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actions this year." Chairman
Johnston of the Senate Civil
Service Committee disclosed last
night.
The South Carolina Democrat
told the annual civil service ban
Johnston Wonts Answers in Security
Proeram Probe. Page Az
quet sponsored by the American
Federation Of Government EN-
ployes that "the pay bill we enact
will not become involved in any
drawn-out wrangle."
I'VE are going to put 1t
through expeditiously and fairly
and am confident it will have
bipartisan support" Senator
Johnston told the gathering at
the Willard Hotel.
The Senator said the passage
of a pay raise for classified and
postal workers will not be con-
tingent on increases in postal
rates.
Declares Issues Separate.
"These two issues are separate
and should stand on their re-
spective merits" the Senator de-
clared. The administration has
asked that a postal rate increase
accompany pay boosts.
Senator Johnston said he had
a number of reservations that
must be cleared up" and many
questions to ask the Postmaster
General before ! can conscien-
tiously vote for further rate in
creases.
I'm any event." he continued,
"the rate and pay bills are sep
Arate measures and will remain
that way"
Senator Johnston, along with
90 other Senators, has sponsored
an average 10 per cent pay raise
bill for classified and postal
workers.
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell
told the AFGE gathering that
President EisenhoWer's 1856 fis-
cal budget requests will prac-
tically maintain the present level
Of Federal employment.
There would only be a drop Of
5000 Federal jobs, 1893 900 to
1881, ,000-from June 80, 1855
to June 80, 1856. Mr.. Mitchell
declared. adding that this is
good news" for Federal en-
ployeS.
Praises 2-year Record.
Mr.. Mitchell praised the Eisen-
hover administrations record on
civil service during the past two
years, calling it "a history max
ing program in American civil
service annals both in terms Of
what has been accomplished and
what has been proposed"
Mr.. Mitchell cited the various
fringe benefits, life insurance
program, jobless benefits and
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Diving Historian

Exploring shipwreck sites along the
reefs Of the Florida Keys is full of ad-
venture. See the picture story Of the un-
derwater historian, Mendel L. Peterson,
in The Star Pictorial Magazine.
Pages 8 and 8.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Johnston Sees
Quick Passage
Of U. 5. Pay Bill
Committee Chuirmun
Expects No WrungIe
Over Wage Rises
By Joseph Young

Congress will approve a Federal
pay raise as "one of its very first
actions this year." Chairman
Johnston of the Senate Civil
Service Committee disclosed last
night.
The South Carolina Democrat
told the annual civil service ban
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Program Probe. Page Az
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quet sponsored by the American
Federation Of Government EN-
ployes that the pay bill we enact
will not become involved in any
drawn-out wrangle."
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Mostly sunny today, high near 40. Fair
tomorrow with little change in tempera-
ture. Full report on Page A-2)
Hourly Temperatures.
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Winds May Postpone
Third Atomic Shot
Set for Tomorrow
BY the Asseeiessd Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Feb. 49,
Atomic scientists will consult
their meteorological charts to-
day to determine whether to fire
the third shot Of the spring nu-
clear series tomorrow morning.
Unfavorable winds, which
have thrown the series far of
schedule and delayed the initial
detonation three days, also may
force postponement of a test
tomorrow. In fact. the latest
forecasts were not too hopeful.
Flash Of the second shot,
which lighted the predawn sky
yesterday, was seen in San
Francisco. Sacramento and Los
Angeles, several hundred miles
from the test site. The compar-
atively small Auclear explosion
r Jared st. George. Utah, 1856
miles away.
The shot from a 30O-foot
tower on Yucca Flat was the
probable prototype for an atomic
missile warhead.
One of II Congressional OBJ
servers, Senator Long Of L.ouisi-
ana, commented:
1--WE had an opportunity to
foresee the definite possibility of
these small-sized nuclear weap-
ons. launched either from the
ground or from aircraft against
invading forces. Yet they are
small enough to minimize the
danger to our own people"
The blasts fireball lasted only
two seconds, compared to about
10 seconds for the standard
A-bomb.
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be because OF the atomic tests
now under way in Nevada.
Or. Rutenber said preliminary
tests indicated the material was
cotton fiber that had been badly
damaged in some sort Of ex-
ploSion.
But from John Stelmak, a
chemical engineer at the West
inghonse Electronic Tube Di-
vision Plant, came another
theory. He said the stuff looked
like some sort of synthetic fiber
of the hydrocarbon class, like
nylon.
Some hydrocarbon plastics are
made from milk, Mr.. Stelmak
said. and within three blocks of
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Smoke Can Tut Flash Effects
OF A-Bonb, Gen. Greasy Says

