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Evening star., 1939-10-22
Sailor Ready 10 Start
Trip Around World
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Capt. Will
liam Sallsten, 48, Finnish -Ameri-
can sea captain, expects to make
friends with natives on his trip
around the world by pulling their
aching teeth.
For this reason he included for
ceps in his large medical kit, which
he packed tonight for an early
morning departure aboard his 25-
foot Catamaran-an oaken raft cov-
ering three parallel canoes.
Capt. Sallsten, a former master
Of Isthmian Line steamers, will fol-
low alone in the frail craft he built
on the Hudson two years ago a
route with which he became familiar
In steamships: Panama, San Fran
cisco, Honolulu, Pago Pago, Fiji Is
lands, New Zealand, Australia, Sin
gapore, Suez. the Mediterranean and
the southern Atlantic route.
If the wind fails his copper
encrusted, tent-covered craft he
carries 700 square feet of sail but
no motor-he will try to thumb"
tows. If hitch-sailing too looks bad,
he will fall back on couple of oars.
Among his provisions are several
kinds of canned fish.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

Hollywood penetrated deep into
Sigma NJ territory last night in an
advance on 1901 r street.
A moviedom staff communique
announced that Ann Rutherford,
unsupported by Mickey Rooney,
struck suddenly at the Sigma Nu
salient about tbs pm, capturing
some 30 prisoners, food supplies and
a sweetheart pin. Sigma Nu head
quarters did not deny the loss.
Newspaper correspondents accom-
panied a Sigma NJ scouting force
in the foyer of their r street posi-
ton and watched them open the
front door with cries of Here she
is' from 6:55 pm. to 7:15 pm. for
every passing car.
A Sigma Nu spokesman said they
had expected the attack about 7
Evening star., 1939-10-22

pm. but the outpost forces, appar-
emily weakened by the delay in the
arrival of food supply, retreated to
rejoin the main force upstairs, as
soon as Miss Rutherford appeared.
1t was also reported from reliable
sources that detachment of fra
ternity men were to move on Forest
Glen, Md. later on in the evening
with National Park College the OBJ
jective.
The surrender of the pin assured
Miss Rutherford of some 10000
brothers throughout the country in
addition to her sister and mother
who were with her in her occupa-
ton of a downtown theater this
week.
Sigma Nu men were commanded
by William Kyne and Vic Turrou,
son Of Leon Turrou, ex Oman.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

glimpses of Mr.. Melchers-his boy
hood in Detroit, where he spent
many afternoons in the workshop of
his father, Julius Melchers, a wood
carver and Sculptor-his study year
his triumphs abroad-his studio at
Egmond-Ann-zee, Holland, which
became his home for IS years-his
return to New York-his coming
home here to Belmont.
After dinner you walk 4 stone 8
throw to the field stone studio-two
exhibition rooms and the workshop
Here are Mr.. Melchers works.
For some inexplicable reason you
find yourself tiptoeing as you enter
the workshop and approach the great
raised easel where Mr. Melchers
worked in the strong light admitted
by the huge north window.
Corinne Melchers does not tiptoe
but there is a light in her eyes that
is not indebted to the north window
With something suggestive of a
careSs, she lifts first one and then
another picture for your inspection
from the stacks along the walls.
Versatility Evident.
Here, in scores of paintings, is
evident the versatility that enabled
Mr. Melchers to master landscapes
portraits, religious and realistic
works, nudes, studies of peasants
and patricians, studies of the sea-
sons.
Belmont is truly Virginias art
shrine. Rightly so, for to Mr.. Mel
chers goes large credit for native art
beginnings in the Old Dominion.
The Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
in Richmond, where hangs one OF
Mr.. Melchers' most celebrated paint
ings, The Last Supper" was con.
ceived at Belmont, at a gathering
Of art lovers.
The setting sun bathes the estate
in a rosy shower as you take your
leave. 1t silhouettes Corinne Mel
chers, flanked by her dogs, the par
rot on her shoulder, in a picture
whose characteristics are simplicity
and strength - the characteristics
that won worldwide acclaim for her
husbands works.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Rutland Advocates
Expanded Aid for
Medically Indigent'
Paper Given at Public
Health PorIey Shows
Services Vary Widely

