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Evening star., 1946-10-19
Maritime
Continued From First Page.

and Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ship
Operators resume negotiations here
today.
Attending the session will be John
w. Gibson, Assistant Secretary OF
Labor, and Joseph Curran, head OF
the CIO National Maritime Union.
The engineers and the AFL mas
ters, mates and pilots have been on
strike since October l seeking wage
increases of IS and. 80 per cent, re-
spectively. The masters also ask
a closed shop.
Eastern operators walked out on
Government-Sponso talks in
Washington last Thursday night
and since have been negotiating here
with the AFL organization. Their
talks. however, have been stymied
over the question of the closed shop.
The operators had planned to meet
with the engineers on conclusion OF
their talks with the masters.
Since the collapse of the Washing
ton talks, the engineers have re-
moved one major obstacle to settle
ment by agreeing-as the AFL union
previously had done-to make a sep
arate settlement with the Eastern
operators without waiting for an i'm
mediate agreement with Pacific ship
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Woman S Arm Broken
In Purse-Snatchinq

Police today held a 19-year -old
colored man who was captured by
two paSsersby in a two-block chase
from the spot where woman pedes-
trian suffered a broken arm Strug-
Cling with would-be purse snatcher.
The captors, Air Transport Com
mand Capt. Vernon D. Cubberly and
Blyce Curry, 1857 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV, told police they chased
the suspect into an alley and kept
him cornered until policemen ar
rived. The prisoner, charged with
assault with intent to rob, is listed
as Bertram M Elliott of the 1900
block of o street NV.
The woman, Mrs. Jennie A. Petre-
polls, 81. of 1928 Eleventh street
NV, said she was accosted in the
140O block of N street NV. In the
struggle for her purse, she was
knocked to the ground and suffered
a broken arm. Capt. Cubberly and
Mr.. Curry witnessed the attack,
police said.
Ethel Chinn. %. colored, Of 1905
Just street NE. reported to police
today that her purse containing SIS.
was snatched near her home by a
man who threw coat around her
head.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Deliveries Of Beer
Still Cut Off by Strike

The strike of beer truck drivers
and other employees Of Washington
beer distributors continued today
but a check of several of the larger
markets showed them still selling
beer in unlimited quantities.
With Thomas Cation. union busi-
ness agent, and James A. Holden,
United States conciliator. out of
town. w. Cameron Burton. attorney
for the employers. said he saw no
possibility of any developments that
might end the strike until next
week.
One dealer said that beer was
plentiful at the end of September
and when given an opportunity to
increase purchases, the dealers had
stocked up.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Tests Are Reported Underway
On Third Kind of Atomic Fuel
By Thomos R. Henry

must Immediately be balanced by
two more outer electrons. Thus
the atomic number becomes 81.
The thorium has been changed into
uranium. This is one way of doing
it. Another method may be used.
Highly Explosive.
The process is very similar to
that by which plutonium is made
out of uranium. The new uranium
is believed to be highly explosive.
This is a general characteristic OF
all uranium isotopes with uneven
numbers for atomic weights. 1t
should be at least as explosive as
uranium 235, because it is lighter,
according to one authority.
Until now, it has been kept in
complete secrecy. The first public
mention of it was in report issued
September 26, by the Scientific and
Technical Committee of the United
Nations Atomic Energy Commission
at Lake Success, N. Y. 1t is listed
as one of the three possible atomic
| fuels.
In general" the report says,
information indicates that pro-
cesses involving thorium have been
less thoroughly explored than those
utilizing uranium. Nevertheless, in
this report, U-233 is included as
one of the nuclear fuels. even
though the available information
states only that it is theoretically
possible to utilize U-233 in reactors
and in bombs
! Cinderella of Elements.
] Up to now. thorium has been the
Cinderella of the radioactive family
of elements. 1t has always been
mentioned as a possibility only.
Yet when the first uranium nu-
cleus fission in the United States
was accomplished at the Terrestrial
Magnetism Laboratory of the Car
negie Institution of Washington in
January, 1899, the thorium atom
was split almost simultaneously al
Johns Hopkins University.
|, All work with the new synthetic
/, element has been kept in the ut
most secrecy It was vaguely hinteo
at, however, in the Lilloenthal Com
, mittee report, when it was sale
, thorium might be used as an atomic
, fuel if there were some uranium
, 235 with which to start the
: process.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Hotel Strike
Continued From First Page)

