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♦MMWCAJt—'TCTBS^AY. JAN*. 31. 1<>5
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Toward Sanity
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Presn Staff 0>rr sipmidriit
WASHINGTON. Jar. 31. <U.fc—
TV Atomic Enersry Commission
disrlx-W today that it has b *?n
digging up thf nuclear facts
which a hydrogen bomb project
would have to poKiwss.
It did not mention th« H-bornb.
hot in its seventh semi-annual re
port to congress, the AEC reveal-
ed research with Hydrogen nuclei*.
"How atomic nuclei are put to-
gether and what forces operate
within them, m as to obtam a ful-
ler understanding of how atomic
energy i released and how it can
experiments have been
citried out—at the Los Alamos
bomb science laboratory and else-
where— with three different forms
of hydrogen nuclei as well as with
lithium and other lijrht elements.
Seif .itists have said privately
thai a hydrogen bomb several
times more powerful than the
most modern fission bombs could
be made by combining lijcht ele-
ments instead of splitting heavy
ones like uranium or plutonium.
Some experts in nuclear energy
believe the best bet would he a
combination of lithium and heavy
hydrogen with a conventional plu-
tonium bomb. The fission bomb's
multimiiiion deieree heat would
set off split second reactions a-
Whichever way he decides, the WASHINGTON, Jan. :J1 U.P-
commission expects to keep push- i r*f„nae ^cretarv Louis Johnson
ing production of fission bombs—- • ^al(j u>day that the Ln]t>fl States,
already believed to be six to It) jn ^ fim „,x mo„tha „f m;,.
tune, more powerful than the mo- .. ^ u,, and down
ilels which kmicked Japan out of
the war—and harnessing of fis-
sion enerjrv for peacetime uses.
Its seventh report to congress
said "the nation's atomic energy
enterprise is on a sound footing."
It claimed these gains in 1949:
1. Further improvement of A-
bombs, converting their produc-
tion from a laboratory to an in-
dustrial basis, and stockpiling of
weapons "at a growing pace."
Bomb plants have been strategi-
cally dispersed to reduce their vul-
nerability "in event of war."
2. An all-time record high pro-
duction of atomic explosives with
increased effeeiency and economy
all along the line from mine to
bomb.
;j. The beginning of a three-
year. program of pro-
duction expansion designed to
keep this country ahead in the a-
tomic armaments race with Rus-
sia.
4. Development of reactor pro-
jects for using atomic power in
"factories and homes and ships"
from the drawing board planning
stage to construction of "full-
scale test machines."
5. Acquisition of "adequate sup-
mong the heavy hydrogen and Ii- ! pl -s of raw materials and steps at
thium atoms with release of vast j home and abroad to put the sup-
amounts of energy. i ply flow "on a firmer basis."
But the report nowhere men- j Advances in treatment of
tioned th. hydiog.-n h. •• r. 1Md bomb radiation injuriee, mclud-
commissioners refuated at a news' ng discovery that aureomycin
conference to discus* it. President i cuts down the death rate among
Truman is studying arguments for laboratory animals from what
and against the H-bomb and is j otherwise would be fatal radiation'
e peeted in the near future to I doses.
make recommendations one way
or another to congress.
PALACE
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the road to greater national secur-
ity and permanent peace.
"We have good reason to believe
that the prospects of averting an-
other world conflict are steadily
improving," he said in a report
to President Truman. "The threat,
of war has diminished as our
strength has increased."
His report, covering the six -
month period ending last June :w.
said the nation has reached the
point where its armed forces, "uni-
fied into, an efficient team of land
naval and airforces—and bucked
by America's vast productive ca-
pacity and preeminence in agricul-
ture. labor, industry and science—
have become the most potent influ
ence for world peace."
But it said the trend of inter-
national relations make it neces-
sary for the United States to con-
tinue to soppert a military estab-
lishment "strong enough to make
su#e of our survival."
"An attack could come from the
opposite hemisphere without warn-
ing and with unpredictable fury,"
it said.
Johnson said national security
and world peace are "inseparable";
that one cannot be had without
the other.
He called negotiation of the
North Atlantic treaty an "epochal
event" that gave inspiration and
aid to L". S. allies. The Marshall
plan, he said, has impressively im-
proved social, economic and spir-
itual conditions in foreign lands.
Johnson said he was pleased to
report that U. S. defenses "have
never been in a more favorable
condition in time of peace."
