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WHITE POTATO CROP OF STATE
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ured, according to one prominent
grower, that with the cost of fertiliz-
ers, cultivation, barrels, labor and
hauling that they should sell for $3.50
the barrel in order to break even. If
this Is a correct estimate as to the
cost, it is little wonder that farmers
are gloomy.
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WANTED

Colored man and wife for two to
work on small dairy. Apply to
]. EDWARD SEEMANS,
6-27 2t Elkton, Md.
Smyrna times., 1928-07-04

Il Aa'e Highway Department has
+ I, lor the opening of six bids
= ls28. They include The
Contract SD, BroadhII
@l'fact 24D, 220O feet woven
I ~ = III erection; contract ITO,
y miles; contract I11 nv rbria ,5ia-
1e's Corner. Pa niles. ~, no,7 -
| m or', ffederlck-Laws School
lee, miies; 4 Argos Slaughter
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n,lo Country Club has
Hl9e D1 3 Hastings 80 acres
Ed Lallitt ID road leading from
along 81 ~ Tbe land will be
b i.' + Is said, into additional
tbs golf course.
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If1TII!.IIi III! ZINES
,rasA, al DELAWARE
1SIl 1ND II. 9,,...{ VICINITY IN l.s,
er'Illif XII and be present,
i i tbe late Mrs. Geo. George &c
4 S1isn . n tbrl this medium to
Il dssiEs &. III flowers, loan Of
u 5ai' ,,p9 - i hynlpathy during
.,rs 5ereaTensnf'
,tMrs. Hattie Primrose
ball ..sd, = desire thru this
ds'sasrEE' ss1E friends for flowers. .
70 t9l,abiIes tlaa and tenders OF
lliariOp-ttih 5ariDr their recent bereave-
~lh
n.lo Country Club has
IlPs leuioi DGl1 3, Hastings 80 acres
pa Ialrfi I'D road leading from
'io9g i%oagyvdei. The land viii be e
it'i \ I said, into additional
ras gplf course.
throughout many secaons l
1s 0.Iaa,sre Lr will start harvest
DI,s gssat crop within the next
'Ilfe' me- grain in most Of The
II m made and from reports
w.. VI, # Welding well. The
! g-..,7r 4-,r will not be as great as
former years.
r,Iv 4th Tile Smyrna Post
,Io,sd excepting s a. m.
i which hours all windows
\, ~ : for business. There Will
IA delivery BY town carriers
'.ii,n from street boxes Z am.
81 july 4th. There will be
IN BY R.F. P. carriers.
4 Rr+ler. Negro, charged with
s,;ault with intent to COM
,.isr an Charles Gray, also a
7 y near Weedside on June
j Nj IN $1,000 bail at Dover by
i n E. F. Wood for the July
! NJ Kent county court Of Gen
.5ms GRAY is in the Kent
Hospital.
w State highway from Fed
4 N Nd, to Preston, Md, is now
! and open to traffic, furnish
i rlch shorter and more direct
! / Preston and EastOn, which
] b. had been reached by way
\ rk. Nd., BY concrete road, or
D dr Oad. Motorists Say they
4 Z drive from Preston to Fed
4 gin 5 minutes.
III L Turner of Dover had a
4 gaor conferred upon him Fri
Z mig in Wilmington, when the
n f Honor, the highest award in
\ Il Of DeMolay was conferred
and three other Delawareans.
ion Of Honor is an honorary
Fhieh is conferred on the out
members Of the fraternity.
zi0ns Of licenses for operat-
while under the influence of
E exceeded in June any month
! lt0 the close Of Fridays work
atMs had been received in
mobile department Of which %
Delaware; four from Mary
r from Pennsylvania; one
rgnia; one from New York
t1m Massachusetts.
70 foxes which had been seen
: for the past few ways back
y N. E. Church and in the
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ma made their appearance
nday. When one Of The gar
G Of the Stephens property
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aTs BY two Of Dover's fox
'hd Will Be kept for y fox
I Sats Highway Department has
7 tor the opening of six bids
= ls28. They include The
Contract SD, BroadHlI
1 a1tract 24D, 22OO feet woven
\ ~ = III erection; contract ITO,
4 Y, O'oss Roads Thompson SUI
s,,,, alles; contract III, Chris
"a Ooiner, 2.73 miles; CON
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| rw State highway from Fed
H. Nd, TO Preston, Md, is now
and open to traffic, furnish
rlch shorter and more direct
| Preston and Easton, which
be had been reached BY way
.rE, va, BY concrete road, or
dr road. Motorists say they
drive from Preston to Fed
|gnSminutes.
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!, i Ms. Hattie Prim[q5e 95;e
|. ieeaSea .;onds for flowers,
70 tha.h ~ and tenders of
S1toIlOO recent bereave-
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Bltler. Negro, charged with
a,,auIt with intent to COM
nm On Charles Gray, also q
/ d hear Weedside on June
/ ssldin $4,000 bail at Dover by
r. :. F. Wood for the July
~ Kent county court Of Gen
..5n;. Gray il in the Kent
Hospital.
Smyrna times., 1928-07-04

