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THE WEATHER.
VAMABLK CLOCDINI88 with
few showers tonight; becoming
mostly cloudy, occasional rain,
Wednesday. .Little .chance .in
tomperatara. Low tonight, IS;
Wfh Wednesday, It.
FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 41
Sattm, Oregon, Tuesday, February 17, 1953
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Price 5c
(forages;
unritMiaM
Offer Water
From Sanliam
For Slate Lands
Supply to Irrigate
760 Acres at $25
An Acre Proposed
By JAMES D. OLSON
Sale of a water right suffl
eient to irritate 7C acre of
atate land waa offered to the
atate board of control Tuesday
by the Willamette Valley Water
company at an initial cost of
$25 an acre for the water right
pins a charge for maintenance
of the canals.
The water that the state would
receive under the right is taken
from the tail race of the Moun
tain States Power company's
power plant at Stayton and is
used for irrigation of several
thousands acres of land located
between Stayton and Salem. The
maintenance charge that the
state would be required to pay
would be the same as other land
owners of the area now pay.
Referred to Thornton
On suggestion of Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry, the pro
posal was referred to Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton to
. check the legal aspects of the
, offer as well as the state's right
to purchase the water right.
If the attorney general rules
that the state can purchase the
water right the board would
then employ an engineering
firm to investigate the proposal
and if the report is favorable
request an ap'ropriation from the
legislature to cover the cost of
acquiring the water right and
maintenance of the canals dur
. ing the 19S3-55 blennium. '
(Continued ea Page a, Column 1)
Hearings for
Surcharge Loom
Rep. Robert L. Klfstrom of
Salem was informed Tuesday
that existing laws provide for a
public hearing on application by
utilities for permission to add
surcharges to Its bills, providing
a complaint is filed in the offi
ce of the public utility commis
sioner. A bill providing for public
hearings prior to granting au
thority to impose surcharges, has
been introduced by Rep. Monroe
Sweetland. This bill also pro
vides for ompounding of any
funds collected through imposi
tion of a surcharge in event the
surcharges were authorized
prior to the holding of the pub
lic hearing.
John R. McCullough, attorney
for Charles H. Heltzel, public
utilities commissioner, in a let
ter to Rep. Elfstrom, said that a
law now on the statute books
specifically provides any per
son may file a complaint against
any of the private utilities to de
termine whether surcharges are
unreasonable or unjustly dis
criminatory. "I have been instructed by
the public utility commissioner
to inform you that if such a
complaint Is filed with this of
fice he will promptly arrange
for a formal hearing with notice
to all interested parties and
thereafter issue his order. An
appeal to the courts from such
an order could be taken by any
oartv to the proceedings.
"In my opinion," McCullough
.concluded, "additional leglsla
tlon is unnecessary to provide
the opportunity for such matter
to be heard."
Delegates Bill
Dies in Senate
The house-passed bill to make
petition candidates for dele-
f gates to national party conven
- Hons sign pledges wss dead
Tuesday in the senate elections
committee.
The committee decided to
bury the bill, which would have
made the petition candidates
sign pledges to support the win
ners of the state presidential
orimarie. Candidates who file
by paying the filing fee now
have to sign this pledge.
The bill was Introduced as
the result of the 1SS2 primary.
In which eight supporters of
Robert A. Taft filed by petition
All were defeated, but if they
had been elected as delegates to
the republican convention, they
would not have been bound to
support Gen. Eisenhower.
Weather Details
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Senate Passes
$32 Million
Highway Bonds
Construction Bill
Voted 25 to 3 and
Sent Governor
The it million dollar high
way bond construction bill
was paased 25 to S by the
Senate and sent to the gov
ernor Tuesday, but only after
running into heavy opposition
by Senate finance experts who
demanded a pay-as-yoa-ga
program.
By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR.
(AumimxI fkm CorrapoodmM
The House gave overwhelm
ing approval and sent to the
Senate Tnesday a bill to create
a Klamath River Commission to
work ont a compact with Cali
fornia for use and distribution
of waters in the Klamath water
shed.
The commission would con
sist of five members, four from
Klamath County and one from
Jackson. A bill providing for a
inuiar commission now is be
fore the California Legislature.
