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Evening star., 1946-10-21
Capt. |. l.. Gill Dies;
Supervisor Of Loran

Capt. Irving L. Gill, SO, Coast
Guard, retired, who was responsible
for the installation and administra-
ton of the electronics navigational
aid system known as Loran, died
yesterday at his home, 3024 Tilden
street NV, from heart condition.
Born in Weathersfield, N. Y, he
was graduated from the University
of Michigan with a B. S. in civil
engineering in 1907. From 1907 to
1909 he was a War Department en-
gineer then he transferred to the
Lighthouse Service in which he
served for 20 years.
In 1889 he was commissioned a
commander in the Coast Guard at
the time it took over the Lighthouse
Service Subsequently he served as
chief of the radio engineering and
communications engineering divi-
sions. He retired from the service
August /.
He was a member of the American
Society OF Civil Engineers and the
Naval Engineers.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Mary E. Gill; son, Lewis NJ Gill.
Philadelphia: two brothers, Merritt
E. Gill, Bloomfield. N. j.. and Clay
ton A. Gill, Pittsburgh, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held al
u pm. tomorrow at Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Fifteen airplanes are being used tt
| fight locusts in Argentina.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
CeiIingsM May Be Ended
Today on Flour and
All Bakery Products

The Government will decide to-
day whether to end price ceilings on
-four, bread and bakery products.
Ending OF controls would leave
only few items in the family mar
ket basket still under control.
The Agriculture Department has
pending separate petitions for de-
control of flour and bakery prod
ucts and today is the deadline for
action on the bakery products.
Rather than remove ceilings by
granting the petitions, which would
require finding that the products
are no longer in short supply, OFF,
cials contemplate a separate order
terminating ceilings on bread and
flour.
Shortening was freed from con-
trolls last week and wheat no longer
is controlled. Thus the way is open
to grant the baking industry a free
hand in turning out their products.
Distilling Still Curbed.
The Government, according to re-
liable sources, plans to continue re-
strictions on the use of wheat by
distillers and to limit the distribu-
ton of -four for domestic consump-
ton to IS per cent of the amount
used last year.
When bread and flour are freed
there will remain under control
such everyday items as sugar, tea,
syrups, canned fish, tomatoes and
pineapple, fresh oranges and ba-
nanas, dried beans and peas, jams
and jellies and macaroni and
noodles.
Meanwhile, an OPA official re-
ported that major automobile manu-
facturers agree with the agency that
prices "have gone about as high
under ceilings as they should"
Ceilings Up % Per Cent.
Four industry-wide increases in
the last year have boosted ceilings
about % per cent above 1912 prices.
The official declined to comment
on a pending General Motors re-
quest for an additional price in
crease similar to that granted the
Ford Motor Co. some weeks ago
under a hardship provision of the
new OPA Act.
The Ford increase amounted to
about 6 per cent and was in ad-
dition to the general increases
granted to offset higher wage and
material costs and to restore normal
profit margins to dealers.
OPA has declined to say how
much of an increase GIN has asked.
However, company executives in De-
troit have mentioned 500 car.
officials have stressed that auto
mobiles, building materials, rent and
basic clothing items remain under
controls after November !.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
|A-Bomb as Weapon
Against Field Troops
Doubled by McAuIiffe
BY The Associated Press

