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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-17

keys and other personal effects,
six of the dead had been iden-
titled as:
Mrs. Eva L. Fisher. IS, Of
CheStertown, wife of James
Fisher and mother Of eight
children.
Nelson Lord. 81, Of Chester
town, a bridegroom of three
weeks.
Mrs. Magdaline Seller, 81, Of
Henderson, Md.
Mrs. Mary E. Fallowfield, GA,
of Chestertown. wife of barber
and town councilman.
Mrs. Nellie Starr. AT. Chester
town.
Mrs. Lima Mae Taylor, Al,
CheStertoWn.
Eighty per cent of the BIT
employees on the payroll Of the
plant, which was manufacture
ing detonator fuses and train
ing shells for the armed forces,
were women. The plant also
made fireworks.
The blasts rocked the area for
80 minutes yesterday, but the
major explosions occurred in
chain-reaction fashion during
the first five minutes. q.
| These we're the thunderous
| reports that knocked down eight
large buildings. In addition, 22
smaller structures were bowled
over on the sprawling 24-acr9F
plant about 80 miles northeast
of Washington. =.
For the larger buildings. it
was total destruction reminis-
cent of aerial bombing, and one
of the wonders was that more
persons did not lose their lives
in the holocaust.
officials assessed the loss to
the plant at a minimum Of
$500, 900.
Stores Boarded Up.
Merchants were still busy
sweeping up glass, or boarding
up fronts to prevent looting.
Civil Defense authorities were
impressed by the efficiency Of
operations in which the Red
Cross, the National Guard, Ma
rines. the Air Force, police and
other units jumped into the
reSuce work.
Among the units was the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue
Squad. 1t. Joseph Gordon Of
the squad said the scene looked
like city after a bombing.
There was debris within a mile
radius of the blast area.
I'D say it was good way of
seeing how rescue units might
work in case of an atom bomb
attack" he said. There was no
confusion and everything ap-
peared to be pretty well or
gained"
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1000 Catholic Girls Hail
Pope on Way 10 BasiIica
BY the Associated r. ess

VATICAN CITY, July IT.
Seven thousand Roman Catholic
girls from more than a score of
countries hailed Pope Plus XII
today as he was carried into st.
Peters Basilica on his portable
throne.
The audience was the final
event of a Marian Congress held
here by the Daughters of Mary.
Most of the girls came here from
italian towns and cities and
from France and Spain. But
there were also small groups
from other European countries
and the United States.
The Pope took his place at q
white throne, placed temporarily
alongside the great central altar
in the basilica. From there he
addressed the girls in French.
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Adjournment Delay
Or Special Session
On Germany Forecast
BY the Associated Press

Senate Republican Leader
Knowland said today Congress
might have to delay adjournment
or come back in special session
If it becomes necessary to con-
slider early sovereignty for West
Germany.
The Californian told newsmen
the decision must await a recon-
mendation from the Eisenhower
administration which has been
stepping UP German sovereignty
talk in an effort to prod the
French into ratifying the six.
nation European Defense Com
munity.
Secretary of State Dulles has
arranged a special meeting next
week to discuss procedures"
with Senate and House Repub-
lican and Democratic leaders and
with members Of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee.
Seeks to Quit July 81.
Congress is shooting for adj
journment by July 81. The
French Assembly is due to quit
work August Is. The Eisenhower
administration Is anxious for
French ratification of EDO be-
fore that date.
The high-level strategy SEES
sion was announced by Chair
man Wiley yesterday after Mr..
Dulles spent about two hours
reporting to the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee on his quick
trip to Paris this week for
urgent conferences with French
Premier Pierre Mendes- France
and British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden.
In general, Senator Wiley said:
II got the impression that the
Paris conversations increased
United States British French
unity and improved the chances
for a reasonable settlement in
Geneva"
Senator Wiley said Mr.. Dulles
reported he stressed at Paris
the need to unity Europe through
EDO as a means of easing the
free worlds problems elsewhere.
Delay for Two Years.
France and Italy alone of the
six EDO nations have yet to
ratify the treaty. They have
been dragging their feet for two
years. This has held up the
Bonn peace contract which
would restore West German
sovereignty.
French reluctance to ratify
EDO is grounded in fear of a
rearmed Germany. Under EDO,
West German troops would be
integrated into a European army
Mr.. Dulles proposed this week
an arrangement under which
West Germany would get eco
nomic and political independ-
ence, but without rearmament.
Britain and France, co-occupy-
ing powers with America, would
have to agree.
In a queStion-and-answer ses-
sion between Senator Wiley and
newsmen. the emphasis was on
a possible special session of Con-
greSS.
The idea was that the French
Assembly would have until its
mid-August adjournment to
ratify EDO or some acceptable
alternate plan.
If the French continued to
balk, Congress could be recalled
to consider granting West Ger
many sovereignty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-17
By Tom Kelley
Star Stoff Correspondent

