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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Babe in Arms Killed ,
70 Injured as Bus
And Truck Collide
By the Associated Press

FLINT, Mich, Sept. ia babe
in arms was killed and more than
a score of persons were injured in a
collision today between loaded
Greyhound bus and steel-carrying
truck trailer.
Seven month-old Richard Nagel,
jr., son of a couple from Hazel Park,
Mich, died tonight in Hurley Hos
pital here of skull fracture less
than two hours after the crash.
The bus and truck, which was
carrying steel wheels, collided about
a mile north of the city limits on
busy Dixie highway in rush-hour
traffic shortly after pm.
The impact smashed the front of
the bus and stove in one side. The
truck trailer jack-knifed, crashed
against the side of the bus and over
turned, State police said.
One of the victims was Howard
L. Wright, 38, of Akron, Ohio, driver
of the truck trailer. He suffered
head injuries and physicians report
ed his condition critical.
State Police said the collision ap-
parently followed efforts of both the
bus and truck trailer to avoid strik-
ing another automobile in sud-
den tangle of traffic.
Sergt. Vincent Nearing said the
alertness of Mr.. Wright and the
bus driver, Edward J. Klenke. IS,
Saginaw, prevented more serious
consequences. Mr.. Klenke suffered
head injuries and possible arm and
leg fractures.
The baby's father, 81, suffered
bruises, and the mother Myrtle, 20,
an arm injury The child's grand
mother, Mrs. Gladys Nagel, 43, De-
troit, escaped with shoulder in
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14

RESCUED BOY AND MOTH
ER-Sidney Lewis, ir.. 2. who
locked himself into the bath
room yesterday, is shown here
with his mother. Mrs. Lewis
has tapped and tied the lock
to keep Sidney from doing it
again. Pvt. Edwin L. York,
who climbed along a three
inch ledge five stories above
the street to rescue" Sidney
is shown at the right.
Star Staff Photos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Education Program Topic
Of Winchester Methodists
Special Dispoteh 10 The Stor

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. ID
The general education program of
the Womens Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church
for Winchester district will be sur
veyed Wednesday at Woodstock with
representatives of Sc district societies
in attendance.
The World Evangelism" topic will
be presented by Mrs. Roscoe M.
White of Richmond, president OF the
Virginia Conference Society, and
Missionary Education and Service"
will be discussed by Mrs. E. C. john
son of Lynchburg, conference society
secretary. Mrs. Jesse w. Richards
of Marshall, district secretary, will
speak on Types of Glasses"
Mrs. John w. Rosenberger of Win
chester will give talk on The
Status of Women The Rev. F. B.
Oglesby, district superintendent, also
will speak, and the Rev. D. N. CAL
vert, pastor of the host church, will
open the devotional period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Newborn Baby Suffocated
In Nursery at GalIinger

Police revealed last night that
newborn baby was found suffocated
in a bassinet in the nursery at Gal
linger Hospital late Friday night,
While'a graduate nurse and several
trained assistants were on duty.
The 12-hour old girl was found,
face twisted in the bed clothes,
when a nurse made routine check
of the nursery. The parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. John Peters, 1445 n
street NV.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
last night issued certificate of &C
cidental death due to asphyxiation.
DR.. Alvin r. Sweeney, hospital
superintendent, said he attached no
blame to the nurse on duty. He
said the shortage of nurses at the
hospital made it impossible for tne
babies in the nursery to be under
continuous observation.
An hour before the death was dis
covered, the child was sleeping nor
mally, he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
70 Travel Editors 10 Tour
North Virginia Area
Spsciol Dispoteh TO The Star

WARSAW, Va. Sept. l0.-TWenty
editors of travel publications will
tour the northern Virginia PENN
sulas area September %, w. Tayloe
Murphy, chairman of the Northern
Virginia Peninsulas Association, has
announced.
This is part of a five-day pilgrim
age arranged jointly by the Virginia
Conservation Commission and the
State Chamber of Commerce.
The group will be met in Wash
ington the first day and escorted
to Fredericksburg, and then will
visit Stratford Hall and Wakefield
in Westmoreland County. An over
night stop will be made at Irvington
The second day the party will travel
the Grey'S Point and Yorktown fer
ries to williamsburg, Newport News
and, Virginia Beach.
Other points to be visited are Hot
Springs, the Shenandoah Valley and
Charlottesville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Miss Mixner to Speak

