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Evening star., 1946-09-08
| Hiroshima Bomb
IWusUnnecessury,
IHoIsey Declares
BY the Associofsd Press

BUFFALO. N. Y, Sept. 7.-Ad-
miral william F. (BulD Halsey, jr.,
tonight described the dropping OF
the atomic bomb of Hiroshima as
"an unnecessary experiment"
Admiral Halsey, here to attend
ltomorrow's all America conference
football game between Buffalos S
Bisons and the Brooklyn Dodgers,
said at news conference:
THE first atomic bomb was an
unnecessary experiment. 1t was a
mistake ever to drop 1t. Why reveal
a weapon like that to the world
when 1t wasn't necessary"
Admiral Halsey asserted that the
scientists had this toy and they
wanted to try it out, so they dropped
it,
"It killed a lots of Japs, but the
Japs had put out lot of peace
feelers through Russia long before, +"
he continued. I'VE had put out a
very rigid block (of Japan before
our ships got there and that, with
the raids of the 5th and Sd Fleets
together with Navy planes and the
Army's B-29s. had done considerable
damage"
Evening star., 1946-09-08
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE

ExECUTOR's SALE OF important Napole-
onie collection OF bronzes, portraits, col
ored prints. engravines, crystal chandeliers.
hail clock. fne ehins' miniatures. etc.
straus. near .Brooklsndville. Md. Pursu-
Baitimore County. passed in the above
estate, the undersigned executor will sell
at public auction, on the premises. Mon
80, october / and 2, 1946. beginning each
day at II a. m. entire contents Of house.
We mention. in part: Furniture-Napoleon
scum piece, Napoleon folding screen. gold
leaf Empire chair, dining room furniture.
drawing room furniture, BEDROOM furniture;
miprer ps,r ts ovn ro1 m;rrors rn earred Srm
usual collection: .eomprisins over 100
etssfs essss BY Sqiss hs fslorRs 81 aa % %ns
O. Levy. Noel r., j. r. Mason, Bovy. Las
seur, Clodion. cecianni, SUISSE Fres, r. Bar:
sst sd
saii Jackson, Daniel WEBSTER. and otSer.
oEena nn1, la.ss to0n size sSSns
silver-5-pc. hand-enEraved tea service
with tray to match, Jas. A. Armiser Co.;
sopc ssopc ,i repousse coffee service; 3 Sirx
lection Of fiatware Miscellsneous-2 very
fne and elaborate crystal waterford chan
Armiger & Co; Capo di Monte plaques.
pe dts.r .h,n
etc Exhibition sunday. September 20
25c Catalogues may be obtained from
esasor * aHssl0nssts oALTos trass 'oS
Ho%afd St St, BSitimor. f'i /. Nd. sA. ss.o.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
ohmart, Miss Utah." . torch singer

ohmart, Miss Utah. torch singer,
was fifth.
Didn't Expect to Win.
Miss Buferd was speechless when
she was called up to receive her
crown, but she said later she was
very much surprised"
Il didn't expect to be selected
because there are other girls here
with so much more talent than l."
she said
Miss Mccall wept as she crossed
the stage to take second place, and
later said she was 80 very, very
happy to have been selected.
Miss Miller said she was "just
sorry for Atlanta" that she did not
win.
Miss McClelland related later that
she had not expected to win and
was about ready to 60 home" when
her name was called. Miss Ohmart
said she was proud for Utah" to
have placed.
Native Of Detroit.
The new Miss America" is a
native of Detroit. She said she en-
joys drawing and sewing, and also
likes swimming, riding and fencing
Miss Buferd said she wanted the
s. 900 scholarship ito further my
education IN dramatics."
The first ru.ner-up received a
scholarship for $1,000; second, $2,500:
third, $4,000 and fourth $500.
The other II flnalists received ST.
600 scholarships, and Lennie Jose
phine Mobiles. Miss Mississippi" re-
ceived special $1,000 scholarship
award as the most talented contest
ant who did not reach the finals.
In the Atlantic City pageant the
judges, as well as the bathing beau
ties, walk the runway. Mrs. DOYLE,
who had arrived with the other
judges with motorcycle escort from
the Hotel Claridge, came out when
Bob Russell, master of ceremonies,
introduced her, and took her place
Mrs. DOYLE was wearing a black lace
evening gown with large cross pen
dant.
| Scrolls Were Prepared.
Typewriters and telegraph keys
were clicking along the press tables
and broadcasters were talking into
microphones as at prize fight. Five
employees of the China Film Enter
prise-Y. c. Chen, Lily Lee, H. c.
Weng, Sun Yu and Nelson VII
gave the event an international
flavor.
DR.. Snavely showed this reporte,
the Illuminated scrolls he had dra WI
up conferring scholarships on the
girls with personality. talent, in
telligence. charm, health and beauty
OF face and figure
Just then the parade of girls in
bathing suits started down the run
way. I'm going to take the en-
phasis of that" he said.
OF the 4S girls who had been con-
testing, the Is selected to compete
tonight had been chosen by a judg-
ing formula of points so COM
plicated that two certified public
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Atomic
Continued From First Page J

