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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 18. 1949 (Friday)
Ashland voters favor recall
of three city councilmen by
close margins at the noils.
The east side of Roxy Ann
is selected as a tentative site
for Easter sunrise services.
20 YEARS AGO
March 18, 1939 (Saturday)
Airborne movie crews from
California arrive looking for
clouds as a backdrop for
scenes of aerial maneuvers,
but Medford's sunny skies
drive them back to their lairs
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Mead
ow" larks are caroling on ru
ral fence posts. They are
something for farmers plow
ing to listen to, pending the
arrival of Portland politicians
explaing the horrors of the
Sales Tax, if and when, one is
adopted in Oregon."
30 YEARS AGO
March 18. 1929 (Monday)
German tourists on a world
tour visit Rogue valley.
President Hoover orders
prohibition aides to "cease
dramatics" in making liquor
raids and arrests.
40 YEARS AGO
March 18. 1919 (Tuesday)
The YWCA fund drive will
start next week.
Nick Young, supervisor of
roads in the Eagle Point dis
trict, reports rains have made
the roads so wet he cannot
work on them.
50 YEARS AGO
March 18. 1909 (Thursday)
Medford residents prepare
for tomorrow's special elec
tion on telephone company
franchises.
The Commercial club seeks
terminal grounds and right
of way for extending the rail
road to the coal mines.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Which State of the Union
leads in the production of Ir
ish potatoes?
2. Are finches fish, song
birds, or insects?
3. The land borders of Ko
rea touch China (Manchuria)
and what other country?
4. During the War Be
tween the States, what group
was known as Copperheads?
5. Of which one of the
French Kings was Marie An
toinette the Queen?
6. Was New Hampshire
one of the 13 original States?
7. Hair does, or "does not,
grow on a body after death?
8. In what year did the Bos
ton Tea Party occur?
9. A r e the Philippines
nearer to Australia, Borneo
or Hawaii?
10. Name Dewey's flagship
at the Battle of Manila bay.
Answers: 1. Maine. 2. Song
birds. 3. Soviet Russia. 4.
Northerners sympathetic to
Ihe Confederacy. S. Louis
XVI. 6. Yes. 7. It does not.
8. 1773. 9. Borneo. 10. Olym
UVWSPAPER
Versus
Gosh, but there are a lot of poets well, versi
fiers, anyway around these days.
Our mail has contained a goodly grist of their
offerings in recent days.
This poses a problem for the editorial staff of
this newspaper, for we are not, and don't want to
be, judges of poetic merit at least as far as local
publication is concerned.
Our job is to report the news, to furnish a for
um for public opinion, to bring inf ormation and,
perhaps, a modicum of entertainment to the many
publics we serve.
TN THIS effort, we have always avoided attempt-
ing to be literary critics. We reject fiction out-of-hand,
although upon occasion w7e still receive
manuscripts from hopeful authors.
Now poetry (or verse) is a little different, for
it is sometimes used as a medium of self-expression,
usually in humorous vein, about valid topics
of the day. This sort of thing we don't want to
reject flatly, for it serves to leaven the loaf of
news and comment.
But on the other hand, neither do we wish to
print serious, literary-type poetry, for that moves
over from the area of topical comment into liter
ature, and here we wish no critic's role.
have, therefore, adopted a sort of uneasy
' compromise.
We have used, and shall continue to, verse in
one or another of our columns and features, but
only when it makes no serious pretense of literary
merit, and when it constitutes a commentary on
some timely topic.
This compromise might be summed up sort of
as follows : '
No critic, we, of poetry;
'Tis role that we eschew.
Yet verses slight, which do not blight,
Our pages shall pursue.
A touch of humor here and there
We shall not call taboo,
Nor ban all rhyme with timely flair
When it says something new.
E.A.
Auto Regulations
New parking restrictions for car-driving stu
dents at Medford high school have resulted, ac
cording to the Medford Hi-Times, in student re
action ranging "from complete acceptance of the
regulation to bitter resentment against what was
regarded by some as a violation of teenage
rights." ' '
The new regulation provides that students liv
ing within a one-mile radius of the school will not
be permitted to drive to school or use school park
ing facilities except in special circumstances.
Those who are permitted to drive must show
good reason why their
at noon before they may
A NYONE who has observed the high school
parking problem in recent months is aware of
the need for some such restriction simply on a
physical basis only, to say nothing of the other
problems involved, which have been pointed' out
here previously.