was called. If there had been, an
agreement on wages, he continued,
"it is agreed the strike would have
been averted."
Il do not think the hotel proposal
was a genuine attempt to arbltrate,
Mr.. Levine asserted He insisted
that genuine arbitration necessar-
lily must include all issues involved.
I'VE stand ready now, as at all
times previously, to submit the
issues to an impartial board OF ar
bitration,' he said.
In a written statement today in
connection with the strike, Mr.. NC
Garraghy said:
1.-The hotels proposal to arbitrate
the wage issue was an earnest effort
on their part to bring to conclu-
sion the pending dispute and to get
the employees back to work. 1t was
inspired by and was completely re-
sponsive TO the editorial in The
Evening Star of october IT, 1916, in
which The Star suggested that man
agement offer to arbitrate the wage
issue That is precisely what the
hotels did.
THE union responds that II there
is to be arbitration. issues other
than wages must also be included. 1t
seems perfectly clear that there are
no issues other than wages except
issues which the union would now
inject into the picture as penalty
against the hotels for having re-
fused to accept the wage proposal
which they stated they would ac-
cept.
Concessions Cited.
"It Is undeniable that at the time
of the last joint conference before
the strike, all other issues had been
disposed of by concessions on one
! side or the other and the sole issue
remaining was wage issue. 1t was
only because these other issues
which. in themselves. were cost
items, had been withdrawn that the
hotels made an offer for peace
amounting to a total of one million
dollars. Having obtained that offer
the union now seeks to capitalize or
it and at the time to throw back
into the dispute items which II
withdrew from consideration in or
der to get the offer.
There should be and can be nc
honest misunderstanding about the
hotels position. When the strike
was called by the union. the unior
stated terms upon which it woulc
make contract. The hotels statec
terms upon which they would make
a contract. Those terms did moi
agree and the strike was called. Tht
hotels are willing to arbitrate the
wage issue thereby created. To sug-
gest that the hotels be penalized by
having to face other cost items be,
cause of their refusal to accep
terms which the union stated it wa!
willing to accept will not render any
service to the furtherance of al
early settlement of the present dis
pute. y"
Unions Statement.
A statement by Mr.. Levine fol
lows:
The union does not regard tn
Evening star., 1946-10-19


The allegation that Mr.. Eisler was
the kew man in American Com
munist affairs was voiced yesterday
by Louis F. Budenz, Fordham Uni
versity economics instructor. who
year ago rejoined the Catholic
church after renouncing Commun-
ism.
Mr.. Budenz. former editor Of the
Daily Worker, official party news
pa per published here. said he took
orders from Hans Berber' while
holding the editorial post and that
Berger had been represented to me
as Gerhard Eisler."
Mr.. Budenz, apprised of Mr.
Eisler's denial of party work here
and use of the name Hans Berger
reaffirmed his accusation that the
man was the top United States Com
munist, saying:
He was man who was the
equivalent of the Communist inter
national representative while I wa!
there Con the Daily WORKER"
Mr.. Eisler, in an interview, de.
clared:
Il came into the country as Ger.
hard Eisler. have been registered
always as Gerhard Eisler. wrote
articles under the name of Gerhard
Eisler and I have been trying tt
leave the country as Gerhard Eisler
1 have never used the name Ham
Berger
He said his principal work in tn.
| United States was as staff mem
Der of a German-language neWspa
per, the German-American, which
he asserted was circulated by thu
War Department among German
prisoners of war in this country ant
in which the purpose of all article
was ito agitate the prisoners agains
Nazism."
Evening star., 1946-10-19
U. S. and France Sign
Double Tax Agreement
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Oct. 19-The United
States and France signed double
taxation agreement yesterday which
a Finance Ministry commuuique said
was designed to stamp OUT income
tax evasion by citizens of one coun-
try living in the other.
The agreement was signed at the
French Ministry by Premier George
Bidault and United States Ambassa-
dor jefferson Caffery.
The arrangement is designed so
that citizens of one country will not
have to pay income tax in their
homeland and at the same time in
the foreign country.
Evening star., 1946-10-19

activities, yes
terday declared
he has taken no
part in United
States Commun-
lists Party affairs
since his arrival
in 194l.
He asserted
also that he
never had used
the name OF
Hans Berger
the name under
which he was
alleged to have
dire c t e d all
Communist work
Evening star., 1946-10-19

