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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1952
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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
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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. !
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