Powerful A-Bomb Set
Off Over Simulated
Forest and Fortifications
LAS VEGAS, UP\—In one of the
most complex tests yet held, a
powerful A-bomb exploded today
over a make-believe forest and
simulated military installations at
Nevada proving ground.
As a record contingent of 100
Air Force planes circled high
overhead, the bomb — dropped
from a B-50 bomber —burst at
about 2,500 feet above French
man Flat with a brilliance that
outdazzled the daylight. '
Two thousand Army troops, 200
military and industrial observers
and 15 Congressmen, stationed at
9,800 yards — nearly six miles —
from the blast, came through un
scathed, the Atomic Energy Com
mission reported. *
The pine trees were brought to
the site several weeks ago and
arranged to simulate a forest on
the dry desert floor. There was
no immediate account of the ef
fects on the forest.
In addition, the detonation test
ed bunkers and simulated forti
fications, both above and under
ground, constructed for the mili
tary, and a series of wall seg
ments and textile samples mount
ed for civilian defense experi
ments. Twenty-five autos, which
came through previous tests at
Yucca Flat, were moved to
Frenchman — the southernmost
test area — to undergo another
blast.
Desperate Attempt at Pen
Break Ends in Death
EL RENO, Calif., <£> — Guards
opened fire an nine prisoners who
made a desperate break from the
federal reformatory here Wednes
day, killing one and wounding
two others.
All were rounded up within an
hour after they climbed over a
fence which separated the recrea
tion field from the outside world,
Warden W. H. Harwick reported.
The dead prisoner was identi
fied as Raymond Sanford Craig,
23-year-old Maysville, Mo., con
vict imprisoned April 2 on an 18
month sentence for transporting
a stolen vehicle across state lines.
Audrey Loftus Endorsed
For U. Board of Regents
FAIRBANKS—At a recent meet
ing of the University of Alaska
Alumni Association here, Mrs.
Audrey Loftus was strongly en
dorsed as a regent for the uni
versity.
The group felt that a woman
should be on the board and re
gards Mrs. Loftus, who was grad
uated from' the university in 1949, |
as well qualified for the position.
A wire endorsing Mrs. Loftus
was sent to Gov. B. Frank Heinzt
leman last week and it is expected
that alumni groups in Anchorage
and Juneau will join the Fair
banks alumni in the action.
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Mrs. Norma Hoyt and Son
of Anchorage Survive
British Ferry Disaster
HARWICH,'England, UP> — Five
persons were known to have died
and twelve injured in the collision
of the Duke of York, on her 106
mile ferry run from the Hook of
Holland to Harwich, and the
7,607-ton Haiti Victory.
Police announced today the
identification of three American
women and one German killed in
the North Sea collision Wednes
day. Another American—an Air
Force lieutenant—is missing and
believed drowned.
The fifth victim was in English
woman, who died in a hospital
Wednesday.
Though some of the confusion
from the crash in pre-dawn dark
ness lingered, tragedy appeared
to strike close to Mrs. Norma Hoyt
of Anchorage, Alaska, who was
herself rescued with her 13-year
old eon, Harold, only after being
trapped several hours in their
cabin in the wrecked section be
neath the bridge.
Mrs. Hoyt and her son were on
a vacation tour of Africa and
Europe with her sister, Miss Gilda
Jordet, 49, Rocky Ford, Colo., and
Miss Bernice Larson, 49, La
Crosse Wis., both of whom
drowned in the tragedy.
Miss Jordet and Miss Larsen
had an adjoining cabin To Mrs.
Hoyt. On the other side of Mrs.
Hoyt was cabin 233, which was
occupied by Miss Ann Spring, 29,
Honolulu. It was in Cabin 233 that
crewmen found the body of the
woman whose legs were pinned.
Mrs. Hoyt and her son had
shelved their own fears to sing
and pray for the woman as she
cried for a doctor and a priest.
Before seeking seclusion at a
west end hotel yesterday, Mrs.
Hoyt told of the hours of terror:
“I jumped down into the water
flowing into our cabin. It was
slopping around and very warm.
I hollered into the other door,
where my sister was. No one an
swered. It was pitch dark.
“A lady in Cabin 233 kept
calling to us all the time. She
didn’t give her name, but she
cried out ‘I’m in agony’.
“The lady kept calling and it
was awful, just awful. So Harold
and I sang a hymn and then we
said ‘The Lord Is My Shepherd’
right through.’’
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Work on Atomic Planes,
Carriers to Continue
At Slower Pace
WASHINGTON, UR—'The chair
man of the Senate-House Atomic
Energy Committee says work to
develop atomic engines for planes
and aircarft carriers will continue,
but at a more modest rate.
Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY>,
after meeting with top atomic ex
perts, put it this way:
“Nobody will have the basis for
a real complaint. We will continue
a full program in certain aspects,
although not as full as planned.”
Cole said the programs are be
ing re-evaluated along with other
defense matters but no final de
cision has yet been reached.
Work on,an atomic submarine,
well along the way, apparently
not involved.
The Washington Post reported
Wednesday that the administra
tion had decided to suspend the
ship and plane projects, apparent
ly for economy purposes, and to
seek leeway in the Atomic Energy
Act to allow more participation
by private industry.
Bill Would Aid Financing
Of Alaska Home Building
WASHINGTON, UR— The Senate
passed and sent to the House Wed
nesday a bill to aid the financing
6i home building in Alaska and
Guam.
The bill would permit private
lenders to make loans in Alaska
insured by the Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) on terms
equal to those of similar loans
made by the Alaska Housing
Authority under the Alaska Hous
ing Act.
The Senate Banking and Cur
rency Committee, said the bill
would place—and we quote—“all
approved mortgages ... in the
same position as the Alaska Hous
ing Authority, in offering attrac
tive higher financing to builders
in the territory.
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Allied Offer of $50,000 For
MIGs May Have Curtailed
Red Jet Activity Lately
SEOUL, UP) — U.S. Sabre jet
pilots damaged three Communist
MIGs in battles high over north
west Korea Friday. It was the
first time in eight days Red
fighters ventured across the Yalu
River from their Manchurian
sanctuary. •
There has been speculation that
Red pilots were being put through
an intensive loyalty check because
of a U. N. Command offer of
$50,000 to Communist fliers de
livering MIGs to the Allies—v/ith
a $50,000 bonus for the first
plane.
U.S. Seventh Division infantry
men smashed a Communist at
tack by possibly 300 men on Pork
chop Hill in the biggest action in
days along the stagnant ground
front.
The Navy, meanwhile, sent
swarms of carrier-based fighter
bombers and a half dozen war
ships led by the battleship New
Jersey against key Communist
port areas on Korea’s east coast.
Collier's Magazine To
Become a Bi-Weekly
NEW YORK, UP) — Collier’s
magazine, published weekly for
65 years, is turning into a bi
weekly because of what it calls
the . nation’s changed reading
habits.
An official of the Crowell-Col
lier Publishing Co., said yester
day that modern readers have
more things to do, like watching
TV and driving, that detract from
magazine reading.
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