8 Capital Journal, SaN?tn. OrfRon. Friday. May 27, 1949
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PREPARED BY- LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMIWON CHAM&EP, ofCOMMERCE,
. Uranium Once a Worthless
Metal Has Miners Digging
Br PAI L F. ELLIS
(Uniiad fraa fteUne writer)
New York IUi Uranium, t key word in the current congres
ilonl investigation over atomic secrets, was once an almost
worthless metal.
Before scientists learned of its explosive powers, the metal
had few uses and no one wanted to buy it. Miners got only a
few cents a pound for it.
Today, uranium, in certain 1
purified forms, is the world's
To Remove Hollywood Bottleneck The above map shows
a possible solution of the Hollywood bottleneck in the pro
gram of improving Salem street traffic. It was prepared
by C. A. McClure, engineer, by authority of the long-range
planning commission, and is fully explained in the accom
panying article. (Story on page 1)
Bottleneck
(Continued from P 1
"Suggested improvement! are
ihown shaded in the Jlluitralion.
The opening of a new itreet for
one-way north bound traffic and
the ue of the existing North
Capitol street for one-way south
bound movement would elimi
nate the present congestion for
through traffic and provide ease
of circulation for local shopping
traffic. The closed Tile road.
Hunt and Erixon streets could
be used for off-street parking,
providing space for over 100
ears.
"The extended McCoy avenue
from Tile road to Portland road
to take the place of the closed
Tile road would eliminate one
fifth of the present bad inter
section at Fairgrounds road and
would make easier the control
of traffic at that Intersection.
"This project together with
the ultimate widening of Fair
grounds road, Portland road
and North Capitol itreet from
Madison street to Mill creek
should do much towards solv
ing the traffic congestion prob
lem in that section of Salem."
The plan has already been
given some study by business
men in North Salem as well as
by members of the planning
commission. It Is estimated that
the cost would be around $175,-
000. and some of the members
of the planning commission be
lieve it may be attractive
enough to induce the North Sa
lem business men to finance it.
For the long range planning
commission a special committee
will go further Into a study of
the plan. On the committee are
Georse Putnam. W. W. Chad.
wick, W. M. Hamilton, J. L.
Franiren, Hedda Swart and Mny
or Robert L. Elfstrom.
2 Percent Sales Tax
For Nation's Capital
Washington, May 27 VP) The
house today passed a compro
mise bill to set up a two percent
ales tax in the nation's capital.
The vote was 184 to 152.
The measure now goes to the
senate for final action. The com
promise was drafted after both
houses previously had approved
varying bills.
Food for home consumption,
drugs and medicines would be
exempt from the tax. Restau
rant meals costing $1.25 or less
also would be exempt.
The first centralized indus
try was in New Amsterdam, on
Manhattan, where hand-made
glassware was manufactured
continuously from 1845 to 1767.
most expensive and sought-after
metal. Not only does it make
atomic bombs, but radiation
from its split atoms already has
been put to work In medicine,
agriculture and industry.
As pointed out by the atomic
energy commission's most recent
report, uranium is not a rare
metal. It is distributed widely
throughout the earth's crust.
Before the war, the commis
sion points out, uranium was
used principally as a pigment in
the ceramics industry.
During the war uranium was
a hush-hush word. The press in
cooperation with national secur
ity regulations did not mention
the word because scientists had
then learned that a certain type
of uranium was fissionable. That
is, It could be split with the sub
sequent release of enormous
amounts of energy. Further
more, It was believed that a
chain-reaction atom's split one
after another could be effected.
The atomic bombs and the end
of the Japanese war resulted.
The raw, unpurified uranium
is not so expensive the govern
ment pays up to $3.30 a pound
for it. However, a chunk of
pure uranium 235 is worth more
than its weight in gold and
then some. It Is the uranium
235 that is fissionable for a
chain-reaction. In a chunk of
uranium, there is only one atom
of 235 to 140 atoms of uranium
23R.
One of this country's top
atomic secrets is the know-how
of separating the 235 from the
238 uranium. At first it was
thought that the uranium 238
which does not fission properly
for an atomic bomb might only
be a by-product.
Then It was discovered that
uranium 238 could be changed
into an element, now known as
Plutonium, which is not found
in nature, ine change over
from uranium 238 to plutonium
is accomplished in an atomic
energy pile, the exact process
still being another of this coun
try's secrets.
