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Evening star., 1940-02-17
Traffic Engineering
Needed, Says Report
On D. T.. Situation
Pedestrion Control
Compliance Must Be Made
Easy, Says Stricken

Trafic engineering must facilitate
compliance with pedestrian control
regulations in the District, Paul r.
Stricken. director of field service OF
the National Safety Council. said in
a report on the city's traflle. situa-
ton published yesterday.
The council considers program
Of pedestrian control necessary. Mr..
Stricker reported, but believes it is
up to the engineers to make OBJ
servance Of regulations easy. More
over, he said, education must Com
vince the public mind that safety
requires, and is worth a certain
amount OF inconvenience on the part
of the individual.
Mr. Stricker praised the interest
shown in Washington's pedestrian
control program and predicted great
improvement in future '.for the good
Of the general public"
Lacks Manpower.
His report, published by the Amer
ican Automobile Association, pointed
out that the city lacks sufncient
nianpower In its police force and
trafac departments to promote Z
satisfactory program Of highway
safety. - @f''s' 's.f,-. s's
His survey showed q total of 1853
full-time trafnc men and observed
that to rank with the top 80 per
cent Of the cities Of comparable
population Washington should have
at least go men.
These figures indicate that police
should be transferred from other
duties to trafic work." the report
said. while there is always the
possibility that crime may increase
when men are taken from crime pre-
vention, we believe that a study
Of crime costs in Washington con-
trasted with the cost Of trafIic ac-
cidents will show here, as has been
shown In other cities, that the
trafnc accident loss requires a
greater portion of the total facilities
OF the Police Department"
Record Commended.
Mr.. Stricken described as 4
splendid record" the conviction Of
96 per cent Of those arrested for
traflc violations in the District, but
added that the lack Of q single sue
cessful prosecution last year TN the
most serious cases should be given
utmost attention. He recommended
that the Washington Criminal Jus
tice Association give further con-
sideration to this situation.
I'VE would suggest also" hi. con-
tinued, "that . trafYic court be
established which will handle trafi1c
cases only and that, in view of the
present practice Of changing judges
and prosecutors monthly, q COM
parative record be kept Of monthly
performance"
Mr.. Stricken advocated newspaper
publication of monthly audits Of
arrests and convictions, and also
recommended . full-time safety in
structor for public schools.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Dr.. Church Speoks

DR.. A. F. Church OF the Catholic
University and the Rockefeller
Foundation addressed members Of
the National Capital Section Of the
American Camping Association last
night on Mental Hygiene in
Camp" He spoke at . dinner
meeting In the Young Women's
Christian Association. Seventeenth
and K streets NV. u. 3. Twist Of
Baltimore, national president pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Funds Sought for Work
OF Y. w. c. A. Comp

The Camp Committee of the
Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's
Christian Association has launched
q campaign to raise 81 900 to carry
on the work and make necessary
repairs at Camp Clarissa Scott at
Highland Beach, Nd, Mrs. M. s.
Thompson, chairman Of the COM
mittee, announced today.
This camp, which has been in
use 81 years, has one administra-
ton building, three huts for camp
ers, and Z hut for the caretaker.
Eight counselors and one registered
nurse attended 135 campers last
year.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Some Anoesthetics Produce
Shock GNU. Doctor Reports
Effects Of Two Of Newer Ones Similar
To Poison on Nerves; Not All Persons Affected

An hitherto unrecognized shock
resulting from some of the newer
anaesthetics was described before
the George Washington University
postgraduate clinic today by DR..
Francis G. Speidel.
1t is manifested, he said, with
evipan, widely used as a spinal, or
nerve block, anaesthesia; and with
cyclopropane, which is given by in
halation and manifests itself by
lowered blood pressure, slowing OF
the pulse rate, and increase in the
rigidity of the intestinal muscles.
1t is very similar, DR.. Speidel said.
to certain effects of poisons of the
parasympathetic division of the
autonomic nervous systematic sys-
tenn lying outside the central nervous
system and which largely controls
the automatic, unconscious functions
Of the body. 1t is divided into two
parts antagonistic to each other
One of these halves. the sympa-
thetic system, controls such phe-
nomena as heart beat, sweating. etc
All its effects are exaggerated by the
hormone adrenalin which normally
is secreted by the adrenal gland
near the kidneys.
The parasympathetic division
curbs all these effects. The anaes-
thetics, DR.. Speidel sid. seem to act
in almost precisely the same way
The effect, he believes, is a chemical
one on chemical substance known
rs acetylcholine which Is secreted
from nerve endings stimulated by q
nerve impulse, and which thus forms
bridge for the impulse to cross to
the next nerve ending.
Shock Can Be Combatted.
The shock can be combatted, DR.
Speidel said, by the use of adrenalin
or some drugs of the same family
1t Is danger, he warned, with
which surgeons should be familiar
especially since 1t differs greatly
from person to person. Some indi.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Dr.. .Monn's Porty to Sail
For Liberiu Todux

