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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
u. of MoryIond and Navy Map
Exchange of Research Facilities

the S., 800 900 Naval Laboratory
which is located on a 938-acre site,
revealed that construction Is two
weeks ahead of schedule, despite the
recent bad weather.
Four of the projects six nonmag-
netic laboratories, including an
ultra nonmagnetic or quiet" lab
oratory, have already been built and
are being occupied, while sewage
disposal plant is virtually completed.
The quiet" laboratory has no
electric lights, water pipes or other
equipment which would tend to Gre
ate disturbances during experiments.
Built without Metal.
Just like the other five, it con-
tains no metal, nails or other fer
rous materials. All are constructed
of concrete blocks. Heat in the ultra
nonmagnetic laboratory will be fur
nished by portable kerosene stove.
An operations building. which
contains the boiler and electric
power plant for the other labora-
tories, also has been completed.
This building will be equipped
with large group of storage bat
teries. to furnish any amount of
electrical current which may be
required by workers in the lab
oratories.
Temperature Controlled.
1t also has a controlled tenn
perature room with facilities for
producing immediate temperature
variations of between minus 80 and
plus 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Under construction are two nom
magnetic laboratories, a boiler house,
ammunition building, firehouse and
garage, two warehouses, temporary
storage buildings and two surveil-
lance buildings, where experimental
work will be carried on with ex-
plosives.
Construction of the administra-
ton building and main laboratory
Is expected to start soon, with COM
pletion scheduled for next April
The entire project, officials hope
will begin fun operation in August
1916. So -.
Although many Of the buildings
have yet to be constructed, full Sc
curity precautions have been taken
by the Navy. The project is fenced
in and is guarded by IS Marines
and four enlisted naval men. They
live in the only two buildings left
on the site after the Navy took pos
session.
Fire hydrants have been installed
at strategic locations and there is a
500-gallou fire truck, complete with
ladders and other necessary equip
ment, on the grounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
Mrs. Edith Minnick Rites
Set Today at Baltimore

Funeral services for Mra. Edith c.
Minnick, rs, who died Saturday at
her home in Baltimore, will be held
today in Baltimore. Burial will be
in Loudoun Park Cemetery there.
She was the widow ofSDr. Willard
F. Minnick, former rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, Rockville, and
Ascension Church. Gaithersburg.
Mrs. Minnick was the mother of
Mrs. Stedman Prescott, Rockville,
wife of Judge Prescott of the Mont
gomery County Circuit Court.
Another daughter. Mrs. Alice M.
Jones, lives in Baltimore. She also
is survived by a sister aid num-
Der OF grandchildren. She was q
native of Howard County, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
Hurrimun Back in Moscow

MOSCOW, Aug. 7 R).-Ambassa-
dor w. Averell Hartman returned
to his post In Moscow yesterday,
pming via Stockholm, where he
picked up his daughter, Kathleen,
who had been mentioning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07

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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Ask Machine Fund

Council was asked today by the
city election commission to pro-
vide $1,000 to extend the use Of
20 voting machines for the mu-
nicipal elections on Aug. 7 and
Nov. 6.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

An artists drawing of
the modified subway system
planned for Woodward ave-
nue. and other major thor
oughfares by the Detroit
transportation board In their
proposed S240,00O,0 900 pro-
gram for postwar building.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09

