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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17

ion. is individual self denial" The
individual, he feels, can do more
good by denying himself all that he
can eat than all the rules can &C
complish.
Some hotels have put into effect or
are studying conservative measures
of their own.
For example, the Carlton is serv-
ing potatoes in lieu of noodles and
macaroni, which take wheat. Fats
and pastries are being reduced and
bread rationed. This hotel, while 1t
does not go in for large-scale ban
quets, has many smaller state and
| diplomatic dinners.
Few local organizations which
hold weekly luncheons or frequent
dinners have had a chance to discuss
the proposal that large-scale meals
be eliminated or curtailed since the
Presidents views were made public
Miss Isabel M. Peterson, head OF
the Luncheon Committee of the Bus
mess and Professional Women's
Club, said the organization unques-
tionably would go along with the
conservation program and she would
keep this in mind in planning the
next menu. The club has a luncheon
for 200 scheduled for next Saturday
at the Statler Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Funeral for Cali Burns
To Be Held Tomorrow

Requiem mass for William Gait
Burns, circulation director of The
Star, who died Thursday on his way
to work, will be celebrated at ST
Matthews Cathedral, 1725 Rhode
Island avenue NV, at 10 am.
tomorrow.
Before mass. a short service Will
be held at the Ryan funeral home
Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
! The honorary pallbearers will
include Frank B Moves, Fleming
Newbold. S. H. Kaufman, R. M.
Kaufman, Col Leroy w. Heron,
B. NJ. McKelway, Capt. c. H. Ruth,
Carl Stoddard, George Boyd. How
ard S. Fisk. E. J. DeVore, Col
Charles A. McKenney. Godfrey W
Kaufman, Ernest Morris, Frank
Rogers. L. S. Blaine, R. G. Hudson,
John Beha, DR.. j. Dozier Biggs
Michael Doyle, William H. Yerkes
Jr., Edwin A. Roper. 1t. Col. Ralph
A. Curtin, Charles Fletcher. Pearce
Smith, Fred Foster and William F
| Roche.
The active pallbearerS will be J
T. Warren, E. V. Smith, D. N. Nikla
son, Dave Burrows. Albert L. Ferbey
and Lawrence Weidman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Gobrie|o MistroI, Poet, Sees
Intellectual Collapse in Europe
Chilean Noble Prize
Winner Says Hunger
Can Bring Chaos

A warning that hunger and pow
erty may bring about collapse of
Europe's intellectual life-an event.
uality which might well spell the
doom of civiliza tion-was voiced
yesterday by Gabriela Mistral, No
bel prize winning Chilean poet who
is in Washington following her re-
turn from a four-month tour of
the continent.
Miss Mistral. long a member OF
her government consular service,
Is on her way to take a new post
in Los Angeles. She told reporters
at the Chilean Embassy that she
could have had a post in Europe,
but that she chose Los Angeles
because 1 could not stand to feel
guilty every time I put piece of
food in my mouth"
Heavy-set and grey-haired. her
face lined with character, the liter
airy artist whose "humanist ideals in
an age of utilitarian pragmatism "
