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Adequate Wafer
Supply Predicted
In Western Region
Washington, Apr. 21 U.R)
Secretary of Interior Oscar L.
Chapman reported today that
there will be "an adequate" wa
ter supply for crops on federally
irrigated lands of the west de
spite spring droughts in some
areas. . .
He said April 1 forecasts by
the bureau of reclamation
showed that in most areas there
would be enough water for all
crops even if there is no pre
cipitation during the coming
months.
Ample Water
"While there is still no posi
tive indication that we may be
entering another major dry cy
cle," Chapman said, ' it is re
assuring to know that the April
1 forecast of the bureau of rec
lamation indicates that there
... . iA matin, fnp Irriffat-
will De aiuyic Y l
ed lands on federal projects re
gardless of the weather during
the coming crop season.
Chapman said "it is also re
assuring to know that f a
drought does hit. we will be
much better off than during the
1930s by reason of new acreage
brought under irrigation and
supplemental water developed
for use on lands which previ
ously lacked a sufficient supply
in an ordinary year."
Three Areas Lacking ,
Reclamation Commissioner Mi
chael W. Straus said only three
western areas may feel a water
shortage. He listed these as the
Salt river project in Arizona, the
Tucumcari project in New Mex
ico and the Belle Fourche proj
ect in South Dakota.
Reclamation reservoirs held
44,651.500 acre-feet of water as
of April 1, this year, compared
with 43,871,000 acre-feet on the
same date a year ago, the bureau
said. Spring and summer snow
melt, which has not yet begun in
the highlands, is expected to
raise storage levels considerably
before the heavy midsummer
drain begins.
Bill Would Rewrite
Immigration Laws
Washington, Apr. 21 U.R)
Chairman Pat McCarran (D.,
Nev.) of the senate Judiciary
committee has introduced a bill
that would rewrite completely
Immigration and naturalization
He said the measure would
plug "leaks in our present sys
lam thni ntri suhversives of all
types and communists in par
ticular." It would tighten up the screen
nNinaM fnr immiffrnnti and
makes deportation easier. Other
provisions:
1. Remove racial discrimina
tion from Asiatic-Pacific peoples.
2. Treat men and women
equally so American women as
well as men could bring their
foreign-born spouses into the
United States.
3. Simplify the quota system,
although about the same basic
formula for determining num
would be maintained.
4. Set up priorities for immi
grants with special needed skills.
Oysters' Anesthetic
Boosts Pearl Output
San Francisco (U.R) An an
esthetic for oysters Is not only
aavlng the pearl-bearers from
pain but is booming its Inven
tor's bank account.
The secret compound was in
vented by Joe Goldstone, presi
dent of the Japanese Imperial
Pearl syndicate, as an aid to
production of seed pearls.
Under normal conditions,
Goldstone said, 60 per cent of the
oysters pried open to start for
mation of the pearl died. The
anesthetic decreases the mortali
ty rate to about 10 per cent, he
said.
Pearls are produced when the
oyster spreads a secretion over
an irritant inside its shell. To
produce seed pearls, the shells
are forced open and a grain of
sand inserted.
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for Sunday a.m.
New Navy Rocket Expected
To Make Bombers Obsolete
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Invokern. Cal., Apr. 21 '(U.R)
A new navy air-to-air rocket mis
sile that may turn neavy long-
range bombers such as the B-36
into naming cottins.is now uiv
dereoine final tests.
Scientists at the naval ord
nance station here are making
final tests of the weapon before
putting it into production.
Unleashes Explosive
Known as the "Mighty Mouse,"
the small, light rocket is design
ed to permit interceptor planes
to unleash a deadly explosive
barrage in the flicker of an eye
lash.
Under n resent conditions, a
fighter pilot with six machine
guns can fire 120 small non-explosive
bullets in one second.
Using the "Mouse," that same
pilot can unleash 20 or more ex
plosive projectiles 2.75 inches in
diameter and three feet long at
the flick of a switch.
Dr. L. T. E. Thompson, tech
nical director of the test station,
says the speed "compares favor
ably" with high-powered guns.
I saw Lt. Cmdr. J. M. Weso
lowski of Detroit. Mich., flying
a Douglas Skyraider, put eight
missiles into the edge o a 150
foot circle on the desert sand in
one second at a range of 2,000
yards.
Firing Range Increased
If such accuracy is normal,
the "Mouse" has increased the
effective firing range of the
fighter plane by about 500 yards.
Capt. Walter V. R. Vieweg,
Buffalo, N.Y., station command
er, refused to say whether or
not the missile will be equipped
with the proximity- fuse. Such
fusing would be natural, how
ever, and would mean that even
near-miss mignt KnocK an
enemy bomber out of the sky.
One of the major advantages
of the "Mouse" lies in its light
weight and folding tail fins.
The tube launcher and the
light weight mean the fighter
plane of the future, designed
specifically for this type of at
tack, might very well be a
deadly honeycomb of small
tubes for firing the rockets.
Defective Heater
Blamed for Blaze
Portland, Ore., Apr. 21 (U.R)
Firemen today blamed a defec
tive circulating oil heater for a
$3650 fire that last night de
stroyed a caretaker's cabin and
an old model automobile before
aid could arrive.
The two room house was
owned by W. H. Wagner (6800
N.E. Cornfoot road), and its loss
was estimated at $3500 with an
other $150 damage to an auto
mobile parked next to it.
There were no injuries.
Shin Kicking Ignored
By Wooden-Legged Man
Racine, Wis., Apr. 21 U,R)
Attorney J. Lester Johnson
rapped his client's shins when
he began berating the judge.
The client, a defendant, went
right on talking back to his
honor.
Johnson kicked him again. The
client went right on talking.
