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I II II r-4L W" If Jl 1 ir IsMir ! ffl if ni Pseudo Doctor Pinches Toes Santa Barbara, Calif., Nov. 20 (Pi A policewoman complaining that "he pinched my toes until I winced" brought about the ar rest of James Martin on a charge of practicing medicine without m license. Diagnosis of her feigned ail ments, policewoman Dorene Meyer said, was based on squeez ing of her pinkies. She said Mar tin explained that the little toe, for instance, was an indicator of heart ailments; the big toe com municated trouble from the kid neys, and so on. Miss Meyer said that when she consulted Martin she pre tended that she had cold feet, for one thing; also headache, heartburn, pains in her arm and side. Special agent James Barry of the state board of medical ex aminers said Martin was arrest ed yesterday in his office, where equipment included a "miracle machine" which, Miss Meyer was told, would send electric waves through her body and cure her cold feet, etc. Martin is also charged with using the title of doctor illegal ly in violation of the business and professional code. Coy's Future Is Uncertain i Washington, Nov. 21 (P) Two 'contradictory reports about the future plans of communications commission chairman Wayne Coy were circulated in Washin? ton today. One said that because of the current heated color television controversy Coy may shortly step out of government service. The other said that, because of the current heated color tele vision controversy, he will prob ably remain at his present post for an indefinite period. Coy declined to comment to a reporter. The FCC chairman told a con gressional committee several months ago that he did not ex pect to "be available" for reap pointment to the communications commission when his present term runs out in June, 1951. The statements was associated with reports that Coy planned to return to the publishing field. He was formerly associated with the Washington Post. However, Coy himself has never elaborat ed on his statement before the committee. Synthetic Rubber Plant Reactivated Workmen repair and clean tanks and pipes in "tank farm" section of government owned $7,000,000 Kentucky synthetic rubber plant in Louis ville which is being reactivated and will begin operating early next year. Hydrogen Bomb Lies Between The Possible and the Probable By JOSEPH L. MVLER (United Preu CorrupondenO Washington, Nov. 21 (U.R) In a matter of weeks the United States will reach the ground-breaking stage of a multimillion- dollar project to find out whether it can make super atomic bombs out of a gas called tritium. Science says the so-called hydrogen bom is a sure thing theoretically. Engineers say that practically speaking it is no such thing. The atomic epergy com missioners put it this way: some where between the possible and probable. It is up to duPont de Nemours & Co. to determine just where the truth lies. This company, which built the vast Hanford, Wash., A-bomb works during World War II, has contracted for a fee of $1 to construct a sim ilarly huge plant for manufac turing H-bomb explosive. Haborate Precautions Safeguard A-Bomb By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Auociatd PrtM Science Editor! Richland, Wash.. Nov. 21 OP On the record, the safest work ing place in the world is the Hanford Atomic Reactor plants here making plutonium for bombs. "Unprotected," the records read, "A man could not safely come within a quarter of a mile of such a nuclear chain reaction as takes place in a Hanford pile."1 DuPont, the atomic energy commission, and other agencies have been hunting for a suit able site for the new works since early August. It hasn't been an easy job. They have surveyed scores of offered locations but have found few that meet many of the specifications. However, they are nearing a decision, it is understood. Chair man Gordon Dean said on Oc tober 24 that the AEC hoped to announce a site "soon." But usually well-informed sources said It will be at least a week or two, possibly a little longer, before all concerned are agreed on where the hew plant will be built. Once the site is picked, Du Pont will send its construction team in and the big job will get under way. Because of what DuPont learned about building atomic furnaces in 1943-1945, it believed that engineers will lop a few months off the 17 months needed to build Hanford. Congress has given the AEC $260,000,000 to finance the H bomb project at the outset To build and operate Hanford dur ing the war cost nearly $650.