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Medford United Presa lull Leased Hire Tribune United Press Full Leased Hui Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1952 Pages 1-8 r - INFANTRYMEN BATTLE TO SAVE AIR FORCE BASE-Soldiers of the 94th Infantry from Ft. Leon ard Wood, Mo., who have been fighting the rampaging Missouri River from Nebraska on down the Big Muddy's course, are shown sand bagging Sherman Air Force Base, Leavenworth, Kas. The in fantrymen have kept inches ahead of the flood, but emergency directors fear eepage might flood the field and buildings. Atomic Blast Tuesday Said To Show Totally' New, Different Bomb Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) Deto nation of the nation's newest A bomb in Fury Valley deep in the Nevada hills Tuesday revealed a weapon totally different from the great Bikini tests, in the opin ion of some reporters who cov ered all three blasts. ' This bomb dealt a fast, clean, lethal blow, exactly on schedule and exactly in conformity with the blueprints, and then was done with it. The bombs of Bikini were more spectacular, with great vividly-colored cloud masses riven by continuous lightning. The awesome phenomena of the island bombs seemed to reveal a glimpse. of the uncontrolled pow er of the universe, and imparted rather terrifying impression of threatening to burst the limits Of control. Bomb Said 'Precise' The latest Nevada bomb was precise in all its phases. It was dropped exactly on time. From a height of 33,000 feet it exploded within 200 feet of the pinpoint target, an achievement impreci sion bombing. Three seconds after the blind ing flash, which was seen at an official ground observation sta tion in Idaho 429 airline miles away, the 1,500 troops who had Shoiv your Mother you cared enough to choose the very best . . . a Hallmark Mother's Day Card. been exposed within four miles of the target center were told to come up from crouching posi tions in foxholes. "And then came the only cas ualties," Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn told the United Press. Shock Wave Hits 1 "We stood up as directed. The blinding glare subsided. We gazed in awe upon the great churning fireball over our headsv We opened our mouths as we gazed upward. We forgot the warning of the shock wave to come. It picked up sand and gravel, it hit us hard, and it gave the palates of 90 per cent of our personnel a neat sandblasting. Pfui!" The only loose end to a re markably tidy and mathematic ally precise detonation was the fate of the animals exposed to radiation in the forward fox holes, between the troops and the small area of hell on earth called Ground Zero. It will be at least a month be fore the medical scientists will know what actually happened to their anaesthetized pigs, their goats, sheep and mice. What they learn, they say, may show science how to help American soldiers and civilians in the grim atomic wars which the future may hold. EFFECTS TOLD Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) The Atomic Energy commission has disclosed that troops could have attacked an enemy strongpoint directly beneath Tuesday's atom ic blast and fought there for more than two days without ill effects. The disclosure came as the military, AEC and scientists be gan the most valuable phase of this 27th American nuclear fis sion test the evaluation of re sults and effects, with a particu lar goal of determining the adaptability of the atomic weap on to tactical support of troops in the field. Los Angeles U.R) The num ber of surviving members of the once-mighty Union Army was re duced to four Wednesday with the death of Douglas T. Story, 107. YOUR FOOD BUDGETWith PORTER'S FRIL-LETS! to wr t r s. r w t rv m m- i COOKING TIME ALSO TRY-Spaghetti, SaladcHtt, Macaroni, Sea Shells end Kurl-Q-Noodle... KOUI.KAlfW MACAMNI (A. FOUtANO, OltSOM Allies Discuss Ways To Hold,West Together Washington , (U.R) Secre tary of State Dean Acheson re vealed Wednesday the Western Allies have been discussing how to discourage nations from pull ing out of the European Army once it has been formed. He also disclosed that he has had some preliminary conference on the problem with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington (U.R) The de fense Department has reported U.S. battle casualties in Korea now total 107,666, an increase of 295 since last week's summary. Payment Complete On New City Hall Lot at Rogue River Rogue River -Tinal payments for the lots on Broadway street in Rogue River where the pro posed city hall is to be erected have been completed, according to Mrs. Orva Jean Cruise, city recorder. The lots were purchased for $1000, Mrs. Cruise said, and rough building plans call for a structure about 50 by 30 feet. The project is being financed by funds received