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Evening star., 1949-05-22
Supersonic Planes Can Be Made
For Combat, Expert Declares

edge. Jet powered combat planes
now in use have sweep back angles
as much as IS degrees. EAcA en-
gineers think this design might be
brought back to so degrees of
sweep-a plane that would look
like the feathers Of an arrow. But
this exaggerated. dart-like design
would be difficult to control as the
air speed is reduced for a landing.
1t might stall" and crash.
Among the ideas for overcoming
this handicap has been construc-
ton Of a supersonic plane with
wings that could be adjusted
pulled back to provide a dart
shape for speeds in the order of
1,500 miles an hour; Strengthened
out for landing at perhaps 100
miles an hour. But. say NACA
experts, the problem Of devising
the machinery for doing this-fit-
ting 1t into a comparatively small
plane without adding excessive
weights difficult.
To do the research Of this and
Evening star., 1949-05-22
By The Asso<io,sd Press

LANGLEY AIR BASE. Va. May
2l.-The United States could start
producing faster-than- sound com
bat planes II an about war effort
demanded 1t. says one Of the Ma
tion's leading authorities on su-
personic aircraft. Present planes
that fast are just experimental
no armament.
John Stack. deputy chief of re-
search for the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, puts
1t this way:
Today I'VE are on edge" of de-
signing true warplanes to fly at
supersonic speed as a result of
studies with existing research
planes like the XII. But, unless
war should compel the expenditure
of'larse sums and intensive scien-
tific effort to build actual fighters,
I'VE will need to know a little
more" about designing and flying
planes faster than sound can
travel.
Mr.. Stack. who conducted the
basic research that led to develop
nent of the XII and D-558 planes
for exploration of speeds near or
beyond that of sound, gave his es-
innate In talking with reporters
during an inspection of the NACA
Laboratories by members of the
aircraft industry.
XII Speeds Kept Secret.
The rocket-powered XII was the
first plane to exceed the speed of
sound. (At sea level, sound travels
at about 760 miles an hour and
drops off to about $50 at 10000
feet altitude where the air is thin.)
Speeds attained by the XII never
have been disclosed except that
they are much faster" than
sound.
While this attainment Of super
sonic speed has been compared in
Importance to the first flight of
an airplane. the only aircraft that
now can fly that fast are purely
experimental research types. They
are tiny. stuffed with instruments:
Just laboratories with wings. They
have no guns, no arnor and
couldn't fly If loaded down with
such equipment. The problem now
is to make the transition from a
research to tactical plane.
The NACA says this time lag be-
tween completion of research and
its application to tactical airplanes
Is one we mo longer can afford"
The NACA research staff is
learning some new perplexities
about supersonic flight.
Landing Is Problem.
Among other things. they have
found that 1t probably Is possible
to design planes that can fly far
beyond the speed Of sound, much
faster than the X-1-but too fast
to make a controlled landing.
To push UP the speed. the wings
are swept back from the conven-
tional straight line Of the leading
Evening star., 1949-05-22

many other problens-vithout
actually building a plane and ask
ing a test pilot to see il It will
fry or kill him-the NAcA has a
vast and elaborate system 10 tes.
models or full-scale sections OF
actual aircraft.
1t disclosed to the visiting in
dustry representatives q new ST.
personic wind tunnel. capable OF
producing air flow UP TO mach
No. %. The mach number Is
an index figure to measure speed
with relation to that OF sound,
mach l being the speed of sound
Thus, the mach 2 speed sttainabIe
in the new tunnel, with air density
and temperature like that at sea
level, would be about 1872 miles
an hour.
With this tunnel. the aeronau-
tical scientists watch exactly what
happens to a model wing or fuse
Evening star., 1949-05-22

