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Evening star., 1949-03-18

have not been able to discover It's
origin. This is not U-235, but the
natural metal.
"It is untrue that we have any
prisoners.
This metal was taken exclu-
sively by Mexican authorities un-
der my orders and without the
Intervention of any foreign police.
This is all I have to say"
Atomic experts in the United
States said more than 500 pounds
of natural uranium is required to
produce enough U-235 for an atom
bomb. How much more is a
secret. but it probably would re-
quire lot more.
Mexican Press Has Field Day.
In the United States the biggest
building in the world had to be
built at Oak Ridge, Tenn, to pro-
duce U-235, and its daily output
is measurable only in ounces.
The type of uranium metal de-
scribed by Gonzalez de la Vega
is of value principally as a curl
osity, when possessed in small
quantity. Sparks can be struck
from it, but they are not atomic
and are not dangerous. If held
against the bare skin, its radio.
active rays would cause a minor
Evening star., 1949-03-18

er and not enough of the ma
terial to be of much use to any
one.
The Atomic Energy Commission
in Washington said none of its
plants or contractors had report
ed the loss of any material essen
tial to the making of an atom
bomb.
FBI Agents Investigating.
Mexican secret police said the
investigation now is in the hands
of FBI agents attached to the
United States Embassy here. The
FBI refused to say anything about
the case.
All this left many questions un.
answered. From whom was the
stuff seized? Where did it come
from? How much of it was seized:
What course is the investigation
taking now? What finally was
done about the man from whom II
was seized?
The case had a queer com
panion-a current report that 6
group of persons offered to sell
large quantities of uranium ir
Mexico. There is no firm support
for the story. but it persists.
= Most widely believed version i!
Evening star., 1949-03-18

that the group never showed any
uranium to prospective buyers
who included police investigating
the offers and who demanded tc
see the goods.
In their earlier statement, the
secret police said Manuel San
doval Vallarta. head of Mexico's
Atomic Committee and former
member of the United Nations
Atomic Commission, had identified
contents of the confscated cylin-
der as pure U-235. This substance
is supplied by the United States
only to atom bomb makers and a
very few students of atomic
power.
Mr.. Vallarta now is at some un-
announced point in the United
States.
The police said the stuff was
found on a Mexican crossing the
border from the United States last
November. His companion died
later, they said, from the effects
of uranium rays. They did not
say what happened to the man
who carried the capsule.
The attorney general, however
in a prepared statement said:
1T is true that a small quantity
of uranimum is in possession Of
the Mexican authorities, but We
Evening star., 1949-03-18

burn. but the stuff can be insu-
lated by wrapping 1t in paper.
Nobody has said exactly how
much uranium was seized by the
Mexicans. The Mexico City press
had a field day with the story,
estimating the quantity seized
from half an ounce to nearly two
pounds, and its value all the way
from $44 to 100000.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
JobIess Luborer Held
In Baltimore SIoying
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. ia 90
year-old unemployed laborer is in
Jail today charged with Staying
George w. Thompson, so, of Muir
ply, N. c.. who was found with
his throat slashed last Friday.
Police charged Aldine T. Carroll
with the murder and held Con-
stance Janney. 27-year-old di-
vorcee, in $500 bail as material
witness.
Mr.. Thompson. who once was
turnkey at the Cherokee County
IN. c. Jail, was found in his
Baltimore apartment a few hours
after he had come off the night
shift of a city water tunnel project.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Mexican Official Says
Seized Uranium Is
Not A-Bomb Material
Ry .hs Asseeiotsd Press

MEXICO CITY, Mar. 18.-Mys-
terry and confusing contradiction
today marked the story of the
seizure of a small cylinder. con-
tanning a uranium. substance,
possibly stolen from an atomic
laboratory in the United States.
Mexican secret police said the
capsule contained pure uranium
235, the material from which atom
bombs are made. They expressed
belief it had been stolen from
American, which-so far as is
known here-is the sole producer
of U-235.
Attorney General Francisco
Gonzalez de la Vega said later
however, that the cylinder con-
tanned only an ingot of refined
uranium having no explosive pow
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
Take A Number"

