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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01

Crooked Tree

CROOKED TREE - Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Boone and son of
Marietta, called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmitt Way Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou McAtee and
family of Columbus, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Merritt, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Smith
and family, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Wilson and family, Sunday,
in Cambridge.
Mrs. Charles Pickenpaugh and
children, of McConnelsville, and
Lille Boyd, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Dut-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Wagner,
visited Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Harper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Arnold
and Mr.. and Mrs. Way Wickens,
enjoyed a picnic Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Leasure,
at Bellaire. Mr.. and Mrs. Way
Wickens and Mrs. Richard Ar
mold were in Marietta shopping
Friday.
Callers of the week at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Bolen,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Rhoads and family of Gary, Ind,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Davis of
Wheeling, Frances Grader, Mr..
Ed Schnider, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Butler and family of Wheeling,
and Mrs. Dorothy Tulius and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Crum
and family of Canton, called on
his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Will
son, Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Irwin GeSsel called on Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Haines, Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Clem Binegar spent a
few days last week with her son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Binegar.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
whiqvi|
WHIGVIII,E

WH1GVILLE - Mrs. Wayne
Hayes and children of Caldwell,
spent Monday with Mrs. Kenneth
Cutler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brook
over of Fostoria, spent a few days
the past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Berry.
Mrs. Carroll Cutler and daugh-
ters of Cambridge, spent Wednes-
day with Mrs. Chester Bates.
Della Thomas was calling on
Donna Sanford, Wednesday eve
ming.
Ruth Clark was calling on
Florence Carter, Thursday eve
ming.
Mrs. Amy Johnson of Cald-
well, Sandra and Larry Bates of
West Lafayette, spent Monday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. D. Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gardner
spent Friday with MIR. and Mrs.
Donald Berry.
Mrs. Edith Bates and Mrs.
Irene Cutler, were calling on Mrs.
Freda Cutler, Wednesday after
noon.
Clarence West of Columbus,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. West.
MIR. and Mrs. Ray Clark spent
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Clark of Middleburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Cutler
were at Caldwell Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Rose Gulick and daughter
Helen, were calling on friends
here Wednesday afternoon.
William Thomas of GAINESVILLE,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thomas.
MIR. and Mrs. Billy Cutler
and children of Marietta, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Forest Danford.
Donna Sanford was calling on
Ruth Clark Thursday evening.
Mrs. Amy johnson Of Cald-
we'll and grandchildren Sandra
and Larry Bates of West Lafa-
yette, sp1nt Friday afternoon
with MIR. and Mrs. H. D. Carter.
Several attended the home
coming here Sunday. A good
program was presented and SER
mon by Rev. Myron Cutler. A
basket dinner was served on the
church lawn at noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rich Wilk and
son of Washington, DC, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A.
West, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hayes
and children of Caldwell, spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Cutler.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
| Your
| Election
Laws

In concluding our examination
of criminal offenses and penal
ties under the election laws of
Ohio, let us consider three types
of offenses: (l) congregating at
the polls; (2) the failure of an
officer of the law to assist elec-
ton officers; and 90 the failure
of an election official to enforce
the law.
In the first case the statutes
strictly prescribe that no person,
being one of a party of two or
more persons congregating in or
about a voting place during the
receiving of ballots, SO as to
hinder or delay an elector in
registering or casting his ballot,
shall refuse to disperse upon
being ordered to do so by the
registrar or judge of election.
The penalty for refusing to obey
such an order is a fine of not
less than twenty nor more than
three hundred dollars or impris-
onment up to six months, or both.
With reference to the second
type of offense listed, the statutes
direct that no officer of the law
shall fail to obey forthwith an
order, issued by the presiding
judge at an election, against per-
sons unlawfully congregating or
lettering within one hundred feet
of a polling place; hindering or
delaying an elector from reaching
or leaving the polling place;
soliciting or attempting, within
one hundred feet of the polling
place, to influence an elector in
casting his vote, or interfering
with the registration of voters or
the casting or counting of ballots.
Any officer of the law who vio-
lates this section shall be SUBJ
ject to a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than one thousand
dollars or Imprisonment of not
more than thirty days, or both.
Finally, the law provides that
an official who neglects to per-
form any duty imposed by an
election law, for which no pen
atty is otherwise provided, shall
be fined not less than fifty nor
| more than one thousand dollars
or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
Horriettsville -
HoFriettsve -
Local W.5.(.5. And Sunday School
Honor New Pastor With Reception