cent Of all fatal casualties oc-
CURED during the first one Sec
ond of explosion because Of
thermal radiation. Burns Of all
types-flash and flame from re-
sulting fires-accounted for more
than half of fatal casualties and
probably at least three-fourths
of all casualties in the two tar
get cities.
Gen. Greasy said:
Smoke screens can be used
to protect vital areas from the
thermal radiation produced by
the explosion Of an atomic
bomb.
1--WE have now reached the
stage where we feel it will be
well to apprise the American
public Of the fact that we have
q means Of minimizing the
effects of an A-bomb explosion
to q certain degree. I must say
to a certain degree for the
reason that the use of smoke
screens will not stop the other
two effects Of such an ex-
plosion-the blast or pressure
wave. and the gamma radia-
ton"
Evening star., 1955-02-23

the heaviest concentration Of
the fallen material is q dairy
plant that makes powdered milk.
The manager of the plant,
Lawrence Peer, agreed the dairy
could very well be at the bot
tom of the mytery. The plants
process. he said, calls for putting
the milk under intense heat. A
scum forms on top of the milk.
and some Of it may have es-
capped up defective fiue.
Evening star., 1955-02-23
BY In. A,,eeiessd Press

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb.
23.-The chief chemical offlcre
Of the Army announced last
night that artificial smoke can
be used to reduce the effects Of
thermal radiation from an
atomic bomb blast.
Maj. Gen. William M. Greasy
said such smoke screens ward
OF some of the soaring, flashing
heat. just as clouds stop some of
the suns warmth. In addition.
he said, the number of secondary
fires in buildings and trash Of a
city would be reduced.
The general told the Charles
ton chapter Of the American
Institute Of Chemical Engineers
that preliminary smoke tests
have been made at the nuclear
proving ground in Nevada and
that a full-scale test will be
made during the present expert
ments by the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Two Types Of Smoke.
Gen. Greasy said two types of
smoke can be used. The fog-oil
type is created by releasing
hydrocarbon oil droplets into an
artificial "smog." The droplets
scatter or attenuate heat or
light.
The other material Is carbon
smoke, much like that usually
found hanging over large indus
trial areas. Carbon smoke abb
serbs instead Of scattering heat
radiation.
Gen. Greasy also said, without
further explanation. that the
Army Is studying means to min
imize widespread radioactive
contamination from A-bomb ex-
plosions on the ground or be-
meath the surface.
Biggest Death Rate.
In the attacks on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, Gen. Greasy said,
1t is estimated that 20 to 80 per
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Jumbo Stop Lights
Used at Intersection

ASHLAND. Va.-As q safety
measure, jumbo stop lights have
been installed at one intersec-
ton in Ashland.
Twelve-inch lenses have been
placed on top of the standard
8-inch red lights to enlarge
them so motorists can see them
far enough away to have plenty
of time to stop.
Evening star., 1955-02-23
| Radioactive Fuzz
Puzzles Experts in
New York Town
BY the Assoeiuisd Press

HORSEHEADS. N. Y, Feb. %.
A wispy radioactive fuzz that
settled like dew over this Western
New York village had the scien-
tific community in somewhat OF
a dither today.
Could that strange stuff be
cotton? Or could it be powdered
milk, of all things? There were
strong arguments in support OF
the latter.
The substance, long and cob
webby, fell over a residential area
half mile square Sunday night,
covering trees. shrubbery and
houses.
DR.. Charles B. Rutenber, pro-
fessor of chemistry at Elmira
College, said a Geiger counter
showed the stuff was radioactive,
not to a dangerous degree. but
more than normal for things
taken from the air in this area,
And he added that this could
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Duplicutor Of Picosso
Sketches Is Convicted
BY the Asseeiassd Press

GRASSE, France. Feb. 23.-
Louis Parodi, A, an artist neigh
Dor of Pablo Picasso, was con-
victed today of twice copying a
PicaSso charcoal sketch, right
down to the signature, and ped
ding the copies for 80, 900 francs
($228) each to a couple of art
dealers.
The court fined Parodi 100, 900
francs and gave him suspended
six-month prison sentence. It
also ordered destruction of two
copies of the Spanish masters
picture. which showed q faun
playing a shepherds flute before
q woman and q goat.
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Toxpoyers Are Out
$1,000 Per Soldier

