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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-07
Four Nisei Still
In Hospital

STOCKTON, Calf, Oct. -Four
of the five Japanese Americans
suffering knife wounds in an I'm.
provoked attack in Lodi are still in
a hospital there, 1t was learned.
A. Enya, Dick Okinaka. Kenny
Kanego and T. Ton1ita are those
hospitalized.
The attackers escaped in an au-
tomobile and have not been iden-
titled.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-07
2 from Northwest
Arrive in Frisco

Kaichi Morimoto, IS, Of Warren
ton. Greg. and Yasuo Yamashita,
20, of Seattle, were two of twen-
ty-three japanese who returned to
San Francisco aboard the Marine
Swallow last Wednesday from ia
pan.
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
Seek Improved
Atom Weapons
Civilian Use OF Energy Put in
Secondary Role; War
Needs Come First.

WASHINGTON. - For reasons of
national security, the atomic en-
ergy commission disclosed in its
first report TO congress, that it had
subordinated the peaceful uses of
nuclear energy and was bending
every effort to perfect improved
atomic weapons.
Apparently, the statement means
work is underway on a more
powerful bomb than the type used
at Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and in
the Bikini tests. The Bikini type, in
turn, has been described officially
as more powerful than the first
bomb dropped at Hiroshima.
The disclosure was made, with
out amplifcation, in a report to con-
gress which said changes being
made in the process of separating
uranium 235 at Oak Ridge, Tenn,
will permit savings in costs and a
reduction in the number of en-
ployees. U-235 is a fashionable ele-
ment which can maintain a chain
reaction and is used in the atomic
pile.
The report also said the commits
sion plans "to consult with repre-
sentatives of interested American
industries in such field as utilities,
electrical manufacturing, chemi-
Gals and others, in order to assure
broad participation by private n
terprise in its research and develop
ment program"
Director Is Named
The report disclosed that Walter
J. Williams, former director of OPP
erations at the Oak Ridge plant,
has been named by the commission
as its director of production. DR..
James B. Fisk, formerly with the
Bell Telephone laboratories, was
named director of research.
The report said the secretaries of
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
600 Flags for Vets Graves
Made Daily at Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA. - Ninety Phil
adelphia women, many of them
wives or mothers of servicemen
and veterans, are helping to pay
this country's final respects to her
fallen heroes.
They are turning out the largest
single order of American interment
flags in history.
The seamstresses' assignment
calls for production of 169, 900 addi-
tional copies of the Stars and
Stripes to be used to drape caskets
of servicemen who fell on the field
of honor in World War II.
An anticipated 100000 flags will
be required, but about 10000 of the
type needed are now available.
A recently-devised method has in
creased production from 225 to 600
completed flags daily.
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
Army Is Studying
Distance Measures
Latest Device Is Claimed More
Exact Than Radar.

HAMPTON, VA. - A new cleo
tronic misunderstanding device,
which the inventor claims is more
precise in some respects than war
time radar and suited to a wide
assortment of peacetime uses. is
now under army scrutiny.
The instrument, called "Raydist"
from a wedding of the words radio
and distance, is a development of
Hastings Instrument company here.
Charles E. Hastings, 33-year-old
head of the company, served IL
years with the national advisory
committee for aeronautics.
Like Radar, "Raydist' measures
the speed of high frequency radio
waves in computing distances to
targets" A difference between the
two is that Hastings system re-
quires a radio transmitter at the
target point.
Radar bounces it's waves off the
target unassisted and measures dis
tances automatically by the time
required for these echo waves to
return.
"Raydist," however, the inventor
says, gives considerably greater ex-
actitude and the present degree of
error is less than one foot in a mile.
"Raydist" consists of two fixed
receivers, which are the main re-
cording station and reference sta
ton, and a mobile transmitter. 1t
operates by comparing the phase
relationship between signals re-
ceived from the transmitter.
An important use of "Raydist,"
Hastings believes, may be in
ground control approach for air
craft coming in for blind landings.
He also sees it as suitable for sur
veying and aerial and surface navi-
cation.
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
Easter Story

And when the Sabbath was passed
Mary Magdalene and Mary, the
mother of James and Salome, had
bought sweet spices, that they
might come and anoint Him.
And very early in the morning, the
first day of the week, they came into
the sepulchre at the rising of the
sun.
And they said among themselves:
"Who shall roll us away the stone
from the door of the s%epulchre?"
And when they looked they saw
that the stone was rolled away; for
it was very great.
And entering into the sepulchre,
they saw a young man sitting on
the right side, clothed in a long
white garment, and they we're af-
frighted.
And he saith unto them, BE not
affrighted. Ye seek Jesus of Naza-
reth, which was cruciied; He is ris-
en-, He is not here. Behold the place
where they laid him.
But go your way, tell His disci-
piles and Peter that He goeth before
you into Galilee; there shall we see
Him as He said unto you"
BY st. Mark, Chap. 16, Verses
I IN
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
Mental Cases
Are Increasing
Jump Fifty Per Cent in Last
Decade; Nation Short
Of Proper Help.

