Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1954 — Page 9

Uranium Find In Australia Booms Areas Wasteland Areas Are Boomed After Uranium Findings SYDNEY, Australia VP — The i "dead heart" of Australia — an < arid, lonely area of thousands of i square miles—is gradually coming to life as field after field of valu- A able uranium is discovered in its , barren plains. j The tract of land, nearly as < large as all Europe, was already t known to be rich in gold and tungsten ore. But it is uranium that t seems likely to stir "the center," j after years of neglect. i From Rum Jungle in the north to Wild Dog Valley in the south, « Radium Hill to the Coronation t

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field, prospectors are reporting values which may mak,e Australia richer in uranium than any other nation in the world. The realization of the potentialities of this semi-desert, linked with the discvogry of oil in the far northwest, has sent a surge of confidence and excitement through Australia. . Accidental Discoveries The • manner in which uranium has been discovered runs true to the romantic history of the early days in central Australia; and the wild speculating in uranium shares which has made fortunes for many on stock exchanges throughout the nation, carries the saga into a modern setting. The Rum Jungle uranium field was discovered by a veteran prospector. Jack White, who was hunting kangaroos when his practised eye noted the possibilities of the area. Even after he collected his £25,00!) reward. White continued to live in a tin shanty and to prospect the north of Australia, just as he had done for years. More recently,' three bullock shooters, through the accident of a badly directed rifle shot, discov-

ered one of the most valuably uranium deposits in the Northern Territory. One'of the party shot a bullock near the outpost of Edith River, but only wounded him. The animal went charging off, and the men gave chase in a utility truck. Airplanes Used After nfany miles had been covered. the bullock dived into thick scrub in the valley, where he was cornered and shirt?;' Only then did the men—all experienced prospectors—notice, .the faulted nature of the country—an indication of heavy mineralization. They bought a Geiger counter, returned to the spot, and found signs of radioactivity. So great was their faith in the area that they refused a government reward of £25,000 and chose to work the holding themselves. Their wildcat gamble seems certain to pay off handsomely. Vast tracts of Australia’s "dead heart,” as well as much of the more heavily populated coastal region, are being combed by gov-ernment-owned aircraft, carrying sclntillographs which measure gamma radiation from the country below. Where there are signs of

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radioactivity, parties of experts are sent to examine further. Government Attacked Reqpntly, the government has encouraged private companies to take part in uranium searching and mining. The results have been astounding. Many new companies have been formed, and stock exchange speculators have snapped up every issue of shares. Many established mining companies also have joined the uranium hunt. and. almost without exception, the value of the shares has jumped. Despite warnings from government leaders and financial experts, people who had never bought a share before, have been snapping up holdings in any company that had mention of uranium In its title. The discovery of uranium has brought bitterness too. Early this year, a series of vitriolic attacks was launched on the government, backed with claims that Australia was selling her uranium to Britain and the United States at “bargain prices.” Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies and Supply Minister Howard Beale denied the charges. Earlier, the deputy leader of the opposition, Arthur Calwell, attacked security measures in the north, and charged that "the World’s richest uranium deposits are within the easy grasp of any aggressor.” i

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Wilt HAYS (above), the Indiana lawyer who was elected Republican national chairman at 38 in 1018 and a few years later became "czar" of Hollywood as head of its self-censorship system, is dead at 74 in Sullivan, Ind. He is credited with establishing standards of good taste in the film Industry which pulled Hollywood out of the scandals of the 19205. (International) The Whittier POWNAL, Me., UP — During the past .46 years, George Pike has used more than 200 jack-knitek whittling farm animals out of i white pine wood.

Harmful Insects Air Hitchhikers Millions Travel In Aircraft Fuselage JGENEVA UP — Millions of insects travel throughout the world on the fuselages of aircraft and are responsible tor the spread of such crippling diseases as malaria, yellow fever, sleeping sickness, typhus and plague, the United Nations World Health Organization reports. Sanitary control authorities can’t always detect such stowaways which may lodge in the cabin or luggage hold of a plane, or be taken aboard on the clothes of passengers or on flowers presented to them. WHO also noted that certain insects lay their eggs at various places on aircraft and that these eggs survive, altitude and temperature changes. WHO cited one example where thousands of larvae emerged from such eggs apd swarmed all over the surface of a plane. Airborne insects are most often mosquitoes, flies, lice, sometimes ticks, beetles, cockroaches and Colorado beetles. - The presence of rats, birds and snakes has also been noted on aircraft. They have been carried long distances and “it is not difficult to imagine the resulting difficulties and the danger to the aircraft itself.’’ “Strict surveillance of aircraft and of airdromes is, therefore, absolutely essential,” the WHO report said, adding tliat “this passive defense can only )ie effective, however, if it is complemented by more active measures which will remove all possibility of transporting live insects in aircraft.”

