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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, December ho, iyoe
U.S. Weather
Mostly Clear;
Cold in East
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Snow flurries fell in sections of
the Midwest and Northeast and
there was some fog and cloudy
skies in the Northwest but it was
generally fair weather in most
other parts of the country today.
It was colder in the eastern
third of the nation with the chilly
air extending into parts of the
Southeast. Freezing weather was
reported in northern Florida.
Snow flurries sprinkled areas
from Wisconsin and Illinois east
ward to the Penasylvania-New
York area. They were expected
to spread during the day over
most' of the Great Lakes region
and northern parts of the Ohio
Valley.
Fog extended over parts of the
mountain areas of 'Vashinglon
and Oregon but elsewhere In the
country clear, sunny weather was
in prospect.
Coldest weather was reported
hi northern New York state with
temperatures in the 'teens. A
warming trend was Indicated in
parts of the Southern Plains and
most of the Mississippi Valley.
PUNCH-CARD EFFICIENCY
Army's Project Mass Supplies
Even Nuts, Bolts Electronically
By HERB AI.TSCIIULL
STUTTGART, Germany iB-The
U.S. Army is getting so stream'
lined that even the nuts and bolts
that keep its equipment together
are being supplied electronically.
It s all part of Project Mass
and the top brass at 7th Army
headquarters here report that the
pioneer work done so far has just
about proved the efficiency of the
new electronic supply system.
Mass stands for Modern Army
Supply System," and it's just that.
Every item the Army uses can
now be ordered by electronic
brains spitting out cards filled
with tell-tale holes.
Sgt. Joe Doakes at' a forward
Army post in Germany can order
a spare part for a truck or how
itzer all the way from the United
States and have it in hand in a
couple of days.
Project Mass has not yet been
made routine for the whole army.
But 7th Army officials predict that
the current elaborate testing pro
gram will convince the Pentagon
to put it into force all over the.
world.
The experimental project has
been under way here since last
July. Its action officer, Maj. liar
old Maier of Lansing, Mich.,
says, "We have made tremend
ous progress. '
"Our supply system was really
a mess," said Martin Tieman of
George Washington University,
one of the top civilian officials of
Project Mass,
"We had half a million items
scattered all over the place. A lot
of them had no supply numbers
and there were plenty that hadn't
even been catalogued, he said.
So the nut and bolt roundup be
gan. In half a year most of these
items have been located, tagged
and numbered.
"Our goal is to keep about 40,
000 items on hand in mobile sup
ply units in Lurope, Tieman
said. "That represents about 85
per cent of the Army s needs.
The remaining 15 per cent can
be ordered directly from the
United States.
One of the major reasons for
Project Mass was fear that atom
jic strikes could swiftly wipe out
the many bulky supply depots the
Army has been maintaining in
Germany and France.
The plan is to cut the number
of European depots to no more
than five and increase the num
ber of mobile "direct supply
units" to about 100.
The latter stock the replace
ment parts most in demand. The
depots, also being put on wheels,
stock important items not so fre
quently needed.
Bigger, slower moving items
are handled directly from the
United States either by ship or
plane.
Radio runs it all. Tn the stock
control center at Stuttgart, sol
diers man a series of electronic
"transceivers" which take orders j
on cards and place calls within i
seconds.
Each depot and direct supply
unit has its own transceivers. So
do supply headquarters in New
York.
"In modern warfare," Maier
said, "troops must move quickly,
mass for an attack and then dis
perse. There isn't any room for
old-fashioned supply units. They
wouldn't last very long in an
aiomic war.
In the past ships carried re-
States to Germany in an unend
ing Biruam. unaer frojeci Aiass,
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tronic brains find out the Euro
pean depots have fallen below re
quired replacement supply. Then
it conies
it took 120-180 days to replenish
supplies from the States.
"We hope to cut it to 20 days
eventimllv " cniH Rnhaw
director of George Washington
uiiivciaiiy 8 jogisucs Drancti,
which is masterminding the pro
gram. "Right now. U'f ran mmv
80 per cent of the items in 23
nays.
