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Library Consutunt Attends UNESCO Meeting in Sweden

the excellent factors offered by
the Stadsbiblitek of Malmo and
the helpfulness of it's staff and of
its director, Miss Ingeborg Heintze
contributed to the success of the
conference. Miss Heintze speaks
many languages, has many &C
compliShmentS in addition to be-
ing an outstanding librarian, and
is recognized as a community
leader in Swedish library circles.
An outstanding and stimulat-
ing delegate was Miss Kate Fergu-
son, a British representative, and
library adviser to Malaga and
Southeastern Asia. lit was vastly
interesting. too, to hear about a
library project which is being un-
dertaken in Delhi, India, and
others which librarians are plan
ming as an aid to education in
large undeveloped areas where
the population is mainly illiterate
but in the process of learning to
read and write" Mrs. Steinbarger
stressed.
The real result of the Malmo
JNESCO conference and seminar
will come when its delegates are
back in their own countries and
endeavor to put into practice with
the help of public opinion, the new
and techniques
which were so vital a part of its
agenda, she believes.
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for the Public Library and it's
field worker, has brought back
from her experience as one of
the United States delegates to
the UNESCO conference and
seminar for librarians which was
held in Malmo. Sweden, last sum-
mer.
This seminar was attended by
delegates from 81 countries with
the official discussions in both
English and French, translations
being made from one language
to another as routine procedure.
Its objectives were to further
the knowledge of its participants
in the philosophy, goals and
techniques of adult education
through the medium of library
facilities. Its central idea was
not only to focus attention on the
role of libraries as. educational
agencies, but. to pool from the
best practices and theories, so as
to reach an agreement on stand
ards" Mrs. Steinbarger told me.
As one Of her contributions she
took over the last annual report
OF the District Public Library and
copies of an address she had
made on adult education at the
Education Workshop held at Co.
lumbia University in the summer
of 1949.
Used Two Languages.
The conference was led by DR..
Cyril o. Houle, dean of University
College, University of Chicago. A
clear thinker, and stimulating
as well as an expert discussion
leader, he had an organized plan
OF the points he thought well to
establish, and showed great skill
IN his use of terminology which
would be agreeable to as well as
understandable to all of the dele
gates, Mrs. Steinbarger said. For
instance, the word project so
commonly used in American edu-
cational parlance was disturbing
to the French and many other
delegates and had to be pains
takingly explained to them. Alb
solutely taboo was the word die
tate in any sense. It made them
br1stle to hear 1t in any connection,
even in such a harmless one as
certain conditions might dictate
one policy, others an entirely diff
ferent one " she reported.
I'VE. the delegates, were from
many lands and spoke many diff
ferent languages but were united
in our common desire to be of
educational service to adults in
our own countries and in our de-
sire to serve our home commune
ties by having library habits
begin with children through the
establishment of children's read
ing rooms" Mrs. Steinbarger en-
phaSized. Our sessions were
completely democratic, with the
decisions being reached by ma
jority vote, which in almost every
instance was unanimous one"
The membership Of the group
was equally divided between men
and women from librarians and
their assistants to younger groups.
Outstanding contributions were
made by delegates from the
United States. the United King
dom, Canada. Belgium, Switzer-
land and the Scandinavian
countries.
In Mrs. Steinbarger's opinion
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ish Zonta members and first
hand contacts that were widely
different from her strictly profess
sional ones as librarian.
Mrs. Steinbarger, who is now
at the main library, but was for
merly with its Mount Pleasant
Branch, was first allocated to the
development of adult education in
1887 under the program developed
by DR.. George F. BoWerman. En-
larged under his successor, Miss
Clara w. Herbert. it is being con-
tinued and further amplified un-
der Mr.. Harry M. Peterson, pres
ent head of the Public Library.
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Emerson Institute
Doubles Facilities

Adult education classes will begin
October l at the Emerson Insti-
tute, 1924 Eighteenth street NV.
The 99-year-old school will double
its existing facilities this term with
the addition of a recently COM
pleted classroom building.
Day, night and Saturday classes
will be offered on the high school
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great masses
of people. 1t is
also vid e n t
that the poten-
tialities of pub
lie libraries are
far from being
realized or even
recognized In
many parts of
the world"
These are the
convictions of
M RS. E d n a
S t e i n b a rger,
conSultant in
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- DIRECTORY Ct or -
DRAFTING
Washington Jraiiing School

y
for
hone - e--nF
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and college preparatory levels.
Courses also are offered in busi-
ness. secretarial preparation and
law. The school operates on an
accelerated program.
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Personalities and Impressions
Bv Jessie Font Eyons

