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A Nkhol's Worth of Comment On This and That Br HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Pru Future Writer Washington (U.R) A lot of Army men go to the "Lost Fron tier" in Alaska because they're sent there. Others are sportsmen who see a chance to C i dip a line, set i in i - . i bead on moose or bear. JT-l'M ""IRS wn.cn wind up in me skillet as pret- Hirnun M'hou ly line eaung. Sgt. 1C. Howard J. W. Shanks of Dearborn. Mo., volunteered for a short hitch seven years ago. He's still there and he estimates that he has traveled some 35.000 miles by car, plane and foot in the meantime. Howard has dragged In 50- pound salmon, trout weighing 15 pounds or more and pike which stretch the scales to 30 pounds. 1 ( ! - 1 1 v. . j.: i He has become such an expert.-) everything. Fishing, including that he makes more money as a "sourdough" fishing guide on off days than he does as a mil itary man. Sgt. 1C Claude W. Treece of San Antonio, Tex., says that he and his family have covered 20,000 miles in the far north land finding good fishing and hunting all the way. The prize catch is the Alaskan brown bear, said to be the larg est carnivore on earth. Regula tions are that G. I. hunters can't go out alone. These fellows, the bears, weigh in at about 2,000 pounds and grow up to 11 feet. They get more than a little mean when wounded. The brown bear is a first cou sin of the grizzly, and no friend of man. He prowls the areas around the salmon streams near the coasts and among the moun tain ranges of Central Alaska. Black bears range around three-fifths of all Alaska. Polar bear, weighing from 700 to 1600 pounds, are mean critters, too and can cut a man to pieces. There also are deer and cari bou. The wandering caribou for ever is on the move. He is a rear kin of the reindeer and travels hundreds of miles each year over migratory routes. Our lads serving in Alaska can get non-resident licenses for hunting the first year. These come S50 a person, and that takes in hunting (not including the big game) and trapping and fishing. The second year is only $10 a person, and it takes in most the big salmon and other fish is only $2.50 for the first year. After a person has been in the territory for a year he can run down and get a trapping li cense for $30. That includes the capture of mink, which must In terest any Army wife with a hankering to look like Mrs. Astor. One of the best features of the Alaskan wilds is no snakes. Most fun, though, according to the men who are stationed there, is the shooting of a moose. This guy weighs up to 1,400 pounds in the winter and the male stands over six feet with his hat rack up. The boys say it is fine eating. Separation for Mentally III Urged Salem (U.R) A separate building for treatment of men tally ill children has been rec ommended to Gov. Elmo Smith by a special committee appoint ed by the State Bord of Control. The committee was named some time ago to make specific recommendations on establish ment of a facility for mentally ill children. The committee suggested that the new unit be for 50 to 60 acutley ill patients and that it be administered as part of a pres ent institution. First choice ol the group was Fairview home the new state hospital slated for here. Second choice would be construction at Wilsonville. Admission to the children's facility would be voluntary. Serving on the committee were Dr. Dean Brooks and Dr. Harbert Nelson of the state hos pital; Dr. John Waterman of the State Health Department; Dr. Gergard Haugen and Dr. James Shonklin of Portland; Melvin Murphy of the Oregon Mental Health association, and Dr. Irvin B. Hill of Fairview home. Margaret Truman Not To Visit GOP Meeting San Francisco U.R) Mar- JO I III -isSlil v I i. .: 5- 1 '-: - irmr Wednesday, August 15. 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FTYE Rhee Confident That World Will Unite Against Communism Tokyo U.R South Korean President Syngman Rhee said to day he is "optimistic and confi dent" that the free world will unite against the Communists during the next four years in a battle lor survival. It is for this reason. Rhee said in Seoul in a United Press inter- garet Truman vowed today she lor a ,hird term that he had ot has no intention of visiting the ordered his army to march alone UAL Said Unaware Of Union Strike Plan- Chicago (U.R) A spokesman said today that United Air Lines has received no official notifica tion of strike proceedings from the International Machinists Union. The spokesman said UAL man agement knew of no "strike or any similar action by the union." The spokesman said a series of negotiations were held "quite some time ago" between manage ment and the union over the is sue of contract renewal. Since then, however, the UAL spokesman said the union had a "cooling off" period as pre scribed under the railroad labor act and "apparently stayed cool." Cow Palace where the Repilbli cans are preparing for the con vention next week. Miss Truman arrived here Tuesday with her husband, Clif ton Daniel of the New York Times. He will represent his pa per at the forthcoming conven tion. "San Francisco is a beautiful city and this time I'm going to do nothing but enjoy it," Miss Truman said. "I'm not going to sit in an old convention hall when I can explore this city. "I've never ridden on a cable car and I'm going to do that, for one thing." African Sculpture Displayed at Museum Philadelphia .U.R) Phila delphia's University Museum has installed the largest exhibition of African tribal sculpture ever shown in this city, and report edly one of the finest shows ever presented in the Western Hemis phere. Comprising the products of 42 tribes of the art-producing areas ol West Africa, the exhibition will remain at the museum until Sept. 16. On exhibition will be more than 200 pieces borrowed from 10 great museums and 25 private collectors of three continents Africa, Europe and America. Tribal art, or art arising out of institutions based on the tribe, is one of the great neglected fields of are history, and this exhibition will not only present works of the great masters of Negro Afri ca but will afford the rare oppor tunity for people to assess for themselves the genius of these great masters of woodcarving and bronze-founding. against the Rods in North Korea. Weapons Made Obsolete He said also that Communist evasion of the Korean truce has given his enemies in the North "modern weapons that make ours as obsolete as bows and arrows." He added that the ques tion of modernizing South Ko rea's equipment, despite the ar mistice, "has been seriously dis cussed." "We have not taken any unil ateral action because we hoped, and still do, that the free nations will get together in defense of their freedom instead of follow ing the policy of coexistence with the Communists, Rhee said. "We are optimistic and confi dent that during the next four years the freedom-loving nations will come to realize that unless they take concerted, united ac tion against the world's Commu nist aggressors, none of us can survive." Cannot Cut Forcei The 81-year-old patriot. South Korea's first and so far only president, began his third four year term in Seoul today. His written answers to a se ries of questions also included the following statements: 1. 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