Il |. Turner of Dover had a
nor conferred upon him Fri
aing in Wilmington, when the
t Honor, the highest award in
Il Of DeMolay was conferred
| and three other Delawareans.
1sn Of Honor is an honorary
Fish is conferred on the out
members Of the fraternity.
Smyrna times., 1928-07-04

.hou+ many sections
rg; lllOls ,vill start harvest
. Delaa'lo .,on within the next
1 Vlls1' 1,' ,.-oin IN most of the
n LIZ !, ,,aJa and from reports
Vsli NlIf i Yielding well. The
NV NV will not be as great as
former years.
Smyrna times., 1928-07-04

]. T,lv 4th the Smyrna Post
,o.ed oa excepting s a. m.
'i0., + ,r5icb hours all windows
q = Il. business. There will
l.livpyv bv town carriers
. y ~ from street boxes Z am.
81 Julv 4th. There will be
-.r by R. F. D. carriers.
Smyrna times., 1928-07-04

ziOns Of licenses for Operat-
while under the influence of
|reyceeded in June any month
ltO the close Of Fridays work
admS had been received III
ua6ile department of which %
2 Delaware; four from Mary
r from Pennsylvania; one
rgnia; one from New York
t1m Massachusetts.
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~ foxes which had been seen
ior the past few ways back
sy N. Z. Church and in the
D. (. 5. Stephens, adjoining
aa made their appearance
may When one Of the gar
z Of the Stephens property
sl a half grown fox was cap
-'s BY two Of Dover's fox
ahd Wall BE kept for y fox
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ANNA ZINES N
|srps.. az .sas,izv DELAWARE
I'm and VICINITY
INU,r : Mite Society VII iIlee1
?: W 4 7.8O. Members
4 !. ,o,n5'f ,,Is s6t. 7 and De present

'lisn 7s5i9s e thru hi this medium 3dbn 69 t.
rd' !. II i hympathy during
=. bareavemelt.
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6-27 2t
Evening star., 1928-12-29
TENANT ASKS $35, 900
IN APARTMENT SUIT
Navy Yard Worker Claims Welfare
Board Inmates Noise Made
Wife Ill.

