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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C.. A
Meteors Will Destroy q in 100
Space Ships Moon, ExpertSoys
By Thomas R. Henry

A trip to the moon through the
barrage of meteors outside the
earth's atmosphere always will be
a perilous undertaking.
The chances are that four space
ships out of each hundred launched
will be destroyed by meteors and
the chances of surviving 500-day
trop to the nearest planet, Venus.
are negligible.
Such are the calculations OF DR..
Fletcher Watson, Harvard University
meteoroid expert. for the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science here Looking to the
future of space navigation, the prob
lem already is considered of practical
Importance by the Army Air Force
Thousand Billion Hit Daily.
Following are DR.. Watson's cal
culations. based on the best present
knowledge of meteoroid conditions
outside the earth's protecting blanket
of atmosphere:
At least thousand billion Of these
objects. believed by some to be
fragments of a long defunct comet
hit the outer edge of the atmosphere
every day. Only about "a million
are large enough to be seen by the
naked eye through the trail of fire
they set up. They are moving at 6
velocity of about 1000 miles a minute
and most of them are pea-sizec
particles of stone or iron.
The total area of the earth's at.
mosphere is about billion square
kilometers. This means that abou
one thousand meteorites daily hi
one square mile. The cross section
of typical rocket is approximate.
/ five square meters.
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Growing Crops
Convince Judqe
In Garden Theft

Some tempting evidence was pre-
sented-but only fguratiyely-in the
courtroom of Municipal Court Judge
Ellen K. Raedy yesterday by Pvt
Anthony j. Kaskeski of the harbor
police precinct.
1t consisted of six ears of sweet
corn, some tomatoes and green pep
pers. growing crops" which two de-
PENDANTS we're accused of having
''unlawfully severed" from a garden
in the 1900 block of Hickey lane NE
Pvt. Kaskeski said he caught the
two, Michael Anderson, a., of the
TOO block of Erie street Sc, and
Walter Meyers, 46, of the 300 block
of Fourth street NE, leaving the
garden with the produce.
Anderson protested, the officer
said, that the vegetables came from
the garden of friend who had told
him to take all he wanted, Investi-
CATION indicated, however, there was
no such person as the friend" he
named in the vicinity, Pvt. Kaskeski
declared.
Judge Raedy looked at the vege-
tables, then at the defendants. and
sentenced the men to pay S. fines
or serve five days each.
Then Pvt. Kaskeski, who declared
he had full approval of the gardens
owner, tucked the evidence under
his arm and took it home.
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Navy Will Complete
Returning s. Million
.0rientaIs This Year

