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.Bombardier Beetle Hai Tear Gai with Bang The 'bombing" by the bom bardier beetle is as much a part of the insect as are its wings or its blue-black body. This little "bug with the bomb" has perfected the tear gas technique, too, and uses it with the utmost efficiency. To see this little boom-boom guy is to be mildly surprised; he doesn't look the part. He just looks innocent and very bug-like. He will be dark brown or black, or even blu ish color, may even have a reddish-yellow head and, of course, like all beetles will have wings and wing covers. He's about an inch long and usually found on the ground. He has a great number oi rel atives. Like his kinfolks he can survive under harsh con ditions. Two Cannom What makes this little guy so interestingly different is his ready ability to bomb his enemies. He has two tailguns, two tiny cannons located on the rear of his body and point ed backward, like machine guns in the tail end of a man made bomber. This effective weapon is cocked and ready at all times to fire when attacked. If an enemy approaches, the bom bardier beetle turns tail, lines up the guns and waits for just the proper time. When the enemy comes within range, the trigger is pulled and a tiny amount of fluid is forcefully ejected. On contact with the air it turns to an evil smelling gas, as disconcerting to the enemy as is tear gas to a human or a howling mob. Stranger still, and even more perplexing to the ene my, is the explosive bang or pop that accompanies the bomb-blast. The human ear can easily detect the sound of the bomb burst from a dis tance of several feet. Scared, Then Gassed The sudden pop scares the victim half to death, he may even fall over in his confu sion. Before he recovers enough to find out what hap pened, the pungent gas en velops him a like a fog. By the time he gets organized and stops his weeping and crying, the bombardier beetle is safely away. Science has looked with in terest at this common bug and its unusual accomplish- menus; has studied the order of firing and the firing power itself; has even analyzed tne fluid that, in contact with air, turns to a gas; they have found that it is a chemical closely related to carbolic acid with more than a trace of OF ALL PEOPLE Cambridge, Mass. - (DPI) -City Councilman Alfred E. Vellucci introduced an order Monday to name a street inter section, only a stone's throw from Harvard university, Yale Square. Action was delayed on the objection of Council man Gaspard Belin, a Yale man. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford. phone SP 2-6141: Ash land call at 1224 Iowa st. or phone 482-3002; MontaRue and Vreka, phone Globe 9-3171, be fore 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a.m Sunday. If regular delivery arrlvei ihortly alter you call please notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. BANKRUPT AUCTION By Order of Hon. Estes Snedecor, Rtftrc In Bankruptcy and Bernard B. Cntor, Receiver and Trustee $250,000.00 EVALUATION CONTRACTOR'S EQUIPMENT SIG ANDERSSON, Bankrupt Fri., MAY 11 10 A.M. On Mm trtmfm, ? "' Nort 8n Airport fcttww fth COOS BAY, ORE. . 0ioo4, Koihfini Bueyfus-Efit Poi.tr Shovtli Cl. 0-4: 0 7: HD-I4 Criwltr Tncton 1954 Ford firm Tfittof I960 TmciMttv. l'S M" p-tT 1948 A(Jm Motor G'idtr. T0-1 "!" W.llumi B'M ttibb" Tird Bolttf Scoopmob'lt wth Ff1't 210 Cfti Compftiwr s Tn.Ur Camttit Mi.tr . (31 P.eMp - FUt Btflt (4t6Svtf at Dm WUi-Stmiinetott 1959 Molt 110 t"T 1957 Ptttct 35 to" G Loj Tn-ler 1956 ret ll Tfitltr Woldt'i fvmn CoMnctw Eompmotn Kkl ESTATE AT AUCTION ' . It. ..-.. 10IJ 3, I. . ?. "' J. put .1 laaiittnii " - - 0 P0ntl f I tifPjiltlwiw uhd ion iJOCHl. Milton J.WERSH0W Co. 2 PORTLAND I, OREGON 4 Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Register and Tribune Syndicate 1962) hydrogen peroxide in it. Not so easily understood. however, is the reason for the bang when the bomb is released, or its volume and carrying power, or the rapid ity with which it can be re leased; as many as six times in a few minutes. The little bug with the bomb has a weapon and a secret; one is effective to a high degree, the other a mystery. Bandits Ransack Cloak Rooms at Albany Churches Albany - (UPD - Sabbath day bandits ransacked purses and billfolds at five