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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
Reveal Secret u. S. Findings
After Atom-Bombing of Japan

around. A tremendous blast wave
struck our ship and made il
tremble from nose TO tail. This
was followed by four more blasts
in rapid succession, each resound-
ing like the boom of cannon fire
hitting our plane from all direc.
tionS.
Observers in the tail of our
ship saw a giant ball of fire rise
as though from the bowels of the
earth. belching forth enormous
white smoke rings. Next they
saw a giant pillar of purple fire,
10000 feet high, shooting sky
ward with enormous speed.
BY the time our ship had made
another turn in the direction OF
the atomic explosion, the pillar
of purple fire had reached the
level of our altitude. Only about
IS seconds had passed. Awe
struck. we watched il shoot up
ward like a meteor coming from
the earth instead of from outer
space, becoming ever more alive
as il climbed skyward through
the white clouds. II was no longer
smoke, or dust, or even a cloud
of fire. II was living thing, a
few species of being, born right
before our incredulous eyes.
LIKE GIANT TOTEM POLE
At one stage of its evolution,
covering millions of years in
terms of seconds, the entity as
sumed the form of giant square
totem pole, with its base about
three miles long. tapering off 10
about a mile at the top. It's bot
tom was brown. its center was
amber, its top white. But ii was
living totem pole, carved with
many grotesque masks grimacing
at the earth.
Then, just when il appeared as
though the thing had settled down
into a state of permanence, there
came shooting out of the top a
giant mushroom that increased the
height of the pillar TO $4,000 feet.
The mushroom top was even more
alive than the pillar, seething and
boiling in a white fury OF creamy
foam, sizzling upwards and then
descending earthward, a thousand
Old Faithful geysers rolled into
one,
1t kept struggling in an elemen-
tai fury, like creature breaking
bonds that held il down. In a few
seconds it had freed itself from its
gigantic stem and floated upward
with tremendous speed, its mo-
mentum carrying into the strato-
sphere to a height of about $4,000
feet.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
MUSHROOM REBORN

But no sooner did this happen
than another mushroom, smaller
m size than the first one, began
emerging out of the pillar. 1t was
as though the decapitated monster
was growing a new head.
AS the first mushroom floated
off into the blue. IT changed shape
into a flower-like form, its giant
petal curved downward, creamy
white outside. roSe-colored inside.
1t retained that shape when we
last gazed at it from a distance
of about 200 miles.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
Lord Halifax Leaves
London for Baltimore

LONDON, Sept s INS)-
Lord Halifax. British ambassador
TO the United States left this
afternoon BY plane for Baltimore,
where he is due tomorrow.
Halifax is 10 participate in a
conference between American and
British officials on the postwar
financial credits.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
Clean Up 10 Please Yenks

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8
(UP)-Radio Osaka told its lis.
teners today that Americans hate
dirty people, so the japanese must
keep the streets and homes clean.
wear clean clothes and shave
their untidy boards
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
WEATHER PICKED TARGET

Our weather scouts had sent US
code messages informing us that
both the primary target as well
as the secondary were clearly Vlsi-
Bile. The winds Of destiny seemed
10 favor certain Japanese cities
that must remain nameless. We
circled about them again and
again and found no opening in the
thick umbrella of clouds that COW
cred them. Destiny chose Naga-
saki as the ultimate target. At
II SO we crossed the coastline and
headed straight for Nagasaki
about 100 miles 10 the west. Here
again we circled until we found
an opening in the clouds. II was
1901 and the goal of our mission
had arrived.
We heard the pre-arranged sig
nal on our radio, put on our arc
welder's glasses and watched
tensely the maneuverings of the
strike ship about half a mile in
front Of us.
There she goes" someone
said. Out Of the belly OF The
Artise' what looked like a black
object came downward.
Book swung around 10 get out
OF range but even though we
were turning away in the oppo-
site direction. and although it was
broad daylight in our cabin, all
Of us became aware of a giant
flash that broke through the dark
barrier of our arc welder'S lenses
and flooded our cabin with an in
tense light.
PLANE SHUDDERS IN BLASTS
We removed our glasses after
the first flash but the light fingered
on, a bluish-green light that it,
Illuminated the entire sky all
Evening star., 1945-06-21

lies IN the TACT That only IN the
pick winner 1t invariably is the
his fortune. and sometimes his life,
is thus sort of tip sheet that is
!.
we viewed Salty O'Rourke," which
SALTY OROURKE," Paramount
Picture with Alan Ladd and Gail Russell,
produced by E. D. LeShln directed by
Raoul Walsh. original story and screenplay
by Milton Holmes.
THE CAST
Salty ORourke - Alan Ladd
Barbara Brooks Gail Russell
Smitty William Demar rest
Doc Baxter -------- Bruce Cabot
Mrs. Brooks Spring Byington
Johnny Cate Stanley 'Stash" Clements
SneeZer Daryl Hickman
The Babe -- Rex williams
Hotel Proprietor---- Don Zelaya
Lola Marjorie Woocworth
Evening star., 1945-06-21
By the Associated Press.

