Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Reds Explode Second Atomic American Harvest Is Satisfactory THE RUSSIAN BOMB The question of what the Russians have been doing about the atomic bomb since the first explosion was announced in was answered last week with a White House announcement that another bomb has been A few days later Stalin made the announcement In It was the first time the Russian people had been given any Information concerning that country's atomic bomb The announcement was received in the home towns of the nation much more calmly than the report of the first The White House statement which said the new explosion was an atomic belies Communist propaganda that Russia's atomic energy development is strictly for peaceful purposes and not the manufacture of The White House announcement in spite of Soviet pretensions that their atomic energy program is being directed exclusively toward peaceful this confirms again Soviet Union is con- wK to make atomic wea- Shortly after the new ex- A was a a. British source said the a probably now have a m stockpile of 50 atomic Although the Russians s' i have many able KH much of their rapid progress development is m due to secrets learned by such men as Klaus Fuchs Warren chief U.S. dele- and Bruno gale to the is greeted by Philip Jes- WP as he reported to a senate committee Defense to testify in defense of Jessup s has t on as a UN Austin volun- mended that leered to appear behalf of who United states and is accused by McCarthy of wear an dupe of the cation his tag bearing name and blood and the name and address of a person to be notified in case of injury or The agency recommended the tag be worn permanently on a bracelet or on a chain around the In the event of all-out war or atomic the tag would serve to identify not only the injured or but the mentally persons suffering from shock or and small It would facilitate medical help to reunite and be useful in legal claims of various kinds associated with damage to or destruction of life and The procurement and distribution of such an identification and the establishment of rules for wearing will be the responsibilities of state civil defense THE WHITE HOUSE ever conscious of grass roots democracy and its lack of asked a few pointed questions last week concerning the White House which has been under-going remodeling since December The senators were told is no royal elegance in the It is in keeping with but there is nothing of elegance in this building that is not equaled in many a private home throughout the It is dignified and but not too All this was told behind closed doors to the senate appropriations committee before it recommended spending another on the reconstruction of the Reconstruction is expected to be complete early next The need for additional funds has already been was attributed to increased costs of materials and unexpected The building which had been on the verge of collapse has been reinforced with a basement and new quarters made in what was formerly the AMERICAN HARVEST Americans will eat well this coming year at the same will be able to fill its world food according to the Department of Agriculture's report of the 1951 crop It has been a trying year due to the Kansas-Missouri flood area and drought damage in a number of other But the 1951 harvest is described as The corn will be in excess of The Agri-culture department had asked for The winter wheat harvest is expected to total a little less than the department but not dangerously Generally other crops followed the wheat-corn NEW TRUCE TALKS Gen- Matthew B. Ridgway has agreed to the area as a site for new Korean cease-fire The village is located six miles east of and 12 road miles northwest of The agreement on a site for the talks does not that the talks will actually take There remains to be settled a number of technical questions concerning neutrality and policing of the area that could disrupt the best made savage battles were being fought in west Korea with the Reds using artillery at a rate unknown to the Communists since the start of the But the Allied fall offensive continues to grind out hard-won gains at tremendous cost to the American infantrymen fire a rifle during front line action in Fighting in Korea has increased in recent DRAFT CALL Home town draft boards have begun reclassifying Lewis B. selective service said the men would be inducted into the armed forces as rapidly as they can be reclassified and but estimated that fewer than of the would be reclassified Hershey urged men who have failed to notify their local draft boards that they have become fathers to do so He also reminded draft eligible men that the selective service law places upon the registrant the responsibility to notify his board of a chan if Once the order to report for induction has been issued it is too late to reopen the THE SERIES Americans in t part of the nation last week forgot their worries long enough to listen to the world Wherever there was a at in the grocery filling or fire baseball fans listened to the Giants and Yankees battle for the And it was the playing ball like the Yankees of making 10 double play during the who were crowned taking the final game the Giants |