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God Gives Three Reasons for 1 Becoming Atom Spy for Reds 1 By CLAIRE COX 1 New York, Nov. 21 (UPJ Chemitt Harry Gold disclosed he be came an atomic spy (or Russia for three reasons: 1. To avoid Joining the comumst party. 2. To help the Russian people. 3. To pay a debt of gratitude to another spy who got him a Job Idaho A-Enaine Soon to Get Test I Washington. Nov. 21 U.B I U.S. scientists soon may know whether their atomic engine at Aro, Ida., will acomplish the history-making feat of turning out more fissionable material than It consumes. If the "breeder reactor" now 1 nearing completion works as well as it should, it would be possible theoretically to multi ply this country's supply of fis sionable material 140 times. The fuel is isotope U-235, which makes up only a fraction of the bulk of pure uranium. ' For every U-235 atom, there are 140 atoms of non-fissionable U-238.. When a U-235 atom splits up In a reactor, or undergoes fis sion, it shoots out neutrons which may do one of three things: (1) Escape into space, (2) Smash other U-235 atoms and keep the chain reaction going or (3) Be absorbed by U 238 to form the man-made fis sionable element Plutonium. In the present manufacture of Plutonium for atom bombs, there always is a loss of total fission able material. That means the Plutonium produced is less than the amount of U-235 consumed in the process. But scientists hope their new, more perfectly designed reactor will capture some of the stray neutrons and use them to prod uce additional Plutonium. If it works, the end result would be to produce more Plutonium than the U-235 consumed. Announce Candidates To Fire District Board Liberty-Salem Heights At special meeting of the Liberty Salem Heights rural fire district on Friday night the board of di rectors met to examine the names on the petitions for elec tion of directors for the district Three candidates for positions on the board of directors was announced by Harold Rose brauch. secretary for the dis trict. Up for reelection. Is Carl I Armpriest, and vyeing for two other position will be John El- dohn and Howard Gardner. The one receiving the greatest num ber of votes will win a four and a three-year term. The election will be held at the Liberty Community hall on Dec. 4. from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Mrs. Ernest Free, Mrs. Arthur Volet and Mrs. Harold Rose- braugh will be the judges. Have You Registered? Have you registered dissatis faction at the results your oil heater has been giving you? If so, it could be that your heater needs better at tention. Fill your tank with CATERIZED OIL and watch the results! CATERIZED OIL REMOVES SOOT AND CARBON AS IT BURNS! Found Onlyatthe HOWARD J. Smalley Oil Co. 1405 Broadway Salem's Only Complete Oil Heating Service i Dial i 3-5606 during the depression. The Swiss-born Gold testified in federal court yesterday that he betrayed his adopted coun try for 15 years. And then he took atomic se crets stolen .by convicted Brit ish spy Klaus Fuchs and lave them to Russian agents because he hoped to speed the develop ment of atomic energy. The sci entific brains of two nations were better than one, he reasoned, and Russia was an American ally. This was life in a "house of cards," Gold testified, and it came as no surprise to him when the roof tumbled in on him. The 30-year-old Gold's answer to the question of why a per son turns on his country was given during his three-day ap pearance as the government's star' witness against conspira cy trial defendants Abraham Brothman, an engineer, and Brothman's business associate, Miriam Moikowiti. The defendants allegedly con spired to withhold information from a federal grand Jury in vestigating espionage. Gold tes tified that he lied to this same Jury the government claims that these acts delayed Gold's arrest by three years. It was in 1935, Gold said, that he became interested in espion age. There was a depression then. Gold was out of a iob. A chemist named "Black" found him a position and led him into the spy network. I understood I was beine usea to help obtain Information for the Soviet people," Gold said. "It was the people of the Soviet Union that I wanted to aid." But there also were personal reasons, he added, for his de cision. 'The first was a debt of grati tude to Black because he got me a Jon . . . Just before the bank holiday," Gold said. "We are a family w(th a fierce sense of pride and we hated to go on relief. The second personal reason he gave was: "I got Black off my neck about joining . the communist party. I did not like It. I thought they were a lot of wacked-up juonemians. Shoes available for American soldiers fighting in Korea range in size from 4 to 15. sjLol- 8: Fashions Go to the Factories Workmen of Allentown, Pa., structural steel firm view fashion model sent by local depart ment store. Max Hess, Jr., store's president, believes men should have more to say about women's clothes. Things Happen When Motorist Goes to Sleep Newberg, Nov. 21 ) A Portland motorist said he fell asleep at the wheel of his au tomobile here Monday. This is what happened: His car knocked out a 12,-000-volt power line, putting a section of this city in dark ness for more Vian an hour; Started a fire in a switch box at a nearby home; All but demolished a serv ice station, causing damage the owner estimated at $4,000. Awakened the motorist. Gordon L. Yorke, 20, said he "must have dozed." His car broke a guy wire on the power pole, and the wire wrapped itself around the "hot" wire. The car careened across the highway. It knock ed a gasoline pump 35 feet, and crashed into the station building. The front end of the car was demolished, the driver shaken. Sees New Grandson Fairview Mrs. W. J. Marley is a guest at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marshall and family, at Grants Pass. She is getting acquainted with her new grandson, Norman Lee Marshall born November 5. your PGE electric dollars slay at home It's a fact . . . ten cents out of every revenue dollar PGE receives ia paid in slate and heal taxes alone. New schools, better highways, help for the needy and count less other civic projects rely on individual tax dollars. PGE's taxes help meet these needs . . . help reduce your individual taxes. Your