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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1951
FBI Lowers The Iron Curtain On Texas Uranium Discovery
Dalhart, Texas—(U.P.)—The F.B.I. and the Atomic Energy commission today lowered the Iron Curtain of secrecy on the discovery of a 33-pound chunk of pure uranium found by three boys on a Texas roadside.
The A.E.C. confirmed that the cylinder was pure, processed uranium—the rare metal which forms the nucleus of the atomic bomb. And authorities are trying to solve the mystery of how the uranium got to Dahlart, a Panhandle town near the New Mexican border. Beyond that, nobody was talking.
Its value at the time it was processed would have been about $1000.00. The actual value sold
The brick-shaped chunk was said to be seven or eight years old. It was processed and molded during World War II.
Dr. Lincoln Lapaz of the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meatrics, took the metal from the boys and examined it. When he first brought it home, he put it on the dining room table, but his wife noticed it burned holes in the cloth and scared the wood.
He put it in a milk pail and turned it over to A.E.C. officials. They said it was uranium but that was all.
Meanwhile, the discovery of a second chunk of the metal, similar to that which the boys found, came to light. It was reported taken from a scrap heap here, and was said to weigh 64 pounds.
In Dallas, J. K. Mumford, special agent in charge of the Dallas office of the F.B.I., said the second piece is similar in appearance to the first. He said A.E.C. officials from Los Alamos were notified and had told the Dallas F.B.I. office they would get the second piece in Dalhart Sept. 22.
He said F.B.I. agents discovered the second piece of metal.
Opens Heavy Guns On Reds
Korea—(U.P.)The Battleship New Jersey opened its 16-inch guns today against the hills on the Eastern front to aid United Nations infantrymen battling desperately against the Communists.
Four Americans blazed their way to the peak of "heartbreak hill" north of Yanggu, on the bloody Eastern front, only to be forced to surrender it two hours later, despite reinforcements, to a Communist regiment.
Standing just off the coast, the gun crews of the big battle wagon—52,000 tons at full load—put pinpoint fire on enemy-held peaks with their nine 16-inch rifles.
The four Americans had survived a vicious bayonet and hand grenade battle through the night to reach the summit in the crisis of a bitter 13-day fight for its control. Other members of their unit were forced to fall back from the peak which controls the rugged surrounding area.
Corn is the biggest crop in Nebraska in terms of weight.
Stassen Speaks In KC Today
Kansas Citv. Mo.-(U.P.)-Harold I
Kansas City, Mo. = 10.1, Fractional
Stassen in a crusade for Freedom
program built around the release
of helium-filled balloons similar
to those released to persons living
behind the Iron Curtain.
The balloons will be released from the mall of the Liberty Memorial at 4 p.m. following which Stassen will speak on the aims and accomplishments of the crusade of which he is the 1951 campaign head.
For the first time in America, balloons similar to those carrying 9,000,000 messages into Czechoslovakia will be used in the demonstration.
Some of the balloons that will be released here will bear thin, waterproof sheets bearing the freedom messages. In addition to the facsimiles of the regular freedom messages used in ballooncasts, some o the 50 balloons that will be released by Stassen will contain invitation and full details about the American Royal livestock and horse show that will be held next month.
Tito Charges Russia With False Insignia
Belgrade, Yugoslavia—(U.P.)—Marsal Tito charged today that Russia has bombing planes painted in the Yugoslav colors and with Yugoslav insignia poised in satellite countries ready to bomb this country
"We know this and we want the world to know it." Marshal Tite shouted in a speech at Titov Uzice, the first town liberated by his partisans in the war against Germany 10 years ago today.
Marshal Tito urged the people of Russian satellite countries to overthrow their leaders. These leaders, he said, are working not for their own countries but for the Kremlin.
Russia and the satellites, Tito said, are stepping up provocative action on all of Yugoslavia's frontiers. To thunderous aplause, he challenged:
"We are ready for them . . . they have not succeeded in breaking our unity . . . and they will not succeed."
Appealing to the peoples of all satellite countries to overthrow their leaders, Tito said:
"They are not your leaders. They are Soviet leaders."
"Do not let them cast you and us and the world into a new terrible catastrophe."
Wheat is the largest cash crop in Nebraska. The average harvest is more than 50,000,000 bushels.
