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Evening star., 1949-04-22
Scientists Measure Time Taken
By Radio Wave to Circle Earth

an unsuspected dip which occurs
about noon on most days. There
is no variation with increase in
the number Of sunspots. great
whirlwinds on the sun. When
these occur the amount of ultra
violet radiation is supposed to be
at . maximum.
Thunderstorms Studied.
A new instrument which meas
ure simultaneously the electrical
charge, speed of fall and size OF
raindrops was described by DR.
Ross Gum Of the Weather Bureau
staff. Every drop produces an
electrical pulse which is fed to an
amplifler.
The instrument is being used in
the bureaus study Of the struc-
ture of thunderstorms.
One Of the findings from the in
tensive study Of thunderstorms
carried on for two years as a joint
project Of the Weather Bureau
and the Army, Navy and Air Force
is that q thunder cloud is not a
homogeneous mass but is made up
of many "cells." DR.. Horace r..
Byers of the University Of Chicago
reported at a joint meeting Of the
American Meteorological Society
and the Geophysical Union here
yesterday.
These cells are areas Of dense
cloud where the air churns wio-
|lently. A plane is tossed when
|it hits them. But between these
cells In the cloud there are many
miles Of thin. smooth air. DR..
Byers said. The art Of thunder
cloud air navigation is to pick out
a smooth path.
The study was carried out for
two years at Orlando. Fla. and
Wilmington. Ohio. with hundreds
of plane flights through storm
clouds and radar observations.
The great mass of data accumu-
Ia ted now is being analyZed.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
UNIV 10 Ask Cut in Hours,
Change in Welfare Fund
BY the As.eeiotsd Press

PITTSBURGH. April 22.-The
United Mine Workers Union will
try to shorten the work week OF
the coal miner.
Thomas Kennedy, UNIV vice
president, said yesterday the union
also will seek at coming contract
negotiations:
/. A better distribution Of mine
labor, so some diggers won't work
five Of six days q week while
others work one or two days.
2. An Improvement" in the
welfare fund. The coal industry
now pays 20 cents for every ton
Of coal produced.
Mr.. Kennedy made the state
ment to delegates of the Interna-
tional Labor Organization holding
O two-week meeting here.
It came "a hours after George
II. Love, president Of the Pitts
burgh Consolidated Coal Co. -
largest bituminous coal producer
In the world-urged the UNIV te
"see that there is no further in
creases in costs and that produc-
tiyity is improved"
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Three Fire on Miners, Try
To BIost Magazine, Flee
Oy shs Assesietsd Frssl

ST. CHARLES. Va. April a.
State police and Lee County
officers continued q search today
for three men who fired on miners
and tried to blow up q magazine
house at the Orville Howard
mines north Of here yesterday.
Sheriff Bill Bays said seven
workmen were camping In q min
ing house yesterday when q
fusilade tore through the building.
Sheriff Bays said attackers failed
to set OF explosives in the nearby
magazine house after throwing
individual sticks Of dynamite In
the buildings direction.
The seven wcrkmen NED 70
lsafsty.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Froternity Dunce Saturday

The Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
spring formal viii be held at 10
pm. Saturday In the Hamilton
Hotel. The winner OF the Delta
Queenr' contest viii be announced
and crowned at the dance. being
sponsored by the fraternitys .
Gamma Eta Chapter Of George
washington University and the
sisma Chapter Of ths University
a Naxyiand.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
.2PoIicement toAppear:
At Inquest on Deaths

Two Metropolitan policemen
were to appear at inquests at the
morgue today in the deaths q one
man who was fatally shot after
a burglary and another who died
after a scufie with an o6-duty
policeman. ?,
Pvt. George r. Sydnor, 80, OF
the 10th precinct will appear in
the death of Richard A. Cooper,
36-year-old carpenter OF the 200
block Of Seventeenth street Sc.
Pvt. Sydnor fatally shot Cooper
as the latter attempted to flee
from a restaurant at 20l UpShur
street NV. which he had looted,
The policeman fired through a
swinging door in the kitchen at
the fleeing figure. police said,
after he had ordered him to stop,
Pvt. Charles D. Hill. 2s, col
ored. of the seventh precinct will
appear in the death Of William
Mcdaniel. 48. colored, Of 1920
Capitol avenue NE, who died
after the two scuffied in front
of a poolroom in the 1900 block
of Ninth street NV.
An autopsy showed Mcdaniel
died of a cerebral hemorrhage
and conclusion. Investigating Of
ficers said the two began fighting
after the policeman tried to as
sist the poolroom manager In
putting Mcdaniel out for being
disorderly. They said Pvt. Hill
knocked Mcdaniel backward and
he fell, striking his head on the
t1avenent.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Head-on Truck Crash
On Branch Avenue
Kills |, Hurts Another