Director william n. Mann Of the
National Geological Park and Mrs.
Mann planned to sail this afternoon
from New York on their collecting
voyage to Liberia, en- the West Coast
Of Africa.
The freighter on which the Wash
ington party will travei is expected
to reach Liberia In aaout q days.
DR.. and Mrs. Mann were accom-
panied by two Zoo keepers. They
plan to remain In the field, hunting
everything from elephants to rygmy
antelope, for about three months.
Evening star., 1940-02-17

viduals seem to be highly sensitive
to the effects Of the various anaes-
thesies.
The shock is never present. DR..
Speidel said, following use of the
inhalant >anaesthesias, ether, nitrous
oxide or ethylene gas. 1t is almost
always present to some extent with
evipan, but may be so slight as to
pass unnoticed. Its appearance with
cyclopropane is very irregular.
This new phenomenon, which DR..
Speidel calls "cholinergic shock, is
especially likely when the strength
of the sympathetic system Is at a
low ebb. BY means of tests with
adrenalin, he said, it may be pos
sible to predict to some extent how
an individual patient will react,
especially to avertin.
Heart Surgery Procedures.
With diseases of the heart consti-
tuting the greatest cause of death
in the United States, a variety of
new procedures in heart surgery
ooAAtC AAOuCi dtCly SuCCCoclul, Ildtc
been introduced in the past few
years after thousands of expert
ments with animals, reported DR..
Charles S. White.
He presented one patient, an
elderly lady, for whom the dreaded
pains Of angina pectoris have been
relieved by the newest type OF heart
operation In which the abdominal
omentum is grated directly to the
heart in an effort to increase the
blood supply to that organ. The
alternative operation, he explained,
is an attempt to relieve the strain
on the heart by total removal of
the thyroid gland. Although mod
erately successful, this still falls
short OF its objective.
The annual banquet of the George
Washington University Medical So
ciety will be held at the Mayfiower
tonight. Secretary of the Interior
Ickes will speak on Conservation,
the Health of the Nation"
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Charles West Given
Processing Tax
Review Position
Former Representative
Is Eighth Member
Of.New Board

Former Representative Charles
West of Ohio, who has served the
New Deal in several capacities, ap-
peared in new place today as a
member of the Processing Tax
Board of Review in the Treasury
Department.
Secretary Morgenthau made the
appointment, news of which was
confirmed late yesterday. To quail
fy technically for the $500 post
Mr.. West had to serve an appren-
ticeship in the Treasury. Mr.. VESTS
brief tenure in the department was
known to only few officials.
One More Vacancy Remains.
He is the eighth member of the
recently created tax board, and
there is one more vacancy to fill.
The board was created by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to handle claims for
tax refunds ordered by the Supreme
Court when 1t invalidated the proc
essing tax instituted by the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration.
Millions of dollars are involved In
the tax claims.
Mr.. West was a Democratic mem-
ber of the House from the 18th
Ohio district in 1881 and later was
defeated In the primary race for the
Senate by former Gov. Vic Donahey.
He served as White House liaison
ofdcer and trouble shooter" at the
Capitol.
Held Interior Position.
He was appointed to the newly
created $4,000 post Of Undersecre-
tary Of the Interior over the wishes
Of Secretary Ickes in 1885. He final-
" resigned In 1888, when he re-
turned from an extended stay In
the West to find that Mr.. Ickes had
deprived him Of his ONCE and stan.
In recent years Mr.. Vests name
has been mentioned with such posi-
tions rs head Of the Budget Bureau,
controller Of the currency and As
sistant Secretary Of Commerce.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Junior Auxiliary Dance

The Washington Junior Auxiliary
of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief
Society of Denver, Colo, will hold a
membership dance at 10 rm to-
morrow at the Lee House, Fiji
teenth and l. streets NV Frances
Hellerman is chairman Of the Ar
rangements Committee, assisted by
Co-chairmen Eddy Alexander and
Esther Lanaenbarn.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Dr.. Peter Marshall
To Address Session
Of Girl Reserves
Washington and Five
Other Cities Send
Delegates to Y. W. G. A.

