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.
Free Dock on Arthritis
And Rheumatism
Excelsior Springs, Mo, Jan. 7
So successful has a specialized sys
tem proven for treating rheuma
tism and arthritis that an amazing
new book will be sent free to any
reader of this paper who will
write for it
The book entitled, "Rheuma
tism," fully explains why drugs
and medicines cive only temporary
relief and fail to remove the causes
of the trouble; explains how you
may obtain relief from rheuma
tism and arthritis. - ,
You incur no obligation in send
ing for this instructive book. It
may be the means of saving you
years of untold misery. For writing
promptly, the Clinic win send their
newly enlarged book . entitled,
"Rheumatism." Address your let
ter to The Ban Clinic, Dept 2612,
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, but be
sure to write today. Pd. Adv.
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POST OFFICE AT-HOM E j V. C. Booth, wh was Jones. Tena Postmaster 22 years,
watches his wife who succeeded bia bring the mail f the tiny Test Office ta back ef their heme.
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"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
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captared to the Arctic makes friends
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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.
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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.?
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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-
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Taft SaVs GOP
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Solons to Write
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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.
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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 !
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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
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As for our Roofing Department Manager, yoi laiow Cy Nadon! .
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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