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Helen Tfaubel
Disclaims Idea
Of 'Holdout'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -WV
ITelen Traubel, Wagnerian sop
rano, disclaimed today that she
Is in any. sense a "holdout" on
the , Metropolitan Opera associa
tion. Her .manager, James A. David
son, announced here yesterday
that Miss Traubel "will withdraw"
from the Metropolitan at the end
of this season "in the absence of
any overtures to date, from the
new Metropolitan Opera manage
ment.' At a news conference today,
Miss Traubel was asked whether
this meant she had cut off con
tract relations with the associa
tion. Wot at alV she replied. "I
haven't cut off any contract rela
tions because my present con
tract only runs through the sea
son and nothing has happened
about the next season.
SI didn't say that I dont In
tend to contract."
Her news conference was held
following a concert she gave at
Constitution hall. It was attend
ed by President and Mrs. Truman
and their daughter, Margaret, her
self a concert soprano whom Miss
Traubel has been coaching.
Russ May Lead
H-Bomb Race
' CHICAGO, Jan.' 29-(flV An
- atomic - scientist suggested today
that Russia may be ahead of the
United States in building a hydro
gen bomb.
Discussing the H-bomb, esti
mated to be 1,000 times more pow
erful than the conventional atomic
bomb, Prof. Harrison G. Brown
of the University of Chicago, sajd:
"In the presence of the cold war,
In the absence of anything p-
roaching a stable peace, there is
ittle reason to believe that the
Russians will not build such a
bomb. . ., ...;,.:. .
May Be Ahead
: "Indeed, if the Russians have
already made the decision to pro
ceed with this development, then
they are probably ahead of us, for,
our own progress in new develop
ments has certainly been much
slower than it was during the
war." " - . -
Pr0f. Brown spoke on the uni
versity? of Chicago . round table
broadcast (NBC). j
- "One need only point to the fact
that a very large percentage of
the most famous physical scien
tists in America were employed
on "the bomb project during the
. war. ' Almost none of these men
re now in full time employment
with the atomic energy - commis
sion," he said. I ?:
Is Defense Meaningful
Prof. Brown declared that "even
while wt worry about whether we
should make such a bomb, we
must face the question whether
p military defense is meaningful
any more. '
' "What happens
to armaments
: superiority if even the weaker na
tions can completely destroy the
stronger? ' ,
"It seems clear to many of us
that the decision .whether or not
to make such a bomb is primari
ly a decision that should be made
, by the American public, in full
knowledge and understanding of
the facts and terrible potentiali-
1 ties ' ' i
L Prof. Brown said that "limita
tions of secrecy have prevented
i full discussion of this bomb by
those scientists who know most
i about it"
The Twentieth Century Fund
reports- that the largest part of
America's wartime increase in
total output came from the fact
that more people worked rather
than from increased productivity.
Scientist Says
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6PICKARD, Mo4 Jan. 29 Twenty-one ears of a Kock Island freight
piled op like dominoes when an oil tank ear In the center of the
train left the track near Splckard, Mo. There were no Injuries. The
train at left Is that of a track clearing erew. (AP Wlrephoto to f he
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SAN DIEGO, Califs Jan. 29 The navy's guided missile heads upward
after being fired from the experimental raided missile ship, LSS
Norton Sound daring a recent test In the North Pacific. The rocket
reached an altitude of approximately 50 miles. During most of the
ascent. Instruments In the nose of the "Aerobee" recorded cosmic
ray research data which was telemetered back to the Norton Sound.
(AP Wlrephoto from Dept. of Defense to The Statesman).
'Brain Wave' Test May Help
Reveal Insanity
By Al BUekman
BOSTON (INS) A young British psychiatrist explained with
scientific caution recently the workings of a "brain wave" test which
may eventually help determine insanity among criminals.
ship, told of experiments in London
The brain waves of the 38 men
Russ to Return
2,500 Japan
War Prisoners
TOKYO, Monday, Jan. 3MEV
The Russians are going to return
another 2,500 Japanese war pris
oners they said they didn't have.
General Mac Arthur's headquar
ters was asked to send another
ship to Siberia to pick up the
2,500. The hospital ship Takasa?o
Manx Is scheduled to leave Febru
ary 4. . .
Last sorintf the Russians said
they would return the "remaining
95,000" Japanese prisoners still in
Soviet hands before November.
They sent that number.
Since then, the United States has
asked the Russians to account for
more than 370,000 other Japanese
prisoners. ' '
The Russians responded by say
ing they still were holding only
10,000 Japanese all "war crimi
nals" who would not be returned.
Suddenly, the Soviets asked for
a ship to send back 2,500 prison
ers. These arrived eight days ago.