have been acclaimed by intellectuals
the world over, showed deep emotion
as she told how famous men OF
France displayed actual greed and
cupidity" when they dined with hel
before she left Europe
Il did not realize that food could
become a truly rare and precious
thing" she said. Their appetite
was more than normal hunger OF
healthy human beings They were
overcome by a force they could not
control"
She explained that she, as state
visitor, had received extra food from
the government.
The United States must on nc
account relax its efforts to prevent
further starvation in Europe, Miss
Mistral said. The intellect cannot
survive without bread, she ex-
planned, and it would be a ma jo1
disaster everywhere If Europes COL
lective intellect collapsed, which il
is in danger Of doing.
1T Is absolutely absurd to sup
pose, as some do here, that Europe S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Kansas Meat Plants
Reduce Slaughter in
Protest Against Price,
BY the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kans., Mar. 10
Slaughter of beef cattle at the Big
-Four packing plants declined sharply
today and an official of one major
concern who declined to permit use
of his name said he had recon-
mended that his company halt pro-
cesSing of beef because of OPA
price ceilings.
anybody who is doing business
on legitimate basis" he said
cant operate under the present
OPA regulations. Only the black
market and those who juggle their
books can do it.
Only $500 cattle were bought the
past week on the Kansas City mar
ket by the four COMPREHENSIVE
Cudahy, Armour and Wilson-local
officials said. and two of the plants
had dropped their beef kill to Ia
animals an hour each. Normally
they said, each plant slaughters
| 1000 beeves day.
Smaller Plants Cut Output.
Meanwhile, smaller plants sur
rounding the Kansas City area re-
ported they were curtailing slaught-
er schedules or quitting beef process
sing completely.
All complained they were unable
to make a profit on the OPA seized
ule which they said permits a spread
of only 3l2 cents a pound between
the live cattle price and the grade
A ceiling, plus a l34 cents-a-p ounc
Government subsidy.
Black market buying also con-
trlbuted TO a shortage of cattle
available at prices they can afford
the packers said.
Production Down 80 Per Cent.
At Topeka. R M Owthwaite, gen
eral manager of John Morrell & Co.
said the plant had cut its beef run
more than 30 per ent, killing ITS ,0Ot
live weight pounds instead of a nor.
NAL slaughter of 100000 to 1850,
900 pounds.
H. N. Osbun, vice president o
Fred Dold & Sons, at Wichita, salt
there processing was cut so to II
per cent at times, but when thu
black market operators are not buy
ing, we are able to produce up I,
60 per cent or normal"
The Parsons (KansD Packing &C
said it would cease processing afte
:, today, claiming it was losing $40 I
SIS per head. lola (KansN packer
said an increase in Federal subsid
payments would be necessary befor
, they could slaughter at prof
under the OPA pricing structure.
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EThulhimer Sentence
Is Set Aside by Navy.
BY the Associated Press

