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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Army Justice
BY George Fielding Eliot

There ought to be some pretty sharp
questions asked, both by the plain
people Of this country and their repre-
sentatives in Congress, about the latest
development in the trials Of Army per-
sonnet charged with brutality toward
American military prisoners at Lich-
field, England
The first Lichfield defendant to be
tried was q sergeant, Judson H. Smith.
He was convicted Of inflicting brutal
and unauthorized punishments, and he
was sentenced to the loss Of all his pay
and allowances, to dishonorable dis
charge from the United States Army
and to imprisonment at hard labor for
three years. His defense was that the
acts charged against him had been
ordered, or authorized, by his superior
officers.
Now q court-martial has convicted
the first Of Sergt. Smiths superiors of
authorizing the punishments, for in
fiicting which Sergt. Smith was SEN
fenced to imprisonment and to the life
stigma of dishonorahle discharge. This
ofncer. 1t. Granville Cubage, also
pleaded that the acts complained Of
were ordered, or authorized, by his
superiors. 1t. Cubage has been SEN
fenced to be fined $3.50 (about one
months pay and to be reprimanded.
The contrast between the sentences
inflicted is not pleasant thing to
contemplate. II sergeant is presumed
to have = degree Of understanding Of
military law and Army regulations SUI
ncfent to enable him to distinguish
between . legal and IN Illegal order,
and to assess accurately his personal
responsibility for carrying out orders
which are in fact Illegal or wrong, what
is to be said Of the degree to which q
commissioned ofncer Is to be presumed
so to distinguish between what he may
properly do at the order Of Z superior
and what he may not2
4 X
If the sergeant, for failing 80 to dis
tinguish, is to be punished by impris-
onment at hard labor and by dishon-
orable discharge, what is to bethought
Of system Of military justice which
enables his commissioned superior to
escape with sentence which amounts
to no more than slap on the wrist?
No doubt the final responsibility for
conditions ut Lichtield properly rests on
the commanding oficer, Col. James A.
Kilian, who Is now under charges Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Variations on Simple Theme

The pesper-sparTotD sings In tones of
gray,
With constant pitch, but changed IN.
tensity
Which breaks the t,oilights deepening
density
With but one note-yet uttered euery
Udy
From delicate to bold-,pith euery play
OF rhythm, shift and triH; his clear
propensity
Is to enlarge his theme to sheer i'm.
nensity
By uarying the one thing he can say.
With scdnt material at his command
His one note aolD is ,oisttul. no,p is bland
With honeyed artffce, noaD clear and
loud.
oh, little singer, ho,D you may be proud
bOt gray on gray to songs hvperbole-
Making your single tone a symphonic
DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
No Hiding Place

People are living In fools para
dise-what paradise!-if they are
comforting themselves with the
thought that they will be able to
find nice place underground
should the atomic age get out of
hand and nations start fiinging
rocket-propelled catastrophe at each
other.
Until the other day, to be sure, the
idea seemed to make sense. and one
could warm his chilled spine by say
ing to himself that in the hour Of
crisis he and his good wife and their
spritely brood would flee the surface
OF the earth for chambers deep
below 1t. One could even imagine
how these chambers could perhaps
be made quite honey - complete
with running water. air condition
ing, electric lights and frilled white
curtains on make-believe windows.
One could feel. too. that at length,
with the explosions ended upstairs,
he could put on heavy lead boots,
climb to the sunlit silence and walk
through the vast radioactivated
emptiness in the hope of finding a
few other human beings to help him
start civilization all over again.
Alas, though, this vision appar-
entity is made of stun as fieeting as
. split atom. For the Army in its
usual matter-of-fact way, has just
come forth with q statement pooh
pooling the feasibility of subterra-
mean hiding places. At the Aberdeen
Proving Ground. 1t says. tests indi-
cate that shelters or caverns 200 feet
deep would at best offer only doubt
full protection, and a Colonel Simon
calmly declares that next months
Bikini experiment will help to deter
mine at what height an A-bomb
should be exploded Ito crush solid
rock to a depth of $50 to 200 feet"
In other words, in the event of an
atomic test OF arms, there will be
no security for US even in caves
unless we dig them fifty or sixty
stories down. To paraphrase the
Bard, from this nettle-from this
danger Of another war-we either
pluck this hower-this safety of \
lasting peace-or we will be inviting
the bugs to take over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Letters to The Star
Quotes DR.. Trytten on Scarcity
of Students of Science

