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1 0 O SIXTEEN MEDFOHD (OREGON: MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, June 17. 1SS7 Republican Talk of Spreading Influence In South Called 'Whistling in the Dark1 Atlanta " Southern Re publicans talked encouragingly toriay about spreading the GOP influence in the South but a Demnrra'ic leadrr said they are just "whistling in the dark." Spurred on by an "operation Cixie," sponsored by the Repub lican National committee. GO? feeders worked on an organizing drive a, the precinct level to bii!d up registrations in hope-. oi getting at least within shout Uf distance of the Democrats When the registration bonks elred in Louisiana before t h k presidential election last fall, there were 1.043.275 registered Democrats and 9.311 Republi firm Yet, President Eisenhower carried Louisiana against Dem ocrat Adlai Stevenson by a com fortable margin. This ironic situation points up the complexities of the GOP problem. Went For Eisenhower "Those states that went Re- : publican in the south didn't go Republican but went for Eisrn jhower," Georgia Democrat!" I chairman John Sammons Bell said "The Republicans are whistling in the dark if thev hope to make headway in the Southern states." Camille Gravel. Louisiana Democratic committeeman, be lieves "the President ! popular ity is on the wane." But in Florida the Democrats 'are genuinely concerned. State ! Democratic Chairman James i.Milligan said a big influx of j Northerners is adding steadily to Republican strength in the : Sunshine slate, j Estimates GOP Strength Florida Republican Chairman jC.-Harold Alexander estimated ! present GOP strength in the state at 170.000, although Eisen bower beat Stevenson by almost j that many votes in Florida last j November. Precinct - level organization Mrength of the Republicans in Florida has multiplied six times since 1950 and the GOP holds local offices in eight counties Armed. Forces Have 9 Different Guided Missiles in Hands of Men 'Feilor' Not-- MlMlle evlnp-fn-nl it r-nlnllrniins nnponrv. Tip I' 5. hat or l funntnlv nnrlt ibz "n n'arlv 0 miftMlv snme fiiid'rl and inm unrulri'fl. The a wjpon are nam-rl affr ev rthint fffrn creek OMt In ri--t riMIr nak, If vou hiv-n't hn ahle to h--p Irark nf Ihfm, (A following dupatrh may help.) B WILLIAM GALBRAITH Ueitee) Press Correspondent Washington 'r The Armed I"orrs have put nine different g lided missiles in the hands of combat units and are working to c develop at least 18 more. The robot weapons now ready for action are of comparatively " )mrt range. The highest priority now is on efforts to beat Russia in the race to perfect missiles in both the 3. 000-to-5. 000-mile "intercontin ental" and the 1,500-mile "inter mediate" range. In this, the services are en gaged in intense competition among themselves. Defense Department officials concede that inter-service com petition caused duplication of effort. But they say some dupli cation is needed to make sure the United States gets the best missiles possible. Each of the missiles now in Is That So? the hands of combat units is de signed to perform a different task or to cope with problems peculiar to the service involved Here they are: Army Nike-Ajax Anti-air craft guided missile guarding at least 13 major cities and four air bases in the United States. Range is about 25 miles, can reach planes at 50.000 feet alti tude?. It can be "commanded" from the ground. Army Corporal Bombard ment weapon for battlefield use Can strike targets 50 to 100 miles distant. Can carry a nu clear warhead. A jam-proof missile, supersonic like the Nike, the Corporal cannot be balked once it is launched. It has been By EUGENE BURNS Rjnqer-Naturalist BJani oldest demesticated use-lmale worker (males don't sting) assigned to troops in Europe ful insect the honeybee suffers irreparaole injury to her has been his ally in conflict in abdomen but just try to catch times past. It has rendered foes up with a man, even in clanking unconscious or lent speed tojarmor, to reassure him that it can t happen again by that same bee which got under his bonnet. Even as late as World War I, German soldiers in East Afri ca tossed beehives into the Bri- the anguished flight. Although the ancients did not have poisonous gas, they did use poisoned honey as a highly effective weapon. Part of this was owing to the simple trust tisn ranks. And this ancient cus man placed in honey as far j torn was revived in 1937 when hack as 4.000 years before upon orfe occasion in the U.S. Christ, n Egyptian ruler. King jstrikers threw hives of bees at Menes, was given the honorable i policemen who were guarding title, the beekeeper, and howja mill. After vainly battling the long before that people ate hon-. insects for some time, the police ey is unknown. Iwere rescued by the fire depart- We do know that for thous-rnent which finally routed the a)s of years men ate honey jbees with streams of water, (with the exception of North To be sure, honey was used as Ameiica and Australia where food during World War II the honeybee did not exist until jits use as concentrated food goes the white man brought it.) jback to early days. Greek ath- Th first report of the use of iletes ate honey before they en poisoned honey is when the wily llered the arena for the Olympic lleptakometes placed several j games (Copyright 1957, Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) hives containing this honey most strategically along Roman Gen eral Pompey's route while he u-ic IraL-clinn uritK IhroA rl-firte (a cohort being one-tenth of a ?e By special arrangement division rouehlv 1.000 men) wltn