j. w. Phares, Navy Yard employe,
who is the only tenant remaining In
the apartment building at 816 Potomac
avenue southeast, which the District
of Columbia recently leased as re-
ceiving home for boys under the care
of the Board of Public Welfare after
the Stanton Park site had been aban-
doned, today filed suit in the District
Supreme Court to recover $35 900 dam
ages from Harry B. Caldwell, lis B
street southeast and Rogers M. Fred,
1921 Veasey street, for alleged breach
of contract
Phares, through Attorneys James A.
O'Shea, John H. Burnett and Alfred
Goldstein, declares that he moved into
his apartment September l, last under
lease from the defendants to run for
one year, expecting to have quiet and
peaceful possession of the premises. In
violation of that agreement, it is assert
ed, the defendants leased the remain
ing apartments to the District, which
they knew would be an agency likely
to maintain a nuisance on the premises
by housing delinquent boys irrespective
Of color.
The plaintiff says he has been denied
free access to his apartment by guards
employed by the District Welfare Board,
VINO stopped and questioned him. The
inmates, he declares, curse, shout out
the windows and dance so that the
floors of the building shake, and dis
turb his sleep and quiet. His wife, he
alleges, has been made sick and has
been obliged to leave the apartment.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
Daniel r. Dundon. 20. and Alice M deRose
reginald Fitagersid. Is. and Catherine
F. Moloney %; Rev. Thomas A. Calnan:
Hubert L. Southland, %, and Bernice Whit
lock. 90. both of Ellerson. Va; Rev William
George N. Duley. %, and Grace L. Cock
rell, "a. both of Brentwood, Md. Rev. Ed
Mckinley Walker. %. Knoxville. Tenn.
and Sarah Clark. %. HAMPTON. Va; Rev L..
Sidney Butler 90 and Hattie Johns. ls;
James A. Howard, as, Fredericksbure. Va.
and TamaS V. jenkins, "a, Williamsburg.
Julius M. Harvey. 49, and Lula r. Woods,
81: Rev. Moses r. Lowell.
Thomas Carter, %. and Elva Clawson. I9,
Horace W. Peaslee. a.. and Frances M.
Hopkins 27: Rev. c. Ernest Smith,
Pearson G; Conlyn, "a; and Doris D.
John G. Hale ss st1on = G. and
George Lowe. 2s, Charlestown, Md. and
Catherine A. Gordon. 81, this city; Rev. E.
stephen F. Fegan, 2s, and Elizabeth B.
Taylor H .McCauley, 81. this city, and
Lillian M. Sehmitt, 81, Mount Rainier, Md;
Floyd E. shenk. "a, and Helen L. Bell
Is; Rev. H., F Downs; .-
Minps 4s n u. Pi4nthsser' 2S' this city Rev. W
: Manyiie -, ,Kendrick; 90. snd CLARA D
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Midair Transfer
OF Fuel at Night
Proved Feasible
Planes Establish Contact
i'm Dark Half Mile Above
San Diego, Calf.
BY the Associated Press.

0y Tic ASSOCldL60 EEcSSs
SAN DIEGO, Calf, December 90
Feasibility of mid-air refueling at
night was established last night when
two Army airplanes made contact half
a mile above San Diego and held it
for three minutes.
No fuel was actually transferred, the
test being merely to see whether planes
could be brought close enough together
at night to make such a transfer
possible.
The two planes were piloted by flyers
who will participate in the attempt to
break the endurance flight record be-
ginning Januray /. A tri-motor plane
simulated the endurance plane Ques-
ton Mark, while the refueling ship
was one of the craft that will deliver
fuel to the Question Mark during the
endurance attempt:
Flare Aids Little.
Capt. Ross G. Hoyt piloted the re-
fueling ship, while Lieut.. Elwood r.
Quesada handled the hose line that
was dropped through a trapdoor in
the fuselage floor.
At the controls of the tri-motored
Fokker was Capt. Ira Eaker, while Maj
CdTl OpdGI dSSiHIleU IlIAScn W 1louOLc
the hose line as it swished through
the air E.
The Fokker laid a course at an al
titude of $500 feet after leaving Rock
well Field and the refueling ship crept
up alongside A flare dropped to facil-
itate the operation did not aid as much
as was expected.
Five Contacts Today.
In the tri-motor, along with the pilot
and Maj. Spatz, were Lieut. n. A. Hal
vorsen and two mechanics.
After establishing contact, the first
night contact on record, the planes
dropped another flare for landing anc
then drifted down to earth again. II
was planned to make five contacts with
the question Mark over Rockwell Field
today.
Two Of these contacts will be fol
transfer of gasoline, $50 gallons being
transferred each time; another Will be
to deliver 80 gallons Of lubricating oil
fourth will be for delivery of bucket
of food and the fifth will be to trans
fer battery.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
PREM NDERGAST NAMED
GRAND TALL CEDAR
Capital Forest, No. 104, Elects
Frank Birgfeld Senior
Deputy.

