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, 1959-12-30
SAYS DEMOCRATIC
FACTION HERE IS IMMATURE

Ralph Paiewonsky, Democratic National Committeeman
for the Virgin Islands hurled charges Of political immatllr-
ity" at the Christiansted Democratic Club, which he said re-
fused to broadcast a tape recording made by Democratic
National Chairman Paul N. Butler here two weeks ago, ac-
, 1959-12-30
Vibrutones Orchestra
Thrills Audience
In Festival Villuge

The Vibratones gave their
musical treat at the Festival
Village last night, which de-
lighted the audience. The
s oloist, Vincent Bnjamin, was
at his best and calypsonian
Sackey was really tops.
Tonight there will be a lam
tern parade beginning at nine
o'clock. Everyone is asked to
carry a stick and candle and
receive a lantern free of cost
and join in the parade.
, 1959-12-30
Governor Issues Coll
For Special Session
J~onuorY 18th

Governor John David Mer-
win has issued a call for a
special session Of the Legis-
lature to meet on Monday,
January Is, 1860 for consid-
Grafton Of fourteen bills.
Among the important items
will be Act to Amend Title
20, Chapter AZ Of the Virgin
Islands Code, Compulsory
Automobile Liability Insur-
ance."
The Proclamation is pub
lished in another section Of
this paper.
, 1959-12-30
Power Failure Puts
C~hristionsted Village
In Darkness

Power failure last night puts
Christiansted Festival in dark
ness for about two hours. A
transformer went out of COM
mission due to overlooking.
Shortly after word was Civ
en- the Power Station, work
men had the lights on again.
, 1959-12-30
Phillies Baseball
Teurn to Play
Vikings on Sunday

A team from the Phillies
Baseball Club Of Christian
sted will play against the
Of Grove Place on
Ground on Sunday,
January 8, at 2 pm.
It is understood that play
ers will be picked from these
tear to be sent to- Puerto Rico.
, 1959-12-30
and foods.

and foods.
Julio Delgado was master
Of ceremonies. An excellent
loudspeaker system carried
the songs clearly to everyone
within the area.
, 1959-12-30

COIQ1tl2 ~ a NEWS lCcLI4 Ii
Daly news q - lnOH7s the votes in the Insular De-
me artlcie contlnues. mocratic Convention (sched-
Butler repeatedly told the uled for Junel to about u
Cnrlstlansted group mat De persons. # wounds don't heal
mocratic clubs are not the Il the territory nartu sat-,n
party itself and that no one tbevgl have Two DELEGATIONS
should pc excluded from going to Washington for re-
joining. cogniHon. But / can tell YOU
The whole fight stems from which one vii get it" he con
a question Of power, Pale tinued. Paiewonsky did not
wonsky said. Everybody is elaborate on that statement.
~iockeying for position to be- PaieWonsky was adamant in
come leader Of the Democratic backing Buffers position here,
Party in the islands" He was especially when he (Butler)
referring to the positions Of chastised ST. Croix Democrats
Resident Commissioner and for excluding certain mem
elected Governor which loom bers from the organization.
Il believe that even a crimi-
ue A' lal has a right to face his
4 have been reliably IN accusers,' Paiewonsky said
formed Palewonsky con- He referred to the incident
tinued, that to become q in which Henry Rohsen was
member Of the Chrlstlansted expelled from the Christian
club-which IS controlled BY sted Democratic Club and re-
Senators Ron de Lugo and fused readmission. Rohlsen
Aubrey Anduze-you must 60 threatened a District Court
through a screening commit case, but Butler smoothed
tee. Anyone known to be q the situation over somewhat,
friend Of Vater Hodge or saying situations Of this sort
Henry Rohlsen is excluded" cant be tolerated.
he added.
When asked about a rumor ph;ll;oc Rrenh0lI
, 1959-12-30

cOrdlng TO q news Item IN the
Daily News of st. Thomas.
The article continues:
Butler repeatedly told the
Christiansted group that DE
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exquisite details give elegance
to double-woven cotton
BY DAWNELLE

B. Doshine gauntlet look. man.
cy" is O PIX sewn slip-on, cuff
with novel button trim. Black or
white. 400
G. "AtIonto" 5-button mochine
sewn sIip-on with hond-sewn en-
broidery. White or black. $50
Not shown: Prom" PIX sewn
long shortie with cuff detoiI.
Block or white. 800
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Red Rocket Could 7 ell
If Moon Wears Halo

