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Evening star., 1946-07-02
Senators Retain Faith.
In A-Bomb S Power
Despite Bikini Results
By the Associoied Press

Capitol Hill refused to sell the
atomic bomb short today On the
basis of neutrality-suspicious. re-
suits in the Bikini test.
Several lawmakers conceded Sum
days historic experiment had a
somewhat disappointing" outcome
in their opinion, but it failed to
shake their belief in the formidable
power of the bomb
Chairman Mcmahon of the SEN
ate's Special Atomic Committee told
a reporter the world can't breathe
much easier even if the bomb did
not sink the battleship Nevada and
other major units in the target fleet.
"We must remember" he said,
that we have 100000 people liv-
ing in cities not much more strongly
built than Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Even if battleships survive all of the
tests, I don't believe that 140,0O0,000
people can live on battleships."
johnson Delays Judgment.
Senator johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado, committee member, felt
it too early yet to appraise the ef-
feet of the bomb on naval opera
tions.
No one expected the bomb to
blow those ships out of the water"
he said, but we won't know the
full results until the effect of the
deadly gamma rays it released is
determined. If personnel would be
killed or disabled, no fleet would be
effective"
Senator Johnson predicted that
many of the animals which re-
mained alive on the target ships
would die within a short time from
the effects of radio activity.
Senator George. Democrat, of
Georgia, was one who thought re-
suits thus far reported somewhat
disappointing" but he observed that
the buildup given the experiment
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.AP Wirephoto.

side structure was changed by heat
from gaudy redorange With areas
of white to dirty, sooty color
Equipment exposed on the Nevada S
after deck was chewed up and
scorched. The ship seemed, how
ever. to have suffered no funda-
mental damage
Stacks Knocked Over.
The heavy cruiser Pensacola,
whose stacks were knocked over
and whose maSts were mangled at
the top. An airplane was demol-
iShed and blown over the Pensaco-
las side and exposed equipment had
been burned and scattered.
The 34-year-old Arkansas, oldest
battleship in the United States
feet, whose Superstructure showed
the hammer-like f1attening effect of
the bomb. Amidships the Arkansas
was shambles Wisps of smoke still
f1oated from smouldering fires.
The japanese battleship Nagato,
the heavy bomb damage suffered at
the hands of naval flyers during the
war.
The German heavy cruiser Prinz
Eugen, whose bow. forward struc-
lures and entire starboard side was
scorched, although she was nearly
5000 yards from the target center
The wooden forward mast was
splintered and the top of the steel
mast aft had broken off. Coils of
rope on the Eugen's rail were
scorched and glass windows on the
bridge were shattered.
The destroyer Rhind, whose fun
mel was gone and whose masts were
bent
Mr. Forrestal and Admiral Blandy
passed many other targets which
exhibited blast and heat effects in
varying degrees. Their picket boat
also passed over an area 1000 yards
astern and to port of the Nevada.
where the destroyer Anderson and
the transports Gillian and Carlisle
were sunk
And on the way to the Prinz
Eugen, they rode over the grave of
the destroyer Lamson, which cap
sized and later sank. The grave was
marked by heavy film of fuel oil,
which left dirty trail in the boats
wake
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Bomb
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atomic bomb laboratory, carried a
Geiger counter, which registered
radioactivity on its dial and via ear
phones.
After the picket boat circled the
Skate and was lying off alongside,
Mr.. Nolan reported radiation so in
tense that the counter was "off the
scale'-beaning more radioactivity
than the sensitive instrument could
register.
Admiral Blandy laughed and said,
Let's get out OF herei" He eX-
planned to Mr. Forrestal, however,
that Mr. Nolans counter was so
delicate that my luminous watch
dial will make it go off the scale"
Nevertheless. the picket boat got
out Of there-but not before those
aboard got a good look at the
Skates ruined weather deck and
tower.
The tower had been blasted over
board on the starboard side and the
entire steel deck structure had been
ripped open and mangled from bow
to stern.
Heavy steel beams had been twist
ed like taffy, exposing the pressure
on the hull
The hull seemed outwardly to be
intact, but was dished in several
places aft
Admiral Blandy explained that
modern submarines are capable OF
Withstanding terrific pressures be-
cause their hulls are thicker than
any surface crafts.
Stale Smoke Lingers.
Throughout the area where atomic
damage was greatest, and in re-
moter parts of the array where
fires started, the smell of stale
smoke filled the air-an odor like
that which hangs over building
where flremen have put out a blaze
This odor and Mr Nolan's periodic
announcements of how his Geiger
counter was reacting would have
told even blind man that some
ing tremendous had just happened
Admiral Blandy and Mr.. Forrestal
boarded just one ship. the 32-year-
old battleship New York Unlike
those nearer the target center, it
bore an "affirmative' flag, a blue
and white barred banner indicatir
Pathological safety monitors had
found it free of harmful radio
activity.
The bombs blast effects were WIS.,
lble everywhere starboard aft, where
the New York was hit hardest. They
included twisted mast structures
shattered plexiglass and ripped fuse
lages OF exposed planes and scat
tered debris.
Admiral Blandy and Mr.. Forrestal
were amused and pleased by a cocky
sentiment sprawled in blue chalk or
Evening star., 1946-07-02