Miss Laura Mixner, new principal
of the North Four Corners School,
will speak at meeting of the North
wood Park-Four Corners Citizens
Association at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
1ruman's Ship Rides
SweIIs OF Hurricane
1900 Miles Away
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ABOARD THE U. S. S. MIS-
SOURI,, Sept 13.-Riding long swells
generated by the hurricane sweep
ing the West Indies, this homeward-
bound warship, carrying President
Truman from Brazil, cruised under
leaden skies today far from the
track of the storm.
The Missouri was 1900 miles from
the center of the hurricane and at
no time will come closer than TOO
miles from it, navigational officers
estimated
At. 3 pm the ship was $40 miles
Northeast of Dutch Guiana. Comdr.
Frederick G. Robinson, astrological
officer, estimated that the storm will
be felt most about 300 or 400 miles
Southeast of Norfolk, Va, where
the Missouri is bound.
Ship Far Ahead of Schedule.
The ship passed the halfway
mark home today. She has logged
about $500 miles since leaving Rio
Sunday. The ship is far ahead of
its schedule and its course could be
changed if weather conditions war
ranted il.
President Truman, wearing a tan
ensemble of tropical Worsted suit,
a khaki shirt and buff colored
hat with tan and white shoes, took
part in the regular Saturday inspec-
ton with Capt. Robert Lee Denni-
son. He travelled all over the ship
from bridge to engine room and
lunched in the petty officers mess.
Marines with their rifles at port
arms. with bolts open, were sur
prised when the President, a former
artillery officer, grabbed the weapons
from their hands and peered down
the barrels.
Talks with Ill Seaman.
The President talked about Missis-
Sippi senators in a visit to the sick
bay with Charles A. Scott, 27-year-
old merchant seaman, who was
brought aboard from the freighter
Del Sol several days ago. Scott, who
was stricken with blood poisoning
is from Ergemont, Miss.
Scott said the President asked
him if he knew the late Pat Harri-
son and was told he did. He also
knew the late Senator Bilbo, Scott
told the President and added that
he thought Senator Bilbo was a
great guy"
The ships doctor said the Presi-
dent agreed adding that Senator
Bilbo was personal friend when
they were in the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Labor, Management
Discussion Planned

The fourth discussion meeting on
labor management relations spon-
sored by the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters, will be
held at pm. Thursday at the
Chevy Chase Elementary School
Rosemary street.
David Farber of the National AS
ISOLATION of Broadcasters will dis
cuss the management viewpoint
Labor's attitude toward the Taft
Hartley law will be the subject of a
talk by Attorney Sam Jaffe. Repre-
senting the public's outlook will be
several Washington labor news re-
porters Miss Kathryn White OF
Bethesda, will be discussion leader
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Rescue
Continued From First Page.)

how Sidney was doing The news
brought her hurrying home, but
Sidney didn't bulge.
Then they called the police.
Refuses To Be Coaxed.
Equipped with rope and blandish-
ments, Pvts. York and Riley arrived
in their police car. Pvt. Riley, the
ideal Father" with three children
of his own at home, 1927 Harrison
street NV. stood quietly by. He has
no children.
Come out, Sidney" he coaxed.
1--WE have ice cream, bubble gum
and all sorts of nice things for you"
Sidney still held out for his daddy.
With that rebuff, Pvts. York and
Riley went into action.
The only solution, they agreed,
was for one officer to climb out an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14

adjoining window onto ledge and
inch along to the bathroom window
which they hoped would be un-
locked. For insurance, they decided
that the other should hold safety
rope from the roof.
Pvt. Riley, whose 2l5 pounds ex-
coed York's weight by a mere five,
went to the roof to hold the rope.
Tying the rope around his waist,
he dangled the free end down to
the fifth floor where York leaned
out the dining room window and
caught it.
Then with the rope tied under
his arms. Pvt. York moved gingerly
along the three -inch ledge. 1t was
only six-foot trip to the bathroom
window, but Pvt. York said it
seemed like six miles. He did not
look down.
After reaching the bathroom win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-14
Law Librarians to Meet