Musicians, bandleaders, song.
writers and vocalists will be contes-
tants for the Saturday, May IA
broadcast of MutuaPs "Take A
Number" quiz-session $3.50 to 9 D
m, EDIT, when Nick Kenny, talent
ed commissioning writer of the N
Y. Daily Mirror, bandleader ar
ranger Gordon Jenkins, songstress
Eugene Baird and others compete
for valuable prizes.
Red Benson, acknowledgements
ranger-vocalist himself, will test the
brain-power of his erstwhile con-
freres who will also include Jerry
Livingston, composer of hits like
Talk Of The Town." and Marry
Doates," disc jockey Fred Robbins,
and Johnny Marx, who pounds the
worries in midtown Manhattan
department store sheet music de-
partment
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12

Nights
6:OO-Md. News and Sports
6:15-Baseball Page of Air (Mon }
7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:15-Race Final
7:30-Red Cross (Monday)
7:30-Stories To Remember (Tue.)
7:30-Eddie Duchin Show (Wed.)
7:30-Out of the Dusk (Thur-Fri.)
7:45-Inside of Sports
8:00-Straight Arrow (Mondays)
8:00-Gregory Hood Case (Tues.)
8:00-Can You Top This? (Wed.)
8:00-The Air Force Hour (Thurs.
300 Experience Speaks Fri.)
8;30-Legion Auxiliary (Mon)
8:30-Oficial Detective CTues.)
8:30-International Airport (Wed.)
8:30-True or False? (Thurs.)
8:30-Yours For Song (Friday)
8:55-Bill Henry and the News
9:00-Music mon. & Fri.)
9:00-Carmen Cavallero (Tues.)
9:00-Three Quarter Time (Wed.)
9:00-David Rose Show (Thurs)
9:15-Johnsoh Family
9:30-Hunting Fishing (Monday)
9:30-Mysterious Traveller (Tues:)
9:30-Family Theater (Wed.)
9:3O-Sing For You Supper (Thurs.)
9:30-Enchanted Hour (Friday)
10:00-Forum of the Air (Mon.)
10:00-Marine Story (Tuesday)
10:00-Comedy Theatre (Wed.)
10:00-This Is Paris (Thursday)
10:00-Meet The Press (Friday)
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12

pastel colors can be used to make a
bright and colorful kitchen.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
Experience Speaks"

Elmer D. Mccormick, white man
who, as child, survived an In
dian massacre and was raised by
the famous Chief Sitting Bull, will
be among the several interesting
personalities who will tell their un-
usual stories during MutuaPs "Ex-
perience Speaks" broadcast tom
morrow (Friday), to $3.50 p. M,
EDIT. His Indian name is John Red
Cloud. Host Bill Adams will also
present Rocco Costello, an Italian
bag pipe player; Peter Carboni, who
owns a shop filled with aged and
novel musical instruments, and
Richard c. Murphy, who has de-
Cleared a one7man war on jewel
thieves through the jewelers. Sc
curity Alliance.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
News About The
WEI Programs

Pres. Truman, Roy Rogers, LiOnel
Barrymore Featured On Special
MBS Savings Bonds Show
An address by President Harry
S. Truman will highlight special
broadcast over the coast-to-eoast
Mutual network on Monday, May Is
from 10;45 to 11:30 p. m, EDIT, which
is being presented in behalf of the
u. S. Treasury Departments forth
coming campaign for the sale of
Savings Bonds. Over dozen top
names in the entertainment world,
including MutuaPs personality stars,
Roy Rogers and Lionel Barrymore,
will be heard on the show.
Secretary of the Treasury John
W. Snyder will be on the program
outlining the details of the Savings
Bond drive. The entertainers for the
Mutual network broadcast in adj
dition to Roy Rogers and Lionel
Barrymore, will be Bing Crosby,
Jack Benny, Eddie Anderson Gro
chester, 10 Stafford, Al Jolson,
Irene Dunno, Edward Arnold, and
Nelson Eddy. Alan Ladd will be
the master of ceremonies, and a
part of the music for the program
will be furnished by Fred Waring
and his PennSylvanians. Robert
Armbruster is the musical director
and Ken Carpenter will announce
the program.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
MONDAY-FRIDAY
Mornings

