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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, April 3, 1959 WaDD Street Chatter New York- (CPU - Goodbody & Co., in a detailed appraisal of the West Coast electronic industry concludes that the "ground swell of Western electronic industry and indi vidual company growth is only just beginning. Careful selections ... in this area should show superior capital gains of the years immediate ly ahead " The Investor, published by Dealers' Digest Publishing, while conceding the value of foreign investment to those with special knowledge of the situation abroad, warns that the normal element of invest ment risk is compounded by foreing laws, foreign ex change problems, far less stringent regulation of corpo rations by foreign govern ments and the additional tax barriers that dividends must handle. Oil Statistics Co. sees the Sub Detection Sand Weakest Link fin QJ.S. Menses Editor's note: Release this week of testimony of U. S. Defense cnieis before Congress, to tbe effect this country Is so powerful In nuclear nnnm it rnilM "1ira1r th tlCk" of the Soviet Union, also brought out weannessn in umc w American defenses. One of our wmwrnmUms Tlnlil In ttla nninion Of many experts. Is In anti-submarine warfare. xnis aispaica iep"" where we stand today and the problems iacea. By. bill wilks UPI Correspondent Burbank, Calif. - (UPB - The chances are "damn good" that a dosttt nuclear-armed enemy submarines could sneak close enough to wipe out a major part of this country's indus try. In these blunt words today, top anti-submarine warfare ex perts describe the threat post ed by Russia's ever-growing fleet of submarines. High Navy spokesmen al ready are on record with state ments that no location in the United States is more than I, 500 miles from submarine waters mere intermediate range for today's missiles. Capt. G. W. Okerson of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics pointed out that in World War II, only 45 German U-boats nearly strangled British ship ping. Today, Russia has 10 times that number of subs in operation, Okerson said. This grim estimate came out of a briefing by a group of scientists and military men connected with the Lockheed Anti-Submarine Warfare Sys-' tems organization, or LAWSO. Weakest Link The group's mission, work ing closely with the Navy, is to strengthen means of sub marine detection currently the weakest link in America's defense, according to both Navy and civilian experts. Killing subs is relatively easy with such new weapons as atomic depth charges, the experts agree. The problem is in finding them, a task some Navy men compare with that of finding a gnat in the Grand Canyon. An intelligent gnat that is. The LAWSO team re ports it is harder to locate a submarine in water than an aircraft in the air or a .missile in space. This fact means the undersea threat is greater than that from space. Why is a sub harder to find? For one thing, radio waves will not travel in water. This EV0edt?ord Stationery c WALT 210 E. Main light volume on recent.oil de clines and heavier action on advance's confirming the de velopment of a basically bull ish pattern for oils. L. O. Hooper of W. E. Hut ton & Co. says the Interna t i o n a 1 Business Machines split has developed a theory that Minnesota Mining may be split again before long . . . says a split of Sherwin-Williams is regarded as overdue. Francis I. Du Pont & Co. feels it is not impossible that the McCall Corp. cash divi dend rate could be increased above present 60 cent level without disturbing the stock dividend pattern. . . . Thinks in view of Atlantic Coast Line earnings improvement, liber alization of the $2 a share in dicated annual dividend rate may be ordered. Warts are caused by a virus. rules off radar for spotting subs under water, although it can be used to hunt them above the surface. Temperature variations in the ocean create invisible barriers of cold or warm water which divert the sub-hunter's underwater sound waves and enable enemy submarines to hide. Fish and plankton, tiny cre atures which float in layers at various levels in the ocean, also can reflect sound waves. The LAWSO group has con cluded that detection methods aren't much better today than they were during World War II. That's because submarines have kept abreast of detec tion progress. Vice Admiral William G. Cooper, command er of the Anti-Submarine De fense Force, Atlantic Fleet, re cently warned: 'No Adequate Defense' "I know that today there is no adequate defense against the nuclear, missile-launching submarine. Obviously, we must be able to defend against them within a few years, since the Soviets will surely have them." What is urgently needed, the ASW men declared, is a technological breakthrough to permit an aircraft to scan 50 to 75 miles of ocean at a time to a depth of 1,500 feet. Pres ent methods of detection fall so short of this that the Navy has been forced to throw near ly every type of hardware that floats or flies into the detection effort. . The prime detection method is Sonar, location by sound waves bounced from a sub's hull. But Sonar isn't flexible and falls far short of the. re quired range. No new idea to improve de tection is too fantastic for study. Ideas include the pos sibility of "manned ocean bottom stations" underwater burglar