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Evening star., 1950-08-22
Legal Group Organized
To Assist Servicemen

A committee for Legal Assist
ance to Servicemen has been Or
ganized by members of the Dis
trict Bar Association, Waldron r
Leonard. director of the Veterans
Service Center. announced today
Philip Goldstein has been ap-
pointed to head the committee
which will deal with servicemen's
legal problems resulting from the
Korean war. Mr.. Leonard said
ne receives dozens of queries daily
from servicemen's families.
Inquiries about legal aid will be
screened at the center, 14O0 Penn
syivanla avenue NV, and then
Will be referred to members of the
committee who will give their
services.
Members of the committee will
be Thomas w. Collins, John g.
Epaminonda, 1t. Josephine r
Garrison. U. S. N; William Hit,
Karl Kindleberger, Irving ]. Lew
L. Clair Nelson, Frank P. Noonan
BENJAMIN Simon and William
Westmore, jr.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
virginian Kills Himself
After Shooting at Wife
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. pa
55-year-old Richmond salesman
shot and killed himself last night,
police said. as two patrolmen tried
to arrest him on a charge of at
tempted murder of his estranged
wife.
Police Sergt. c. w. Carver gave
this version of the shooting:
Money Davis went to the home
Of his estranged wife, Mrs. Louise
M. Davis, and started to curse and
abuse her. When she tried to
close the door, Davis fired at her
with a pistol. the bullet lodging
in wall.
After Mrs. Davis slammed the
door. Davis walked away. Mrs.
Davis called police and swore out
warrant charging attempted
murder. Patrolmen G. D. Stat
ford and c. r. Joseph were sent
to arrest Davis.
Noticing Davis walking in a
grassy plot about an hour later,
the patrolmen stopped their car
to investigate. AS they ap-
preached. they said Davis pulled
out .38-caliber revolver and shot
himself in the chest.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
District Police, Fire
Tests Being Graded

Civil Service examiners today
began grading the papers Of some
$500 who took examinations yes
terday for District police and fire
departments.
Metropolitan police officials ex-
pressed qualification over the
large number of District appli-
cants who applied. About 900 Of
the candidates were from the
Washington area. The remain
ing 600 competed in examinations
held in New York, New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, North Carolina
and Delaware.
Congress has authorized the
appointment of $50 additional
policemen this year to fill up
ranks when the department goes
on five-day week. Funds to pay
and equip the new men are pend
ing in a supplemental appropria-
ton bill.
In anticipation Of quick passage
of the money bill, police officials
have been calling 200 men a week
from Civil Service registers for
physical examinations and char
acter investigations.
In addition to the $50 new men
authorized by Congress the de-
partment has 80 vacancies caused
by retirements and designations.
The fire department has six
vacancies.
Evening star., 1950-08-22

Tyson Of Mississippi.
A career Government attorney
Mr.. Tietjens was graduated from
Brown University in 1925 and
practiced for a time in his native
Napoleon. Ohio. before entering
Government service.
He first was special counsel for
the Public Works Administration
later transferring to the Maritime
partment. Mr.. Tietjens is a mem
ber of the District Bar and of the
bar of the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Tietjens, his wife and two
daughters live at 5217 Reno road
NV.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Lawn Moving Ends
With 7 Dead in Fiqhf
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Aug. a.
William Eek, 45-year- old electri-
clan, went out to cut his lawn
last night.
His next door neighbor, August
Weinberg, At. came out of his
house as Eek was moving the
lawn at the boundary OF the two
properties.
Ten minutes later both Of them
were dead. Michael Fox. captain
OF detectives. listed the deaths as
murder and suicide. He said
Weinberg shot Eek with a 12-
gauge double e-barreled shot gun
and then turned the weapon on
himself.
Capt. Fox said the two had
been quarreling for more than a
year. The argument began, Capt.
Fox said. when Eek cut branches
from a dead tree and Uttered part
OF Meinberg's lawn.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Senate Votes Today
On S1,257,000,0O0
For Building Roads
By the As.eeieted Pres.