- 000,000. But the government knows more about building and running such operations now than it did then. The H-bomb plant will con sist of atomic reactors like those at Hanford. But instead of mak ing the A-bomb explosive plu tonium, it will change ordinary substances like the metal lith ium by atomic bombardment in to tritium. Tritium is hydrogen 3, a triple heavy-' form of nature's lightest element. Science says tritium, triggered by the tre mendous heat of the A-bomb, can be made to explode. Get enough of it together, set it off and theoretically vou could blow up a city bigger than Chicago. But no Hanford worker ever has been harmed by these radio active rays. Only a few have gotten in an entire year as much radioactivity as having your chest x-rayed. X-rays are one form of radioactivity. Thick concrete walls furnish most of the protection, but there are jobs in which workers walk right into the rays. Here is a case, in a plant where fresh plutonium is sep arated from forty kinds of ra dioactive substances. Men with periscopes, magnifying lenses and powerful lights detected a piece of apparatus out of order. A remote control crane lifted it over a wall to an area free from rays. But the piece itself was emitting powerful gamma rays. A crew taped paper on the floor where the piece was to rest, to save the floor from get ting radioactive. The distance the rays would travel from the apparatus was calculated, and a safety fence st up at the limits of danger. The piece had to be repaired First a crew trained on an iden tical piece of apparatus, to save time when they came to the hot" apparatus. As much as eight hours on a job of repairs has been saved by this fore sight Whether the rays hurt you depends on how long you stay, and how close. Attcr training, the crewmen stripped. Those with cuts or jcratcl.es on hands and arms were rejected. The others dressed in two pairs of white coveralls, two pairs of gloves, rubber and leather, cloth hats fastened down over hair, and rubbers over shoes. They wore masks furnishing their own oxy gen foi breathing. At the fence the men found their tools already laid out at points nearest each tool's prob able need. All the tools were long-handled. Part of the crew stepped inside the fence, into the direct rays, which then bathed their bodies. New men on this kind of job say they feel the rays prickling their skin. That seems to be nerves, because ex perienced men never feel any thing. Gardeners to Meet Keizer A meeting of the Kel-1 zer Garden club will be held , Tuesday, Nov. zi at b p.m. at the fire hall. A turkey dinner (will be served for the members . m . n n n , 1 . , f h i o.ju p.iii. mi. niiu mis. i-vci- ett Ward will speak to the gath ering on fuchsias. Anyone inter ested In flowers is invited. She'll Come Down As Soon As She Finishes Her Curly's Milk! CURLY'S Your Friendly Home Owned Dairy Phone 3-8783 351 State St. midget markets Originators of Low Prices 611 No. Capitol EVERY DAY IS VALUE DAY At the MIDGET MARKETS. You'll find this much thriftier than "buys" only on week-ends. Then, too, at the MIDGETS you can pick your choice of the different cuts. Remember LOW PRICE MEATS at the MIDGETS are HIGH QUALITY MEATS. PORK ROASTS . 35c PORK STEAK ,40c (ENTER CHOPS . 50c You'll feel proud and your family will be pleased when you serve pork from the Midget Markets. Small, dainty cuts has that chickenlike texture and flavor. LITTLE LINKS 55c Pure Pork LB. sfsf V SMOKED LINKS AQc Tasty Treats LB. VW RIB STEAKS 50f Tender LB. sf V POT ROASTS 47c Meaty LB. V BACON SQUARES , tfc When You See It in Our Ad, Ifs So! Our Capitol Street Market Is Open Until 7 P. M. Fri days and Saturdays Until 9 P. M. CLOSE SUNDAYS AUTOMATIC POSTURE CONTROL COMING FRIDAY IN THE '51 FORD A timekeeper watched them. checking how much of the rays each worker got. Presently he signaled one to come away. That man left the job, because he had received all the rays permissible on one day. One of the reserves took his place. So it went un til the job was done. By that time every man clothes were presumed to be covered with radioactive atoms. The crew went to a room where they stripped these clothes, washed, and had their bare skin tested for radioactivity Some had radioactivity on their hands, the parts which had been closest to the "hot ap paratus. These had to scrub several times with special green soaps and other chemicals The amount of radioactivity permitted these workers is less than the natural radioactivity which everyone gets from the air at one mile altitude. Dust and air might get radioactive in the Hanford plants, and for this robot monitors detect the con tamination long before It is dan gerous. The robots blow whis tles, ring bells and flash lights in warning. To make absolutely sure, the United States atomic energy commission requires of the few thousand Hanford workers about two-and-a-half million separate measurements for radioactivity each year. Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 19503 Camp Fire Girls Take Hike on Forestry Study Salem Heights The "Eha- wee Camp Fire group went for a hike Saturday along Croison creek. Each member took a pic nic lunch and they gathered three leaves for their scrap books. Each will write an essay about the nature study. 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