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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-04
Housing Supply
EquaIing Need
Seen BY Summer
MIA Aide Points
To 28, $50 Units
Scheduled in 1943

ana 10,toO OF prlv16 cOnStruction
scheduled for completion in 1913.
Washington's housing supply may
catch up" with demands by this
summer, it was indicated today.
Milton Fischer. regional repre-
sentative for the ofiice Of the adj
ministrator Of the National Housing
Agency, reported that housing units
now are being completed at such =
rate that within q few more
months the situation win be con-
siderably eased.
while the housing problem may
not be completely solved, 1t def
nitely viii be less severe by the
middle Of the year" he said, explain
ing that the public building sched-
tle, considerably delayed by DIM
culties In obtaining materials and
sites for the new structures, will
turn out more housing units this
spring than at any time since it
began.
His statement was made In con-
nection with. 4 denial Of 4 rumor
that the MIA, had ordered can
celed . number Of local building
projects because It mad been dis
covered the Metropolitan Area had
enough housing facilities to meet;
the demand. He explained that the
report may have grown out Of the
agency's practice Of timing constrlc-
ton to meet estimated, needs.
Built Near Employment.
He revealed that public housing
projects are planned according to
developments concerning the places
at which occupants Of the finished
units viii be employed. This is
done, he cited, with the idea Of hav-
ing the homes IS near rs possible to
the place Of employment, thus elim-
mating the transportation problem,
and Of having them ready about the
time they viii be needed, % that
they do not stand idle for any con-
siderable period.
An example Of the MAS policy
Is seen In, the nearby Virgins area.
whore many housing units Of public
and private construction have been
started In recent months to take
care Of the demands anticipated
from the Pentason Building. Navy
Annex, Arlington Han, Alexandria
torpedo plant and similar projects
allied with the war effort.
I'VE feel very strongly our
responsibility Ia (Srnaarennr ard tia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18

effect. This, Of course is a tremendous adj
vantage IN treating wounds soon after they
occur
Penicillin can be applied locally on flesh
wounds, chronic ulcers and other surface trou-
bles. II can be taken by mouth, too but must
be enclosed in capsules which will see it safely
through the stomach acids and into the duo
denum for stomach acids destroy IT,
For generalized Infections OF the blood
stream, or tissue cells, experts are Of the
opinion that penicllin is best given either by
intramusculsr injections or intravenously
This remarkable new bacteria killer seems
90 20 right about its business Of stopping the
bodys enemy invaders and when that job Is
done IT. IS NeXcrctcd rapidly out of the system
Chemists can recover this excretbd material
and prepare II for Use again
But. because the body gets rid of the drug
So quickly IL Is necessary to give tho patient
large doses For Injection into the veins, the
purified peniclhn is dissolved H sterile dis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18

be deadly and not wasted, because of its
scarcity, on cases where its effect is unknown,
or where another chemical already is known
TO be useful
Although scientists in this country have
been studying pcnicillin for several years and
have made important contributions TO its APP
plication to human diseases, it actually was
discovered in England -------------------------
In fact, if it hadn't been for an accident
about fifteen years ago penicillin might not
yet have been discovery anywhere.
DR.. Alexander Fleming working in his
laboratory at st. Marys Hospital, in London,
back in 1929 was annoyed TO find that some
mold spores had settled down on a precious
culture Of disease germs he was studying. The
mold promptly started 90 grow.
The doctors first inclination no doubt
was To- throw the contaminated batch of germs
out and start over again But he noticed a
strange thing.
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33-year-old msn=who- apparently was dying
with blood poisoning Can Infection with germs
called staphylococcus aureus) recently was re-
ported from Mayo Clinic, where clinical eX-
Periments with penieillin have been going on
for several years
The young mans trouble started with sore
first, he didn't pay much attention In few
days his whole face became red and swollen
and his nose started dscharging pus. BY the
time nc entered the hospital he had a tenn
pcrature of 1O4, and although he given
large doses of sulfadazine he continued TO get
worse.
When the doctors found staphyiococcus
germs in his blood stream they stopped the
doses of the sulfa drug, because sometimes
staphylococcus germs aren't destroyed by
sulfonamides, and started giving penicillin by
dropping il continuously into his veins for two
days
After the first p hours his blood was free
from the staphylococci and in another two
hours his temperature had dropped to 1901
six days that too, was normal.
This is only one instance from the many
similar remarkable cures in clinical experience.
IL isn't every germ that will keel over and
quit when il meets up with penicillin, how
ever The particular type Of streptococcus
for instance, which causes the heart trouble
called bacterial endocarditis hasn't succumbed
20 penicillin, and there are many other germs
il doesn't kill.
Experts who have studied the new mold
chemical emphasize the point that it should
be used only on germs where it is known to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18
Myriads of These
Microscopic Mold
Plants, Working
Somewhat a. a Cow
Makes Milk for
Human Use, Produ q
PPniCillin.

