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.
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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-
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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. The Republic of Korea can
not reduce its military forces
without inviting attack from the
North.
2. Korea will need U.S. mili
tary and economic aid as long as
the threat of Communist aggres
sion exists.
3. Rhee's administration will
cooperate with the U.S. president
elected this fall, whether he is
Republican or Democrat. The
Korean chief executive would
not say who he hopes will be
elected.
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