The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 21, 1952, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextI X Tho Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Monday. April 21. 1952 Army Decides to ' Use Parachutists In A-Bomb Test By ELTON C. FAY AP Military Affairs Editor ATOM BOMB SITE, Nev. (JP)-The Army plans to make the first drop of parachutists in an atomic bomb test Tuesday. Approximately 120 men of the 50th Regiment. 82nd Airborne Division, will drop soon after an atomic bomb falls into "enemy" area. The airborne phase of the Army's tactical maneuver in Exercise Desert Rock IV depends on tne weather, it was emphasized. Even a mild wind of a little over 15 miles an hour can cancel the plan because of possible injuries to paratroopers. A scheduled practice jump Sat urday was abandoned because of wind. Brig. Gen. Harry P. Storke, commander of Army forces in this exercise, explained that a major factor in the use of infantry and airborne troops is to analyze the. psychological reactions of the sol diers when they feel the shock of an atomic bomb bursting closer to them than ever before. Te Teaeh Others Equally important will be the training and indoctrination of the men so they can be used to teach other soldiers the art of fighting and surviving in atomic warfare. Before the foot soldiers take shelter in the foxholes and forti fications at the rim of the bomb blast zone, less than seven miles from ground zero, they will in spect their machine guns and other arms placed in positions still closer to the explosion point. Then after the blast they will move up to look over the weap ons, "if they are still there," Gen. Storke said. Tactical Problem This is a simulated attack on enemy emplacements placed be hind imaginary hills, the general said. Actually Yucca Flat is a dry lake bed, almost as flat as a bil liard table. Gen. Storke said that the conditions simulated represent a tactical problem "which both ered us many times during the last war." The theoretical problem In volves the capture of a network of roads and communications be , hind the "hills." The general revealed that the 1,500 troops involved in the ground maneuvers would dig fox holes as deep as 4V4 to 5 feet. He said that the defensive factor also is involved in the maneuvers. "We want to train our troops so that they won't make a good tar get for a possible retaliation bomb by the enemy," he said. Little Dancer The Atomic Energy Commission nd the Defense Department are confident that no harm will come to atom soldiers in the safety of their shelters, constructed by Army engineers to the specifica tions of atomic warfare experts. But they were cautioned they must remember the safety rules worked out from careful measure ments in previous test blasts. The entrenchments were dug Into the soil and stones near the rim of Yucca Flat where the Saw tooth mountains flank the dry lake bed. Back of these, at a safer distance but apparently closer than non scientific parties have been in any previous test, was the spot for the visiting observers state gover nors. Civilian Defense officials and experts of state and federal ftrganizations, newsmen and pho tographers. .Bleacher Formation A natural rock formation like a crude bleacher, at the opening of a pass in the hills, provides a look out spot for the first officially in vited, public observers at an atom ic bomb test in six years. The spot scheduled for Tuesday will be the third in the current series of nuclear tests. Inferentially, the AEC disclosed that the series may run until about Jury 1. If the frequency of test shots is maintained, a half dozen or 'more bombs will be exploded in the series. The first shot was April 1, the second April 15. "MA A PA KETTLE AT THE FAfR And! THE TREASURE OF LOST CANYON "THE BATTLE OF APACHE PASS" In Technicolor! And! "THE STRANGE DOOR" r3uUXrLU "FRANCIS GOES TO THE RACES" And! "SADDLE TRAMP k&uujii Fear of Foot, Mouth Disease 'Panics Public' By LILLTE L. MAD SEN Farm Editor. The Statesnuui COLTON How to get informs tion of the foot and mouth dis ease to the public without alarm ing that public and throwing it Into a panic, is one of the big problems, R o g n a r Anderson, chairman of the Clackamas Coun ty Livestock Health Committee reported Saturday. Anderson stated that everyone who will give the matter "a mo ment's thought should "realize the futility of becoming panicky over the possibility of a foot and mouth disease outbreak." He went on to say that "we have not had one in the United States since 1929. At the same time it be comes necessary for livestock