The WSCS and the Sunday
school of the Methodist church
had a potluck supper at $50
O'Clock" Tuesday evening on the
church lawn and a reception for
the new minister and his wife,
Rev. and Mrs. Allan Teter.
They were given many useful
gifts.
Enjoying the supper and even
ing were Rev. and Mrs. Teter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Cunningham,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Ullman, MIR.
and Mrs. Paul Kelby, MIR. and
Mrs. L. D. Schramn, MIR. and
Mrs. Glen Wilson and son, Gary,
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Cunning
ham and children, Marilyn Sue
and David, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin
Fryfogle and children, Jimmy
and Jane Ann, Mrs. Bertha Jo-
hanning and daughters, Ann and
Aundree and son, Harry, Mrs.
Nina Huffman, Mrs. c. E. Johan-
ming, Mrs. Blanche Schafer and
son, Harry, Debra Love, Mrs.
Barbara Wooster, and John Haff-
ner.
Those sending gifts were Mr.,
and Mrs. Clarence Kelby and Mr.,
and Mrs. Ronnie Love and MIR.
and Mrs. Burdette Ayers.
Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Ullman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Fryfogle
and children, Jimmy and Jane
Ann, were dinner guests Thurs
day evening of MIR. and Mrs
Harley Lovett of Warner.
Weekend Guests
Prof. and Mrs. Andrew Smith
berger and daughter, Susan, OF
South Bend, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs
Andy Smithberger and SON.
Stephen, of Watertown, Wise,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
(HA5EVILLE news NOTES

son, and Mrs. Martha Secrest
and daughter, of Lore City,
Route, spent Friday evening with
Mrs. Nellie Laughlin and daugh-
ter and Mrs. Edison Murphy.
Miss Louise Murphy spent a
few days last week with her
college room mate, Miss Louise
Jayne of Chillocothe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Hollings-
head and family, Nevare, spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dement,.
Rev. William High and chill
dren and Mrs. Jaunita Sayre and
children, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sayre, ST., Friday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
Chaseville

Mrs. Alfred Brown and son, of
DerWent, visited Mrs. Curtis Hill,
Thursday evening.
Halderman and Paul Finley
attended the Ohio State Fair
at Columbus, Saturday.
Mrs. Hazel Finley called on
Mrs. Gertrude Singleton and
Mrs. John Curry, of Senecaville,
one day last week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
Summerfield -

The Homemakers club will
meet on Thursday, September
is, at the home of Mrs. Marie
Bircher, for their regular meet
ing instead of Thursday, Sept.
8.
F. & A. M. Lodge
Summerfield lodge F. g. A. M.
will meet Wednesday evening,
Sept. 7, for their regular meeting,
in charge of the master Dean
Oliver.
Dismissed Home
Mrs. Betty Kearns has been
dismissed. from the Guernsey
Memorial hospital in Cambridge,
where she was a patient for sew
eral days.
Dinner Guests
MIR. and Mrs. G. A. Atkinson
were dinner guests Sunday, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Davis near
Sarahsville.
Personals
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Williams of
near Kennonsberg, called at the
home of Mrs. Nellie Cunningham,
Thursday morning.
MIR. and Mrs. Stanley Dali
rymple have returned home after
spending the past week with Mr..
and Mrs. Mac Dalrymple and
family, in Canton.
Ronnie Slimboski of Caldwell,
visited last week with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Fowler.
Mr.. Edwin Bates returned Sun
day to his home in Pasadena,
Calf, ,after spending the past
week with his sisters, Mrs. E. T..
Bircher and husband, and Mrs.
Fred Fisher and husband
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Baldwin
and sons, of Columbus, and Mrs.
Eldrite Becker of Oakland, Calf,
visited one day last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Reed. Mrs.
Becker remained for a longer
visit.
MIR. Wib Taylor visited Satur-
day night and Sunday with his
brother, Mr.. John Taylor and
wife in GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Pearl Mckinney, Dana
Reed and son Tim, Beulah and
Linda Watson and Grace Taylor,
were shopping Friday in Colum-
bus.
Mrs. Robert Creamer and
daughter Sue Ellen, have feturn-
ed to their home in Columbus,
after visiting several days with
her mother, Mrs. Fred Bode and
husband.
MIR. and Mrs. Rod Morris of
Reinersville, MIR. ard Mrs. John
j. Morris of Caldwell and Mr..
Edwin Bates of Pasadena, Calf,
were dinner guests Saturday eve
ming with MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Havener
Jr., and family of Cleveland, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Havener and
son of Newark, Mrs. Lawrence
Brewster and sons of Painesville,
are visiting with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Havener.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Craig and
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01

