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OF ice and snow for safe takeoffs
and landings at all times.
Very little isknown of the capaci-
ties of antiaircraft guns under con-
dltlons of extreme cold with ice con-
stantly forming in their muzzles.
IN the last year of the war in the
Pacific when the japanese "Bakas, .
especially designed suicide planes.
were attacking American ships 1t
was calculated that a gun crew had
only 80 seconds to get into action
Such speed may be much more diff
llcult under Arctic conditions and
The present experiment may point
the way to essential changes not
1oreSeen in the warm South Pacific.
Even more important is accurate
data on the ability of gun crews to
maintain watches exposed to ex-
IRENE temperatures. The Midway
has a new crew, in the pink of
physical condition. Among the
problems is the proper temperature
TO maintain inside of the ship, SO
that there will not be too extreme
a difference when the men return
from tours on deck. 1t is realized
that in Arctic combat the crew must
be in tiptop physical shape at all
times and a serious epidemic of colds
might be disastrous.
Rescues Are Problem
Another problem is that of sea
rescues. How quickly can a man be
pulled out of ice water with newly
developed equipment? 1t is known
that man in the best physical con-
dltlon seldom can be rescued alive
after more than a few moments.
Another problem to be solved is the
capability Of a helicopter to rise
from icy decks and function under
extreme conditions.
Specially designed clothing has
been provided for everybody on
board. That for flyers, developed by
the Navy Medical Corps, consists
primarily of a rubber suit with cleo
trically heated boots and gloves.
Navy medical officers have tested it
first by exposing themselves for pro-
longer periods in ice cold water.
The ability of the Midway herself
stand Arctic conditions will be
tested. She has been built for rug
gedness and comforts found on older
carriers are conspicuously lacking.
1t is calculated that she can stand
at least LOO tons of ice in her bow.
Probably her actual endurance will
be much greater. The rate of forma-
tion of this ice and the effects on
the carriers performance will be
studied.
At the outset of the voyage, Rear
Admiral John H. Cassidy, COM
of the expedition, and Capt.
Herbert S. Duckworth, commander
Of the Midway, announced that they
were going out to hunt the toughest,
coolest weather possible. They in
tend to push northward until stopped
by the ice foes.
The last naval expedition of this
type was that of the aircraft carrier
Ranger in Alaskan waters in 1896.
The present voyage is preliminary
to a far more extensive test planned
for next winter in which carriers.
and destroyers will op-
crate together in Arctic maneuvers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Administration Hunts
Votes 10 Salvage Part
Of Housing Program
BY the Associated Press

President Truman's emergency
BODYBUILDING program begged
down deeper than ever today or
Capitol Hill. despite the warning
of Housing Expediter Wilson w
Wyatt that each days delay is
costing the Nation 5000 new
living units. Republicans dis
puted Mr.. WAITS claim.
The House, which originally was
scheduled to vote on the legislation
Wednesday, was in recess unit
Monday and it was evident that
administration leaders needed the
weekend breather for a new effort
to muster badly-needed support fol-
the bill Mr.. Truman wants.
Indeed, there were strong indica-
lions the White House might have
to recast completely its housing pro-
posals, for the dominant House op-
position gave scant heed yesterday
to Mr.. Humans special plea that
approval be given to provisions he
considered vital.
Voted Before Letter Came.
In an urgent letter to Speaker
Rayburn, Mr.. Truman asked spe-
officially for congressional approval
of provisions for price ceilings on ali
houses and authority to use $780,
000, 900 in subsidies to break the bot
tleneck in construction materials.
But the letter arrived yesterday a
few minutes after the House voted
154 to So, to kill the part of the bill
putting price ceilings on existing
dwellings.
Then, fighting a delaying action,
administration leaders brought about
adjournment of the House until
Monday before a vote could be
reached on the subsidy issue.
Republicans and some Southern
Democrats joined in opposition TO
the administration proposals, and
even after the Presidents letter ar
rived the trend appeared to be run
ming strong toward passage of a
Republican substitute for the ad-
mlnlSCraClOn DILL.
Would Kill Subsidies.
The substitute, authored by Rep
resentative Wolcott, Republican, of
Michigan omits any reference to
price ceilings on homes or the use of
subsidies to bring about larger pro-
duction of building materials, de-
Scribed by Mr.. Truman as the heart
of his program.
Mr.. Wolcott's bill provides for the
continuation OF Government au-
thority to use ALLEGATIONS and pri-
critics for channeling scarce build
ing materials into moderately priced
homes; a $1,000, 100000 increase in
the Government insurance of mort
cages on new homes, and preference
to veterans in the purchase or rental
of new homes.
Republicans challenged the state
ment by Mr.. Wyatt that each days
delay means the loss of 5000 homes.
Mr.. Wolcott declared the admins
tration already has ample author
lty to proceed with its program
under the Presidents war powers,
even to the use of subsidies in the
building materials field. The Pres
ident, in his letter to Speaker Ray
burn, said specifically congressional
sanction is needed for the payment
Of such subsidies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
QUOTA Gibbs Head Speaks
On Nation Wide Housing Need
By Gretchen Smith
Women's Club Editor.