may have led many persons to eX-
ipect too much.
Huffman Critical.
Senator Huffman, Democrat, of
Ohio, who had urged that the test
be called off, considered the results
in line with what most scientists
had expected, adding:
I'VE had better judge the power
of the atomic bomb by what 1t did
to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, rather
than by what happened in this
Roman holiday in the Pacific"
Obviously pleased that major
naval vessels had stood up so un-
eXpectedly under the effects of the
blast, Senator Hart, Republican, of
Connecticut said no one ought to
pass on the results until all of the
reports and scientific data are in
Asiatic fleet at the start of the war
with Japan. is a member of the
Mcmahon committee.
Few legislators lent any credence
to speculation that the Bikini bomb
may not have been as powerful as
those exploded over land areas in
Japan.
Different Results Possible
Senator Revercomb, Republican,
of West Virginia noted that scien-
lists had said it was difficult to con-
troll the force of the explosion
Hence two bombs of apparently
Identical construction might prove
to have widely different destructive
effects, on use.
In any event, Senator Mcmahon
said that the Bikini bomb, like those
used against the japanese, was
merely the Model T" or the fore
runner of immensely more destruct-
i've instruments to come.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

WHITE DOG, small, male, for week in
vicinity Rock Greek Park Cali at 2702
Ea st-Wsst hwy. Chevy Chase, or phone
SH. 1890.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
OPA Continues Probes
|Of Auto Transactions

J. Grahame Walker, veteran OPA
enforcement attorney, announced
late yesterday his office is continu-
ing to investigate automobile dealers
with view to ascertaining whether
they have violated any OPA regu-
lations in the past.
The announcement came on the
heels of indictments which yester-
day named nine individuals, some of
them owners of businesses and
Iothers statesmen. who were accused
|of over-ceiling charges and other
violations.
The alleged over-ceiling charges
ran from approximately $50 to more
than $500 in one case, in which ar
automobile was said to have been
sold to a foreign diplomat.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

the deckhOuSe aft by some sailor
before leaving the ship on the eve
of the test.
1t read, "Old sailors never die"
Admiral Blandy said it was true
that the New York could sail back
under her own power.
ASSOCIATED Press Correspond
ent Paul Lee reported June 80
that before leaving the New York
Capt. Lowe H. Bibby carefully
lettered the four words on a gun
turret with a piece of blue chalk
while his eyes glistened)
Faces Another Test.
But it still has test B. the shallow
underwater atomic burst three to
four weeks hence, to go through.
One phenomenon was observed
aboard the New York which proved
the atomic bomb a terrific anti
personnel weapon even if it did not
damage the old battleship funda-
mentally:
The shadow of a folding metal
chair leaning against the after gun
turret had been photographed on
the turret by the bombs supersolar
flash.
Admiral Parsons said anybody
sitting there would have been
burned and would have received
gamma radiation"
Admiral Blandy admitted casual
ties would have been high had any
personnel been aboard the New York
The New York was severely burned
around the stack by fires set off by
the bomb, the glass in its search
lights was shattered, large cans of
rations crushed, and instrument
mirrors splintered.
But Admiral Blandy called atten-
ton to the fact that while Army
materiel exposed on her decks was
damaged, 'the heavy parts of the
ship itself were undamaged"
Admiral 'Blandy reminded Mr..
Forrestal that the Navy promised
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York
that his State would receive the old
ship as shrine if it survived the
tests. Admiral Blandy said he had
promised Gov. Dewey the New York
would not be exposed as much as
some other target ships.
Mr.. Forrestal and Admiral Blandy
also inspected, without boarding
these ships:
The heavy carrier Saratoga, which
suffered only slight damage amid
ships due to fire started in Army
ammunition exposed on deck. Shat
tered plexiglass and mirrors proved
however, that the Sara felt con-
siderable of the bombs blast. Mr.
Nolan's Geiger counter indicated
more than normal but still harmless
radioactivity around the Sara.
Planes Wrecked.
The Pennsylvania. whose catapult
plants were put out of commission,
and where fires amidships left blis-
tered skin, showed wrecked life RATS
and charred equipment The bomt
flash did not even scorch a bale o1
hay on the after deck. A pair of goats
on the Pennsylvania forecastle
deck seemed lonesome, but other.
wise unharmed by slow-acting
radiation.
The independence, whose sterr
was all but blown off by ammunition
explosions set off by the bombs heat
Her flight deck was buckled anc
hangar deck gutted and twisted
The hull at the stern was pushed
out of shape and the ship as 6
whole was an unsalvageable wreck
She will be beached if she begins
to take water too rapidly.
The heavy cruiser Salt Lake
City whose two stacks were de.
stroyed and whose radio mast wa.
Wilted.' Her paint was scorched aft
and her Superstructure bulkheads
were dished in.
The Nevada, whose entire aft top.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
FOUND,

