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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.
Contributions to the Heart
Fund in Jackson county may be
made to Dwight Houghton, in
the care of the Medford branch,
U. S. National bank.
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Dutch Do About Everything Wrong But
Still Are Leading in Longevity Parade
Amsterdam, The Netherlands the lower life-expectancy of
(U.R) Although they stubborn
ly do all the things considered
wrong by American experts, the
Dutch live longer than any peo
ple on earth.
They rarely diet.
A plate of thick, fatty pea
soup with a chunk of pork in it
is a cold weather favorite. ,
They are mostly overweight.
They work hard.
They don't slow down at 40.
But Dutchmen average 70.6
years of life, and Dutch women
average 73 years. .
This compares with 66.6 years
for an American man and 72
years for an American woman.
The United States and Britain
are virtually tied for third place
in the longevity sweepstates.
Sweden is second with 68 years
for its menfolk and 73 for its
women.
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. All practical work in
the medical field is in the hands t
of private organizations such as i
the Green Cross Society, the Ro- j
man Catholic Yellow-White
Cross Society and the Calvinist j
Orange-Green Cross Society.
The government health inspec- j
tion service merely advises the
private cross organizations, j
which have their own doctors '
and nurses. It coordinates their !
activities and disburses a gov
ernment subsidy to them. !
Banning listed these other
reasons why Dutchmen live
longer:
They live quietly, are nqt
easily excited and rarely
change their habits. A majority
of young girls attend home
economic courses where there
is strong emphasis on hygiene
in the home, especially the j
kitchen. They drink less alcohol
than many other nations.
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