himo jag" His eyes had "gone goofy" and he
12d followed the pattern of his distorted vision.
all added up to something Food and
3Ofug Administration officials found that the
something was a centrally placed drugstore
which had been dispensing barbiturates TO all
fomers. Many OF its patrons were women. More
han 60 habitual users were among the num-
Der. Sales of $4,000 of the various barbituratc
preparations were on the books. In this case
he authorities had a handle for putting the law
INTO operation. The drugs had been shipped in
from manufacturers in Illinois and Tennessee
without proper labels. This, being interstate
commerce, brought them under the Federal
statutes The druggist arrested and con
victed and what was left OF the illegal traffic
went underground. But had the drugs not
crossed state lines, nothing could have been done
hbout It, After that, Texas prepared a law which
tforbids overthe-counter sales of the barburates
without prescription.
NOTWITHSTANDING it's state law. which is
Y better than most. California has barbiturate
problem its hands. particularly acute in the
Los Angeles region where the authorities are
tackling il vigorously Physicians find evidence
.of the growing habit in the increased pressure
upon them for more frequent and more liberal
prescriptions. Or. Carl c. Bummess Vice Prcsi.
dent OF the Board OF Medical Examiners OF
california, said reCcntly
I'VE physicians are hard pressed by old
patients for Just another prescription for some
kind OF sleeping tablets or capsules. Many OF us
nave not realized that We thus may be producing
Ia clientele Of hypnotic addicts. There are many
who know the dangers and refuse 10 prescribe"
The conscientious physician may suffer in his
|practice from such refusal a prominent Los
Angeles MD says,
In the past year or so I have lost probably
20 patients through my refusal 20 continue
issuing prescriptions for sleeping pills. I warn
them that they are forming habit. They don't
believe me. Or. if they do, they lack the char
lScter 10 submit 20 discipline and break IT, II
~ help them get the drug, someone else will
Nb, suppose. does"
An echo OF this came from across the con
tinent where a druggist in an Eastern city
refused 10 fill an order for a longtime patron
The man. plainly I'm state OF nervous depression
asked for dozen barbturate capsules.
Sorry, but III have TO have a doctors pre-
scrpton, said the man behind the counter.
The customer turned on him angrily "It
you don't want my business I'll take il TO some.
one who does" he growled
The next morning the druggist saw In his
newspaper that the mans business had gone
elsewhere. The headline read Prominent Banker
Dies from Overdose of Drug"
All this points TO the imperative necessity OF
legislation, both more stringent and clearer in
definition Health authorities. enforcement Of
ficerS, medical boards and individuals who have
made a special study OF the subject all concur
in the necessity. The drug trade, itself is con
cerned over the menace 10 the public health.
Secretary p. H. Costello of the National Asso-
Citation OF Boards of Pharmacy reports as follows:
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09

opiates and other habitforming drugs. declare
illegal the private possession of any barbiturate
except on the authority of a physician.
6 Insist upon fun and honest labelling OF
every parcel containing the drug; stating amount
in each pill or capsule names of patient and
physician, directions for use warning that the
contents are dangerous and potentially habit.
forming, and notice that it is not renewable
Thus the dangerously increasing traffic will
be brought into the light Once in the light its
processes can be controlled its menace, if not
eliminated at least minimiZed.
The End.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09

The Paperhanger, Dazed by Pills,
Had Made Their Dining Room Look
Like n Drunken CubiStS Delirium.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09

Conditions with respect 20 regulating the sale
OF dangerous drugs chaotic due 10 lack of
uniformity in regulations and enforcement. l am
convinced that health needs and pharmacy would
be better served by uniform and fair regulation
that was nationwide than by the present scheme
whereby states attempt 10 control by a special
barbituric acid law, in State Food and Drug Acts,
under all OF which it seems that persons deSrous
of obtaining these drugs still obtain them,
and dlscredit IS thus heapcd upon Pharmacy"
George p Larrck OF the Federal Food and
Drug Inspection Division strongly favors Federal
law for barbturates similar 20 the Narcotics Act
or, failing this, thar the sleeping pills be placed
under the supervision of the Narcotics Bureau.
I'VE need law" he says that makes every
transaction in the distribution of bar
biurates a matter of record We
ought to be able 10 determine at
glance what retail store has been get.
ting excessive supplies"
Expert opinion upon control of the
barbiturates may be summed up in the
following general suggestions.
I l. Federal action identifying these
/ |i drugs as dangerous narcotics and plac-
II ing them under the Narcotics Act.
ITE This would favorably influence state
lNE legislation. since the states tend to
follow Federal lead in such matters.
No retail sale except upon
physicians prescription.
g. Prohibition of the refilling of a
prescription except upon express per
mission Of the prescribing physician
\ - t. Make every transaction in the
Ii k transfer OF barbituratc drug from
W manufacturer TO consumer, a matter
OF record. Thus accredited official
could determine readily what stores
= were doing abnormal business.
~ ). As is now the case with the
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09

