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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

The Weather Bureau says II
found the name lone for the
current hurricane either in q
baby book or q dictionary.
lone has no special signifi-
canoe except it begins with II"
II" is the ninth letter of the
alphabet, and lone is the years
ninth hurricane.
The names for 1855 expected
hurricanes were picked at q con-
ference Of Weather Bureau men
at the Miami hurricane warning
center last February.
Bad Radio Conditions
For the past three years. the
Weather Bureau has used girls
names as o clear and recogniza-
BILE designation for storms.
Frequently, storm designations
must be transmitted under bad
radio conditions, making some
easily recognizable name for
each storm q necessity.
Last years hurricanes wound
up with Hazel. In mid October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

lreau and being informed Of the
forecasts. Oficials also con-
suited with those Of several SUBJ
urban school systems before is
suing the dismissal order.
The Weather Bureau pointed
Iout that the forecast Of high
winds in the afternoon stemmed
from the fact that heavy winds
Extended far outward-as much
as 800 miles-from the eye Of the
hurricane.
/ In a bulletin issued at II am,
the Bureau pointed out that
gusts Of wind UP to SIS miles an
hour already had reached the
Norfolk area and held to its pre-
diction that winds that high or
higher would hit Washington
late in the afternoon.
Storm Veers Nearer.
But in the IL am. bulletin, q
different course was noted for
Ione-north- and the
forecast was that the new course
would bring the higher winds
much closer to Washington.
That bulletin said in part:
Movement is expected to be
toward the north or north-north-
west at about Is miles per hour
during the day. This win bring
the center Of lone into Southern
Virginia early this afternoon and
near the Washington area
around midnight.
winds In the Washington
area will increase from the
northeast during the afternoon.
reaching 40 to so miles per hour
with gusts to so miles per hour
late this afternoon and during
the evening. probably increasing
still more by midnight.
"Ail precautions should be
taken in the Washington area
for high winds and heavy rains
which viii cause powerA outages
during the night and flooding in
local areas"
Asked about how near the
Washington area the center
would pass. q meterologist said
either directly over the city or
within so miles to the east or so
miles to the west"
"Forces" Take Effect
But meantime the mysterious
forces" were beginning to take
effect on the hurricane. Al
Though the bureau was tracking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Weothermon Cites Mysterious Forces
In Missing Hurricane Forecast

the big storm by radar, and
noted that something unusua'
was happening, disruption Of
Communications between Wash
lington and weather stations ir
the path Of the hurricane added
to the difficulty in getting q cieal
picture.
A bulletin issued at 2 pm
pictured the greatest threat te
the Washington area. At thai
time, the bureau said:
winds viii continue to In.
crease during the afternoon
reaching 40 to so miles per houl
with gusts to so miles per hour
this evening and win continue
to increase during the evening
with gusts up to Is miles per
hour or more by midnight. Winds
are not likely to diminish much
until daybreak Tuesday.
"All precautions should be
taken in this area around WASH
ington against heavy rains and
local flooding and against winds
up to rs miles per hour or some
what higher during tonight
Travel In the Washington area
viii likely become dangerous due
Ito fallen trees and wires"
Explains Higher"
To an inquiry about what was
meant by somewhat higher" q
meteorologist said the winds
would be 'at least as great as
those OF Hurricane Hazel" Dur
ing that hurricane, last October,
gusts up to 90 miles an hour
were reported.
The mysterious forces, mean
time, had spared Washington
damaging winds.
It was not until 5 pm. that
the shift to the northeast was
noted. The Weather Bureaus
S o'clock advisory also noted
that winds had diminished
somewhat, although they still
were at hurricane force near
the eye.
AS Reinhardt Schmidt. chief
meteoroligist at the airport sta
ton. explained, "It got back
where it belonged"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