Firemen Help Rescue 2 Dogs
Boxed in Rocky Butte Chasm
PORTLAND (UP) A 20-foot
deep chasm on the slopes of
Rocky Butte nearly proved the
downfall fr a pair of canine com
panions yesterday but through ef-
Need Homes for
Single Refugees
PORTLAND Ifl Homes and
sponsors for single Hungarian ref
ugees are needed, the Oregon
Committee for Hungarian Refu
gees reports.
Mrs. Ken Livingston, a spokes
man tor tne organization, said
that a large number of refugees
are single persons between the
ages of 18 and 30. Most sponsor
ship offers are for families, she
said.
K.F. Man Shot
In Family Row
KLAMATH FALLS Itl Monroe
Hayes, 29, was taken to a Klam
ath Falls hospital Tuesday night
from a eunshot wound in the
chest and another in his left leg.
His condition Wednesday was re
ported to be fair.
Police said the shooting capped
an argument at his Klamath Falls
home.
His wife, Mary Hayes, 26, was
taken to the city jail where of
ficers said she refused to make a
statement.
'Baby Doll' Movie
Makes Paris Debut
PARIS (UP) Tennessee Will
iams controversial movie "Baby
Doll" makes its film debut here
today under the French title
"Poupee de Char" Flesh doll.
There was no immediate indica
tion that Paris church authorities
forts of their young guardians and
help from the Parkrose fire de
partment both came out without
a scratch.
The two dogs were romping
along while 13 -year -old Arthur
Chesterman and 14 - year - old Mi
chael Schilling pedaled their bi
cycles. All at once one of the dogs dis
appeared into the brush in quest
of something to hunt. Then the
lads heard his plaintive barking.
The other dog ran to investigate,
saw his companion at the bottom
of the cleft in the earth, and
plunged in behind him.
The two boys found the dogs
trapped by the sheer walls of the
chasm. They called on a neighbor
for help who in turn called the
sheriff's office.
Parkrose firemen were called to
the rescue. One of them was low
ered on a rope down to the dogs
and bound them together so they
could be hauled to safety.
Officers said neither was harm
ed and bounded off playfully after
their rescue.
planned to impose a ban on the
film similar to the one decreed in
New York by Francis Cardinal
Spellman.
UNEF to Get
Own Aircraft
For Next Job
TEL AVIV, Israel tfl Maj.
Gen. E.L.M. Burns said Wednes
day the U.N. Emergency Force
(UNEF) will be equipped with its
own aircraft and will airlift po
lice troops into the Sinai Penin
sula.
The Canadian commander of
the UNEF told newsmen the
planes will be used primarily for
communications and a transport.
"I don't think I would start
bombing," he added jokingly.
Burns conferred for 50 minutes
at Lydda Airport with Maj. Gen.
Moshe Dayan, chief of staff of the
Israeli forces, on the next phase
of the withdrawal of Israeli
troops from Sinai.
They were reported to have dis
cussed technical matters on the
further withdrawal, but neither he
nor Dayan would elaborate. Burns
said further particulars would
have to come from U.N. headquarters.
Israeli forces nave witnarawn
to a tone 46 miles east of the Suez
Canal and are scheduled to pull
back by Jan. 10 to i.1 Arish, in
northeastern Sinai only 30 miles
from the Israeli frontier.
Yugoslav, Danish, Norwegian,
and Colombian units of the U.N.
forces are occupying the evacu
ated territory. But their move
ments by land are slow becausa
of minefields laid and roads blwn
up and ripped up by the with
drawing Israelis.
Mickev Mantle
Visits Portland
PORTLAND I Mickey Man
tle of the New York Yankees wa
a bctween-planes visitor in Port
land Monday.
Mantle, named athlete of the
year in the annual Associated
Press poll, was en route from
Alaska, where he had been enter
taining Army troops, to his home
at Commerce, Okla.
Asked about Bob Martyn, Lin-
field College graduate who will
get a spring tryout with the
Yankees, Mantle said: "Martyn
a good outfielder. He'll have a
very good chance of making the
club."
FINDS HIDING -PLACE
Princeton. N.J. (UP) Wallace
Jackson, 54, got a 30-day jail sen
tence Tuesday for rummaging
through garbage cans. He was
charged with stealing Christmas
gifts left in the cans by house
owners for refuse collectors.
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