European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes thursday match 19. Proves Best Haven in atomic blast continued from Page 1 have caused at least 100,000 casualties if set off Over a densely populated City experts said. No one tried to Analyse on the basis of this test what the More Power Ful weapons might do in hypothetical pictured this picture of the the Strutton this one Type of atomic device could cause emerged from the preliminary study of the test area at the blast Center total up to one Quarter of a mile away total destruction a. 22-ton tank was lightly damaged but the blast shoved it 50 feet radiation intense. " Cine half a mile away death an destruction was 100 per cent experts said. Autos in the area were turned Over hurled into the air. " " cars with doors and windows closed were crushed. Cars wit windows and doors open suffered less damage. Radiation High. Test building demolished -. Three quarters of a mile away. A test building was demolished. All inhabitants even those in base ment shelters would have been killed. A " radiation was so great the House May not be Safe to enter until thursday at the earliest an army Pillbox withstood the blast although its dirt covering was blown away and sandbags were seared. One and one half Miles away House battered but standing. Yet experts rated its damage As 50 per cent with foundations. Grotesquely twisted. Occupants in the House would have been killed unless they had been in basement shelters which withstood blast damage. But Radia Tion in the House was so High experts said anyone staying there five hours would have been rendered seriously ill. The House will note Safe to enter before thursday. Open. Windows lie on floor Between .1% and two Miles from the Center some automobiles dam aged Only lightly others crushed in. Experts said the thing to do would be to open the windows and lie on the Little radiation and fire damage. Beyond 7,000 feet radiation in the open Fras graded As virtually Over two Miles from Center persons in open would have been burned seriously combustible material would ignite. Trenches would give full safety. Beyond two Miles from the Cen Ter of the blast. It appears that humans in the open or in any Type of shelter would have escaped an exact analysis will have to await a full study of the proving area to up nato Aid Ottawa March 18 up the Hoyat Canadian air Force contribution to nato will be increased Early in april when 133 ground technicians including 51 air women will sail from Halifax for service in Germany. Mig fired first b5o flier Fairbanks Alaska March is a the commander of a . Air Force plane said last night he ordered the chief gunner to fire Back when his b50 bomber was attacked by to. Soviet Type mig15 High off the coast of Siberia Sun col Robert s. R i c a 35, of Baraboo wis., told a press con Ference at Eielson fab near Here he tried to escape the attacker with a 390-Mph dive into a Cloud Bank and fired Only after the Mig . The attack occurred As the . Platter on a routine weather. Flight cruised North 25 Miles out to sea from the siberian coast. The air Force said apparently neither Craft was damaged in the third such sky encounter Between pianos of the East and West in a week. The shooting scrape was the first reported by the air Force in which an Alaska based plane had actually been fired on. Meanwhile president Eisenhower declined to comment on the latest incident in. The cold. War amid congressional demands for an investigation. The b50, on temporary duty with the 15th weather recon so at Eielson is from Forbes Field Topeka Kan. Y the encounter took place about108 Miles Northeast of the Kamchatka port of Petropavlovsk some 25 Miles out Over the Ocean the air Force said United press re ported. That would place it approximately 500 Miles West of the nearest . Soil the Aleutian is land of Attu. The air Force said it was perfectly within its rights in flying that close to russian territory under International Law a spokesman said a three mile demarcation line prevails in the air As at sea. The greatest distance that Russia has claimed for her territorial Waters is 12 Miles from her coastline. She made that claim when she shot Down an unarmed Navy Privateer patrol plane Over the Baltic sea in 1950. The air Force said Pacific weather flights Are instructed to Gono closer to russian territory than Speed ticket in Law Jam continued from Page a gators of these German Laws Are subject to trial in Hico courts. The Law simply provides penal ties for violations of the German Laws he said. Canfield then pointed out that since the German Speed Law no longer exists