CHESTERTOWN, Md, July
17.-What happens in a town
of 5000 people when disaster
strikes?
The people of Chestertown
know-they try to find out what
has happened, and they try to
help each other.
At 1890 am. yesterday, Jen-
nings Townsend, 57-year-old
farmer, was driving into town
when he heard an explosion.
"It wasn't very loud" he said.
IT thought they were probably
testing something at the plant
in Chestertown.
"a few minutes later there
was another, louder explosion,
and I got out of my car to see
what was happening. There
were a few other cars on the
road, and people were climbing,
out Of them. We were a few
miles from town. I knew where
the plant was, and I was looking
toward it when the third blast
went off. There wasn't much
noise when the first two went
off, but there was with the
third one.
"Then there was a big mush-
room cloud just like an atom
bomb. / could see the sun
glinting off some small objects
in the cloud. Then I could
hear noises, and I knew they
were firecrackers I saw. They
were going off after they were
in the air.
ST got back into my Car the
same as the other people, and
we drove into town to see what
had happened and to see if we
could help"
Civil Defense Chief Gets Busy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Russell
were sitting in their home in
Chestertown at 1890 am. yes
terday. They heard the ex-
plosion. Mr.. Russell didn't look
up.
"They must be testing some
big ones at Aberdeen" his wife
remarked. Before Mr.. Russell
could comment there was an
other explosion, and he ran out
into the yard.
81 could see and hear that it
was the Kent Manufacturing
Co. plant" he said. II ran into
the house and got on the phone. :"
Mr.. Russell is the director of
civil defense for Kent County.
He called James v. Matt, COM
mercial manager for the Kent
County Office of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. Mr..
Watt also is member of the
county civil defense organiza-
ton, and Mr.. Russell put him in
charge of the emergency COM
munications center at once.
At the other end of the line
Mr.. Watt could look out of his
Office window and see shattered
glass on the sidewalks around
the square of this old town. He
hung up the telephone and went
out to see what had happened.
The telephone Office is located
in square in the middle of
Chestertown. He looked straight
west and could see the smoke
rising from the Kent plant.
Although the loudest explosions
were over, the air was filled with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-17
Scientists and Strauss
In Accord on Security
BY the A.soeiutsd Press

LOS ALAMOS. N. Mex.,A July
l7.-Atonic scientists who have
criticized the Nations security
system said yesterday common
ground was discovered" in a dis
cussion with Administrator
Lewis Strauss, chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
The conference was requested
by a delegation from the Los
Alamos branch Of the Federation
of American Scientists. The re-
quest followed the Aces de-
cision to bar DR.. j. Robert Open
heimer, former head of Los
Alamos, from atomic secrets as q
security risk.
The committee said it told ADJ
miral Strauss the Oppenheimer
case "as well as others less cele-
hrated" showed urgent need for
reconsideration of the entire per.
sonnet security program.
STRAUSS agreed with and de-
veloped the view expressed by the
committee that the issues in
volved in the security system go
beyond the right and interest
of the scientific community and
involve the rights and interests
of the entire Nation" the COM
mittee said in a statement issued
after the meeting.
1.-THE committee emphasized
that the positive development Of
the national security is being inn
peded by the present personnel
security program. Mr.. Strauss
stated his deep concern over
many years with the problems Of
security regulations and reiter-
ated an earlier statement in
which he favored higher fences
about a smaller area of informa-
ton"
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Explosion
.(Continued From First Page

