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Teachers to Give Play

The Prince Georges Teachers
Players, composed of county
school teachers, will present
Papa Is ALL" a play about a
Pennsylvania Dutch family, at
8 pm. Friday at the Hyattsville
Junior High School. Oglethorpe
street and Forty-second avenue.
Evening star., 1955-03-01
7 Regional Planning
Groups Back Bid for
Transit Study Funds

Two regional planning groups
yesterday lined up solidly behind
the administrations $400 900
appropriation request to finance
an extensive probe of Washing
ton area transportation ills.
The House Appropriations
Committee will meet at 3 pm.
tomorrow on the request, sent
to Capitol Hill BY the White
House d few weeks ago.
The organizations which. at
separate meetings, backed the
proposal were:
/. The National Capital Re-
gional Planning Council, which
would be charged with making
the 100000 study and coming
up with solutions to all phases
of the problem.
2. A nine-member tripartite
group, representing the District,
Maryland and Virginia, which
has been set up to delve specif-
ically into mass transit matters.
Cooperation Backed.
The Regional Council also
voted unanimously to work
closely with the tripartite group,
and to support a move by Repre-
sentative Hyde. Republican. of
Maryland, to give special priority
in the study to feasibility Of an
area-wide transit regulatory
agency.
Mr.. Hyde has fought for such
an agency for two years. He
has proposed that the Regional
Councils the first part Of its
$400. 900 study of all phases of
transportation-come up within
six months with a recommenda-
ton on the regulatory agency.
The council decided yesterday
to support before the House
committee a proposal that such
a recommendation be made by
next January /. Mr.. Hyde
agreed to go along with the time
change.
Pressed to Vote.
Harland Bartholomew, Re-
gional Council chairman, said he
had been reluctant to see the
council take a position on the
$500, 900 request since it would
be the agency to conduct the
study. The matter was pressed,
however, and the council voted
to indorse 1t.
Mr.. Bartholomew said he
wanted it made plain, also, that
the tripartite group. which has
no funds Of its own, will work
closely with the study dealing
with mass transit.
The tripartite group, meeting
independently. took under ad-
visement a suggested plan of
procedure for its study. The
plan proposed limited the mass
transit study to urban areas of
Maryland and Virginia near
Washington and dealt with other
policy matters.
Parkway to Be Restudied.
On other subjects at its month
ly meeting the Regional Council:
/. Heard that Conrad L. Wirth,
National Park Service director,
has ordered a complete restudy
OF the proposed parkway along
the c. g. O. Canal between
Washington and Cumberland,
Md. The proposal has been a
hotly controversial and much
studied one for several years.
The new study, the council
heard, will not be completed
for several months.
2. Voted to indorse proposals
in House bills for ID a civic
auditorium and cultural center
in Washington and t2) a me-
mortal to Christopher Columbus.
3. Heard talks on Northern
Virginia water supply problems
by Jay Corbalis, director Of the
Alexandra Sanitation Authority,
and on civil defense problems by
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Fire Auxiliary to Meet

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Prince Georges County Volunteer
Firemen's Association will hold
its monthly meeting at $3.50 pm.
Thursday at the Berwyn Heights
Md firehouSe.
Evening star., 1955-03-01
virqiniu Burs Brush Fires

RICHMOND, Mar. / P).-The
Virginia law prohibiting brush
fires between midnight and 4
pm. went into effect today. The
law remains In force until May
Is.
Evening star., 1955-03-01
A Uhnnght fnr Unhay
Lenten Reflections by People You Know
H. H.n.ra s r Hovae
By George {. c. Hoyes
Designate Member Of The Public Utilities Commission
"Be still and know that am God"
tlrPsalm, verse 10

have background and heritage of devout Christian
parentage From my early childhood in Richmond, Va,
have been impressed with divine remember
so well very young boy that family, my mother
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Sea Woter Rodiooctiyity Rose
Ten-FoId in 2 Years, Libby Soys