One driver was dead and an
other was in critical condition in
Casualty Hospital today after q
head-on collision between two
dump trucks on Branch avenue
near the Military highway over
pass in Prince Georges County
yesterday afternoon.
Both trucks were demolished
and wreckage and gravel from
one truck scattered along the
avenue.
The dead man was identified at
Gasch's funeral home in Hyatts-
vile at Major Stannard. 81. col
ored. of 4540 Eads street NE. The
other driver was Lassie Battle. 81
colored. of 1925 One half street
S.W. He was suffering head and
internal injuries.
Firemen from District Heights
and Bladensburg worked for more
than Is minutes getting the men
from the wreckage of the trucks
Mr.. Stannard was driving 9
truck loaded with gravel UP 9
steep hill on that section ol
Branch avenue while the othel
truck was coming down. Prince
Georges County police said. The
truck coming down the hill ap-
parently skidded into the path oil
the other. they added.
In an accident In the District
Mrs. Ruby Henderson. 49. colored
Of 1923 Vernon street NV. suf.
fered serious head injuries after
being struck by a streetcar in the
100 block of U street NV. yester-
day afternoon.
Police said the driver Of the
streetcar was Arnold Kruger, a.
iof 1858 Penn street NE. Mrs
Hankerson was admitted to Freed
mems Hospital.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Second OF I Accused
OF Attack on Virginia
Woman Goes on Trial
D. tas Atas< aass6 Prss.

MARTTNSvTIIE. Va, April y
The second of seven colored men
charged with rape went on trial
today IN Circuit Court where 9
jury yesterday convicted Joe
Henry Hampton. 10. and nxed
punishment AZ death.
Brought before the court today
was Frank Hairston. ir.. 10.
Hampton was the first 10 be
tried here under indictments
charging the seven with the rape
OF Mrs. Ruby Stroud Floyd the
night Of January 8.
Scott Hampton. father OF the
convicted man. was in court at
the time, as was Glenn Floyd.
husband OF the victim. There
were no other spectators. the court
having been cleared at the begin
ming Of the trial.
Confession RepL-.,.-l ].
Hampton told the jury that he
and his companions had been
drinking wine and brandy during
the afternoon OF January and
he could not remember what hap
pened.
Previously. Sergt. J. II. Barnes
of the Virginia State police had
introduced a written confession
signed by Hampton shortly after
ne was apprehended. On cross
examination. Hampton repudiated
the confession. saying he signed
only what was put before him and
did not read 1t.
Mrs. Floyd testified she was
first seized by Hampton. thrown
down alongside the railroad track
and attacked by him. Then she
said she was attacked in turn by
the others who were with him.
Attacked IL to IL Times.
Later she said she was taken
about 125 feet into the woods,
where she was assaulted by three
other men. In all. Mrs. Floyd
said she was attacked II or ID
times before being permitted TO
leave the scene.
She sobbed intsrmittently
throughout the time she testified
and was in highly nervous con-
dition.
DR.. Baynard Garter of Duke
University Hospital testified that
Mrs. Floyd was still suffering from
the effect Of the attack and that
it would probably be from six to
eight months before she would be
free from medical care.
Other defendants In the case
are Booker T. Millner. Frank
Hairston. jr.. Howard Lee Hairs
ton. John Clabon Taylor. Francis
Desales Grayson. and James Lu-
ther Hairston. All pleaded not
guilty.
Hampton was not sentenced by
the Judge. who said formal SEN
tence would be passed at the con-
cluSion of the trial of all the men,
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Congress in Brief
by ihs Asseeiosed Press

Senate:
Meets at noon to debate crop
storage proposal.
Commerce Committee continues
investigation Of airlines.
Armed Services Committee Ques-
tions witnesses on Malmedy mas
sacre trial.
Labor Committee studies admin
.istration minimum wage measure.
House:
In recess until April IS.
WAYS and Means Committee
considers bill 10 expand social -
curtty benefits.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

