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Short Teaching Staff Cited is Factor in School Explosion

School authorities today called a shortage of substitute teach- ers an important factor in an

explosion that yesterday cost a senior his hands in Richard Montgomery High School, Rock- ville.

While Robert E. Jones, 18, of 25 Williams street, Rockville, lay criti- cally injured in Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, the Montgomery County Commissioners opened an investiga- tion into the accident.

The inquiry was to cover reasons why five students were;allowed to conduct a class in the high school laboratory without teacher super- vision.

Given Several Transfusions. Young Jones was mixing chemi-

cals for a “bomb” when the Explo- sion occurred yesterday morning. He was given several blood' transfusions at the hospital last night. His phy- sician said he spent a “fair night” and was in no immediate danger. The Rockville Volunteer Fire De- partment provided six pints of blood for use when needed.

An Investigation by Police Chief Charles M. Orme revealed that the "bomb” experimenting began last week. He was told by the other students that one day they took the experiment outside, but that the “bomb” fizzled when they ig- nited it.

Chief Orme learned about the ex-

periments from Ronald Ricketts, 16, of# 104 South Adams street; Betty Lou Beane, 18, of 129 South Adams street; Beverly Beauchamp, 18, of 511 East Montgomery, and Charlotte Seifert, 16, of 702 West Montgom- ery, the only other students in class when the explosion occurred.

Young Ricketts, who was mixing the chemicals with Jones, was

knocked down by the blast. He re-

covered in time to tie belts around Jones’ arms and reduce the bleed- ing.

Had Spoken to Boys. Placed in charge of the class be-

cause the teacher, William Lowe, was home ill. Miss Beane said she had spoken to the boys about play- ing with the chemicals, but added, “you know how hard it is for girls to give orders to boys their age.”

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the far end of the room from the explosion, and were not injured. They were so badly shocked, how- ever, that they were sent home.

Miss Seifert, who was studying her English lessons at the end of the room, and Miss Beane, returned to school for afternoon classes.

Recalling “the boys in the class had tried to make bombs before,” Miss Beauchamp said she also had cautioned them yesterday.

Dr. Raymond P. Black, pastor of Christ Episcopal Church, Rockville, which the Jones family attends, spoke to students at the Rockville School this morning. A former Navy chaplain, he advised them how to visit with young Jones when he is able to receive them.

All the students in the laboratory with Jones were in school today with the exception of Ricketts. A close friend of the injured youth, he wanted to be near him at the hos- pital.

Unable to Get Substitutes. Dr. Edwin W. Broome, county

superintendent of schools, pointed out the substitute teacher deficiency, but said it was general policy that no students be permitted to work alone where danger is involved.

He said the county had suffered from the Nation-wide substitute shortage and “there is simply noth- ing we can do about it.”

At present, substitutes receive approximately $8.50 a day. Raising salaries might influence more at- tendance at teacher training schools, but would not relieve the present condition, he said.

Seniors Look After Selves. Dr. Broome was unable to esti-

mate the number of substitutes available since each school keeps its own list. He said an average of 100 substitutes are employed dur- ing the winter, when there is the most illness among teachers.

It is the established practice in county schools for seniors to “look after themselves” when no substi- tute is available, he said. In lower classes, it has been the custom to use seniors as supervisors, or stu- dent teachers from colleges in the Washington area.

He said it 1s particularly difficult to get substitutes for specialized subjects, such as science, shop and home economics. More substitutes usually are available in schools in heavily populated areas, such as

Bethesda and Silver Spring. Shortage Laid to Low ray.

Another who thought the sinsti- tute teacher shortage had a direct bearing on the accident was Le Roy Sherman, president of the school's Parent-Teacher Association. He blamed low pay of teachers and the comparatively good pay young wom- en could receive in Government jobs for the shortage. v

"I have a good deal of confidence in the high school and principal and faculty,” he said. “I can’t see why they should be particularly blamed for this unfortunate thing.”

The Parent-Teacher Association has a regularly scheduled meeting tonight and while the incident doubtless will be discussed, Mr. Sher- man said he would not recommend a separate investigation.

