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Evening star., 1936-12-20
NURSING STAFF
HELD INADEQUATE
DR.. Rutland Reports Only
1895 of 1882 Cases
Given Service.

Only 25 per cent Of nearly 10000
cases registered with the medical sery-
ice of the District Health Department
now can be given home care by the
nursing service because of the limited
number of field nurses available,
Health Officer George c. Ruhland re-
ported yesterday.
This situation. he said. limits the
care of the majority of the eligible
free-service patients to treatement at
the clinics, if the patient is able to
attend them.
1882 Cases Registered.
DR.. Rutland reported that between
September 81. when the generalized
nursing service was inaugurated, and
October 81. 1882 new cases were reg
istered with the Health Department.
OF this total the nurses have been
able to give home care. or "follow-up"
treatment. to only 1895.
When authorized appointments are
made the department will have a total
of 68 nurses. the maximum available
under existing appropriations. -Four
will be assigned full time to the Tu-
berculosis Clinic, four in the Social
Hygiene Clinic and IA in the child
hygiene stations, leaving 80 for the
field nursing service.
To economic on the time of nurses
DR.. Rutland said various steps had
been taken. including elimination of
use Of nurses as messengers, provi-
sion Of clerical assistance and ending
transportation of patients to the clin-
les by nurses
Asks for 10 More Nurses.
Even with this economy in nurses
time, and with all vacancies filled, &"
he said, "the work assigned to the
nursing service is many times too
heavy for limited staff"
DR.. Rutland has asked for funds
for the appointment of 10 additional
nurses in the next fiscal year
DR.. Rutland reported also that TO-
649 children have been given COM
plete physical examinations since the
opening of school, He anticipates
that physical defects will be found in
about SO per cent of the total. In ad-
dition. he reports that $3.50 children
have been given partial physical ex-
aminations, many of whom have been
referred to the nursing service.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
END Of RA|NF ALL
PROMISED FORD.C {.
No Precipitation for at Least
48 Hours, Weather Unit
Forecast Says.

An end of all precipitation here for
the next 48 hours was predicted by
the forecaster last night after an all
day rain mad washed away traces Of
yesterdays early snowfall.
Today, the Weather Bureau says,
will be partly cloudy and slightly
colder. while tomorrow will be fair
and still colder. No extreme tempera-
lures are in sight, however, the fore
caster added.
Although Washington suffered little
from the snowfall and rain, storm sew
ers in a dozen sections of Arlington
County and Alexandria we're flooded
late yesterday as the melting snow.
sleet and rain overburdened the
drains.
Foundations on several surface
treated roads in the county were
washed out and minor cave-ins re-
suited.
Arlington County police were called
to direct traffic around cave-in at
Glebe road and Washington boule-
ward, and the county's road force was
kept busy relieving flooded sewers at
Eleventh and Danville streets. Frank
lin and Edgewood streets. Cleveland
street and Key boulevard and on
Pershing drive in Lyon Park
Alexandria's street force worked sew
eral hours last night on the city's
worst sewer stoppage at Russell road
and Chapman street. after being
called to relieve flooded sewers in sew
eral other sections.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
DANIEL c. IFERT, SO,
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
Woodfield Farmer and Church
Worker Was Ill Several
Weeks.
speci,l Dispatch to The star.

epecfaI Dispatch to The star.
WOODFIELD, Md. December 19.-
Daniel c. Ifert, &c. well-known farmer
and church worker. died yesterday in
his home here after an illness of sew
eral weeks.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anna M. Ifert, and the following
children: Mrs Norman Burdette, Mrs.
Edward Keith and Mrs. Ernest e.
Lewis, all Of Woodfield; Christopher
D. Ifert Of Sykesville,. Md; Noah c.
Ifert of Damascus, Md, and ]. L.
Ifert Of Woodfield. He also leaves
sister, Mrs. Mary Dodd Of Middletown,
Md.
The funeral will take place at II
O'Clock tomorrow morning from Wesley
Grove M. E. Church here, burial to be
at Middletown, Md.
Mr.. nert, who was a son of the late
Abraham Noah Ifert of Frederick
County, had lived in this neighbor-
hood about 20 years. He was teacher
Of the Mems Bible Glass of Wesley
Grove Church and was assistant super
intendent of the Sunday school.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
5000 Extra Workers to Speed
Up Yule Mail in Capital
Force VIII Augment $500 Regulars to
Handle Biggest Christmas Mail
in History of CITY.