The return of this group and
the scheduled return of another
2,500 mark the first winter repa
triations the Russians have carried
on since the war's end. ,
, The Russians have refused to
discuss the matter of war prisoners
in the four-power allied council. Tt
has come up three times in the past
few weeks. Each time the Rus
sians walked out. '
The issue has been set again
for Wednesday's session. The Rus
sians are expected to take another
walk.
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on 64 persons accused of murder.
and six women who volunteered
for the tests were recorded by
an Electroencephalograph, a ma
chine which -charts them on a
graph.
Dr. Stafford-Clark and Dr. Nay
den Taylor, medical officer of
Brixton prison, London, worked
seven years gathering data, for a
paper on the subject which was
released by the British Medical
association.
What They Show
The tests "tended" to show that
the normal brain radiates consist
ent waves. The same is true of
certain abnormalties. Abnormal
brains, damaged by injury, dis
ease or malcons traction give non
consistent waves. - -
The 33-year-old psychiatrist
and Dr. Taylor began their re
search on -brain-wave recordings
when Dr. Stafford-Clark returned
from duty with the Royal Air
Force at the conclusion of the war.
The recordings had been made
over a period of several years by
Dr. Taylor.
Place In Gronps
The first step in the test was
to place each of the individuals
who took part in the test Into
one of five groups.
These groups included: 1. Those
who murdered unintentionally or
accidentially, as in the commis
sion of a robbery. 2. Deliberate
murderers, who either planned the
crime or had a clear motive. 3.
Murderers who killed without mo
tive, but deliberately. 4. Sex mur
derers. 5. Murderers who were
obviously Insane and were so
found by the courts.
The results of the electroence
phalograph disclosed that:
There were 10 normal and "one
abnormal persons in Group 1.
Group two ad 12 normals and
four aboormals .
Group three had four normals
and 11 abnormals.
Group four was evenly divided,
four and four." ".'
Group five showed two normal
and 12 abnormals.
Inconclusive Results
Two of the four abnormals in
Group two, had brain injuries and
the other two were borderline
Group three cases.
There were no explanations for
the four normals in the Group
three.
The results In Group four were
inconclusive and there was no
comment on that group. Group
five was termed "self-explanatory."
Dr. Stafford-Clark said it was
the hope of his colleagues to
eventually have brain-recording
testimony admissable in courts as
a supplementary to other mental
tests. .
Because it is known that 10 per
cent of the population have ab
normal brains, but never show
any indication of abnormalties,
the Electroencephalograms prob
ably will always require support
ing psychiatric testimony.
The test incidentally, is pain
less. The brain does all the work
through - the ' headclamp on the
machine which merely accepts
the electrical impulses, amplifies
them and records them on the
graph.
The machine Is not useful in
nervous breakdowns because such
an illness does not usually involve
any injury to the brain.
GOOD FARMERS
TEL AVIV jp)-iJewish Immi
grants who had never put a hand
to the plow now are doing quite
welL That's the report of Itzhak
Korn, secretary-general of the
Smallholder Settlers association.
He says many "never-before"
farmers have become good agricul
turists., -
The EphemeriV a U. S. gov
ernment publication, gives data
on the sun, north star and other
selected stars. t
Super Highway
System Would
Speed Traffic
WOOSTER, O. -(INS)- Road
conscious Americans have. con
ceived many spectacular highways
In the past.
. But one of the most ambitious
nation-wide turnpike systems en
visaged to date is that designed
and promoted by Thomas E.
Steiner of Wooster, O.
The Ohio business man has
been campaigning for 16 years for
a lO.OOCtonile road system he be
lieves will vastly increase na
tional travel , and cure the coun
try's major traffic ills. -
It would consist of six separate
highways touching 39 states, run
ning as follows: from Boston to
San Francisco; New York City to
Miami; Cleveland to Jacksonville,
Fla.; International Falls Minn., to
Laredo, Texas; Jacksonville to
San Diego, CaL, and San Diego to
Puget Sound In Washington.
Cost of its construction has been
estimated by Steiner around 12
billion dollars, to be provided by
government - guaranteed , bonds
paying 2.75 per cent interest.
The bonds would be paid off in
30 years by toll charges and fees
for the use of major bridges in
cluded In the plan.
Thus, it would be of no cost to
anyone except those using the
road, Steiner points out.
Right of way for each road in
the Steiner system would be 450
feet wide, each carrying a six
lane highway for passenger cars
and an identical six-lane road for
trucks and busses.
In colder sections of the coun
try, steam pipes would be laid be
neath the road to keep it free of
ice and snow.
From 10 to 15 million people
would be employed, in its contrac
tion over a five-year period, Stei
ner believes.
His plan has been ignored by
almost every congress since 1933.
However, Harley M. Kilgore,
democratic senator - from West
Virginia, recently assured Steiner
that his plan would receive a
careful hearing by a subcommittee
on public works during the pres
ent congressional session.
