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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-11
COVE
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schmidt are
the parents of a son born December
% at their home. He has been named
Donald Eugene. Mrs. Schmidt is the
former Elsie kolbfleisch.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Har-
man in the Oakland hospital, January
6, daughter, Janet Marie. Mrs. Har-
man was formerly Emma Jene Up
hold.
Mr.. and Mrs George TIetz received
the announcement OF twin daughters
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Pifer of
Wadsworth. Ohio. on December 49,
Mrs. Pifer was formerly Miss Thelma
Hetz. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Hetz. former residents OF
Cove community.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Miller at Hazel McGilvery
Hospital. Meyersdale. on December
81. Mrs. Miller was formerly Miss
Orpha Bach.
Mrs. Roy Hartman, Ruth and Paul
and Mrs. Walter Margroff visited
Mrs. Harold Hartman at the hospital
in Oakland Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Brown and
family and Mrs. Wilma Smith were
business callers in Oakland Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Frazee
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Red Oak Fairview

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Nine and son
Donnie, have gone to Florida whore
they will spend several weeks.
Mrs. Wesley Harvey has been a pa
tient in Philippi hospital. Her con-
dition, following 4 minor operation, is
said to be satisfactory.
Bobby Terrant, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Henry Tenaut is i'm Chldren's hos
pital. Baltimore, for treatment.
Mrs I.izzy Fike returned to her
home at Red House from Detroit,
where she had been visiting her sons,
Ted and Melvin
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blamble and
family were recent dinner guests of
the William Bittingers.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Childs were
called to Grantsville due to the death
of their great grandson, Dale Jacobs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Childs and Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Gnegy accompanied
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Harvey
motored to Philippi to visit Mr.. Har-
vcy's mother. Mrs. Edna Harvey, at
Philippi hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Blamble and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Blamble
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Shackley and
son visited Mrs. Shackley's mother,
Mrs. Nerlinda Lipscomb
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Knots and
family visited the William Bittingers.
Rev Wesley Harvey was home for
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Arnold and
family were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Nine.
Miss Edith Cosner returned to
Bridgewater, Va, last Friday.
The Chlds families had as recent
guests Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gnegy and
Mrs Charles Mustard and children
Miss Barbara Ann Warsaw became
the bride of Mr.. Harold Bachtel on
Saturday evening, December %.
Recent guests of Mrs. Nerlinda
; Lipscomb were Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Elrick, of German, and Mr.. Edison
/ Miller, Of Grantsville.
: Harold Hauser was home for the
/ Weekend
Raymond Conneway and daughters
! Of Mansfield, Ohio, visited her par.
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Cooper.
David Deem, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
! Ralph Deem recently enlisted in the
Army Air Force.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Blamble anC
| family visited Nh. and Mrs. Willard
Feather, New Years eve.
! Mrs. Virgil Miller and daughter
/ Martha May, are visiting her husban,
and sister, Mrs. Carl Wilson, in Muir
! raysville, Pa, for two weeks.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Stone anC
sons. Mrs Roy McGinnis and daugh-
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moved to Oakland Tuesday. Mr.. Fra
zee is employed at the Ray Teets gar
age.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richter and
family spent the recent holidays with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Richter, Nor
gantown, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. George +. Hetz enter
tanned on Sunday at dinner in honor
Of the birthday Of their daughter,
Mrs. Vernon Reichenbecher. Guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Reichen-
becher and son, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Glass and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Kolb and family. Accident.
Mrs Owen Bach is employed at the
Paul Miller home.
Miss Alverta Dillon, Washington,
ID. c.; Miss Louise Dillon, Frostburg,
who spent the holidays with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Dillon,
have returned to their work
Mrs. Emerson Frazee spent Thurs
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James Dill
Ion.
Mrs. Charles Ringer, Mrs. Walter
Richter. Mrs. Rob Roy Paugh and
Mrs. Bert Griffith were entertained
by Mrs. Joe Collier at quilting party
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hickman left
here Saturday evening to visit their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs
Edward Hickman, Jr., in FL Paso,
Texas.
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AURORA-EGLON

