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Aerial Gas Stations Assist Rugged
Fighter Pilots To Reach War Scene
- Vriltar. nnta: Thll ll the third
' of four diipatchM on the Tactical
: air rnnmiid. Dreoared from ma
terial gathered In 10,000 mllea of
nylng lo several kt oa.ca. au
In an actual TAC exercue.
; By RALPH VILLERS
Shaw Air Force, S.C. IPft
Those rugged individualists-
the fighter pilots-would wage
;the aerial warfare If ever a
limited war breaks out. But
they would need aerial gas
Stations to get to me uuinuui
lone. . .. - ..." .
: That's where the flth Air
Force fits into the Tactical
Air Command picture. The 9th
flies the airborne filling sta
tions-as well as the weather
planes that scout the route for
the fighters, the airlift craft
that take along the ground
crews and spare parts to keep
the fighters in the air, and the
reconnaissance planes to pick
out targets and let fighter pi
lots know if their strikes were
effective.
The 9th-a "long-legged" air
force in the words of its dep
uty commander, Maj. Gen.
Daniel W. Jenkins-rounds out
the versatility of TAC. ,
, Trained To Fight - '
The' pilots of TAC's 12th
Air Force who fly the speedy
fighter planes are trainid to
fight an tnemy for aerial su-
supply lines and communica
tions and give close, front-line
combat support to the Army's
' ground forces.
It might be said that the 9th
makes all that possible.
Under the 9th come the
KBS0J aerial tankers which
enable the relatively short
legged fighters to fly non
stop from the United States to
a base in Turkey, refueling
them three times en route,
over Bermuda, the Azores and
Southern France.
Also in the 9th Air Force's
line-up of aircraft are the
V366 weather observation
planes which precede the tank'
ers along' the route; the RB66
and RF101 photo and visual
reconnaissance planes; the
CI 23 twin-engine assault
transports, and the C130 four-
engine prop-jet troop and sup
ply transports,
The realm of the 9th, which
is commanded from Shaw
AFB byMaj. Gen. David W.
Hutchison, also Includes such
little-heard-of units as aerial
port squadrons, which furnish
the loadmasters who see that
the planes are properly loaded
so they'll get off the ground
and reach their destination:
the communications and con.
trol units which furnish aerial
communications, radar con
trol and land-line communica
tions, and aero medical evac
uation units, which feed
wounded from" the front lines
back to hospitals via assault
transport planes that can op
erate from rough, grass air
strips.
All of these unlls-as wen
as TAC's fighter aircraft-are
necessary components of a
Composite Air Strike Force,
the major limited war, or war
prevention weapon of lac-
tical Air Command,
Dual War Role
TAC has a dual general war
role - to augment overseas
forces in the combat theater,
as well as the Air Defense
Command, which is the aerial
defense force for the United
States. TAC also is the com
mand which supplies or ar
ranges for all the airlift re
quired by the Army-including
the transports for dropping
paratroopers or assault land
ing1 airborne forces.
But TAC, an entirely U.S.
based command, is best suited
to fight, or preferabl prevent
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a limited war. That is its ma
jor mission. Thus the CASF.
A CASF Is tailored to the
specific need of the situation
that causes it to be ordered
overseas. In any case, "quick
reaction is the key
Initial elements of a CASF
can reach the Middle East in
16 hours after getting the
word "go." The total force can
be in place and ready for op
erations within 48 hours. TAC
is sure of these times, because
it has put a CASF in place
within them.
The fighters and support
aircraft that sped to the Mid
east during the 1958 Lebanon
Iraq crisis constituted a
CASF.
Jumping the greater dis
tances to the Far East, the
leading edge of a CASF can
arrive in 36 hours, with all
the units on hand in 72 hours,
Limited Combat Ability
A simple CASF, one- for a
show-of-force or a good will
mission, might consist of one
squadron of fighters,- half a
squadron of reconnaissance
planes, sufficient transport
planes and six tankers. It
would have only a limited
combat ability.
An initial small war force
might include three squad
rons of tactical fighters, s
mixed squadron of reconnais
sance planes, three squadrons
of troop carriers and a squad
ron of tankers.
Generally there are 16 to 20
planes in a squadron.
Although TAC supplies the
men and machines to make up
a CASF, the units, once over
seas, urr under tne overall
command of the theater com
mander and not TAC' TAC's
19th Air Force, which doesn't
have a combat plane of its
own, supplies the command
element linking the fignter
and transport units to higher
headquarters on an overseas
CASF.