half, of any given amount oil
ltritiurn will have disintegrated
lin this period into the extremely
rare isotope. helium 8. This Il
Ia customary way OF describing
lradioactiYity Of an element.
Tritiurn DR., Libby explained
continuously is being formed ir
the atmosphere by cosEnic ray
Ibombardment Of nitrogen atoms
chiefly above 10000 feet. In
this way approximately one atom
Iof this extremely rare gas Il
created per seven square cent?.
meters per second. About 90
iper cent Of this combines with
Oxygen to form water and comes
to the earth as rain.
The extreme rarity Of this iso,
ltope in nature. he explained, /.
shown by the fact that there
exists normally on the surfac.
of the earth and oceans on
tritium atom to q billion billion
atoms Of ordinary hydrogen. IT.
self q quite rare element In TIN
atmosphere. Due to the piling uE
over the years there are nov
about 4 pounds Of tritium IL
land and sea. combined int
water. and about o third Of Al
ounce free In the atmosphere.
The isotope. however. 10 Gre
ated also IN bomb explosions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-21

falls as rain. and is swept into
the seas.
Many, many times the present
concentration would be neces-
sary before there would be any
radiation danger from this
source, Or. Libby declared. There
will be d gradual, slight huild.up
through the years. depending on
the amounts, OF. bomb-made
tritium put into the atmosphere,
Meanwhile the exploding iso-
tope is proving of wide value In
scientific research. BY means Of
|it, q hydrologist can tell the
age OF water--how long since 1t
fell as rain. Thus analysis Of
well water can show whether the
well Is being replenished by. an
|nual rainfall. or whether the
water has been In the earth for
Ia long period and Is being
Exhausted.
Some of the findings have
been somewhat alarming. For
instance tests around the uni
versity OF Illinois showed that
all the well water Is dead.
Since there is no replacement,
eventually there will be no water
left in the ground. The same
conditions recently has been OBJ
served in q large farming ares
See OCEANS, Page Al
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Door Splintered
BY THOMAS II. HENRY

The water in the North At
llantic and Pacific Oceans nov
Is 10 times more radioactive
than two years ago.
The increase has not yet at
Ifected either ocean south Of the
Equator.
This was revealed before the
Washington Academy Of Science
last night by DR.. Willard r
Libby Of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
The increase, undoubtedly due
to 1853 and 1854 atomic weapon.
test, is not In the slightest
degree dangerous. Or. Libby
stressed, since the normal ra-
Idioactivity OF the sea water Ii
$50 low.
The increase Is in radioactive
water, per sc, quite apart from
other radioactive contaminants
that may have gotten into the
oceans. The tests are made or
absolutely pure distilled water
Water, a combination Of hydro
gen and oxygen, becomes RADIO
active when its molecule con.
|tains one atom Of tritium, the
triple weight isotope Of hydro
gen. which is radioactive with Q
half Life Of i2h years. That IL,
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Two-Hour Meeting
Held by Cabinet

President Eisenhower's cabinet
held a two-hour meeting today
with presidential assistant Sher-
man Adams sitting in as contact
man for MIR. Eisenhower and
Vice President Nixon presiding.
Mr.. Adams, who came here
from Denver last night. win ny
back tonight.
He win leave at 7:.45 pm EST
for Boston to pick up the heart
specialist, Or. Paul Dudley
White. They will leave around
midnight for Denver. DR.. White
Ills returning to the Presidents
bedside for q further check-up
on his condition.
Three cabinet members were
absent today Secretaries Weeks
LOT Commerce and Mckay of In
terror and Attorney General
BrownelI.
Secretary of State Dulles at
tended for q while and left carly
to prepare for his 4 pm. take-of
for Rome.
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Living Cost Up
N September
Sharp Rise Puts
Index Near Record