alarm system extend ing hundreds of miles off U.S. coasts. "In our long-range strategy, we might well be forced into a decision to destroy the sub marines at their home source, where they are built," Oker son said. But, he added, that would still leave about 450 others, already in operation, to cope with. Be OSEP atyraay For Our Annual HHEGITORY YOUNG'S Tibet Terrain and ough Combination for Any Editor's note: Radio Peiping has reported that the Dalai Lama has fled his ancient capital of Lhasa and escaped into India through an area as desolate as any in the world. Out of this land of unnamed mountain peaks and roadless val leys recently came H. M. Nieter O'Learv, producer of the famous travel film "My Seven Years in Ti bet." In the following dispatch he tells the colorful, dramatic back ground of what was probably the most exciting chase in recent in ternational history written while the Dalai Lama and his followers were making their epic flight. UPI New York. By H. M. NIETER O'LEARY Written for UPI London - (LTD - The priests go ahead blessing stones so the evil spirits will keep their distance and behind them in the midst of some of the toughest fighting men in the world rides the Dalai Lama, seeking sanctuary from the Chinese invaders of Tibet. I know the country he is traveling well. I spent some eight months in Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal. I know that the Red Chinese have virtually no chance of catch ing the crew-cut young rein carnation of Buddha. (As this was being written, Radio Peiping announced the Dalai Lama had escaped into India). The paraphernalia of mod ern war outside of small weapons is almost useless in this land of narrow valleys rimmed by great mountains like jagged teeth shredding the clouds. Helicopters, say some re ports. Laugh them off. The up draughts of Kula Kangri and Senge Dzong to mention only two districts would shatter any whirlybird. Ask the few frightened Americans who tried to fly over them in con ventional planes during the war and vowed never again. Paratroops Useless Chinese paratroopers are being dropped - that's another report. And you can laugh that one off as well. Ask the crew of the American B24 who had to bale out over Tibet during the war, 1943, I believe. It took them two whole months to make the Indian border on foot. Where can you drop para troopers? Suppose they land in a valley or near a known pass. You can only drop a few paratroopers and the Red Chinese have learned the bit ter lesson that their troops in Tibet must move in large groups, or they may never move again. Ammunition Is expensive arid scarce and the natives who have guns know More Than 100 Stars Will Have Parts in Oscar Award Show Hollywood -(CPU- More than 100 movie stars will be squeezed into the Academy Award telecast Monday night for the biggest jamboree in filmtown history. Never before have so many stars appeared on one pro gram. You name 'em, they'll be on the two-hour show - Ingrid Bergman, Clark Gable, Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Sophia Loren. Scores of stars who really appear on TV will be strutting their stuff in honor of Oscar night. Six masters of ceremonies, Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Sir Lau rence Olivier and Jerry Lewis, are scheduled to fill the gaps between presentations. And April 4th SP 2-6780 how and when to use them. It can take two or three weeks to cross a mountain so if you drop your para troopers in one place the Dalai Lama may be blithely and safely riding by in the valley just across the moun tain range. And then there is is the added danger of the Khamba tribesmen, who live along the route the Dalai Lama must be traversing. Khamba the word is al most enough to frighten the Red Chinese. These are fear some, tall men who are either brigands or muleteers and rarely anything in between. The Khamba likes to travel and fight alone except for his constant companion, the ferocious Tibetan mastiff. By far the fiercest dog in the world. Imagine a huge chow dog, tremendously strong, fast and alert and never hap pier than when he is lunging at a foe. He is closer to the wolf than is good for com fort. And he and the Khampa make a lethal team. The Khamba is also a dead shot. I do not know where the legend of old muzzle loading rifles came from. I have seen them with the most modern arms, many of Ger man make. Luger and Mauser pistols and automatic rifles smuggled over the borders are now general in Tibet. Strong Motive To Fight When the Khamba has a cause such as the defense of the Dalai Lama, the Lotus Thunderbolt, who is to him both leader and the repre sentative on earth of his God. Louis Armstrong Heads for Athens Belgrade, Yugoslavia - (UPD Louis Armstrong left by air early today for Athens, wind ing up a Yugoslav tour during which he was received with wild enthusiasm at every stop. The final appearance of the jazz trumpeter and his six-man combo here Thursday night was interrupted repeatedly by applause and cheers. The audi ence let him go only after he assured them he was too tired to play any more. YACHT RACER DIES Hamilton, Bermuda - (DPD -Mayor E. Roderick Wililams, 60, died of a heart attack Thursday while participating in a yacht race. there will be specialty acts aplenty to break up the dull doling out of statuettes. For instance, Burt Lancas ter