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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-23


BROUGHT BY UNWED
MOTHER
READING, Pa. lamp A
local Reading unwed mother who
charged that Dizzy Gillespie had
bebopped his way into her heart
and was the father of her child
last week lost her suit against the
famed band leader.
Miss Helen Donaldson,21, told
a story Of writing a note to the
bebop king, meeting him at To-
!, cal hotel, snd having intimate re-
lations with him.
Gillespie, whose real name is
John B. Gillespie, denied all her
charges and declared that he had
never met the girl. A. common
Pleas court jury returned a YER
dict Of not guilty and set him
free. He also was not asked to
pay court costs.
Supporting Gillespie in his case
was his wife, Lorraine, to whom
the 31-year-old trumpeter ha S
Been married 10 years. They have
no children.
During the court hearing Dir
~ volunteered to submit to a
blood test, but Miss Donaldson. re-
fused. She claimed that the date
Of the fatal tryst was June IL,
1913. The baby was born Mar.
ne, 1919. During all the time
since the June date she never was
in touch with the bandleader,
testimony revealed.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-23
On theeNufonu| Scene
COOK SAYS tsEss

STILL LIVES
UNION, Mo. CAMP John
Tramble, 111,~told the local Cir
cult court last week that Jesse
James, notorious train robber of
10 years ago, still lives. He identi-
fled James as J. Frank Dalton,
1O2, Tramble claims that he cook
ed for James in his heyday.
Despite Tramble's assurance
that James is still alive, Judge
Ransom "A. Breuer, only 80, re-
fused to accept the word Of his
elders and said the real Jesse
James is dead. /
He told the Negro cook from
Guthrie, Okla, and the crowded
court room that if Dalton really
were James he should task his
good God to forgive him."
Dalton wanted to have his name
changed legally to Jesse Woodson
James, but lost his case. The
Judge pointed out that if he were
really James he would not have
to'zhave his name changed.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-23

Through his attorney, Tazewell
Taylor Jr., DIR. Sumner waived a
hearing and posted a cash bond Of
$1,000, returnable May. l. The
case is to be presented to a fed
eral grand jury in Richmond on
April 8.
For best results advertise in
The Daily Express.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Gen. Twining Named
To Four-Star Rank

President Truman yesterday
formally nominated 1t. Gen.
Nathan Farragut Twining to be
vice chef of staff of the Air Force
with four-star rank.
Gen. Twining recently was
named to succeed the late Gen.
Muir S. Fairchild.
1t. Gen. Lauris Norstad was
nominated for his recently desig-
mated post as communicative chief
of the United States Air Force
IN Europe and 1t. Gen. Idwal
Hubert Edwards was nominated
deputy chef of staff, Operations,
Air Force Headquarters.
Brigadier generals nominated
for two-star rank are Warren r.
Carter, Emery S. Wetzel, John
A. Sanford, Robert K. Taylor
and John P. Mcconnell.
Twenty-four colonies were ad-
vanced to brigadier general. They
are John S. Mills. Edwin M. Day
William P. Nuckols, Joseph H
Hicks. Herbert M. Kidner, Monrc
MacCloskey, Frederick E. Glantz-
berg, Dudley P. Hale, Marshall S
Roth, Donald j. KERN, Pearl H
Robey, John w. Sessums. jr.. Roy
H. Lynn, William J. Clinch. Thetus
c.. Odom, Morris j. Lee, Jacob E
Smart. Hunter Harris. jr.. Leigh
Wade. Gabriel P. DisosWay
Charles R. Landon, Charles j
Bondley, jr., James c. Selser, jr.
and Frederick j. Dau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Park Planners 10 Open
Prince Georges Offices

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
will open its Prince Georges
County Regional Offices and a
Prince Georges County Historical
Society will be inaugurated in
ceremonies tomorrow.
The ceremonies will open at 3
pm. at the Calvert Mansion, 4811
Riverdale road, Riverdale.
Gov.-elect Theodore McKeldin;
former United States Senator
George Radcliffe, who is president
of the Maryland Historical So
ciety: T. Howard Duckett, county
/ civic leader. and d.. H. c. Byrd,
University of Maryland president,
Twill speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

