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SIX MIDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, May 28, 1958
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Quotes From the News
By UNITED" PRESS
Ann Arbor, Mich. President 'Sukarno of Indonesia, on the
development of the H-bomb: .
'In hi scientific skill and pride man has developed something
which makes the future of a warlike power problematical in
deed." . , -
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Florence, Italy Former Prtildent Truman, on why he'd rath
er not discuss Italian politic:
"I nerer got out of my own slate of Missouri to tell the other
states what they should do."
Hammond, Ind. Mrs. Opal Juanita Collins, on why she killed
her husband, his mother and his two sisters: .
"I just blew up over something that was said."
Miami Sent Estes Kefauver on his fight with Adlai Steven
eon Tuesday to win the state's Democratic presidential nomination:
"Whoever wins Florida will have a psychological advantage
In California June 5 and get substantial help all over the country."
Gainesville, Fla. Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes, Steven
ton's state campaign manager, on why Sen. Estes Kefauver has
charged Stevenson with having a "dual personality":
"Sen. Kefauver's bitter personal attack upon Gov. Stevenson
and his Florida supporters is a measure of his desperation."
0
VUm STEVENS
Mr. Dynamite Himself
In 1921 Hjalmar Bran ting was
a Nobel Peace prize winner,
while Dr. Albert Einstein was
given the world honors in phy
sics and Anatole France won the
Nobel money as the literary
tyee of the year.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel had
.been dead for 25 years, but his
money kept marching on, pick
ing up enough annual interest
to allow four prize awards of
$40,000 each per year. It was
dynamite money. Nobel was the
man who had invented it. In
.history he still stands as Mr.
Dynamite himself.
Dynamite was a prime mover
in all the enterprises that drove
logging railroad spurs in switch
backs up the timbered slopes of
pinnacles, back there in the
1910-1930 period. And as for
construction the biggest dam
began with a man dangling over
a cliff in a bosun's sling, drilling
with an air-powered jackham
mer, "springing" the holes, then
packing them with dynamite,
percussion caps and wire con
nections. Then blast, and fire.
So a river cliff would .be
reamed out for the shoulder of
the dam. The dynamiters then
went underground, drilling and
shooting out ''coyote holes," to
pack in enormous charges of
high explosives, blasting their
way to bedrock, thanks to
Nobel.
How It Started
Alfred B. Nobel, bom in 1833,
lived most of his youth in St.
Petersburg, now Leningrad, and
in travel that took him to all
the countries of Eurorje and to
the United States. His father
manufactured torpedoes, mines
and other nice things for the
Russian Navy. "
In 1852 Alfred came home to
St. Petersburg and went to work
with his father. Eleven years la
ter he patented a high explosive
that was mixed from nitroglyce
rine and gunpowder.
By this time the Nobel family
had a plant near Stockholm.
Production of the new explosive
was started there. It was peri
lous stuff at all stages of manu
facture. A year after its produc
tion began a batch of it blew up
the factory, killing Alfred's
younger brother and four good
men beside.
A dozen other persons were
killed by explosions in hauling
and handling this deadly article
of commerce. Nobel persisted in
experiments to make his inven
tion "safe." In 1866 he came up
with "a combination of nitro
glycerine and kieselguhr, and
diatomaceous earth," to which
he gave the name of dynamite.
It made him millions.
Good Works
On the lofty plateaus of civil
ization where the scholarship of
man and his works of pure crea
tivity are the crops and the har
vests, the name of Alfred Bern
hard Nobel keeps an undying
light because of his bequests for
annual awards to those who
have achieved greatness in work
for peace, and in chemistry,
physics, medicine and litera
ture. While down in the 'mines, out
in the woods, and on the dams,
"Nobel" is the name of the
Swede who came through with
the Big Tool of top rank on
American construction, most of
all in the rugged Western wil
derness. The years since 1910 have
been a power age in the big
timber of Oregon and Washing
ton. Steam power in donkey en
gines, steam locomotives on log
ging railroads, speeded logs by
the millions down the canyons
and around the curves to the
biggest steam sawmills on earth.
Then came the crawler tractor
and the logging truck.
It was the driller and the
shooter who led, on railroad and
truck road, with the Big Tool of
Alfred Nobel. 'Them was the
days" of the dynamiter as the
mightiest Western pioneer. And
he still has a heap of work to do.
Snow mold which shows up
on lawns as snow melts is a
form of root rot.
