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2 ,Tht Nwt-Rviw, Roieburg, Ore.Mon., Dtc. 3, 1949 Former Officer Says Hopkins Helped Send Atomic Secrets To Russians As Early As 1943 WASHINGTON CD A former lend-lease officer's tory that planeloads of U. S. Atomic and other secrets were sped' to Hussla with the late Harry Hopkins' help has set off a congressional in quiry. - Chairman McMahon (D-Conn.) of the Joint Senate-House Atomic Energy committee said the committee's staff had been Instructed to look Into the account. His announcement followed a statement from Senator Hlcken looper (R-Iowa), ranking republican on the committee, that he would Insist that the group make inquiries. And Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) told a reporter that If the Atomic committee did not act he would urge that the Senate Investigat ing Subcommittee headed by Sen ator Hoey (D-NC) go Into the Rtnrv. Senator Edwin C. Johnson ID Colo), an Atomic Energy com mitteeman, also Joined in the de mand for clearing up what he called "very serious charges." These expressions of congres sional concern followed a broad cast interview in which former Army Capt. G. Racey Jordan re lated experiences as a lend-lease inspector at Great Falls, Mont, on the route over which olanes for Russia were flown in 1943 and 1944. He said he saw suitcase after suitcase full of State department and other documents in Russian baggage. He said he saw references to "energy produced by fission or splitting," to "neutrons and pro tons" and "walls five feet thick of lead and water to control fly ing neutrons." All that was long before any body but a select few In the Unit ed States had been let In on the secret that there was such a thing as an atomic energy proj ect. - ' The former captain said he got personal telephoned instructions from Hopkins, lend-lease admin istrator and confidential aide :o the late President Roosevelt, to expedite the Russians' shipments In every way, to "disregard the manifests," and not even to re port anything he saw to his su periors. ; Hopkins, he said, "was the but ton the Russians touched every time they needed emergency help." . Jordan, now with a New York engineering and construction firm, said he didn't know the sig nificance of it at the time, but related that he checked through shipments of uranium, the raw material for the A-bomb, in big lots. He said one shipment came to 500 pounds, another to 1,150, and a third to half a ton. And he said there were 40 pound carboys of "heavy" wa .er, which Is used In the creation of fissionable material for the A-bomb. Ipapirs, I Home Fuonishings Insane Escapees Still At Liberty SALEM, Dec. '5 VP) State police said today they don't even have a clue about two escaped criminally Insane patients. Of the four who escaped Fri day night from the state hospital, Marlor Watson, 21, and Robert Burr, 23, were still at large to day. The two Inmates who were re-, captured Friday night and Sat urday morning told officers that Watson and Burr plan to stay near Salem for a few days be fore moving on. Officers continued today their Intensive search of empty hous es an barns. The four men escaped by over powering two attendants and taking their keys. Dr. Charles E. Bates, superin tendent of the hospital, said he is investigating to place the blame for the break. Both of the men still at large are described as dangerous. Soft Coal Miners Trek Back To Their Jobs (Continued From Page One) June 30. They maintain they can't afford to Increase wages. And they want Lewis to tighten up the welfare and pension fund which has been financed entirely by the 20-cent-a-ton royalties the oper ators pay for all coal mined. One Break Occurs The only report of a break in the stalemate has come from a small group of small Kentucky operators. They are truck mine operators who employ only about 800 diggers. n is reported tnc K,entucKians are considering signing a con tract with Lewis this week. If they do, they'll go on a five-day week. The truck operators insist tney nave to work a lull week to break even. Other mine owners reDorted the contract being considered by tne Kentucky group calls lor a as cent dailv pay boost, bringing the diggers' base rate to an even $15. And the 20-cent rovaltv Davments reportedly woldd be upped to 35 cents-, i i v . ,. .,., , ,.. ,. Aotlon Is Belittled" ' Top industry spokesmen mini mized the significance of the "Kentucky plan." 'It s practically a shotgun wed ding with a small group of smaller-type operators, said Presi dent Joseph E. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers associa tion. Laurence T. Tlerney. Jr.. nresl- dent of the eastern coal copora tlon of Blueficld, W. Va., and an official of the SCPA, commented lersiey: 'The abortive action of these fly-by-nlghts does not mean legiti mate mine operators will follow suit. It Is Just another attempt by Mr. Lewis to get off the hook he is on." Moody and his board of direc tors are slated to meet In Wash ington today to talk over the gen eral situation. Bu no new con tract talks are in sight. .Wise buyers look for the Imperial silver label that says the finest in wallpapers. Guaranteed to with stand room exposure without fad ing and to clean satisfactorily when Instructions are followed. I rr-. j " ""rju" l t rrr. INSPECT BAPTIST CONSTRUCTION Mrs. How Baptist convention, journeyed Baptist church in this city. I ago. oast-President Dr. Sanford Heming was around-breaking ceremonies. Portland, psf -president of the wife of the pastor of Portlands White lempi Charge Of Uranium Sent To Russia Under Probe (Continued from Page One) and "bomb powder" were flown to Russia in 1944 under hurry-up instructions telephoned Jordan by the late Harry Hopkins. Hopkins was a right hand man to Presi dent Roosevelt. 