guided missiles have always contem-
plated eventual shipboard installa-
ton, although design studies were
handicapped until the Navy had
made more progress in the develop
ment of guided missiles. The de-
sign studies now being made for
the Kentucky and Hawaii together
with the development of missiles
guided by carrier-based aircraft,
will lead to a revolution In the strik-
ing power of naval warships. It is
still too early to make any forecast
of the ultimate design character
isticS of these ships except that they
will be guided-missile warships."
End Of Era Seen.
1t was patent, however, that the
announcement marked the end OF
an era-the age of the rifled gun
In the main batteries of American
naval ships. That gun came into
general use by the Navy soon after
the close of the Civil War.
Naval designers, talking infor-
mally, pointed out that the destruc-
tive power of the capital ship car
be increased enormously by use OF
far-reaching missiles homed to the
target by electronic beams or drawn
there by the attraction of the steel
or heat in the target itself. And
designers say, the advent of the
rocket with atomic blast warheac
Is just around the laboratory corner
Although the main weapons ol
the two big warships will be dras-
tic departure from tradition, there
is no indication that atomic pile
power plants have reached the
point where they can be installed
as propulsion units in vessels. Both
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Ambassador PawIey
Is Sued for AIimony
By the AsSorioted p,es.

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. IA suit for
Alimony "unconnected with causes
OF divorce was filed in Dsde Coun-
ty Circuit Court here today by Mrs.
Annie Hair Pawley of Miami Beach
against William D. Pawley, United
States Ambassador to Brazil.
Mr.. Pawley, the suit charged, has
a yearly income OF S1,000.000 from
various holdings He obtained a
Cuban divorce in 1899, and has since
remarked.
The bill stated that Mr.. Pawley
has made no adequate provision
for the support and maintenance of
his wife and minor children. In
the past he has averaged about
$500 monthly in contributions which
is not even adequate to maintain
the home. 1t leaves nothing for
the maintenance of the children
and their education"
Mrs. Pawley asked the court to
set a figure and stated in her bill
OF particulars that ito live in the
way they are entitled to live, in view
OF Mr.. Pawley's position, would cost
5000 monthly"
Paul Scott, Mr.. Pawley's attor-
ney here. issued a statement in
which he said Mr. Pawley has pro-
vided his children and their mother
with large home on Miami Beach
at an annual cost OF about S25 yO0O.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Miss America
Continued From First Page.
was DR.. Guy E, Snavely, 900 Hudson
Avenue, Takoma Park, Nd. who

was DR.. Guy E. Snavely, 900 Hudson
Avenue, Takoma Park, Md, who
presented the crown to Miss Buferd
DR.. Snavely, executive director of
the Association of American Colleges
started the intellectual movement
in the bathing beauty contest last
year as national counselor of the
pageant and was rewarded when
tall, brunette Bess Myerson of New
York won by playing a Grieg piano
concerto.
But the movement almost suffered
setback tonight when Rebecca
Jane Becky Mccall, brunette Miss
Arkansas" vowed the audience of
10000 in the vast Convention Hall
on the Boardwalk by giving them
the real lowdown in singing Put
the Blame on Name" She was the
runner up to Miss Buferd.
The new Miss Americas s measure
ments are: Height, feet inches;
bust, 35l2; waist, 25i2; hips, 36. She
weighs 1913 pounds.
Miss Blurred, who is 81 and studies
drama at the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles, will get a
$4,000 scholarship She also will
profit by the increased interest
which the Hollywood studios are
certain to show in her career.
Janey Miller, Miss Atlanta" who
sang an aria from "Tosca," was
third; Marguerite McClelland, Miss
louisiana" who sang Voices OF
Spring" was fourth, and Amelia
Evening star., 1946-09-08
will save the Government s35. .Ooo.,

will save the Government s35, ,0oo,-
900.
I'm view of the successful COM
pletion of the first two atomic bomb
tests Of Operation Crossroads and
the information derived there
FROM" said a White House state
ment. "the Joint Chiefs of Staff
have concluded that the third ex-
plosion, test C., should not be con-
Quoted in the near future.
Proper Evaiuation' Seen.
THE information obtained from
tests A and B., together with the
knowledge derived from the orig
inal experimental test in New Mex
leo and from study of the results
Of the explosions in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, will enable our scientific
and military experts to make a
proper evaluation of the effects of
this weapon
THE additional information OF
value expected to result from test
C. is such that the Joint Chiefs OF
Staff do not feel that completion OF
this test in the near future is justi-
fed.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff are ex-
tremely gratifled by the conduct and
results of the atomic bomb tests
and consider the entire operation an
unqualified success.
THE invaluable assistance of the
civilian scientific personnel and the
inter-service cooperation toward q
common end were major factors in
achieving this success"
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Atomic Power Has ADVANTAGES
But Economy Isn't One of Them