One of the Nays greatest sea-
borne transportation problems, that
of moving 5,50O000 Japanese, Chi
nese and Korean men, women and
children to their homelands, will be
completed by December, the Navy
announced last night.
The human cargo consists of Jap
anese prisoners of war, demilitarized
personnel and displaced Chinese
and Koreans. This movement, the
Navy said, is more than five times
the number of overseas passenger
who entered and departed from
United States ports in 1888.
The feet engaged in this opera
ton consists of IS LISTS, 100 Liberty
ships. and about 100 former jap
anese naval vessels, including air.
craft carriers, cruisers, destroyers
escort ships, transports, minelayers
and cago ships. All of the costs OF
the epatriation operation are being
borne by the japanese government
These costs include rental of Navy
and War Shipping Administration
vessels, the cost of converting them
for their present employment and
reconverting them to their original
tISp
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in freight rates. the petitioners re-
Gently estimated the wage increase
effective last January l will ado
$500 900 900 to elias I carriers eX-
'penses this year and another S40,-
100000 in payrolls taxes on thai
amount. They also argued higher
material costs would boost the tota
annual cost increase to 81 900 100000
Final hearings will start here Sep
TENDER II with final arguments
scheduled for September %. No de-
cision is expected until next year.
Capital Shares Down.
Most transactions on the Wash
ington Stock Exchange were at
lower levels during the week, al
though a few issues managed to
buck the trend.
In the closing session Friday Cap
ital Transit common changed hands
at SO, down two points from the
previous sale and four points below
a week earlier.
Washington Gas Light common
at 3212 was down half point from
the previous sale and off the same
amount from a week earlier. Lam
ston Monotype at 1872 was down
half point from the previous sale
and off IL on the week.
Washington Gas Light s4.25 pre-
ferred. however, advanced to 1907
up half a point from the previous
sale and two higher on the week.
AS a result of an increased divi-
dend. Garflnckel common was
quoted at 80 bid and Sc asked, al
though no transactions were re-
ported
Department Store Sales Up.
Department store sales here In
the week ended August "a were 4
per cent above the previous week
and % per cent above a year ago
the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond reported In four weeks ended
the same date, sales were Is per cent
above year ago.
Sales in the entire fifth reserve
district were also ~ above the
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At this daily rate. says DR.. Wat
son, "a rocket-sized area will be
pierced by meteorite only once
each 100 days. Rockets fired at
the moon will be travelling for
some time. Let us assume that the
fuel capacity of rocket limits its
extra-atmospheric velocity to one
kilometer second.
AS the average distance to the
moon is $4,000 kilometers. rockets
travelling the shortest path would
require nearly four and a half days
for the trip. 1t seems, therefore,
that about 4 per cent would be
destroyed.
500 Days to Reach Venus.
"Interplanetarv travel constitutes
the most hazardous Journey. OF all
the planets. Venus comes closest to
the earth. reaching a minimum
distance of $4,000, 900 kilometers. At
kilometer second it would re-
quire nearly 500 days to reach Venus.
While existing information on
the space density of meteoroids Is
uncertain within rather wide limits,
it seems probable that a stable
proportion of space ships would not
survive exposures of several hun
dred days"
While space ship might survive
a direct hit with a meteorite, DR..
Watson believes the chances are
small, Moving at such speeds, 1t
would vaporize and explode when
stopped abruptly. 1t would be al
most like a small atomic bomb.
But, he adds, rockets which go
only to the outer limits of the
atmosphere and remain there only
a short time will be fairly safe.
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previous week and 81 per cent above
year ago. In the four weeks, they
were % per cent above the 1945
period.
CTS Maintained Credit.
Men called into the service dur
ing the war were good loan risks
the Morris Plan Bank of Washing
ton has found. Back in 1912. ii
went ahead on loans to men OF
draft age, lending total of ST 500
900 to 3,70l persons in this class.
All accounts of men who went
into the service later and were I'M
able to pay regularly were immedi-
ately charged off. These totaled &c
for $13,32416.
Of these, So paid $7684.56 in full
five are out of the service and now
paying s89050. 80 are still in the
service and. are unable to make
payments on s3,628.36. Only one
is out of the service and is not
making payments on s256.64.
Wholesale Firm Moves.
Saul Greber, vice president of
Columbia wholesalers, Inc, an
nomced the firm has moved its
Offices and warehouse from 1880 L
street NV. to new and larger
quarters at 2122 Twenty-fourth
Place NE. The firm is regional
distributor for Philco, Youngstown
Thor and other nationally known
appliance manufacturers.
Poulton Completes Course.
William E. Poulton, treasurer of
the Columbia Federal Savings &
Loan Association, yesterday COM
pleted a three-year course in the
Graduate School of Savings and
Loan sponsored by the American
Savings and Loan Institute at the
University Of Indiana, Bloomington,
Ind.
This years class included execu-
tives from "a States and was adj
dressed by many nationally known
leaders, including DR.. Herman B
Wells, president of the university;
Homes Jones, research chief of the
FDIC, and Morton Bodfsh, execu-
tive vice president of the United
States Savings and Loan League.
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Nebraska Florist Cuts
Old Cable, Sewers $50
Phone Connections
BY the Associoted Pres,

OGALLALA, Nebr., Aug. 81.
w hen Ogallala residents
complained that their tele-
phone service had been cut
of, they were right. The job
was done with a hacksaw.
Burton Bracken, excavating
for a water connection for his
flower and gift shop, encount-
cred a cable underground.
With a hacksaw he removed
the obstacle, and put $50 local
phones and long distance lines
out of order.
Red faced, Mr.. Bracken de-
clared he had understood
new electric cable had been in
stalled recently in another
location-that the cable he cut
just couldn't have been the
main one. -Four cable experts
from North Platte who worked
all night repairing the break
dourly assured him he was
wrong.
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Palestine Arabs Reject
Britain S Invitation
ToLondon Conference
BY the Assoeieisd Press

