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i 46TH YEAR — NO. 52 — 68 PAGES
¦ember  Andlt Barnn of nrralatlniM
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1952
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
Voters' Civilian Defense
AT THE FIWT HINT OF DANCER.-
Eisenhoifter:
Doubts Democrats' FEPC Sincerity
SteTenson:
Ciiallenges General On Visit to Korea
TAKE COVER IKIAEWATEW
Says Stevenson ' Vfants Polity of \
^^Plf' Appeasement   ^ Of Russians
NEW YORK—Dwight D.
'Eisenhower charged last night that Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson advocates a for-
jeign policy of "implied ap¬ peasement" of Russia which
jHiay  bring  on   a  war   far
! wider in scale than the Korean conflict.
Eisenhower issued a spe¬ cial statement what he call¬ ed the "uncertain purpose and f&sble will" of the D e m o c r a tic  presidential
nominee's foreign policy after challenging the sincerity of the I Democratic civil rights program at a Harlem rally.
The Republican candidate used as his point of attack > a brief quotation of a speech Stevenson mside last May in San Francisco, during which the Democratic nominee proposed what Eisenhow¬ er called a "soothing and appeas¬ ing formula for meeting ^viet Communism."
"I believe that such a policy— with its beguiling panaceas, pla¬ cating international deals and im¬ plied appeasement—would encour-i {age aggression, he aald. Invites Worse Trouble
"Furthermore, I believe that It {would invite on a wider scale the kind of tragedy tliat now afflicts 'us In Korea."
Eisenhower quoted Stevenson as having said in May:
"Unless and until Americana are
I then taken as hostage* to Jasper, Ip'"^!'*'-*"! !^ r?^'!!'^*fu^K*"''ji''" Tenn.. where they were rolea.s^. |"'««'°" "^ ^=t ^IZZ^rl "rt^^t The   robbers   then   began   their'f^Y t° concede, negotla^.cm.s (with 1 crime tour in earnest. i Soviet   Russia)   can   make   little
;    Lemay told agenU that he had j P''.^^«««• ¦ • •   ._^  ,    ^^.   ^^ ; wanted  to Join the younger boys!    "There  has been  so much  em- ATLANTA~A   baby-fa««d   IS-ibut that Hill wouldn't let bUaJw-jP^asia on ''««I»"«,^"f«« j;^ North   Korean   .ioldlers   attacked; year-old   juvenile  delinquent  wasi cause of his "record " ^^j'"?   *^^ Tltl™ %«f.S^^
Heartbreak Ridge on the eastern;seized by FBI ag«nts yesterday &a\    Tennessee  records  showed  that|fna  sowing a stenitoi^ la^ front today and drow  to withinione of the three highwaymen who'Lemay   was   released   from   thei"  the Russians,  tnat mere  nas
Drought, Forest Fires Marring Indian Summer
Drought and forest fires mar¬ red the nation's Indian eummer weather on Saturday.
U. S. weather forecasters said Indian summer, with tempera¬ tures normal or above, would prevail at least through the weektod. But wbile the clear skies made for ipleasant outings, most sections of the eountry were suffering from prolonged drought and were in dira need of rain.
Ilrat major forest fire out¬ break In this area occurred yesterday afternoon on Til¬ bury Knob and last night at 9:80 Nanticoke Flra Depart¬ ment were still trying to atem the t»«atw«rd aprcad of the blase that had rained alno aorea.
Claude Kahley, atate forest Inapeetor In ehatga of fire- fighting operattons in tbe Mountain Top aad WUkea- Barre forest districta, aald not a single blaae haa been report-
Einstein Is For Stevenson
PRINOBTaN, N. J. —Albert Kinstein said on Saturday he would vote for Adlai E. Steven¬ aon for President because "I trust his Integrity, Judgment and intelligence."
The scientist endorsed the Democratia presidential candi¬ date after a two-hour conferenee With John G. Kemeny, professor of philoaophy at Princeton Uni¬ versity and a member of the Volunteers for Stevenson move¬ ment at tbe university.
