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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10

A young geisha girl, who died
after the atomic bombing of Hiro-
shima, is among 100 medical cases
being studied by scientists in series
of post-mortem experiments which
already have disproved the theory
that lingering radioactivity causes
deaths after an atomic explosion,
the North American Newspaper AL
lance said in copyright story to-
day.
The case of the geisha. study
Of whose body Is continuing at
Rochester University, is regarded as
typical of those who died mysteri-
ously after the blast, Apparently
unhurt, she is reported to have made
her way by rail from Hiroshima to
Tokyo. She became i'll shortly after
that and was admitted to the I'M
perial University Hospital. Her
blood count began to 60 down and
she suffered hemorrhages. She died
81 days after the bomb fell. Her
body along with the others to be
studied, was preserved and brought
back to the United States.
Autopsies reveal in her case, how
ever, as in the cases of victims with
similar histories, that although she
died as result of radiation, she was
affected only at the moment of the
explosion, according to Col. l.. War;
rem, who took part in the studies
here and in Japan. Col Warren. in
peacetime a professoar of radiology
at the University of Rochester.
stressed that no japanese were af-
fected by radioactivity left in the
air, soil or water.
The studies are being conducted
by the Army in cooperation with
American scientists. Japanese doc
tors also assisted in minute expert
ments on the scene of the bombines
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Inves-
tigators went over the areas foot
by foot, using electroscopes and
Gelger counters to measure radio
activity, even penetrating bamboo
forests around the cities to make
their measurements, the report said.
Deaths from blast radiations num-
oered 200 day when they arrived
in Hiroshima, although they de-
cllned sharply soon after that. The
number OF radiation deaths were
outnumbered by those resulting from
burns. 1t was said.
The American scientists were re-
ported to have been aided in their
study by medical histories of VIC
TINS made available by japanese
doctors and scientists. who also sup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Funeral Of Henry Merrill
| To Be Held tomorrow

Funeral services for Henry Petin-
gale Merrill, II. lifelong resident Of
Washington, who died Friday, win
be held at 2 pm tomorrow at
Birchs funeral home, 1904 M street
NV. Burial will be In Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. Merrill, who lived at 1747
Kilbourne street. NV. was with
the Panama Canal Zone. Previous
ly he had been employed in the
ticket office of the Baltimore ~
Ohio Railroad for many years.
He was a graduate of Central
High School and Columbian Law
School, now George Washington
University.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Bessie Sinclair Merrill; son,
Francis Merrill, stationed in Cali
fornia with the Navy, and a sister,
Mrs. E. S. Walters, Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Truckers
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eral attempts by Labor Department
conciliators to effect a compromise
Three conferences called by the city
heads resulted in a deadlock, all
though company officials offered to
discuss the wage demands while
turning down proposals that they
confer on the other issues.
Meantime the Baltimore a. Ohio
freight agent, j. A. Adams, said
shippers all over the country were
taking advantage of the lifting Of
the B. & o. embargo to begin rout-
ing long-delayed freight cars here.
He said the average of so cars I'M
loaded here daily since the embargo
was imposed November 10 because
of the truck strike, would increase
to 100 cars per day. B. & O.'x
truckers are not on strike. The
Pennsylvania railroad ban on less
than carload lot freight shipments
remains in force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Mrs. Irena Stearns Rixey
OF Cu|peper Dies Here

Mrs. Irena Stearns Rixey of Cul-
pepper. Va, a resident of Washington
for mank years, died yesterday at
1869 Upton street NV.
She was the daughter of the late
Franklin and Emily Palmer Stearns
of Richmond and the widow of
Charles Jones Rixey, jr., an attor-
ney with the Southern Railroad.
Mrs. Rixey was member of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. st. Margarets Church and
the Washington Club.
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs.
Kemper McClanahan, Mrs. George
A. Gray and Miss Alice Stearns of
Washington and Miss Emily Stearns
of Culpeper. and a brother, Palmer
N. Stearns of Arlington.
Services will be held at tn grave
side at Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper,
at 2 pm, tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
John R. K. Scott Dies;
Once Served in House