Experiments are In progress with
a third kind OF atomic fuel-urani-
um 233.
1t is an explosive isotope of
uranium which is made out of the
rare element thorium by lombard
ing its atoms with neutrons in an
atomic pile, such as is maintained
at Oak Ridge, Tenn, and Hanford,
Wash.
! Thorium-the metal of Thor the
Thunderer of Scandinavian my
thology-is, like uranium, natu-
rally radioactive element. Some of
the largest deposits in the world
are in South Carolina. Unlike ura-
mum, it occurs naturally in only
one form which is relatively stable,
like uranium 236, the ordinary form.
When neutron is shot into its
nucleus, however, it becomes tenn
porarily slightly heavier thorium
iSotope 1t then shoots out two cleo
irons, upsetting the electrical bal
ance, and changes into form OF
uranium which, like the much publi-
cised U-235 and the synthetic ele-
ment plutonium, becomes one OF the
atomic fuels.
How 1t Works.
This is how it works:
Thorium is element 80 in the
atomic table. In its nucleus it has
80 outer electrons, or negatively
charged elementary particles, bal
anced by 80 protons, or positively
charged particles. In addition the
nucleus contains 142 neutrons OF
approximately the same weight as
the protons but without electrical
charge. Thus it's atomic weight i
232-or 232 times the weight of 6
proton.
Uranium is element 80 in the
atomic table. The atomic weight o1
normal uranium is 236. That is, il
has 80 outer electrons and 90 nu
clear protons. In addition there are
142 neutrons in its nucleus
i One extra neutron is shot into
the nucleus Of the thorium atom
Its weight becomes 233, but there
are still only 81 outer electrons
1t becomes temporarily an isotops
of thorium weighing 233. Thi!
state. however, is temporary. Tht
isotope is unstable and shoots ou
; two electrons. This changes twt
of the neutrons into protons. The,
Evening star., 1946-10-19

so-called offer to arbitrate as made
by the hotels as . genuine offer.
"The union reiterates its offer to
accept arbitration as a means of
settling the strike-but 1t must be
genuine impartial arbitration with
no strings attached.
"The union has always stood ready
to let an impartial board decide the
issues involved which include wages
and working conditions.
"The proposal of the Hotel Associ-
alton is nothing but maneuver to
extricate themselves from the public
condemnation which they earned
through their refusal to accept con-
ciliation or arbitlation as means
of avoiding this conflict.
'The hotels are trying to create
the impression that wages consti-
tute the only issue involved, know
ing full well that they have at nc
time agreed to improve working
conditions as requested by the union
during the negotiation.
IF the hotels had wished to avoio
the strike or have any desire to enc
this conflict, the door is still oper
to arbitration with no strings at
tached."
Meanwhile, there was nothing tt
indicate that collapse in the confer.
ence would bring immediate change:
In the general strike picture. NJ
threat was seen to the continuation
of heat. hot water and air condi.
tioning in the affected hotels. Othel
hotel services are virtually on &
self-service basis for guests remain
ing in the establishments. Picket!
continued to march at all the hotels
and expect to continue doing 81
until the strike is settled, leader!
said.
Whether meeting of Teamster
Joint Council No. SIS will be calleo
to consider a proposal to refuse al
deliveries to struck hotels remained
uncertain today.
IF the hotel workers request ,
hearing before the council, pre-
sumo it will be given" said Charlie
M. Andre. council trustee.
A meeting of the council, callet
for last Thursday was postponed
for lack OF quorum due to absenc
of members who were attending
the AFL convention in Chicago
An informal meeting of member
available was held. however. ant
it was agreed to halt deliveries i'm
mediately if hotels should begil
using strike breakers.
Most Of the absent members o
the council were reported return
ing, among them Robert Lester
president. II a meeting is held,
was announced, it probably will b
early next week.
Meanwhile, it was announced tina
the 10Th annual training confer
ence of the Chaplains' Association
of the Army and Navy will be he'll
next Thursday, Friday and Satur
day regardless of the strike. I
the strike is settled, headquarter
for the expected 500 visitors will b
the Shoreham Hotel. as scheduled
Otherwise, the announcement sale
visiting chaplains will be quartere
at South Post, Fort Myer, Vs
Women attending with their hus
bands will be accommodated a
Arlington Farm Homes. Facilitie
will not be available for childrel
/ under 16.,
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Chamber to Hold Dinner

WINCHESTER, Va. Oct. 10 (Pr.-
William A. Blume of Detroit, presi-
dent of the American Brakeblok
Co.. which is establishing a large
plant here, will be guest speaker at
the annual dinner meeting OF the
Chamber of Commerce November s,
it was announced today by Henry
T. Hardenburg.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
U. 5. Debt 10 Drop Below
1945 Level Next Month
BY the Associated Press

Next month, for the first time
since 1880, the Federal debt will
drop below its level of year earlier
That was assured yesterday by q
Treasury announcement that it VIII
redeem with cash another $4,000
100000 in Federal securities ma
turing November !.
The redemption will cut the debt
which stood at s263, ,708, ,765 900, to
below 1862 900 900 900. On November
last year, it was above $262, 500,
900 ,000-and rising.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Curbs Lifted on Entry
.Of Cunodiuns Into U. S.
BY the As.oeioied Press