and Kirk Douglas - who also teamed last year - will sing, and dance their way through "It's All Right With Us." English imports Dana Wyn ter, Joan Collins and Angela Lansbury will warble "It's Bully Not To Be Nominated." Rosalind Russell and Sam my Davis Jr. have brief bits, as do Miss Bergman, Cary Grant, William Holden and John Wayne. An added fillip is the ap pearance of Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor on the same show. They will fly in from Las Vegas, Nev., for their stints. Debbie Reynolds had agreed to appear too, but her movie commitments forced the ex-Mrs. Fisher to cancel out. Maurice Chevalier will sing "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" to a bevy of beauties, including Barbara Rush, Ter ry Moore, Arlena Dahl and Sandra Dee. But the main event - and the reason for all the hulla baloo is the awards. Even minor Oscars will be present ed by top-flight stars. Few Absences Expected Of the 10 nominees for best acting awards only Deborah Kerr among the actresses, and actors Paul Newman and Sid ney Poitier, will be absent. A trio of supporting nominees also will be among the miss ing - Wendy Hiller and Mau reen Stapleton in the actress division, and Arthur Kennedy among the actors. For the second straight year the entire pageant will ema nate from Hollywood, without segments beamed from New York. . As balloting closed this week straw polls among acad emy members found the fol lowing six nominees the fa vorites; Best picture-"Gigi." Best actress - Susan Hay ward, "I Want To Live." Best actor - David Niven, "Separate Tables." Best supporting actress Wendy Hiller, "Separate Ta bles." Best supporting actor-Burl Ives, "The Big Country." Best director Vincent Min elli, "Gigi." People Present his is apt to join in a fighting group that is easily a match for double the number of Red Chinese. You have been seeing the dateline Kalimpong frequent ly in the Tibetan crisis. I know this marvelous place very well indeed. It is right out of musi cal comedy. But the comedy has sinister overtones for Kal impong as the terminus of the caravan route to the Tibetan capital Lhasa is now the most important listening post for the Himalayas. Kalimpong lias a polyglot population including several Americans who are Buddhists. The gathering place is the Hi malaya Hotel run by a Scot named "Old MacDonald" who is married to a Tibetan and has several daughters. Every day before the re volt at least one caravan of some 20 to 50 mules arrived from Tibet bringing the finest wool in existence and yak tails (used for making Santa Claus beards). The lead mule always wore a red yak tail, like a beard, to frighten away evil spirits. v - There are bells around the necks of the mules. It is so silent on the high passes where no birds sing that any Convenient Before-Need Purchase Plan Ground Burial Mausoleum $35 Cremation 55 Siskiyou SP 2-2344 Opponent sound is welcome. With the caravans on the 28 day jour ney are the muleteers who are the traditional news agen cies of the Himalayas. They gather the news as they travel and then disseminate it when they reach Kalimpong, the window into Tibet. It is a skilled job filtering the truth from what the mule teers say. The Chinese have planted Communists among them to spread the kind of stories they want scattered around. I wonder what the eventual fate of the Dalai Lama will be. He is a gentle youth whose main hobby is photography. I do not know if he is tough enough to endure the constant pressure that will concentrate on him. I hope he will rise to the occasion. And what will happen to Tibet, so happy to be left liv ing in its medieval idyll. I re member the postman with his spear and his bell . . . the oil seeping from the earth and sometimes alight, with the simple Tibetan explanation that these flames were de mons . . . The gold lying un washed in the creeks because no one was particularly inter ested in gold. You want the best! Take time to be sure you are getting the best! You make your own choice of a funeral home select your cem etery the same way. It becomes your permanent family memorial. Look and investigate MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION! We invite comparison. $ .4.00 Remember, You DO Have a CHOICE of Cemeteries Let Us Help You Select the Best! Esfacada Youth's Purchase of Car Told at Trial Oregon City - (LTD - Duane Marvin Anders, 17, accused of the murder of his father, bought a car without his father's knowledge, according to testimony at his trial Thurs day. Anders, an Estacada high school student leader, is ac cused of shooting his father Feb. 8 and then burning the family barn. The youth claim ed the shooting was an ac cident and that he panicked. District Attorney Winston Bradshaw told the jury in his opening remarks Tuesday that the state would try to show the shooting was over an argu ment about young Anders spending money on his auto mobile. Paid Part of Price Grayson Osborne, 17, testi fied that Duane gave him S210 in paper money about Feb. 3 or 4 for a second hand car and that he said he wouldn't be able to give him the rest until a later date. He said Duane told him the car would have to be kept at a friend's house because "his father was not to know at the present time." Today was the fifth day of the trial. 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