II theref Is any truth in the OLE
adage misery loves company,
Neutrality-suspicious. should receive con
ISOLATION from the report brought tt
town by DIR. Hanna C. Simmons
president of Quota International
that the housing situation through
out every section of the country Is
as critical as it is here.
DR.. Simmons arrived in the Cap.
| ital yesterday from a tour of severa
cities throughout the South and the
West, where she has been visiting
established Quota clubs and present
| ing charters, to new ones
Cities visited recently by the
Quota president included Galveston
Tex. where a new club received its
charter: st. Louis, Mo; New Or
leans, Chattanooga and Knoxville
Everywhere 1t is the same" DR.
Simmons said. Not sufficient hous-
ing. In Knoxville I saw from so to
60 trailers cstmped on the lawns OF
the University of Tennessee to &C
commodate veterans who are study
ing at the university"
Dr. Simmons travelled approx
mately 10000 miles last fall visiting
Quota clubs in different parts OF
the country, smd wherever she went
she found lack of housing the SUBJ
ject of conversation.
We've always had brides and
grooms," she remarked in reply to
the comment that perhaps war
marriages had brought unprece-
dented demands for homes. There
are no more brides and grooms
than there have always been, but
the annual output Of homes stopped
during the war. Not only were no
homes built, but many old build
ings were torn down. the land made
into parking lots, while other build
ings were allowed to go without
repairs"
DR.. Simmons believes the housing
situation is so critical that women's
organizations might we'll take up
the problem as a project on which
to work locally snd nationally, to
see how they might better matters.
In addition to lack of housing,
the Quota president believes there
has been inexcusable boarding" on
the part of landlords, who prefer
letting apartments or houses go
vacant rather than rent them at
prices fixed by OPA.
She cited the case of a landlady
in her home town. Worcester, Mass,
who has two or three floors of a
building vacant and refuses to rent
the apartments due to the fact she
Is not allowed to raise the rent.
Juvenile delinquency is another
problem in which the organization
head believes women should have
increasing interest. 1t is a matter
OF special concern to Quota mem
bers, she said. She told of a new
club in the North which adopted"
the problem as a, special project
when it was but three months old.
They established a recreation
field for the youngsters as one of
their first projects" she said. "It
costs them about $3.50 a month to
run the playground but it has been
a great help already"
A doctor of medicine, DR.. Sim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
On the Other Hand
Thinks Man Who Said No News Is
Good News Really Had Something

world or such a country. It's better
to stay in bed.
Then your nerves relax and YOU
remember that all these things may
not seem so discouraaing when you
read them in the paper, with all the
ifs, ands and butts included, and q
lot Of good news interspersed with
the bad.
SO you do get up, just to see II
something nice also has happened
while you slept.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