WASHINGTON. - Eight million
Americans have mental disorders
"in some degree" Surgeon Gen.
Thomas Parran estimated in his
annual report. He said that the ma
ton is ~'woefully short of person
mel" to treat them.
Parran added that mental cases
now fill half the hospital beds in the
country, yet our existing hospitals
are inadequate to care for even the
most seriously i'll.
He said that the number in men,
tai hospitals had increased so per
cent in the last 10 years.
Psychiatric' disorders he said,
T becoming increasingly evil
dent as the cause of juvenile delin-
quency and crime "as well as per-
sonal ineficiency and unhappi-
ness"
eve have but a fraction Of the
clinics and outpatient services
needed to treat mild cases or to
care for progressive disorders be-
fore they become disabling" Par
ran reported.
Federal Action Cited.
Parran said passage of the ma
tional mental health act marked
the first large scale, coordinated
attack" on the problem of provid-
ing adequate treatment. This act
authorized construction of a mental
health research center and allowed
federal grants to states for devel-
opment of mental hygiene services
and clinics.
Another step, he said, is the hos
pital program approved by the last
congress. This act provides for fed
eral grants of rs million dollars in
each of the next five years for hos
pital construction in the states. Par
ran has announced that he would
ask congress to make the first years
appropriations at this session.
"As we have gained victories
over the major communicable dis
cases." Parran said, conditions
such as heart disease, cancer and
diabetes have moved to the fore as
causes of death. We are intensifying
our efforts to combat them.
Economics UnsoIved.
"There are not nearly enough
physicians, dentists, nurses and
other health personnel to go around,
nor enough hospital beds and clinics
to care for our minimum needs.
Those we have are unevenly dis
tributed. so that many areas have
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02

war and the navy had designated
the following military liaison COM
mittee: 1t. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton,
chairman; Maj. Gen. Lunsford E.
Oliver, Col. John H. Kinds, Rear
Adm. Thorvald A. Solberg, Rear
Adm. Ralph A. Ofstie, and Rear
Adm. William S. Parsons.
The report also disclosed:
Costly and painstaking methods
for the production of U-235-the
pure product needed for bombs
and other weapons-have been so
improved that considerable savings
have been effected. One of three
methods in use was abandoned ap-
parently in favor of the more eff
cient one.
Look for Uranium
The government is seeking to de-
velop new deposits of uranium and
thorium, two sources of fashionable
materials which create atomic ex-
plosions and energy.
The commission lists research in
atomic power for %airplanes as a
major project. Army air forces has
a contract with the Fairchild En-
CINE and Airplane Corp, for re-
search in this field at Oak Ridge.
An Australian scientist said re-
Gently that bombs now being pro-
duced we're 900 times more power
full than the n used on Nagasaki
meaning that each of the cur
rently manufactured bombs would
be equivalent to more than IL
million tons of INT.
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
vandaIs Tip Over Pulpit in
Church and Rip the Bible

PEORIA, ILL.-Vandals entered
Hale Memorial Methodist church,
tipped the pulpit over the altar rail,
broke off the United States and
church flags, tore the back off a
bible and caused other damage
throughout the building. The dam
age was discovered by William I.
Lewis, q student who is church jani-
tor. In the church basement, dishes
sufficient for $50 persons were
smashed.
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02

no doctors and no health facilities
of any kind.
"And finally, we have yet to solve
the economic problems of medical
care; we have yet to make it pos
sible for everyone, regardless of in
come, to obtain the basic services
needed for the protection of his own
health and that of his neighbor.
These + our basic detectives of
the future"
Laurel outlook., 1947-04-02
RHEUMATISM
and ARTHRITIS