"The time is already late in
getting around to this Job," Rep.
Edward A. Geary, Klamath
Falls, told the House. "There is
no question that if Oregon ex
pects to continue its develop
ment, it must take advantage of
every opportunity.
Objection Listed
The Klamath watershed needs
more water, and this commis
ston . will prove our require
ments ana now to meet them,
uuuoraiB now is ma King a
statewide survey of its resour
ces, and it, too, believes the
Klamath area is special case.
"We cannot sit idly, by and
see our waters going elsewhere,
We have no quarrel with Cali
fornia, but we are much closer
to the Klamath Basin than Cali
fornia is."
Rep. Robert Root, MedforoV
pointed out that the proposed
commission, which hopes to get
appropriation of 123.000.
would function only until the
compact is ratified by the two
states and the federal govern
ment. (Concluded en Pate . Column 8)
Safety Group
To Cut Deaths
Portland ff Some 25 civic
and business leaders met here
Monday to plan organization of
a state citizens safety committee
to seek a reduction, in traffic
deaths.
E. C. Sammons, president of
the U. S. National Bank who
called the meeting, said the com
mittee would "hold up the good
right arm of the duly-constituted
traffic authorities" and work for
public support of traffic laws and
their enforcement.
He expressed hope that chan
ters of the organization could be
formed in every Oregon county,
waiter May of the Oregon Mo
tor Association said the yearly
traffic toll is nearly four times
the Korean War death toll. He
said traffic deaths Jumped near.
i jumoed near -
ly 20 per cent from 1949 to 1992.
Oregon's toll in 1S52 was 458.
James Purcell, Portland police
chief, Terry Schrunk, Multnom
ah county sheriff, and Capt. Lee
Bown of the Oregon State Police
discussed methods of reducing
traffic fatalities.
Kraft Founder Dies
Chicago 0M9 James L. Kraft,
founder and chairman emeritus
of the Kraft Foods Co., died
yesterday in Wesley Memorial
hospital here. He was 78.
Heavy Rains Sending
Valley Rivers Up Again
Rivers of the valley are due to
come up moderately during the
next two days following the
heavy downpours of rain
through Sunday and Monday. No
major flooding is In sight at
present, however, says the wea
ther bureau.
At Jefferson, the Santiam was
above flood level Tuesday. This
morning the river there meas
ured 12.8 feet and a crest of 14ft
to 15 was due before the day
was over. Flood stage there is
IS fst hut 9jM frnm mnmA.
erable washing In adjacent powers this evening and occa
iitu minr rima sional rain through tomorrow.
pec ted.
The Willamette was comine uo
. , .. ,, . - '
au aiong me line luesoay
morning, but no big boosts areltraveling mountain passes.
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Fire Leaves Buttons Homeless When their modest home
at 860 Trade street was gutted by fire Monday afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sutton and their six children lost
nearly all their possessions and were homeless besides. Salem
fire stations are receiving food, clothing or furnishings con
tributed for the family and another residence has been
obtained.
Family Loses Home in
Fire, Friends Helpfal
By VIC FRYER
A family of eight was routed i picture of a young daughter who
from its home Monday afternoon
by flames that gutted a two-
story rented house and destroyed
all the family belongings except
the clothes they were wearing,
few articles of bedding and a
Farm Doles Hit
By FAO Chief
Rw nvm A asABTTM
Washington VP) The head! of
the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization FAO
has called for use of less money
and more of the "self-help
philosophy in international pro
grams aimed at helping back
ward areas.
N. E. Dodd, director-general
of the co-operative world or
ganization set up in the mid-40's
to help combat hunger, said
there is no doubt a huge amount
remains to be done in provid
ing technical aid for economic
development.
"But the answer," he said, "is
not necessarily huge sums of
money. The kind of thinking
that asks for huge sums because
there is so much to be done is
what gets us into trouble. Once
you are granted the huge sums,
because there is so much to be
done is what gets us into trou
ble. Once you are granted the
huge sums, you feel that you
have to ' spend them within a
certain period of time, and fre
quently the countries and pro
jects aren t yet ready for ex
penditures of that size."- .