The fact that both the Mid
east and Far East situations
in 1958 quieted after CASF's
arrived in the areas points out
the deterrent, as well as fight
ing, role of the unusual aerial
packages.
Maj. Gen. Maurice A. rres
ton, commander of the 19th
Air Force, put it this way:
"We seem to be stuck with
the term 'limited war' and
'limited war mission.' The
more'approprlate terms would
be 'limited action,' which
spans a greater deal of activity.
"It's always the national
purpose to avoid conflict. The
military lias been employee;
a great many times in per
suading and dissuading activ
ities, and doesn't that often
get Involved in conflict."
Scout Weather
If Washington ever gave the
word "go" to a CASF, the 9th
Air Force would be In it, as
well as the fighters. If the
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CASF were headed
weather planes from
AFB would be the first off the
ground to scout the weather
over the ocean refueling
points
Jet-Assisted, propeller-driv
en KB50J tankers would
quickly lift off from Langley
AFB in Virginia, to rendez
vous with the fighters coming
from various bases in the
United States,
C130 transports would load
"fly-away" kits of spare parts
and other necessities to keep
the lighters operating over-
seas for a minimum of 30
days. Reconnaissance planes
would take off from Shaw,
Within 16 hours the first
tactical fighters could be in
the Mideast.
The men of the 9th - far
from "glory boys" - would
have made it possible.
Doing the job would be men
like Maj. Robert Sorensen of
Newport, R.I., chief of the
standardization section of the
4505th Air Refueling Wing at
Lagley AFB, Va., whp thinks
nothing of flying an aerial
filling station loaded with
thousands of pounds of jet
fuel.
Tanker Safe Plane
"It's a misconception that a
tanker is a dangerous weapon.
It's as safe as any other
plane."
Another typical 9th Air
Force pilot is Capt. A. B.
Wallin, an RF101 pilot whose
eyes and cameras "finger
print an enemy for the tacti
cal fighters and ground forces.
And does it in an unarmed jet
aware but undisturbed by the
fact he can't fight back if at
tacked.
"Reconnaissance's job is to
get the information and get it
back. If I were to stay and
fight and then got shot down,
the purpose of the mission
would be defeated."
There's not much glory for
a 9th Air Force pilot, but he
needed.
(Next: A practice CASF in
operation.) f
Briscoe School
Sets Festival
Ashland - Briscoe school's
annual art and music festival
will be held at 7 o'clock to
night. '
Following a musical pro
gram by the Briscoe chorus,
orchestra and band in the
gym, art exhibits will be on
display in the gym and in the
classrooms. The art will be
examples of students creativi
ty in the media of water color,
tempera, clay, paper-mache,
finger painting, murals, and
weaving. The work is the out
growth -of the year's studies
in social science, science, and
music.
The public is invited to the
festival which Is planned by
the teachers of Briscoe school.
Mrs. Marie Bjorlie is Briscoe's
art chairman.
The musical program will
include the following songs
by the chorus under the direc
tion of Mrs. Virginia Cecil
and accompanied by Mrs. Imo
gen e McCoy: "Look Up, Amer
ica," Angus; "Beside Thy
Cradle," Bach; "Spring
Marching," Bach; "Romany
Life," Herbert; and "Gossip,
Gossip," Hairston.
Under the direction of
Raoul Maddox, the band will
piny "Choral," "March Trio,"
"Day Dreams," "All Through
the NlRht," and "Easy Steps
March." Barbara Relnholdt
will play a flute solo, "Adobe,"
and Mike Krug will play a
trombone solo, "Ruby."
The program will conclude
with orchestra numbers, di
rected by Mrs. Audrey Bart-lett.
"We will not knowingly be undersold by anyone"
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Miss Shaver Speaks
At SOC Assembly
Ashland - Miss Nancy
Shaver, International Farm
Youth Exchange student to
Germany last year, spoke at
the Southern OrcRon college
assembly at Churchill hall
auditorium this morning.
.'Wearing native German
costume, Miss Shaver discuss
ed her experiences in Ger
many last year as one of five
United States exchange stu
dents sent on the 4-H plan.
Miss Shaver planned to
show slides of Germany and
present basic background of
Germany today. She feels she
has gained much insight to
the country during her 6V4
month stay. Miss Shaver lived
on five farms during her stay,
not as a tourist but to actually
learn of the German ways.
Miss Shaver is a senior at
SOC majoring In elementary
education. This term she is
counselor in Cascade A. a
girls dormitory. Since her
return to the United States
she has availed herself to
numerous organisations a o
she could share her exper
iences as part of the exchange
plan.
