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By BUI Becker
LAS VEGAS, Xev., Dec. 2 CP-America's atomic weapons know
how has virtually doubled this year. And its stocKpile of nuclear weap
ons has kept pace.. - l
The statements come from the man probably most responsible for
this spectacular advance Dr. Alvin C. Graves, scientific director of
all energy commission tests
MHd-mannered and thought-ab
sorbed. Dr. Graves weighed his
words as he summed up trie aca- s
epochal 1951 test scries in an ex
clusive interview with this report
er. "Our knowledge cf atomic weap
ons has been incre5ed in the past
year at a much greater rate than
In any similar period," he said.
44 Our advance almost equals all
previous developments since the
first nuclear deto'nr.tion at Alam
agordo, N. M in 1945."
Dr. Graves wrapping up
formidable two-month job on the
fall series of seven explosions, no
two alike i n d i c a t e d that the
stockpile of A -weapons has in
creased in just about the same pro
portion. In short, the nation prob
ably has twice as many A-weapons
as it had a year ago.
"It is reasonable to assume that
we have more weapons similar to
the ones tested here,' Dr. Graves
said. "We wouldn't be shooting off
the only models we have."
has been in on the U. S. atomic
program from its inception in 1942
made it plain that he was not saber-rattling.
"I am not in the atomic business
because I like to manufacture
things that kill people," he said.
. "I am thoroughly convinced that
the reason we are not in a third
world war now i. because of the
work the United States has done
In atomic enemy.
Asks Larger Stockpile
"Increasine our stockpile is our
best safeguard for the future."
Graves helped to build the first
atomic pile (tiucIcf.t reactor) at
Chicago in 1942, then went to Los
Alamos to be?in work on the first
bomb in April, 1943. He progressed
from laboratory work to field su
pervision. He has been scientific
director pf all afemic tests since
Bikini in 1947.
He has sen'20 nuclear explo
sions and effects without previous
parallel. Graves merely nodded
when this observer aid: "I guess
we've had nothing but 'firsts' in
this series."
These apparently included: (1)
the first bahv A-bomb, October
22; (2) a dlayed-reaction burst,
October,30; (3) perhaps the best
controUed, Wg bomb ever detonated
Wot. 5; and r 4) pernaps the first
. underground blt. November 29.
Dr. Graves, who makes $15,000
a year as head of the A EC's weap
ons test division, ?ays he has been
offered twice that amount by big
corporations to head their research
staffs.
"There is nothing that can com
pare with this work no matter
now much they offer." Graves said
quietly.
Graves is an easy-going six--inotM"
who annear Inranihln of
deception. Onlv 42, he bears phy
sical scars of nuclear radiation. !
For three vears after a T947 lab
oratory accident at Los Alamos,
he was sterile from radiation ef
fects. The mishap occurred when Dr.
Louis Slotin brought two critical
(charged) mas? of uranium to
gether too quickly while holding
them in his hands. Resulting atom
is fession sent a charge of nearly
WO roentgens double the normal
lethal dose into Slotin's body be
fore he pulled the brick-like mass
apart.
This act saved the laboratory
and the lives of Graves and six
others. Slotin died 10 days later.
Graves, standine right behind Slo
tin, received perhaps a fourth of
the radiation dose Slotin got. He
was in the hospital three weeks
and home from work several
months. He lost all his hair, and
what he has today is pretty thin.
"At least I didn't have to shave
for three months," Graves is able
to laugh todav.
Tests proved there didn't appear
much hope of any further addition
to the Graves family. Then little
Alvin, now 9 months, came along
just about the time papa was set
ting off bombs in last winter's
Nevada test series. The Graves
have one other child. Marilyn
Edith, 6. But the physicist's work
has left another mark. A radiation
cataract, stemming from the same
incident, is gradually dimming the
sight of his left eye. He can read
only the largest headlines with it
BOLL CITY MAX HELD
Richard Daniel MacKinnon, S,
Mill City, was being held in Mar
ion county jail Sunday night on
charge of driving while intoxi
cated. He was arrested by state
police near Big Cliff dam on the
Santiam highway.
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Mormons Split
Jurisdiction of
Portland Stake
PORTLAND, Dec. !-ff)-The
Portland stake of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
(Mormon), covering most of wes
tern Oregon and southwestern
Washington today was divided in
to three stakes.
Spencer W. Kimball and Delbert
L. Stapley, Salt Lake City, mem
bers of the church quorum "of
twelve, arranged the division.
Organized were the Columbia
river stake, the Willamette stake
and the Portland stake.
Royle Hatworth will preside over
the 3100 member Columbia river
stake. The Willamette president
will be announced to its 2600 mem
bers in sessions tomorrow , night.
George L. Scott will continue as
president of the 3100 member Port
land stake. He and his counselors,
Richard C. Stratford and Louis A.
West, have served for the past 12
years.
