Evening star., 1934-09-15
NEW SANATOR|UM
FOR YOUNG OPENS
AT GLENN DALE
Local Leaders in Fight for
Building Attend Cere-
monies.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN
ACCEPTS STRUCTURE
Welfare President and Head Of
tuberculosis Group Speak.
Hazen Presides.
BY staG Correspondent of The star.

BY stan Correspondent OF The Star.
GLENDALE, Md, September Is.
The initial section of the new chill
dren's tuberculosis sanatorium, rep
resenting the Districts latest con-
tribution to the fight against the
spread Of the white plague, was for
mally dedicated today in the pres
ence of large group of District off,
cials, prominent physicians and anti
tuberculosis crusaders.
Commissioner George E Allen,
leader in the campaign against the
disease, accepted the new institution
from Lieut.. Col. Daniel !. Sultan,
engineer commissioner.
Allen also presided at the ceremonies
in the absence of Melvin c. Hazen,
president of the Board of Commits
sionerS. There also were brief ad-
dresses by Frederick w. Mercy
nolds, president Of the Board of Pub
lie Welfare. and Mrs. Ernest r. Grant,
tuberculosis Association, leader In
tuberculosis Association, leaders in
the fight to secure the new institution.
She outlined the history of the move
ment for establishing the sanatorium
up to the time of the ground break
ing.
DR.. Peabody Speaks.
DR.. Joseph Winthrop Peabody, su-
perintendent Of District tuberculosis
hospitals, discussed the tuberculosis
problem and his hopes for the future
service Of the new sanitorium. DR..
Daniel l.. Finucane, superintendent
of the sanitorium, accepted on behalf
of the staff and personnel, the respon-
sibility for operating the new institu-
ton.
So pressing is the need for the new
institution, patients will be brought
to it just as soon as the staff can
familiarize itself with the equipment.
1t is hoped to have the sanitorium
in full operation by October /.
The tuberculosis association is COM
piling list of children most urgently
in need Of treatment. At first It was
said only patients approved by the
Board Of Public Welfare will be ad.
mitted.
Invited Guests.
The invited guests at the exercises
included members OF the Board of
Public Welfare-Mr. McReynolds, Mrs.
Charles A. Goldsmith, Mrs. Coralie
Franklin Cook, DR.. H. j. Crosson,
Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, M. M. DOYLE.
John Joy Edison, DR.. Worth B. Dam
1els and DR.. Frederic w. Perkins and
the following:
Elwood Street, director of public
welfare; DR.. w. c. Fowler, health
officer; Maj. p. A. Hodgson, Ross
Haworth, DR.. William Gerry Nor
gan, DR.. e. 3. Mckinley, DIR. Numal
p. G. Adams, d. B. McGrew. M. C.l
Wyeth, DR.. Edgar Bocock, DR.. C. P.|
Cake. DR.. Charles Stanley White, Dr.
Edmund Horgan, DR.. Everett Elli-|
son, DR.. Nicholas Mandelos, DR.. Johnl
c. Payne. DR.. William Woolridge,
DR.. Frank H. Towner, DR.. David Davis.
DR.. John Minor, DR.. P. A. McLendon.
DIR. Montgomery Blair, DR.. CharlesI
HALEY, DR.. Joseph Murphy, Drl
James Cumming, DR.. Harry Bernton,I
DR.. Willard Camalier, DR.. w. DJ
Tewksbury, DR.. Frank Ballou, Sur
geon General Cumming, DR.. Chris
tian, assistant surgeon general, Dr.
A. B. Bennett, DR.. A. Be Coulter, Dr.l
John r. Mohler, DIR. r. Mattingly,l
DR.. Thomas Mattingly, DR.. williaml
Charles White, DR.. Charles A. Tignor.
DR.. E. G. Virgins. DR.. Alonzo Smith.
DR.. Wallace Yater, DR.. Joseph Wall
DR.. w. F. O'Donnel, DR.. John Talbort
DR.. Custis Lee Hall, DR.. Walter Bloc
dorm.
Miss Matte Gibson. Jere J. Crane.
Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Gwin, Mrs. Flor
ence Breed, Miss Gertrude Bowling,
John Dolph, Wallace Hatch, Stephen
Kramer, Leifur Magnusson, willard
Smith, Rev. MIR. Wiseman, Rev John
O'Grady, Catholic Charities; William
H. Savin, Associated Charities, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest r. Grant. Mrs
Whitman Cross, Mrs. Frank Persons
Walter S. Pratt, George s. Wilson
and Mrs. Andrew Stewart.