The Senate votes today on a
$1,257 100000 authorization bill
for Federal-aid highways and
other road construction for a
two-year period ending June 80,
1853.
Chairman Chavez of the Public
Works Committee predicted that
the Senate will go along with
the figures recommended.
But Senator Douglas, Democrat,
of Illinois told a reporter in a
separate interview that he
thought he had good chance"
to cut about 5000 million off the
bill.
Truman Asked Cut.
The bill, as originally sent to
the Senate. would have earmarked
$748.5 500, 900 for each of the two
years ending June 30, 1852, and
June 80, 1858.
But President Truman stepped
in last week and asked the COM
mittee to go back to the recon-
mendations he originally made
last January. The committee
then agreed to lop $120 million off
each years authorization.
Senator Chavez said the COM
mittee agreed to recommend the
reductions in view of increased
military expenditures"
With the proposed committee
amendments the bill would pro-
vide total of $525 million for
each of the two years for Federal
aid highway systems. This would
be split three ways: 1925 million
for primary roads; SITS million
for secondary roads, and $125
million for urban roads.
Douglas Urges Slash.
Senator Douglas has offered an
amendment to slash the amount
to 1910 million for each year.
The intended committee version
also would provide $103.5 million
for each of the two years for
forest highways, forest and park
roads and trails, parkways, Indian
roads, the International highway,
access roads and other construc-
tion.
Senator Douglas wants to apply
a $48 million cut to this figure for
each of the two years.
The bill approved by the House
authorized $646.5 million for each
Of the two years.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Rolls
Continued From First Page.)

>SSAeAAACA AOIA u6b ago.
out; Cleveland. $500, and Min
neapolis-St. Paul, around 200.
The conductors and trainmen's
dispute has been going on for
II months.
After the breakup at the White
House this morning. a union
spokesman said tersely. There
was nothing new"
From the management side,
William T. Farley. president OF
the Association of American
Railroads, said in broadcast
that responsibility for the trouble
rested with the unions.
He pointed to the fact that the
railroads were willing to go above
the settlement terms recommend
ed by the presidential emergency
board as evidence Of good faith
The new indications of trouble
from the switchmen stemmed out
OF a long dispute. President Tru-
man had stepped into THAT one
earlier, seizing the Rock Island
when the yardmen went out
Then the strikers returned tt
work. and also called off a walk
out on four other lines when the
Pacific trouble started.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
UNI
Continued From First Page.

acted, Congress should not forget
that necessary additional equip
ment would be required.
Mr.. Johnson told the committee
that present world conditions
made security of the Nation para
mount over all other considera-
tions and that enactment of UNIT
now would allow the services to
begin planning for its use after
the Korean war.
Chairman Tydings announced
that he would press for quick
passage of UNIT because IT believe
this is our last chance to get 1t
through Congress" Previously he
had conceded the bill was unlikely
to pass.
President Truman. who has
asked Congress five times for
UNIT legislation. has said he will
not press for action this year, but
the Senator said the President
really wants it but fears that
asking 1t now might delay other
legislation he regards more i'm
portant to the Korean war.
johnson Letters Urge Action.
Mr.. johnson has written a
White House-approved letter to
Senator Tydings and Chairman
Vinson of the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee, asking passage
at this time.
There may be those who will
suggest that the Department of
Defense is premature in asking
for universal training legislation
at this time-but the very fact that
the enactment of such legislation
will provide the base and provide
it now-for integrated planning
for the. post-Korean period" he
told the committee today.
Therefore he said he favored
enactment with a proviso to au-
thorize the UNIT program at such
time as the President might direct
The Secretary said the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization was
now taking measures which will
Evening star., 1950-08-22