Albany churches during morning services Sunday, making off with more than $250, Albany police reported Monday. Churches where the thefts were reported .were the Chris tian and Missionary Alliance, St. Peter's Episcopal, West minster United Presbyterian, First Methodist and the First Christian. Police said that .i man and a woman have been arrested for questioning in connection with the thefts, but names were not released. Women Heaviest Loieri City police reported that while congregations were praying, someone less rever ent was systematically going through purses and billfolds in cloak rooms. Several bill folds were missing, and the heaviest losers were women who had left money in their purses and billfolds. Investigation was progress ing in an attempt to link all the thefts with the same per sons. Making all the church es required precision timing, if the same persons account ed for all the thefts. Four of the churches they hit were in the area of the Linn county courthouse. In nearby Corvallis, choir members at the First Meth odist church there reported bandits made off with $42.50 in a similar pilfering opera tion. Pickin' Pears By WALTER TOWNSEND Commander George Winter officiated at a recent meeting of Barracks 14. World War I, at the domiciliary. An elo quent speech by James R. Lewis lifted the spirit of the meeting and at the end he re ceived sincere applause by his fellow veterans. Lewis spoke on how things were in the War of '17 and '18. "People forget how things were," he said. Harry and Dorothy Leuty, VAVS Representatives, D e partment of Oregon, Veterans of WW I, instituted the dance program, which was put on, after the meeting, by students of Colleen Hope, in Building 224. Visitor, From Medford Several ladies were visitors from Medford, and remained after the meeting to enjoy the entertainment. Louise Love, teacher, directed the dancing, March Militaire by Tiny Tots, was performed for 28 White City members and some hun dred visitors. "Tennessee Wigwalk" was done by Nancy Brophy, a young lady from Shady Cove - a song and dance act - which brought much relaxation to the Veterans and their friends "This is like old days." Louis Ford of Readers and Writers said. Eight middle size girls in Glow Worm, gave thrills Spontaneous Applauie Sallie Middlesworth in jazz acrobat dance forced spoa taneous applause before her act was finished. "I'm a Little Teapot, Short and Stout," by nine tots in song, heel and toe was a highlight of the eve nings entertainment. "Nieta" by three little ladies in tights, offered moods of woodland and outdoor nostal gia. "It makes me want to travel," Ford said. "When I see children like this." said Ford, "I don't care - it makes me think of my own kids and grandkids The teacher thanked every one for being such a wonder ful audience, when the visit ing children had finished the show. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lynrh were present and helped to make the occasion a pleasant one for the men. Mrs. Lynch brought cake and assisted Dorothy Leuty In serving re freshments. Q Lynch is trustee of MedfifSt 540 Barracks. WW I. Before retirement, five years ago, he was an offic: of the Liquor Stor ": chief recrfction Western Senators Angle for Meeting On Lumber Plight By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Waihington Correspondent Washington (Special)-West- ern senators are angling for White House conference with President Kennedy o n the problems of the Pacific N o r t hwest's lumber indus try. Sen. War ren G. Magnu son (D-Wash.) says the group will probably smith lirst meet with Commerce Secretary Lu ther Hodges in the near fu ture, probably to be followed by a meeting with Secretary of State Dean Rusk or one of his top aides in the field of economic relations with other countries. "We've got to touch all the right bases," explained Mag nuson. "It may take a little longer that way, but I think we'll get some results. I hope we can meet with the presi dent about our lumber prob lems." Magnuson was speaking as the key man on Capitol Hill in the scattered efforts of many lawmakers to focus gov ernment attention on the seri ous slump which many North west lumber firms have ex perienced the past year. The Washington state senator is chairman of the Senate Com merce Committee, which is holding