Burke also called to attention again
that city-wide box collection is be-
ing made daily at S am. principally
to get cards and letters that can be
mailed in residence areas at night, and
that all the larger stations are being
kept open from 7:30 to $50 at night.
through Wednesday. to facilitate gift
mailing.
All Offices are opened at Sam. daily,
and with the exception of the Ben
jamin Franklin station and main Of
fee. where round-the clock service is
maintained. close at pm.
Burke again urged that all mail
ines be speeded up as much as pos
sible. as it is desired to get every
thing out Of the way by Christmas
eve. On Christmas day. in con-
formity with orders sent throughout
the United States by Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley. only Christmas parcels
and special delivery letters will be dis
tributed. Postal substitutes will be
used generally for this work. as the
regular postal forces are to get the
day of where they so desire.
Evening star., 1936-12-20

More than 5000 extra employees will
be at work in the Washington Post
Office by tomorrow. augmenting the
regular staff of $500, to handle the
biggest Christmas mail the Capital
has ever known.
Postmaster Vincent c. Burke has
been building up his force for the last
several days and now with the vol
ume of gifts and cards reaching rec
ord proportions, he planned to call
in the bulk of the huge extra crew
being recruited for the rush tonight
and tomorrow.
In common with the rest of the
country. as indicated by advance re-
ports. the Washington postal receipts
for December are expected to run
about 10 per cent ahead of those last
year. The national total will ap-
proximate $80.000000
Instituting another innovation in an
effort to keep the mail moving freely
and evenly. Burke announced yester-
day that all the larger stations will
be open today from 2:3o until pm.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
INCREASED IN RAIN;
| DIES OF INJURIES
Crash Against Pole Near
Upper Marlboro Dec. 13
Is Fatal to Driver.
MAN, go, HAS BROKEN
ARM, LEG, OTHER HURTS
Other Pedestrians Are Injured at
Crossings-Hit.and-Run
Motorist Hits One.

The death Of Washington man.
injured in an automobile accident
near Upper Marlboro, Md, December
13, was the only traffic fatality
recorded in the District yesterday,
despite rain-swept streets, which
caused a large number of accidents.
Thaddeus L. Richards. 80. Of 1925
L street southeast. succumbed in
Casualty Hospital to injuries received
when his car swerved from the road
and struck a telephone pole, police
said.
William Schweitzer, so, Of 15l3-A
Third street, received broken leg
and arm and perhaps internal in
juries when struck at North Capitol
street and Florida avenue by a ma
chine said by police to have been
driven by Henry Long. 81. colored,
7li9 Ninth street. Schweitzer was
taken to Gallinger. Long was charged
with reckless driving at the second
precinct.
Man May Have Skull Fracture.
Frederick D. Munnally. 1900 C
street, may have suffered a frac-
tured skull when struck by a car as
he was crossing West Virginia avenue
at c street. At Walter Reed Hospital
his condition was said to be unde-
termined. John Czablewski, 207 G
street, driver of the car, was arrested
on a charge of reckless driving.
al of q
southeast, suffered minor cuts about
the head and an injury of the left
knee when struck at Pennsylvania and
Minnesota avenues southeast by
car operated by Leroy Pumphrey, At,
of Upper Marlboro, Md. Nelson vas
treated at Providence Hospital.
Two colored persons were injured.
one seriously, in an accident at COL
lege Park, Md. Lucy Walker, "a, Of
Brooklyn, N Y. and Lulubelle Walker.
rs. also of Brooklyn, were treated al
Casualty Hospital, the former for
conclusion of the brain and chest
bruises and the latter for cuts about
the head
Hit-Run Driver Hits Man.
A hlt-and-run driver struck George
Newly, 36, colored, when he was cross
ing the street near his home. Newly
was treated at Casualty for lacerations
to the forehead.
Two youths were injured. neither
seriously, in head-on collision on
Georgia avenue at Glenmont, Md
James Purdum. jr.. %, of Kensington.
and Edward Veitch, 20, of Silver
Spring, suffered head lacerations and
were admitted to the Montgomery
County General Hospital. The pair
was helped from the smashed auto
mobiles by Harvey Turner of Forest
Glen, Md. Passing motorists took the
victims to the hospital. Police said
the injured men were the only per-
sons involved in the crash.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
YULE AID PLANNED
AT SEAT PLEASANT
Capitol Heights Also to Hold
Christmas Party for Needy
Children.
snecial Dispatch to The Star.