' While the Hi-Times
ed in "the hottest controversy of the year," we
fail to see anv reason for
Automobiles are part
And simply because there are so many of them,
certain reasonable iles and regulations regard
ing their use are inevitable. ' . '
The restrictions, as reported m the high school
newspaper, sound reasonable to us. E. A. f
Sonic Booms
Some few years ago, the Mail Tribune printed
a page one story about a "mystery explosion" in
the valley, that rattled windows and startled peo
ple over, wide area.
No satisfactory explanation for the big noise
was evev given although there were theories about
unreported blasting, and so on.
In the light of hindsight, it seems likely that
the big bang actually was a sonic shock-wave gen
erated by a plane breaking the sound barrier. It
was m the early days of jets, and it is entirely
possible that a diving fighter plane caused it.
THE sonic boom is becoming a not-infrequent
1 phenomenon in and around areas where fast jet
fighters are stationed. With the new air base at
Klamath Falls, only a hop and a skip away as
the jet flies, we can logically expect more such
unexplained "explosions."
So frequently are they heard in some' more
crowded areas, "in fact, that the Air Force has
taken to calling them "SOS" meaning "Sound
of Security," or one of the inevitable small sacri
fices one must make if the nation is to remain mil
itarily prepared.
.
'T'HE sonic boom, by the way, is no new phen
1 omenon.
We -remember, as a boy, taking delight in
cracking what we called a "bull whip." We could
muster a pretty good "pop !" with it after some
practice.
Anyway, we had always assumed (along with
most other people) that the noise was created by
the leather tip of the whip snapping against itself.
Not so, say phycisists in the-Naval Research
Laboratory in Washington, D. C. It was a shock
wave caused when the tip of the whip exceeded
the speed of sound. -
That was in the days before anyone knew
anything about the "sound-barrier' E.A.
Verses
cars should be operated
be so used.
says the ruling has result
excitement.
of our life, these days.
Dennis the
Pssst 1tj M.
L- J
Mf?. IVfLSON STILL LOOKIN'FOPME?
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. '
More on Rogue Problem
To the Editor: Reference
letter to you by W. E. Davis,
published Mar. 15.
Perhaps it would be well to
consider Water Resources
Board's "Third Draft In the
matter of formulating an in
tegrated, coordinated program
for the use and control of . the
water resources of the Rogue
River Basin."
In B, on pages 28 and 29 it
reads in part, "For the pur
pose of maintaining a minim
um perennial streamflow suf
ficient to support aquatic life,
no appropriations of water ex
cept for domestic use shall be
made for the waters of the
Middle Rogue River or its
tributaries above Grants Pass
for the flows of the Middle
Rogue River below 525 cubic
feet per second ..."
It follows that if industry
were ajlowed to use waters of
Rogue main stem that appro
priations would be permitted
until stream flow reached as
low as 525 cis at Grants Pass.
Fish biologists have noted
for a number of years that
steelhead and salmon that are
migrating to . ocean below
Grants Pass show signs of suf
fering when the flow gets as
low as 800 cfs. To let stream
flow fall as low as 525 cfs for
any appreciable length of time
would result in the death of
all' these valuable fish. This
would be the end of the salm
on and steelhead runs of the
Rogue.
It is because of this low
minimum perennial stream
flow selected by the Water
Resources Board and poor rec
ord of State Sanitary Auth
ority on enforcement of pol
lution laws that people of our
state object to opening up
waters of Rogue main stem to
industry.
Mr. Davies apparently is un
aware of fact that a pulp mill
cannot use bark, sawdust or
resinous wood so there would
still be a lot of waste material
to be disposed of by burning.
Further a sawmill that de
sires to deliver chips to a pulp
mill will have to install a de
barker machine and a chipper
machine. We have some mills
so - equipped and they ship
chips from this area now.
As for waste, mills using
circular saws instead of band
saws waste 316 of an inch of
wood on each cut and of
course produce more sawdust.
