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'Dummy' American City To Be Tested in Atomic Explosion at Yucca
Fat
Structures, Goods
Will Be Subjected
To Powerful Blast
Las Vegas flJ.PJ A nuclear-
device packing half again the de
structive power of the A-bomb
that leveled Hiroshima will be
exploded to demonstrate vivid
ly the horrors of wartime atomic
attack in the "open shot" sched
uled one week from today.
The violence of the detona
tion will be unleashed against
structures and goods simulating
a typical American town in the
most elaborate civil defense
atomic test ever staged in the
United States.
All indications point to a de
tonation with an explosive for:e
equal to between 25,000 and 30,-
000 tons of TNT. An A-bomb of
similar violence dropped with
out warning upon a large Ameri
can city could kill and injure
several hundred thousand per
sons.
Troops in Close
By comparison the so-called
"nominal" A-bombs dropped
upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
. World War II packed an explo
sive wallop equal to about 20,
000 tons of TNT.
Nearly 50 fifty-ton General
Patton tanks, "buttoned up"
tightly and occupied by troops,
will be only 3100 yards from
the 500-foot steel tower atop
which the experimental device
will be exploded April 26, wind
dirction and cloud conditions
permitting.
The test will be staged at
Yucca Flat, 65 miles northwest
of Las Vegas, and will be the
13th in the present series.
A few press representatives
will be permitted to join the
atomic tankers. Troops will be
entrenched 400 yards behind the
tanks and a few civil defence of
ficials will ocqupy a trench the
same distance, 3500 yards, from
ground zero. The latter group
will include women, the first
time female observers have been
this close to an atomic blast in
peacetime.
Brick Houses Exposed
During the last "open shot"
in 1953, troops and ten newsmen
were in trenches 4000 yards or
about 2Vi miles , away. A hand
ful of volunteers from the armed
services have withstood atomic
blasts of somewhat lesser vio
lence from deep trenches and
bunkers slightly less than 2500
yards away. ,
About a dozen houses of both
one and two-story frame and
brick construction typical of
American homes will be ex
posed to the atomic blast in two
clusters, one somewhat less than
a mile distant and the other
twice as far away.
In the houses will be typical
modern appliances such as tele
vision sets, radios, deep freezes,
vacuum cleaners and refrigera
tors. The nuclear device will be an
experimental gadget designed,
not a completed weapon, to
solve one or more problems in
development of America's mush
' rooming family, of atomic wea
pons. The Army will hold its
first full scale atomic ' tank
maneuver and will also test vari
ous military effects of the detonation.
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WINS A ROUND Louis E.
Wolfson holds handbill in
New York acclaiming- the
Illinois Supreme Court de
cision that Montgomery
Ward's method of electing
directors is invalid. The ac
tion gives a boost to Wolf-
son's bid to gain control of
the mail order firm.
CONFEDERACY COMEBACK
Houston, Tex. (U.R) The
Confederacy has finally made a
comeback at the University of
Houston, now celebrating its an
nual Fiesta City, a six-day com
memoration of the i Old West.
Only Confederate money is ac
cepted at the ticket office, and
some 125,000 people are expect
ed to exchange regular U.S. government-backed
folding money
to get it.
Elizabeth Bentley
Accused of Making
Contradictions
Washington (U.R) Ex-Com
munist Elizabeth Bentley has
been accused of giving testimony
as a government witness over
the past seven years which was
filled with "contradictions and
logical impossibilities."
The charge was made yester
day by former Rep. Byron N
Scott (D-Calif.), defense counsel
for William H. Taylor, an offi
cial of the International Mone
tary Fund. Miss Bentley on seve
ral occasions has testified that
a William Taylor was a member
of the Harry Dexter White Com
munist spy ring which she said
she served as a courier in the
1940s. She has never specifically
identified Scott's client as the
man, however.
Scott said Taylor has repeated
ly denied to grand juries and be
fore congressional committees
that he was ever a Communist or
a member of a spy ring. His case
is now pending before a four-
man panel of the government
Loyalty Board which has juris
diction over employees of inter
national organizations.
Scott told reporters he has ask
ed the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee to bring Miss
Bentley and Taylor face to face
to give Taylor an opportunity
to refute her charges. He said
Taylor never has been allowed
to testify at a public session or
to confront Miss Bentley, whom
he described as Taylor's sole ac
cuser.
Scott said Taylor has filed z
107-page brief, listing alleged in
accuracies in Miss Bentley'!
testimony, with the Loyalty
Board. He said it cites 37, incon
sistencies and contradictions
Miss Bentley's testimony.
in
Atlanta (U.R) Rooki
weatnermen in Atlanta are
taught to use the word "fair" in
stead of "sunny" in their fore
casts. To show why, the old
hands drag out a summary from
a Raleigh, N.C., forecaster who
preferred "sunny" to "f a i r."
The forecast read: "North Caro
lina - sunny today, tonight and
tomorrow."
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(Oregon lEposcopalians Will Ask Egoshop
Coadjutor EDurSirag (Eenieral Conventiioini
Because of the "phenomenal"
growth of the Episcopal church
in Oregon in recent years, the
Oregon diocese will ask the na
tional church for permission to
appoint a bishop coadjutor as
soon as possible, the Rt. Rev.