Health OfIicer George S. Ruhland
upheld the need and wisdom OF ex-
pansion Of treatment services by
city and State health departments,
so far as they apply to medically
INDECENT" persons, In q paper he
presented during the convention OF
the American Public Health Associ-
alton last week at Pittsburgh.
DR.. Ruhland based his paper on
replies received to missionaries he
had sent out in q national survey
and reported that while the extent
Of treatment services varied greatly
there had been q trend In recent
years to expand such services.
He explained the data collected
were not conclusive. that replies had
been received so far from 81 of the
48 States and Al large cities to
which the questionnaires were sent.
At the outset, he said he was pre-
pared to find an accusing finger"
pointed at the record. at least by
some who may denounce what ap-
pears as evidence of that trouble
some bugaboo so commonly, If vague
ly, defined as State medicine"
Venereal Service Tops List.
For the cities from which answers
were received, he said. out-patient
treatment for venereal cases ap-
peared the most frequently offered
service, with more than 80 per ceie
OF the cities reporting such facili-
ties. Next were services for COM
municable diseases, maternal, infant
and child welfare and tuberculosis,
with 68 per cent of the reporting
cities stating they maintain these
services.
Emergency services and visiting
physician services were reported by
9 OF the 81 cities reporting. More
than one-third Of the same number
reported clinical service for cardiacs,
home delivery in obstetric cases. and
mental hygiene: out of the 21
offered orthopedic service and S
OF the 81 cities operate cancer
clinics, DR.. Rutland said.
Lie ledltN Olncer emphasized
also that social security grants for
services to crippled children. be-
gun in 1896, first were directed to
the State health departments in
Is OF 38 States. Since then, he said,
five State health departments have
been added to the list and that in
five other States the services were
transferred from other State agen-
cies to the State health departments.
He added that maternal and child
health grants under the social
security program go to the State
health agencies, as do grants under
the Venereal Disease Control Act.
Cities and States Disagree.
DR.. Rutland also cleaned from
the QUESTIONABLE replies so far re-
ceived that the majority of health
departments in the large cities favor
an extension of the treatment OF
the INDECENT sick under the con-
troll of health departments, where
as the majority of State health
omcers do not He added: Both
groups of health officers seem to be
of the opinion that a very sub
stantial majority of the public. both
in the city and in the country, think
well of such service setup"
DR.. Rutland reported there are
1.728 governmental hospitals in the
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Next to Clothes,
food and Home,
~. S. Likes Autos
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
ported yesterday that next to good
meal, clothes and a place to live,
the average American city family
loves its automobile best.
A. survey of 14,469 wage-earning
families in AZ cities, the bureau
said, disclosed the average family
spent $87 year for purchase, op-
Grafton and maintenance of an
automobile. The average income of
the group surveyed was $1.5l5.
Food took the largest share of the
family income, accounting for $508
. year; housing, including heat and
light, 1857. and clothing, $l6o.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Maryland Stoekmen
Attend Dedication
Al University
New $3.50, 900 Livestock
And Dairy Buildings
Are Turned Over

More than 1000 stockmen from all
parts Of Maryland yesterday at
tended ceremonies dedicating the
new $250,O00 dairy and livestock
buildings at the University Of Mary
land.
The new plant, constructed on q
250-acre tract with Works Progress
Administration and State funds. was
turned over to Henry Holsapfel, jr.,
Of Hagerstown, vice chairman of the
board Of regents, by Administrator
John M. Carmody Of the Federal
Works Agency. In presenting Mr..
Carmody, DR.. H. c. Byrd, president
Of the University, said the new build
ings would not have been possible
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Su|fapyridine Hailed
As Valued Aid in
Pneumonia Cases
Dangerous Season
Is Near, New York
Professor Warns