/ Television cameras, hidden II
decorations at the ends Of hote
corridors, win afford o patro
system and report for maximum
Iguest security. A control pane
Twin enable the hotel guest +,
regulate the softness or firmnes
|of his mattress. Pneumatic tube
Twill transmit food, beverages
newspapers and other small item
Unto the hotel room.
Visual Telephones
Telephone calls win be accom-
panied by q TV picture Of tn
party at the other end, but pic
|ture transmission win be subjec'
Ito individual control.
| Atomic powered locomotive
win pull trains containing float.
ling chairs. hideaway tables ant
Adjustable partitions to create
S e miprivate compartments
Hidden conveyor tubes vii
bring food and beverages-ans
conveyor aisles will aid tn
passenger to get from one ca
Ito the next.
There will be domed ant
double-deck trains with plen'
lty Of color and chrome and al
most every convenience.
Automatic Parking
An automatic brain" vii
park your automobile. There viii
be gas turbine-powered cars o,
a mass production basis.
Stainless and porcelain enarn.
eled steels will be used in offic,
buildings. There win be all-stee
homes. expandable, portable and
fireproof. mass produced for Low
land middle income groups.
The city Of tomorrow vii
contain concrete buildings 4
stories TIL. 10 stories higher thai
today's highest concrete struc
Iture in this country. Light
weight concrete Of great strength
win permit this. Prestresset
concrete bridges even as long a
500 feet without intermediat'
supports win be in use.
At fringe parking lots driver
win leave their cars and stel
onto q conveyor belt that vii
carry them underground to con
ltinuously moving conveyor car
riages that win transport then
rapidly into the heart Of tn
city. An underground conveyo
system beneath the main shop
lping district win enable shopper
Ito move from store to store
After business hours this sam
conveyor network viii be utilize.
to deliver freight to stores from
warehouse outside the down
town area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
CLUB CALLS OFF
HURRICANE TALK.
ZONE TOO CLOSE

Hurricane lone forced the
Chevy Chase Citizens Assoc
citation to give up Its sched-
uled meeting last night to
hear Russell 0rubb Of the
Weather Bureau.
His suhject-hurricanes.
They'll try again next
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
US. Chamber lin Shows
Preview Of Life in 1875

Some 800 representatives O
trade associations and business
firms today took q peek into thu
future and envisioned what tn,
United States will be like il
1875.
This was accomplished through
the medium Of a new color movi.
entitled People, Products ant
Progress: 1875" It was showY
in the Hall Of Flags, Chamber q
Commerce of the United States
1915 H street NV. which spon.
sors the production.
The film, based on drawings
by scientists and industrial engi.
neers, is narrated by Arch N
Booth, executive vice president
Of the National Chamber.
Highlights Of Film
Here are some Of the high
lights depicted in the film. show.
ing what the future has in stort
for America:
Schools more beautiful ant
useful with greater areas fol
outdoor play and containing
classrooms in which television
recordings and films can b.
shown to the students.
Electronic warning and direc-
ton controls on automobiles
Special truck lanes on highways
HelicopterS for commuters
Actual flying saucers that viii
transport passengers.
Jet-propelled flight planes
Air travel with 200-passengel
airliners capable Of making the
flight between Washington and
Paris In less than three hours. al
1900 miles an hour and $4,000
feet up. Thirty-passenger hell
copters getting commuters II
work at 8 miles q minute.
Nuclear Power
Nuclear fission win generate
electric power transmitted to in
dividual electric-drive motors or
the axles Of high-speed land
vehicles. New safety devices,
such as small TV screens on the
instrument panel inside the cab,
will afford the driver q view OF
everything on both sides and In
the rear.
Driven entrances for hotel
guests that arrive by car, eleva-
tors that carry the car. baggage
and customers upstairs. with
guest rooms on the outer ring Of
the building and the interior
used for parking. Guests arriv-
ing by helicopter will find park
ing space on the roof. The hotel
kitchen win utilize electronis
heaters to prepare individual
packages Of precooked meat anC
vegetables preserved by irradia-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Scotty Club Match

The Scottish Terrier Club Of
Washington viii hold It's annual
sanction match at 1870 pm.
Saturday at 7506 Radnor road,
Bethesda, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Norfolk Area
Damage Light

