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U.S. Continental Defense Planes
With Atomic Missiles
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By ELTON C. FAY
AP Military Reporter
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 uru. Air
defense jet fighter In the United
States now art armed with atomic
missiles designed to destroy ene
my bombers with thousands of
tons of nuclear fury.-'
Secretary of Defense Wilson
made the announcement today,
breaking a well-kept secret.
Atomic rockets to be launched
from .interceptor planes are now
bring distributed, he said, and nu
clear warheads will be added
later to missiles designed for
launching . from ground installa
tions near key target areas.
Wilson said the weapons "can
destroy aircraft within a consider
able distance from the point of
burst."
The Pentagon announcement
said the atomic' weapons for jet
fighter planes are being deployed
within the continental United
States where ever .required for
air defense and that they, are be
ing stored immediately adjacent
to the units which will use them.
This can mean only one thing:
citizens are going to have to live
next door to storehouses for
man's mightiest weapons.
This patently was the reason for
the Defense Department casting
aside its usual high secrecy and
informing the public of th mat
ter. The desire is to assure the
neighbors that they are safe, or
relatively so. The Pentagon said
the danger of accident is virtually
nonexistent.
Along with that, the department
sought to head off fear that nu
clear air bursts, first at ap
Until the official announcement,
there had been little indication
that American weaponeers had
progressed so far and so swiftly
in the development of atomic
anti-bomber missiles. Only two
years ago the Atomic Energy
Commission and the Defense De
partment were just beginning to
explore the problem with some
tentative tests.
Tacticians have little expecta
tion that the new aerial defense
atomic weapons ever will be
brought to bear on mass forma
tions of enemy' bombers, even
though the Jar reaching blast and
heat effect of aerial bursts could
blow numbers of planes out of the
sky. They point out that the days
of mass formations ' of bombers
ended when the atomic bomb
came. One plane, with one bomb,
is enough for one target and that
makes the bomber worth spend-
type weapons, rockets and mis
siles loaded with standard high ex
plosive. The two antiaircraft ground
based weapons mentioned, the
Nike Hercules and Talos, are be
lieved to have a ra.ige up to about
lot miles. These are "beam rider"
guided missiles. Two radar beams
are used. One locates and "locks
on" to the enemy bomber. The
second beam is then moved to in
tercept the beam and a missile is
launched to ride the second beam
aloft to the point where it can ex
plode within killing range of the
bomber.
Some missiles, presumably in-
eluding the new nuclear rocket,
also have "homing" devices. After
being guided into the general area
warhead of a missile. (A kiloton
is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of
energey released by a convention
al TNT explosion.) Such force
obviously could destroy aircraft
at what Wilson called "a consider
able distance from the point of
burst" perhaps upwards of a half
mile.
The Pentagon, taking pains to
condition people at home and
abroad to new facts of the atomic
weapon age, made these points:
1. Incorporation of nuclear
weapons jnto - air defense "has
been long planned." The "deploy
ment of these weapons does not
'mean that tHe government hat
any specific expectation of air at
tacks." '. ;
2. The- air defense system it
"designed to intercept and de
stroy enemy aircraft as far. from
urban populations centers as poa
ile." But if an enemy bomber
penetrated the outer defenses it
might be necessary - to use the
of an enemy bomber they turn and '
head for the target, using any onej
or combination of several homing!
gadgets, including "heat seekers";
that follow, through infrared radi-i
ation, a source of heat like the jet 1
blast from a bomber.
It is understood to be of new ;
design and to have actual guided
l Ing a nuclear weapon on.
j The Defense Department said
! that "the deployment of these nu
i clear weapons does not mean that
I atomic missiles close to cities,
' 3. "Elaborate precautions have
j been taken in the design and
I handling of these air defense
proaching planes,' might kill the
people the weapons are intended
to protect. The explanation here
was that the point at which the
nuclear rockets would burst would
be too high to injure those on the
ground.
'conventional weapons will no long
missile features instead of being
a mere aimed rocket.
It seems entirely possible that
er be carried by U. S. aircraft en
gaged in air defense activity."
Conventional weapons include
the ordinary machine gun, cannon-
weapons to minimize harmful ef
fects resulting from accident
either on the ground or in the
air."
nuclear power as high as IS or 20
kilotons could be packed in the!