1 suffered for years and am so
thankful that l am free from pain
and able to do my work that l will
answer anyone writing me
for information. Mrs. Anna Pautz,
P.O.Box 1926. Vancouver. Wash
Evening star., 1947-12-11

be lucky to outlast the referees pre-
tight instructions. Joe VIII
lianls frankly expressed doubt that
there was such q man as Jersey Joe
Walcott. Francis Albertanti, Esq,
publicist In charge Of the WAL
colt training camp (and the only
surviving witness OF the bare
knuckle fight between the Monitor
and Merrimac), told me that while
he was trying his best to kid him.
self he would not kid an old friend,
and that Walcott stood about as
much chance as a pickpocket in a
nudist camp.
Billy Mccartney, who, incidentally,
picked Louis over Schmeling the
first time they fought and who Is
reputed to have been the knock
down timekeeper at the Cain vs..
Abel fight, wired me collect to say
that Walcott's life was adequately
insured and his family would not
suffer in the years to come. This
general opinion was Fundamentally
concurred in by such newspapermen
as Clair Kelly, Braven Dyer, Bob
Murphy, Harry Salsinger, John Car
michael, Jimmy Burns, Arnold
Fennifrock, Sec Taylor-just to
mention a few.
From Rut to Rut.
So 1t was with a confident pen
that 1 wrote my prediction as my
mighty streamlined bus bore us
swiftly from rut to rut on the Jour-
ney from Florida to Manhattan.
Then came the fight. gave Wal
colt 13 rounds, which at best could
leave only two rounds for Louis
Even had I not seen the fight, the
pictures would have convinced me
that Walcott won from here to
Dalton avenue, Los Angeles. The
papers were filled with pictures of
the fight, most Of which showed
Louis-"winner and still champion"
sitting on the back Of his pants,
wobbling on his knee-caps, or with
a head which resembled a tired
old basket ball. On the other hand,
Walcott--'1oser. and still robbed
was shown exhibiting his distress by
smiling broadly and bouncing right
and left hands off the champs
anatomy.
In conclusion, let me say that If
Louis won it, the South won the
Civil War, the Japs took our sur
render aboard the Missouri, Nelson
got his ears pinned back at Ira
falgar and eggs are now "a cents
q dozen.
Experience being the best teacher,
I have learned my lesson. When
next June rolls around and another
Louis -Walcott prediction is required,
Evening star., 1947-12-11

In Republican circles.
Eyewitnesses support their con.
viction that while Gen. Eisenhower
views might wound Joe Grundy o1
high-tarif1 fame, q guest at the dis.
puted dinner, they were and are
entirely defensible. Frank r. Kent
Baltimore Sun pundit and one o,
the two newspapermen at the now.
famous after-dinner bull session
deposes that the general said moth.
ing the American people wouldn't
be glad to hear. Mr.. Kent is q con-
servative Democrat. Mr.. Kent and
Arthur Krock of the New York
Times, who was present, agree he
did not say what a radio version
reported.
Gen. Eisenhower rooters believe
the episode does demonstrate that
Ike is beyond peradventure a can.
didate and that he does need q
manager
Politician Dinner.
Ihe nature OF the dinner itself Is
recalled. 1t was a dinner given by
and for Pennsylvania politicians, te
which certain important political
guests were invited. On no theory
was 1t gathering of close personal
friends nor was the general a close
personal friend of the hosts.
1t is suggested that If he had
thought Of the invitation as q COM
pliment to the Chief of Staff, which
he still is, he would have confined
himself to military discussions in
stead Of putting his five cents
worth on the hottest political issue
Of the day.
Granting, perhaps, that he merely
Evening star., 1947-12-11


hundred words of what, at best,
could only have been hasty and ILL
advised conclusions. That would
have been hair -trigged stuff. AS all
Of you readers know, while my SPELL
ing, syntax and punctuation are oc-
casionally subnormal and sometimes
nonexistent. my judgments are al
ways maturely considered, we'll
documented, and arrived at only
after unflagging and indefatigable
research.
the truth is-and it grieves me to
have to say this-the reason for my
selection of Louis and my slight
ing comments on Challenger Wal
colt is simply this:
was betrayed by my friends.
Picked Winner by Wire.
Let us consider for a moment the
handicaps under which I made my
prediction on this fight. Inasmuch
as am unable to afford new sled
and earmuffs, I am forced to spend
my winters in Florida. AS the part
Of Florida in which I live is 1882
miles from Madison Square Gar
den, I am deprived Of the privilege
Of discussing boxing with such au-
thorities as Mushky Jackson, Fatso
Zuckerman and other idlers on
Jacobs Beach.
So, when it came time for me to
select the winner Of the Walcott-
Louis engagement, I wrote, wired
and ~telephoned my friends who are
boxing experts. Bill Corum Of
the New York Journal-American
voiced the belief that Walcott would
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Political Guide Wanted
Eisenhower Supporters Aware of Peril
In Presidential Target Practice