40 miles an hour to cool the re-
actor. This hot air was radio
active. 1t ran underground sew
eral hundred feet and then into
a 320-foot-tall red and white
stack. BY the time the air
reached the top nearly all the
radioactivity was finished. except
from the argon. which is a tiny
percentage OF air.
1t was just three years and II
days since ground had been
broken for this reactor. The cost
Of the great apparatus was $25
million. paid by the Atomic En-
ergy Commission.
Although this great reactor car
ries the power of a bomb, it can
not explode. because the uranium
in the graphite is too widely
scattered. If the monster got out
of control, it could after many
hours get hot enough to melt it
self and it's concrete walls. To
prevent that, there are emergency
controls for stopping this atomic
fire almost instantly.
Neutron Sparks Quenched.
One of these is the "scram.
Pull down handle on the wal
near the console and that actor
dumps a big load of boron-steel
shot down into the middle of the
reactor. The boron quenches the
neutron sparks Immediately.
For research work, cash carrier
type of capsules run into and out
of the reactor, operated by re-
mote control. There are tunnels
underneath the reactor to get al
energy there. There are openings
like doors which can be used te
lead the great beams of radio
activity out in controlled streams
Someday sick people are expect
ed to be moved close to such q
stream of radioactivity. The
Brookhaven National Laboratory
has a medical research unit al.
ready under way, and will have 6
special hospital for research.
This reactor is expected to fur.
nish some of the answers needed
for submarine and naval power
for aviation, medicine, industry
chemistry. biology and metal
lurgy.
It automatically makes som,
plutonium, the atomic boml
metal. It can readily make som,
tritium, the triple-weight hydro
gen which is said to be necessar!
in at least small amounts fol
H-bombs.
i 1t can furnish facts abou
i atomic breeding, which mean
making more atomic fuel thar
you burn.
II Completion of the new pile wa
delayed several times to permi
Evening star., 1950-08-22

result in an effective fighting force
across the Communist approaches
to Western Europe.
UNIT Is Only Sound Base.
But this force must be backed
up with tangible evidence that
we have the capability and de-
termination rapidly to enforce 1t
if war comes-and this means uni
versal training"
He pointed to a buildup of
United States armed forces which
he said had approached 100 per
cent. but he added that it was not
enough and that UNIT was the
only sound base for mobilization
in wartime.
Furthermore he said the young
man called into military service
in war has right to training for
service before the occasion is upon
him.
UNIT has been backed strongly
by the American Legion and Ma
tional Commander George N
Craig appeared before the COM
mittee today in favor of the legis-
lation.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Earl Henderson Dies
After 2-Month Illness;
Indian Affairs Student

Earl Y. Henderson, 81, a student
Of Indian affairs and a member of
the Board of Indian Commission
ers for many years, died yesterday
at Suburban Hospital after two
month illness.
Mr.. Henderson. a native OF
Albion. Nebr.. came to Washing
ton about 1900 and attended grade
and high schools here. He was
graduate of the University of
Michigan. Soon after his gradua-
ton, Mr.. Henderson became en-
ployed by the Board of Indian
Commissioners. He rose to become
secretary of the board. a position
which he held until the board was
discontinued in 1888.
Mr.. Henderson's interest in In
dian affairs persisted throughout
his life and he had visited practi-
cally every tribe in the United
States.
Fishing and boating were Mr..
Henderson's chief outside inter-
eStS.
He was a veteran of World War
I, a member of the Lions Club
and the Izaak Walton League and
was a past secretary of the North
Beach Park Citizens Association.
Mr.. Henderson is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth s. Hender-
son. They lived at 7012 Rolling
road, Chevy Chase. Md. Other
survivors include a sister, Mrs.
Ruth Spear of Kirby, Mont; a
brother. Comdr. Robert Hender-
son, U. S. N, stationed at Cherry
Point, N. c., ana a niece, Mrs.
Adrienne johnson, also of Kirby.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Thursday at the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV, with burial at Arling-
ton National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Atomic
Continued From First Page.)

