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a Thursday, September 13, 1945 THE STORY OF THE ATOM THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON Page Fiv fcj2-j DR. ALFRED OiC. NIEft"" iVo. 9: Hunting for the Rare U-235 (1) U?435, the form of uranium which cao blow itself up, soon became the most-, important and one of the rarest substances known. Scientists knew if-they only could isolate enough to coverthe head of a pin they could make a real - demonstration of the enormous energy inside the atom. Dr. Alfred O. Nier at the University of Minnesota was credited with isolating the first tangible quantity. k (2) General Electric's research lab oratory at Schenectady, N. Y., started work on the problem. There, scientists were able to isolate 'U-233 from com mon uranium at a fate of 1,036 mil- ' lionths of a gram every 10 days. At ' this rate, it would have taken nearly , 12,000,000 years to extract a pound. At Stockholm, in 1940, Prof. Wilhelm Krasney-Ergen developed a process that could produce it 12,000 times , - faster or one pound per thousand years. (3) Atomic fission was a comoara- tively simple operation if the materials could be made available. It could be accomplished by mixing powdered beryllium, a fairly common metal, with a tiny amount of radium. This mixture could then be placed in a con tainer in which a layer of paraffin covered a sample of U-235. Neutrons, from the beryllium-radium mixture would be slowed as they passed through the paraffin and struck the uranium. American scientists heard that the Germans had developed quan tities of U-23S to use in this process. This caused considerable worry. ' (4) Suppose the Germans had iso lated U-235 in quantities? Then they would have the ingredients for an atomic bomb in their grasp. Before U-235 was known, attempts at atoni smashing had not been profitable. It required a tremendous power with a negligible output. But smashing of U-235 was another story. The calcu lated output, was tremendous as com pared with the input. But in 1939 the war brought a world-wide blackout in atomic experimentation. A curtain of silence was pulled over it. Tomorrow: Britain joins search. Widow's Club in Cove Has Meet; hi n a 4 many Are uuesis COVE, Sqpt. 13 (Special) A daughter was, born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hallmark Tuesday, Sept. 4, at St. Helens. She is named Anne' Lee. The grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hall- I mark. This is their .second child. Inez Towle and Wanda Elmer left the 12th for Corvallis. Mrs. Maiffarot Moore was hos tess to the Widow's club at the home of heVdaughter, Mrs. Les- .er Robinson, Monday, Sept. 10. rhe afternoon was spent socially and with some contestsi Lunch was served. Twelve women were present. Guests were Mrs. A. A. Antles, Mrs. Cora Bloom, Mrs. Sally Conley, Mrs. Fannie Conk lin, Mrs. Addie. Geer, Mrs. Mae K-ellcy, Mrs. Anna Lund, Mrs. Nellie Marten, Mrs. Lydia Lantz, Mrs. John Richards, Mrs. Lucre tia White C. W. Clark was calling on old acquaintances Saturday and Sun day. He nw lives , in Portland and '''fnhHf'Vlorl "' uith ''tlln ITnv- ernmental health survey. He was a resiG-cmt of Cove several years ago. ; ; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Laird had a family party Sunday. The oc casion was the coming of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Downing from Port land. The Dosvnings came ufter "lieir small . son, who has been the guest of . his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Price for sev eral weeks at. Camp Yew Bow. Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Towle of Los Angelesj-are Ihe guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Towle. The Elwin Towles are jiorth for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Towle at Battle Ground, Wash. Mrs. Thonias Towle entertain ; ed a few friends Friday evening complimenting their guests. I Lt. Glen Robinson,' son of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Rnhinsnn. hns re ceived his diseharee from the army and with his wife, is ex- peciea nome. Lt. Gordon Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. j'.. E. Mills, who has been overseas , nearly two years nd lately ;in France, has come Yiome for a furloueh. He called them from New York nnri arriv ed in Vnrt T aim, Cnrli., an after him. Mrs. Mills' sister Roth I Jones, who was confined at St. lomas in the Philippine islands for almost three years, is now here. She has been in the states ever since vtheir liberation, but . i. - PEACE TIME SERVICE with a sister, Mrs.' Charles Huri ley in California, until she came to Cove early this week. Miss Jones was a teacher in the Phil ippines for 25 years. Mrs. Edward Campbell, for merly Margery Rundall, submit ted to a tonsllectomy Friday, is reported to be recovering Mr. annd Mrs. Everett Wil liams, whq, with their family, has been at Freewater picking prunes, are home again, Several young persons are leav ing soon for their various col leges. Misses Elda Mae Childers, Doris Miller, Verna Towle and Marie Knight, will go to La Grande to the Eastern Oregon college of education. Shirley Brazille and Inez Towle will go back to Corvallis to the Oregon State college. Betty Glee Bell, Patty and Frances Berry will go to Caldwell to the Gem State college. 