"The state of readiness of our
armed forces and the military po-
tential of our country greater to-
day than in any previous peace-
time period in our nation's his-
tory," he said. "The joint chiefs
of staff have drafted strategic
plans for the unified defense of
the nation far advanced beyond
those of any previous peacetime
period."
These plans, he said, are under
constant study and review, and are
altered as situations change.
Johnson said the United States
must be an "active, member" of
the North Atlantic pact 'in fact as
\vell as in theory' until the United
Nations is strong enough to deal
with aggression.
——.— >
Teachers Int
Call
WhipSMeit
HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 31. T-R —
Houston school teachers can't even
pick up the rod, much less use it
sparingly, without calling "mama"
for permission.
Superintendent of schools W. E.
Moreland said today that was
what the school board had decided,
and "that's the way it will be."
It all came about by changing
the word "preferable" to neces-
sary" in a paragraph about corp-
oral punishment in Houston
schools.
Now it is "necessary" to notify
parents and get their permission
before Junior takes the rap for
throwing spitballs.
And if Mama says "no," there'll
be no rap for Junior.
Moreland told inquisitive news-
men that corporal punishment in
schools was just about a thing of
the past, anyway. He declined to
name any schools, but observed
that "some" wouldn't even consi-
der spanking a child.
Thief backers of the preliminary
telephone call to parents were two
mothers on the school board. Dr.
Ray K. Daily and Mrs. Oion Rog-
ers.
"I'm opposed to whipping child-
ren in scMoi," Dr. Daily comment-
ed. " Psychologists say it's harm-
ful."
Mrs. Rogers noted, "I wouldn't
like it if someone whipped one of
my children without folly advising
me of the situation."
Male members of the board were
silent.
o
A master clock in the control
room at Grand Coulee regulates
the accuracy of all electric clocks
in the Pacific Northwest.
Te
join the
march of dimes
FLUFFY MACARONI PLUS
sums CHKISK FLAVOR OF
KRAFT GRATED
out for the COUNT-Census Bureau worker Jeanne Roger.; displays one of a quarter-million
portfolios to be used by enumerators in the 1950 U. S. cen.-us. A mountain of the packages is piled
behind her. You will encounter one of the Census Bureau's enumerators with portfolio some time
after April 1. — - "
mCAMEO
By Virginia
C«w i^r. IM . MCA SERVICE, INC
XXXV
cpHE nurse began to shake down
a thermometer: "I'm sorry, but
your visitors must go, Mr. Yakov."
Trotter, Ha gar and Stephanie
began to move quietly to the door.
"Miss Serenov!" Yakov called
faintly.
Stephanie turned.
"I ask your pardon, but I can-
not think of anyone else who
might feel kindly toward Babush-
ka. Would it be possible that you
would call at my house and see
to my small cat*s food and water?
Also, that the window where she
jumps to the yard is open suffi-
ciently? A key to my studio will
be found beneath the fifth flower
pot on the window ledge."
"I'll be glad to, Mr. Yakov." She
hesitated a moment in the door-
way as though there were some-
thing more she wanted to say.
Hagar fidgeted as Trotter drove
them up Crest Drive to the gray-
shingled house. When he refused
to come inside for a cup of coffee,
her face showed frank relief and
she bid him an enthusiastic good-
by.
"Seems like I've been to Tim-
buktu," Hagar commented as she
slid the key into the lock. "Place'll
look to me like its carpeted in
gold after being a guest of the
nty for two days." She swurg
the door open and heaved an ex-
slosive sigh: "Ha! Here we are!
Well, what do you say, girl? Isn't
it good to ba home?"
Stephanie sank down on her fa-
vorite hassock. "Poor old Tom
3'NeiH."
Hagar strode over and stood
with her fists on her hips: "Why
joor? The man murdered Falter,
four aunt, and had a try at Yakov
Mid your own man, Reddy!"
"I feel sorry for anyone who
lived with Kellya. I'm sure she
was the one who caused it all."
Hagar marched toward the
kitchen. "Don't speak ill of the
dead," she ^called back. . "How
pbout a cup of coffee?"
| Just as Hagar was putting on
[ the teakettle, there was the sound
of squealing brakes outside, fol-
lowed by the slain of a c^r door.
DEDDY stepped in, smiling, and
Stephanie flung her arms
around his neck.
He laughed down at her: "Easy,
baby, easy! Remember my con-
tusions! I'm not suppored to have
any excitement for at least a week.
After that—we'll get married!"
Hagar glanced at them with
mock severity. "Never mind the
romance—time for that later You
came over here to tell us a story.
