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Secty. Wilson Does
Not Think Soviets
Ready For H-War
WASHINGTON, (/Pi — Secretary
of Defense Wilson says he doesn’t
believe the Russians will be ready
to wage sustained atomic war
within three years and that they
may not have now an actual
ready-to-use hydrogen bomb.
Wilson told a news conference
Tuesday that “to say they have
a (hydrogen) bomb ready to drop
and planes ready to drop them is
perhaps stretching it a bit.” He
said he thinks the Russians are
“three or four years back of us”
in atomic weapons development.
The Secretary spoke only a few
hours after President Eisenhower,
in a talk at Atlantic City, N.J.,
had gravely recited the danger of
atomic attack on the United
States.
The contrast between Wilson’s
words and the note of urgency
sounded in the past by other ad
ministration officials made it evi
dent that Eisenhower faces some
thing of a problem in trying to
get his official family to agree on
whether there is imminent dan
ger from Russian H-bombs.
Eisenhower and the country
now have, in addition to Wilson’s
opinions, the publicly expressed
views of several other U.S. of
ficials.
Anchorage Mayor Reelected
ANCHORAGE, W’l—Maynard L.
Taylor, Jr., 36, was re-elected for
a two-year term as mayor of the
city of Anchorage in Tuesday’s
general election.
In the final ballot count, Taylor
held a 148-vote margin over his
nearest opponent, Charles Davis.
A ballot proposition for the sale
of city-£>wned power facilities at
Eklutna to the Reclamation Bu
reau, passed by a 6 to 1 margin.
FBI Reveals Body of Bobby Greenlease
Is Found In St. Joseph, Mo., and Two
Of Three Abductors Are In Custody
KANSAS CITY, Of)—The body^
of kidnaped 6 - year - old Bobby
Greenlease was found in a shal
low grave at St. Joseph, Mo., to
day in the backyard of a woman,
who with a man is held by the
FBI as two of his abductors.
The FBI said a $600,000 ran
som had been turned over to the
kidnapers last Sunday by Bobby’s
71 - year - old multi - millionaire
father. The greater portion of this
money was recovered, FBI direc
tor J. Edgard Hoover announced
in Washington.
The couple were arrested by
police at St. Louis. They are Mrs.
Bonnie Brown Heady, 41, and
Carl Austin Hall, 37.
In Washington, FBI director J.
Edgar Hoover said Hall had ad
mitted shooting the boy. He added
that Hall, an ex-convict, and the
woman had implicated Thomas
John Marsh, 37. Both Hall and
Marsh have served terms in the
Missouri State Penitentiary.
Hall was reported to have had
$300,000 ransom money in his
possession when arrested.
Bobby’s badly decomposed
body was found, the FBI said, fol
lowing the arrest of the pair in
St. Louis.
The body was kidnaped by a
woman from an excusive private
Catholic school here Sept. 28 —
just 10 days ago. The family re
ceived a letter from the kidnapers
that night, it was disclosed Wed
nesday.
The letter demanded $600,000 in
10 and 20 dollar bills, the money
to be stuffed in an army duffel
bag.
The bulky bag of money was
tossed according to directions over
a culvert between here and St.
Joseph, last Sunday.
Shortly afterwards a telephone
call was received at the Green
lease home and a voice told the
family a telegram would be re
ceived at 11 a.m. Oct. 5, telling
where the boy would be found.
When the deadline came and
passed without arrival of a tele
gram, it became obvious to the
family the kidnapers were only
seeking time to escape.
Joyful expectation of the boy’s
release turned to tears for the
family and their friends.
f
; Reds Accuse U.N.#
Of Stalling POW
“Explanations”
PANMUNJOM, UP) — The Com
munists accused the U.N. Com
mand Wednesday of stalling the
start of explanations to war pri
soners who refuse to go home and
demanded an extension of the
time limit.
The UNC flatly turned down
the demand for more time and
denied responsibility for the de
lay.