•d within hie Jurisdiction 'Hiut I am keeping my flnfera erossed."
Fire fighters at Tilbury Knob said the tire had caused no property damage and no property was In Its path. Sev¬ eral fresh crews were on their way to the soone and It'waa believed  that the fire would
be under control In a matter •t aeveral honra.
Several atatea, most of them In the South and Eaat, reported severe forest and brush flra out¬ breaks and said the danger had apread with the opening of tha FaU hunting season.
A major forest fire broke out at New Canaan. Conn., and au¬ thoritiea feared that others would develop rapidly In tha tlnder-drj^ woodlands.
In Massachusetts, more than 70 fires were reported through¬ out the state and officials con¬ templated closing woodland areas to tourists. One fire burned a path a quarter-mile wide and two mllea long on Hoosac Mountain.
In Illinois, an estimated 80.000 acres of timber, pasture and farmland had been burned out in what appeared to be the state's worst outbreak In history.
Southern Illinois was hardest (Continued on Next Page)
MORSE BELITTLES
Baby-Faced IS-Year-Old Held by FBI as Kidnapper
AT VITAL HILL
TOKYO, Sunday—A battalion of
2 Companions Sought For Crime Rampage Through 3 States
Says Top Military Have Visited Korea, Know Ali the Facts
Washington—Sett. IVagme Morse, who haa deserted tb* Repulblloan party, yieaterday described as a cheap grandstand political piay'
Truman MayCef
UMWs Soff Coal Pay Raise Issue
WASHINGTON—Pressure   built participated In the decision to file
iroiii   vuuay   »nu   uroAf   tn   wiuiin; one OI uie uiren ni)siiwii>iii«iii wjiuijemay    was    reicasPQ    rrom    tnei-"    -¦"-    "-"¦»"-—,   "•»-   ~-»..~   ¦¦—iTyar\trV,f   r>    Vivmhmagr'.   Tuvtmiw SOO yards of key  defensive  posi- have kidnaped and robbed 20 per-j state reform school in September been litUe useful discussion of the, "w^«J^ «;^"^^» P™""™
tions   befora   they    were   beaten sons on a crime rampage through!on parole from a 1949 sentence of;bargaining alternatives.
back
More than 500 North Koreans were thrown against the ridge- Une in one of tlie heaviest assaults against the United Nations bas¬ tion In mora than a year.
To the west, Chinese command-
three states, Virgil   Lem ay
three years for "robbery from per-l    "The difficulties ... can be re. , .   .
was   arreeted   In Ison." He was paroled three times; solved  only^with  great care  and; P°^e[^ J"».^.
The   Oregon   senator   toJd   re-
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Nashville. Tenn.. at the home of aj previously but returned because hei ^^^ist-- wWc'h''kre^^'lnsUtlng i S™"^"?.
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fa hurled 300 troops at Jane Rus-! ~?llli!'" il  Peak on Triangle  Hill  early!
j friend.   He  told   the  G-men  and ] "simply wouldn't go to school.'
