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United States Anne
eross Threshold Into Guided fissile Era
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Record Amount
Being Spent To
Beat Russia Out
By CHARLES CORDDRY
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) The U. S.
armed forces are well across the
threshold into the guided mis
sile era. They are spending rec
ord sums this year in an effort
to pull ahead of Russia in the
grim race to perfect these "ul
timate weapons."
Under development are almost
human missiles not yet publi
cized but far more fantastic than
the six types of robot weapons
already in the, hands of U. S. com
bat units.
The deadly "birds," as mili
tary men call them, are likely
to revolutionize warfare in the
1960's. The big question is wheth
er Russia will have them first.
Missile Work Expanded
Concern about Soviet progress
was reflected in Defense Secre
" tary CKarles E. Wilson's order
last month for a "substantial ex
pansion" of Army, Navy and Air
Forpp wnrk in miscilp.e hnth fnr
the 5,000-mile "intercontinental'n
range and the 1,500-mile "inter
mediate range."
The same concern could be
read between the lines of Presi
dent Eisenhower's budget mes
sage to Congress, which dis
closed that the armed forces will
spend an "unprecedented" sum
of $1,300,000,000 on missiles dur
ing the year beginning July 1.
That is an increase of nearly 40
per cent over the current year.
And the figure represents only
actual purchases of missiles
not the additional hundreds of
millions spent on research.
Congress is ready to vote all
the armed forces need for these
"push button" weapons. Both
the Senate and House Armed
Services committees already'have
ordered investigations of the mis
siles program, with a view
toward finding out if this coun
try is lagging behind Russia, as
some lawmakers have charged.
Mo Foot Dragging
Probably no one in this coun
try can say with certainty how
far Russia has gone in the mis
siles field. But top military of
ficials deny emphatically that
there has been any foot-dragging
in the U. S. effort.
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Army
chief of staff, said on Jan. 10
that the Army is putting "every
thing we've got" . into missiles
work.
Adm. Arleigh A. Bur&e, chief
of Naval operations, says "the
long dry spell in missile develop
ment is over." The new missiles
will "stagger the imagination,"
says Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin,
Army research chief. The missile
era is "very much at hand," As
sitant Air Force Secretary Trevor
Gardner has said.
Atomic Warheads
If war came today, automatic
weapons would be used in a vari
ety of air defense ard bombard
ment missions. But they would
chiefly supplement aircraft and
artillery. Neither missiles nor
trained "missileers" are plenti
ful enough yet to be a major
fofce in their own right.
That day will come when
there is an inter-continental bal
listic missile that can span the
Atlantic, say in half an hour
and drop an atomic or hydro
gen warhead on a target area no
more than 10 miles in radius.
The development task is for
bidding, involving tremendous
problems of power plans, ma
terials that will not evaporate
when streaking through the at
mosphere toward their target,
automatic celestial navigation
systems, and correct mapping of
target areas. But there is no
longer any question that such
a weapon is coming.
But even if Russia started
war today, guided missiles
would strike out at her bomb
ers over North America. They
would bombard her troops mov
ing into Western Europe. They
would reach some of &er air
bases.
Six Missile Types
There are six kinds of missiles
noy in the hands of deployed
combat units. They are:
: Army Nike: Anti - aircraft
rocket guarding 13 major cities
and four air bases in the Unit
ed States. Range is about 25
miles and it can reach planes
at 50,000 feet. It can be "com
manded" from the ground.
Army Corporal: Bombard
ment weapon for battlefield use.
Can strike targets to 50 to 100
miles distant. A jam-proof rock
et, supersonic like the Nike, can
not be stopped once it is laun
ched. Assigned to troops in Eur
ope. Can take atomic warhead.
Air Force Matadpr: A 600 to
700-mile-an-hour pilotless tacti
cal atomic bomber with jet en
gine that flies about 600 miles.
Units in Europe.
Launched in Pairs
Navy Regulus: A submarine
carried cousin of the Matador.
Two missile subs, Barbero and
Tunny, are operational. A third
is building.
Navy Terrier: Anti-aircraft
missile launched in pairs from
the newly commissioned cruis-
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March ol Dimes
Coming Events
Events scheduled during the
next few days to raise funds for
the March of Dimes include the
following:
Jan. 31 Mother's March,
scheduled in all county towns
between 7 and 8 p.m. Bucket of
Bucks dances, Jacksonville Com
munity hall, music by Phil An
derson's band: Jackson hotel
Pioneer Room, music by Belle
Van Dyke's orchestra; Rogue
Valley ballroom, music by Mel
ody Wranglers, Junior Chamber
of Commerce to award a steer at
the dances. e
Feb. 4 Lion's auxiliary din
ner at Live Oak Grange hall,
Rogue River. Dancing and enter
tainment in conjunction. Starts
at 5 p.m. Dance, Shady Cove
VFW hall. Food sale, ShadyJ
Cove cleaners, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Portland Burglary
Squad Quizzes 1000
Portland U.R) Portland's
"thug-busting" squad was credit
ed today with questioning about
1000 persons and making five
arrests a night since the squad
was formed Jan. 17.
Police Chief Jim Purcell said
there were three arrests and an
assault the day before the
squad was formed. Since then
four minor holdups have been
reported. Two of them were
solved quickly with the arrest
of four men
Purcell said the squad, which
consists of 100 men in marked
and unmarked cars, is designed
to prevent holdups.
Prior to Jan. 17, the chief
said, 25 businesses had been
held up and robbed since
Nov. 1.