Mai. Gen. Anthony j. McAuliffe
disclosed yesterday the Bikini tests
indicated soldiers in dugouts or tanks
could weather the blast and heat of
q nearby atomic bomb and go on
fighting.
Their artillery and heavy equip
ment, and even their ammunition,
when kept in containers, also ap-
parently would still be usable.
The general, member of the
Joint Research and Development
Board concerned with tomorrow's
weapons, based his conclusions on
his own observations as deputy COM
mander of the Joint Task Force at
Bikini and on a recently completed
report of Army Ground Forces.
In an interview, he emphasized
the incalculable value of the atom
bomb for strategic attack against
cities, war plants and naval bases,
but explained it probably would not
become useful as tactical weapon
against troops in the field. At the
same time, he noted the Bikini tests
might not be entirely conclusive as
related to Army equipment because
they were carried out primarily
under conditions of naval warfare,
against ships.
Duxouts Good Protection.
Analysis Of the experiments with
Army Ground Forces equipment at
Bikini, in which highly precise
measurements of blast, heat and
radiation were made, indicate that
dugouts should give good protection
against blast and heat, even fairly
close to the bomb, he continued.
The degree of protection against
the instantaneous radiation of high
penetration rays or later radioac-
tivity would depend, among other
things, on the relative position OF
the dugout and its construction.
Gen. McAuliffe said study showed
that tanks, artillery and other
heavy equipment close to the aerial
burst of the first test bomb were
practically undamaged. He added:
From that you would conclude
that heavy equipment as close as
500 yards from a bomb burst would
still be usable and could continue
to fight or get away from the area. .
Lighter Material Damaged.
Even though radiation might
penetrate to crews of tanks they
might be able to carry on for some
time before becoming casualties.
Although the heavy equipment re-
sisted the atom bomb blast. the
lighter paraphernalia - amphibious
duck" trucks. jeeps, searchlights.
radio equipment-did not; 1t was
heavily damaged" at distances as
much as 1900 to 1,500 yards, Gen.
IMcAuliffe said.
Quartermaster stuff clothing.
blankets and similar material-suf-
fered from a still unexplained freak
ishness of the bomb. Material To-
Gated at very great distances"
caught fire and burned.
On the other hand. experiments
with ammunition belied some fore
casts. In only rare instances did 1t
catch fire or explode and then only
when exposed without containers
close to the blast.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
Shooting
Continued From First Page

tive in the AMG. He was killed yes
terday when he failed to follow or
ders to proceed to Russian head
quarters after Russian major and
a military policeman had halted him
and his companions on a picture
taking jeep ride, two American won,-
en- and German chauffeur.
Reports to agents OF the Ameri-
can Army's Criminal Investigation
Division said the Russians halted
the Americans because they had
been taking photographs in the
neighborhood of Unter Den Linden.
Later. United States Army Head
quarters here said it had an un-
official version from the Russians
that the Russians stopped the Amer
leans while looking for hoodlums
in an American jeep who invaded
polling place. during Berlin's
Sunday elections.
An official report Of the incident
from Russian headquarters was ex-
pected tomorrow.
CID agents said the two women
Miss Carolyn E. Wysor of Cleve-
land and Miss Perra johnson OF
Sumter, S. 'C.-told them Mr.. Flory
was shot after two Russian police
men came on the party taking pic
lures of some landmarks In the
neighborhood of Unter Den Linden.
The agents said their informa-
ton was that the Russians ordered
Mr.. Flory to follow their police Car
to headquarters and that he turned
off at an intersection and attempt
ed to get away. They said the jeep
eluded the Russians, but the driver
then lost his directions and appar-
emily doubled back and again came
upon the Russian police.
Mr.. Flory was struck in the back
by q bullet as a policeman fired at
the speeding jeep, the CIO agents
said. The women were not injured.
Mr.. F1ory, former captain in the
Signal Corps, was chief Of the re-
ports branch of the control office Of
the American Military Government
in Berlin. He was the son of the
publisher of the Pawnee City weekly
Republican. He was awarded a
Rhodes scholarship on his gradua-
ton from the University of Nebraska
in 1888. Later he studied at Prince
ton until he entered military serv-
ice in July, 1941. He served in the
Southwest Pacific.
Miss Wysor is administrative as
sistant to the chief of the metals
section of AMG. This section form
erly was headed by her father,
Rufus j. Wysor, Cleveland steel ex-
eclltiye.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
U.S.. Sells Only Ala Ships
Of 5000 Offered for Sale
BY the Associotsd Press