SUCCUMBS One of the
"Hiroshima Maidens," Tom
ako Nakabayashi, 26 (above)
died at ML Sinai Hospital in
New York six hoars after
plastic surgery. It was her
third operation to remove
scars caused by the world's
first atom bomb raid.
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PH. 1-1 71
Is That
By Eugene Burns
Ranger-Naturalist
Editor's note: This article on How
to Select Your Campsite is the second
in a series which Ranger Naturalist
Gene Burns is writing for the Mail
Tribune. We suggest that you clip
and paste up these informative, prac
tical articles for future use. Others
will appear regularly on succeeding
Mondays.
When it comes to selecting a
camp-site, how often have I
heard that old refrain: "Select
your camp with these three
things in mind: 1. A good view;
3, pure water; and 3. plenty of
dry firewood handy."
Let's face up to present-day
facts. When it comes to a good
view, at least a dozen others
beat us to it; as for pure water,
it's only pure when it comes out
of the tap you'd better boil it
for five minutes even if it
it comes out of a spring; and
as for that dry firewood, it's
all been used up before we get
there.
That settled, let's look at the
selection of a camp-site. Frapk-
ly, there are more important
things to consider than these so
called three basic principles, that
is if you believe in safety, occas
ional bad weather, and creature
comforts. And regarding the lat
ter, I'm partial to them it
helps one get the most fun out
of camping.
The first basic rule is to let
the sun help you set up your
camp: by this I mean, always
arrive in time to set up your
camp before nightfall, so you
can case the site.
Now if you can fulfill your
dream of the perfect vista along
a mountain lake, well and good
.
but for creature comforts, you
would better settle for a fairly
level spot for your tent, bed, and
table.
See that the spot is well-dram
ed and preferably on a slight
rise. Then, when rains fall unex
pectedly, your tent will be dry
and comfortable and the rivulets
racing, down the hillside won't
get in under your shelter; In a
desert, avoid camping in a desert
wash or in a dry stream bed
you may find yourself and your
possessions swept away by a
cloudburst, especially in summer
months.
Keep Climate In Mind
Always keep your climate in
mind. Because the calendar says
it's midsummer, don't assume the
nights will be warm. In high
altitudes summer nights can be
bitterly cold well below freez-
ing. Now if you want warmth,
then pitch your tent facing a larg
rock or bank which catches the
sun's heat and which will radiate
it back into the tent. At night,
a fire can be built at the base
of such a large rock to reflect
the welcome heat into your tent.
For my ideal summer camp, I
like to have a little early morn
ing sun, but still be surrounded
by big trees with high branch
es for midday shade. Usually,
the northeast corner of a grove
is best. And free from brush
which shuts off the breeze and
harbors mosquitoes.
About those pesky mosquitoes
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
and other Insects, avoid low
places, still ponds, and wooded
dells with a carpet of bracken or
tall grass, attractive though it
may seem. Usually they are full
of mosquitoes. Anthills are hatd
to destroy it's easier to avoid
them.
Pitch your tent with the back
to the wind. As for wind, re
member that breezes blow up
a canyon during the heat of the
day; and down during the cool
of evening; and from theslant
of surrounding trees, you can
get the prevailing winds and
storm winds. Might arrange
your windbreak and cooking
fire accordingly.
(Water and firewood will be
discussed in subsequent articles
but old hands, I'd like to point
out, carry a gasoline cook stove
or bring enough dry hardwood
for the first night plus an em
ergency supply of pure water).
Don't Pitch Under Tree
For safety's sake, be most par
ticular not to pitch your camp
under a leaning tree with shal
low roots, or under a dead tree,
or one which has large dead
limbs on it in a wind these
may. suddenly come crashing
down. In mountainous country,
better check up- hill to see that
there are no boulders or loose
cliff soil which may come tumb
ling down in a storm.
Sand, dunes may look pictur
esque and soft to the tenderfoot.
But, brother, sand is hard as
rock to sleep on and when the
wind starts to blow, your bed,
your food, your disposition will
soon be filled with gritty sand.
Avoid 'em.
Finally, if this is your first
camping trip V watch how oth
ers select the camp-site and pitch
camp. Most old timers are proud
of their camp technique and will
be delighted to tell you what
they know. Then, next time,
pitch in and help. Then, in time,
you'll be an old-timer. And it
will be your turn and pleasure
to give a beginner a hand.