I state troopers that the other two     After   his   last   release    Lemay,»Sainst   people's   emotional   reae 1 bandits handed him an emptv gun attended an eighth grade class In I tions, that they must be reasonable and forced him to take part in the Nashville for two days, but then;and must give as well as take." iraes. disappeared. The next his family .Korean War No. S
, , ... . , „ Ji    Other foderai and intate of fleers' knew of him  was  when   repoptsl    Eisenhower aaid  he thinks the
rorers'"^dnL^d'r:-irbr. ---^"^^^^^^^^ ^"^ ^"* ^^^ ^'^^---|XrriirSi.'rtL'Sa5:
net  and  hand   grenade  «nge  of Western Georgia a^d Eastern Ala- men J American p«>plem »e ^camp^gn, ^^   ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^. ^^^^.^^^^
Allied defenders. ;bama foq the leader of the bandits,'    State «'B*^»y ^f \°   f ^^^\°'l'^„V„„„ ^^ the Korean wT W- Fechteler, chief of naval oper-
Bitter fluting was reported but las^lNstyed^m^^^^ t^^Na^^n^!    KarUer, the GOP n^mlnerprom- atlona:   Gen    Omar   N.   Bradley
make P?.ll'-«.i''''."''V*'l*V-'.*'"."„*^J""'^^^^ the   Atlanta  area  by  train, ised the rally in New York's Har-lclmirman  of  the  joint   chl^s  of ble-barrelled appeal from both the
'iThc youth said he intended to give^lem district that he would attackl^aff;     Army    Secretary    Frank I northern   soft   coal   industry   and Ihimself up. The friend  at whoss?!sr°Tepration     and     discriminationJPafe:   Air  Secretary_Thomas_ K.;miners' boss John L. Lewis,
Elsenhower pulled a cheap political play. He knows that the top military ex¬ perts of our government have been to Korea time and time again. Inspectloins of the military pro¬ gram In Korea have been made by Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air chief of staff; Gen. J. Lawton Collins,
"maniac"
front    ^ _.,    ...„   .       -
clear  who  v>ras   in   possession   of Hill.   29,   and   the   third the  centrol  front hill. Charles Hopkins, 20.
j up on Economic Stabilizer' Roger iL. Putnam yesterday to overrule the Wage Stabilization Board de- et^lw t^.at slashed 40-ount8 off a ¦^.90 "claily pay Inereiue negotia- ated by the United Mine Workers Union.
Informed sources NAid govern¬ ment officials are convinced the 375,000 soft coal miners will not go back to work until they receive approval of the full amount. Tampering with the board's ruling Is heavy with political Implica¬ tions, however, and the final de¬ cision could come from tlie White Houae.
Putnam called public members of the wage board and Chairman Archibald Cox to a meeting yes¬ terday and advised them that he haa "under consideration" a dou-
the joint appeal by Harjy M. Moses, president of the Bitumi¬ nous Coal Operators' Association, and Lewis.
It was the first time Lewis lent recognition to the validity of the wage board's action. Originally, he refused to join the operators In submission of the contract to the WSB, an,d when the cut was an¬ nounced he informed Moses that the Industry was the "sole peti¬ tioner" and therefore responsible alone for appeal.
But Informed sources said Moses and other industry leaders In secret talks with Lewis oonvlnce,d him that his signature on the ap¬ peal was needed to sway a deci¬ sion that would put his miners back in the pits.
Says Solution Is In Moscow; Old Guard on Red Party Line'
BOSTON—Gov. Adl«i E. Stevenson last night chal¬ lenged General Dwight E. Eisenhower, his presiden¬ tial rival, on his proposal to go to Korea, if elected, to seek a settlement of the war there.
Stevenson questioned the general's judgment. He said the root of the problem is not in Korea, but in Mos¬ cow.
The Democratic presiden¬ tial candidate made last- minute changes In a speech In Boston tonight to challenge the Korean peace trip which Eisen¬ hower proposed in a speech at DetroH laat night.
"Th* general haa announced hia intention to go to Korea," Steven¬ son aald.
"But the root of the Koreaji problem doea not He In Korea. It Ues In Moscow."
"It the purpose of the general's trip U to settle the Korean War by a larger military challenge, then Ithe aooner w« all know about it, jthe better."
Need Firm, raited Nation
"The Korean War must end and will end, aa we all know, only when Moaoow is conivtnced that the peopla of thia country—Repub- Ucans and Democrats alike—axe uitltad In unahakable determina¬ tion to atand firm, which is the only background against which honorable and final settlements can ever be reached.
"This is my purpose. T am sure. It Is General Elsenhower's pur¬ pose despite confused and conflict¬ ing volcee In the paat four months.
"But If the Krwnlin is to-balieve that this Is our common purpose, Americans — and especially the leaders of a political party which Inicludes millions of our people— must say so—and say it not In Korea, not after the election—but here at home, and now."
Stevenson wrote the challenge to his rival Into a speech in which he accused Old Guard Republicans In Congress of votiner tho "straight (Communist) party line."