there. Can be no prosecution for speeding in Hico courts.". Letter to official he went on to say in his letter to Niernberg dist Provost i marshal it col Miguel a format that his office was aware of it Gen Manton s. Jeddy directive saying that occupation personnel must continue to observe Speed limits. Nevertheless he said there exists no Legal method to enforce this directive in Hico Pomar said today that his office would continue. To Issue speeding tickets until the matter was Clari fied at a. Higher level. This was the first civilian Speed ing ticket issued in the Nurnberg District since West Germany lifted its Speed limits last january. V 196 promoted to col it col the St a Washington Bureau Washington March 18 today announced the temporary promotion to colonel of 55 lieutenant colonels and the advancement to temporary lieutenant colonel of 141 majors. The 55 promotions to colonel including. Two chaplains Are effective As of March is. For line officers these promotions now extend through ,427 on the eligibility list. The 141 promotions to lieutenant colonel Are affective As of March 16 and extend through 986 on the eligibility list. Also promoted As of March. 16 were 16 chaplains 16 the Grade of conditions Heidelberg March 18 special military police reported that As of noon today All a feds in the . Zone of Germany and at the Bren Ner pass were dry. Tito sees two Jet fliers die f continued from Page 1 off before the Accident roared past of again Tito asked that the show be stopped finally the last Stein of the Dis play a rocket firing demonstration by Raf venoms was cancelled. I Hen Tito his usual smile gone walked slowly. Toward his police guarded limousine to go to the mess for lunch. A fit that moment a sudden triple bang and a whine shattered the. The marshal paused and scanned the sky. Far above the Clouds Britain s daring Iest Pilot Squadron Leader Neville Duke had broken through the sound Barrier in his Hawker Hunter in what had been planned As a final thrill for Tito. Tito later made formal expressions of his sympathy to the British air minister. The at minister assured Tito the crash was a Normal Hazard of flying and that the fliers had undue risks to stage the show. Before the display began Tito surveyed the Low Cloud ceiling about 1,200. Feet and told b British officials he Waif quite agreeable to cancellation if v i s i b i 1 i t y was regarded As unsatisfactory. He was assured f by i n g conditions were reasonably Safe. Sad scenario Virginia Mayo a must pay Back Alimony to Hubby s first wife los aug Eles March 18 a actress. Virginia. Mayo yesterday Learned a. Second wife must pay the Back Alimony due her husband s first wife this court precedent was set when mrs Grace o Shea s suit against actor Michael o Shea and miss Mayo was settled in Superior court with judgment for the plaintiff. The first mrs. O Shea had sued the film couple for �37,180. Contend ing that under California s. Community property Laws the second mrs. O Shea was liable for Back Alimony of her husband. Mrs. O Shea had divorced the actor in 1947 and was awarded $700 a month and 10 per cent of o Shea s earnings Over $12,000 year. He later married miss Mayo the first wife alleged that his Alimony payments stopped with the new marriage. O Shea countered that he was making $77,000 a year in 1947 when the agreement was signed but that the next year his income dropped to Only $800. Miss Mayo signed a note with her husband for settlement of the Back Alimony and also signed a Check for ?5,000 for Down payment on the Alimony arrears. Prices of retail food dropped slightly in feb. Washington March is Cap the government yesterday reported that retail food prices dropped about 1 per cent during february the month when Price controls were scrapped on most food items. The Bureau of labor statistics said falling beef prices led the de Cline in Market Basket costs. Meats poultry and fish dropped an average Al per Cunt. Eggs also were Down but prices for fresh fruits and vegetables were up slightly. Food. Prices had declined about 2 per cent during january. Nazi suspect refused plea Bielefeld. British zone March 18 a the British High court in Germany today refused to order British occupation authorities to free Werner. Naumann former nazi official arrested As the allege ringleader of a suspected nazi plot to regain Power in West Germany. Judge sir Norman Edgeley Rule that British High. Commissioner sir Ivone Kirkpatrick acted within his Powers in ordering the arrest of Naumann and six other former nazis. " Naumann s attorneys had asked the court to order his release on a writ of Hareas Corpus