Reddy. Begin with the letters, the
ones Yakov swiped from Falters
place-the night of the murder."
Reddy sighed. "That's as sood
a starting peint as any, I guess.
Well, the letiers were from Nt;ll
to Falter, and from another Mrs.
O'Neill to Falter."
"Another Mr-. O'Neill!" It came
simultaneously Hum Hagar and
Stephanie.
Reddy nodded. "Tt seems that
Tom was not leeal!y divorced Erom
Wife No. 4 when he married wife
No. 5—Nell. Falter, with his gen-
ius for digging up little items like
that about people, had got wind
of it and was blackmailing Tom.
Strange as it may seem, Tom
seemed actually to be in love with
Nell, and Faiter had Convinced
him that she'd leave his bed and
board if she found out about the
bigamy angle."
Hagar snapped her finger;;: "So
he killed Falter because he was
tired of paying blackmail?"
"No. it uM>n*t quite a: simple
as that. Fi.li-a- v: t , doing a neat
little jeb of douM' blackmail.
He'd H-en i i cor. > > - 1 r with
the other Ml: ft ii. \ ,n wa-
workmg rf..v. .i in ;: u •• t Ii , l
convinced h"i ti- • n -! .• ;
quite a r.'cs n • n "f pun j
by allrr.viiv; M.. i.i tn ' II t ir
affair for her. I l;<n u. :tim
$500 a month out of T . i war-
sending about a third of i i- : , •
1h* CAMEO
By Virginia
Cl)|ll|l>, MM. NEA SERVICE. IMC
XXXVI
AS she listened to Charlie Reddy
explain the mystery, Hagar
Blair nodded: "Yakov got there
just before I did, I guess. If only
I'd been around sooner, I might
have got those letters and I
wouldn't have gone to jail."
Reddy gave her a grim smile.
"No. you'd have gone to the
morgue, instead. Tom. after he'd
thought the whole thing over,
was out after those letters. That's
why Yakov got his head broken."
Stephanie shuddered. "How did
he know Yakov had the letters?"
"Yakov made the mistake of
hunting Tom up at Bob's Place
and asking ban questions about
any papers that might have been
in the cameo locket. From his in-
ferences, Tom figured that Yakov
had seen the letters and must still
have them."
"Speaking of Bbb's Place," Ha-
gar put in. "wasn't Tom supposed
to be in Bob's back room at the
time of the murders?"
"Yes. But he'd fixed it so be
caaM pop out the little transom-
like window whenever his evil
feaH moved him. Bob thought the
slides was nailed closed and
paiaAed over, but Tom. while he
waasappoaed to be in there sleep-
ing it off at various times, had
vety cunningly pulled the nails
lease aad run a sharp knife around
the edge of the window, unsealing
tL Be could iift flke nails back in
everything
^period ?■■
■fctart MMDg Lydia K.
■mi Vegetable Com-
^■about ten days before
CLYDE UK, MTCHMNC
IS NOW LOCATED AT
riTZER MOTOR CO.
"ALL WORK GtJ
'W&B
imagine that white-haired little
man up to all that hocus-pocus!
Crawling in and out of that win-
dow like the devil's trained mon-
key. How'd he get up to it?"
"Packing boxes in the alley
outside: a table, inside. He'd al-
ways lock the door of Bob's back
room, of course, to make sure no
one blundered in and fuund him
gone."
Stephanie tilted her head
thoughtfully: "The thing I would
most like to know is where the
cameo fits in. How did Martin
Falter get it?"
• • •
DEDDY squinted up at the ceil-
ing: "Well, at this point, wo
just have-to fit the pieces together
and hope we're right. Falter evi-
dently had figured out a way to
blackmail Nell. Maybe by threat-
ening to turn her letters over to
Tom. She gave him the cameo to
keep him quiet. Then, when she
found out that Yakov was pre-
pared to offer an outlandish sum
for the locket, she decided to make
a deal with Falter and keep halt
of the money for herself. After
Falter was murdered, of course,
the whole thing became a game of
button, button, who's got the
cameo."
Hagar jammed her fist under her
nose and peered over it at Reddy:
"Have you figured out who made
that date to meet me at Dana
Point? And who it was that ba.-.ned
me over the head?"
"Andrey Yakov. In his state-
ment to Chief Peters. Yakov said
rte and Nell had planned to get
you out of town so they could
search your studio. Neil did the
searching."
