Try To Create i
^Rain Of Death*
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Scientists
are weighing the possibility of eN -
ploding an atomic bomb in the
m'dst of storm clouds to create a
literal rain of death.
The advantage of this technique
experts studying the plan to' l a
reporter today, is that a city far
inland could be drenched with ra
dio-activity without the necessity
of exploding a bomb under water,
as was done in the Bikini exp.v -
ments.
Until now, coastal cities or those
near large rivers or lakes were
the most probable target for such
type of atomic bombing.
There is, however, a definite
possibility that the very power
and heat of the bomb might foil
the plan.
Some scientists contend that a
bomb exploded in a cloud bank
might first blast the cloud away
and then dissipate its moistira
high into the air and away from
the target.
But proponents of the idea say
it would be necessary only to
watch the drift of weather toward
a target and select a day when
rain clouds several thousand feet
thick were floating overhead.
Radar would pick up the target
for the bombing plane, and the
bomb would be exploded in the
thick of the storm. Rain falling
from the clouds would be poisoned
with the deadly by-pi'oduct of the
bomb’s explosion.
The use of radioactivity in this
manner would be aside from pre
viously reported plans for spray
ing a target area with radio-active
material released from an air
plane.
SPIRITS DAMPENED
BALTIMORE, (/P) — Came the
moment supreme of a Creole ban
quet prepared here last night for
the Wine and Food Society of Bal
more by Edward T. Waldo, presi
dent of La Societe des Gourmets
of New Orleans.
The climax course was joubillee
de. cerises—blackheart cherries on
vanilla ice cream, bathed in flam
ing cognac.
“Lights off, light up,” intoned
Waldo, as the room darkened, 50
epicures touched matches to their
desserts.
The brandy would not ignite.
The banquet ended in a plebian
blaze of electric lights.
While House
Pressure Caused
Communist Films
WASHINGTON. </P> — A sub
committee reported to the House
un-American activities committee
today that “some of the most fla
grant Communist propaganda
films were produced as a result of
White House pressure.
The report did not say who oc
cupied the White House at the
time the films were produced.
The report was based on an in
vestigation recently completed in
Hollywood by Chairman J. Par-i
nell Thomas <R.-N. J.» and Rep.
McDowell fR.-Pa.h ~ [
The sub-committee reported,
also, that “the national labor rela
tions board has given great aid to
Communists in their efforts to in
liltrate and control the motion
picture industry.”
The report did not say who in
the White House or labor board
was responsible for helping Com
munism in the movie capitol, nor j
did it say when such assistance j
was given.
The report recommended that:
1. The full committee “intensify
its investigation of Communist in-1
' fluences in the motion picture in
dustry” with a view to public
hearings here at the earliest pos
sible date.
2. The committee subpoena j
Communist actors, writers, direc
tors and producers and “confront
them in public session with the
testimony and evidence against
them.”
In addition, the report proposed
an investigation to “determine the I
responsibility and extent of the
influence and interference on the j
nart of government agencies or j
officials in the production of fla-1
grant communist propaganda
films.”
KANSAS CITY, (£>)—William T.
A. Cully, director of the Swope
park zoo, learned that it’s going to
.be harder to knock down a good
bargain in the giraffe market.
A New York animal import
firm (Meems Brothers & Ward) j
wrote him that prices are spiraling'
from $4,000 to $20,000 per giraffe.
With zoos in South America and,
Europe in the market again, hlmt-!
ers in East Africa have raised their j
price for a good animal in the ■
“bush” by about 500 per cent, the
importers wrote.
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U. S. Should Spend i
More for Education
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Benjamin
Fine, education editor of the New
^ork Times, said Tuesday the
United States should spend at
least five per cent of its national
income for education instead of
the present outlay of 1.5 per cent.
He told a House labor sub-com
mittee about $2,500,000,000 annu
ally now goes for education in this
country, as compared to $9,000,
OOO.OOO f^>r liquor, and $4,000,000,
000 for cigarettes.
He added: “We spend more for
beer than books. I’m not arguing
against beer, cigarettes nor cock
tails. All I am saying is that we
have adopted a false sense of
values. If we can afford to spend
$20,000,000,000 for luxuries, we
surely can afford to spend five
billion for education.”
Eighth Air Force
To Train In Japan
HONOLULU, (JP) — Nine B-29
superfortresses of the Eighth Air
Force arrived at Barber’s Point
airfield Monday enroute to Yoko
ta, Japan, for a'month of intensive
training. They were accompanied
by two C-54 transports carrying
equipment. Two more C-54’s were
due Tuesday.
The squadron of 248 officers
and men commanded by Lt. Col.
Jack J. Catton left Tucson, Ariz.,
Sunday night.
Designed to be entirely self
sufficient, the squadron will re
place an identical pioneer unit
which arrived in Japan one month
ago and which was to start home
to Fort Worth, Tex., via Anchor
age, Alaska, before the replace
ments arrive.
Labor Unions To
Hold Elections
JUNEAU, (/P)—Territorial labor
commissioner Henry Benson Tues
day announced the following
schedule of bargaining right elec
tions to settle an AFL-CIO juris
dictional dispute which partially
ties up operations at Cook Inlet.
Seldovia, June 14-15; Port Gra
ham, June 16; Kaslof, June 18;
Kenai, June 19; Anchorage, June
21-22.
The tieup is only partially effec
tive now inasmuch as the AFL
union permits members to deliver
King salmon to any buyer willing
to pay $2 a fish.
Benson also announced settle
ment of the dispute at the Evan
Jones coal mine at Jonesville.
Workers received a 10 per cent
raise bringing hourly wages to
$1.55.
A contract between the retail
clerks union and Anchorage busi
ness men brought the clerks a $10
weekly increase with a six day
week. The minimum weekly sal
ary now is $85.
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THE TWO-DAY ERUPTION OF
the volcano Krakatoa, Netherlands
Indies, in 1883, was so violent that
actual sounds of the explosion
were heard near 3,000 miles away,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica. This distance is the
greatest at which sound waves
hav£ ever been perceived, pust,
stones and ashes were shot up into
the air more than 17 miles, and a
remarkable series of red sunsets
appeared al lover the world,
caused by the spread of fine vol
canic dust through the atmosphere.1
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Coed Stage Hands
NEW YORK — Coeds from
Hunter College’s famed Little
Theatre are also back stage ex
perts. The girls make their own
scenery as well as write the plays
and produce them. Here Coeds
Mary Foy (left) and Marion Dunne
are Kem-Toning some props for
this year’s production, while Dra
matic Director A. Joseph Loudin
supervises the operation.
Man and Wife
Sentenced
BREMERTON, (JP) — Homer
E. Wells and his wife, Ruth Helen
were sentenced to the state peni
tentiary yesterday after pleading
guilty to respective charges of sec
ond degree murder and man
slaughter in connection with the
starvation and strangulation death
of their 16-month-old 'son last
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sentenced Wells to life imprison
ment on the second degree murder
charge, and the wife to a maxi
mum of 20 years for manslaugh
ter. Charges of first degree mur
der against the pair ^ere dropped.
Minimum sentences will be set by
the state’prison board.
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