Armed
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Governor Holmes outlined his
. plan for t state development de
partment in special message to
the- Legislative Assembly Wednes
day. He would abolish the present
Oregon Development Commission
composed of seven Oregon busi
nessmen which employs an execu
tive director, and replace it with
a department whose director is
appointed directly by the governor.
For this assignment he has select
ed one whonT he calls expert in
the field. Preliminary to the func
tinning of Ihis department he has
employed Ivan Block and Associ
ates, industrial engineers of Port
land, to prepare a survey of Ore
gon's economic resources and po
tentialities which may oiler prom
ise of immediate development to
cure the present lag in Oregon s
. Industrial progress. .
Since preserving and improving
the standard of living of Oregon,
ians depend on economic- growth,
most of the people will applaud
any constructive endeavor to ac
celerate- that growth. Since the
Governor sets great store by this
program it seems safe to predict
it will be approved by the Legisla
ture, especially if the cost tab does
not exceed the $130,000 now bud
geted, as was promised in the gov.
ernor's inaugural message. Cover
nor Holmes rates the present Com
mission as ineffective such doubts
usually arise with any organization
charged with business promotion
Oregon has had some history of
state spending for development.
Back in New Deal days Governor
Martin, who was hostile to most
of the New Deal philosophy, did
- set up quite pretentious planning
.commission. It was well staffed
federal funds helped out and pro
duced, a series of brochures
(Ceatlaaea ea editorial oafcM
Hubbard Boy,
16, Killed by
Streamliner
Sutciaaa News lervleo
HUBBARD. Feb. 20-A Southern
Pacific streamliner passing
inrougn Hubbard struck and in
' stantaneously killed a 16-year.
K old North Marion Union high
school student about 8: OS a.rnj
today, state police said.
The youth, Ray Wesley Hopkins,
son ofweslcy Hopkins, Hubbard,
was walking to school with his
brother, Ivan, 17, when the trage
dy occurred. Ivan escaped injuries,
state policeman Charles Conaway
said.
The fatality was the fifth in the
Marion and Polk County area this
year. All the five deaths occurred
in Marion County.
The train conductor told officers
that the northbound Cascade was
getting up speed after leaving
Woodburn, two miles south of
here, which has a 45-mile limit.
According to Marion County dep
uty coroner C. C. Edwards. Ivan
said he and Ray were cutting
across a path which angles across
the railroad tracks. Ivan stated he
was in front of Ray and that be
didn't hear the crossing signal.
Later, he related, he heard the
whistle, looked up and saw the
train almost on top of him, Ed
wards said.
Ivan said he was so close to the
tracks that the force of the wind
created by the train knocked him
- down.-His brother's, h o d y. was
tossed about 130 feet by the blow.
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Paris Hit by Strike
PARIS, Feb. 20 Wi - Mailmen
m.m.it at m m k at m ntirhnT9 nil
scattered strikes throughout
France today. 1
U.S. Army Tells Officers Not to Date
German Maids in American Employ
By REINHOLD ENSZ Weekly, ae independent English-
GOEPPINCEN. 0 e r m a a y.' language Pblitlt '
Feb. vV-Toe U.S. Army said U.8. troops la Europe. The Over,
today It kas told .ffleers ef the Wt,.k T " i ' I, 1 i
-Mb Inlaatry Dtvlsl.. to stop aVBm a..ef Carlisle. Pa., chief .f
I.. r..n.n ma Ms tmDlorrd
Americans.
Suppose, for laslaaee, said aa
Ma Infaaty Division spokesman,
a maid Is takea te aa Army
cocktail party.
"It might embarrassing le
keth Ike maid and te ker era
player." he added. "We believe
K would be Inappropriate for aa
officer to date a maid whe Is
working la aa American housing
area." . ,
The statement was issued le re
sponse ta aueries abeut a slery
carried today y the Overseas
rtef
106th Year
6 Salem Schools Honored by Foundation
Morningside School sixth graders
tong bookt which helped them win a principal award in tne rreeaom rounaauon annual
school contest. Englewood School also won a principal award. Students are (left to right)
Ralph Atwood, Richard Schram and Elaine Peteri. (Statesman Photo)
Englewood, Morningside
Schools Win Top Awards
Two Salem schools were named to Freedoms Foundation's
highest award Wednesday, one of them for the fifth time
and the other in its first try.
Four other Salem District schools were among the eight
in Orreon to receive awards for projects contributing to a
better understanding of the American way of life."
