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ZThe Statesman,- Solera,- Oregon. Sunday.- january 8. 1850 InA-Attacks Wear White, Loose Clothes WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-W)-Peo- :ple dressed In white, loose-fitting - clothes would stand the best chance of surviving flash burns in n . atomic war, the government saia today. It advanced that idea in a re port graphically detailing the me dical effects of the atomic bomb. " The report Is being sent to the , M - - ....1,1..,.,. i In the development of civil de fense, Presidential . Assistant John The 30-page survey of "Medical Aspects of Atomic Weapons" was i prepared by the department of de fense and the atomic energy ('com mission, based on exhaustive stu- ! dies of the devastation ,and after effects caused by American, atomic bombs dropped on Japan during worm war 11. : DiflMMBta Bis? Bwnb counted the value of atomic weap- gans bigger than those which struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. It said, under the subtitle "The Power of the Bomb:" ' "The Hiroshima and Nagaski Jxmbs caused total destruction and . ai a ii i si and injury to people for two ml les from the point at which the bomb was set off. The extreme limit was about four miles. s. "More powerful bombs could cause a wider area of damage, but very great , increases in explosive force are necessary in order to ac complish relatively small Increases in the area of damage. "For example, it would be nec essary to double the power of the Tmmh. in order to increase the radius of severe damage and in Jury by one-fourth, from 2 to zVa rniles." . ' Palls Ne ranches i But the report pulled no punches In saying Just exactly how deadly the old-fashioned Hiroshima-type bomb can be: "A single atomic bomb of, the type dropped on Nagasaki and Hi roshima during the war can lay waste the heart of a large city and injure and, kill great numbers of peole." it said. , "In the two Japanese cities, over M 00,000 were kiUed and nearly as Jinany were injured. ' The report said that white cloth ing "tended to reflect the radiant heat, darker clothing to absorb heat" In the Japanese bombings, iThus, it said, color had "a protec tee effect.", Barns Inflicted i "Tight clothing was less protec tion (than loose), the report con tinued, "and burns were inflicted at elbows and where straps cross ed the shoulders, for example, while other places where clothing -was loose were protected or less verplv burned" V ' Aside' from the mass slaughter Inflicted directly by the explosion of an A-bomb itself, the report stressed the dangers from both ra diant ' heat, and, in - some cases, irom radioactive contamination. ; ."It would be unrealistic to pre pare, for fewer than 40,000 to 30, 000 severely burned persons from a single atomic explosion," it said. I iWilHamBrad Dies, but 4SKow Must Go On' - NEW YORK, fan. 7-P)-Winiam A. Brady, 88, a top showman for half a century' died yesterday but - at his own recruest his death didn't keep the show from going on. ..... - ,,;vt'K ?-v.- y iv Brady, one of the .theater's out standing producers, , manager of many leading stars and sport fig ures, had been ill for some time ; with a 'heart ailment ' 1 He died about noon yesterday at his Park evenue home. 1 - But 24 hours later reports were being released that he was "seri ously ill." v" ' ! Last night his grief - stricken x wife, 70-year-old film and stage veteran Grace George, went on as usual in her starring role in "The Velvet Glove," a new play at the Booth theater. Ta May Regular Part "Miss George thought an im mediate announcement of her hus band's death might prevent her from playing,' said Stanley Gllkie, . general manager of the play. "And she did not wish to stop , any performance, in conformance with his (Brady's) wishes." "Cilkie said that a week ago Bra dy, then seriously 11L had told him: "Whatever happens, I don't want . to interfere with ber playing.7 Brady produced a stream of po pular plays since 1888. He had pro duced 250 plays In New York, . He managed such stars as Doug- : las Fairbanks, Laurette Taylor, Tallulah Bankhead, his daughter Alice Brady, and Grace George, his second wife. v j Managed Champions ... The Impresario also managed ; such sport champions as James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries. .