The midwinter conference of Girl
Reserves of Washington and five
Maryland and Virginia cities, being
held at the Y. w. G. A. today, was
to be addressed by DR.. Peter Mar
shall, pastor of the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, at Ais
o'clock this afternoon.
DR.. Marshall was to talk on ITO
days Challenge to Youth" during
the session scheduled to open at
1880 o'clock. Delegates are here from
Richmond, Norfolk, Baltimore, Fred
erick and Annapolis.
Miss Nettie Garnon, president OF
the Interclub Girl Reserve Council,
was to preside at the afternoon s
panel discussion. Leaders and their
subjects on the program are Mary
Keith Bingham, Richmond, RE
sponsibility of the Girl Reserve Club
to the Girl";; Thelma jackson, Balti-
more, "The Responsibility of the
Girl Reserve Club to the Y. w. G.
A." and Daisy Sayers, Norfolk, "The
Girl Reserve Club and the Com
munity."
Other leaders were to be Pauline
Kinsinger, Baltimore; Leta Galpin,
Richmond, and Mabel r. Cook and
Margaret Graves Of Washington.
Harold r. Ambrose, public rela-
tions ofncer Of the Post Once De-
partment, was to speak and Miss
Mary Burnet, Y. w. G. A. music Sec
retary, was to lead the assembly tn
group singing.
Speakers ct q dinner at 6:15
o'clock viii be Teresa Jackson and
Sue. McNeely Of Washington and
Beatrice Morgan Of Annapolis.
Members Of the Committee on Ar
rangements were Miss Garmon, Miss
McNeely. Nancy Ann White and
Mary Grace Ryan.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
cooperation Of All
To Advance Aviation
Urged Upon Flyers
Aeronuuticul Association S
New Head Forecasts
Astounding Future

Capt. Gill Robb Wilson, New Jer-
sey aviation commissioner and newly
elected president of the National
Aeronautical Association, outlined
the future of aviation last night in
the Raleigh Hotel before members
of the Aero Club of Washington.
Recalling recent trip he made
through European nations, Capt.
Wilson. one of the famous American
flyers in the World War, declared
that SO far as private flying is con-
cerned the United States leads Eng
land, France, Germany and most of
the other countries. "As a matter
of fact" he said, there is little or
no private flying abroad"
Would Spread Air Consciousness.
In comprehensive outline Of what
the National Aeronautical Associa-
ton hopes to do under his leader
ship, the newly elected president told
how American aviation can be i'm
proved by the enlistment of all-men
women and children-in a co-opera-
tive effort for the advancement of
the science. This, he said, could and
would ~ done in a campaign destined
to make al Americans air-conscious
even to the non-flyers.
Since the birth Of aviation, Capt.
Wilson stated, the American scene
has at times been somewhat chaotic;
but he asked his audience, made up
of men and women prominent in
local aviation endeavors, and some
nationally known, Ito forget the past
and focus their attention upon the
future--for the future of aviation is
just getting its start"
Offices to Be Enlarged.
introduced by John Victory, vice
president of the Aero Club, Capt.
Wilson was given an ovation when
he stated that in a short while
the national Offices of the N. A. A.
would be enlarged and made more
accessible to aviators and all others
connected with the industry.
It was announced that the new
president, along with the vice presi-
dent, Walter G. Kilner, with other
nationally known figures, have
worked out plans for encompassing
all aviation units desiring it into
one national unit.
Some of the prominent figures in
aviation who attended last nights
meeting were Richard Boutelle, Tom
Harding and John H. Geisse of
the Civil Aeronautics Authority and
Mrs. Mary Benson, one of the vice
presidents Of the Aero Club, who
was also chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee.
Capt. Corley McDarment, presi-
dent Of the club, who was unable to
be present at the opening of the
meeting, spoke on behalf of the local
organization.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Army to Increase
Officer Troininq
By the Associated Press.

0y Iuc ASSOCIHCeu PreBS.
The Army announced today that
the Command and General STAFF
School at Fort ,Leavenworth. Kans..
would be opened to nearly four times
as many onicers as have heretofore
been trained there annually for top
command posts.
Secretary Woodring said that be-
ginning with the fall course, which
opens September /, the number Of
Regular Army officer students would
be increased from, 225 to 400. About
the same number is expected to be
assigned to second course begin
ming January Is.
Evening star., 1940-02-17

at the schools annual dance at the
Carlton Hotel. Serving rs her maids
Of honor during the coronation cere-
mony were Miss Ida Jeanne Dagger
and Miss Josephine s. jenkins, run
ners-up in the contest.
Daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
H. Quell, 1910 Sixteenth street NV,
Miss Quell has been q student at
the school since last September.
She received her Bachelor Of Arts
degree at Lawrence College last
June.
The 1910 queen was given q crown
Of flowers surmounted by q minia-
ture gold typewriter.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Dr.. Purrun Suffers
Cold: Is Kept Home

