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Wednesday, August 7, 1957
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HOW COMMUNISM WORKS Was described by the kfller
of Guatemalan President Carlos Castillo Armas in his
handwritten diary. Roberto Castaneda, chief of public
information of Guatemala, is pictured showing the diary to
newsmen in Guatemala City. The 23-page document, writ
ten by the assassin, outlined the Communist philosophy
and indicated that he would be willing to give his life
to -''Tiinate Armas and advance the cause of communism.
Castaneda also displayed a letter written to the assassin
from Communist Russia.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs. Betty Yovicsin, wife of Harvard foot
ball coach John Yovicsin, on her missing husband:
"One of his football buddies might have been going fishing
and my husband might have decided to take a few days off. I'm
not really worried just a little concerned."
Washington Serial Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson
(Tax.) bluihin jly speaking to movie actren Jayn Mansfield:
"Thank you ma'am."
London Philip Burbridge. 63-year-old retired British army
ergeant, on slapping Lord Altrincham' after the latter refused
to withdraw his criticism of Queen Elizabeth:
"I did what Prince Philip would greatly like to have done. I
gave him a good hard lick."
Hollywood Comedian Red Skelton. on completing a European
tour with nil 9-year-old son Richard who is doomed by leukemia:
' "Now everything is in God's hands. I find myself praying
everywhere, all the time in airplanes, taxieabs and even walk
ing along the street,
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Hollywood Deputy District Attorney William L. Ritzi, on the
' prosecution's case in the Confidential magazine criminal libel trial:
"We do not intend to introduce an abundance of filth. Let them
(the defense) try the case that way if they want to, but we will
.' prove the articles are obscene and libelous without reading them
into the record."
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Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
It is impossible to speak of
whales without bringing up that
question which is one of the
most persistent: "What about
Jonah? Could a whale really
have swallowed him? And swal
lowed, could he have remained
alive?"
This is a question which must
be shared by the student of the
Bible and the student of natural
history.
As for the former, I am told
that according to Scripture, Jo
nah had been instructed by the
Lord to go to Nineveh to preach
to the people about their wick
edness. Fearing for his own safe-
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ty, Jonah instead got on a ship
at Joppa to ship for Spain. On
the voyage he was caught in a
storm. The ship's crew believ
ing that Jonah was the cause
of it, at his own suggestion,
cast him into the sea in order to
calm its rage.
An accurate translation of the
Hebrew text reads: 'Now the
Lord had prepared a great fisn
to swallow up Jonah. And Jon
ah was in the belly of the fish
three days and three nights."
In this, there is nothing to
show that a whale was intended.
However, in the New Testament,
the Gospel of Matthew says:
"For as Jonah was three days
and nights in the whale's belly;
so shall the Son of Man be three
days and three nights in the
heart of the earth." But the word
here translated as "whale" is
Greek and properly means "sea
monster. .
Some Biblical scholars have
conjectured that the story may
actually have referred to a small
boat which, in the rough sea, was
likened to a sea monster; but
that after thvee days of bad
weather, the boat brought Jonah
to land. Others state that the
idea of a sea monster was given
to the author of the book of
Jonah by the local legends con
nected with Joppa, the port from
which Jonah embarked for
Spain; for it was at Joppa that
Andromeda was rescued from a
sea monster by Perseus in Greek
mythology.
Not Whalebone Whale
Now as for the whale, George
C. Goodwin, associate curator of
mammals at the American Mus
eum of Natural History, New
York, states: "If a whale ac
tually swallowed Jonah, it cert
ainly was not one of the whale
bone whales. The throat of all
whalebone whales (including the
giant sulphur bottom blue whale)
do not have a gullet bigger than
a man's fist. But the Sperm
whale (Cachelot) does have a big
throat and in this regard, sperm
whales have been observed in
the Mediterranean sea."
To the question of whether
Jonah could have remained alive
in the whale, there appears to
be a parellel. An English engine
er, Sir Francis Fox, states that
in 1891 a whaler named James
Bartley off a whaling vessel, was
swallowed by a sperm whale and
remained alive through uncons
cious in the animal's belly for
24 hours. He was rescued by his
shipmates who caught the whale
and then cut open its stomach.
Recovered Senses
For two weeks, states Sir
Francis, Bartley's mind was un
balanced but eventually he re
covered his senses and was able
to resume his duties. Where his
skin was exposed to the gastric
juices, it -was bleached white.
Curator Goodwin on this score
adds: "This is a provocative
story. There is, of course, some
oxygen in the belly of a whale,
and it seems possible that an un
conscious man could stay alive
under such conditions for same.1
But, unfortunately Sir. Francis'
fats were second-hand, obtain
ed from the captain and others
on the whaling ship."
Instead of saying "Absurd" to
Jonah's story, it would be better
to say: "Unlikely."
(Copyright 1957.
by Eugene Burns)
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Is That So! co Medford Mail
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Salem (IP) The State Board
of Control has approved enter
ing into agreement with Tilla
mook for use of the Tillamook
County Naval airport as a camp
for boys from MacLaren school
near Woodburn.