call MONTGOMERY COUNTY ANIMAL
SHELTER. Sligo 81 81. 9 to 4; SATURDAYS
to IL
COLLIE DOG, young, buff, white ruff
chest and legs: vicinity Lee hwy and Glebe
rd. Arlington, Sun. Call GIL 0766.
IRISH SETTER, Glen Echo Heights vicinity.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

on outside. contains Navy l. D. card and
button, N. r. L. button. 1105 Chicago st.
Sc. AT q1oG +
Evening star., 1946-07-02
LOST

AIRPLANE. blue and white model with
gasoline motor: last seen headed toward
Rockville; reward of SO. RICHARD
KEARNEY. JR., @S21 Chesterfield pl.. D C
WO 6343. 4
ANTIQUE GOLD BRACELET. lost at 18th
between @ q.30 and 4
Evening star., 1946-07-02

PIN, white gold with 3 diamond chips
vicinity Conn. ave. and Calf St, Sun.
eve; reward. MI. 5000, Ext. 919. "a
POCKETBOOK, black, initials &C. F.
vile, Md. Reward. DE. $500.
POCKETBOOK, black. in g. P at Georgia
ave. and Piney Branch I'd; reward. RA
O54S 4
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Ceilings
Continued From First Page

ceived complaints about ceiling price
or other compliance prob
LENS.
The absence of complaints during
the last two days was taken by the
bureau as an indication that most
merchants here are trying to hold
the price line, despite possible price
boosts "ia some isolated instances" "
An effort to prevent increased
prices was promised today by the
Washington Liquor Dealers, Inc,
which told Chairman Alan w. PAYNE
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Vim q Cash Prise
flirting, Drawing
For Junior Star

If you are not more than 18, or
have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw for
The Junior Star. As many as five
cash prizes Of 81 are awarded for
the best contributions published
each week, and writers Of stories
which, In the opinion Of the editor
are of sufficient merit are issued
cards identifying them as Junior
Star reporters. Here are the rules
!. All contributions must be original.
2. Stories, articles, poems. etc, must be
written on one side Of paper; If type,
Drawings must be in black ink or crayon
on white paper and must be mailed fat
not rolled or folded.
g. Name. age. address. telephone num-
her and school of the contributor must bt
in the upper left-hand corner Of written
4. The editors choice Of winners, i
any contribution in whatever form hs
thinks best. regardless Of whether it i:
awarded a prize. He may also withhold
prizes awarded for contributions founc
not to be original.
Checks for contributions awarded
prizes today will be mailed this
week. Address your contributions to
Junior Star Editor. 727 Star Build
ing, 1101 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Washington 4, D. c.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
American Prints Shown
In Clark Collection

