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U. S. and Jap Scientists
To Study Effect of Atom
On Unborn Children
ly »h* Associated Press
How seriously atomic bomb ex
plosions affect unborn children, if at
all, will be investigated by Japanese
and American scientists as part of
a full-scale research study on sur
vivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Atomic Energy Commission'
and the National Research Council
will undertake jointly a long-range
study of the after effects of the
A-bomb, it was announced last
night.
Reports of horrid and peculiar ab
normalities in children born to sur
vivors of the blasts have circulated.j
but Dr. Lewis H. Weed, chairman of
the council's division of medical sci- j
ences. said there is no evidence to
support these stories.
Statements Held Erroneous.
“Widespread interest has beer
aroused concerning the effect of ra
diation on heredity,” Dr. Weed said
•Much of this interest stems fron
erroneous statements about the fre
quency of abnormalities among chil
dren born in Hiroshima and Naga
saki.'’
The program will be directed ir
Japan by American physicians wit!
the participation "to the greates
practicable extent” of Japanese
scientists under arrangement witl
Gen. MacArthur.
Specifically, investigations will be
undertaken to discover the effect
of atomic radiation on the blooc
cells, on the physical growth o;
children, on the mechanisms o:
heredity and on the formation o
massive scar tissue.
The study probably will continue
for a generation if funds are avail
able. experts believed. No estimate
of the cost was revealed.
Many Years to Be Covered.
One of the major studies will be
in the field of genetics and heredity
a customarily slow research subject
“A careful study of a period ol
many years has been planned or
this subject under the guidance ol
authorities on genetics,” the Atomie
Energy Commission said.
Some of the peacetime problem;
of living in an atomic age may be
answered, too. the commission said
, “The Japanese studies may resuli
in new concepts and new technique;
that can be applied to the develop
ment of atomic energy "for peace
time purposes,” the commission said
Background of Study.
The commission gave this back
ground for the study:
"Shortly after Japan's surrender
a joint Army-Navy commission
made extensive observations in the
bombed cities. When the report ol
this group was submitted. Maj. Gen
Norman T. Kirk, then surgeon gen
eral of the Army, pointed out the
necessity of a long-continuing study
of the surviving casualties.
"As a result, in December, 1946. a
five-man commission representing
the Army, the Navy and the Nation
al Research Council visited Japan
to study further the possibility of a
long-term research program. They
concluded that it was both practical
and important.
"Even before this commission had
returned, President Truman, on the
recommendation of Defense Secre
tary' James Forrestal, directed the
National Rsearch Council to under
take the study and authorized the
co-operation of Government agen
cies.”.
The National Research Council is
a part of the National Academy of
Sciences, a quasi-official agency in
corporated by Congress.
Navy Will Hold Open Trial
In Prison Brutality Case
By th» Associated Press
SAN DIEGO. Calif., Sept. 1.—The
11th naval district announced to
day that the court-martial of Lt.
tj. g.i Richard Gascoigne on
charges involving mistreatment of
fellow war prisoners in Japan would
be public w'hen it starts here to
morrow but that Navy passes would
be required for admission.
Lt. Gascoigne, whose hometown
is Lorain. Ohio, Is specifically ac
cused of "conduct to the prejudice
of good order and discipline.”
The 28-year-old Navy Supply
Corps officer, who was an enlisted
storekeepeker 1 c at the time of
his imprisonment, was associated
at the camp with Lt. Comdr. Ed
ward N. Little, a Naval Academy
graduate, who was acquitted of
similar charges after a closed court
martial in Washington.
In another case, a Navy court
martial in New York last week
announced Chief Signalman Har
old E. Hirshberg, 29, had been sen
tenced to 10 months at the Norfolk
Retraining Center and a dishon
orable discharge for mistreating fel
low war prisoners in a Japanese
camp.
Pennsylvania Crude Oil
Raised 20 Cents a Barrel
By th# Associated Press
BRADFORD, Pa.. Sept. 1.—A 20
cent-a-barrel increase in the posted
price of Pennsylvania grade crude
nil. effective today, was announced
by the South Penn Oil Co. and its
subsidiary, the Joseph Seep Pur
chasing Agency.
The increase will bring the price
to $4.50 a barrel. The present $4.30
posted price had equalled a high
mark established July 1. 1929.
Life expectancy of the average
man in Australia is now 65 years.
. ..—w t '•••.
MINNEAPOLIS.—SENATOR’S SON MARRIED—Robert Kilgore, son of Senator and Mrs. Harley
Kilgore of West Virginia, and Miss Shirley Schubert, formerly of Halstad, Minn., were married
yesterday in Bethlehem Lutheran church. Left to right are: Senator Kilgore, best man; the
bridegroom and bride, Miss Beverly Schubert, sister of the bride, and the Rev. Roy A. Harrisville,
pastor of the church. , —AP Wirephoto.
Rioting Creates Crisis
Threatening Real War
For New Indian States
By the Associated Press
| LAHORE, Pakistan. Sept. 1.—The
governments of the new dominions
of Pakistan and India find them
] selves today in a crisis brought about
by murderous religious-political riot
! ing among their people which con
ceivably could plunge them into a
real war.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru men
■ tioned the danger in a news confer
ence Thursday in New Delhi. Nehru,
prime minister of India, and Prime
Minister Liaquat Ali Khan of Paki
stan now are making a joint tour of
the Punjab in an effort to restore
peace.
