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U. S. May Have
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Exploded H-bomb
At Eniwetock
WASHINGTON, {IP) —- The
United States may have exploded
the world’s first full-scale hydro
gen bomb — and be keeping it
secret.
This year’s nuclear weapons
tests at Eniwetock, announced
for the “autumn months,” are
either completed or nearing an
end. They generally were expect
ed to include use of a standard
atomic bomb to touch off enough
hydrogen to produce a super-size
bomb.
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion has made no announcement
of results such as followed the
previous mid-Pacific experiments
beginning in 1948.
All o‘f these have been closed
to the press and public, but re
strictions were unusually tight
this year. The AEC said they were
to be “conducted under full secur
ity provisions” of the Atomic En
ergy Act. One source said there
was no certainty there would be
any announcement this time.
New Synthetic Oils By
Military Made of Readily
Available Materials
TULSA, Okla., (JP)—Newly de
veloped synthetic oils for the
military in Alaska can be used
satisfactorily in the colder sec
tions of the United States, the So
ciety of Automobile Engineers
was told at its national conven
tion.
J. A. Miller and H. F. Galdino,
of the California Research Corp.,
Richmond, Calif., told members
the oils have been used in tem
peratures down to 40 degrees be
low zero.
Both quick starting and good
performance at normal engine
temperatures are obtainable from
the new’ synthetics, it was ex
plained. At 25 degrees below zero,
an engine using the synthetics
can maintain temperatures about
equal to those of a summer day.
The new synthetics are made
from readily available materials,
the engineers said.
“Flying Packet” with 19
Aboard Missing Between
Anchorage and Big Delta
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — An Air
Force “Flying Packet” plane with
19 men aboard is missing today
on a flight for Elmendorf, An
chorage, to Big Delta, Alaska.
The Ladd Field public relations
office said the C-119 plane was
last heard from over Summit,
Alaska on the Alaska Railroad at
2:38 a.m. Alaska time.
The plane carried a crew of
five Air Force men from the 435th
Troop Carrier Group of Miami,
Florida, International Airport and
14 Alaska-based Army men.
“Red-Tape” Curtain Hides
From The Public What
Officials Are Doing
WATERVILLE, Me., (VP) — The
State and Defense Departments
are prime examples of govern
ment agencies which abuse the
privilege of “classifying” docu
ments containing information the
public needs, says a Kentucky
newspaper editor.
James S. Pope, executive editor
of the Louisville Times and Cour
ier Journal, said in a lecture last
night that “there probably
are thousands of documents in the
files of those departments . . .
which have lost any security
value.”
Pope, chairman of the Freedom
of Information Committee of the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors, said official suppression
of news threatens freedom of |he
press. He said to keep the right
to publish meaningful news, “the
government must keep its hands
not only off the press but off the
springs and channels of informa
tion that feed the press.”
His committee, Pope added,
found that much public informa
tion is being hidden behind “a
red-tape curtain” by public offi
cials who don’t want the voters
to know what they are doing.
Election — At A Glance
(By the Associated Press)
This was the election picture
Friday, with nearly all returns
tabulated:
Eisenhower elected President
by an electoral vote of 462 to 89
for Stevenson. Eisenhower carried
39 states; Stevenson 9.
Eisenhower’s popular vote, the
greatest ever achieved, stood at
32.995,608 with 14,182 of the na
tion’s 146,370 voting units count
ed. Stevenson received 26,59,961
votes.
Total vote of 59,545,569 is a
record high.
Senate: 35 races — Democrats
elected 12; holdovers 35, Total 47.
Republicans elected 23; hold
overs 25; Total 48. Independents,
1, holdover. Republicans gained 6
seats. „
House: 435 races — Democrats
elected 209; Republicans 220; In
dependents 1; 4 undecided races;
needed to control, 218. '
Governors: 30 races — Demo
crats elected 9; Republicans 20
(gain of 5). Democrats lead in 1
undecided race (Michigan).
Mild Quake at Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., (/P)—A
mild, rolling earthquake that
shook buildings, hit here today
and was felt in the Los Angeles
area, about 120 miles south.
There were no reports of dam
age or injuries although residents
of Wheeler Ridge, 30 miles to
the south, reported it was rather
sharp there.
A sheriff’s car which toured
Bakersfield following the temblor
said there was no visible damage.
Republicans
Bickering Over
Senate Leaders
By JACK BELL
Associated Press Staff Writer
Congressional Republicans bick
ered over the spoils of the Eisen
hower landslide victory today as
the President - elect prepared to
send his first invasion wave into
Washington.
Senate GOP members found
themselves embroiled in a pos
sibly bitter fight over their party
floor leadership.
Sen. Styles Bridges (NH) spread
the word he would rather be tem
porary president of that body —
and third in line of succession for
the presidency — than keep the
job he now holds — Republican
floor leader.
Sens. Saltonstall (Mass), Fergu
son (Mich), Knowland (Cal), Cape
hart <Ind), Hickenlooper (la) and
Dirksen (111) were projected by
speculation into the scramble.
Although Saltonstall is the only
early and enthusiastic Eisenhower
backer in this group, it seemed
likely that Sen. Taft—still com
mander of the Republican policy
makers—would have a great deal
to say about the choice of the
floor manager.
Taft also indicated in Cincin
nati he may take a seat on the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee in preparation for active
participation in foreign policy de
cisions. His campaign support of
the GOP nominee assures him a
major voice in Senate affairs.
