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
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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.
After serving with the U. S.
forest service, he taught at Cor
nell university, and served with
the department of agriculture
and the American Forestry as
sociation here.
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Family Budget
Increases 50
WASHINGTON, May 24 (V)
Most of the things that make up
the average family budget now
cost more than 50 Mr cent more
than they did the duy war started
In Europe, the burctiu of labor
statistics said today.
"Food, clothing and house
furnishings costs, which repre
sent S? per rent of the budget
for wage earners mid modrrtito
income workers, in Initio cities,
are now a little over 50 per cent
higher than In August, llKltt," the
bureau doclurcd. in a report re
viewing the steady climb in re
tail costs.
The consumers price Index :
now stands at 130.9 per cent of
the 1935-39 overage and three
per cent above the average a
year ago.
Food prices Increased 1.1 per
cent from mid-Murch to mid-:
April, with higher prices in all
major groups.
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.
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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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