JERUSALEM, Aug. 31.-The Pal
estine Arab Executive unanimously
rejected today the British invitation
to London talks on the future Of
Palestine, declaring that British
refusal to invite the Mutt of Jeru-
salem was the result of Zionist
influence.
The executive dispa tched notes
to the seven members of the Arab
League, urging them to reject the
London conference scheduled Sep
TENDER 9, because the Multi, spiritual
leader of Palestine's Arabs, was not
invited.
Meanwhile, the Jewish Agency
Executive has given no indication
whether it would accept the invita-
ton to the conference. A decision
was expected Monday.
Asks Arab States Not to Attend,
High Arab League sources in Carlo
have predicted that the seven Arab
states would send delegations to
London regardless of the Palestine
Executive action. Appraised of this,
DR.. Hussein F. Khalidi, member Of
the Palestine group, said, Tt was our
duty to ask them not to attend. We
are after all the first word in Pales-
tine Arab affairs under the leader
ship of the Multi"
The Multi, accused of having COL
laborated with the Axis during the
war, now is in Cairo enjoying the
sanctuary extended by the Egyptian
crown after his fight from exile in
Paris.
DR.. Khalidi presented the deci-
sion of the Palestine executive to
High Commissioner 1t. Gen. Sir
Alan Cunningham and had a half
hour conference with him. He
quoted Gen. Cunningham as saying
the development was very regret
table, but as promising to forward
the executives decision to the Colo
NAL Office in London.
The Arab Executive had expressed
Willingness to attend the talks If
an invitation were extended to the
Multi, who is acknowledged not only
as the political leader but the leader
of burgeoning military movement
in Arabic Palestine.
Part of Arab Army Parades.
The growth of that military
movement was evident in Bethany
yesterday, when a portion of one
OF three Arab armies in Palestine,
wearing surplus American military
uniforms, drilled for inspection.
The army is the Futuwah (youth)
organization, estimated by its lead
ers at more than $4,000 men. 1t was
organized a few weeks ago under
the segis of Jamal Bey Husseini's
political organization, the Arab
| party.
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Railroad StOCkS on SpOI.
Railroad shares Jared poorly on
the stock market this week as they
struggled unsuccessfully against a
food of unfavorable operating re-
ports for July and the seven months
Pennsylvania Railroad issued a
typical report at the week end, show
ing July net income of S5.015 1856 VS.
s10145 094 year ago, and deficit
of 1854 1893 for the seven months
VS.. income of S76 166, 269 a year ago.
Gross revenues for July we're SIS
$50 ,499 VS. S81311.251; for the seven
month. s453,080 $50 VS., $575 908 ,4O8
Expenses for July were S66 ,087 $40
VS.. S63 .039 943; for seven months
s425, 374,3 VS.. SAL .342 SOB.
Earlier in the week Baltimore and
Ohio reported deficit of S16l26,3 1888
for the seven months VS.. net income
of s13,649 l82 year ago For the
same period, Southern Railway had
net income of 1866 ,48l VS.. s12 $685.
Ola a year ago
Wage increases and higher mate
rial costs since the first of the year
have boosted railroad expenses
sharply while revenues have dropped
At ICC hearings on the railroads
petition for a 25 per cent increase
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Phelps Dodge Executive
Dies Using Diving Outfit
By the Associated Press

OLD WESTBURY. N. Y, Aug. 81.
Robert c. Wilkin, SO, an executive
of the Phelps Dodge Corp, died at
his estate here today shortly after
he was pulled from his swimming
pool where he had been using a
diving outfit.
Mr.. Wilkin was taken from the
water by Aloysius Mccarthy, an
employe of the nearby c. V. Whit
ney estate, after the executives
wife, Mrs. Barbara Wilkn, twice
had plunged into the pool in vain
attempts to rescue him.
Mrs. Wilkin was called to the
pool by their daughter, Judy II. who
felt that her father was in trouble
when, after some time under the
water, he did not come to the sur
face.
Mr.. Wilkin was graduated In 1882
from Dartmouth College, where he
was president of the student body
and a member of the 1880 and 1881
football teams.
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Eastern Air Lines Plans
Five Additional Flights