. . . , "
IIaiiHIa Trrirtr Trarlla
VUUUIC IIUMV IICJIIG
Af Yuma Destroyed
Yuma, Ariz., UJ5 Fire Tues
day completely destroyed a 270,
foot double track trestle on the
main line of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad half a mile west
of the Colorado River, tying up
all rail traffic.
First report of the fire came
when a 91-car train of perish
ables from the Imperial Valley
came into the railroad yards
here with four cars of lettuce
blazing.
booked. At Salem, the river was
up to 7.4 feet this morning.
in the Z4-hour period ending
at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 1.30 inch
es of rain poured down in Sa
lem, bringing the month't total
to date to 4.01 Inches against a
normal fall of 3.24 Inches for
the period,
The five-day forecast out from
the weather bureau this morn'
ing calls for rain throuah most
of the week with temperatures
normal. The forecast for to
night and Wednesday Is for
Nw heavy snows are report-
?. .,n. .th.e nih Cascades. The
state nignway commission warns
, motorists chains are necessary 1
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died about a year ago.
Within a matter of minutes
after the blaze, a drive was
started for food, clothing and
a.iunture lor the Clarence sut-
ton family, whose home was lost
in the blue at BOO Trade street.
The fire broke out about 3:30
and in a matter of moments
raced through the house, barely
allowing Sutton and the three
youngest of the six boys to get
out before the entire inside was
a rating tafexno, 'w.'.v?-'.--:o
The are .was discovered aner
10-year-eld! Klmar rushed up
- z .
stairs to tell his father that he
smelted smoke. Sutton checked
through all the other rooms first
and then opened the dining room
to be confronted by room full
of flames.
He got the three boys, Elmer,
10; Lee, 7; and Doyle, 6, out of
the house and yelled to a neigh
bor to call the fire department
The blaze meanwhile was
sweeping through the house, the
heat making it impossible to en
ter to save anything. When the
firemen arrived flames filled the
entire house.
They had It under control in
a matter of minutes and com
pletely out about an hour later.
They said the fire apparently
started from a backdraft in the
chimney.
Mrs. Sutton arrived home
while It was still blazing and
wept helplessly as she gazed on
the ruins.
Employes at Nohlgren's res
taurant, where Mrs. Sutton
works as a dishwasher, took up
a collection almost immediately
to temporarily tide the family
over, and Ralph Nohlgren, pro
prietor of the restaurant, issued
a call for food, clothing and
household furnishings over ra
dio station KSLM on a 9:30 p.m.
broadcast.
Sutton, who walks with s
cane, is unemployed because of
a leg injury suffered in a fall
last August. The Suttons moved
into the rented home in Novem
ber after living in Four Corners chief sources of discord be
since April when they arrived ! tween them,
in Oregon. I Observers suggested that Na
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Danish Draftees
Stage First Strike
Copenhagen, Denmark UJ9
Danish army draftees staged a
Island base of Bornholm in a
strike today on the key Baltic
new flare-up of Insurrection
against the extension of Den
mark's compulsory military
service.
Approximately 1,000 young
Danish soldiers already hsd
been Involved la protests which
a high officer denounced as mu
tinous.
The .troops were angry over
an order extending the term of
draft service from one year to
18 months as Denmark under
took to do at last year's North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
defense conference in Lisbon..
It wss the first mass insub
ordination in the Danish army
in modern history.
Authoritative . a r m y sources
ssid there was reason to believe
n the demonstrations resulted
from communist propaganda,
'Voice' Radio
Manaoer.3nl
Called Rollen
Senator Questions
Whether Broadcast
ing Sabotaged
' Wahingtoa Sea. MoClel-
lam (D Ark.) Tnesday denounc
ed the management of U. 8.
'Voice of America" overseas
propaganda Broadcasts as "rot
tea on the face of It1 He raised
questions whether the
Broadcast efforts have been sa
botaged. McClellan's outburst marked
the second day of public hear
ings in a senate investigation of
the program, marked already by
suspension of construction of
two huge radio transmitters for
the "Voice,"
The committee has received
testimony these facilities o n e
near Port Angeles, Wash., and
one near Wilmington, N. C, are.
costing to times too much.