As the pneumonia season" nears,
the George Washington University
Medical Society last night heard DR..
Jesse G. M. Bullowa, clinical pro-
fessor in New York University Col
lege of Medicine declare that proper
use of the drug sulfapyridine should
be able to save the lives of many
cases of persons dangerously i'll with
pneumonia, who otherwise would
have slight chance OF recovery this
winter.
DR.. Bullowa, who is director of
Littauer Pneumania Research Fund,
Harlem Hospital, discussed "The
Doctors Responsibility to Pneu-
monia Patients He presented a
practical consideration of pneu-
monia problems confronting the
general practitioner, taking up not
only the subject of sulfapyridine but
also serum therapy.
The distinguished expert empha-
sized the value of early diagnosis
OF pneumonia cases. He thought it
more advisable to treat a suspected
case as pneumania first, even If it
should turn out later to be lesser
allment such as bronchitis. Labora-
tory tests OF the patient. he pointed
out. were of great Importance, not
only in the early stages of determi-
nation OF the types of infection, but
also for check on results of the
treatment.
Sulfapyridine he said, was much
better than sulfanilimide, because
the former has direct effect on the
body OF the pneumonoccus germ
which causes much pneumonia. Dr.
Bullawa pointed to the hazards of
using sulfapyridine. however, gave
the doctors details showing reac-
tlon OF the drug on many patients,
and declared that the great deal of
knowledge of modern science along
this line could we'll be used intel
ligently and efficiently" to control
pneumonia.
DR.. Walter A. Bloedorn. dean of
the Medical School of George
Washington University, in a discus
sion OF the subject, recognized the
hazards OF using the drug, appreci-
ated its value, and also emphasized
the value Of general care of the
patient, including rest, and quiet.
He disclosed one case in which he
said the use of the drug had pro-
duced such quick results on pneu-
monla patient, as to be most dra-
matte"
DR.. Oscar B. Hunter. paid tribute
to the contributions of DR.. Bullowa
IN the scientific development of
pneumonia serums, and emphasized
the value of early diagnosis. He
called attention of the society that
I'VE are on the verge of the pneu-
monla season."
DR.. Charles Stanley White. sur
geon, reported that empyema cases
were diminishing in Washington.
surgical treatment for them, he
said, was adequate drainage at the
proper time.
DR.. Bullowa then expressed the
opinion that the whole picture of
empyema is going to change" He
predicted that if the proper serum
or sulfapyridine were given within
the first two days of pneumonia
empyema would almost surely be
prevented.
DR.. Roger M. Choisser presented
q pathological exhibit on pneu-
monia.
DR.. Arnold McNitt, president of
the society. presided.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

CLASS Observation-Disclosures
Benjamin of 1915 Rock Creek
Church road NV, former edi-
tor Of the Central Bulletin,
who has just been elected
president of the freshman
class at George Washington
University. Other officers are
Nancy Earle, vice president;
Adrienne Warner, secretary,
and Patricia Farrell, treas
urer. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Halloween Prizes Offered

BOWIE, Md, Oct. 81 (SpeciaD -
Prizes for the best costumes will be
awarded at a Halloween party to be
held by the Ladies' Aid at the Bowie
Methodist Church the evening of
October 80.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Rent in EnaIond

Working-class families in Eng
land spent one-flfth to one sixth Of
their incomes in rent in the last
wear
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
Hometown and BigtOUn

aSS-diStributiOn-a classification
which includes thousands of organ
iZed Independent stores, as well as
chains-has been of particularly fine
service TO the smaller communities
of this country.
No longer do farmers and other
local people drive forty or fifty miles
to sizable centers of population in
order TO make their purchases. For
Hometown is as good a shopping
center as Bigtown. The buyer is Of
fered the same wide selection of
goods. at the same reasonable prices.
He can save his gasoline and spend
his money locally. The beneficial ef-
feet of this on any town is appar-
cnt Property owners find ready
tenants. AT good rentals. Local people
find jobs al home and spend their
money al home. All business enter
prise in the community benefit as
trade increases New businesses are
started and old Gnes grow New sour
ces of taxation appear. and local pur-
chasing power expands,
You see this IN thousands of small
or towns a.. cities scattered
throughout the IS states. You see il
in the steady. sound growth that is
taking place in rural America. And
bigscalc distribItion must he given
much of the credit for what might |
he termed the decentralization of |
trade CenteTs"
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
Delaware Places Fourth For
Efficient POstOfficeS