Attorney General Clark an
nounced yesterday that Canadian
citizens may enter this country
across the Candian border for visits
up to six months without pass
ports, visss or other documents.
Under wartime travel restrictions,
Canadian citizens could not be ad-
mitted to the United States for
visits in excess of 20 days without
Being registered and f1ngerprinted
and having proper travel documents
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Boycott of Jews Sought

BEIRUT, Oct. 19 (Py.-The Coun-
Gil of Ministers today prepared a
bill for Parliaments urgent consid-
GRAFTON which would ban import.
sale, purchase or transport within
Lebanese territory of Jewish goods
made in Palestine.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
EisIer Denies Charges
He Ruled i. ). Reds or
Used Name Of Berger
By the Assecioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. l9.-Gerhard
Eisler, named by a former Com
munist as the mystery -shrouded
hngpin of American Communist
Evening star., 1946-10-19
Life Leooue Meets Tonight

The League for the Larger Life
will meet at 1929 M street NV. at s
o'clock tonight. DR.. Edward M. Sar-
torius, food scientist, will speak on
'Nutritional Advantages and Their
Supplements"
Evening star., 1946-10-19
FOUND.

COLLIE grown male. tan, in Arlington.
CH. 5s14.
RETAINER, leather. cont. 2 keys: on s.w
cor N. Y. ave, 14th st. NV; Oct. 10, wee
night Apply business counter. THE EVE
MING STAR.
Evening star., 1946-10-19

EARRINGS. gold, beadlike. center, circled
with interlaced strands of gold, lst and
a great loss because of sentimental value
reward. AID. ZOO days ewes. WO. S564.
Evening star., 1946-10-19

FOX TERRIER, smooth haired. female, g
vic. Broad Branch School. Reward. EX.
R1nn EYE ahRR OR 81 20 ewes.
Evening star., 1946-10-19

FOX TERRIER. white with brown spot on
back, brown arrow UP nose. little brown
around ears; S25 reward. Answers TO
name of Puppy" HY. 5533 or HY. 0015.
Evening star., 1946-10-19

Fox TERRIER PUPPY, spayed. female,
black and white, long tail; identification
rabies and Arlington license tags. S25 re-
ward CH. 0lRS -l9
Evening star., 1946-10-19

FINDER OF $50 please call DE. 1894. Ad-
dress misunderstood. 645 Monroe st. ne
Evening star., 1946-10-19

EYEGLASSES tortoise shell rims, may
have been lost in Neptune Grill, Sc MA
5<60 Reward ~
Evening star., 1946-10-19

PEARLS, cultured string, platinum clasp;
lost Thursday afternoon, Cleveland shop
ping area. or 18th st. from NJ to L to Conn;
Ia sts REWARD Phone WO. 41O4. 20
Evening star., 1946-10-19

POCKETBOOK. on streetcar leaving lth
and sts. to 9Th and Penna. ave. Thurs.
day about 5:4n Reward WA. 1860. .Oe
Evening star., 1946-10-19

GLOVE, a. black suede, scalloped top; in
taxi, 6-6:15 pm. THURSDAY at 10Th ana u
to Buchanan St NV. Call MA. 6363.
IRISH SETTER, male; dark red, white spot
on chest; strayed from 3610 Hamilton st,
West Hyattsville on Oct. Il: under meol-
cal treatment; return imperative. Phone
I'm oQOa RPWard
Evening star., 1946-10-19

POCKET WALLET, mans alligator, brown,
containing money and valuable, papers.
Buckingham Theater. Arl; Finder keep
money, return wallet and papers. Box
Evening star., 1946-10-19

PURSE, lady's, black, lost Wednesday
morning, Navy YARD car; KEYS and ident!-
fcations important. Reward. HO. S9:}7.
Evening star., 1946-10-19

FUR NECKPIECE, Sunday. vic 4th and
Penna. ave. Sc or No. 80 streetcar.
Peuord Call II 1897 -l9
Evening star., 1946-10-19

FUR SCARF, in Capitol Theater, Thurs.
evening Call LU. 6443. Reward 20%
GLASSES, tortoise shell prescription, dur
ing Fordham-Georgetown game at Griffith
Stadium Return Discipline Office, George
town Univ IL
Evening star., 1946-10-19

WRIST WATCH, lady's, Bulova, yellow
roid, set with diamonds on each end
with link chain; lost on Wash. Circle car
about il pm, Oct IS. Liberal reward
MRS MAIZE JACKSON, 1925 23rd st.
nv Ant 3 DI 4066. 20
Evening star., 1946-10-19

2 GRAY BEDLINGTON TERRIERS, look
like small lambs last seen together near
Centerville, Va. FAIRFAX 3s6-W-1. Reward.
Evening star., 1946-10-19
LOST.

