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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Rain-Making Works
tsrHAT artificial rain-making can
** do to the far west staggers
the imagination. It can make this
area bloom like a Garden of Eden.
It can throw Secretary of Agricul
ture Brannan’s crop program out
of balance. Or it could take rain
eway from other areas and make
them deserts.
A brief sample of what rain
making can do occurred at Prosser,
Wash., where Leo Horrigan, a big
wheat rancher, hired Dr. Irving
Frick, of the water resources de
velopment board of Pasadena,
Calif., to seed the clouds at the
time his wheat needed it most.
As a tesult, Horrigan’s crop, pre
viously estimated at 8 to 10 bushels
per acre, shot up to 20 bushels per
acre. His total yield was increased
by half a million bushels.
Scientific seeding of the clouds
might make unnecessary expensive
irrigation projects, might raise the
water level in the dry central val
ley of California, might settle the
bitter water feud between Cali
fornia and Arizona over the Colo
rado river. On the other hand no
body knows yet whether tapping
the clouds over one area will take
rain away from another. That’s
why farsighted Sen. Clinton Ander
son of New Mexico proposes legis
lation to control rain-making.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS-
Attempt Made to Kill President;
Master Defense Plan for Europe
Reportedly Agreed on by Allies
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions Are expressed In these eelnmns, they »ro those of
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
Battle-Experience Counts
; The Korean war has exposed a
glaring weakness in the army medi
cal service—namely, that tragical
ly few of its doctors were trained
for front-line hospital work. As a
result, wounded G.I.’s suffered
needless agony, even death, on the
Korean front because army doctors
didn’t always know how to set up
tents, improvise beds or stretchers,
and organize field operating rooms.
Most of the young doctors,
placed in command of field
hospital units had never served
outside big, modern hospitals.
They had little experience un
der battle conditions, often
weren’t even taught the funda
mentals of field hospital work.
Most people don’t know it, but
the army operates only one small
field medical training center at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, under
the command of a veteran field
surgeon, Maj. Gen. Joseph I. Mar
tin. However, only a fraction of
army doctors have been able to
take this training.
Even the surgeon-general, Maj
Geri. Raymond W. Bliss, has no
background as a field surgeon but
was selected on the basis of his
record for operating large army
hospitals. Like most of his pred
ecessors, Bliss has had excellent
hospital training but little experi
ence near the front. Most military
branches won’t appoint a chief who
hasn’t been a field commander, but
not in the medical corps.
Though battle-experienced doc
tors have pleaded for better field
training, the armchair hospital
brass have ignored their warnings.
Meanwhile, the doctors in Korea
are saying privately:
“For God’s sake, give us a sur
geon-general who knows what the
battlefield is, and we’ll teach young
doctors how and what to do in the
field.**
Brotherhood at Work
Loyola university in Los Angeles
canceled its scheduled football
game with Texas Western at El
Paso because Loyola had a Negro
halfback whom Texas Western
. would not allow to play.
When Stanley Meyers of Univer
sal Pictures congratulated Loyola
fathers for their stand against race
discrimination, one of them re
marked: “Unfortunately, it cost us
$8,000. That was the guarantee we
were to give Texas Western, and
we felt morally bound to pay them
when we canceled. We don’t know
where we’re going to get the $8,000,
but it was worth the money.’*
“Never mind. Father,” replied
Meyers, “the Lord has ways to take
care of those things.”
So Meyers, giving the Lord
an assist, went to Noah Die
trich, head of the Hughes Tool
Company of Houston and the
man whose telephone as Well as
that of Howard Hughes was
tapped in Washington by Sena
tor Brewster of Maine on be
half of Pan American Airways.
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you’re from Texas, a state whose
attitude op the color question has
just cost Loyola $8,000.”
Meyfers went on to suggest that
Dietrich make up the money which
Loyola College had lost. Next day
Loyola fathers were suprised
jceive a check for $8,000.
ire on Dewey-Hanley
Here is more inside on the bitter
|New York battle which raged over
the heads of Gov. Tom Dewey and
Joe Hanley. ^ v
Dewey heard of the existence of
the Hanley “sell-out” letter, and on
October 11 asked his lieutenant gov
ernor for a copy. Hanley refused.
Hanley had written the letter to
Kingsland Macy in September and
sent a copy to James Leary, a Sara
toga Springs lawyer, who showed it
to various friends. However, Dewey
was not able to get a copy.
In a last desperate effort, North Korean troops attacked
U.N. forces just short of the Yalu river as the war in Korea en
tered its dying moments. Chinese Red troops were reported to
have joined the North Koreans in the last minute stand. U.N.
forces totaling nearly 200,000 men continued to push northward
in the final phases of the struggle.
TRUMAN:
Escapes Assassination
For the first time in history an
attempt was made to assassinate a
president of the United States at his
official residence. The plot came
to an end in a blazing gun battle at
the very steps of Blair House, the
temporary White House.