10 the GoitoL OF Inc 0tAr.
A few interesting additional facts have
come to hand which lend further point
to the statement by the Chairman of
the House Military Affairs Committee
that 1T is wrong to draft boys into the
Army" have received reprint from
the Congressional Record. which quotes
a speech on March of this year by
the director of the once of Scientific
Personnel of the National Research
Council, DR.. M. H. Trytten.
DR.. Trytten said, in part: 1.-THE serv-
ices are very much alive to the need
for sound scientific programs. >. Uni
versities and colleges are displaying I'M
precedented interest in their science de-
partments. :. With regard to scientific
manpower the story is different. There
Is and will be for some time, q shortage
OF such personnel. Throughout the war
we began cutting down on training in
some fields as early as 1910. From then
on progressively the flow Of trained
manpower In the sciences was reduced.
The resulting deficit Is large and will
THE general attitude is that the
present great flood of veteran students
now on the campuses and about to re-
turn to them will quickly NIL up the
ranks Of trainees in the sciences. There
are, however, some very obvious limita-
tons here. In the sciences the number
of students who can register for adj
vanced work Is limited to those who
have finished the preparatory work. il.
At present in the science graduate
schools and in the sophomore, junior,
and senior classes in the sciences the
enrollments must be limited to those
who left college for the services with
unfinished courses, and in view of Sc
lective service history which began the
pinch on enrollments ut the freshman
class and progressively rose through the
years. there are not as large 4 number
OF returnees as Is generally supposed.
In sampling of 81 universities, for
example, the graduate enrolment in
chemistry in the first semester (l945-
46 - was about so per cent of the aver
age for the immediate prewar years.
Even with an additional per cent
increase due to veteran enrolment, only
81 per cent OF the prewar average Il
indicated in the second semester. :.
In the fields such as physics, mathe-
matics and geology. the graduate
schools are similarly not crowded with
G1s. -. In the undergraduate classes
where no deferments are now granted
In general the enrollments are very
low. -.
"A sampling Of enrollments Of seniors
In about so institutions at the end of
the first semester gives. in percentages
Of normal prewar enrollments, the fol-
lowing figures:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Favors Name Hoover Dam

Favors Name Hoover Dam
To the Editor Of The Star:
The current resurgence of the move
ment to designate the great Colorado
River installation as Hoover Dam
raises q most heartening prospect In
the life Of the American people. This
is much more than good news. 1t is
a sign of repentance Of which we stand
In great need.
Let us look into this business. The
movement to rename the dam Is the
inevitable result of wounded senti-
ments. Those wounds have not healed
4 The miasma of sinister influence was
In the air when those wounds were in
f1icted. The people were in q great
hurry to be hamstrung, to squeeze their
necks into the halters of subversiye
leadership. They were cocky and vain
glorious as they passed the great buck,
heaped their sins upon the head of
President Hoover and, turning the
blacklist page in American history,
voted him out of ONCE.
The American people, already given
to stopping things over. then went al
most all out for opportunisma skull
duggery and vote-getting politics, and
so became willing underwriters Of the
great betrayal. Twenty-three million
Roosevelt haters can't be wrong. The
verdict of history is plain: A generation
characterized by arrogance and flip
pancy, sure to be castigated in the
forums of history as being Of doubtful
prescience; strangely irresponsible as to
suffrage and public policy. And to this
day certain publications expect us to
listen to the barkings of the jackals
who went far out Of their way in order
to sabotage the movement-which was
perfect natural-to designate the
great Colorado installation as Hoover
DAM
So that we ind it most heartening
that We are beginning to realize the
errors of our ways during the long,
stultifying years from 1888 to 1915.
BY all means, let it be known from
this time forward as Hoover Dam. It
is debt We owe. Let's pay 1t. We
will rest much easier, even though it
is long overdue. 1t will be an entry OF
no mean significance on the side Of the
ledger where the inevitable footing up
will be the sum Of our worthiness.
HUGH BARCLAY RICH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
De GoulIe Reuppeurs