Mornings
6:0O-News And Farm Program
7:00-Rise and Shine and News
8:15-Happy Birthday Club
8:3O-Little Record Show
s:45-Family Altar
9:OO-Associated Press News
9:O5-Organ Melodies
9.3O-Special Features
9:45-Music in the Letter Vein
10:00-Cecil Brown
l0:15-Morning Devohons
10:30-Georgia Crackers
1O:45-Tom, Dick and Harry
11:0O-Passing Parade
11:30-Against The Storm
Afternoons
12:00-Civic News
12:15-Kate Smith Sings
12:30-Special Features
1:00-Cedric Foster
1:15-The Happy Gang
1:30-Special Features
1:55-Local News
2:00-Queen For A Day
2:3O MUSICAL
to SPORTS PAGE
400 MATINEE
4:30-Special Features
5:00-Straight Arrow (Tuesday'
and Thursdays)
5:30-Associated Press News
5:45-Tom Mix
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
Cruel Killer Is The
Man In Black Cane"

A diabolically cruel killer, who
struck without warning or reason,
IS brought to justice by Scotland
yard during the exciting story of
THE Man In The Black Cape" which
Flll be heard on Mutuals "True
detective Mysteries" broadcast Sun
lay, May Is (4:30 to 5 p, M, EDIT.
lhe murderer's victims are young,
Ingle girls, and his weapon is
trychnine. Four meet untimely
Paths, until one yo'- ady outwits
lie homicidal VII
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12

SUNDAY
Mornings
8:00-News And Special Features
8:30-Gospel Truth
9:00-Tone Tapestures
9:3O-News and Music
10:0O-Radio Bible Glass
10:30-Voice of Prophecy
11:00-St. Mary's Catholic Church
Afternoons
12:00-Wings Over Jordan
12:30-Lutheran Hour
l:00-Albert L. Warner
1:30-Ramparts of Time
1:45-Glad Tidings
2:00-The Charmer and the Dell
2:30-News by Bill Cunningham
Observation-Disclosures
. 3:15-Voice OF The Army
3:30-Juvenile Jury
4:00-House of Mystery
4:30-True Detective Mysteries
o:UU-Ine SHADOW
9 5:30-Quick AS A Flash
Nights
Goethe Roy Rogers Show
6:S0-Nick Carter
Souvenirs
7:15-Old Fashioned Revival
8:15-Sunday's Headline News
8:30-Smoke Rings
9:00-Under Arrest
9:30-Do You Remember
9:45-Twin Views OF The News
10:00-Mayor OF The Town
10:30-Don Wright Chorus
11:00-News and Music
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12

Beautiful" broadcast Saturday, May
IA q0:30 to 1O:45 a. M, EDIT. Bet
ty will describe for her listeners,
and for vocalist Johnny Thompson
and announcer Ken Roberts, how
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12

Quick AS A Flash" quiz broadcast,
Sunday, May Is (5:3O to 6 p. m,
EDIT. Win Elliott officiates as mas
ter of ceremonies.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
WJEJ-WJEJ-FM PROGRAMS FOR THE Er
HE ZINE or ALL PROGRAMS rs DAYLIGHT SAVING TIMl

II
10:30-Special Features
11:00-Moondial
11:30-Dance Orchestra
11:55-Mutual Reports The News
12:00-Local. News
SATURDAY
Weekday Schedule, with the fol-
lowing exceptions:
Mornings
9:30-Leslie Nichols
10:00-Dick and Don
10:30-Your Home Beautiful
10:45-High School News
11:00-Family Altar
11:30-Veterans Administration
12:00-Sheriff Sam Mite
Afternoons
12:30-So Proudly We Hail
1:00-Sunday School Lesson
1:15-Afternoon Melodies
1:30-Special Features
4:15-New York Horse Races
5:00-To Be Announced
5:30-To Be Announced
Nights
7:00-Hawaii Calls
7:30-Robert Siegrist
7:45-Mel Allen
8:00-Twenty Questions
8:30-Take A Number
9:00-Bread Of Life
9:30-Guy Lombardo Orchestra
10:00-Chicago Theater OF Air
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
A UTu1in Tima Kitcbanv