Moling Admits Easy Loans While An Air Force Official
Washington—(U.P.)—Charles B. Moling testified today he got loans totaling $12,100 in less than two years through representatives of two printing firms while he was a civilian official for an Air Force printing section.
Moling said he also got valuable gifts from the American Lithofold corporation, St. Louis, one of the two printing firms. But he said these were based on close friendship with Robert A. Blauner, son of the president of Lithofold.
Last March Moling left the Air Force to take a $25,000-a-year job as Lithofold's eastern division sales manager with his office in New York. He said he has paid back part of the loans, some of which he received in cash in semi-monthly amounts of $100 to $400 during 1949 and 1950
He testified before a subcommittee of the Senate permanent investigating committee which is looking into charges that Democratic National Chairman William M. Boyle, Jr., used influence to help Lithofold get $645,000 in Reconstruction Finance corporation loans. Boyle has deined it. Senate investigators sought more information today on the $100,000 reportedly paid to Boyle by his former law partner since Mr. Boyle became Democratic national chairman. Mr. Boyle became vice-chairman of the committee in April, 1949, and four months later took the top post at $35,000 a year. When he became vice chairman he dissolved his law partnership with Max Siskind of Washington, D.C.
Arn Confident Of Kansas Flood Help
Topeka, Kan.—(U.P.)—Gov. Edward F. Arn, home after a trip to Washington to testify on a flood relief bill, said today it seemed certain Kansas would receive some federal aid for flood rehabilitation.
"Two bills which would help the state put its highways back in shape are fairly certain of passage." Gov. Arn told newsmen. He said he was unable to give any accurate information about the chances of a proposed $400,000,000 flood relief bill.
But the governor declined to say just how extensive the aid would be.
The financial aid bill is being considered by a house sub-committee. It would provide for financial payments to those who have suffered flood losses, flood insurance, and low interest long-range rehabilitation loans through the R.F.C.
"I hope it will pass," he said.
The governor termed the third portion of the bill the section most needed to restore Kansas to normalcy after its flood losses.
The highway bills which would help Kansas restore its road system are also under consideration by congressional committees. One would appropriate funds for matching purposes to rebuild state highways. A second would permit the federal government to provide 75 per cent or more of the cost of certain roads near military reservations in the state.
The senate permanent investigating committee, which is looking into Mr. Boyle's dealings with the American Lithofold corp., of St. Louis, has received information that Mr. Siskind has paid $100,000 to Mr. Boyle in periodic installments for Mr. Boyle's share of the assets and goodwill.
Congressmen Oppose Move
Washington—(U.P.)—Five Pacific Northwest congressmen told Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson today that his idea of moving aluminum plants out of their area would cost more production of the critical metal than it would gain.
The congressmen said moving pot lines which produce aluminum to other areas would be expensive, consume more time than the power shortage is expected to last, and result in higher-cost metal. They added that no other area of the country has surplus electricity to run the plants, and dams now building in the Northwest will cure the shortage permanently in a few years.
Wilson wired major aluminum producers last week to report to him tomorrow on the feasibility of moving their plants out of the Northwest where an unusually dry season threatens to cut off the supply of hydroelectric power needed to produce the metal.
Power officials at Bonneville dam near Seattle today were completing arrangements to hire a professional rainmaker to milk the sky over Grand Coulea dam as Washington's power shortage became more critical.
King George Dozes Into Semi-Coma
London—(U.P.)—King George, of England, his life in the balance, dozed in a semi-coma today. A court official said it would be at least three days before doctors know if the operation was successful.
Forget The Duke During Vigil
London — (U.P.) a lonely figure stepped from a train at Victoria station this morning. There were no crowds to greet him.
The scene proved once and for alh that King George has won the hearts of his people. It took the shadow of tragedy to show how complete was the King's victory.
For the man who stepped from the train was the Duke of Windsor. This was the first time anyone could remember that his return to London had not been greeted by still loyal crowds.
There was high drama in the ward-
daged shed as the train chugged in. Police erected barriers—apparently for the crush that never came.
This has been the usual precaution to protect the Duke ever since his abdication in 1936 thrust the cares of the crown on his younger brother. The royal family has remained sensitive about the Duke's persistent popularity.
There was even a private agreement that he would not make any public appearance that might detract from the homage due only to the throne.