'The question for the House committee was whether to allow Its senior investigator. Louis J. Russell, to unfold In public the Information the committee ' has du up. More than a year ago, John Mc Dowell of Pennsylvania, then a member of the committee, said the group had evidence that atom bomb material had been shipped to the Russians by way of Great Falls, Mont., and the Alaskan route. ' McDowell said two prominent administration officials were in Volverfa'nd that the'names Would come out in public hearings. The nearings never look place. Mc Dowell was defeated in the last election. He was a republican. . . Jordan was stationed at Great Falls as a liaison officer between U. S. and Russian officers at the time he says atomic materials Were handled through that base. Suitcases full of secret govern ment documents, some dealing with the atomic project, also were loaded aboard Russia-bound planes at Great Falls, Jordan said. Jordan Contradicted He added that he had reported these activities to the then air inspector general. This official, Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones, now on duty near Sacramento, Calif., said he knows nothing about such a report, does not recall Jordan, and has "no knowledge of the In cident or anything like it." The air force began digging through its records for the report Jordan said he made. As yet it has found none, it said, adding that no formal investigation Is be ing made Just a check for any report received from Jordan. Meantime, In New York, Rob ert E. Sherwood, who was closely associated with Hopkins and President Roosevelt during the war, called Jordan's statement "one of the most amazing cock and bull stories I have ever heard." He said that "Hopkins did not discuss topmost secrets over the public telephone." He added that Hopkins was away from the White House, "a very sirk man," at the time Jordan was based In Great Falls. SEATTLE. im A in.. SOldier SaVS hp U-ae nrHiraA of a Russian lend-lease plane by mniinjKun-carrying guard when in- iwuiKni id inspect me planes interior. Gonree F. Rnlwrt n ,.. printer at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, told Interviewers the in cident occurred a Nnmao airport, 19 miles north of Edmonton, Alta., In 1945. "When I first arrived at Namao," Roberts said, "I looked Into a C-47 and started to Inspect Its interior. Two plain clothes men who looked like Russians White, Aquo, Red, Blue, Pink Narrow and Medium Widths ard Colwell, to Roseburg re cently to inspect second visit by a his marked tne Pictured at left Oregon Baptist e church. (L. Nisei Raps Abuse Of Compatriots SPOKANE UP) A Japanese American speaker at a conference here said Nisei are proud to be Americans but he expressed some dissatisfaction with treatment ac corded his group. , The speaker, Mike Masaoka, of Washington, D. C, told more than 100 second-generation Japa nese from Spokane, Seattle, Ta-coma,- Portland and Hood River, Ore., that the Nisei have given of their devotion to America in their own blood on the field of battle. Masaoka is a veteran of the 442nd infantry battalion most decorated unit In American his tory which - distinguished Itself in World War II battles in Italy. Targets of his criticism in cluded the Incarceration of Japa-nese-A'rrierlcans 'In-' Attter1cVii concentration camps,"- the alien land law and the Hood River American Legion post, which re moved the names of Nisei from its honor roll. Serious Water Shortage Perils New York City iContlnued from Page One) rain by tomorrow. Water ration ing was threatened In a number of heavily populated North Jer sey communities. Among the areas with serious water shortages -were the San Joaquin Valley of Central Cali fornia, the Salt River valley around Phoenix, Ariz., and the high plains region of Texas. Births at Mercy Hospital MARSH To Mr. and Mrs. George William Marsh, route 4, Box 1240, Lookingglass, Dec. 2, a daughter, Judith Ann; weight eight pounds. MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth William Miller, 2443 N. Stephens street, Roseburg, Nov. 30. a son. David William; weight eight pounds. HATCHER To Mr. and Mrs. Morton Harrv Hatcher, route 2, Box 160-A-6, Nov." 30, a daughter, Sharon Marie; weight eight pounds one ounce. aimed a tommygun at me and shoved me out." Roberts said he saw "huge crates" in the planes but did not know what they contained. He added it "seemed Illogical to me to have tommygun guards on American planes going to Russia." Rogers, who was stationed at Namao airport during the war to brief Dllots on the northern route. told the story 1n connection with Washington charges that Russian couriers carried atomic" secrets out of the