Only 4l4 of the 5000 wartime Lib
erty and Victory ships and tankers
the Maritime Commission has for
sale have been disposed of so far,
officials disclosed yesterday.
The commission has approved the
sale OF 162 to American operators
and $50 to foreign governments.
The rest are idle at reserve ports
and anchorages because of COM
plex set of difficulties.
A commission spokesman gave
these reason for the apathy OF
American operators:
Virtually all the most desirable
ships-the big, fast cargo vessels
and tankers- in good repair-f1ave
been spoken for, and the remaining
smaller and slower vessels do not
fit in with their postwar plans.
Intercoastal and coastal operators
want readjustment of competitive
freight rates before buying vessels
and preparing to go back into busi-
ness on a prewar scale.
Many have labor and tax troubles
and competitive problems.
Evening star., 1946-10-21


eandr
Evening star., 1946-10-21

lying atop her neatly packed suit
case.
He said she was quiet, capable
worker, and that while here she
had been active in church work.
Her address here, as listed by the
Health Department. was Tenth
street and Spring road. She was a
graduate of Temple University.
Mrs Booth said Miss Hitchner
became i'll after going to Malvern
and that she went to her home In
New Jersey before returning to
Washington. Mrs. Booth also said
that Miss Hitchner came here Fri
day and had stayed with a friend
until she went to the YWCA.
YWCA officials said the young
woman registered there about S
o'clock yesterday and was assigned
to room 403.
Miss Marian Bogert. director of
the YWCA's Strong Hall; an annex
on the Seventeenth street side, said
that transient guests occupy rooms
on the first four floors and perma-
nent guests the top four floors.
In reconstructing the fatal plunge
police believe the woman left her
room on the fourth floor. went to
the eighth in an automatic ele-
vator, removed the screen and
plunged to her death.
There were no witnesses to the
fall. although pedestrian at a bus
stop at Sixteenth and K streets
saw the body soon after 1t fell
in the areaway.
The falling body struck a mar
quee, leaving a large dent.
Miss Hitchner was described as
slender. brunette and pretty
Police were withholding the notes
left in the room pending full in
vestigation of the fall.
A brother. Harry, Philadelphia
druggist, was notified of he'd death.
Her mother was understood to be
en- route here.
The woman was pronounced dead
on the scene by DR.. Preston Bandy
of Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
Catholic Group Names
CuIhune Press Head

Thomas J. Culhane, Washington
newspaperman, has been appointed
publicity director for War Relief
Services, National Catholic Welfare
Conference, the Rev. Edward E.
Swanstrom, assistant executive di-
rector, announced today.
A native Of Philadelphia, Mr.. Cul-
hane has served as correspondent
and feature writer in Washington
for Is years. He is a former men,
ber of the staff of the National
Catholic welfare Conference here.
Evening star., 1946-10-21

be broadcast from the Chamber of
Commerce Building over Station
WRC. At the Washington Gas
Light Co. auditorium at 7:30 pm.
the regular weekly Wonder Flame"
radio show broadcast over Station
WMAL will be dedicated to the fund
drive of the federation.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
Son Of Col. KiIion Wed,
With Futher as Best Man
BY the As,oeioted Press

HIGHLAND PARK. ILL.,. Oct. al
The marriage of Miss Audrea A.
Lelott of Chester, w. Va, to sergt.
James F. Kilian, son of Col. James
A. Kilian of Highland Park, was an
nounced today.
Col Kilian served as best man for
his son at the wedding which took
place October II at the post chapel
at nearby Fort Sheridan. Sergt.
Kilian and his bride are living at
Fort Belvoir, Va, where he is sta
toned.
Col. Kilian has appealed to the
Judge Advocate General against an
August 20 conviction which fined
him $500 for permitting cruelty to
American soldier prisoners under his
command at Lichfield, England.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
Storage Problem Acute