-' He built two theaters in New .' York, and leased and managed many other theaters here and in ; Chicago. y His granddaughter. Barbar Bra ' dy, also is in "The Velvet Glove' in which Brady's widow shares "1 top billing with Walter Hampden. Brady confessed that he was j born gambler1 said he made and : lost 30 fortunes in as many years in show business. ... : WOOD'S FARMER DIES - i CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, Jan. 7 -UP) The man who modeled the farmer J with the pitchfork in the late ; Grant . Woods's famous- painting, i American Gothic,' died last night ijie was Dr. B. H. McTCeeby, 82, a Cedar fiapld dentist Thieves Steal Church Bell PEORIA, 111., Jan. 7 -JP)-Churchgoers today missed the us ual toll of the bell at the Redeemer Lutheran church four miles north of Peoria. - i The reason: Somebody stole the oeu. The Rev. Theodore Teylor. pas tor of the year old church, told the Peoria county sheriffs office that the bell was taken from a 13-foot high outdoor belfry. He said the thieves also took the wooden framework which support ed the beu. , Mao, Russians Believed Near emerit By Eddy Giunore MOSCOW. Jan. 7 -Vf- Mao Tze-tung, Chinese communist leader, and the Soviets are be lieved to be near an agreement. Informed circles expect an im portant announcement. They pre dict it will probably reveal an agreement on overall ' Chinese- Russian-relations. Talks between Mao and Soviet leaders,! informed persons believe. will bind China and Russia very closely together economically and politically. Some high-ranking diplomats. who regard the current talk as among ; the more important con versations of postwar history, con tinued to be intrigued over their possible outcome. They are still interested in the 5 0-year alliance between Chiang Kai-shek's nation alist government and the USSR, which,1 as Mao has pointed out, still exists. These diplomats continue to speculate on whether It will be continued in force in its present form or altered, And if altered or amended, what form it will take. Mao has been in Moscow 21 days. A week ago the Chinese leader said he was planning to remain in the Soviet Union for some time yet, discussing mutual questions. chief among1 which are the exist' ing alliance, mutual trade, and So viet credits to China. He also ex plained he had planned his visit to the USSR to observe how the sys tem works here. Commonwealtli Nations Agree On Red Fight COLOMBO, Ceylon Jan. 7-(rV A conference of eight British Com monwealth nations assembled here Monday to reach a common un derstanding on. how to combat communism in southeast Asia. The meeting comes on the heels of Britain's tender of recognition to the Chinese communists. India, Pakistan and Ceylon, three other members of -the Commonwealth, have taken like action. Australia and New Zealand are likely , to make their decisions con cerning recognition of the Peiping regime after this conference. . :,Prime Minister D.J S. Senana yake of Ceylon, newest dominion in the Cornrnonwealth; told a news conference' today there were dif fering views concerning the agen da, but that it will be "very much concerned with the; subject of communism." V !. " He -said the aeenda will be threshed out at the first meeting Monday; x " - He win go aboard : the British Cruiser Kenya to meet British Foreign Secretary Ernest- Bevin when Bevin arrives tomorrow morning. He also was welcoming the Canadian delegation at .the air port today. - Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Ceylon, Canada and South Africa all win be rep resented here. , ,a ; Die in Blaze MEDWAY. Me, Jan. 7-WVSix children five of them brothers perished today in a flash fire that razed a rural dwelling in a snow storm. Five other persons suffered burns -or injuries. Eyewitnesses said the flames en veloped Mrs. Grace Jones' home moments after gasoline from a falling Jug spashed on a parlor stove. . Deputy Sheriff George Daisey said the gallon Jug was dropped by . Bernard Jones, 24, when he slipped on his way to fin an automobile's tank. The five brothers lost were sons of Mrs. Jones, 51. who was badly injured. The, sixth child was the daughter of young Jones. 