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Evening star., 1946-03-09

others. His plane was shot down by
ground fire, Mrs. Harris said. The
Japanese told q survivor Of the
crash that seven bodies were found
in the wreckage and buried at the
scene Of the crash.
A native of Washington, Sergt
Harris attended public, elementary
and high schools here. He was taken
into the active reserves on February
II, 194l, and was sent overseas in
June, 1942.
For meritorious achievement in
aerial flight with the 7th Bomb
Wing, 10th AAF, stationed in India
he was awarded the Air Medal.
Returnees
The following area officers and
enlisted men repeatedly returned
aboard the transports Ernie Pyle
Cape Cod and Westminster Victory
which docked at New York on
Thursday:
NV: serst, Clarence Z. Ross, 1915 Yer
noa, non street @ NV: TI5 Francis NJ; Maekey,
@oJ3 GeorRla avenue NV, and Pvt. Rus
Wilson .. ,Fraley. sIserst. Charles L.
RoSsi r. sb ssrf eyt Sh.rss sm.s LEXIS Pfc
Center S.ss ri Ts William ss v sheExn: pys
5sstn III cpsp Mishas p Z Moran .1bnr T5
Bailey. jr..; corpi. Clarence l. Smith. r 4
Esrdsn PIC. ehsri.s 5. ns1fer n,' rs Sfssf Rev. u
ali Of washington. for whom no 10 street t' ad-
SresseS were given by the Associated
Also Pvt. George R. ponahue, Mount
PARK 'f ifss' Hsrrs g. Bfaag l@Pi'h hau1si Ti
PC Linweod Harris, Rockville; T/5
Noble Saunders. Alexandria; LIST 1t. Clark
F; Carter. Mclean: TL5 Raymond Heeter,
MAexsndria: Ssrst. Frederick T. Sigh.
ancria.
Four District veterans, for whom
street addresses were not given, are
listed aboard the Pomona Victory,
due to arrive in New York tomor-
row:
Pfc Walter Walker, Sergt. George z.
Liei. sergt; Virgil D. Tingle and Pfc. Sid
ney A. Elliscu.
Three District veterans are due
to arrive in San Francisco on Tues
day aboard the transport Marine
Eagle:
Corpl. Jack Cooper. 10 Naylor court
New Jersey avenue NV. and Pvt. Francis
F. Tilghman, 1881 Forty-ninth street NE
Evening star., 1946-03-09
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 9.-An infra-
red "eye," which can "see" in the
dark for 10 to Is miles and which
may have peacetime uses ranging
from burglar or fire alarm to a
weapon against cancer has been de-
veloped at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity.
The device, known as a super
conducting bolometer, was the in
vention of q group of Johns Hop
kins chemists, headed by DR.. Donald
H. Andrews, internationally noted
in the field Of low temperature
chemistry.
The announcement from the uni
versity conceded with paper on
the subject prepared for delivery by
DR.. Andrews yesterday before an
American Optical Society meeting
in Cleveland.
| Heretofore, the device was a war
secret and some phases of it are
still SO classified.
Unlike radar sets, which can be
traced by the waves they send out,
the infra-red ''eye" does not dis
close its position. 1t merely receives
rays from infra-red sources-and
everything which Is warm in relation
to its surroundings is an infra red
source. 1t operates on impulses
Of one one-thousandth of a second.
The instrument was developed
at a special Hopkins laboratory on
war research from 1912 to Janu-
airy, 1916.
DR.. Andrews explained that in
strumentS in use for some time
have detected infra-red rays by
causing needle to move on a dial,
indicating the presence of some
thing relatively warm.
The sdperconducting bolometer,
he said. saw" rather than detected,
it being possible to get an actual
outline of the object Observed
trains. automobiles or man-if the
instrument is used in a suitable
scanning device, such as a cathode
ray oscilloscope.
Thus" he continued, "if one
wants to study the heat losses on
the outside of a building, it is pos
sible to look at the building in the
dark and 'see,' by means of the heat
rays emitting from the building
walls, with doors and windows show
ing very much as they would in an
actual photograph. Areas where
heat is escaping have white spots. =
The Hopkins bolometer presents
the picture almost instantly.
In Washington Thursday, group
Of experts who unearthed many of
the German war secrets announced
that the Nazis had used infra red
in actual combat.
Help in Diagnosis Seen.
With the Hopkins invention, DR..
Andrews said, "one can look at a
human body in complete darkness
from any distance and see the out
line Of the body, with head, arms
and legs visible. The intensity of
the heat emitted by the various
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Aga Khan 10 Be Weighed
In Diamonds Tomorrow
kY the Aaxocintad Prsas