John R. K. Scott, former Repub-
lican Representative from Pennsyl-
vania and prominent criminal
lawyer, died yesterday at Lankeau
Hospital in Philadelphia after a
long illness. He was To-
Long active in the Republican
party, Mr.. Scott served in the House
from March 4, 1915, to January 5,
1919, when he resigned to resume
his law practice. Previously, he had
served several years in the State
House of Representatives.
Born in Bloomsbury, Pa, July 6,
1873, he moved with his parents to
Wilkes and later to Philadel-
phia, receiving his education in the
public schools of that city. He at
tended the Law School of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. He began
the practise of law in Philadelphia
in 1895.
Mr.. Scott gained fame as Grim
inal lawyer. figuring in many muir
der cases.
He lived in Valley Forge, near
Philadelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Five Killed, Eight Huri
As Erie Train Hits
Bus Near CHICAGO
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Five per-
sons were killed and eight hos
pitalized when the Chicago bound
Erie Railroads Pacific Express
sheared off the end of a bus at q
multiple track crossing at suburban
Burnham early yesterday.
The dead and injured all were
residents of the vicinity of the
crash.
The bus was en- route from Chi
cago to Hammond, Ind, and had
pulled up at the crossing behind
two other buses.
Chief of Police Arthur Black
burn of Durham said that when
the gates lifted after a westbound
freight train passed the two lead
Ing buses cleared the tracks, but
the third was hit by the express.
One person aboard the bus es-
capped injury.
hboANi, IN. L. beC. ~ IT.
Seven cars of the New York Cen
trails westbound Twentieth Gen.
fury limited were derailed last night
about mile west of the Albany
Union Station, but the chief dis
patcher said no one was injured and
the train moved on after a delay of
about an hour.
The dispatcher said passengers in
the derailed cars were transferred
to the section of the train which
remained on the tracks.
The dispatcher said none of the
cars overturned. The derailment
was under investigation
The train was bound from New
York to Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Nobel Prize Presented
To Hull by Proxy
By the Associated Press.

By Inc Associated Press.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10.-Nobel
peace prizes for 1914 and 1945 were
presented by proxy today to the
International Red Cross and to for
mer Secretary of State Hull, who
was lauded as the father of the
United Nations Organization"
Because Mr. Huh was unable to
attend, the $4,000 prize and diplo-
ma for 1915 were accepted for him
by Ambassador LithgoW Osborne
in simple ceremonies at the Nobel
Institute. DR.. Max Huber, former
president, accepted the 1914 award
on behalf of the International Red
Cross, which was cited for its work
among prisoners and victims OF
war.
Gunnar jain. president of the
Peace Prize Committee, cited Mr.
Hull for long and outstanding work
in the international field, and for
his efforts to break barriers between
nations and improve world relations
King Haakon VII attended the
ceremonies with his family An
official dinner is planned tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
talking about presidential candi-

talking about presidential candi-
dates"
Lew WentZ of Oklahoma, another
veteran member, agreed. Both said
they felt Gen. Eisenhower had dem.
onstrated military capabilities but
added that few knew where he
stood on national issues.
However, Sinclair Weeks of Massa
chusetts said he had heard Gen
Eisenhower's name mentioned man,
times, adding that it is not beyond
the bounds of possibilities that the
Republicans will look to the military
field for nominee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10

said. and returned two months ago
Chairman Connally asked him
about Gen. Hurley's charge that
John S. Service and George Atche.
son, foreign service career men,
had sabotaged administration policy
He answered. No"
Mr.. White said that Mr.. Service
was an employe of Gen. Joseph
T. Stillwell and had been sent tt
confer with the Chinese Commun
lists and that he made a factuaI
report.
He was not conspiring with any
one Mr.. White said. If he dis
agreed with Gen. Hurley he added
that was merely ''regrettable.
Mr.. Service and Mr.. Atcneson, he
said. were to the best of his knowl-
edge Loyalty" serving the United
States.
He testified that in a conversation
with Mr. Atcheson shortly before
the latter left China he praised
Ambassador Hurley.
When Mr.. Service was recalled
he said, he was mystified as to the
reasons.
Mr.. White said he appeared be-
cause he did not want to see his
friends "Slandered falsely"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Auto Workers
Continued From First Page.>
be used only after collective bar
gaining has broken down.
Wonts Rarr,;x,;-~ - Dron~.I