Dayton Lions
Sponsor Dimes
Dance Feb. 4
Statesman Newt Service
UNIONVALE The Dayton
Lions club will sponsor a March
of Dimes dance February 4 at the
Riverwood Country dub with pro
ceeds' to go to the March of Dimes
campaign. ' .
The Women's Society of world
service met at the church last
week for its regular monthly
meeting. '
Mrs. Clark Noble, president, was
in charge of the meeting. Mrs.
Lulu Rockhill gave the lesson on
"Japan". Present were Mrs. James
Richardson, Mrs. Howard Stein
grube, Mrs. Carl Rutschman, Mrs.
Ari Launer, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs.
Harlan Noble, Mrs. Noble, Mrs.
L. W. Magee, Mrs. Leona Morris,
Mrs. George K. Millen, Mrs. Fred
Withee, sr, Mrs. Clarence Warn
er, Mrs. Lester Holt, Mrs. E. J.
Wilder, Mrs. Carrie Kidd and Mrs.
Marion Dixon, Visitors were Es
ther Nichols and Mrs. Carl Woods.
The Unionvale home extension
unit meeting which would have
met Wednesday at the educational
unit of the church, will hold its
meeting Wednesday, February 1.
The meeting was postponed due
to, the high water on Grand Is
land preventing many of the
members from attending. The
lesson is on ""Basic Tools" with
Mrs. .Ldolph Hraba and Mrs.
Jamie Ediger as project leaders.
A special meeting of the PTA
will be held Thursday, February
2 at 7:30 pjn. for the purpose of
discussing details of the projected
building program. Robert Tedd,
principal; Fred FJery, architect,
and .school board members will
be present. The proposed bond
issue will be explained as will
preliminary planning. There will
be discussions from the floor.
Golden Gate Hop
Ranch Equipment
On Auction Block
Statesman Ntwi Service
- ALBANY, Ore, Jan. 29 Dan B.
Roth, Albany auctioneer, said to
day he will auction off a large
amount of equipment and a restau
rant Wednesday at the Golden
Gate Hop ranch located about four
miles south , of Independence on
the Albany-Independence high
way. On sale will be a restaurant
and equipment, brick building,
barn, office equipment, motor ve
hicles and farm equipment. .
The ranch was recently taken
over by H. F. Moritz of Plain view
on a transaction involving about
3300,000. Moritz plans to operate
the ranch as a farm. He will dis
continue hop production on the
ranch, once rated as the biggest
hop ranch in the world.
1000-Room Hotel
Planned for Japan
LOS ANGELES -VPh A $100,
000,000 building program for Ja
pan, designed to stimulate tour
fat trade, has been announced by
Welton Becket, Los Angeles arch
itect and engineer.
The project, privately financed
by Japanese and American in
vestors, calls for immediate con
struction of a 1000-roora hotel on
the outergrounds of the Imperial
palace in Tokyo.
Also planned ' are the erection
of two trade and cultural centers
in Tokyo and Osaka, two trade
centers in Yokohama and Kobe,
and 13 other hotels in Japanese
resort areas.
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WEATHER VAN E MAKE ((-.Al Coran, retired Nary
man, works on a weather vane In his Bar bank, Calif- home. Van
Is made of aluminum mounted on a brass shaft which Is pointed
at bottom. Shaft is set Into fobs partly filled with lirht motor oil
in which shaft floats. Aluminum disc around shaft keeps out dirt
and rain. Vane revolves with slifhtest shift of wind.
ELECTS Dciaude A. PnU
nam Keene. N. H machinery
manufacturer, was elected presi
dent of National Association of
Manufacturers at Its board meet
tng In New York.
T A S T Y ' O B F. P. Morris (left) and C Wirgins perform
job of ale testlnr, traditionally 'known as ale conners during
ancient ceremony outside London tavern.
CARVINC FAMIL Y Kenneth Gardner (forerround)
and bis father. William, carve sandstone decorations for the re
built bomb-damaged British House of Commons la London, as
work nears completion.
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BAVARIAN BREWER Y Munich's Loewea Brewery Bavaria's tarresU replaced Its
Bomb wrecked brewing house with a new one processing more than 10,000 gallons of beer daily.
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C L I T T E R C A t Jt before curtain call. ftUe West pU
n "prep" diamonds whlcfe she wears In ber current Broadway
play. The preps are valued at 1200.
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dolls for display at San Francisco's De Young Memorial Museum.
Doll letl) Is of wood and dates from middle 19th century. Other
Is of later period and has china bead.
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DWARF STEE R A boy. I. and a Great Dane tower over
ae of three dwarf steers from western United States at the Xoyal '
Agricuitaral Winter Fair la Toronto Canada.
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