Benjamin Dagwell, bishop of the
diocese, announced last night.
Bishop Dagwell spoke at the
annual banquet of the 67th an
nual 'convention of the Diocese
of Oregon of the Episcopal
church, being held in Medford
yesterday and today. The dinner
was at the Medford Elks' temple.
The bishop made the an
nouncement after reviewing the
many new missions added to the
diocese in the past few years and
the increased membership in es
tablished churches. Value of the
properly has increased by nearly
$2,000,000 in the past five years,
he stated.
Bishop To Retire
Bishop Dagwell's retirement
has been set for 1958, and it is
hoped that the bishop coadjutor
may be named and begin his
work early in 1956.
Bishop Dagwell, reporting on
the church's hospital work in
Oregon, stated that Good Samar
itan in Portland is the largest
private hospital on the west
coast and that more than $2,000,
000 has been spent on recent
additions and renovations. He
said Good Samaritan, Corvallis,
has had a "good year," and told
of plans to build a new hospital
in Medford to replace Commu
nity.
L Also speaking at the banquet
were Dr. Dean Brooks, Salem,
leading lay worker for the
church in Oregon, Dr. BrooKs
said that the church has "great
power," of which its members
are not making full use, and by
a series of questions pointed out
ways in which members might
increase their usefulness to the
church..
Reviews Work
Mrs. Blaine Coles, Portland,
president of the Women's auxil
iary for the diocese, reviewed
the work of that organization,
The Rev. George R. V. Bolster
served as master of ceremonies
and introduced new clergymen
of the diocese and members of
St. Mark's church who are serv
ing on committees for the con
vention.
The banquet was attended by
515 persons.
The Rev. Alexander Anderson,
rector of St. Paul's church, Port
land, was reelected secretary of
the convention during yesterday
afternoon's business session.
Others Elected
Named to assist Mr. Anderson
was the Rev. Robert Grafe, Port
land, and Archdeacon George
Ziegler was elected vice-chair
man of the convention. . Other
officers elected included John
Vassie, Portland, treasurer, and
Mr. Anderson, registrar.
William B. Adams, Oswego
Grange
Butt Falls Grange
The Grange social night was
attended by 35 members and
guests. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Pingle were in charge of the
games. Dancing was enjoyed for
the remainder of the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Elga Abbott were
the chairmen for the evening,
Ross Arnt auctioned the pies, the
proceeds to go to the Grange.
Coffee and punch were served.
A cordial welcome is extended
to everyone in the community to
these affairs, and a special wel
come to the young people.
The number of motor vehicles
operating in the Ryukyu Islands
southwest of Japan has increased
greatly since World - War n
Where there were only 300 be-
bore the war, there are now
4,300 owned and run bv is
landers.
Alexander Graham BelL the
Inventor of the telephone, was
active for 51 years as teacher,
consultant, researcher and nresi-
dent of the board at Clarke
School for the Deaf at North
ampton, Massachusetts.
RISING 40,000 FEET INTO AIR, awesome mushroom of new
atom blast at Frenchman's Flat, Nev., is laden with deadly
radio-active particles. Rocket trails are at right. (International)
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JOHNSTON STORES
112 South Riverside
was reappointed, chancellor of
the diocese, and vice-chancellors
reappointed were J. Alfred Jon
ier, Corvallis, Ben T. Lombard,
Ashland and Harry H. Slack,
Coquille.
In other business yesterday,
the convention passed a resolu
tion endorsing the name "The
Episcopal Church," rather than
"The Protestant Episcopal
Church," now used. The resolu
tion will be submitted to the
general convention Sept. 4
through 15 in Honolulu before
final adoption by the church.
Two New Parishes
Two parishes were accepted
to the diocese. They are St.
Peter's of Portland and St.
Luke's of Gresham, both of
which had been missions. The
standing committee recommend
ed accepting the two as parishes.
The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dag
well, bishop of the diocese, ac
cepted as organized missions of
the diocese, St. Michael's of
Newberg, St. Bartholomew's of
Beaverton, St. Anne's of Myrtle
Creek and the Church of the
Holy Spirit of Sutherlin.
Fred A. Fowler, vice-chairman
of the board of, trustees of St.
Helen's hall, a diocese-supported
school at Portland, reviewed
progress of the school during the
past year, and pointed out that
the school operated in the black.
No Deficit
Fowler said dining facilities at
the. school have been much im
proved and save the . institution
about $10,000 a year. He pointed
out other savings have been in
stituted, and that with a $15,000
budget from the diocese and in
come from students, the school
was able to operate without a
deficit.
Yesterday morning, Bishop
Dagwell summarized the prog
ress and events during the past
year, and congratulated new mis
sions and parishes on joining the
diocese.
Tells Convention
Bishop Dagwell told the con
vention, "our chief concern is
not a. tabulating of statistics on
adding machines and taking com
fort from the fact that we are
making material progress. Our
chief concern needs rather to be
the regeneration of lives, the
bringing the knowledge of God
and the saving grace of Jesus
Christ to the people of our gen
eration. "The Church is not an end in
itself but a means to an end, and
that is to bring us to Christ," he
said.
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