Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1954 — Page 8

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Describes Film Showing Destruction Ot H-Bomb

WASHINGTON UP—This is the story of what happened to an island that tangled with an H-bomb. The hero is Elugelab, one of the specks of land that make up the Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Paeifli. Elugelab died a violent death in the fall of 1952, the victim of a man-made dragon that terrible fire and smoke. Now it is only a deep dark crater under the surface of the ocean. The civil defense adminfstration told of iFlugelab’s fate when it showed newsmen films this week of the world’s first full-scale Jut--drogen explosion. The films showed: A stretch of dark blue water where once the island Elugelab had stood. x

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A sun-like fireball large enough tfc engulf one-fourth of Manhattan Island. A crater nroau enough to accommodate 14 buildings the size of the Pentagon and as deep as a 17-story building is high. A mushroom cloud that soared within two minutes 32 times as high as the Empire State building and spread laterally for 100 miles. If the blast were duplicated in an American city, it would produce complete annihilation within a radius of three miles, moderate damage out to seven miles, and light damage as-far Tre~T(r hllies.' ; The films also gave some idea of the size of the hydrogen device itself, pointing up the difficulty of compressing it into a deliverable H-bomb.

The, so • called “cab* which housed the weapon, was a dark, square building built flush on the ground on Elugelab. the “shot islaj>d.’’. Outwardly, it resembled a big barn. Much of the 28-minute main film was taken aboard the U.S.S. Estes, command ship of joint task force 132 which conducted the historic test. A voice is heard counting off the last tense seconds— "five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . .one . . . T-zero!” * At once the screen is filled with Van Gogh yellow from a blinding flash that human eyes could not endure. Seconds later the familiar mushroom cloud begins to take shape. The hydrogen blast has the same ' characteristics shown in—earlier films of atomic explosions. The dis-, terence is in size. This difference becomes apparent when the blast scene is shown again, this time with the skyline of New York sul perimposed. " The skyscrapers of Manhattan fill about as much of the fireball picture as footlights do the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. A short time later the film shows helicopters taking off from ship decks to inspect the blast site. Elugelab. alas, is no more. In its place is a crater 3'4 miles in diameter and 175 feet deep below the ocean surface. Driver Killed As Auto Rams Engine ROCHESTER, lnd„ UP — Ted Charles Ovennyer, 42. Bruce Lake, was crushed td death Wednesday when his auto rammed the engine of a freight train at a crossing in Bruce Lake. " 1 ,T — •«— ■', Figure It Out PORTLAND, Me,. UP —Carlyle H. Lavigne, Edward M. Korb and James L. Williams, got together and tried to straighten out their hat tangle. The best they could determine was that Ed and Jim accidentally swapped hats at a meeting two years ago. Then Carl must have picked up Ed’s hat (really Jim’s) by mistake recently. Carl got his rightful hat Ijack. but Jim and Ed decided to keep the ones they had worn for the l past two years.

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Senate Slated For Passage Os Statehood Bill Predict Approval Os Statehood For Hawaii And Alaska By UNITED The senate was expected t 0,., approve statehood for Alaska and Hawaii today for the first time in the 50-year fight to bring the_two_ VefrlloHesMntb' the union. Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland predicted "easy” passage of the statehood measure. And Sen. George A. Smathers (IlFla.), a leading foe of the l(ill. conceded it appeared “fairly certain” to pass. The statehood bill must weaker three major tests, however, befoYe a showdown vote is reached, probably by nightfall. These are proposals to give Alaska and. Hawaii commonwealth status, let both Mi'ritories vote to decide wheGier they want to be states or commonwealths and to send the measure back to the interior committee. But despite expected favorable senate action, chances of Hawaii and Alaska becoming the 49th and 50th states this year appeared slim. The house has approved Hawaiian statehood but Republican leaders in the lower chamber are repiwted to be eovl to the senate plan of including Alaska in the same bill. w President Eisenhower had requested statehood for Hawaii oaly, but senate Democrats succeeded in tacking Alaska to the measure. Senate GOP leaders threw their support behind the package bill. In the past, Hawaii has been Republican in its politics while Alaska has been Democratic. No new state has been added to the union since New Mexico was Admitted in 1912. Other congressional news: Taft-Hartley :* Senate Democratic foes of the.lTatt-Hartley labor law plan to wage a floor fight against an proposal to give states broader powers to deal with strikes. The

senate labor committee approved a bill Wednesday incorporating most fb Mr. Elsenhower’s recommendations for revamping the controversial labor law? Housing: The House scheduled debate on the administration's housing program with OOP leaders hoping to line up enough votes to approve President Eisenhower’s federally-subsidised public housing. The bill would also allow the President to lower minimum down payments on purchase of old and new houses and would revamp many other provisions of federal housing laws. Welfare: Mrs. Oveta Culp Hob-' by, secretary of health, education, and welfare, congressional approval of President Eisenhower's proposal to liberalize social security and- extend coverage to some 10 million additional pep sons. She told the house ways and means committee the proposal is •‘an important and constructive step for the promotion of the general welfare of our citizens.” Two Parking Meter Collectors Held Indianapolis Mqter Collectors Arrested INDIANAPOLIS UP — Two city parking meter collectors who admitted methodically filching an estimated >2.000 from meters in the past six months faced grand larceny charges today. Robert P. Gasper, 30, and Thomas Hendricks, 30. were arrested on a tip after several months of effort by the city to track down an unexpalined drop in meter receipts. The two were to appear in court today. Detective Sgt. Edward Gerdt said their take averaged $45 to $75 a week since November. The two told police they opened the hinged side of collection boxes with a small screw driver, took part of the coins and turned in

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Prayer Band Rally At Connersville The Rev. Alex Batthauer, Anderson, will be the principal speaker Sunday afternoon at $ .o!ctock-at "tfie Hili Top Tabernacle, Connersville, where the Victory prayer band will hold its weekly rally. The Rev. James R. Meadows of this city, founder of the group, will preside at the services and there will be special music and a special Pfriod of prayer for all boys in the armed service. The public is inviteds We find an exit for our troubles when we enter sympathetically into those of others. —Jordan.