Citing the Republioan oonositlon In Congress to several administra¬ tion measures Intended to check the spread of Communism, the (Continued on Next Page)
^ and    discrimination
Barked by neaniy 1,000 rounds Trio Split I'p ^! home he"was'"staving notified po-with "all the power at my com-
(Continued on Page A-8> | T^e highwaymenjplit and ^^ch^j^,^ ^^^^.^ j,^ ^^ ;mand"  if he  were elected Preei-
.»»«. *!,«„     Lgjj^y   ^..^s   held   for   juvenile jdent.
court. *       I    Eisenhower spoke in the heart
FRENCH FLY MEN AND
struck out on his own after their
toth   victim,   Herschel   Myers   ol - . i
Spencer, Tenn.. drov« them to the|-"of(j^„ ,aid Hill, whose home of   H«-'«"^'«>'"^» ,„V*!!!?°^ ,„.._   Atlanta   area.   The   kidnaping  o<'^^ i},ted as Framlngham, Mass., stand  erected at the InteweoUon SUPPLIES TO  WAR ZONE  sjTncer Imrolved crossing a .tate|^J '^^„,^ , some-times boxer f_ ,f *    f*"^^''Ch^^ HANOI,  Indo-China.-A   French line   and    constitutes   a   ^^^'-'^jfrom Miami, wereJeved to be,avenu^^
lift; ^unSfn rgerllo'nn?!""r^ I-™ay had a backg«,und"'" the Atlanta_area^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^_, ^, ^^^^ ,,^
Black River where French  union;of delinquency and truancy. When
ground forces were girding for aihe vanished from the home of his \ /     Il C—^—i.^
new blow by Red  Vietminh divi- sister in Nashville, where he had   Vall6y    OCSn©
•ions  tn  tbe battle  for northwest been li\'ing. two weeks ago, appar- '
Iticio-Ohlna. J ently   no   determined   effort  was
.*^pty tran.sport planps and   two made to find him. But his mother,'
hi'iicopters  airliftfd   French   rein-iMrs. Willy Lemay. who also lives|
forcenients, ammunition  and  food jin Nashville, came to his defense.
^   from the Red River delta into the: Mother Defends Him J
i^ggfd Thai Mountaln.s 80 to 100;    "i know he was kidnaped," nhe;
'¦P>'» northwest of here, where the gaid. ••Virgil would never join men;
^¦. opposing armies were maneu-;vdth guns holding up people. He's
Vfring for a showdown. I too young to be with them. I know;
A deadly  calm   broken  only  byj he wouldn't go along unless they!
patrol   8kirmishe.<<   hung  over  the forced him,"
Black River fighting sector.    Butj    However, three other Nashville;
I boys who were kidnaped by thei jband said that young Lemay did; 'not seem averse ft) ftfaviuK with| next;the gunmen when they were re-| ! leased
a French headquarters spokesman •aid ground and aerial reconnais¬ sance "makes it certain that Reds are regrouping for their move."
"Me old lady's a great gal," was thp Mng that Swoyerville fans tianp leavhffi Coal townnhip Friday niciht after the WeM Side sehool won a 19 to 0 vic¬ tory despite Coal township's cliant for the day of "20-40-60- HO—Swovefville plays like nre old lady"
M'illkie for President banners —marked "Collector's Item" and priced at 2,5 cent? each— for sole in window of eity second hand shop.
Patrolman John Johnson, coming on duty he.fnre St. John's sehool on North Mtin street Wednesdaii morninii, re¬ ceiving more cheers fi^m the sehool ehiL'lren than President Triiman and his n'otorrade.
and 20,000 reporters who have bean traveling with EJisenhower thought the crowd nearer 10,000.
Finletter:  Assistanj: Defense Sec-ljp^tnam Undecided
retary  Anna M.  Rosenberg,  and
others.