Dali Gives Up
Surrealism
For Mysticism
LONDON, Dec. 2 -(JPj- S panlsh
Artist Salvador Dali today de
clared himself done with the sur
realism that made him famous.
He said there would be no more
paintings of limp and dripping
watches and no more sleeping in
silk-lined coffins.
Now, he told a news conference.
he's a mysticist, primarily con
cerned with religious themes. Dali
said his "new realm is the soul
in religion and the love of God he
sees the only hope for mankind.
Dali arrived in London last
night from Port Lligat, the Span
ish village where he lives and
paints all really great painters
lived around the Mediterranean
because of the quality of the
light."
With him he brought a product
of the "new realm": a painting
of Christ on the cross floating in
darkness above sea-slashed rocks,
seen in short perspective from a
point almost directly over the top
of the cross.
The new Dali was suavely ele
gant in a conservative dark suit.
There was no spectacular entrance
with a flower in his hair or may
be astride a green ostrich. Such
eccentricities, he said, have large
ly been left behind with the old
Dali.
Flicking a trouser leg with a
rhinoceros hide riding crop "the
last remaining symbol of my past"
the 47-year-old artist said: "We
used to regard psychology as a
big problem. Bat now religion and
physics are more vital problems. v
South Koreans
Fight Guerrillas
SEOUL, Monday, Dec. 3 - fJP)-
South Korean troops and national
police, the largest anti-guerrilla
force ever assembled in the south
ern provinces, converged today on
mountain , fastnesses hiding an
estimated 8,000 bandits and com
munists. The campaign opened yesterday
after the government proclaimed
martial law in the provinces of
Chun La land North and South
Kyungsang.
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Threat' to U.N.
U. S. FIFTH AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Dec 2
-(JP) - Red China's growing air
power is "a real threat" to allied
air control in Korea, and there
are also indications the. North
Korean air force may be rebuilt,
the air force commander said to
day. Maj. Gen. Frank F. Everest,
who as Fifth air force chief is the
top allied airman in Korea, said
in an interview that the reds have
1,200 to 1,500 planes half of them
fast jets at bases "from which
practically all of South Korea can
be reached."
Until now, however, bis fliers
"have denied the communists the
privilege of basing or staging air
craft in any significant numbers
in North Korea," Everest declared.
"It is important that we con
tinue to do so as long as the war
is carried on," the youthful-looking
47 - year - old general added.
"We intend to keep him (the
enemy) on the other side of the
Yalu (in Manchuria) ( as far as
operational bases are concerned."
Everest talked frankly about
the Korean air war which is
mounting in intensity as ground
action fades.
The sky fighting grows grim
mer as red pilots hurl repeated
challenges at United Nations air
supremacy. The communists have
flaunted their power in' recent
days as they threw 225 MIGs
aloft at one time, sent bombers
south of the Yalu river, and based
jets in North Korea for the first
time. Everest said the communist
effort to fix North Korean air
fields since last spring shows the
reds' "desire to generate a stag
ing capability" air force lingo for
a springboard from which to at
tack. In this connection, a growing
concern has developed on the al
lied side that the communists
might get sufficient airfields far
enough south to push their fuel
short fighters into the United Na
tions' military backyard.
"The enemy obviously started
a year ago to develop a real air
capability in the far east,' Everest
declared. "Those efforts are now
bearing fruit.
"The Chinese today have a re
spectable, fairly well-balanced,
adequately - equipped air force:
and there is no reason to believe
their capabilities won't increase."
Burns House
To Qualify for
Welfare Aid
HAMMOND, Ind., Dec. 2-7P-An
elderly Polish woman today
had admitted burning her home
"because you can't eat a house,"
Hammond authorities reported.
Fire Chief Del Sargent said Mrs.
Theresa Meda, 71, told him she
set fire to the small frame hnu
yesterday so she and her husband.
Andrew, 68, could qualify for
poor relief.
She said they had been without
fuel or food for a week.
Firemen found the couple sit
ting in a woodshed. (urrounrioH
by bedding and a few heirlooms.
watching the blaze.
Sargent described it as a pitiful
case in which "the law seems to
have worked an injustice."
He said Mrs. Meda exnlained
she and her husband had been re
fused poor relief because they
were property owners. He added
they were "too proud" to attempt
to qualify by giving up title to
the house. Both came from Poland
in 1910 and Meda worked as a
common laborer until he became
ill three years ago.
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Baverstnw, N. Y aheut the benefits of regular church-going.
'Prowler9 Only
News Reporter
PORTLAND, Dec. 2 -(Jpy- Four
police cars raced to the city hall
today where a man was reported
to be climbing in a window.
Instead of a prowler they found
Neal C. Doane, city council report
er. Police said Doane told them he
hadn't been able to get the janitor
to open the door so he just climb
ed in a window.
Sailor Spends
Over $1,740 on
4-Day Bender
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2 - (JP) - A
seaman who said he spent more
than $1,740 in a four-day bender
was freed of disorderly conduct
charges yesterday by a magistrate
whose comment was, "You've al
ready paid enough."