synthcsIzed from coal tar derivatives. No
scientist yet has been able 10 reproduce COM
pletcly the molccule that is the basis Of peni-
Cilhn.
So medical science must depend, at least
for while on the parent mold TO behave as
nature intended it TO and eXCrete drop by drop
the golden liquid which has such curative
powers, The process is very slow.
Twenty hters (ahout 81 quartsl-of- the
crude culture when refined into purified form,
yield only ! gram of penicillin salt This takes
about twelve days growing time and a lot Of
space i'm laboratory But the precious one
gram of pencilhn is enough for about twenty
standard doses.
The drug is efficient against certain germs
even If diluted 60 one part in thirty million.
Because il is so powerful some experts
say that penicillin compares with other anti
scptcs just about as radum compares with
ordinary rocks.
How tins new chemical saved the life Of a
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PEkI(C||
New
\ VVoonde +!
from from Mold
BY IRMIs JOHNSON

A GREENISH BLUE mold like the one
~ that grows stale bread or lends
~ aroma and flavor to Roquefort cheese,
now promises TO be All important ally In help
ing wounded soldiers fight their way back to
health.
This mold-penicillium notatum-was only
@stepehiId" and a nuisance in biological
laboratories few years ago, because its
spores float around on dust particles in the
air and get into things generally. But now
it is working night and day in the laboratories
of several large pharmaceutical companies to
produce the most powerful germ-killing SUBJ
Irrn,I tn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18

not respond 10 sulfd drugs but which arc e%-
tremely susceptible 10 pcnicillin
The Navy. too, has plans for using the
product Of the industrious mold
Meanwhile Ethe manufacturers are bend
ing every effort 10 increase the natural out
put of pencilln to the point that it can be
supplied, not only to soldiers and sailors who
have returned home for treatment, but TO
the armed forces overseas.
Other chemists continue the work of try
ing to build a synthetic molecule of the sub
stance which, will exactly duplicate or i'm,
prove upon the one which is made by nature.
This new drug is not destined to replace
sulfa drugs. 1t will merely help fiji in some
of the gaps in mans efforts TO conquer dis
case completely.
The discovery and use, of pcnicilln rs
Just another chapter in the story about good
and bad microbes some fighting tor man,
hers against HIM.
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TILED water-or a solution of 5 per
cent glucose in triple distilled water
At first this is injected rapidly into
the veins, and then allowed to drip
continuously at the rate of about 30
or 40 drops a minute.
Unless the drug is present in the
blood all the time the treatment is
being given, there is a danger that
germs will develop a resistance to it,
and not be destroyed by further doses.
And why is pcnicillin so extremely
scarce. If 1t is so important?
That is because it can't be man
nod, i,t,c tt,c c,,1C, deuce ,t.i,igt, 70
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Ia uIuES anu PIuiiiiS|S
to be invaluable in
helping TO prevent gas
gangrene and clear up
other infections in war
wounds. II is especial
ly active against the -
staphylococcus germ,
which is one of the
"pus" ers, and
causes, among other
things, inflammation of the
bone marrow, called osteo-
myelitis.
But don't 60 TO your drug
store looking for penicillin,
or ask your doctor to give
you some. II is very scarce
and the armed forces have
first call on what there is
right now.
Aside from being so much
more powerful than the truly
indispensable sulfa drugs,
there are several other adS
vantages which penicillin has
over them.
In its purified form IL isn't
toxic 20 man. After taking
IL one doesn't experience any
nausea or mental confusion
but quite to the contrary
patients taking penicillin are
reported To develop a cheer
ful outlook and a good appe-
tite PeniciIiu doesn't de-
stroy any of the white or red
blood cells as some sulfona-
mides occasionally do It
doesn't Cau-e fever or rash
When used IN an opcn
wound any blood, pus or dis
integrated tissue that may be
present doesn't slow mp it's
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18
Mysterious Excrefion
Fighting Men

