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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, October 23, 1937 ke To Turkish Military Strength One Of Best KeDt in Land of Secrets Br RUSSELL JONES , United Press Correspondent i Istanbul, Turkey IF The , strength of Turkish fighting I forces is the best kept secret in ; this land of secrets. , Turkish military officers flat Iv refuse to diicu5s numbers, equipment, arms or disposition. Even government civilians just below Premier Adnan Menderes claim they know nothing. The habit of secrecy has ex tended to the American mission which has been training and equipping the lurks. Its mem bers also refuse to talk, despite a congressional stipulation that the mission must be open to American news coverage. The unanimous opinion of both the Turks and foreigners here is that Turkey could mop up the entire Mid-East without serious trouble and give a first class account of itself even against Russia. Turks Are Tough It is generally agreed that the Turkish fighting man is one of the toughest and bravest in the world. Although the Turkish soldier does not have the technical apti tude of the American or West European soldier, he is learning fast and is capable of enduring far greater hardships. While estimates vary from a quarter to a half million, an ed ucated guess of Turkish strength Is 400,000 men, backed by a ready reserve of almost 2 mil lion. The air force is equipped with some 300 F-84 fighter-bombers and F-86 fighters. The clamp of secrecy on planes is so great that a Turkish air force colonel watching a flight of F-86s claimed he was unable to identi fy their type. How Many Tanks? Information on tanks Is just as tight, but most observers be lieve the Syrian charge that 500 Turkish tanks are massed on the border is a wild exaggeration. They estimate that the total ar mored strength of Turkey is only slightly higher than that figure. First line tanks are known to be M-47 Pattons probably sev eral hundred backed by M-24 Stuarts and M-36s. The navy's main offensive force is 16 modern submarines. BUILDING? FOR FINEST AUTOMATIC HOT WATER SERVICE plus 10-YEAR REPLACEMENT poiior $20 Allowance for your old Water Heater by "Reddy Killowatt" on a New Weitinghouse quick recovery electric water heater. Trowbridge & Flynn ELECTRIC CO. 214 W. Main Ph. SP 3-6241 The CLEANEST Rock and Sand Makes the STRONGEST CONCRETE And We Have Both! READY MIX bv BEST BY ... i Make some based on the Black Sea. Other naval units include at least eight destroyers, four de stroyer escorts, eight mine sweepers, a number of sub- killers and patrol boats The army is the best-trained HILLARY AT ANTARCTICA Sir Edmund Hillary (cen ter) conqueror of Mt. Everest, is accompanied by Rear Adm. George Dufek, USN (right) and Cmdr. John Mira bito, USN as they walk near Scott Base at McMurdo Sound. New Zealander Hillary is in an advance party which is laying supply depots for the crossing of Ant arctica by the Commonwealth Trans-Arctic Expedition. The 1700-mile journey to the South Pole and back is ex pected to take four months. Iraq Racing Against Time To Convert Oil Baghdad (IP) Iraq is racing against time in seeking to con vert its fabulous oil wealth into general prosperity and internal stability. The big question is whether Iraq can build its way Into a prosperous and modern state without the revolutionary kind of changes through which Kemal Ataturk brought Turkey out of its medieval coma some decades back. Prime Minister Nuri es Said and his followers think so, but many Iraqis and westerners here doubt it. This Arab nation has em barked on what is probably the most advanced development pro gram in operation today. Seven out of every 10 dollars of income from its prodigious oil produc tion goes directly into this pro gram to make the garden of the Last Lookout Closes In Illinois Valley Cave Junction Last lookout station in the valley to close was the Waldo station, maintained by the state department of for stry. With heavy fall rains, Martin Sachse locked up the lookout for the winter and moved down off the mountain. John Moe, state warden, re ported only five acres burned during the summer season, al though 20 fires were reported. It is the lowest valley fire loss on record, he said. Always GOOD! '''I 'I i .v .Vs b ar &7f Lil Ola Re-washed "Rocky" LlfilNGER'S TEST Phone: SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 of the three miliatry forces, with hundreds of officers and enlist ed men battle-tested in Korea forming the nucleus. During the Korean war, seven brigades to talling some 35,000 men rotated through combat. Wealth Tigris and Euphrates rivers bloom as in ancient times. Close to a billion dollars will be spent on flood control, power and irrigation schemes, roads, bridges, industrial and agricul tural projects and social serv ices during the next five years. The whole program is a cal culated risk which King Feisal and Nuri, hope will pay off by putting an end to chronic politi cal instability. It's a gamble be cause the government has put the long-term benefit ahead of immediate gain for Iraq's 6,000, 000 people. Nuri has Imposed authoritar ian rule on Iraq to gain the time to prove to the people that they the the true beneficiaries of the nation's oil wealth. "The country is now under martial law and there have been no political par ties for three years. The 68-year-old owlish prime minister avowedly wants to bring back democratic govern ment, but, as he recently told western correspondents , '"we must be careful to maintain peace and order and not allow the Shepilovs and Khrushchevs to -deal with our safety and policy." Aside from