United States via lend lease planes. . , , , it center, president of the North building progress on the new convention president. A year one of the Baptist dignitaries present at the with Mrs. Colwell is Mrs. Blanche Hodge of State convention. At right is Mrs. Ralph Walker, B. Hicks photo). William Benton New U. S. Senator From Connecticut HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 5 UP) Connecticut's new U.S. sen ator will be 50wear old William Benton of Southport, who be tween 1945 and 1947 served as assistant secretary of state (or public affairs a big postwar Job. Official announcement of Ben ton's appointment was made from his former advertising agency partner, Gov. Chester Bowles, a Democrat Benton, a self-described Inde pendent who supported the late Franklin D. Roosevelt and Presi idenfc Harry S. Truman, is to suc ceed Raymond E. Baldwin, a Re publican. Baldwin has resigned, effective Dec. 19, when he becomes a Con necticut Supreme court associate Justice. , i As assistant secretary of state, Benton was one of the originators of the "yoice of America." . Ancient Shotgun Given Senate's Sgr.-At-Arms ' MIAMI, Ariz., Dec. 5 (ZD Peace will prevail in forthcom ing sessions of the United States senate, or a gun-toting sergeant-at-arms may be forced to use a newly obtained weapon. Joe Duke of Globe, Ariz., who holds the senatorial position, was presented with an ancient shot gun here yesterday with specific Instructions to use It on members of any party If necessary. "It will subdue the frenzy of warring Republicans, overcome the fury of controlling Demo crats and destroy the fierceness of those hostile Dixlecrats," he was told, The 'weapon was presented by Dr. Nelson D. Brayton of Miami at dedication ceremonies near here for the new Pinto creek bridge. Educational Film To Be Shown Evergreen Grange The public is invited to attend an educational motion picture to be shown Friday, Dec. 9, at the Evergreen Grange hall, Bes- se Lounsbury, secretary, reports. The picture, it is stated, will be of particular Interest to all far mers.. The entertainment will be held at 7:30 p.m. and regular Grange business will be conduct ed after the show. - DEFICIT THREAT SEEN PORTLAND UP) The city may have a million dollar deficit by next July, warns Commission er Ormond R. Bean. He blamed disruption of an ticipated revenues by legal ac tions involving the city's new lic ensing program. A referendum on the major revenue ordinance has blocked collections from this source. Bean said tax payments under the license plan since June have been about 16 per cent of the an ticipated revenue. , that keep giving , for everyone on your list. Remember . . . only 17days to shop for Christmas e r J Wind Saves Work Of Razing Garage Tom Wlnnlford won't have to tear down his garage; the wind did it for him. The heavy blow Sunday after noon carried off the sluminum roofed structure, but Winniford didn't mind, because he has been saved the labor of razing It him if, He had started construction of the building, then changed his mind and decided to make a lar ger structure. Framing had been covered with aluminum roofing. Aluminum sheeting had been placed on one side. Sunday afternoon's windstorm carried the structure off its foun dations and folded it up like a aecK ol caras. Fortunately, Emma Leah Win niford, sister of Tom Winniford, had moved her automobile out of the garage only 10 minutes before the accident. The Wlnnifords reside in lower Garden valley. Law Student Confesses Slaying Of Sweetheart EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 5 (5 A 22 -year -old law student yesterday confessed the hammer- slaying Nov. a ol nis tvansviue high sohool sweetheart who he said had entreated: "Let's die In each other's arms." The body of pretty 16-year-old Mary Ellen Harmon, five months pregnant, was found beneath leaves and bushes in a deep sink hole near Hopkinsvllle, Ky. . Franklin Thomas Slay of Grif fin, Ind.. a student at Florida State college, made a written Statement to Evansville police anu men urew a map &nuwjiig where the body was found. The young student said he drove to a bridge and tried to Jump off but "my last nerve cracked and I couldn't do It. I hereby plead guilty to the unpre meditated murder of Mary and ask.no lenience whatsoever." Argentine President To Prosecute Papers BUENOS AIRES UP) Presi dent Juan D. Peron announced he intends to prosecute LaPrensa and LaNacion, two of South Am erica's biggest newspapers, for reporting a speech which said he had become rich while In office. The president summoned for eign corresDondents to a news conference for the first time in two years to defend himself against the charge. In a dramatic statement, he declared he had been maligned by an unnamed Eolitician and that LaNacion and aPrensa, "to a certain degree, supported this uncalled-for cal umny." Susan Myer, Infant Of Sutherlin, Passes Susan K. Myer, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arville Myer, Sutherlin, died Sunday night at her home. Besides the parents, a brother, Kenneth, survives. Fu neral services, under arrange ments by Stearns Mortuary, Oak land, will be held' at 10 a. m. Wednesday. 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