The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 16, 1950, Page 2, Image 2

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Los Alamos
..Probable Site
For H-bomb
By Howard W. BUkeslee
Associated Press Science Reporter
NEW YORK, July 15-;P)-Los
Alamos, the wartime laboratory
that made the first atomic bomb,
' is now apparently the center for
hydrogen bombs. .
Los Alamos is about 35 miles
north of Santa Fe. The first bomb
, was exploded five years ago, on
July W, 1945, more than a hun
dred miles south, in central New
Mexico. U
Work Described
The probability that hydrogen
I bombs center at Los Alamos is
- shown . in work described there,
last year, even before H-bombs
had been mentioned. The techni
cal associate director at Los Ala
mos. Dr. J." H. Manley, wrote this
description in the bulletin of the
atomic scientists, Chicago.
He said that the theoretical di
vision at Los Alamos was study
ing the "behavior of gross matter
under stellar conditions." This
means what happens in the sun
and stars. The hydrogen bomb pos
sibilities have come directly from
study of the sun.
"Nat Restricted
He wrote that the thysics di
vision at Los. Alamos "is not re
stricted to " phenomena connected
, solely with fission and neutrons,
but includes the study of reactions
1 between the light elements."
Fission and neutrons are atom
bombs. The light element reactions
are the fusion which is expected
to make a hydrogen bomb. Dr.
Manley wrote further that release
of energy by the light element re
action was one of the reasons for
this study. The other was better
understanding of nuclear physics,
which is the foundation of all
I knowledge about bombs of any
I kind, power or other atomic energy
.' uses.
f The Los Alamos theoretical di
vision has been anything' but
theoretical" in its usefulness. The
theorists were the practical men
who made it possible to produce
atom bombs. Similar "theorists"
are the practical men for H-bombs.
'Exsanslon' Ordeal
Before the H-bomb project, the
manpower of Los Alamos was the
. same as wartime, about 3,000, ex
cept that It was split between Los
1 Alamos and a new -branch in
bomb-making, at Sandia, .near Al
buquerque. Los Alamos had 1,600
workers and scientists, and Sandia
1,400. Nothing has been published
about manpower since the H-bomb
started. .
Just a year ago an "expansion"
of the Lbs Alamos site, to cost
r millions, was announced by the
United States atomic energy com
mission. This . expansion was ex
plained as necessary to modernize
the place, both for personnel and
tor some additions to "technical
areas." '
- Sandia, In Dr. Manley's descrip
tion, is the ordnance plant. It ap
rarentlr makes atom bombs, for
he says it designs and makes parts
and also "complete units. " aanaia
is responsible for the storage of
' atomic bombs.
Look Commonplace
Nothing has been published of
, ficially about storage, but one of
ficial story emphasized the fact
that to an uninitiated person the
storedJSombs or their parts would
aeveni look ' interesting. They
d look like commonplace
warehouse objects.
, - The new electronic mathemati
cal brains are one of the import
ant sections of Los Alamos theoret
ical .section., There are IBM ma
chines at Los Alamos. The Enlac
computer at Aberdeen proving
f rounds, Maryland, is consulted,
hese machines answer what hap
pens in pressures of millions of
pounds, -temperatures of millions
of degrees and times in milllonths
of seconds. All three of these con
ditions are vital for either atom
or H-bombs. Solving these three
. Is considered one of the key points
In success of an H-bomb. -
Chicago Lawyer, i ,
Paddles from f
Island in' Canoe ,"
AVALON, Calil, July 15-WVA
62-year-old Chicago lawyer pad
dled his canoe into this Santa
Catalina island harbor tonight, 16
hours after he put out to sea from
the mainland. .
About 2,000 tourists stood on the
shore to hail Vincent M. Smith in
from his gruelling ocean trip. He
had figured to make it in six hours,
but drifted 10 miles off his course.
"You going back in the canoe?"
somebody asked. ff
Definitely not!" Smith replied
wearily, and headed for a hotel.