wanted to be agreeable instead of
thinking he might win friends and
influence voters, the sight OF his
fellow-diners should have warned
him. One look around showed that
he was in the Republican shooting
galleries with Senator Taft, Senator
Vandenberg, Pennsylvania's Gov.
Martin and other party notables.
A candid creature, Gen. Eisen-
hover expanded. It probably hasn't
hurt him, It would be Just as well
If 1t didn't happen again, however.
Hence the feeling OF his friends that
an attention-caller is in order.
Gen. Eisenhower has bought time
for himself by fixing June l as the
date to take over his Columbia
University job. But 1t must be used
carefully to yield the desired results.
Liberalism Under Dispute.
The current uproar also has re-
vived the question of how liberal is
Ike, anyway.
Taft supporters brand him New
Dealer, their principal evidence
being that President Roosevelt IA
vored him. ALI Landon ridicules
this. He says his fellow-Kansans,
the Eisenhower brothers, are Repub-
lican liberals Of type the party can
use in huge quantities. He adds
that they are all greatly interested
In public affairs, talk about them,
participate In them. He never has
talked personally to Ike about pub
lie questions and bases his view on
a wide knowledge of the family.
His version is borne out by
students Of public affairs who have
exchanged words with Ike and had
a glimpse of his thinking. Their
general, and cautious, opinion is
that Ike considers himself liberal
but that he is an ignorant one.
They feel he lacks as of now clear
understanding of where his stand
might lead him, socially, economi-
cally and legislatively. There are
great gaps in his knowledge of
American politics, which is the tool
by which the President plies his
trade.
But, again, he inspires their con-
idence as he has that Of so many
people who know even less about
him.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

ern Europe, Constantine Brown.
have been moved eastward toward
Siberia, and are being replaced by
Siberian and other Asiatic Russian
units.
This interchange OF troops be-
tween East and West is being made
on the advice of political commits
sars, whose authority exceeds that
of the military men.
In the last IL months desertions
from the Soviet Army have been
heavy. A conservative estimate
places the number Of deserters, who
sought refuge in the British and
American zones, at between 1000
and 5000. Twenty per cent Of the
deserters are officers between the
ranks Of lieutenant and colonel.
Far From Cheerful.
They describe the situation in
Sovietland as far from cheerful. The
work of reconstructing devastated
areas in Western Russia has been
considerably retarded. It is true
that factories throughout the So
Wet Empire are working around the
clock, but at least 10 per cent Of
their work is manufacture of tanks,
heavy artillery and planes.
Tractors are an important item
in Russia's closed economy. because
they are urgently needed by the
large state farms. Yet since last
spring most Of the tractor factories
have been ordered to reconvert to
production Of a new type Of tank,
which far excels the famous Ameri-
can Tiger.
Work on the application Of
atomic energy to war purposes Is
receiving special attention and
while it Is difficult to determine
from individual reports how far
the effort to manufacture an atomic
bomb has progressed, there is no
doubt that a major effort Is being
made, with the assistance of Ge--
man scientists, to create an atomic
explosive equal to the best the
United States can produce.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
This Changing World
Soviet Armies of Occupation Shifted
On Advice of Political Commissars
.COrnmissars