served as aide to John r. Steel
man. presidential assistant, for
some time after the war before
opening up his own Office.
Mr.. Miller was the first Asso-
ciated Press reporter assigned to
labor news exclusively through the
formative years of the CLIO, 1886
to 1910. He left The Associated
Press to become public relations
officer for the National Associa-
ton of Broadcasters, holding that
post until the war.
Mr.. Miller now is in Puerto Rico
on business. He Is a native of
Uniontown, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

and the two summer camps in
Scotland, Md. The other two
drives overeubscribed their quotas.
Mr.. Williams announced that
the 1851 campaign will not begin
until sometime in January. How
ever. with the aid of police and
local citizens, the campaign COM
mittee will concentrate for the
present on special gifts.
AS a flying start for that as
pect of the project, Mr.. Williams
yesterday accepted a check for
$600-a gift of the personnel of
the Army Medical Center. The
check was presented by Col. Jo-
seph U, Weaver, deputy post
commander, on behalf of Maj.
Gen. Paul H. STREET.. commanding
general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

juries among children occur in
the Junior high school age group,
where there "is a lot of horse
play and very little sense"
Six new members were elected
to the society's board of directors.
They are Mrs. David Dress,
Gregory Carmichael, DR.. Marshall
Parks, Mrs. Alfred Osgood, C. M.
S. SeiDert and Edward B. Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Rocks, Snowba||s Lead In ChiIdren's Eye Injuries

Blows from snowballs, rocks and
similar objects are the greatest
cause of eye injuries to children.
This was brought out yesterday
by DR.. Frank D. Costenboder,
eye surgeon at Children's and
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospitals. He spoke at the an
nual luncheon meeting of the Dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

information Of
fcer for tn e
Economic Sta
bilization Ad-
ministration, it
was lie a r n e d
yesterday.
The post will
pay $4,000. Mr..
Miller, a Navy
commander in
World War II,
was attached to
the industrial
relations Sec
ton throughout
the war. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

p a / g n I o r
m e m berships,
Police S u p t.
Robert j. Bar
+ e t t a n =
nounced y e S.
,terday.
1t will mark
t h e t h | r d
straight year
that Mr.. Will
liams heads the
drive to as
sist the 10000
members of the
eight Polio e
Rows Club g
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Sorority Chapter to Meet

The Alpha Chapter of the Sigma
Phi Omega Sorority will meet at
1880 pm. Monday at the home Of
Miss Janet Lewis, 1929 Calvert
street NV. A Christmas rush party
will follow the business meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

trict Society for the Prevention
of Blindness, held in the YWCA,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Injuries from sharp objects,
such as knives and scissors, rank
second, with those from weapons
and fireworks, third, he said.
DR.. Costenboder explained that
the greatest incidence of eve in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Williams Will Head
Boys Club Campaign

Wash B. Williams, Washington
civic leader, has been renamed
chairman of the annual Metro
politan Police Boys Club cam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

A moving mountain threatens
to engulf homes in the mining
valley at Trehof in Wales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Joseph |. Miller Named
Chief ESA Press Officer
BY the Associated Press

Joseph L. Miller, 43. former la
Dor reporter for The Associated
Press and a labor relations ad-
visor, has been selected as chief
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Some Opinions Regarding
The Transit Fares and Service

Gone
That was what happened to Temple
ton Jones dream, but while 1t lasted 1t
was lulu.
Jones has been wondering ever since
what psychiatrist would do with it.
He offers it freely to them, in the hope
that one of them will come up with an
Interpretation.
He reserves the right. of course. to
reject the finding, as he sees fit. (And
he probably will see 1it for 1t was an odd
dream)
Jones dreamed that he and Tom
Smith, an old friend. and Sing Softly,
the famous movie star, were taking a
trip to Minneapolis.
Jones never had been to that city. He
knew no one there. He could not help
wondering why he was going there.
Tt made no difference. apparently. ALI
three were in an old ranshackle open
car, going down the road at 30 miles an
hour
Templeton Jones was singularly at
ease.
Just leave everything to me, my boy" :"
said Softly as they set out on their ad-
ventures.
"Old Sing whispered Tom, always
does things in big way
Going into Minneapolis, the three ad-
venturers arrived after dark.
Great trucks carrying mountains of
goods roared past them, all around
them; Templeton Jones, the irrespon-
sible, never batted an eve.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
The II H-Bomb-"Like q Miniature Sun"