OF s e v era
m o hs pay
Navy omcAis
are fearful tha,
the layors will
cause them tn
lose permanent :
ly many Of the
workers. most
Of hom are
skilled CT its
men and techni-
clans employed
IN the various
Navy instala =
tons.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
The FederoI Spotlight
The Federo Spotlight
Navy Being Forced to Dismiss
Thousands by Lack of Funds
ey Joseph fosas

deficiency tan9s forcing the Nav
Department thousands @: It's caAn epose o~~~~r
NJ
Navy hopes rsa J@ly !,
gshrs su shey
Evening star., 1949-04-22
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

poS&a are acc &zS1nk The coEaEn4s
SION o! stallinE~ taetSs
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
The Senate Appsop = tSosss Gem
nl..ee won't De abr 10 begin lti
hearings on tfe 1880 trdepeneen'
offlees Annroprlal Lions etl fes o.
least several weeks The commit
tee Is oog gci doSa With oiAes ss'
preparation bills
As = result. the fate ol I,ae shoa'
sands OF employees in thesr moe
pendent agencies .aao arr fascC
with the loss Of tfsir Jobs prob
ably won't be decided urtl tn
last few days OF the nScsi yea!
which ends on June 80
Unless the Houses sharp e0dge'
cuts are restored by the Senate
these employees vii lose the!I
Jobs. The Senate Trcups late
start on the measure may make
II necessary for some Of ins
agencies involved 10 place some
Of their employees on annua.
leave furloughS-Just In case dis.
missals will be necessary Other
wise agencies would have 10 pay
cash for the unused annual leave
that the workers may have com
Ing TO them.
RETIREMENT < The Senate
Civil Service Committee will begir
hearings at 10 am May > on thf
bill to lower the retirement aGe
for Government employees
Sponsored by Chairman John
ston OF the committee. the
measure would permit retirement
with full annuities at the ase
Of IS. after 80 years OF service
The committee also will take up
the bill to grant annuity survivor
ship dement's 10 widowers OF re-
tired Federal employees.
PAY--No date has been set yet
by Chairman Murray OF the House
Civil Service Committee for hear
inss on his bill to overhaul the
Federal Classification Pay Act.
Indications are that IL sill be
several weeks At least before the
hearings will get underway, With
the time element beginning 10
loom as an important factor in
the chances Of all legislation nov
pending In Congress. Mr.. Murray
is being urged not 10 delay any
longer than necessary In getting
the hearings underway.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP--Many OF
the Governments top oflicials
plan to attend the Eastern region
al meeting OF the Civil Service As
sembly in Atlantic City on May 8,
6 and 7. :. Three new mathema-
ticians have been appointed TO the
Bureau OF Standards. They are
Ethel c. Marden. Milton Stein and
Michael Montalbano. James
G. Stockard and DR.. Calvert l..
Dedrick OF the Census Bureau will
Evening star., 1949-04-22

Record Temperatures This Year.
Hishest, SO. on April Is.
Lowest, 91, on January 80,
HiEh and Lev fer YESTERDAY.
High. 20. at $50 pm.
Low, 4S. at $40 am.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast an
Evening star., 1949-04-22

South African trade Is being
handicapped by a severe railroad
car shortage.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

u 4A@A~ s2S4El&tr * SSl23 ~ S'aak&A N5ss
TO make the current layofs un-
Besides deprisang the employees
Evening star., 1949-04-22

be the speakers at tho next So
ciety for Personnel Administration
meeting at 7So pm Tuesday in
the Archives Auditorium g.
There are several top investiga- =
tive vacancies on the stan Of The
House Ciyll Service Committee.
but so far the committee has made
no effort 10 I'LL these positlonA
Evening star., 1949-04-22

BE sure 10 listen in Sundays
al I!.is am, orfr WMAL,
The Star station. for Joseph
Yoanos broadcast perStoH oi
the Federal Spotlight. iea'a'.
ing additional Eems and rtsgs
OF the Government serrtee
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Weather Report

District OF Columbla-Cloud
with showers this afternoon and
tonight and possibly a thunder
storm this evening. Highest this
afternoon in middle COS and
lowest tonight about 58. Tomor-
row mostly sunny and mild.
| Maryland and Virginia-Shower.
and possibly thunderstorms to.
night. Tomorrow partly cloudy
preceded by showers along coas1
tomorrow morning. Continued
mild.
Wind velocity. 8 miles per hour
direction, southwest.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

MAny O. tsscs@ faFcrang the pro
poSal are accusing the eonrnas
Saon o. sialltnE~ taetSs
Evening star., 1949-04-22