Paul H. Weiland
2431 East Main St.
Medford
License Research
To the Editor: Sure there's
need of research. Like we
tried out. Wheeling down
Crater-Lake highway at mod
erate speed (which has to be
as our venerable DeSoto starts
shiverin' up front when 45
mph is exceeded), my wife
warned, "There's a state po
lice car following us." She
slowed down as a hint for it
to go by but got a couple
discreet toots of its horn in
stead. Filled with misgivings
we pulled aside as the state
car went by, stopping in
front. "Now what have we
done?" the. dear one inquired
as the state highway patrol
man came back. "It's what
you haven't done lady," he
replied. "You should have
got"- your new license tags
nine days ago." (Uh-h-h, groan,
as my grey head sank floor
boardward in regret shame.)
Then, "Your driver's license
please?" She hurriedly ex
tended her billfold with the
license partly out. "Hand me
just the license card please,"
he asked. (Was this from
briefing or hard experience
as self protection from smart
drivers on the make?)
Jotting it all down with a
question of birthplace he
said, -This- will be a warn
Menace
Margaret ' t
ing, this time. Next time it
may be a fine, $2 or some
thing of -the kind." We were
so happy at not having to
appear in court, we did not
rightly hear all he said with
a sort of grim friendliness.
So the new tabs were got,
pronto.
So remembering Speaker
of the House Duncan's sug
gestion on research, we de
cided to do something so this
risky thing wouldn't happen
again. But where to begin,
like an architect figuring just
where to place the first line
of his drawing? Ours came
into being at a gas station
when my wife remarked to
the operator what a customer
getter and holder it would be
for him to warn car drivers
stopping there if their car
license tabs were overdue or
about to be. "Sold," the sta
tion man shouted. "Cars get
ting by here after this with
tabs in chancery will be
scarce as beans for breakfast."
So this is our research con
tribution, hoping other station
operators will find the same
incentive (if they chance to
read this) as our riow-favorite
station-operator did.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Report From SP
To the Editor and Our Pa
trons: It has been some time
since we issued a report on
what we have done and are
doing to keep our lines ade
quately supplied with freight
cars. Knowing of your inter
est, we ' thought you would
like to know that:
SP took delivery on 2,349
freight cars during 1958, rais
ing our total freight car fleet
to more than 81,000.
Continuation of this pro
gram brought delivery last
month of the first of 1,450
specialized cars to be acquir
ed in 1959 at a cost of about
$22 million.
We are paying particular
attention to wide-door cars es
pecially suitable for mechan
ical loading of lumber and
plywood. Today 26.7 per cent
of our box cars are wide-door
cars. This is more than 10
per cent of the wide-door
box cars running on U.S. rail
roads. Orders- placed this year
include 1300 more. Southern
Pacific owns approximately
7.2 per cent of all box cars
in the United States.
Our ratio of bad-order box
cars continues to be one of
the lowest in the nation, add
ing materially to the number
of cars we have available, for
industry. During January, the
SP ratio was 1.5 per cent -far
below the national aver
age. We don't quote these figur
es to be boastful, but only to
show you that we are doing
the best job we can, with the
money available, to keep pace
wtih the transportation needs
of the territory we serve. We
will strive to continue these
efforts and earnestly ask your
cooperation.
' Bernal S. Quayle,
Passenger Traffic and
Public Relations Manager
Southern Pacific Company
622 Pacific Bldg.,
Portland 4, Ore.
Mid-East and Bible
To the Editor: Events in the
Middle East are not difficult
to predict as William , S.
White's friend believes. To
one who understands the situ
ation, and how any Arab will
react to it, the Outcome is
simple to call.
The Communists want to
dump . Nasser and take the
Middle East while the West
worries about Berlin. They
planned this when they back
ed Nasser in 1957 and got
Egypt mortgaged to the USSR.
If Russia refuses to take
Egyptian cotton "and demand?
unications
Recent Developments Make Italy Strong
And Solid Western Ally Aaainst Russia
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Rome, Italy -ffPD- A solid
defensive Wall bars Soviet ex
pansion in the Mediterranean.
'W'L-JWi As late as a
month ago the
same couldn't
be said. '
opments were
decisive.
One was set
lement of the
Cyprus dis
pute which
itiu Newsom "au luruea
Greece and Turkey against
each other, thus threatening
NATO's East Mediterranean
defense line. The other was
formation of a strong Italian
government under Premier
Antonio Segni.
Unlike the two governments
which preceded him, Segni
rules with a solid majority
expected to keep him in pow
er as long as any politician
here can foresee. As measur-
payment for machinery and
arms and Aswan dam equip
ment, Egypt is broke. Nasser
knows this. He wants to rule
the Arab world. He is trying
to get off the hook as he did
in 1956 by seizing the Suez
Canal when America cut him
off.