THE contraption pictured in, the ad-
- joining columns may look like a
product of one of Rube Goldberg's more
imaginative moments. In fact, however,
1t is a rough conceptual design of the
hydrogen bomb, drawn by an atomic
scientist, DR.. Ralph E. Lapp. for the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
Obviously, this is not the blueprint
for a working superbomb AS one who
has played an important part in the
big drama of atomic research, DR.. Lapp
has merely drawn picture which IL
lustrates the principle of the H-bomb-
not its secret
DR.. Lapp has served, in the last few
years, as assistant director of the Uni
versity of Chicago's metallurgical lab
oratory, as executive director of COM
mittee on atomic energy under the
National Military Establishments re-
search and development board. and as
a member of Office of Naval Research
here in Washington.
He estimates the weight of the pro-
posed H-bomb at about Is tons, which
obviously would make 1t difficult
thing to transport by air.
The idea of the great weapon grows
out of this established fact: That when
ordinary hydrogen atoms are fired at
the rare isotope tritium, it Is possible
under astronomical pressure-for the
two particles to fuse together, forming
a helium atom and releasing energy in
the process. This atomic fusion, which
would be the source of the H-bomb's
energy, is the opposite of the atomic
fission which operates the A-bomb.
In the H-bomb, the pressure and heat
necessary to produce the fusion phenom-
enon would be produced by the ex-
plosion of an ordinary atomic bomb.
The A-bomb is the H-bomb's trigger.
Here is DR.. Lapp's explanation of the
theoretical H-bomb he has diagrammed:
Hydrogen and tritium are in separate
containers at the right Of the picture.
They are kept liquid because they are
cooled by an elaborate refrigerating Sys-
tenn occupying most Of the central part
of the apparatus.
On either side of the hydrogen con-
tainers are two target-lumps OF uranium
235, each at the end of a massive gun
barrel. Each gun barrel contains an
other projectile-lump of uranium. The
whole device is encased in thick walls
of super strength alloy, acting as a re-
straining tamper for the trigger"
atomic explosion, to secure maximum
pressure.
The U-235 projectiles would be fired
simultaneously. detonating an atomic
explosion as they struck their targets.
The resultant shock wave, plus the
multi million degree temperature, would
compress the hydrogen -tritium mixture.
The hydrogen and tritium would react,
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Be Sure to Shoot the Right People

Now that the special counsel and investigator
for the Davis Subcommittee Investigating Wash
ington crime have obtained permission to carry
revolvers-as "precaution"-The Star offers a
friendly suggestion to Chairman Davis and his
colleagues.
Let the investigation pause for an interval
during which Special Counsel Fischbach and
Investigator Woog will demonstrate their pro-
ficiency in the use of firearms. If they lack
necessary skill, let them practice at the FBI
target range until it is attained. For we do not
want to see this investigation marred by having
the wrong people shot
incidentally, the pistol-packing committee
investigators have assumed an added obligation.
They must now satisfy public curiosity as to the
identity of the individuals who, when exposed,
are expected to shoot from the hip.
Evening star., 1950-02-13

rational thesis for the admittance of its news
gatherers, there is no logical ground on which
to turn down the propaganda and public rela-
tions agents of other Government departments
who may be expected to seek identical privileges.
There are more of them now than there are
accredited press representatives in the galleries.
Perhaps the State Department. in its rela-
lively new undertaking of distributing propa-
ganda on world wide basis, should have its own
reporters at the Capitol. But let us keep them
out of the press gallery, up to this time reserved
for bona-fide representatives of the independent
newspaper press of the United States. Let the
Government, If it is committed to the business
of gathering and dispatching news for propa-
ganda purposes, set up its own gallery appro-
priately labeled Government Propaganda Gal
lery."
The press galleries stand as symbol of the
Fourth Estate"-separate from and Independent
of Government. Once the infiltration of Gov
ernment agents begins, this symbol is endan-
gered. 1t is worth preserving.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
: By Charles E. TroceweH