.
NEW YORK.
In this town of celebrities and
celebrity conscious citizens, the curl
Gus custom--we didn't say racket
mind you-of celebrity nights" has
grown into quite full flower.
These affairs originally were con-
Quoted as promotional idea to
bring in the customers on dull
night, usually Sunday, Monday or
Tuesday. Now there are so many of
them that person who wanted to
attend all of them would need the
aid of a swift car and a motorcycle
escort.
In some clubs, these so-called ce-
lebrity parties attract not SO much
as a single celebrity, although they
do turn out few lay folk who hope
one or two glamorous Hollywood or
stage stars might show up. For the
most part the celebrities" at these
clubs are second-rate acts or worse
hoping some agent or producer will
Evening star., 1945-06-21
Memorials Are Few
On Hollywood Scene

BY lne ASsOCldteQ PIeSS,
HOLLYWOOD.
While Hollywood has large pro-
portion of world celebrities, there
are few who have been given me-
MORALS of any sort after their pass
ing. A statue, labeled Inspiration, -
stands in a small park in Central
Hollywood, dedicated to the memory
of Rudolph Valentino. A sound
stage at Twentieth Century Fox
commentaries Will Rogers. At
Republic Studios, which were built
by Mack Sennett some years back,
is memorial to Mabel Normand,
one of Sennett's greatest discoveries.
The plaque was erected not by Sen
nett, however, but by Herbert Yates.
head of Republic Yates, who is
beginning construction on two more
huge sound stages, plans to dedi-
cate these to other early film folk.
Keep your dollars in the fight by
investing regularly in War Bonds
through payroll savings.
Evening star., 1945-06-21

stance, there were Movie Star Diana
Lynn, Comedian Bert Wheeler, Mel
OFT, manager of the New York
Giants; Tommy Manville, Radio
Star Peter Donald. Stork Club Own
er Sherman Billingsley, former
fight champions Benny Leonard,
Jimmy Braddock, Abe Attell and
Tony Canzoneri; Comic Benny
Baker, Movie Tough Guy Horace
Mcmahon, Singer Jerry Cooper and
Stage Star Gertrude Niesen.
The gimmick, or method, is to
Evening star., 1945-06-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attraction,
and Time Of Showino

Capitol - Son of Lassie":: II a m.
l AS, 4:30, tbs and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1855, $40. 6:25 and s:lo
pm.
Columbia-'Dillinger":: 1l::30 m.
l:10, 2:55, 4:4o, 6:25, sos and
$50 pm.
Earle-"Pillow to Post: II am,
lao, 4:2O. 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage
shows: 1855, 335, $40 and COS
pm.
Keith's-"China Sky: 1l:55 am.
l:55. 3:55. SIS, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"Pr Presenting Lily Mars:
II am, Ito, 3:20, $50, 1885 and
945 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"Af Affairs of Susan:
HIS am, 1:20, 800, 5:25, 7:3O and
9:35 pm.
Palaces ORourke": l0:45
am, 1855, 3:05, Sis, 7:25 and 9 40
pm.
Pix-"King of Virtue: 3;O5, $50,
and 1925 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts.
Continuous from 10 m.
Evening star., 1945-06-21
McCarey Characters
Bear Real Names
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Director Leo McCarey, who al
ways helps write the stories he
films, has fun with his friends in
serting their names into odd and
unexpected bits of humor in his
pictures. Now working on The
Bells of St. Mary's," McCarey has
his fun like this: Ingrid Bergman,
as the nun, says to the parish priest,
after looking at the parochial school
building he has erected, 1T is ideal
God must have been your archi-
tect!"
Henry Travers, playing the role,
says, Il wish He had been, but I
had Butler and Dean, two worth
less thieves who robbed me blind"
David Butler is vice president of
the company for which McCarey is
making the film and Barney Dean
is the dialogue adviser on the pic
ture
Evening star., 1945-06-21
Celebrity Night Is Always