Allied and Communist teams
were to begin meeting Sept. 26
with the prisoners in an attempt
to persuade them to return home.
Allied officers have 369 POWs—
including 23 Americans—to inter
view while the Red agents will
talk with some 22,500 North Kor
eans and Chinese.
A dispute over facilities has
stalled the start of the interviews.
The Allies insist the armistice ag
reement clearly spells out that
the explanation period ends Dec.
24, regardless of delays. The In
dian chairman of the Neutral Na
tions Repatriation Commission
said Tuesday he agreed with the
U.N. stand.
There were indications that the
interviews would get under way
next week, provided the Allies
finish temporary explanation fa
cilities.
JUNEAU VOTERS REELECT
MAYOR BERT F, McDOWELL
JUNEAU, UP)—Bert F. McDowell
was re-elected mayor of Juneau
Tuesday in a municipal election
which saw voters turn down a
proposed two million dollar bond
issue for a new high school.
The school proposal, needing a
65 per cent majority, received a
56 per cent favorable vote and
failed to carry.
Army Suspends
It's Two Top
Radar Scientists
WASHINGTON, (£>—The Army
announced Tuesday night the sus
pension for security reasons of an
undisclosed number of persons at
its Signal Corps laboratory at Ft.
Monmouth, N.J.
It declined to give details. The
Chicago Tribune Press Service
said that among five persons sus
pended were two “top scientists
engaged in the development of
America’s radar defenses against
enemy attack.”
The Tribune did ncrt disclose
the source of information for its
copyrighted story, but said the
Army’s investigation stemmed
from an inquiry by the Senate In
vestigations subcommittee headed
by Sen. McCarthy.
The Chicago Tribune account
said those suspended included
“two other scientific workers and
a clerical employe, similarly em
ployed in the top secret military
work.”
“All five men . . . have had
access for years to this coun
try’s defense secrets in the elec
tronics field,” the Tribune said in
a dispatch from Washington writ
ten by Willard Edwards.
The Army, in a brief statement,
disclosed no names and did not
specify what security charges had
been placed against the suspended
men.
The Tribune account continued:
“Thirty employes at Ft. Mon
mouth are under investigation on
security grounds. A number of
these will be questioned by the
McCarthy committee.
“Several figures in the Rosen
berg case will be involved in the
inquiry.”
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
were electrocuted earlier this year
after being convicted of having
delivered atomic secrets to Soviet
espionage agents.
Rearming of Germany
May Include Guarantee
Of Non-Aggression
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, iff) — Proposals
for giving Russia guarantees
against possible new German ag
gression are most likely to come
to a head in concluding plans to
arm Western Germany.
No one here knows whether
such assurances would make Ger
man arming in the Western alli
ance any more acceptable to Rus
sia. Many diplomats doubt that it
would.
Nevertheless, since the Western
powers now seem determined to
go ahead with the German proj
ect and since Russia is bitterly
opposed, many feel the idea of a
non - aggression guarantee is at
least worth a try.
Another circumstance under
which Russia could very likely
get Western assurances of Ger
many’s future peaceful behavior
would be in the event a German
unification plan and peace treaty
were concluded. In fact, some of
ficials advocate offering a non
aggression guarantee only as part
of a package deal with Russia on
Germany.
City and School Board Show Why
Bonding Issue Must Be Approved
--As
APW DEFINES WHO
CAN VOTE IN SCHOOL
BOND ELECTION
A' wire was received today
by the city clerk from the Alaska
Public Works Administration ex
plaining more fully the interpre
tation of the law as to who can
vote in the coming bond election.
A request for the information
was made to their office by City
Attorney Jim von der Heydt. The
return message stated that owners
of businesses who paid taxes, al
though their individual names do
not appear on the tax roll, may be
included in the registration.
Only 59 voters have .registered
to date. All others are urged to do
so immediately, as the books close
Saturday morning, Oct. 17.