The Arabs are religious fa
natics. They are Moslems.
They claim to be God's chosen
people descended from Abra
ham through Ishmael. They
claim the promise of Genesis
12:1-3 for themselves. Nasser,
in speeches over Radio Cairo
and Radio Damascus, is ap
pealing to this idea to unify
Arabs under him.
Communism ' denies exist
ence of God. No good Moslem
will accept Red rule. This is
why Nasser fights Commu
nism and why he tried to
take Iraq.
King Kussein of Jordan is a
Hashemite. The Hashemite
family has no time for Egypt
and vice versa. But the under
privileged, uneducated mobs
will listen to Nasser when he
calls for revolt. They killed
Faisal of. Iraq a cousin of
Hussein, on "urging from Ra
dio Cairo. That revolt back
fired. All Arabs hate Israel. Israel
claims to be the true seed of
Abraham through Isaac, and
therefore God's chosen peo
ple. Israel also claims what
now is part of Jordan from.
Arab Jerusalem east to . the
Jordan river If trouble starts
in Jordan, Israel will move
east to claim that land. This
will unite the Arabs and Com
munists to destroy Israel. It
willTnean World War III.
If the Bible is God's word,
Israel is rights God will inter
vene. The Messiah they re
jected will return for His
Church, then judge Israel and
the world.
Parker Bailey,
542 V2 A st.,
Ashland, Ore.
America's Forests
To the Editor: At the Med
ford Methodist church Nov.
18, 1958, Mrs. Walter Lowder
milk gave a most interesting
account of people in a few of
the 40 lands in which she has
worked as a missionary. This
lecture was mainly about
thousands of Jewish people
seeking refuge in Palestine.
Mrs. Lowdermuk said "'the
doctor studies the land, I the
people." In closing she said a
request had been made to read
the doctor's Eleventh Com
mandment, "and as he is here
I'll let him attend to this."
Dr. Lowdermilk, a soil con
servationist, forestry engineer,
hydrologist, of world - wide
study and experience, engi
neered rehabilitating parts of
Palestine's deserts. (Read his
book, Palestine, Land of
Promise.) He mentioned a few
of the desert lands he had
seen America's included. He
said, "The farther I went and
the more I saw, the madder I
got. . .1 wondered what Moses
might have said had he stood
with me atop Mt. Nebo in
1939 and have seen that ster
ile, stony desert." Then Dr.
Lowdermilk read his Elev
enth Commandment:
"Thou shalt inherit the holy
earth as a faithful steward
conserving its resources and
productivity from generation
to generation. Thou shalt safe
guard thy ferule fields from
soil erosion, thy living waters
from drying up, thy . forests
from desolation, and protect
thy hills from overgrazing by
the herds, that thy descend
ants may have abundance for
ever. If any shall fail in this
stewardship of the land, thy
fruitful fields shall become
sterile, stony ground or wast
ing gullies, and thy descend
ants shall decrease and live in
poverty or perish from off the
face of the earth."
I thought of President Theo
dore Roosevelt's May 13, 1908
warning to all the state gov
ernors and five or six hun
dred businessmen: "We are
over the verge oi a timber
famine in this country. It
should be prohibitive for the
nation or tiie states to cut any
more timber except it be with
a provision that the next gen
eration shall see the timber
increased " instead of dimm
fillip Jt
ed in United States terms,
that may not be long. But he
should have at least a year.
Support For Firm Stand
Meanwhile, the present Ber
lin crisis, with its deadline of
May 27-or June 27 or July
27, or whatever Nikita Khru
shchev finally makes it - will
have become history.
There is solfc support here
for a firm stand against
Khrushchev's attempt to drive
the Western Allies from Ber
lin, although it is a source of
injury to Italian pride that
Italy is not consulted more
often on major decisions.
Italians point out that their
280,000-man army is the larg
est currently in Western Eur
ope. The French army is larg
er, but most of it is in North
Africa.
They have consented to es
tablishment of U. S. missile
Wilson's 'Senator' Recalls
aneuvering. Payoff,
By LYLE C. WILSON
. Washington-flJPE-Sen. Tim
othy Tugbutton carefully tilt
ed a splash of branch water
into his jigger
of sour mash
bourbon. As
the liquids
c o m m i ngled
he remarked
that it was an
interesting if
minor factor
in the current
political situa
te C. Wilson lion inai j,eon
ard W. Hall is a member of
the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.
