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Evening star., 1946-11-28
Deaths Reported

Margaret M. willis, e5, us Otis pI NV
Edwin v. Bookmiller. 10. 1868 columbis
Juiigs Il. Durand. n. 1910 gath st. NE
William Hines. 72, S1l st. sc.
Max ]. zwillinger, 6s, 1920 Potomac ave
WoH ulman, "a, 1907 Conn, ave. NV.
Rebecca Z, Norwood, 81. 1701 18th st. NV
Charles r. Bremerman, go, 5612 Kansas
charles A. Hutchinson, 5e, Seat Pleasant
John Mcbride. Ss, 1923 r ST. NV
6eiforde M. Stellagen, 55. 5l24 Lough-
Lewis DsYidscn, SO. 1905 Girsrd st. NV
Gertrude D. Cobb. so. 1000 4 9th st. NV
Marjorie B. Damn. 46, 1900 Taylor st. NV
Infant David Russell, Great Mills. Md.
Lena Brewer. 50, 2527 Eye st. NV.
addison Jones, 10. Los Angeles.
Jane Smith. 90, Blue Plains, D. C..
John Hinton, IS, Ills 9th st. NV.
Samuel Lee. 81, Blue Plains, d. C..
Annie Stone. 55, 223 r ST. s.w.
Minnie I. Moore. 50. Fairmont Heights,
Elizabeth c. Gregory. 81. COS 47th pl. ne.
John. Jeter. AZ. Falls Church. Va.
Floyd Cannon. A. 223 Mass. ave. NV.
BENJAMIN Bizzell, AZ, 6S Mass ave. NV.
Arthur Stroller, /, 1884 20th ST NV.
Infant Shirley Mitchell 210 l. st. NV.
Evening star., 1946-11-28
O'Connor Off to Paris
Red Cross Meetings

American Red Gross Chairman
Basil O'Connor left yesterday by
plane for Paris. where he is to pre-
side at meetings tomorrow and Sat-
urday of the Executive COMMITTEES
Of the League of Red Cross
Societies.
The league will select commits
sion to examine proposed changes in
International Red Cross agreements
to outlaw the atomic bomb, Mr..
O'Connor said before departing.
Evening star., 1946-11-28

mirers as j first folio edition Of his
plays was sold here for s. 300.
An agent for the anonymous pri-
vate buyer purchased the folio At q
public auction sale of literary mate
rial disposed Of by order of Mrs. j. B.
Hirshhorn Of Great Neck, Long
Island.
Evening star., 1946-11-28

A Shakespeare folio Ia better con-
dition was purchased for S22 200
October %, and several years ago
another folio brought the record
price Of $77 900.
Evening star., 1946-11-28

What will 1856 be like for you?
Buy extra u. s. Savings Bonds In
l1946 and keep them. IN,
Evening star., 1946-11-28

is past president Of the Delaware
County Bar Association.
Mr.. Chadwick has been active IN
many other civic and welfare move-
ments. He has been leader In
measures for the prevention of
juvenile delinquency.
Evening star., 1946-11-28
shokespeore First Folio
Is Sold FOR 81, 900
~ ~ Asseeiossd prsss

y iks Asseeiotsd Press
4 NEW YORK, Nov. %, William
Shakespeare. dead sS0 years. con-
tinued to make money for hts ad-
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Atomic Bomb Fails
To Register Here

The atomic bomb vlast yesterday
disturbed Washington's only au-
thoritative seismograph not e whit.
The Rev. Frederick w. Sohon, di-
rector of the seismological observa-
tory of Georgetown University, said
today the recording machine in the
observatory failed to show any shock
waves transmitted through the earth,
and added, moreover, he personally
didn't expect any reaction. He
checked the seismograph about 80
minutes after the blast.
There was good cushion of air
and water between Bikini and the
nearest continents" he said. The
detonation would have had to be
pretty deep under the ocean surface
to have been recorded on any seis-
mograph."
Father Sohon said Seismogra phic
reaction was negative at the time
of the New Mexico, Hiroshima and
Nagasaki blasts as we'll
Comdr. E. B. Roberts, chief OF
the geomagnetism and seismology
division of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, said he had received nc
reports as yet from seismological
stations in the Nation. He admitted
conclusion waves from the blast
could" have travelled to other
parts of the world, but added his
division had no preconceived opin-
ion of seismograph reaction to the
explosion.
After all, the above water test
was unprecedented" he said.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
One Volunteer Out Of Five
Is CoIored, Army Reports
BY the Associated Press

