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British Find Flying
At Speed of Sound
Is 'Rough Riding'
By E. C. Shepherd
North American Newspaper Allionco
LONDON, Sept. 14— Royal Air
Force flyers who again have broken
the world's speed record and estab
lished a new mark of 616 miles an
hour report that flying at any speed
ovpr 590 mph is a tough proposition.
Group Capt. E. W. Donaldson and
Squadron Leader W. A. Waterton,
the record-breakers, say that even
on a day of smooth air—a great
rarity—the Gloster Meteors felt like
wooden-wheeled bicycles ridden fast
over cobblestones. Up to 590 mph
they rode steadily enough, while
above 600 mph they developed sharp
bumps—and all the time the throttles
were wide open, the pilot was rattled
about in the cockpit.
The Meteor was using all the
power it could use. Two Rolls-Royce
Derwent V gas turbines, capable of
developing 4.200 pounds of static
thrust—each the equivalent of 12,000
horsepower—had brought the Meteor
to the limit of its performance.
Actual Sf«eds Vary.
The actual speed marking that
limit will vary with the temperature
of the air. but the relation of that
speed to the speed of sound always
will be the same.
Recently, when an average speed
of 616 mph w’as achieved by Capt.
Donaldson, the temperature was low
(about 57 degrees Fahrenheit); con
sequently the speed of sound was
down to about 744 mph. If the
temperature had risen to 86 degrees,
the speed of sound would have risen
to 760 mph., and the average speed
of Capt. Donaldson’s Meteor would
have been about 632 mph, using the
same amount of power.
The speed of the Meteor thus
varies with the temperature, but at
any given temperature it remains at
about 82 per cent of the speed of
sound at that temperature. At that
speed, whatever it may be according
to the temperature of the day, the
Meteor gives the pilot a rough ride.
If there were other aircraft so ex
travagantly supplied with power,
they too would give a rough ride.
Planes could be driven beyond
their respective limits if fantastic,
amounts of power were used, and
doubtless the structures could be
made strong enough to stand the
strain. The discomfort, howeve*,
would be intense, and eventually the
ability to control the aircraft would
be lost.
Comfort Is Problem.
So long as piloted flight is in
volved. as distinct from rocket mis
siles, this question of comfort and
control presents itself. Scientists
believe less difficulty wdll be en
countered at speeds beyond that of
sound. The worst troubles occur
near the speed of sound and aircraft
must tackle them not only in ac
celerating up to, and above the
speed of sound, but in decelerating
from supersonic to subsonic speeds.
These troubles arise from refusal
of the air to flow evenly at the
speed of sound. They begin at lower
speeds because the air already is
trying to move faster than the speed
of sound over certain parts of the
aircraft. For instance, air usually
flows faster over the upper than the
lower w'ing surface. It, therefore,
may, be moving at the speed of
sound over that upper surface be
fore the whole aircraft is moving
at that speed.
There often are similar variations
in the speed of air-flow over other
parts of the aircraft. That hap
pened to the meteor at all speeds
over 600 mph. and explained most
of the bumps. Where the air was
moving fastest, it built itself up
into shock waves of compressed air
which battered various parts of the
structure, giving the pilot the sen
■ sation of riding a bone-shaker over
a rocky road.
Successors to the Meteor are In
sight. Their design and limit should
be nearer the speed of sound. Still
more power already is available. The
Rolls-Royce Nene and De Havillana
ghost gas turbines are rated at 5,
000 pounds of static thrust, and are
at the beginning of their careers.
Maryland U. Faces
Record Enrollment
Registration of approximately 8.000
students, a record enrollment, will
begin at 8:30 am. tomorrow and
continue through Friday at the old
gym-armory, University of Mary
land.
Juniors and seniors will register
tomorrow and sophomores Tuesday.
Second semester freshmen will sign
up for classes Wednesday morning
with new freshmen scheduled to
register Wednesday afternoon and
all day Thursday and Friday. Classes
will start September 23.
Nearly half of this year’s enroll
ment, which is expected to more
than double last years figure, will
be ex-servicemen.
