Maltese Seek Integral
Role in United Kingdom
Washington Malta, Bri
tain' Mediterranean Crown
Colony of rich tradition and
stirring history, now seeks even
stronger ties wltn the United I
Kingdom by full representation
in Parliament.
The colony is famed for its
eight-point cross, its gray cats,
and its courage under World
War II bombings. Malta itself is
the largest of the Maltese Islands
which include Gozo. Comino
Cominotto and Filfla. The chain
stretches 27 miles northwest to
southeast, 'and is strategically lo
cated between Gibraltar and the
Suez Canal.
Life in varying forms has
existed on Malta from deepest
antiquity. Pleistocene deposits
yield remains of giant dormice
hippopotami, and pigmy ele
phants. Tombs and other arti
facts are traceable to the Phoe
nicians who colonized Malta
VOTE
50 m CHARLES O. PORTEH
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Elect
PORTER
To Congress
Veteran Lawyer
For: Progress Labor
Give Morse and Neuberger
Support
Pd. PoL Adv. by Porter for Con
gress Committee. 858 Pearl. Eu
gene. Keith D. Skelton, Chairman.
ages ago.
The islands situation astride
an ancient sea route attracted
Greek, Carthaginian, Roman,
and Arab invaders through the
years. The Normans took over in
the 11th century. The Knights
of St. John, who introduced the
Maltese Cross, held sway from
1530 to 1798. They were suc
ceeded by the French and later
the British.
Valletta, Malta's capital since
1570, stands like Manhattan on
a narrow rocky ledge. Disraeli
said that Valletta "equals in its
noble architecture, if it even
does not excel, any capital in
Europe." For Sir Walter Scott
the city was "like a dream." It
is flanked by Grand Harbour,
often called one of the Mediter
ranean's best, and Marsamxett
Harbour. The British Mediter
ranean Fleet has been based in
Grand Harbour since the Napo
leonic wars. Its extensive ship
repair yards bolster the Maltese
economy.
Chief manufactures are jew
elry, filigree ornaments and lace.
Maltese farmers produce barley,
corn, wheat, clover, tomatoes
and such fruits as prickly pears,
grapefruit, lemons, figs and apri
cots. They are oppressed by
drought and soil erosion.
Stone walls and terracing are
used to buttress the land. Wind
mills bring water to the surface
to be fed to the fields and oxen
turn traditional waterwheels.
The soil is rich in phosphates,
permitting two or more crops a
year.
Having scant pasturage for
cows, the Maltese rely on goats
for milk. Driven from door to
door, the animals are milked for
individual customers. The sur
rounding sea supplements diets
with mackerel, tuna and dolphin.
So conscious are Maltese of the
sea that emblematic dolphins
decorate many homes as door
knockers. Fishermen go out in
gaily-painted craft.
The sea is close to the Maltese,
but never more so than at the
Festival of St. Paul Shipwrecked.
St. Paul was shipwrecked there
while on his way to Rome and
during his stay founded the
Church in Malta. A seven-hour
religious service followed by a
street procession commemorates
the event each Februrary.
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CONTRAST Democratic presidential aspirants Estes Ke
fauver and Adlai Stevenson presented this study in con
trasts as they rode in the parade preceding the annual
spring fair in Los Banos, Calif. Kefauver (right), dressed
in a conservative business'suit, cruised down the street in
a convertible, while Stevenson, decked out in dungarees
and a 10-gallon hat, rode a horse.
Wednesday, May 16, 1951
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL - TRIBUNE FITS
Rocket Ranges Mark Off
Paths Far Across World
Democrats
ELECT
AS
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
C. GIRARD UebbyJ
k leader in the fight to
SAVE HELLS CANYON
k Former Central Counsel,
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR (I946-I950)
"Senators Moris and Neuberger need Jebby Davldton
. at Democratic National Committeemen . . ."
trie t. WArrs,
Pd. Kit. DEMOCRATS K DAVIDSON Hrm" ChW ''"'.
Klth Burnt, Sec'y.
130 Eqbltable tide., Porttonri
See and Hear
Your Friends and
Neighbors on
A. l-ik- 1
Big Republican Rally
"Why we think
may
must be elected"
Hear outstanding citizens from
your own community tell why
they are voting for Doug
McKay on May 18th.
DOUG McKAY will do the job you wont done
Doug McKay has a 26-year political record of honesty . . .
integrity . . . and the ability to get things done. He has the
prestige and respect Oregon people want and need in the
national capital. Elect Doug McKay your U. S. Senator.
ti Ad. McK.t for Sftittcpe Cooniltr. W. l (") Ffci"P. Cktkmtm.
' 52o S. W. BrovWar. PonUnd. Or go a.