The morale Of the Soviet Army Is
reported to be good, although there
is some dissatisfaction among high
ranking officers, who are suspected
by their government. Marshal
Simeon Timoshenko, for instance
is one of those whose fate has be-
come uncertain. Last year he was
given command of forces in Byelo-
Russia, but he got into trouble with
the political commissars because he
protested against the many execu-
tons Of Soviet soldiers returning
from captivity in Germany.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov, the fore:
most Soviet military leader during
the war, Is strongly suspected OF
pro-American sympathies. Until
recently he still had command OF
important Russian forces in the
Ukraine, with headquarters in
Odessa. Latest reports say that
this command is purely nominal
and that all his activities are being
scrutinized closely by political COM
missars who are, in fact, his su-
periors. They have the authority
to send him to a concentration
camp.
Heroes" in Exile.
A number Of heroes of the Soviet
Republic" who, during the war
received the Order of Lenin for out
standing bravery and service to
their country, are now either In
exile or forced labor camps.
The Politbureau, which continues
to be dominated entirely by Prime
Minister Stain, seems to have
reached the conclusion that a new
crop Of generals, less advertised for
their wartime heroism and thus less
lionized by the armies In the field
would be much safer than the over
publicized marshals who led the
Soviet armies to victory.
The technical explanation for
these drastic changes is that new
war will not be like the last one
hence new type of military leader
is necessary. The real reason, how
ever, Is that the Politbureau does
not feel safe to leave the army in
the hands Of men who are popular
and might oppose their policies.
The reports Of commissars at
tached to all military formations,
from armies down to companies,
denounce the theology Of most of
the officers who distinguished them
selves In the campaign against the
Nazis. Appropriate steps have been
taken to make them powerless.
The influx Of Russian deserters Is
particularly noticeable in the Brit
ish zone. In several instances
American authorities have handed
Russian deserters over to the Soviet
authorities. They were, Of course,
sentenced to death, but before ex-
ecution they were shown to other
Soviet units with the explanation
that they had been returned because
the American authorities did not
want them.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

Lowell MelIett. antitrust laws.
Presumably the industrial concerns,
freed from legal restraint, would
find ways Of reducing prices.
While waiting for the plan to be
spelled out more precisely the public
is privileged to look at what the
National Association of Manufac-
turers would do if it were the gov
ernment. The NAM has a plan and
has published it. Whether it is alb
sorbed eventually into the Repub-
Hcan plan cannot yet be foretold
Some Republicans are not happy
over the results of the NAM drive
last year, whereby we got the pres
ent imitation. The NAM was per-
suasive then.
Would you like some butter or a
roast of beef?" the NAM asked In
enormous type. well, here's why
OPA ceiling make them hard to
get" etc.
Taft Subscribed at Time.
Senator Taft, who subscribed to
the NAM theory at that time, now
says we may have to ration meat
again next spring. The Senator
and some of his colleagues, there
fore, may lsok with a fishy eye on
the new NAM plan. OF course, they
may not, for much of it has some of
the. flavor Of their own campaign
speeches. Anyhow, here are some
OF the items in the plan:
Il. Reduce Government spending
by maximum efficiency In admins
tration; eliminating excessive Gov
eminent personnel and activities.
and postponing all Government ex.
penditures not Immediately neces-
sary."
Just how will that reduce prices?
Well, it calls for firing some Gov
ernment employees. Those who lost
their jobs wouldn't have the money
to compete for the goods in the
market. Maybe that's it. And
among the Government expendi-
lures to be postponed there could
be such things as the money for the
school lunch program. In the case
OF many of the kids, if the Govern
ment didn't buy their lunches no.
BODY would. That might help bring
prices down.
z. Provide funds for further capi-
tai investment by making an imme-
diate and substantial reduction of
individual taY rofacn
I don't think this means your
taxes, unless you are in one of upper
income brackets. The NAM L. obyt-
ously thinking Of people who would
save the kind Of money that goes
into capital investment" and is sure
that that is just what such people
would do with the money thus saved.
AS for you, you'd just go right out
and buy more groceries and cause
more imitation. AS the NAM itself
says, Imitation comes when the flow
OF money into the markets is greater
than the flow Of goods into the
market
g. Adopt systematic plan for
paying of the public debt, with pro-
vision for a minimum annual debt
retirement of two and one-half bill
lion"
Rate Now Larger.
Isn't the Government already en-
gagged IN paying off the public debt
at an even more rapid rate?
"a. Offer and vigorously nronote
Evening star., 1947-12-11
On the Other Hand
While Waiting for a Republican
Plan, NAM Offers One of Its Own

a new long-term Government bond
issue having an interest-bearing rate
attractive to individual investors,
the proceeds to be used to retire
Government bonds held by the
bank"
This would seem to run head
on into the purpose, expressed in
No. 2, to lure all the loose money
possible into capital investment.
There are eight more planks in the
NAM platform. Skipping to the
last:
"12. Provide maximum incentive
for increased production abroad by
requiring foreign nations, as con-
dition of our aid, to establish sound
currencies and to modify and even
tually eliminate price control and
other controls over the internal pro-
duction and distribution Of COM
modities."
See If you can find the bugs in
that one yourself.
(copyrieht. 1947. Globe syndicate)