Living costs over the country
rose sharply In September to APP
proach the all-time record level
set In 1853. the Labor Depart
ment reported today.
AT the same time the depart
ment said that retail food prices
In Washington increased g per
cent between August is and
September is. All major groups
LOT food purchased for home con-
sumption showed increases, with
the larger advances occurring in
the prices OF milk. fresh vege-
tables. meats and coffee.
Labor Department officials
said the cost of living nationally
rose 3 OF one per cent from Au-
gust to September and sent the
departments index to 114.9 per
cent Of the 1947-1949 average.
Very Near Record
T ii Fl +. j. b X l. r (
The September index figure
was Q per cent higher than q
year ago and the highest since
August. 1854. 1t is half an index
point below the all-time living
costs record established In Octo-
Der. 1858, which was 1854.
/ n u =
The September rise was at
tributed to higher prices for
food, clothing and household
furnishings and maintenance,
Costs Of most services such as
medical care, hospital charges,
and personal care also advanced.
Mrs. Aryness j. Wickens. dep
Iuty Labor statistics commits
sioner said she saw no evidence
Iof imitation in the September in
crease. She said prices have
fiuctuated within the narrow
range Of one per cent in the past
1.-TWO years. Z
d. c. Prices Advance
In Washington milk prices
rose seasonally about S per cent
from August to September
Fresh tomatoes were up from
I171s cents to 27.2 cents q pound
and most other fresh vegetable
prices advanced. However, there
were some seasonal declines in
prices Of fresh fruit.
Most meat prices here rose
rather sharply during the month.
The food price index for WASH
ington stood at 1877 per cent Of
the 1947-1949 average. about a
half-point higher than In Sep
TEMPER. 1854.
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B u { + TIN
Chest Unit Gains

The business unit Of the
1856 Community Chest CAM
paign today narrowed the gap
between It and the pace-set-
ting Government unit by re-
porting $S71,728 collected. for
So per cent Of its quota. This
put the businessmen II per
cent behind the Government
employees, who last week led by
IL per cent. Earlier story ON
Pare A-0).
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Nurse Hurt as Explosion
Rips Apartment Unit
Stove and Sink Blown From Room
In Hururd Street Mystery Blust

A mysterious explosion
wrecked q basement apartment
|at 1850 Harvard street NV. early
today. critically injuring miss
Laura Jean F'aatz, %. q nurse
who lived there.
The blast shortly after mid
might knocked down walls Of the
basement efficiency unit Of the
|Richlieu Apartments. propelled
the kitchen stove and sink into
another room. blew out all The
windows and damaged other
apartments many feet away
The entire neighborhood was
aroused by the terrific lar
Some of the flying glass and other
experienced several tragedies,
including the death or q devoted
male friend and the death of her
mother when Miss Faatz still
was very young.
The interior Of the apartment
LOT the five-story brick building
was wrecked. In addition to the
back wall, the kitchenette walls
were demolished. as well as those
to q closet and the bathroom
Plaster was OF much OF the main
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Dulles Leaving Today
For Geneva Conference
Wilson and stossen to Go Also;
Capitol Fill Leaders, Voice Support

that Mr.. Dulles expects the main
consideration to be given to the
Iunification Of Germany and Eu-
lropean security the first item or
THE agenda. He asserted that Il
would not be realistic to assume
that the cunferees would get be-
yond this problem At the coming
meeting.
Senator George reported that
1.-THE Secretary told the briefina
that Mr.. eisenhower Is vitality
concerned ana keeniy alert To thu
whole situation. Mr.. Dulles con.
Iferred with the President in Dem
lyer ON Wednesday.
Unity Among LEGISLATORS
House Republican Leader Mar
tin Of Massachusetts, said aftel
1.-THE session that Eve all are Il
agreement and Senator Alexan.
der Smith; 1aepublican Of New
Jersey. declared that I'VE are al
united 100 per cent behind thu
Secretary
Democrats echoed these views
chairman Cannon Of the House
Appropriations Committee said:
I.The program is one that can be
supported In all groups In Con-
Egress..
And Senator Hennings Of Mis-
Isonri asserted: What the Sec
lretary said was undeniably the
intent Of Congress and the peo-
lple OF the United States"
Before his meeting with the
congressional leaders. Mr.. Dulles
Ibriefed the National Security
Council. This morning he wa
Ito attend q cabinet meeting.
Mr.. Dulles win make Rome his
FIRST stop. He Is going there 70
attempt TO saive Italian pique
Iat what some ofIicials In Rome
nsidered i lack 81 attention
Ito their ideas on East West prob
lens.
On sunday the Secretary vii
Inv to Parls for D pre- enevs
lhuddle with British. French azat
Iother North Atlantic Treat!
ORGANIZATION leaders.
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Russia Demands
U.N. Arms Talks
IS Opposed
D Woitinq
On Big Four