Hagar stuck out her chin "Why,
that misbegotten, mealy-mouthed
—" she spluttered helplessly ai
seemed to search for a word.
"He did say that he was pained
to the heart to strike the charming
Also, that be tried to be
very gentle."
&eitu£;' cubuad
I Trafy Ymvs Agi Mf
little lady in Miami."
Hagar shook her head. "I don't'
get it. Why didn't the Miami girl
hold Tom up herself when he left
her?"
"According to the letter she
wrote Falter, Tom had given her
a nice round sum when they
called it quits and she had agreed
to let him divorce her. But, be-
fore he got around to that formal-
ity. he met Nell, was completely
bowled over and married her
without bothering to divorce wife
No. 4."
"Okay," Hagar agreed, "1*11 buy
that. Now, bien, you figure Tom
killed Martin because he was tired
of paying him money and because
he was afraid Martin would even-
tually tell Nell about the Miami
affair and Nell would leave him?"
• • •
*4]\OT quite. Tom had concealed
*" three things inside that blue
ceramic figurine he made at the
time of the first murder. One was
the murder weapon, which, as Ar-
nold Ptieffer suspected, was this
bodkin thing Tom had talked bim
out of; the secopd was a blood-
stained shirt Tom evidently had
worn at the time of the murder;
and the third was a crumpled let-
ter Nell had written to Martin when
he was out of town on one of his
deliberately arranged trips. We
found out from Trotter that Falter
had pulled that little trick before
to get his intended victim to write
incriminating letters. Anyway,
this letter from Nell O'Neill told
Falter she intended to divorce
Tom. hold him up for a tidy set-
tlement and then elope with
Falter.
"Tom and Falter were drink-
ing in Bob's place—they had an
argument there. But before that
Tom slipped sleeping pills in Fal-
ters drink, so he could go to
Filter's studio later and search
tor the blackmail letters. Tom
was mentally and emotionally un-
balanced and so when he found
this particular letter from Nell, he
went into a jealous blackout and
tabbed the sleeping Falter. He
took that one letter with him to
! rood over a nd foolishly left the
•hers on the floor, where Yakov
..rcovcrcd them later."
Less than 12 hours remain for
Breckenridge and Stephens county
citizens to pay their 1930 taxes of
: all descriptions. Unless taxes are
paid by 12 o'clock tonight, penal-
ties will go into effect.
Teachers in the local schools will
hold their fifth and laat institute
for the year here tomorrow, N. S.
Holland, superintendent, said to-
day. §
Hazel Davis, small but aggres- j
sive running center on the Buck-
arette basketball team, has been 1
elected as captain of the girl cage I
crew. Hazel was elected captain of i
the team when Juanita Freeman,!
captain elect, was required to give!
up that honor because of her as-
sociations with the high school i
— )
Guard Auxiliary
Plans Pie Supper
; For Guardsmen
j The National Guard Auxiliary
| met Monday night at the home of
Mrs. Ada Myrick. The group plan
ned a pie supper to be neld for
(iuardsmen after their drill Mon-
day night, Feb. (5.
Promotions were- announced by
Capt. June Walters. Those promot-
ed include Anita Cabill to M-S|ft..
Frances Geske, Sgt. 1st Class, Mar-
quita DeLong, first Sgt., Linda
Alexander to Sgt., Ada Myrick to
CpL
The hostess served Cokes and
'■ookies to Mmes. Claudine Bunkley,
Anita Cahill, Marquita DeLong-
Frances Geske, Ada Myrick, Max-
ien Thornton, Wanda Thornton,
and June Walters.
annual, of which she is editoc-iar-
chief.
________
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. *1^
Blacknail at l.'M a.ui., January H,
a son.
The luncheon tables at t
Lions Club were completely filiM
today, when Elvin Tilton, Lion
member, gave an educational ad-
dress on radium, one of the rarest
of all metals.
The state high school football
champions—the Buckaroos-and all
organizations connected with the
local school that had any part in
the successful grid season just
passed, wil b>- banqueted tonight
at the Y.M.C.A. by the officials of
the senior high school.
JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES
PoGKcd
Tne American is authorized to an-
nounce the following candidates
for office subject to the Demo-
cratic Party Primary in Juty.
Sorority, Club
Meets Postponed
Theta Tau chapter of Beta Sig-
ma Phi, due to meet tonight at
8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Gar-
land Coody, has postponed its meet-
ing to the following week. The Pla-
tonian Club due to meet this after
noon also postponed its meeting to
next week.