Most observers feel that somehow
something will be worked out which
slowly will bring about peace, and a
1 look at the score sheet demonstrates
why.
Last midnight the experiment of
| a joint military boundary force of
| the two governments designed to re
| store peace to this rich but paralyzed
Punjab was terminated.
;>ever xiaa a onance.
While it was announced officially
that the boundary force simply had
' found the job too big and that riot
ing had spread despite its best ef
forts, there was plenty of behind
the-scenes evidence that it never had
i a chance, never was popular, and
that the people are now getting what
i they wanted—an army of each
dominion specifically responsible for
keeping the peace.
Privately many concede the In
herent dangers of the new plan.
For instance, m Pakistan the
choice is whether Hindu and Sikh
troops or Moslems will guard and
escort Hindu and Sikh refugees and
whether Moslem troops firing on
Moslem rioters attacking other com
munities will be effective. The same
problem arises in India.
The dominions have agreed to
borrow troops from one another for
handling the refugee problem.
Nobody seems to like to comtem
, plate what might happen if troops,
i which in the boundary forces have
had some skirmishes, should engage
(in some major fight while assigned
! to joint action.
Propagandists Abound.
Lahore is a propagandists' para
dise. You can hear anything. For
instance, several persons said that
! foreign correspondents were led
through a city where boundary force
officers concealed from them the
fact that a factory building they
saw contained the bodies of 3.500
Hindus shot down in cold blood by
Moslem police and soldiers.
That would be a pretty difficult
i sort of a secret to keep, but- it is
i obvious that the tellers of this tale ,
'believe it and spread it, which helps
to keep up the tension.
Dewan Chamanlall, Hindu mem
ber of the Constituent Assembly of
India, declared that "in Pakistan
butchery is on a systematic planned
.scale.”
This is completely believable when
one looks at the devastation wrought
i by Moslem mobs on Sikh and Hindu
i villages, which is a carbon copy of
what Sikhs and Hindus did and are
doing to Moslems on the other side
of the border. Trying to say who
I started it all is like trying to figure
out w'hich came first, the hen or
the egg.
In any event, Nehru and Ali
Khan are now making a joint
7 Diphtheria Cases Found
in One Baltimore House
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. Sept. 1. — Seven
cases of diphtheria among two fam
ilies in the same house have been
reported by Dr. Huntington Wil
liams, city health commissioner,
j Dr. Williams said that was the
| largest number of cases to be re
ported for any week since April.
He noted that conditions in the
home of the victims were extremely!
congested.
The commissioner also reported
100 cases of whooping cough, saying
the disease was more prevalent last
week than any other sevn-day per
iod since July 21. 1944.
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; 1,000-mile tour by automobile and {refugees fleeing for their lives and
plane in an attempt to restore peaee. j heard reports that new slaughters
Right at the start Saturday they;had taken place in both India and
saw thousands upon thousands of j Pakistan.
Anglo-U. S. Breach
On Jap Peace Treaty
Expected in Tokyo
By the Associated Press
TOKYO. Sept. 1.—The future oc
cupation policy for Japan is ex
pected here to be a major problem
before the forthcoming peace con
ference and may provoke a sharp
American-British diversion of
opinion.
Gen. MacArtHur contends Japan
will be “unable to wage war for a
century” and says tight control of
such key imports as steel and pe
troleum can guarantee demilitariza
tion. He has proposed a United Na
tions trusteeship over Japan.
He has told visitors that future
control could be supplied through
supervision by embassy staffs in
Tokyo, augmented by periodic visits
of inspection by a mission from the
United Nations or some other inter
national body.
The British and many other for
eign diplomats here insist that the
reformation of Japan is nowhere
as complete as has been proclaimed
by headquarters in announcements.
They contend the power groups
would return swiftly to authority
and would wipe out present faint
signs of democratization if day-by
day Allied supervision was lifted.
These diplomats are joined in
their opinion by many American
Military Government officers sta
tioned in the outlying provinces.
They propose a continuation of the
; present system of supervising both
reform and compliance with controls
1 through 52 Military Government
teams stationed throughout the
country.
Many Japanese are apprehensive
i of Russia. They say they prefer an
indefinite continuation of the mili
i tary occupation after the treaty is
signed to provide the defense which
; is denied them by the "antiwar"
constitution. Some also are appre
; hensive that., without tight surveil
lance—preferably backed by a sym
bol of American military power
oligarchs would swiftly return to
power.
British Bombers to Start
Flight Home Tomorrow
By the Associated Press
Britain's visiting squadron of big
bombers leaves for home tomorrow
by way of Canada.
The four-engine Lincoln bombers
which arrived here July 28 to tour
; various United States Army air
1 bases and plants will take off at
: 10 am. from Andrews Field for
Trencon. Ontario.
China Accepts U. S. Bid
To Korea Conference
By the Associated Press
NANKING. Sept. 1.—The foreign
office dispatched a note to Washing
ton today accepting a United States
invitation to join in a four-power
conference on Korea.
Great Britain and Russia also were
invited to the conference, scheduled
i for Washington September 8, to act *
on new proposals aimed at breaking ’
a United States-Russian deadlock
iover Korea's independence.
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Sets Soviet Swim Mark
MOSCOW. Sept. 1 tJPi.—Iskander ,
Faizulin, Soviet Russia's champion
long-distance swimmer, set a new
national record by swimming 74.5
miles in the Volga River in 23 hour*
and 37 minutes today.
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