Those "HGrmless" Lille SLEEPING
Pills. So Eosy TO obtoin. Are
Goining Victims by fhe Millions.
Kill 10 TO 20 q Doy. and Have
Become the Nations Fast.
est Rising Menace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Many Items Scarce
Many Items Scarce
 Deluge Of Shoppers Hit |Retailers Last Weekend

Last Saturday marked one of the busiest Christmas shopping days ever recorded in this city, spokes- men for leading mercantile estab- lishments said this morning. Though all retailers reported business has been very good since Thanksgiv- ing and promises to exceed the vol tune of war years, no explanation could be given for the deluge of shoppers that descended upon the business district r days before Christmas.
 Entertaining little hope that the public is becoming educated to the many advantages of early Yuletide shopping, one merchant said that the record business mark ed on that day might be attributed to the fact that Roman Catholics celebrated a holy day. Saturday also remains the best shopping day in Waterbury because many industrial employees do not work and mothers find 1t convenient for shopping be- cause they are not required to get children of to school.
 All merchants concurcd that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Hearing Held On CIO Claim
 Valley Workers
 Seek Recoqnifion

Certification of the American Brass Workers union, an affiliate of the CIO Mine, Mill and Shelters Workers union, as collective bar gaining agent for the Hershey Metal Products Company in Ansonia and Derby was sought before the Ma tional Labor Relations Board at a hearing today in the county court house building.
 Robert E. Green, trial examiner, conducted the hearing. at which Attorney William F. Healey of Der by represented the firm, and John Porcu, the union.
 The company in August, 194l re- cognized the union as bargaining agent, but recently declined to con- tinue the recognition. The firm claims that it's personnel was re- duced rom $50 to 250 by cancella- ton of war contracts and that the union no longer represents the ma jority of employees.
 The company manufactures screw machine products.
 A decision is expected to be made by the government agency within a few weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11

though War-Scarce merchandise Is still missing from the market and many stocks are running low, there will be gifts for everyone. So- called luxury items. fixed ID with Christmas trimmings, are especially difficult to find. Elaborate toilet sets in handsome boxes and finely embroidered lingerie and elegant housecoats, which particularly at- tracted masculine buyers. are def initely on the "scarce list"
 Though many shoppers will find themselves disappointed while seek ing something special' in. the line of gifts spokesman for 0 de- partment store pointed to the fact that practical Items which are plentiful are of much better quality than luxury merchandise. Shoppers will readily find a pleasing gift, he said, if a little imagination, plus determination. is employed.
 Store operators reported, however, that the public had become attured to the idea of accepting substitutes when the goods they want are ufl-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
| New Bomb
 Tests Set

Washington, Dec. 11-(UP)-Pro- gress of plans for international con- trol of Atomic energy may deter mine who will see the United States great atomic bomb experi- ment on ships at sea.
 Formal announcement that the U. s. Is preparing for a gigantic Naval test of atomic bombs was made last night by the Army and Navy, both of which will take part in the experiment. Results are ex- pected to have an important bear ing on the future of Navies, their size and nature and their disposi- tion in warfare.
 Months of preparation win prob ably be needed before the ships, men and scientific equipment can be assembled for the test. The an- nouncement said the operation will involve large problems of logistics, including the assembly of many naval vessels, extensive instrument tation for measuring results and assembly of necessary personnel"
 During this period plans for some sort of world control of atomic weapons will be progressing. The United States, pressing for interna- tional action, has already talked 1t over with Britain and Canada, it's partners, in atom bomb develop ment. and is bringing Russia into the discussions next Saturday.
 These steps are preliminaries in the drive to bring atomic weapons under full international control through the United Nations organi- zation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Patton Better

