it??
t MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford,
.
7 tS'S ,,
CRASHING INTO ICEBERG, this Danish freighter Hans Hedtoft was subject of wide
search off the coast of Greenland where it radioed its distress. Air and sea search
failed to find trace of 130 persons aboard vessel. Radio contact went dead after SOS.
Church Council Official
Travels Throughout
B7 LOUIS CASSELS '
' United Press International
At the World Council of
Churches headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland, the Rev.
Dr. Edgar H. S. Chandler is
known irreverently as "the
flea."
The nickname has nothing
to do with Chandler's stature,
which is about average for a
84-year-old man, or his man
ner, which is both amiable
and dignified. It alludes to
the fact that he is always hop
ping about the world.
Chandler is a Congregation
alist minister from Provi
dence, R. I. Since he became
director of the World Coun
cil's far flung refugee serv
ices nine years ago, he has
visited every continent at
least once, and most of them
several times. His annual
mileage makes John Foster
Dulles seem like a fireside
hugger. .This week Chandler is in
the United States. His mis
sion, as always, is finding
homes for refugees. Specifi
cally, he is asking U. S.
churches to give all-out sup
port to the international refu
gee year which begins July 1.
Sponsored By U.N.
This project, sponsored by
the United Nations General
Assembly, has as one of its
goals the resettlement of 37,
000 men, women and children
who are still living in refugee
camps in Europe. Many of
them have been there since
the end of World War n,
nearly 14 years ago.
Chandler has seen their
despairing faces, and the
memory is never very far
from his mind.
'. "It is a shameful thing,'
he said softly, " that in this
day and age so many people
should be allowed to remain
homeless for so long a time.'
' While clearing out the pa
thetic population of' the
camps is a top-priority task,
Chandler said in an interview,
it is by no means the only
refugee problem that should
be weighing on the Christian
conscience.
. "There are at least 250,000
other refugees in Europe who
are living outside of camps,
but who have not yet found
permanent homes or jobs,'
he said..-"They also are in
LQ ft
EZRA BARES HIS SOLE Following in the footprints
of Adlai Stevenson, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson sports a neat hole in his shoe (arrow) during
press conference in San Francisco. Stumping for Pres.
Eisenhower's farm program, Secy. Benson declared that
present price supports are "unrealistic" and "long over
due" for revision,
Oregon, Tuesday, February 3, "5?
. 7 n a,, t
4
desperate need of help."
Many Arab Refugees
In the Middle East, there
are upwards of. 1,000,000
Arab refugees from Palestine
who are living in tragic squal
or in the Gaza Strip, and in
Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
And in the Far East, British
Hong Kong .is crowded, liter
ally to the "rooftops, with
700,000 Chinese refugees who
have "voted with their feet"
against Communist rule.
Because of international
political complications, there
is very little the churches can
do for the Arab and Chinese
refugees at present, except to
help provide them with em
ergency shelter, food and
medical care.
But there is no barrier to
resettlement of the European
refugees - no barrier, that is,
except the formidable task of
lining up enough visas, homes
jobs and funds. -
Chandler is counting on
American churches to lend a
big hand with that task dur
ing the coming "refugee
year." A committee to organ
ize U. S. church participation
has already been formed un
der the chairmanship of the
Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre,
dean of Washington Cathe
dral.
Need Special Legislation
The first problem - im
migration visas to admit ref
ugees to America - will re
quire special legislation by
Congress. Chairman Francis
E. Walter (D-Pa.) of the
House Judiciary Committee
has displayed sympathy and
churchmen are optimistic that
the necessary legislation will
be enacted.
Chandler said local church
es and their members can
help in two ways:
1. By "sponsoring" refugee
families. Sponsors line up
homes and jobs, and general
ly oversee the "settling in"
on refugee families in their
new American communities
2. By contributing funds,
Private refugee relief agen
cies will need to double their
budgets durmg the coming
year to meet the goals of the
"refugee year."
Both sponsorship pledges
and contributions may be
made through such estab-
I
World
lished religious organizations
as Church World Service.
Catholic Relief Services, the
Lutheran Resettlement Serv
ice, and the Jewish Hias
Agency.
Her Is Information
About Seeds.
Comparing the size of a
mouse and an elephant is not
half as ridiculous as the com
parison of two particular
seeds.
To get the general idea,
let's look at a petunia ' seed,
or the seed of a birch tree,
which takes 400,000 to make
a pound, and place them be
side a coconut, which is the
largest true seed and may
weigh several pounds. We
are startled at the tremen
dous difference. The size of
the seed does not indicate the
size of the tree which will
grow from it; The acorn . is
much smaller than the coco
nut seed, yet the oak reaches
a bulk never attained by the
graceful palm.