Gaulle upon the French political
scene intects somewhat enigmatic
factor into an already complex and
critical political situation. That he
is back in the political arena can
scarcely by doubted from the tenor
OF the speech he made at Bayeux,
the Norman city which was the
scene OF his return to French soil
shortly after the Allied landing on
the continent two years ago. But
apparently he is not technically
AFFILIATED with any party, albeit
his political program corresponds
closely in It's main outlines with that
OF the MRP popular Republican
Movement and is opposed to the
parliamentary plan of the Commu-
niStS.
Five months have elapsed since
his sudden resignation from the
provisional presidency and his strict
retirement to private life. Since
then much has happened. The first
elections to the Constituent Assem-
bly, gave the Communists the largest
block of seats, but their attempt to
write constitution favoring a one
party dictatorship was repudiated
by the voters in a referendum, and
the second elections to Constituent
Assembly. thereby made necessary,
put the MRP in the parliamentary
lead. The antagonism between those
two antithetical parties has resulted
In grave parliamentary crisis. The
MRP desires to name the Premier to
the forthcoming cabinet, as the
largest party in the Assembly. But
the Communists veto this PROPOSE
ton, while the Socialists, who stand
between the main rivals, refuse to 70
on with the present arrangement
whereby one of their number holds
the premiership. Hence, temporary
. deadlock. occurring most inoppor-
timely when the Foreign Ministers
Conference is converting in Paris.
1t Is at this crucial moment that
De Gaulle injects himself into the
struggle. He backs the MRP in its
desire for constitution providing
Tor two-chamber legislature and a
President with executive powers
akin to those Of our own President.
together with an independent Judi
ciary. He likewise warns of the
danger Of dictatorship, which he
terms "a gigantic gamble, destined
to finish in misery and blood" thus
hitting at the Communist plan. Yet
he likewise emphasizes the need of
strong" foreign policy and appar-
emily sticks by his former insistence
upon French control over the Rhine
land and the Ruhr. Here, curiously
enough, he agrees with the Commu-
nists, though the latter's attitude
seems to be motivated by hostility to
Britain and the United States. On
the same day as De Gaulle's speech
at Bayeux, the Communist leader
Thorez uttered an attack upon the
western powers. accusing them of
seeking to1donainete France and >ex-
tolling Soviet Russia as the true
friend.
What son~balanse, will be the-ef.,
fectfof De Gaul1e upon this confused
political situation is hard to say. At
this moment it looks as though it
would sharpen the antagonism be-
tween the Communists and MRP.
with De Gaulle tending to side with
the latter, though not necessarily
merging himself with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Politicians, Not judges?

To the Editor OF The Star:
Unmentioned so far is the most sig
nif1cant fact illustrated by the disaffec-
ton existing among the members Of our
Supreme Court-namely the grave dis
service done the American Nation by
the appointment to its highest tribunal
OF men lacking in true judicial training
and experience.
Had we men on the Supreme Court
trained in the Interpretation and ad-
ministration of the law and In uphold
ing its dignity, the present situation
would not exist. But our Supreme Court
as now constituted is composed not of
Judges but of politicians.
VIRGINIA WALKER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18

and . privilege in which all Amer
leans should share. The fruits Of
the investment will be limited to no
single race. On the contrary, they
are certain to be universal In appli-
cation. Only 81 800 900 is sought by
the fund this year. The Washington
quota of $4,000 should be oversub-
scribed promptly and enthusiastic
ally. Headquarters of the local
committee are at 726 Jackson place
NV. Corcoran Thorn, jr., Is treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18

The results quoted indicate quite
definitely that there is not yet any SUI
ficient flow Of science students in the
colleges to even approach the prewar
numbers. And the existence Of prewar
deficits should call for even much in
creased numbers"
DR.. Tryttens figures quoted above are
cold facts with which q few die-hard
teen-age theorists in the Senate will
have to cope.
RICHARD L, FELDMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18

A corrective for poison ivy has
been discovered. But nobody as yet
has found the answer to the ques-
tlon What shall we do about radio
comedians?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18

Human psychology, when we stop
to think about it calmly, is little
more than an eternal contest be-
tween mans love of change and
dread of change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18

1t Is good thing for the future
safety of the Nation that our source
OF plutonium for atomic bombs de-
ponds on our supply of radium in
stead OF bread or butter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Natural Distinction
From the Omaha World Herald,

From the Omaha World Herald
Tell us to which political party he
belongs and we'll tell If he Is a devoted,
diligent, high-minded, public servant
or another parasitic raproller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Even q SturIet Would Do

Prom the st. Louis Post Dispatch
new high in anglers luck Is the case
OF the California fisherman who went
out In his boat and landed q movie
actress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Artistic, Too!
From the pr,drenort po.,