DR.. Frank j. Dugan, moderator
of the Georgetown University Law
journal, will address the Law Lii
brarians' Society of Washington at
dinner meeting at $50 pm. Wed
nesday at the Parrot Restaurant,
17O1 Twentieth street NV.
The frontiersman., 1947-07-23
Page Four

REL PLANS DISCUSSED (c hope of the agency to push power lines for ward along the line of the new highway, as the area settles to the point where such an e.xpans ion is feasible.
 The: ultimate. plan is the electr if ica- tion of highway. towns from Seward to Kenai, with Homer and Se1do- via tied in. It Is believed that source for the peninsu1a- long power system could Do der lived fr on a hydr o-electr ic de~ veloment located somewhere in the Sk1- lak lake area.
 Mr. Bryan said that Homer res1d ents already have expr es g. ed approval of union with Se1dov ia in a power. cooper ative. Name of the unit, at pr esent known as the Homer E1 ec tr ic ns soc- iation, will be chan
The frontiersman., 1947-07-23
RE-. PLANS DISCUSSED Cont. )

ead to a more sppro- He told his list pr fate title. eners of the o5 year
 If RE- off cials pey-out plan at per In Washington .appr ove cent interest, with the merger with Ho- tho individuals sole mer, all that vii be obl ig ati on that of nec es sary for cooper payment of his $5 atfve. operation of membership fee and tho. Se1dovia plant is pa yment of his light engineering eppr- bi11.. Ill consumers aisa1 of the present: of power are required property and negotia- to be members of the tions for purchase:of local co-op In order the plant and equip- to receive service. mont of :. Se1do- 6. E. anderson, via Light & Power Co. local. canary opera Mir Bryan stated. tor. spoke :fn favor
 Once -.REA appr oval of the plan, after is given of the plant John Groothof. pre- purchase, the agency. sent ownar of the through tho local light plant, express ganization immedi- sed himself in accord ate1y will take steps with the petition for to redes ign the pre- REA control.
 sent istr ibution Mir. Anderson urged system in Soldovte. haste, in order that Mr Bryan erphas ized tho system might be that RE4.~ cons iders functi oning properly . the. needs of every by next canning sea- consumer in it's power He said the program. gran. . present sa emergency rgon ney hin ai ar ca coverage u" he to refuse 15O, GOO said. "We want to pounds of hal ibut de roach tho people stined for the stoH-: : l tho fringos just as 1Cont. next pagel- downtown: Tt - ConfoM QU,e1 the Monday day. msoting CoNveNIENGt with br ief history
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

worst-a callous and vulgar lot, In
this instance, scarcely in position
to resent the alleged rudeness OF
people like Gen. Diller. Perhaps
the prior barbarities OF the war are
to be blamed in part for the low
sophomore humor and the revolt
ing conduct of several of the CORE
spondents gathered around the
bleeding eX-Premier of Japan. Still
one likes to think that American
journalists-or those who are pleased
to be called journalists-are civil
lied grownups.
"Star-Spangled Mikado" offers
several other items worthy of at
tention. Though written in some
what breezy style, 1t makes more
than a few penetrating observa-
tions. The authors write from ex-
perience. Mr.. Kelley, now in wash
ington as assistant chief of the
Herald Tribune Bureau, performed
with distinction for that newspaper
as a war correspondent in Britain
and the Pacific. Mr.. Ryan, cur
rently with Time Magazine, did the
same for the London Daily Tele-
graph. Their joint report on occu-
pied Japan, though far from being
def1nitive, is a useful and timely
contribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

Wilmington and other places are
observant and intimate. They range
all the way from factual statements
of food prices to frank remarks
about morals.
President Washington addressing
Congress, Alexander Hanilton's
severely plain lodgings but CON
Stunning ambition horse racing at
Jamaica, Long Island; high jinks
at Princeton University, annual
moving day In New York City, the
human side OF Tallyrand and other
notable French exiles in Philadel-
phia-all this provides reading that
| is as fascinating to the average
reader as it is priceless to the his
| torian.
Although not deported In 1913
Moreau was near the top of the
list of undesirable aliens" who ap.
parently expected too much Of
American freedom In general ano
President John Adams in particu.
lar. So he went back to France
and later worked for Napoleon
The bitterness occasionally reflected
in his avowedly constructive criti-
cism of a new Nation did not de-
tract essentially from the value Of
his American journey to him or te
Americans who even now might
| profit by 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