PGE electric dollars stay at home in other ways, too. For instance, PGE's 1,600 Oregon people were paid more than $6,300,000 in wages and salaries last year. This money was spent in local stores, bought local homes, was deposited in local banks. . . It helped keep industry going and growing. Dividends, too, stay in the West. Last year about $1,400,000 was paid to the 85 of PGE's 15,000 stockholders who live in the three Pacific Coast States. Yes, your electric dollar buys more than Just electricity. A share of it goes for a better community, for jobs and income to thousands of your fellow citizens, for many other things that pell progress for this region. Anyway you look it it, electric service ii your biggest bargain. PORTLAND OwnoW fa Km Watt, manaaarf 70 Herefords Bring $31,595 Sunnyside, Wash., Nov. 21 W) Seventy purebred registered Hereford cattle brought a total of $31,595, an average of $643 a head, at a sale yesterday at Lloyd Miller s airport ranch. It was reportedly the largest sale of its kind over held in the Yakima valley. Top money was brought by M. C. Larry Domino 2nd, the herd bull, which sold for $2,000 to Earl J. Heathman, Hartline, Wash. A bull calf was sold to Don G. Clark, Woodenville, for $1150. Sid Seale. Condon. Ore., naid $806 for a cow, while the top twosome, a cow and a calf, brought $1,775. More than 700 buyers from the three northwest states at tended. nDowenmiM THtStRVI few Wins I GENERAL ana tn)i by Oregon ( IV l AMERICAN WOMEN WORST DRESSED? Dress Designer: 'Put Up $10,000 Bet or Shut Up' San Francisco, Nov. 21 (U.R Paris dress designer Charles James has been challenged either to put American women being the world s worst dressed. Adolph Schumann, San Francisco fashion expert, and winner of the 1951 New York academy can women are the world's best dressed and he is willing to wager $10,000 on it 'It's about time James and other critics of American women get a chance to prove their charges that our fashions are 'seedy,' " he said. ijaiui-s, WHO specializes in'SUU. while JnmH' pwit nm 11 dressing movie stars and social- ites, recently made the statement that a poor flower-seller in the slums of Rome is more tastefully dressed than a Park Avenue debutante. In a telegram to James at his New York headquarters, the San Francisco designer said: "Regarding your statement from Hollywood to United Press that 'American women, both rich and poor, are the worst dressed fe males in the world', I, Adolph Schumann, who believe they arc the best dressed hereby chal lenge you to prove this state ment to the tune of a $10,000 wager which I will donate to your favorite charity, or you to mine. "For this challenge I suggest you submit pictures of any 10 women from any station in life, photographed anywhere in the world for comparison with pic tures of 10 American women I will obtain by taking a photo grapher out in the street of my home city, San Francisco, or any other important American city you can designate. "You have the choice of the whole world while I shall find my women exclusively in the United States, with a judging committee of nationally or inter nationally known artists or fash ion editors." Schumann said he has no fear of losing his wager, having just returned from a European sur vey trip of the fashion scene. "Its a pity and unfair to even try to compare the European wo- GETTING A LOAN FOR THE FIRST TIME? Then See C. R. Allen He knows careful consideration is necessary. He'll be glad to give you helpful friendly advice He specializes In loans to people married or jingle. Personal said "yes" to over a million customers last year. Loans $25 to Up to te?iionai finance co. 518 State St. flillil If mxii ELECTRIC COMPANY up a $10,000 bet or shut up about of fashion award, believes Ameri ,, Hr ...;,u ,u, - he said. "Almost every woman in Europe needs clothing almost as badly as she suffers from lack of food." Schumann manufactures a line of women's clothes known as Lilli Ann, selling for a top of j for as high as $750 each, 'Sing British' Song Campaign Gets Underway London. Nov. 21 (U.B Bri tain's songwriters opened a Sing British" campaign today, demanding that the British broacasting corporation devote at least half its popular-music time to homegrown melodies. This week's list makes sad reading for Britain's 60-odd mu sic publishers. Only one of the first 10 is not American, and that one is Irish. The first six titles on the list, all American, are "Good Night, Irene," "Mona Lisa," "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," "Sam's Song," "Silver Dollar." and "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer." Birthday Affair Salem Heights Mrs. William Ponsford honored her daughter Charlotte at a birthday surprise party on Saturday afternoon at her home on Hulsey avenue in hdnor of her tenth birthday. Present were Mary Wilbur, Lin da Rich, Darla McElroy, Joan Haskins, Sue Zwicker, Karen Harris, Linda Reynolds, Judy McClellen, Marjorie Wolfe, El va Lou Klassen and Shirley Warrcnburg. THE "YES" MAN $500 on Auto Come In or Phono $300 on Salary or Furniture Phone 2-2464 ( apilal Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1950 9 Packed Cities Ready Targets Washington, Nov. 21 u. Businessmen and city planning experts swapped views today on what to do about jam-packed. traffic congested cities which are a "madc-to-ordcr target for an aggressor." They also took up such mat ters of creating adequate park ing space, financing off-street parking, improving urban traf fic and stimulating urban re development. They were invited by the chamber of commerce of the United States to a businessmen's conference on urban problems, Paul Oppcrman, director of planning for San Francisco, sounded the warning on the dan gers from atomic attack on con gested cities. He said that a national meet ing, regional meetings of groups of states, and meetings in criti cal target cities are needed to discuss and formulate plans for VOU CAN PAY MORE BUT YOU CANT BUY BETTER . . 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Ho referred to the heavily-industri alized east coast. By mid-August 330 correspon dents from 20 countries had been accredited to cover the Korean conflict. THAN THE JKt , .'51 FORP V AT YOUR FORD DEALER'S FRIDAY! WHISKEY A great whiskey tn the Bellows tradition labelled BELLOWS