CHERRY POINT, N. c., Mar 10
Col Charles H. Hayes, chief of staff
to Brig. Gen. Thomas j. Cushman,
commanding general of Cherry
Point Marine Air Station, said to-
day the sentence and findings of a
court martial of Capt. William B.
Thalhimer, jr., had been set aside
by direction of the Secretary of the
Navy in Washington.
Col. Hayes said that Capt Thai
himer. Cherry Point Post Exchange
officer tried last November on
charges of technical irregularities in
operation of the post exchange. had
been restored to duty on orders from
the Secretary of Navy.
Capt Thalhimer, member OF the
Marine Corps Reserve, is a member
of prominent Richmond, Va,
! family.
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Atom Tests in Pacific
Cannot Harm World,
Scientists Declare
BY the Associated Press

Scientists gave assurances last
night that while the water
around the underestimate atomic
bomb may heat up to a trifling
million degrees, the ocean won't
evaporate or the world blow up
in chain reaction.
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves COM
mander of the project which pro-
duces the bombs, handed to the Joint
Army-Navy task force conducting
the Pacific tests, the statement of
two scientists which, the general
said, should "dispel the fear which
is growing in the minds of many
Americans" The explosions will be
completely localized" he said.
The scientists are DR.. Edward
Teller of the University of Chicago
and DR.. H. A. Bethe of Cornell Uni
versity, both former members of the
bomb development project and now
serving as consultants.
Progressive Blasts Impossible.
This is what they think:
THE explosion of an atomic bomb
near the surface, on the surface or
under the surface Cthese are the
three experiments against warships)
will cause only local disturbances
such as we might expect from an
ordinary charge of great magnitude
1t is impossible that such an ex-
plosion can cause progressive dis
indignation of the sea water which
would perpetuate itself and result
In the atomic explosion of the
globe"
Careful considerations have been
made. First, it is known that ele-
ments contained in the water are
also very abundant in stars. If the
stars had high rate of chain re-
action, they would blow up or con-
sumo themselves. They don't, so
it is deduced that sea water will
behave the same way.
AoW VI hIiilOH degrees.
The atomic bomb contains rela-
lively high content of inert ma
terial. This means the tempera-
ture of the steam produced from
the water around the bomb will
be comparatively low, namely in
the neighborhood of 1000 900 de-
grees," as compared with 2O00O,OOO
or more for the center of stars. The
conditions produced in the water
therefore represent those at some
place far from the center of a star.
Even those most probably of all
known nuclear reactions, at the
temperature of 100000 degrees
would be insufficient to sustain it
self against the losses of radiation.
the scientists said. And it is GER
tain that none of the reactions in
water can be as probable as the
above-cited example.
Therefore I'VE can be entirely con-
fldent that the explosion of an
atomic bomb under water will not
cause a self sustaining chain reac-
ton. This is certainly the case with
the present form of the atomic bomb.
1t might require more thought if
bomb containing only the active
material were set off, because then
higher temperature might be reached
in the water"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Protest by Greece
Delays Ita|y's Entry
Into World Bank
BY the Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Mar. 10 Greece
succeeded in blocking the entrance
of Italy into the World Bank and
Fund until at least next September,
and Britain suffered an overwhelm-
ing defeat in seeking to lower sal
aries for directors of the world or
CARNATIONS at late meeting of the
Boards of Governors tonight.
Secretary of the Treasury Vinson,
chairman Of the bank and fund,
governors meeting. announced after.
session lasting nearly until mid
night that Yugoslavia had Joined
with Greece in successfully oppos-,
ing the entry of former enemy coun-
tries into the twin agencies until
they had signed peace treaties.
U. S. Supported Entry.
The delegates agreed that except
under unusual conditions Italys ap-
pllcatlon would not be acted on
until the governors gather for their
first annual meeting next Septem-
Der. Previously, the United States
had supported Italy's application
for early entry.
| On final vote on salaries,
Britain cast the only negative ballot
against the American position that
the pay of executive directors should
be well above that of American
cabinet members or Senators or
Representatives - in fact, second
only to that of the President.
Earlier, plans for creating sort
OF international economic police
force to work under the fund and
bank were disclosed here.
Lord Keynes Of the British delega-
ton, after consultation with his gov
eminent, has objected strenuouslv
to committee proposal that heads
OF the bank and fund should
receive 100000 a year. net after
taxes, and the "a executive direc-
tors $1,000 net. .
L. S. Argues for Salaries. I:
He contended the salaries were
out OF line with those paid in the
countries concerned and would hang
a milestone of expense around the
two agencies. American delegates
argued that high pay would attract
the best available men.
Plans for the police force. mean
while, passed beyond the tentative
stage. The international agents
would not have the power to arrest
but could investigate. Offenders
could be called to account by fund
and bank officials in Washington.
The agents would be concerned
principally with checking on appli-
cations for loans from the $1,000
100000 bank and the use made Of
the borrowed funds. They also
would investigate foreign trade
matters and foreign exchange trans
actions handled through the $780,
100000 monetary fund.
One American delegate explained
that these branches would be con =
cerned with general bank and fund
business, but that gathering econ
omic information would fall within
their province and that investigators
would be needed.
He said 1t had not yet been deter
, mined how many agents would be
needed. but guessed at an original
force of between 100 and 200.
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Pharmaceutical Meetino

Tie Gath annual meeting of the
District of Columbia Pharmaceuti-
cal Association will be held MAY %
and % at the Mayfower Hotel,
John E. Donaldson. association
president. announced yesterday
New medical products such as peni-
cillin and thiouracil will be the sub
ject of discussion,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17