Arnall Will Be Guest On Information Please

ly the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 21—Announce- ment was made last night by the sponsors of Information Please, weekly question and answer program on the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem, that Ellis Arnall, former Gov- ernor of Georgia, would be a guest member of its board of experts on the night of January 29.

SCHOOL BLAST SCENE—This is one of the windows blown out by an explosion yesterday in a science laboratory of the Richard Montgomery High School at Rockville, causing Robert E. Jones, 18, a student, to lost both hands. Viewing the damage is Wilson Howes, 18, Rockville, another student. —Star Staff Photos.

ROBERT E. JONES, Lost hands in blast.

BETTY LOU BEANE, In charge of class.

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CHARLOTTE SEIFERT, At far end, of room.

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BEVERLY BEAUCHAMP, Feared explosion.

Crew Abandons vessel

Sinking Off Oregon By the Associated Press

ASTORIA, Oreg., Jan. 21.—The freighter Drexel Victory was aban- doned without loss of life in the fog and darknest last night after it began sinking a few miles off the mouth of the Columbia River. Coast Guard headquarters in San Fran- cisco reported the ship sank at 4:35 a.m.

Officers and crew took to lifeboats as the 10,500-ton ship started break- ing up, and were picked up within a few hours.

Thirty were taken aboard the Coast Guard vessel Triumph, as

their lifeboats huddled near the river pilot’s schooner Columbia, which already had taken others aboard. The Coast Guard reported the freighter Joseph Gale also had picked up several.

Members of the ship’s company reported the vessel cracked through midships as it struck bottom while crossing the Columbia River bar. It was outward bound for Yokohama when it hit the bar.

Julius Olin of Washington, D. C., was one of the crewmen rescued.

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Taber Announces 12 Subcommittees for House Appropriations

(See Page B-l for story on the new D. C. Appropriations Sub- committee.) Seniority was observed yesterday

by Chairman Taber of the House

Appropriations Committee when he named the chairmen of the 12 sub- committees of the funds group to take charge of the supply bills for the various Government depart- ments.

The chairmen and personnel of the different supply bill units were announced late in the day by Chairman Taber as follows:

Subcommittee on deficiencies—Mr. Taber, Republican, of New York, as chairman and Representatives Wig- glesworth, of Massachusetts; Engel, of Michigan; Stefan, of Nebraska; Case, of South Dakota, and Keefe, of Wisconsin, Republicans;' and Cannon, of Missouri, now ranking minority member of the full com-

mittee; Kerr, of North Carolina, and Mahon, of Texas, Democrats.

War Department — Representa- tives Engel, chairman; Case; Tib- bott, of Pennsylvania, and Scrivener, of Kansas, Republicans; and Kerr, Mahon and Norrell, of Arkansas, Democrats.

Independent Offices. Independent Offices—Representa-

tives Wigglesworth, chairman; Cou- dert, of New York; Robertson, of North Dakota, and Phillips, of Cali- fornia, Republicans; and Hendricks, of Florida; Andrews, of Alabama, and Thomas, of Texas, Democrats.

Legislative—Representatives Noble Johnson of Indiana, chairman; Tib- bott, Canfield of New Jersey and Griffiths of Ohio, Republicans, and Cannon, Kirwin of Ohio and An- drews, Democrats.

Treasury-Post Office—Representa- tives Canfield, chairman; Dirksen of Illinois, Griffiths and Robertson, Republicans, and D’Alesandro of Maryland, Gary of Virginia and Bates of Kentucky, Democrats.

State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary—Representatives Stefan, chairman; Jones of Ohio, Fenton of Pennsylvania and Horan of Wash- ington, Republicans, and Rooney of New York, Gary and O’Brien of Illinois, Democrats.

Agriculture—Representatives Dirk- sen, chairman; Plumley of Vermont, Andersen of Minnesota, Horan and Phillips of California, Republicans, and Canton. Sheppard of California, and Whitten of Mississippi, Demo- crats.

Navy Subcommittee. Navy — Representatives Plumley,

chairman; Johnson of Indiana, Ploeser of Missouri and Schivner, Republicans, and Sheppard, Thomas of Texas and DAlesandro, Demo- crats.