A Tulip Time Kitchen"
A Tulip Time Kitchen" will be
discussed by Betty Moore, the in
terror decorating specialist, during
her Mutual network "Your Home
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-12
Radios Shadow" Visits
Quick As A Flash" Ouiz

BRET Morrison, radios Shadow"
~ present the puzzling whodunit
lestlon category to six guest con-
Ftants when he visits MutuaPs
, 1949-05-03
Assembly Discusses
Bonking Act Si1nilur
To Puerto Rico's

The Legislative Assembly
now in Com. of the Whole
is considering the proposed
Virgin Islands Banking Act,
most of which is said to be 81
milar to the Banking Act of
Puerto Rico.
Among the officials partici-
pating in the discussions on
the measure last Friday were:
United States District Attor-
ney Francisco Corneiro and
Commissioner of Finance
Louis Shulterbrandt.
The discussions are schedul-
ed to be continued today after
which all items already passed
on will be taken to the Assem-
bly, floor for action.
, 1949-05-03
Governor. CunuduY
To Confer On Curib.
Comm. Tomorrow

Governor William HASTE is
scheduled to confer with Ward
M. Canaday and other men,
bers of the Caribbean Com
mission in Washington begin
ming tomorrow. The other Of
ficials who are expected to
take part in the conference on
Caribbean affairs are: Jesus
7. Pinero, former Governor of
Puerto Rico and DR.. Rafael
Pico, Chairman of the Plan
ming Board Of Puerto Rico.
Governor HASTE is also sche-
duled to confer with Secretary
of State Dean Acheson and
other high ranking officials
while in the capital.
, 1949-05-03
Americans Told
To Leave South
Chino Now

Americans were told to leave
the comparative peace of south
China now, while the chances
are good, by the United States
Consul at Canton. The warn
ing said that U. S. citizens
must get their women and
children out Immediately and
leave while the going is good.
instead Of waiting the last min
ute exodus,
Reports say that the Nation
alists forces have stepped up
their tempo and their planes
have sunk six warships seized
by the communists when they
took over Marking and wiped
out more than 10000 troops as
well as doing other damage.
, 1949-05-03
COUNCILMEN SAY
GOVERNOR SHOULD
MAKE APOLOGY

Members of the st. Thomas
Municipal Council who were
taking part in the conference
called by Governor HASTE
when he is reported to have
walked out and slammed the
door, said that the Chief Exc
cutive should apologize in
stead of placing the blame on
a member of the legislature.
The four members who signed
a statement to this effect are:
Honorables: Roy P. Gordon,
Carlos Downing, Omar Brown
and Oswald Harris. The state
ment follows:
"The obvious attempt of the
Administration to cover up &
place blame on a member or
members of the Legislative for
the uncouth act Of the Cover
nor a few evenings ago while
an official conference between
these branches of thn Govern.
ment was under way is a de-
plorable one. The Governor
should be frank in admitting
that he was the one who de-
ported himself in an unbecom-
ing manner.
1--WE do believe that at this
Continued on page 4
, 1949-05-03
VETS HEAR TALK
ON GERMANY BY
CECIL HALL

