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EIGHT MEDrORP (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. May 8. 1957 Back Stairs: The Death of McCarthy Bt.MERRIMAN SMITH UP White House Wrizer Washington (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: When news of the death of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy broke late Thursday, a member of the White House shook his head and remarked: "Brother, am I glad that I don't have to write the statement of condolence on tht one." The mutual antipathy between President Eisenhower and his wife and the McCarthys was never more evident than during the recent White House social season. Is That So? More than 2,500,000 horses were used in World War II by far the largest number ever util ized at one time for warfare. They were used with perhaps the most devastating effective ness by the Soviets. Shortly after the Nazi invaded Russia, the Reds called up more than a million horses about 800,000 for draft purposes, many "requisitioned" from collective farms, and 200,000 personally- owned mounts of the justly- By IUGENI 1URNS Ranger-Naturalist a7- fe -ct famed Cossacks. Subsequently as units rallied to the western front from deep behind the Ural mountains, Russian cavalry ex ceeded 500,000. That totals 1, 300,000 horses. (Although the U.S. Army has discontinued its horses and mules it is quite likely that, if anything, the Soviets have in creased their number.) Like the Cossacks of old who fought for the Czars, these mod ern horsemen in World War II wore their tall fur hats and broad shouldered black and red capes. Trained from early youth to go with their own horse and their own weapons to the de fense of their land, each one combined superb horsemanship and markmanship. At a dead run, anyone could swing under his mount's belly or ride at a gal lop while standing on the ani mal's back. Holding a saber be tween his teeth, he could swoop down and pick a handkerchief from the ground. He was trained to ride sitting backward or standing in crossed stirrups or lying sideways across the animal. And riddle a man-shaped target from all these positions. All this not just for sport but to build up within horse and rider an affinity, a feeling of confidence and fear lessness, and quick of action. For centuries this Cossack tradition has flourished. And from all we know, it is still flourishing. Conditions Ideal 'In many parts of the Russian front, conditions for cavalry were Ideal that is, they were terrible for machines. Impene trable bogs as in the Pripet marshes which the German ar mored divisions had to bypass. Thickly forested hillsides. Low land swamps. In the rainy sea son, many overflowing, bridge less rivers. Seas of mud, axle deep. In winter, ice and deep snow and sub-zero weather. Let's consider just one sector of the Nazi-Russo front there were hundreds. In the Dnieper front, the strategy went some thing like this. On the routes of the Nazi mechanized advance, the Soviet cavalry rode ahead and put to torch every town and hamlet, every farmhouse and barn. What cattle they could not drive ahead, they destroyed so that the invader was denied all food and made wholly depend ent upon his lengthening sup ply lines. Other cavalry units mean while cut behind the German advance to work on those supply lines. If necessary they -would cross marshlands and swim rivers. Taking the well-recon-noitered enemy by suprise they would thunder down swiftly and viciously, overwhelming concen trated areas and blow up ammu nition supplies, empty fuel tanks, destroy trucks, cut high ways, blow up railway lines, wipe out command posts, cap ture light guns and ammunition and foo'dstuffs. Then away they would go to make another raid a hundred miles away. On one occasion, a 1,000-horse raiding party worked behind the Nazi lines for 135 days. A most telling reason why the great Nazi drive failed. (Copyright, 1957. by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Neyripaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each new week submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to Is That So! co Medford Mail Trib une, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. National Guard Quits Camp Adair Facilities Corvallis U.P.) The Ore gon National Guard is quitting its facilities at Camp Adair after 10 years due to a cut in its state appropriations by the pres ent legislature,' Col. Paul L. Kliever, director of armories and facilities for the Guard, re vealed Saturday. However, the Guard will re tain a rifle range on its service center. When the Guard pulls out on July 1, the equipment at Camp Adair will go to other guard units - in Oregon. Col. Kliever said the Guard is seeking to establish another maintenance shop in Salem to replace the one at Camp Adair. However, no suitable facilities have been found yet. " The state appropriations for the National Guard had been cut by $230,000 by a Ways and Means committee recently. V WestinghODse WATER f HEATER 1 .u-tui rauciaa met Only $10 Down 310 Per Month TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN ELECTRIC COMPANY 214 W. Main Ph. SP 3-6241 Corvallis Man Named President of OPS Board Portland U.P.) Dr. Waldo W. Ball, Corvallis, has been elected president of the Oregon Physicians'", Service board of trustees, it was announced today by General Manager Joseph B. Harvey Jr. The McCarthys were deliber ately left off the invitation list for a government reception, but all other senators were invited. Mrs. McCarthy later was invited to a White House reception, "but sent her regrets. Some people thought the White House snub of the Mc Carthys was carrying political differences a bit too far, but the White House apparently felt it was justified because of some of the senator's biting