To handle the increased enroll
ment, classes will begin at 8 a.m..
20 minutes earlier than last year,
and continue until 5:50 p.m., Mon
day through Saturday.
Prince Georges Dance
To Aid Hospital Guild
The Prince George General Hos
pital .Guild will sponsor a benefit
dance at 10 p.m., September 28. In
the Marlboro Tobacco Market, Up
per Marlboro. Mrs. Lansdale Sas
scer. chairman of the Finance Com
mittee of the guild, announced
today.
Those serving on the committee
with her include: Mrs. Mvrtle An
dre, Mrs. Norman Bmger, Mrs. Ray
Bollinger. Mrs. Perry Boswell, Mrs'.
Samuel Harvey, Mrs. Russell Jones.
Mrs. Tilgnman Keiper, Mrs. Dai?:
LaCoppidan. Mrs Guy W. Latimei.
Mrs. George B. Merrick. Mrs. W. B.
Moyers. Mrs. Richard H. Sothoron,
Mrs. Frank Stephen, Mrs. R. V
Truitt, and Mrs. Harry Townshend.
6 Killed and 37 Injured
In New Indian Outbreak
By the Associated Press
BOMBAY. Sept. 14.—At least six
persons were killed and 37 Injured
in new" outbreaks of communal dis
order today.
Five were killed and 25 wounded
by gunmen who fired on pedestrians
from a moving taxicab, and one per
son was kilied and 12 others wounded
In stabbing, the Director of Infor
mation announced.
I
HOSPITAL FUND AIDED—Miss Frances Johnson, chosen “Miss
New York State Society,” pictured last night as she presented
the society’s check for $2,000 to Leo Schmelzer. superintendent
of George Washington University Hospital, and Dr. Walter A.
Bloedorn (right', dean of medicine, to be used in equipping a
room in new hospital building. Presentation was a feature of
society dance in Shoreham Hotel. —Star Staff Photo.
Brooke Lee Is Named
Secretary for State
Democratic Campaign
E. Brooke Lee. head of Montgom
ery County’s Democratic organiza
tion, v ill serve as secretary of the
State Democratic Campaign Com
mittee until the November elections,
Robert B. Ennis, chairman of the
State Central Committee, announced
yesterday in Baltimore.
State Senator L. Harold Sothoron
of Prince Georges County, also was
among those from the nearby area
who were named to the committee,
the Associated Press reported.
Senator Tydings will head the
Campaign Committee.
Senator Radcliffe, Howard Bruce
and Philip B. Perlman will be mem
bers of an advisory council, for
which an Advisory Committee is
being assembled.
jjiiccioi oi nuance win oe samuel
H. Hoffberger, w'ith Edwin F. A.
Morgan, Presley D. Bowen, and Jo
seph J. Flynn as co-directors. Eugene
H Beer. jr.. will be treasurer and
Howard T. Mattingly his assistant.
Mrs. M. Alice Canoles, Democratic
national committeewoman, will
head the Women's Committee; Maj.
Gen. Milton A. Reckord will be
chairman of the Veterans' Commit
tee; Wirt A. Duvall will head the
Public Relatioas Committee, and
Thomas J. Healy will head the
Labor Committee, with William H.
Morris as secretary.
Other members of the Campaign
Committee: H. Streett Baldwin. S.
Scott Beck. Frank Bocek. Arthur
H. Brice, Julian B. Carrick, J. de
Weese Carter, William Curran. Gil
bert A. Dailey, Walter J. DeWees,
Edmund Pick, John B. Funk, Joseph
M. George, Howard W. Jackson,
Thomas F. Johnson, Christian H.
Kahl, Thomas J. Keating, Ambrose
J. Kennedy, Ellis Levin, James J.
Lindsay, Joseph McSweeney, George
J. Mueller, Anthony J. Muilen, Pat
rick F. O'Malley, James H. Pollack,
Harrison Rider, J. Millard Tawes.
Rex A. Tavlor, William C. Walsh,
John T Wills and Joseph M. Wyatt.
