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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1950
Page
20
Accusations by East Germany alleging American planes dropped potato bugs on East Germany echo earlier Communist government complaints dismissed by US officials as too absurd for comment.
London reports Russia accuses the United States of preparing bacterial warfare. Moscow radio cites a 1946 Japanese list transfer to test bacteriologists and claims secret labs in Maryland and Army units in Utah and Massachusetts are involved. Late last week Moscow sent a note to Washington.
US embassy official Frederick Kuhn assisted police in breaking up a demonstration by 30 Communist sympathizers who smashed embassy windows with stones. Kuhn, leaving for an amateur baseball game, helped disperse the attackers. two were captured amid placards denouncing warmongers.
A census indicating about 20 000 motion picture theaters operate across the United States reflecting the scale of film exhibition and local entertainment options. The figure underscores the distribution of cinema venues in communities nationwide and the industry footprint in urban and rural areas.
Chicago scientists report in Science Magazine that streptomycin offers the most protection against radiation sickness from atomic blasts with penicillin and aureomycin also useful. The work on Swiss mice shows bacteria in the gut multiply after radiation, suggesting drugs could reduce casualties if atomic weapons are used again.
In a UN briefing Nationalist China chief delegate Dr. Tsiang says China can agree to a temporary ceasefire against the mainland but cannot abandon the struggle for territorial integrity. He notes China would consider land forces for Korea only if defense needs are met.
President Truman moves to freeze the China theater by ordering the Seventh Fleet to prevent any attack on Formosa and to halt air and sea operations against the mainland. The move follows UN calls to stop Red aggression in Korea. Mao Zedong and Cho En-lai denounce U.S. protection as intervention while Chiang Kai-shek’s forces prepare to defend Formosa and wage guerrilla warfare. Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh calls the act welcome.
Angelo R. Cirillo of Camden New Jersey 28 narrowly saved his wife and two children when a wheel detached from his car at a North Philadelphia intersection. The vehicle lost its right rear wheel the tire punctured the gasoline tank a fire started and an explosion followed. Cirillo escaped with his family as flames engulfed the car and bent metal remained.
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