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National Suicide Feared in President's Doctrine off 'Limited' Atomic Warfare Monday, April 18, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE For the Best Buy Always Shop The Big Y a- Montana Democrat Doubts Strict Use On War Targets Washington (U.R) Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) said today he fears the Eisenhower administration's "dangerous new doctrine" of. "limited" atomic war might lead to national suicide. Mansfield, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, said in a speech prepar ed for delivery on the Senate floor, that he could find "very . little assurance in the possibility of limiting an atomic war once it was started." Such a policy, he said, is only "a wishful attempt" at trying to control any atomic war. Mansfield said "the latest move along this dangerous path is the new doctrine" expounded by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at a news confer ence on March 15 and "en dorsed" by President Eisenhower the next day. ' Limited Use Doubted Mr. Eisenhower told a March 16 news conference he saw no reason why atomic weapons should not be used "just exactly as you would use a bullet or anything else" if they can be used on "strictly military tar gets and for strictly military purposes." Mansfield voiced doubts that even tactical atomic weapons could be limited to strictly mili tary targets. "We must not overlook the un predictable changes in weather, human error and mechanical failures," he said. "Military tar gets, particularly airfields, are usually near towns and cities. A weapon large enough to in sure the destruction of such tar gets will almost inevitably take a toll of non-military areas. May Become Suicide "To completely paralyze an enemy it would be necessary to hit the cities, the centers of in dustry. The nuclear bombard ment of cities might well turn war into suicide." ' Mansfield said the doctrine "has merit in time of war" when the United States might be faced with the Communist advantage in manpower. But he said the policy still "seems to be' rather short-sighted." - - . . , i He warned against "complete reliance" on the power of hydro gen bombs to deter war. Mansfield also devoted much of his speech to the alarms voiced about the possible radia tion effects from the radioactive fall-out from current hydrogen and atomic tests. Aaron Fran k Offers $25,000 for Conviction in Extortion Attempt Portland U.R) Aaron Frank, 64-year-old president of Meier and Frank department store here, today offered $25,000 re ward for the capture and convic tion of the "Friday Surprise" extortionist who bombed Frank's store in a $50,000 shakedown try. The 12-story store was to open for business as usual today, after droves of policemen searched it over the week end for a second bomb "composed of the most powerful explosive material that can be obtained." Two Paziont Hurt The explosion, which injured two persons and caused $5000 damage occurred while the store was crowded with "Friday Sur prise" sale shoppers. It came while Frank was reading the ex tortion note, which warned of the sepond blast if the money was not forthcoming. The store was closed Saturday while detectives probed for the second bomb. It was not found, and the deadline for its detona tion came and went without an explosion. The extortion plot, precise and elaborate, was revealed by Chief of Police Jim Purcell Saturday night after arrangements had been made to safeguard the store executive and members of his family. Cashier Delivered Note purcell said the exiortion note was handed to .trans by tne casnier ot a i2tn uoor crecui winaow, who saia it was given to ner by an unidentified person. The note began: 'uy tne tune you receive this message or very snortiy there alter tnere will be an explosion taKe place in your store. Tnis explosion has been brought about to convince you that ine writers of this message are dead serious about the demands and instructions contained therein." The note demanded $50,000 in $5, $10 and $20 bills, to be plac ed in a light-colored suitcase carried by Frank or one other Either the government does not have the i n f p r m a tion to discredit" such fears or, if it does, the information is 'kept under a tight lid of secrecy." He noted that various suggestions have been advanced for study ing the problem. "If the United States were to initiate a program along these lines," he said, "it would' un doubtedly have a great effect in quieting many fears." WATERPROOF SHOCK-RESISTANT i n c a ( I o x J7 fowls 9 I! S! g No. 1 CHOICE on the Farm! $5500 Mlfeiewt1KMMH4 Prtcision-engineered for long, hard strvico . . . handsomely styled for your Sunday best. Guar anteed two wayst 1) against water, 2) against shock. It's your most practical buy in a fine watch. INCAFLIX BALANCE WHEEL gives with the shock, fully guaranteed against damage Guars rrtttd watrprf M lnf nrf watch it nrvic with ftmiln Wylar pert. Divide Your Payments it Costs No More At- Jarry Schade ' FINE WATCHES SINCE 1 91 8 9 SOUTH CENTRAL FLUHRER BLDG. person he could take into his confidence. Frank chose to be represented by an unidentified agent, wear ing a white carnation, who made a series of telephone rendezvous with the extortionist and re ceived his final instructions from a baggage locker at Union Sta tion. No Signal Given The agent, in a taxicab with out a two-way radio system, drove to within five miles of Eugene from Portland with the $50,000. He turned back with out having received the prede termined contact signal from the extortionist. Chef Purcell said his depart ment had run down several leads Blow Pipe Sales Manager in East Galesburg, 111. John "Web ber, 727 South Holly st., Med ford, arrived here yesterday for a four-day "Sellarama" sales meeting for dealers of the steel buildings division of the Butler Manufacturing Co. of Kansas City, Mo. Webber, sales manager of the Medford