control room is inclosed in glass.
Even the few persons permitted
to see it must mostly stay outside
the glass for the sake of secrecy.
This atomic console is set at the
side of a great, squat, square box
OF concrete, its walls several feet
thick. to shield against the rays
Of the reactor which lies inside.
The inner area of the box is 80
feet square. Here, fitted closely
inside, lies the heart of atomic
secrets, known as a pile, oven or
reactor. 1t is square. 1t is made
Of $4,000 huge, graphite bricks,
perforated to form a honeycomb.
The honeycomb holes contain
long, narrow aluminium cans, each
filled with metallic uranium. This
Is ordinary uranium, containing
both the non-explosive variety and
U-235, whose splitting initiates all
the atomic possibilities, from
bombs to medicine.
The great bricks are machine5
as true as a rifles mechanism.
There are $500 different shapes of
brick used to attain this perfec-
ton.
Rods Of Boron Steel.
Dr. Borst threw switch on the
console. The silence was barely
broken by the sound of electric
motors starting inside the con-
crete box. These motors slowly
pushed some long rods which were
sticking. full-length, into the
reactor, like hatpins through the
side of a hat.
The rods of boron steel. The
metallic boron absorbs neutrons
the particles which split uranium
atoms. AS the rods came out
more and more atoms split in.
side the reactor, and it began tt
emit heat and radioactivity. Both
these forces rose until Dr. Borst
turned control dial. That stop.
ped the movement of the rod:
that held the heat and radio
activity steady.
The only sound thereafter was
the hum of fans blowing air al
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Mother Of GuerriIIus'
Captured by Chino Reds
BY the Assoeioied Press

HONG KONG, Aug. 22.-The
Chinese Communists say they have
captured "Old Madame Chao,
mother of the guerrillas,"
A Chungking dispatch to the
pro-Communist newspaper Wen
Wei Po asserted her capture broke
the back of the guerrilla resistance
in Southwest China.
"Old Madame .Chao" is Chao
Hung-wenkuo. whom the Nation
alists gave the title of Com
mander of Chinese Peoples Ma
tional Salvation Army"
Evening star., 1950-08-22

United States
Tax Court.
Mr.. Tietjens.
Al, was nomi-
mated for a 12-
year term on
the bench by
President Tru-
man and was
confirmed by
the Senate last
friday. The ap-
pointnent fills
a v a c a n c y
created by the
retirement of
Judge .Inhn A
Evening star., 1950-08-22

improvements from discoveries
made since the war.
Military authorities refused
permission today to photograph
the buildings and site of the re-
actor, despite the fact that photos
were permitted when this con-
struction was in skeleton form.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Gold Output Coins

SYDNEY.-The Australian gold
mining industry in 1949 produced
$4,000 fine ounces, valued at about
Ell 100000 This represents an in
crease Of 1000 fine ounces and al
most Gl,500,000 in value over the
figures for 1948.
Evening star., 1950-08-22

Let's be sensible. There Is no
shortage of food in the United
there is no immediate prospect of
rationing. So let's be sensible.
Don't hoard.
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Tietjens Confirmed as Tax
JUDGE, Takes Oath Soon

Norman o. Tietjens, assistant
general counsel of the Treasury
Department since 1899, will be
sworn in next week as judge of the
Evening star., 1950-08-22
Corns Sleep
Then Shed Off

Apply Magic-like E-z KORN
REMOVER to the hardest corns
and after few applications these
painful corns shed off. E-Z Korn
Remover helps relieve corn pains
--softens dead sxm, paving the
way for the removal of the corn.
Try this easy-to-use, quick-action
E-Z KORN REMOVER today.
35c at drug stores.
Evening star., 1950-08-22

This is what we do-the old covering is
removed, frame repaired, broeed and re-
polished. new webbing, springs retied and
reset, or new springs where necessary.
platforms rebuilt, new filler. Then COW
cred in new fobrie. Corries 3-yeor work.
monship guarantee.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