Public libraries can be and in
some cases are among the most
effective agencies now existing
for the continuing education of
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On the Engagement Pad

Distsise Dssshtsrs. q Fssnasfs anl
r,sFiss; :. Anssise ~, m Friasy: 1880 2 81
virsinia Armistead Nelson.
Wsmen's City Club-Friday, . Pm. and
Pm, Valentine card party.
District Fire Department Ladies' Auxi!iary
-rridas. pm, District Buildins
Church - Friday, noon, luncheon and
!. psrr.tt and Lewis cornins az. A.sster'
What is Good in American Music"
fisss:r MS%sn1Todsy bsSo Pin Sgt
W.dnssasy, 9 Pm, zsio dsorsis ave;
Jewish National Fund day.
Adas Israel Sisterhood--Tomorrow,. 2:3C
son; @ SPEAKER, Miss Hsiins Wind, Wine ''st': "so:
so City Of Hope"
Raieish Hotel, board meeting.
Metrepoiitan Heart Guiid-Tuesday. IL sc
pm, willard Hotel, luncheon for new
Tifereth Israel sisterhsod - wsdnesda,
sehns SoiS Ps1ss s1ss.ns F'A .s4s:
District Daughters Of shs American Rsvo
chsps.r chapt.f House. p :pss.. yos1r; Ms:;
John MseNab. ANTIQUE Glass" Tues M
day, 1850 pm. frances Scott chspts
Rudolph. 121 Raleigh street Sc. Tues
DAY, pm, Abigail Hartman Ric
House; speaker, Mrs. John Murdock
The History of the Capitol Building
Tuesday, Judge Lynn Chapter birthda.
celebration. buffet dinner and meeting
Chapter House; speaker, Mrs. David
Wells, state recent. Tuesday. / pm.
Continental Danes CHAPTER hirthda;
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Catholic University Theater.
Among other patrons are the
Minister Of Lthuania and Mrs
zadeikis, Judge and Mrs. Am
brose o'Connell, Judge and Mrs
Charles Fahy, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
A. Rover, Joseph Mayhem, Francis
Scalessa, Mrs. Edward Heating,
Miss Kathryn Bowers, Mrs. VII
liam Gallagher. Mrs. James Hart
nett, Miss Christabel Hill, Miss
Mae Manogue, Mrs. Lewis A
Payne and Mrs. H. Winship
Wheatley, jr.
Patrons from the clergy include
the Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle
Archbishop Of Washington; the
Right Rev. Msgr. Patrick j. Nc
Cormick, rector of Catholic Uni
versity and national honorary
president of the IFCA; the Right
Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Jordan, vict
rector Of Catholic University ane
national director Of the IFCA; tn.
Rev. Joseph e. Gedra, director oi
the Washington Catholic Radio
Hour, and the Rev. Milton A
Schellenberg, director Of New.
Service for the Archdiocese Of
Washington.
Miss Ann p. Brosnan is chair
man OF the benefit. DR.. Bernice
Wall Mcguire is governor Of the
District Chapter of the IFCA.
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IL an, Amsricanism Committee,
sms5Is.n,.t0n sss ssssS 'pssks5 .ss
cisi.epship eommits.e. its AN AnsfiesnlsstIon %
and Paul :. Buggy. THURSDAY; 8 pm.
dr.ee Ha Hard. nHm Thnrsdass sD' Il ann ann Ills Ills
Thursday,-s pm. Thomas Marshall
David B., Caldwell Friday, pm. su-
House; speaker, 1. B. Slater, assistant
Commission. Friday, 2 pm, American
Liberty CHAPTER. CHAPTER House, birth.
day celebr alton. Saturday. Patriots
Bailey, Arsonne Apartments Saturday,
Col. John Donelson Chapter, dessert
luncheon with Mrs. j. H. AFFORD;
speaker, the Rev. Robert ". Shaw.
SATURDAY. 2:30 pm. Col: John wash;
NV; speaker, Mrs. o. polan Dono-
hoe. Saturday, $3.50 pm, irvine -Welles
Chapter with Mrs. Chester e. Barrows,
7036 Thirty-hrst street NV; speaker,
Mrs. John Murdock. Saturday, l pm,
Descendants Of '76 OAR Chapter, 1873
New Hampshire avenue NV; speaker,
Mrs. Eugene Fusitt, American In
Dssshtsrs o. the American R.ve-
lSticn-1Tuesday, 2 pm, DR.. Elisha
speaker, Mrs. Lois Lee Bruinstori, ma.
tional defense chairman.
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Benefit Patrons Named

