Army Brushes Off New
700 Rounds Per Min. Gun
BT TOM 8TDNI
Heidelber, Germany lV-ThebricaUon.
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brushed aside, on the ground that
the armed forces do not need it,
a new light aubmachinegun
which field testa in Europe have
showed will
1. Fire TOO rounds a minute
almost twice aa fast as the Ar
my's present standard model, the
M3 "Greaiegun."
2. Shoot farther and straighter.
3. Weigh four pounds half as
much as the M3.
4.. Cost approximately $10 to
manufacture on a mass produc
tion scale compared to S45 for
the M3.
S. Have a muzzle velocity of
1,800 feet per second against 750
to 800 f.p.s. for the M3.
The new gun, which fires' .45
caliber cartridges, or can be con
verted to use the standard 9-mm.
European cartridge, was devel
oped by Warrant Officer Loren
C. Cook, stationed at Coleman
Barracks near here. He is a machine-tool
specialist assigned to
the 7849th Ordnance Stock Con
trol Center.
After field tests in Germany, a
aescripuon oi lOOK I gun was
The sun was miwuiio
ed for tank crewmen, paratroop
ers and military police. Tests
snown it can be stripped
down, in the field and without
tools, in seven seconds compared
to five minutes for the standard
M3.
In reply, the chief of ord
nance's office wrote:
"There is at the present time
no U.S. user reauirement for a
new weapon of the machine pis
tol, suomacnme-gun or carbine
"This situation has existed I
over a-period of some years, andi
it is believed unlikely that the;
usina arms will ffi v nrinui mn. i
slderaton to the adoption of the
type proposed by Warrant Offi
cer Cook."
The letter added, however,
that "we will be pleased to re
ceive a model of the Cook ma-chine-Distol
which n will nr.
amine and bring to the attention"
oi ine cmer ol Army Held for
ces.
Th letter wu ntonA for th
K. btudler. Cook was liven a been forwarded to Washington
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f ordnnc ta copy of the correspondence. Cook s home U Rodeo. Calif.
Washington with a recommends- .... .. . u , m
tion that "the weapon is of ex- ,Ck "ld from Franklin D. Roosevelt, who
tremely staple and of rugged Washington, dated last Jan. 12, served more tngn 12 years, was
construction, easily adaptable to wa considered here as a rejec- U.S. president longer than any
Inexpensive mass nrndurtinn - .. ... ui. j.i . i
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Wilsea Adda A New Not Secretary of Defense Charles
E. Wilson (left) contributes a new note to formal military
protocol by keeping his hat on and bringing his hand up to
a salute during ceremonies at Washington airport welcoming
Gen. James A. Van Fleet (center), former commander of the
Eighth Army in Korea. Mrs. Van Fleet is at right. The
standard civilian salute calls for removal of the hat and
Holding it over the chest (AP Wirephoto)
Observance in
Kessler's Hands
HaJ. Gen. Alfred A. Keasler,
Jr., commanding general of the
Fourth Au Force, has been nam
ed by Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson as the Area II
commander for the observance
of Armed Forces day. May 16.
The rea In which the gen
eral will be in charge of Armed
Forces day observance includes
Oregon, Washington, California,
Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah
and Arizona.
Slogan for the observance this
year will be "Power for Peace."
All branches or we Armed
Forces will take part in the ob
servance and local organizations
will be asked to cooperate. I
Salem's Armed Forces Week
speaker last year was the com
manding general of the Depart
ment of the Pacific, U. S. Ma
rine Corps, MaJ. Gen. Alfred H.
Noble, who now is oa duty in
Europe. In 1951 the speaker was
MaJ. Gen. Robert LeGrow Walsh,
U. S. Air Force, from the Cen
tral Control group of the Air
Force, stationed in Washington,
D. C i
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Former Salem Man,
3 Girls, Asphyxiated
Word . has been received by
Salem relatives of the death of
Capital Journal SaJem, Ore, Welaenday, March 4, It SI 13
Harold Fowler, formerly of
Turner and Salem, who waa as
phyxiated with hit three young
daughters in their home at El
Cerritos, Calif., Monday by
fumes from a defective stove.
Mr. Fowler attended the Tur
ner grade school. His wife, Lu
re no, and two young tons, were
in Sheridan on a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Shively, at the time
of the tragedy.
A aister, Mrs. V. M. Britten,
Uvea at 1795 Lee street, Salem.
Another sister, Mrs. J. S. Hawk,
Uvea at Kelzer,
His Mother, Mrs. O. F. Fow
ler, -lives at West Stayton.
Funeral services will be held
in Berkeley Thursday afternoon.
!Cc!:is::n ti:h Grcd:r
Fcf:l foCcr Driver
Cascade Locks u William
Brown, f 1, wu killed yesterday
in a collision between the car in
which be was riding and a high
way grader about half miles east
of here
The Cascade Locks resident
and his wife were passengers In
a car driven by Henry E. Kleiber
of Sandy. Mrs. Brown was hos
pitalized at Hood River and
Kleiber was released after re
celvlng first aid.
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