object of putting a heavier SEAL
ing compound on them. In the
two days before the explosions,
26,250 of the fuses were re-
worked"
Miss Robbins, who is 10, told
officials she saw a flame in the
tunnel just before the explosions.
She suffered broken arm and
cuts, and bits of glass flew into
an eye. Mr.. Wilmer said the
glass had been removed and
there would be no lasting i'm
pairment.
Although company officials
were confident the defamation Iof
the M-80 fuse set off the chain
reaction explosions, the FBl and
Army intelligence continued an
investigation.
Earlier several theories were
advanced. One was that jet
plane flying over the plant had
set off the sensitive explosives
by vibration. Another was that
the high temperatures of the
past few days had discharged
some of the fireworks.
Many of its store fronts shat
tered by the conclusion, Ches-
tertown was patroled by National
Guardsmen and military police
as the citizens who fed in the
height Of the confusion returned
to their homes and picked up
shattered daily routine.
Wrapped in blankets and rest
ing on the floor of the armory,
were the bodies Of 10 workers,
six of whom had been identi-
fed.
OF the more than so injured,
only five remained hospitalized
and none was in a serious con-
dition.
With the aid of watches, rings,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-17
Lasky Sues New York Post
For $500, 900 on Article
By the Associated Pres,

NEW YORK, July 17.-Victor
Lasky, reporter, lecturer and au-
thor, filed a 100000 damage
suit against the New York Post
yesterday in State Supreme
Court.
He charged that on last April
l, as the result of the publication
of an article written by Murray
kempton, he had suffered in
reputation, credit and income.
The suit named Mr.. Kempton,
the New York Post Corp, James
A. Wechsler, it's editor, and Mrs.
Dorothy Schiff, the publisher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-17
Chestertown Residents Tell
Of Reactions to Disaster

one small explosion after another.
He looked around the square.
On one side, there is a row of
! store buildings. Some of them
looked normal-bright displays
in the windows, plateglasS intact.
Others were ravaged-their win
dows cracked, displays blown
askew and glass and debris
scattered in front of them.
1t was the same thing all over
the town. Windows blew out
and plaster cracked in some
buildings. while next door there
was not the slightest damage.
Across the square from the
store buildings is an ivy covered
church - the first Episcopal
church built in the United States.
1t probably has been rocked by
a number of disasters since the
pre- Revolutionary days when 1t
was built. 1t still stands peaceful
and untouched today, too.
| Mr.. Matt surveyed this strange
scene with one sweeping glance.
Then he ordered tarpaulins hung
over the windows in the tele-
| phone building. There might
be an even bigger blast and he
didn't want the telephone Office
to be damaged.
Women Run for Lives.
At 1890 am. yesterday, Mar
guerite w. Hadaway, a friendly
woman with grazing hair, was
talking with some of her fellow
workers in Building B of the
Kent plant. They were cheerful.
It was a beautiful day, and it
was pay day for the. As or so
workers, most of them women, in
Building B.
Then there was a small boom,
not a big explosion. like a fire.
cracker going off. The company
makes fireworks, but in Building
B they are working on detonat-
orS for the armed services. A
detonator contains lead ABIDE,
one of the most volatile ex-
plosives. It is more powerful
than dynamite, and SO every
time a detonator is accidently
set off. the women run out of
the many exits in the long mar
row Building B.
Mrs. Hadaway and the other
women started for the doors.
when I got out of the build
ing and started across the yard
toward the gate to the plant
yard I knew it wasn't just an
ordinary little explosion caused
by a single detonator," Mrs.
Hadaway said.
when heard the noise get
ting louder. / thought + would
i faint. ! couldn't run any farther.
A woman was hanging on my
arm. I had been pulling her
along when / ran out. Then my
husband, William, who is a
machinist in the building next
to the one / work in. grabbed
my arm, and he pulled me and
the other woman out of the
plant area. At first we just kept
running"
Don't Stop Running.
Fortunately, the 800 or $50
persons working in the Kent
plant had respect for the ex-
ploSives they handle every day.
Occasionally a detonator cap
or a small charge of powder
would explode. Without hesi-
tating, they always ran out Of
their buildings and got as far
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LOST.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-17
FOUND.