Tugbotton downed the di
luted bourbon and harumphed
in throaty authority.
"Son," said the senator to
the old timer, "Jim Farley
was an Elk. Still is, I reckon
Jim, he joined mighty near
everything and soon as he was
m ne learned ail tneir iirst
names and called 'em by 'em.
Even learned all the first
names in the Democratic
Party."
"Yeah, but. what about the
Elks?" said the old timer.
Disguised As An Elk
"Son," the senator said, "I
am comin' to that. It was in
the disguise of an Elk back
there in 1931 that Jim Farley
ditorial Comment
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE
WILL APPROVE
In the near future the legis
lature will begin hearings on
bills to increase the basic
school support fund and the
higher education budget. Two
separate programs, of course,
but both in the same field and
both equally important to the
present and future of our
state.
The basic' school hearings
will center on increasing the
present support fund from
S105 to $120 per census child
and the higher education
hearings will include, besides
research and buildings, the
important matter of faculty
salaries.
Holding Line
The present philosophy of
the Democrats in the control
of the legislature is to hold
the line everywhere. They in
tend, as far as we can deter
mine, to institute no new tax
es nor a broadening of the
present tax base. Thus they
also intend, indirectly, to let
our education standards drop
by default. There may be a
TOKEN increase for faculty
salaries, from reserve or oth
er funds, but there is little
sentiment for a proper ad
justment in this field and
there seems to be very little
thought towards an increase
in basic school support.
The excess as far as the De
mocratic leadership is con
cerned, are that Governor
Mark Hatfield was elected oh
an economy platform and the
people of Oregon will not
stand for any increased tax
ation. Only One Reason
Actually, Hatfield's econ
omy program was only one
reason for his election and
he had no intention of crip
pling the education program
of the state - he only advo
cated getting more for the tax
dollar and reducing non-essential
expenditures.
And it is ridiculous for thei
Democrats to contend the
people of Oregon will not al
low any new t a x e s ' or a
broadened tax base for the
things they consider to be ne-
ished."
I wondered what Moses
might have said had he been
with Gifford Pinchot in 1947
when the plane flew over
Texas and Arizona at more
than 16,000 leet elevation be
cause of blinding dust, the
dust still boiling above them,
caused by overgrazing by the
sheep herds.
John E. Gribble,
139 Kenwood ave.,
Medford.
bases here.
Strategically, Italy holds
the defensive flank on the
Adriatic. Without Italy, Rus
sian submarines operating out
of Albania would have a clear
run into the' Mediterranean.
These factors,. Italians be
lieve, entitle them to a high
place in Allied councils.
Italy also is a strong and
enthusiastic member of the
European common market.
After World War II, she re
ceived some $3Y2 billion in
U. S. aid. But she has received
none since February, 1957.
Her financial position is
strong, with hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in reserve. Her
currency also is strong and
suffered not the slightest
tremble when the common
market nations, along with
Britain, declared their cur
rencies convertible.
went traveling 'cross country
-18 states in 19 days-pledging
local Democratic leaders
to support Frank Roosevelt
for the presidential nomina
tion and to instruct their con
vention delegates to knock out
the prohibition amendment.
"That was in' the .summer
of 1931, a full year before
the convention met. And when
it did meet, the drys and Al
Smith, Newton Baker and the
other candidates never did
knowwhat hit 'em. Jim Far
ley did his pre-convention
work sly and secret. He took
off from New York City about
mid-day on Monday, June 29,
1931, and by the middle of
July he had secured the basic
delegate vote which in 1932
nominated his candidate and
reopened the old time saloon
as a co-educational cocktail
bar. "x
"Jim set out." Tugbotton
continued, with the an
nouncement that he was go
ing to attend the annual Elks'
convention in Seattle. Now,
I see in the papers that Len
Hall will be manager of Vice
President Nixon's presidential
campaign. And, Len being an
Elk, he'll, be taking off for
the Elks' convention this year
with a pocketfull of Nixon-for-president
pledge cards.
cessary. No one wants in
creased taxes for non-essen-taials
and waste, but educa
tion is not only essential it is
vital.
We might point out to the
legislature that the people of
Corvallis have demonstrated
taxpayers are willing to pay
extra for what they believe
to be important and essential.