The French Ambassador and
Mime. Bonnet head the list Of
patrons for the scholarship fund
benefit performance Of Moliere's
comedy THE Would Be Gentle
man." TO be sponsored by, the Dis
trict Chapter Of the international
Federation Of Catholic Alumnae
at $50 o'clock tonight at the
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Wonnen's Bar
HusReception
For Judge

Judiciary circles were we'll repre-
sented at the reception given in
honor of Judge Burnita Shelton
Matthews by the Women's Bar
Association of the District at the
Carlton Hotel last night.
The only woman to be appointed
a Federal District judge, Mrs
Matthews received with the asso-
citation president, Mrs. Olive
Geiger. Faircloth. Also in the line
were a group of officers, including
Mrs. Sarah A. Perrin, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Marjorie D. Hansen
treasurer: Miss Ruth F. Major
recording secretary, and Miss
Mary Bakshian, corresponding Sec
retary.
Former presidents of the asso-
citation took turns at the tea and
coffee urns with members of the
Board of Directors: Mrs. Augusta
Hanlon Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth M
Cox, Mrs. Arlene Craig Rogers
Miss Catherine Edmondson, Miss
Marguerite Rawalt and Miss
Mary Frances Glenn.
The guest list included a num-
ber of prominent women, among
them Sonora Amalia de Castillo
Ledon, chairman of the Inter-
American Commission of Women;
Miss Frieda Hennock, member of
the Federal Communications Com
mission; Mrs. Georgia L. Lusk OF
the War Claims Commission and
Maryland's Secretary of State
Miss Vivian Simpson, who also is
president of the Montgomery
County Bar Association. Miss
Emma Robertson, president Of the
Women's Bar Association of Bal
timore, also was invited.
Supreme Court Justice Harold
H. Burton and Mrs. Burton were
among those from judiciary circles
who accepted, while others in
cluded Judge and Mrs. E. Barrett
Prettyman, Judge and Mrs. James
M. Proctor, Judge George T
Washington, Judge and Mrs
David L. Bazelon. Judge ane
Mrs. Charles Fahy. Judge ane
Mrs. Bolitha J. Laws, Judge Jen-
nings Bailey, Judge and Mrs. F
Dickinson Let's, Judge and Mrs
T. Alan Goldsborough, Judge ane
Mrs. James w. Morris and Judge
and Mrs. Matthew F. Mcclure.
Still others were Judge and Mrs
Henry A. Schweinhaut, Judge Alex.
ander Holtzoff, Judge Richmond
B. Keech, Judge and Mrs. Edward
A. Tamm, Judge and Mrs. Charles
r. Mclaughlin and Judge and
Mrs. James r. Kirkland.
Judge Edith Cockrill of the Dis
trict Juvenile Court also was on
the guest list, while those from
the Municipal Court included the
two woman jurists, Judge Ellen
K. Raedy and Judge Nadine Lane
Gallagher.
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Civic and Study Clubs