Winners of the top prizes are
Erielcwood and Morningside ele
mentary schools. Their awards in
clude trips for a student and teach
er from each school to Valley
Forge in the foundation's annual
pilgrimage to the Historical
Pennsylvania site.
Englewood School is winning its
seventh consecutive award and its
fifth top prize in the competition.
Morningside Elementary School
wins the top prize with its first
entry, although it was meant for
last year's competition. Received
too late for last year's judging, it
was held over by the judges to
become a winner in this year's
competition.
Other winning schools were
Bush, Keizer and Richmond Ele
mentary schools, all receiving Lib
rary Awards, and Leslie Junior
High School. Honor Medal Award.
Othr winning schools in Oregon
are Medford Senior High and Mon
mouth Elementary schools, both
receiving Library awards.
(Add. details ea page I.)
Tug Strike Ends -
NEW YORK, Thursday. Feb. 21
W Settlement of the threc-week-
old harbor craft strike in the port
of New York was announced at
2: 15 a m. today.
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mm truing niters. .
"It Is ferbiddea te go eut with
anybody who werks lor a living.
This Includes ribboa and stork
sales elerks al Ihe PX, saark bar
employes anybody whs Is belew
year social level."
Army officials denied thai
Smith had made such a state
ment. This was the official ver
sion :
Three or four weeks eg, Smith
railed kis Junior officers together
and warned Ihem against datlnr
German maids er "any govern
2 SECTIONS-! 6 PACES
and their teacher, Mrs. Ptul
Holiday Friday
To Close Some
Public Offices
The mailman will take a holiday
Friday for Washington's birthday.
The post office and city and
county offices will be closed.
Schools and banks will be open.
State offices will operate with skel
eton crews to do rush research
for non-holidaying state legislators.
Most stores will be open and
many are reportedly planning spe
cial sales for the day.
Soviets Veto Plan
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y.. Feb.
20 Uft The Soviet Union today
veoted a plan to have the presi
dent of the U.N. Security Council
conduct peace- talks with India
and Pakistan on the Kashmir
dispute.
Liquor Commissioner to
Take Over 'Baillie's Post
William H. Baillie, Salem resi
dent who resigned recently as ad
ministrator of the Oregon Liquor
ment employe who might be able
to five thtm preferential treat
ment, er kelp them la their car
eer la any way." Thousands el
German girls are employed by
" the Army as typlsll and sec
retaries. The (Ik Infantry Division said
Smith's statement was advice
and not aa official erder.
Aa Army spokesman said Ibe
' meeting Col. Smith had with
Junior officers was ordered by
Maj. Gen. Thomas Wellington,
commander of the Ilk Division.
Wellington, .made ' news ' last
year hrjore his division left Ihe
United Slates when he ordered
kis division's fat men le trim off
excese poundage.
0
Pierce (right), look at original
Vote Okehs
Annexation
Fifteen residents living on a
small tract on the east edge of
Salem voted unanimously Wednes
day night to annex themselves to
Salem. All eligible persons voted.
The next step will be for the
City Council to ratify the election
and pass an ordinance annexing
the property, according to City
Recorder Al Mundt.
The three and one-half acre trad
is between Market and D streets
just east of Park avenue and is
bounded by Park, Moody and Tess
streets.
Vancouver Man
Replaces Tooze
As Division Chief
PORTLAND. Feb. 20 ( Col.
Eugene G. Cushing. 51, Vancou
ver, Wash., will take over Feb. 28
as commanding general of the
104th Timberwolf Division of the
Army reserve.
Word was received here from
Sixth Army headquarters In San
Francisco that Col. Cushing would
succeed Maj. Gen. Lamar Tooze,
who is retiring.
The division has been under the
command of Tooze for 10 years.
Control' Commission, said Wednes
day he is working his -Inst day
today.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes recently
appointed an entirely new three
man liquor commission and sug
gested that Baillie be replaced in
the shakeup, too.
The commissioners, who visited
Gov. Holmes at the Capllnl after
their Wednesday meeting in Port
land, said it had been decided
that Commissioner Barney Lucas
will handle the duties of adminis-'
trator until Baillie's successor is
appointed.
The commission said it had in
terviewed several candidates for
Ihe post but didn't expect to de
cide for at least several days.
Baillie said he had not yet de
cided what kind of work he will
go into.
-He has been liquor administra
tor for several years, following
jong service as munagcr of Ihe
State Employment Service's Salem
ofllce. He would have been eligible
for full slate retirements an
other two years.