The National Gallery of Art
opened on September II an exhibi-
ton of American etchings, wood
engravings and Autographs selected
from large collection recently be-
queathed to it by the late Addie
Burr Clark. 1t is installed in the
small gallery leading to that in
which the new Rosenwald prints are
shown.
Mrs. Clark, a native Washing
tonian, was the wife of a former
justice of the New York State
Supreme Court and head of the
New York State Civil Service Com
mission. and lived most of her life in
New York City. She died last March,
and Justice Clark survived her only
until late June.
Etchings by Joseph Pennell COM
prise nearly one-fourth Of the 259
prints composing Mrs. Clark's col
lection. Her 68 prints by him were
considered one of the best, if not
the best, existing Pennell collection
She had selected the impressions
with the greatest care, matter of
importance in dealing with his work
for he had adopted Whistler's later
method of printing, in which con-
siderable film of ink is left on the
plate, varying in depth according to
the requirements of the compost
ton. Consequently, no two impress
sions are exactly alike.
Fifteen American printmakers are
represented in the selection of A
etchings, wood engravings and litho-
graphs on view Ten by Pennell
constitute the largest single group,
sufficient to give good idea of his
talent. Included are the delicate,
linear, altogether lovely etching La
Place, Beauvais"; the toneful I'm
der Bridges, Chicago" illustrating
the ink film method, several New
York subjects, and st. Paul's From
Fleet Street" and other London
scenes, including the House Where
Whistler Died"
Winslow Homer is the earliest
artist whose work is shown: Three
wood engravings made for Harper's
Weekly back in the 70s. OF the
next generation are J. Alden Weir
this drypoint Little Student is
particularly charming and Childe
Hassam, by whom there are six
prints, etchings and Autographs.
The former are as impresSionistic
as Hassam's paintings. G. F. w.
Mielatz's exquisite etching "Erics-
sons House" is printed in color, as
is also his Bowling Green"
Kerr Eby is represented with six
items which illustrate his technical
versatility In the coarse and scratchy
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Qbe 9unior $tar
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip n. Love-

The name of Kathleen Faulconer
appeared in The Junior Star for the
first time on February 8, 1912. That
Sunday, she won prize of 81 for q
story on what her schoolmates at
Takoma Silver Spring Junior High
were doing to aid the war effort.
Kathleen's last prize contribution"
was published in The Junior Star Of
September 8. That one was about
the memorial park which Mont
gomery Blair High School Is going
to dedicate to its students who served
in the armed forces during the war.
Now comes this letter from
Kathleen:
L want you to know how much
I've enjoyed submitting my con-
tributions and seeing them in print.
have clippings of 43 prize articles
that have been published, and I'm
quite proud Of them.
i have spent this summer working
on a local weekly, the MARYLAND
News. Aside from writing a column
on teen-agers, 1 have engaged In
everything from reading proof to
writing obituaries.
Now I am leaving for Meredith
College, Raleigh, N. c.. so I fear I'll
have little time for my journalistic
endeavors, but plan to keep up with
the j. S. and Just Between Our
selves"
The J. S. is going to miss
Kathleen, but-well, that's where
you come in.
Kathleen is one of several J. S.
contributors who graduated from
high school last June, leaving va
cancies to be filled by other girls
and boys.
If you like to write, read the rules
for j. S. contributions published
elsewhere on this page, then get
busy.
Right now. at the opening of the
school year, Is the best OF all pos
sible times to try to become your
schools j. S. correspondent. You'll
find, as Kathleen did, that writing
for the J. S. is fun.
The door is wide open-come on
in!
Junior jottings:
Alan Dessoff. II, Bethesda Ele-
mentary School, collects postage
stamps. postcards and coins. His
stamps add up to about 1,400, in
cluding l74 United States varieties.
The cards and coins are newer
hobbies. SO the totals are smaller
80 and 13, respectively. Alan has
fun, he reports, trading stamps
through the mail with cousin in
New York. e. Trinidad Boys Club
has opened "Teen-Age Center" at
it's headquarters in the rear of 816
Twelfth street NE, says note from
Morton Freedman, 16, Eastern High
School The center is open every
Saturday from 6 pm. on, for ping
pong, pool and dancing Marilyn
Daley, 13, Nativity School, tells OF
the month of enjoyment" she spent
this summer in Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1946-09-22