UNITED NATIONS. N. X. oct.
l21 R) Russia demanded today
Ia full debate on disarmament In
THE United Nations Assembly
Political Committee. without
waiting for disarmament deci-
lsions BY the Big Four foreign
ministers.
Arkady A. Sobolev, permanent
Soviet delegate to the United
Nations, made the demand In the
l12-nation y. N. Disarmament
J Commission.
He accused the commission OF
attempting to delay q report on
disarmament debates Of its big
lnation subcommittee Further
delays would be harmful. he
Hsaid.
1 1T has been alleged that dis
IcussiOn Of disarmament here
would interfere with or prevent
discussion by the Big Four min
listers Mr.. SoboIev said. .But
i disarmament was q major topic
LOT all the general policy state
lments IN the Assembly. Every
member Of the United Nations
bhas the right to debate this
subject"
The Big Four foreign min.
listers meet at Geneva October
TT.
Subcommittee Deadi0cked
The Disarmament Commits
sion subcommittee composed
LOT the United States, Britain.
France, the Soviet Union and
Canada-recessed sessions here
October Z. They were dead.
locked over disarmament plans,
Especially on United States in
Isistence that President Eisen-
mowers "open sky plan BE-
adopted as q prelude TO dis.
armament.
I Under that plan. the United
Estates and the Soviet Union
would exchange aerial recon-
lnaissance and defense blue prints
Ito prevent surprise attack.
Mr.. SoboIev told the commits
Iasion composed Of the II Sc
,lclirity Council members and
ICanada--that everybody agrees
lon the necessity Of measures TO
Iavert surprise attack.
/ That, together with closeness
Iof agreement on the necessity Of
reducing armed forces. and the
necessity of continuing inspec.
ttion make it desirable to open
1.-THE disarmament debate here.
IMr. Sobolev said. He said thei :
was now q definite possibility u
reaching agreement.
S0bOIev Blames o. s.
He blamed the United States
for blocking progress in the
closed subcommittee sessions.
! Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.. chief
United States delegate, listened
lintently. Harold e. Stassen, his
deputy in the subcommittee
talks. is accompanying Secretary
LOT State Dulles to Paris for
preliminary Big Power consulta-
ltions.
Mr.. Sobolev's statement ur.
lveiled some of the mystery be-
hind his request last week for
| See u. N, Page ALI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-21