DR.. Thomas Parran, Surgeon Gen.
eral of the United States Public
Health Service, is confined to his
home with cold, similar to that
which :, has afdicted much Of the
Washington population.
Mrs. Parran, explaining that the
Surgeon General was following the
prescription that rest is one Of the
best things for treatment Of 9 cold,
was remaining at home for . while.
His ailmcnt, however, Is not serious,
1t was explained.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Suffruae PIuns to Be Mode

Activities In behalf Of suffrage
In Washington will be discussed it
8 pm. Monday by the District of
Columbia Suffrage Association ct
its business meeting In the board
room In the District Building, VIII
bur B. Finch, association president,
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Miss (lueII Crowned
As Queen Of School

Miss Mona Barbara Quell today
wore the crown Of the queen Of the
Washington School for Secretaries.
Miss Quell, pretty 21-year-old
blond. was crowned last night by
Representative Byron Of Maryland
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Chorus Gives Concert

Choristers Of the Immaculate Con-
ception Boys School gave concert
last night before 400 persons at Hur-
ney Hall. Eighth and N streets NV.
The chorus, composed Of Is boys and
. men, sang sacred and opera selec-
tiors.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Troffie Record

The trafiic record a revealed
at police headquarters for A.
hour period ending 9 am. to
day:
Fatalities, l e pedestrian).
Accidents, IS.
Motorists injured, 2.
Motorists arrested, 3o1.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
Pedestrians arrested for vio.
lation Of pedestrian control req
ulations, 2.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Podiotry Society Meeting

DR.. Joseph 8. Bowman Of Lebanon.
Pa, will lecture before the District
Podiatry Society tomorrow at 3:30
pm. at the United States Public
Health Service auditorium
Evening star., 1940-02-17

italy Is trying to increase its pro-
duction Of cellulose, from which
paper, cellul0id, explosives and arti-
dctAl dbrss are made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

time and at a lower cost than %
years ago. Mistakes of 1917 will
not be repeated.
Camps will be smaller. less
crowded, safer. The modern
triangular" division numbers Is.
600 men, about two-thirds that of
Pershing's divisions. Additional
structures. to house motorized
equipment searchlights, etc., will
be necessary.
Special detail of camp layouts
will give greatest ma~gin of safe
ty from aerial attack and fire.
Camouflage will be limited to nets
and screens and will lie incor-
porated in the training program.
NO "HURRY-UP"
NECESSARY
The '~'hurry-up'' program of 1917.
10 will not be necessary and there
will be no log-jam in the training
camps. Before the first conscripts
are called on Nov. Is, two echelons
of the national guard 10000 each),
will have started training. TIL e
training camp quota of 400, 900 vii
not be reached unit J~r. |.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Tobacco Prices Show
Still Further Climb

RALEIGH. Oct. 2.-(R-The mid
die flue-cured tobacco belt regis
tered increased prices yesterday,
While the New Bright Belt had a
slightly lower average, a markst-
ing report said.
Largest gains on the Middle Belt
occurred in leaf and lug groups.
Sales. decreased in volume, were
principally common to fair quality
leaf and low to good Tugs.
The sales volume of the New
BRIGHT Belt was much lighter. Leaf
grades composed the bulk.
Eastern Belt averages:
Leaf-good orange 26, fair orange
q. low orange 1850, common red
as smoking leaf-low orange
1880 cutters-fair lemon 80, low
lemon 80, low orange % lugs-
choice lemon 81, fine lemon %,
GOOD lemon q. fair lemon 10, low
range 1925 nondescript = best
leafy $50. best luggy 6.25.
Middle Belt averages:
Orange leaf-fine SO, good q, fair
"A. low 1880, common II orange
smoking leaf-good 81, fair q, low
22.5O. common 1850 c~utters-fair
lemon "a. low lemon 80, low orange
81 ~lugs-choice lemon SO, fine or
ange 81, good lemon 20, fair lemon
o. low lemon 1925 lemon prim-
ings-fine 80, good 26, fair 10, low
1915 nondescript-best leafy 7.50,
best buggy 7. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Orphanage Association
Hears J. M. Brouqhton

TOWNSVILLE, Oct. 2.-RH
The North Carolina Orphanage as
ISOLATION heard j. M. Broughton,
democratic gubernatorial nominee,
say yesterday that I'VE must not
only train our children in defense
but also in the traditions of our
country"
He told the association that while
Americans were deing their ut-
most to care for orphans, Euro
pean nations ere making orphans
by the thousands.
c. K. Proctor, superintendent of
the Oxford orphanage, was elected
association president, j. o. Saun-
ders of the Methodist Children's
home, Raleigh, vice president, and
Miss Gladys Poindexter of III e
Kennedy home, Kinston, secretary.
Raleigh was chosen for the next
meeting, to be held at an un-
designated date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Defense Housing
BY MAI. PAUL L. REED