Mysterious Exere+ion
From q Common Nui-
sance Does Everything
the Miracle SuIfo
Chemicals WiII-And
More Without ANY
Of Thu. iii Effects;
But It's Rare end
Costly Because. So
Far. Science Cont
Pro duce 1t
SYn+he+ieaIIY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18

country peniciIlin was
hailed as a wonderful
addition to medicine.
Only about TIVE
months ago Il was ar
ranged that soldiers rel
turning from our man~
battlefields might have
a ance % benefit
from this new drug
The first Army hospi-
tai where II was tried
out clinically is the
Bushnell General Hos
pital. Brigham city,
Utah.
There. soldiers re-
turning from the PACT
fic area, were suffer
ing from unhealed
co m p ound fractures,
osteomyelitis and in
fected wounds Of long
standing. Results from
the use of penicilhn on
some Of these cases
were SO remarkable
that now ten more gen
eral Arm V hospitals
are giving it a trial
Six Army hospitals
arc using II in studies
of venereal diseas Sc,
particularly those cases
Of gonorrhea which do
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18

Around the spot where the mold spores
grew there was a vacant ring The disease
germs Of a variety frequently deadly to man.
had been pushed back definitely and not
allowed TO multiply.
Since the germs didn't seem actually 10 he
eaten by the mold, that meant just one thing
10 the observer. The mold was manufactur-
=, ing and pouring out into the culture some
chemical which halted the neighborinE germs
In their progress Such a stnnnlnc
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Attacks on Western u. s.,
Canada Held More Likely

EDMONTON, Alberta, March "a
Canadian Press Maj. Gen. G.. r.
Pearkes, chief of Canada's Pacific
command, believes a Japanese at
tack on continental North America
is more likely now than heretofore
because war equipment is being
sent westward through Alaska to
the battlefronts of Asia and Eastern
Europe.
Supplies are going via Alaska
to China and Russia, probably the
safest but longest route to front Line
troops" Gen. Pearkes told meet
ing of Edmonton businessmen and
high-ranking Canadian military
officials.
That line of communication is
being developed and increased
Supplies by rail, road. ship and air
are now being built up for the de-
Struction of Japan.
But Japan may not sit down and
wait for that assembly to take place
ana to be beaten There is more
reason for some desperate raid now
than in the past"
Evening star., 1943-03-24
| Mundt Urges
New Study of
| Indian Life

By the Associated Press.
A Senate committee study has
produced about 100000 printed
words about troubles of the Ameri-
can Indian, but the House Indian
Affairs Committee has decided it
wants more information.
The House group recommended
yesterday adoption of a resolution
by Representative Mundt, Republi-
can, of South Dakota which would
direct a subcommittee to determine
II the conditions under which the
Indian now lives require new legis-
iation ito advance his opportunity.
The commissioner of Indian af-
fairs, John Collier. told the House
committee about the huge collec-
ton of data gathered by the Senate
committee, and cautioned that the
new study should be limited in ex-
tent as protection" to the House
committee. Mr.. Mundt said the
subcommittee would set such limits.
The resolution was presented by
Mr.. Mundt after the Indian Affairs
Committee of the South Dakota
Legislature reported "deplorable
conditions" on a reservation in that
State.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Henry Clay Hart, Cuban
Telephone Head, Dies
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, March 24.-Henry Clay
Hart, 81, vice president of the Cuban
Telephone Co. and one of the most
prominent members of the American
colony in Cuba, died suddenly last
night at the Anglo American Hos
pital.
Born in Jacksonville, Fla, Mr..
Hart came to Cuba as a boy. Un-
married, he is survived by sister,
Mrs. Frederick Morris, also of
Havana.
Complaining of illness, Mr.. Hart
left his Offices at the Cuban Tele-
phone Co. in the afternoon. Later,
stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage,
he was taken to the Anglo American
Hospital where he died.
Prominent in American business.
social and civic activities, Mr.. Hart
was a member of the American
Chamber of Commerce, the Ameri-
can Club and the Havana Biltmore
Yacht and Country Club.
The Cuban Telephone Co. is a
subsidiary of the International Tele-
phone and Telegraph Corp. OF New
York.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
James |. Palmer Joins
Board Surveying 0PA
By he Associated Press,