The godown situation in Shang-
hal presents gloomy picture, as
most of the godowns warehouses;
are now occupied by 'confscated
enemy properties. under lease by the
Alien Property Administration and
there is no place to store incoming
cargoes. There are 760 godowns of
various sizes in the city.
Evening star., 1946-10-21

Fifteen airplanes are being used to
fight locusts in Argentina.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
Gosh TroveIs in Cons

When bank officials in Belfast,
Northern Ireland, went on strike
recently, a large grocery firm sent
its daily deposits to the bank In
milk cans, to get them through the
picket line. Each can contained
thousands of dollars.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
We|Ies Urges End Of British
Military Rule in Palestine
By the A.soeiotsd Press


Sumner Welles, former Undersec-
retary of State, declared last night,
"The first step toward re-establish-
ment of even a semblance of peace
in Palestine must be the end Of the
military rule" of the British.
Mr.. Welles, in his weekly broad
cast, said he believes the British will
attempt to prevent the Palestine
problem from being placed on the
agenda of the international Trustee
ship Council" when that agency Is
created by the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly.
He added that the British "even
may try to prevent the Trustee
ship Council from being installed >
The means, he said, that the Brit
ish Labor government has discarded
its campaign pledges.
Mr.. Welles said President Truman
was altogether right when he pub
licly protested against the an
nounced decision Of the British gov
ernment to put OH any further con-
ferences on the Palestine problem
until December 16."
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

mont a. a nasty unfair and in.
equitable treatment Of the sub
lcct matter and added
They say we can adopt the
same methods in this period
that We used between 1881 and
1885 when the system also
lost money.
RAN Up DEFICITS
They don't have the nerve
to tell the people that what We
did during that period, but
will
we cut wages 25 per cent.
We ran up huge deficits and
We received tremendous grants
of money from the federal
government 10 further the Civil
Works Administration unem-
ployment program"
In reply 70 the OPA charge
that the new fare is the hlghe>'
for any large city in the United
states, JefIleS SAID
This il an unfair wav 10
compare rates. Under DetrOit'S
new fare We will collect 80 per
cent less a mile than the aver
age Of all big cities in the cOun-
try, with the exception of the
New York subway system
FORGOT WAGE BOOSTS
He quoted a chart which
showed that Boston. with o. g.
cents mile was the highest OF
Il large cities and Detroit, with
4l16 cents. the lowest.
Jeffries complained that nc
reference was made by the OPA
10 the fact that every DSR en-
ploye has had at least a 35 pei
cent Incl ease in wages. and that
equipment and supplies also had
gone up IN cost
A suit by the Go 10 over
throw the new rate IS to be heard
Feb by Circuit Judge Clyde /.
Webster. The OPA is seeking TO
intervene in the SUIT.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Shostakovi(h' S Fifth
On Concert Program

ShoStakovichs Fifth Symphony
Will be played by the Chicago
symphony Orchestra in a concert
Tuesday night at Masonic audi
torium under the direction Of De-
sire Detsuw The program follows:
Buloz Overture. lie Csrustal Roman
opus @
-ioeIlS legend from tae .Kaleyala. The
swan ~ Tu0uc.a Onus p
Deblzf7 .PIe.lce 10 The Afternoon oi Z
Fsun"
Pave. ,,....O l.pst-s' rrarmcnts fSecond
series f.an "Da1hnis ~ chic "
SEos'osrtifrr . e. rrphCrv 40 3 Opus a..
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Atom Is First Topic
OF Community Forum
Detroit Tius1 Photo

The inexhaustible atom win be
placed under a community micro
scope az Sis p m. Monday in the
first OF a series of forumS at
Cooley High School
Dr. Marshall Wheatley, assoc
late professor Of physics al Wayne
University. will speak on Atomic
Energy and its Applications. ,. Col
ored slides will accompany bis
talk
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Coop Education Tesi
Scheduled for Feb. 9