Snecial Dispatch to The Star.
SEAT PLEASANT, Md, December
19.-"Santa Claus helpers" in the
Seat Pleasant district will distribute
toys, candies. fruits and foodstuffs to
the needy and unemployed. starting
Monday, it was announced by the
heads of the Parent-Teacher Associ-
alton of the Seat Pleasant School and
the Capitol Heights Community We'll
fare Organization.
In Seat Pleasant Mrs. Ellen v.
Miller, president. said the Parent
Teach Association had the names Of
"a children whose parents could sup
ply them with food and clothing, but
could not purchase toys. Members of
the school organization, she said, has
a number of toys which they will start
distributing Monday. So far as Mrs.
Miller can ascertain, all families IN
the town have sufficient food and
clothing for the holidays.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
D. c. FISCAL REPORT
.DRAF TING STARTED
Decision Carefully Guarded
With Submission Date
Uncertain.

The special committee appointed by
President Roosevelt to work out
plan for fair and equitable adjust
ment of the perennial fiscal relations
controversy between the District and
Federal Governments, undertook the
final phase of its work yesterday-the
actual drafting of a report and rec
concentrations.
For more than three months the
committee gathered and studied a
voluminous mass of data dealing with
the subject, and on the basis of this
information the report will be writ
ten. The conclusions of the COM
mittee are being carefully guarded,
and its report and recommendations
are not expected to be made public
until the President transmits the 1888
District budget to Congress next
month.
Jacobs Non -Committal.
J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency en-
gineer and tax expert, who is direct
ing the study, would not hazard
prediction when the report would be
submitted to the President. 1t is
understood. however, the report will
be completed in time for the Budget
Bureau to include any Federal pay
ment the committee may recommend
in the 1888 District estimates before
the budget is sent to Congress.
The 1888 budget, as prepared by
the Commissioners, was predicated. by
direction of the Budget Bureau, on a
Federal payment of $5,000,000, the
same amount as appropriated for the
current fiscal year. This figure, how
ever. will be changed to coincide with
the amount the Fiscal Relations Com
mittee may recommend
Hazen FavOrs S12,O0O,OO0
District officials are hoping the COM
mittee will recommend Federal pay
ment far in excess of the present S.
1000. Commissioner Melvin C.
Hazen has expressed the belief that
the Federal contribution should be
at least $12,0O0,000, in view of the
services the United States receives
from the District. coupled with the
ever increasing acquisition of District
by the Federal Government,
which takes this property OF the tax
rolls.
The latest estimated valuation Of
Federal property In the
District by Fred Allen, tax assessor,
totaled s64s, s,728.15s.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
POSTMASTER DIES

ACCOKEEK, Md, December 10
William Rufus Dyer, 10, postmaster
here for the last six years, died sud-
denly at his home yesterday Of heart
disease. He was a native Of this Sec
ton.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow in Christ Church here,
with burial In the church cemetery.
Mr.. Dyer Is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Layinia Dyer. and . son, Daniel
Leonard Dger.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
ELECTED
PRESS CLUB HEAD
Denver Post Correspondent
Succeeds Simpson as
President.

Charles o. Gridley, Washington
correspondent for the Denver Post, was
chosen yesterday as twenty-ninth
president of the National Press Club
to succeed George w. Simpson, Hous-
ton Post correspondent, at the clubs
annual election of officers.
Harold Brayman, Philadelphia Eve
ming Public Ledger correspondent. was
elected vice president to succeed Grid
ley. Clifford A. Provost, Detroit Free
Press. was elected secretary; Felix T.
Gotten. Central News Association,
financial secretary. and Charles A.
Hamilton, Binghamton Press and Troy
Times, reelected treasurer.
The new officers will be installed
next month.
Elected members of the Board of
Governors we're: Thomas L. Stokes,
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance:
Melbourne Christerson. Associated
Press, and John O'Donnell, New York
Daily News. The hold-over governors
are Lorenzo w. Martin, Louisville
Times; Arthur w. Hachten, Universal
Service and the San Francisco Ex-
aminer; Paul Hodges, Cleveland Plain
Dealer. and Richard L. Wilson, Des
Moines Register and Tribune.
Gridley, a native of Illinois, has
followed national affairs as Wash
ington correspondent for. about Is
years. He is a graduate of Northwest
ern University and of the National
University Law School. For some
years he has been a member of the
District bar.
He served 18 months overseas dur
ing the World War with the 33d
division, attaining the rank of first
lieutenant. He saw action on num-
Der of historic fields, including the
Meuse-Argonne offensive, and is a
member of the National Press Club
Post of the American Legion.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
DIVORCE SUIT FILED