Merchant marine seaman John
Riley of Winchester, Va.. told
Magistrate Adolph Rosner he had
only $42 and a half of a dollar
bill remaining.
"Go back to your ship, get
cleaned up and have a good
breakfast," the magistrate urged.
"What are you going to have for
breakfast?" he asked as an after
thought. "I guess I'll have a counle of
beers," Riley replied.
Blood Cancer
Prize Offered
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-vP)-An of
fer of $1,000 to $1,500, to anyone,
for a significant contribution to
knowledge and treatment of blood
cancer leukemia was announced
today. i
The prize is set up by the Robert
Roesler de Villiers foundation. Inc.
of New York, named after a 16-year-old
boy of that name who
died of leukemia in 1944.
The purpose is to reach not only
the usual leukemia workers in
many lands, but the peripheral and
unknown scientific workers, in
hopes of enlisting them in the
study of this completely incurable
disease.
"No one," the offer states, "can
foretell from where the answer
will come; perhaps from one of the
well-known hospitals, perhaps
from some Isolated scientist' in a
far-off corner of the world who
never had time or incentive to
develop and test his theories."
The exact amount of the award
will depend on the recommenda
tion of a jury of four world-famous
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KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 2-X-Defense
Mobilization Director Wil
son concluded a two-day confer
ence with President Truman today
with the disclosure that military
production is increasing "at the
rate of a billion dollars a month."
In the wake of complaints by a
senate preparedness subcommittee
that arms production Is lagging
dangerously behind schedule, Wil
son told reporters:
"Every month now production Is
coming up I hope you will quote
me correctly we have not let ci
vilian production interfere with
military production."
Wilson talked with White House
correspondents shortly before fly
ing back to Washington with Gen
eral Walter Bedell Smith, director
of the Central Intelligence agency.
The general also had been here to
fill the president in on develop
ments since he started on vacation.
The senate preparedness sub
committee headed by Senator
Johnson (D-Tex) had made more
than one complaint on the rearm
ament program prior to Wilson's
flight here. One was that military
production was lagging dangerous
ly because guns had not been given
priority over butter.
Wilson said production was
three times 300 per cent over a
year ago. And suggested that when
complete figures are in the score
will be still better.
"We still have 63 million em
ployed we are cutting up more
material than ever cutting civili
an hard goods by 50 per cent at
least, and it doesn't take a magic
ian to figure out that the military
pipeline is getting very, very Big,"
Wilson continued.
"Military production Is Increas
ing, I would guess, at the rate of
$1,000,000,000 a month, but often
final production doesn't show up
for three or four months.
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Riches Long
Active in Salem
Bank Business
Story also on page one.)
George H. Riches. 73, who died
Sunday, was a. retired Salem
banker and civic leader who rose
to leadership from pioneer Silver-
too area parentage. - -
Riches was born Jan. 6, 1880, on
a donation land claim settled by
his grandparents in 1847 in the
Waldo Hills, near Silverton. He
attended Silverton schools and re
ceived further education at Alex
ander Hamilton Institute, Colum
bia university in New York, and
the American Institute of Bank
ing.
At Silverton
From 1900 to 1908 Riches was
assistant postmaster at Silverton.
He then entered the mercantile
business for one year before enter
ing the employ of Ladd & Bush.
-Riches began work at Ladd &
Bush bank July 15, 1907, as a
messenger. During the first five
years of his banking experence,
Asahel Bush, the founder, was still
an active member of the force. Jie
worked his way through every de
partment of the bank until elected
cashier and director in 1934.
On April 6, 1940, when Ladd &
Bush was merged with the U. S.
National bank. Riches was elected
assistant vice president, a post h
held until his retirement.
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Halloween Bomb
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" GRAND RAPIDS, Mich-, Dee. 2
-(A3)- Kent County Fire .Chief
Adolph Nelson's automobile blew
sky high today.
No one was in the car when the
blast let go in front of the chiefs
house. -
On Halloween, authorities sur
prised some pranksters about to
set' off an explosion from a con
coction they'd brewed up. The
pranksters assured authorities all
the ingredients were percussion
materials which a shock would be
be required to set off.
Chief Nelson put the concoc
tion into the back of bis automo
bile, saying he'd get it analyzed
and then forgot about it. He wont
now. There isn't any left and only
parts of his car.
The chief doesn't know what set
it off.
Bradley Stars
At Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 2-(JPy
Three basketball players missing
from Bradley university at Peoria,
111., showed up here tonight at the
home of the University of Ken
tucky where one of them played
as a freshman.
They said they had no thought
about seeking admittance to Ken
tucky but came through Lexing
ton only because it was on their
southern route to a destination they
wouldn't disclose.
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Workmen Installing a new wa
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trench on busy Ocean avenue, but
had not yet replaced the torn up
pavement, i' j
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