be used only after collective bar
gaining has broken down.
Wants Bargaining to Proceed.
Because collective bargaining has
been resumed between the union and
General Motors, the President feels
that it should be allowed to function.
If the two sides fail to reach an
agreement, the President will pro-
coed with the appointment of fact
finding commission"
Charles Ross, White House
press secretary, told neWsmen to-
day the President was going
ahead with fact-finding board
in the General Motors strike
despite the workers refusal to
heed his back-to-work plea.
Mr.. Ross said the President is
now choosing the board.
Mr.. Schwellenbach said 1T is
extremely important that some set
tlement be reached in the General
Motors strike. Strikes always end
and it is important that this one
end as soon as possible because the
automotive industry is one of the
most important in our economic
life
Both parties" he said, must
realize that the sooner this one ends
the better off every one will be-
On the subject of Government
seizure under the wartime emer-
gency laws still existing, Mr..
Schwellenbach said there is the
power but it won't be exercised.
The power of seizure should be
used most sparingly and in the past
it has been used only when alb
solutely necessary"
Meanwhile, top UAW officials
planned to confer with Mr.. Schwel-
lenbach during the day.
The JAW, seeking a 80 per cent
pay increase from all the major car
manufacturers, has drawn up what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Deal Expects 10 Top
100000 Lbs. Salvage

Alice Deal Junior High School
running far ahead in The Evening
Star-PTA salvage program, is ex.
pected to bring its paper collection
program over the ,000-pound
mark before the Christmas holidays
Last weeks collection brought Deals
total to IS .23O pounds.
Others in the top 20 include
Shepherd. 1855; Jefferson, 6l,027;
Buchanan. $3.50; Takoma Park, So.
152; Randall, 45,568; West, 1926:
Woodbridge, 42,704: Stanton, 42,670;
Moves, 40.620: Beers, 1868: ,Macfar.
land. $4,000: Mott, 38,415: Murch
37735: Stoddert, $3.50; Mann, "a
485; Hearst, 34,358; Bryan, 1868
Tagt. 30.940 and Kingsman, 29,952
Collections tomorrow in the sec.
ond district together with the lead
ers will be as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec. 10.
The American Contract Bridge
Leagues 10Th annual national
championship tournament broke up
last night in a scuffle involving
three of the games greatest play
ers over allegations of gambling.
The tournament had just ended
when the dispute occurred in the
Hotel Chelsea. An emergency meet
ing of the Executive Committee
was called Immediately, and at It's
conclusion William E. McKenney of
New York, chief executive officer
of the league since 1927 and a
principal in the dispute, issued the
following statement:
Il have been incensed by the
gambling at this tournament by a
small group of players. with the
result that this afternoon I lost
my temper and entered into an
alteration with one of the group
of players. l have rendered my
resignation as executive secretary
because I will not be associated
with the. league if betting at its
tournaments is not effectively pre-
vented"
Mr.. Mckinney. temporarily re-
stricted in movement to a wheel
chair because of an injured foot,
swung out as far as he could reach
with his right arm, he said, and
ripped buttons off the coat of John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Cloudy
windy and cold, temperature falling
slowly this afternoon; some wet
snow mixed with rain. Partly
cloudy, windy and colder tonight
and tomorrow with temperature
falling to the middle 20s by morn
ing and remaining freezing or a
little below all day.
Tide Tables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
48 Hours.

hivtf Nkp0Ft.
Potomac River muddy. Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry. Potomac slightly
muddy at Great Falls.
keport for Last AZ Hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10

Monthly precipitation in inches in [
capital (current month to date):
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Hurley

Continued From First PageD
berg, Gen. Hurley was recalled to the
stand. He said he was unable tt
agree with the Undersecretary's YER
sion of the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10

FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic SurveyD
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
IOuol a DokcAnc
LOu CII q l. q | SOII y
Qn -UoMg~ood

HOLLYWOOD Fen. 10-Ilum-
phrcy Bocart won have Baby
Bacaln IN his next picture, but
he'll haya Barbara Stanwyck.
whoVa once called Baby Face
m one of her earlier movies before
She was an Academy nominee
Well these two were 10 have been
Iu The fountainhoad bat now
that its postponed they'll play
the Top lead, IN The Two Mrs
Carols. with Bogey in the
Victor Jury role and Barbara in
the Elizabeth Bcrgnor part
The play mas run on Broadway
over a year and while it's an old
fashioned mclOdrama, the movies,
/ have no doubt, will improve IT,
The starting date is Feb. 26 with
Peter Godfrey directing. SO far.
Mcrvyn lie Roy, who was 10 have
done The Fountainhead." has no
cast for Chicken ENory Sunday. ["
but he'll get top names for no
makes d3rn'GOod pictures.
Republic the studio in the val
ley that used 10 specialize in
quickIes, is shooting at the moon
where produCcr-dIreCtors are con-
CeTncd Money is no longer any
object with Herb Yates, and when
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12

7 teIl YOU hc has been c0nferriuC
with John Ford on a contract
similar 10 tha Frank BorzaEe
deal youI know what I mean
FordS contract calls for every
thing including the proverbial
kitchen sink
Wen, apparently that is all
right with Yates. who gave Frank
Burlage carte blanche on his
productions. with permission 10
pick story, cast. and 10 have the
final say on editing. John Ford
must first return 10 his navy
duties. so the Republic deal can
not 60 into effect until Uncle Sam
gives the go sign
I would he surprised indeed. If
Jose FerTgT, who plays 'Iago' IN
"Othell0, " got out Of town without
a few movie Jobs offered He's so
good YOU keep visualizing him on
the screen
Well, l hear from an excellent
source Paramount has about de-
cided 20 bring "Othello' 10 the
screen with Ferrer and that fine
actor. Paul Robson, who plays
Othello on the stage. Ferrer IS
really versatile The play he did
before "OthcllO" was tho light
comedy "Charlcy's Aunt"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
Film Time Clock

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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12

Order the United states War
Savings Stamps from your De-
trOit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to your home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
HtCK STooGES

Carl GraySon and a trumpet
player are in on the fun as wacky
stoogcS, although the trumpet
player, whose name we don't
know, plays very neat trumpet
when he does 60 straight as
does that talented harpist, Reva
Reatha.
The Glenn Miller Modernaires
with Paula Kelly are the extra
added attraction 10 this very
lively stage show.
The screen attraction, Minis
try of Fear" is a real thriller
which Fritz Lang has directed
along the lines of the Alfred
Hitchcock formula,
At least people disappear at the
most embarrassing moments for
Ray Milland, who is trying 10
vindicate himself of a murder
charge.
The film opens with Milland be-
ing released from a mercy killing
charge and on his way to London.
INVOLVED ADVENTURE
At a garden fete he wins a cake
intended for somebody else. He is
robbed Of the cake by blind man
who fells him with his cane. The
blind man is killed during an air
raid and the whole thing becomes
so involved that you can't blame
Milland for trying TO get at the
bottom of the mystery which goes
from seance TO the home seCur-
ity ministry and back TO Scotland
Yard.
AS a matter of fact, it's a tense
exciting story, but in an attempt
to create a battling atmosphere
they have made too many con-
fusing sequences and introduced
too many unnecessary characters.
Milland is excellent and so is
Percy Waram as the Scotland
Yard inspector, but the rest, like
Carl ESmond, play it with a pretty
heavy hand.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
Films in Review
BY CHARLES GENTRY
Michigan
Corn
BY CHARLES GENTRY