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Tena Postmaster 22 years, watches his wife who succeeded bia bring the mail f the tiny Test Office ta back ef their heme. IT" 1 1 BEAR MEETS BEAR "Snow Blizzard," polar bear cab 'jGap Victory To Solidarity ARCADIA, Calif., Jan. 7 -VP) Solidarity, Mrs. Nat Goldstone's bargain buy, took; the lead going into the back stretch today and outlasted Noor to Win the $50,000 added San . Pasqual handicap at Santa Anita. . i About 38.000 citizens watched the five year old son of Alibhi and Gerry Built beat out the fav ored Calumet farm enetry of Pon der and Fervent ; Ralph Neves rode Solidarity. He toured the mile and a six teenth in 1:43 45. Solidarity returned $14.80. $6.20 and $3.90 across the board. Noor, with Johnny Longden in the irons said $6.50 and $4.10, while Pon der, a badly beaten, third, kicked back $3.30. . , New Year's Day Popular Birthday In Scotch Family CAMPBELLTON, Scotland, Jan. 7 -Jfy- John Irwin, a coal miner from the remote little hamlet of Drumlemble, walked into a news paper office here today and an nounced: "I've got a story worth print ing." His wife, Marion, he said, gave birth to a nine-pound daughter on New Year's day. She gave birth to another daugh ter on New Year's day, a year ago, She gave birth to a son on New Years day, two years ago. A midwife who attended the births attested the truth of John's story. Said John: "I took my wife a while to get the swing of it Our first two children were not born on New Year's day." Th Beautiful Nw 1950 BUICK Special Super Roadmaster Now On Display Otto J. Wilson Co. Commercial at Cantor c " V 0 T ti.'hin m n i ii . Brought to Moscow as a gift to captared to the Arctic makes friends ers Back Commie tion LONDON, Jan. 7 -m- The Bri tish press labor, conservative and communist generally ap proved today Britain's recogni tion of j the communist regime in China, j , Contributing to the approval was President Truman's statement that the United States has no intention of aiding Chinese nationalists in defending Formosa. .The British had been disturbed by the prospect that the United States might give military aid to the nationalists In Formosa while Britain : was doing business with the communists on the mainland. Differing policies carried that far might have made chop suey of British-American partnership In the Orient ; But Britain was still concerned over how deeply the new Chinese policy Would affect such questions as communist China's membership in the United Nations and next year's Marshal plan aid from the United States. ' She had expected stern protests against her action from some sec tions of the American congress, especially among republicans. Pro tests came but they were not as sharp as had been expected. TO TEST EQUIPMENT SAN DIEGO, Calif, Jan. 7 -OP) A six-ship expedition , carrying 1,500 navy and marine personnel win sail from San Diego Monday for the Bristol Bay area on the north shore of the Alaska penin sula to test cold weather equip ment The department of agriculture Is distributing the first 100 pounds of seed for a new onion to commer cial nurseries. V. British Pap RecWni t , 1 "1 i I t i I i i o 6 4 51 jftatfl Anna Durova, animal trainer, with a Russian bear at the Zoo. Calif ornian to Head Stockmen MIAMI. Fla Jan. 7 -7PV- The American National Live Stock as sociation elected a Californian president today at the closing ses sion of a convention which called for maintenance of free enterprise. Speakers and delegates alike ex pressed opposition to government control at every one of the sessions during the three day 53rd annual meeting. The 1,115 delegates, represent Ing. top cattlemen in 39 states across the nation, unanimously el ected Loren C. Bamert 38, of lone, Calif., president the young' est man ever to bold that office, Sets Fire to His Clothes to Impress Girl HONOLULU, Jan. 7 -VPh- Hawaiian youth who tried to frighten his girl friend by setting his clothes afire died last night of burns. Police said Samuel K. Nihipali. 18, doused himself with a gallon of kerosene and then touched a match to it in front of his fiancee, with whom he had quarreled, A minute later he ran outside the house and extinguished the flames under an outdoor shower. Before he died in a hospital few hours later, Detective George Kishi quoted him as saying, " onryvwanted to scare her a little I didnt mean to burn myself.? THERE GAII1 BE A DOUBT At tka first sign of sickness. a tout , doctor. IHnaaa caught In time saves a cocUy traatmsmL- Prescripfiona fHIad by a wglaiaredL pharmacist Insura quicker, juror recov- METER'S DHUG STOBE 1835 1S50 Phona 3-5197 or 2-9123 135 North Coxnmerdol 1 i - Taft SaVs GOP I ava. Solons to Write - v Party Policy f By Jack BeO WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 Senator Taft (R-Ohio) made it clear today that GOP members of congress intend to write the new republican policy statement without too much advice from the party's national committee. Taft told a reporter he Is op posed to attempting to work out any statement of principles at a Joint meeting of the 15 senators, 5 house members and 15 na tional committee ; members nam ed to aid in drafting a statement ef party principles. - 'I don't think a convention