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Evening star., 1949-04-25
New Atomic Reports,
Due Soon, May Force
Secrecy Showdown
By Phelps Adoms

North Arnsriecs Newspaper AHsones
In the closely guarded Offices
of the Atomic Energy Commission
on Constitution Avenue here. ex-
perts are completing their work
on three reports which are ex-
pected to force showdown on
the whole issue of atomic secrecy.
1t is the intention Of the COM
mission TO send these document
to Congress. and so make them
public. But publication Of the last
Acc report evoked such a storm
of protest from many Of the leg
islators themselves that President
Truman may intervene to prevent
transmittal OF the new releases.
Two Of these reports will reveal
many hitherto secret details about
the atomic bombs effects and
about radiation hazards. They
are designed to provide the facts
which must be known before any
Nation can set up q practical.
realistic program of civilian de-
fense in preparation for an atomic
war. Without this information it
will be impossible for the United
States to train civilian defense
forces, hospital workers and
nurses, and decentralization
squads for our protection against
sneak atomic attack.
Essential to Civil Defense.
The knowledge. moreover, would
afford a basis for informed, in
stead of hysterical, discussion OF
such problems as community plan
ming and decentralization OF in
dustry.
Most important of all, probably.
| is the argument that only by full
public understanding Of the facts
could nation wide panic be averted
in the event of an atomic air raid.
For instance, radioactivity pow
erful enough to kill in short
space of time cannot be detected
through any Of the five human
senses. The victim cannot even
feel it. For any orderly civilian
defense, therefore, it is essential
that people generally should know
the range within which bombs
radioactive effects would be lethal.
dangerous or just mildly injurious.
Taxpayers Should Get Facts.
To disseminate this knowledge
at home, however, is to give a
potential enemy the benefit Of the
same information-to hand him,
on a silver platter. the means
whereby he can afford his own
people a maximum of protection
against our atomic weapons. OF
prime military importance. too, is
the fact that it would enable the
enemy to minimize panic among
his citizenry.
So the issue Is drawn: Shall
these secrets be revealed or with
held?
The third report would add
further disclosures to the wealth
of publicity that already has been
given to the atomic energy pro-
gram. Here the commissions
argument is that in the develop
ment of an atomic engine. 1t is
playing with blue chips-and that
the taxpayer who is paying for
them has a right to know what
the stakes are. Reactors cost up
ward of $25, 900. 900 apiece and
four are contemplated as a mere
beginning. The taxpayer should
know therefore that this is a
gamble, and should be able to
weigh-on the basis of sound.
factual realities--the possibility Of
failure against the probability and
the fruits Of success.
Evening star., 1949-04-25

The first use Of glass in win
dows is believed to have taken
place about the beginning Of the
Christian era.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
HOW WE 20. IT

The rear wheels of your car
rest on the traction rolls,
which act IS q treadmill. As
your engine transmits horse.
power 20 the rolls, il is abb
.sofbed and measured. The
road load set up on the rolls
by the operator is changed ae
will 70 duplicate every possible
road driving condition, and
your cars reaction TO these
road driving demands deter.
mines the adjustments necessary
70 insure peak performance.
Evening star., 1949-04-25

These prices elective sntiI slsss
Of hssInsss Wedn<sday. Assh
N, 1863 in washingssa. .. 6.
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aeasssrs. Chsvy Chase. kss-
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psrh. Hyastsvilis. Msnss RAs-
nier. Silver ssrtns. Tahs1s
Park. Gaifhersb&rs. Ksehsffbs,
suitisnA. Upp<s Marissrs. is-
aian Head. Berwyn. CsDtssi
HeasAts.
VIRGINIA. Aisxassris. Arffas-
ton. Falrfax. FaIis Cksssss
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20 SAILS TO pEALERs- VI
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maykes go are sssSeef 10 sIa~
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ees are sshSe<t 10 4sifs msrk<s
ehxnxss.
Evening star., 1949-04-25
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perfect for salads because they are carefully
chosen. then rushed to our stores at their
tip-top best.
Evening star., 1949-01-26
Two Building Material
Theft Suspects Caught
After Police Chase