College students. rs 20 - ,o2r~
old, living IN Detroit are eligible
for examination tch g 20 partiCi-
pate m cooperative education
plan To enable them 10 work part
time m city depdr tmentS
Students must have completed
two years of college and have Ia
credit hours Applications arc
available al the Water Board
Building.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Veterinarian Talks

~ Carl J. Fox. Detroit vet
Urinary, VIli speak 20 the Anti
NivI>cction League Al SIS %. m.
Monday in the McGrogor Library.
Dr Fox VIII discuss ms s>>oCia-
ton with the Latham Fellow hip
IN Oakland Cal
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
ChrysIer Peace
Took 4 Months

Settlement OF tho wage dispute
~ me Chry ySler Corp came feHf
months 20 the day alter ncgotIa-
tjons with the UAW-CIO began
In the case Of Ford talks had
gone ON more than TWO months
ChryNier vas the Grst Of the
biz .aI}omcb.lo companies 10 open
nc.oi ion, ON the union de-
mard for d 80 per cent increase.
Sessions ve,a sporadic and
broke Gown reraI t.Te~. with
bo,h side. adruar' 'n their do
manG> A >ulsr vote Was ap-
proved hy % per- cent of 5000
Chry Icr vogEoJ~. bar action was
held in shcgance pending further
discuss ions
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Chicaeoan Siepsd Here

Miss Elise n FIcitag, prcsi-
don't of The Chicago Area Business
Tdyca'orS Association, viii be
come special assistant 10 Dean
Charles j kcppel educational dI-
rector oi the Stenotypc Com
rcrcial College of Detroit Friday.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Photo Show Feb. 3-I6

The Scarab Club Viii have itS
second annual international salon
of Photography Al the club build
ing ,FarnSworth and John r. Feh
3 tolls
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

Ford Motor Co and a year later
took q iob II, an electrician
Tic Va, elected president oi
Packard Local l9O in January
1913. and was reelected IN 1914
lie left the Iob m Scptembcr
lfii. when hc was elected 20 nc
executive board replacing Lee
La,iottc lhrn ChrN N>lcr director
Matthews O., married and has
two children. Re lives a. 1887
Mnonlnrhan-
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Days Top CIO Jobs
Done by 2 Quiet Men

II took two Of the comparatively lesser lights in the JAW
Go 10 focus the national spotlight Detroit Saturday
which may the pattern for nation
signed by both Chrysler Corp and the Motor
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Jeffries Stands Pat
On 1O-Ct. DSR Fare
BY JOHN CREECY

Mayor Jeffres issued detailed reply Saturday the OPAs
charge the DSR places needless burden the
people
Accusing the price agency Of wrapping itself the flag
for propaganda purposes the mayor asserted
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Kelly Relieved
Halls Ford Chrys.er
Wage Settlements

LANSING. Jan Is Coy k,.A
expressed himself a> greatly rr-
Icvoq o. rnWs ot tine settlement
OF tho Ford and Ctrl >lor Vag.
dispute with The UAN-CIO Sat
urday
This viii mean much to the
future of the state and OF the
nation ~ whole" Gov kcliy
SAID II am particularly CRATE
tul 90 see this cloud dispelled al
this time.
Perhaps this settlement VIII
clear The WAY for complete labor
peace in the state before mann
more DAYS"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

To Norman Matthews. soft
spoken cS-electrician in the Pack
ard plant and NOW director Of the
ChySIcr division Of the union.
goes much of the credit for the
>igning OF The ChrySler pact
TO Richard r. Leonard. national
Ford director who came from the
coal mine, OF the Hooking Valley.
goes the nod on The Ford agree
ment
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
WELL TAKE IT

wen take it!" Matthews
said
His Judgment was backed up
bN tho negotiating committee and
The unions international officers.
Matthews came 10 this country
m 1920 from England after Serv-
uC years and q months with
the British army in India, Arabia.
Egypt and Palestine.
He first went 20 work for the
transferred 10 Packard where he
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
WORK WITHOUT CONTRACT