She came over and placed her hand
In that Of the mildly astonished Jones.
How do you do?" she asked, pleas
antly.
And then, as if to answer her own
question, she answered:
i see am not your style at all. I'm
sorry. I'll send Mary Louise"
Down the stairs then came blonde
Mary Louise.
She was Dream Girl, the sort every
man, it is said, carries in his heart. an
altogether lovely but utterly impossible
female.
She smiled gently.
II know what is the matter with YOU.
she laughed.
Jones wondered
you are just homesick," said Mary
Louise. I can fix that" she went on.
III bring my plane around, and drop
you down at the National Airport in
eight hours"
''You have planes?" asked the aston
ished Jones'
"All of Sings girls have planes" she
smiled. He does things in big way,
you know
'fYou don't look as if you could fly"
said Templeton Jones. (The dream was
beginning to break up.)
I'm afraid to 60 with you," he said,
firmly.
Ended
That was how Templeton Jones got
back to Washington in one second fiat.
the quickest trip on record.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
This and That

He was not much moved when they
arrived in front Of a gigantic marble
building which somehow seemed part of
university.
Jones and Smith got out, and Sing
Softly disappeared, leaving the two to
enter hall with winding steps at the
far side.
It was movie set, if there ever was
one. The two men seemed lost in the
great space.
said to Smith. Say. Tom could you lend
me SIS? came on this trip without a
cent"
At this juncture, Sing Softly suddenly
arrived.
"You have no money!" he asked, as
IL by intuition. Dreams are funny, that
way
He laughed loudly.
Here, my boy" he smiled. 'take a
thousand bucks. That ought to see you
through"
Jones protested it was too much but
Softly waved him aside, as he placed the
money in his hand.
Il have a reputation, you know, for
doing things in a big way
Brace yourself, Freudians, for here
it comes:
What you need, my boy" said Sing
Softly, lis a little company. I'll send
you Lola"
At this point, sure enough. ravish-
ing, dark eyed lady began to descend
the great staircase.
Evening star., 1950-02-13

In addition to fire and blast damage,
there would be radio-activity.
"A superbomb has only limited
number of appropriate targets. These
include the worlds largest cities with
their teeming populations. For example,
Moscow encompasses some 200 square
miles populated with close to million
people. A superbomb detonated high
over the Kremlin would kill more than
/ million people. the exact number being
dependent upon the alert which the city
had prior, to the explosion.
"Leningrad with more than million
people-prior to the war-is the only
other city in Russia which might qualify
as an H-bomb target. Other cities have
fewer than million population and
occupy smaller areas; they would be
targets for atomic attack and not for
the H-bomb.
From a military viewpoint the only
other targets in Russia worth the
expenditure of superbomb would be
a very few special pon-development
and production centers.
Russia, finds better employment for
the superbomb. In the United States
there are far more extended targets,
both industrial and residential.
Using only five superbombs, Russia
could attack New York Philadelphia,
Chicago, Detroit and Washington and
strike at more than 20 million people in
these areas. This would be the true
superblitz Furtheymore, Russia could
strike first. Adhering to our democratic
tradition, we would not strike the first
blow Nm.
Evening star., 1950-02-13

producing notwithstanding the temp
erature of the reacting system even
higher. More and more hydrogen atoms
would interact, until the whole system
blew itself apart.
Here are some of DR.. Lapp's COM
ments as set forth in his article for
MANA:
Simple calculations show that If one
could explode one gallon OF tritium with
efficiency, the resulting explosion would
be equivalent to that produced by the
simultaneous detonation of l million
tons of INT This would make an H
bomb so times more powerful than the
Nagasaki-type atomic bomb.
'In order to produce maximum de-
structive effect such superbomb would
have to be detonated at least three miles
above the surface of its target.
"The explosion of such superbomb
would present an awesome spectacle.
Because of its unique nature, the H
bomb would form a ball of fire much
brighter and deadlier than the A-bomb.
It would look like a miniature sun, and
it would send scorching rays over an
area of as much as 400 square miles.
"The heat produced by the bomb would
be It's most deadly effect. People in the
open at a distance Of 10 miles from the
explosion would be severely burned. In
the 100-square- area directly below
the bomb the heat and blast wave would
cause almost complete destruction of
property. Buildings would be knocked
down in outlying regions but. in general,
such damage would be confined to the
100-square-n area.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
The Wedgwood Vase