u S. Congressman John E. Henderson, of the 18th district
planked by officers of the forces of
France Federal Republic of Germany Canada, and United
State-which make Fourth Allied Tactical Air
STEIN Germany when the of NATo paamenarians of
which he member, visited this NATO headquarters
The NATO pariamentarians high level group Of
bers of parliament and who particularly
terested NTO and take opportunity to learn at first
hand how all elements of NATO operate. From left
Colonel Chesnais French force assistant chief
plans Fourth ATAF Air Vice Marshal j. G. Kerr Royal Can
adan air force chief of staff Fourth ATAF Henderson;
General Frederic H. Smith, Jr, USAF commander,
ATAF and 1t Col H. Schumacher German force director
of intelligence, Fourth ATAF
Rep Henderson selected by Speaker of the
Rayburn to participate in this years bipartisan group visit
NATO installations Europe.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
Summerfe|d -
September Session Of Homemakers
Club Will Be Held Al bircher Home

sons were among those at pot
luck dinner Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Shelby Green
and family near East Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Bode
and Mr.. Flode Yost, were busi-
ness callers Monday forenoon in
Caldwell.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01

HT. ana MTS. JOllIl SQeVllIl OIL
Columbus, and Patty Kleib of
Marietta were weekend guests of
Miss Justine and Roman Smith
berger.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Schramm
visited Wednesday with DR.. and
Mrs. Daniel Schramm, of Zanes-
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mantel of
Lower Salem route and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Mantel of Warner
visited Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Erval Stevens.
Evening visitors were Mrs. Lola
Mallett and sons, Donald and
Douglas, of Stafford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Schafer, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Sailing and son,
Harley, of Caldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Raye and
children, Cheryl, David, Carol
Debbie, of Clinton, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Vir-
gil Cunningham and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Ullman en-
joyed a few days trip last week
in Kentucky visiting historical
places and a tour thru Mammoth
cave, visited the birthplace of
Lincoln and other places of in
terest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Springer
and Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Greiner
of Alliance spent a few days va
cationing at their cabin on Cub
Run.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Crum
visited Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Bonar, of Columbus, and
on Saturday attended the Ohio
State fair. On Sunday they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elec Hogg
of Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wib Hardesty
visited Thursday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Erval Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Schramm
and Mrs. c. E. Johanning called
on Mr.. and Mrs. John Robinson,
of Stafford, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Keener
| and Mr.. and Mrs. William Kee-
| ner, Jr., and family, of Holden,
w. Va, called on their cousins,
| Mrs. Mary Haidet, Mrs. Barbara
Wooster and Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Kelby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Thompson
and Jeffry, Sherri and Jay, of
Lower Salem, Mrs. Sylvia Field
ner and Mrs. Norma Jean Peav-
ler and Gloria, visited Saturday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
| Charles VanFossen.
A. l.. Schafer of Caldwell
called Tuesday afternoon on Mrs.
Mary Haidet, Barbara Wooster,
Emil Lee and Mrs. G. E. Johan-
ming.
Gaylord Miller of Alliance is a
patent in the Alliance General
hospital in a critical condition. He
formerly resided here.
Mrs. Julia Ullman, who for
merly lived here but is now
staying with her son, Glen, Man.
tua, celebrated her 87th birthday
on Aug. %. She says thanks to
everyone for the nice cards, gifts
and flowers she received.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Unger
of Sebring and Mrs. Bertha His
son of Akron and Mrs. c. E. Jo-
hanning were Monday evening
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
D. Schramm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Baker
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Baker of Raven
ma.
Mrs. Dolores Baker and chill
dren and Mrs. Edward Schnepp-
ner were shoppers at Parkers-
burg, w. Va, Monday.
A dance will be held at Palace
hall, Harriettsville, Saturday
evening, Sept 3. A new orchestra
will play for the round and
square dancing. Group Four is
sponsoring the affair. Refresh
! poepfc 1ui1I he cerved
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
NICKEL PREFERRED