River Report.
From United States Engineersl
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

eff our Catholic friends persist
in this matter, I think we Will
enter a long period of contention.
Such contention is not to the best
interest of religion, or liberation,
or Of national welfare"
Rabbi Morris Lieberman OF
Baltimore Hebrew Temple re-
ferred to the act as truly sig
niflcant, eternally important, and
a landmark in the evolution OF
liberty"
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08
COHEN DEATH
 CONTINUED from page

dropped into them.
 Late yesterday, Mrs. Roy Lindsley, who voluntarily can. vassed the town for contributions to aid the destitute family, re- ported she had reee we'd dona- tions tota]ing more than $700.
 Mors than 200 persons, busi. nesses and groups giving sums from 50 cents to $50, swelled the fuud. which will be used to pur- chase clothing for the children, and take care of their needs
 The $50 contribution came from the Volunteer Bremen, Mrs. Lindsley reported. Persons who still wish to contribute may reach her at her home next to the Fish and Wildlife Office.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

the bars. McKeachie reports IS bars and l9 liquor stores, and adds that "most bars are about the same inside as a reasonably good one in California"
 The rest of the article, which was sent to Bob Smith, sounds authentic, and concludes: "CoIorful Kodiak, with it's shell tered harbor, IS one of those towns which must be seen to be appreciated or even believed. As a resident phrased It. Anything can happen here.' :"
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
PAVING THE WAY

The official opening of Alaska Way traffic yesterday other milestone of progress for the City of Kodiak.
 The city has made improvements VDay so outstanding as the paving of the main streets.
 ne city council contractors workmen and residents of Kodiak can be proud of their latest accomplishment.
 GoVenor Guenng ID letter to Mayor Bettnger and city said The paving of the sign of progress that IS most gratifying It sympomatc Kodiak of similar progress all Alaska.
 however feel that Kodiak in particular has made great strides and want to extend and my warmest congratulations
 The governors letter continues, " indication that an increasing number of realize there no better part of America than Alaska"
 We and Kodiak take for making Alaska bigger and better country in which to live
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

Frank McConaghy, superin tendent of the Whiz Fish Pro- ducts Company, arrived in town Monday for what he described as a routine visit to check on the cannery "
 He plans to leave by plane to , day and will go to Seattle to at- tend the Fisheries Hearings Oct. IA and 15.
 McConaghy will return next year for the regular fishing sea. son
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08
REFLECTIONS in inc MIRROR
8 YEARS AGO. l94l

Kodiak had it's first military band concert in history. when Coast Artillery musicians from Ft Greedy played in front of the bank.
 Montgomery, Ward closed its mail order office in town, in line with similar policy all over the territory.
 YEARS AGO 1914
 A heavy windstorm blew down chimneys and damaged two boats. Highest gust recorded was S6 miles per hour.
 Two new bars opened in the same week, The Idle Hour and the B and B
 The Kodiak Bear, newspaper published at Ft. Greedy wh oh achieved national prominence, suspended publication
 YEAR AGO l948
 The campaign for and against retention of fish traps became hectic as the election was only a few days away
 The navy supplied the town merchants with necessary staples fo, two weeks period, during the prolonged strike.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

Mrs. Joe Lewis and her baby son left on the Denali for Pontiac. Mich., home of MT. Lewis parents. He plans to leave shortly to join them there.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

The first Parent Teachers Association meeting of the 1949- 50 school year was held Thurs day night at the school building
 Plans for the election of office were discussed and H. F. Macdonald, Mrs. John Spring. hill, Ms Ivan Blood and Mrs Basil Clark were named as a nominating committee.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

A son was born Wednesday at the MOB dispensary to Chaplain and Mrs A. M. Oliver The boy weighed 6 lbs T oz,
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08
Hospital News
BIRTHS:

BIRTHS:
 To MT. and Mrs. Clarence Engluad, son, : lbs I5 OF Oct. 7, not yet named.
 Mother Mary of Good Coun sel and Sister Mary Frances of the Grey Nuns of tte Sacred Heart in Philadelphia, Pa, have arrived for their annual visit
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08
Town Tiidbits