Radio signals would fire rock
cts.
United States scientists re.
portedly will shoot for the moon
early in October when the moon
is nearest.
Their rocket. weighing about
$50 pounds. will be equipped
with retro rockets. II the probe
were travelling too fast, its speed
could be braked down so it could
better intercept the moon or
be more influenced by the
moons tug Of gravity when 1t
came near.
There are outside hopes this
October probe might even fall
into orbit around the moon.
The October probe will carry
instruments to measure radia-
ton and magnetic fields near
the moon.
Russia's earlier Mechta came
within about 5000 miles Of the
moon. The United States Pio-
neer ~ missed by $1,000 miles.
Both Of them drifted on to be-
come man-made planets Of the
sun. Neither one came close
enough to show whether the
moon has q magnetic field. The
new Russian probe should be
able to do this If 1t has the
proper instruments aboard.
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designed TO send back informa-
ton on the magnetic poles Of
the moon and the earth, the
radiation band around the
earth, cosmic radiation from
outer space, the gaseous make
up Of interplanetary substances
and meteor particles.
The project was carried out.
Tass said, ''in accordance with
the program Of cosmic research
and preparation for interplane-
tary flights"
Pioneer w, the first success
full United States shot toward
the moon in four tries. was
launched from Cape Canaveral.
Fla, on March 4 and now is
believed circling the sun, but in
a different orbit from Meehta's.
Pioneer was shot aloft In the
nose Of q Juno II rocket.
The 13-pound American cone
took IL hours to reach the area
Of the moon and whizzed by
into a solar orbit. Mechta.
launched January 2. shot by the
moon two days later about
4.700 miles away, too far to be
affected by lunar gravity.
Pioneer sent back radio. sig
mails from more than AGO. 900
miles out in space and then its
transmitters went dead. Mech
ta's transmitters lasted until II
got $4,000 miles from the
earth. Both are now circling
in orbits millions Of miles in
diameter.
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est radio telescope at Jodrell
Bank. England. . facility Of
the University Of Manchester.
which does contract work for
the United States Air Force,
also was seeking the rocket.
The reported frequencies,
1897 and 20.O03 megacycles,
are common ones that have
been used before BY the Rus
sianas and In themselves
should present no difnculty a.
far as acquisition is concerned,
space ofncials said.
They explained that one rea-
son the rocket was not detected
by American searchers In the
FIRST hours after launching was
that It was not over the horizon
Of any Of the American sta
tons.
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atus to emit q sodium cloud as
an artificial comet. It will APP
pear at 9:39.42 seconds Mos
COW time tonight (l:39 pm.
EST. The comet viii be OBJ
servable in the Aquarius con-
stellation, approximately on
the line linking the star Of
Alpha in the constellation OF
the Eagle and Alpha in the
constellation Of the Southern
Pisces. The equatorial co-or-
dinates of the comet will be
direct ascent 20 hours Al min
utes, declination minus ~ de-
grees.
The artif1cal comet can be
observed and photographed by
optical means with light NJ
tiers picking out the spectral
line Of natrium) from the ter
|ritory Of Central Asia, Cau-
casus, the Ukraine, the central
part Of the European territory
Of the USSR as well as in Eu-
rope, Africa, the countries Of
the Middle East and the west
ern part Of China.
All radio transmitters in
stalled in the cosmic rocket
are operating normally. Radio
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MeIvyn Douglas
CoIIupses in PIqy

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. IL
(AP).-Actor Melvyn Douglas
collapsed on stage today dur
ing Q performance Of the play,
THE Gangs All Here" He
was taken to his hotel room for
treatment by q private 'physi-
clan.
A Forrest Theater spokes-
man said the veteran actor was
suffering from nervous exhaus-
ton.
The collapse occurred mid
way in the second act. Under
study Paul McGrath contin-
ued in Mr.. Douglas part. To-
nights performance was can
celled, but producer Kermit
Bloomgarden said he expected
Mr.. Douglas to return for
Monday evenings show.
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Cultural Center
Funds Bill Passed

