.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
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Monday to name a street inter
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from Harvard university, Yale
Square. Action was delayed
on the objection of Council
man Gaspard Belin, a Yale
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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dinners, while barbecued beef
will be a feature in another
location. Contests and games,
rides for the children and
special swimming and boating
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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.
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