Projects Halted
Dr. Wilson S. Compton. head
of the International Informa
tion Administration which runs
the "Voice" for the State De
partment testified he ordered the
projects halted because of "ob
viously preposterous" provisions
in the contracts. !
These, he said, allowed con
tractors building the transmit
ters to charge the government
for the equipment they used.
McClellan, senior democrat on
the senate investigations sub
committee which is conducting
the inquiry, Interrupted the tes
timony at one point with a dec
laration: More Than Stupidity
"It seeme to me there is
whole lot more than plain stu
pidity or Incompetence attached
to this affair."
McClellan said the subcommit
tee should press the investiga
tion to show whether any of the
conditions being investigated
came about "by design," adding
"Tnis thing looks rotten on the
face of it"
The subcommittee, with a half
dozen witnesses sitting about the
room and being questioned, has
neara cnarges tnar: -
The two transmitters are lo
cated in areas of magnetic dis
turbances which will result in
weak signals for broadcasts aim
ed to pierce the Iron Curtain, and
waste may claim 31 million dol
lars of huge sums being spent
on the huge propaganda and in
formation program.
Egypt'sHandsoff
Sudanese Vote
Cairo, Egypt () Egyptian
Premier Mohammed Nagulb
warned the Sudanese people
Monday night that Egypt would
not approve any attempt to
make their mllllon-square-mlle
Upper Nile Territory a part of
the British Commonwealth.
In a broadcast beamed to
neighboring Sudan, Maj. Gen.
Nagulb declared that any such
attempt would void the British
Egyptian Agreement to let the
Sudanese decide their own po
litical future within three years.
Earlier, he told newsmen that
the Sudanese must choose be
tween "unity with Egypt or in
dependence." The British-Egyptian pact,
signed last week, called for the
end of more than a half century
of joint control by the two na-
tions over the Sudan, one of the
guib was replying to critics of
tne agreement who said it gives
the Sudanese the option of Join
ing the British commonwealth
of nations.
Secrecy in Vice
Trial Upheld
New York W) A State Su
preme Court Justice Tuesday re
fused to order General Sessions
Judge Francis L. Valente to open
tne Minor Jelke vice trial to the
public and press.
Justice Benjamin F. Schreiber
held that the Supreme Court
has no right or power" to de
cide whether the Judge "should
or should not hsve ordered the
exclusion of the public snd
press" from the trial.
Five newspapers, two wire
services and a feature syndicate
had filed a petition to open the
trial.
Judge Valente's order, Schrei
ber said, violated no statutory or
constitutional right of the news
papers and wire services. The
news organizations had argued
that the closed trial was uncon
stitutional and unwarranted.
Ike Talks Farm r Prices,
Secret Foreign Pacts,
Controls and Taxes
Washington W) President
Eisenhower said Tuesday he
personally is not considering a
naval blockade or an embargo
against Red China but he sup
poses such steps are being look-
Tax Cut Bill
Pigeonholed
. Washington QU9 House re
publican leaders today shelved,
for the time being, a committee
approved bill to cut personal in
come taxes about 11 percent on
July 1.
The bill which breezed
through the ways and means
committee yesterday on a 21 to 4
vote, went to the rules committee
where Chairman Leo E. Allen
(R., 111.) promised to bottle it
up "until at least May 1."
Allen hoped that by then GOP
leaders would give him the sig
nal to clear the measure to the
house floor, where it is almost
certain to be passed. Speaker
Joseph w. Martin, Jr., and Re
publican Leader Charles A, Hal
lack believe that by late April
or early May a tax cut can be
Justified through heavy cuts in
federaspendlng. .
After a tax relief bill clears
the house, it must be passed by
the senate and signed by Presi
dent Eisenhower in order to do
the taxpayers any good. And it
Is highly doubtful, as of now,
whether the pending bill can go
tne route.
Oil Land Repeal
Up to Congress
Washington Wl Attv.-Gen.
Brownell said Tuesday it is up
to congress to decide whether to
revoke President Truman's ex
ecutive order dealing with off-
snore submerged lands.
Brownell repeated for the
house Judiciary subcommittee his
view that the order did not cre
ate a naval petroleum reserve,
but merely transferred adminis
tration of the submerged lands
area trom the secretary of in
terior to the Navy Department.