BOMBAY, Mar. 9.-His highness,
the Aga Khan, appeared at for
NAL reception this morning-on the
day before he is to be weighed in
diamonds-but retired after 20
minutes, obviously tired.
The weighing cermony will take
place tomorrow afternoon at Bra
bourne Stadium. symbolizing the
diamond jubilee of the Aga Khan's
leadership. He will sit on specially
constructed balance scale and his
followers will pile packaged dia-
monds until the weights balance.
1t is expected that about 240
pounds of diamonds, worth between
100000 and S5,000,000 Will be
weighed against him. He then will
receive the cash value of the stones,
and the money will be used for
benevolent purposes.
Evening star., 1946-03-09
By the A,soeiatsd prs,,

SARASOTA, Fla, Mar. "a
coroner's jury investigation into
the deaths Of two fishermen aboard
a pilotless craft in the Gulf of Mexi-
CO developed a story Of strange CO.
incidence.
Mrs. Nellie Lanius of st. Peters,
burg told the jury she was awak-
ened by dream that her 50-year-
old son, Ray, was In trouble.
Impelled by the. dream, Mrs.
Lanius said she boarded d bus for
Sarasota, arriving two hours before
Ray and Frank Nisher, 50, COM
mercial fishermen Of Nokomis, q
nearby village, were found dead.
The boat, without guide, chugged
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Dream Leads Mother to Scene
AS Ghost Ship Brings In 2 Dead

around the Gulf for an hour early
yesterday before running aground
on the beach at Treasure Island
ID miles south of Sarasota.
The coroner's jury returned a
finding last night of death from
unknown causes, but concluded the
most likely was carbon monoxide
from the open engine pit.
When the boat first was boarded
1t appeared that the hatch between
the pit and covered cabin had been
left open. DR.. F. L. Hall, county
physician, testified he could find no
external marks of violence and that
death seemed to be from natural
causes. probably carbon monoxide
gas.
Evening star., 1946-03-09

Maj. Gen. st. Clair STREET., deputy
commander of CAT, who recon-
mended Sergt. Christensen for the
decoration, pointed out that the
AAF separation program was
evolved overnight and Sergt. Chris
tensen was assigned the task OF
organizing and checking the system
to assume an accurate gauge by
which AAF separations were to be
Judged.
Evening star., 1946-03-09
London Ford Strikers
Ordered Back to Work
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, Mar. 9.-Union officials
today ordered the nearly 10000
workers striking at the London plant
OF the Ford Motor Co., Ltd, to
return to work Monday morning
while their grievance is discussed
through normal negotiation chan
nels.
The men struck yesterday in SYM
pathy with 100 grinders who de-
manded a minimum wage of about
10 cents an hour in place Of present
varying rates from about 81 cents
to about TO cents hourly.
The plant produces automobiles
and tractors,
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Mediator Is Hopeful
OF Strike Settlement
Al General Electric
By The Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 9.-Arthur S
Meyer. special mediator in the dis
pute which has caused a 52-day
strike of 100000 General Electric
Co. employees, said yesterday "the
company has made better offers
and expressed the hope a settle.
ment might be reached soon.
Asked in an interview whether
the company had offered the GIG
United Electrical, Radio and Ma
chine Workers more than the orig
inal 10 cents an hour for persons
earning less than 81 an hour an6
10 per cent increase for persons
earning more than 81 an hour, Mr.
Meyer said:
"The company has made better
offers than that"
He refused further comment.
A union spokesman said any new
company offers were not known tt
the union, but only to mediators
The union originally sought a 81
a-day raise.
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Italians Seek Allies
Surplus Air Property
by. the Associoted Press

ROME, Mar. 9.-Mario Cevolotto
Italian air minister, said today
negotiations we're in progress with
the Allies for the acquisition OF
air force surplus property. He
denied that an agreement already
had been signed under which the
United States would supply aviation
equipment to italy for commercial
use.
A report that such an agreement
had been signed was printed in the
newspaper Giornale del Matino.
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Congress in Brief
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Senate:
In recess until Tuesday.
Banking Committee considers
James K. Vardaman's nomination
to Federal Reserve Board.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
tinues hearings on st. Lawrence
seaway.
House:
In recess until Monday.
Banking Committee continues
study of continuation of OPA be-
yond June so.
Evening star., 1946-03-09
By WiIIiom MeGuffin
Foreign Correspondent Of The star and
the chiccoo DotIv New,