lie was in the crowd before any
body knew it! Apparently the hosts
and the honor guests were the only
ones that saw him arrive. The
President of the United States is
noted for transformations entrances
Mrs. Truman, in a trim black dress
and hat with cyclamen feathers
accompanied the President to the
cocktail party honoring Judge
Samuel I. Rosenman, former special
White House adviser, and Mrs.
Rosenman yesterday. And naturally
the Chief Executive was f1anked by
secret servicemen. Commodore
James K. Vardaman, the White
House naval aide, and his wife were
the hosts.
The Queen Elizabeth room Of the
Raleigh was humming with gayety
and before any one was aware of it,
the number one guest and his wife
were Joining right in. Daughter
Margaret would have been along but
she had a wisdom tooth pulled yes
terday1 She wasn't in party mood
One would expect the strictest
formality when the occupants of the
White House are present. But it was
exactly the opposite. DR.. Tomas
Cajigas had the right idea when he
said, zone of the wonderful things
about this country is to see the
President just as human as any one
else. I'm the foreign countries every
thing lis SO stiff and formal"
Admiral Ernest j. King can chalk
up f1l.St! Reason? He said he was
the first arrival AS a matter of
fact, the Navy came in second, too.
Capt. Louis Hager passed through
the receiving line shortly after the
admiral.
The spring flower filled room had
begun to take on the appearance
of "a party in progress" when Gen.
Omar Bradley and his wife came in.
They were chatting with Admiral
King when the chief of staff to the
commander in chief of the Army and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Ne1D Abbointee
Has CHARMING
Family Circle
BY Frances Lide

Her husbands nomination as Sec.
rotary of the Interior turns tn,
Capital spotlight on Mrs. j. A. Krul
and observers like what they see
She is pretty and friendly, anc
looks too youthful to be on tn,
eve OF the Goth wedding anniversary
she and the former WPB chairman
will observe March %.
At the moment they are not plan
ming any special celebration. MI
Krug's appointment to the cabine
has the household a bit disrupted
1t also has postponed once again
the Krugs' plans to establish a per
manent residence and acquire {
home Of their own.
Since he left the WPB, Mrs. Kru,
like their 7-year-old son Jimmy
has been anxious for her HUSBAND
to take a position which would per.
init the family to see more of hin
than was possible during his day.
as production chief. After turnine
down a SIS ,000-a-year post with the
Motion Picture Producers Associa.
ton, and other offers, Mr.. Krug hac
about decided on his plans for the
future.
When President Truman made
his newest cabinet choice, Jimmy
was disappointed with the turn OF
events. He viewed the matter phil
osophically, however, his mother
related. We'll, at least Daddy has
a job now" he remarked.
For the past four years the Krugs
have made their home in a white
modernistic-styled house at 1924
Massachusetts, avenue in West
moreland Hills. Mrs. Krug does her
own houSework, aided by a maid
who comes twice a week. With
their 18-year-old daughter, Marilyn
in her freshman year at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and with Mr.
krug away so often on business
running the house has been easy
she says.
Her husband is always at home
over week ends, If possible, and the
entire family enjoys long Sunday
morning walks, usually accompan-
led by half a dozen or more of Jim
my's young neighborhood friends.
Mrs. Krug likes parties and loves
the theater-often attending plays
in New York on trips with her hus-
band. She also enjoys the movies,
sometimes taking in pictures at
the neighborhood theater with
Jimmy. She reads a lot-her pref
erences running to historical novels
and "Who-dun-its" for relaxation.
The former Margaret Dean, she
met Cap" Krug when they were in
high school together in Madison,
Wis, and they promptly became
sweethearts. They were married
while both were attending the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin. After her
husband received his masters de-
gree, they lived in Milwaukee for a
short time. And they've been NOV
ing about ever since.
Mr.. Krug came to Washington on
loan from the IVA with which he
was associated for several years.
Mrs. Krug loved Norris, Tenn, and
kept her furniture there until last
summer when she decided to sell it.
She and her husband have lake
shore lot near the University of Wis
conSin purchased some time ago as
the site of future home, but they
are beginning to wonder now if
they'll ever build there.
Mrs. Krug's light. brown hair is
turning gray and the result is
blond effect. She has lovely eyes,
which look very blue at times but
are more a combinati ton of blue and
gray. She likes suits and describes
her taste in hats as conservative.
She often doesn't wear a hat at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
WCTU Meetmg