Head of 'Willawaw' Unit
Dies Suddenly on Coast
By the Associated Press
MONTEREY. Calif.. Sept. 14 —
Col. James T. Hill of Walterboro.
S. C . who until a few days ago
commanded an experimental Army
task force headed for the Aleutians,
died today at Camp McQuaide
Army Hospital after having been
found unconscious in his car.
Authorities of Camp McQuaide. at
Watsonville, did not disclose the
cause of death. The body has been
taken to Fort Old, Monterey.
Col. Hill was relieved this week of
command of “Task Force Willa
waw.” sailing for Adak today from
San Francisco, and Lt. Col. Marshall
Wallace took charge. The orders
aid Col. Hill would await a new’ as
signment. unspecified.
He left San Francisco Presidio
yesterday. Santa Cruz police found
him unconscious in his automobile
at Rio Del Mar. He was taken to
the Camp McQuaide Hospital and
died without regaining conscious
ness.
Virginia Farms Appear
Too Costly for Owner
Loans to Veterans
Bv the Associated Press
Virginia farm lands apparently
are too high priced for veterans to
obtain farm ownership loans.
Only 12 ownership loans for a
total of $92,610 have been made to
World War II veterans by the Farm
Security Administration.
Loan applications, also, are com
paratively few—only 197 in the lat
est compilation by the FSA.
The explanation, agriculture offi
cials said, apparently lies in the
great upswing in farm prices.
The average price p^r acre of
Virginia farm land is estimated
by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics to be slightly more than
$73 as compared to $41.04 in 1940.
Veterans wanting to buy farms
in Virginia thus face the problem
of finding land productive enough
to justify high prices. They have
lound, too, that few productive
farms sre available in some parts
of the State.
The FSA refuses to make loans
unless appraisals of the property
indicate the price is in line with
actual value. Future earning power
of the land, and not just present
farm prices, is taken into account.
Virginia veterans seeking operat
ing loans to assist in farming have
fared better. The FSA has made
103 of these loans for a total of
$69,741 on the basis of 207 applica
tions.
These loans are to buy farm
machinery and livestock and to
meet other operating expenses. They
are repayable in five years.
The FSA is authorized to make
40-year ownership loans up to
$12,000.
Reserve Officers Ask Navy
To Provide Ship Training
iy th» Associated Press
A group ol Navy Reserve officers
asked the Navy yesterday to star!
immediately a training program for
ship and submarine reserve officers
Eugene C. Carusi of Washington
national president of the Organiza
tion of Reserve Officers of the Nava]
Service, said in a letter to Admiral
C. Nimitz, chief of naval opera
tions, that Congress appropriated
$134,500,000 for the training pro
gram.
A similar project for the training
jof Naval Air Reserve officers is
well organized” and 'operating ef
ficiently, ’ Mr. Carusi said.
But, he added, "our reports show
that the Navy so far has not pro
vided either the necessary person
nel or facilities for training the sur
face and submarine units” of both
the organized and volunteer re
serves.
! ___
Jewish Group to Plan
Silver Spring Center
Plans for raising funds for a
Jewish community house in Silvei
Spring will be discussed at the first
fall meeting of the B nai B'rith ol
Silver Spring at Jesup Blair Com
munity House at 8:30 September 30
Foreign Experts Impressed
By Suburban Water System
The Washington Suburban Sani
tary Commission's water supply and
purification system and its new in
cinerator at Lyttonsville, Md., has
attracted international attention,
the list of recent visitors at the
commission's two filtration plants
and incinerator revealed yesterday.
Commission officials said the visi
tors expressed particular interest in
the steel construction of the Burnt
Mills and Willis School filtration
plants. They were designed by the
late Robert B. Morse, chief engineer
of the commission from 1918 to
1936.
Commission authorities also point
ed out that the Lyttonsville in
cinerator. which serves the suburban
prea of Montgomery County, is fea
tured in the September issue of the
American City magazine.