of Peace and the Korean and the
American flags.
Mrs. Annie Meyer. Of Cold Spring
N. Y, who recently broke the bank
on the Break the Bank radio quiz
program, is not the only civilian
who has been right about an item
of postal history when the Post
Office Department has been wrong.
The late Secret Service Chief Will
liam H. Moran detested stamp COL
lectors largely because, as he frankly
admitted on occasion, they had a
habit of discovering counterfeit
stamps which he himself had failed
to discover.
Charles Kohen of the Hobby Shop
leaves for the American Legion
Convention. San Francisco. Tuesday.
He will travel by plane and be away
about three weeks.
Mrs. Edward B. Martin, assistant
to the philatelic consultant at the
Library of Congress, has returned
to her work in study room 201.
Charles A. Kenny, former pub
Usher of the National Stamp News,
now is producing Cats Magazine, a
monthly devoted to matters feline
His Office address is ISL State street,
Utica, N. Y.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet at the home of Frank A. Par
ratt, 2506 Perry street NE, tomor-
row evening at 8.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV, Tuesday evening at 8.
Harry P. Jones, president. an
nounces that the Silver Spring
Philatelic Society will meet at the
County Building Thursday evening
at 8.
The Capital Precancel Club is re-
suming it's regular meetings at
Weeks Stamp Shop. 1929 New York
avenue NV.
The 28th and last part Of the
stamp collection of the late Col
E. H. r. Green will be sold at
auction in New York, october %
to November l. inclusive.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Who's Who at the Zoo, by Bar
ton Clark progress: 50c)-Zoo fans
and who isn't one?-should en-
joy this collection Of photos of some
OF the more interesting captives
Each picture is accompanied by an
explanatory text. ..
Twelve O'Clock Whistle, by Jer-
rold Beim and Ernest CrichloW
MORROW: s2)-Picture story of a
boy who visits an automobile fac
tory and learns all about how cars
are made Interesting and educa-
tional.
Elephants. by Herbert S. Zim,
with pictures by Joy Buba Nor
row: $2)-Picture story telling all
about elephants-where they live,
what they eat, how they are caught
and trained, what they can learn to
do, their size and weight. and all
about their tusks and trunks.
Chukchi Hunter, by Dorothy Stall
MORROW: s2)-A boys adventures
among the primitive people of East
ern Siberia.
Gateway, by Amelia Elizabeth
Walden MORROW: $25O-Suspense-
full story of two girls of different
character, personality and back
ground, OF the conflict between
them and how it was resolved.
The Disconnected Village, by Rose
Dobbs (Coward-McCann: $1.50)-
Readers of all ages are likely to
enjoy this tale of village in which
every one found something of which
to complain, and Of the events
which taught them the lesson they
needed. Nicely illustrated by Bea-
trice Tobias.
A Child's Book Of Psalms. by John
Travers Moore (Hobbyhorse: $3.50
This collection OF psalms is
charming in its simplicity, and
should help to get the very young
off to a pleasant start in religious
education.
Giant Mountain, by Frances Full
lerton Nelson and Mary Reardon
Dutton: $2)-Boys and girls will
like and admire Ronnie, who is
gifted with an extensive imagina-
ton and 4 wonderful appreciation
of nature. They will applaud his
heroism during a storm when the
school bus is snowbound.
Jonathan Bangs Said "No-o-o-o.'
by LoriS Corcos Gothrop, Lee &,
Shepard: $D-A book for 2-year
olds, complete with illustrations.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Illusion
Prize Contribution
By Judith Solomon, IS
colvin Coolidge High School

Calvin Coolidge High Sehoo!
Did you ever want to travel?
Did you ever wish you could 60
To far-off northern mountain
That is always capped In snow?
Or was it your wish to go to
A lovely tropical land,
Where there are sands that are
golden
And the weather is just grand?
And, If you ever travelled there,
Was it what you thought it would
be?
Or was it just golden windows
Shining far across the sea?
Once you get there, look back where
you came from,
And you'll find that where you
begun
Holds all the adventure you've
searched for
What you saw was trick OF the
sun.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Local Odd Fellows

David Simons, grand master of
the District of Columbia, accom-
panied by his grand officers, will
pay his annual visitation to the
subordinate lodges, beginning with
Langdon Lodge, 1920 Rhode Island
avenue NE, on Friday evening.
The other visitations will be: To
Mount Pleasant Lodge, los Carol
street, Takoma Park, D. c., October
l; Phoenix Lodge, 2407 Minnesota
avenue Sc, October 8; Sterling
Lodge, location to be announced
October %; Brightwood Lodge, los
Carroll street, Takoma Park, D. c.,
November /; Covenant Lodge, 419
Seventh street NV, November 6;
Friendship Lodge, 822 Twentieth
street NV, November 13. All Odd
Fellows invited.