Raps Presumption
"Ilhey have keipt in dose touch with the Korean situation. In my Judgment It Is rather preaumptu- ous of Eleenhower to try to lead the Amarioan publie to think that a visit by him to Korea would have any particular bearing on ending the Korean war. But In these closing daya of the campaign we
The way in which the CtOP presidential nominee challenged the .sincerity of the administration civil rights program was to say that he had no intention of en- . ^^ _ . ,. gaging In a battle of political j ">?«*.I'ft^t^ nromi-ses with the Democrata.
^Hl'^^dtlrw^r^rver say toi^o^!^ ^^^^ th'ou«.^^^r the Negroes  of America.  "^ wilip7« "<lra7n up by the D^a^^t promise you a law knowing full <>' State    was commg In for the well that I can't driver It." This closest study, he   offered   as   an    example    of. Testimony by MacArthur
Putnam's aides said the stabl-j ^l^^Jt •__ lizer told Ihe group he has not ^ffOfl Iff decided how to rule on the peti¬ tion for approval of the full $1.90 and summoned them to the spe¬ cial meeting only because he wanted them to know he was eon- alderlng the request for reversal.
The meeting was brief and Put¬ nam then left for Naw York. No decision by Putnam Is expected until at leaat mid-week.
Three courses are open to Put¬ nam, if he decides to act on the appeal.    He could  send the  case
;M^whlleEi^hower.^^^^
J^th'^af :S^d?::2 If A-^-hmVn'^rjf^L- ^dec^roT"^ ^¦ occupaUon    troops    from.    Korea h-'-,^^«"^^-'»|;>-^^^^^^^^
can expect such political dramatics by 'Elsenhower: the American people should not be fooled by them."
The spokesman said the black-i Roger L. Snjlth 17, L»»"°"t y*-, clad rebel troops had sorely strain- den, 18. and William K. Burrow, ed their supply linos In their pur-ie, had driven to Florida tor », suit of French union troops into visit and on their return they tooK th. mountains. :ur, with Lemay, H.l and Hopl.lns:
He said that Fr.pnch fighter En io"te north, they said. Hill, planrs and bombers wpre exnloit-; •'turned tou-b'.' and gave pistols ing the weakness by blasting Vi t- to Hopkins and Lemay. ;
minh  convoys  and  depots  as  tar,T ken as Hostages „,^,.„! ii«om>t   pmUDDnMICm
north as tho Rod China border. The   other   three   youths   were HftSN'T   COMPROMIbtU     j
"j    .ST. IX>UI&- Sen. Robert A Tafti
Isaid Dwight D. Eisenhower hasn't'
{"changed    or    compromised"    his,
,»    0, • :general philosophy of government.!
l^rovins Out Democratic Campaign
"pretty shopworn" promises being offered to the electorate by the Democrats.
He promised that If elected he would work unceasingly to bring the federal CSonstitution into full force and assure "equal opportu¬ nity for all dtliens",
"There Is discrimination," he (Continued on Page A-8>
The public testimony of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and of Secre¬ tary of State Dean Acheson was the nub of the study being rushed by Morse and others.
MacApthur's testimony was that "It waa the strategic concept of the Johit chiefs of staff that with¬ drawal of American forces waa de- (Contlnued on Page A-8)
^ I   iailas COP Makes More Noise,
TAFT SAYS EISENHOWEr"^'" ^^^^ ^^ ^^'•^^-
U. S'. Is Expected to Announce
were expected to scire on the af fair, no matter which course Put¬ nam chooses. Lewis is campaign¬ ing actively for the Democrats in tbe presidential election.
The wage board, on« week ago yesterday trimmed the $1.90 daily negotiated •wage boost to $1.80. It held that the full amount would be Inflationary. Public members of the board, who had been ex¬ pected to aide with labor mem¬ bera, unexpectedly went along with Industry delegates.
If Putnam overrules the board, It will amount to a rebuke to the public membera and thts ap¬ parently was the reaaon for their being singled out to attend yes¬ terday's meeting.