1ENI1 LIZ YIN.
Americans would come to drive back
the hated dwarfs.
He made the acquaintance Of an
ex-merchant turned smuggler whose
profits ran over $20,000,000 Chinese
annually. He wangled parley with
the big five of the smuggling world
in Lungtien Peninsula and in ex-
change for the favor Of the pirates
persuaded Gen. Chennault to stop
bombing the junks in which the
pirates ran their Jap goods. In one
room. Caldwell was shown smuggled
goods valued in excess OF $4,000, 900
Chinese. It's owner operated sup
ply house in Hiroshima.
Later a smuggler saved his life.
The deals he made with the pirates,
who operated from a Jap setup in
Matsuo were sidelines to his battle
of propaganda but they paid off
handsomely. He established contact
later for the Navy so that a radio
operator in the employ of a master
pirate gave the United States the
tipof every time Jap cargo ship or
convoy cleared the channel off For
mosa for the dash north to Japan. A
smuggler friend brought him a COM
plete file Of two japanese news
papers for two months after paying
out $3.50 in bribe money.
One smuggler offered Caldwell a
neat $200, 900 profit but this and SIM
liar offers were spurned. The direc-
tor had to hold himself tnviolate,
the representative of the great
American President. Spies shed their
wiles on him in vain. Women tried
to dominate him. undermine his
moral standing. One such creature
was shot when she persisted in
claiming special favor at his hands
without his knowledge, of course.
Knew the Pirates.
So effective was Caldwells tie
in with the pirates that some of
his pictures OF American industrial
efficiency were shown to Chinese in
Matsuo under the very noses of the
Japs.
Half the press in free China re-
ceived their principal war news and
pictures from Caldwell and his staff
located in alcohol Valley" near
Mapping. Alcohol Valley" was the
name given an old warehouse con-
yerted to Caldwell's purposes.
The keeping of records and re-
ceipts was a difficult task. The
Chinese were scandalized to think
that you couldn't trust American
members of Congress halfway
around the world. Did 1t not say
in a contract form that no member
Of Congress could profit? On one
occasion 1t was necessary to give
a banquet that cost 5000 to get
public utility official to sign
receipt for $3.50.
Mark Gayn, who organized this
book from Caldwell's diary material
is still in China. He went back in
1916 to represent the Chicago Sun
and Golfers. Previously, he was
foreign news editor for Time.
American Agent" Is full of color
and personal incidents. The horrors
of war are played down. The reader
is filed with wonder that an author
could experience what Caldwell ex-
perienced and still observe keenly
the humor and psychological char
acteristics Of the people. He spoke
as one of them, he felt as one OF
them, he almost died with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

It is foolish to deny that the
German nation long has led the
world in many fields of science.
During the war 1t was conven-
tional to say that the enemy was
a dull, initiative plodder-good
enough at patient, Flooding re-
search, but deficient in originality
and imagination. But few who said
this really believed it. Too much
that was new and unconventional
had come from east of the Rhine
during the last century.
1t is useless to deny that we were
worried all through the war lest
the enemy suddenly introduce some
secret weapon of devastating po-
tency. There was no end of rumors
that such developments were un-
der way-rurnors partially substanti-
ated when guided missiles first ap-
peared in the early summer of 1914.
Immediately our armies went
through the dragons teeth along
the western frontier of the Reich,
scientific teams were attached to
them to pick up whatever infor-
nation was available as to what
German science actually had under
way. These teams continued their
work until the end Of the war and
for months afterwards
Among the more prominent mill
tary scientists engaged in this work
was Col. Simon, wartime director
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

John Caldwell, 1917 Thirtieth
street NV, co-author and principal
character in the eyewitness Chinese
war front book, American Agent"
looks like an honest man in whom
half truth or fabrication of fact
could not abide. That may be the
reason this 33-year-old Chinese
born American was able to make
a deal with big-shot pirates that
changed the course of the war.
The book, just off the presses,
happens to be published at time
when the future of the Office of
Information and Cultural Affairs is
in the lap of Congress. After you
have read American Agent and
1t is a book that can be read in four
or five hours-you will understand
why the State Department and a
large segment of the Congress is so
interested in keeping the OIC or
reasonable facsimile thereof.
The war in China as far as Cald-
we'll Is concerned, and the dreadful
pressure of that period in 1943 and
1914, when he rendered such ins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08
By Robert J. Lewis