Production of
Aircraft Less
Than Needed
By James F. Strebiff
WASHINGTON, July 15 -(IP)
The United States' level of air
craft production appears to be
much less than needed to support
the air war in Korea. " .
Using World War II experience
as a rule of thumb, war plane
attrition the military phrase for
losses runs about Zir per cent
per month. An estimated 600 air
force planes are available to Gen.
Douglas MacArthur.
The valley Forge will perhaps
90 planes has been in action and
at least one other large carrier
and one or two small carriers with
between 120 and 150 planes among
them, are expected to be ordered
into action soon.
Assuming a total of 900 planes
by making allowance for marine
fighter squadrons and the possi
bility that another carrier wul be
sent to Korean waters, the month
ly attrition would average 225
planes by standards based on ex
perience.
This is a little more than the
average monthly production of
military aircraft. The deficiency
is currently oeing met by with
drawals from storage and from
air national guard and air reserve
units. , : i ,
Before the Korean affair beean
the air force had 2.600 combat
planes In active Units located oth
er than the Far East and gome
4,600 combat planes in storage,
The navy had about 2,000 combat
planes in active units and 3,300
otners in storage.
A prolonged fieht in Korea
might quickly exhause the types
most suitaDie xor operations there.
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Barge GauSe
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ALBANY. N. Y- Julv 15-tJPi-
An oil barge loading kerosene ex
ploded tonight at the ESSO stan
dard docks on the Hudson river,
five miles south of Albany.
The blast set fire to the ddtk,
but firemen reported flames were
brought under control in about
two hours.
No one was injured. One crew
man aboard the barge and some
rSU officials standing on the
dock, the company said.
i The blast ripped open the ves
sel's starboard side and flaming
kerosene spread over the water.
The cause of the explosion was
not determined.
Hot Weather Tip These vacationing lovelies, taking a tip from weather-wise Puerto RIcans, relax
as temperature rises at Saa Juan, r. B. Sign reads "Siesta - Don't Disturb."
Democrats and Republicans
Rapidly Adjusting Strategy-
And Throwing Accusations
By Jack Bell
WASHINGTON, ,July 15 -iJPh- Democrats and republicans are
rapidly revising their congressional campaign strategy to fit the pat
tern of undeclared war in Korea.
Utah Wilson s
WifeFiles
For Divorce
VANCOUVER, Wash, July 15
(JP)- Divorce suit papers filed by
his wife were served in the Clark
county jail today to Utah Wilson,
Because developments are likely "to xhange the situation greatly convicted slayer of Jo Ann Dewey.
On Airplane
CHICAGO, July 15 -UPV- A
couple of stowaway kittens from
Greenfield, Ind., were on their
way back home tonight, taking
wiin inem a story cruaranteed to
make their grandchildren's hair
stand on end.
That Is. if thev live lonr nmitrh
to have grandchildren.
The two kittens verv much
frightened were discovered in
the retractable landing gear well
or a small plane when it landed
at Meigs field after a 175 mile
flight from Greenfield.
An, airport attendant found the
kittens, about two months old.
perched on a narrow shelf between
the edge of the well and the space
occupied py tne wheel when it is
retracted.
No one knows how thev avoid
ed being crushed when the wheel
was raised, or how they managed
w stay on meir precarious exposed
perch when the wheel was lower
ed, over Lake Michigan as tho
plan approached the lake front
airport.
New Courts
irtain
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CHICAGO, July 15 -VP)- A now
men's champion is certain in the
National day . courts tennis meet
which - opens a week-long stand
at the suburban. River Forest Ten
nis club 'Monday. ,
; And It may be the comeback-
assaying Ted Schroeder, who last
year lost his No. 1 rating to Pan
' cho Gonzales, now a professional
and last years clay court win
ner. Schroeder did not compete
here in 1949. '
Schroeder will come here from
the western tourney at Indianap
olis along with such other clay
"bourt contenders as Billy Talbert
of New York and Tony Trabert
of Cincinnati.