Banks No Longer
To Pay Rewards
Portland - (UP1) - The Ore
gon Bankers Association has
decided to stop paying re
wards for information lead
ing to arrest and conviction
of robbers.
The OBA's Executive Coun
cil Monday withdrew the long
standing reward offer' be
cause it feels the system is
outdated by improved law en
forcement. The OBA has been offering
rewards up to $1,000 with the
executive council determin
ing the amount and distribu
tion. From one to four such
rewards have been paid each
year with only one paid so
far this year - for a 1960 robbery.
COOPER UNCHANGED
- Hollywood - (UPD - Screen
idol Gary Cooper s condition
remained unchanged today,
the actor's physician reported.
Cooper, who turned 60 Sun
day, is suffering from advanc
ed cancer and is under heavy
sedation much of the time at
his Georgian mansion in the
exclusive Bel-Air section of
West Los Angeles.
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News and Notes
From Camp White
By WALTER TOWNSEND
At 1:30 o'clock this after
noon in the theater, members
of the Domiciliary had the
privilege of previewing excit
ing pictures of a part of New
Guinea unknown to white
men. They included pictures
of natives who had known no
white man.
As Dr. A. P. Klomhaus ex
plained, the slides, synchro
nized with sound, were made
during the years ' he and his
wife established and main
tained a medical mission
there. This he called "The
land of headhunters and birds
of paradise."
"We've been all around the
world and the Rogue valley
area is the finest place in the
world to live," Dr. Klomhaus
said.
Helps Husband -
Mrs. Klomhaus, a registered
nurse, helped him with this
medical mission in the interior
of New Guinea with their
180-bed hospital. Natives had
never seen a white man until
Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus went
there in 1933. Now, they never
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Mayo Clinic
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Register and Trlbuna Syndicate,
1961)
The New Anti-Diabetic Drugs
Some persons write to ask
about the new anti-diabetic
drugs that 'can be taken by
TT "IJJ ' 1 mouth. Dia
f - , I betlcs should
Know tnat
these' drugs
are not exact
ly like insulin,
which can go
into a child's
body and there
enable him to
use sugars and
star ches. In
sulin can work well in the
case of a child who, at the age
of 10 or 12, apparently has
no insulin-making glands left.
The new drugs can hardly be
expected to be of any use to
such a diabetic child because
they seem to work by stimu
lating what insulin-making
glands are left in the person's
pancreas (the large gland
which lies back of the
stomach). '
This is why the new drugs
are being used largely by old
er diabetics who, when in
their later years they get
diabetes, usually have a mild
form of the disease. Occasion
ally, the new drugs have to
be tried out on the type of
diabetic who does not respond
well to insulin.
Often, even when insulin or
the new type of drug works
well, the patient still must
diet. ' This is especially true
if he or she is fat. It is bad
enough to be a diabetic, but
it is much worse to be a fat
diabetic. Many a person who
has diabetic ancestry asks me
how he can keep from getting
the disease, and my first sug
gestion is "Don't get fat. That
will put such extra strain on
your insulin-forming glands
that they may give up and
quit when you are 40, instead
of when you are 70."
Bladder Irritability In Women
Hundreds of women write
asking what to do for an "ir
ritable bladder." I sympathize
deeply with them, and I wish
I could help, but I do not dare
try. It might be bad enough
if I knew that the woman had
a cystitis or inflammation of
her bladder, or if she had a
rare ulceration In it, or if she
had the falling down of the
bladder that is due to an old
perineal tear which came
when she was giving birth to
a child.
Perhaps she has only nerv
ousness due to the fact that
her daughter's marriage quick
ly broke up and the girl is
back home with a baby. Or,
perhaps, my correspondent
has what my urologist friends
call a "chronic urethritis
grade I " This means a slight
reddening of, the urethra, or
tube which carries the urine
out of the bladder. The trou
ble with this condition is that
usually the more one treats
it the worse the woman gets.
Much of the disease appears
to be due to nervousness, as
is shown by the fact that oc
casionally one sees a strongly
built and husky woman with
chronic urethritis grade ii and
no symptoms at all.
All I know is that I must
not try to treat an "irritable
bladder" by mail. If the wom-
,an has a bad cystocele-or
'dropped bladder, I think she
ought to have a repair opera
tion, in which the bladder will
be pushed up where it be
longs. I have seen women
made over" by this opera
tion, when it has been well
performed. Last week I urged
a spry old lady of 70 to have
the repair operation because,
as I said, she might live until
the age of 85, and IS years is
a long time to suffer.