Washington Club-Tomorrow IL am.
oSn fes qesdsy IL Am an ths speskeT
poets for Recovery for Countries Of
Western Europe Before Expiration Of
American Association Of University Women,
WASHINGTON Branch-Tomorrow, s pm,
oRed @en BY ssne mssns on to
asisns .S e. vo1 s5,s 5li rt4,a Mss Gsss s Cannon
morro~ nna Mts 7i5 ashf pm eGnsd NssG Conc
mittees Thursday, II am, poetry
group. Thursday. pm, International
afons Wnad aoo NTH 1tIsst Ms
AAUw. Silver Spring Branch-Tomorrow
Mrs. R: c. Jacobson, sol Dale drive,
Silver Spring.
AAUW, Alexandria Branch-Tuesday, =
pm. George Mason Hotel, annual fel-
lowship dinner; speaker, Mrs. Matabay
Plang.
AAUW, Falls Church Branch-Thursday
200 Brook drive. Falls Church; speakers.
w. T. Woodson. superintendent Of Fair
fax County schools; and +. B. Walker,
fax County.
T saturdas' nt'0Inns' i pm, Bethesda ash Women
Club. luncheon, fashion show and
Drloge.
University Women's Club-Tomorrow s
pm. business meeting. Saturday. pm,
er, DR.. Louis L. Williams, jr., will Ex-
porting American Public Health Know.
sSoud ae1 Or aFn Enaa ae
Implecent Point Four of the Admins
District League of Women Voters-Tues-
day. 1915 am, Mount Pleasant Branch
posed nstona 10 Taesdsy prs
pm. Friendship House, general meeting
to discuss national program.
Twentieth Century Club-Thursday. $50
pm. ,ciyics-education section tour of
Business, Professional Clubs
zonta CluB-wednesday, 1890 Pm,
! Jessie Burrell Eubank.
Soroptimist Club Of Washington-Wednes
day. 1 PM. Willard Hotel. business
Brookinss Institution, dinner meeting
and hobby program.
oroptimist Club Of Ariinxton-Thursday
8 pm, Jesse Building. business meet
Community Clubs
Silver Spring woman's Ciub--Tomorrow,
dSso diso m: Nv woods,ds Methodist chaIsn'
as Wilbur %ssrns 1s sto5 'estGn
street WEDNESDAY. Maryland antieui-
ties group to tour old buildings of Alex
andria.
women's Club of Chevy Chase-Tomorrow
mittees. Tuesday. . pm. drama sec
ton; speaker, r. N. White. 'Theater in
secut3Ss the RounS Sosrd WedRssday 70
pm, German section Thursday
1880 pm. French section. Friday
$50 pm, recreation section.
Junior woman's Club of Chevy Chase -
ssssfs sp1ss sRs,t' ssis.sa
asz ton r.R.arsa BRa TscG fpulsas, stusS ras0 sss
executive board meeting with Miss Riic.
Msetoaa M a,yS.1 St saIsr ME- Tho@ss 1881
am, radio section broadcast.
University Park woman's Club, Inc ---
byterian Church, ninth anniversary
10 am. executive board meeting. Tues
day, 1890 pm, dessert bridge.
ssIRs:si.; Tiss ss.ss: NJ, Nv Hickey $500
rats@o Park rsEams Tsmsn p.tE
Church; speaker. Representative John
E. Lyle. jr., Democrat Of Texas, "Func-
tions of the House Committee on Rules" :"
Wednesday, 1890 pm. 524 Fern place
NV, literature department.
Kenilworth Ladies Guild - Wednesday,
fifth place NE.
Progress Club Of College Park-wednesday,
2 pm, parish hall on Dartmouth ave-
nue.; speaker, DR.. Reuben Steinmeyer,
Strengthen Democracy"
Srars
12:45 to 4 pm, Community House,
benefit bridge party.
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Guild Luncheon

A smorgasbord luncheon In
honor Of new members will be
given by the Metropolitan Heart
Guild at 1890 pm. Tuesday at the
Willard Hotel.
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Hotel. Hostesses will be past
presidents OF the club, including
Mrs. r. Z. orsenip, Mrs. Harold
Eccleston, Mrs. J. r. Needham
and Mrs. w. Il. Hayghe.
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|Anniversury Fete

The ninth anniversary Of the
Di-Ma-Va Club will be celebrated
at a luncheon to begin at / pm.
Thursday at the Ambassador
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| Miscellaneous Clubs