The War Department disclosed
without comment today that colored
volunteers were being signed up in
the Regular Army's intensive re-
cruiting campaign on a ratio of one
to five with white soldiers.
Under an official policy announced
in March the accepted ratio for
creating troop basis in the postwar
Army" was to be the one -to-ten pro-
portion of colored to whites in the
civilian population.
In disclosing the current recruit
ing trend officials said merely that
AL comers' were being accepted
for the time being on the basis of
individual qualifica tions, but sug-
gested that a statement might be
forthcoming later.
Thus far, of SO8,79 recruits en-
rolled through the week ended June
IA, colored recruits numbered 133,-
Ill, or 1916 per cent; whites, 672,-
359, or 1919 per cent, and Filipinos,
Evening star., 1946-07-01
OPA Employees
Continued From First Page.)

considerable confusion among the
employees regarding their future in
government service, since most of
them are war service appointees.
Miss Virginia Allen of 1925 Orren
street NE, receptionist in the
consumers durable price section, is
a typical OPA employe.
Miss Allen came here from South
Carolina year and a half ago to
accept war service job with OPA
Asked what she would do if OPA
were not revived, Miss Allen said.
III try to look for another Job
here, but if I don't get what I like
I'm going home"
Another employe, Miss Margaret
Rhodes of 1888 twenty eighth street
Sc, secretary, said she would
not accept another job in the Gov
ernment service if the OPA re-
mains dead. I'm kind of tired any,
way of working for the Government
and will try to enter private indus
try she said. Miss Rhodes, how
ever, showed her loyalty to OPA
when she said that she would re-
main with the agency should Con-
gresS give it a new lease on life.
Probably the least unconcerned of
all OPA employees was Mrs Irma
Sorvarl of 14l7 N street NV. A
recent bride, Mrs. Sorvari said she
is going to quit her job in August
anyway.
During his press conference, Mr..
Porter said that he would not give
OPA employees the customary 3O-day
dismissal notice until he finds out
what action Congress takes. The
House already has passed the
agency's appropriation bill and fu-
ture paydays for OPA employees de-
pends on what action the Senate
will take on the appropriation meas
ure.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Scientist Believes Blast Damage
Greater Than First Indicated

tai radlo-activity indicators. which
he said registered only two and one
half points at $500 feet altitude
% miles from the explosion. Forty
seven points is considered danger
ous
Senator Saltonstall, Republican,
of Massachusetts. told reporters, Il
saw the cloud and saw the flash, al
though it was not a large flash.
looked at the sun through my dark
glasses and then at the flash. My
estimation of the flash is that it
was not as large or as bright as
the sun. l saw a few fires"
There certainly was no tidal
wave, the small craft along the
beaches appeared undisturbed. The
cloud was very beautiful. The top
was white. the middle grey and
pink in spots. I'll go to Bikini as
soon as possible to see the damage
Gen. Joseph Stilwell said simply
1T was just like the pictures. II
came up to my expectations. But
l am not talking. I've learned te
keep my mouth shut"
Senator Saltonstall and Senator
Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico
another member of the Presidential
Evaluation Board, said they woulc
remain to see the damage. Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland
and others sped to Manila to at
tend the Philippine independence
celebration Thursday.
Representative Rooney, Demo.
crat, of New York, aboard the
U. S. S. Panamint, told Paul K Lee
Associated Press correspondent, ht
felt an appreciable heat wave
Other observers agreed, while other!
were insure of this point. Lee sale
his own opinion was that there
definitely was a heat wave, but thaI
it was moderate.
Mr.. Rooney looked directly at tht
flash through dark goggles and de-
scribed it as unspectacular, as die
others aboard the Panamint.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
BY the Azsoeioied Press

