Evening star., 1943-04-28
23Poison Food
Victims Remain.
In Hospitals
100 Are Stricken
At Pentogon; Inquiry
Awaits Analysis

Twenty-three victims of the second
case of mass food poisoning at the
War Departments sprawling Pen
tagon Building within the last six
months remained in the hospital to-
day as officials awaited an analysis
of food served yesterday before pro-
ceeding with their investigation.
More than 100 employees were
stricken, So requiring disqualification.
A fleet of 10 ambulances from local
hospitals, the Red Cross, AWVS and
private concerns was pressed into
service to remove the victims.
Capt. Frank w. Hoover, director
Of the Welfare and Recreation AS
ISOLATION, which assumed control
over the cafeteria and soda bars at
the Pentagon Building following the
last case Of ptomaine poisoning, said
he would have to await a report
from the War Department, which
is having the food analyzed, before
making any statement.
1t was not matter of contamina-
tion because of the huge quantities
of food prepared in the cafeteria, he
said, pointing out that the kitchens
are under constant and close super
vision by competent medical author
tiles.
Frozen Eggs Possible Cause.
''It is not a matter of quantity"
he said. Undoubtedly something
was taken in there and prepared in
that food that didn't belong in it.
The place seems to be jinxed."
Capt. Hoover said he did not
mean to imply trouble was the
result of a deliberate effort of some
one to poison the food, but that
some spoiled ingredients might
have been used unwittingly.
II understand in one case it was
attributed to some cream pie" he
said, land it is possible that some
thing in the pie could have caused
the trouble. We use quantities Of
frozen eggs, particularly in pastries,
and if any of those eggs should be
thawed out and refrozen before we
received them we would have no way
of knowing about it,
Yesterdays attack was attributed
to food consumed at lunch. None
of the persons affected felt any
distress until late afternoon. Be-
tween 4 and 4:30 pm. they began
streaming into the dispensary, COM
planning of stomach pains. Army
doctors, remembering the first oc-
currence, Immediately put in a call !
for all available ambulances and
after administering first aid dis
patched the more serious cases to
hospitals.
Most of those treated were dis
charged last night but 10 were ad-
mitted at Providence Hospital, 4
at Emergency and at Walter Reed,
where 7 Army officers, including 2
majors and enlisted men, were
taken. None of the patients was in
serious condition and most of them
were expected to be discharged to-
day.
Names of those stricken were
listed by the War Department, as
follows:
Maj. J. H. Hunter, George Mason
Hotel, Alexandria.
Maj. Alwyn Bailey, Forest Heights,
Anacostia, D. c.
Capt. Frank Nickerson, 1860 Euclid
street NV.
Capt. Don j. Matz, Arlington Vii
lage, Va.
Capt. Poland w. Puschinsky, 811
Twenty first street NV.
Capt. E. B. Salmon, 1131 North
Kensington street, Arlington.
Capt. Carl B. Albert, 3725 Macomb
street NV.
Sergt. Lee J. Richards, 1928 Tun-
law road NV.
Pvt. Maurice Faucher, A Kennedy
street NV.
Mary E. Collins, 1906 Crittenden
street NV.
Josephine CLANCY, 1928 Twenty
second street NV.
Anne T.. Ciminello, 1852 South
Thomas street, Arlington, Va.
Cordelia B. Cook, 3231a T street
NV.
Osie Bagby, 20 P street NV.
Frances B. Aston, 1911 Corcoran
street NV.
John H. Bystrom, 1850 Parkwood
place NV.
Gertrude M. Burton, GIG Mary
land avenue NE.
Gertrude Bowman, 1892 Morrison
street NV.
Tillie P. Weiman, 5611 Fifth street
NV.
Vida Grimes, 1928 I street NV.
Louise Holdsonbeck, 2017 Kalo-
rama road NV.
Alfred L. Taylor, 1850 Harvard
street NV.
Trule Kepple, 1912 Delafield place
NV.
Wilbur c. Strouder, 1921 Eight.
eenth street South, Arlington.
Jonathan Marshall, 204 Ninth
street Sc.
Calvin Walker, 1886 Sixth street
NV.
Marjorie Goebel, 4o8 Raymond
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Margaret Rafferty,, 1907 Girard
street NV.
Thelma Griffin, Arlington Farms,
Arlington.
Beulah G. Moore, BIT Fourth
street NV.
Bessie T. Hardy, 1925 I street NV.
Ruth Yaynes, 1400 Fairmont
street NV.
Newman S. Lee, 4404 Penwood
road, Brentwood, Md.
Walter A. Reyno, 1716 Nineteenth
street NV.
Virginia l.. Greenfield, BIS Sew.
enteenth street NV,
Elizabeth Rogers, 6817 Georgia