Five additional flights in and out
of Washington will be inaugurated
by Eastern Air Lines Tuesday to
provide nonstop service with 56-pas-
senger, four-motored transports to
ST. Louis, Miami, New Orleans and
Birmingham, according to an
nouncement yesterday by Harrison
Knapp, district manager for the
company.
The new service will include two
stop flights to San Antonio, Tex, by
way of New Orleans and Houston,
and four motor schedules to Bos-
ton via New York City. This will
bring Easterns daily flights into
National Airport to 50. Eleven of
the flights are on ur-motored
schedules, 1t was announced.
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Building Figures Show
Suburbs Lead D. T..
In New Housing
By Donald B. HodIey

The outward push of Washing
tons population into adjoining
Maryland and Virginia sections was
clearly illustrated yesterday by a
report from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics on Metropolitan Area
building in the first seven months
OF 1916.
OF 6,257 new family units started
In the area. only 2.091 were in the
District of Columbia. The Mary
land sections accounted for 1854
and the Virginia sections 1872
The 6,257 units started in the
area in seven months we're valued
at 36,522, 800 and compared with
1926 units and s12,994,643 in the
same 1945 period.
Including residential figures, the
areas public and private construc-
ton amounted to S67 .1l7,807 VS.
s27,2l9,323 a year ago
Sharp Gains Recorded.
Showing sharp expansion. partic-
ularly in adjoining sections, seven
months totals of public and private
construction, residential building
and family units for 1916 and 1916
are given below by sections:
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Aus. 81 Cotton prices
advanced moderately during the past week
after losing ground in initial dealings.
On Friday active futures contracts on
the New York Cotton Exchanse were 90
cents to l.55 bale above week earlier,
EasineSs of the market at the start OF
the week was attributed to profit taking
and scattered liquidation influenced BY
weakness in securities and expectations OF
increased hedge selling in the near future
Mill support was lacking because buyers
we're marking time pending issuance of the
September OPA ceiling prices on cotton
textiles.
Later selling pressure eased and the
market turned irmer., Contributing to
the Improvement was the OPA announce
ment that effective Friday cotton textile
prices would advance an average OF pa
Trading activity also was stimulated
exports OF cottonseed, cotton yarn and
cotton textiles. The prohibition on ex-
ports did not refer to raw cotton. althoush
some traders had so interpreted the news
During the 1856 season Brazilian ex-
ports OF the staple were registered sub
stantial improvement and were estimated
at between 1850 600 to 1,500G0O equiv
alent 41S-pound bales.
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carl1a Reservoir.
c OIL Stelzen-
muller succeeds
Col. william J.
Ely, who will
join the Armed
Forces Staff Col
lege at Norfolk,
Va, according to
1t. Gen. Ray
mond A. Wheel
er, War Depart
m6nt cnlef OF
engineers, who
made the an
nouncement.
TIL e B e a C h
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years of service
with the Bell
System. He will
be succeeded as
secretary a n d
t r e a S urer by
Robert V. Rus
sell.
Mr.. Robinson.
a n tive of
Maryland, start
ed his career
with the New
York Telephone
Co. in 1906 and
later transferred
to the American
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Children S Hospital Reports
One New Case Of Polio

One new case of infantile paraly-
sis was reported late yesterday by
Children's Hospital. The victim Of
the disease is a two-year-old boy Of
the 4l00 block of Fourth street,
Arlington
This makes total of % cases Of
polio now under treatment at the
hospital, Mrs Olive Tabb of the
superintendent Office, said, Twen-
ty-siX cases have been discharged
from the hospital since June, she
said.
Mrs. Tabb also reported that con-
tributions to the Childrens Hospital
building fund campaign last night
totaled S1024,951, an increase of
S2,516 since Wednesday. The goal
is S1,300,000.
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Telegraph Co. After special as
Segment for Western Electric Co
in Europe during the World War,
he became chief engineer of the
c. & P. companies in 1920. He be-
came vice president and general
manager in 1910 and was elected
to his present position in 1915.
Chief" Robinson. as he is affec-
tionately called by many friends and
associates, was rendered dinner at
the Statler Friday night.
Mr.. Russell. native of Baltimore
started his telephone career as a
clerk in the business Office there in
1918. He came to Washington in
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Erosion Board is Col stelzenmuller.
charged with the supervision and
protection of all beaches and shore
line in the United States, Gen.
Wheeler explained.
Col. Stelzenmuller was graduated
from the University of Alabama in
1898, joining the Army that same
year. During the war he served
in the Pacific, taking part in the
campaigns on Russell Island, Qua
dalcanal, the New Hebrides, the
Philippines and Japan.
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Army and Navy Union
Elects William J. KIott
BY the Assoeiofed Press