Super Sabre Flies 4 mph
Faster Than Navy Skyray
SALTON SEA, Calif., UR—The
Navy’s new air speed record has
been superceded already, but not
officially.
. An Air Force F - 100 Super
Sabre flew 757.5 miles an hour
Tuesday four miles an hour faster
than the 753.4 mph mark estab
lished last Saturday by the Navy
Skyray.
However, for an official new
record the Air Force plane would
have had to reach 761 miles an
hour, or at least 1 per cent faster
than the Navy record.
Lt. Col. F. K. Everest in the
Super Sabre was clocked at a top
speed of 760.15 Tuesday, but his
average speed in four runs was
757.5.
Daily Double Pays
Three Tickets $6,626.40
BEL AIR, Md., UP)—Three long
shot bettors were well paid for
their optimism Tuesday. They hit
a daily double combination here
which paid $6,626.40, the seventh
largest on record in U.S. racing
and Maryland’s second largest.
The jackpot payoff came on
Cocleo, winner of the first race
at $48.60 for $2, and Lano Barto,
winner of the second at $73.60
for $2.
One of the winners, a woman,
said she bet them because she
likes the numbers 10 and 3. The
other two were men. They bet on
the jockeys.
The national record for a daily
double payoff is $10,772.40 paid
at Washington Park, Aug. 14 in
1939.
BALTIMORE YOUNGSTERS
WILLTRICK OR TREAT FOR
NEEDY THIS HOLLOWEEN
BALTIMORE, (5) —The United
Nations is getting in on the “trick
or treat” act in Baltimore this
Hallowe’en.
The novel plan is designed to
save the stomachs of many a
youngster, both in this country
and abroad.
Instead of well - fed Baltimore
youngsters collecting a dangerous
excess of candy in their door-to
door wanderings, they will collect
money to help feed and care for
children of other lands.
Anyone interested in the growth
and development of the communi
ty who missed the school bonding
meeting Monday evening missed
one of the most interesting and
comprehensive sessions ever held
here.
All the speakers explaining the
facts had well prepared presenta
tion of the issue and all questions
from the floor were met and an
swered intelligently.
The meeting was directed by
Mayor Andersen, who outlined the
background studies made by more
than one group of school board
members over a period of several
years and with the aid of Ray
Tveter, Bob Baldwin, School Su
perintendent William Angell, Mrs.
Larry Galvin, Carl Glavinovich
and City Attorney Jim von der
Heydt some of the problems were
cleared up in questions raised in ‘
opposition to the present plan for
construction of an eight - room,
fireproof, concrete addition to the
school.
Some of the salient facts brought
out during the evening by the
various speakers are listed below.
WHY BUILD?
Whether or not the citizens vote
favorably to build the addition,
the city must provide room for
the overflow of children. If no
building program is approved, the
council must rent rooms here and
there throughout the community
to provide for eight more rooms.
This will involve greater cost to
the community than building an
addition to the school.
There is an alternate plan —
called the shift system — now
being used in many communities.
This system also costs more than
a new school as two sets of teach
ers must be employed for each of
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Investigation of Atrocities
May Be Basis For Charges
Against Communists
WASHINGTON, UPi — Sen. Pot
ter (R-Mich) said today his in
vestigation of Korean war atro
cities may help to provide a basis
for war crimes charges in the
United Nations against the Com
munists.
Potter told reporters he has
been promised extra manpower
and other aid by the Army in
pressing the inquiry, and that
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., head of
the U.S. mission at U.N., is “quite
enthusiastic” about it.
The senator, acting for the Sen
ate Investigations subcommittee
in the inquiry, said “I assume the
White House has no objection to
it.”
Potter, a decorated hero who
lost both legs in World War II,
held a closed door meeting Tues
day with a group of Army of
ficers. Later he told a press con
ference that hundreds of Com
munist whom the Allies had cap
tured were identified as war
criminals guilty of atrocities
against U.S. troops, but had to be
released in the exchange of pris
oners under the truce agreement.
He said they now probably are
“beyond our reach.”