ADDRESS BOOK. vic. Piney Br. I'd. and
Heorgia ave. RA. 6-0294.
HOUND. male, tan and white; no identi-
call XII. 9-3e59.
EARAKEET, green body, black and gray
wings; found vic. 9th and Jefferson SITS
NV. ThurSday. July Is. RA S-6741,
FIPPIES. 3. females, same litter, 1
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12

Building permits issued by the
Districts Central Permit Office
included the following:
Parklands, Va, Inc. owner.
14O4 K street NV; Cafritz Con-
struction Co., builder. Leroy l..
Werner, architect; to erect 81
three-story apartments, 272
units, 34O6 through 10 Twenty
first street Sc; 34O1 through Is
Twenty-Second street Sc; 21OO
and 2110 Mississippi avenue Sc.
2101 Savannah street Sc; to
cost $756.00O.
Leon Shainis, owner, 4002 E
street Sc; builder not selected;
Edmund w. Dreyfuss. architect;
to build one three-story apart
ment building. ala Davis place
NV. to cost $334.000.
American University, owner,
Washington: Faulkner, Kings
bury and Stenhouse, achitect; to
build two dormitories, $500 Ne
braska avenue NV. to cost $780,
600.
Roman Catholic, Archbishop
of Washington, owner. 619 Tenth
street NV; builder not selected;
Murphy & Locraft. architects; to
build one two-story school, 1135
New Jersey avenue NV. to cost
$50, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12

Thomas II. Ryon, owner and
builder, 1904 Wisconsin avenue
NV: Santmyers & Thomen.
architect; to built one apartment
bldg, 1443 Chaplin street NV.
to cost $40. 900.
j. B. Tiffey, owner, 143 Ken
nedy street NV; builder not
selected: dammit & Sargent. ar
chitects; to erect 4 two-story
fats, 4 units each, 130-32-36-38
Taussig place NE; to cost $48.-
600.
Edwin Mckinney. owner and
builder. 1905 Chestnut street
NV; H. Clay Ashby. architect;
TO build two one-story detached
dwellings, 7226-32 Wyndale
street NV: to cost $50. 600.
Rose Levin. owner. 4705 Colo
rada avenue NV; Lawrence L.
Levin, builder; Harry A. Brandt.
architect; to build one 3-Story
apt. bldg, 428 3rd street NE; to
cost $25, 900.
Morris Silverman, owner. 2033
Benning road NE; builder not
selected; Norman Kerkzman, ar
chitect: to build one one-story
car wash and gas station. 3465
Benning road NE; to cost $780,
600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Brook Haven to Sturt
200 More Residences

Brook Haven, in Wheaton.
Md, today announced it is OPEN
ing a third section Of 200 houses.
Two sections having 125 units
have been completed since the
development opened six weeks
ago. First occupancies have been
scheduled for mid-July. A total
Of 1000 homes are to be built in
the DEVELOPMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
District Officials Okuy Houses, Apartments

