Milford chronicle., 1950-05-12

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slnally intended TO hold next wears
dollars has changed its mind. The
as provoked a new series Of crises.
1heSe include the shooting down 81
a Navy plane over the Baltic Tia
threat of a Berlin coua. tire 3niensi.
1ea campaign . Gust Americans ana
American agencies from C1oehoSl0.
Vaszla and Bulgaria ana renewed
pressure On Turkey and Iran. ~ N~ia.
there is the Communists een nR
halnan and the messing a .at,esion
forces for the attack on Fomoss. lasl
outpost q Chang Ksi-Shek,S tottcr.
lng Nationalist government
Secretary Of Defense johnson. a
Previous advocate 81 economy. went
. Congress for more money. He said
q uesppTaiSsl Of needs hy the Joint
Chiefs Of san made Il advisable. The
House Appropriations Committee an.
proved his Uecommen6atiOnS hring.
ing the military budget for the fiscal
year starting tins July % l9,sS billion
dollars
Arsenal oG New Weapons
These are some Of the startling new
developments in the national cam.
pslgn q military preparedness dis
closed az Congressional SppC0prjN-
lions hearings N recent weeks
The Army expects 70 have weapons
that WI knock down lS-mile-high
wsTplsneS.
The New 4 -.,s,, a., a,,,a2 m,
stomlc-powerea submarine,
The Air Force Is working on q new
lnterconunentsl weapon - plane
launching a guided missile hundreds
Of miles away from target
The Atomic Energv Commission m.
parently Is producing special bomb
castings for the tremendously more
powerful atomic explosives Tor use
against any type Ot enemy target
CORic Rays
In addition, a huge rocket win be
launched from a ship on the EQUATOR
IN mi6-PaCiic this month 10 carry
alOft- instruments for recording data
on the COSnic ray. Some scientists
estimate the energy Of such rays in
outer space may be 10 times that re-
leased by an atom bomb.
Two big industrial corporations.
Westinghouse and General Electric,
are doing research on the nuclear
ship propulsion unit for the ARC. The
new 'U-2SS boat" is expected 10 be
ready sometime in 1854
But the U-2SS boat was given only
fourth priority among the projects
listed by Adm. Forrest p. Sherman,
chief Of Naval Operations. The others
included an underSea craft using hy~
urogen peroxide as 3 source OF
oxygen, a 250-tOn pig-a-back radar
picket submarine, a larger SubmerSi-
bic with a closed circuit" power
plant a cruiser converted into a
guided missile carrier
Penetration Bombs
During World War II, the Allies
were unable to crack the Man U-bost
pens, tucked away along the coast
under thick layers Of earth and rein
forced concrete. Immediately after
We Day, some Of these imppeEnsbla
shelters Withst0od weeks Of practice
pounding by the u. S. Air Force with
the largest available conventional
bombs. A Misrepresentation atomic
bomb might be the answer to this
type Of underground installation.
Another new weapon conceiVably
may be an atomic marine mine, pre-
set for defamation BY remote cleo
tronic control Such a weapon could
be dropped by plane or planted
steaithily by q submarine in an en-
envy harbor.
Russia Not Ready
Adm. Sherman declared that all
though RuSsia's naval manpower is
nearly twice that Of the U. S. and its
ship strength is growing he did not
believe the Soviet Union completely
ready" for a large-Scsle war.
The admiral indicated he does not
believe reports Of foreign submarines
operating of American shores. He
said the report Of a naval officer about
a foreign sub of California was "a
statement Of opinion from an officer
junior to flag rank and not verified
opinion"
There have been a number OF such
reports but no 100 per cent, absolute
case, he said, adding 'it's just like the
flying saucers." 81