It was learned that Federal Mediation   Chief   David   L.   Oole
$248,000 Hiiack Suspect
Over Wife
OKLAHOMA CITY — Orville Ldndaey Ohamibleaa, notorious bootieggar suapectMi In tha $248,- 000 hijacking of twe Cuban gun¬ runners three weeka ago, under¬ went surgery at Mercy Hoapital Saturday following a gangland- style attempt to aasassinat* him.   '
Chambless was wounded serious¬ ly by a double shotgun blaat fired
said at the hoapital that the shoot¬ ing haa "international compllca- Uone."
Mary Lou. CJhambless' 28-year- old wife, told officers her husband had '"fought over me" eatiier Fri¬ day. The fight, she said, was with an Oklahoma City bootlegger, the man now being sought.
The shooting occurred at a six- into his home at midnight as heioioim house cSiambless rented in watched television with his family. I Qie village, an Oklahoma City su- 'nie scar-faced ex-convict said heiburh. The shoU burst through a was "mad as hell" over the attempt; picture window and .ftruck the on his life. j bootlegger as he sat with hia four-
Hospital    spokesmen    said    he; year-old son's head in his lap. The
seemed afraid that another effort would be made to kill him, Fight Ovor Wife
Oklahoma county rtierlflfs depu
boy, Jimmy, was not hurt. PeUets Bemoved
The Buckshot struck Chambless in the cheat, knee and thigh. The
ties hunted a bootlegger reported j pellets were removed and attend- to have had trouble over CJiamb-iants said his condition was "im-
less* wife but said the hunted man Is only a "possible" suspect. Chambless   was   charged   with
proved." A nurse said <::!hamblesa wanted police protection but no guard was assigned immediately at
tranaporting stolen money from | his hospital room. Texas to Oklahoma. Authorities i Deputy Burks scoffed at C3hamb- beHeve tha $246,000 la hidden bii less' statement that an "Interna. Oklahoma. tlonal deal" was behind the shoot-
The 35-year-old chambers, who Ing. He described the bootlegger as once used airplanes for his boot- "just a small boy trying to act l«g«ing operatlona  In  Oklahoma,! Wg."
Perfumed 'Poison Leiier' Tested For Substance That Made 14 III
Explosion of first Super H-Bomb
¦..•af^sw^.wss   w.    . . r , y^nj.j. pieCMUnWCD    'I«»'«"' »*«er- that sent 14 office
WASHINGTON—The   next   blg|early as  last  Frtvruary,  however,} MOI\ WVnMI   CldCIVnUVVtln j^o^kers   to   hospitals,   wretohing
AUSTIN,   Tex —Chemist   made exhaustive laboratory tests  on  a
President Truman is chargedj I'he Eisenhower hfl'iuartera,: With blasting out at Republicaniestablished _in_a bus at the corner, presidential candidate Ike Eisen-
Speaking before a 'i:'"";^7°"^-,iatomic "«^ expected here is dis- that the  firat H-bomb  would  bej liin||| n ««  IM  UnOCh ^"*""*"°"*"cl08ure that the United States has tested   in   the   autumn,   and   thel'"'"ULU UO  IN  KOREA
! of Lake  street and the Harvey's ;;";;;;, Lake  highway.^ ^"!"5A.''."i„!;!"?^! should
en's    organiiation Zonta,  Taft   said   he   and   Eisen¬ hower   "always   were    in .agree- on   the   part   government play     in     the     nation's
hower up and dcnvn the nation but|^^'"fia]"^j,gic to attract voters t°, ggonomy.
Friday   night   in   Dallas   tlie   Ike: the bus and turned up^he volumei    ^^^^^ ^^^^  ..j^^y  opj
forces outblaated thc Democrats. It   wasn't  the   kind   of   politics that   works  toward   a   successful democracy but just a case of the Republican forces having a public-address  system
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when  the Democrats moved mto gj^g^^ower will win" the election Dallas. and that the pOP's best chance in
The   Democras,   through   their ^^ ^^^^j^  j^  j^,  Virginia with   i Dallas    borough    chairman,    Don ^^        chance to carry Tennessee, louderlClark,   had   previously   madf   ar-     ^^   ^^^   dinner   speech   at   the I rangements to present their pro-j jj^^^j    ,^,^(4   g^i<3    ^^e
'gram  via .the   sound  truck  in  a'°'"=™'-
  wasn't   due   to  govern
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LVminute period durin? which the f^^^Pfl.^ 	
RcDublicans had  promised  to re- '^8^^ ^^^.^^ ,.^^^ ^j^^ competition main silent. . .^        j    ^ (jee system."