Woman's National Democratic Club--To.
morrow, $50 to 1880 pm, shoreham
Pfesident sti tspi0a and Mrs. 81 Barley. s2t '
morrow. $50 pm, Uline- Arena, Lin.
coin, Day box supper. Friday II IAN. Am.
study group.
National League Of American Pen ,Wemer
| Tomorrow, II, am. National Press
Building, national executive board meet
Inc.
District League Of American PEN Women-
group; speaker, Mrs. Maidy N. Camp
bell. Wednesday, 1880 am. branch
sfanes stadS ,ssio stado Fsao sroup
| Red Cross.
Town Club-Tomorrow, 1890 Pm. exeeu-
sys board a1as nsstas sst.r sa atlsst Mss
tian Church-Tomorrow $3.50 pm. 1906
Vermont avenue NV. annual evening
asstnss atnas5 ses1nsst sthsT sneaEsr
morrow. 1880 pm, 24oo Sixteenth
PEO Sisterhoed Tomorrow, 8 Pm: ;,
Ghsptss with Ms; Msrtin Ef.ssspnc: .nsspes
Miss Myrtle, Norbeck, international
National Society ef Art4 ard Istt.rs'
,s Mts RsSsrs asaas. so7
oronoco Street, Alexandria; Guest Art;
ist. Miss Florence Frazer, Pen and
Piano Portraits"
day, s pm, 1851 Columbia road.
National Society Of New England Women.
Phyllis LYMAN Coiony---Tuesday. 1880
pm, 1915 New Hampshire avenue NV
Dutch treat luncheon; speaker Mrs
o-....,., w.u.r,. r,tvh - Tuesday
| 1880 pm, Fort McEatr Omcers Cluo
luncheon meeting.
Special Libraries Association--Tuesday, {
and ddnS.rps., Map Ebpars
speaker, Miss Irene Pistorio, The Unit:
ed States, the Melting Pot Of Customs
and Costumes"
virginia Home Economics as., As,Sei,sisnon vssnor
Mrs w. Bruce silcox.
Air Force Ofaeers' Wives CIub-wednss.
eeisyb, esiy 1aisS lSnsSson ma and fasSen shoS sI
sosizm;.si : Dance. Rn;; Af"'-S''' 0''"'' ''
Nay psns,r M,,:s e1ss Club N.ysl ssai.
cal Center, luncheon meeting.
f1syneees-wednesday, $3.50 pm. Aneri-
can Security and Trust Buildins' month
ly meeting.
District Pharm.eeutieal Asseei.ticn WON
surlinston Hotel, 10th anniversary eele-
bration.
Di-Ms.ya Club Of washingten--Thursda
pm. Ambassador Hotel, ninth oIrtn-
day party luncheon and meetins.
Navy Doctors Wives Club a. Thursday'
| luncheon meeting: speaker, Mrs. A. j
| Thomas, Flower Arrangement
National Mothers Memery Club - Thurs
| day, 2 to 5 pm, parish hall OF 81
C,ntr.I Union Mission, Evening Auxiliary
| Friday, 6:15 pm, Central Union MIS-
| sion, Eastern Star night; speaker, Mrs
| Z. c.. Magdeberger.
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| ISoForities

SOtVtUtCS
Iota Gamma Phi-Today, 1880 p.m.,
Broadmoor Apartments, founders day
luncheon.
Tau Beta Phi, virginia Province Board
Tomorrow, pm, Willard Hotel.
Delta Gamma, Washington Alumnae -
Tuesday, p.n.,. dessert meeting with
Miss Anne Larabee, 52S Seventeenth
street NV.
Beta Sigma Phi, XII Chapter-wednesday
7:45 pm, 1907 l street NV.
ri Beta Phi, Washington Alumnae -
Wednesday, 1880 pm, Brook Farm Tea
House, luncheon.
Chi Omega, Arlington Alex ndria Alum
nae Wednesday, 8 pm, with Mrs.
Newton Montgomery, 1926 North Yer
non street, Arlington.
College Clubs
Stephens College Alumnae-Tomorrow,
pm, Willard Hotel, reception and din
ner in honor of President and Mrs
Homer Price Rainey.
University of Buffalo Alumni-wednesday
7:45 pm, Southwest Branch Of Pub
lie Library, Seventh and II streets S.W.
speaker, Or. Earl J. McGrath, Forces
and Events in the Field Of Secondary
and Collegiate Educations with Special
Emphasis on the Contribution OF the
University Of Buffalo"
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good, the General has another
statistic.
1--WE used a large number OF
Pershing tanks on the Inchon
landing" he said. "The signifi-
cant thing is that we came out
with every single tank we landed
there. I don't know how many
Communist T-34's they destroyed
but personally saw IA of them
ko'd near Seoul, seven as a result
of one tank battle"
Helicopters Invaluable.
HelicopterS, the General said,
have proven invaluable. They are
used in Korea for carrying water
and other light supplies. for evac-
uation of the wounded. for recon-
naisSance, carrying combat orders
faster than they could otherwise
be coded, radioed and decoded at
the front, seeking out mines at
sea. and. most recently, laying
telephone wires.
Then there is "Anglico";; for the
unintiated, that means "air naval
gunfire liaison company"
1t has never" said Gates.
been so well-developed as today
In Korea. An infantry officer can
get artillery. naval gunfire or air
oombardment when and specifi-
cally where he wants it. With
this air = ground communications
system an umbrella of planes can
hang constantly over the front
ready to come down and help
not on direction of a rear-area
air commander but on the call OF
a ground officer looking at the
target.
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lack of adequate ready forces
and equipment to get them into
combat. the kinks in our military
machinery and the need for real
cold-weather testing of equip
ment, old and new
Cold May Prolong War.
The cold, Gen. Gates empha-
sized, did not catch the Marines
unprepared, but it may well delay
a Korean War windup until the
spring thaws.
The initial Marine division en-
barked for Korea last summer
and along $4,000 winter LAY
ettes." These clothes bags cost
the taxpayer $153.46 each and
provide each man with five
clothing layers dong underwear
wool pants. and shirt. sweater,
field jacket and pile-lined parka
with hood plus gloves, mittens,
felt-lined shoepacs. wool socks
and both light and heavy noun
tain" sleeping bag.
"The trouble is," Gen. Gates
says, that it all weighs over 25
pounds and a man wearing it and
carrying his arms. ammunition.
steel helmet and other equipment
has trouble moving. let alone
fighting extensively. I pose as no
prophet, but I am afraid we will
be begged down and unable to
clean up Korea before spring. un-
less Communist morale suddenly
cracks completely"
Korea. the General said, has
again proven tank value ano
American tank quality.
"The idea that tanks are obso.
lescent." he says, sis gone. W.
have seen that you need big tanks
to fight big tanks and that, par.
ticularly for amphibious opera
ton, you also need light tanks
We have also found that the gela-
tin compound of oil and gasoline
in the napalm bomb is the best
antitank weapon-a near hit will
burn out the tank and suffocate
the crew."
AS proof that Yank tanks are
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Fectr;cv Restored ia 10 Hours After Refesdn Fxnosion

