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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Full Scale Military Maneuver Planned in Conjunction With Atomic Explosion 3335CDG) .Thuwday, March 17, 1955 33! k m Fully Equipped Armored Force Will Participate Las Vegas, Nev. J.PJ With use of nuclear weapons now a virtual certainty in a major war, the Atomic Energy Commission said today it plans a full scale military maneuver in conjunc tion with an atom blast this spring. The AEC did not announce the date of the experiment, but un officially it was believed to be the public test scheduled for mid-April, to which congress men and the press will be in vited. For the first time, a fully quipped armored task force win participate in the exercise, the AEC said. Combat Situation The simulated combat situa tion will be that an aggressor has broken through American lines and then is fired upon by U.S. atomic artillery. The armored task force will counterattack after the bomb is fired, sweeping over the blast area and as close to ground zero as possible. For the first time, Army troops will rely upon their ar mored vehicles for protection from the blast, instead of the customary trenches. Some 5000 troops will partici pate. The armored column, made up of 55 Patton tanks, 30 ar mored personnel carriers and nearly 200 supporting vehicles, will be poised about two miles from ground zero, the AEC said. Separate Exercise Another group of 200 troops will conduct a separate exercise in another sector of the blast area. Before shot time they will set up a typical combat regi ment's communications network near ground zero. Following the blast, they will return to the area and attempt to re-establish the entire network in the short est possible time. The remaining troops brought from major military installa tions across the nation, will ob serve the maneuvers from tren ches and take their first hand Impressions back to their re spective outfits. To Cross Death Valley The armored task force wilr be made up of 800 men from Camp Irwin, Calif., and FortJ Hood, Tex., under the command of Lt. Col. John Ray Wheelock III, of Saginaw, Mich. The force Hearing on Peress Shows Army Program Confused, Mundt Says Washington (U.R) Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) said today testimony in the Peress case showed that the Army's secur ity program in 1953 was in "an unconscionable state of confu sion." "I hope there will now be an indication that the roadblocks have been eliminated," Mundt told newsmen. The Senate Investigating Sub committee recalled a Pentagon intelligence officer, Lt. Col James D. Anders, for more ques tioning today on the Army's handling of former Maj. Irving Peress, who was honorably dis charged after refusing to tell Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.) whether he was a Commu nist. Mundt told newsmen the hear ing had reinforced his prophecy that the investigation would "show not who was wrong, but what was wrong" and would turn up no individual "villain" in the case. To Show Facts Chairman John L. McClellan told reporters, "We're going to lay out the cards face up and show the public what the facts are in this case." Testimony showed that Peress received his Army commission before returning a loyalty ques- tionaire and that he claimed the Fifth Amendment on this form when asked whether he was a Communist. Despite this he was called to active duty, promoted to major and honor ably discharged. Anders testified Wednesday that McCarthy's investigation of another part of the Army Ft. Monmouth, N.J. slowed up his office work and was responsible for part of the delay in disposing of Peress. Blames Staff Shortage As chief of the "disposition section" of the intelligence arm (G-2), he said he and his offic ers devoted nearly full time for several weeks to preparing files on persons involved in the Ft. Monmouth hearing. Other circumstances, including will travel 170 miles across Death Valley to the test site a week prior to the test. The maneuver will climax the Army's "Exercise Desert Rock V-l," designed to orientate troops to nuclear warfare. PROMOTED PERESS Major Floyd E. Van Sickle Jr. (above) tells a Senate investi gating subcommittee in Wash ington that he made a mis take recommending Irving Peress' promotion from cap tain to major. The subcom mittee opened a new investi gation of the Peress case. absence of some of his staff, also helped account for a 47-day de lay from Sept. 10 to Oct. 27, 1953, before his office began summarizing Peress' file to oust him from the Army. This was only a sample of the snafus revealed by Army wit nesses as the subcommittee tracked in infinite detail what happened to the Peress case, in a jungle of Army paperwork. Speeder-Train Crash Kills Kelso Man, 59 Kelso, Wash. U.R) James A. McLeod, 59, of Kelso, was killed yesterday afternoon when his railroad repair speeder col lided headon with a north bound Nothern Pacific freight train about five miles north of Kelso William C. Hammond, 22, also of Kelso, managed to jump be fore the crash. McLeod, a signal maintenance man, was thrown onto the tracks. The two men had been on a rail repair job and were return ing to Kelso when the accident occurred. President, Bender Swap Neck Pieces Washington U.R) President Eisenhower swapped his sub dued tie on this St. Patrick's Day for a bright green one bear ing a presidential seal. Sen. George H. Bender (R O.), called on the President who had on a basically brown tie with a slight green pattern. 