! oV "OA0 Oh PVoeO Wo wave at people who aren't way. ing back but doing something else comes from the woman we called 'nearsighted" last week. [ In a brief.and.to the. point note, she writes us: "Your error. Not near sighted as accused, just overly optimistic. ....
 Silver mining operations in front of the Orpheum Theatre Monday evening netted at least $20 in the conservative estima. tion of owner.manager Jimmy | Martz. The board planking was torn up for the first time in years (to make room for re
 modeling) and Is or 20 young sters dug through the dirt under
 heath to come up with every thing from pennies to 8 silver dollar. ~.
 From Anne Adams, former MIRROR typesetter now Tn Brooklyn, NY, comes 8 letter reporting that "the Alaska li- cense plates on our old Ford created quite a stir here. It was the first of it's kind here, and was even considered newsworthy by our well.known tabloid, The News " A picture of her hus- band, Coastguardsman James Adams, "plus the car, plus the pIatesss appeared in the paper, she adds
 She also says that every time she ventures out In the car and stops for traffic light, we arel invariably asked if we are really 1 from Alaska. People expect us to be Eskimos and seem surprised that we aren'G.".
 However, Alice Given, loca' Garden Clubber, thinks Kodiak g on the map as far as customers go Many months ago Beth Wheeldon mailed to a friend in ! Vermont some pictures of local flower show, and the friend put them into a used manila envel- ope and scrawled across it, 'Ko. diak garden show pictures"
 The envelope, on which the original address to the Vermont. CT was leglble, turned up Tn Mrs ' Glven's mail last week, and the l only explanation she has is that | the Vermonter dropped it some ! where, and that it was picked up ! by someone else, mailed, and arrived here. The mystery off why it was sent to Kodiak in. stead of back to her IS apparent ly not to be solved. Alice just attributes it to the far.flung fame of our town. ....
 An article about Kodiak has just appeared in the Victoria, B. c Times, written by Jim Me- Keachie who was aboard the Yellow Knife Expediter here last month, en route to Canada's Northwest Territory.
 As usual it's interesting toI read someone's impressions of Kodiak. and as usual, it's alarm. ing how visitors can mlscount >~S<Gas1<4.s0sG,<H~SssG~0~e,~
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

A son was born to MT and Mrs R E. Brown on October 5 at NOE hospital. The baby weighed 7 lbs 9 OF, and is nam. ed Dennis LeRoy,
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08
NOTICE

Persons calling the city police department are requested to call 2Oi2 instead of the Polar Bear Cafe number.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

Al Long, who has been in charge of the fish shed construc. tion at the city dock, left for Juneau yesterday.
 Long said he had received a wire from Wallis George, pres . dent Of the Kodiak Ice and Cold Sto age Company Inc., asking him to be in Juneau Tuesday.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

Mrs. Kenneth Le, has return ed after a two months visit with relatives in Washington, Idaho ant other northwestern states.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-08

=. tbat goVernn,ent Of he people. 6y fife people, for fhe people shall not perish from fife earb -Lfncon
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-23
MexicoCitY Irked
By It's Cactus

MEXICO CITY-(AP)-The
newspapers are getting pretty an
noyed with the city planners. And
even lot of just ordinary Mexi-
cans don't like the idea of plant
ing cactus in the middle of main
street.
1t all started early this year
when the city fathers decided to
fix up the Paseo de la Reforma,
which connects the best RESIDENT
al districts with the business sec
ton. II had wide parkways on
each side and lots of shade trees.
The planners turned the park
ways into additional traffic lanes
IN the downtown section. They
sacrificed the benches, repaved
the streets and put a narrow park
way down the middle. The bench
es, hfe-sized bronze statues of mi
nor national heroes and three-foo
classical bronze urns which had
lined the street, were re-erected
farther out.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-23
HOSPITAL GETS

Continued From Page One)
lections start coming in larger
amounts. the amount that the
hospital would have been alloca-
ted will remain in the general
revenue fund.
Cash balance of the revenue
fund is now S47.4so.la after
payment of this $s.sss.s5. The
city needs about $4,000 in gen
eral revenue to pay its monthly
expenditures. and so the city
has really had to play it close
in order to help the Monroe
County Hospital in It's iinanSial
crisis.
Pay for Pump
S2,07412 was authorized paid
to the Florida Equipment Com
pany, Miami for one German
Rupp heavy-duty water pump
and accessories. The pump is to
be used in the Sewer department.
Recess Planning Board
Meeting Until Sept. 6
Planning Board met last night
but promptly recessed until Sep
TENDER 6. Reason for the recess
was due to the fact that Captain
Ralph Spalding one of the boards
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-23

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mmanief of the u. s.
ar slatianed here. has
Is So Cast Guard service
a - wfNien in World
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haf ~ tlse perifie, where
nall - 80 iandings as
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Aaa iwafnns and bl1oys."
MN es that al tire light
Nass eeen suppiled with
tHa,Hh o. carry them