MUKDEN, Manchuria, Mar.
Delayed Americas first oficiaI
observer in Manchuria since the
Office Of Strategic Services team
left, at Russian request, October S
is reported en- route to Mukden by
Chinese train. He is Maj. Robert
Rigg, assistant military attache for
China, who will be in charge of re-
opening American consulates in
Manchuria.
Mai. Rigg, whose arrival follows
closely on the penetration by Amer
can correspondents of the Russian
news blackout, received official per-
mission from the Soviet government
this week.
High-level negotiations are now
under way between the American
and Russian governments for the
entrance of American consular off,
cials, who had been denied permis-
sion to come in ever since Russia
took over Manchuria last August.
Permission has not yet been re-
ceived, but important developments
are believed pending and responsible
sources here say they expect Amer
ican consuls to follow Maj. Rigg
into the principal Manchurian cities
Of Dairen, Mukden and Harbin
shortly.
Maj. Rigg and the consular per-
sonnel had been waiting for weeks
in China for the Soviet reply to re-
quests to enter Manchuria. The
abruptly announced Soviet decision
to let Maj. Rigg in, is seen as indi-
cation of new trend in Soviet pol
licy, forced. possibly, by recent
worldwide publicity on the state of
Manchurian affairs under Russian
control.
Maj. Rigg, who, it is understood,
plans to proceed to the Manchurian
capital of Changchun after visiting
Mukden, Is carrying extensive sup
plies and specially equipped sleep
ing car on a fiat car hooked to the
train in which he is riding, on the
Peiping -Mukden line.
(Copyripht 1Q46i
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Stefan
Continued From First Page. }

larry and later, as a member of Con-
gress and Of the National Philip
pines Volunteers during island civil
troubles, made many more.
In 1885, as member of the con-
gressional delegation, he visited
Manila for Inauguration of the Com.
monwealth government. He talked
with old friends and said he
"smelled" trouble there.
He called on many members of
the old constabulary and volun-
teers. The national volunteers once
had 10000 members and many
were Mr.. Stefan's old telegraphy
students.
II told them then if there ever
was any trouble in the Philippines,
we would need them," he said. "We
drew up a set of code words, and
kept in touch with each other"
Messages Beamed to Island.
When the japanese invaded in
December, 194l, Mr.. Stefan advised
the volunteers from Washington to
organize guerrilla bands and stand
by for word. Soon, by code and di-
rect shortwave broadcasts, his mes
sages of news and encouragement
were being beamed to the islands
over seven wave lengths from San
Francisco.
1--WE had men in the death march
on Bataan," Mr.. Stefan said. 10Th
ers of our bunch gave food and
water to the men along that march,
and some of them were killed for it..
Then, all through the war, I was
telling them to keep their shirts on,
because we were coming back and
would need them when we did.
$4,000 in Guerrilla Bands.
There were $4,000 of those old
volunteers in the guerrilla bands,
and heard from them right along
We would get messages about Amer
leans they bad helped or were hid
ing, and plenty Of information about
the Japs'
OF his work the citation says:
His broadcasts strengthened fur
ther the loyalty Of the Filipino peo-
pie to the people of the United
States and encouraged them. to fur
ther successful operations against
the enemy. The value Of his fight
ing messages was frequently men,
toned in the intelligence reports
furnished to Gen Macarthur before
the landings in October, 1914"
Mr.. Stefan, one of the earliest
advocates of Philippine independ-
ence, Is dean of the Nebraska dele
cation in Congress.
Evening star., 1946-03-09

first e n ! / S t e d
member of the
w A G in t h e
G A F to b e
a W a r d e d t h e
c o m m e n d a.
ton Ribbon for
o u t S t a n d =
ing services in
originating t h e
a u d l t n G and
posting systems
used in the ope-
rations Of tn e
master control
b 0 ar d Of the
AAF separation
prouror,
Evening star., 1946-03-09