Ways of Distribution
Nature devised many ways
for the distribution of seeds,
her idea being to carry them
some distance away from the
parent plant. For this purpose
she uses nearly every natural
force existent in her wide rep
ertoire of resources.
In the case of the coconuts.
she uses the ocean current of
the world as conveyors. One
of the giant seeds dropped
into the sea on the Florida
coast may take root in some
remote island, thousands of
miles away. Many tropical
land areas have been planted
in this manner. The next long
distance medium would be the
wind which could carry small
seeds for great distances,
Birds play an important part
in this seed-carrying program.
Embedded in mud on their
feet, they may be carried hun
dreds of miles to fall on a
foreign soil.
Many seeds are equipped
with horns or spurs that at
tach themselves to animals
and are carried to far loca
tions. Some are buoyed up
by downy fluffs of light ma
terial that waft the seed along
on the gent'e breeze of sum
mer. Others stick to the par
ent plant that disattaches it
self from, the earth and then
tumbles over the ground, as
a tumble weed. -
Pressure Releases
Still others; are released
from the pod or seed case
under pressure and are force
fully thrown to some dis
tance. In fact, there seems to
be no end to the ingenious
devices that are brought into
play to cast the seed upon
fertile ground.
Nature is extravagant in her
production of seeds. Countless
billions are produced for ev
ery one that sprouts and
reaches fruition. They go to
feed birds, mammals, insects,
in fact nearly every type of
life. Nine-tenths of all the
people of the world subsist
CLEARANCE ASKED
Berkeley, aClif. rtJPD Cali
fornia's Gov.-elect Edmund G.
Brown has been asked to get
security clearance from the
FBI or the Pentagon.
The request was made by
the State University Board of
Regents, of which Brown will
be ex-officio president when
he takes office. An official of
the board explained that the
university is engaged in se
cret work for the government,
and the regents sometimes
visit secret U.S. installations.
Shorter Police
Week Bill Studied
Salem -(UPD- A bill provid
ing a five day week for mem
bers of the Oregon state po
lice, scheduled to come to a
vote Monday, has been, re
turned to the Senate Commit
tee on State and Federal Af
fairs, after which it will be
sent to the Joint Ways and
Means Committee.
The detour of the bill re
sulted from a motion by Sen.
Anthony Yturri (R-Ontario)
who contended that the bill
was improperly before the
Senate and that no estimate
of its cost had been made.
"I think the move to give
the state police a five-day
week -is commendable," Ytur
ri said, "but I do not like the
implications in the bill that
the morale of the state police
is at a low ebb."
End Jo Fund Raising
In Legislation Eyed
Salem-flJPD-A? bill prohibit
ing solicitation of funds for
political purposes of persons
employed at the Legislature
has been introduced in the
state - Senate by Republican
Sens. Carl Francis, Dayton,
and John sD. Hare,- Hillsboro.
ADDRESS UNKNOWN
Memphis, Tenn. -(UPD- A
puzzled truck driver asked
Grace Radebaugh where
they'd moved the post office
to. Miss Radebaugh, who
works in a building behind
the old site, gave. the driver
directions and saw him drive
off - in his U.S. mail truck.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
on seeds. .
- Borings made to great depth
in old lake bottoms have
brought to the surface tiny
seeds that have laid dormant
in the dry peat for many thou
sands of years. Yet in a warm,
damp soil, some of these little
dried bits of matter have
grown into tiny stunted plants
unlike any other plant grow
ing today.. The resultant vege
tation, peculiar as it is, is not
so strange as "the mysterious
fact that life lay imprisoned
for forgotten ages in these
tiny seeds, waiting for the
chemistry of light and mois
ture to bring them to life.
. (Released by The Register. ..
and Tribune Syndicate. 1959)
Garter Snake May
Contain Clue To
Disease Survival
Hamilton, Monti (Science
Service The garter snake
may be the culprit in keep
ing one kind of sleeping
sickness virus going through
out the cold winter.
Scientists have already es
tablished that during the
summer western equine en
cephalomyelitis is spread
through, a mosquito-bird-mo-
quito cycle. However, an ac
ceptable explanation for how
the virus was maintained
during the winter migrating
birds studied did not contain
the virus was lacking.
Now, three U. S. Public
Health Service scientists have
found, there is evidence that
the hibernating garter snake
plays a role in overwintering
of the virus.