Destiny at the Crossroads" will
be the subject of talk by Mrs. Amy
Weech, president of the Northwest
WCTU, before meeting of Chaplin
WCTU at II am. Wednesday at
District headquarters, 522 Sixth
street NV.
Mrs. Weech's talk will be followed
by a musical program which will be
presented by Mrs. Melvun Rees
Mrs. Darlington C. Richardson, will
preside at the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Carrier Nears Arctic
To Test Equipment
In Severest Cold
By Thomas R. Henry
Stor Staff Correspondent

ABOARD u. S. S. MIDWAY EN-
ROUTE TO THE ARCTIC, Mar
2.-This big aircraft carrier with
its destroyer escort is pushing
northWard into the cradle OF
March storms to test the capabil-
tiles of planes, guns and men
under simulated combat condi-
lions in the subarctic.
These are crucial experiments
looking to the day, perhaps not far
ahSad, when one of the great air
traffic routes of the world will be
ACROSS the North Pole. Protection
OF Arctic airlineS and sealanes
promises to be of utmost strategic
Importance and it is not difficult to
picture war in which the major
battles will be fought in the dark
bowl of the Arctic Circle for pos
session of the roof of the world.
F0 more than a century the
United States Navy has led the way
In exploring the potentialities of the
Arctic. Its activities date from the
ep2chal Kane Hayes and belong
EXPEDITIONS of the middle 18th CEN
tury. All these led by naval officers
and included the discovery of the
Pole Itself by Admiral Peary.
Little Data Available.
Now the frozen wastes have &C
CURED hitherto unimagined i'm
portance, but there has been little
data on the ability of much of the
equipment evolved in the last decade
to function under Arctic conditions
Under how extreme conditions can
Navy dive-bombers and fighters take
of from the deck of a carrier? How
long watches can gun crews endure
In low temperatures? Even with all
the fire control apparatus evolved in
the last year of the war, can such
guns be brought into action quickly
enough to repel suicide bomber?
These are some of the questions
which the Navy hopes, at least ten
tatively, to answer in the next
month. Any combat over the ice
foes, it may be assumed, would be
of primary significance.
On board are Helldivers, Corsairs
familiar from their engagements in
the Pacific, and two new planes.
which are believed to be the last
word in naval aircraft, but which
never have received combat trials.
One is the Bearcat, a fighter which
is faster than the Corsair. The latter
has top speed of 400 miles an hour.
The other is the Fireball with a
conventional airplane motor in its
nose and jet propulsion apparatus
in its tail. These can be used separ-
ately or together with the COM
bined means of propulsion presum-
ably to be reserved for combat oper-
atoms.
Motors to Be Tested.
None of these planes has been built
especially for Arctic operations and
with the exception of wing-warm-
ers they carry no additional equip
ment. One job will be to determine
whether their motors can be warmed
up quickly enough for combat take
offs. Another objective is to deter
mine whether the flight deck of the
carrier can be kept sufficiently clear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What was the first important
use of aluminium in the United
States?-N. w. D.
A. The use Of aluminium to can
the Washington Monument in 1894
Q. What Is the proportion OF
dentists to population?-N. j.
A. BY the end Of 1914, there was
one dentist for each $500 civilians
as compared with one to 1878 before
the war. The armed forces REQUIRE
an average of approximately two
dentists per 1000 men, almost four
times as high as the peacetime rate
for civilians.
Q. Which costs more, the manu-
facture of an article or its distri-
bution?-F. F. l..
A. A Twentieth Century Fund sur
Vey dlscloses the fact that. on the
average, it costs more to distribute
goods than to make them. Fifty
nine cents OF the dollar goes for
distribution and Al cents for pro-
duction.
q. HOW many coffee beans are
there In a pound of coffee?-A. P.
A. The Puerto Rican Trade Coun-
Gil once estimated that the num-
Der is 1857.
Q. What Is an air pocket?-M. x.
A. In the literal sense, no such
Things as "air pockets" exist in
the atmosphere. The term arose
during the early days of aviation
TO express the condition which
causes an airplane suddenly to drop
rapidly; such phenomena are now
known to be caused by local as
cending or descending currents in
the atmosphere.
=. What were the total casualties
suffered on Okinawa?-F. D.
A. Army, Navy and Marine Corps
records give revised casualty figures
as follows: Army, 1884; Navy, 49,
3l3; Marine Corps, 20,6O2, includ-
ing noncombat casualties. Japanese
losses were about 10000.
Q. May unused stamps that have
become soiled and slightly torn be
redeemed at the post office?-R. R.H
A. The Post Office Department
says that postage stamps are not
redeemable.
Q. May veteran still apply for
United States Government life in
surance?-P. r. E.
A. A veteran who had active mill
tary or naval service at any time
between October 6, 1917, and July
z, 1921, and who is able to furnish
evidence of good health which is
satisfactory to the Veterans Ad-
ministration may still apply for
United States Government life in
Surance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Service Topic Announced