Nickel is a preferred material
for many uses in the food indus
tries and in processing pharma-
ceutical products because it is
toxic and has good mechani-
cal and physical properties.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
Matksburq

MACKSBURG - Church school
900 a. m. Sunday. Preaching
1000 a. m. by Rev. William Pick
enpaugh.
Prayer meeting 7:3O Thursday
evening.
Personals
Dean v. Goodwill of Canton,
was a recent visitor at the home
of Mrs. Cora Longfellow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray L. Curtis
and Brian were weekend visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Brollier
at Columbus.
Mrs. Irene Mckee, Mrs. Ella
Walters, and Mrs. Fannie Nep-
tune were shoppers in Caldwell
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Walters
and family, Mrs. Ollie Blooming
dale of Cleveland, returned home
Sunday after spending the past
two weeks at the home of the
formers mother, Mrs. Margaret
Walters.
MIR. and Mrs. John Bates and
Sandra, spent the past few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Bates
Jr., and Jackie at Madison, VIVA.
Mrs. Minnie, Carpenter, Mrs.
Eileen Jeffers, were Caldwell
visitors Saturday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Ray Clark and
children, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Kermit Barber of Coal
Run.
Get a soil-test. That's the only
way to find out whether your
crops are getting enough of the
nutrients they need.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01
NICKEL CONSUMPTION
AT NEW HIGH

The free world established a
new record for the consumption
of nickel in 1859 with the stain
less steel and nickel plating in
dustries providing the greatest
gains.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-01

Animals vary considerably in
their needs for salt. So it should
be supplied free choice as well
as mixed with feeds.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1960-11-26
GROWTH OF A NEW INDUSTRY In KODIAK
Our PROGRESS THROUGH the YEARS

1853 Grab Only
1954-57-CEab and Salmon
1868 Grab, Salmon and Shrimp
1860 Grab, Salmon, Shrimp and HaIibut
King Crab Inc. Present Plant
Evening star., 1960-10-09
I MY THREE SONS.

Comedy. "6ub in the Ointment" Grand
father William Frawley) does a little
meddine into his srandsons' affairs and
almost upsets the entire neiehborhood.
q ANGEL.
Comedy. The polling booth receives the
French touch when Angel tAnnie Farge)
opens her home as an election-day
polling place.
o q THE FORD SHOW.
Variety. Color Eve Arden visits.
q THE UNT0UCHABLES.
Drama New Season l Hour. "The Rusty
Heller Story" Ness Robert Stack
matches wits with Rusty elizabeth
Montgomery. young woman who is
playing both ends against the middle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

est levels and remained low for days
or weeks.
Our worst problem with these pa
tients was their lack of resistance to
infections. Often they succumbed to
heterogeneous that rarely cause d.
sease in healthy people. With heavy
antibiotic treatment and repeated
blood transfusions over a period of
months we might have saved many
in this group. AS it was, more than
half of those exposed to 500 RAIDS
died within two months after ex-
posture.
MILDER CASES
Of the people exposed to less than
200 RAIDS, half also experienced nausea
and vomiting, but to a mild degree
in most cases. These and others with
out any severe symptoms showed a
definite lowering of the number of
white corpuscles in the blood, begin
ming in the third week. Most of these
recovered, or if they died, it was
from causes not directly connected
with their radiation exposure.
After about three weeks, the stag
gering death rate began to decline.
But even for the 100000 who sur
vived without apparent injury life
was very difficult. Here in our refu-
gee center in South Dakota almost
everyone is suffering to some extent
from malnutrition and exposure to
All sorts of infectious d.
seases are rampant. Antibiotics are
still very difficult to obtain. Last
spring the camp here was decimated
by pneumonia. Blindness is terribly
common. And soon we expect leu
kemia and bone cancer to appear
those who lived through fairly
heavy radiation doses. On the basis of
the. Hiroshima experience, we think
that leukemia cases will show up by
bhe end of the next year, and reach
a peak in 5 to 8 years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
l. The Destruction of
St. Louis