But when the time came for the °'^^;^^;"ti„" „n the resignation Democrats to sound off, the Re- .'^"^""^wayne Morse of Oregon publican^   did   the   ^'^^-'j'."^"'^! ^,'„^^" he  r^^^^^^^^ party  Taft
and  noisier-much   to  the  disap-lfr^m   the^Kep^  ^^^^  ^^^   ^^^^
It necessary to  go  so
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'pointment of voters who were in-, terested in hearing both  sides of\hMjound
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exploded the world's first hydro¬ gen super bomb.
U. S. officials concede there Is some possibility that Russia will beat this country to the hydrogen punch. But as far as anybody here knows—or will say, at least— the American bomb is out front.
It is even possible that It al¬ ready haa been detonated at the Eniwetok Proving Ground in the Pacific. A big and costly task force of military and atomic e* perts haa been operating months. Fall Date Mentioned
The Atomic Energy Commission announced Sept. 9 that It would set off test explosions at Eniwetok this fall but refuaed to aay much else.
Informed sources had ^ated asi
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monihs of Sept^nber and October 1 were mentioned.
(5n Sept. 16 Rep. C3ari T. Dur¬ ham (D-N.C), acting chairman of the House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee, said that the fall testa vwuld Include "an explosion greater than has ever been set off before." He aaid the super blast T^'ould "open uip Oie gra-vest era in the hlatory of the world."
Durham  evidently was talking about "the hydrogen ara." for I Await findings
In the past, the Atomic Energy Ommission has  waited until  an Eniwetok   test   series   was   com pleted before disclosing that It had happened
RICKMOND, Va.—Sen. J. Wil¬ liam Fulbright (D-Ark) challenged Dwight D. Elsenhower to tell the nation what he Intends to do on his projected personal visit to Korea.
Eisenhower said In a Detroit speech Friday night that if elect¬ ed President he would make a personal visit to the battle front to determine how the Korean War could best be ended.
"(Jar    It   be   ha   (Elsenhower) really Intends to go to Korea and force a showdown with the Reds? Fulbright asked at a Democratic rally here.
An ultimatum at this juncture, bringing on a third world war be-
Sourcea familiar with  what Is'ore we are fully rearmed, could going on In the atomic weapons well  mean   catastrophe   for   the (Continued on Next Page)        whole world," he claimed.
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perfume," TulHs said. " and it might be just that My own re¬ action waa that If I had to alt and lnhal« that perfume. It would make me sick."
The perfumed letter waa re¬ ceived at the International Life Insurance Co. here Friday and O. H. Howard, vice president of the company, said he understood it came from "a disgruntled claim¬ ant."
J. P. CJotman. a post office de- p«u'tment inspector, said the letter appeared to have been "saturated in aome sort of liquid." Cotman said It was mailed from Ogle- thrope, Ga., and that he had con¬ tacted federal authoritiea there. M.V«tery to Officer
The    state    health    department
waa not called in on the case but
state   health   officer   George   W.
ment.   said   that   after   extensive! C<« volunteered his opinion.
tests he had found nothing pois-'    "I know practically every  drug
onous. on earth," Cox said, "and I don't
"We haven't found anything butl        iContinued on Page A-8)
and   fainting   from   Ita   sickening odor.
The first report on the chemical analysis was that the letter ap¬ peared to be saturated witii noth¬ ing but cheap perfume. But two of those overcome by the fumes were so violently ill that they re¬ mained In the hospital 24 hours after coming into contact with the mysterious letter.
Department of PubUc Safety technicians at first suspected tbat "a strong perfume" waa used in the letter to disguise the odor ol a virulent poison gas. Can't Find Poison
But Rolland E. TuUis, labora tory   technician   for   the   depart
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