Of heat within kGpsEsoEsc
planes w1ng which tends 10 ex-
pand the skin O. the wing. T,2e
heat is generated by the triction
Of the air.
In another fed. the SACA IS
working on the 700 o: designing
je; engines that viii be lighter.
produce more power and thus fiy
farther On q gallon o! fuel. The
achievement o! this viii mean
more range-the presen, great
handicap Of Jet engines
The tunnel laboratories for
testing wings and whole air
frames are only part o! the ex-
perimental methods used. Prob
Ing the supersonic problem. the
researchers also use rockets, In
strumentS attached 10 these rock
cts record and automatically re-
Evening star., 1949-05-22

lase boring through the air a.!
that fantastic speed.
As sonic speed is resrec q
shock wave" begins 10 develop.
looking like the wake OF a boat
IN the water. The wave results
from the penetration Of The solid
object into the air before the
molecules Of air ahead Of the
object have time TO condition
themselves for the approach Of
the wings leading edge. as they
would at ordinary subsonlc speeds.
The shock wave generates trou-
BILE. upsetting the smooth flow OF
air across the wing. producing
violent buffeting OF various sec
tions OF the wing The designers
are working on ways Of reducing
this shock
The problem OF air flow at
supersonic speeds is only one OF
many. Other strange things hap
pen. among them the generation
Evening star., 1949-05-22

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Evening star., 1949-05-22
Summer Workers Uroed
To Get Security Cords

Students II the WaSn4ngtan ARIA
wf1o plan 10 WORK during the SAN
mer months and who co no. have
social security cards should Get
them, the Socla! Security Admin
stTatlon Sa.G Yesterday
The cards may De obtained from
The Washington Social Security
Evening star., 1949-05-22

lar back 10 tse ground s&t.css
tgse VARIOUS stresses and esecis
On sample sections cs aircraft
carried through TIRE ar a. SPEEDS
neyos23 sound Taese tests are
conducted 3: Aa SACA s.Rt4<sn
on WaIiopS Island. Aiong tass Al
lant4c Coast near the Maryland
Virginia STATE line
Evening star., 1949-05-22
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Kodiak mirror., 1949-07-16
Miss Runyos1 Plans
 Trip To Switzerland

Miss Dorothy Runyon. nurse at Griffin Memorial Hospital, has resigned her position there and plans to make a trip to Switzerland in the fall to visit her brother who is a student in
Kodiak mirror., 1949-07-16

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Evening star., 1949-03-08

Father Brassard was granted an
entry VISA"
Father Laberge's return to this
country. his superior explained
was made "of his own accord with
no pressure from Soviet author
tiles and without objection from
his religious superiors."
The Superior added: Had il
been known thAt his re-entry visa
would have been Cancelled, Father
Laberge would have been ordered
to remain at his post"
In Washington, diplomatic Of
f1cials said they understood Father
Laberge did not desire to return
to Moscow provided the Soviet
government would accept a sue
ceSsor.
Oficials said Moscow's delay in
acting on the application of Father
Brassard is normal"
Father Laberge and a French
priest. Father Thomas, served the
Catholic Church of St. Louis of
the French. This church is main
tanned in Moscow to serve the
foreign embassies under terms OF
the 1888 Roosevelt-Litvinov agree
ment by which the United States
granted diplomatic recognition to
Russia.
Evening star., 1949-03-08

Frank E. McCord. 43, yesterday
was fined 500 and placed on a
years probation for drunken driv-
ing, as result Of his car striking
the auto of Representative Keefe.
Republican, of Wisconsin on Feb
ruary Is.
McCord, who is colored and lives
in the first block of Quincy street
NV, pleaded guilty after with.
drawing jury trial request be-
fore Judge George D. Nelson in
Municipal Court. The accident oc-
Cured at Seventeenth and Euclid
streets NV.
McCord was fined SIS last month
for driving on the wrong side of
the street at the time of the crash.
Evening star., 1949-03-08

Nine persons had tickets adjusted
because they had diplomatic i'm
munity.
The breakdown by precincts is
as follows: No. !, Z warnings; No.
2, 3 warnings; No. 3, warnings
and 6 cancellations; No. 4. S
warnings; No. 5. none: No. 6, 9
warnings; No. 7, l warning and
two cancellations; No. 8. 5 warn
ings; No. 8, 2 warnings; No. 10, Z
warnings and 4 cancellations; No.
III, 3 warnings; No. IL, 7 warn
ings; No. 13, II warnings: No. IA,
none, and Traffic Division. IA
warnings.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Reds Block Re-entry
OF Lone Catholic
Priest in Moscow
BY the Associated Press