The Army figures it costs the
taxpayer about 1900 to train,
equip and maintain q soldier for
o two-year period.
The cost includes an average
yearly pay of $1,943 and SO o
year for morale and welfare.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
A WORD TO THE WISE

Iverb (is), but by the subject
tomorrow.
The late Thomas r. Louns-
bury, Emeritus Professor of
English at Yale, said: "A'person
ordinarily says tomorrow is :
this is, he says so if he uses the
Language correctly. If he chances
to be in the company of one
who says, Pardon me, but you
should say tomorrow will be
Sunday it is perfectly legiti-
mate to ask him, If tomorrow
lis not Sunday, then what day
lis it?'"
Let's look at it this way:
There is rule in grammar that
statements Of facts that are
permanently true should be put
in the present tense. Now it is
permanently true that the day
which follows today is (present
tense) always tomorrow. 1t is
permanently true that Sunday
always FOLLOWS present
tense) Saturday; or, in other
words, Sunday always is (pres-
ent tense) the day after Satur-
day. Therefore, on any Satur-
day, tomorrow is Sunday.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc 4
Evening star., 1955-07-26
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Mayville: Consider the fol.
lowing conversation at our din
ing-room table:
She: Well, tomorrow is Sun.
day.
He: You mean, tomorrow will
be Sunday.
She: No; I mean that right
now, today. this very minute, to-
morrow is Sunday.
And SO on far into the meal
Which is correct?-Mrs. o. S.
Answer: From time to time
readers have asked me to point
out the 'incorrectness" of the
common expression, What day
is tomorrow? Tomorrow is Sun.
day." Many insist that "tomor.
row is" is a ridiculous scram.
bling of the present and future
lenses, that the present tense
of the verb (is) cannot be usec
for the future tomorrow.
But there is nothing illogica,
or ungrammatical in such usage
which is well established in Eng
liSh idiom. The idea of the
future is conveyed not by the
Evening star., 1955-07-26
NAMES
IN THE NEWS
BY CONSTANTINE CHEKREzI

Radio Budapest (BOO-dah-
PESHT) announced that Com
munist authorities of Hungary
had released Josef Cardinal
Mindszenty (Meend- -TSEHN -tee)
conditionally, after nearly seven
years of Imprisonment. The
"conditionally" means presum-
ably that he would be required
to live in a certain locality in
much the same manner as Yugo-
slavia paroled Aloysius Cardinal
Stepinac in his native viii
lage. L'Osservatore Romano 10
ser-vah-TOH-reh Roh-MUN-oh
THE Roman Observer") saio
that Cardinal Mindszenty's con-
ditional release was made fol
propaganda purposes.
| In Juan Peron's Hoo -AHN
Peh-RON) Argentina troubles
are piling up. After last weeks
announcement that he would re-
sign as president of his owr
party, his political foe and for
mer editor and publisher of the
independent newspaper LA
Prensa" Gah PREM -sah), DR.
Albert Gainza Paz (GUY-n-zaf
PahZ), said in New York that
Peron's resignation may be "the
beginning of the end of the Peron
regime"
The two prelates, Bishops
Manuel Tato (TAH-toh) and
Ramon Carlos Novoa (Rah-MON
KAR-loss Noh-VOH-ah), who
had been ousted by Peron ano
eXiled to Rome, were in Rio de
Janeiro (REE-oh deh Zhun-EY.
Iroh) for the Eucharistic Con-
gress while awaiting permission
to return to their diocese OF
BuenOs Aires (Boo Ell moss
EYE-res.).
Valentin Boucas (-BOO-
kuss), a high official of the Bra
lillian Finance Ministry. COM
plained that the international
Bank and the United States
have been discriminating against
Brazil in granting loans and f.
nancial aid.
| (An Rights Reserved) .
Evening star., 1955-07-26
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Evening star., 1955-07-26
WORD GAVE

Find 26 or more words in
GARNE
meaning, "a hard, glasslike ma
terial." Average is "a; time
limit, 20 minutes.
Rules Of the Eame--1 Words must
be Of four or more letters. ., Words
which acquire four letters by the addi-
tion OF IS" such as bats cars" are
not used. 3. Only one form OF a word
is used. 1. Proper names are not used
Answer to TERNARY
tare, tarn. tarry. tear, tern, terry, terra
trey. tray. earn, entry, errant, rate, rant
rare, rear. rent, near, neat, ante
artery. airy, yarn, yearn, year.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
BY EAsLEY BLACKwOOD