'Till We Meef Powerful, Timely Seldom has a picture been pre sented at n time when audiences every wherb ' arb:,deepiy' 'arid' 'jpef sonally concerned with its basic theme. "Till We Meet Again" is the story of an American officer in France whose life is saved by a member of the famous Maquis, a beautiful French girl. With American soldiers fight ing beside the Free French and aided by the underground net work of the F. F. I., this mag nificently dramatic story which opens today at the Liberty the ater, stars Ray Milland and beau tiful Barbara Britton. NEW NEWSPAPERS? OLYMPIA, Sept. 13 (UP). Gov. Mon C. Wallgren last night told state officials attending a banquet honoring Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell, D., Wash., "The state may soon have twor democrat newspapers." Wallgren h in t e d Marshall Field III, Chicago and New York newspaper publisher may soon extend operations into Seattle and Spokane. Salem Cannery to Close This Season SALEM, Sept. 13 (UP) The Salem community cannery oper ated under the sponsorship of the Salem school district and state vocational education depart ment, will be closed at the end of the existing canning season, the' school board announced to day. The board said the project had served its purpose in furthering the wartime food conservation program; ' ' The cannery had been oper ating with financial assistance from thd, federal government. Investigation Made Into Fire at Mill GRANTS PASS, Sept. 13 (UP) An investigation is being made into the origin of a fire which destroyed the Rogue Valley Lum ber company mill on the old Red wood highway near Grants Pass Wednesday. T. J. Dostalik, own er of the mill, said the loss was between $30,000 and $40,000. First National Bank of Portland Has 80th Birthday Eighty years ago, Just after the close of the civil war, five Ore gon pioneers received charter for the First National bank of Port land. The date was Sept. 8, 1865. The infant banking house was capitalized at $1000,000. Capital funds now total $20,000,000. First National bank has grown with Oregon and extended its influence in the civic and busi ness life of the city and state. Since that early day before any bridges spanned the Willamette river in Portland, the bank has grown to be one of the nation's leading institutions with resour ces of $45,00,000 and a statewide system of modern banking ser vice through its 40 branches and eight affiliated banks. During the first week of oper ation of the bank at No. 79 Front street in Portland, five loans were made totaling $1,800. Its loans today total $50,000,000. Present directors of the First National bank are: Burt Brown AdtnUumnt om where I sit ... it Joe Marsh. T Mad Dogs and Wagging Tongues The county had a "mad dog" scare last week. Phoebe Token's spaniel bit the postman, and he vowed that he was plenty mad about lt. Bnt by the time the rumor got around, lt wasn't the postman who was mad,. It was the dog. And before the truth was learned, ' half the kids In the neighbor hood had missed school, while : their mothers nearly died ol fright.- ; , ; Wagging tongues can cause a lot of "mad dog" trouble. Like wagging tongues that gossip about our soldiers drinking too much around Army camps. It's Just not true, as the govern- ment found out and told us. Milk and beer are among a sol dier's favorite drinks-which is why we have the best behaved army in history. But those ugly rumors are bound to hurt mo rale and cause hard feeling. From where I sit, wagging tongues can cause a heap more trouble than mad dogs. Copyright, 1945, tluttd Statu Broom Foundation Lifting the &5 mile speed limit , Jtef" make available more seats, fiiote frecjusst daily schedules, (new transcontinental schedules, and great savings of time for bus travelers. t Peacetime schedules will be a resumed October first. Watch i for ads announcing new depar- ture times 0 ask your Overland 1 Greyhound Agent. I ;kkyhoj.;nd bus depot I H. A. Dtcker, Agent ' Phone 49Siicajawea Annex Coil Spring PRE-WAR CONSTRUCTED DAVENPORTS in Mohair, Veloir and Tapestry This is the kind of furniture you have been awaiting , They are made according to finer standards because Convenient restrictions on materials were released. Every care ' , has been taken in the stylinjr of these, davenpoitg to TetmS . assure long- service and smart appearance. All have . unusually graceful lines, the liest spring construction Arranged nd attractive coverings in ricjh blue, rose or green. Come in and see them soon. Barker, Mason L. Bingham, H. F. Cabell, Ben R. Chandler, Carlos C. Close, E. Franz, A. P. Gian nini, Wm. A. Haseltine, L. H. Hoffman, G. C. Lorenz, J. H. Mackie, E. B. MacNaughton, Paul Neils, V. V. Pendergrass, W. J. Pendergrass, W. J. Seufert, Carl F. Wente, M. C. Woodard and Thos. W. Young. Official Records Water Turned Off, Sept. 12: Mrs. A. G. Hermann, 1903 O avenue. Water Turned Om T. W. Rocky, 302 Main street; Mrs. J. B. Hughes, 2716 Third street. Living Conditions In Europe Bad PORTLAND, Sept. 13 (UP) Dr. Frank Munk, UNRRA direc tor of training, forecast here to day living conditions in Eurdpc will be the worst In many, years because of a poor crop year and destruction of transportation. Dr. Munk said the world was at the beginning of the greatest battle in history, "tthe buttle of the winter of 1045". He said hun dreds of thousands will die of starvation in Europe and many millions more will live in un heuted homes, in addition to other millions going without shoes or adequate clothing. 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