Sen. Richard Nixon, who said
he will resign before the new
Congress meets to give an ap
pointee of Warran a break on sen
iority, hinted that Eisenhower will
interest himself personally in se
■ lection of the floor leader. Nixon
will take over as vice president
Jan. 20. Nixon’s hint was inter
preted as a sign that Eisenhower
might back Sen. Knowland (Cal).
There were no advance indica
tions of a squabble for power
among House Republicans. Rep.
Joseph Martin (Mass) is not like
ly to be opposed for Speaker of
the House, a post he held during
the Republican - controlled 80th
Congress.
The $30,000-a-year job puts the
Speaker second in line of presi
dential succession, right behind
the Vice President.
In most cases, the men to whom
chairmanship of the key House
committees will fall have been
outspoken critics of the Truman
administration.
And the men who will head the
key financial committees all have
backed legislation to reduce taxes,
restrict controls and cut spending.
In foreign affairs, the commit
tee chairmen will be men who are
strong critics of all-out foreign
spending and of the draft.
Territorial Mining Group
Meets In Anchorage Today
(Anchorage Daily Times)
ANCHORAGE — Problems of
mining and prospecting in the
territory will come under discus
sion here today when the advis
ory council to the Territorial De
partment of Mines meets, Com
missioner Phil Holdsworth an
nounced recently.
Representatives of the UiS. Bu
reau of Mines and the U.S. Geo
logical Survey will be present
for discussion of such topics as
prospectors’ aid programs, coal
miners’ examination board, oper
ation board, aperation of assay
offices.
The agenda also calls for a
discussion of the publication “Min
erals of Alaska,” a mineral map
of Alaska; joint work with the
Alaska Development Board and
cooperation with the U. S. Bureau
of Mines and the IDS. Geological
Survey; work with operators and
civic groups- on justification for
roads and airstrips; and the
department budget.
Senator Howard Lyng of Nome
was to have attended the meet
ing but bad weather forced can
cellation of the plane from An
chorage.
CAB Rejects Alaska
Airlines Application For
Use of C-46s U.S.-Alaska
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The Civil
Aeronautics Board today rejected
the application of Alaska Airlines,
Anchorage, for permission to use
C-46 airplanes in its U.S.-Alaska
operations.
The company had asked for an
exemption from regulations which
prohibit use of C-46s by sched
uled lines in passenger service.
The regulation was adopted after
a series of accidents involving
the twin-engine C-46.
Pan American, Pacific North
ern and Northwest Airlines had
protested Alaska Airlines’ pro
posal to operate C-46s between
Seattle and Fairbanks, carrying
cargo and mail on the northbound
flights and passengers as well as
cargo and mail on the southbound
flights.
Alger Hiss Applies For
Parole Effective Nov. 21
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
Justice Department says Alger
Hiss has formally applied for pa
role from the Lewisburg, Pa., fed
eral penitentiary.
Hiss, a former State Depart
ment employe, ws convicted of
perjury in 1950 and began serving
a five-year term in March, 1951.
He becomes eligible for parole
Nov. 21, when he will have com
pleted one - third of his time in
prison.
The five-man parole board will
hold a hearing next week, pos
sibly Wednesday. If Hiss’ appli
cation is approved, he could leave
prison Nov. 21.
Ralph Lomen
Named Possible
Alaska Governor
SEATTLE, (,dP) — The election
of a Republican administration
has started speculation on the pos
sibilities for the next governor
of Alaska. The Seattle Times said
today that Frank Heintzleman and
Ralph Lomen are possibilities.
Governor Gruening’s term ex
pires next April, just after the
close of the 1953 legislative ses
sion.
Heintzleman has been regional
forester for Alaska for many
years and has been hailed for
bringing the pulp industry to Al
aska.
Ralph Lomen is of a pioneer
family and a businessman in both
commercial and mining enter
prises.
The Times intimated that Gov.
Gruening was going to resign but
gave no basis for the suggestion.
Heavy UN Guns Hammer
Reds on Sniper, Triangle
In Big Artillery Duel
SEOUL, (/P)—The biggest guns
in the U. N.’s Korean arsenal
hammered Red positions on the
central front today and jubilant
artillerymen claimed they were
winning the bloody battle of the
hills.
Allied officers said about half
of the 200 Chinese field pieces
around Triangle Hill and Sniper
Ridge have been destroyed or
damaged.
As the big guns roared, the first
snowfall of the winter sifted
down from leaden skies. Infantry
men of both sides huddled in
bunkers and foxholes, leaving
them only for scattered patro.
clashes across the dismal 155-mil.
front. .
AP correspondent John Ran
dolph at the front- said Allied ar
tillerymen figure it will take
them about 10 days to destroy the
Red guns “if they stay there and
shoot it out with us.”
The continual 'barrage already
was showing its effect. Tuesday
about 23,000 rounds of Chines:;
fire hit the Allied lines. Wednes
day only 11,000 rounds were
counted. Thursday it dropped to
4,000. Friday was quiter still.
B-50 With 11 Aboard
Lost In Britain Crash
DUNMOW, England, (IP) — A
UA Air Force B-50 Stratobomber
with a crew of 11 crashed and
burned here just before midnight
last night. An Air Force spokes
man said no survivors have been
found.
The plane was on a training
flight from a base at Upper Hey
ford, about 40 miles from here.
Firemen braved exploding am
munition and roaring flames from
the plane’s gasoline to drag out
seven bodies.
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