BROWN WOODEN BOX, 3 by B, contain
ing treasury funds of washington Visual
Workers organization. Liberal reward
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-01
Barclift Speaker
To Mems Club At
Episcopal Church

The Mems club Of HOLY Tnnoccnis
Episcopal church held its monthly
meeting in dinner gathering i'm the
basement of the Parrish House
Monday evening and heard an ad-
dress by Rev. G. ID. Barclft. pastor
of the First Methodist church
Friendship. Fellowship and States
minship" was the theme of the
speaker.
II. f. Clements. who is president
Of the club, presided. and more thar
half hundred members of the club
attended the dinner. which was
served by the Ladies Auxiliary of
the church.
MIR. Barclift devoted n part of his
address TO wit and humor and
closed with serious commentary
and appeal TO the group
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-01
\Orllna Hotel Is
Sold To Fearings
By Bolton Family

Hotel Norlina at Norlina has
changed hands in transaction learn
ed here today. Ii has been purchased
by the caring brothers of Manteu
from Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Bolton,
who bought the property a year or
more 90 from Mrs. {. II. Whitfield.
and who have been conducting the
hotel since that time. The sale price
was nJt learned.
Ono of the Fearing brothers is in
charged of the hostelry now. and
plans to maintain the same high
standard of service 10 patrons as abs
marked tho hotels operation in the
past. Mr.. and Mrs. Bolton will re-
main in Norlina for the present, il
is said.
The hotel is prominently located
on L. S. Route |. and has always
been a popular stopping place for
tourist travellers on the north
south route.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-01
Farmers Are Urged
To Postpone Ditch
Blasting In \. c..

College Station. Raleigh. Oct. |.
Now that supplies of nitro glycerin
dynamite are exceptionally short.
Howard Ellis OF State College. En-
tension agricultural engineer. warns
that farmers should not use am
monium dynamite. gcIa,ins. and 9TH
er such explosives TOY ditch BLAST
ing
Because Of the flew Of fats to for
eign countries and a shortage of
gIycerln. manufacturers OF explosives
have pccn forced t. Curia!l the maxi
ing of nitro eiycCriu dynamite for
the present. yut hope to resume its
manufacture early III 1917.
Ellis suggests that farmers delay
THU often blasting operations until
nitro syccTin dynamite is again
available. because the Use Of other
materials is exceptionally dangerous
and will no; 90 the job as j, should
DC done.
Ammonium dynamite was made
for stump blasting. This explosive
and the gclatnuS are strong enough
10 90 job o. ditch blasting. Out they
arc not unitormaly sensitive and
hence are not suited.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-01
West End School
Group Demanding
Another Teacher

y group of patrons of West End
school appealed today TO Superinten-
dent f. NJ. Rollins. of the city
county school system for an addition
al second grade teacher. and were
informed that ALLEGATION of an adj
ditional teachers in the hands of
the State Department Of Education.
and based on attendance.
Because of congestion in the
second grade, pupils have been di-
vidcd into morning and afternoon
shifts, those in the forenoon attend
ing three hours and those in the
afternoon two hours. These two
groups will alternate these periods
on a monthly basis.
a committee of the group plans
TO 60 to Raleigh on Friday of this
week. ii was stated. to make a di-
rect appeal TO State authorities for
ALLEGATION of an additional teacher.
laiaco ndk antH h Shrdlu shrdlul
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-10-01
MRS. c. K. PROCTOR
MOVES TO RALEIGH
iOXford Pub!ic LcdgcrD

Mrs. c. *. Proctor. a resident of
Oxford for Is years. left Monday TO
become secretary Of the out-cinlc
patients at Rex Hospital. She is 10
reside in the home of Mrs. George
Marsh at 2l9 Forest Road in Cam
eron Park.
Mrs. Proctor, a past president of
the Woman'S Club and a leader in
d. A. II. and other organizations
and participant in Red Cross and
many other public affairs. plans TO
return TO Oxford TO make her home
when housing becomes available
here.
She spent few days The past
week with her son, Kinion Proctor.
and wife al 3Ol Gray Court, Apart
ments. Winston-Salcm. Her other
son. Ensign Dick Proctor. is medical
officer assistant TO the 10Th fleet at
Brcmerton. Wash.