owners and the public as a whole to know what the score is." Quoting Dr. A. G. Beagle, fed eral veterinarian, who recently met with Anderson's committee, the latter said that "If you sus pect foot and mouth disease re port the matter to your local veterinarian mm edlately. He knows exactly what to do. The grave situation in Canada Is the result of undiagnosed disease for over two months." The first symptom of the dis ease. Beagle had said, may go unnoticed. It consists of blanch ing or scalded appearance of the appear shortly in the mouth and middle tongue. Primary lesions Mrs. Ridgway Urged to Help Drive to Control Jap Brothels TOKYO P-Japan's most prominent woman leader appealed Sun dayto Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway to ask the general to bar American servicemen from Japanese brothels and "isolate immoral U. S. troops." The plea was in an open letter to the Allied supreme command er's wife from Mrs. Tamaki Uyemura, member of the National Public Safety Commission which supervises Japanese police activities. She also is head of the Young Women a i Christian Association in Japan. The letter, appearing in "Fujln Koron" or "Women's Forum" the nations top worn ens monthly magazine, was the most critical attack on the morals of the Amer ican garrison made publicly by any Japanese since the 1945 sur render. Mrs.Uyemura accused American servicemen of "corrupting Japan ese morals. "Mme Ridgway," the letter be gan, "do you happen to know of the great number of American soldiers patronizing Japanese prostitutes? "Step into Tachikawa.a U. S. air base center in Tokyo's western suburbs for one instance. You will see hundreds and thousands of women lining up on the streets. American soldiers hang around until they pick up one each from the lines and go somewhere. Special Pre-Release Engagement! 1 2 a ft- ft .1 "-mab.s immL i f T t ifVh VofafrHftl CECIL B.UEMILLE'S I fed M - Color by TECHNICOLOR BITTY CORNEL CHARLTON DOROTHY HUE HESTQ GLORIA mm rout vuna-iiu tcncn UVBX3 HEKXEY EKKETT KELT CXCGU-UTCSCTTlKSCaiJ 13 Deaths in East German Mine Explosion BERLIN (SVAt least IS miners were killed and 27 hurt in a coal mine explosion Sunday at Zwickau, the East German government an nounced. "Some of the miners are miss ing," the government announce ment said, without giving a num ber. Some East Zone pits have as many as 500 workmen in them. It was the first time the Com munist East Zone government ever had made such an announcement and it led to immediate speculation in the west that a major disaster was involved, one of such propor tions that it could not be kept secret. The statement, distributed by Propaganda Chief Gerhart Easier, said most of the injured men were hurt so badly they may die. It did not give the cause of the accident but said rescue operations had enabled many miners to escape. on the tongue, lips and muzzle. Ten or 12 hours later the skin will tear out in chunks. Infection soon shows on the feet in the hairline above hoofs. Hoof and mouth disease, Dr. Beagle had explained, is a virus type of infection. Cattle, sheep. goats, swine and deer are sus ceptible. A few animals recover, depending upon virulence of the virus, but few of those living are ever much good after they once nave had the disease. The United States, Channel Is lands, New Zealand and Aus tralia are about the only remain ing nations free of the disease, Dr. Beagle had stated. Canada, which has been one of the "free" countries, is now in the midst of a slaughter campaign. The symptoms, the veterinarian said, are so much like those of Stomatitis and certain other ani mal disease symptoms that only an expert especially trained and with a laboratory can tell for cer tainty. Every state now has at least one such expert who main tains a portable laboratory. An odd phase of the disease is that it can, and often is, spread rapidly with new outbreaks occurring several miles from the closest known source, with no way of telling how the virus has been carried. Some are of the opinion that it may be airborne. "Such prostitutes now total be tween 70,000 and 80,000 in Japan and earn 200 million dollars. "Many Japanese children are now, playing 'pan-pan (postwar Japanese slang for prostitute)' among themselves. It is a juvenile experiment in the business of prostitution . . ." "Mme Ridgway," the letter con tinued, "many innocent Japanest girls worship Westerners. They try to speak English and to be friendly to Americans. "These girls are quickly se duced and eventually become prostitutes. It is, of course, a Jap anese responsibility to prevent these girls from