Field studies showed the
mosquito, Culex tarsalis, that
transmits the virus spends
the winter in rock piles also
inhabited by snakes. Labora
tory tests proved that the mo
squito did feed on the snakes,
also that garter snakes are
susceptible to infection with
the virus.
First Evidence '
"This is the first evidence,"
the scientists reported, "to
the best of our knowledge,
that a virus which is an im
portant parasite of avian and
mammalian hosts can infect
a cold-blooded vertebrate."
Virus was detected in very
high dilutions of whole blood
and tests indicated that . the
virus remained in the blood
for a long time.
Leo A. Thomas, Ca5l M.
EkluncLand William A. Rush,
all of the National Institute
of Allergy, Rocky Mountain
Laboratory here, did the re
search reported in the Pro
ceedings of the Society for
Experimental Biology and
Medicine (Dec), which has
just been published.
Admiral George Dewey,
hero of Manila Bay, was the
son of Dr. Julius Dewey,
founder of the National Life
Insurance Company. !
The Republic of India is
the world's second largest pro
ducer of manganese-ore. It is
the leading supplier of man
ganese to the United States.
FACE TRIAL FOR TREASON John and Sylvia Powell
(left) and Julian Schuman are pictured outside Federal
Court in San Francisco after their sedition trial was
declared a mistrial Granted by Federal Judge Louis E.
Goodman, the mistrial was based on a defense motion
citing newspaper reports of some remarks by the judge
that the government had made out something of a
treason trial against the three. The trio will be returned
to the Federal Grand Jury for possible indictment for
treason.
Flag Makers Worry
Over Admission of
Hawaii To Union
New York - (DPD-The flag
makers of America are in a
bit of a flap.' '
No sooner do they start pro
ducing 49-star flags than Con
gress starts talking about Ha
waiian statehood and a 50-
star model. The flag manufac
turers know from experience
that such talk inhibits busi
ness. "Sales began to dip after
the Alaskan admission last
year, and our last six months
of 1958 were bad ones," said
the sales manager of a major
flag company.
"People stopped buying 48-
star flags completely and
waited for the 49-star flag. We
hope the same thing doesn't
happen with Hawaii." '
While some of our modern-
day Betsy Rosses give the
Hawaiian question . a why
worry?" answer, others re
port the uncertainty . is def
initely complicating produc
tion plans.
"Out payroll planning and
equipment needs are affected
by Hawaii's chances for state
hood," an executive explain
ed. "Right now, it's hard to
make a decision about ex
panding our plant."
Good for Year. At Least
As part of the campaign to
stimulate immediate flag-
buying, most flag makers say
that even if Hawaii were to
be admitted later this year,
the new 50-star flag would
not become official until July
4, 1960. That would allow at
least one year's -use for the
49-star flag.
They also urge us to buy
and display the 49-star model
toda. "It is perfectly proper
to display the new flag now,
W are now, in fact, 49 states
and there is no law that says
you must not display the flag
before July 4. That's just a
day for formal dedication of
the flag," said Sam Schatz,
an owner of the National
Flag and Display Co.
The major flag makers re
port they ' are busier now
than at any time since World
War n. Annin & Co., the old
est flag company in America,
reports a " staggering . back
log of order's" to fill. College
ville Flag of Collegeville, Pa.,
expects its 1959 sales volume
to double that of 1958. Det
tra Flag, Valley Forge and
National, three other large
firms, also report significant
gains in orders and sales, in
creased payrolls and equip
ment. Orders are from the
usual government depart
ments as well as from schools,
retailers, libraries, offices and
clubs.
Sales Estimates Vary
The .'manufacturers, who
guard sales figures rather
closely, have ho industry
wide trade association for
liaison and estimates vary
where sales volume is ' con
cerned. Some manufacturers
place the volume at seven
million dollars while other
lower it for six million.
The factories are located in
the East in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and New York
Grapes have been culti
vated so long that the plant's
place of origin cannot be ac
curately determined. Egyp
tians evidently grew grapes
and made wine 6,000 years
ago. .
Fewer than one sightless
person in six can read Braille
with ease. There are an esti
mated 350,000 blind persons
in the United States.
but a few have been establish
ed in the South and Cali
fornia. Besides the star-
spangled banner, the firms
turn out signal flags, banners,
grave marker flags, union
Jacks, pennants and indus
trial flags of all sizes, shapes,
colors and description.
Since the advent of the 49
star flags, some fast-buck op
erators have tried to move
in.
"The hope to put out the
new flag in a hurry, making
deals with retailers, and get
out of the business after the
hullabaloo dies down," a
manufacturer said. "We will
have nothing to do with
them."