on the ground that the High commissioner acted autocratic ally and exceeded his Powers in arresting the seven men and holding them without prefer ring charges. Naumann a former High official in Hitler s propaganda ministry and the other old guard nazis were arrested Jan. 15 in a Midnight swoop by British police. They have been held Ever since in the British War crimes prison at Werl. The British claimed they Hafi evidence that the seven nazis were plotting to overthrow the Bonn government and substitute a one party government on the nazi Model. United. V. Gotta tuned from Page 1 question although All the members of the disarmament commission except the soviets were Ira agree ment. Despite the. Soviet attitude we feel we have the responsibility to persevere in our efforts he said. He then disclosed that the . Will join with some other countries in sponsoring a Resolution calling on the disarmament commission to continue its efforts and report Back to the general Assembly by sept 1 this year. Others sponsoring the Resolution Are Britain. Brazil Canada Chile nationalist China Colombia Den Mark France Greece Lebanon the Netherlands Pakistan and Turkey. Red leaders reach Prague for funeral Vienna March 18 up soviet Deputy Premier Nikolai a. Bulga Nin. And communist China s pre Mier and foreign minister Chou in Lai arrived in Prague last night to attend tomorrow s funeral of president Klement Gottwald. The leaders of other communist countries were also expected to arrive today. Meanwhile observers Here Are be coming convinced that a Battle for Power is going on behind the scenes in Czechoslovakia. Gottwald s Suc Cessor still has not been named. The delay in contrast to the Swift changeover of Power to Georgi m. Malenkos following the death in Moscow of Joseph Stalin has Noreen officially explained. N 25 Miles but that they go that close. A government official co that this country doubtless be seriously disturbed i planes came that close to or West coast of the . Said soviet planes Are presume Fly reconnaissance missions Jug Alaska area that come As close b . Soil As any . Flight Cun to russian soil Rich gave this account of it skirmish vapor traits the b5& had flown ovarian islands to a Point off Chat a Peninsula and had ing North about 25 Miles of fee Sicri m coast for 3d to 40 Stu Nufer when the vapor trails of two Plant were. Sighted 10 Miles coast Iri from the . Plane. He said the two planes Van uhf and appeared a few minute late behind the b50 and some Sty in feet higher than the . Cart which was at an Altitude o 25,8feet. Rich said the planes which Vert then identified As Migliss kept coming on our Tail and suddenly one heeled Over into a pors Maldive and made directly for the Jbf Rich said he ordered the Pilot of his plane 1st it Harry of of port Huron mich., to a layer of Clouds at the level. As the �50 screamed cover Rich said he heard four of the Crew members Over the intercom system they re firing at i issued the order fire Rich said. Rich said the Man Euver the Soviel Jet made when it dived a from the Tail is called a past turn and is definitely a hostile id which precedes air attack. The act broke the Pursuit turn when the fire was answered bids said. T weather Clear Rich said the weather was Fra really Clear and he could a to siberian coast plainly. The flight was purely a weather near Naissance Mission he said. But lie plane was fully armed the colonel said members of to Crew could plainly see smoke trek ing from the migs guns As it Futi three or four bursts from a Yards away t sgt Jesse l. Prim of a ark., Central flight control gonner waited until the Mig was vaiti&400 Yards and then fired by Walt control a burst of rapid shots Fla each of its -50-Cai machine Iffla a of Prim s shots passed be Hind the Mig which dived under Neath the bomber came up on thither Side in & High climb and second Mig which High behind the b50 Brief engagement also the whole episode lasted 14 minutes Rich Washington sen Warren Magnuson a wish said in soviets Are going to be so Happy they might attack Ca commercial aircraft flying of great Circle route from the Pacific Northwest to the they stray off course. C119s Brus in 4th div exercise Frankfurt March 18 after two c119s brushed win tips As they ing off in a routine mane involving about 1,000 troops of �4th div they were returned to ground As a precautions Bure Rhine main officials the incident occurred Duttonjr Man Euver Takeoff. There were no injuries so of serious damage to either of which carried More Diers in Complete Battle equipment the officials emphasized the Lahea turned purely As a or measure in the interest of