hearings on the prob lem, and he also heads up the newly reactivated western conference of senators which numbers about 20 members. This latter group met re cently with Agriculture Secre tary Orville Freeman on For est Service timber manage ment policies. Next it expects to meet with Interior Secre tary Stewart TJdall, as well as Hodges and Rusk, according to Magnuson. Portland Meeting Due The next field hearing, at Portland, will be some time after the May 18 Oregon pri mary election, possibly the following week, when it is suitable to Sen. Wayne Morse, who wants to testify, and to the committee. Magnuson and Morse are still opposed to changing the Jones act, either on outright repeal to open American ship ping to foreign bottoms, or to Sen. M a u r i n e Neuberger's modification which would open only intercoastal trade to cheaper foreign ships. Both are sponsors of another bill to grant subsidies to Ameri can shipping lines so they can cut their cargo rates to lumbermen. In a Senate speech last Fri TRY SUNNY BROOK YOU'LL LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! 1 I SUNNY i BROOK KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY A REMARKABLE PRICE HAS BEEN SUNNY BROOK-ONE OF AMERICA'S Sunny Brook enioys a nation wide reputation as a mag- o nificent Kentucky whiskey. Try the smooth, 90 proof Straight, or the smooth and eftra mild Blend. Either way you'll like the change. .l n liana. Ml u iwonu P Iil3?' snw m !' W 'K' o ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON day, Morse asserted that the Jai act should be preserved because of the defense need to protect an American mer chant marine. Sen. Neuberger has argued that the Jones act has failed to preserve the in tercoastal shipping business, which she called a "ghost industry." She has observed, for example, that one large Northwest lumber firm has been unable to fill a large order from a customer in Puerto Rico because there is no longer any American mari time cargo service to that island, and the Jones act pro hibits use of foreign vessels. The major unknown factor still is what position the Ken nedy administration will take on the various bills intro duced thus far. Also, there is the relation between the im pact of Canadian imports, which have hurt the North west operators, and the forth coming debate on Kennedy's expanded trade program. Both matters could be resolved, pos sibly, in the prospective con ference between Magnuson's group and administration leaders. Morse issued a warning to the administration from the Senate floor, saying the ad ministration must realize that Northwest congressmen who are feeling the sting of local discontent over the lumber slump "cannot sit idly by when a foreign trade bill is before the Senate and vote for a trade bill unless we can also find the means to pro mote the welfare of the No. 1 greatest source of income for the Pacific Northwest, namely the lumber industry." The Oregon senator said he wants to back Kennedy's trade program "but the present ad ministration could not pos sibly sell me on a foreign trade bill if 1 should find that positive steps can't also be BARKER'S ARE OPEN FROM 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. EVERY EVENING Main at OLD ju r 1 ' . 4 oi.n Ik BROOK STRAIOIIT BOURBON f JUL, RON LAMB Receives Granl Crater Teacher Gets NSF Study Grant Central Point - Ron Lamb. Crater High school dean of boys, and biology teacher, has been selected by the National Science Foundation as a re cipient of a full academic year institute for science and mathematics teachers. He will attend Oregon State university from Septem ber to June next school year. He was one of 45 teachers from the United States who received the fellowship which includes tuition, books, fees, travel and dependency allow ance. The program is designed to give the participants a thor ough knowledge of new de velopments in various fields of science. Lamb will be allowed to select an individual program to suit his needs and the cred its will apply toward a doc torate degree in science. He will move to Corvallis in June and attend school this sum mer, then will enter the pro gram in the fall. taken to prevent the economic liquidation of large numbers of lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest." Central POSTED FOR