Baillie visited Ihe 'Capilol Wed
sesday to confer with some of the
legislators.
POUNDBD 1651
The Oregon Statesman,
Governor Hires
Firm to Suggest
New Industries
By RORERT E. GANGWARE
City Editor, The Statesman
A Portland industrial con-,
snltant's firmfvvas designatei
Wednesday by Gov. Rolxrt D.
Holmes to make a new survey
of Oregon's industrial develop
ment possibilities.
Ivan Bloch and Associates. Port
land, already has been hired.
Gov. Holmes told the Legislature
during an 1,800-word special message-
on resource development,
presented in person.
The governor elaborated on his
often-expressed idea about the Ore
gon, economy needs a boost from
resource and industrial develop
ment that can better be carried on
directly under the governor's of
fice than by a commission as at
present.
Survey Criticised ' '
Gov. Holmes said In his inaug
ural message he would terminate
assignments of the Oregon Devel
opment Commission. Later .in a
public appearance the governor
criticized sharply the Stanford Re
search Institute survey that had
been made for the commission.
Most ef the governor! listeners
at the Legislature Wednesday
found little new material in the
spefial message.
The only specific legislation en
dorsed in the governor's message
was House Bill 445 which would
authorize a department of develop
ment under the governor. This
bill does not say what appropria
tion will be asked, beyond author
ity for the department to use any
funds unspent by the development
commission.
This bill wifl be given public
hearing March ( at S a.m. by the
House state and federal affairs
Legislature Today
l:M a.m. Senate tajf commit
tee considering bill 1o prevent
state property tax (SB 92), at
Room 401.
1 a.m. House and Senate
meet.
1 p.m. House highways com
mittee. Room 325, hearing bills
including restrictions on fishing
from highway bridges.
I p.m. Hearing on compulsory
meat inspection bill, before
House agriculture committee.
Room 6.
committee, according to its chair
man. Rep. Norman Howard (D),
Portland.,
Full Ceeperatioa
' "I wholeheartedly agree with the
governor and will give all the co
operation I can in this program,"
said Rep. Howard.
"We don't have any time . to
waste in doing the kind of Job the
governor wants fn industrial de
velopment," said Speaker of Ihe
House Pat Dooley. The immediate
survey work by the Bloch firm
was seen by Dooley as a means
of '-'orderly transition" into the
new department setup.
But opposition ws i promised by
some of the Legislature's Republi
cans, i
(Add. details on legislative pages
4 and I.)
Engineer Need Cited
CORVALLTs. Feb. 20 Some
24.0HO additional engineers will be
needed for the federal aid high
way program, George Uleeson,
denn of engineering at Oregon
State College, said today.
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Salem, Oregon, Thursday, February 21, 1937
Israel
isemhower
Gity Street
Name Grid
Plan Urgect
By ELSIE SCHILLER
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Marion County's Planning
Commission Wednesday eve
ning took under consideration
a proposed street name grid
for Salem and surrounding
areas which would generally
organize street names so that
thoroughfares running-' east and
west would be name streets and
those running north and south
would be numbered avenues
In a general discussion of the
proposal presented by planning
technician David Baker, commis
sion members agreed that a com
plete switch-over under the sys
tem would be desirable.
However, the commission fore
saw some resistance to changes
of street names, particularly in
the Salem business district run
ning roughly east to 12th street,
.west to the river, north to Divi
sion street and soutn to Bush
Pasture Park.
North-south aligned thorough
fares would be given new designa
tions according to a predetermined
grid of consecutive enumeration
under the proposed grid plan.
However, some exceptions may be
necessary for streets cutting
across the proposed grid, the com
mission felt.
No pre-delermined grid system
was used for names in the ma
jority of the east-west aligned
streets. Baker said. The naming
program would reduce the num
ber of street names by incorpo
rating many of the smaller streets
in the city under one name, he
said.
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On the Brighter Side
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In the Boy, Scouts, allowing
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Miust
Senators Warned
To Beware of
Mumps Exposure.
The Oregon Senate was w arned
Wednesday that It has been ei
posed to the mumps.
Sen. Philip S. Lowry R,
Medtord, said his eight-year-old
son, John, got Ihe mumps Tues
day. He told the Senate that since
John has been visiting every
senator's desk looking for stamps
for his collection, each senator
should have a shot to find out
If he's immune.
John visited Ihe senate last
Friday.
"This Inn 'I funny." Sen. I.owry
f eaid.-"t am- told that at one
lime, this senate was pulwt of
rommissioa by the mumps."