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 3l.-William
J. Klatt of Niles. Ohio, was elected
national commander of the Army
and Navy Union at its 5Sth annual
national encampment today He
succeeds Capt. Henry w. Gerber Of
Atlantic City, N. j.
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1928 a n d re-
turned to Balti-
more in 1927 as
district m a n =
ager.
The following
year he again
r e t urn e d to
Washington and
in 1928 became
general CONNER
clal manager of
the local COM
pany.
He was an
pointed assistant
vice president of
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Aug. 81 Up, Grains we're
firm in relatively slow trade today Most
dealings we're confined to evening up
transactions as traders prepared for the
week end holiday. There viii be no trad
ing Monday, Labor Day.
GRAN men were awaiting the Secretary
short supply" due for announcement
after the markets close.
continued in fair volume. purchases on a
to-arrive basis being placed at $50 900
bushels. Most Of this was new. grain. A
the start but reduced the bid to 81 IS
before the close
There were also to-arrive purchases Of
eral weeks
Wheat finished 's-11. higher, January
81 aSss; corn was up b-I;. January
q 36h-1s, and oats were ls-s4 higher,
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Il. Col. W. B. SteIzenmuNer
Gets Da|ecarIia Post

1t Col. William B. Stelzenmuller
81. of Columbus. Ga, has been ap-
pointed resident member of the
Beach Erosion Board at the Dale
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Charles A. Robinson,
Veteran Telephone
Official 10 Retire

Charles A. Robinson. vice presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer of the
Chesapeake 81 Potomac Telephone
Co. will retire October / after 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01

Maryland, Virginia and West Viz
GINA companies in 1890, a post
which he held until he became
assistant to the president in 1910.
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BOND SUMMARY

Furnished By the Associated Press)
selected list of acuve Bonds the
New York Stock Exchange. Showing the
high low and closing price for the week,
and the net change from the previous
SATURDAYS close
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Rates OF dividends in the FOREGOING table
quarterly or semi annual declaration I'm
less otherwise noted. special or extra divi-
dends are not included. Also extra or
extras. Plus stock dividend Cash or
stock. 9 Declared or paid SO far this year
PAYABLE u stock Paid last year a Pay.
dividends paid Or declared this year. r New
issue. Wv With warrants. ~ without
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ChicaEo Cash Market.
Wheat sample grade, mixed, S. Corn.
No. ! yellow, / 81: No > yellow. So
/ 81 No. 3 yellow. SSH a0ta; No 4
yellow. -s7i7-l 50: sample grade yellow,
1.s0-1 IS. Oats, No l mixed. SOl2. No
3 heavy mixed, s1a.: No. | heavy white.
81 n, Barley. mating, 1881 10 nom
/ lnal;. feed, 1851 80, nominal; red top.
1901 : 90. nominal; timothy, $751; 90,
nominal country run
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CURB SUMMARY

A selected list Of active stocks on the
New York Stock Exchange. showing the
hish. low and closing price for the week
and the net change from the previous
Saturdays close.
Stock and Net
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Washington Stock EXCHANGE
TRANSACTIONS
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Geported BY W Hbhs q Co. washinEson D CO.
ON b Re AuGGs fos YEAR s4S Up TO
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Sales

2235o0 Capital Transit LIST & ref. As, 1854 -
1900 Georgetown Gas Light LIST IS, 1861
| 5000 Wash. Gas Light LIST IS, 1860 1880
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previous week and 81 per cent above
a year ago. In the four weeks. they
we're % per cent above the 1915
r,eriod