RENO. New, December l9 R.-
Lewis Luckenbach of the steamship
family is seeking a Nevada divorce
from his fourth wife. Gladys, who
recently won a separate maintenance
suit in San Francisco, it was dis
closed here today.
Luckenbach's suit for divorce,
charging cruelty. was filed In the
district court at Virginia City. 20
miles southeast Of Reno. yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
UPDIKE DRIVING CHARGE
is CONTINUED BY CURRAN
Former Indiana Representative Is
Accused of Recklessness in
Accident Recently.

Judge Edward M. Curran in Police
Court yesterday continued the case
of former Representative Ralph E.
Updike of Indiana for one week. Up
dixie is charged with reckless driv-
ing growing out Of an accident at
Twenty-sixth and I streets, in which
two persons were injured several
weeks ago.
Convicted by jury before Judge
Curran last week, Updike's attorneys
were to have argued a motion for a
new trial yesterday. Briefs and tram
scripts Of the record. however, had
not been filed with the court. The
motion will be argued before Judge
Curran next Saturday.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
CHARLES J. BLAIR, IS,
DIES IN WINCHESTER
Heart Disease Proves Fatal to
Credit Committeeman of
Federal Land Bank.

SpeciaI Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, December 10
Charles j. Blair. ST., IS, credit COM
mitteeman of the Baltimore Federal
Land Bank, died today at the nome
of his son here.
Two weeks ago he suffered heart
attack while en- route from his home
in Danville, Va, to Baltimore on ofti-
cial business The body will be taken
to Danville tomorrow for burial. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Katherine Pritchett Blair; three sons
and three daughters. He was o MEM
Der of various Masonic societies and
the Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
MONTGOMERY OPENS
NEW HEALTH CLINIC
DR.. Mitchell to Treat Social Dis
eases Each Monday Night
at Silver Spring.
special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md, December
19.-As part of q Statewide drive
against social diseases, the Montgom-
cry Health Department opened clinic
in the county building here this week.
Clinics are already being operated
at Rockville and Damascus.
The clinic here will be held each
Monday night. with DR.. C. w. Mitchell
in charge. Members of the Silver
Spring -Woodside Public Health Lay
Committee assist in sponsoring the
clinic.
The dental clinic, which the Lay
Committee is sponsoring, is scheduled
to open in the county building Janu-
ary II. 1t will take care of children
in the first three grades of the local
schools, including the parochial and
Seventh-day Adventist institutions.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
FLOOD REPORT DUE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BL.ADENSBURG, Nd, December
19.-John S. White, member of the
Maryland House of Delegates, will re-
port on the status of efforts to obtsin
relief from the periodical floods at
Bladensburg before the Federation of
Citizens Associations of Prince
Georges County Monday night in the
Bladensburg fire house. A committee
to make nominations for officers for
the ensuing year will be appointed.
Onicers will be elected at the January
session.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
Christmas Eve Rite Set.

LAUREL, Md, December 10 (Spe-
ciaD The Christmas Eve celebration
of the Holy Eucharist will begin in
st. Philips Church here at 1880 pm.
The music is under direction of Wal
ter r. Noe, organist and choir director.
and the special soloist will be Miss
Aahal .Iaaksan-
Evening star., 1936-12-20
TWO COMPANIES GIVE
CHRISTMAS BONUSES
$29. 500 Distributed Among EN-
ployes of Motor Firm-Truck-
ing Concern Rewards Workers.

