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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1956
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HIPrHlr ROORAYl Joyful members of Britains First Royal West Kent Regiment
whoop it up as they prepare to board troopship at Port Said, Egypt. They are heading
for Cyprus as United Nations Emergency orce mr ed in to reinforce Norwegian sol
diers aireaSS' in .Port Said. 8 0
Communications Field in Peacetime
Not for the Birds, Army Brass Decides
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Untild Press Correspondent
Fort 'Monmouth, N.J. U.RJ--
The tmy pigeon is- a dead
ducir.o
The, Ar?yD has decided that
the r-ommuncia.tinujs field in
peacetime. t, least is not for
; the birdi.0The electron is taking
CO
That wa. the purport of a
sweeping decision announced
Tuesday nii:htfrom the (Treat
Pentajion ryri in Washington.
Thf) piron i is bcrnc retirrd
Umn rp duty grounded, so
. to speSk. e ?
The Washington nnouncPment
said poeris in electronic com-(i-muniietions
has "virtually sus
pended" aner prjaCf'time need" for
pigeon, The- swift wirts and
stout hearts that hare done com
bat for yicri in tw-n world
wars andeKorca are being de
activated. Last Su& Aeiivity "v, "'
The Airily Signal Corps pi
geon cfffitrgr gcre long a heari
quarteg for training.,, billing,
cooing, and breeding is" the
test sruchCeVxivity in the country.
If sfn'ilf bC' closed and some
I,0(i0 bircS offered 2for sale.
Eightf(n feathered heroes.
livinpOhere in hrmored rrtire
mrnP ft the srwciiii "Churchill
lirft" whicfPis reserved lor. those
birdsQhat jhave saved American
q livep In (ombat. will be given
extra consideration. The Army
hopes to place them in public
zoos or institutions.
That's the respect that puf a
heart-tug in the retirement' of
Ihe homing pigeons as com
pared with Uie recent announce
ment that the Army is deactivat
ing its last tactical mule unit.
The mule, though noble, was
seldom glamorous. .
Rent Hero
One pigron here is credited
with saving hundreds of lives.
He's a 13-ycar-old. pearl-eyed
speed merchant named C.I. Joe
, a dark racing pigeon with
white head markings and white
flight feathers in; his wings. In
World War If Joe flew 20 miles
jn 20 minutes probably the
fastest military pigeon flight on
"record with a, message calling
off a bombing. It saved a British
bricade which bad entered tile
tareei'arca ahead of schedule.
The lord mayor of London
awarded G.I. Joe the Dickin
Medal. .
Joe's ChtfrchiH-loft. mates in
clude Yank. 14 years old, a light
gra bird with a larre beak and
orange eyes! and. Caesar 12 dark
with checked wih,gs. Yank de
livered the news of the fall of
Gafsa ia Tunisia, and. another
time, flew a Gen. George Patlon.
message 90 miles in 100 minutes.
Caesar carried 44 combat
messages in. North Africa and
once flew an important message
300 miles acros? the Mediter
ranean to Tunisia.
Best of All
The bodies of four hero pi
geons are mounted i' glass cases
here. From World War I, there
are President Wilson who return
ed to his post in the. Meuse-Ar
gonne with his left leg shot off
and Spike, carrier of 51 mess
ages. From World War II:' Lyle's
Boy (carried 46 combat mess
ages in Italy) and Jungle Joe
fcarfied messages for OSS agents
back of the Japanese lines- in
Burma).
The last-. AEF pigeon fa die
.here was Mocker, who oh Sept.
12, 1918, was .released with s
message- locating a concealed
German -battery that had been
inflicting frightful damage on
the Americans. Twenty - five
minutes later;- he flew' into, his
station, his head- a mass of clot
ted .blood, his left eye gone.
Using data in the message,'
American artillery silenced the
German battery. .
In a Hurry
The : Army's ' pigeons, accord
ing to Otto Meyer, technical ad
visor for the pigeon center, have
been fed on one penny per day
per bred, with a mixture of 12
different grains and .seeds.
What makes a pigeon travel,
even through withering fire?
Some special dedication. to'duty?
No, saidl Meyer. It's just that he
loves home. And, he's in a hurry
to get there. '
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O make your dollars work harder for you is mother.
And.'of course, your mone' is s?e'Decaiie.in In- .
O sared Associations j'oiir savio C are protected bymnd
manament and substantial resenes. Thes- are in
ured ur $10,000 h he Federal Sawnes and Loan
insurance C,:jr?oratin-m agency of the U.S.Covem
(genfejThee re the reasons hy Aaiericaa
are putting mnre of trieir'savinps aeeoont
dnlTara into-Insured Savings and Loan Ao
ciations.than anywhere els-e! And, with over S3S'
billion of assets, these Insured Associations are a great
force in encouraaing thrift and home ownership.
' Tmi can invest in the future with as little as $1 to '
53. Plan now to eive . ;
someone in your fam
ily (or yonwelf) this
"present with a fu
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with a part of your
Christmas bonus . , .
"watch it grow . . .
more, quickly than
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-MEW LOCATION -29 N. IVY-
lverment mad by th 0fti' rciv divicUds.at of th Ut
FIRST FEDERAL
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c 29 North Ivy K. F. Kyle, President
Gambling Would
Be Legal; Group
Said Dead Serious
Redding, Ca lif . (U.R) Citi
iern of this area laid plans to
day for eight Northern Cali
fornia counties to secede and set
up a 49th state, featuring leg
alized gambling and freedom
from income or sales taxes.