Rev. Daniel Spaid, of near Eglon,
was called Sunday to his home COM
munity i'm Hampshire county to pre-
side at funeral rites for a friend who
had passed her ninetieth milestone.
Clayton Harsh. Of near Brookside,
was painfully injured one day last
week when he fell from roof. He
was treated by a local physician.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Hedrick and
family moved last week from their
Eglon home to the home of Mr.. He'd
ricll's parents His father passed
away suddenly while delivering mail.
Mr.. Hedrick is filling the uneXpircd
term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morley IIelmick, Of
Fort Ashby, visited relatives in Eglon
and near Thomas, Saturday.
Lawrence Hughs, of Aurora. who
served for some time as field deputy
sheriff at Kingwood resigned that
position effective January |, and took
unto himself a wife, January 5. He
with some other young men from Au-
rora went this week to Ohio seeking
work.
Mr.. and Mrs James Helmck. of
Eglon, spent the past week at Crellin
and Terra Alta with relatives.
Rev Ralph Bowman returned Sat
urday to his home at Eglon from
Bridgewater, Va. where he attended
Spiritual Life Institute.
The religious films, THE Conver-
sion of Saul at Tarsus," and The
Years of Apprenticeship two cpl
sodes in the life of ST. Paul, produced
by Cathedral Films. will be shown at
Maple Spring church, January ii be
ginning at 1870 p m. This will be one
hour of good entertainment. Every
one is invited. Also a picture, Into
the Good Earth" will be shown max
ing an hour and one half.
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ter. Susan, and Howard Stone, and
Izetta Smith, all of mean TOWNSVILLE,
w. Va, were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Soldiers and family
and Virgil Stone.
Rev Jesse Harsh, of Eglon,
preached at Fairview, January :.
Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Harvey
were Sunday dinner guests Of the
Homer Knots family.
Mrs Claudia Nine spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Rosetta Harvey while Ray
Harvey and Henry Nine were bust
ness visitors in Westernport one day
last week.
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Accident High Wins

Accident High school defeated
Grautsville High at Accident Tues.
day night ~ to 2S. Hone and Savage
were chief point getters for Accident
with Il and / markers. Beachy was
high for Grantsville with 10.
Other point getters for Accident
were Hamilton, s; B. Fratz, and
Glass, each. Hartman, ,; W. Fratz
|.
For Grantsville, Railey, 3; Yommer
,; Kelly and Georg. l each; b. Hersh-
berger. 4; Ringer, Z.
Kasson High school defeated the
Accident High floormen at Accident
last Friday g. to 81.
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Richter, Morgantown, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Butler. Jr,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas kamp, Com
fluence. Pa, were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Butler, ST..
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Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Brown and
family had as dinner guests Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Griffith, Ruth and
Myron, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ringer
and son, Of Grantsville. and Robert
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Mrs. Ralph F. Vermi|ya,
Widow OF Veterinarian

Mrs. Ralph F. Vermilya, 81
widow of retired Agricultural
Department veterinarian, died
Tuesday in Providence Hospital
She had been an invalid for sew
eral years.
Mrs. Vermilya. who lived at
3509 Idaho avenue NV, was the
former Jean Fandrey. She was
born in st. Paul, Mimi, and, dur
ing World War I, worked here in
the War Department. She and
DIR. Vermilya were married in
December, 1918. They then lived
in Chicago until returning here
three years ago. DR.. Vermilya died
in October. 1948.
She was former member of
the lexington Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Meyst, with whom she
lived, and Mrs. Lille Roohr of
Chico. Calf. and niece. Miss
Grace Elizabeth Meyst of the
Idaho avenue address.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 am. tomorrow In the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. She will be buried
beside her husband at 1870 am.
in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Navy Plane Survivors
Picked Up Off Italy
By the Associated Press

ROME, Mar. 8.-Six survivors
from a United States Navy plane
missing since yesterday were
rescued off Anzio today by ar
Italian destroyer.
The plane. a Privateer tPB4Y2)
had IA men aboard. The mer
were picked up from two small
boats by the destroyed "Carabin.
iere" after the vessel was directed
to the spot by an Italian rescue
plane.
In Washington the Navy
said 10 survivors had been
sighted on two RATS. but it
mentioned no completed res
cue.)
The search for the other possible
survivors was intensified.
Rescue planes and boats con-
verglng in the area where the
survivors were picked up were
hampered by cloudy skies and
rain.
The six men rescued by the
"Carabiniere" were being taken to
Anzio, the World War II beach
head south of Rome.
In addition to the Navy crew
the four-engine transport carried
military personnel on leave from
Trieste to Rome. Coming from
Athens, it had stopped at Udine,
Italy. about 80 miles northwest
of Trieste.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
u. 5. Officials Concerned
Over Red Plans in japan

