Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Newspaper) - January 31, 1954, Walla Walla, Washington Russ Dash Hopes for Berlin Agreement THE WEATHER fully cloudy Sunday with wanner temperatures Maximum readings 48 to 52 High Saturday was 44 low Saturday was 29 Walla Our Year No 289 lOc Walla Walla Wash Sunday January 31 1954 3 Pages j Neutralized Germany Is Soviet Plan Atom To Heat 20 Buildings At Hanford Under 3 Plans Announced by AEC By FRANK CAREY WASHINGTON ft The Atomic Energy Commission AEC plans Saturday to put atom to work in a new ing some buildings at one of its j big plants as a by-product of ing materials for bombs Hitherto all such heat in this country has been wasted though the British for eral years have been keeping buildings warm in this way The commission said it plans to introduce the new heating system part of an expansion program new under way at its Hanford j Wash plant It will be hooked up to a new tion reactor under construction there Savings On Oil Twenty buildings occupying a gross area of square and including an building will be heated through j the courtesy of the atom it was j learned The AEC said the new heating system would save Uncle Sam the cost of million gallons cf oil annually That's enough oil to heat 1500 homes in many parts tf the country The commission told about it in its 15th semi-annual report to Con- in the same report the AEC aisu disclosed first details of its plan to build the nation's first large-scale c reactor in the quest for economical industrial power from rp atom Simultaneously the commission increased progress and tempo in all phases of the military and peacetime of the ir program in which the can people have invested more than 12 billion dollars since 1940 Knowledge Advance Along with general progress in weapons production and research the atomic chiefs reported ad- vances in knowledge needed for an submarine that would be faster and otherwise superior to the two already building They reported reasons for en- about the cost of building and fueling reactors for in- Continued on pagre 5 col 8 TRAFFIC BOX SCORE OLYMPIA The state campaign to reduce the traffic death toll shoved these figures Saturday Traffic deaths since Jan 19 Traffic deaths period 49 Traffic deaths since campaign started Nov I 102 Traffic deaths for same period beginning Nov 1 183 DRIVE B filan Spokane Highway has been pointed Walla Walla county chairman of thp American Red Cross fund drive to be held ing March The appointment was made by Ray Red Cross chapter chairman Vitart photo Davison engraving Filan Named Red Cross Drive Leader ONE OF CITY'S Walla is becoming known far and wide as a medical center of great importance Hundreds of persons from Washington Oregon and Idaho come here for surgery and treatment and hospitalization Nearly one third of the babies born in local hospitals each year are from towns other than Walla Walla The above show some of the facilities in the local hospitals and units which specialize in treatment of certain diseases Top left a new Incubator recently donated to Walla Walla General hospital right the new kitchen at St Mary's bottom left a patient at Bine Mountain tuberculosis hospital and right a patient at the Veterans hospital U-B photos Davison engraving City Is Medical Center for People in Three-State Area Editor's is another and as far north as in the series of stories ing industries and development in the Walls Walla By JIM B SCHICK A private plane carrying a man Injured in an- Oregon lumber camp in the Blue Mountains landed at the Airport The man's eye was in bad condition and he rushed to a Walla Walla eye specialist for surgery and ment Polio patients from Kichland Colfax are brought to Walla Walla for treatment at the area's only polio treatment A boy from Hermiston is brought to Walla Walla for weekly ments by a bone specialist a girl from La Grande needs the help of a dermatologist a man from Canyon City Ore or the Wallowa country or even Portland comes to a Walla Walla hospital for an operation because of the surgeons here Excellent Facilities Here SKIRTS GREATLY REDUCED See Page 16 KING'S Paul PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY 8 EAST ALDER OPEN TODAY 10 to 6 for your drug and prescription needs PHONE 4500 See our other ad on page 5 FREE DRESSES See Our Ad Page 18 BERGMAN'S 13 East Main A woman from Prosser about to have a baby is referred to a Walla Walla doctor because of special facilities and care afforded here While this cannot be classed as an industry Walla Walla has be- come the medical center for a vast area Jrf Eastern Washington gon and extending into Idaho and other points In addition to ing hundreds of persons from all parts of the region here for cal and hospital facilities nearly persons are directly and in- directly employed by the medical profession in Walla Walla The city has two large hospitals for public use with a total em- ployment of approximately 400 j sons Walla Walla General tal with a staff of 200 will start an expansion program spring which will add to the surgical de- and create about 50 tional rooms St Mary's Hospital which em- ploys 225 persons recently com- a modernization and ex- program VA Hospital Here But these are only two of the medical institutions in the city iThe Veterans Hospital while con- cerned entirely with the treatment