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 70 R)
This big port area, braced fol
1.-THE full fury Of Hurricane lone
found today that damage wa
slight Is the big storm passed b,
land moved north.
Tides. once predicted to 60 o,
much as eight feet above nor.
NAL, were only three feet allow
normal and were receding today
| Some $40 persons. who evacu.
ated their homes In low-lyini
Willoughby in expectation d
flooding. spent the night In fiyt
shelters provided by the Rex
Gross. Many other evacuee'
spent the night at the homes o.
relatives and friends.
But except In some low stree
intersections, where water rost
to q depth Of Ia feet. there wa
no flooding.
Scores Of merchant ships hat
sought refuge from the storm
there, and the Navy had sent 10(
of Its vessels to Its hurricane an.
chorage near Tangier Island.
Aircraft Flown Inland
Military aircraft had beer
flown into the Midwest and al
commercial air travel yesterday
was Cancelled In the Norfolk area
But the erratic storm. classed
/ by the Weather Bureau as the
most dangerous Of the season
luckily failed to live up to expec.
tations here, after its cruel lash.
ling Of North Carolina.
On her way up the coast, Ions
ripped the lightship Diamond
Shoals loose from her moorings
less than an hour after the shiy
had reported winds Of 80 mile.
an hour and towering seas.
The Coast Guard sent q cutie,
to stand by, but the lightshir
maintained its station, warning
ships away from the treacheroul
shoals that barricade the NORTH
Carolina outer banks.
Preparations were made II
Maryland for the approaching
storm, but 1t appeared hkel,
early today that Maryland woult
suffer little from the hurricane
State Police Alerted
Every State trooper was tolt
to be ready for emergency duty
and some excavations were car.
ried out long before the wins
was strong enough to rattle {
window pane.
BY midnight an estimated 10l
Of the $500 residents Of Hooper
Island had checked In ct Res
Cross shelters in lower Dorceste
County. Another 200 or 80 fiet
from the low waters arouns
Kent Narrows near the Chesa
peake Bay Bridge.
The I'd Army at For
Meade had shipped an arnphibi
Gus vehicle, 1000 blankets ant
$50 cots to the Eastern Shor'
for possible emergency use.
The USS Constellation, his
toric 15S-year-old frigate des'
tined to become q permanent
shrine ct Baltimore, ives movet
from an exposed position Mt thu
United States Naval Reserve piel
to safer quarters ct the Balti-
more 81 Ohio Railroad pier.
Naval aircraft were evacuated
from the Patuxent Naval All
Station In Southern Maryland
and ofhcers sought sheltered
cOveS for a fact Of DIT heats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

Mysterious forces around Hur-
ricane lone caused her to slow
down and thus veer to the esst
before she got to the Washing
Iton area Is she had been expect
led TO do. the Weather Bureau
lsaid today.
| A bureau forecaster said me.
lteorologists themselves are moi
too clear on just how some Of
these forces operate. except that
they affect each hurricane differ.
|ently.
| When the bureau began plot
lting lone for yesterdays bulle-
jtins on her progress, it appeared
Ishe was heading toward the
washington area, would pas.
slightly to the east Of here, and
latter she passed. would be forced
east by the "jet stream" of air
Tor weather front-moving down
from the northwest.
But the mysterious forces-aiI
circulating at attitudes up to 49,
200 feet. rains which failed to
stop rs they normally do when a
hurricane starts passing over
lland-slowed lone to the extent
that she fingered OF Cape Hat
ltAras for several hours.
Jet ON Schedule
Thus the "jet stream" moving
down from the northwest. which
lgot here ut the expected, time.
pushed lone eastward before she
lgot to Washington.
But. meantime. the Weather
Bureau expected lone to follow
1.-THE course she had been follow
ling - north-northwest - at the
speed Of is to 10 miles an hour
lup to the point she began STALL
ling west Of Cape Hatteras.
Bulletin History
The Bureau began predicting
high winds for the Washington
area early yesterday morning.
A special bulletin for the Dis
Itrict and nearby counties. issued
lat 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
lcentered the hurricane near
Morehead City. N. c., and about
155 miles south Of Norfolk, and
predicted 1t would pass rs or 100
miles east Of Washington early
last night. The bulletin said, in
part:
"Rain spreading northward
from lone Is now showing on the
radar at Washington Airport,
with the closest rain about 95
miles to the south-southeast
Heavy rain has spread north
ward to extreme Southeastern
Virginia and amounts UP to SIX
Inches are expected close to the
path of the storm. Rain is ex-
lpected to begin about noon In
1.-THE Washington area and be-
come moderate to occasionally
heavy during the afternoon and
levening. In the immediate Wash
lington area total rainfall is ex-
lpected to be one to two inches,
although somewhat heavier
amounts are expected to the east
LOT Washington. II the hurri-
cane moves farther west than
expected. heavier rains will oc-
|cur here.
winds will increase in the
Northern Virginia area this
morning reaching up to IS miles
per hour in Washington by noon
and 40 miles per hour with gusts
to 81 miles per hour later this
afternoon and tonight"
Schools Close
The ofiicial forecast for the
Washington area, based on that
information, led to the closing
Of schools here.
| A spokesman for the District
public schools said ofiicials de-
cided to dismiss pupils early
/ after calling the Weather Hu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
LewisdoIe Citizens

The Lewisdale MD Citizens
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Lewisdale Elemen-
|tary School at Twenty-forth and
|Benning streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

The ofiicial forecast for the
Washington area, based on that
information. led to the closing
Of schools here.
A spokesman for the District
public schools said officials de-
cided TO dismiss pupils early
after calling the Weather Bu-
Evening star., 1955-04-11
By the Associated Press