A chase which alerted police in
Northeast and Southeast Washing
ton and in Prince Georges County
early today resulted in the capture
of two men suspected of stealing
building materials from a construc-
ton job here.
Pvts. Robert A. Isaacs and ]. w.
Latimer, manning a cruising patrol
wagon from No. II precinct, said
they surprised the two as they
loaded cast iron soil pipe from a
job at Minnesota avenue and c
street Sc. into cab.
AS the patrol wagon swung around
the cab took off. A chase ensued,
during which the cab sped on the
wrong side of the road, without
lights and past a stop sign, the po--
lice said. The occupants dumped
the pipe at Minnesota avenue and
Anacostia road.
Limited to a top speed of about
IS miles an hour. the patrol wagon
lost the cab, but the police noted
the tag number. All scout cars of
the 1lth and 14th precincts, motor
cycle men, the 9th precinct and
Prince Georges County authorities
were alerted.
Pvts. Allen w. Anderson and
Francis Raymond of the Traffic Di-
vision spotted the cab at Twenty
third street and Benning road NE.
and arrested two suspects.
Listed as Lewis e. Jordan, "a, COL
ored, of the 1900 block of H place
NE, driver of the cab, and Mat
thew r. Brown, IS, colored, of the
900 block of Fifty fifth street NE,
they are being questioned in coll
nection with the theft of S700 worth
of building materials from the job,
police said.
Lightning kills IS out of every
100000 South Africans annually,
surveys show,
Evening star., 1949-01-26

captured document at q news con-
ference yesterday.
They said their information was
obtained through interrogation of
German officers as part of the over
all task of writing the history of the
Normandy campaign.
The Germans said the document,
carried in brief case, was taken
from the dead American officer near
Vierville by a German grenadier
regiment which had launched q
counterattack.
Maj. Gen. Guenther Blumentritt,
chief OF staff of Nazi Field Marshall
Gerd Won Rundstedt, was quoted as
saying the document reached head
quarters the next day and proved
this was the invasion"
Evening star., 1949-01-26
Invasion Papers Found by Nozis
Identified as 5th Corps' Plan

a greater invasion elsewhere along
the Atlantic fortress.
1t. Gen. Clarence Huebner, United
States ground force commander in
Germany, disclosed Monday that
the Invasion plan had been cap
tured' by the Germans. He added
that had the paper been recog-f
nized for its true value the entire
outcome of the war might have been
different"
Oficers Of the historical research
Of the European command
told a more complete story of the
Evening star., 1949-01-26
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan. 26.
United States Army officers yes
terday identified the document cap
tured by the Germans on the
Normandy invasion beachhead as
the "operational plan" Of the
American 5th Corps.
The 100-page document was taken
from the body of young American
officer on June Z, 1914, the day after
the invasion. The investigating
officers said they found from Ger
man sources that the document
was in Hitler's hands five days
later.
However. Hitler was represented
as doing nothing about it because
he was convinced the Normandy
operation was just a feint to mask
Evening star., 1949-01-26

He added, however, that Hitler
remained convinced until two
months later that a greater in
vasion was in the making.
, 1949-07-07

to the company. Payrolls and
obligations were met out of
operating revenues, relief al
locations and from loans by
Federal agencies and private
banks. The total cost, through
losses , of the company's OPP
,erations through June 1947 &
exclusive of depreciation on
properties, amounted to only
100000, far less than the cost
of a direct relief program dur
ing these years.
The Virgin Islands were ac-
CURED from Denmark in 1917
as part of the protection of the
newly built Panama Canal.
They were predominantly ag-
ricultural, producing sugar &
rum and raising cattle. Pro-
hibition was the first economic
shock which ended the Is
land'sl50-year old rum indus
try. Others followed and in
spite of all efforts, less than
$4,000 of private capital was
invested in the Islands be-
tween 1917 and 1884.
The rum industry, raesta-
blished by the Virgin Islands
Company at the repeal of the
prohibition, and operated
since that time, is eliminated
as a government activity in the
new Virgin Islands Corpora
ton Act.
, 1949-07-07
KRUG

sources such as wood, grasses
and native handicrafts, ad to
assist in the marketing of
these products. While endea-
voring to meet local needs, the
corporation will also aim at a
sufficient variety and quanti-
ty Of products to permit an ex-
port business. Further devel-
.opment of the tourist industry
will be stimulated and encour-
aged.
Management of the Corpora
ton will be vested in a board
of directors consisting of the
Secretary of the Interior, Sec
rotary of Agriculture, Chair
man of the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation, the COVER
nor of the Virgin Islands, and
three businessmen to be ap-
pointed by the President.
The Virgin Islands Com
.pany, predecessor of the new
~ created Corporation, was es-
tablished in 1884 to bolster the
economy of the Islands as the
alternative of a vast and con-
tinuing relief program. About
$3,0OO,OO0 was spent by the
government for the purchase
of properties turned over to
the company for operation.
Until June 1947, not a single
direct appropriation was made
, 1949-07-07
NATIVES