of veterans has some of the most outstanding specialists on its staff The hospital has a permanent j staff of 400 doctors nurses and other staff members and 509 patients Two other units state ana county institutions complete hospital available here Blue Mountain tuberculosis hospital op- crated jointly by ibe slats and county treats patients from i eastern Washington counties and has a staff of 35 and about SO It is one of the outstanding in- of its type in the state Note Will Demand Reds Retract Charge WASHINGTON The State Department has drafted notice to the Communists that they must correct record of perfidy charges against the United States before preliminary Korean peace talks can resume Diplomatic informants dis- closed this Saturday said an ican note laying down this tion would in effect be a tion of a Communist proposal that the Panmunjom talks resume day The American reply now being cleared with America's 16 Korean War partners is expected to go out sometime Sunday The Chinese and North Korean Reds in a letter sent to special Ambassador Arthur Dean last day demanded a renewal of talks They said nothing about the fidy accusations which caused the United States to break off sion last month The American answer it is said will make it clear that this must be retracted in some way and that thereafter the ed States will be ready for a prompt meeting to arrange for a full-scale Korean peace conference America's Korean War allies aware of the importance of face in the Far East and of the state of U S public opinion were re- ported to have backed fully the State Department stand GEM THEFT SOLVED PARIS XI French police say they have solved the theft of 000 worth of gems Jan 17 from the Riviera villa of the Countess de la Intensive City Traffic Campaign Trims Accident Rate Fewer Persons Arrested Traffic Violations Booked by Walla Walla Police Dept 1952 and 1953 TYPE OF ARREST Exceeding speed limit Reckless Negligent driving Traffic lights signs Failure to yield right-of-way causing accident Failure to yield right-of-way to vehicle Failure to yield right-of-way to U-Turn 42 793 50 153 1953 Decrease Increase Turn from wrong lane Following too Leaving scene of accident Defective muffler Other defective equipment lights brakes etc Registration or license Driving with license revoked Drunk driving Other violations TOTALS 57 27 78 3 2 140 36 139 4 29 19 2.828 41 199 984 55 173 91 31 112 2 4 97 69 155 3 44 12 467 1 43 106 60 191 20 34 4 34 33 16 15 Parking Pedestrian violations jaywalking 10 98 Traffic Accident Summary 1952 and 1953 TYPE OF ACCIDENT Collision with Pedestrian Collision other vehicle Collision with Collision with 5 Collision fixed object 69 Collision other 1 Overturned in roadway 0 Ran off Other 0 DECREASE Increase 1851 All All Persons Killed Killed Injured 0 0 n 0 0 0 0 3 15 12 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 35 13 259 1 4 39 0 2 4 2 324 158 14 23 Although art intensive traffic safety campaign on the part ol police newspapers and others re- the number of accidents in Walla Walla in 1953 over 1952 police actually fewer ar rests last year than in 1952 a tab compiled for the Union Bulletin showed Saturday But the arrests were not all of the Chief of Police A L Watts said the department's traffic officers issued hundreds of warnings in the successful campaign to reduce No total of these warnings is available but they served a definite place in the control of traffic and reduction of the chief said Accidents Decreased The accident rate dropped from 482 reportable accidents in 1952 to 324 in 1953 There were three in 1952 none last year seven persons were injured last year as compared with 35 in 1952 One reason for the increase in injuries is that before 1953 cuts bruises and bumps were not reported as injuries Now National Safety Council regulations require that all injuries no matter how minor be reported Most of the accidents last year were attributed to a motor collision with another motor hicle Second was a collision with a Arne B Filan resident of Walla Walla since 1943 and active in ic affairs has accepted appointment as chairman of the 1954 American Red Cross fund drive to be held during March The appointment was made by Ray Red Cross chapter man Filan has been a resident of ern Washington continuously since the fall of 1925 although he lived near Lacrosse during World War I as a youth Since 1940 he has been engaged in oil tion and exploration He is dent and business manager of the Mills Oil Co which has offices in Shelby Mont He has-been a county land 1941 and a farm near Coif ax too Mr and Mrs lan reside on the Spokane way They have two children Arne Lester Filan World War U an who is a junior at Whitman College and who resides at 203 cade Drive and a daughter sie Esther Filan a senior at Wa- Hi There are two grandchildren of the Arne children of Mr and Mrs Lester Filan Active in the Lions Club here a number of years Filan is a ber of the Elks Lodge the Early BERLIN Ml An apparent pre- view of the Molotov Plan for clinching Communist rule in a neutralized and isolated Germany seemingly Western hopes Saturday night of a settlement with Russia at Big Four con- ference here Earlier in an effort to give sia assurances of a peaceful many Secretary of State Dulles had pledged the United States to durably with a future Defense Army that