catch their turn and give them a
job.
Some, however, actually do bring
out a few well-known names al
whom the peasants can cape. Leon
and Eddie's Sunday night affairs are
about the most frequently attended
by the larger shots of the entertain
ment world. AS a consequence, the
premises are jammed each Sabbath
evening with eager rubbernecks and
autograph hounds.
On one Sunday evening, for in
Evening star., 1945-06-21

have some well-known person, par
ticularly Of the entertainment world,
as guest star. That name is adver-
tised as legitimate come-on.
Leon and Eddie's has had as its
Sunday night stars such diverse
personalities as Vera Zorina, Monty
Woolley, Peggy Hopkins Joyce,
Gypsy Rose Lee, Milton Berle
George Jessel and his then wife,
Lois Andrews; June Havoc, Ger
trude Niesen and dozeps more
equally well known and equally fine
bait for the paying trade.
Evening star., 1945-06-21

trick horses which Paramount en-
ploys to illustrate the point that
some of the things going on around
race tracks are more dramatic than
the routine running program.
That is especially true of the cli-
mactic sequence in which,Ladd's nag
apparently hopelessly beaten, puts
on finish that would have done
credit to WhirlaWay.
Evening star., 1945-06-21

ADJUSTMENTS. A
Evening star., 1945-06-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
THURSDAY, JUNE a. le45
SALTY O'ROurke' Returns Ladd
To Old Hard-BOiled Role
By JAY CARMODY.

Ever since Ben Hur" we have been pushover
movies. The explanation probably lies in the fact Il
movies have we been able always to pick winner. 1t
steed which the hero has staked his fortune and
and the script of the play is thus sort of
Evening star., 1945-10-19
First to Tax Auto

The first State to levy registra-
ton fee on automobiles was New
York, in 1901.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Preacher, ; CuItists
Charged With Murder
In Snakebite Death
Pt the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
NORTON, Va, Oct. l9.-Com-
monwealths Attorney John Rob-
erts said the Wise County grand
Jury returned a true bill yesterday
indicting the Rev. Harvey o. Kirk.
Paul Dotson, Leander Ely and John
Wilson on charge of murder in
connection with the death of the
Rev. Kinks wife following a rattle
snake bite at a cult meeting in
Lindsey.
Mrs. Anna Kirk was bitten the
night of September l, during a
snake handling demonstration of
the faith healers sect. The follow
ing Monday she gave birth to a
child. who died shortly afterward.
Mrs. Kinks death followed.
The indictment charged that the
four named brought the rattlesnake
to the meeting house and either
turned it loose or permitted it to be
turned loose in a crowd of people,
which resulted in the biting of Mrs.
Kirk, Mr.. Roberts stated
The four men named have been
under bond since their arrest pend
ing action of the grand jury.
1t is expected that the case will
be docketed at the criminal session
of the Circuit Court, already in ses-
sion. The criminal session will be-
gin October %
Evening star., 1945-10-19
CheWChase Church
Opening Fund Drive

A campaign to raise $4,000 more
for a new building will be opened
tonight with mass meeting at the
Chevy Chase Community Methodist
Church, Guest speaker will :, be
Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin of
Baltimore.
The $4,000 will be added to S25, 900
which the church has at its disposal
to complete half the 100000 re-
ouired for the proposed construction.
Plans call for large sanctuary
to replace the present stone church
at the corner of Connecticut avenue
and Shepherd street. The old build
ing will remain as an annex to house
the Sunday school.
The wooden wing used by the Sun
day school at present will be torn
down. The new church will include
a basement for community func-
tions. kitchen and a stage where
the Rev. Clifford H. Richmond, pas
tor, hopes the community will hold
amateur theatricals.
The old church building was dam
aged by fire in March, 1914 The
structure was repaired with Sl2500
in insurance funds.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
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Evening star., 1945-08-03
Award Of 4 Medals
To Coast Guardsmen
Marks Ann. .jersary