Concern that Russia may try to
inf1ltrate thousands of Commu-
nist-trained war prisoners into
Japan to stir up trouble for the
American occupation forces has
been increased here by the Soviet
boycott of Japanese peace treaty
talks.
American officials estimate that
some 350,000 Japanese prisoners
taken by the Russians at the close
Of World War II still remain to be
accounted for. There has been
speculation that Russia may be
training them to use for her own
purposes.
Unconflrmed reports received
here say military units up to dlvi-
sion size have been formed by the
Russians from among the pris-
oners. One such division has been
reported sent to Russian occupied
Sakhalin Island off Northern
Japan.
Jacob Malik. Soviet delegate to
the United Nations, broke off jap
anese treaty talks with John Fos-
ter Dulles, chief American nego-
tiator, last week. Officials spec
ulated that this might mean a
decision by Moscow to maintain
complete freedom of action 10 put
pressure on the japanese in the
midst of continuing negotiations
with the West.
Mr.. Dulles is going ahead with
plans to try to work out a treaty
with other Pacific allies in World
War II.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Mrs. Byron A. Hamm,
Formerly OF SuitIand

Mrs. Byron A. Hamm, 81, for.
merly Miss Leona Alvey, died yes
terday in her home in Thornville
Ohio, where she had been living
for the last four years. Death
was caused by a cerebral hem
orrhage.
Mrs. Hamm formerly lived with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee H. Alvey, in Suitland, Md
She attended schools in Suitland
and in Bradbury Park, Md, and
was member of st. Francis
Xavier Church in Washington.
In 1947. she was married to Mr.
Hamm, who was then in naval
service. at the Naval Receiving
Station chapel. The couple then
moved to Ohio.
Besides her husband and her
parents, Mrs. Hamm leaves a son
Donald. 3; daughter, Bonita
one month old; a brother, Law
renee E. Alvey of 1907 Eighteenth
street Sc. and another brother
Clyde H. Alvey who is living with
his parents in Beverley Beach, Md
Details of the funeral service,
to be held in Washington, are in
complete.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
New York Musicians Vote
Strike in Radio, TV Dispute

A previous union strike threat
against the networks was with
drawn last January 81 when all
parties agreed that any negotiated
increase would be retroactive to
that date.
However. the networks and the
union have been unable to get
together on pay and other de-
mands.
Crux of the disagreement, al
the time negotiations broke off:
l. The networks offered to
equalize television and radio scales
CIV scales are now per cent
lower, and on top of this, to grant
a 10 per cent increase in both
fields. This would amount to a
10 per cent radio boost. and Is
per cent TV boost.
2. The union, however. insisted
that a 20 per cent overall increase
be granted, after scales in the two
fields were brought to parity. This
would mean a 25 per cent TV
boost, and 20 per cent radio boost
Musicians now receive a mini
mum of $19145 weekly on COM
mercial network programs that
originate in New York.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Eleanor Gates, Author
OF Poor Little Rich Girl
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 8.-Elea
nor Gates, 75-year-old author OF
Poor Little Rich Girl" and other
Broadway hits of two score years
ago, died yesterday of complica
tions of traffic accident.
The veteran playwright was
struck down by an automobile last
Monday as she stepped from bus
near her home.
Married in 1901 to Playwright
Richard Walton Tully. she helped
him write THE Bird of Paradise. ;
They were divorced in 1914.
Miss Gates had been working or
manuscripts of nine books and
plays and on a religious oratorio
Seven Steps," which she planned
to produce in England.
Her second husband, Frederick
Ferdinand Moore, whom she also
divorced, disappeared in 1947
while serving a court order in
Pasadena. His body was never
found and a man who Confessed
killing him was declared insane.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 8.-The Ex-
ecutive Board of the powerful New
York City Local 802 of the AFL
American Federation of Musicians
has been authorized to call a strike
if necessary against all major ra-
dio and television networks.
With bargaining sessions sus-
pended last week, voice vote last
night by $500 members of Local
802 approved the following resolu-
ton:
I'VE move to strike against all
class A radio and television sta
tions. We instruct the Executive
Board to take the necessary steps
to insure success of the above &C
tion, with the understanding that
it is with the approval of the led
'eration.'
The result may be acted on to-
day after consideration by James
C. Petrillo, head of the union and
the Executive Board.
If strike action is approved by
Mr.. Petrillo and the board, TIT
union must abide by a 30-day
cooling-off period as required by
the National Labor Relations
Board.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Er|ing B. Saxhaug, "A,
Patent Office Official

