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Will A-Bomb Ruin the Pantry?
Canned Food in Test May Tell
WYMAN fleft) and SLADEN
Shuck Tradition
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Their Job Is
To 'Atomize
U.S. Troops
CAMP DESERT ROCK, Nev.
(NEA) The Army it proving
that it can throw off the fetters
of tradition.
The two men In charge of the
Army's part in the current series
of atomic testa here probably rep
resent more Army tradition than
any two men you could find in
uniform. But they are now in
charge of helping to indoctrinate
more than 5000 U.S. troops in
the revolutionary aspects of
maneuvering around live atomic
explosions.
SPOT COMMANDER
Brig. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, Jr.,
was born on an Army post, lived
on Army posts all of his life and
went to school at West Point He
was in combat in the Mediter
ranean Theater during World
War II. He's the one-the-spot com-!
mender of all troops taking part
in the live atomic tests.
.' The man with the official title
of "Director of Exercise" is Lt.
Gen. Willard G. Wyman, also
commanding General of the Sixth
Army.
He probably has more time in
Army cavalry units than any gen
eral on active duty. But his old
love for the mounted service
doesn't influence him in the face
of growing evidence that the
small, highly mechanized, mo
bile units is what is needed to
put the Army on an atomic war
fare footing.
REEXAMINATION
"Throughout the world Ameri
can soldiers are being trained to
fight on either an atomic or non
atomic battlefield," he says. "Our
combat unit structure is being re
examined and new combat di
vision organizations now are be
ing tested in the field.
"We hope to indoctrinate as
many soldiers as possible in the
effects of atomic weapons as long
as tbe possibility of fighting a
war on an atomic battlefield
exists.
Gen. Sladen adds: "The safety
By KENNETH O. GItMORE
Of The NEA
WASHINGTON (NEA) As'
far as the American housewife
is concerned, the major atomic
test to take place next week on
I He Nevada dessert should be
labeled "Operation Canned Blue
berries."
For this final open shot will
help to determine what canned
goods she and her family can
safely eat in the event of atomic
devastation.
The big questions are: How
great an atom force will it take
to tear open or break glass and
tin containers placed at various
ranges? And will the radiation
effects from the blast spoil or
poison the food contents?
25,000 SAMPLES
To help come up with these
and other answers, the National
Canners Assn. is supplying 25.000
samples of 60 canned food items
which will play an important role
in the civil defense phase of the
atom explosion.
"The canning industry looks
upon this project as a construc
tive opportunity to contribute to
the national defense," says
George B. Morrill Jr., president
of the N.C.A. '
From sauerkraut to shrimp,
roughly one railroad car full of
canned fruits, vegetables, juices,
fish and shell fish, meats, poultry
and even baby foods will be close
at hand when the zero hour
arrives.
It will be a harsh, test, but
N.C.A. officials are confident
their products will do well. They
say laboratory findings show the
protective value of canned foods
under conditions of atomic, bio
logical and chemical warfare.
But an actual explosion will
provide information that is not
possible to establish under lab
oratory conditions. This is the
first time commercial products
have been put to such a test.
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BEFORE THE BLAST Cannery technicians J. M. Reed
(left) codes cans while E. R. McConnell tests for vac
uum on a batch of canned food that will be subject to
atomic blast next week to see how well they survive.
The Atomic Energy Commission
and the Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration are both cooperating
on the experiment.
CONTAINERS CODED
All of the glass and tin con
tainers are coded so spoilage, fall
out effects and the nutritive
value of the food can be accur
ately measured. Special slat-racks
have been built to hold samples
in single rows so no container
shields another.
Canning industry representa
tives and civil defense officials
will be particularly interested to
study the effects on canned foods
that are heavily exposed to radia
tion and close to the blast wave.
Tney realize numerous ware
houses located in urban areas are
likely to be badly shattered by
an atom bomb.
We want to know whether
this food becomes radioactive and
if so how long it persists," says
C. A. Greenleaf, associate direc
tor of the N.C.A. laboratory, who
will be working at the site.
"Homeless and hungry people
will need these canned goods as
rations in an emergency. It is
necessary to know if they are
safe to handle and eat."
The Food and Drug Adminis
tration will undertake long range
animal feeding tests to determine
whether foods have picked up
harmful or poisonous character
istics. Monkeys will be fed for
90 days, rats for six months, and
dogs for two years.
OTHER TYPES, TOO
In addition to canned items,
other types of foods will be test
ed by the Department of Agri
culture and the National Associa
tion of Frozen Food Packers.
On the desert location canned
goods will be situated at roughly
three distances from the center
of the shot. At the nearest point
they will be dug in and protected
by some kind of shielding or
bunker.
Next will be an intermediate
range corresponding to a consid
erably damaged residential area.
Here cans and jars will be put on
shelves and stored in experimen
tal homes and buildings.
The third distance will be far
enough away to prevent major
Hamaen tn clnlphirpc PWnrt nf
the National Canners Association
safe to use at this range.
DR. JORDAN SAYS
A Good Parent Needs Great Wisdom
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
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record of not a single injury as
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cult questions also. A few
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be explored by the mother and lS-ycar-old daughter has a most
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