By he Associated Press.
James l.. Palmer of Chicago today
became a member of a special COM
mittee surveying the Office of Price
Administration to determine what
changes are needed to realign the
agency with the views of Admins
traitor Prentiss M. Brown.
Mr.. Palmer, vice president of
Marshall Field q Co., will serve on
a committee headed by Clyde L.
Herring, former Iowa Senator.
The committee, which has been
in operation for only a few Gays,
already has caused the issuance of
an order nullifying veto powers for
merly held by OPA lawyers. OPA
lawyers now can give only advice,
and final decisions are to be made
by the administrative heads of the
price control. rent control and other
,OPA divisions.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
BeaN Urges Suburbs
To Plan With District
or Postwar Projects
Speaks in Tokomu Park
As Civic Group Marks
Its 54th Anniversary

/ representative Beau, Republican.
of Maryland told the Takoma Park
Citizens Association last night that
citizens of Maryland and the Dis
trict must cooperate in planning
postwar projects and improvements
in highways and sewage systems.
Mr.. Beall, member of the House
District Committee, pledged his sup
port in working for the District and
said he would consider District resi-
dents among his constituents.
Mr. Beall spoke to the association
on the occasion of its 54th ami
versary.
John B. Kinnear, one of the
founders of the associa ton in
March, 1882 told of the first meet
ing held in the waiting room of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station,
which still sands above the Cedar
street underpass. He was elected
the first treasurer and later served
from 1902 to 1906 Mr.. Kinnear,
now 85, has lived in Takoma Park
since 1888.
DR.. William A. Hooker. chairman
of the Historical and Memorial Com
mittee, spoke of the founding of the
town and the part the association
has played in the development of
Takoma Park Greetings also were
extended by Mayor Oliver w. Young
blood of Takoma Park and George
A Cook, president of the Takoma
Park Chamber of Commerce
John Clagett Proctor, vice presi-
dent of the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants and vice president of
the Brightwood Citizens Associa-
ton. told of the close contact which
has existed for many years between
the Takoma and Brightwood Citi-
zens' Associations. He was elected
an honorary member of the associa-
ton.
Burt w. Andrews, jr., president.
announced that the Capital Transit
Co. cannot operate the route J-6
bus line on Sundays or augment the
service normally operated on other
bus lines in the Takoma area.
The need for additional library
space for children's books was dis
cussed and it was decided that ef-
forts would be made to obtain an
appropriation of $4,000 for an addi-
tional supply of books.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Mrs. T. B. Bussett Dies;
Ex-Aide of Red Cross

Mrs. Thomas Bradford Bassett,
who served as hostess at the Inter-
national Red Cross House in Geneva,
Switzerland, during the World War
died March in Los Angeles, accord
ing TO word received by friends here.
From Geneva Mrs. Bassett was
transferred to the Near East Relief
in Istanbul Cthen Constantinople) =,
Turkey, AS hostess of the personnel
house there it was her responsibility
to care for and supervise the equip
ment of staff members doing relief
work in Turkey. Greece and Russia.
She also assisted in the evacu-
alton of White Russians, and after
her work in Turkey went to Greece.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

quirements. grew lax under pressure
of heavy production"
He said his company deeply de-
plored what had occurred and that
the higher management was in no
way involved
1t seems to me that if l had a
bunch of crooks and cheaters in my
organization, I'd fire them immedi-
ately,' Senator Truman told him.
The committee has not been i'm
pressed with your attitude in this
matter. You heard of this last Tues
day, but you apparently haven't dis
charged single employe"
Mr.. Perry said it took time to
make a check and determine re-
sponsibility.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Rockville Circuit Court
Convenes Tomorrow

Trial of criminal cases starts in
Rockville Circuit Court tomorrow.
with Judges Charles w. Woodward
and Stedman Prescott on the bench.
The docket lists 80 cases, of which
20 were brought over from the
November term, 80 resulted from the
work of the grand jury in session
here last week and 81 are appeals
from decisions of trial magistrates.
The prosecutions will be conducted
by States Attorney Joseph B. Simp-
son, jr., who will be aided by AS
sistant States Attorney Alfred D.
Noyes.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Mrs. Samuel Luber Dies
OF Rare Blood Ai|ment