Among recent visitors from for
eign countries who inspected the
commissions water facilities and
the operation of its new incinerator
were;
M. Ft. Hulton. sanitary engineer
from Sydney, Australia; Vincenzo
Barbieri, UNRRA sanitary engineer
from Rome; E. C. Storm Van
is'Gravesande. director of the Frisian
district water supply and second
vice president of the Netherlands
Water Works Association; J. P
Bigl, director of the Netherlands
Institute of Preventive Medicine
and N. Matveev, Moscow sanitarv
engineer.
Other recent visitors included
James C. Zingerle, chief engineer
of New York City, and Ralph A
Vilam and Norman W. Conrad of
the city engineer's .office, Newark
N. J. .
For Brick Work
Contractor
CALL MR. VICTOR
EX. 7817
JOHN E. WOOD
DISPENSING OPTICIAN
FORMERLY WITH EDMONDS
ANNOUNCES THE OPENING Of HIS OFFICES
LOCATED AT 1735 EYE STREET N.W.
SEPTEMBER 16, 1946 DISTRICT 5371
Indonesian Premier
Predicts Intensified
Dispute With Dutch
By George Weller
Foreign Correspondent of The Star and
the Chicago Daily News
BATAVIA, Sept. 14 —Broader con
flicts mav erupt in Java when the
British complete their November 30
withdrawal. Soetan Sjahrir. Indo
nesian Premier, predicted in a pri
vate interview at his Batavia home.
1 The 1-year-old republic's small,
i 37-year-old Prime Minister coolly
i added: ‘ But. there is no use. how*
i ever, in asking the British to re
main a month or two longer. They
I could accomplish nothing that they
■ have not tried already. The British
j are still in a position to prevent
open war. but they cannot achieve
mediation between us. They might
as well leave.”
Self-possessed and gentle in man
ner. speaking perfect English, the
junior republic's Prime Minister
| handled 90 minutes of close ques
tioning with casual good humor and
adioit common sense. Although
when he arrived at the Batavia
railroad station he was greeted only
by a dozen of his young aides inside
! the ‘‘enemy'* Dutch lines. Sjahrir's
manner was easy, poised and showed
a mixture of sincerity and sophis
tication.
Further Talks Urged.
Asked whether conflict would be
inevitable if the Dutch insisted on
adding another 12.000-man division
to their 70,000-man force already
here. Sjahrir said:
“The Dutch claim that they need
more troops simply for their own
security. It is necessary to discuss
all of these questions in terms of
how many men the Dutch actually
want to send, where they want to
place them, and when and what
they intend them to do.”
The two main obstacles now to
peace, Sjahrir said, were the ques
tion whether the Dutch would re
turn the cities of Soerabaja. Sama
rang and Bandoeng to the Re
publicans, who held them last Au
tumn. and whether the Dutch would
be willing to make a treaty on an
international level, recognizing In
donesia as a completely independ
ent republic.
"I consider it most important that
the Dutch already have conceded
our right to self-determination,”
said the premier.
All-Partv Cabinet Planned.
“I want to have a cabinet in
which all parties are represented.
There is some difficulty about de
termining how much the opposition
parties were involved in my kidnap
ing. When our commission of in
vestigation makes up its report, I
can complete my list of ministers.”
Regarding the republic's economic
program, Sjahrir said: “We intend
to break the monopoly of the Dutch
KPM line on inter-island traffic,
and we cannot permit the govern
mental Java bank its monopoly on
financial operations.
“We intend that exploiting cor
porations maintain their main offices
here, not In Holland, and be taxed
i here. But, we have no more daring
collectivist plans than these. We
recognize that free enterprise is
j necessary to develop our living
standards.”
Sjahrir explained the republic's
hold on various Dutch rubber, cof
fee and quinine plantations by say
ing: “At first, even our workers
thought that some type of expro
priation was intended, but that is
not the case. These enterprises still
belong to their former owners, but,
in the meantime, the Indonesian
State is the trustee."
(Copyrliht, J 0461
Chest Group Merged
The Prince Georges County Com
munity Chest and the Planning
Council of the organization have
been merged into one unit.