Mrs. Keen knows this and
when the bidding was over in
today's hand she inquired po-
litely, May I lead?"
Mrs. Fusty glanced at her ap-
provingly. Pray do" she replied
solemnly.
Mrs. Keen led the 10 of hearts.
And Mrs. Fusty proceeded to
prove again that her play Of, a
hand is as good as her manners.
She won with the king of
hearts and cashed the ace and
king of clubs. She played the ace
of hearts and then led the deuce
of spades to dummy's king.
Now if you were casing the
possibilities of this contract and
could not see the opponents
hands, you could reasonably
figure as follows. If the opposing
spades break 3-3, you can ruff
a third round and set up two
good spades on the board for
two diamond discards. You will
make seven odd.
If the spades are divided Az
you have enough entries in
dummy to ruff two spades anc
then get back for the fifth spade
on which you will take a dia-
mond discard. Here you will
make six even if the king Of
diamonds is wrong.
But, as you see, the spades
were divided ST.. And since the
diamonds are all wrong, it ap.
pears that you are down one.
Not with Mrs. Fusty playing
the hand. She had noted, with
some suspicion, Mrs. Keen's play
of the eight of spades. At the
sixth trick she played the trey
of spades from the board.
Mr.. Champion looked puz-
zled. This was crazy. Had the
old lady finally made an error
Anyway, he won with the 10
and found himself end-playeo
before the hand was half over
If he led back the queen oi
spades. dummy would win with
the ace. Mrs. Fusty could ther
Nead the seven through his Jack
ruff it out and return to dummy
for the good six spot.
Thus she would get two dia-
mond discards-one on the ace
of spades and one on the six.
If Mr.. Champion returned 9
diamond, obviously that woulc
give Mrs. Fusty her contract
Desperately, he led heart, but
that was no good. either. Mrs
Fusty Just pitched a diamond
and ruffed, dummy. Her last los
ing diamond went off on the ace
of spades.
(copyrisht, 1855. General Features Corp,
Evening star., 1955-07-26
OUR PRESIDENTS
BY HONORE M. CATUDAL

IT am, with the single ex-
ception of my immediate prede-
cessor. the first President in
Office even to set foot on politi-
cally foreign soil" said the Presi-
dent at Vancouver, B. c., 80
years ago today. What mistake
did President Warren G.. Hard
ing make in this statement?
(which President signed the
act creating the Department OF
Defense?I
ga famous American died &c
years ago today in Dayton
Tenn: three times nominated
by the Democratic Party for the
presidency, he was never elected.
Who?
ANSWERS on next page.l
Evening star., 1955-07-26
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Smyrna times., 1955-07-07

With cap and gown, an inno-
walton for our High School Gradu-
ates, the class of 1905 inaugural
ed their week of commencement
exercises Sunday by attending the
Presbyterian Church, where ne
Rev. J, L. Estline, pastor OF the
church delivered the Baccalaureate
sermon.
Vice Principal, George w. Payne
of the Smyrna High School has
rendered his resignation to the
Board of School Directors to take
effect Immediately, and last week
left for Clinton, N. Y, to attend
the commencement exercises of
Hamilton College, his alma mater.
Prof. Payne intends pursuing a
postgraduate course in pedagogy
at Columbia University, New York
City, with the view of preparing
himself to take a chair of Latin
or Greek in some college. An
other resignation handed in to the
Board was that of Miss Anna Bell
Beckett, who had charge of the
intermediate Department of Fifth
Grade. Miss Beckett was elected
to succeed Miss Anna Doughton,
deceased, and has made a most ef-
ficient and capable teacher. Miss
Beckett resigns that she might
prepare herself for greater work
and will take a special course in
the keystone Normal School, Kuts-
town, Pa.
The Fourth in Smyrna passed
off quietly. A few private dis
plays of fireworks were set off in
the evening but nothing elaborate.
A few private launch parties took
an outing to the Bombay Hook
Lighthouse. A feature of the af-
ternoon was the special services
held by General w. S. Hancock
Post No. 20, GAR, in the Post
Room. The races at Belmont
Driving Park in the afternoon
also attracted considerable atten-
ton.
The wedding of Miss Mabel
Bailey Conner, daughter of Sem
ator and Mrs. Alvan B. Conner of
FELTON, and Mr.. Harry Vance Hol-
loway, only son of Mr.. and AIRS.
L. ]. Holloway of Selbyville, were
married at the home of the brides
parents last Thursday before a
large company of friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. M. A. Clark and Mrs.
Sarah Porter of Wilmington are
Smyrna times., 1955-07-07
20 Years Ago