NM&rT @SEeEA4 81 $3.50
# Puerto Rican labor was
paid higher wages than the
native St. Thomian then. the
latter cannot justly be Tabled
lazy because Of this discrimi-
nation. On the other hand he
said those who are willing to
stoop will eventually conquer.
The Puerto Rican youth is res
ponsible for progress in labor
in ST. Croix and the ever in
dustrious Cha Cha continues
to make a fine contribution in
st. Thomas.
Totten admitted that there
is a hotel att ST, Thomas with
white continental help but he
rebuked the querist fol, asking
why he did not speak about it,
during his stay there.
Colored natives do not see
any harm in it and they in
clude some of the members of,
the legislature, he replied.
t GA-A
Swapping back. he said, Il
did not go to the Virgin Is
lands to tell anybody how they
should run their business" If
they who live there consider
it q step forward, what am II
expected to do about it.
How does native help COM
pare with those from other
countries, Totten was asked.
Domestic workers who are ma
tives need special training
to serve the public. They need
to understand that they do not
confer any honor on patrons
to wait on them and they need
most especially to cultivate
that sweet personality at all
times, ! and to meet patrons
with a smile if even behind it
all they suffer because of poor
wages, insufferably long hours
and other conditions for which
the patrons are unaware and
in no way responsible.
If native help expects to bel
nefit by tourism it is impera-
tive that they prepare them
selves not only to give service
but super service. If they dol
not they cannot make any con-
tribution to the tourist trade.
Hotels, restaurants and tav-
ems have nothing to cell hltI
, 1949-07-07

help is also true Of manage
ment. While in the Islands
some tourists told me that
they were impressed with
their beauty but they were
darn tired of eating canned
food and frozen vegetables.
They could stand stand some
music with their meals and
some recreation before retir-
ing at an early hour after din
ner.
Business people and workers.
alike cannot hope to rise with
any degree Of permancy by
boosting one island to tourists
and knocking the other. One
tourist told me that she was
advised not to visit primitive
st. Croix and become infected
with leprosy. l was shocked to.
hear this but there were many.
who said that this sort Of
knocking continues.
Leadership in the Islands
|boast of their achievements
and h~ighpowered ability to run
government without one sing
lie evidence of their willing
ness to make a sacrifice. AL
of the just complaints of the
weary police officer, the hos
pltal nurse, and school teach
er receive secondary considera
ton in the school of economics
with a poor balancing budget
by legislators who vote a fine
salary for themselves in a
small community where no
one will ever become round
shouldered with the weight of
legislative matters.
There is a great tendency
to initiate the vices of our Sc
majors and Congressman and
leave their virtues alone, and
one would think that the only
way to success is to make all
governmental jobs comparable
to salaries paid in New York
with no thought to the income
necessary to pay these en-
ployees.
White collar jobs will never
be- increased to satisfy the
huge number Of persons who.
represent the job-seeking ele-
manf hnnco +ha youth will ooo
, 1949-07-07
FOR SALE

British Sloop ~DELMA"
22ft. Keel, 4Oft. Overall
SIT. s inches Depths
IL #. 6 inches Wide
3yrs, old; costs only $500
For further particulars re-
7uired contact AVIS office.
, 1949-07-07
FOR SALE
1913 Dodge fluid drive

Z Passenger Sedan
Leather upholstery : Radio
Equipped: Excellent running
condition.
4 new s ply tires
Einar r. Boiling
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
GGithersburg 44S