Like INC Ford settlement the
agreement between Chry>ler and
the union was sudden ChlySlor
worker, had been working with
out a contract since Dec ; when
tho last agreement ran out.
Negotiations with Ford began
NoN -. with the union holding to
us demand for 20 per cent. These
sessions were SOmcv hat less
stormy than those with ChTNsleT
and General Motors.
ON January Is, tho union low
cred MS demand 20 a fat 1872
cent, an hour increase. following
The first Ford offer OF l5 cents
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
REFUSED BY UNION

The company thcn raised IT,
original offer 10 l7i- cents an
hour winch also was refused by
the union
4 threc-vcck recess over thc
holidays ended Jan 10 and mat
tors seemed ~ be Stalemsted.
with - cents an hour separating
Uc-olistOT~
Saturday = meeting three days
in advance of Tho next scheduled
session came A. p surprise
Genera Motors is Tho only ono
of the Big Three Sull arguing
wages with the union
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
CALL EARLIER MEETING

@ without announcing - lhe
rrcotIator> of the Ford contract
called a meeting three hours
earlier.
Times reporters Jack CrciLm
nnd Ray Cuardln found ou' about
II and Rfrc on hand when the
urgotipt0fS mey IN Room Al9 ~
Tive Book-CadiBac Hotel AS soon
2, company bublicIty men dis
covered thcr presence howe'c or.
thov notified other me-" mon and
soon the improvsed press roorF
Was crowded
Meanwhile another SmaI. army
NJ new Smen gathered Al iu"
Chr,S Offices
The, learned by telephone ot
the signing ol the Ford contract
~ 25 ? m and notified The
l'tW negotiating com IN t'er.
which came IN a ie" minutes
laier Tho negotiation, worc OH
,iously disappointed AZ losing the
rarr
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
PACT ALREADY RLhCHLD

Although the ChrSsirr meeting
dragged on until shortly after !
=. m. II resulted only in cortiTma-
ton Of a tentative agreement al
ready reached
This was obvious when a' 2
signal from the conference room
Chryslcr publicity man James II.
Lee opened an envelope he had
carried with him all afternoon and
took from If copies OF = release
announcing the contract signing
While the ChrS >icr negotiation iN
lot the crcditc for cracking TN,
wago deadlock. thcy did succeed
I'm cracking something else
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
BRANDS oPA UNFAIR

Referring 10 the OPAs bias
III n week a1o m which n Gc
clared tho raise 20 be excessive
Jcffric> laid
THE ORA talks a. IL II were
the only agency in the country
that is interested in the present
and future of the nation.
we, the government OF the
City of Detroit. Immediately
and violently took issue with
this position. We feel that We
are a. truly American and a.
much interested i'm the present
and future Of this country and
this city A. anybody else in
the land"
He denounced tho OpAS state
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
CUT Down COMMITTEE

Re preferred 10 keep the fre.
uucnf arguments and name call
irc which mark any negotiating
So, sion. out of The papers and
sr'tlc them in tie conference
room
"A bis suggestion, ,he union /,
negotiating committee was pared
Gown 90 h'mStlf and Ms assistant
Joseph Rubin
Throughout tho meetings TN.
last week and there we're only
three -- Matthews kept repeating
the unions demand for 49,. cents
Tho company gotta tors
started with II p. went 10 Is and
then warned that was the last Of
fer Matthews said 1912 cents.
Robert W. Condcr. Chrysler
personnel director. then contacted
The board of directors He came
back with An offer Of 49,!
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
DISH GLAsS BROkLN

T. wa, rbo plate C'aS, top on
the dcsk Of Robert W Condor.
the firm, director ol labor rcla.
tlouS
Norman Matthews director NJ
tho ChrySlcr department of the
LAW sal down on ii
a fne thing" some ono qulp-
nod with several thousand
Chrysler workers laid OF be
cause Of n glass shortage