Sawhill To Be Guest
Conductor at Camp
Ashland - Clarence Saw
hill, noted band authority and
director of bands at the Uni
versity of California in Los
Angeles, will be guest con
ductor at the 1961 Southern
Oregon college Siskiyou Band
camp. The musical vacation
will be held July 16 through
28 on SOC's campus.
Besides rehearsals and con
certs, Glenn Matthews, found
er and coordinator of the
band camp, has also scheduled
such recreation as sports, the
Shakespearean Festival, trips
to near by points of interest
and an overnight pack trip
led by college President Elmo
N. Stevenson.
Musical opportunities dur
ing the two week camp are
available to students having
completed the sixth grade to
those in graduate school.
Those students interested
should contact Dr. Herbert
Cecil, camp secretary.
Fees for the musical experi
ence will be $15 for registra
tion and tuition and $40.50
for board and room in a col
lege dormitory.
House Pays Tribute
To E. A. Littrell
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
House Tuesday passed a reso
lution expressing sorrow at
the recent death of E. A. Lit
trell of Jackson county, a
member of the 48th and 49th
sessions of the legislature.
Several members of the
House arose on the floor to
pay tribute to their former
colleague.
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way in is by plane.
The people are strictly of
stone age. No wheel; no metal;
no clothing, except bark,
brush material and leaves.
The country is beautiful; 250
miles south of equator, and
6,000 feet up, quite tolerable
climate for New Guinea.
There are primitive houses,
w'ith no windows or furniture.
These stone age natives sleep
on the ground and are super
stitutious. They have war
dances, singing, talking, and
big festivals.
Important Part
The pig plays an Important
part in cultural life, Dr.
Klomhaus said. It buys a wife;
pays for insult or injury; set
tles wars between tribes; and
tells the story. The pig is
sacrificed to appease evil
spirit. If that does not work,
human fingers are cut off to
appease evil spirit.
Known as Wig people, men
wear large wigs from human
hair, clipping with bamboo
knife.
Weapons, chiefly spears-of
black palm, 10 feet long - the
tips pointed with human
bones.
This land of "headhunters"
enjoyed the benefits of a
quite modern hospital as New
Guinea standards went, and
is a Mandate of Australia,
under control of United Na
tions. Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Klom
haus brought back beautiful
arrows and a head dress made
from "birds of paradise" life.
There are 52 minutes of slides
and artifacts.
Wherever the pictures have
been shown, the reception has
been outstanding.
Retires I
Dr. Klomhaus retired 13
years ago. After nine years of
retirement he began his medi
cal mission among these peo
ple of the stone age, and
found a whole new life and
quickly became absorbed in
vital new things of interest.
He was introduced at the
theater by- Manager Henry C.
Herzog. ,
The Red Cross served re
freshments, and there was a
question and answer period.
In June, Dr. Klomhaus and
his wife will start off to show
these pictures all over the
United States. They expect to
be back in the Rogue valley
where they live - in the late
Fall.
WHITE ELEPHANT BID
London (DPI A Aim com
pany today advertised in the
personal column of the Lon
don Times for a "white ele
phant building" to buy or
rent.
Overseas Grain
Shipments Totaled
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
Agriculture Department said
Tuesday grain exports from
Portland in April reached 7.5
million bushels.
It was the biggest overseas
shipment since May of last
year.
Grain movements into Port
land terminals, however, took
the reverse direction, iney
were down to 5.4 million
bushels, smallest since last
September.
The department said grain
inspections at Astoria, Pendle
ton and Merrill continued
"very slow."
HONEST THIEF
Austin, Tex. - (UPD - At
least the thief who stole Rep.
Bill Pieratt's automobile and
wrecked it is honest - to a
degree. Pieratt's car was
stolen Sunday and later found
piled up in a ditch. Tuesday,
police received a letter con
taining the $200 that Pieratt
had left in his automobile.
Pre-Regsfrafon Set
For SOC Kindergarten
Ashland - Pre-registration
for the Southern 'Oregon col
lege kindergarten will take
place Monday, May 15, at 9
a.m. in the college business
office. A $5 pre-registration
fee will be charged, which
will be applied toward the
tiution charge or refunded if
the child does not attend.
The first 40 children regis
tered will be given preference
and a waiting list will be
established beyond that point.
Children enrolled must be
five on or before Nov. 15.
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