preciates the effort Mr.. Perry and
the Council put forth in securing
these lights for the intersection
where so many school children
cross each day.
Perhaps this is good time to
stop and think how many hours of
work and thought the Mayor and
Council put in each week in i'm
proving the town. Do you realize
that these men are not on a sal
ary? The next time you are feeling
irked at the town and its manage
ment, just remember that possibly
you haven't even registered to vote
for these men. Would you spend
your free hours working for your
fellow citizens without pay? Would
you be willing to do what you feel
is your best and then have only
criticism, not always constructive?
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Whetzel, of
Winchester, with their sons, War
rem and Harold, spent the week
end in Gaithersburg with Mr.. and
Mrs. Merton Duvall.
Mrs. Duvall and her father, Jo-
seph Whetzel, left early Monday
morning for the Shenandoah. Val
ley to visit relatives for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Spiers,
Jr., of Charlottesville, are coming
to town this weekend to spend the
Easter vacation with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. N. Hurley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Walker
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Best
left on Thursday for Hartford,
Conn.,, where they will spend Eas-
ter with the Rev. and Mrs. Frank
T. Hoadley. Mrs. Walker will re-
main with her son-in-law and
daughter for vacation. Mr.. Walk
er and the Bests are returning
Monday.
Mrs. Eleanor Remsburg, of Ber-
wyn, gave a shower last week for
Miss jeanette Mullineaux, who is
to be married on Easter Sunday at
Grace Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wriley Jacobs
are leaving Sunday morning for
Boston, Mass. They will spend
Sunday night with Mrs. Michael
Peril in Bronxville, N. Y, before
continuing to Boston.
Mrs. William McBain had the
pleasant surprise on Sunday of a
visit from a former pupil, Mrs. J..
Umsted Mackey, who brought her
husband, little daughter and moth
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14

er, Mrs. Cathay. Mrs. McBain had
not seen the former Miss Cathay
since 1915 when she taught at the
Oakhurst School for Girls in Ashe-
vile, N. C. Mr.. and Mrs. Mackey
are making their home in Airing
ton, Va, at present.
Mr.. and Mrs: Albert Phillips are
moving from their home on Fred
erick Avenue this weekend to
Viers Mill Village where they have
purchased a home at 4128 Samp-
son Road. Mrs. Phillips is the for
mer Miss Betty Kinsey.
Edwin Becraft, a student at
George Washington University,
pitched Thursday against the Uni
versity of Michigan on G. WIS
field. He was awarded an Athletic
Scholarship to G. w. The past
weekend the team went to Rich
mond and on Tuesday they will
play Vermont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Wiley, of
Graceham, Nd, former residents
of Gaithersburg, have a son, born
April End, in the Frederick Memo
rial Hospital. The little boy is
named for both grandfathers,
Clyde Mathew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mullican
have returned to their home on
Maryland Avenue after a week
spent in Florida.
Plans are being formed for a
Banquet and Dance on April 22nd
to celebrate Charter Night of the
Lions Club. George Ward is chair
man of arrangements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson King en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday.
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Jacobs, Mrs. Thomas Fulks, Mrs.
Ruth Brandenburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Fulks and Diane and Tom
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object of the Bill of Com
plant in the above entitled cause
is to procure a divorce vinculo
matrimonii by the Plaintiff from
the Defendant. The Bill states in
substance as follows:
1. That on the goth day of De-
cember, 1945 she was married to
Arthur E. Geiger at Arlington,
Virginia by a Justice of the Peace.
2. That your Oratrix is resi-
dent of Montgomery County,
Maryland and has been for more
than one year next preceding the
filing of this Bill of Complaint, and
that the last known address of the
Defendant, Arthur E. Geiger, is
$50 Grandview Avenue, Muscatine,
Iowa.
3. That there has been born as
result of said marriage, one
child, Arthur E. Geiger, Jr., who
is now three years of age and in
the care and custody of your
Oratrix.
4. That, though the conduct of
your Oratrix towards her husband,
the said Arthur E. Geiger, has
always been kind, affectionate and
above reproach, the said Arthur E.
Geiger has, without any just cause
or reason, abandoned and deserted
her, and has declared his inten-
ton to live with her no longer, and
that such abandonment has con-
tinued uninterruptedly for at least
Is months and is deliberate and
final and the separation of the
parties beyond any reasonable ex-
pectation of a reconciliation.
To the end, therefore,
1t is thereupon this 18th day of
April, in the year 1919, ordered by
the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, as Court Of Equity, that
the Plaintiff, by causing a copy of
this order to be inserted in some
newspaper printed and published
in Montgomery County, Maryland,
once a week for four successive
weeks before the 10th day OF May,
AID, 1949, giving notice to the
Defendant of the object and sub
stance of this Bill of Complaint,
and warning him to be and appear
in this Court, in person or by So
licitor on or before the Bird day
of June, A. D., 1949, to show cause,
if any he may have, why a decree
should not be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
oe7t Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
U. S. S. Roanoke