The Voice of America will Of
fer IL Russian editors a chance
to tell the world whatever they
wish to say" about their first
hand impressions of America.
II hope they will do it," Di-
rector Theodore c. Streibert Of
the United States Information
Agency says. US1A runs the
powerful Voice" radio broad
casting system. beamed over
seas.
The IL Russian editors are
expected April 10 for q month
long tour Of college campuses
from coast to coast. Arrange
ments are being handled. at
State Department request, by the
Institute Of international Edu-
cation, a private organization.
Mr.. Streibert was interviewed
on NBC television's youth
Wants to Know" program yes
terday. Asked whether the Voice
expected to cover activities Of
the Russians. he replied:
Evening star., 1955-04-11
Plane MISSING
With ii Reds

HONG KONG, April IL R.-
Air Indian reported tonight one
Of its planes. chartered to carry
Chinese Communist delegates to
the Bandung conference, has
disappeared over the South
China Sea.
The plane left Hong Kong
today and was over due at Ku-
ching. Sarawak. Peter Mahta,
Air India manager here, said
the Constellation sent out three
distress signals, and nothing had
been heard since.
The plane carried nine Chi
nese and two Poles. The latter
presumably are interpreters. The
Bandung conference Of 20 Af-
rican and Asian nations is open
ing in that Indonesian city next
week.
At Singapore, the control
tower picked up q distress signal
shortly before the plane was due
in Sarawak.
There was an unconfirmed re-
port In Hong Kong that the
four-engine craft had crashed
into the sea about 100 miles
from Sarawak.
Evening star., 1955-04-11
CAN SPEAK THEIR MINDS
Soviet Editors May Give
Views of u. S. Via Voice.

1--WE will have our people with
them on the trip to report the
happenings.
"As a matter of fact. I plan to
invite them to come and speak
over the Voice of America, so
they can broadcast back to
Russia and tell about their ex-
periences here and show that we
have no Iron Curtain ourselves
and they are perfectly free to
speak to the world, whatever
they wish to say"
Mr.. Streibert also was asked
about the Soviet Unions send
ing a delegation of Russian
farmers to study Iowa's corn
hog raising methods. The ques-
ton was whether permitting such
a visit would be effective propa-
ganda.
II think 1t Is extremely effec-
tive" he said. Here the Rus
slams are claiming that they have
the best methods Of serving their
people and they have to come
to the United States to find out
how to raise food"
Evening star., 1955-04-11
BrowneII Adds
Fl Groups to
Suspect List

AGtOTIlGy IeIleTdl bTOWLlell W.
day added 81 names to his list
of subversive organizations.
They were groups which failed
to give notice they were con-
testing such a move, after being
informed of Mr.. Brownell's in
tention to list them.
Six other organizations, which
did indicate they intended to
fight the move to designate them
as subverSive, are being sent
statements of the reasons for
their being considered suspect.
Meanwhile, they are not listed
as subversive.
The organizations fighting the
Justice Departments proposed
designation are the Massachu-
sets Committee for the Bill of
Rights. Everybody's Committee
to Outlaw War, Californians for
the Bill of Rights, the Elsinore
Progressive League, the Idaho
Pension Union and the National
Council of the Arts, Sciences
and Professions.
Although the department said
1t was adding only 81 organiza-
tions to the list, it released 28
names of organizations. It was
explained that in some cases,
several names were used for the
same organization. The list
follows:
The BENJAMIN Davis Freedom
Committee, the Civil Liberties
Sponsoring Committee of Pitts
burgh, Comite Pro Derechos
Civiles, Committee to Abolish
Discrimination in Maryland
Committee to Defend the Rights
and Freedom OF Pittsburgh's
Political Prisoners, Congress
Against Discrimination, Con-
gress of the Unemployed, East
Bay Peace Committee. Guardian
CluD. independent Party, Inde-
pendent Peoples Party, john
son-Forest Group, Johnsonites.
League for Commonsense.
Also Maryland Congress Against
Discrimination, Michigan Coun-
Gil for Peace. National Commit
tee to Win Amnesty for Smith
Act Victims, Peoples Programs,
Peoples Rights Party, Pitts
Arts Club, Provisional Commit
tee of Latin-American Affairs,
Provisional Committee to Abol-
ish Discrimination in the State
of Maryland, Puerto Rican
Comite Pro Libertades Civiles,
Queensbridge Tenants League,
Syracuse Women for Peace,
Trade Union Committee for
Peace, Trade Unionists for
Peace and United Defense Coun-
Gil Of Southern California.
Evening star., 1955-04-11
Two Fired Reds
Must Pay Up