Dr.. John T. Prendergast was elected
grand tall cedar of Capital Forest, No.
104, at a meeting last night In the
Willard Hotel. Frank Birgfield was
elected senior deputy grand tall cedar;
John @. Slye, junior deputy grand tall
cedar; r. r. Steffens, secretary; John
Harvey, treasurer; C. A. Jaquette and
H. M Vandervort, trustees, to serve
one and three years respectively. The
installation of officers was conducted
by Past Grand Tall Cedar Roy r. Eng
land of Baltimore.
Honorary membership in the forest
was conferred on Past Grand Tall
Cedars Roy r. England and Preston
w. Wright of Baltimore Forest. Life
memberships were awarded Birgheld,
Slye and F. A. Jaeschke for having Sc
cured 80 petitions for membership in
the organization. Roy H. Dale also
was given life membership for serv-
ices as manager and editor of the
Capital Forest monthly bulletin.
r. d. Dunn was given the fraternal
ring of the order, and the past grand
tall cedar's jewel was given to H. M.
Vandervort. who vacated the office last
night.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
1853 TO GRADUATE
INTO SENIOR HIGHS
Mckinley to Receive Largest
Number of New Students
This Semester.

The five senior high schools Of the
first nine divisions will receive 1,l6S
pupils at the beginning Of the second
semester of this school year, February
/, If the number Of graduates from the
elementary and Junior high schools
reaches expectations of the principals
of the various buildings.
Mckinley High School, which only
during the last month has begun to
enjoy the complete facilities for student
activities afforded by its new building
will receive the largest number OF new
students through the midyear gradua-
tions, with 348 prospective graduates
listing their names for that school. O1
this total 203 will enter the flrst-year
classes from the elementary schools and
las will be assigned to second-yeal
classes from the Junior high schools.
|. Central Second Highest.
Central will draw the second highest
roll of recruits, with total OF 252. OF
these lot will come from elementary
schools and las will enter from junior
high schools.
The other three high schools will re-
ceive their new students as follows
Eastern-Total, 208; 143 from elemen-
tary schools and IS from junior high
schools. Western-Total, 1873; I'll from
elementary schools and So from junior
high schools The total enrolment
from elementary schools in all five high
schools will be 718 from elementary
schools and 445 from the junior high
schools.
In the same promotions, the junior
IL - he frc+ nina divisions
will receive $50 new students from the
elementary schools. Hine will head the
list with 242, while Macfarland will take
second place with 149. The other jun
ior high schools and their respective en-
rollments of graduates follow: Gordon,
148; Stuart, lis; Langley, 105; Jeffer--
SON, "a; Columbia, So; Powell, 81, and
Brightwood, A.
Graduates to Senior.
While Mcfarland Is second in the
number of new students it will receive
from the elementary schools, it is first
in the quota it will graduate to senior
high schools with total Of 104 pupils.
Hine and Langley tie for second with 69
each, while the remaining four junior
high schools scale in the following
order; Columbia, "a; Powell, 60; Bright
wood, 80, and Jefferson. Al.
The fifth division will graduate the
largest number of pupils from elemen-
tary schools with total of 176. The
third division is second with 113, the
sixth division is third with ITO, the
seventh division is fourth with 81, the
combined second-fourth-e eighth divisions
are fifth with 38 and the ninth is last
with z.
The prospective graduations in the
colored schools-divisionS 10-13-have
not yet been compiled.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
B. Y. P. U. Federation
ELECTS ALEXANDRIAN
Raymond Sims Made President of
Eastern Potomac Federation at
Falls Church Meeting.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, December 90.
The Eastern Potomac Federation, B.
Y. P. u, meeting last night in Columbia
Baptist Church at Falls Church, elected
new officers for 1929. Raymond Sims
of Alexandria was elected president; A.
Galliher of Del Ray, vice president; Miss
Virginia Haislip Of Alexandria, secre-
tary, and Mrs. L. d. McEachern Of
Clarendon, treasurer. Rev. Ryland T.
Dodge of Alexandria was made chorister.
All save one of the ten churches form
ing the federation were represented.
Following the business session the Falls
Church B. Y. P. U. presented the re-
ligious pageant "The Nativity" with
Miss Margaret Graham taking the part
of Mary, Charles Haverty. Of Joseph,
Titus Snoddy, Clarence Hartman and
Lawrence Fenwick, the three shepherds:
r. E. Ankers, Charles Berger and
Charles Matheny, the three kings. Sev-
eral solos were sung by Miss Hilda
Graham, with selections by B. Y. P. U.
choir.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
ENOUGH! TOO MUCH! ADVER TISER
FOR WIFE CRIES, ASKING RELIEF
William Hoffman Finds Self
Swamped With Mail
and Calls.
Expects to Announce En-
gagement Soon, but Let
ters Are Too Many.