Secretary Of State Dulles
leaves today for next weeks Big
Four foreign ministers confer
lence In Geneva with pledges Of
support from Republican and
Democratic leaders In Congress
The Dulles party. which In
Iciudes Defense Secretary wis
ison, Harold r. Stassen. Fresi-
Ident EiseniloWer,s special aide
lon disarmament, and q stan OF
Estate Department ofi1cials. takes
lon from National Airport at
4 pm.
For almost two hours yester-
lday. Mr.. Dulles briefed IA Com
lgressional leaders Of both parties
ION how he and his British and
French opposite numbers intend
Ito meet the issues scheduled 10
tbe discussed with Soviet Foreign
minister ". M. Molotoy: German
Identification and European Sc
tcurity, disarmament and freer
Exchange between the East and
West.
Every one Of the IL Senators
land Representatives was re-
ported 10 be In full agreement
with the Secretary's plans for
Testing the sincerity Of the Soviet
unions declaration that It seeks
peace and good win among ma
ltiOns.
George Expresses Hope
Chairman George 81 the Senate
foreign Relations Committee
Isaid the Big Four meeting be-
ginning next Thursday may "be
1.-THE greatest opportunity we viii
have In this century To really do
something for the stability Of the
world II we have the wisdom TO
grasp it"
He said that he was very
hopeful the conference would be
productive Of much good.
1T is very difEcult To say what
may happen. except that those
present 81 today's hrieiins and
II share their views were hopeful
lsOme definite step toward the
liiniiication 0f Germany and the
security Of Europe may be ad-
- :. -. q - -. a Slsfay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-21
BAN COCKTAILS
nv THE CLOUDS?

HIGH DRlNKING-Phil Yeoger dnd
John Stark, IN oRofheE Low in the
New" lecture, discuss proposals 70
stop cirIines from serving alcoholic
drinks during flights, Poce CO.
TEEN ScENE--Tee -osers DO 50
reed newspapers, soys Sharon Doron
II her weekly column for the younger
set. Pcae B-6.
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Foure to Suggest
December Election

PARIS. Oct. 81 (FJ.--Premier
Edgar Faure said tonight his
government has agreed to sub
init O bill to the French Me-
tional Assembly next week ask
ing for new general elections
In the first half Of December.
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Senator's Deny
Requests
One Of Two Planes
Leaves for Europe
~ the Associated rress

Senators Mcclellan, Democrat
|of Arkansas, and Chavez. Demo.
crat. Of New Mexico. say the,
have not asked for special Gov
eminent planes To fly them and
their wives home from Europe.
And an aide Of Senator STEM
mis-, Democrat, Of Mississippi, saif
he knew Of no such request b,
his Senator. Senator Stenni'
himself could not be reached
immediately.
All three legislators are mem.
bers of the Senate Approprfa-
lions Committee In Europe on
committee business. The Defense
Department said yesterday 1t i!
sending two big four-enginf
transport planes to bring them
home, at an estimated roundtriI
cost of so. 900.
Assistant Secretary Of Defense
Robert T. Ross said the special
trips had TO be ordered when
the Senators were reported un-
10y y Ma.s wv y .lliss uay 4
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iS1aI ssi.eai0a Ass.1'
One Plane Leaves
One Of the two Government
planes took of yesterday fol
Madrid. = where 1t was due X
pick up Senator Mcclellan arle
Stennis Sunday. The second /!
slated to leave here Monday foi
Paris to fetch Senator Chavez
Reached In Naples, Italy. last
night. Senator Mcclellan said
there is not . word OF truth
TO the reported request Tor spe-
cial service.
Al = knoW y tnat ! maus
arIanssLnenls " ~ pasn -, " |. !
scnsuuiea alic1ais anu Ia, !. s., y
wnat Y soiI,s ~ iiappen' tiis
senator SAG. S. $50,
Ane piaIlc llies way y M q. !.
Y, y nov ussns0 scaisus.eu Z.
.lie ren.asol pecaus q = 80 80
ass,sieu " pacA " .l,e $500 |. 4
oealasol Il.ave1' S,laiIIl.al, =.
tlle REPRESENTATIONS ouOco,aInisees
On Deniehse Funus, aiso "as
reached "a Naples.
az saia ne Is ieaVlns ~
MADRID eouay ana my arrange,
men1s were mace before ane
tney stay as ahey are. NAYS
Iequesteo notnlhe hut he
nung up tne teiepnone Witnou'
answering Wnetner ne was travei.
ing py mliitary or commercial
plane.
Couid have Planned
Senatorial aides in Washing
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Bridges Says President
.Moy Offer List Of Choices