Erling B. Saxhaug, A, a Patent
Office official, died yesterday al
Doctors Hospital after an Hines,
of several months. He lived al
1853 Chevy Chase boulevard
Chevy Chase, Md.
MIR. SaXhaug, classification
examiner. was assistant chief oi
Division v of the Patent CLASH
f1cation Group. He joined the
Patent Office as patent examiner
in 1880. Before that, he was
employed by the Bureau of Stand
ards for about one year.
A native of Minneapolis, Mr.
Saxhaug graduated from the Uni.
versity of Minnesota with a bach
elor of electrical engineering
degree. After moving to Washing
ton. he graduated from George
town University Law School with
law degree.
MIR. Saxhaug was member o1
the District Bar and the Patent
Lawyers Club. He also was a
member of the Triangle Club OF
the University of Minnesota.
Mr.. Saxhaug is survived by his
widow. Mrs. H. Audrey Saxhaug
and a daughter. Jean Elenor Sax.
haug. both of the Chevy Chase
boulevard address.
Funeral services will be held al
II am. Saturday at the Pumphrey
funeral home, 1857 Wisconsin ave-
nue.. Bethesda. Burial will be ir
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
1n Mrntnrtattt

KEENE, MARTHA E. In loving remem.
brance of our dear mother, MARTHA E
kEENE, who passed away one year age
today. March 8, 1850.
From this earth she has gone to rest,
To take her place among the best.
HER DEVOTED FAMILY.
SMITH, MRS. ELLA In loving memory O
our beloved mother Mrs ELLA SMITH
who was called to rest on March s, 1949
Two years have passed since that sad day
When our dear mother was called away
God took her home, 1t was His will,
But in our hearts she liveth still
HER CHILDREN, ESTHER, BESSIE AMI
LEON SMITH.
VINE. WALTER. in sad but loving mem
ory of our dear brother, WALTER VINE.
VINO passed away eighteen years ago
March r. 1888.
To us who loved and lost you youl
memory will linger on.
SISTERS, RUBY AND ETHEL.
VOLLAND, FREDERICK A. In loving re
membrance of our dear husband and ia.
ther. FREDERICK A. VOLLAND, who de
parted this life eleven years age today
March s, 1910.
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
WIFE AND DAUGHTERS.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
'Womun's MuuIed Body
Found in Lions Den
BY the Associated Press

by UTt ASSOStuIGu FFeSS
SYDNEY, Australia, Mar. B.
Keepers at the Perth (West Aus
tralia) Zoo today found the badly
mauled body of a middle-aged
woman in the lions den at the
zoo.
The woman, Dorothy Bostock
had been the object of a police
search after being missing from
her home in South Perth all night
A lion had ripped the woman's
clothing from her body. which was
torn open in spots. The beast
withstood hose-wielding keepers
for 20 minutes before it relin-
quished the corpse.
Officials could not explain how
the woman got in the den.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
u. 5. 10 Bring Home
Bodies Of War Dead
By the Associated Press

YOKOHAMA, Mar. 8. - The
bodies of Maj. Gen. Bryant E.
Moore and 40 soldiers. sailors, ma
rines and airmen will leave by
ship Sunday as the United States
starts moving war dead home
from an active theater for the
first time in history.
Gen. Moore was 9th Corps COM
mander until he died in Korea
after a helicopter accident Feb
ruary IS.
The 40 ranged from privates
and Seamen upward.
Dockside memorial services will
be conducted Sunday afternoon.
Army, Navy and Air Force hon.
or and color guards, chaplains of
various faiths and the Japan
logistical commands band will
take part.
Although Sundays movement
will be the first evacuation of war
dead from an active theater,
bodies of some Korean battle cas-
ualties who died in hospitals and
other Far East personel have been
returned home for burial.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
GU Graduate Student Plays
Female Role in 'Hasty Heart

Miss Vicki Brashear of the
Georgetown University Graduate
School plays the only female role
in an otherwise all-male cast of
THE Hasty Heart" being pre-
sented by the university's Mask
and Bauble Society at $3.50 o'clock
tonight and tomorrow at Holy
Trinity Hall, Thirty-sixth and o
streets NV.
Miss Brashear is the 20-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Brashear, 1401 Forty-fourth street
NV. She has attended the Con-
vent of the Visitation, as well as
George Washington University.
She plays the part of Sister Mar
garet opposite Jack Reynolds, a
Junior, who has played in the pro-
| fessional road company of Life
With Father
The play is being directed by
Anthony Manzi, university profess
Sor of public speaking and asso-
ciate director of Williamsburg's
Common Glory" this year.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Kristen FIogstod Hints
Retirement From Opero
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 8.-Famed
soprano Kristen Flagstad, who re-
turned to the Metropolitan Opera
this season after 10-year
absence, may not sing at the Met
next year, and possibly may retire
from opera.
Her manager. Marks Levine,
said she had instructed him not
to negotiate a contract for next
season.
Miss Flagstad, who became a
controversial figure in World
War II, repeatedly plans to con-
fine her work to concerts. She
had been criticized for returning
to Norway to stay with her hus-
band during the Nazi occupation
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Miss Caroline Miller,
Former D. 6. Resident