It's just mail, mail mail these day.
for William Hoffman, 1902 Eighteenth
street northeast. At home it is letters
| and more letters from women who
want to become acquainted, with matri-
mony as the ultimate object and at
the offlce-well, he works in the post
Office.
Mr.. Hoffman has found a fiancee
is getting little weary of the home
mail and wants The Star to do some
thing about it.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Hoffman, a
middle-aged widower, with one young
son, would sit by the hearthside after
his son had gone to bed and yearn
nightly for wife, kindly woman
to keep him company, to talk to him
to share his joys and cares. He craved
the companionship of some one about
his own age, but he knew few women,
and those he did know he couldn't
fit into the scheme of things he was
yearning for.
Mail Follows Story.
Finally he grew desperate in his loneli-
ness, and went to insert an advertise
ment in the paper for a wife. An en-
terprising young reporter, sensing a
human interest story, listened and then
went back to the Office and wrote the
story about the lonely man who wanted
wife.
Since then it has been nothing but
mail for Mr. Hoffman. Scores OF
women, it seems, want to get married,
and they all answered Mr.. Holtzman'S
request that they write or telephone
and become acquainted, with matrl-
mony as the object in view.
For a couple of weeks now Mr.. Holtz-
man has been coming home after sort
ing mail all day at the post office
during the Christmas rush and find
ing huge stack of letters from pros
pective brides to be gone over. 1t was
fine for a while, and he appreciates
the good faith with which most of
the lonely ladies are writing him, but
the mail is becoming burdensome.
Enough Is Plenty.
Mr.. Holtzman called The Star Of
flee yesterday and said that, as re-
suit of the story about him, he ex-
poets to get married. He won't say
just now who the lucky lady is to
be, but he says he'll announce his
engagement soon, and shortly there
after take unto himself a bride.
He doesn't want to offend any one,
but he Just wants the mail to slack
up bit. He says he has CONSCIENTIOUS
ly tried to give every letter the proper
attention, but, he adds, enough is
enough, and the way this flood of mail
and phone calls has been growing is
more than enough. He just wishes
not SO many women would write him.
1.-The letters are coming from all
over the country" he said, "and it's
very fine, but I've got a job down
at the post Office and haven't time to
attend to that and all the letters from
ladies answering my ad."
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BYRD PARTY STUDY
REVEALS ERROR IN
ICE HARB0R CHART