A Christmas bonus of approximate
ly S29, 500 was distributed among $50
employees Of the Trew Motor Co. last
night by Joseph B. Trew. president.
The distribution was made at a
dinner in the companys show room.
1926 Fourteenth street. The awards
were made on the basis of each en-
ploye's contribution to the firms busi-
ness during the year.
A bonus will be distributed among
employees of the Sterrett Operating
Service, handlers of trucks and trail
ers, according to an announcement by
John A. Sterrett, president of the firm.
The bonus will range from s35 and
$50, and is based on the rate of pay
and length of service of employees who
were on the pay roll prior to January
l, 1886.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
Closed Season on Mullet.

The closed season on mullet fishing
In Florida begins December and
extends 70 Jaauaxy 40.
Evening star., 1936-12-20

(See RECREATION Page B-3.)
The Washington times., 1936-02-26
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The Washington times., 1936-02-26
WATER SURVEY
SUGGESTS
SAVINGS
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Feb. 26. Launching a
thorough" investigation Of all
county departments which come
under the county board, the
special investigation committee,
Including members of the county
board, the county manager and
county engineer, yesterday ques-
toned at length two employees Of
the county water department.
Though the session was held be.
hind closed doors, it was learned
that the persons questioned had
admitted many changes could be
made to, effect economy and af-
ford better businesslike manage.
ment of the department.
Brought about through a resolu
ton introduced by board member
w. A. E. McShea, and enlarged
upon motion of member F. Free,
land Chew, the investigation will
take in every county department
coming under the county board.
At least two more sessions are
expected to be held on the water
department survey. Following
this department, will come the
engineering department, health de.
partment, county managers office,
auditors office, county repair
shop and county highway depart
ment.
Recommendations offered by
members of the committee will
be made to the board at the first
regular meeting after completion
| Of the investigation.
The Washington times., 1936-02-26
SETS UP
BARS TO
lures
BY RALPH B. JORDAN

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26 (IN.
S0.-The United States fleet, in
its own way, today went about
combating the latest menace Of
Communism, the use Of good-look-
ing women to lure enlisted men
into seditious activities. while both
officers and men looked to Con-
gress for immediate passage OF
the Tydings-McC Cormick bill.
This measure, which has the
whole hearted support Of the fleet
provides for imposition Of $1,000
fine and two years imprisonment
for distributing seditious hterar
ture among the country's armed
forces.
Sailors Mail Scanned
Officers of Uncle Sans fighting
craft, learning the high command
had declared the Federal Govern
ment powerleSS to prosecute two
women charged by Los Angeles
police with distributing Commu-
mist literature on the battleship
Mississippi, frightened the fleet
regulation that all mail sent to
bluejackets must pass through Of
ficial channels-that Is, under the
vigilant eyes Of each ships execu-
tive officer.
And the executive officers sharp
ened their examination Of incom
ing mail, while shore patrols and
police at the various ports where
fleet units are stationed at pres
ent, watched for the feminine
lures" around the docks, for the
women and girls instructed by the
Communists to meet sailors. take
them to dances and entertain.
ments, win their confidence and
then preach to them the red doc
trines.
I'VE have a way of discourag-
ing Reds" said a husky petty
officer on shore patrol duty here,
swinging the ever-ready stick that
bangles from the wrists Of all
Navy shore patrolmen.
The Washington times., 1936-02-26

ernoon for Mrs. Lucy Baggett, SO,
one of this city's oldest matrons,
who died Sunday at a local hos,
pital Of infirmities.
The Washington times., 1936-02-26

Baptist Church at Philippi, W.
Va, has been invited to take the
pulpit of the Lee Street Baptist
Church here.
The Washington times., 1936-02-26

Mrs. 6aggett Buried
MARTINSBURG. w. Va. Feb.
26-Rites we're conducted from a
funeral home here yesterday aft
The Washington times., 1936-02-26

Pastor Gets Call
DANVILLE, Va. Feb. 26.-The
Rev. H. M. Turner, pastor OF the
The Washington times., 1936-02-26
Mrhh Muo~i,aq

THERE is one thing about the pop
ularity of Paul Jones Whiskey that
is O constant source of satisfaction
to us.
tits this-that Paul Jones, whose
price is so modest, has attracted to
it so many men to whom price is
no consideration, but to whom good
taste is of paramount importance.