Presentation of four medals to
heroic Coast Guardsmen will be
broadcast at o'clock tonight over
Station VOL and the Mutual
Broadcasting System during cere-
monies marking the l55th ami
versary of the service.
Among those to be decorated will
be 1t. Colt T. Hendley, former edi-
torial employe Of The Star, who will
receive the French Croix de Guerre
1t. Hendley now is assigned q pub
lie relations officer at Baltimore.
1t. Hendley already holds the
Silver Star. awarded by Admiral
Harold r. Stark, commander of
American naval forces in Europe,
for gallantry while commanding an
LCI (D during the D day assault on
Normandy.
Unloads Troops Safely.
Blanketed by enemy fire, 1t. Hend-
ley unloaded his troops while flames
roared through three compartments
Of the craft. He then managed to
take the craft of the beach and
unload wounded personnel on board
before his ship capsized.
The Croix de Guerre award with
Silver Star is being awarded in the
name Of Gen. de Gaulle and is signed
by Gen. Alphonse JUN. 1t is being
awarded for exceptional war serv-
ices rendered in the course of oper-
ations for the liberation of France"
Also to be awarded the Croix de
Guerre is 1t. Arend Vyn, jr., SGT
Dale drive, Silver Spring, Md, now
stationed at the Coast Guard Mill
tary Morale Division here. 1t. Vyn
commander of an Lei which par
ticipated in the Normany landings,
also holds the Silver Star for heroic
action during the invasion.
Two Win Air Medal.
Two Coast GuardSmen will be
given the Air Medal on the same
program tonight. They are 1t.
Francis A. Shelton, Nassawadox, Va,
and Joseph B. Corrigan, aviation
ordnanceman, second class, st. Louis.
Both are stationed at Elizabeth City,
N. c. The awards will be made
for spotting and helping to rescue
victims of torpedoed Allied ships in
the North Atlantic while on patrol
duty. 1t. Shelton commanded
patrol plane and Ordnanceman Cor
rigan was crew member.
The French medals are to be pre-
sented by Vice Admiral Raymond
Fenard, chief Of the French Naval
Mission to the United States, and
the Air Medals by Rear Admiral
Robert Donohue, chief air-sea res
cue officer of Coast Guard head
quarters here.
Evening star., 1945-08-03

for carrying on the war in North
Africa He left Immediately for Eng
land to enlist the help Of the Royal
Navy
At dawn on June the battle OF
France began. BY June 6 it was In
full swing.
Weygand reported that one British
division would land the next day,
that second would follow "as soon
as possible" and would in turn be
followed by third. A
This is an excellent table"
remarked the commander in CHIEF, ),
and, as regards the air, he added:
"Henceforth the whole Of the Brit
ish bombing force, whether sta
toned in France or in Britain, is
backing us up in the battle"
Italy Declares War.
At pm. on June 10 our Am
bassador in Rome, NJ Francois
Poncet, telephoned that the Italian
Foreign Minister had informed him
on behalf of the King that Italy
was going to war with France and
Britain at midnight that same
evening.
why are you doing this?" he had
asked.
Because Of our alliance"
TT means that you are stabbing
us in the back"
There was no answer.
That same day-two days before
he asked for an armistice-Weygand
wrote me: Il have by no means lost
all hope of checking the enemy. ..
Our armies are still fighting and
their operations are still co-ordi-
mated"
The threat to Paris was, how
ever, growing.
Before leaving Paris, I cabled
President Roosevelt that we were
fighting in front of Paris, that we
would fight in the rear of Paris,
and that if we were driven out of our
national territory. we would con-
tinue to fight in North Africa, "or,
If need be. in our American colo
MES"
At 10 pm, set of with Gen de
Gaulle for Orleans.
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Evening star., 1945-08-03
Memoirs Of Paul Reynoud
Preparations to Continue War
From North Africa frustrated

her, and in his opinion that assist
ance had been very feeble. Frances
word of honor had little weight In
his eyes.
I told Weygand that the con-
versations he proposed would not be
Of the slightest use, since the Brit
ish governments determination to
carry on the war was unshakable
Britain expected America to come
into the war. and I for my part had
asked the United States Ambas-
sador to ascertain President Roose-
velt's views on the possibility of
American Intervention. This closed
the debate. Weygand's first attempt
had failed.
Prepares to Continue War.
set to work to prepare for a
continuation Of the war In North
Africa.
On June 5 I began to get rid of
those members Of my government
likely to vote for an armistice.
had no doubts about Louis
Marin on the Right, or about
Georges Mafdel and Georges Mon
met on the extreme Left.
The Foreign Affairs Committee
of the Senate unanimously declined
to have any further dealings with
Edouard Daladier, then minister of
foreign affairs, and I was obliged
to get rid of him.
Our relations with italy were so
uneasy at the time that If I had
appointed tough" minister to the
foreign ministry it would have been
said l was provoking Mussolini. But
had no desire to appoint flabby
type
Georges Mandel said: Take Pc
tain"
I mention this only to show how
far from formidable the marshal
then seemed to us.
Gen Charles de Gaulle became
Undersecretary of the Ministry OF
National Defense. His appointment
was strongly opposed by Petain ano
still more so by Weygand.
What have you got against De
Gaulle?" I asked Weygand,
He is a child"
Though De Gaulle was then the
youngest general in the French
army, he was, nevertheless, 50-by
when Napoleon was already in st
Helena, after a military career which
even Weygand would admit was fair
ly brilliantl
ordered De Gaulle to make plans
Evening star., 1945-08-03