from the sale of the old city hall building, holdover money from the cur rent fiscal year and a labor fund, Mrs. Cruise pointed out. "Our present plans," the re corder said, "call for the treas urer and recorder each to be present at the city hall two hours a day, six days a week. It is also planned to house the library in the same building." The old city hall building, which also houses the fire de partment, is up for bid sale on or before May 6, Mrs. Cruise stated. She noted that the fire department would be ready to move out of the old building by July and into their new quar ters which are in a brick build ing on Broadway now being renovated. . , The city hopes to begin con struction on the new city hall by summer, Mrs. Cruise concluded. New York -r-(U.R) A 6 cent drop in wholesale food prices brought the Dun & Bradstreet index to the lowest level since the opening weeks of the Korean war, the agency reported Wednesday. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY musical clock and pair of candelabra presented to President Truman by French Ambassador H. Bonnet to be placed In redecorated White House Red Room. (International) Denrt line on Classified Ads: 5:31 p m for following day: 10 a m Mon day: noon Saturday 'or Sunday i m Skunk Traps Trapper In Mountain Cabin Truckee, Calif. (U.R) When a man traps a skunk, that's not news. When a skunk traps a man that's different. Those are the sentiments of Elk Weslberg, a trapper. Martin Johnson, a neighbor of Westberg, said the trapper found a polecat in one of his traps aft er the animal had crawled to within three feet of the cabin's only door. Very much alive, the trapped skunk made any exit from the cabin an unpleasant prospect. For two days the trapper re mained inside, unable to use the door. When help didn't arrive, Westberg remembered an old polecat strategem. "Seems you get their feet off the ground and they forget their potent weapon," Johnson said. Westberg fashioned a noose at the end of a pole, placed it over the skunk's head, then jerked the, skunk, trap and all, into the air. The anmal's chemical war fare apparatus was immobilized and Westberg was able to leave the cabin. Dead line Sunday Classifieds tl nooi, Saturdays Wax Images of Hunted Criminals Suggested Atlantic City, N. J.(U.R)A device to help law enforcement agencies capture America's most wanted criminals was suggest ed by George A. Hamid at his Steel Pier showplace here. Hamid urged amusement park operators throughout the nation to revive the wax museum ex hibits which were so poplar years ago. "If life-like figures of wanted criminals were to be put on dis play in wax museums," Hamid said, "the public would be able to view the true feautres and characteristics of the criminals and thus be aided in spotting them for the police, should they see them in person." The amusement impresario said the device was used in France many years ago and wax museum exhibitors aided French police tremendously in detecting sought criminals. Hamid is planning to be among the first to set up such wax museum exhibits of wanted criminals, in co-operation with the FBI and state and local law enforcement agencies, at his pier next month. Big Building Permit Granted to Church A $25,000 building permit has been granted to the Medford Church of Christ for construc tion of a church building at West Main and Chestnut streets, according to records on file in the city building department. Work on the structure is ex pected to start within about a week, according to members of the church. The auditorium of the building will be 108 feet long and 36 feet wide. A two story education department sec tion will be 72 by 24 feet and will have space for 14 class rooms. Total seating capacity of the frame structure will be about 400 persons. R. T. Burns will supervise construction and much of the work will be donated by church members. The church has been conducting services in the Med ford Odd Fellows hall. TERMING President Truman's seizure of steel plants "an evil deed," C. B. Randall, Inland Steel Co. president, tells radio au dience it "discharges political debt to CIO." (International) HE ASKED FOR IT Springfield, O. (U.R) City Manager R. M. Hoisington' was given a ticket for jaywalking Tuesday just 24 hours after hej launched a traffic safety drive. ! WESTOVER GARDENS NURSERY and LANDSCAPING Evergreen Trees Shrubs Old Stage Road Halfway between Ross Lane and Beall Lane. Phone MEDFORD 2-7622 3 h (mm Low Down Payment Easy Term Sa this wonderful comphtely automatic washer today I Fa mous Gyrafoam washing action proved best in mil lions of conventional May taps gets clothes spotlessly clean. YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE 31 NORTH BARTLETT STREET t ! - . 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