Veterans attending the Chris
tiansted High School heard a
talk last night. by Cecil Oliver
Hall, a veteran himself and at
present in charge of the Per-
sonnet Division in the Quar-
termaster Division in the area
OF Germany occupied by the
United States Armed forces.
After being introduced by
Mrs. Elena Christian, class in
structor, Mr.. Hall said he pre-
ferred to be questioned on
what they were interested in,
as that would assure him that
he would then accomplish
something.
At the end of the informal
discussions the veteran-stud-
ents had cleaned a first-hand
knowledge of conditions in
Germany, of the occupied
areas and how they operate,
as well as the social and eco
nomic conditions of the people
Of those areas. Comparisons
were also made with the
Czecho7Slovakians, Russians,
French and Belgians,
Mr.. Halls talk could be COM
Continued on Page a
, 1949-05-03
List Of Industriulists
To Be Reprinted
In Another Issue

Because of the great demand
for copies of the Monday,
April Is issue of the st. Croix
Avis by local as well as the
guests themselves, the item
that apparently was of great
interest will be reprinted. It
is entitled Largest Number
of Industrial Leaders, and
showed a breakdown of the
leaders and industries they re-
present.
The reprint will appear in
Fridays issue of this paper.
The number of extra copies
printed will depend upon the
requests now on hand or re-
ceived prior to Friday, May s.
, 1949-05-03
Bubcock & Wilcox
Executive Impressed
By Hospitality

Isaac Harter, Chairman of
the Board of the Babcock &
Wilcox Tube Company of Beav
er Falls, Pennsylvania, who
visited here with the group of
businessmen as the guest of
Ward M. Canaday recently,
told the AVIS that he was
tremendously impressed with
the hospitality of the people.
One of the things which
stands out more than anything
else is the tremendous hospi-
tality and great kindness of the
people, he said. There. is al
ways a strangeness of a place
on ones first visit but here it
is different.
The things that we think
about most in this place is the
problem of the economic side;
what can be done in various
ways to improve the Island
and make it self-supporting.
Mr., Harter indicated that one
of the primary elements is wa
ter, It is one of those things
that can be DONE
He mentioned a place on the
, 1949-05-03
Nation. Virgin Islunds
To Celebrate
Mothers Day Sunday

The nation, including the
Virgin Islands, will celebrate
Mothers Day on Sunday next,
May 8, in accordance with a
proclamation issued by Gov
ernor HASTE, and in compli-
ance with a joint Resolution
passed by the Congress over
thirty-five years ago, setting
apart the second Sunday in
May of each year as Mothers
Day.
In his proclamation the Gov
ernor requests officials of the
Government to display the
Flag of the United States on
all government buildings, and
upon the people of the Virgin
Islands to make similar dis
plays at their homes and other
places on that day, and pay
fitting and appropriate tri-
butes of respect to Mothers"
, 1949-05-03

mainland where there had
been a scarcity of water until
ten years after the completion
of a project springs had been
restored by the kind Of work
which included contour and
blowing of the land.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15
IB Seals ln Mail Next Week

Preparations for the coming sale Of Christmas seals are pro- gressing with the completion of a master list of names to whom ahe seals will be mailed, the Rev. K. N. Wilkinson, chairman, said yesterday.
 Mrs. Henry Haag is drawing ap the list, and the seals will be put ln the mail October 21. Each person will receive $2.OO worth.
 Eellers at the Bank of Kodiak wlil receive donations from those Who prefer to pay for their stamps that way, rather than through the mail, but no stamps
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15
New Council Sworn 1n, Committees Named

A new ordinance regarding sidewalks Was scheduled to be read at the meeting but due to last minute changes in one por- ton of it. it will be read at the next meeting.
 Mayor Bettinger proposed that an ordinance controlling the soliciting of funds be enacted No action was taken but the matter will be brought up for discussion at the next meeting.
 Councilman Ellis suggested that the city adopt an ordinance that would make the National Electric Code on wiring build
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15

will be sold st the bank. Persons may only pay there for stamps received in the mail.
 Certificates ranging in value from $500 to $25.00 will be offered during the sale, to those who make larger contributions to the tuberculosis fund drive.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15
RAGE. ss18

ings compulsory for sil buildings in the city. The suggestion was referred to a committee for fur. ther study.
 A new zoning and planning commission will be named as the former one failed to function. Other business of the council in- cluded the paying of current bills, disappearing a permit to build an addition to a trailer owned by Leonard Campbell, and approving a building permit for the Orpheum Theatre i.,-..
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15
To Attend Meeting