Redskin Realty Co.. owner. 729
9th street NV; Otis Elevator
Co., builder; to install one pas
Senger elevator, 729 9th street
NV: to cost $4,000.
Arnold Construction Co., owner
and builder, 44O6 48th street
NV; William H. Shoemaker,
architect: to build one one-story
dwelling. 2918 Fesenden street
NV; to cost $4,000.
w. g. Caudill, owner, lit 35th
street NE: builder not selected;
to build one dwelling 1920 First
street S.W.: to cost $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12

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Evening star., 1954-09-17
This and Thot

"In the first nest, built in April. the
three eggs, after a short period Of in
cubation, were found with large holes
bitten or pecked in them.
"The second nest. built in May, had
three eggs one of which found on the
ground. The first young died the same
day Matched. The second was raised
and was heard with the parents in the
adjoining woods.
"The third nest. in the yard Of my
neighbor, had one survivor.
From these observations deduced
that from their four broods of IL eggs,
only two birds grew to maturity, a
survival Of l6 per cent. ID
MY records of 1852 with this same
pair of cardinals was Is per cent sur
vival.
Cardinals, as differing from robins
and cathirds, which / have fed for
years, never seem to bathe, and the
nest gets lousy, which may be the rea-
son the young leave the nest SO early" !"
Here we have an account Of a young
cardinal pair that seemingly didn't
know how to bring up their young.
This is probably true of certain pairs
In all species.
Nature Is large, she contains multi
tudes; scientists have estimated that
it takes 20 million Goldfish eggs to get
one grown fish. The rest are eaten up
or destroyed In other ways.
There can be no doubt that some
Evening star., 1954-09-17

The difficulty of bringing up cardinal
children is well shown in the following
letter from W.W.C. of Macomb street,
who followed through difficult piece
of observation:
sThe tragic ending of the fourth at.
tempt this season by pair of cardinals
to raise a brood of young prompts me
to write you to learn what your expert
ence is concerning the survival OF young
cardinals
Beginning late in the season, August
4, the female began building f1imsy
nest in the top of tall ounce. while
the male fed lone survivor Of brood
No. 3 in a nearby dogwood tree.
"She continued building through
August s. Then she remained away
until August n ], q IL and l3, when she
returned to lay her quota of eggs, stay
ing On the nest all night on August 13.
.After the Usual IL to 13 day period
Of incubation, all was excitement at z
o'clock Oh the morning of August 25,
and by noon both birds were bringing
in foods:s also the female was busy
breaking up and swallowing broken
egg deep in the. bottom of the nest.
HThe next day all went well until
about p.ma when the male did not
seem to b feeding. but stayed nearby
as the female bent over the edge Of
the nest. picking up and swallowing
pieces Of another egg. Later found q
dead young bird under the tree.
which she probably threw out OF the
nest the preceding afternoon.
Evening star., 1954-09-17
BY Charles E. Trocewen
New England Woman.

pairs of birds Cor maybe just one mem
ber of pair) do not really know the
facts of their lives.
They do not guard the nest properly.
so that some other bird flies in and
pierces the eggs, or squirrel gets TO
them.
They do not protect them by cover
ing them when the sun is overhead.
They do not feed their young prop
erly.
This failure of parenthood is not un-
known, since many other animals, in
cluding dogs and cats, sometimes act
the same way. Mother cats occasionally
eat their offspring.
Cardinals, loveliest of birds. are shy
bathers. but they do bathe, and their
nests are probably no more filled with
lice than the nests of other species.
Too early leaving Of the nest Is not
peculiarly a redbird problem. Large
strong babies. as TennySOr's old nursery
rhyme said, must be held back from
flying away too soon. No doubt many
of them are not. and suffer accordingly.
We believe that our correspondence
pair of cardinals was not typical but
just unfortunate, and that perhaps an
other pair In the neighborhood might
have raised so per cent, or even higher.
There are SO many natural enemies
that it is wonder any bird Matching
is ever raised One Sunday morning we
were awakened to see grackle pull on
the heads of four baby cardinals in q
nest on top Of o fence.