"Why did you ignore my
kicking you?" Johnson asked
later.
"Were you kicking me?" the
defendant asked. "I didn't know
it. Must have been my wooden
leg."
Improvement of
Highway Section
Asked Commission
Logging operators and cham
ber of commerce officials pre
sented a request for a survey
leading to possible improvement
of the Prospect section of Crater
lane highway at a roundtable
discussion with state highway
commissioners at Medford hotel
this week.
Wintertime reduced load lim
its, placed to prevent deteriora
tion to portions of that section of
highway, have handicapped log
and lumber operations. The lo
cal men pointed out the econom
ic importance of the route.
May Make Study
Commissioners made no defi
nite commitments at the session,
it was said, but gave the impres
sion that a study would be made.
Commissioners, who were here
overnight on a routine inspec
tion in this section of the state,
were Charles H. Reynolds, La
Grande; Ben R. Chandler, Coos
Bay, and Milo Mclver, Portland.
They were accompanied by R.
H. BaJdock, chief highway engi
neer and some of the engineer
ing staff of the highway depart
ment. The local group included
George Flanagan, Elk Lumber
company; Tom Ross, Ross Lum
ber company; Glenn Jackson,
White City Lumber company;
Paul B. Rynning. county engi
nee, and Chester Hubbard, presi
dent of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
Nervous Cows, Blue Lights
Don t Always Mean Uranium
CHERRY QUEEN
Salem, Ore., Apr. 21 (U.R)
Brown-haired Nancy Miller of
Salem high school will reign
over Salem's 1950 Cherryland
festival.
By United Press
Nervous cows and blue marsh
lights don't necessarily mean
the farm is loaded with the raw
material ot A-bombs.
Of course, .the National Geo
graphic society said today, there
may be uranium around. But it
takes some finding.
The society reported that ama
teur uranium prospectors are
sending 300 to 400 samples a
month to the U. S. geological
survey in the hope of hitting the
jackpot. If the stuff assays 20
per cent or more uranium oxide
and comes from a deposit of at
least 20 tons, the prospector
gets $32,000. which includes a
$10,000 bonus, from the govern
ment.
Containers Vary
But only about one in every
100 samples sent in warrants
further investigation. They come
in a variety of containers
candy cartons, cookie jars, per
fume bottles, and cigar boxes.
One farmer wrote that there
must be uranium on his farm be
cause he feels bad and his cows
are jumpy at milking time.
Another sent some racks with
the explanation that the sun
cast two shadows from them. He
wanted to know if uranium does
strange things to the sun.
One farmer saw a weird blue
light in a marsh on his land. He
figured it meant uranium was
present.
Geigers Sometimes Wrong
But even prospectors equipped
with geiger counters for detec
ting radioactive materials some
times go wrong, the National
Geographic said.
At 2 a.m. recently, it reported,
John C. Rabbitt of the geologi
cal survey was called to the tele
phone to hear an excited voice
say, "We've found uranium!"
It turned out that some col
lege boys had made their own
geiger counter and gone prospec
ting on a neighboring farm.
Something must have been
wrong with the homemade
gadget.
It identifed every rock on the
place as uranium ore.
Navy To Give Up
Base at Sand Point
Washington, Apr. 21 (U.R)
Dan Kimball, acting secretary of
navy, said today that re-study of
a navy decision to deactivate
Sand Point Air station at Seattle
confirmed his department's po
sition that the move would re
sult in big economies.
Kimball indicated in a letter
to Sen. Warren Magnuson, (D
Wash.), that the navy's decision
would stand. Magnuson, along
with Reps. Hugh Mitchell, (D
Wash.), and Henry Jackson, (D
Wash.), asked for the rp-stuHv.
Magnuson's office said he be
lieved Kimballs economy fi
gures were "inconclusive ' and
that he intended to ficht the
order.
Kimball estimated that the
limited shut-down of Sand Point
would save the navy $727,000 in
fiscal 1951 and about $2,291,000
in each succeeding year.
AUTOIST KILLED
Baker, Ore., Apr. 21 !U.R)
Hyman Blackson, 56, Portland,
was killed yesterday when his
car struck a rock on the Baker
Richland highway and over
turned near Keating. He was an
employee of a Portland casualty
firm.
Dead line on Classified Ads:
5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m
Monday tor Monday: noon Saturday
for Sunday a.m.
Advertising Money
Tops Previous Mark
New York. Arjr. 21 (U.R) Ad
vertisers spent more money last
year for newspaper space than
hpfnre. the American News
paper Publishers association said
today.
It was the first time since 1942
that advertisers spent more mon
ey on newspaper space than on
magazine space.
Advertising space for newspa
pers swelled to $445,015,000 in
184K, I4.a per ceni over io
revenue.
- Harold S. Barnes, director of
the ANPA bureau of advertising,
said fieures of the publishers in
formation bureau showed that
general and farm magazine to
tal revenue fell from $458,677,-
139 in 1948 to $440,795,045 last
vear.
Total revenue of radio and
television in 1949 was $376,400,.
329 according to the best avail
able data, Barnes said.
Next Winner To Be
Miss America, 1951
Atlantic City,, N. J., Apr. 21
(U.R) There will be no Miss
America of 1950.
The board of directors of the
annual Miss America pageant
here decided yesterday that the
winner of the national beauty
contest this September will be
known as Miss America 1951.
Jacque Mercer of Arizona, last
year's contest winner, will keep
her title as Miss America 1949.
The directors pointed out that
the contest winner this year will
be queen for little more than
three months in 1950 but will
reign more than eight months in
1951.
Salem. Ore.. Air. 21 (U.R)
Sir Oliver Franks, British ambas
sador to the United States, will
pay an official visit to Oregon's
capitol May 4.
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