Congress passed and sent to
the White Houseslast night o
bill to speed fund collections
for the National Cultural Gen.
ter overlooking the Potomac.
The measure would allow
money to be given back to
donors II enough Is not on
hand by 1868 to start building.
A 1858 law requires this money
TO be used for Q Smithsonian
Institution Art Museum II the
fund drive failed.
Health. education and We'll
fare Secretary Arthur 8. F1em-
ming plans intensive fund rails
ing the first Of the year. His
goal IL $50 million.
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technical stations on the ground
are receiving scientific infor-
nation from the rocket with
the aid Of special automated
measuring appliances. Stations
situated in various parts Of
the Soviet Union are contin-
uously measuring the para
meters Of the rockets move
ment.
On Schedule
The processing Of the re-
suits Of measurements and the
determination Of the elements
Of its orbit Is being carried out
on fast operating electronic
computing machines.
Information Of the move
ment Of the cosmic rocket will
be transmitted by all radio
stations Of the Soviet Union.
According to preliminary da-
ia, the rocket is moving along
q trajectory close to the colcu-
lated one. It is expected that
the cosmic rocket will reach
the moon on September IA al
I12:05 am. Moscow time (4:0s
pm. EST Sunday.
The successful launching oi
the second Soviet cosmic rock
ct is q new important stage in
exploration and conquest Of
the cosmos by man. This broad
ems the prospects Of interna-
tional collaboration in the field
Of the conquest Of cosmic space,
which viii promote the fur
Their easing Of international
tension and the strengthening
Of the cause Of peace.
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INTERPRETIVE REPORT

that Congress and the public
will let the various space agen-
cies make truly long-range
plans and stick to them.
The Russian moon shot was
not q real surprise to American
space experts. There had been
! lot Of speculation TO the effect
that some such accomplish
ment would accompany Mr..
Khrushchev' visit. The mag
axine, Missiles and Rockets. /"
predicted such O launching for
September IL. the date Il hap
pened. not on the basis Of In
side information but Of what
the magazine termed astro-
nomical data about when the
moon would be In Q favorable
position for q launch from Q
Russian missile base.
The civilian space agency Is
known to be planning Q moon
shot with Q 375-pound instru-
ment package atop an Atlas on
October 2 from Cape Canaver-
al. Even the Atlas-the most
powerful operational missile we
possess-is capable Of doing
the Job only when conditions
are &C their very best. The
launch date therefore 10 dc
tated BY laws Of celestial
mechanics.
There Is nothing 10 indicate
that American authorities are
planning anything special for
the period In which Mr.. Khrt-
shchev Is here. A comparison OF
the September firing schedule
with those Of August and Octo-
Der reveals little that Is remark
able about goings-on during the
Khrushchev visit.
BY the same token. the
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Iment Of an unsuccessful shot.
The moon provides . target
2,l60 miles In diameter approx
imately 100000 miles from the
earth.
The new rocket had several
points in common with the first
announced moon rocket fired
January 2 and named Mechta
(dream).
Tass said the final stage of
the new rocket weighs q total
of 1922 pounds, not counting
fuel. The last stage Of Mechta
weighed 3,245.2 pounds and
contained an instrument pack
age weighing 1865 pounds. Tass
said the instrument package
in the new rocket weighs 859.8
pounds.
Designed to Separate
But while the entire l1a-ton
last stage Of Mechta went on
around the sun. Tass indicated
the new rockets instrument
capsule was designed to split
of from its final-stage carrier
Both were reported fred
from multistage rockets on the
ground. AS usual, there were
no details Of the overall rocket
that sent the instrument cap
sule speeding beyond earth's
atmosphere.
There was no announcement
Of any passenger. either human
or animal. The weight Of the
instrument package suggested
a man, or even o dog, would
seem TO be out Of the question.
Program Ambitious
An ambitious program Of
research was laid out for the
= "A
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EIectronic Eyes, Ears
Seek Red Moon Rocket

Virtually all Americas cleo
tronic eyes and ears were 70
cused on the sky last night IN q
search for the Russian moon
rocket.
Space oficials said the radio,
radar and optical facilities en-
gagged IN the search included
the Jet Propulsion IAboratory's
0oldstone (Calif.) radio tele-
scope. the Minitrack system
originally set UP for the VAN
guard project. the Space Tech
nology Laboratories facilities
including o big radar antenna
In Hawaii: the Milestone Hill
(sfassJ facility Of Massachu-
sets institute Of Technology,
and the Army's Signal Corps re.
ceiver at Fort Monmouth, N. ].
In addition. the worlds larg-
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Red Moon Shot Seen Boon
ToU. S. Satellite Program