Within the last 30 days the
people of this community
have twice gone to the polls
and voted by a four to one
margin to bond themselves
for a total of approximately
three million dollars. The
money was for a better water
system and for school build
ings, j
Realize Important Things
The people of this commun
ity are conservative for thtt
most part but they are also
intelligent, well - informer!
and enlightened. They doirt
like taxes any more than any
one else but they realize cerr
tain things are important and
if they are to have them they
must sacrific to get them artd
they are willing to vote that
sacrifice on themselves.
While we don't think a ma
jority of people througheait
the state are as intelligent as
those who live here, there ire
enough of them who agree
that we must pay a li'ctle
more to maintain and im
prove our educational stand
ards. If the legislators who
control this session will real
ize this and act accordingly,
they, will undoubtedly gust a
better reception at the 'polls
in 1960. And what may be ev
en more important, peiiiaps
they will sleep better at
night. Corvallis Gaieile
Times. .
PUBLIC
SERVICE
C. M. Litwiller
Mrs. Litwiller has served as lady assistant, organist and vocalist
for many years without- added cost to our patrons. A substantial
saving on every service: and is appreciated by the many who
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Office 88 N. Main'
ASHLAND "t is better to know us and not need us.
We Never Close than to need us and not know us."
Which is not to say that
Italy does not have her in
ternal problsrms.
She is a prosperous nation,
but the south of Italy still is
poor. Some sections of it, mis
erably so.
Taxes here are higher than
in the Uniti'd States and fall
heaviest on the low income
groups. Motft taxes here are
collected an purchases. In
come taxes either are not col
lected at afl or are slow.
There also are peculiar
quirks in the tax laws. For
instance, the Italian air force
pays the government 80 cents
in tax on very dollar that it
spends for gasoline.
Another disturbing factor
is the still strong Communist
party. In case of trouble with
Russia, Communist unions
might paralyze communica
tions, invading railroads, tele
phone and telegraphs.
in '31
"If history repeats itself,
and it usually does," said the
senator, "Len's trip will re
quire esome money. And, if
history repeats itself some
more, some smart boys are
laying out that money right
now with the idea of cashing
in if and when Dick Nixon
moves into the White House."
"Yom mean . . ." the old
timer began.
Big Pay-Off
"I mean," Tugbutton an
swerad, "that the longest shot
in politics and the biggest,
sweetest pay-off is to be had
by putting up the dough for a
politician's pre - convention
camptugn. Like those three
fellers who put up the dough
for Sim Farley's trip back
therr. in 1931."
"What three fellers?"
cU7hy, you know about,
thena," the senator said. "They
are all in that book called
'Jim. Farley's Story.' Three
rich, men, Frank C. Walker,
New York attorney, Henry
Morgenthau Sr., Woodrow
Wilson's ambassador to Tur
key, William H. Woodin, ifi
durstrialist. They each wrote
Jirn a check for 5,000, and
aay he went."
The payoff: Walker didn't
wtmt anything and got to be
pustmaster general and na
tional committee chairman.
Wtoodin became Treasury sec
rtftary as second choice when
Garter Glass turned it down.
The jackpot feU to Henry
Morgenthau Jr. He got the
Treasury when Woodin died.
Ais FDR once said: "We've got
bo do something for Henry."
Three Satellites
At Once To Be Goal
Washington -4TD- Dr. John
P. Hagen says the United
States will try "very soon" to
put three satellites into orbit
simultaneously with one
launching.
Hagen heads the Vanguard
division of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion. The new launching at Cape
Canaveral, Fla., will be an ex
periment to measure the
earth's magnetic field at var
ious altitudes and to gauge air
drag in the rarefied atmos
phere a few hundred miles up.
Higen said Tuesday that the
rocket was nearly ready and
would be fired "within
weeks." The satellites will in
clude the 52-pound third stage
the magnetometer satellite
weighing 21 or 22 pounds and
an inflatable 30-inch balloon
weighing a pound and a half
or two pounds.
CULTURAL PACT
London-(LTD -A Communist
Chinese delegation is in Bagh
dad to negotiate a cultural
agreement with the Iraqi gov
ernment, the Communist Pei
ping Radio reported Tuesday
night.
Fire losses in the U. S. came
to $1,023,190,000 in 1957,
compared with $989,290,000
in 1956.
Mrs. Litwiller
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