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Second Section Pages 1-6 -Kf A TT MEDFORDIrRIBUNE tnileo Freh t-uli kao wire timed freas ull Leased Wir MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1956 Russia Making Strides in Base In Wastelands of Antarctic Sydney (U.PJ Russia has al most completed an ambitious base in the Antarctic less than five hours jet flying distance from the Australian mainland, as part of the Soviet Union's participation in the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. Australian Antarctic explorers who were guests at the Russian base at Mirny in that portion of territory claimed by Australia in Queen Mary Land, said the Russians made great progress in the seven months after their ar rival on the frozen continent. They added that Soviet base is well on the way to rivaling Australia's base at Mawson, the first permanent station on the Antarctic mainland. Although Mirny, 2,500 miles south of Perth, Western Austra lia, is located in the Australian sector of the continent, the Sov iet Union did not seek Austra lian permission to establish its base. Like the United States, Russia does not recognize any claims by other nations on Antarctic territory and makes j no claims on its own behalf. i . Russia's interest in the stratcg- r " ic wastes of the South Polar con tinent is based on its contention that an Estonian, Adm. Fabian Bellinghausen, in the pay of Czar Alexander, discovered the Ant arctic in 1820. Little Activity The United States, however, claims that Capt. Nat Palmer, Yankee skipper of the sloop Hero was the first to sight the icy coast of the Antarctic, also in 1820. Compared with Australian and U. S. exploration, Russia's activ ity in the area since Belling hausen's voyages has been vir tually negligible. This apparently would account for Russia not pressing too liard in claiming a slice of the Antarctic "pie." Australia broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1954 after the Petrov spy sen sation. This apparently accounts for Russia failing to consult Australia on the establishment of the base at Mirny, which is 800 miles closer to Australia than is Mawson to the southwest. When Russia announced its in tention of establishing a base Wednesday Nite Spectaculars!. on sale from 4-9 p.m. tonight only! ADVANCE SALE ALL-WEATHER COATS by Aguatog reg. 17.95 reg. 22.95 reg. 25.00 1195 1395 1595 reg. 29.95 1795 Peg model or Ivy league with belted ' back, broken sizes 26-36. 2.88 reg. 5.98 ladies' DRESS FLATS Smart sfyles in-high fashion shades of, pink, tan or yellow.-. 3.49 reg. to 5.00 MEN'S T- SHIRTS Smart, colorful T- ers crew or gaucho shirts by famous mak- lj" :ho collars. Sizes S-M-L. I Size 30x30 unhemmed In white only stock up at this low pries . . . 6 ,cr $1 I in a part of the Australian sector of the , Antarctic. Australian Foreign Affairs Minister R. G. Casey made an offer of "facili ties'" for nations participating in the IGY investigations. Austra lian diplomatic sources regard this offer as a clever piece of diplomacy by Casey, designed to avoid international embarrass ment when it was learned the Russians planned their base along the Knox Coast. Large Group The Mirny venture was or ganized by the Soviet Academy of Sciences last year. The acad emy assembled an expeditionary force of 226 with the apparent intention of dwarfing the ex peditions of other nations de signed to lay the groundwork for IGY research. The Russian expedition used two of the Soviet Union's most modern icebreakers, the Ob and Lena, two high-decked sister ships of 12.600 tons built in the Netherlands. The icebreakers were supplemented by a vessel known simply as Refrigerator Ship No. 7. Using charts drawn by an Australian pioneer Antarctic ex plorer. Sir Douglas Mawson, the Russian expedition arrived off the desolate coast of Queen Mary Land late in January. Seamen trained as riggers and builders set to work erecting the base before the 24-hour nights of the Antarctic winter set in. The first project was the construction of five houses con taining two' three-room flats each, for senior scientists, and six big dormitories for the others. In addition, foundations were drilled in rock and ice a polar observatory, a 600-kilowatt generating station and a 2,500 ton fuel dump. The Soviet flag was hoisted over the base Feb. 13 after pre liminary steps in establishing Mirny were completed. Fresno Doctor Faces Deportation To Korea Fresno, Calif OJ.P.I Dr. Yong Ja Chai, a Japanese-born doctor of medicine, faces the grim pro bability of deportation to a na tion she has never seen as the re sult of a legal technicality. Immigration officials are ex pected to send Dr. Chai to Korea late in September. She knows no one there and cannot speak the language. Ironically, her par ents are citizens of Japan, where she was born and lived most -of her life. The legal technicality that threatens Dr. Chai results from a ruling by Japanese immigration officials. Upon application for a temporary visa to the United States, it was decided she was Korean because her father was born in that country, and her passport had to be obtained through the Korean embassy. Dr. Chai came to this country on a fellowship to study as a resident doctor at Fresno County Tuberculosis Hospital. She is a I graduate of Tokyo Women's j Medical College and holds both j Japanese and California medical j licenses. Sept. 28 Deadline i Although Dr. Chai's passport status was changed from a tem porary status to that of an cx chanee visitor, no further exten- I sion is available and the visa expires Sept. 28. Deportation seems almost a certainly. About her only hope of re maining in this country would . involve her marriage, and that I possibility is unlikely. She had talked of marriage with a young I American doctor she met while I taking advanced studies at the University of Illinois several months ago, but he has said he must complete some special studies before marriage. That is several months away and would be too late to prevent Dr. Chia's deportation. "I don't want to leave Ameri ca," Dr. Chai said, "least of all to go to Korea." She pointed out there is a hatred of Japanese by Koreans, and it will be very difficult for : her to start over in a strange I country. I If she were married. Dr. Chia I could go to Canada or Mexico and return to the United States under Japanese quotas and prob ably remain in the country as the wife of an American citizen. Japanese officials will allow Dr. Chai to visit her parents in Tokyo for three months. 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