EToM ue 0f1dkep0ft Po6t.
The head of New York model studio
says q. woman's character is revealed
by her legs. Well, well! What loyelv
characters some women havei
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18

actions Of Moscow, Mr. Gromyko's
insistence upon lofty principles
sounds hollow to many ears,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-29

feet And Mr.. Wellman swore and
said that every darned runt OF an
actor who came to see him said he
was more than s feet tall. I stood
this for a while and then I told
him what to do. Next day had
the job!"
Mitchum recently had lead with
Katharine Hepburn in "Undercur-
rent" and a similar chore with
Greer Carson in Sacred and Pro-
fame" David Selznick owns most
of Mitchum's future time. And I
lpredict that, within a few years, Bob
viii be one of the bigger stars In
Hollywood. He's got that some
thing that spells personality.
Deanna Durbin is singing Brahms
Cradle Song" to an eight-month-
old baby on the set of her picture,
Its All Yours" The scene is the
corridor of a train and Deanna has
taken the child from it's father and
is trying to put her to sleep. But
the baby has other ideas. She is
supposed to cry and then fall asleep
under the influence of Deanna's
singing. But when she is supposed
to cry, she laughs. And when she
| is supposed to sleep, she cries.
They have been trying to get this
scene for four days and the Sc
quence will last exactly two minutes
on the screen.
Shirley Temple, very sophisticated
in black suit with an upswept hair
do, is on the set of 1.-The Bachelor
and the Bobbysoxer. Shirley is
self conscious because she is wear
ing bright-red nail polish-"for the
first time in my 1ife," says Shirley.
Mrs. Temple, Shirleys mother, is on
the set as usual when her daughter
is working. But she is there as a
guest and not in working capacity.
In the old days, Mrs. Temple was
paid more than $1,000 week to
look after her famous daughter.
(Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance, 1nc.)
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Gruhunn
CONTINUED From Page B-1o.)

I'm sure that won't happen to Red
ask Edward Arnold what part
he is playing in Dear Ruth" ano
Eddie tells me, "a frustrated
father" Eddie Is the pop for Joan
Caulfield and Mona Freeman, heI
brat kid sister. It's the first film fol-
Mona at her home studio, Para
mount, in three years she has been
under contract to them. Better
late than never.
Teresa Wright has gone home
with cold. But Judith Anderson
is carrying on with a cold on the
set of Pursued" for United States
Pictures. I'm taking shots and ]
feel dizzy" says Judith, who plays
a sort of foster mother to Robert
Mitchum.
AS for Mitchum, I didn't know
that before Bob clicked in "GI joe
that he played in eight Hopalone
Cassidy films as the heavy. u
wore a beard in each one," says
Bob, and he still would be playing In
horse operas If he had not been
rude to William Wellman. Il went
to see him for a part in 'GI joe he
adds, land he asked me how tall ]
was. said, "a little more than 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-29

.Plus 70s5 Federal Tar
IANSBURGRS-Stork Shop-FouYth Floor
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Spare No Expense
Is Still the Motto
BY tho Associated Press

HOLLY WOOD.
Art Director Robert Haas viewed
the results of his handiwork and de-
clared he was glad the job was
over.
ut took more time to plan than
build this set," he said.
He referred to the recreation OF
a department ore--McCreery's-
as it was in the 1906 at Eleventh
and Broadway in New York.
Designed for a scene in Life
With Father" 1t occupied 900 by
IS feet on sound stage, and was
fully stocked with merchandise OF
that period.
Clothing dummies (the male type
boosted moustaches), hundreds OF
bolts of cloth, ladies' and gentlemen
ready-to-wear garments, scores OF
fantastic) hats, expensive beaded
work and a glassware department
with go complete sets Of china.
Overhead swung IL chandeliers
with la gas outlets-backed up BY
241 powerful electric lamps capable
of producing 100000 watts.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-19
A!l-Time Peck Is
Reached In Money
Poid To Growers