Frankfurt, Dec. H. (UP)-Mrs. George s. Patton reached Gen. George S.. Patton's bedside today and expressed full confidence that he would recover completely from the broken neck which has almost completely paralyzed him.
 Mrs. Patton emerged from the hospital where Patton is being treated as Heidelberg and said, i've seen Georgie in these scrapes be- fore and he always comes out all right"
 She appeared composed and con- fldent after conference with Maj. Gen. A. w. Kenner, theater sur geon who is in charge of the case.
 Patton was slightly improved to- day but physicians refused to fore cast his chances for recovery.
 Mrs. Patton landed at Mannheim because of more of the bad weather with which her flight has been plagued.
 Original plans were for a land ing at Paris and direct flight here. Instead her plane from the United States was forced to land at Marseille and she took a second plane to Mannheim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
 Wont Peace
 To Resist Should
 British Reinforce

Batavia, Dec. II - (UP) - Sutan Sjahrir, premier Of the Indonesian Republic" warned today that if the British bring endorsements for a large scale action in Java, the In- donesians will resist.
 Sjahrir told a press conference he had not yet received British state- ment on results of the Singapore conference.
 But if press reports are true that the British will bring in more forces and are planning large scale &C., ton, the Indonesians will resist them to the best of their ability" he said.
 There can be no peaceful dis cussions if blood is made to flow throughout Indonesia," he said.
 We again will ask the United Nations stand by and allow Indon- esia to be plunged into bloody war fare or will they, by quick interven- ton, help to bring about solution based on freedom and justice and the right of self-determination by all nations? Let's have the answer to this so that we may know where we stand"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
FEY Chief
 Hits; Crime

Miami Beach, Fla, Dec. H. (UP)-J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, said that the postwar crime wave already has assumed proportions Ito startle the imag- nation"
 In speech yesterday before the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Hoover said that all crime in October increased 19 per cent over the figure for Octo- Der last year. The number of mur- ders, he said, increased 32 per cent. Robberies and auto thefts were up 38 per cent.
 The FBI chief attacked "in- efficient and careless" methods of guarding convicted criminals He said that in some cases "crim- inal malfeasance" on the part Of prison authorities has contributed to recent jail breaks.
 Hoover called for better train- ing facilities and higher pay for local police forces.
 He said the rising trend in crime" was due in large measure to juvenile delinquent .. He asked for the assistance of church and school groups in checking the crime wave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Freezing Winds To Hit Region

Boston, Dec. 11-(UP)- The ex- tended New England weather forecast:
 The temperature during the next four days will average from two to eight degrees below the seasonal normal.
 Continued quite cold through most of the period with slowly rising temperatures toward the end of the week.
 Normal temperatures include: Boston and New Haven, Conn, B degrees.
 A few light snow fiurries will occur in the mountains of North ern New England on Wednesday. There is some likelihood of snow over most of New England toward the end of the week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
 Files Protest
 Attack on Picket
 Played by Union
(By United Pressl

Charging that picket at the Fafnir Bearing company, New Bri- tain, was clubbed by a policeman during demonstration at the fac- tory gate, the State CIO Council complained today to Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin and Mayor George A Quigley and asked that police bru- tality" be ended at once.
 TelegramS were sent to both ex- ccutives after mass meeting of CIO-UWA last night, following a day of uneasiness at the Faf1lir plant where a group of foremer and supervisors went through the picket lines yesterday. One man was hospitalized when police dragged him from in front of an automo- bile as he reportedly attempted tc bar its entrance through the gate
 The CIO Council charged that the picket, Julian Rodriguez, 43 Plainville, was "clubbed and seri- ously injured by policeman" and the union president, Joseph Mc- Grath declared at the mass meet ing that he saw an officer strike the blow.
 Reprimands Mayor
 In the telegram to Mayor Quig- Icy. the Council declared that "ac- ton such as your department is reported to US to have taken brings the police under suspicion of aid
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
American OeSeFteFS Involved
Thousands Form Gonss in Motion; CiviIions Called