tne editors of the Encyclo- through the mountains. Seeing !?ela Americana, my panel of the bees busily doing that which J"dges lU awfard each weck 10 comes most naturally gather-j'h r,eade,r wh scnds m the ing the watery nectar of the j . "ic uv.in.uie azalea and converting it myster iously into a thick, spicy spar kling honey, something man has never been able to duplicate the Roman soldiers fell upon the csweelmeat greedily, became senseless, and were set upon by Heptakometes' men and killed. Scientist who have since vis ited these areas assert that the bees must have fed on Rhodo c dendron ponticum, an azalea. Although bees can feed on this nectar with impunity and feed it to their young, to man the product. honey made from it n lethal. Only Beeswax Used Even today, when bees feed on this plant and bees tend to gather one nectar at a time as long as it is available in quantity thereby avoiding use less cross-pollination the na tives throw away the resulting honey of that gathering, using only the beeswax. During these same days the century before Christ it is said that when a group of soldiers were about to plunder the property of the Roman poet Virgil, the attempt was success fully thwarted when his ser vants placed his most valuable possessions in beehives. In another way. less subtle perhaps, bees have helped rout many an armed aggressor. In the days when men fought from ponderous steeds in heavy armor and citizens protected their, ci ties by building great walled fortresses, beekeepers would pitch hives of bees upon the attacking enemy. What sticks and stones rould not do. the bees did: seek openings in the knights' armors and crawling under the visors of their, hel mets, plunging in their barbed daggers to the hilt. Irreparable Injury Actually a bee dies once it has plunged its many-barbed stinger into a victim the fe- 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 week new 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 Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Hermiston Attorney Named District Judge Salem HPi Gov. Robert D. Holmes Friday appointed Her miston attorney Paul A. Thal hofer, 29. as judge for the newly-created Umatilla district court in Pendleton. Thalhofer. a Republican, was born in Klamath Falls, and is the brother of Joseph J. Thal hofer. 33. elected district judge of Deschutes county at Bend. Thalhofer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Thalhofer of Prineville. Governor Holmes signed the bill creating the new district court Thursday. Air Force Matador A 600 to 700-mile-an-hour surface-to-surface winged missile that flies about 650 miles. It, too, can de liver an atomic punch. Unitj are in Europe. The Matador is now being replaced with a version having greater range and an improved guidance system which resists electronic jam ming. Air Force Falcon A small guided missile weighing about 100 pounds used against oppos ing aircraft. Interceptors can carry a number of these rockets under their wings. They are electronically fired and guided to the target. Navy Regulut A naval ver sion of the Matador which can be carried by either surface ves sels or submarines. Navy Terrier A needle nosed supersonic missile launched from surface vessels to knock down attacking aircraft. It rides a radar beam to the target and is accurate to about 20 miles. Navy Sparrow An air-to-air missile carried by aircraft to launch against enemy aircraft. Deadly at five miles. Navy Sidewinder The Navy's newest air-to-air missile can de stroy enemy bombers anywhere from sea level to 50.000 feet. It homes in on the infra-red rays emitted from the exhaust of a jet aircraft or missile and de stroys its target by slamming right up the tail pipe. Navy Petrel A guided mis sile launched by patrol planes against enemy vessels. The Pe trel can be fired from well out side a ship's anti-aircraft de fense, thus saving the pilot from hazards of anti-aircraft fire. The Army's Redstone missile is not yet in combat units but may be soon. The missile, cap able of carrying either nuclear or non-atomic warheads, is be lieved to have been fired about 200 miles. Successors to these missiles and a batch of new types are coming along fast. The national party is helping the cause there with money. "The days of Southern Repub licans paddling their own canoes are gone," Alexander said "There is no doubt we'll get the help we need now." A big Republican registration drive is under way in New Or leans, center of GOP strength in Louisiana. In Tennessee, GOP Chairman Guy L. Smith said his party "will have candidate. for Congress running in six out of nine congressional districts" next year plus candidates for governor and for the Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Albert Gore. Series of Meetings Ray, Jennings Republican state chairman in North Caro lina, plans a series of precinct meetings and feels the GOP has a good chance to pick up one or two more congressional seats in North Carolina, a "fertile territory" for the Republicans. No specific program of re cruiting new members has beer, undertaken in Georgia, primar ily because Georgia voters do not register by party. Republican National Chair man Meade Alcorn said the par ty will make a "great effort" to carry out President Eisenhow er's goal of running a GOP can didate in every Southern con gressional district next year but that "stone age laws" might thwart the attempt. "We have run into some stone age law in some states such as Georgia where it is virtually impossible to get a Republican on the ticket," Alcorn said. He predicted, however, that the GOP can expect a net