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(Copyright, 1956, By
Eugene Burns)
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Gloria Swanson Finds YoutH Rapidly
Catching Up With Her at Madrid Party
By GLORIA SWANSON
Written for United Press
Madrid (U.R) Whoever
said, "My, what a small world,"
didn't realize how very small
the world was going to be in
1956 and how much smaller
when we get jet commercial
transports.
Every time 1 poke my nose
outside my own quarters, I
hear, "Well, for goodness sake,
what are you doing in Madrid?"
or "Are you following me I
just left you in Monte Carlo" or
"I last saw you years ago in
your house on Sunset boule
vard." Or, as for instance today, a
young man introduced himself
as the son of the late swimming
champion,- Norman Ross. While
I zoomed back to age 17 I won
dered if I should tell the youth
that before his father was his
father, he was a beau of mine.
Sophia "The Curves" Loren
I last saw in San Remo when
she finished the rally from
Rome. Four weeks later here
she is working on "The Pride
and the Passion" with Cary
Grant whom I hadn't seen since
his Barbara Hutton days.
Martini, Anyone?
At a 10:30 cocktail party
(Spanish hours) there were An
tonio, the - "greatest"' Spanish
dancer, whom I hadn't seen
since Rome; a trim little figure
belonging to Gloria De Haven
(I remember her father, Car
ter, of the silent days), and Cas
tillo, first Spanish designer to
have a collection launched in
America by Lis Arden.
. . These and other familiar fac
es against a background of fla
mengo dancing, gypsy chanting
accompanied by intermittent
rhythmic clapping and drum
like pounding of the feet. You
had to be insensitive not to feel
the surge to abandon your body
as you had your spirit to - the
twirling atmosphere.
Though the hour was late, it
was not the end of this typical
Spanish evening. After dinner
it simply dissolved to another
location, a night spot where Ava
Gardner and Frankie Sinatra
brushed shoulders when he ar
rived and the lady was leaving.
Braten Flirt
An unusually robust Spaniard
who had been explaining the
origin of the 'Arabic-sounding
chants couldn't resist telling me
that he had flirted outrageously
with me in the "bygone days."
I made some inane remark
while wondering whether he
would have recognized me had
I gained 200 pounds.
Next day at the reception in
the ' American ambassador's
residence of John and Frances
ca's Lodge, we were reminiscing
about our Holfywood days.
Francesca's brother,- Sitano
Braggiotti, had acted , in ray
second talking picture. Brian
Ahern and wife entered, talking
to Richard Aldrich,- the late
Gertrude Lawrence's husband.
I was about to greet them
when I heard a soft voice be
hind me, saying: "I'll wager
you don't remember me." "Oh,
no, not another one," I exclaim
ed, and thought I'd better leave
Madrid before all my "youth"
caught up with me.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) The year's selling book about segregation
most fearless movie makers: A
team that makes films on a
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hunt, segrega
tion and the
life of Sig
mund Freud.
. The first of
these unusual
movies is
"Storm Cen
ter" in which
Aline Mosbr B e 1 1 e Davis
plays a motherly librarian- who
refuses to remove a book on
Communism from her shelves.
She is accused of being a Com
munist because she once belong
ed to some organizations which
later were listed as Red front
groups.
Controversial Film
Producer Julian Blaustein and
writer-director Dan Taradash an
Oscar winner for writing "From
Here to Eternity" made "Storm
Center,'" and will film the other
two stories for their independ
ent company, Phoenix Produc
tions. The reaction of "Storm
Center" previews indicates it
may be one of the most contro
versial pictures of 1956.
"A film never has been done
before on book-burning or guilt-by-association,"
Blaustein said in
an interview today.
"We believe provocative
movie stories should not be ig
nored just because they're con
troversial. We just happen to be
interested in subjects with which
some people disagree." "
Next Blaustein will tackle
"Guard of Honor" from the best-
in the Air iorce during worm
War II.
Freud Story
Hollywood for years has been
making coin from murder mys
teries and musicals about psy
chiatrists. Next year, Blaustein
will film the story of the man
who started it all Freud the
father of psychoanalysis.
Some alarmed analysts have
expressed fear the story would
be Hollywoodized with stars ar
riving for- the premiere on
couches. But most doctors the
world over have shown "great
excitement over the film," the
producer says.
The movie will be based on
a book, "Freud Master and
Friend," by Hanns Sachs.
RETURNING from Coast
Conference meeting in Vic
toria, B. C, Commissioner
V. O. Schmidt says in Loa
Angeles he will study the
charge that USC overpaid
athletes. (International)
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