Mrs. Samuel Luber, 30 of 1921
Walbrldge place NV, died early
today in Doctors Hospital. Her
death was due to acute lymphatic
leukemla, rare blood condition.
Mrs. Luber was the wife of Dr.
Samuel Luber and was active in
religious organizations and sororities
here. She was an honor graduate
of Maryland State Teachers College
at Towson and also graduated from
Wilson Teachers College here. She
taught school in Baltimore for five
years.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by a 7-week-old son, a o.
month-old daughter and several
brothers and sisters.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Armieer Will Direct
Silver SPRING Gardens

Appointment of c. F. Armiger as
chairman of Victory gardens for the
Silver Spring district was announced
yesterday by E. L. Stock, chairman
of the Montgomery County area.
Mr.. Armiger Immediately called
mass meeting of all persons in the
Silver Spring area interested in hav-
ing Victory garden, for 8 pm.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

De lnOuCJeQ lnlO
the WAVES un-
der the new reg
ulations permit
ting such enlist
ments.
She has been
placed on the
i n a C We list
pending compile
ton of her edu-
cation.
A brother, Al
bert Steiner, jr.,
son of Mr. and
Mrs. A | b e r t
Steiner of Ian
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Children to Be 'Toooed'

Identification tags, purchased for
children Of the Buckingham Com
munity, Arlington, by the AFRAID
warden Of the community, will be
distributed tomorrow and Friday
night at the Community House,
North Glebe road and North Per-
shing drive. Tags will be given to
children between the ages of / and S
years, They will be registered with
the community AFRAID warden.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Wild Basketball Shot
Storts School Fire Drill
Bv the Associated Press

Bv me AsSOclated Press.
NORMAL Ul-When the fire
alarm sounded. the entire student
body of Normal High School filed
out Of the building into a drenching
rain,
Then they found out that a
loose" basketball smashed against
the alarm box and set it off during
a hot game in the gymnasium.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

Tuesday at Montgomery Blair Sem
ior High School.
Distribution Of various available
plots will be discussed. Mr.. Armiger
will ask for volunteers to assist him
in handling the plots.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

caster, Ohio, is Miss Emily L. Steiner.
a lieutenant in the Quartermaster
Corps in North Africa He was grad
uated from Georgetown University
in 1941. Another sister, Rita, 18, is
a freshman at Trinity College.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Model Victory Garden Set

MANASSAS, Va, March "a (Spe-
ciaD Plans are under way for
model Victory garden to be raised
on the grounds of the Regional High
School here.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Garh nf Ihanks

TR0lIER. SHIRLEY POWERS. We wish
70 express our sincere thanks to the rela-
tves and friends for their many kindnesses,
Moral tributes and other expressions Of
sympathy az the time OF the illness ana
death OF our wife daughter and sister,
SHIRLEY POWERS TROTTER.
G. LESTER TROTTER, Mr.. AND MRS D.
c. POWERS. DOROTHY z. POWERS.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
WAVES Will Induct
First College Senior

Miss Emily Louise Steiner, 81, who
is to be graduated from Trinity Col
lege on May 81, today became the
first college senior in Washington to
Evening star., 1943-03-24
MCDANIEL, RICHARD AMER.

IUeS0aN- WsTCN y. I!F1I- n : -CIOCE D m :
at The residence of ms dausntcr, Mrs !
=, Grim i$oi Quincy = NV. RICHARD
lena Mcdaniel father Of Mr. J K. Grim.
,irs Frank Mcclellan of Washington y
{ Mi GEORGE Eric Mcdaniel Of Waldorf
No and pyr tFlrS' Class, Puss~lj " Nc
Daniel Of Fort Belvofr Va brother of
Miss Ethel r Mcdaniel and r. Roy Nc
Daniel Of WASHINGTON y C aud Mrs
Lorena Plnehart Of Seattle Wash Re
rains RESINS a. the funeral home Of HUNT
Ryon waldorf. Mo
Serylces At Calvary NJ church Thurs
cay, March -. at g, . m Inte.mcnt IN
family cemetery. Waldorf Md
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Lorraine. 5762-VACANT
MARTTNDALE. s. 5217
PLYMOUTH RID. : BURT RID.
ROUGE PARK DISTRICT

a few 5-rm singles left. also few
beautiful brick duplex singles. tie bath
and kitchen. new EsE stove Only $500
90 move IN immediately. Cali RE sTs5
Open sun. and Mon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

200 AcREs-PrcductSve farm, beautifully
wooded; 2 houses. barn and chicken
/ house stock, crops, tools and machinery.
| Owing to. death in family, a real bargain.
/ CA 42OO TIL 2-R47Q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

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