He made his way out into the
streets. and marveled at how the
city had been completely leveled.
He finally made his way to the
river bank, where he lay in a
state of shock amid the. dead and
dying.
Finally, a party of seminarians
from the Jesuit novitiate outside
the city located him and carried
him back for medical treatment.
During the next three weeks, he
endured a daily, hour-Iong prob
ing with scissors and razor blade
without anesthetic. to remove the
.splinters. Radiation kept his
wounds from healing almost three
months.
ut was an act of Providence
which saved me where 100000
others died." he explained. Il am
living proof that Providence can
intervene to prevent "a repetition
Of Hiroshima. The times are evil
but not desperate. Men of good
will are needed now as never be-
fore"
Father Schiller plans to return
to Japan as soon as he finishes his
studies in labor management re-
lations at Fordham University in
New York. One of his best friends
and advisers is Robert A. Lewis,
personnel director for a New Jer-
Sey candy company.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

Club of Nativity Parish and sew
eral distinguished guests of his
atom bomb experience.
It was a hot summer morning
shortly after 8 o'clock. Father
Schiller had said mass, eaten
breakfast and picked up the paper
to read about the most recent
japanese naval victories, which
were getting closer to Japan all
the time"
People were on their way to
work. Thousands Of women with
their children were crowding back
into the city after spending the
night in the hills for quiet and
safety.
Suddenly there was great
light, burning and binding. Then
a second of awful silence. followed
by a tremendous conclusion. I
felt I was flying around hitting
things, and flying things were
hitting me. I fell among the
debris. blinded, stunned and
deafened.
II came to with my head bug
zing, unable to see anything. I
was surprised no more bombs were
exploding, no sirens were wailing,
and no people were screaming. I
spoke a few words and found my
hearing intact.
THAT silence was the most
frightening thing of all-complete.
vast and empty. I thought 1t was
the end of the world"
Father Schiller went on to ex-
plain that, as his eyesight grad
ually came back, he found his
rectory a shambles. himself cut
In dozens Of places with glass
and wooden splinters.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Sculptor Repays Loans For Two lima Memorial

Two CT loans, used to start the
Marine Corps Memorial Associa-
tion's statute Of the Two Jima
flag raising, have been repaid
by Sculptor Felix G. DeWeldon,
the terans Administration
announced today.
The 110-foot statue is expected
to be placed above an under
ground museum, holding Marine
trophies, to be completed on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
in 1852. Mr.. DeWeldon is complet-
Evening star., 1950-12-07

ing preliminary work on the
statue In a Washington studio.
VA said.
The agency said Mr.. DeWeldon
had made CT loans Of $4,000 and
So, 900 to buy equipment, and that
the loans were repaid last month.
In addition. VA spokesman said,
the sculptor has invested other
thousands Of dollars in the huge
job. He will be reimbursed by the
memorial group from funds raised
in a CAMPAIGN.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

heard as he
was being evac-
uated from Hi
ro S h i'm a IL
hours after 1t
" as a t M
bombed on Au-
gust s, 1945.
The Rev. HUI
bert F.. Schiller.
a smiling, boy
ish looking
priest of Ger
man descent,
last night told
1000 members
of the Mems
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Americans Stoy in Iceland

REYKJAVIK. Iceland (P.-Tc
those who think 1t needs ar
optimist to settle In Iceland. the
American-run international air.
port at Kefiavik is just loaded
with such people. Out Of ap-
proximately 400 Americans, some
lis have worked on this base since
1947 and earlier. And out of the
lis, 46 have Icelandic wives.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Priest Who Survived A-Bomb
plans to Return to Japan

"We were told to bring youl
back for a decent burial"
These were the depressing
words a young Jesuit missionary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
|Midyear Graduations
End as 81 Receive
Diplomas at Miller