gain of eight House seats over the pres ent nine they hold in the South Still Too Weak Leaders of both parties in Vir ginia agree that despite Eisen hower victories there in 195? and 1956 the Republicans are still too weak to topple the en trenched Democratic organiza tion of Sen. Harry Byrd in i stale election. A Republican polled 45 per cent of the vote in a 1953 governship election however, and party leaders see a good chance of building Vir ginia into a two-party state. Southern conservatism and re Iuctance to be bound by strict party rules are generally re garded as aids to the GOP or ganizing drive. -tilt 4 it AW kiV OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY For Queen Elizabeth II (above) was June 13. She is 31. Though her actual birth date is April 21, June is the traditional month of good weather in London, so every monarch's "birthday" falls in June, Wxi Fir Slabwood Any Lengths Biggest Loads in Town! 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New raise huge lads, be onias, mums, delphinium, phlox, daisies, carnations, roses, dahlias, etc. i- 4 i M 1 1 li fl IVi JH IJ.l IJIr.l-MIIITl C-IS-GRO NOW AVAILABLE AT Sixth and Bartlett or Tenth and South Fir CAUSED NEAR RIOT Mar ilyn Monroe arrives smiling for premiere of her new movie at a New York thea ter where her new figure moulding gown set off a near riot. A friendly crowd broke through a cordon of 15 policemen and make sou venir treasures out of Mari lyn. Marilyn lost her ear rings but managed to keep the gown intact Coasf Guard fo Help Enforce Regulations Portland W The Coast Guard will cooperate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service here in enforcing the sockeye salmon regulations of the Inter national Pacific Salmon Fish cries Commission from June 24 Aug. 12, it was announced Fri day. The regulations adopted by the IPSFC this spring order that no sockeye salmon may be fished for or taken in the territorial waters and high seas westward from the West Coast of the Unit ed States and the Dominion of Canada between the 48th and 49th Parallels of latitude, except by trolling gear. Dr. Hoffman Resigns Portland College Post Portland IPi Dr. Philip G. Hoffman Saturday announced his resignation as Dean of the Faculty at Portland State college t- become vice president of the University of Houston, Tex. Hoffman had been vice dean of the General Extension Division in Oregon and then dean of the division before his appointment to Portland State. He was in charge of the Ford Foundation curriculum study at PSC and won the addition of general stu dies courses to the school's cur riculum that were offered at no other state school. Detroit OP) Victor Kolar, 69, who retired in 1941 as con ductor of the Detroit symphony orchestra died Sunday night after a short illness. Level of Nation's Business Activity Expected to Remain Steady for Awhile Cleveland, Ohio W The level of the nation's business activity will remain steady for at least two or three months, Steel Magazine said today. The current flurry of new orders reported by many com panies is not expected to pro duce any appreciable break in the straightline movement until late in the third quarter of 1957, according to the publication. The metalworking weekly said later expected upturns in production will follow comple tion of summer vacations and putomakers' preparations for new model introductions. At present, Steel said, any immediate increase in new orders will only result in an increase in backlogs. Produceri Are Satisfied Most manufacturers were re ported satisfied with present op erating rates. Reasons include a reduction in the costly overtime of last year's boom and no neces sity to push machinery to the breaking point. The national operating rate of the steel industry for week end ing June 16 continued its up ward trend. The magazine re ported mills were operating at 88.5 per cent of rated capacity, a gain of one-half point over the preceding week. Yield amount ed to 2.265,149 net" tons. Current upward movements in scrap prices will tend to keep blast furnaces at high operat ing rates, the magazine predict ed. During the week ended June 12, the scrap price composite rose for the seventh consecutive week to S55.67 per gross ton. This was an increase of $3.34 over the preceding week. Price Composite Steady Steel's base pVice composite on finished steel remained at 140.24 a net top. ''Exports of the nation's metal working industry were a whop ping 64 "per cent above those of the same period in 1956," the publication pointed out. "If the rate continues, look for the ex ports to exceed 20 billion dollars this year." whicn would amount to 1 billion dollars over last year's all-time high. The industry s sales for the first four months abroad was reported at $3,600,000,000, com pared with $2,200,000,000 in the comparable period of 1956. Metalworking shipments account for half the total exporting sums, the magazine explained. BOURBON DRINKERS... When arc you going to change to clearly finer Jchenleu RESERVE CHIEF JUSTICE DIES Summit, N.J. W Arthur T. Vanderbilt, chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, died Sunday of a damaged aorta. He would have been 69 on July 7. Dpad linp Sunday Classified i nnon Saturday; in a m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day Bourbon drinkers should jti-l naturally take to Schcnley Rcsrrv... villi pleasure. It's so smooth and soft. ..clearly finer in tlie bottl...clcrly finer to your taste. Enjoy Schenley in the white label package toiight. SCHENLEY DISTILLERS CO.. H.Y.C. ILENDEO WHISKY. 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