Brownell told the subcommit
tee he was not prepared to go
into the details of some 37 bills
dealing with the administration
of the off-shore oil properties.
He said that administration
witnesses, including Secretary of
Interior McKay, will not be pre
pared to discuss the subject In
detail until next week.
Brownell said he wanted to
make clear to congress at the
outset that naval petroleum re
serves within the meaning of the
Naval Reserve Act can be cre
ated only by act of congress.
Korea's Financial
Panic Subsides
Seoul, Korea (USD Financial
panic that followed announce
ment of a new currency issue
subsided today after President
Syngman Rhee assured the na
tlon no one would be short
changed. '
New currency named "whan"
and pegged at 60 to the Ameri
can dollar will replace the won
whose value was officially 6.000
to the dollar. On the black mar-
k me won was worth as little without meeting Communist re
as 24,000 to the dollar. Islstance.
Stay of Execution for
Rosenbergs Granted
New York UP) Condemned
atom spies Julius and Ethel Ro
senberg Tuesday won a stay of
execution until at least March 80
and possibly longer.
The stay will be in effect to
permit the U.S. Supreme court
to review the case. In the past
the Supreme Court refused to
review the Rosenbergs' case and
then declined a motion for re
consideration of Its refusal.
They hsd been scheduled to
die the week of March 0.
A three member United States
Appeals Court granted the stay
on motion of Defense Attornw
Emanuel H. flloch to give the
condemned couple time to pet!
tlon the Supreme Court tor a re.
view.
"We will give you a stay until
March 30. and, if your petition
Is filed then, then whatever the
Supreme Court decides to do Is
up to that court and the stay
will not expire until they have
acted."
t
ed Into by several government
departments. -
Meeting with newsmen for
the first time since be took of
fice, Elsenhower said also:
1. Any tax cut this year would;
probably mean higher taxes In
years to come, and should be
held up until a balanced budget
is in sight.
2. He will ask congress for
new authority to deal with
prices if there Is price gouging
or other unreasonable action by
business freed of federal con
trols. For Pact Nullification
3. He wants congress to nul
lify any parts of secret agree
ments which have permitted en
slavement of free peoples. But
he doesn't feel there should be
any repudiation of long-secret
agreements such as the Yalta
Pact as a whole.
4. United Nations forces
can't be pulled out of Korea)
completely so long as danger
ous situation exists there, but
ooutn Koreans should replace
troops, in the fighting to the
greatest possible extent
(Canctadea ea Page t, Col sua 4)
Provo Given Life
Term for Treason
New York ttUtt Former Armv
Sgt John David Provoo was sen
tenced to life Imprisonment to
day for treason while ba was a
prisoner of war under the Jap
anese, v
Federal Judge Gregory Noo-
nan passed sentence on the 33-year-old
San Francisco native. A
federal Jury last Wednesdav
found Provoo guilty of four ov-
ert acta of treason, including ot
tering nis services as interpret
wr w ms Japanese captors and
contrmumc to tne seats ear an
American officer.
Judge Noonan said he was
sparing Provoo the death pen
alty, oui auaed:
"In Justice to those who suf
fered untold agonies the pen
alty must be severe. I have ar
rived at this Conclusion after
considerable soul searching."
Noonan could have sentenced
Provoo from five years in Jail
to aeam.
$ Troops
Soon lo Raid
Talpeh, Formosa OJJD The
Chinese Nationalists may soon
allow their regular forces, spear
headed by American-trained Ma
rines, to Join seaborne guerillas
in commando raids against Com
munist China, it was indicated
today.
The Nationalist high command
has given high priority to stepp-
ea-up training lor their Marines,
Already 72 American Marine of
ficers and enlisted men have
gone to southern Formosa to
hold two-month classes for the
Nationalist leathernecks.
It was believed certain more
American Marines would follow
those now here. s
Meanwhile, it was officially
announced Nationalist guerrillas
landed on Meichow Island oft
the Fuklen coast, SO miles north
of Amoy, Friday. They withdrew
Judge Hand said he would b
unwilling "to foreclose a full op
portunity for a review of the
case by the Supreme Court."