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MEYER Seattla Parting "" eoNiMATioN 1 Trains Cancelled As L&N Strike Spread Continues By UNITED PRESS All trains were halted on a strike crippled railroad today and there were charges of more than 80 cable slashings in a nine state telephone company walk out. The bitter strikes against Louisville & Nashville Railroad and the Southern Bell Telephone Company both went into their fourth days and idled at least 78,000 employees. The strike of 10 AFL unions representing 15,000 non-operating employees against the L&N Railroad closed down the line's operations and prompted a $1, 290,000 damage suit. Trains Cancelled The company announced that all passenger trains had been cancelled, that no freight trains were running, and that all runs had been cancelled. In all, about 50 trains were affected. The close-down announcement came a few hours after a Louis ville, Ky., circuit judge dissolv ed a temporary restraining order which forbade operating em ployees the men who actually run the railroads to cross the picket lines. Rail Strike Spreads The strike against the L&N and two subsidiaries forced at least 35 coal mines to close down in Kentucky's Harlan and Bell counties. At least 8,000 miners were laid off arid another 5,000 were reported idled in Perry and Letcher counties. ' The walkout also threatened a major traffic disruption at the railroad hub of Atlanta, Ga., as a judge refused to issue an in junction against the spread of the strike to the Atlanta joint terminals and two other rail lines. Rewards Offered The nation's other major la bor battle idled 50,000 em ployees of the Southern Bell Telephone company in nine states. The company reported more than 80 cases of sabotage against its cables in five states 50 in Alabama alone - and offered rewards totalling $20,000 for the capture of those responsible. Huge St. Patrick's Parade in New York New York (U.R) The Irish. some 115,000 strong march up Fifth Avenue s kelly green stripe today in the nation's grandest St. Patrick's day parade. Millions more will crowd the avenue to view New York's tra ditional tribute to St. Patrick the saint said to have driven snakes 'from the verdant fields of Ireland. The weatherman promised 'emerald - blue" skies, tierhans some clouds, lots of sunshine, ana fresh winds to keep the green banners flying. The grand parade will file for five hours Dast two official viewing stands. From the steps oi bt. .Patrick's Cathedral, Fran cis Cardinal Spellman, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and othpr churchmen will watch. And at 64th Street, Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Gov. Averell Harriman and hundreds of state and city oniciais will salute the march ers. Half of Electric P ower Plants Will Be Run by Atomic Energy Within 25 Years, Expert Says Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) One of the nation's leading atomic experts believes that 50 per cent of the new electric power plants in the United States will be run by atomic energy within 25 years. Dr. W. K. Woods, of the Han ford, Wash., Atomic Products corporation, expressed the op inion yesterday before some 250 Northern California business and industrial leaders meeting here at the fifth annual Bay Area Management conference. First Public Impact Woods said the first public impact of the peacetime use of the atom would be felt "within a few months" when the first atomic electric plant would go into operation at West Milton, N.Y. He said General Electric's Mark A atomic reactor, built as a test model for the atomic sub marine Sea Wolf, had been turn ed over to Knolls Atomic labor- ! atory at West Milton to produce j electric power for the homes and industries of the district. Second Plant Planned The second atomic power plant, he said, will be put into operation by the Duquesne Light and Power company at Shippingport, Pa., in 1957. "Within 10 years atomic power for the production of electricity will be as cheap as the present means used," Woods said. "In 25 years, 50 per cent of the new power plants will be atomic powered." Woods said he could not fore- On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) A fourteen word letter writ ten by Dr. John Kelvin of Glas gow brought him international fame which promises to be fol lowed by quite a fortune. The brief epistle written to the Brit ish Medical Journal was that con veying the news he had acciden tally discovered what seems to be a cure for baldness. Treating two patients for chilblains Doc tor Kelvin gave them a new kind of drug intended to im prove circulation. It did im prove the circulation of the pa tients. It also caused their hair to grow where it hadn't been growing for years. Just how po tent this drug is as a hair grow er will be given a complete checkup. Doctor Kelvin has re cently been appointed the direc tor of a hair research depart ment of a United States organi zation. Horses and Women The smoking manners of the average female are deplorable. There should be book on smok- College Boxers Ready For Championship Bouts Sacramento (U.R) Offic ials of the Pacific Coast Inter collegiate boxing tournament to day drew nairines for thp ir bouts which open the three-night annual contest here tonigt. A total of 53 entries from 11 Western colleges were on han for the affair which draws cap acity crowds in Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium each year. Irving F. (CriD) Toomev. tour. nament chairman from the Cal ifornia Aggies, said there will be 17 bouts tomorrow niaVit followed by the finals in thp nine-weight classes Saturday night. More than 100 Douelas fir nlv. - wood slants are located in Pali. fornia, Oregon and Washington. ine first California production of natural cement was at Beniria in 1860 and continued intermit tently until 1890. Shady Cove and Trail Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson of Shady Cove are parents of a girl born last week at Community hospital and weighing 9 lbs., 12 oz. The baby has been named Lorraine Kay. Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Jay Williams of Eagle Point. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Proctor of Shady Cove are parents of a boy born last week at a Medford hos pital. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Don Harmon of Shady Cove and paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Proctor, also of Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Elder, now of Santa Maria, Calif., but formerly of Trail are parents of a girl born March 5. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jay Poitevint of Trail and pa ternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Elder, now of Santa Maria, but formerly of Trail. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vin cent of Gladstone, Ore., and Mrs. Vincent's mother, Mrs. Clara Stewue of Willamette, Ore., were week-end guests of Mr. Vin cent's brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vincent of Shady Cove. Zona Poitevint, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Poitevint of Trail and Howard Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer .Young of Trail accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Young made a trip to Reno where the ypung couple were married March 14. Mrs. Lloyd Davis of Medford, mother of Mrs. Joe Waltz and Mrs. Gene Weitman of Shady Cove, is ill at home. She was in a hospital last week. Mr. and Mrs. Cluade Close of Trail have just returned from a trip to Roseburg. Also making a trip to Roseburg on Monday was Mrs. Tom Burdett of Shady Cove who drove up with her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Frisbie. Mrs. Richard Bartuss of Shady Cove is slowly convalescing at home after a, severe attack of flu. I Mr. and Mrs. Jack Owens, formerly of Shady Cove, axe now living in Central Point where they are operating the Union Oil Station. Mrs. Owens is a sis ter of Mrs. Ralph Young of Trail. Patty McGill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McGill of Shady Cove is .spending the spring vacation week visiting her grandmother in Grants Pass. Larry Kee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kee of Shady Cove is expected home on leave from Japan shortly. Asparagus "fern" can be burned in the Sacramento- San Joaquin river delta area only when the ground is very wet, otherwisa the peat will catch fire and burn. ing etiquette for women. All women should smoke cigarets in a holder. That not only improves the appearance of the feminine smoker but will decrease the number of lipstick smeared cig arets lying around. No woman should keep her cigaret gripped between her lips for long per iods. If she can't resist doing that she should at least avoid letting the cigaret droop from her lips. Also females smoking cigarets at fountain lunch counters should be careful about blowing the smoke all over the food of adjoining customers. Asking Queries from clients." Q. What was the height of the Russian dictator, Josef Stalin? A. Five feet two. Q. What daring dan seuse was billed as "The Cutest Little Nudist"? Also what dancer used the billing "Sheila the Peeler"? A. Flo Ash was once billed as "The Cutest Nudist." Am not familiar with the career of the young woman you say was known as "Sheila the Peeler." Get It Right The Irish originated the kilt. So I note it claimed. That's wrong. While it is true the Irish originated the game of golf and invented the bagpipe, the kilt was not their idea. The Scot tish kilt was originated by the English. To be specific by a Lon don tailor. Briefly Women should never wear anything of orange color. That color lacks sex appeal. Color having most sex appeal is water melon pink. Or so say the color psychologists. . . Henry Ford gave the five day work week its start in this country. That was in 1926. Before that the general custom was for people to work a half day on Saturday. Champions So far only ' one Englishman has crossed the seas from his native country and won a world's boxing championship in the United States. That was Ted "Kid" Lewis. Of .course, Bob Fitzsimmons was born in Eng land but was reared in Austra lia and is more properly re ferred to as an Australian. In cidentally, I don't say the Brit ish heavyweight, Don Cockell, will defeat Marciano in their coming bout but Rocky better not get careless. 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