old American self-conscious
about possible bad luck seems to
be dissipating. 1t is known that
another Vanguard. the rocket
that has been called a many
failured thing" is set for
launching in the near future.
possibly less than q day after
Mr.. Khrushchev reaches WASH
ington.
New Type Planned
II the Vanguard shot goes of
as scheduled and fails Gas all
but two have done) Mr.. Khru-
shchev will have an opportunity
to twit the United States. II he
wishes. when he visits Belts
vile. Md. on wednesday. A
new space center named for
the American rocket expert.
Robert II. Goddard IL being
built there BY the National
Aeronautics and Space Admini-
stration. which Il in charge Of
Vanguard shots. No one seems
TO be worried about the posi-
bility that "Mr. x" may have
q chance 10 use his rough-e dged
sense Of hurnor on such an
occasion.
More 10 the point Of "quiet
boldness" In execution q the
reported plan 70 orbit q brand
new kind Of satellite, one for
navigational purposes. First
time satellites are notoriously
unsuccessful. yet the Defense
Department Is going ahead
with its schedule for Project
Transit" Soviet encourage OF
no Soviet encourage.
The fact that Transit" could
Just Is easily have been post
poned. and was not. emphasizes
the business-as-usual attitude.
In addition. there are known
to be plans for another Discov-
erer. the pole-to-pole. launch
crhit-recoyery satellite. before
Mr.. Khrushchev leaves. Dis
coverer has o high reliability
record (ee per cent? on going
into orbit. but 90 for q 100 per
cent failure record In recover
ing instrume emit packages
brought back from orbit.
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at the moon. The feat, obvi-
ously timed for It's propaganda
value In connection with the
visit Of Premier Nikita 8.
Khrushchev to this country
next Tuesday. could be a bless
ing in disguise to the American
space program.
There is no doubt that public
interests opposed to scien-
tiflc dedication-has been lag
ging Of late. This has been
reflected in congressional dis
interest, which In turn has
caused a relatively iishy stare
ct growing space expenditures.
There may be some space Of
flcials who would not mind see
ing the reaction TO the latest
Russian feat manifested by
something like the year-long
panic that following the launch
ing Of Sputnik ] In October.
1857. But such people must be
In the minority. The truly re-
sponsible people In the Ameri-
can space efforts (both, mill
tary and civilian)--people like
NASA's Keith Glennan, Hugh
Dryden. and Abe silverstein
and the Pentagon's Herbert
York-undoubtedly have other
ideas Of the good that can now
from the Russian moon shot.
Public Views Distasteful
It would certainly not be mis-
representing the views Of any
Of these people to say that they
find most distasteful the public
demand for crash starts and
sudden stops. They have been
trying to get across the Con-
gress the possibly unpleasant
but very real fact that Il takes
q long time TO do things In
space.
The most-and the best
American space ofiicials can
hope for as q hidden benefit
from the Russian moon shot q
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shot would be wen timed 70
coincide with the Khrush-
chev visit.
Omitted States scientists
were reported waiting until
October to make their next
shot at the moon. q 375-
pound space capsule. Scien-
fists in Washington said this
time Of the month is least
favorable because the moon
is farther away from the
earth. The moon and the
earth will be at theier clos
est. 220. 900 miles, for three
days starting October 81
The newest Soviet rocket pre-.
cedes Mr.. Khurshchev's triI
just as the first announced So.
Wet moon shot came shortly
before the January visit to the
United States by Anastas !
Mikoyan, First Deputy Premier
and one Of Mr.. Khrushchev'S
righthand men.
Publicity Backlog
Thus the Soviet has beer
building up a publicity backlof
Of scientific achievements
Morning papers here dwell
heavily on the fact that the
new atomic icebreaker Lenir
was TO be moved during the day
into Leningrad's Neva River fol
trials.
Moscow radio, striking Q
chime. broke into its programs
TO announce the moon shot. II
continued breaking in with bull
letins and broadcast a minute
Of radio signals being flashed
from the rocket.
Apparently confident Of sue.
cess. the Russians distributed a
bulletin on the rockets prog
ress only hours after its launch
Ing.
The first announcement put
It at 7S.500 kilometers (about
$3.50 miles, above the surface
Of the earth. Several hours
later 1t was reported l0l, 00C
kilometers (68.200 miles, above
the earth.
Previous Lays Noted
Previous announcements Of
sputnik launchings and other
space probes sometimes have
Jagged a day or so until they
were safely on their way. There
never has been an announce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
BY WILLIAM HINES
star Science Writer

A high ofncial Of the civilian space agency remarked
recently that nothing would help the American
quite much to have the Russians do something spec
tacular like put man into orbit.
The Russians have not orted but they have done
the next best thing namely FIRE hafton rocket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
By ALTON BLAKESLEE
Associated Press stan Writer