Washington Tomorrow's
ocean-jumping rockets and guid
ed missiles even now begin to
need test ranges that span thou
sands of miles of earth's empty
spaces.
At least two such rocket
routes already describe major
arcs on world maps. Many oth
ers cover lesser distances. Some
depend on elbow room straight
up.
Some Florida southeastward,
and across the loneliness of west
Australia and the Indian Ocean,
two great rocket routes are laid
out today. Still a third range
may lie somewhere in the heart
of Asia.
Atlantic Ocean Missile Track
Firing from Cape Canaveral,
Florida, near the town of Co
coa, the United States and Great
Britain since 1950 have built a
long range proving ground for I
guided missiles. It stretches 1000
miles down the Bahama Islands
to Puerto Rico. In 1955, plans
were announced to extend it to
Ascension Island in the South
Atlantic, 5,000 statute miles
away.
Even that might be only a
tracking station. "A missile star
ting at Cape Canaveral," an of
ficial said, "would travel 5,000
miles to Ascension, but then it
could go on past Ascension -almost
indefinitely all the way
to the South Pole (with a slight
turn) without threatening any
inhabited area." From Ascension
to the Pole is 5,750 miles.
Australia's isolated Woomera
rocket range spans 1,250 miles
on land, another 1,500 ocean
miles out beyond Christmas Is
land. Woomera, the main town and
firing site, lies 325 miles north
west of Adelaide, capital of
South Australia. At a place nam
ed Emu Claypan, another 400
miles inside the range, at least
two atomic explosions have been
set off. Another shook the Monte
Bello Islands off the continent's
west coast.
Laid across dry and ancient
wastes, the Woomera range
holds few attractions even for
wandering Australian aborig
ines. At best the red rolling salt
bush plains can support only
three sheep to the square mile.
Temperatures soar above 110 de
grees at noon, .drop below freez
ing at night.
A radio net warns the few
cattle stations and desert camps
in the range before each firing.
' Woomera" is an apt name for
a guided missile site: it is the
"abo" word for the crude stick
used to direct wicked throwing
spears.
Rockets in the Hebrides
A new rocket range, based on
the island of South Uist in the
Outer Hebrides west of Scot
land, recently was proposed by
the British. South Uist's croft
ers protested. But England went
ahead by raising her flag over
the unclaimed islet of Rockall,
225 miles out in the North At
lantic. French scientists use the lar
gest desert on earth, the Sahara
to test their rockets. A main fir
ing site is at Colomb Bechar
near the Algeria-Morocco border
on the edge of the Sahara.
White Sands Proving Ground
in New Mexico, and the Navy's
Point Mugu range in California,
are used mainly to test high al
titude rockets. White Sands has
a horizontal range of only about
100 miles.
As one way of keeping spent
rocket missiles or their debris
from falling back to earth
and thus permitting rocket tests
almost anywhere some scien
tists have recently speculated
about missiles made of ice. Fir
ed from planes at bitter- cold
upper altitudes, these would
arch high above the earth, melt
ing as they shot back into the
atmosphere.
Around Hollywood
By ALINI MOSBY
United Praia Correipondenl
Editor note: Aline Mosby If on vi
eatlon. Today her column ii written
by Celeste Holm, who sayi an actresi
haa to learn to laugh at henelf.
By CELESTE HOLM
Written for the United Press
Hollywood (U.R) I laugh
ed out loud as I wiped the tears
away after reading a review on
my recent appearance in a "Cli
max" play on TV. The bitter
sweet words said Celeste Holm
now is ready to take her place as
a full-fledged star alongside
"deep-drama" actresses like Bet
te Davis and Barbara Stanwyck.
Normally, such a review
would set up a gal for days, but,
as I said, I wiped the tears while
laughing. The reviewer, bless
him, apparently forgot that I
won an Oscar in 1947 for a bit
ot handkerchief ripping in "Gen
tleman's Agreement."
But I've been knocked down
with a velvet glove before.
You've got to be able to laugh at
yourself in this racket or you'll
wear, out more psychiatric
couches than your budget al
lows. Agent's Copy Accepted
The trouble with too many of
us is that we begin to believe
our own press agent's copy.
The more famous you become,
the louder you should laugh. I
know. I learned the hard way.
I got one of the biggest laughs
at myself while playing Ado An
nie in "Oklahoma!" on Broad
way. It was a fat part. I read the
reviews and believed 'em.
After the show one snowy
night I took a walk, and when I
got tired, looked for a taxi.
There wasnt' a cab within skirt-
lifting distance for 45 minutes. I
was getting cold. Suddenly a
newspaper truck pulled up and
the driver heaved out a huge
bundle or morning papers.
Driver Queried
On impulse, I asked the driver
if he were going downtown. He
wanted to know why.