Best Judgment of ' Military Leaders IS 021
Shows That Europe Can Be Defended
Editor's note: This is the third in
a series by Charles Corddry, United
Press military affairs writer. The fol
lowing dispatch analyzes Europe's de
fensive capabilities.
By CHARLES CORDDRY
United Press Correspondent
Paris W Europe can be de
fended. That claim admittedly is con
troversial and much debated in
military circles in this age of
nuclear weapons.
It represents the best judg
ment, however, of many military
leaders consulted during a 6,600
mile tour of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization defenses in
Europe and the Mediterranean
area.
Top officers of Allied head
quarters here point to evidence
that Russia well respect NATO's
ability and intention to defend
itself.
Despite political and economic
stresses and troubles ranging
from Greek Turkish disputes
over'Cyprus to the French army
deployment into Africa, NATO
has been 100 per cent successful
militarily. It has prevented war
and it has protected its territory
for eight years.
If the deterrent should fail and
Russia should be foolish enough
to start a war, NATO strategy
does not envision any prolonged
land campaign so far as can be
told from non-secret information.
Can Prevent Enslavement
Whatever the destruction,
strategists believe they can pre
vent the continent' from being
overrun and enslaved.
The aim would be for ground
and air elements comprising
NATO's forward shield to hold
at or near the Iron Curtain until
retaliatory air forces' could deal
crushing blows to the Soviet Un
ion. That would not take long,
according to available estimates.
Vice Adm. Charles R. Brown,
U.S. 6th Fleet commander in the
Mediterranean, estimated to vis
iting reporters that the U.S. Stra
tegic Air Command could rain
down the bulk of its punishment
in something like 16 hours. The
fleet, too, would get in some
blows in that time, he indicated.
Other officers said if the shield
force held for '72 hours, Europe
could, by aerial attack on enemy
forces, be spared from invasion.
Gen. Lauris Norstad, supreme
Allied commander in Europe,
was questioned recently in a
U.S. Senate hearing on the abil
ity to hold.
Defenses Could Hold
"I am not talking now of car
rying on a land campaign," the
Air Force general said. "... If
they (the Russians) start the war
I think we can hold until the
effect of our retaliatory force is
felt : . . It might take several
days or weeks for most of the
attacking forces to feel the full
effects of our retaliation."
Norstad said Russia could not
knock out all NATO's retaliatory
air fields in a simultaneous at
tack. The assumption is that if Rus-
Field Executive Sets
Visit With Local Board
Emerson Smith, field execu
tive of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards, will
spend next Friday, Aug. 9, in
this area consulting with local
realtors and other business men,
according to William Frohnmay
er, president of the Medford
Realty board.
Smith, who travels from the
association headquarters in Chi
cago, will meet with Medford
Realty board officers and address
a board meeting at the Medford
hotel at 12 pjn. Friday.
Police Installing
Photograph Equipment
Work is under way in the
Medford police department to
remodel and improve the photog
raphy section where "mug
shots" are made of all jail in
mates, according to Officer Ted
Whisler.
The section contains special
mugging camera equipment.
Photographs of all prisoners are
filed with other records in the
department.
Salem (ID Gov. Robert D.
Holmes has issued fhe first vol
ume of a newsletter designed to
acquaint people with his prob
lems and progress as governor.
sia started a war it would have
to go after the Strategic Air
Command first', or simultaneous
with an attack on Europe. Other
wise, it would have no chance
whatsoever for survival.
But if it started a smaller
scale, would-be local war in
Western Europe, the aim ap
proved by the North Atlantic
Council is to use atomic weapons
to the extent necessary to win.
According to Allied headquar
ters, NATO's greatest need to
day to insure against being over
run is the full complement of
promised German forces. The
Germans have just turned over
three divisions and two more are
expected this year. Their first
air wing will be ready this fall,
with four more next year.
These other reinforcements
are scheduled or already being
received:
Nike anti-aircraft guided
missiles will reinforce the slow
ly gathering air defenses . of
NATO this year, being assigned
to both U. S. and Allied forces.
NATO air bases still are in
creasing. In a year, 67 more will
be added to the present 150.
In 1959, a radar warning net
will be completed from northern
Norway-to eastern Turkey, able
to look "several hundred" miles
into Communists territory and
further guarantee against sur
prise attack.
New supersonic interceptors
will reach the U.S. Air Force in
the coming year and the 6th
Fleet is receiving increasing mis
sile armament.
Tomorrow Opposing forcei.
San Francisco (IP A 14-year-old
girl found $1,200 on the
floor at San Francisco Airport
and turned it in because she
"would have had an awful guilty
conscience if I hadn't."
The girl, Anne Marie Venturi,
spotted, the fat roll of bills Mon
day afternoon and immediately
showed it to her father, 'Fire
Captain A. J. Venturi.
"All I could think of was that
it was someone's vacation mon
ey and I knew their trip would
be ruined," she said.
The money belonged to S. L.
Sainer, 70, who was returning to
his home in Phoenix, Ariz.,
after a month's visit in nearby
San Jose.
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