War d. e p q r t .
ment has noti-
fed his mother,
Mrs. Helen M.
Harris, 1876 Co
lu m b ia road
NV. o.
On his last
mission against
t he ur m a =
S | a m railroad,
S e r g t. Harris
flight is credited
W ith t h e d e
struction Of two
b ri es an d
pr o b a Bile de-
Struction of two
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Soviet Feelings Against u. S
Displayed in Chonqchun

fMr. McGa1an filed the fol-
loDing dispatch earlier on an
unauthorized pisit to Chang
ckun, during Which he and eight
other correspondents tDere de-
tanned by the RussianS.)
CHANGCHUNG, Manchuria, Feb
% Delayed).-The Russians here
In ManclSlria seem to be viewing
America with growing suspicion ano
irritation to an extent that threat.
ems to increase still further the
difficulties of maintaining harmoni.
Gus relations between our two ma
tions. The Russians have most re-
Gently indicated their feelings:
BY the pointed remarks of beefy
rotund Marshal Rodion Y. Malinov-
sky, commander of Red Army forces
in Manchuria, with reference te
America.
BY their double detention-ir
Mukden and in the capital city OF
Changchun-of this correspondent
and eight American and British
colleagues. who were the first tc
break through the news blackout
the Russians had kept over Man.
churia for the six months following
the end Of the Pacific war.
20 Chinese Heard Toast.
Responsible Chinese sources say
Marshal Malinovsky declared, in q
toast to Russo-Chinese friendship
that the Russians and Chinese were
real friends" and should not let
Others" seeking to further their
own interests" interfere with
friendship.
Seven Chinese officials and a
Chinese newspaperman told us that
they were among 20 Chinese pres
ent at the Red Army Day banquet
in the Russian headquarters here
February % and heard Marshal
Malinovsky give the toast in which
"the others" were not named but
described as wearing white gloves
and having pockets lined with
gold"
Americans, obviously, were Ma
linovsky's target. He reportedly
continued his toast with the as
sertion that the Russians came to
Manchuria mot for money" but
"for an ideal" Russia was "the
first to help China" at the out
break of the Chinese-Japanese war;
said the Soviet marshal, while "the
others did not respond until "their
own interests were threatened by
the Japanese" he declared.
Marshal Malinovsky's tart toast
was neither published nor broad-
cast. It preceded by three days q
press release In which the Amer
leans were named outright as the
object Of the Russian dig.
Yesterday We nine correspondents
Evening star., 1946-03-09

lSIn as skipper OF
a fighter direc-
tor ship of Oki-
nawa last spring,
his family here
has learned.
In command
Of the destroyer
G o W IL from
April to June II,
1915, ON d r.
Werts was cited
for directing his
ship in perform
ing the ''v l t a /
a n d hazardous
duty" of fighter
director ship on
Evening star., 1946-03-09
Decorated

COmdr. Charles l.. Werts, u. S. N,
formerly of 1915 Huntington street
NV, recently was awarded the
Navy Cross for extraordinary hero
Evening star., 1946-03-09
News of D. c. Area Men
In the Armed Forces
Decd

Sergt. Edward ]. Harris, 37-year-
old B-24 crewman who was reported
missing over Burma April S. 1914
now is presumed to be dead, the
Evening star., 1946-01-20
FACE-LIFTING IS URGED
TO MODERNIZE CONGRESS

Service had on its relatively limited
staff one specialist in banking and
currency, who was paid only $2,60G
a year, in contrast with hundreds
of specialists downtown" paid al
IS 800 year or more.
Continuing, he said: THE Legis.
lative Reference Services lone ex.
pert on foreign and domestic com.
merce is paid 5000, while the Blu.
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com.
merce employees 800 and the Burear
of Agricultural Economics has 77(
on its payroll.
Throughout the, entire Fedora
setup you. have this same exanpls
of mountainous executive stats sl1(
microscopic congressional fac1Mti<,
to deal with and control them Oh,
viously, If the Congress is to do thi
kind of a job that the public ha.
the right to expect 1t to do, If i
is to hold down expenses and pre-.
vent abuses Of legislative intent, i
must have the facilities to cope with
the problem" 4
Mr.. Monroney, OF course, was no
suggesting that Congress should du'
1 plicate the huge staffs the executfv,
branch has been given, for theaserv
\ ices are different. But his state
ment makes it perfectly clear tina
Congress must give itself much NOR,
help, the best of help, If it is no
to be compelled to depend willy
nilly on advice from the administra
tive agencies it is supposed to con
troll
Evening star., 1946-01-20
League
Continued From Page CID


a European background should be
the first nominee. .
But there is no certainty that Lie
will be chosen and there is large
scale lobbying for a haN-dozen can
didates, with obviously strong sup
port, especially American, for Pear
son. The really urgent thing Is that
the successful candidate should be
statesman and not merely an ad-
ministrator, that he should know
how to give a lead and take the
initiative and that he should either
now have or should quickly win the
confidence of the Russians.
One must not exclude the posi-
bility that all this may result in q
quite unexpected choice. 1t will
make difference whether the ap-
pointment goes to a man like the
late Albert Thomas, who made the
International Labor Organization a
creative body from the start, or to
man like Sir Eric Drummond (now
Lord PERTH who ran the League OF
Nations competently and without
bias but never thought to force the
pace of its activity.
The other big decision on per-
sonnel turns on membership Of the
Trustee Council which will be re-
sponsible for territories which were
either inundated under the League
or, like the Italian colonies, have
been conquered in the war. 1t is
Evening star., 1946-01-20