The Henderson .o1ar.u n,,.,.,.
with five more weeks To 20 IN il.
1916 sales card. yesterday cot,,,Ird
and wen, ahead OF las; wears ,n,.,l
season sales. and Blows W Phi,
sales supervisor. said Their, v,s
every indication that the mari; c,
Row would make its goal of 20 Oo0. =
600 pounds this year.
Sa!cS through yesterday to,alcd
22,16f.O3G pouudS. compared win
22.386.232 pounds sold ,hrouoh
December IA. the closing date of tho
Henderson market in lg45. Price
averages were more than five cont,
per pound higher on this scosor's
total poundagc over last wear, Total
money paid out thus far this yn,r
amounted 10 Sll.228.4OO.l0, com
pared with $g.802 .982 ~ tor the ON
tire season last year.
Brit: said the Henderson market,
sold a Total of 5&G.922 pounds YES
tcrday. 10" which growers received
tota! q! S26i.77397. Tor one of The
best days of Inc Currcnt selling sca-
son from beth a poundagc and price
standpoint.
According to the supervisor. he
local narh"; will have fum sale.
every day this week. and Inc three
days before Thanksgiving ncx;
week. With full sales during these
eight selling days. the market !. cN-
rcctcd In lear the 26.NDO. nOI-upun.
figure before tim" is taken oui toy
Thanksgiving holidays.
Brit; said he expected the market
would close al the end of sales mex,
Wednesday. tho day before Thanks
giving. and reopen the following
Monday morning. The markets
present sales card. drawn up prior
10 the beginning OF the currcnt sales
season on September IL. extends
through December %. Thus there
are five more selling weeks on the
card. Should there De Il need lur II.
The market probably Will reopen al
Ter Christmas.
While many farmers are known
Ia nave completed the >rlln. OF
their crop, there has as vet been no
indication that tho crop III this sec
ton OF the state is gone. since the
Henderson market has experience q
iu!l sales quotas on al lis selling
days thus far this season. Ware
hoascmcn say they have enough to-
baCcu III sight L. assure full sales
quotas The res, of this week and the
three days next week before
Thanksgiving. However, Britt said
growers who still have tobacco /.
sell can get il sold ON the Hcndcr-
market any Gay tie grower brings
il IN.
Meanwhile. prices continued high
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-19
HENDERSON On c. DISPATCH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER j. 1916

'i,.'i''nE. ii,E.hI 80 S..tn 10 iEesc
nudoni& of nnn-iinid airShipS. which
we're used for patrol purpose ON the
A'lan,Ic coast during the war. So
-h;n liyin% minht he continued in
ne airShip il the engine MAS pat uul
81 commission Or trouble Developed.
lielium gas WIS used ~ Il liitin.
gas and sand served as u ballast.
While in Henderson. the navy men
All be the guests Of the American
Legion, Henderson Pos, No. GO. m-
Ill their return Ia l.akchur.t. TMr
balloon will be SHIPPED b.ci. ar.L me
personnel will return by train.
1t. O Council Is; i native al Gcli,
Plain, MinnCSuta.
Descent oI the party here Ma not
due To trouble with their C."iit. Bui
merely because ii was the ,nu al
their cruise, il Was stated.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-19
u. S.NaWBli
Lands Near City
In The Forenoon
fave Men Aboard
Flew Croft From
Idkenlrst Bose

a United Statcs Navy free balloon,
carrying four students and Il COM
'nandn2 officer. 1t. j2) John O'Con-
nell. from the Lal;churSt. New Jersey,
naval air station. descended near
Davis Lumber Company ON the
Townsville road north of Henderson
about 10 O'Clock this morning. The
Hight MAS tr2inins flight which de-
San yesterday aftcruuu.l Al ) O'Clock
al !"ichurSt.
Having u capacity of $4,000 cubic
!cct the balloon CruiScd al Il height
OF 900 feet most of the time but
reached 900 feet a, times. it was
stated by the personnel aboard. The
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-19
Two Negroes Tried
Upon Theft Charges

Robert Kearney and Lawrence Bas-
kcrviile, colorcd, were tried in police
court today for theft of Sl3 in cash,
the property Of Ella Louise Cooper.
Prayer for Judgment for Kcarrc-
WAS continued upon payment "l cus,s
and payment of Si& for uSc and lc.c-
lit of Ella Louise Cooper. A rol u.os
was taken i'll the case OF E:.skul.vi!l.
Gurth Day. cOlurcd, tried for put-
lic drunkenness, WAS fined $50 and
costs
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-19
Routine Meeting OF
Chamber Had Monday

I"utim" meeting ~ directors g,
ne Henderson Chamber of Com
neF'2 was held Monday evening in
III" Sccrci"Ey.S office. Discussions
entered largely around prospective
NV industries. with Secretary Blows
"!!'l reviewing negotiations thai
II" now IN progress. There was
ill'c al a very definite nature.