IT'S GOLDEN bantam week
on the Michigan stage this week
with Spike Jones and his aEgrega-
ton of curny musicians known as
The City SIckers' p cuttru up,
by craCky.
This rs Spikes first visit 10 De
troit but evidently his radio and
screen following is great, because
the turnout yesterday, despite the
weather, was exceptional.
He and his fellow "musiCienS y
all dress in the latest yokel
fashion and put on a revue that
IS one part 'Hellzapoppin' " TO two
parts SlapStlck.
Red Ingle is the chief comic
and is, except when he and Spike
descend TO clubhouse humor, very
funny.
His duet with cute Judy Man
ners is really hilarious. proving
that the band doesn't have to get
vulgcr 10 garner laughs.
Judy Manners has lOng been
one Of our favorite swing singers
and does a powerful Job ON The
Trolley Song and other popular
tunes, in addition 10 her very
clever limitations Of such singers
as Judy Garland and Beatrice
Kaye
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
Honey Bee Keller
Stars al National

STRIP TEASE dancer Honey
Bee Keller holds top billing in the
revenue at the National Theater.
Aiding and abetting her in gown
shedding fashion are dancers Betty
Brooks and Terry King,
Included in the show are Bea
Haden, exotic; straightman Dud-
Icy Douglas, comedy cutup Harry
Bentley, Eileen Watson dancer;
Jack Martin, sentimental tenor.
and the Jean Gordon chorus open
ing and closing the revue with IN
rlcate dance rOutinCS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
FORM IO4O TOO TOUGH

George Price paid an
SOS visit to Washington
The result-a comedy act
entitled II Cannot Figure"
which he will perform to-
night at the Latin Quarter.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
THE oErHoIr TIMES
Lions Benefit
To Aid Blind
eb lqt5

N ORDER 70 raise funds Tor
the purchase Of a dog for a very
worthy blind person. already ye-
lectcd. the WeStown Lions Club
will sponsor a stage and screen
benefit show AZ the Royal Thoater
next Friday evening
The presentation viii - made
on the stage during the evening
and a demonstration Of the train
ing process for the dog who sees
for the bind VIII follow.
In addition 10 the screen feature
and a gala stage show. composed
Of acts from Detroit thcatcrs and
night clubs Del DcIbridCc and his
orchestra VIII be on hand 10 pro-
vide music
Wilmer T. Knoertzer is preSi-
dent Of the NeSteWn Liens Club.
and Or. II. c QuaSc the chairman
ot the arrangements committee
for this show and the award.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
Suspect
At Fox

MELODRANIA STALKS the
screen at the Fox this week with
Charls LaughtSn appearing in
one Of his most intriguing roles
as The Suspect"
Unlike his last criminal part in
Payment Deferred" this time
Laughton is a very kindly muir
derer; the type with whom you
rather sympathize and hate to
see finally caught.
But caught he is and by his
own conscience, rather than by
Scotland Yard.
The action takes place in Lon
don about the turn of the last
+ century and presents Laughton as
a benevolent middle class tobac-
conist, who is plagued by a nag
ging wife.
That perhaps is the height of
understatement, because Rosalind
Ivan portrays the kind of
( spouse that II Laughton didn't
( kill her. we would.
Anyway, he finally is provoked
I into dispoSing of her with such
dispatch that every one, except
Inspector Stanley Ridges and a
prying drunk of a neighbor, is
satisfied that she met with an
( accident.
RECAPTURED JOY
Free of this shrew he couldn't
keep quiet, let alone tame, laugh
/ ton remarrieS charming Ella
Raines and finds a kind OF happi-
ness that he had never in all of
his patient, uncomplaining days,
ever dreamed of.
But murder will out and raise
its ugly head. in this case Henry
Daniell the drunken neighbor
being the instrument of discovery.
But this scoundrel'S attempts at
blackmail only results in another
murder for Laughton.
Laughton perSuadeS his wife 10
go with him and their son 10
+ Canada and they are already at
the point of embarkation when
/ the Inspector shows up to wish
him bon voyage with the news
that the murdered mans wife is
being held for Laughton's crime.
His better self comes to the
fore and Laughton walks off the
ship to meet his fate in a final
sequence which Is as dramatic as
it is highly improbable.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
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