Miss Caroline L. Miller, SIS, a
registered nurse and former
Washington resident, died Tues
day of a heart ailment in New
Rochelle, N. Y.
She leaves her parents, MI.
and Mrs. William Miller of New
Rochelle, and two sisters, Mrs.
Dorothy Green of Washington,
and Mother Alma Miller of the
Religious of the Sacred Heart,
Noroton, Conn.
Requiem mass will be said in
the Blessed Sacrament Church,
New Rochelle, tomorrow at II
am. Burial will be in Holy Sep
ulcher cemetery in that city.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
ILoborer Scratches
Back of Stone Lion ,
Finds Secret Niche
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. ga laborer
proved today that it pays to be
nice to animals-even an 8-ton
stone one.
He scratched the back of the
famed old Lion of Hungerford"
now being refurbished for ex-
hibition at the Festival of Britain
and discovered a secret COM
partment. The niche, long sealed
by dozens of coats of red paint.
yielded a bottle containing some
coins dating back to William the
Fourth Q830-1836) and a note
which hasn't been deciphered' yet.
For more than a century and a
quarter the red lion graced the
roof of a Thames side brewery.
Evening star., 1951-03-08

90 SCdI D.
A native of St. George, Ber-
muda. where he Joined the Saliva
ton Army at the age of 81, Brig
Roberts came to Boston about SO
years ago. He was transferred in
1912 to Washington. He opened
the first Negro Office in this area
at Sixth and o streets NV.
After World War I, Brig. Rob-
erts organized the hotel at the
Seventh street address. This was
for the purpose of taking care of
the colored soldiers returning
from war service.
Wife Also Brigadier.
Brig. Roberts and his widow
Mrs. Pauline N. Roberts, who also
is a Salvation Army brigadier
worked together here to carry out
the Army's~ colored activities.
These consisted of evangelistic and
community work and visits to
homes. They also conducted the
Army's colored camp at Patuxent,
Md. for many years.
Before his retirement, Brig.
Roberts twice attended the Army'S S
world congresses in London. He
was official delegate for colored
workers in the United States.
Besides his widow. Brig. Roberts
is survived by two daughters, both
members OF the Salvation Army.
1t. Norma Roberts, Little Rock,
Ark, and Mrs. Doris Chandler,
3579 Thirteenth street NV. and
two sisters. Mrs. Maude Pack
wood and Miss Pearl Roberts, both
of st. George, Bermuda.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Brig. Roberts body will be at
the Frazier funeral home, 389
Rhode Island avenue NV, after
3 pm. today. Funeral services
will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow
at the Shiloh Baptist Church. 1900
Ninth street NV. 1t. Col. Wesley
w. Bouterse, Salvation Army di-
visional commander for the Met
ropolitan Washington area, will
offlciate at the services. He will
be assisted by Commissioner A. E.
Chesham, director of the army S
Southern territory in Atlanta, Ga
Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Air Sergeant Charged
with Plane SABOTAGE
By the Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 8.-Sab-
otage charges were filed here yes
terday against a Camp Atterbury
airplane mechanic accused of dis
abling two C-46 transport planes.
Harvey G. Foster, special FBI
agent. said Sergt. Henry v. Green,
%, of Niagara, Wis, lust wanted
to keep the planes from flying"
He said the mechanic denied he
wanted to see any airmen injured
or killed.
Agent Foster said Sergt. Green
admitted putting sand in the hy-
draulic reservoir of one plane and
cutting out part of the wiring of
the other in January. Air Force
officers said the planes probably
would not have crashed as the
trouble would have shown up in
landing gear and brakes, which
could have been operated by hand
in an emergency.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Dr.. William D. Harkins,
Pioneer NucIear Scientist
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 8.-Dr. William
Draper Harkins, II. pioneer nu-
clear scientist and professor emer-
titus of chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Chicago. died yesterday of
a coronary thrombosis.
A native of Titusville, Pa, DR..
Harkins was credited with for
mulating 35 years ago the basic
idea for the proposed hydrogen
bomb.
In his original presentation con-
cerning the transformation of
hydrogen. DIR. Harkins calculated
that conversion of l pound of
hydrogen into helium would pro-
duce heat equal to that produced
by about 10000 tons of coal.
He also was Government con-
sultant on the chemistry of rub
ber. studying the basic behavior
of the molecules in their relation
ship to the processing of rubber.