second term. II he were con-
WINGED he was needed.
Senator Bridges would moi
comment on other potential
presidential candidates. when
asked whom he preferred. He
said he did not believe that the
president would pick one mar
land seek to have him nominated
by the Republican National
Conyentiori.
| He said he had been invited
ito so to New York by . booster
lof Gov. knight Of California
who asked him to dine with .tht
next President Of the United
States. He did not go. he said.
Asked II he believed Chief
Justice Warren would accept .
nomination for President. In the
light OF his statement made
months ago that he would under
mo circumstances leave the court
Ito run for ONCE, Senator Bridges
replied:
= don't see how he could"
Wants Eisenhower Man
Representative Halleck Of In
diana, assistant Republican lead
Ter Of the House. said that he
hoped the President would be
liable to run.
ITS q decision he himself
will have to make. If he Is un-
liable to take second term II,
1.-THE White House, 1t viii be q
tragic loss to everybody in the
word, as well as TO the Re-
publican Party"
The Indiana Representative
said that If Mr.. Eisenhower Ii
mot a candidate, a substitute who
lis strongly in sympathy with
1.-THE Eisenhower principles and
program should be nominated.
| Such q candidate would have
Ia heck Of q good chance to win
Ihe added He said he did not
believe the President would at
tempt to dictate who his sue
icessor shall be.
George Questioned
Senator George, Democrat Of
Georgia, who like Senator
Bridges was In Washington yes
Iterday to attend d meeting with
Secretary Of State Dulles on the
coming Geneva conference was
questioned. too. about the politi-
cal situation.
Asked II he thought the Presi-
dent would be a candidate again
Senator George replied:
II would not dare to speak foi
the President. But ] would as
sumo he win not run.
George expressed an opinion
that the race for the, presidential
nominations was wide open
See LINCOLN, Page IA
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debris SkoWered around q tenant
Eof another building. Two doors
were sent hurting. down the hall
way. crashing into other doors.
When Miss Faatz was reached
by firemen and rescue sQauds-
lmen, she was lying on the floor
between the kitchenette and iiv-
ling room, clad IN 4 sweater and
red Stacks. Attendants at Gar
field Hospital said she had not
|regained consciousness and II u
feared she suffered ! skull frac-
|ture.
Book BADLY ChsFred
There was no IRE In the apart
Iment. but across the room from
the nurse was found . badly
Icharred book. The covers were
burned. as we're inside pages ct q
point where she might have been
reading it.
Homicide Detective Sergt. Lio-
mel Couture said police and fire-
men were unable TO explain the
explosion. All Jets Of the kitchen
range. including the oven, were
open. but police said this may
have been done when 1t crashed
through the wall.
There was also an envelope
containing q letter addressed TO
Ia Mrs. James Stokes and a sum
Iof money. Police said the letter
gave instructions about certain
household duties.
Possible Cause
Police believe the explosion
might have been touched on by
gas fumes ignited by q cigarette
|or an electric spark from the re-
|frigerator. Investigating along
with police was the fire mar
Ishal,s Office.
Miss Faatz. an attractive
blond. is employed In the ONCE
of DR.. Thomas M. Leonard. I746
* street NV. DR.. Leonard told
police Miss Faatz left the cfiice
about 7 pm. yesterday. APP
parently In good spirits.
Police learned the nurse has
room. and the furniture was q
tumble.
Door Splintered
The front door was splintered.
|It was blown about As fest down
the hall, part OF 1t smashing the
door Of the self-service eleya-
tor. breaking out the glass and
knocking IL out Of service. AM
other section hit the door OF an
See BLAST, Page AS
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|Presiidenf0k
Court Proposal,
Backs More judges
And Public Defender
BULLETIN

Attorney General BrowneIl
today reported President
Eisenhower's approval Of q
number Of measures To TN
prove administration Of JUS
tice tn the Federal courts. IN
Guiding increasing the NUM-
Der ct judges and adopting q
public defender system.