Montgomery's
Schools Placed
On Merit List
Montgomery County schools are
i included in a list of 100 "good" sec
ondary schools and colleges through
out the country to be published in
a coming issue of Look magazine,
Dr. Edwin W. Broome, superin
tendent of county schools, revealed
j yesterday.
Dr. Broome said he had been in
formed of the inclusion of the coun
ty school system in a letter from
| the magazine. He said the schools
were rated by State education su
perintendents and national edu
cators.
! “It is very interesting to have
such an honor bestowed on this
county and I feel happy that our
educational system was selected,"
Dr. Broome raid.
Alexandria to Study
Fund Drive Control
Alexandria's city council will be
i asked to approve the establishment
of an Appeals Board of Review
empowered to approve or disapprove
drives for funds, it was announced
yesterday.
Wallace Sumner Hughes, execu
tive secretary of the Alexandria
Community Chest, said that the
plan has received approval from
both the Chest and Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce, which will
ask its indorsement by the City
Council.
The board would determine the
validity of public drives, decide
whether or not the amount to
be raised is appropriate, and specify
dates in order to avoid conflicts
with other appeals.
The board would assist the city
manager, who issues permits to
organizations conducting drives.
Silver Spring Hobby Show
Receiving Many Entries
A number of exhibits have already
been entered for the Silver Spring
hobby show to be held the latter
part of next month in the Silver
Spring Armory, William F. Carlin,
chairman, announced yesterday
As a part of the stamp section of
the hobby show the Post Office De
partment will exhibit two frames
that have recently been returned
from an exhibition in Paris.
Entries received from individuals
include model planes and railroads,
hand-painted^ china, hooked rugs,
stamps, first Say covers, mechanical
puzzles and descriptions of puzzles
dating hack to 1550, metorites.
dolls, war posters of both World
Wars, photography, shoes of famous
horses, menus from 30 countries,
war insignia. South American model
houses in minature, pitchers, ciga
rette lighters and coins.
Garden Club Show
Set in Silver Spring j
Plans are being completed by the
Stiver Spring Garden Club for its
fall flower, fruit and vegetable show
to be held Friday and Saturday in
Jesup Blair Community House.
The show will be open to the pub
lic from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. Friday
and from 11 a m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Mrs. J. Myron Jones and Mrs.
Charles T. Williams are co-chair
men.
Special prizes will be awarded for;
the best dahlia, rose and the best,
floral arrangement. Special empha
sis is being placed on dahlias, for
which there are 27 classes.
Many women's clubs in the metro
l politan area have been invited to
enter floral anangements. There
also will be two special arrange
ment clases for children. Con-;
testants are asked to bring their
l exhibits to, the showroom between
I 1 and 6:30 p.m. Friday. Judges will
i be Mrs. David I. Miller. Harrisburg,
! Pa., Winn T. Simmons. Takoma
Park and W. H. Youngman.
Mr. Youngman, who is garden edi- j
I tor of The Star, will speak on gar
| dening in postwar Europe at a meet
ing of the club at 8 p.m. tomorrow
at Jesup Blair Community House.
Mr. Youngman recently returned
i from service in France and Ger
many as a civilian instructor in
[ farm management for the War De
partment.
Man Is Badly Injured
When Hit by Streetcar
A man identified by police as,
Frank P. Rowley, 64. of 1709 New
Hampshire avenue N.W.. was in crit
ical condition at Emergency Hospital
early today with a possible fractured
skull and other injuries suffered
when he was struck by a streetcar
; late last night, the accident investi
gation unit reported.
Mr. Rowdey, said to be an unem
ployed auditor by fellow roomers,
was struck as he stepped from a
i streetcar loading platform at Four
teenth and K streets N.W.
Police listed the streetcar operator
as James H. Shetley, 32. of 3415 Hoi
mead place N.W. At Emergency
Hospital, attaches said the victim
was suffering from serious head
injuries, extreme loss of blood and
multiple cuts and bruises.
May's Restaurant
2317 Calvert St. AD. 1783
(Opposite Shoreham Hotel) ■
Now Serving
Luncheons Dinners
Daily and Sundays
J Closed Every Wednesday
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