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o 51st Year Medford Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wii 2nd Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1957 Pages 1 to 6 Forest Service Will Torpedo' Summer Forest Conflagrations San Franciso OJ.R, The U.S Forest Service is cooking up a "secret weapon" for use in its eternal hot war with forest fires. It'i going to "torpedo" them. M. M. Nelson, chief of fire control for the California region, revealed today his outfit had taken delivery of seven surplus Navy TBM torpedo bombers to carry out the new and remark ably successful technnique of water - chemical bombing from the air. The Martin-built carrier bombers were ferried to Cali fornia in recent few weeks from the Naval Air Station at Nor folk, Va. They are now being refitted for their new job in the peacetime war against the con flagrations that do millions of dollars damage to the nation's timber and rangelands each year. The aerial tanker technique, pioneered by the forest Service as far back as 1936, is now coming into its own as an ef fective weapon in forest fire fighting, according to Nelson who is one of the nation's top authorities on the subject. No Cure-All for Problem "This is not a cure-all for the forest fire problem," he cau tioned in an interview with Unit ed Press. "Just as the military, with its atomic bombs and guid ed missiles, still needs its in fantry, we, also, will always need our ground troops. "We are going to have big fires, even after this new tech nique is developed to its ultim O ate. But we won't have so many big fires, because the planes can hold down many which otherwise would run wild." The seven torpedo planes will supplement region five's present fleet of seven Stearman bi planes which saw action against California fires last year with "gratifying results." Thus, California foresters will face Qthe 1957 fi:e season with an air arm of 14 planes, outfitted for their unique duty and ready to take to the air with a bomb load of fire-snuffing chemical within 15 rninutes's notice. Nelson and his pilots are awaiting the challenge eagerly. Nelson said the results of the 1956 season convinced him "the turning point" had come in mod ern fire control. Nelson said the first experi ments in aerial fire control in 1936, when the Forest Service, in cooperation with the Air Corps, tried dropping metal con tainers of water on fires, were not encouraging. Shorty after World War II, similar experiments were tried near Missoula, Mont., using B29 and B25 bombers and P47 rig ged with proximity fuses to ex plode at treetop level. Nelson said the first concen trated series of experiments were held in 1954 at Camp Pendleton Marine Base near San Diego. Dubbed "operation fire stop," it included experiments with all sorts of fixed-wing air craft and even helicopters. The technique really began t jell. Nelson- said, when the ex perimenters hit upon a solution of sodium calcium borate and water, mixed to a consistency of pancake batter. This was found far superior to water, he said, because it remains effective as a fire killer even after the water New Jail at Miami Proving Attractive Miami U.PJ City Judge Henry Balaban has freed 50 sobered-up drunks from the new city jail to make room for others swelling the jailhouse popula tion. A policeman said drunks are purposely getting arrested so they can get in the new jail, which he said is being run like "a country club," with "televi sion, a nurse to take the prison ers' temperatures and other at tractive facilities. has evaporated; its heavier weight gives better penetration on foliage enables pilots to see plainly where previous drops had been made. During 1956, the forest service used borate bombing in 25 fires and a later evaluation declared the system was a "deciding fac tor in 15 of them "a definite help" in four others. K. F. Bank Robber Gels 5-Year Term Portland (U.R) A 28-year-old Klamath Falls electrician who held up the First National bank at Klamath Falls last November to pay off his debts has been sentenced to five years in prison. Paul James Lambertson thrust a note to a teller in the bank and fled with $2700 in the un armed holdup. U. S. Judge William East said he was imposing the relatively light sentence because of Lam bcrtson's favorable record. De fense attorneys pointed out that friends of the convicted man have undertaken the task of pay ing off his debts. A tip to police by Lambert son's former wife, to whom he was paying $325 a month from his monthly check of $350, led to his arrest for the robbery two days after the holdup. Pressure Said Mounting To Up Cigarette Prices New York (U.R) Pressure is mounting for higher cigarette prices to offset squeezed profit margins in the industry, Stand ard & Poor's Corp. said today. The statistical agency said pro duction economies and the rapid rise in popularity of the more profitable filter tip brands help ed manufacturers keep prices stable since April, 1955, when king size brands were raised. Hear) Association Expands Attack on Rheumatic Fever Portland Oregon Heart as sociation plans to expand its at tack on rheumatic fever during 1957 to include preventive as well as educational and research act ivities, according to Dr. Herbert Griswold, Oregon Heart associa tion president and head of the cardiology division, University of Oregon medical school. Dr. Griswold has advised H. G. (Bud) Horn, state chair man for the association's Febru ary Heart Fund campaign, that the 1957 budget calls for a large expenditure to carry on the fight against rheumatic fever, often the forerunner of rheumatic heart. Research projects already under way at the University of Oregon medical school. Reed college and Bend will continue, he said. In addition, there will be a pilot study of rheumatic incidence in an area stretching from the Oregon coast to the mountains and a preventive pro gram which is still in the plann ing stage and not yet ready to be announced. Preventable Disease Despite the fact that rheumat ic fever is a leading cause of disability nd death among children and young adults, it can now be listed as a preventable disease, Horn said. An Oregon Heart association bulletin pointed out that rheumatic fever is almost in variably preceded by a strept ococcal infection, most common ly a "strep" sore throat, and urged prompt medical attention of suspected "strep" infections. 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Holland has topped this longest-lived list for at least half a century. Dr. Cornelius Banning, chief of the public health inspec tion service, was asked how the Dutch do it. Exercise Helps "Our ante-natal, and post natal car e," he replied. "We have a very low death rate for infants in their first, and most critical, year." When the dutch infant grows to an adult, Banning said, he usually takes part in a healthy sport such as swimming and gymnastics. And he walks a great deal. Banning said in his .opinion American men is due partly to the fact that they ride in- cars too much and exercise too little. "They even go to drive-in movies so they can see the film without leaving their cars," Ban ning said. Public Health Banning paid tribute to the curious public health setup in Holland. 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