The Alaska Retail Liquor Dealers Association will hold their annual meeting in Juneau on October 22.
 Max LaLande. owner of the Idle Hour Bar, will represent the Kodiak liquor dealers.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15

Shannon, newcomers to the city council, were sworn in as council members Monday night at the regular meeting.
 Lee Betiinger began his fourth term as Mayor and Jack Hinckel reelected for another term as councilman, was also sworn in. Holdover ,councilmen are V. G Ellis, Ellen Dawson and Will- jam Worth.
 The following were selected by the mayor to serve on the var ious committees, the first named to act as chsirmen: Assessment and collection of taxes, Dawson, Ellis, Hinckel; streets and street improvements, Hinckel, Shan. non, Ellis; health and police, Shannon, Worth Ellis; finance and claims, Neseth, Ellis, Hin. ckel; printing and elections, Mes eth, Dawson, Worth; judiciary, Shannon, Dawson, Hinckel.
 For public buildings and i'm. provements, Ellis, Hinckel, Mes. eth; harbor and wharfage, Worth, Hinckel, Ellis; public parks and cemeteries, Dawson, Shannon. Neseth; fire protec- tion, Ellis, Worth. Dawson; lights, water and sewer, Hinckel, Shannon, Ellis.
 The council discussed with. Marshall Crutcher. administra- tor for the Eiskine estate, the possibilities of the city running sewer and water connections to the area shown as the Erskine subdivision and cutting some new streets.
 The matter was turned over to committee which will meet with Crutcher at some future date for discussion.
 It was proposed by the mayor that action be taken against de- linquent tax payers The council agreed to turn the matter over to the city attorney for action.
 Letters will be sent persons who have skid shacks on their property, on temporary permits, ordering them to remove them at once, the council decided
 During a discussion of the city's parking problems it was suggested that busses and heavy trucks be routed along Marine Way and not oyer the newly paved main street. Trucks over ] ton will be asked to use the Beach road
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-15

Mrs Mary Loundree, proprie- tress of the Island Fountain, re- ceived S120.5O at the Veterans of Foreign Wars contest at the Orpheum Theatre last week
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
House Heavily Cuts Truman Requests For Appropriation

WASHINGTON, lP) - A half billion dollar cut in veterans ad- ministration funds highlighted a $7,576,886,231 multi-agency money bill approved by the House appro- priations committee.
 The bill carries funds for the fiscal year beginning July for 28 so-called independent agencies, including S5,145, ,431 $40 for the veterans administration and S1,- O9O,12O,397 for the atomic energy commission.
 Every agency in the bill shared nthe overall reduction of S734,- 680,499 from the Presidential bud get requests for $8,311 ,566,83O, but the veterans administration took the deepest slash.
 The bills total includes S7,104,- 57l ,603 in cash and S472,314,628 in contract authorization for which future appropriations may be re- quired. The President had asked for S7,775,5 ,566,83O in cash and in contract authority.
 Not only did the committee up- set the Presidents budget on the money items, but it refused to fol- low his budget bureaus recom- menadation for cancellation of $237 100000 in previously author ized veterans hospital construc- ton.
 Substantial cuts were recom- mended for these veterans ad- operations:
 Administrative expense, from S848, ,897 ,OOO to $82O,673,94O pen
 Continued on Page Seven)
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Conservatives Gain Over Labor In
 British Election

LONDON, (P) - Conservatives scored new victories over labor Saturday in returns from week long country council elections in England and Wales.
 Labor leaders made hurried plans to regain control of the Lon don county council - Britain's second most important governing body-after finishing in dead heat with Conservatives Friday.
 Conservatives registered a net gain of 22 seats from labor in Sat urday's returns in the four rural counties - Denbigshire, Norfolk, Shropshire and East Ryding of YOrkshire-which voted Friday.
 The councils are similar to city council in some places, to county boards in others.