Concurring, Judge Jerome N.
Frank said:
"I would not want to have
these people precluded from
having a review of their case
by the Supreme Court I would
not want to have that on my
conscience."
In arguing for the stay, Bloch
said "a aeries of substantial
questions of law" was involved.
The Rosenbergs' execution ori
ginally had been set for Jan. 14
but a stay was granted pending
a presidential decision on an ap
peal for clemency. President Ei
senhower rejected the appeal last
Wednesday and the new execu
tion date was set Monday,
Bloch told the Appeals court
he would begin work immediate
ly on his petition to the nation's
highest court
Chiang'
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FeteiyTcIl
ForSatreJc'j
Fighter-Bomber Slash
Enemy Supply Routes;
Attackers Repulsed V
Seoul, Korea IU0 Aaaerieaa '
Sabre Jets shot dewa a eemmu- "
nist Jet lighter and damaged an
other today while fighter-beaa
bera slashed at Bed sopply
routes and C.N. trees and artil
lery repulsed a flurry af blows
along the front
The latest damage and destrue- :.
tlon claims against MIG-13e
raised the Sabre Jets' toll for
February to 37 destroyed or
damaged, Including fie damage
claims belatedly confirmed. .
Capt. Richard Cnndrtrk, Red
lands, Calif., got credis for dam
agiojj MIG. -.--.(
-Saejr and clouds wen over
North Korea, but fighter-bomb
era nevertheless attacked scat
tered enemy targets.
Stop Oronnd Attack . : ' '
On the ground about 80 Chi
lery and mortar barrage drove '
to within hand grenade rang '
of UJf . troops on Christmas hill
in the east last night
The allied defenders) maneu
vered the Reds Into an area fill
ed with napalm mines. When
the trap was set the UJN. troop
set off the mines, splashing the
cunese with jellied gasoline
and ending the battle.
iw i mvmum wen
"virtually wiped, out" when
they punched at an allied out
post near Jane Russell hill on
the central front: Two other
Phluu 1-
enemy probe were also turned
back In the region around the)
Kumhwa ridge sector.
The air force kept up nlght-
nists.
Yunnan Chinas,
Talpeh, Formosa UB Ten
thousand armed Chinese revolt
ed against the Chinese commun
ists in southwest Yunnan pro
vince early this month and gain
ed control of eight counties, the
Tatao News Agency said today.
Tatao 1 the new agency of the
Nationalists' ' Interior ministry
and is known a a Kpomlntang
party Intelligence organ, It is a
major source of news about
guerilla activities on the Chin-
e mainland.
Lt Gen. Chang YJ-ting.
spokesman for the ministry of
defense, said he had no know
ledge of Tatao's report as yet
Military and Kuomlntang in
telligence agencies work Inde
pendently and the reports of on
are not immediately sva liable
to the other.
Tatao said the rebels occu
pied key points In Challi, Fuhal,
Manchiao and Chunyuch coun-.
ties and partly occupied point
in Kiangcheng, Szemao, Ning
klang and Llushun counties.
Japs Back Prom
Alaska Survey
Washington VP) Two mem
bers of a Japanese foieitiy mis
sion that has Just completed a
study of Alaskan timber re
sources arrived Tuesday to re
port their finding to the Japa
nese embassy.
The two are Takujl Oshima,
executive director of a private
agency for conserving Japan'
forest resources, and Jugo Tan
aka, an official of the Japanese
Forestry Bureau. The six other
members of the group have re
turned to Japan.
Oshima and Tanaka declined
to discuss their findings in Alas
ka relative to Japanese interest
possibly establishing pulp and
sawmills there. An embassy offi
cial said the mission would con
vene in Tokyo to prepare its re
port to the Japanese government
Army May Substitute
Nylon for Iron Helmet
Seoul, Korea (UFWTbe Army
Is studying the effectiveness of
steel helmets in protecting
American soldiers In battle.
They may be replaced . by
lightweight helmets.
xuv nriuy Mm wavy inn
wound ballistics research unit
is . collecting helmets which
have been struck by bullets or
shrapnel 'for close examination
to guide tht test team "in recom
mendation for redesigning."