EIGHT MTOFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, June IS, 195S
About 5,600 Portland Residents 'Die' in EVlock Atomic Bombing cf City
IPacBffDC Coast Clocked by devastation'
As Mock Attacks 'Leave 61 7,(500 B)ead'
Santa Rosa, Calif. (U.R) The
Pacific coast "dug out" today
from the make-believe devasta
tion supposedly caused by atom
bombs dropped on five western
cities.
The mock raids yesterday left
1,500,000 casualties 617,600
dead and 863,100 injured in San
Francisco, Oakland, Los Ange
les, Seattle and Portland. In
addition, 2,065,500 were made
homeless.
The attack represented the
West Coast phase of the Civil
Defense Administration's "Ope
ration Alert, 1955." The 26
hour exercise was to end at 11
a.m. today.
Ten thousand Civil Defense
workers throughout California
took part in the exercise. Of
that number, 300 were stationed
at the CD's regional control cen
ter near Santa Rosa, which serv
ed as nerve center for the eight
western states and Pacific territories.
The CD workers conducted
the exercise on what they said
was an accelerated time phasing
scheme, in which a day of
emergency operations was com
pressed into three hours, the 26
hours of the exercise covered
roughly nine days of attack and
post-attack operations.
Philip D. Batson, regional CD
administrator, said the defense
machinery ran "quite smoothly."
The ony problem CD officials
had, he said, was maintaining
contact with Hawaii, which was
"also hit by a bomb."
While evacuations in the five
cities supposedly bombed were
carried out only on paper, two
real evacuations were conducted
at Travis Air Force base near
Fairfield, and Castle Air Force
base near Merced. A total of
12,000 people mostly depend
ents were involved.
At Travis, more than 2,000
persons, two-thirds of them chil
dren, climbed into 403 automo
biles and "fled" to the town of
Winters 22 miles away. There
they had a picnic at the Winters
High school, courtesy of the Air
Force.
Civil Defense officials were
disappointed at the results. They
said only families living at or
very near the field took part in
the evacuation. The other, about
two-thirds of the dependents'
families, stayed behind.
CD officials also noted that
the evacuees' cars were jammed
bumper-to-bumper, despite the
smallscale of the evacuation.
They feared that a largescale
evacuation might lead to fear
ful traffic jams.
At Castle, nearly 10,000 per
sons were conveyed 45 miles to
Los Banos without incident.
The exercise at Castle was
complicated by an unexpected
command for dispersal of all
aircraft stationed there. Never
theless, the operation went
smoothly.
CD officials released the fol
lowing "attack" data:
San Francisco: Ground burst,
180,000 dead, 114,000 injured
Oakland: Air burst; 59,000
dead, 42,000 injured.
Los Angeles: Three ground
bursts; 357,000 dead, 681,000 in
jured.
Portland: Air burst; 5,600
dead, 7,500 injured..
Seattle: Air burst; 15,700
dead, 16,500 injured.
In addition, Honolulu was sub
jected to an air burst launched
from a submarine. It supposedly
killed 10,000 and injured 15,000
CHANGES MIND ON PRAISE
London (U.R) Former De
fense Minister Emmanuel Shin-
well was about to praise the
post office for delivering aj)ost-
card addressed only to "Mr.
Shinwell. England," when he
turned it over. The message on
the reverse side read: "Shut
your big mouth."
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7,500 Theoretically
Injured; 42,500
Left Homeless
Portland (U.R) Some 5600
Portland residents "died" on pa
per in yesterday's mock A-bomb-ing
of the city during national
Civil Defense exercises.
CD officials, after an evalua
tion, today said another 7500
were theoretically injured and
42,000 were left homeless. Some
225,000 persons were able to
"evacuate" the city.
The officials said 30,000 per
sons were theoretically left in
Portland today, most of them
doing emergency work. The "pa
per" bomb was "exploded" at
11:12 a.m. yesterday.
Simulated Emergency
An estimated 80 to 90 per cent
of the population of Portland
was evacuated before the mythi
cal bomb was exploded. First
evacuation signal was sounded
at 8:17 a.m- A take - cover sig
nal rang at 10:57.