WORCESTER, Mass, Mar. g.
The Soviet Union has blocked the
Rev. G. Antonio Laberge, a Catho-
lie priest, from re-entering Russia,
Father Laberge, q member Of the
Order Of the Augustinians of the
Assumption. came here recently
from Russia on 60-day vacation
He was the only American Roman
Catholic priest stationed in Mos
COW.
The Very Rev. Wilfrid J. Du-
fault, American superior of the
order. said last night that Father
Laberge's re-entry visa has been
annulled,
The annulment order was given
orally to the priest February 26 by
the Soviet Embassy in Washing
ton, Father Dufault said in q
statement. The original return
visa was designed not to expire
until March 20.
I'm late December" Father Du.
fault said, "the Rev. Arthur Bras.
sard. A. A.. had been appointed tt
replace Father Laberge. Father
Brassard applied for a Soviet visa
February S and is waiting an an.
Swer."
Father Dufault gave this ex-
planation of why Father Laberge
was due to return to Moscow even
though a replacement had been
named:
Since there should be no va
cancy of the American chaplaincy
in Moscow" Father Dufault said
"it was expected that the annul-
ment of Father Leberge's re-entry
viso would not take place before
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Births Reported

(Ftom ths d. c. Bureau Of Vital Statistics.
LsSaard and Trannis R9SsgIon, by Boy
Ulderigo and josephine Teri, girl.
Charles and Lettie Trumbo. boy.
John and Mary Ashby, boy:
Joe and Pearl Baxter, boy.
Robert and Vera Bell boy.
Robert and Ann Blackman. boy.
Robert and Wilma Blyther, boy.
Clayton and Marion Brewer. girl.
Joseph and Ruby Brown, boy.
George and Joyce Clay, girl.
EtRx8Sp EdNard ans anG Moiiis aisn eorsland. Soy 10y
stspafn so4ae aad add MAIZE Aaae psfes GIsaab Boy s
James and Annie Dorsey, girl
Junius and Lillian Dupree. girl.
Worman and Jean Fitzgerald, boy.
Willie and Mildred CAN'T, boy.
William and IneZ Gaskins, girl.
Lewis and Madeline Gordon, boy.
Walter and Lusher Grant, girl,
Andrew and Elelyn HaItix.nseE., girl.
Games Ga5encs snd dns s.rah hsffsa asrper f sr 0'
Wade and Lillian Hatton, boy.
Rufus and Oneeda Hill. boy.
William and Agnes Hill. boy.
Dsvse Usissf ana aao Christine rs 0i insr.m. boy;
Themss and and E.nni Ese: s.eason .nsoa soy sr
Herman and Adell James. girl.
Robert and Frances jenkins; sirl;,
SIsspn Msaplee aaa ana Nsan' SARAH johnson. :irl.
Harry and Joan Lee, boy.
Arthur and julia Livingston. girl
william and Gathering Malone. boy,
jimmy and Peariine May,weather. girl.
Ralph and Anna Miles; boy .,-,
Horentino and Lillian Sanchez, boy.
Vincent and Ella santino;, girl
Arlington snd r. velms ss.r,na sshlsr1l' s;1I girl
Fred Fresst and aa' Mary @ shst.er, boy.
Joseph and Thelma shugart boy.
Howard and Lucille Smith; h., boy.
Paul and Madalee Stcneburner, bog.
John and Frances sweanan. siri
James and Ruth Trotter, girl,
Lawrence and Ruth Walters. girl.
Peter and Josephine weymouth, girl
e.Srss e:s ana and sfSs1h S.aniee weilt WIZ. girl
Joe and sylvia wilkins, boy.
Donald and Margsret t,,valan wilkins hey boy.
wesley and Betty Wood, girl.
John and Angeline Zambon, boy.
James and Annie Brown, girl:
william nd and R.seeea Aee sTown 9oy girl
Richard and Lonice Davis, boy.
John and Edith Duncan, girl.
Thomas and Allena Farmer. girl.
Morris and Esther Fletcher. boy.
James and Pauline Harris, boy.
George. and Yuri Hata, boy.
Nimrod and Adele johnson, girl.
Richard and Maggie Mccarthy, girl
James and Anna owens, girl.
William and Laura Pesram. girl,
Frederick and Felicia Stanley, girl
Frederick and jamie strothers, boy.
Thomas and Dorothy williams, boy.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
Man Fined as Drunk Driver Traffic Ticket Adjustments
After Striking Keefe' Car Total % for Last Week