BajRS
Snag Delays
Dock Peace
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 I - The
I n t e r n ati o n al Longshoremen's
Assn. today ordered its striking
dockworkcrs back to work at t
a m. tomorrow, but a last-minute
hitch in Baltimore threatened a
delay once again.
Late in Ihe day word was re
ceived that Baltimore shippers!
had agreed to accept the coast-
wide pattern of the settlement i ii r J
reached in New York Sunday. .'M3Ne MCUOnalO
This appeared to remove the
last obstacle to resumption of
work by 45,000 longshoremen from
Portland, Maine, to Hampton
Roads, Ya. A
Later, however, 1LA leaders
got word from local I LA officials
in Baltimore that they still were
stymied over local issues in that
port.
Robert Starv, 2950 Evergreen Avei, Salem, was i proud young
man ,he 0(hk i,y. He had Just earned his Tenderfoot rating
him to wtarXhls Scout Insignia.
PRICE Sc
bey
Tells Matiomi
President Says Future
Of U.N., Middle Eastern
Peace May Be at Stake
By WARREN ROGERS JR..
W ASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AP) - President Eisen
hower declared to night "the United Nations has no
choice but to exert pressure upon Israel" to get her
troops put of disputed Mideast areas. ' -
Eisenhower thus threw out an apparent hint that the
t'flttl States stands ready, if a showdown comes, to tupport
some kind of 1'nited Nations sanctions against Israel for her
failure thus far to hi-ed L'.N. demands-to withdraw.'
Mercury Dip-.
Seen Today
Temperatures will drop .below
freezing tonight with the mercury
expected to fall near M, the weath
er bureau at McNary Field said.
Wednesday'! range was from 40
to 27. Temperatureat.JJt a.m.
today was 28.
Forecast is for mostly fair to
day and Friday with the high
both days near M.
Snow fell in Eastern Oregon
and some higher elevations of
Western Oregon Wednesday, the
Associated Press reported. Port
land received some snow, but it
quickly melted.
Enters Hospital
Bt'RBANK. Calif., Feb. 20
Actress Marie (The Body) Mc
Donald was admitted to St.
Joseph Hospital last night, the
hospital said today.
The reason was not disclosed.
John Ericksen
The Weather
Today's forecast: Mostly
fair and cool today, tonight
nd Friday. High both days
near 31. low tonight 26.
(Comp.oto report pafo t) I
No. 331
U.M.,
But the President coupled with
the hint a statement that "we still
hop' Urael will accept U. S. as
surances and go along with the
U.N. demands.
Eisenhower spoke out in half
hour radio-television report to the
nation on his administration's ef
fortsso far unavailing to settle
the latest Middle East crisis with
out sanctions against Israel
He opened his - talk, broadcast
worldwide by the Voice of America,-with
the solemn statement:
"The future of the United Na
tions and peace in the Middle East
may be at stake."
Warning to Israel
Eisenhower's talk went step by
step over the situation as he saw
it. In a warning to Israel he Mid:
"The United Nations must not
fail.
"I believe that in1 the interests
of peace the United Nations has
no choice but to exert pressure
upon Israel to comply with the
withdrawal resolutions."
Eisenhower spoke shortly after
the U.N. announced a one-day
postponement, the third this week,
of General Assembly debate on
the question of sanctions against
Israel in an effort to force with
drawal of Israel forces from the
Gaza Strip and the mouth of the
Gulf of Aqaba.
The, President held a conference
with congressional leaders this
morning on the grave Mideast sit
uation. "
He said it was "the general
feeling" at his meeting with the
congressional leaders that the
whole problem should be laid be
fore the American people.
Fateful Moment
Eisenhower said tonight:
"We are approaching a fateful
moment when either .we must
recognize that the United Nations
is unable to restore peace in this
area, or the United Nations must '
renew with increased vigor its ef
forts to bring about Israeli with
drawal," Visenhower said.
He said that the United States
lias been vigorous in trying "to
exert moral pressure" on Rus
sia which "is relatively impervi
ous to other types' of " sanction''
because of its size and power and
its U.N. -veto. .
The President then added:
"The United States and other
free nations are making clear by
every means at their command
the evil of Soviet conduct in Hun
gary. "It would indeed be a sad day if
the United States ever-felt that
it had lo subject Israel to the same
type of moral pressure as is be
ing applied to the Soviet Union.
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