Continued From First Page.)
South and forms an inner narrow bay
dlled with old ice.
This inlet is about 10 miles longer
than is shown on the maps. 1t turns
to the right and narrows to a width
of about a mile. Just at this narrow
point on the west side are two large
ice hills, resembling ice-covered nuna-
taks, about 40 or so feet above the
barrier and from $50 to 200 feet above
the bay ice. Between them is narrow
valley running to the Southwest. The
ice around the hills is assured into
small cracks which were filled with
snow.
Ends Against Ice FIoe.
Beyond this point the bay opened
up and continued for several miles to
a point where it narrowed and ended
against large ice boulder, beyond
extending for many miles.
It has been believed for some time
that there was land under the barrier
at Discovery Inlet because this bay has
retained its formation ever since it was
first charted.
The presence of the hills at the point
In the barrier where it bent to the south
Is believed by Comdr. Byrd to be a
good indication that there is land at
this point anchoring the barrier.
An airplane flight over this region,
during which a Photographic map may
be made OF it, will give accurately its
that there is land under the ice near
the inlet. 1t is difficult to explain how
otherwise 1t has retained its peculiar
formation.
1t is intensely cold on the barrier,
much more so than on the bay ice be-
meath, and impossible for travellers,
who were clad for speed rather than
warmth, to stand still for more than a
few minutes, despite the Summer sun.
Altogether they covered about 35 miles
on skis, and were ready to turn in when
they reached the ship and had some
thing to eat. In the morning they were
ready for another trip, and that they
did not wake up stiff and lame after
their long period aboard ship shows
that they are in good condition.
Ice Near Ship Breaks.
Before they returned, the ice to which
under the swell from the outside Of the
bay, where a stiff breeze was blowing
and ice anchors had be shifted several
times. When Comdr. Byrd arrived the
ship was being bumped by some very
large cakes which were at least 6 feet
thick, so the dog teams were taken
aboard and we put out to sea again
heading for the Bay of Whales. We
are coasting along the face of the bar
rier toward the east, sailing with a
light breeze to save coal, and hope tc
arrive at the bay by Saturday morning
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Co. and the st. Louis PoSt-Dispatch. AL
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the WORLDLY
Evening star., 1928-12-29
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Partly cloudy
and colder tonight; lowest temperature
about 80 degrees; tomorrow fair and
somewhat colder; moderate to fresh
north and northwest winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow; colder; moderate
to fresh northwest winds.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy and
colder tonight, with snow fiurries in
northeast portion; tomorrow partly
cloudy.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm, So; 8 pm, 46;
IL midnight, 38; 4 am, 35; 8 am, 81;
IL am, 46.
Barometer pm, 1855; 8 pm,
1882; IL midnight, 1850; 4 am, 1856;
8 am, 1888; II am, 1854.
Highest temperature, 81, occurred at
3:15 pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, IS. occurred at
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 40; lowest, 26.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide, 4:19 am. and
ABB pm; high tide, 1905 am. and
1926 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 5:12 am. and
$50 pm; high tide, II am. and
1920 pm.
The Sun and the Moon.
Today-Sun rose 1926 am; sun sets
Asa pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 1927 am; sun
sets ASS pm.
Moon rises 8:16 pm; sets 10:08 am
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition Of the Water.
Great Falls-Clear.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
PELLAGRA CONOUEROR STRICKEN
WITH MYSTERIOUS ANEMIA
DR.. Joseph GoIdberger, Fed
eraI Scientist, Taken
III Here.
20 Public Health Service As.
sociates Offer Blood for
'TransfuSions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The man who found the cause and
cure for mysterious disease has been
attacked by strange malady that
threatens him with death.
Two blood transfuSions have already
been given DR.. Joseph Goldberger,
United States Public Health Service
physician and conqueror of pellagra,
and others will be made semi-weekly.
His physicians are at loss to explain
his illness, though they agree that it
is some form of anemia. A further
touch of mystery was added, however,
when it was said that this might not
be the primary cause of his ailment.
Twenty Volunteer Blood.
Twenty of DR.. Goldberger's associates
volunteered for blood tranSfusionS
when it was learned, that these were
needed and IA of the 20 were accepted.
DR.. Goldberger gained fame by his
work with pellagra, his studies show
ing that it was caused by the absence
of specific vitamin, which he named
'pp." Tracing the disease to an un-
balanced diet, he worked out a cure
during the Is years that he was in
charge of field Investigations into the
malady for the Public Health Service.
This cure Is simplicity itself, the use
of dried yeast, which also served as
preventive.
Pellagra centered in the United