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We still need to finish the war
with Japan and we need tin to do
the Job! Americas only tin mines
are in your kitchen, so prepare your
tin cans now, place them in separate
containers by your garbage bins. Ii
not collected, phone Republic 84SS.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Eleventh In a Sertes.)
BY PAUL REYNAUD,

war Premier OF france,
1t was the beginning of the last
week in May that Marshal Petain
began to show his cards. The ap.
pointment Of Petain and Gen.
Maxine Weygand to the govern
ment had revived hope in every
heart; vet I now found these two
men combining against me to say
that If we were beaten in France,
we must ask for an armistice.
Gen. Weygand added the ex-
traordinary statement: I'VE must
keep an organized army in France
so as to maintain orderl"- This
argument, in his mind, appeared as
the answer to a veritable obsession; (;
it further indicated that he be-
lieved not ony In the defeat Of
France, but in the imminent capitu-
lation Of England; for. obviously, If
the war were to continue between
England and Germany, 1t was the
German Army that would maintain
order in France.
I believed at that time that Pc
tain and Weygand were just mis-
taken patriots. But had I followed
my impulse, I would Immediately
have summoned cabinet coun-
Gil, got it to reject the Petain-W Wey-
gand proposal, and invited the two
men to submit to the majority or
clear out.
Avoids Open Break.
To avoid an open break, I de-
cided to prepare for the continua-
ton of the war in Africa, and to
eliminate from my cabinet those
who might vote for an armistice.
At the sitting Of the War Com
mittee held at the Elysee Palace on
May Is, 1910, Gen. Weygand, sup
ported by Marshal Petain, urged
our opening negotiations with the
British government in anticipation
Of possible armistice. In an ef-
fort 10 represent his conclusion as
inevitable, Weygand drew the dark
est conceivable picture Of the situa-
ton. 1t was in striking contrast
to the confidence he subsequently
showed.
Marshal Petain was prepared to
go even further than Weygand. He
said Frances obligations to Eng
land were only commensurate with
the assistance England had given
Evening star., 1945-08-03

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.l
Evening star., 1945-08-03

Monthly precipitation in inches in II
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1945-08-03

Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hAf hour after sunset.
Precipita atton.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
The Great tGameofPolitics
Common Sense, Not Social Vision Needed
In Surplus War Products Job, Says Kent

means all the people-independ-
ents, liberals. conservatives, little
business, big business and the
common man"-particularly, the
common man."
That is the sort of social vision
for which he should strive. 1t will
not help him much to step out of
character and start exuding the
liberal patter.
Evening star., 1945-08-03

Inc Hldln OIle Is
that since it's
creation little
m ore { h a n a
year ago it has
had three heads
who have done
almost nothing
at all. For all
that period this
board, charged
with one of the
biggest and most
important 10 b S
in the country,
has mostly just
marked time. 1t
could d not get
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Bv Frank X, Kent

Enough has been written about
the Surplus War Products Board, it
would seem, to establish certain
facts about it in the public mind.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bqreau. 3i5 !!
inclose s cents tor return postase.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Sunny
weather today, tomorrow and Sun
day. with afternoon temperatures a
little higher each day, but with lower
humidity. Temperature reaching 90
tomorrow and again Sunday and
falling to around 10 both mornings
High this afternoon in the upper sOs
Virginia-Fair tonight, preceded
by few scattered thundershowers
in the mountains late this afternoon
or this evening. Tomorrow mostly
sunny and warm, but with lower hu-
midity.
Maryland-Fair and little cooler
tonight. Tomorrow mostly sunny
and warm, but with lower humidity.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
At Hsrpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Marriage License
AppIicotions

Under D. c. lat0s, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, Uait three tuH days and
recetpe the license ON the NTH
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other dGps.