of 45 people can get anywhere in efforts to reach an agreement" said the Ohioan, who heads the senate policy drafters. National Chairman Guy G. Gab- rifclson is expected to call the 15-member national committee group together here within a week or JO days. No Meetings Set 1 A. B. Hermann, republican exe cutive director, said there was no present plan for this group (to meet with the congressional com mittees'. He denied, however, that there is any friction among the groups. He said the national commit tee probably will be called to gether latet to ratify any policy statement that is worked out just as the group approved a platform drafted by senate and house memoers in the 1946 congres sional race. " While Taft said the senate and house groups are pledged to con suit with the mtinnM committee members, he indicated that the republicans in congress feel that, as candidates, they ought to have the final say in draftm the platform on which many of them will be running this year. In Generalities That platform appears certain to deal only In generalities of re publican aims, avoiding as far as possible committing GOP law majcers in aavance to action on bills that may come before them in the, present session of con- gress. ia aireaay nas saia ne re gards as the No. 1 issue of the campaign President "Truman's program for what the Ohioan calls Ma labor-socialist type of state. There won't be much disagree ment in the republican ranks on mat point although some oartv members like Senator Morse of Oregon have cautioned their col leagues not to be against sound welfare plans just because they were proposed Dy the democrats Russ Celebrate Christmas hi . Frigid Weather MOSCOW, Jan. 7 -(F- Russian orthodox families c e 1 e b r ated Christmas today, following the old church calendar that lags be hind the Gregorian. Despite biting winds and a tem perature 22 degrees below zero, religious services were well at tended. The cold had little effect on either the church attendance or business: pursuits. Oldsters said It was "the Christmas frost just like old times." There Was a reading of 43 below at Skytyvkar, 600 miles northeast of Moscow. U. S. Ambassador Alan G. Kirk returned to Moscow today from a three-day visit in Leningrad. : Hanely Painl and Uall Paper Homo Ilodcrnization and Mcralions Mr. C Arthur Pickering, our Bom Modernisation Department Manager, hat had years of experienc along this lino and Is familiar with th latest designs and methods of applying the newer material. He will bs glad to assist yoa wilh car alteration, re modeling, or additions. b they large or smnrlL ! . -.. ; ! '. ' ' j '': .. - . . Mr. E. N. Graves. Manager of our Painting Department, Is well quallfled to help yoa with all decorating problems, including the new deep color harmony to personalize your homo. -7 ''. As for our Roofing Department Manager, yoi laiow Cy Nadon! . Wo V7IU Also Stock A Complets Lin of Paints Now Is Tha Time To Do These Inside Jobs " Call Us Today For - h ROOFING! PAINTING ' WALLPAPER INSULATION HOME MODERNIZATION ALTERATIONS AH Thsso extracts ATuUabU On Monlhly Payments uimriETra iip roof cp., mc. 80 Lana Arm - " .- Phono S-8S94 m.mm - w a' a m m Lot t reeses Tail to Tree SPOKANE, Jan. 7 -JPh- Hazards of winter? Here's one. A big Persian cat was trapped In a tree for several houa today, her tail frozen solid to a limb. A housewife who noticed the feline's plight when she tried to coax it down with food called fireman. Capt Leonard Doyle said a book and ladder crew responded, used a knife to chop away the ice and free the cat. 2 Men Hurt as Car Careens Into Power Pole Two Salem men were Injured, one . seriously. Saturday night whetfc their sedan collided with another and careened into a pow er pole at 14th and State streets. The. Injured were 'Vernon Sweeney, 22, Salem route 9. and Charles Lawrence, 24, 3213 Port land rd. Lawrence, a passenger in the front seat of the car driven by Sweeney, suffered a possible skull fracture. He was still unconscious early this morning. Sweeney suf fered head injuries. Ralph Ermen Caley. 1560 Jef ferson st, driver of one of the cars involved in the accident, told po lice he was driving east on State and had started a lefthand turn into 14th when the crash occurred Police said apparently the second machine, driven by Sweeney, had attempted to pass at the same time. The car careened out of control and into a power pole just east of the intersection and on the south side of the street The front end of Sweeney's car was heavily damaged. Only minor damage was done to the Caley machine. Three t h er v passengers - of Sweeney's car, Clyde Vf. Smith, Z330 Adams st. and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sullivan. 