The assassins were identified as
Griselio Torresola, who died almost
instantly of wounds, and Oscar Col-
lazzo, seriously wounded, both of
New York. The men were members
of the Puerto Rican Nationalist
party which started an uprising in
Puerto Rico a few days before the
attempted assassination.
Three policemen on duty at Blair
House at the time of the attack
were wounded. One of the guards,
Pvt. Leslie Coffelt, 40, died a short
time later in a Washington hospital.
The other two were reported seri
ously injured.
According to best reports the two
assassins approached Blair House,
one from the east and one from the
west. Collazzo opened fire first
when within 10 feet of a policeman
on duty at the steps of Blair House.
Two other guards at posts near the
steps opened fire on Collazzo.
Meanwhile, Torresola, within a
few seconds of Collazzo’s opening
shot, opened fire in front of Lee
House, which adjoins the Blair man
sion on the westerly side.
Guards returned the fire and
within seconds both would-be assas
sins were shot down.
Collazzo is reported to have told
police that he and Torresola came
to Washington “with the express
purpose of shooting the President”.
On Torresola’s body was found a
letter and a memorandum both
cryptic but indicative of conspiracy
of the Nationalists to kill Mr. Tru
man.
The attack resulted in an im
mediate crack-down on the Na
tionalist party in Puerto Rico which
has demanded independence of the
United States.
The Communist party, afraid of
being involved in the plot, immedi
ately disavowed any connection
with it and termed the attempt a
1950 version of the “Reichstag-fire
frame-up in Hitler Germany.”
TIBET:
Invasion Ordered
The Indian government which
had tried to appease both the east
and west in the current battle for
freedom, received a rude shock
with the official confirmation that
Communist China had ordered her
troops into Tibet.
India had thrown its weight be
hind the move to seat Communist
China in the United Nations. With
the invasion of Tibet, Prime Min
ister Pandit Nehru found himself
in a difficult position. Red armies
were at the border of India and it
appeared likely that Nehru would
be forced to review his policies.
If Communist China and Russia
continue their present partnership
in foreign policy and exploitation
of China’s natural resources, the
disappearance of free Tibet will
bring a formidable combination of
Communist-powers to bear against
non-Communist India.
Nehru finds himself now in a
very unfavorable situation in the
struggle for dominance in Asia.
Headliners
“The time has long since passed
when the world can be stirred to
hope by general phrases of the
Soviet Union about disarmament
and peace and German unity,**
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
said in rejecting a Cominform pro
posal for a unified Germany.
“Yon can have all the glittering
front that’s left in Europe today.
I’ve had enough,” said Barbara
Hutton, American heiress who had
four husbands, three of them Euro
pean.
“It is useful for the American
government to show in practice
that It is ready to help other peo
ple rather than issuing propaganda
as some other countries do,**
Premier Tito of Yugoslavia said in
announcing his drought-damaged
country would get U.S. aid.
EUROPE:
Master Defense Plan
The will and a plan for the de
fense of Europe against any ag
gression was made known to the
world when the Atlantic pact na
tions reportedly agreed on a uni
fied army of about 50 divisions,
strong fleets in the Atlantic and
Mediterranean and a mighty air
armada based in Britain and on
the continent.
The plans called for General
Dwight D. Eisenhower to be named
supreme commander of the col
lective armed forces. The defense
plan would reach full force as soon
as possible and not later than 1953,
it was reported.
The plan is a further step in the
armament for defense program
outlined in a recent speech by
President Truman. The western
world has accepted the belief that
Russia understands only armed
strength.
In the new plan, the U.S. would
furnish five to 10 divisions, more
than half the warships, all stra
tegic bombers, and five to 10 groups
of tactical fighter planes. France
reportedly would provide 20 to 28
divisions; Britain about five; Bel
gium, Luxembourg, and the Neth
erlands five to 10, and Italy about
10.
Britain would contribute a small
er number of warships than the
United States, but would share the
major responsibility for sea power.
CASUALTIES:
Climb to 26,701
The terrible price of war was
brought home to the American peo
ple with the announcement that
U.S. casualties in Korea numbered
20,701.
The latest tabulation included
3,683 killed in action, 18,682 wound
ed and 4,337 missing in actioh.
The offical figure on total deaths
was 4,125. In addition to those
killed in action, it included 442 who
died of wounds and listed as miss-
ng those whose capture by North
Koreans and subsequent death was
confirmed.
The army casualties totaled 23,-
140, the navy 252, the marine corps
3,133 and the air force 170.
TITO:
Without Conditions
Most Americans have no illusions
about Premier Tito of Yugoslavia.
He is a Communist who has fallen
into disgrace with Russia and the
Cominform countries.
However, millions of his people
face starvation because of a drought
in Yugoslavia. When he asked for
American aid, we gave it to him.
Americans who had expected
nothing in return were surprised
when Tito made a speech that
praised the United States and pro
vided the best propaganda the West
has had in years in its battle against
Russia and her satellites.