London, Dec. II -(UP)- -Vigilante committees began organizing all over Britain to- day as Scotland Yard appealed for civilian help against a nationwide wave Of murder and robbery that police blamed in part on thousands of criminal deserters from the Brit ish and American armed forces.
 The new crime outbreak, one of the most serious in British history was climaXed last night by the bru- tai holdup staying of a girl railway clerk in Glasgow.
 Every available detective in Glas- gow was ordered out to hunt down the gunman, suspected Of being a deserter or a recently demobilized British soldier.
 The jittery bandit walked into the Pollokshields East Railway Station and opened fire without warning when the girl, Annie Withers, screamed at the sight of his gun. A boy porter and male ticket clerk were wounded. The gunman fled.
 Scotland Yard was harasSed by flood of complaints from all parts of the country detailing crimes ranging from sluggings and armed jewelry robberies to raids on turkey farms
 Police authorities expressed be- lief that a large number of we'll organized gangs were operating in various English and Scottish cities,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Congress DiUided On Labor
 Solons Girded
 For Major Fight On Penalty Bill

MashlgntQu. Dee ll a- UP - The House was ready today Tor lts first major floor hght over labor ieglsla- ton in more than tHo years.
 The issue was a House Rules Com mittee resolution to permit the Mil- tary Affairs Committee to bring up at any time its bill to impose heavy penalties on unions which violate mo strike pledges. Rep. Eugene F. Cox. D. GaJ. a Rules Committee member intended 10 bring the reso- lution Co vote today.
 Pro-Labor Congressmen told re- porterS that they would fight t to the last ditch l. will be the first major House showdown on a labor measure since Congress passed the Connally Anti-Strike Bill over Pres ident RooSevelts veto in the sum- mer of 1943.
 No Immediate Vote
 The penalty bill itself, however. probably will not come up for an immediate vote. Chairman Andrew J. May, O., Ky), told reporters that in all likelihood he would delay &C., ton until the House Labor Com mittee acts, possibly within a week, on President Truman's request for legislation to Set-up fact-finding boards in serious labor disputes.
 The military affairs committee bill would repeal the Smith-Connal- ly Anti-Strike Act, but would sus- pend for one. year the bargaining rights of any union which violated a mo strike" clause in it's contract. Such union would also be liable for damages to the employer.
 The measure, introduced by Reps. Howard w. Smith, (D, VaJ, and Leslie G. Arends, (R., Ill0, has aroused the most bitter criticism of organized labor and it's friends in Congress.
 To Retard Gains
 Rep. Chet Holifield, O., Cab, a Military Affairs Committee member said in a speech prepared for floor delivery that the Smith -Arends bill would wipe out all the gains that labor has achieved in the last 12 years.
 Tn my opinion,' he said, the Smith -Arenlds bill is the most dan- gerous anti-labor bill brought be- fore this House since the ill-con- ceived Smith-Connally Bill was brought forth in hate and frustra- tion."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
U. 5. Policy Probe Secret
 Stote Department
 Records Exomined

Washington. Dec. 11-UP)-The Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee meets behind closed doors today to examine secret State Department reports on Iran and China, cross- roads of American, British and Russian interests.
 The reports were taken from State Department files after Pat rick J. Hurley, resigned ambassador to China, said they would prove his charges of duplicity in the Foreign Service.
 Hurley asked the committee to make the reports public. The com mittee, however, decided upon the closed door session after Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said full publicity was not in the public in- tereSt.
 Hurley himself designated the long list of reports, letters and tel egrams which he believed would help prove his charges that:
 l. Dean Acheson, now Undersec- retary of State, "dynamited' Amer ican foreign policy in Iran by re- fusing to follow Roosevelt-ap- proved program to have Americans instead of Britons distribute all lend-lease in the Middle East.
 ?. George A. Atcheson, Jr., and John s. Service, Foreign Service men formerly stationed in China, favored arming the Chinese Com munists with the intention of over throwing the Central Chinese gov ernment of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
 3. Communist career diplo- mats generally pulled an inside job" to defeat American foreign policy all over the world.