviet Am
bassador Georgi Zaroubin when he tried to talk them in to returning to Russia, are
welcomed by Senator Herman Welker on their arrival to appear before the Senate
internal security subcommittee in Washington. They told the subcommittee how the
Reds lured their shipmates home. Left to right: Michael Ivankov-Nikolev; Ben .Er
menke, Senator Welker and Victor Tatamikov. ,
BLINDED Doctors in New
York announced that anti
racketeering labor colum
nist, Victor Riesel (above),
who had sulphuric acid
thrown in his face by an un
known assailant April 6, has
lost the sight of both eyes.
irl Survives
Leap Off Bridge
Gladstone, Ore. "(U.R) A 12-year-old
girl Sunday survived
a 30-foot leap off the Gladstone
railroad bridge and is in good
condition in an Oregon City hos
pital where she was treated for
multiple bruises.
. Carol Rosenthal of Park Place
was with a group of other
young people walking on the
bridge when they saw the inter
urban electric trolley from Port
land approaching them at the
end of the span.
The youngsters, fearing they
would be struck by the street
car on the narrow bridge, fled
in panic. But Carol fell behind
and leaped over the bridge to
escape the train. She fell about
30 feet onto swampy ground.
Motorman Philip Jackson
stopped his car when he noticed
Warning Issued
On Eating Mussels
Portland (U.R) The State
Board of Health has issued its
annual warning against eating
marine mussels or uncleaned
clams taken in Oregon coastal
waters during the spring or sum
mer months.
Dr. Harold Erickson, state
health officer, said mussels and
the digestive organs of the clams
may contain a poison similar to
strychnine. White meat and mus
cular tissues of the clams are
safe to eat if all black portions
are removed.
One quart of milk weighs 2.5
pounds.
the youths were frightened. He
carried the Rosenthal girl back
onto the bridge and put her into
the trolley. She was picked up
by an ambulance. "
Columbia Flood
Potential Remains
Portland U.R) The weather
bureau, though warning that the
flood potential in the Columbia
basin remains, was much more
optimistic in its report issued
here Saturday than it has been
earlier. ,
Below normal precipitation in
most of the basin during April,
and above normal runoff for the
month and additional flood con
trol space created in reservoirs,
were pointed but as the basis
for the optimistic outlook, which
says the flood potential has de
creased measurably since a
month ago.
The lower Columbia river has
profited more from the favor
able conditions during the past
month than has the rest of the
basin The weather bureau point
ed out that most of the northern
tributary basins still have a po
tential flood runoff, although
the threat is not as great as a
month ago.
New Plane Flies
Af 10-Mile Altitude
Washington (U.R) The
Air Force has a new plane which
flies at 10-mile altitudes "as a
matter of routine." The plane
may prove valuable in detect
ing 'Russian nuclear tests.
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, director
of the National Advisory com
mittee for Aeronautics, disclosed
the plane's development Sun
day in announcing a new assault
on the problems of high altitude
flight. ' .......
Dryden said that while only
a few military planes now op
erate above 50,000 feet, such al
titudes will be routine for the
jet passenger transports and mil
itary combat planes of the fu
ture. - He said the new research pro
gram was made possible by de
velopment of the Air Force
plane, dubbed the Lockheed U2.
The plane, which has a big
wfng to give it necessary "lift"
in the thin air, is powered by
a J57 jet engine and has a speed
of about 500 miles an hour.
Democratic Lead
In Oregon Told
Portland ! (U.R) National
Democratic Committeeman Mon
roe Sweetland has reported
to the executive committee
of the party jn Oregon that
virtually complete but' unofficial
voter registrations give the Dem
ocrats a margin of more than
13,000 over Republican voters
in Oregon.
Sweetland reported his tabu
lations included complete figures
from every county in Oregon
with the exception of Douglas
county where 600 registration
cards remained to be counted.
Figures reported by Sweet
land were 392,376 Democrats
and 379,082 Republicans.
On the basis of those figures,
he said, Democrats were in -the
majority in 22 of Oregon's 36
counties and Republicans main
tained "their lead in the remain
ing 14.
Democrats were the majority
party in Oregon once before, in
1950, but in 1952 and 1954 the
Republicans held slim majorities.
'Giveaway' Reward Claims Rejected
Portland (U.R) Two claims
for the $1,000 offered by a
Pendleton rancher to anyone
who can prove the "give away"
charges leveled against Presi
dent Eisenhower or former Inter
ior Secretary Douglas McKay
have been rejected by the man
who put up the money.
Rancher Ellis said that both
claims, one forwarded by How
ard Morgan, Democratic state
chairman and one by Charles O.
Porter, a candidate for Congress
from the fourth district, do not
prove fraud. Morgan had cited
a recent article in a national
magazine while Porter said that
he would prove the giveaway
charges in relation to Rogue
river national forest timber.
Salem (U.R) The State
Highway Department said sealed
bids would be received in Port
land Monday and Tuesday, Juns
4 an 5, on $1,300,000 in highway
projects.
family
An average American
owns three beds.
Veterans of American wars
numbered about .19,000,000 in
1950, or 40 per cent of the U. S.
adult male population.
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