Three of DelawaTe's first class
poetoffices were placed in the blue
ribbon class for the year ending
June 30
The postoflices at Wilmington.
Dover aud Milford received an av-
erag" efficiency rating of 93.5 per
cent for the fiscal year.
tSinCe June 30. however. Milford
dropped tn = second class post Of
ficcI
This rating placed Delaware
fourth in standing in all the states
in the United States X. p. Aldrich.
"hief poStnfi'e inspector of the Uni
cd states. notified Postmaster James
J. Cahill of Wilmington. of the stan
ding of tho first class offices in Del
aware
Delaware lanked first in the av-
eraEe standing Of first, second and
third class postoffices in the Wash
ington Inspection division The di-
rision includes Maryland Delaware.
Virginia West Virginia. North Car
ollna and the District Of Columbia
Pc 'tmaster Cahll said the fourth
class offices in Delaware also rank
ed high
There are 1,l95 first class post
Offices. 1926 second class. 2o77
third class. and 2SS69 fourth class
Offices in the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
Gallant Rescue Lifts Penalty
For Bridge Crash

Because of his excellent perform
ance" in rescuing 80 survivors of the
British aircraft carrier Courageous.
Captain John l.. Reynolds has won
remission of any penalty for the St
Georges bridge crash on January 10.
on that date Reynolds was skip
pering the steamship Waukegan
when it rammed and destroyed the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
span. The Bureau of Marine Inspec-
tion and Navigation found Captain
Reynolds and Leroy Z. Taylor. the
pilot, both guilty of speeding and in
attention to duty. Taylor's license
was suspended for 30 days.
But after Reynolds, as master of
the S. S. Collingsworth, performed
his seaman-like rescue of crew mem
bers from the foundered Courageous
on September II, the bureau sub5ti-
tuted commendation for the contem-
plated penalty.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
L. s. Funds For State Used
lip. PWA Reports

All but 5329.05 Of the 24.340.515
ALLOTTED to the State for Public
Works Administration projects has
becu spent, Ralph Hutchins. PWA
engineer, announced last Saturday.
after conference with federal ongi-
neers a deadline of June, 1910. had
been put on the work
Requests for funds are now being
returned pending further Congress
sional approval of the policy of ap-
propriating fund; for aid to local
communities.
Since all money not spent has
been appropriated for work already
contracted. the State is without fed
oral funds for further public works.
The program was speeded up to
add impetus tn re-employment and
to aid business conditions Mr Hut
chins said Local communities are
now being asked to provide their
own funds for construction and rem
ovation.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
20 Carloads Delaware Apples
Bought BY L. :.

The purchase of % carloads of
Delaware apples for approximately
&15 0nn by the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corporation during the
past two weeks. has been arinounc-
ed by Y. J Carmine. secretary of the
state Board nf Agriculture.
The apples are hein2 shipped from
Dover. Bridgeville. Nassau. Ches-
void. and other towns tn points
through the eastern seaboard. All
APPLES are intended for immediate
consumption
Each carload comprises 52S bush
ell and the average price received
hy tho Delaware grower is 20 cents
4 hushol II is expected that 50
carloads will be purchased in Del
aware by tho FSCC. amounting 10
approximately $21 900.
Three carloads of the apples have
boon received by the FSCC in Viii
mncton for distribution in Della
ware and five more are expected
shortly. State institutions, the state
Hospital at Farnhurst Brandywine
EdgewOod Sanatoriim.
and StOckley Colony are receiving
some cf the apples. Harold V Don
nelly. FSCC director for Delaware
said
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
Approach With Caution

Little imagination is required to
recall the government enforced
bank holiday" of 1888. Business and
industry lived in a state of suspend
ed animation. Pay checks could not
he cashed. bank accounts were froz-
en-in short, the man on the street
learned almost instantly just how
vital the banking industry is to the
country.
According to the National Labor
Relations Board. employees in $4,000
banks are subject to the "persua-
sion" of organized labor. Labor Or
ganizations, if the decision sticks be-
fore the courts. apparently have a
rich field in which to operate, but
will assume a heavy responsibility
requiring an unprecedented degree
of intelligent management and re-
straint on the part of men respon-
sible for acts of labor. Nothing
would damn the cause of labor more
than use of "strong arm" methods to
organize the banks.
Modern banks are a highly geared
mechanism regulated by the public
to serve the public. In a nation of
100000 square miles and 10000 |
COO inhabitants. their job is to keep
the financial side of society going
concern. And the undisputable |
truth is that they have attained de-
gree of success unequaled in the
history of mankind. Labor in its own !
interest had best approach the banks
with caution!
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
Prominent Woman Doctor,
Native Of SMYRNA, Dies