oil, Iraq is basic ally an agricultural country, and many observers here feel the crucial test of Nuri's program will be centered on what he does to break up the present feudal landholding system. But much of Nuri's political support comes from the big landowners and tri bal sheikhs. Land Tax Considered The typical Iraqi peasant is a sharecropper. His total income, ntostly in the form of crops, averages 150 dollars per year. He lives m a mud or reed hut. His diet is mainly bread, unions, dates and, occasionally, rice. If he needs cash, he gets it from the landlord or a moneylender at interest rates sometimes as high as 100 per cent. Once he starts borrowing, he rarely gets out of debt. Iraq"s land problem is being tackled as part of the develop ment program. Already some 20,000 landless farmers and their families have been settled on 1.240,000 acres made available for cultivation under the massive flood control and irrigation projects. When the destructive forces of the Tigris and Euphrates floods are fully under control, another 5,400,000 acres will be brought under cultivation and additional water will be supplied to 7,800, 000 acres now under seasonal cultivation. The government is also consid ering imposing a land tax to force big landowners either to cultivate their estates fully or break them up and sell off big chunks to farmers. Another pro ject is to make big landowners pay for any benefits they receive from the development program. But nothing definite has been done yet. '"They've talked about a land tax for years," one official said, "buir no government has been able to put it- into operation." Around By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer New York 'TP President Ei senhower is throwing himself personally into a "chins up" cam paign to bolster public confi dence in the domestic economy and in America's ability to keep scientific pace with Russia. The Chief Executive, himself, will embark shortly on a series of speeches around the country to bolster the faith of the nation in its ability to meet the many Continental Bakery Officer 'Disgusted' With Insinuation Washington W George Faunce Jr., vice president of Continental Baking Co., said to day it is "slanderous" to insinu ate that his company bought fa vors from the beleaguered Bak ery Workers Union. Faunce made the statement to the Senate Rackets Committee after chairman John L. McClel lan (D-Ark.) said the group has uncovered "some evidence" of collusion between the union and the firm, the nation's largest bakery. McClellan made his charge during questioning of James G. Cross, president of the Bakery Workers. The union is under or ders from the AFL-CIO to get rid of Cross or face expulsion from the big labor federation. Prepared Statement Faunce began his testimony with a 'prepared statement de claring that "The insinuation that Continental has bought union favors is slanderous and unwarranted to the point of be ing ridiculous." "Only total Ignorance of the true bargaining situation of such a baking company as Continen tal, willful disregard for the truth, or both, could even nerve any one to such a statement," the bakery executive said. In the controversy over the union's representation of the Webster City, Iowa, plant of Continental's Morton Frozen Foods Division , it was also brought out that Merle Smith, southern regional director for the union, agreed the the union signed a "sweetheart" contract with the company. Not 'Sweethearts' Later, Smith seemed to back away from that term, used in the labor movement to denote an agreement which favors manage ment and gives substandard benefits to union members. Smith said his initial reaction to the contract, negotiated with out his knowledge was "one of disgust of disappointment." Faunce, in his prepared state ment, termed "absurd" asser tions that the Webster City con tract was a "sweetheart" con tract. He said its benefits are "by no means substandard." BOARD CHAIRMAN DIES Hamden, Conn. OP) James W. Hook, 73, chairman of the board of the United Illuminating Co. of New Haven, Conn., died here Monday. Hook was a former chairman of the National Associ ation of Manufacturers commit tee on relations between govern ment and business. HOW'S THAT? Jonn wo jack, 21, has a few choice works for the photographer as he sits tied to a chair in a New .York City police station. He was captured after a bullet-riddled chase through downtown Man hattan. Wojack was seized as a suspected auto thief. Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? Don't be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling when vou eat. talk or laugh. 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His passenger, a United Press reporter, replied that if the driver was referring io British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, the answer was yes. A few moments of silence, then this observation came from the front seat: "They sent us the Queen to give us a thrill; now comes Macmillan io bring us the bill." Jewelry Said Stolen At Los Angeles Hotel West Los Angeles (IP) Police today reported the theft of S63, 000 in'jewelry from a New York City woman staying at the Bel Air hotel. Mrs. Ray Kramer, of New Yorkfc told officers she returned to her apartment shortly after midnight after an evening out to find the jewels missing from a suit case. A. BIG VALUE Candy Corn I pST-s I I 5&W '8Q' or Halloween Part'es or Trick and B Laa tSaa&r r .) I 3 Treat. Big ulcy candied apples. Just right ' ffijfo P I I 1 FULL POUND 3 llfe I Halloween Wigs Ideal for changing your appearance. We have Redheads, Blondes or Brunettes. 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