falling into temp tation. But it is very painful to me to see these poor girl victims the end product of the war de feat." i i . ' EL W hill lr.,, mmww 5 w a w II r v State Committee Expected to Look for Favoritism in Policy Of Keeping Average Workers Are some state officials, in asking for retention of state workers who have reached retirement age, basing their requests on efficiency or favoring employes with political influence? " This is a question that probably will be presented to Governor Douglas McKay's special committee appointed recently to conduct a study of the Oregon Public Employes Retirement Act. The com mittee which organized here f Ti day will file its recommendations with the governor prior to the 1953 legislature. There have been rumblings mnng state workers for a long time that competent employes have been retired while others, older, less competent but with in fluence in political circles, have been retained. Sole responsibiliiy for this situation, if it exists, was placed on state officials asking for retention of workers upon reaching retirement age and not on the State Retirement Board. Under the present law, creating the State Retirement Board, state officials, to retain their employes after retirement age, must file a request with the retirement board. This request must certify that the employes the officials desire to retain are in good health, alert, and competent to do their job, and their retention is In the public interest. Said Based on Whim A number of state workers ap parently feel that some of the re quests are not based on fact but rather on the whim of the offi cial filing the application. "There is no doubt," one highly respected state employe said, "that the current law opens the way for an omcial to terminate the tenure of a state worker at the age of do merely ror personal reasons. Question has now among state workers 5&&j retirement law Elves the retire SSStSK? athrubieckhundty 5 state employes who officials ask to have retained or must accept me requests at their face value. Frank B. Bennett, Salem School Superintendent and member of the retirement board, said it might be necessary to obtain an opinion from the attorney general. Some Request Refused Bennett said in several cases where school districts have asked retention of school bus drivers over 65 years of age the board has asked that they submit to special examinations. He added that, so far as he could recall, the board has not been requested to inves tigate the competency of state workers. Bennett said, however, a few retention requests have been refused. Most state workers here agreed that the retirement board should have authority to investigate the background of all state employes who officials would retain after retirement age. They said such in vestigations would make certain that the employes were retained because of their competency rath er than for political or personal reasons. Such a recommendation will be presented to the governors com mittee when it holds another meet ing in Salem. At the time the retirement law was approved by the legislature it was argued that its operation would tend to attract new "blood" into the state government and in crease efficiency. ,,:. :.. jxy-V W wm-'.ujw(i fir ? jtV mmmmm mm m - .st n HBrir: YOO6Et"SEE-LEYEL,,miBIL(nwmiAN4maiia0PRI6HT! At lottl Hmn't tho food froosar that lots yow "shop" without pkrybtg hioo owd go iofcl Evory food padwfo In ighffd wMtTn oesy rood) ... mo oood fof ofiy boiMfing, lifting oc ftouvdiifi) for iKo ooxkogo yov wont f Yoo can "oofKiflmonloliio' foods at yow wish and coir toko Iwvontorv of tho compl conronft at glaiMtt YOVU SUU TO WANT THtSi "PBSmYE CONTACT" FREEDUIl Every shelf Is a fast-freezing wrfoce, assuring much fatter freezing and completely safe storage because all pock ogo are either en or directly below a freezing turf ace I Use Our Freezer Food Plan Live Better For Less Canada Dam Holds Despite Flood Pressure SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. (JP Duncairn Dam held Sunday, pro tecting this city of 7,500 from tor rential floodwaters. Engineers in charge of the 16-mile-long Duncairn irrigation res ervoir voiced confidence that the earthen - and - concrete structure would not give. But the danger would continue. "It could go In five hours or five days," said Jim Switzer, en gineer of Jhe Prairie Farm Re habilitation Administration. Crews were working at the dam without let-up. No water now is flowing over the threatened $200,000 concrete spillway, undermined by soil erosion around its lower end. Dan ger to the dam is focused in