MOSCOW, April II (P.-Twc
state farm directors have been
fired and ordered to pay per-
sonally for big livestock losses
on their farms last winter.
Soviet Agriculture, Official
newspaper of the Ministery o1
Agriculture, and Minister oi
State Farms Ivan A. Benediktov
announced this today.
1t is the latest results of a
purge of inefficient and corrupt
managers of collective and state
farms.
Nikita S. Khruschev. party
first secretary. has said that
10000 of the nations 10000
directors of collective farms fall
in that class and will be replaced
by party reliables.
Soviet Agriculture said the
directors of state farms in Penza
and Tula Provinces in the Rus
sian Soviet Federated Socialist
Republic wasted fodder, kept
cattle in insanitary conditions
and permitted big losses to the
state. It did not say how big
the losses were. Minister Bene-
diktov ruled they must make re-
payment in money or cattle.
Evening star., 1955-04-11
Experts Outline
u. ). Asia Policy
Chang Would Bear
First Thrusts Alone
By the Associated Press

President Eisenhower is re-
ported to have directed American
forces to stand clear of fighting
that might break out in the
Formosa area until he can assess
the extent and intent Of any
initial Chinese Communist at
tack.
The President is represented
by persons versed in the admin
istration's Far Eastern policies
as having informed the Chinese
Nationalist they hold the pri-
mary responsibility for defend
ing not only Quemoy and Matsu
out Formosa itself.
Mr.. Eisenhower's present posi-
tion was summed up this way:
The Nationalists, who have
been given the latest types of
American fighting equipment
short of nuclear weapons. will be
expected to bear alone the initial
thrusts of any attack-massive
or otherwise - that develops
There is a strong feeling within
See FORCES, Page "A
Evening star., 1955-04-11
Mrs. Iris Bitch
Ill in Georgia

BONNEVILLE, Ga, April II
R.-Representative Iris Bitch
Georgia's woman Congress men,
ber, is seriously Ill at the Huey
Hospital here.
Her husband, druggist B. E
Bitch. said today, "She is quite
i'll. We are concerned about
her"
He added that she had been
forced to cancel a speech al
noon tomorrow before the Cham
ber of Commerce at Valdosta
and other engagements.
She entered the hospital four
days ago with an intestinal
disturbance.
Evening star., 1955-04-11
10000 CHILDREN
Cheers and Gift Eggs
Engu|f Eisenhower

was Darlene Johansen, 10
months, who came dressed as an
Easter bunny. She was pulled
along in an Easter basket cart
by her sisters. Hazel. 8, and
Bunny. 6. Their mother, Mrs.
Fred w. Johansen, 1859 Ingle-
side terrace NV, accompanied
them.
Plenty Of Music
The festivities, barking back
to pre-Civil War days. include
picnicking and music by the
Army, Navy. Air Force and Ma
rine Bands.
But rolling the eggs down the
grassy slope of the south lawn
was the principal attraction. pro-
viding fun and at the same time
solving the surplus Easter egg
problem.
Mrs. Eisenhower stayed at the
Eisenhowers' farm h ONE at
Gettysburg. Pa. The First Lady
is recovering from a recent ill
ness and supervising decoration
Of the new home.
Nobody is quite sure how the
egg-rolling custom started. Some
say it's a throw-back to the old
Scottish penchant for rolling
oat cakes down hill at Easter
time.
Adults were barred unless q
child IL years old or under ac-
companies them. 1t was a near
certainty that before the day
was over. enterprising young
sters would attach themselves
for a fee to sightseers.
Egg Rolling at Capitol
At the Capitol. which used to
be mobbed by egg-rollers. only
about a dozen families, most of
them die-hard Washingtonians.
turned out.
Mrs. Anthony O. Bertolini of
311 Massachusetts avenue NE
returned to the spot on the west
Capitol lawn where she first
brought her daughter to roll
eggs IS years ago. With her she
had her daughters three chill
dren, Catherine, 8; Michael, Z,
and Anthony, 4.
The annual egg roll at the
Columbia Country Club in Chevy
Chase, was to be from II am. to
pm. today.
Other egg rolls today:
Dolly Madison School. Arling-
ton, Va.
George Mason High School
Falls Church, Va.
In addition. there was an Eas-
ter egg hunt today at MagrudeI
Park, Hyattsville, Md, and a
picnic and eg hunt at Cameron
street playground. Alexandria
Va.