They can tear up that clause right now—not even the faithful old ladies who remembered "David" when he was the romantic Prince of Wales were at the station today.
Like the rest of the nation, their thoughts turned to the sickroom at Buckingham palace where their monarch lay so very ill.
"We do everything we can do to capture the Chinamen," said Capt. Ayalew H. Selassie, a distant relative of the emperor, "but they have been told we eat prisoners and won't surrender."
Chinamen Fear UN's 'Cannibals'
Korea—(U.P) —Emperor Haile Selassie's six-foot warriors complained today Chinese troops refuse to surrender in fear the Africans are cannibals.
Except for disappointment over their low bag of prisoners, the tough Ethiopian soldiers with United Nations forces were jumping with happiness over their recent conquest of an important hill position on the central front. They drove the fright-and planned.
Charge US With Planned Intrusions
Tokyo—(U.P.)-The Peiping radio, voice of the Chinese Communist government, alleged tonight that a captured United Nations map proved that "American intrusions" of the Manchurian border were deliberate and planed.
Peiping broadcast a dispatch published in the Red newspaper 'Peiping Daily', saying the map was taken from Lt. Orville H. Pandy, 30, of Washington state. It said Pandy's F-51 Mustang fighter plane was shot down over Communist territory, and the dispatch was accompanied by a picture of Pandy holding the alleged map in his hand.
Pros Wind Up Exhibition Schedule: Ready For Tests
New York — (U.P.) — The Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants will wind up the National Football League exhibition schedule tonight with a game at Hershey, Pa.
Actually, the warmup schedule ended yesterday but the Eagles and Giants decided they needed another good workout for the championship race which begins Friday night when the New York Yanks meet the Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles.
The next three days, it is understood are critical. If the King can survive them, there will be hope for his recovery.
The King has been under the influence of opiates ever since he underwent an operation Sunday for removal of part or all of one lung and the cutting away of one or more ribs.
Doctors were keeping anxious vigil over the frail 55-year-old British monarch and all members of the royal family were at the palace or their nearby residences.
Even the brother whose abdication as King Edward VIII Dec. 11, 1936 led to the coronation of George VI was in London.
The King is not expected to be out of danger until the end of the week.
Other members of the royal family were expected to form a council of state to carry on the King's duties. It will comprise Queen Elizabeth, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, the Duke of Gloucester and the Princess royal. Gloucester is a brother and the princess royal a sister of the king.
Princess Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, still hoped to be in Canada next month. No final decision will be made until the King is pronounced out of danger. Elizabeth would become sovereign if her father died.
Paris—(U.P.)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has advanced by one year his target for the creation of an Atlantic Pact Army powerful enough to halt an invading Soviet force, reliable sources said today.
The target date is now reported to be July, 1953. Previous reports said the Atlantic Pact commander would not be able to assemble his so-called "medium defense force" until a year later.
Just what the altered timetable would mean in actual divisions, the sources would not say. But they pointed out that General Eisenhower, known for his impatience in "getting on with the job," is trying for a one-third increase in armaments output in Western Europe during the next fiscal year.
Ike's Army May Be Ready In'53
Washington—(U.P.)-Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy, (R.-Wis.), and one of his
prime targets-Ambassador-at-large
Philip C. Jessup-played leading
roles today in deliberations by two
Senate committees.
McCarthy's case came before the Senate Elections committee, which planned to meet to consider a resolution by Sen. William Benton, QD—Conn.), calling for a full-scale Senate investigation to see if McCarthy should be expelled.
McCarthy-Jessup Feud Flares Anew
At the same time, McCarthy and other Republicans demanded that a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee reject the nomination of Jessup to be a U.S. delegate at the forthcoming United Nations General assembly meeting. This issue may be settled sometime this week.
Taft Might Seek GOP
Cincinnati.—(U.P.)—SEN. ROBERT A. TAFT, (R.-Ohio), was scheduled to speak here today and there was a possibility that the Ohio Republican might announce his intention to seek the GOP presidential nomination.
Mt. Taft, who so far has refused to say whether he'll run, completed a three-day speaking tour of Western states over the weekend.
Meanwhile, North Dakota Republican leaders indicated they had given Senator Taft "reasonable assurance" that they would back him for the GOP presidential nomination.
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