The midyear commencement ex-
ercises of the city's public high
schools came to a close this morn
ing, as the Miller Junior High
School held its first graduation
exercises for 81 seniors.
The new school was occupied
only last month. 1t was the last
school of SO to hold commence
|ment exercises this week.
During the week, diplomas
were presented to more than 2,700
seniors. Eight schools held their
exercises yesterday.
Those giving diplomas yester-
day were Western High School,
|65 graduates; Armstrong High
School, 10 graduates: Deal Junior
High School, so graduates; Eliot
Junior High School. IS graduates;
Taft Junior High School, 76
graduates: Shaw Junior High, SO
graduates; Banneker Junior High
School, SIS graduates, and Francis
Junior High School, 100 graduates
Graduates from the senior high
schools holding ceremonies yes
terday were:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27

| Robinson. SO, 1900 o st. NV.
Charlie Hines. Sc, 1927 Corcoran st
| NV, and Della Butler, 46, III s st.
S.W.
Alan Macpherson. 90. Bill 44th st. NV.
| and Frances Waggoner. 20, Wardman
| Park Hotel.
Jake Dunivan. 21s and Ruby Frazer, II
Claiche H1sn % Jone aais 81. isis aand st. nw
and Mary Williams. 49,, Arlington, va
| Louis Grannis. jr., %, of Front Royal
| Va, and Rachel Clarke, 20. 2006 St
NV.
John Cochardo, jr., 25. 1922 Neal st.
| ne, and Helen Middleton. Is, 244
10th st, ne ., c,. o,. A.
land Carol Heffner, 10, Bethesda, Md.
Earl Ragland, 25, 1863, Kalorama I'd;
NV, and Helen Shepherd, 25, 1922
Paul Pearson 81. 81 K st. ne, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-27
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. laaU, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, Dait three full days and
receiue the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Alvin Fritz, %. Arlington. Va, and JOS
ephine Bala' %, 1349 MARYLAND ave.
Peter Murray. 81. and Mary Murphy, so.
both Of Philadelphia.
both Of Aiexsndria. Va: 90
Frieda walker. %, ,2450 18th st: NV.
Air Force Base. and Gladys Cameron,
Samuel Goistein, .a5. and Celia cooperman,
Fred Cd 5o's Smith IF As'snti ISL Sly 18th 81 St.
George Tasker. 3d. sss5 Hishwood DR..
Sc; and Mary Fekete' a. 20 chesa-
James wight: q, and Little Wright, 80,
both Of l44 Bates St; NV.
na s G'S Mary 20 po a g. sSs4 Ho
1hemas ksaPe.. 90; s14 a.. 9 st, NV, and
THOMAS nF Ethel b Brew Wa IT, s'ER fls
Massachusetts, ave. NV.
Frederick Krieg, 80, 1924 Randolph st.
ne. and Irene Wilson, 80. 1915 Ran
dolph st. ne.
Howard Hinkley. 81, 1a7 Hamilton st.
NV, and Mildred Matheson, 81. 129
AlT nnp hissma H. B. So Allison st. me- and
Cecile Herman, 20, 3713 Legation St,
Roy Moore, %. 1887 I st. me-, and shir-
ley Tolson. II, 1000 K st. ne.
Robert Ford, 81, of jackson Heights, N. 2.
and Elizabeth Garrison, %, 2122 Cali
fornia st. n W.
Charles Harrison. 20, Arlington, Va. and
Sophie Peda. ~, 1928 H st. NV.
James Fair. SO. and Agnes Scott, Al,
both of Richmond, Va.
Roland Denney,. IT,, 81. 325 Kentucky
ave, SCI and Mary Queen, 1884
Ernest Richardson, 81, 121 st. Sc, and
Edward Herne. 46, Indianapolis, Ind. and
Roberta Lee, 20, 226 Massachusetts
ave. ne.
Jimmie Turner. 80. los Galveston st,
s.w., and Frances Schwollman, 20. Ala
John Harris. 81, no address, and Sarah