remarks about Eisenhower. Thus it was difficult Thurs day night figuring out how the President could say anything without having his words seem insincere. He ended up by send ing a simple note to McCarthy s widow saying Mrs. Ike jpined him in extending sympathy. Eisenhower was said to have told some friends the other night that he would fight to the best of his ability for a Republican congressional victory in the 1958 elections. But, he added, it would well behoove some prom inent Republicans in Congress to help themselves right now by being substantially more active in behalf of basic administra tion legislation. The President must have been testing out an idea on his friends, because a few days la ter he stated essentially the same thing in a speech tele phoned to a regional conferenc2 of western Republicans in Salt Lake City, Utah. Thomas E. Stephens, political man-of-all-trades for the Presi dent, has moved out of his White House offices and set ifp a private law office here. This does not mean he is out of politics. His counsel , still is sought on a daily basis and the tempo of his now fairly light political activity . undoubtedly will step up during the con gressional campaigns next year. The local society pages re cently were full of pictures o Sherman Adams, the assistant to the President, square dancing in his shirt sleeves at a party given by Budget Director Percival Brundage. The pictures were the source of some amazement to Washingtonians who had Adams pegged as' a man with icewater for blood and whose only indoor sport was' chopping off the heads of offending politicians. Forest Grove Girl Found by Searchers Tillamook U.R) Donna Ra cine, 16, Forest Grove, was found safe early Sunday after being lost overnight "in rugged Cape Lookout state park west of here. ' The girl was found by Ron Smith, assistant district forest warden from Tillamook, and Norman Wilson of Dallas, whose four bloodhounds helped in the search. . Wilson said the girl, who suf fered a large number of scratch es on her arms arid legs, was about half a mile off the trail. 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She has had Laura visit her hom, lent her books and even took her into the city for a week end of theater and museums. Recently, however, Laura has been going around with a dazed, moony look. I picked up one of her notebooks and found the teacher's name scribbled all over it. There was also a lot of love poetry. This teacher is unmar ried and a rather mannish type. I am terribly worried. I can get nothing from Laura but temper, and I would like to dis cuss the whole thing with th principal. My husband is against this. Mr. K.' P. I think it would be very unjust to endanger this woman's reputation on the basis of suspicions. She has done a lot for our daughter. I've met her and she appears to me a firw, honorable woman. I'm sure she wouldn't harm anyone espe cially a young girl and a stu dent of hers. Her professional ethics wouldn't permit it. This woman is in her 40s. She has the reputation of being an exceptionally dedicated teacher. 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Even if no overt act was committed, this woman may be more or less innocently adding fuel to Laura's crush simply be cause it pleases and flatters her. In any case, the. relationship seems to have passed the stage where Laura has nothing but good to gain from it. Her parents ' sl"tuld try to direct her atten tion elsewhere. It would defi nitely be bad policy to attack the relationship itself. Laura's parents should, in stead, try to subtly and tactfully point out other directions in which Laura could develop. She might have other abilities musical, dramatic, athletic. She should be encouraged to feel this is the time of her life in which she can explore a multi tude of activities. The parents should encourage the interests that put Laura in touch with boys and girls of her own age. It would certainly be unjust to endanger the teacher's reputa tion on the basis of suspicions, but there would be no greit harm in Laura's mother discuss ing with the principal the poss! bility of Laura's being placed in a different class for the new term. She can explain that she appreciates the help this teacher Shelley Winters Takes Third Mate Carson City, Nev. (U.R) Act ress Shelley Winters and her third husband, actor Anthony Franciosa, today planned a honeymoon in Mexico. The couple was married here Saturday night. They plan to go to Mexico in about eight weeks, after the 28-year-old Franciosa finishes his role in the movie, "Obsession," which has been on location here. Miss Winters said she planned to return to Hollywood this week. The wedding was Fran ciosa's second. FIDLER'S SWAN SONG Des Moines, la. U.R) Harry Fidler was back in jail today, living proof that (1) thieves al ways return to the scene of their crimes and (2) life is just a vic ious circle. Fidler, free just two days from serving three years for shoplifting in Hill's Depart ment Store, went back to the same store Saturday and was ar restedfor shoplifting. ; " Tavern Proprietor Wounded in Hold Up Portland U.PJ Everett Wayne Eaton, 37, proprietor of the Colonial Tavern in Portland was shot and seriously wounded early Saturday by one of two men who held up the establish ment. Eaton had attempted to thwart the holdup and was shot with a .45 calibre pistol. The slug entered his lower abdomen, according to hospital attendants. Medfo'rd Man Held On Car Theft Charge Donald Raymond Rice, 28, of 217 South Riverside ave., was lodged in the county jail Sun day in connection with the theft of a station wagon from Skin ner's garage. State police said Rice was ar rested at 1:20 a.m. Sunday near the junction of Highways 99 and 62. 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