NEW YORK. Sept. u (AP).
-Russia's moon shot could do
far more than score another
prestige victory for the Soviet
Union in this space age. It
could answer some ancient
mysteries about the moon.
Scientists want to know
whether the moon has a mag
netic field and whether 1t
wears a halo Of radiation as the
earth does.
The S50-pound Soviet lunar
probe presumably carries In
struments to answer such
questions. These would include
instruments to test radiation
near the moon. and a magne-
tometer to detect magnetic
fields.
II the probe strikes the moon.
it might be rugged to create an
explosion which If visible could
show whether the moon surface
is covered deep with moondust,
or whether 1t has a very rocky
crust.
Coated With Rocks?
Many scientists lean to the
theory that the moon Is coated
with rocks pulverized BY the
great extremes Of heat and
cold which the moon undergoes
as it turns its face toward and
away from the sun.
The confident announcement
that the probe is expected to
strike the moon means the
Russians are quite sure Of its
course or their ability to con-
troll 1t.
By custom, TIE Soviet officials
never claim more than they
deliver. To do this, they never
announce space shots in ad-
vance, and never announce any
failures.
With its weight, their probe
easily could carry small rockets
to control their aim for the
moon, or even could make q
gentle landing.
Backward Rockets
Retro or backward firing re
rockets could slow the probes
speed as 1t nears the moon ir
order to assure the rendezvous
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In accordance with the pro-
gram Of cosmic research and
the preparation Of interplane-
tary flights, q second success
full launching Of a cosmic rock
ct took place in the Soviet
Union today.
The launching Of the rocket
was made for the purpose Of
studying cosmic space during
the flight toward the moon.
The launching took place
with the aid Of q multistage
rocket.
The last stage Of the rocket,
having exceeded the second
cosrnic speed Of 1920 meters
(about z niles per second, is
flying toward the moon.
At 3 pm. Moscow time q
am. EST on September IL.
the Soviet space rocket win
be 1880 kilometers from the
earth and will at that time be
over q point situated to the
north Of the New Guinea
Island.
Last Stage
The last stage Of the space
rocket represents q guided
rocket weighing ISL kilo-
grams. (2.5s2.2 pounds) with
out fuel. It carries q container
with scientific and radio-tech-
nical equipment. The container
is in the form Of a ball. 1t is
Theoretically sealed and filed
with gas. It has q system for
automatic regulation Of tenn
perature.
After going into orbit. the
container with scientific equip
ment was separated from the
last stage Of the rocket.
It should be possible, with
the aid Of the second Soviet
space rocket. to carry out re-
search in the magnetic pole OF
the earth and the magnetic
poles Of the moon, the radia-
ton around the earth, the in
tensity and variation in in
tensity Of cosmic radiation, the
heavy nucleus Of cosmic radia-
ton, the gas components OF In
terplanetary substance, and to
study meteor particles.
The total weight Of the scien-
tifc and measuring equipment,
together with the sources OF
energy and the container, is
1902 Kilograms (859.8 pounds)
Rocket Contents
To enable the rocket to trans
NIT to earth all scientific in
formation to measure the para
meters Of movement and con-
troll the flight of the rocket, 1t
contains:
/. A radio transmitter oper-
ating on two frequencies (20.003
and 1897 megacycles).
The transmitter emits signals
in the form Of telegraphic mes
sages lasting from 0.8 TO is
seconds in such a manner that,
during the intervals between
transmission on the 20.003 meg
acycle frequency. the signals
are transmitted on the second
frequency Of 1897 megacycles
2. q wireless transmitter OPP
Grating on frequencies Of 1895
megacycles and 3o.9o6 mega
cycles. The signals Of the trans
mitter are impulses ranging
from OF and 0.8 seconds. The
frequency Of impulse repetition
Is one plus-rninus OILS.
2. A wireless transmitter OPP
Grating on a frequency Of 1886
megacycles.
The space rocket has pen
nants with the coat of arnS
Of the USSR and the inscrip.
ton September. 1859.
Visual Observation
For the visual observation Of
the cosnic rocket II has beer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

NEW YORK.-During World
War II American soldiers and
sailors on active duty drank
twice as much tea as they
consumed when they were
civilians.
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Text of Soviet Unions
Moon-Shot Statement

MOSCOW, Sept IL (APJ-Tert OF the Soviet announce.
ent issued today on Rusds rocket towGrd the NOON