The worlds most powerful lighti
cruiser, the U. s. S. Roanoke, has
joined the United States feet
being commissioned at the Phila-
delphia Naval Base. A sister ship
of the U. S. s. Worcester, the
Roanoke cost $3O,000,00O and re-
quired over four years to build.
The ship is $50 feet long, has q
beam of 70 feet, displaces $4,000
tons and has a designed speed Of
SO knots. The new cruiser is the
second ship in U. s. naval history
to bear the name Roanoke. The
first was a wooden screw steam
frigate launched December 49,
1855. Fl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14

my, Mr.. and Mrs. James Whitley
Jacobs, Mr.. and Mrs. William King
and children and Frank Webster.
Mrs. Norman Jacobs was hostess
to the Gaithersburg Homemakers'
Club on Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Reed entertained
some of her family at dinner on
Sunday. Present were Mrs. Helen
deAtley and Miss Ada Reed of
Washington, Mr.. and Mrs. D. w.
McIlwee and Miss Mary Ann Nc
Ilwee, of Winchester, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Walker had
as weekend guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Day and son of Shreveport,
Maine, and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Collins. The two families had been
spending the winter in Largo, Fla,
and are returning to their homes
this week. On Sunday, dinner
guests at the Walker home also in
cluded Miss Grace Harding, of Sill
yer Spring, and Miss Mamie Hard
ing.
Col. and Mrs. John C. Wilson, of
Richmond, KY, spent last week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Ward.
The social event of last week
was the tea given by the Gathers
burg Free Public Library Board
in the Library. The tea table was
beautifully arranged with flowers
donated by Luther Thompson. Mrs.
Harry c. Perry, wife of the Mayor
of Gaithersburg, poured, assisted
by the ladies of the Board. The
many guests were impressed with
the arrangement of the Library
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Subscriber of Montgomery County, has
obtained from the Orphans Court of
Montgomery County, in Maryland. Letters
of Administration C. T. A.. on the per-
sonal Estate of
HORACE POWERS BANNON
late of Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with vouchers thereof, legally auth
enticated to the subscriber on or before
the 18th day of October next: they may
otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said Estate. All persons in
debted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
April in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred forty-nine.
ELSIE GRACE BANNON, -
Admrx, C. T. A.
4S16 Middlesex Ave,
2842 Bethesda, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
Pajam,as

According to nationwide poll
conducted by the Agriculture De-
partment to aid the textile industry
and raw fiber producers, only about
half the men in the United States
wear pajamas. Over 2,200 men in
sample areas were polled, repre-
senting cross-section Of 55,000,-
900 men over 16.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14

sorting to Government controls,
such as rationing and ALLEGATIONS,
and without causing any further
imitation. The American weapons
would go to the foreign nations
participating in the North At
lantic Alliance, plus Greece, Tur-
keyand Iran.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
Goithersburg Social Items
Mrs. James Schroeder Gdithersburg he
Mrs. James Schroeder

The Mayor and Mrs. Harry C.
Perry, Sr., with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Perry, spent Sunday eve
ming in Washington with another
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry c. Perry, Jr.
On Tuesday morning Mayor
Perry turned the key that started
the traffic lights on Diamond and
Summit Avenues. The town APP
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
Arms Program

A survey of the National Re-
sources Board and other key Gov
eminent agencies found that the
United States possesses enough re-
sources, manpower and industrial
capacity to undertake a $2,000,-
100000 program to rearm friendly
countries of Europe without re-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14

the firemen kept the county from
losing the home and barn of pic
turesque Rolling Knoll Farms
where many famous Holstein cat
tie are raised.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
William v. Bouic
Attorney at Law
ROck villa ma
NOTICE TO C.REDITORS

NOllCE III ChEDIIOftIS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. that the
subscriber of the County of Montgomery
Montgomery County, in Maryland. Ancil-
larry Letters of Administration CTA on
the Personal Estate of
ALBERT j. EVANS
late of Peach County, Georgia, deceased.
All persons. resident and nonresident,
having Claims against the said deceased
same. in said Court, with vouchers thereof.
on or before the 18th day of October next I:
they many otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said Estate. All persons
indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under his hand this 18th day of
April in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred forty-nine.
WILLIAM v. BOUIC
2872 Rockville Md.