The new Wedowood Dase is a charming
thing
Muted OF color, louely OF line.
And smooth as the cheek OF young
spring tDind,
Bound By q cameo -ttDisted pine
OF sky-stole7 blue. oh, In all the tDorld
Surely tDas never DGse so fine.
But the Dase I'll use on nay nsanteIpiece
Is the one made from a pickle-jar
With its naulticolored, odd-shaped decor
A speckled moon and q tintoil star
Ouer gaudy siozags OF orange and green,
Pasted, Shellacked, and a bit bizarre.
For the Wedgwood pas fred By deft, firm
hands,
But unkno,Dn hands and far, far atuay.
While Monica ioorked on her pickle-idr
Here in her playroon,, sloto day By day:
And think. loDe being the greater kiln,
The GIFT OF lope is the one to stay
MARY MARGARET MILBRATH.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Pinned-Up Girls

Dorothy Parker's old, sad tip to girls who
wear glasses Is outdated. Todays Weak-eyed
lassies have their lenses framed in calico plastic
or studded with rhinestones or shaped la pixie,
and they 60 around with men who wear bold,
black framed spectacles that look like the kind
comedians paint on their faces. The really for
bidding type Is the girl with her hair always in
pins, evidently in preparation for an event that
never comes off. Her head bristles with steel
under her 'kerchief; across her forehead march
geometricaly perfect curls speared with bobby
pins. Too many women these days go about thus
armored in grim reminder that they can find
nothing worth taking their hair down for.
To be fair about it, let us say that with the
wives, at least, it may have started with desire
not to jar their bridegrooms with the sight of
curriers' and bobby pins around the boudoir So
the thoughtful wife probably never began her
hairdressing operations until her husband had
bolted out the front door to the office. But
having gotten her hair all rolled and skewered
she began to be reluctant about freeing 1t again
without good excuse. If there will be just the
two of them for supper and they are only having
hamburger anyway, she just lets her hair be.
And if she keeps 1t up overnight, it will look so
much better next morning. Also it advertises
to the world that at least here is one woman
who isn't frittering away the family budget at
beauty parlors.
BY comparison with these pinned-up girls,
the cautious ones of yesteryear who waited days
to put comb through new marcels seem like
reckless, fighty, e-today -andgone tomorrow
types.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Mr.. Lewis Lives Dangerously

Benito Mussoln when his word was the law
in Italy, preached the doctrine that man should
live dangerously. That in the 1gurative sense,
is what John L. Lewis is doing today.
Federal court has told Mr. Lewis to call off
the mine strike. So he has sent word to his sub
ordinates in the United Mine Workers that be-
cause of this injunction he "has no alternative"
other than to request that the men be ordered
back to their jobs. There is a good chance, how
ever, that the miners will refuse to obey this
command. If this proves to be the case what can
be done?
There is some reason to believe that the So
called revolt of the miners is more apparent than
real, that it has been carefully engineered by
Mr.. Lewis and his UNIV agents But it Is by no
means certain that this can be proved. And If
it cannot be proved, there is nothing that the
courts can do. One thing should be stressed in
this situation. The national emergency provisions
of the Taft-Hartley Act, and the measures which
they authorize the President and the courts to
take, are directed to unions and union officials.
They do not apply to the members of a union
as individuals. If it can be proved that Mr. Lewis
and his union subordinates while appearing to
obey the court, have actually sought to nullify
its command then they can be punished for
contempt. But if this cannot be proved, If
Mr.. Lewis has found way to crcumvent
the law without actually disobeying a judi
cial order, or if the "revolt" of the miners
is real, the power of the court is at an end
Under no circumstances should the authority
of the courts be stretched to impose punish
ment on Mr. Lewis where adequate proof of
bad faith is lacking.
The court order also requires the resumption
of negotiations, and there may be some hope in
this direction. The fact-fnding board has found
that welfare and wage payments are the most
important issues in dispute. In eight months of
negotiation, Mr.. Lewis has not said what he
criticizes both Mr.. Lewis and the mine operators
for haggling over other issues, and since another
court order has barred most of these from the
bargaining table, it may be that the parties now
will be able to get down to what the act-hnders
think are the real issues.
Much depends on Mr.. Lewis The operators, no
doubt, will extract what advantage they can
from the situation But one looks back over
the performance of Mr.. Lewis-hiS arbitrary
temptuous rejection of Mr. Truman's original
fact-fnding proposal-the impression is strong
that he will decide whether there is to be a
reasonable new contract or whether the coal
industry is to descend into chaos.
If he chooses the latter he will be selecting
the dangerous course. For, in that event, it is
difficult to see how it will be possible much
will strip from unions such as the United Mine
Workers the lfe-or- death power they now exer
else over our national economy.