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Pope Takes Orders From Housekeeper Mother Pasqualina With Pope 40 Years VATICAN CITY UP — A small, study Swiss Sister is the only person in the world except his doctor who can give orders to Pope Plus XII. ' She is Pasqualina Lehnert, born about 70 years ago at Ebersbach, in Bavaria. She has been the Pontiffs chambermaid since 1912. Mother Pasqualina, with the aid of three other nuns of the Swiss order of the Sisters of the Sacred Cross of Menzingen, cooks the Pope's food, prepares his robes and personal effects and sees that he does not tire himself lyMother Pasqualina has been known to inform the Pope that it would be advisable to cancel a private audience if the Pope has had a heavy routine. She has succeeded several times in keeping the Pope from holding a scheduled audience because she deemed it {inadvisable for his health. Long Association No one in the Vatican, including the Pope’s personal physician, Prof. 'Riccardo Galeazzi - Lisi, knows the Pope better than Mother Pasqualina. She has been In steady contact with Pius since he was a clerk in the Vatican secretariat of state in 1912. It was then that she met the young priest who was to become the supreme leader of 400,000,000 Caholics. Mother Pasqualina was living in a convent in the Swiss mountains near the Abbey of Einsiedeln, between Zurich and Schwyt, The Pope, then Father Eugene Pacelll, visited Einsiedeln and its shrine in that green valley watered by the Alpbach. He was residing in the same convent as Mother Pasqualina when he suffered a stomach ailment and she was assigned to care for the guest from Rome. In Germany For about a month Mother Pasqualina personally cooked the future Pope’s food and decided what medicines he should take, basing her decisions on her large knowledge of medicine; Pius rapidly and when he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Munich. Germany, he asked and obtained permission from Pope Benedict XV for her to accompany him to take care of his household at the nunciature. She came to Italy when Pacelll was called to assist Pope Pius XI as his secretary of state. Although Mother Pasqualina does not see the Pope often during a day. she is always aware of his activities. She confers frequently with the chamberlain, a layman, Giovanni Stefanori, who serves the meals which she prepares for

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the Pope. ' Attends Pope’s Mass When the Pope is in normal health, she attends the early morning mass which Pius recites in the, small papal chapel adjotlning his bedroom and receives holy communion from the hands of the Pontiff with Stefanori and a few other intimates of the papal household. It is she whp decorates the small altar of the Black Madonna of Czenstocbowa, Poland, with- rainbows of flowers and then directs the other three nuns In ordering the Papal bedroom after the Pontiff withdraws to his private library or study. Although she keeps an eye on the Pontiff to see that he does not tire himself too much during the rest of the day she remains behind the scenes. In normal times, she sees the Pontiff again when he returns to the Chapel to recite the rosary. z ; After every general mass audience it is Mother Pasqualina who disinfects the Pope’s right hand and his fisherman’s ring which hundreds of faithful have kissed during the audience. Two Cakes For Four STURGIS, Mich., UP—Cecil De Haven and his son, James, celebrate their birthdays on the same day, Feb. 2. Mrs. De Haven and another son. David, observe the same birth date. April 12. Bank Samples MORGANTON, N. C., UP — A bank here observed its fifth anniversary by presenting each visitor with a shiny new penny attached to a card bearing these words: “Who says the state bank of Burke doesn't give away samples?” No Handicap WAYNESBURG, Pa., UP —Mrs. Miriam Knox Dent, energetic edi- t tor of the weekly Waynesburg Republican, easily solved the problem of publishing the paper on time when she broke her “writing arm’’ recently. Her husband, James Dent, rigged up a telephone next to the linotype machine In the newspaper's plant. As she dictated most of the paper’s copy from her hospital bed, Dent set the copy up dne’ctly-aa-thje! linotype keyboard. — ; 1

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