washington organizations and
hotels were inclined yesterday
while awaiting a requested
White House Qualification of
President Truman's suggestion
that unnecessary mass dinners
be cancelled to help starving
people abroad, to 60 ahead with
their scheduled dinners and
luncheonS, but with menus held
strictly to the food-conservation
plan of the Presidents Famine
Emergency Committee.
No conventions with out -of-town
delegates or local societies had can
'celled any planned banquets, so far
as a check of the hotels disclosed.
Some local organizations, how
ever, were considering elimination
of events involving large quantities
of feed. For example, Matt Meyer,
president of the Advertising Club of
Washington, said the executive
committee would hold a special
meeting this week to decide whether
a dinner-da scheduled for May
Is, with 500 guests, be called off or
perhaps made only dance.
Cut Down on Luncheons.
The club already has notified the
Statler Hotel that it wanted to
serve conservation luncheons for
the four remaining meetings of the
season. Other organizations are CO.
operating with hotels and restau-
rants in seeing that unnecessary
grains and fats are eliminated from
menus at their dinner or luncheon
meetings.
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
sat down to a breadless dinner last
night at the Mayflower. There were
neither rolls nor bakers bread on
the menu at the annual st. Patrick
Day banquet. Pastries likewise were
out. But the guests did not go away
hungry. The entree was steak-a
Lenten privilege for which the guests
had received dispensation from the
church. There was potage There
were vegetables, salad and an iced
dessert.
C. J. Mack, maitre d'hotel. said
other banquets at the Mayf1ower
would adhere similarly to the con-
sevation program. Fats, as well
as wheat, will be deleted so far as
possible.
Suggestion by Owen d. Young.
President Truman made public
Thursday a reply to a letter from
Owen D. Young, chairman of Col
lier's Congressional Awards Com
mittee, suggesting cancellation of a
dinner scheduled here April to
honor outstanding Senators and
Representatives. The President
wrote that he heartily concurred in
the suggestion, adding: In taking
this step you are setting an excellent
example to Washington and to the
country as whole Many thought
full persons in the Nations Capital
have commented unfavorably on the
Inconsistency of serving unnecessary
mass dinners and thereby consum-
ing precious food supplies which
otherwise could be conserved for
starving persons all over the world
The country is recognizing our
moral obligation to tighten our belts
that we may share our abundance
with the less privileged 1t is our
duty, particularly here in Wash
ington, to practice what we preach
Arthur j. Harnett, executive sec.
rotary of the Washington Hote
Association, said yesterday he wa!
seeking an Interpretation of the
Presidents suggestion. Some of the
hotel men wanted the White House
to comment further on what wa!
means by unnecessary mass din.
ners." They also raised the question
of whether the request of the Fam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
News of D. 6. Men
In Armed Services
| Dead
Decd

Second 1t. Clyde f. Slick. jr. re-
ported missing over Burma June
| %, 1945, has now been listed at killed
in a plane crash on that date. the
Army informed his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Slick, 1920 Chesapeake
street NV.
Born in Wilson, N. c., 1t. Slick
had lived in Washington with his
parents since 1928. He attended
| Wilson High School and Dewitt
Preparatory School before enter
| ing the Army Air Forces in Febru-
airy, 1913.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by brother, 1t. H. H. Slick,
U. S. N. R, and a sister, Mrs. w.
| w. Shoemaker.
Decorated
Col. Daniel NJ. Barringer, AAF
32l5 South Third street, Arlington
irecently received the Legion of
Merit for outstanding services as
chief of the Statistical Control Of
fee, Headquarters End Air Force
and later in a similar capacity at
Headquarters Continental All
Forces, from November, l943, TO last
December, the War Department an
nounced.
Col. Harold G. Reuschlein, Judge
Advocate Generals Department
Q272 ColeSvilIe pjke Silver SpriDp
also has received the Legion OF
Merit for services as chief of the
legislative division. Office of Legisla.
tive Services, Headquarters AAF
from December, 1943, to last jan
aary, the Army announced
Capt. George X. Fraser, U. S. N.
1859 North Twentieth street, Airing
ton, has been awarded the Bronze
Star Medal for meritorious service
as commanding officer of a Seaplane
tender in operations against the
enemy in the vicinity of Okinawa
from March % to June 80, last year
the Navy announced.
1t. i. g. Sheldon X. Smith, U. S
N. R, 40l East Capitol street. re-
Gently received the Air Medal for
meritorious service as pilot of a
carrier-based fighter plane over
OkinaWa last June 3, when he inter-
cepted and shot down an enemy
plane, probably saving one of oul
ships from a suicide attack the
Navy announced.
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Air Forces Weapons
DispLuyed at Hecht1s

Two modern Army Air Forces de-
Tense weapons are on display in
Hecht'S department store, radar-
controlled pilotless bomb and the
P-80 auplane engine.
The display, connected with the
recruiting campaign for voluntary
enlistments in the Continental Air
Forces, will continue until March Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
COP Club Meets Tonioht

The Virginia White Republican
Women's Club will hold its regular
monthly meeting at 6 pm. today at
AL T street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17

Before the war the harbor of
Ancona was one of the busiest on
Italy'S Adriatic coast.
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Readers Guide
Sunday. March II, 1916.
SECTION A.