A man who told police he did
not know it was illegal to park a
truck in a meter zone was one of
SO persons who had traffic tickets
adjusted last week, police re-
ported.
Two other persons, one who put
a coin in the wrong meter meter
and the other who locked his keys
in the car. also received traffic
warnings for parking violations.
Evening star., 1949-03-08
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Evening star., 1949-03-08
Vinson's Son to Be inflicted

LEXINGTON, Va, Mar. 8 (Spe-
ciaD Fred M. Vinson, jr., son
of the Chief Justice, will be one
of II students initiated into the
legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi. at
ceremonies Thursday at Washing
ton and Lee University.
Evening star., 1949-03-08

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kings wife-you, too, will make new
record when you put on BLUE BONNET
its Americas quality margarine.
Your family will love the country
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Evening star., 1949-12-23
Man Accidentally Shoots Self
In Presence of Wife and Son

David B. Cohen, so, well-known
Georgetown druggist, was wound
ed seriously early today when
'.22-caliber revolver he was as
sembling discharged a bullet into
his chest.
Police said the shooting, which
they described as accidental, oc-
CURED about / am. in the bed
room of the Cohen home, 1345
Randolph street NV.
Mrs. Cohen and a son Marvin
10, a student at George Washing
ton University, were in the room
when the revolver discharged
Mrs. Cohen called police and Mr.
Cohen was taken to the hospital
He is proprietor of the Hill &
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Army Engineer Faces
Arraiignment Today in
Murder Of ) Children

John Steven Conner. 39-year-
old West Point graduate. is to be
arraigned today in Alexandria
Corporation Court in the murder
Of his three young children.
The Fort Belvoir engineer was
indicted yesterday in the shotgun
slayings. Conner was arrested De-
cember Z after his three children.
Cecilia. S; Michael, 8, and Steph-
anie, II, were shot down in the
kitchen of their Cameron Valley
home.
Police quoted Conner as saying
he also had planned to kill his
wife and himself, but changed his
mind. He said he killed the chill
dren because he feared they would
inherit a mental condition from
him, police said.
Attorney r. Brooke Howard,
who has been retained by Conner's
wife and father to represent him,
said he planned to enter q not
guilty plea by reason of insanity.
Conner has been quoted as saving
he gave up to police 50 the law
could execute" him.
Conner was one of 80 persons
indicted yesterday by the grand
jury.
Evening star., 1949-12-23

Poole Pharmacy at 1869 M street
NV.
Mrs. Cohen said that the re.
volver normally was kept at the
drugstore. Recently she contin-
ued, Mr.. Cohen had been con-
cerned about reports Of prowlers
in the neighborhood of his home
and brought the weapon from the
store.
He had dismantled it before
bringing it home and was re.
assembling it when it went OH
The bullet struck Mr.. Cohen ir
the lower chest, she said.
The Cohens' have two Other
children, both girls. one II year.
old and the other 10.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Soap Box Derby
| Plea Fails to
| Aid Speeder

So far as Municipal Court
Judge George D. Nelson is con-
cerned, Soap Box Derby Day
comes but once year.
And that day was not last
Tuesday, when Elias A. Karu, II,
Of 1905 Ffty-second avenue Sc,
was arrested on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. and charged with driving
so miles-an-hour In a rs mile-an-
hour zone.
In court yesterday. Mr.. Karu
pleaded guilty to the charge. But
he explained he didn't think he
was doing quite so mile an hour.
Furthermore, he said, it was on
a very safe stretch Of road, where
the soap box racers make their
annual bid for glory.
THAT stretch Of road" said the
Judge, may be q speedway on
Derby Day; but for the other
1854 days Of the year. the speed
limit is still IS miles-an-hour.
That will be SIS"
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Boy Is Located Unhurt
By Poison in Medicine
BY the Asseeiofsd Pres,