. Schroeder's top River Forest
i competition is expected from Tal
bert, Art Larsen of San Leandro,
Calif, who played this week in
. the Spring Lake, N. J, meet; Sam
Match of Los Angeles; Herb Flam
of Beverly Hills, Calif Jim Brink
of Seattle; and Ton Mottram of
Britain, I who heads several for
eign entries.
Amvets Vote
For A-bomb ,
CLEVELAND, July 15-(-The
Amvets national executive com
mittee today, in a resolution on
the Korean war. said:
KWe approve of the use of the
atom bomb if in the judgment of
our nation's leaders Its us should
b required for. national and
world security."
It tddtd. We are fully confi
dent that the decision affecting
. ino use ox in Domo wul bo gov
erned by keen awareness of the
moral Implications of Its use,"
- ' The automobile collection In the
laauonal museum contains some of
.the-first crude patent models.
long before the November election rolls around, neither party has
been able to settle on any fixed program.
But the trend indicates the re
publicans plan to blame the demo
crats for (1) setting the stage for
open warfare by agreeing to the
division of Korea and (2) failing
to prepare friendly and American
armed forces for a fight.
Demos Lash Back
- The democrats already are lash
ing back with charges that the
GOP (1) obstructed efforts to re
arm anti-communist nations and
(2) are hampering the conduct of
the undeclared war .by harping
about the past. ,
Republican senatorial candi
dates already have agreed to try
to "hang on the democrats the
blame for just about everything
bad that has happened in Asia.
Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr of
Massachusetts, house minority
leader, is playing the same tune,
asserting that the Democrats didn't
do anything to, stop the red wave
in Asia until President Truman or
dered military intervention in Ko
rea. ,
Tart Leads Assault
Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) led off
the assault with an assertion that
out of $26,000,000 made available
by congress for Korea and other
areas last year, only $200 had been
spent In cash for new supplies for
tne Koreans.
Taft expects to remind the vot
ers that ho said six months ago
the United States ought to send
its navy to protect Formosa, last
stanad of the Chiang Kai-shek na
tionalist Chinese government.
At the time Secretary of State
Acheson called the .suggestion
"silly." Chairman Conn ally (Di
Tex) of the senate foreign rela
tions committee . pooh-pooed - the
dea.
But Mr. Truman made Taft look
like something of a prophet 'when
he ordered the seventh fleet to
protect Formosa against commu-j
nist attack.
GOPs Urging Speed
Democrats note that Taft voted
against military aid funds for Eu
rope last year and supported the
program this year only because it
was something he said congress
Red Journal
Accuses Tito
Of Mobilizing
BERLIN. July 15-6P)Tho com.
inform Journal said today Mnhl
Tito er Yugoslavia is mobilizing
mousanas oz men.
The organ of the Stalinist coun
tries declared, however, that tht
war in Korea was showing "the
Yugoslav people how to rid them
selves of the yoke of the Tito
gang and called for a revolt
against the Belgrade government.
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Pope Hits at
'Stiffness9 of
Old Frontiers
VATICAN CITY, July 15
Pope Pius said today that" the
idea of unifying Europe expresses
a need "to break or at least to
loosen, both politically and econo
mically, the stiffness of the old
frames of geographical frontiers
The Pbpe addressed in French
a group of 200 jurists from all
over the world who gathered here
to study the possibility of unify.
lng civil law codes.
The pointiff pointed to the diffi
culties of a complete unification
of civil law, "even for a restricted
number of states," and added:
The economic, social or cul
tural conditions could bo so differ
ent in certain countries that ini
formity including all nations and
all civil laws would not respond
to the requirements of common-
welfare.
Mrs. Lucile "Cline Wilson, 17,
had appeared as a witness for the
defense of her husband and his
brother, Turman, in their trial.
In her suit, Mrs. Wilson charged
"cruel treatment and personal in
dignities that are rendering life
burdensome." She said ho stayed
out frequently at night and was
indifferent to her welfare during
the four months of married life
prior to Utah's arrest.
BREAKS NECK IN FALL
YAKIMA, Wash., July 15 -UP)
C. M. Reeves of wapato was
fatally Injured today when he fell
off a truck loaded with hay. Dr.