In the same way that sterling on silver signifies
a standard of known value, so is the A.B.C. em
blem a symbol of integrity for the circulation of
newspapers and periodicals. It means that circu
lation so identified is measured according to the
rules and standards of the Audit Bureau of
Circulations
The A.B.C. is a cooperative and non-profit
association of 3,450 publishers, advertisers and
advertising agencies. Organized in 1914, these
buyers and sellers of advertising brought order
out of advertising chaos by setting
up standards for paid circulation
and establishing rules and methods
for measuring, auditing and report
ing circulations.
Therefore, the work of the A.B.C.,
of which this newspaper is proud to
C REPORTS -
Bad Check
Said Being
Careless Operators
Washington-(UPD-Bad check
artists are doing a record
business, FBI director J. Ed
gar Hoover has reported in
the law enforcement bulletin.
Furthermore, he said, they
are getting a big assist from
careless shopkeepers and oth
er victims.
To. illustrate, Hoover said,
one gullible storekeeper re
cently cashed a check signed
U. R. Stuck." Another cash
ed was drawn on .the "East
Bank of the Mississippi."
The plague of fraudulent
check passers is assuming
proportions of a national pes
tilence," the FBI chief said.
Take Runs High
He added that in 1957 the
take from fraudulent checks
was 535 million.
He said that in fiscal 1957
the FBI examined 30,903 bad
checks having a face value
of $5,053,846. The figures
mounted in fiscal 1958 to 33,-
027 bad checks totalling $7,-
933,827..
Hoover said these figures
are only part of the picture
since countless worthless
checks go unreported by vic
tims. To combat the problem, he
urged businessmen to forget
the theory that acceptance of
checks without specific iden
tification of the writer is a
necessary business gamble.
He reported that one na
tionwide chain store organi
zation recently figured its
loses $700,000 a year through
bad checks. He also said the
bogus artist "gets by" be
cause many merchants and
other victims are reluctant to
prosecute if the offender
makes restitution.
'Elite' of Criminals
V Hoover said that the bad
check artist is considered the
BRILL
METAL WORKS
Commercial Industrial
Residential Sheet Metal Work
Stainless, Galvanized
and Copper Fabrication
2287 West Main
PHONE SP 2-4440
3 MEMO TO ADVERTISERSC
W A i)fiu0
iMiiliiii
er
o
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
FACTS AS A BASIC
Artists
Aided by
"elite" of the criminal world.
He does not have to faee dan
ger of physical violence con
fronting the armed robber.
He makes his living by his
wits and skill.
"A counter attack must be
intensified on a nationwide
scale," Hoover said. "Care
lessness of the victims them
selves must be a primary tar
get. The united efforts of
merchants, the public, and
law enforcement authorities
are essential."
Barteis Appointment
Confirmed by Senate
Salem -flJPD- By a unani
mous vote, the Senate has
confirmed the reappointment
by Gov. Mark Hatfield of Dr.
Herbert Goodman, Portland
Denists, to the State Board of
Health.
The Senate also confirmed
appointments to the board of
three other physicians. They
are Dr. A. S. Jackson, Forest
Grove; Dr. Brandt Barteis,
Medford, and Dr. Wendell H.
Hutchens, Portland.
Use Tribune Want Ads
VODKA MARTINI or BLOODY MARY?
Both drinb are best made with smooth, flawless Smirnoff. Just be
sure you use the Vodka of Vodkas ... ond have if your own way!
him
it leaves you breathless tiamJllr
10 1 100 Proof. Oistillid from rail. Sli. Piarri
)J (irculahon
be a member, provides you with a direct and
valuable service. You can buy advertising as you
would make any other sound business investment
on the basis of well known standards, known
values!
, At regular intervals one of the Bureau's large
staff of experienced circulation auditors makes a
thorough audit of our circulation records. Thaj
results of this exacting audit show: How much
circulation we have; where our circulation goes;
how it was obtained; and many other facts that
you need in order to know just what
you get for your advertising dollars.
This audited information is pub
lished by the Bureau in easy-to-read
A.B.C. reports which are available
to our advertisers on request. Ask
for a copy of our latest A.B.C. report.
MEASURE OUTADVERTISING VALUI
Iff
MISSING since Jan. 17 when
he drove his expensive auto
mobile to Santa Anita race
track, wealthy Grady Van
Hooser, 54, Compton, Calif,
is subject of wide search.
He's president of American
Oil Service Corporation.
fame,
1 M
mirnoffvoDM
Smirnoff fit. (Dir. if HeuMeio). Hartford, Com
Qalt
ue
1