! insurmountable.'
The present disadvantage of the
nuclear power plant in comparison
with coal power production would
depend only upon the low price of
coal
Research Could Lower Cost.
| Equality of operating costs be-
tween coal power plants and nuclear
power plants would be reached If
the coal cost $40 per ton" DR..
Thomas reported "It must be real
lied that lower costs of nuclear
power plants can best be achieved
by continued research and develop
ment
In the case of nuclear power,
the operating cost is greatly affected
oy the large investment, which is
reflected in the interest, deprecia-
tion and maintenance charges. The
labor and supervision charges for
the nuclear plant are expected to
be greater than for the coal plant,
until such time as the production of
electrical power from nuclear energy
has been further developed. It
seems reasonable to expect that
the future development of nuclear
power will result in the standard
ization Of design and construction,
and a material reduction in the
investment and operating costs
Complication for Inspectors.
ut is the belief of many of the
scientists and engineers connected
with this work that comparatively
small standardized nuclear power
plant will be developed. If this
reasonable prediction comes to pass.
such power plants can be placed at
strategic points on ell established
utility company systems. They
would greatly reduce power trans-
mission costs and insure partial
operation If the system were in
operative"
The Thomas report said, however,
that this would of course compli-
cate any inspection system" This
apparently referred to the provi-
sion in the United States atomic
energy plan which insists on inter-
national inspection of atomic energy
production lest it develop into
lethal packages for aggression along
the road to war.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

accountants were used to determine
the leaders. When the is were
called, Jeanne Carlson. Miss Wash.
ington, D. c." was not one of them
She later paraded the runway With
other consolation prize winners, all
smiling. and wearing blue ribbons
from a gold seal similar to those
used in county fairs. Miss Carlson
was wearing white lame evening
gown with a hustle.
The intellectual movement was
much in evidence among the con-
testants. Patricia Fenton, Miss
Louisville" who is two-year schol-
arship student at an Indianapolis
art school. lectured on her work
some very professional Genre paints
displayed on easels. Eileen Henry
Miss New York" gave dramatic
recital OF Bernard Shaw's Saint
Joan Before Her Judges" and
Norma Salisbury. Miss West Vir.
ginia,' recited rymed couplets cher
own, entitled Who Is Miss Amer
ica." The real Miss America, the
verses disclosed, was the Army nurse
wounded on Saipan. the soldier 3
widow, the Gold Star mother.
Others in Finals.
In addition to those named, to-
nights l6 flnalists included:
/ 4 Cloris Leachman, Miss Chicago
La Vonne Bond, Miss Cincinnati >
Joan Elizabeth Turner, Miss Con-
Inecticut:;" Jacquelyn Marie Jennings
Miss Florida" Patricia Jeanne
Frye, Miss Illinois," Violet Mellar
Miss New York State" Eleanor D.
Kramer. Miss Pennsylvania" ano
Antonio Bernice Lunde, Miss Wis
eonsin'
Contest officials announced that
Joyce Eleyne Blakemore, 1S, OF
Liberal, Kan, who is Miss Kansas,
was withdrawn from competition
| because of bad cold.
/ The interim while the certified
/ public accountants were adding ur
the final score, was filled by a med
ley of popular songs by the master
Of ceremonies and a little talk By
DR.. Snavely.
There was Greek slave in Rome
who wrote great poetry. DR.. Snavely
said. His name was Ovid and he out.
lined the ages of history ending witt
the Golden Age. We were living II
the GOLDEN age, the educator said
but the explosion of the bomb a
Hiroshima had begun another age
the atomic age.
And, "Dr. Snavely said, "the com.
mittee last year anticipated tn,
coming of the atomic age by rejuve
mating and Strengthening the Mis-!
America pageant by offering schol
arsnips to the winners"
The taxi driver waiting outside tn,
Convention Hall had another idea
Il don't think it's fair" he said
Judging beauties by talent. l thinl
it's lot of baloney."
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Five-AIdrm Fire Wrecks
Brooklyn Brewery Plant
BY the Assoeiated Rrs,.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA five.
alarm fire at the Lehman Brew.
cries, inc, plant in Brooklyn to.
night almost destroyed six-story
building containing 100000 case.
OF bottled beer and for a tim,
threatened an adjoining seven.
story structure.
Police and fire officials estimated
the damage at s500.0O0.
More than 100000 pounds of malt
rice and corn were stored in thu
adjoining building. owned by tn.
brewery, but the blaze was ex
tinguished before damaging any.
thing but the roof, flremen said