Gov. Paul Patterson proclaim
ed a simulated state of emer
gency soon after the start of
"Operation Alert," which took
place in more than 50 of the na
tion's major cities. All food,
medical and petroleum supplies
were immediately "frozen."
Shorty after the proclamation,
a mythical message was sent
over Conelrad, the emergency
radio hookup, directing medical
personnel to give aid to wounded
along evacuation routes.
Western Headquarters
On the Pacific Coast, the test
took place in Seattle, Spokane,
Portland, San Francisco, Oak
land and Los Angeles. Santa Ro
sa, Calif., was-western headquar
ters for the Civil Defense Ad
ministration. If the public had participated
in Portland's exercise, residents
would have first gone to recep
tion areas outside the city, and
from there would have been
sent to more remote areas.
For example, some 15,000
evacuees would have gone to
the reception area at Scappobse.
Of these, 7000 would be cared
for in Columbia -county and 8,
000 in Clatsop county.
The reception area at Banks
would get 52,000 evacuees with
20,000 going to Clatsop county:
13,000 to Tillamook county and
19,000 to Lincoln county. The
Forest Grove reception area
would handle 54,000 evacuees
with 39,000 going to Coos county
and 10,000 to Polk county. ,
Yamhill County Gets 17.000 -'
Carlson would get 17,000 peo
ple for care in Yamhill county
Newberg would receive 33,000
with 23,000 going to Lane county
and 10,000 to Yamhill county.
Another 44,000 w,puld go to
Brooks and be cared for in Mar
ion county. Canby would get 46,
000 with 26,000 to Lane eounty
and 20,000 to Benton county
Another 64,000 would go to Mo-
lalla and be sent to Linn county
Still another 64,000 would go
to Estacada and go to Lane and
Douglas counties.
At the Sandy reception area,
96,000 would arrive and be sent
to Jefferson, Clackamas, De
schutes, Crook, Klamath and
Jackson counties. Some 50,000
would go to Hood River and be
cared for in Hood River, Umatil
la and Wasco counties. An esti
mated 15,000 persons would go
to Woodland, Wash., for care in
Cowlitz county.
Flying Tigers in Air
Despite Strike Action
San Francisco (U.R) Offi
cials of Flying Tiger Airlines
claimed today they are operaP
ing as usual despite a strike of
AFL Machinists.
A score of mechanics em
ployed by the cargo airline at
San Francisco International Air
port walked off their jobs yes
terday to back demands for a
wage increase. The company had
asked that wage talks be post
poned for two or three months.
A company spokesman said
Flying Tiger "is making other
arrangements in order to main
tain a full schedule."
Headquarters of the company
is in Burbank.
Logging Industry
Employment Mounts
Portland (U.R) The num
ber of men employed in Ore
gon's logging industry increased
140.3 per cent between 1925
and 1953, the Lumbermen's In
dustrial Relations committee
said today.
' LIRC's research department
said a recent study showed that
during the same time period,
timber industry employment de
creased 17.9 per cent in the state
of Washington. ,
Oregon's timber employment
was 81,500 in 1953, compared
to 33,914 in 1925. There were
52,400 loggers employees in
Washington in 1953 and 63,829
in 1925.
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Medford Roadeo
Winner To Leave
For State Contest
Robert Bobbett, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Bobbett, 1740
North Riverside ave., and top
awards winner in the Medford
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Teen-Age Roadeo driving contest
held in May, will leave on an all
expense paid trip to Portland
tomorrow afternoon to partici
pate in the state drive-off finals.
Art Van Leeuwen and Robert
Bernardi, Medford Jaycee's, will
also attend as hosts to Bobbett
and to receive ideas and begin
plans to have next year's state
finals in Medford.
60 Contestants
Bobbett, a student of St.
Mary's High school, will be
among some 60 contestants rep
resenting 51 Jaycee chapters
throughout the state of Oregon.
He will participate in a written
examination beginning Saturday
mornmg at the Portland Speed
way. Following the examinations
will be the driving skill tests. He
will attend the Awards Banquet
that evening.
The Teamsters Union No. 162
of Portland is furnishing the
merchandise awards, among
them being a $150 clock radio.
The winner of the state con
test will join with other state
representatives July 25 to 29 in
Washington, D.C., to compete in
the National Teen-Age Roadeo
for $3,000 in scholarships.
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