F. J. Lemon, county coroner, said
Reeves, 63, died of a broken neck.
Car's Plunge
OffRoadFatal
To Lumbermen
STEVENSON. Wash- Julv 15-
(Hj-Aa Idaho lumberman was
drowned and a Portlander injured
tonight when the car they were
riding plunged off a mountain
road and down a steep bank.
Skamania County Deputy Coro
ner Carl Christensea said A. W.
Lincoln, about 40, a retail lumber
man of Boise, was thrown from
the careening auto into the, Wind
river east of here.
The Portlander. Leland Stafford
Anderson, also a lumberman, es
caped the 300 foot plunge down
the steep embankment with only
minor injuries. The car lodged
against a tree at the edge of the
river.
He Counted
ATI 87 Feet
Of Tliat Fall
ENID. Okla- July 13 -VP)- J. J.
Branham fell 87 feet down an
oil well derrick today but a fel
low-workman caught him in his
arms below.
Branham. 32, was hospitalized
here with broken ribs, a broken
leg and a. fractured nose.
T know X fell 87 feet," he said
from his hospital bed, "because I
counted every foot as I fell down."
Floyd Matlack, 42, suffered only
a sprained shoulder and returned
to work later.
Socialite Wed
To Negro
BRIDGEHAMPTON, N. Y, July
15 -JP)- Blonde Boston socialite
Anne Mather, 30, was married to
day to Frank Curie Montero, 40,
negro director tfhe Urban league
fund.
Montero listed his color as
"brown" when applying for the
wedding license.
- The double ring-ceremony was
performed by the Rev. James H.
Robinson of New York, a negro
pastor.
New Refinery
For Asphalt
To Be Built
SPOKANE,: July 15 -m- The
city of Edmonds, wash, will have
a new $1,000,000 asphalt refinery
by midyear of 1951, it was re
vealed here today.
Spokane officials of the build
ers the Union Oil company of
California said construction will
start August 1. Completion is set
for June, 1951.
The refinery will have an an
nual capacity of 65,000 tons of
paving asphalt and road oils.
Crude oil will be shipped to the
Edmonds plant by tanker from
California. .
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CHICAGO.' July 15 -UP)- Soy
beans and lard soared again on
the board of trade today, running
away trom the reluctant grains.
July soybeans -rose 10 cents
within 10 minutes of the open
ing. It j! then, fell back several
cents, only, to come ahead again
toward the finish. This delivery
setk new seasonal high, but the
new crop monthsalthough sharp
ly higher, did not get Into new
peak territory.
urains siumpea at ino opening.
Once the soybean and lard . ad
vance got under wayi however,
cereals joined the upward move
ment, recovering early losses to
end with small gains. Buying fol
lowed news of additional advances
of North Korean troops in the
Korean twar.
Wheat ended higher, corn
. to 1 cent higher, oats un
changed to A higher, rye un
changed to 4 higher, soybeans
5Y4-9V4 higher and lard 40 to 80
cents, a hundred pounds higher.
BODY FOUND
s YAKIMA, July 15 -V The
badly decomposed body of a man
identified as Ralph Marshall, 43.
was taken from the Yakima river
tonight by sheriffs officers after-teen-agers
had found it in the riv
er bed about a mile west of the
Wapato-Donald bridge.
The llanos are grassy plains in
Venezuela.
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STRIKE END SEEN
PHILADELPHIA, July 15--
Nobody would say anything of
ficially but negotiations for the
Budd Co. and United Auto Work
ers appeared optimistic tonight!
that the six -day old strike of 9,000
workers would be settled over the
weekend.
had committed the country to.
As a whole, republican candi
dates can be expected to try to I
put themselves in the vanguard of
those urging speedier and weight
ier measures be taken to arm' and
defend the world against commu
nist attack than the administra
tion is likely to take.
Democratic candidates won't be
left behind in this race, however.
And President Truman by such
actions as authorizing draft induc
tionshas indicated he Is willing
to move speedily.
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