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Dec.
ga two-day search for q boy
who was given a poisonous COM
pounds In mistake for a "car sick.
ness" remedy ended here yester-
day with the lad unharmed.
The boys surprised mother still
carried the poisonous silver
nitrate solution obtained from .
Philadelphia druggist In error.
She learned from q friend that
she and her 10-year -old son had
been the object Of the extensive
search.
The mother. Mrs. Chester v.
Stalker. Burbank, Calf, said she
had given her son Donald . half
teaspoon Of the solution Tuesday
night. He had become sick but
recovered quickly, she added.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Windsor Jewel Theft
Linked 10 Gem Cache
OF Wealthy Suicide
By the ksseciofed Press

| LONDON, Dec. 23.-Scotland
Yard pieced together today the
bizarre double life of q suicide
who they believe may have master
minded some OF Europe's biggest
gem thefts in the past decade.
The Duke and Duchess Of Wind
sor, robbed of 100000 ($56, ,000)
worth of jewels at Sunningdale in
1916, are believed to have been
among his victims, Yard sources
said.
Already detectives have turned
up stolen jewels worth 100000
and are searching for more.
Found Shot to Death.
The dead man was known as
Barry Holiday, 51-year-old man
about-town, famed among Lon
don's underworld as Society
BERTHE" or Johnny the Gent" He
was found shot to death in a hotel
room in suburban Virginia Water
Wednesday. A walking stick hol-
lowed out to contain a concealed
gun was by his side. One shot had
been fired.
Holiday had friends in high So
ciety. He frequented country
hunting meets with socialites who
later were often robbed Of theil
gems.
Fingerprints taken after hi
death identified Holiday as an
other sort Of man altogether
one Barry Fieldsend. who wa.
haled into q London court last
week, charged with unlawfu
possession Of jewelry worth f10,.
900. He was freed on f2,500 bail
Yard sources said Fieldsend-o1
Holliday-was last convicted q
years ago on trivial charge. Bu'
for more than a year the Yard ha.
been quietly investigating his &C.
tivities. ,t~','1o
Dealer in Precious Stones.
Holiday described himself as 9
semi-retired dealer in precious
stones. With his pretty blond wifi
he entertained lavishly at hi
villa on Friary Island In tn,
Thames in the summer. In tn.
winter he lived In a swank fiat IL
q f1ve-story London apartment
house he owned.
| Police sources said some Of tn,
stolen jewels were found in hid
den wall and floor recesses at hi
villa. Others were In a stronl
box in London. Authorities still
are looking for more hiding places
Detectives. checking through
his papers, believe Holiday diet
a wealthy man.
Why did he kill himself? Th'
] coroner. who returned a suicid,
verdict at today's inquest, said:
II think he had taken his owl
life to avoid the consequences o
his own act"
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Collier Trophy Given
or Contribution 10
AN-Weather Flying
By the Assoeiofsd Press

The 1s49 Collier Trophy, avia-
tion's top award, will 60 to the
Radio Technical Commission for
Aeronautics for development Of .
bad-weather flight system.
The National Aeronautic Asso-
citation announced yesterday that
President Truman will present the
trophy at the White House on
January 10.
"The most practical and dra.
matte demonstration of the fruits
Of the efforts of the RTCA," the
Aeronautical Association said.
"was the operation Of the Berlin
air lift during the last year. The
British and American airmen in
this operation taught the whole
world the Importance of air traffic
control and true all-weather hy-
ing"
Co-ordinating Group.
The Radio Technical Commits
sion is an organization through
which all aviation groups, Gov
eminent, or private, interested In
aeronautical communications CO.
ordinate their efforts. It Is jointly
supported by eight Government
agencies and five private groups
composing its Executive Commit
tee.
The Executive Committee in
cludes representatives Of the State,
Army, Navy, Air Force. Commerce
and Treasury Departments: Civil
Aeronautics Board, Federal Com
munications Commission, Aero
nautical Radio, Inc: Air Trans
port Association, Radio Manufac.
turers' Association. Air Lines Pi-
lots Association and Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association.
A major achievement Of RTCA
has been development Of q long.
time program for an all-weather
airways system. The program will
require IS years to complete and
cost more than $1,000. .000, 900.
Aids Airline Schedules.
Some Of the planning in this
program was used to maintain the
Berlin airlift schedules despite
bad weather. Some of 1t already
In use Is credited with improving
airline schedule dependability In
the past year.
The Collier Trophy was estab-
ushed in 1911.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Douglas Leaving Hospital

NEW YORK, Dec. Is R.-
Lewis w. Douglas, ambassador to
Great Britain, will leave Doctors
Hospital tomorrow where he has
been under treatment for a vein
condition in his leg. DR.. Edmund
N. Goodman said Mr.. Douglas
would spend Christmas at Hast
ings-on-Hu N. Y, and then
depart next week for his Arizona
home.