To Free Missouri
NORFOLK BAY, Va.. Jan. 31.
<U.RJ—The Navy failed today in its
third attempt to dislodee the battle-
ship Missouri from the mud and
sand that has held it fast since
Jan. 17.
The Navy radio messaged head-
quarters at about 7:30 a.m.. EST
that "the pull is over" after 17
tugs and two salvage ships had
pulled and tugged the Mighty Mo
for almost two hours.
But the big vessel remained
fast aground in the mud of Thim-
ble Shoals off Hampton roads.
Two earlier attempts by the
Navy to dislodge the 45JMO-tou
pride of the IT. S. fleet had no
more success.
The Navy promptly announced
that it would make an all-out at-
tempt to refloat the vessel Thurs-
day when the month's ffoodtide. .
coinciding with the full moon..en-
gulfs the harbor.
It said it may even (bride to
make another trv tomorrow.
COUNTY CLERK
Jay (Chief) Easea
Ben Grant
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Precinct No. 4
E. L. Russell
Mrs. (George L. Kelley (re-election)
G. A. (Jack) Treadway
Precinct N«k 2
L L. (Doc Griffith (Re-election)
Precinct No. 1
J. A. (James) Kryant (Re-election)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Precinct No. 1
G. E. (Ed) Johnson
L. T. Woodall (Re-election)
DISTRICT CLERK ,
Walter B. ('lift (Re-election) |
SHERIFF STEPHENS CO.
Tom Of field (Re-election) j
COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
T. M. James
TAX ASSESSOR
AND COLLECTOR
Robert E. Hood (Re-election >
roUNTY JUDGE
J. W. Morrow
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Joe Gracey*
COUNTY TREASURER
Clyde Speer (Re-election)
CONSTABLE
Precinct I
L. R. (Dick) Me Fall
C. F. Rudder (Re-election)
COM MISSION E R
Precinct .T
I.. J. (Joe) Angel (Re-election)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Jack Cox (Re-e'.eetion)
DISTRICT
Ken J. Dean
MTORNEY
(!? • election)
the" top of her head reminiscently.
Stephanie gave Hagar a look of
sympathy, then turned back to
Reddy:
"Why did Tom kill Nellya?"
"Tom and Nell had a showdown
there apparently. He followed her
when she came here to search for
the cameo. Yakov told us he ar-
rived at Hagar's just in time to
see Tom sneaking away—he con-
cluded Tom killed her, but. ac-
cording to his old world code, it
was a crime passionel. and he de-
cided to keep his mouth shut until
things developed a little further."
Hagar again rubbed her bead.
"Him and bis old world code!"
• • •
'■'HERBwas a short silence. The
muted hiss of the gas beater
marked the time.
Hagar got to her feet. "Dolo-
rosa'11 be quiet enough now to
hear the vo; - of the turtle—the
way it should be. Maybe we can
all get some work done for a
change." She started out toward
the kitchen where the smell of
strong coffee drifted out. "I've got
to get at some carving ef heads in
my studio one of these days. I
think 111 do Yakov's first—that'll
be one way of getting even with
him. I'll take it down and present
it to bim in jail—if be goes to
jail."
"He probably won't," Reddy an-
swered.
Hagar rattled cups and saucers.
"I'll get beck to my sculpting."
she called. "Stephanie'U get back
to her writing—"
She appeared with the coffee
pot: "As long as we're getting all
the mysteries unraveled, maybe
you'll tell me now what kind of
deathless prose you write!"
Stephanie's cheeks colored.
"I write—I write children's
stories. I've started a series of
books about Trumpy and Tatters."
Reddy looked at bar gravely.
"And who are Trumpy aad Tat-
ters?"
Stephanie stared fixedly at the
windows. "A baby
a monkey," all
He grabbed I
buried hia laughter in her
tbe
waa afraid 1 aught have m
Emily Bronte on my I
Im Waifing (or lie sensational
new 1950 FRlGiDAlRE
Seffrie Range
SttifSMMlt...
DOUGLAS ANDERSON CO.
LOCKER PLANT
110 N. Court Phone 60
L I. HAWKINS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Practice In Ail Trial And
Appellate Court*
OFFICE MOVED TO PEELER BLDfi.
$50 iiiiii $50
For Information Leading To Arrest
Of Person Or Persons Who Defib-
erareiy mot My wow Ana wm
Believed To Have Been Boys And
Shot With A Shotgun Wednesday
Night Or Early Thursday Morning.
aL w. Mcdonald
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