A small group met this week
and wired Rep. Clair Engle CD
Calif.) to advise them how to
proceed to form a new state of
'"Shasta." A severe snowstorm
prevented attendance of all coun
ties involved.
The dream of a new state re
flects long-smoldering problems
of the thinly populated, unde
veloped area. It was triggered
by an expected battle in the
1957 session of the California
legislature over water develop
ment. The eight counties, Siskiyou,
Modoc, Del Norte, Humboldt,
Shasta, Trinity, Lassen and
Plumas, comprise about one
fifth of the state's area. The bulk
of California's undeveloped
water originates within borders
of, the proposed state and the
hills and valleys abound with
wildlife and trout.
Small Population
However, the counties have
but 1.7 per cent of the state's
registered voters. They are rep
resented in the 120-seat state
Legislature by only two assem
blymen and four senators. In
contrast, the city of Los Angeles
alone has 31 assemblymen.
Patrick Hanratty,' 35-year-old
department store operator at Mt.
Shasta, and a co-signer on the
telegram to Engle, . said ' the
group is dead serio.us. .
"We don't plan to set up any
armed roadblocks or send our
militia to march on Los An
geles," Hanratty saidl "We'll
have to go to the. county gov
ernments and set up a plebiscite
election."
Hanratty said the group also
has asked State' Attorney Gen
eral Edmund G. Brown for ad
vice. .
. "As " a separate state, we
would be masters of our own
destiny," Hanratty said. "We
would have two senators in the
U. S. Congress to represent us."
Water Dispute
Arid Southern California, des
perately in. need of water, has
the majority of the state's popu
lation: and taxpayers.- It will
have to bear a large share of the
cost of developing ' Northern
California water resources. Leg
islators from the South have
shown a marked reluctance to
vote any money for dams until
they get firm water rights..
Hanratty said the-area's chief
difficulty is that it lacks the
poyri'lation or. funds to carry on
its fight or bring about develop
ment. "For instance, the annual bud
get of the Mt. Shasta Chamber
of Commerce is about 81,200,"
he said.."You can't hire-research
men to provide statistics with
that. And you can't attract new
industrv."
Waiver of British
Payments Expected
Washington OJ.R) Initial
congressional .reaction indicates
that Congress will agree to waue
an $81 million interest payment
j from Britain for 1956.
Britain needs the dollars to
help pay for emergency U. S. oil
! shipments made necessary by the
blocking of the Suez canal. "
i The British government asked
the United States Tuesday to
waive the 1958 interest payment
on its 1946 U. S." loans and the
World War II lend-lease debt.
' State Department ' Press Of
: ficer Lincoln . White said the
j "British request will be submit
j ted to Congress for approval. .
' The original Anglo - American
agreement covering the interest
1 payments already provides for
waiving them under certain con
ditions. By going to Congress
the administration will be ask
ing it to share, responsibility for
waiving the payment.
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A$timbly Scheduled
Oregon Education association
representative assembly will be
held in Portland. Dec. 7 and 8.
Alf B. Mekvold, county school
superintendent, and Leonard
Mayfield, city school superin
tendent, will help the group of
county delegates attending the
assembly from -this area.
The assembly helps formulate
policies of Oregon Education association.
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Girl, 14, Confesses
Poxtlanof (U.R) &- A pret)
14-year-old girl has been taken
into custodv in connection with
a series oof home burglaries in
north Portland. 0
Policeosaid,, the yirl .uld t
her alarm (floclt fo S a.m. and
leave her home quiStly. oSSe
would returrj before sunrise. At
least four (tuirSaries Jiave been
cleared up, officers (Said.
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TURNCOATS COME HOME British police inspector es
corts American turncoats Axlie Pate (center) and Aaron
Wilson (right) from the Sino-Hongkong border to turn
them over .to the American Red Cross in Hongkong. Pate,
26, Carbondale, 111., and Wilson, 23, Uranai, La., were
among 21 American prisoners of war who refused
repatriation at the end of the Korean War and chose to
live under Communism. Peiping radio said the two men
left China "at their own request."
Quotes From the Mews
Bf UNITED PRESS "
. United Nations, N. Y. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U. S. ambas
sador to the United Nations, on Hungary's rejection of a proposed
visit by U. N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold.
"This is an affront to the secretary-general and to the whole
civilized world, particularly after the attempt to hornswoggle us
last night." ' '
' Tokyo Turneoaf Arlia Pate, 23. of Carbondale. 111., after
three years in Red China:
"Communism is for the people that want it. I don't want it."
Menominee. Falls, Wis. Mrs. Stanley " Nadwocki,. whose 6
year old son. Dale; is dying of cancer:
. "You never find out how kind people are until a time like
this." . . ' . ' .
Honolulu Territorial ' Sen. Ben Dillingham on. longshore-,
men's leader Harry Bridget:
"There isn't a dictator anywhere in the world who has any
more power."
New York-Adm. Arlelgh A.' Burke on historians' assessment
of the U. S. 6th Fleet's contribution to peace in the Middle East:
"I suggest that they will find the contribution to be substan
tial." . . '. '..
London Mrs.- Vera Stravinsky, wife of- She composer: "
"It may surprise, you, but I don't like classical musifc." :
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