would include German troops The East German Communist government put the apparent of the Soviet foreign proposal into a to conference Demands Listed It 1 Immediate scrapping of the European Army Pact and the cafe contract with the Bonn Republic 2 Immediate ban on ic and Fascist organizations and expulsion of Hitler officials from West German government j 3 Establishment of an all-Ger- man provisional government of representatives from both parts of the nation 4 Afterward complete German I control of a unifying election with j Big Four supervision forbidden I 5 Withdrawal all occupation troops within a year after con- of a German peace treaty to be drafted at a conference in 1954 of all former Allied powers with the provisional I Ban on Atomic Weapons j 6 Immediate ban on the I manufacture or ing of atomic and bacteriological weapons in Germany This would at once to U.S atomic ar- tillery along the Rhine 7 Prohibition of a united many joining any warlike tion a clear reference in Com- munist terms to the European De- fense Community Auto License Deadline Near License sales are dragging and February 15 is the deadline for new plates without a penalty County Auditor Walter Kimmerly warned Saturday With about 40 per cent of Walla still without 1954 licenses said they could expect long lines and plenty of waiting unless they got on the ball Monday morning If the new plates are not obtained by February 15 the state will Im- pose a penalty if the motorist's car has been driven since January 1 Licenses are available m Walla Walla at the AAA McDonald Agency and Western Union and with the city clerk in Waitsburg SLIDE DOOMS HOMES MODENA Italy Ml A Birds and of the Athletic Round J slow-moving landslide inched Table at Spokane jward more doomed rural hornet A native of Norway he has here Saturday after crushing sided in this country since he was its eighth house in two days No- five His father was In business in body has been hurt so far Minneapolis Minn before his ever t riage in Norway After the family came to the United States the er Filan bought a wheat ranch near on Page 5 Col 4 0 fixed object such as a tree 4 drant parked car or utility pole 12 While there were 106 fewer ar- 0 rests last year than the previous 1 year arrests in departments com- j of a sentence on a bad known to cause charge was still at Jail Escapee Being Hunted LA GRANDE Carl J Harlow j who was serving the last day 57 2 increased Negligent driving Saturday after havine escaped m from about 1 increased 60 from 139 to 199 Failure Continued on Pace 5 Col 1 Continued on S Cot Whitman College Lovelies Valentine Candidates CANDIDATES Between now and ibc city February 9 the will each day feature one candidate for office The candidates arc being taken by office and an alphabetical der The first one appears day and one will appear each day until each candidate has had an opportunity to explain his and views The are prepared by the candidates and iwi by tbs stall of ibis newspaper WHO WTU BE TOUR of the seren pretty College in the uill be Walla Miss Valentine pleasant task it trill be to remind at dty thai February 14 all sorts of to their From row from left are Miss Ana finnan Becky Teal and Miss Phoebe Goodwin back row Miss Betty L- aad Soden Roberre By CAROL Valentine's Day 5s on its way lifting February out of the reach of Groundhogs even beyond the touch of Patriotism into ed Hoorays Filled with the carefree ence of the a committee of Chamber of Commerce secret cartwheels For they're the left them a civic about them be- cause that's what hey to be doinZ The seven Sweethearts arc s for the title of Walla 1954 Valentine aid the only cloud on the horizon or the who mahe the final choice is lhat there be a final choice They've cot to choose one them one only for the city's own sweetheart Arc Matiy Younz lovely the eirls students at Whitman Collece D'you want to know more them? Phot be a senior from the Women on the roll Sbe's five feet with wavy brown hair and is an major whose second est interest at school is music for a job after incidentally Ann in her senior at A Delta Gamma on Page 5 Col from the Union County jail about noon Saturday state police said j Harlow is wanted by Los An- seles authorities on a charce ofj felonious escape He was to been held here for them after his sentence was served I Harlow asked permission to use j a telephone Saturday noon said but his request was a ruse and he made a getaway in- had come from California authorities lo hold Harlow after had been circulated from this county According to Dis- Attorney George Anderson Jr saH he had walked away from an honor farm in j California with only a few left in if a anor sentence TALLMAN'S Suggests It Takes Two to say I Love You To Your VALENTINE See Page 18 See Page 15 For Details Of Frances Denney's New FACE LIFTING TREATMENT TALLMAN'S 1 Main S Tel 315 S MEKOY funeral held here for iear Mrs 3 Mrs Jack Bowman 33 sM son-in-law M 39 all of The Wiled when th Bowman car was struck by a truck Reader's Index To Departments Pacr 21 Area 7 11 Clarified II 13 13 Editorials Pate 4 Financial 58 Radio-TV 21 Retinal 5 II 8 22 Vital 11 Women's Features 15 IS 17 IS 19 A Complete Delivery Service By The Book f ies Our Prescription Department Is As Close As Your Telephone WE ARE OPEN TODAY FROM n TO 6 P.M See 22 razor trade THE BOOK NOOK Tel 2024