DR.. Frances Van Gasken. so years
old. native of Smyrna. and a prom
inent Philadelphia physician, died
suddenly while visiting friends on
/ Tuesday. October "a, in Drexel Hill,
! Pa.
Dr. Van Gasken. one of the first
women internes at the Philadelphia
General Hospital was a well known
teacher and diagnOstician. Her home
was at 2123 Locust street, Philadel-
phia.
Funeral services were held at 1920
Chestnut street. Philadelphia and in
terment made in Smyrna.
DR.. Van Gasken was graduated
from Women's Medical College. in
Philadelphia. in 1890. and served her
interneship at the Philadelphia Cen
eral Hospital. She was physician for
the old College Settlement. Philadel-
phia. until 1895 and inspector for
the Philadelphia Board of Health in
1896 In 1896 she also was appoint
ed physician for the women's divis-
ion of the Philadelphia Municipal
Court
Dir. Van Gasken studied post grad /
uate work abroad. taking course at |
the Van NOrden Institute. Vienna. in !
1911. She was instructor in hygiene !
at the WOmen's Medical College.
in 1908. and instructor
in Physical diagnosis in 1905
From 1915 to 1923 she was pro-
lessor of clinical medicine at the
WOmen's Hospital. Philadelphia and
Al one time was chief of staff in
medicine. From 1890 to the time of
ler death. she acted as cOnsulant.
md also was on the board of man
igers Of the WOmen's Hospital
DR. Van Gasken was a member of
he American Medical Association.
he Philadelphia County Medical
Society. the Medical Women's Club.
he WOmen's University Club, and
he Anna f. BroOmall Club.
Surviving are brother, Harry J.
ian Gasken of Baltimore. and a
sister. Mrs s. f. Postles. of Phila-
lelphia
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
"The CiUiLizing Rails"

The American railroads. wrote
| Robert s. Henry recently. haul the
major commerce of the continent
all sorts of freight. over all dis
tanCes and between all stations, in
Ian seasons and all weathers-at
rates so low that the average reve-
nue. for carrying a ton of freight one
mile is only one cent. No other form
of transport in America Offering a
like general transportation service
even approaches so low an average
level of charges No other railroads
in the world. except those of Japan
and India, get so little for moving
ton of freight a mile-and the aver
age pay of railroad workers in ia
pan and India is but a small part of
that of average railroad men"
There is the answer to any ques-
tion that may be raised as to the
quality and economy of American
railroad service. This service is the
very heart of the complex industrial
mechanism which is the source of
all business. all jobs. all Opportuni-
ties. If the railroads stopped. indus
try and agriculture would be thrown
into chaos. Other forms of transport
perform important, limited services.
but none can approach the railroads
in handling swiftly. efficiently and
cheaply the major commerce of a
vast continent
The railroads were the great en-
pire builders-the "civilizing rails"
as one observer of the past described
them. Transportation on tracks
made possible the development of
the American continent and the uni
ty of the American nation. Geograph- i
ically, the pioneering period is over
in another sense it still exists. No /
industry today does more work than |
-he railroads in pioneering scientific /
developments designed to further i'm /
prove the efficiency and celebrity of
service
America has use for all forms of !
ranging from the delivery
10Y on a bicycle to the latest super
locomotive. And of them all. the
'ailroads are far and away the most
'ital to our interests as nation.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-03
DELAWARE CITY COUPLE
MARRIED 30 YEARS

Mr. and Mrs Arthur W. Hope. of
Delaware City, observed their fiftieth
Wedding anniversary Tuesday by en-
tertainlng members of their imme-
Giate family at dinner in the even
ing. followed by a reception
The couple was married in Phila-
Gelphia Oct. 81. 1889. They resided
in Philadelphia for several years and
then moved to Porter, where they
lived II years. They moved to Della
ware City in 1904 and have resided
there ever since except for a brief
interval when they lived in Milford
when Mr. Hope was connected with
the state beetle quarantine inspec-
ton.
Guests at the anniversary dinner
included their son-in-law and daugh-
ter. Mr. and Mrs Heisler Easthurn.
Cf MI. Cuba; a grandson. Hope East
lurn of Mt Cuba. and son and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
r. Hope of Delaware City.