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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tueaday, Jun. 17, 1682 Peaceful Use of Hydrogen. Power Now Being Hinted by Scientists Washington (U.R) Now they're hinting at hydrogen power. It has long been known that the same atomic energy that wrecked Hiroshima can be con trolled to produce power. Wit ness the atomic submarine, the keel of which was laid at Groton, Conn., on Saturday. But scientists generally have (aid that sort of atomic energy which will be unleashed when the H-bomb is perfected could never be tamed for peace. Harneising Sugg.st.d One paragraph in a speech made by Sen. Brlen McMahon,j D-Conn., suggests, however that the hydrogen reaction of the "su perbomb" can be harnessed. "There Is now hope," he said, "that possibly there may de velop years hence Important peacetime applications of hydro gen principles." McMahon is chairman of the House-Senate Atomic Energy commission. It is privy to all the secrets, if It wants to hear them, of the- U.S. atomic energy proj ect. Almost Llmiiltss Proipecla His committee office refused to say what "peacetime appllca- Senate Subcommittee Sees Plane Building Delay as Disastrous Washington (U.R) The Senate Preparedness subcom mittee said Tuesday that Presi d e n t Truman's decision to "stretch out" airplane produc tion is "an Invitation to disas ter." Calling for the "quickest pos sible" build-up of the nation's air strength to the 143 groups recommended by the Joint chiefs of staff, the subcommittee said: "The alternative Is the possible extinction of our way of life." Warnings Underscored In an ominously worded re port on its Investigation of the nation's aircraft procurement program, the subcommittee un derscored recent warnings of Air Force officials that Russia would have two to three times as many military planes as the United States by 1954 and prob ably gain world-wide air super iority . "The question of an adequate air defense for the United States Is a question of life or death for ourselves and our institutions," the subcommittee said. Defense leaders, It said, "do not believe wa hava the strength we' need; they do not believe we will have the strength we need unless we raise our sights at once and raise them drastically." Soviet Estimates High The group said it is "deeply disturbed" about the present air- Injured Cowboy Flown To Willows, Calif. , Martin L. Davis, Willows, Calif., cowboy who suffer a dis located hip Sunday when he was kicked by a bull during the rodeo portion of the annual Rogue River roundup, was tak en to his home by Mercy Flights ambulance plane today, Davjs was piloted by Lee Flink in the Stlnson airplane operated by the non-profit air ambulance service. He Is the 65th patient to be carried by Mercy Flights planes. The Army not only makes men of its soldiers, but makes them educated men. During 1851, nearly 44,000 certificates equiv alent to high school diplomas were awarded officers and en listed men. But,Roprfc never too early for REAL GOLD! Orange-Rich Real Gold beverage h good anytime. ..ond so good to your budget. Contains the (oncentrated juice of 6 to 8 California juice oranges. power situation. It reported that the best estimates on Soviet plane production and plant ca pacity are "shockingly high." The subcommittee conceded that It has not made a detailed study of the fiscal reasons be hind Mr. Truman's decision to defer until 1955 the 143-wing Air Force which the joint chiefs of staff recommended for 1954. "However, we are convinced that the threat which faces our security is so grave that an ov erriding priority should be plac ed upon building our defenses," the report said. Won't Save Money The subcommittee declared that the decision to "stretch-out" plane procurement "will, in the long run, save no money," but will instead increase the unit cost per plane by 2'4 to three per cent. The Air Force association, comprised of Air Force veter- a n s , reserves and National Guard members, also joined in the attack on the administra tion's "stretch out" decision and urged congress to appropriate money to build the 143-wing Air Force by mid-1954. Hum mwividiiuii was muling ai. If he meant power, the prospects would appear to be almost limit less. Atomic energy is released by fission splitting of the uranium or Plutonium atom. H-bomb en ergy is released by fusion weld ing of the nuclei of hydrogen atoms. As a means of unlocking the tremendous energy frozen in the hearts of atoms, fusion is many times more efficient than fis sion. That is one reason the H-bomb Is expected to be vastly more powerful, pound for pound, than an ordinary A-bomb. Solution Mystery How would you go about har nessing hydrogen energy for non violent labors is a mystery. Sci entists have been saying for years that only the multi-million-degree heat of the A-bomb can trigger the hydrogen fusion re action. Once the trigger works, the reaction Itself as explained by the Atomic Energy committee lasts only a split millionth of a second. The result: incredible violence. McMahon is not the first to hint that 'science has at least a theoretical inkling of a fusion reaction that mlgh be controll able In the sense that atomic en ergy is. Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer, former direotor of research of the Atomic Energy Commission, told U. S. News & World Report in an interview May 9 that the H bomb reaction "might conceiv ably have some peaceable use." Asked if It might be controll ed, he replied: "It might, yes. I'm not even going to postulate how it might, but I never like to say that some thing is impossible there have been too many people who have predicted somthlng was Impossi ble and within 10 years some body did it." WEATHER By United Press North California: Fair Tues day and Wednesday but with in creasing coastal fog. ft w' A '- M 'S 't f "-r g3 STANDING IN FRONT OF MACHINE, Dr. J. Robert Oppenhelmer wen., iiuiucr ujuvcrony 01 uaiuomia atomic scientist and Dr John von Neuman describe new electronic "brain" which they helped design. Described as world's fastest, it can do 2,000 multipli tlons, add or subtract 100,000 times in one second. It was perfected at Princeton, N. J., for atomic research. (International Soundphoto) Under a state of defense mo bilization, railroad cars would be needed to add 25 per cent more ton-miles of freight trans poratlon service than the na tion's railroads achieved in 1951, according to the American Rail way Car Institute. The 45th annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will be held at Miami Beach, Fla., from Novem ber 9-14. Last year's convention in Cincinnati drew more than 3,000 delegates representing about 48,000 members. We're Ready for June Weddings with a Large Stock of O CHAMPAGNES O Punch Bowls and Cups for Rent O Ready Mixed Punch O Party Foods Bell's Beverage Shop 124 SOUTH CENTRAL PHONE 2-4625 Eisenhower Voles In Oregon Surpass Opponents' Totals Salem (UP) Gen. Dwight D.i Eisenhower got more votes for the Republican presidential nom ination in Oregon's May 16 pri mary than all the other candi dates combined, complete official figures showed Tuesday. The official count, released by Dave O'Hara, state elections bu reau chief, gave Eisenhower 172,486 votes; Gov. Earl Warren of California, 44,034; Gen. Doug las MacArthur, 18,603; Sen. Rob ert A. Taft, 18,009; Sen. Wayne Morse, 7105; Harold E. Stassen, 6610, and William R. Schneider of St. Louis, 350. Write-in votes for vice presi dent gave Warren, 22.467; Stas sen, 3815; Morse, 2721; MacAr thur, 1676; Taft, 947; Eisenhow er, 406; Gov. Thomas A. Dewey of New York, 148, and Schneid er, 20. The official canvass also con firmed what generally already had been accepted that State Sen. J. O. Johnson, Tigard, and Dr. Frank Fowler, Astoria, nosed out Mrs. Zylpha Zell Burns and Leslie M. Scott, Portland, for 9th OLCC Presents Claim In Clemo Incident Portland U.PJ The Oregon State Liquor Control Commis sion Monday ordered a claim presented to the bonding com pany which bonded Fred Clemo, a former commission cashier ac cused of taking $28,192 of state funds. Clemo is In jail awaiting trial on a grand larceny charge, pre ferred by the commission. He was arrested in February. The commission has a bond for only $25,000 on Clemo and will be out the difference. The money was taken over a period of five years by means of manipulation of the commis sion's books. 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