-HE compound DOT was dis
covered 70 years ago, yet only
In the last few years was it
- realized that here was a
powerful insecticide, capable
of hating an epidemic and saving
thousands Of lives.
Likewise, sulfanilamide remained
a musty formula for 80 years until
rediscovered as a new wonder drug"
endowed with the power to kill the
deadliest microbes.
Similarly, scientists have de-
veloped hundreds of thousands OF
chemical compounds whose full
potentialities are still unknown.
The molecular structure OF these
compounds Is an open book. But
the work they viii do to lessen
human misery, or make life more
secure, Is too often cloaked IN
mystery.
New Miracles.
Unlock those mysteries, say scien-
lists, and the chemical compounds
will perform dramatic new miracles
which may even dwarf the results
from sulfanilamide or DOT.
Until recently, scientists had no
means of even finding out what
compounds had been developed, or
how they had been put to work.
Today the situation is changing.
To further the knowledge of chenli-
cal compounds, new and old, the
National Research Council has set
I'D a Chemical Biological Co-ordi-
nation Center in Washington. 1t is
located In the National Academy of
Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution
avenue NV.
A House of Wonders.
At one time this building was a
sort of House of Wonders" where
the visitor could marvel at exhibits
showing the Announcements of
science. The war, however, put an
end to that. Today, 1t is an even
greater House of Wonders" but the
work that goes on there is so i'm
portant that scientific exhibitions
have not yet been restored.
In the Chemical Biological Co.
ordination Center-one Of hundreds
of scientific projects guided by men,
bers of the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Research
Council-a file of information on
the nature of chemical compounds
is now being gathered
First of its kind in the country.
this clearing house has been de-
scribed as "one of the greatest
sources Of chemical and biological
information" in existence any
where.
Here. in line with the purposes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

Moreau's account abounds with
glimpses of everyday life in the
early years of the republic. In tell
ing what he liked or disliked in
the land where he sought refuge
from the French guillotine, Moreau
reveals to a remarkable degree his
own personality.
A prominent participant in the
French Revolution, this scholarly
native of Martinique fed from
Paris to escape the terror that fed
even on the earlier liberals in that
struggle. His description of the
narrowing sea voyage of more than
100 days from LIE Havre to Norfolk,
Va, is the kind of history seldom
given much space in textbooks and
rarely written so faithfully IN fic-
ton.
His reports and comments on the
early American way of life in Phila-
delphia, New York, Baltimore,
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bility OF undertaking development OF
the atomic bomb.
The National Research Council,
formed by the academy at the re-
quest Of President Wilson in 1915,
has as its purpose the promotion of
research in the mathematical,
physical and biological sciences, and
in the application Of these sciences
to engineering, agriculture, medicine
and other useful arts, with the OBJ
ject of increasing knowledge, OF
strengthening the national defense,
and Of contributing in other ways
to the public welfare"
No scientific laboratories are main
tanned by the academy or research
council. The organizations, instead,
seek to organize and coordinate the
work Of individual scientists and lab
oratories dealing with large problems
In the field of science.
Among means of carrying out these
aims are conferences, technical
committees, surveys, sponsorship of
scientific publication and organiza-
tons for research, and the admins
tration Of funds for research projects
and fellowships.
Members of the academy, headed
by DR.. Frank B. Jewett, total 40,
plus II foreign associates in Great
Britain. Norway. Denmark, Belgium,
Mexico, France. Germany, Argen-
tina. Russia, Switzerland, Sweden,
Italy, China, South Africa and the
Netherlands.
The world-famous Albert Einstein
was elected foreign associate in
1922. Today he Is a member of the
academy, from the United States.
Represented by membership on the
National Research Council, headed
by DR.. Detlev w. Bronx, are SO tech
nical and scientific societies, plus
Government agencies, in addition to
other scientists. The council thus
ties In the specialized work of sci
entif1c societies with that OF the
academy.
Thus, when a problem is investi-
gated and reported on by the acad-
envy, the result can be said to rep
resent the cumulative, organized
opinion of American science.