Blow Pipe Co., Med ford, today told Butler officials that business conditions in the Medford area are generally good. While here the dealers will visit the Butler Galesburg plant, the largest in the world manu facturing pre-engineered metal buildings. More than 500 builders and their sales personnel are attend ing the sessions here from all parts of the U.S. and Canada. They will be shown a completely new line of pre-engineered build ings, try their hand at new con struction techniques and inspect a complete Butler-build model dairy operation on a nearby farm. 180TH ANNIVERSARY Bandung, Indonesia (U.R) Indonesia President Sukarno pointed out today that the Asian African conference, which is chiefly interested in abolition of colonialism, was opening on the 180th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere. He cited the American revolution as the first anti-colonial war in history. with no success. A man and a woman were seen in the hotel lobby where Frank's agent re ceived several phone calls, and a man and woman carrying a shopping bag were noted in the vicinity of the third floor explo sion Friday. The intense investigation was continued today, Klamath Jail Singers Give Up Klamath Falls (U.R) The Klamath county jail house "night-owl five" has chosen sus tenance over serenading. The quintette wound up its fifth dusk-to-dawn concert at 5 a.m. yesterday and the girl prisoners told Sheriff Murray Pritton they would discontinue the serenades if regular meals were resumed. The prisoners had subsisted on bread and water since Tuesday, and later in the week were de prived of all bedding. The "night-owl five" as the sheriff dubbed them attracted much interest on the coast. In quiries about their ability pour ed into the sheriff's office and included a telegram from Fin- ley Kirken of Seattle, Wash., asking if the girls knew "Davy Crockett." Sheriff Britton told the quin tette he will see how they be have. If the serenades are halted, he may start them on "one meal a day." Two suspected song book smugglers, arrested outside the jail Saturday, told Sheriff Brit ton they wanted to serve out their $100 fines at . the rate of $2 a day. The men, cited in dis trict court for vagrancy, are San ton Curtis, 29, and Kenneth Du cat, 19. Eighth Power Unit On Line at McNary Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R) The eighth unit of McNary dam went on the line today, and was to add 70,000 kilowatts of new power to the Northwest Power pool before the end of the week, Col. A. H. Miller, district engi neer, said the unit was about three weeks ahead of schedule. It brought the total production of McNary dam to more than 600,000 kilowatts. On The Side By E. V. Durling (Diitributed by King Features Syndicate, Ine.) One man to my world. Of all the men This wide world holds; O love, my world it yon. Christina Rossetti. Know any fellow who is an expectant father? Is he a gradu ate from a school devoted to the training of husbands whose wives are expectant? At these schools the husbands are in structed in psysiology and anat omy as it concerns childbirth. They are also taught the respon sibilities of a father. The course usually takes about five weeks. Graduates are given diplomas and the degree of "prepared par ent." If you know a young wife who is expectant and her hus band is not a "prepared parent," advise her to send him to an ex pectant father's school at once. Intelligence Brainy people are much more likely to need glasses than less intelligent persons. So says an expert on intelligence. I certain ly get kicked 'around a lot by those experts. I have never need ed glasses. Oh, well, if I had more brains I would probably have headaches. Asking. . Queries from clients. Q Who introduced the song titled "Look for the Silver Lining?" A Mari lyn Miller in the musical show "Sally." Q What is your favor ite hymn, if any? A 'Onward Christian Soldiers" . . . . Q Have you a reader in . Embar rass, Minn.; Smackover, Ark., or Slapneck, Mich.? A Have readers in first two places named. None I know of in Slap neck, Mich. Briefly Much can be determined about a woman's character by the way she furnishes a living room . . . In 1932 Dorothy Lamour was chosen to be Miss New Orleans in a bathing beauty contest held in Galveston, Tex. Dorothy fin ished twelfth ... Tall women who marry short men usually have tall, husky sons. John L. Sullivan's mother was 5 feet 10, his father 5 feet 3. Sulkies A Yonkers, N; Y., subscriber asks what a- harness horse sulky weighs. Those vehicles vary in weight from 19 to 35 pounds. It is said a cleverly constructed sulky can improve a horse's speed by several lengths. It is possible some of the harness horse men who have great repu tations as skilful drivers simply have better sulkies than the other boys. ' Asides ' . Most men judge a woman's age by her hair. Women pay no attention to the color of another female's hair when figuring her age. They judge by the chin, the elbows and the knees .... The national colors of Italy are green, red and white. You knew that, of course. But did you know that on national hplidays the Italians consume red, green and white spaghetti? Waiters When that elegant dining es tablishment known as Rector's was at the peak of its popularity fthe waiters there averaged from $600 to $900 a month in tips. There was no income tax to pay then. Also the dollar had four times the purchasing power it has today. The waiters at Rec tor's were unusually, skilful. Most were from Switzerland, graduates of the College of Wait ers at Geneva. - They all spoke six or seven languages. Sidelights . Have noted it said the best beer in the United States is made with State of Washington hops and Wisconsin water. Any body wish to argue the point? . . . It was that brilliant adver tising man, Milton Feaseley, who originated the catch line: "Often a bridesmaid, never a bride." 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