KWAJALEIN, July 1.-The
atomic bomb dropped over Bikini
lagoon today probably caused
considerably more damage than
his first quick inspection from
the air indicated, DR.. Karl T.
Compton told press conference
today.
DR.. Compton, president of Massa-
chusettS Institute of Technology and
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff Evaluation Board, said his
first impression when the mushroom
lifted to reveal the lagoon was that
the ships appeared virtually intact.
Later it was my impression that
good many ships were displaced -
DR.. Compton said. Il don't know
whether it was because small ships
were sunk or whether the ships
pulled loose from their anchors.
Later, saw that four large ships in
the center of the target had swung
around
Bradley Dewey, president Of the
American Chemical Society, said, II
predicted in advance the Nevada
would be afoat, but would be a
wreck never again worth anything
l bet I'm still right. I think the
blast wave bounced off the water
We may find many hulls damaged"
Both DR.. Compton and Mr.. Dewey
reported seeing five to seven ships
aire.
DR.. Rogers Warner, jr., head of
the Los Alamos scientists, was re-
ported convinced from descriptions
that it was a high order explosion
and I am satisfied"
| DR.. Compton said he believed he
saw a series of three waves striking
Bikini reef at angles but there was
no way of telling how high. A little
later. wave washed over the reef,
he declared
DR.. Compton carried quartz crys-
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Congress
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gress substantial bloc-made up
largely of friends of the farmer
who are convinced more liberal OPA
rules are needed to get the produc-
ton necessary to get back to normal.
These members are not likely to
change their minds.
In fact. some observers on Capitol
Hill view the OPA battle as essen
TALLY one between the rural areas
and the big cities. They point out
that the consumers in the cities have
their attention centered on the re-
tail price level, while the chief con-
Germ of the agricultural States is
how much the producer is going to
receive at the beginning of the price
line
Even If the House votes today or
tomorrow on the issue, the more lib
eral Senate rules may stave off a
decision in that body all week, or
longer.
A definite move was developing to
revive rent control outside of WASH
ington. and let the rest of the price
control machinery rust on the scrap
heap.
Evening star., 1946-07-01

other sorts that could not be seen
because the television images were
dancing all the time But the dane
ing movement was small.
After that first flash the ships
were obliterated. This curtain was
temporary, lasting only a few sec
onds. The screen might have been
partly smoke and vapor but appar-
emily it was rain of water, splashed
up by the atomic blast hitting the
surface. Similar water spouts. not
solid but made of spray, were kicked
up by Little Bikini" tests in Mary
land with TINT bombs exploded in
air
In the wardroom were only two
other correspondents and handful
of sailors and officers.
AS the screen came clear momen-
tarily a yell went up from the Navy
men-"They're all there-they're al
there. Not ship was sunk"
This was overoptimistic, but cor.
rect for all the brave little silhou-
cites that were visible on the screen
And all the major ships were there
still on an even keel.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Test al Bikini Spurs
Action in. Congress
On Atomic Control
BY tic ks.oeioted Press

A fresh drive for domestic atomic
controls gained momentum today as
the world learned anew from Bikint
the terrific potency of nuclear
energy.
1t remained to be seen, however,
whether the pressure for action
could overcome the opposition of
those who want the Army to remain
supreme over atomic developments
until international safeguards are
perfected.
The House set aside an earlier
agreement to meet tomorrow at 10
I'm. and decided to convene at II
o'clock instead to give its Military
Affairs Committee an extra hour
on the control legislation, already
passed by the Senate.
Chairman May declared he would
read the riot act to the committee
if tomorrow's session fails to break
what he called "a filibuster TO keep
this bill off the House floor"
Roll Calls Block Action.
Mr. May told reporters a group
of committee members has been
blocking action by demanding time
consuming roll calls on every issue
and preventing meetings while the
House was in session.
Irked by the committees SLOW
ness-it has been considering the
bill for weeks-another member,
Representative Clare Boothe Luce,
Republican, of Connecticut, added
that unless action comes quickly
she will file a petition aimed at
forcing a control bill onto the floor
for a House vote.
While this maneuver would be
aimed at the original May-Johnson
bill which the military COMMITTEES
approved months ago but which Is
not acceptable to the administra-
ton, Mrs Luce said the Senate
measure or a revision of it. could
be offered as substitute.
Senate Proposal Revised.
The military committee already
has sharply revised the Senate pro-
posal which calls for a five-man
civilian control commission. The
committee has voted to require that
at least one member be a military
representa- tive.
1t was this dispute over civilian
VS.. military authority that led TO
shelving of the May-Johnson bill.
One member of Mays committee
who acknowledged privately that he
has been in the delaying group said
he was mot too anxious to get this
bill acted on"
AS things stand now" he said,
'the military has control of the
atom bomb and until such time as
We are convinced that a group of
professors won't get control of it
and share it with the world We
would just as soon see it stay this
way. The Senate committee ap-
parently yielded to the professors.
In times like these we must BE-
realistic, not idealistic."
/ The Army's Manhattan Project.
! he added, still is producing atom
bombs and can continue to produce
them unless and until Congress
says the Army must get out of the
picture"
Evening star., 1946-07-01

Back your own future with U. S.
Savings Bonds. In this period be-
tween the anniversary of our in
vasion Of Europe, June 6, and the
anniversary of our independence,
July 4th, no more appropriate advice
could be given an American. For
just as you backed the attack
against despotism by your purchases
OF War Savings Bonds, so you are
insurlng your own independence by
investing regularly in these same
bonds.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Shippen
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craft, including the Army Flying
Fortress, returned safely to base.
Nevada Appears ScOrched.

