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Secret Of Deadly New Germ Weapon Divulged By Talkative Congressmen WASHINGTON, May 24 P) A germ spray reportedly capable of wiping out large cities and entire crops at a single blow is this country's newest secret weapon "far more deadly than the atomic bomb." This disclosure leaked out of congress today, after the first bare hint was dropped on the floor of the house yesterday. Sketchy details of the frighten ing germ weapons were provided by members of the house appro priations committee who learned of their development behind guarded doors. These members, specifying that their names not be used, told a reporter full details were given the committee during hear ings on the navy's $4,639,718,000 appropriation bill which the house passed yesterday and sent to the senate. There are several of the germ weapons, one member said, add ing that they have been de veloped to the point where they could be used whenever neces sary. Also, he said, the United Stales is the sole possessor of the secrets involved. City May Be Wiped Out "They h a vie developed a weapon that can wipe out all form of life in a large city," this member declared. "It is a germ proposition and is sprayed from airplanes that can fly high enough while doing it to be rea sonably safe from ground fire. It is quick and certain death." While not familiar with minute details, he said the germs are highly contagious and presum ably could be spread by bombs. "You would not have to drop a germ on every person in a city," he asserted. "One opera tion would be sufficient, for the effects would spread rapidly." Another development, this committee related, would make it possible for planes to fly over the Dakotas, for example, and destroy the entire wheat crop with a single operation, even the seeds in the ground. "These are frightening things to think of," he commented, "and it is hoped they will never have to be used. Perhaps man will not realize that there can be no win ner in a future war and that civilization itself is lost unless we can stop war forever." Polish Troops Work In Great Britain LONDON, May 24 UP) For eign Secretary Ernest Bevin an nounced today that Gen. Wlad islaw's 110,000 Polish troops in Italy will be discharged in Great Britain and allowed to re main in the country as work men. Bevin told the house of com mons a special resettlement corps would be established to teach the men English and train them for work such as coal mining and farming. Bevin earlier had urged the Poles to return to Poland to help reconstruct that nation, but most of them were unwilling to go home because their political beliefs are at variance with those of the Warsaw government. 'Pappy' Boyington Signs Complaint i , lu.imut iwm I m p 1 n im.iuniiw ' ' , - " ; i irl 1 f II T fill I' ------ Lt. Col. "Pappy" Boyington. famed marine flier, and his wife, the former Frances Baker, walk from the county court house in San Diego where he signed a complaint against Mrs. Lucille Rogers Malcolmson. charging her with grand theft of more than $9000. Mrs. Malcolmson once said in Reno that he had jilted her. AP wirephoto. Portland Seeks Typhoid Source PORTLAND, May 24 Health authorities today sought the source of infection of three cases of paratyphoid fever in one family in suburban south- east Portland. Dr. Thomas L. Meador said the disease is considered rare and is caused by an organism 1 similar to typhoid. He said the parents and a 16-year old daugh ter have been stricken. Portland Traction Workers Get Raise ' PORTLAND. May 24 (IP) ! Bus and trolley workers of Port land Traction company have ac cepted a new contract that calls for a 17 cents an hour increase , and a five day week. : The union said last night the i new wage of SI. 25 for drivers and $1.40 and $1.32 for mechan-; ics would not give them much additional take-home pay under the five day week, but would make more jobs available to vet- (JP) J erans. Flashes Of Life JUST ONE OF MANY BUFFALO. N. Y., May 24 (. N. R. Cousins, 72-year-old Nickel Plate railroad conductor, decided today to hitch-hike to his home in Conneaut, Ohio, because of the rail strike. Cousins suid he began railroad ing at the rko of 11 and "this is the first time I've ever had to do this." SWAPS TACOMA, Wash., May 24 (PI Safe crackers, who stole $450 from a meat market, forgot some thing. They left behind their ticket to the Tacoma policemen's ball. BAR BUSINESS CHICAGO, May 24 P Mrs. Evelyn Degel, 24. a tavern owner, was granted a divorce by Circuit Judge Elmer J. Schnackenberg, after complaining that her hus band, Florian, 27, wouldn't stop drinking. She told the court that her husband is a bartender in the tavern. And she also said by an out of court settlement, her husband got one portable bar with a com plete stock of liquor. hitsh6me CHICAGO, May 24 .) The railroad strike affected striking crewmen, 599. Edward Marlowe of Milwau kee, who was motorman on the last North Shore train here late yesterday, wearily took to the highway to hitch-hike home. Collingwood Picked As NHA Specialist WASHING! TON, May 24 UP) G. H. Collingwood, for the past six years chief forester of the National Lumber Manufacturers association, has been appointed chief lumber specialist in the materials supply branch of the national housing agency. Collingwood, the NHA an nouncement said, is "one of the nation's top experts on lumber." A graduate of Michigan State college, he then studied at the University of Munich, Germany, and the University of Michigan. 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A reduction in size of bread ' loaves, requested by the famine committee, caused nn Increase of 4.8 per cent in the average price for a pound of bread, I hi' report added. i State Odd Fellows Want More Members MEDFORD. May 24 (,1) Combined orders of the Odd Fel-: lows grand lodge, which con-! eluded its state convention yes-! terday, today launched a drive ! to gain 2500 members. Another object is financing an $18,000 auditorium at the Port land Odd Fellows home. Members chose The Dulles as 1947 convention site. i Congress Approves School-Lunch Plan WASHINGTON, May 24 (A') The house passed unit sent to the seiiulu today compromise legis lation setting up a permanent school-lunch program. The major differences be tween the senate and the house were over the amount of mimev to be spent and the method of distribution. Instead of a $50,000,000 an nual expenditure authorized by the house, the compromise pro vides for an unspecified amount. 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