ports had been blasted away or
weakened.
Trucks loaded with tools and
equipment jammed adjoining
streets as trouble shooters la
bored to repair one Of the most
extensive power Interruptions in
Is years.
Vaporized Oil Ignited.
The explosion apparently was
caused when a heavy bolt of light
ming struck one of the 33,000-volt
lines feeding into the sub-station.
The heat. it was believed, vapor-
lied oil in an automatic circuit.
breaker, and the gas became
Iignited.
The raain force Of the blast tore
out a large top section of the
I16-inch brick wall at the rear.
hurting bricks and glass more than
100 feet. Parts of the wall as big
as six-by-six feet were thrown
some 80 feet.
Robert. E. Scott, an assistant
foreman who was checking earlier
damage caused by the storm, saved
himself by diving under a work
table on the ground floor until
glass and bricks quit falling. Usu-
ally. no employees are in the auto
matte station at night.
The blast broke windows In a
Moose Lodge about so feet in the
rear of the station. and aroused
residents for half a mile around.
No one was injured.
Plant Equipment Damaged. =
The sub-station will have to be
rebuilt, at least from the second
floor up. Most of the electrical
equipment was damaged. No esti-
mate of the loss was available
last night.
Pepco officials also were unable
to say how many thousands of
homes and business establishments
were temporarily deprived of
power.
The sub-station supplies only
part of Bethesda and North Chevy
Chase. although it distributes all
the current going to the Rockville
and Gaithersburg areas. Trans
formers, protected by the circuit
breakers, step down the voltage
from $4,000 to $4,000 and 1000
volts on the secondary circuits.
]. H. Ferry. vice president of
the Pepco, said it was the worst
failure Of circuit-breakers in his
40 years. experience with the
company.
Candle Sales Are Brisk.
i During the emergency, gasoline
1 station operators with manua
pumps did a brisk business while
other stations were unable tx
serve customers due to failure o1
electric motors.
], Stores in the area reported 9
run on candles. kerosene lamp.
and battery operated electric
lights.
I Although special attention wa
given to the hospitals, they hat
their troubles, too.
The blast knocked out lights
heat and water at the Montgom.
cry County General Hospital il
Sandy Spring. The Sandy Sprins
Volunteer Fire Co. helped out BY
carrying water to hospital ward!
in milk cans and extra blanket.
were issued to patients.
! At Suburban Hospital, the
power generators supplied by the
Bethesda Chevy Chase rescue