these eroded areas and engineers are trying to reinforce the weak spots with timbers. Spinning Club Meets Tonight Captain Bert Walker, member of the State Police, will speak on the 1952 angling laws at the regu lar meeting of the Salem Spinning Club tonight, 8 o'clock, at the Hol lywood Lions Den. William Mc Neil, Salem, a senior student in game management at Oregon State, will give an outline of his work with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service while in Alaska. New Sbowin Open 8:45 C-Fr.tar. THE Uy THE FOOD FREEZtR MAT'S BEElf PROVtV . I V&M4SM1 untiGHT nxwtts, roor TAXES W LESS F100I SPACE! Tho Arnana Upright, due to its modem design, lakes vp to 40 loss floor and wall space than chest type freezers of similar capacity I MHAM GlIBEfflT TB Rain May Reinforce Floods BY LARRY HALL KANSAS CITY (TV A chance of rain, perhaps heaxy rain in spots, pave Missouri River flood fighters the jitters Sunday night. "The battle didn't end with the battle of Omaha and Council Bluffs," said Brig. Gen. D. G. Shingle r. division Army engineer at Omaha. Shingler flew here for a quick loek at the downstream flood and expressed fear rain might add to the Midwest troubles. A similar threat hung over the flooding upper Mississippi Valley, wnere Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa towns battled a record flood. Shingler said any rain threat is serious because it would hamper the flood lighters and make the tributaries rise. Only light rains fell Sunday over the Kaw Basin, where heavy downpours caused a record disas ter last July. Jesse Gulick, dis trict forecaster at Kansas City, said it was too early to tell whether heavy rain would fall in the Missouri Basin. Chance for Rain A stream of warm, moist air flowing up from the Gulf of Mex ico gives Oklahoma and Southern Kansas the best chance for heavy ra.;n, he said. That would not pour into the already flooding Missouri. Barring downpours big enough to pile more water into the Mis souri, Army engineers stuck to their forecast that the two Kansas Citys would be safe this time. Omaha and Council Bluffs far upstream seemed to have won their dramatic fight against the wild river. Levee patrolling was the big Job there as the stream was falling. Record Crest On the upper Mississippi an other record flood crested Sunday morning at Winona, Minn., at 17.9 feet. Twenty-five miles down 2-7829 Open 6:45-SUrta 7:25 Bob Hope Hedy Lamarr "MY FAVORITE SPY" James Stewart "NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY" Color Cartoon Ti via in i f r : hi ? (. LL I If NOW SHOWINGI Yss9sVJt0 fMM tt SVBB? POOo MJBS1 t.f. ft m,. MaMt 1 mil -. a teoaV Win k o m4mi mmut atss far ovary stream at Lacrosse, Wis., the crest reading was 15.3 feet in the after noon, lower than expected. Flood stage there is 12 feet. The La Crosse dikes were hold ing well but were soggy and repair work was continuous. Towns Ready Downstream towns along the Eastern Iowa border got ready to meet the big river's blows, St Joseph, Missouri's third larg est, was the next city in the crest path of the surging Missouri. But it is built on high ground and-was not in any danger. Tired flood fighters from the north trying to beat the surge downstream, joined in hard bat tle to save Sherman Air Fore Base at Leavenworth, Kas. There the level of the field was nine feet below the rising flood water but the dikes were holding. LANZA TOUR HOLLYWOOD (INS) - Mario Lanza is lining up a concert tour of Europe for next fall and the atest city to be added to his itin erary Is Stockholm, Sweden. Be- force facing Europe's critical au diences he intends to polish up his art with several weeks of in tensive study in Italy. CtoODQBiflGD REDUCED GROCERY PRICES Vz Fry Chicken Park Lano OXYDOL TIDE DELEFT DUZ 1'IARI'IALADE Kin? Kelly SHORTENING FrappV MARGARINE Dalawood WESSON OIL EVERY IIEAT Corned Beef Lamb Shoulder Lamb Breast & Pork Sausago MorralTa Pork Liver Bacon (By tho piece) Bacon Sliced Standard PRODUCE SPECIALS ORANGES Calif. ASPARAGUS Northwest AVOCADOS Townsend District Meeting Held The Townsend Plan Is now more than ever plan to chang our national economies, F. : K. Haskell of Portland; told Town send Club member at a district meeting held Sunday in Bearer HalL Haskell was principal speaker at the meeting at which members were advised that necessary gig natures to get the state pension plan on the November ballot were almost completed. Salem High; School Choir and Orchestra PRESENTS The MIKADO By Gilbert an Sallrraa Tuesday - Wednesday April 22 and April 23 S. H. S. 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