Interior—Representatives Jones of Ohio, chairman; Jensen of Iowa, Fenton and Stockman of Oregon, Republicans, and Kirwan, NOrrell and Gore of Tennessee, Democrats.

Labor-Federal Security — Repre- sentative Keefe, chairman; Ander- sen of Minnesota, Schwabe of Okla- homa and Church of Illinois, Re- publicans, and Rooney, Hendricks

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Judge Jones Named Claims Court Chief

Judge Marvin Jones of the Court of Claims will be the new chief justice, succeeding Judge Richard S. Whaley, whose retirement was announced last weeK.

Judge Jones, a

Democrat, who formerly was war food admin- istrator and a

member of Con- gress, was nom- inated for the promo tion by President Tru- man late yester- day. The selec- tion had been anticipated.

A laconic Tex- an whose chief *•■>«*• hobbies are Western movies and reading the biographies of great men, Judge Jones served in the House from 1917 to 1940, when he was appointed to the Court of Claims by President Roosevelt.

On leave from the bench during the war, Judge Jones served as as- sistant to James F. Byrnes, then director of economic stabilization, and in 1943 was appointed chair- man of the American delegation to the United Nations Food Confer- ence and president of the confer- ence. Later came the appointment as food administrator.

Bom on a farm near Valley View, Tex., the jurist was graduated from Southwestern University at Georgetown, Tex., in 1905, and two years later took his law degree at the University of Texas.

He never attended grade or high school, but armed with a “fireside” education he became, at 17, a teacher in a one-room school.

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Senate Confirms Fay; Keech Nomination Up For Early Vote

The nomination of George Morris Fay, former Justice Department at-

torney, to be United States attorney here, was confirmed late yesterday by the Senate.

Action was taken when the nomi- nation came up on the Senate cal- endar along with several others. No objection was raised as Senator Van- denberg, president pro tem of the Senate, called up his name.

Although the District Bar Asso- ciation in a poll had voted nearly 2 to 1 to oppose the Fay nomination, it was approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee was presented with re-

sults of the poll by local Bar Asso- ciation leaders who, however, praised Mr. Fay personally. The objection to him, they told the committee, was

based principally on his lack of ex- perience.

Objections to the nomination of Edward M. Curran, to be a justice of District Court, will be heard by a special Senate Judiciary Subcom- mittee at 10:30 am. Thursday in Room 424 of the Seante Office Build- ing. He had been strongly supported by the District Bar Association. Sev- eral past presidents of the associa- tion also called personally yester- day at the Judiciary Committee in his behalf.

The nomination of Richmond B. Keech to be a District Court justice, which was approved yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, was favorably reported later in the day to the Senate, and went on the calendar for a vote of confirmation, probably tomorrow. The Senate will not meet today.

Uruguay's President-elect Will Visit U. S. Next Month

Tomas Berreta, President-elect of Uruguay, will visit this country as

a guest of the United States Gov- ernment before his inauguration in March, it was announced at the White House today.

Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the Uruguayan leader is ex-

pected to arrive in Washington about February 12 and will be here three or four days.

He also will visit Miami, Phila- delphia and New York. President- elect Berreta will make the trip from Montivedeo by plane.

< Marines Change Identification of Iwo Flag Raiser An official change in the identifi-

cation of one Marine in the famous picture of the Suribachi flag raising on Iwo Jima was announced yester- day- by the Marine Corps after a

Texas father recognized his son's back in the photograph.

The man on the extreme right of the picture was Corpl. Harlan Block, Weslaco, Tex., not Sergt. Henry O. Hansen, Somerville, Mass., it was announced. Both men were killed in action on Iwo after AP Photog- rapher Joe Rosenthal took the pic- ture.

The identification change came after E. H. Block, father of the dead Marine, said he was certain he rec- ognized his son in the picture and requested an investigation last Sep- tember.

Only three of the six men shown are alive today. They are Ira H. Hayes, Bapschule, Ariz.; John H. Bradley, Milwaukee, and Rene A. Gagnon, Manchester, N. H. Corpl. Hayes agreed that the man on the right was Corpl. Block, but no names were taken when the picture was made because the group was under fire and Iwo far from conquered.

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