Rogue River Flood
Control Meet Delayed
A meeting of the Rogue Flood
Control and Water Resources as
sociation with fishing and hunt
ing interests, tentatively sched
uled for 8 p.m. Friday at Rogue
River has been postponed, Faye
I. Bristol, association chairman,
has announced.
The meeting, which was in
tended to allow various interests
to air their opinions of a flood
control dam fh the Rogue River,
was postponed because of the in
ability of state and federal fish
and game officials to attend at
that time, Bristol said.
er Boston. A supersonic radar
beam rider, accurate to about
20 miles. A second Terrier-carrying
.crtHser, the Canberra, will
be put in service next year. De
stroyer Gyatt is being converted
for Terriers.
Navy Sparrow: Carried by air
craft. Deadly at five-mile range,
reaching speed clos to 2000
mph.
Successors to all these missies
and a flock of new types are
coming along fast. Some will see
service in the coming year.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Washington Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who absen'mind
edly forgot to raise his glass for a traditional toast to the President,
on President Eisenhower:
"Your chief is very much on the ball. As long as we stand to
gether there ain't too much to worry about."
Washington British Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd on the
Eisenhower-Eden talks:
"If we stand together, there is almost anything we can do to
gether. If we fall apart or if we are driven apart, then there is no
danger which may not befall the free world."
Washington Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson
in a eulogy to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. on the 74th
anniversary of his birth:
"It is apparent to every American that Franklin D. Roosevelt
was one of the giants of all time ... a leader of courage and conviction."
Washington House Democratic Leader Jolfn W. McCormack
on the anniversary of the late President Roosevelt's birth:
"He epitomized the hopes of the average persons."
Washington Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins (R.-O.) on the difficulty
of keeping a check on the refund gasoline claims of farmers:
"If a farmer is dishonest and wants to cheat, he can do so. But
it won't pay. There's not enough involved . .' . farmers should not
abuse it, and I don't think they will."
Sewickley, Pa. Mrs. Hulda Vos, 39. mother of 11. other chil
dren and grandmother i three, on giving birth io triplets:
"Now I want to get a bigger house and then get all my chil
dren back together again."
New York Quiet Manager Walt Alston of the Brooklyn Dodg
ers, on his sudden new-found popularity since the Dodgers won
the World Series: '
"I didn't know until this winter that there was so much differ
ence between the minor leagues and the majors and between fin
ishing second and finishing first."
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Presi Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) Tony Cur
tis,, .the poor- Bronx tough boy
turned mivie star, is back from
'J Europe with a
load of culture
and the dis
c o v e r y that
it's cheap for
tourists after
all.
Most return
i n g travelers
grouse about
how Europe-
Aline Mosby ans make a
fast buck from naive Americans.
But Tony and spouse Janet
Leigh, formerly young marrieds
from a world bound by Ciro's
and fan magazines, lived for five
exciting months abroad. They
not only acquired culture, but
got it inexpensively.
"You can eat anywhere very
cheaply," insisted fast-talking
Tony as he stretched on the
couch of his living room.
"Wonderful little restaurants.
Little hotels. Why do people
complain they get cheated? On
the boat I went down to third
class to talk to a young New
York attorney and his wife who
were going over on less than
$1,000 for the entire, trip. Most
anybody who saves can go to
Europe these days."
Bought Paintings
Tony and Janet's acquisitions:
"We bought a bunch of paint
ings. Well, actually lithographs.
By Picasso, Matisse, Braque,
very cheaply," the kid from the
Bronx said.
"Janet also brought drums and
sculptures from Africa. And we
took 3,500 photographs."
His biggest bargain, he thinks,
were two German cars. One is a
Legon Criticizes Hoover
Washington (U.R) The Amer
ican Legion has sharply criti
cized Hoover Commission recom
mendations changing or restrict
ing veterans' benefits and privi
leges. It asked that veterans
groups be alowed to express
their views before any changes
are made.
Recommendations
The Legion particularly ob
jected to the Hoover Commis
sion recommendations for clos
ing down some VA hospitals and
curtailing construction of new
hospitals.
Almost one-seventh of the
world's entire population lives
'in India.
The electrolytic process of
making aluminum was discover
ed in 1886.
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tiny three-wheeled bug he picked
up for $650 as a surprise for
Janet when sh arrived in Pan.',
after finishing a movie in Afriua.
The other is a plushy $8,600
model "at least $2,000 cheaper
than I'd pay for the car in this
country." "
"When we drive the three
wheeler in Beverly Hills cars
pull over to the side to ask us j
what it is," he laughed.
Used Wrong Greeting
The curly-haired actor even
picked up a smattering of
French. He can rattle off the
French words--for- "laundry,"
"raccoon" and "brassiere" but
the use of this vocabulary mysti
fies me. The word for "brassiere"
he thought meant "good morn
ing" and he used it as a greeting
for weeks in Paris until he was
wised up.
On this culture trip Tony
worked in Hecht-Lancaster's
"Trapeze," filmed in Paris with
possibly the best role of his ca
reer. The bobby-soxers will be
delighted to hear Tony wears
tight tights and floats through
the air on a trapeze.
Besides thinking Paris living
is cheap, Tony has another un
usual observation. It's popular to
deplore Italian film stars. But
Tony says of his co-star, Gina
Lollobrigida, "She's wonderful.
An earthy, good actress. I had
the wildest time with that wom
an. I liked her."
Portland (U.R) West Coast
Telephone Company has applied
to the public utilities commis
sions of Oregonoand Washington
for authority to sell $5,000,000
in securities to finance an $8,
000,000 construction program
for 1956.
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