FINEST WHISKIES ft" T'lQT. FOR THE STRAISHT , OK THE BLEND O in C 95 nit tlilOtl im "O". t July 4 Celebration Plans Get Under Way in Ashland Ashland - An old fashioned July Fourth is in store for Ashland and the Rogue v ley. Plans for the Independence day celebration were discuss ed at Friday's luncheon meet ing of the general committee when representatives of civic and service clubs, fraternal and patriotic orders, and busi ness groups met in the Mark Antony Tempest room. Clint Lorber heads the Fourth of July committee, as sisted by Al Brown, who is to have charge of the parade. Others serving include Mrs. Vclma Jones, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Dan Bulkley and Charles E. Brown, as well as members of the American Legion, Busi ness and Professional Wo men's club and Beta Sigma Pi. The Lions club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce will be in charge of the spe cial events, amusements and the nighttime fireworks. Parade entries are already Lawnmowers Sharpened MOTORS REPAIRED large Stock Mower Tires and Parts Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop 23 N. Fir SP 2-2472 l 22 lIMII'Mr""1" mWmM TifflB in "mi t , m i ni iiil,;iliiiaiii.rl,fii imiMftnfrii He'll be in WHEN HER RAMBLER NEEDS He's two. The Rambler's brand-new. He'll be five, most likely, and riding to kindergarten, when the Rambler Classic will need its first lube job. He'll be four before one penny is spent for another battery or more anti-freeze they're guaranteed !f Meanwhile, the Rambler will travel twice as far between engine oil changes as any previous model. , In high school, if he drives this Rambler, it, will still have the same Ceramic-Armored muf fler and tailpipe. (Or, if either should rust out, it would be replaced free for the original owner by a Rambler denier, collision damage excepted.. That's another guarantee.) Sound like the car of a lifetime? It is. The starter and generator are lubricated for life. Rambler Single-Unit construction, with ita hun dreds of extra welds, stays remarkably fVee from being received and two bands from Canada have sent appli cations to appear. One musi cal organization from Van couver, B.C., has been chosen as the official band l8 repre sent Canada at the Seattle World's fair. The committee is negotiating for this and other groups. Invitations Mailed Invitations are being mail ed to chambers of commerce in all parts of southern Ore gon and northern California. In keeping with the nation al holiday the theme will em phasize the Declaration of In dependence and the Constitu tion with their basic prin ciples of liberty and freedom. Prizes will be offered for floats and parade entries. At least one band concert will be given in Lithia park, where amusement booths will be op erated by various local or ganizations. For a second year the Southern Oregon Broiler as sociation will serve chicken Join the TRADE PARADE to RAMBLER kMimCM MOTOKS MCtNS MOItt FOR AMERICANS LEA MOTORS, Bartlett at TUESDAY. MAY 8. dinners, while barbecued beef will be a feature in another location. Contests and games, rides for the children and special swimming and boating -555s11TU LAUNDROMAT ""'SsSTEWAW kindergarten ITS FIRST CHASSIS LUBRICATION squeaks and rattles. And Deep-Dip rustproof ing, clear to the roof, makes Rambler the world's most rustproofed car. Any owner will tell you Ramblers are re markably trouble-free, with more built-in qual ity than far costlier cars. And there's full room for six big 6-footers. Someday, there may be a service-free car that lasts forever. Today, Rambler comes clos est. Get the full story and see why thousands are trading their cars for Ramblers. You'll get a big money-saving deal as Rambler dealers go after still bigger sales records. NOTE: Thi chassis lubrication lasts 3 years or 33,000 miles, whichever occurs first, tlf battery tails or coolant leaks dur ing first 2 years or 24,000 miles, whichever occurs first (mis use, negligence, oraccident excepted), eitherwill be replaced without charge by going to a Rambler dealer. Warranties ap ply to all new 1962 Ramblers purchased from an authorized Rambler dealer. 1962 events are scheduled. Applications for booth space are now available from Lorber at the Ashland Cham ber of Comnferce. e 5th 3 o I now is mowing the lawn," he 1 3