Plutonium, which also is high
ly fissionable, can be used In an
atomic bomb.
But to get plutonium the
scientists must start with uran
ium. That's why all the con-
ply of uranium. The govern
ment is now offering a $10,000
bonus to any prospector who
turns up a new uranium field.
And the prospectors, with their
geiger counters, are out looking.
West Salem
School News
By ANN GALLASPY
The West Salem Lions club
sponsored a dinner for the jun
ior high lettermen Monday eve
ning, May 23, in the school ca
feteria. The lettermen initiated
the boys getting their letters in
baseball. The boys who got their
letters were: Harry Gatterson,
Ted Rienwald, Bob DeWhitt,
Bill Nelson, Dick Carter, Bill Si
monton, Ted Burns, Gene Foed
isch, Gordon Brunk, Phill Rit
chey, Bob Pentzer, Kenny Carl,
Keith Johnson, "Bud" Flesher,
Dick Branson, David Bayer.
A. S. Stoddard, Rev. O. Leo
nard Jones, and O. C. Brown
represented the Lions club. The
members of the faculty that
were present were M. L. Tweet,
Quenten Aubol, T. J. Means and
the baseball coach, Bill Hanaus
ka. The banquet for the ninth
graders going into senior high
school will be held Tuesday eve
ning. May 31 in the school ca-
feteria. Wayne Simmons, the
student body president, will be
the toastmaster. Bob Pentzer
will give an address of welcome.
Mrs. Virginia Howell will pre
sent a short musical selection
surix uy duo i-eruzpr, Dili nowe,
rveun jonnson ana accompanied
by Mrs. Howell.
The students of the 7-1 Eng
lish class had a spelling contest
this week. The girls won two
Havi nut nt thi-A In tho final
eliminations Karen Johnson!
placed first, with Gloria Gale
and Richard Dickenson in sec
ond and third places respectively.
Six-Foot Cougar
Killed in Polk
Death of the third cougar In
the Salem district in the last two
weeks is reported from Polk
county, the other two being kill
ed near Turner and Silverton
after being hit by automobiles.
The six-foot Polk county cat
was killed on the Albert W.
Cook farm 16 miles southeast
of Dallas and its death was due
to the animal's liking for milk
goat.
The cougar had killed the
goat, eaten its fill and then had
gone to sleep. It was treed by
dogs and slain without effort.
In the group killing the cou
gar were Ira, Bill and Clifford
McBeth and Albert Cook. They
took the pelt to Portland this
week and collected a $60 bounty.
ed by Mrs. Paul Harvey, gave
a party at the McClellan home
Tuesday for the lixth grade.
Mrs. Boyer's fourth grade had
an English test for unit seven
in their text book. There were
4 excellents, 4 goods, 11 aver
ages, 4 poor or fair.
The sixth grade has received
new World Book encyclopedias.
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Salem Heights
School Notes
By PAUL HARVEY III
Jerry Hill has left Salem
Heights school and will live in
Portland. He was in Mrs. Jones'
second grade.
Salem Heights lost to Keizer
11-8 last Friday at Keizer and
then lost again to Fairview 11
10 in five innings at home Fri
day. Mrs. Farrand's first grade has
made a model farm on a tabie
in their room. A moth hatched
from a cocoon a pupil had
brought to school. It lived a few
days and then died. Before it
died it laid eggs.
Some of the new text books
have arrived and are being shel
lacked in preparation for us?
next fall.
The aixth and seventh grades
will be guests of the eighth
grade at graduation June 1 be
cause they too will be leaving
Salem Heights.
The fifth grade social studios
class had a discussion on nation
alities. They found 12 foreign
nations were represented in their
room.
A fire drill was held Wednes
day afternoon. Several drills are
required a year.
Mrs. Floyd McClellan, assist-
Guests Makinster Home
Silverton Recent dinner and
social guests of Mrs. Ida Mak
inster and Mrs. Lydia Dawes
were relatives, Mr. and Mrs. No
lan Makinster and Nola and Ar
thur of Oregon City, Mr. and
Mrs. George Kleen of Fruitland, i
and Mr. and Mrs. Georee Kirk i
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