"Because I live on lower Fifth
avenue," I told him," and be
cause I can't find a cab."
"Naw," he replied. "I'm going
west. Say, who do you think
you are anyway?"
"Oh, I'm Cel . . . I'm nobody,"
I said. As the driver turned the
corner I got a look at the pro
motion ad on the truck. It read:
"Next Sunday in full color Ce
leste Holm!'
My name was in letters six
feet high. I laughed so hard a
police car stopped and the offi
cers asked if I was all right,
and incidentally, to give me a
lift.
I've been laughing at myself
ever since. Money that I might
be spending on couch rentals I
use for hats. It's cheaper be
lieve me!
GIRLS POLY PRINCESS
Portland (U.R) Evelyn Gross,
18-year-old Girls Poly semor,
was named Portland's second
Rose Festival princess yesterday.
There is sufficient land in
Brazil to accomodate one-third
to one-half of the world's population.
Farm woodlands in the U.S.
have an area equal to that of
Norway, Sweden, Finland and
Italy combined.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Spokane New York Gov. Averell Harriman, on "boom times"
claimed by the Republican administration:
"President Eisenhower talks of prosperity but for many of our
people this is a cruel myth. The farmer is having hard times and
small business is growing weaker or being forced to quit."
Slant. Va. "General" John Sailing, Confederate rtieran cele
brating his 11 Oih birthday: .
"I feel miserable. I'm in awful shape, an' achin' an' a'palnln'
everywhere."
Seoul, Korea Again victorious President Syngman Rhee, on
election day in his third presidential campaign:
"I hope a good, righteous man is elected."
Washington Gen. Nathan F. Twining, on disclosing to the
United Press that the Air Force now has H-bombs that can be car
ried by light bombers:
"They are not too big."
Clinton, 111. James P. Duty, on being released after 17
years in prison:
"I saw my first juke box today. It's quite a thing."
Honolulu Indonesia President Sukarno, on his way to Amer
ica on a goodwill visit:
"There is one important thing and that is very important.
That is the closest of friendship between the United States and
Indonesia. If I can establish that, or improve it, I will be rtry
happy."
Washington Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, on why
a Navy commander instead of an admiral was given a particular
job:
"I have never noticed that one star more or less made a man
any smarter."
Case Continued in
Circuit Court Here '
The case against William L.
Foreman,. 22, Portland, charged
with burglary not in a dwelling,
was continued in circuit court
yesterday pending a pre-sentence
report
Foreman had previously plead
ed guilty to an indictment on the
charge.
Jimmy Glenn Martin, 18, 841
Stewart ave,. Medford, was re
leased .on his. own recognizance
this, morning on a charge of
grand larceny. Martin and a 17-year-old
Medford boy were ar
rested by state police last night
in connection with an auto theft.
William E.
MEALY
for
Secretary
of State
"ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS."
Paid Adv. Jerry S. Lausmann, Chairman Jackson County
Healy for Secretary of State Committee.
Who Did D.A. Investigate?
(Art Editorial) . .
Early In the summer of 1 953, District Attorney Walt Nunley went
to the county officials and asked ,for fundi to pay a private inves
tigator , : j I . ,
On June 13, 1953, The Mail 'Tribune quoted Nunley as saying
he wanted to hire an undercover man to investigate dope peddling
presumably to Medford high school children. " "
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Inasmuch as Nunley did not refute the quotes, we assume that the
daily published in Medford was right.
Nearly three years have passed. Politics has reared its ugly head
end, as usual, things are coming out that perhaps would have re
mained hidden.
Nunley now says the undercover report dealt with general crime
conditions in Jackson county. He told The Times that during his term
of office there have been ,only two jisolated dope cases in the county.
People, who supposedly know,: say the confidential investigation
was aimed at conditions in. the Medford police department and the
county sheriff's office. .
The fact remains that no one has seen the confidential report ex
cept Medford ministers. Nunley chose to show it to them. Why?
It would seem to us that a confidential report on crime conditions
in the county should be revealed' to the men whose job it is to police
the county the State Police, the Sheriff's office; the chiefs of police
of all of the towns in the eouhty.
That this was not done only lends credence to the report that Nun
ley did aim the investigation at the police bodies themselves.
Nunley spent $2,8Q0 of tax money to make the Investigation. He
said he was going to investigate dope. If, instead of dope, he investi
gated police and sheriff activities, he obtained the money through
subterfuge.
We believe that Nunley owes an explanation to the taxpayers of
' Reprint from Rogue River Times
George Rode
stands for full and fair
accounting to all the peo
ple of Jackson County.
ON MAY 18th
VOTE "88"
for the .man who's straight
GEORGE W;
ROBE
REPUBLICAN FOR
District Attorney
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