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!
SO CO Per Load
DELIVERED
I mm Immediate Delivery
Ph. 3-S878 or 2-5055
Sawdust for Fuel
PHELPS FUEL CO.
1337 So. Peach St. '
X
I
MISSING for a week, pretty
Christina ennerstrom, 16,
daughter of Swedish official
in Washington, is believed
to have eloped with Senate
page Hugh Williams, IS. also
missing. liruemacional)
GIBGKU
rADCtiirc
GIBBEREUIC GROWTH STIMULANT
JUST SPRAY FOLIAGE
its)
fTL-" COMPLETE S
tom:si 1
to 1 irpticroi
JSJJ WITH HCUE SHE
V a UNtnEiKiiie )
iOTINT
CAPSULES
2
ORDER AT ONCI
LIMITED SUPPLY
Formulation
GIBREl ,
-. Merck
&Co.
Licensor
ONLY 2 CAPSULES
IN APPLICATOR MAKES ENOUGH SPRAY ti
effectively treat dozens of plants of ill kinds
indoors and out. 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. II HOOF, iSX CltlK KtlrMM SfUITI
GUARD YOUR FAMILY ogoinst loss of their
home by arranging for Life Insurance to repay the
mortgage in full in the event of your death.
Can the Man from Manufacturers today.
District Representative
C "CHUCK" COX
210 Elm St., Medford, Oregon - Tel.: SP 2-8420
NO WONDER THE BIG SWITCH IS
THE IVilGHTV CKiWSL
TO
Most glamorous car in a generation
3S3S252B9Z2
THK MtGKTT CHRTSLCR NEW TORKER 4-OOOW HARDTOP
No o ther car
id its price class
offers all these
advanced features !
Th Or Xftt R W on forth! No more nose dives when you stop! No more
roek-ana'-roQ on turns! ChrrsJer" exclusively engineered Torsjon-Aire Ride
combines a rubber -isolated, tan-joint, torsion bar front suspension and out
rigger mown ted rear springs to give you a new kind of ground-bugging ridel
TorqooF!!t Simplest, Most Agile Transmission Ever Built! No o!d
fashioned lever! Just toorh a button on the (safe) left side of the dah . . .
TortrueFbte does the rest! Fastest acceleration in its class, plus maximum ;
fnl ecoDomy! Standard on drysler Saratoga and New Yorker.
Styfing Leadership that wiH be new for Tews! Record sales prove it!
Qirysler's styling is years ahead! Other cars are just beginning to imitate it.
It's lower (i'4 ft.) and longer (219.2 in.) than any car in its price class, and
it has the most shoulder and leg room inside. Compare its troaihy interiors, too!
Highest Resale Value of any Car in Its Price Class! And this record
resale value is still going up! Public demand is what does it! This high resale
value reflects Chrysler's advanced styling and engineering. You get more
far your money when yon buy a Chrysler ... more when you sell it, too!
HAMLIN MOTOR COMPANY WALT'S LITHIA MOTORS
Eighth and Front Streets - Medford
56-60 North Main Street Ashland