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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.
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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.
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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 . '
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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