1144 N. Cot tage st., escaped injury. The three were riding in the back seat of the Chevrolet sedan. Occupants of the second car were uninjured. - , Oregon Traffic Toll Declines During 1949 An estimated 50 traffic deaths last month brought Oregon's 1949 death toll to 357, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry announced Satur day. ; This represents a 14 per : cent drop from the 419 fatalities record ed in 1948 and masks the third consecutive year in which Oregon traffic deaths have shown a de cline. December's ton was the highest of the entire year and exceeded the death- figure of 1943 by 18. Second most lethal month in 1949 traffic was August when 40 persons were killed. The least deadly months were February, When 11 persons met death, and January with 13. Injuries in Oregon also decrease ed, the secretary of state said; from 12,000 In 1948 to an estimated 10, 500 last year. Total accidents will be down about 9 per cent the first reduction to be noted since the end of World War II. ' PHILIPPINES WAVERS HONOLULU, Jan; 7 HV Pre sident FJpidio Quirino said today his Philippines government has "under advisement" the question of recognizing the Chinese com munist regime. . . ASKS TROOPS LEAVE V DUESSELDORT, Germany, Jan. 7-P)-Eastern zone communists to night called on western German leaders to join them in demanding the withdrawal of occupation troops from all Germany. Hew Deparinenls Added io.Qcr Established Heeling Business Soldiers to ii Fight Floods In Midwest By The Associated Press Soldiers and guardsmen were mobilized Saturday for flood fighting in the midwest and an unexpected blast of cold heaped fresh damage on the California citrus crop. Floods, following drerichlna rains, already have driven more than - 4,000 persons from their homes In the midwest and south. Although the crisis still is to come for several cities, waters are re ceding in some areas and at least 1,000 persons have returned to their dwellings. A wave of cold, clear air bore down on the midwest from Can ada, easing the flood threat mo mentarily, but forecasts said it would be short Hved. The freeze is expected to slow the runoff of ground waters into swollen rivers . and 'streams. ..V'.' -'. Soldiers ait Way ' Eight hundred soldiers were'or dered to leave Fort Knox, Ky, Saturday for Vincennes, IndL, where the crest of the rampaging Wabash river is expected the mid dle of the week. The city's na tional guart unit was ordered to be ready to assist them. Officials in the city of 18,000 said the sit uation was serious but not alarm ing. The soldiers are expected to strengthen levees in the area. The Embarrass river, which joins the, Wabash river near Vin cennes began pouring over rich farmland between Vincennes and Lawrence ville, Tll. when a levee . gave way. Brig. Gen. Frank Singer, as sistant Illinois adjutant general, ordered 75 national guardsmen at Lawrenceville to help the sheriff combat the flood in that area. Heavy Snow Storm Meanwhile, a heavy snow storm ended a long spell of summer-in-January weather in the northeast, and a bright sun began melting away! an icy mantle that coated much of the southeast The California freeze was the worst on record in some spots. Crop damage was heavy, especial- ly in high areas where -growers did not anticipate it Some grow ers, their smudge pot fuel ex hausted by a long siege of cold, burned rubber tires to ward away frost, " The mercury dropped to 19 de grees at Riverside, lowest since the city started keeping weather records in 1902. j ' Opposes Suit MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7-WVThe National Turkey federation ex pressed opposition today to the government's - antl - - trust suit against the Atlantic & Pacific Tea company. A" - The "anti-trust dhrldon of me department of Justice is seeking to break up the A & P through court action. .? In a resolution approved in the final session of its annual conven tion, the federation "said It "would Ue vj sea uic uvciuuicut wuu draw its suit" , The turkey gioweis added that . the company "has been fair In Its dealings, has paid . fair ' market prices, and has assisted. In moving an over-supply of our merchan dise many times ... and has serv ed as a -valuable retail medium In s selling our merchandise at fair prices." Tha federation named Warren D. Johnson of Nottingham, Pa, aa president New vice presidents elected included W. T. Geurtz, Portland, Ore. v Turkey Group