0enerol News, Sports, FinoncioI.
Lost, round. Page AS
Obituary. Page Ala
Sports News. Pages A-16-18
Educational. Page A-I9
jessie FAINT Evans. Page A-19
FINANCE. Page A-19-21
SECTION B.
News and Society.
Society. Page B-3
SECTION c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17

contribution to civilization is no
longer important. The world cam
not survive unless a healthy Europe
can go on producing the highest
caliber Of thinking and study OF
which it is capable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17

This edition contains This
Week Magazine OF % pages,
10-pdge comic section and IL
pages OF rotograDure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17

Editorial, Features, Amusements.
Editorial Articles. Pages C-1-4
Editorials. Page CO
Editorial Features. Page Ga
John Clagett Proctor. Page ca
Art. Page C-5
Civic News. Page C-5
Service Organizations Page C-5
Book Reviews. Pages CT
Resorts. Page CT
Farm and Garden Pages C-8-9
Bridge. Page c.
Junior Star. Page c.
Stamps. Page CO
Music. Page Gil
Amusements. Pages C-10-11
Radio Programs. Page C-I2
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SECTION D.
Classified Advertising.

Classified Advertising. Pages Dill
Parent-Teacher News. Page Dill
Where to Go. Page DIP
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-12
k0TzEBUE TEACHERS HERE; MeCLELLANDS
 ARE ALSO IN CITY

MT. and Mrs. Charles R. Knippel, on their way to the interior to teach under the Alaska Native Ser vice at Panama on the Yukon Rlv- CT, arrived in Juneau aboard the Princess Louise for stop over of several days here. They are stay ing at the Hotel Juneau.
 Also on then way north are MT. and Mrs. Herbert C. Mcclellan and their son Robert, Alaska Native Ser vice teachers at Kotzebue. Arriving aboard the Princess Louise, they are staying at the Rev. Willis R. Booth residence.
 Southbound last spring, the Me Clellans with young Rooert and and Mrs. Herbert c. Mcclellan and son Charles, who returned to Ju- neau to begin his sophomore year at Juneau high school, made the trip by automobile down the Alas ka Highway through Canada to the United States. The trip from Fairbanks to Denver, Colorado, was a total of $500 miles The Me Clellans toured the Midwest and California before returning north.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-12
WELFARE FUNDS

The Department of Public Welfare announcement this week that general relief aotments have been cut by 50 percent because of insufficient funds means nara times for indigents this winter The demands for such funds are always heavier during the winter because o seasonal unemployment and other factors
 Two reasons are given for the short<e: First that the number of has greatly increased during the last year-anda half second the Legislature failed to meet the Departments last request for funds
 For several years now employment in Alaska has been at an all time high and it is difficult to under stand the causes behind such large increase ln welfare cases However, that seems to be the case For this reason it be expectd that if and when normal unemployment occurs the situation will become more severe.
 It is understandable that members of the LegiS- lature viewing the general prosperous conditions throughout Alaska the past several years failed to realize the need for more welfare funds
 Members of the Legislature, and prospective mem- bers should begin thinking about cutting down on the more non-essentia expenditures that the sary functions will not suffer-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-09-12
FDR'S EXILED SEC

While the diplomats battle pub licly over displaced persons" and migration to Palestine, big business is battling privately over dis placed agency" in Washington.
 The Securities and Exchange Commission, exiled to Philadelphia in1942, now wants to come back home. But reactionary Congressmen and bureaucrats, secretly egged on by big business, are opposed.
 SEC, watchdog of the stock mar ket, was one of Franklin RooSe- velt's first and best reforms. Re- membering the watered stock and phoney deals which helped bring on the 1929 crash, nobody can deny SECS importance. However, pro- big business and pro-utility ele- ments in Congress and the Budget Bureau have sniped at SEC for years, cutting it's appropriations. considered it major victory to get SEC out of Washington.
 Now these defenders of -the-d -divi- dend have vowed to keep SEC in Philadelphia where it can't defend itself, can't cooperate closely with other bureaus, can't crack down on utility lobbyists now running wild in the Capitol.