Tito declared that as a result of
talks with U. S. officials “it will be
possible to get all we need: Wheat
and sugar, that, and other goods in
order to feed whole districts which
are damaged thoroughly by the
drought.”
Then he added, "I can here open
ly say that the American govern
ment did not impose any condi
tions.”
As if that wasn’t enough, he added
a punch line, “I think—and I told
this to their people when they asked
me what I thought—that it is useful
for the American government to.
show in practice that it is ready to
help other people rather than issu
ing propaganda as some other coun
tries do.”
That was in indirect attack upon
the Cominform countries.
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PHILIPPINES:
Danger of Collapse
Americans who still consider the
Philippines this country’s little
brother, were startled by the report
of Daniel W. Bell’s mission on con
ditions in that republic.
In his forthright report, Bell said
the Quirino government was in such
a critical situation that only the
most far-reaching program of re
forms and self-help, supported by
technical and economic assistance
from this country, could save the
Philippines from total collapse.
As a result, the United States of
fered the Philippine republic up to
$250,000,000 in closely supervised
loans and grants over a period of
five years on conditions which in
cluded:
1. The whole agricultural economy
of the islands be overhauled.
2. The economy of the country
should be diversified by the intro
duction of new industries.
3. Non-essential and dollar-con-
suming imports should be discour
aged through the imposition of a
special emergency tax.
4. Social reforms should include
ambitious programs for improved
public health, urban housing, educa
tional services, and land reform.
5. Public administration should be
reorganized to “insure honesty and
efficiency.”
Bell’s report was attacked by
some members of the Philippine
government, but most observers
agreed the terms of the proposed
loans would be met by
YOUNGSTER REWARDED ... It was a big day for eigbt-year-old
John McDermott when President Truman left his special car at El-
mont, N.Y., recently for an early morning walk. ^The chief executive
stopped to shake hands with the youngster who strolled alongside
Truman on part of his walk. John, Sr. (without bat), walked beside
his son.
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ESCAPE TO FREEDOM . . . Two Communist policemen escape from
the Soviet gone of Berlin to the American sector where they gave them
selves up and will join other refugees from Soviet-controlled areas la
camp established by west Berlin government. They are literally run
ning for their lives while a border guard peers over his shoulder at an
approaching Russian patrol.
THOSE POINTS AGAIN
Army Reveals Point System for Reservist
Veterans of World War H are
not likely to forget the point Bys
tem by which armed forces were
demobilized when the conflict came
to an. end. Now a point system is
again in the news.
The army announces a new sys
tem to determine which enlisted
reservists—among those on active
duty—would be sent overseas. The
system would be used also to de
termine the order in which addi
tional enlisted reservists were or
dered to active duty.
At the same time the army an
nounced that no further manda
tory calls to duty would be issued
to enlisted men of its reserve corps,
except for a limited number of
specialists in intelligence and med
ical corps. Reserve officers will
still be called.
RELIGION:
Pope Proclaims Dogma
In the most spectacular and im
portant ceremony of the 1950 Holy
Year, Pope Pius XII proclaimed as
Catholic dogma that the Virgin
Mary was “assumed body and soul
into the glory of Heaven”.
The dogma was approved by 35
cardinals and more than 500 bishops
from all parts of the world. It was
the first in nearly 100 years to be
proclaimed by a Pope.
Some Protestants, notably leaders
of the Church of England, have pro
tested that the pronouncement of
the bodily assumption of Mary
would be another impediment to
Christian unity.
More than eight million lay Catho
lics had added their pleas in the
past to those of thousands of clerics
for pronouncement of the dogma, It
was reported.
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AEG Chief
Atomic energy commission
chairman Gordon Dean told
newsmen during a press con
ference that “yon may be sure
we are stronger than Rossia”
and that our A-bomb stockpile
is “much better off today than
a year ago.** Dean added, how
ever, that “ten or five or one
atomic bomb is too many for an
unfriendly nation to have.**
J RAFF 1C DEATHS:
At Postwor High
The National Safety Council re
ported the highway slaughter of
Americans for this year probably
will run higher than the casualties
in the Korean conflict.
Traffic deaths in 1950 are up 11
per cent for the first nine months,
for a total of 24,580. A final total
of 35,000 for the year is virtually
certain. A mark of 35,000 for 1950
would be the highest since 1941, the
council reported.
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monia-like-organisms), are to be found in the throat, saliva and else
where in the human body. Left to right are Dr. Paul Leberman, Dr.
Paul Francis Smith and Dr. Harvey Morton, the three researchers.
ALEME1N REUNION . . . The fifth reunion of the men of the eighth
army who fought at El Alemein in'World War H was held at Empress
Hall in London recently. Prominent at the affair were the war-time
prime minister, Winston Churchill and field Marshall Lord Bernard
Montgomery, who commanded the eighth army in that campaign.
Here, the former prime minister with his chest bedecked with medal*
“Monty” in his famous beret arrive at Empress Hall.
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