My name is George Scott. I'm a
physicist-or at least, was. My being
alive today is just chance. was pre-
pairing paper that had to be finished
on That Day, so stayed home to
work ON it in the little study had
built for myself in the basement of
my new house out beyond Creve
Occur. On the campus, hardly any
body survived.
1t has been pretty hard to separate
sound information from the rumors
that fill the air, but it's now generally
agreed that the continental U. S. was
hit by nearly 1900 megatons on the
one day the war lasted. Seventy cities
were hit. as we'll as major defense in
stallations an d atomic facilities.
About % million people were killed
that first day. More than that have
died since, but nobody agrees about
the exact figure.
remember that when the Holified
Committee held hearings on the sub
ject. back in 1859, think, one expert
estimated that massive attack would
injure about 43 million people, of
whom more than a third would sur
vive. That's not the way it was.
though, the injured didn't have much
chance, with the hospitals gone and
medical supplies burned up and the
doctors mostly dead. AS for the I'M
injured there was starvation,
and there was typhus, and then there
were a lot of people who just went
out of their minds and either killed
themselves or died because they
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
z. A Doctors Report

I'm Bill Rosenthal, MD, practi-
toner of one of the few professions
that still flourish in this new era.
Sickness and suffering are among
the few things we have no shortage
of these days. Not that DOCTORS life
is a very satisfactory one. It's mad
dening to think of what we could have
done, this past year, with doctors and
nurses and technicians and hospital
beds and antibiotics and drugs. Not
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
Nuclear information 49, Museum of Science
and Natural History, ST. Louis 5, Missouri
AN EXPLANATION

probable nclear United States described
radiation
Committee Atomic The that
discussed the effects attack Physicists est
mated the levels radiation and the destruction buildings Weather
told how faout would be distributed from e bomb explosions
Physicians described the effects blast radiation humans
scientists discussed the livestock and
evidence together
the fundamental question: What would life be like
nuclear war?
follows that the form of ctionbut
regarded The this
accoun are taken the
In publishing its report the Hoid subcommittee stated that be
eve that the fundamental dealt with these extremely
that they which understood considered
and discussed chi offers this the will
accomplish this aim
this
that the able take control of the situation; military
outside of urban
Junction. the location the possible
third assumption that the the ability willingness
with their desperate situation these assumptions should be overly
optimistic the aftermath of nuclear might be the
presented here
This OF St the
by Dr. Florence Moog zoology
vey with the technical assistance Dr. Walter
surgical pathology School Medicine Reynolds
physics Washington
presented before the Hofield Committee
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

couldn't make the effort to survive,
TWO WEAPONS
ST. Louis was hit by two weapons,
of eight and ten megatons equiva-
lance. The ten megaton bomb ex-
ploded at 18th and Pine. They say
there's crater there now, a mile
across and several hundred feet deep.
The force of the blast. and it's heat.
destroyed nearly everything in a cir
Gle extending north and South to the
city limits, and westward as far as
Big Bend. East to Grand almost
everybody was wiped out at once.
From Grand to Big Bend some people
survived the attack itself, but not
many are still alive.
The ferocious heat of the explosion
caused the worst havoc. Fires were
started instantaneously as far away
as Weldon Spring. People who were
out in the open suffered third degree
burns even in Ellisville. Second de-
gree burns were common several
miles beyond that. And many people
were burned by fires started by the
explosion.
The destruction of major fire
houses, and the panic following the
explosion, made fire control impos-
sible. The many small blazes ignited
by the explosion joined to form bigger
blazes, and these finally flowed to-
gether to become one huge 'ssfire-
storm that enveloped most of the
city and ragged for hours. Terrific
wi n travelled radially inward
toward the center of the conflagra-
ton, from all directions. An enor-
nous column of smoke rose rapidly
over the burning area. The loss of
oxygen and the outpouring of acrid
fumes in the region of the fire seems
10 have accounted for the deaths of
many who might otherwise have been
able to reach safety.
The forests and fields caught fire
100. The wind out of the west of |
northwest swept these fires along, |
lenuding vast areas of Illinois and |
southern Missouri. Throughout the
entire country forest fires ragged for
weeks. The eastern Ozarks burned |
or two weeks, until heavy rains put
'ut the blaze.
Ironically enough, radiation caused
title harm immediately-first the
leat and fire and flying debris got
n their deadly blows. But the fallout
anne soon enough. 1t is now calcu-
ated that an amount of fission prod
lcts equivalent to 8 megaton all
ission explosion was produced by
he two weapons used on St. Louis. Of
his staggering amount, about seven
legatons of energy equivalent came
own as bcal fallout; the other two
iegatons have been dispersed in the
tratosphere and will come down as