One of the toughest of all the
tasks facing CONSUMPTION admin
>strators is the job of housing the
new army.
This part of the defense pro-
gram must be tackled from
scratch, but the terrific pressure
of the 1917 housing problem will
not be felt. Experience gained in
the World War is going to be a big
help-and, incidentally, will make
things more comfortable for the
drafted men.
Money is appropriated; work has
already started. Congress has ear
marked 500, 600, 900 for general de-
tense housing and $128, 900, 900 for
national guard barracks. Under
Senate consideration is an addition
al appropriation of 1898. 900, 900 for
conscript housing, already passed
by the House.
AS early as July, a relatively
small program for construction of
temporary barracks, mess halls,
Warehouses;, dullil1llotI dtiVC AodA-
tiers at 10 regular army posts in
dlcated Preparations to handle in
itial training of ~conscripts as well
as 100, 900 new recruits.
Formal authorization of seven
army housing projects for national
guard units has just been an
nouced by the War Depa4 ,1nent,
and funds have been allocated and
construction program initiated for
nine camp and hospital sites. The
new national guard camps will
house III, 500 men, the nine others
307, 900.
Each national guard camp will
provide quarters for a full divi-
sion,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Old Glory Will Always
Fly, Says Governor Hoey

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 2.-R-The
American flag, S a i d Governor
Hoey, has never been lowered be-
fore any nation on earth land
never will be; America shall al
ways be true to her great tradi-
tons and ideals"
I'm defenses on land and on the
sea and in the air, we shall stand
for the rights of the constitution
and the bill of rights"
The governor spoke at the dedi-
cation of Charlotte's 81, 900, 600
Memorial hospital, erected with
private donations a n d federal
It contains 1886 beds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Children's Bureau Head
Speaks To Welfare Group

CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 2. - Up -
Miss Katherine Lenroot, chief OF
the Children's Bureau of the U. S.
Department of Labor, told the Pub
lie Welfare Institute last night that
delays in assessing our human re-
sources and the services available
for their conservation will seriously
hamper us in achieving u peace
time detectives and preparing for
national Defense"
The people are gradually being
convinced, she said, that the nation
will be ready to defend its way OF
life only when it's citizens are united
in recognizing the responsibility OF
carrying the historical process which
made them free citizens. That truth,
she added, is beneath the rush of
orders for military equipment. the
development of plans for soldier
training and the gearing of the re-
sources of the nation for prepared
ness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Pull the Trigger on
Lazy Bowels
with herb laxative, combined with syrup pepsin
to make it agreeable and easy to take

to make it agreeable and easy to take
When constipation brings on acid, in
digestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas,
coated tongue, u taste and bad
breath, your stomach is probably "cry-
ing the blues" because your bowels don't
10Y 1t calls for Laxative SIENNA to pull
the trigger on those lazy bowels, COM
bined with good old Syrup Pepsin to
make your laxative more agreeable and
easier to take. For years many Doctors
have used pepsin compounds, as agree
able carriers to make other medicines
more palatable when your "taster' feels
easily upset. So be sure your laxative
contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on DR..
Caldwelrs Laxative SIENNA, combined
with Syrup Pepsin. See how wonderfully
its herb Laxative SIENNA wakes up lazy
nerves and muscles in your intestines, to
bring welcome relief from constipation.
And see how its Syrup Pepsin makes DR..
Caldwelrs medicine so smooth and agree
able to a touchy gullet. Even fnicky
children love the taste of this pleasant
family laxative. Buy DR.. Caldwelr's Lax
alive SIENNA at your druggists today.
Try one laxative that won't bring on
violent distaste, even when you take it
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
RLAST DESTROYS
SWISS FACTORY
II Workers Injured When
Explosion Occurs In
Tool Laboratory

z1rRICH, Switzerland, Oct. Up
An explosion at the Oerlikon tool
machinery factory near here last
riobt injured IL workers and de-
stroyed the laboratory Of the plant,
one of the largest of its kind in
Europe.
Nine of the injured are in serious
condition. The blast occurred in a
LARGE container in the laboratory.
BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 2.-LP-
Al The suggestion of the Swiss high
Command the government today call
Cd many new troops and officers to
the colors to replace others who, a
communique said, will soon be re-
leased from active duty.
The number affected was not
stated.