Invitations for bids by contrac-
tors for widening and deepening
of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal for accommodation of ocean
vessels will be advertised during
the last two weeks of July by the
U. S. Army Engineers. Actual
work on the improvement of the
canal to the project depth of "a
feet and width at the bottom OF
$50 feet, will probably start early
in August.
The newly formed Smyrna base
ball team journeyed to the State
Capital Saturday afternoon and
trimmed the Dover nine z to 2.
In the fourth inning Smyrna set
tied down into some real ball
playing to make four runs. The
fine battery work of Seward and
Robinson was a feature of the
game.
Mrs. Jennie Davis, aged 76,
widow of Thomas Davis, promin-
ent farmer of Kenton Hundred,
died at her late residence corner
of North and Union Streets, Fri
day, June 28th, after a lingering
illness. She was the daughter of
Henry Slaughter and Virginia
Richardson, both of this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. John
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c.
Johnson attended the Graduation
exercises at Darby High School
last Wednesday evening, where
the formers grandson, Paul A..
Johnson, graduated.
Mrs. John Webb, Jr. (nee Miss
Ethel Bartlett) and her two sons,
Smyrna times., 1955-07-07

Taxation and rest. Have you plan
ned your vacation from beginning
to end?
Mrs. Can offers these helpful
suggestions:
Before You Leave-1. stop milk,
newspaper and other deliveries.
Ask a neighbor to keep advertis-
ing circulars on your porch. 2.
Don't lower window shades. II
you are TO be gone three weeks or
more, arrange to have your lawn
moved. Prowlers watch for such
tip-offs. 8. Notify postoffice to
hold mail, or arrange delivery to
a neighbor. 4. Lock windows and
doors. Remember basement win
dows and coal chute. 5. Shut off
gas and water at main valves.
Shut off electricity at master
switch unless refrigerator or food
locker is to be left on. If current
must be left on, disconnect lamps
and appliances at wall outlets. If
refrigerator is disconnected, leave
door open to prevent mold. 6. in
Smyrna times., 1955-07-07

spending a few days with w. L.
Porter and Mrs. E. T. Porter.
Edward Farrel, one of Smyrna's
Oldest and best known citizens,
passed away about 1:30 Saturday
afternoon after a lingering illness
in the 77th year OF his age. The
immediate cause Of his death was
another stroke of paralysis, the
fourth he had received in a little
over a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Barnes,
Mr.. Robert Norris, Jr., and Master
Norris Jordan were guests over
the Fourth of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Norris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Postles
and children have gone to Slaugh-
ter's Beach for the summer, where
they have cottage.
Miss Ruth Parry Orme, of
Wayne, Pa, is visiting the family
of her uncle, Mr.. r. D. Hoffecker.
Smyrna times., 1955-07-07

form police how long house will
be vacant and where you can be
reached in emergency. z. Service
car thoroughly, with close atten-
ton to safety features such as
lights, brakes, tires, steering,
windshield wipers. 8. Put a first
aid kit and fiashlight in glove
compartment. Be sure you have
all tire tools.
On The Way = /. Speed kills
take it easy. Start little earlier
and don't try to cover too great a
distance in day. 2. Long drives
at constant speed make you drow-
sy. Vary your speed and stop oc-
sacionally to stretch your legs. 8.
Be sure you understand driving
techniques in different localities.
For example, using the motor
compression to assist braking is
necessary in mountainous country.
A good rule is to use the same
gear as you used in climbing it.
4. Don't be impatient to make
time. It's unsafe, and it's not
Smyrna times., 1955-07-07

restful driving. Watch your pass
ing. On a mountain road you
may have to poke along for miles
before it is safe to pass. 5. Signs
and signals are not uniform in all
states. Read them carefully. They
are your best safeguard on
strange roads. 6. Scenery can be
taken in small doses from a NOV
ing car. hut II you want to drink
deeply of natures beauty, pull OF