Fortress, returned safely to base.
Nevada Appears Scorched.
As / write glance across the rail
toward where the battleship Nevada
rides in the center of the target
fleet whose masts rise against the
sunset clouds. In this light she
appears to have been scorched a
dark purplish hue, but her fighting
top and superstructure seem all
there.
The Nevada has added another
first to her combat record in two
wars-the first battleship to survive
an atomic bomb.
At dawn this morning the Appa-
lachian was circling to bring her
upwind and broadside to Bikini at
9 am. and about Is miles distant
AS the hour approached correspond
ents with typewriters lined the rails
of the boat deck, the bridges and
the radar and searchlight plat
forms. But for their dress and
the fantastic black goggles they
might have made up the press at
SoliiS cav oEoi 10 SNSit.
Powderpuff clouds drifted across
a bright sky and Bikini lay beyond
the clear horizon. The correspond
ents saw neither the target nor the
plane that dropped the bomb. but
took the announcer's word for it
when. sharply at 9, he shouted,
Bomb away"
Like Small Sun.
We donned goggles SO dense that
only the suns brightness could cut
through, and nervously counted sec
onds-some 80 OF them The flash
cutting through the black plastic
was like the explosion OF small
sun out on the horizon, sun that
mushroomed upward in the frac-
ton of a second, a sun burning on a
glowing stem.
A moment later I discarded the
goggles to watch the oft-renewed
column put out head after head.
Cumulous clouds cut off the view
momentarily. But soon the atomic
geyser rose above them, putting out
new growthS.
1t was like vivid sunset. 1t was
cloud wierdly out of place in the
midmorning sky, yet different from
a cloud because it was apparent
this had no reflected light, but
something boiling in its heart.
The thing glowed deep with old
rose. with rust red, with dull red
containing a blush cast, lavender
quality. and then shifted to orange
and yellowish pink. All were in
subdued pastel shades.
Stuff Has Depth.
! The stuff had depth and sub
stance. looked solid as marble and
volatile as quicksilver.
| About minute and half later
a dull explosion, like thunder far
beyond the horizon, rolled across
the ocean.
| 1t took the cloud almost 10 min
utes to complete its towering struc-
ture. one that soon began to dis
sipate and string out across the high
sky.
Yet, in a sense, the spectacle was
an anticlimax. We had been taught
to expect too much and the dis
tance was too great.
A few ships were posted no more
than 10 miles away and observers
on them had a more spectacular
view, mobscured by clouds. Fol
some reason, our ship was held or
an outside circle while others were
allowed to draw much nearer.
One newsman called the show 8
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Task Force Loses Track
Of LethuI Bomb Cloud
BY the Associoied Press

ABOARD U. S. S. APPALACHIAN
AT BIKINI, July 1.-The atomic
task force lost track today of the
lethal cloud which rose $4,000 feet
above the target after the explosion
OF the atomic bomb in Bikini At oil.
The cloud wss drifting somewhere
over the ocean tonight
Evening star., 1946-07-01
None Hurt in Bikini Test;
One 'Drone' Plane Lost
BY the Associoied Press

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-Vics
Admiral w. H. P. Blandy, COM
mander of the Bikini atom bomb
fleet, said today not single person
was killed or injured in the atom
bomb test. but he disclosed that one
pilotless drone plane plunged into
the sea.
In broadcast from his flagship,
the U. S. S. Mount Mckinley, heard
here, Blandy said all other drones
were successfully flown through the
clouds created by the atomic bomb
and returned to their bases for in
spection. The missing drone crashed
before the bomb was dropped, he
added.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
TeIevision
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lights and brighter than the sun
shine coming through the opposite
side port holes.
The first notable fact was that
none of the target ships visibly
careened, none visibly were pushed
down in the water. There might
have been small motions of this OF
Evening star., 1946-07-01
Flash Seen as Bright, Red Boil
By Sui|or Who Left Off GoqqIes

that in the first few millionthS of
second. the fash caused slight blind
spots in the center of his eyes. Be-
cause of these spots he saw the red
color for few seconds.
'Boy!" he exclaimed TT was
the most beautiful thing 1 ever saw
I can't describe the brilliance of the
red ball I saw. 1t was a lighter
color than a red stop light. 1t was
alive. 1t spread in a flash to a
big red ball and the color turned
red-yelloW I never dreamed any
thing could be so brilliant"
After that in few seconds
T'horn's color vision returned to
normal and he saw the spectacle
the same as other observers.
Evening star., 1946-07-01