that their request for the return
Of that active Nazi tool, the Grand
Multi, as their leader, indicates a
frame of mind which bodies i'll for
peace. 1t is indeed surprising that
Great Britain has not said so very
formally without waiting for UNO
action.
The curtain has gone up. We still
have to wait for the play to be writ
ten and the cast to be chosen. The
first days in London seem to me
to have shown that important as
is the will to peace, still more i'm
portant Is the creation of conditions
in which peace is a long-term pos.
sibility. Mr.. Byrnes' last statement
on atomic power did not suggest
that we have yet reached this vita
stage.
Copyright, 1946, Overseas News
Agency. Inc)
Evening star., 1946-01-20

Steve Mccormick is back from the
wars and has taken over his old lob
on the VOL announcing staff
Steve was announcing the first draft
lottery in the Departmental Audi
torium IN October Of 1910 when his
own number was selected In the first
minute of the drawing. Frank Blair
is another voice on the station that
is back on the air after a number
of years in the Navy.
On WMAL, Tom Dolan, a captain
in the AAF, has come back to the
station. Karl Sprinkle, Sam Booth,
Sam Digges are others who have
changed into civvies.
Reg Allen, Don Saunders, Bob
Pitcher, Dick Linkroum, Jack Hard
esty are names that were on the
bronze plaque in the halls of WTOP,
whose bearers are today back on the
job.
WRC has number of returned
servicemen. Announcers John Hur-
ley and Stuart Finley, Engineers
Ralph Hamill, Bill Simmons, Johnny
johnson and many others are on
the list. Boys who were pages when
they left and returned commissioned
officers have again been absorbed
into the organization. Bill Mccall
and Jim Seller are back. There are
many others and there will be more
space someday.
y \ X Il
Spot announcements. WASH
ington radio is currently conducting
two campaigns very well, the Mile
O. Dimes" and D. C.. Suffrage.
Phil Baker will start rehearsals in
few days of. new musical, ''Holi-
day for Girls" =. The why I
Can't Stand Jack Benny Contest"
has piled up over 250,00O letters to
date. Igor Stravinsky and Leon
ard Bernstein will be guest conduc-
tors of the Boston Symphony this
season. VOL is now broadcast
ing the Official weather report from
Bureau at the National Airport.
Marlin Hurt will take "Beulah" and
her boy friend Bill" on Nation
wide vaudeville tour this summer.
The audience will have an op-
portunity to select six operas to be
performed at the Metropolitan and
broadcast on WMAL-ABS. Ralph
Edwards has been cited by Secre-
tary Vinson as the man who sold
more E bonds than any other indi-
vidual in the entertainment busi-
ness. =. Cass Daley's "Bandwagon"
gets a change of formal with to.
nights broadcast.
Evening star., 1946-01-20

only necessary to look at the Middle
East to see how much will turn on
the composition of the Council. The
Arab countries are a boiling pot and
if they are not carefully watched it
will not take long for them to boil
over.
Handling Of Colonies Hit.
1t will be serious, indeed, If ma
jority Of the members of the COM
mission were nations which already
have colonial possessions. It would
be still more serious If the colonies
still to be allotted were to be given
to nations which already have
enough In their hands without the
assumption Of new responsibilities.
It would be most serious of all If
countries like South Africa, where
the treatment of native races is
grimly indefensible, got hold of new
territories to the administration of
which they brought their outmoded
principles.
I, frankly, myself should like to
see Russia made the trustee of one
of the African colonies. The Rus
sian record In dealing with what
are called backward races" has
been one of the outstanding tri-
umpts of its revolution and its off,
cials might well set an example in
Africa with immense influence for
the future. The composition Of the
Council will determine, first, how
far inspection is going to be made
real and, second, whether the COM
mission will keep officials with am
bassadorial status to represent the
interests of UNO directly in the ter
ritory for which it is responsible.
! think it is pity that no ma
ton is likely to propose that all
other nations with colonial posses
sions should put them under the
authority of the Trusteeship COM
mission. That is q real way to pre-
vent tragedies like the French record
in Indo- China or the difficulties In
Indonesia and it is really necessary
at this level to explain decisively
to the Arab Committee in Palestine