"The Bible, the bomb and the
future" will be the topic of the
opening service of the E. F. Koch
Evangelistic Co., Prophecy Speaks, :"
at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at the JEFF
ferson District Fire Hall Auditori-
UNI, Twenty-third and South Eads
street, Arlington.
A song service will be held before
each meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
jeanne Grain Stricken

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 2 (P).-Al-
though Movie Actress Jeanne Grain
Is suffering from appendicitis, she
probably will escape an immediate
operation, DR.. w. L. Marker says
Miss Grain collapsed on a set yes
terday, but probably will be able tc
report Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. "* A-9
T.

and ordered her to "sit down." and
stand upl". until she was exhausted.
The quarrel was climaxed, Chief
Murphy quoted Mrs. Hermann as
saying, by the veteran threatening
to kill her and her husband while
they slept.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Hostess Club Dance

March birthdays of members OF
the Junior Hostess Club of Silver
Spring will be celebrated by the club
with a dance from 9 to 1870 o'clock
tonight in the Woodside Methodist
Church.
All servicemen, veterans and
young people from 18 to 80 are
invited. An orchestra will furnish
the music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

the WOTlQ Wnlle
you slept.
Has anything
h a p p e n e d /
Listen to the
news! B a n G /!
B a n 6 /! Bang!
Powie! Wham!
Franco is re-
inforcing hi S
army on the
French border.
Looks like war.
The Russians
are m a k ! n g
trouble in Man
churia.
The Russians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Forum POSTPONED

The Chevy Chase Forum, spon-
sored by the Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase, which was to have been held
Monday night, has been postponed
due to the fact that the two prin-
cipal speakers have been called away
on official business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
BY LoweH MeHeff

You wake up to find the sun Is
shining. 1t feels like spring. You
yawn. stretch and turn on the radio
to see If anything has happened in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Evening
Star Information Bureau. 316 I street
close cents for return postage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02

q. HOW many coffee beans are
there In pound of coffee?-A. P.
A. The Puerto Rican Trade Coun-
Gil once estimated that the num-
Der is 1857.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-22
STAGE and SCREEN.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Hal
Wallis productions announce they
have agreed upon production of a
single motion picture relating to
the atomic bomb. MGM's announce.
ment says Daniel Marx will pro-
duce and Norman Taurog direct it.
Mark Stevens may be yanked
from "32 Rue Madeleine" because
his bosses think his playing a Nazi
spy might hurt his rising popular
isy Morton Downey. on West
Coast tour for his bottling bosses.
told friends he has been offered a
big business spot with the COM
pany any time he wants to quit
warbling. He guested with Kay KY
SER. OF 375 pictures reviewed by
the Legion OF Decency in l945, 1871
per cent were considered unobjec-
tionable, 50.4 unobjectionable for
adults and 11.5 Objectionable In
part. The real reason Doug
Fairbanks. Jr., is back in pictures
Is because he needs the dough. -.
Walter Brennan is talking about
his own air show.
Columbia would have US believe
that Larry Parks, who Is starring
in THE Jolson Story" has been pre-
scented with a Is nm. film, "The
Parks Story" produced by and
starring AL Jolson.