1920, or 035 per cent. The latter
excluded members of a force of So
900 Philippine scouts restricted to
service in the islands.
Evening star., 1946-07-01

bomb explosion He saw the first
fash as bright red ball. Every
one who kept his glasses on saw this
flash as white.
What happened to Thorn was
cosmic fizzle and another said
Hollywood's latest atomic bomb had
this one beat a mile for noise, color
and action
Alarm Is Felt.
Considerable alarm was felt on
the Appalachian that the fire started
by the bomb on Bikini might have
destroyed headquarters of the We'd
nesday Night Chowder and March
ing Society, along with the bar.
where beer is dispensed to charter
members.
AS We approached Bikini this
afternoon We could see the flight
deck of the Independence. anchored
fairly near the target ship, had
been swept clear of planes as if
with giant broom, although the
more distant Saratoga still carried
her planes. 1t seems likely that the
bomb, which appeared to observers
aloft to have covered the Nevada
with ball of fire. exploded some
what west of the target.
The independence was cast adrift
and swung down on the Jap battle
ship Nagato, which was reported
to have sustained considerable
damage, along with the Jap cruiser
Sakawa and the battleships Penn
sylvania and New York, where fires
started. AS we came in to anchor
rescue tugs were hosing water into
the latter two battlewagons.
Salvage Crews Enter.
Rescue and salvage crews entered
the lagoon a few hours after the
blast when yellow drone boats ra-
diced back that it was safe from
|radioactivity. Meanwhile, Army Fly
ing Fortresses and Navy Hellcat
drones few through the atomic
cloud at high and low levels.
Three transports carrying techni-
clans to read the thousands of COM
plex instruments were next in the
lagoon, followed by Vice Admiral
w. H. P. Blandy's flagship and our
three observation vessels.
Instruments can tell much. but
what seems even more important is
to know if personnel can survive
such a blast.
But the large steel ships. cush-
ioned by water and able to roll
with the shock. proved far less vul-
nerable than land targets.
Evening star., 1946-07-01

The novelist Somerset Maugham
became physician at his family
insistence, but never practiced.
Evening star., 1946-07-01
BY fha Assoeioted Press

ABOARD u. S. S. APPALACHIAN
OFF BIKINI, July 1.-The most
beautiful sight of the atomic blast
was that seen on the Appalachian by
seamen 1/c Kenneth Thorn, who
kept his uncovered eyes looking di-
rectly at the fash all the time, de-
spite warnings all aboard should
wear special dark goggles.
Thorn. who lives in the Bronx,
New York. unwittingly contributed
new scientific chapter to the A
bomb explosion He saw the first
fash as bright red ball. Every
one who kept his glasses on saw this
flash as white
What happened to Thorn was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

Last night Pembroke Jones. park
a the scene of a very lovely
spring pageant enacted by the stu.
dents of the various schools in the
city. Nancy Greer as Queen reign.
ed over the entire festivities. The
dances done by the elves and fair.
les were p e rforme in her
honor, and done Immediately be.
fore the throne. Silvered weeping
willows and C e d a r formed a
picturesque background for the
throne of one So lovely as Nancy
Greer. Her ladies-in-waiting, Miss
10 Carter, Miss Laura Ormsby,
Miss Ruby Shepard, were pre-
sented early in the evening, and sat
beside her during the ceremonies.
A huge crowd was there to wit
ness this spring festival portray.
ing the arrival of spring.
The latest musical platters
which are very much in demand
by all OF the jumping jacks"
are Beware" by Louis Jordan.
and I'm a Big Girl Now by
Gertrude Nielsen. Both of these
really do provide solid listening.
AS usual sentimental records hold
their own in any race, and as 81
today, The Gypsy by the Ink
Spots, Fishing for the Moon, by
Vaughn Monroe, and prisoner
of Love" by Perry Como are in
the lead. Speaking of Vaughn
Monroe, quite a number of the
solid citizens were at the dance
in spite of the fact that there were
exams the next day. From all
accounts he was really all right
Some people even stood out on the
beach just to be able to hear his
super sending. But they said il
was just like listening to one Of
his recordings. Catering to all
types of musicians, Mr.. Monroe
played fast and slow pieces alter.
nately all through the night. So,
everybody present could make nc
complaints. All of the girls said
he sho' was good to look at, but
OF course the only comments the
fellas had to make was that his
music was right on the beam!
Senior Glass Ranks
The students of the three upper
classes at MINIS took part in a
national test on social and scien-
tific studies, and they received the