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Evening star., 1944-07-24
Dr.. Rutland Will Call
Meeting This Week 10
Discuss Polio Control
Two More Coses Appear
Here; Drug Prostiemine
Used to Treut Child

Health Ofncer George c. Ruhland
announced today he would call a
meeting Wednesday or Thursday of
physicians, representatives Of hos
pitals and medical societies to dis
cuss program to meet the increas-
ing number of infantile paralysis
cases in the District.
1t is understood the conference
will cover all phases of the polio
problem, including its spread, treat
ment and disqualification.
The decision to call the confer
ence was reached at a meeting to-
day of DR.. Ruhland, DR.. James G
Cumming, head of the Bureau OF
Preventable Diseases, and DR.. Carl
C. Dauer Of the Health Depart
ment.
First Use Of Drug Here.
Meanwhile. infantile paralysi.
cases in this area reached 18, OF
which 10 were from Washington, ane
2l-month-old girl was being ad.
ministered the drug prostigmine al
Childrens Hospital today in the frs
attempt of this kind in the city t.
control the muscular spasm of tn.
disease.
The patient is Eileen Deacon
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfret
Deacon. 14l6 North Carolina avenu,
NE, whose condition was reported
this morning as only fair" She wa
brought to the hospital yesterday.
The use Of prostigmine was starte,
after a lecture yesterday at tn
hospital by DR.. Herman Kabat o
the United States Public Healtl
Service. who outlined experiment
with the drug in several parts o
4 the country.
The drug is not new, it was ex
planned by DR. Andrew NJ Cont,
of Children's Hospital staff, as i
has been known for years. 1t ha
been used in treatment of nervous
disorders, such as migraine head
aches.
/ Two New Cases Appear.
disorders, such for instance a
migraine headaches.
The Deacon child was one of tw,
new cases which appeared here owe
the week end, according to report
to the Health Department. tn,
other was Arthur Casey, 6, colored
of 1920 r street NV, also taker
to Children's Hospital. So far thi
year, there have been three death
out of the 1S cases reported.
Dr.. Conte said that prostigmin,
so far was being used only in tn,
Deacon case, but that it might b,
administered in other cases later on
He is watching results of the dru,
carefully, he said, but so far it i
too early to give any accurate re-
port on the child's reaction.
Prostigmine will be in addition
to the use of the Kenny method
which involves the use of hot pack
to prevent muscular contraction
The drug may be given in severa
ways, but is being administered nov
intramuscularly.
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Mother, Child Drown;
2 Others Feared Dead
Ry the Associated Press.

ES tHe ASsUCIdleu FIeSs.
BALTIMORE. July pa 3-year.
old Baltimore boy and his mother
were drowned and two other persons
may have lost their lives yesterday
when rowboat capsized in Back
River. near Edgemere, Essex police
reported
The known drowned were Mrs
Jennie Maranto, 40, and her son
Samuel. Police said Charles Difalta
40, and Miss Mary Provenza. "a, oi
Baltimore also were in the boat anc
were still missing early today.
Three other occupants of the
boat in which the Marantos hae
been passengers were rescued.
Evening star., 1944-07-24
10 From This Area Finish
Course at Comp Lee

Ten men from this area were
graduated Saturday from a non.
commissioned officers advance ad.
ministration and supply course al
the Camp Lee (Va) Quartermastel
School. it was learned here today.
They include Philip w. Deckel.
baum. Austin c. Donohue, Thurman
S. Dutrow. William G. Highfleld
John v. Rosser, Daniel I. Slower
Winfield r. Thomas and Winston E
Turner, all of Washington, and
Angus M. Green, Culpeper, Va, and
Walter J. JaSin, Laurel, Md.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

District officials soon will begin ar
elaborate survey of postwar posi-
bilities for public works construc-
ton to be reported to the House
Committee on Postwar Economic
Policy and Planning, headed by
Chairman Colmer.
Request for the survey went tc
Commissioner j. Russell Young, who
has referred it to Maj Joseph D
Arthur, jr.. assistant engineer COM
missioner. The request was for
warded on behalf of the House Com.
mittee by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Flem-
ing, Federal Works administrator
who had been asked by the COM
mittee to make Nationwide sur
vey of such possibilities.
In view of the far-reaching scope
OF the opportunities in Washington
for such construction, it was said
at the District Building that the
survey will take considerable time
Thorough consideration will be
given to the study, as the report
from the District will be given to
the House committee to compete
with requests from all States and
all cities of more than 10000 popu-
lation.
To Consider "Ail Matters"
In asking Gen. Fleming to make
the survey. Representative Colmer
said his special committee was
charged with the duty of "investi-
eating all matters relating to post
war economic policies and prob.
lens"
Commissioner Young, along with
Mayors of all large cities, county
executives and Governors, has beer
asked to present report on foul
major points as follows:
Il. The dollar volume of the prof.
ects on which final plans have beer
made for postwar construction prof.
ects; that is, projects on which the
construction could be initiated or
very short notice.
2. Projects on which final plans
are in process of preparation.
g. Projects on which preliminary
plans have been completed or are
in process.
-. Projects contemplated as de-
sirable, but on which no plans other
than preliminary estimates have
been made"
Guide for Committee of Is.
Gen. Fleming, in an official state
ment, said he expects the survey
will provide information to guide
the early activities of the commit
tee which includes ID members.
The survey" he explained, Twill
cover four stages Of plan prepara-
ton. ranging from projects fol
which bids could be advertised ano
contracts awarded within 60 day,
to projects in the idea stage where
construction is contemplated before
1880
Information is assembled on nine
types of projects to include only
new construction, reconstruction ano
improvements involving public work.
or facilities other than Federal. The
Governors, mayors and county ex.
ecutives have been asked to report
what funds or reserves have beer
set aside for financing postwar pub.
llc works or the probable sources fol
financing them"
Among the types of projects EN-.
braced in the survey are airports
terminals and landing strips. Will,
the National Capital already is sup.
piled with National Airport, and tn,
two service fields, Boiling Field o.
the Army, and the Naval Air Sta.
ton, no municipal projects fol
further airfields have come to light
What consideration may be given tt
this item in the survey by the Dis.
trict remains to be seen.
Meantime. however, the Civi
Aeronautics Administration Is plan.
ming btllion-dollar program fo1
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Disease at Yeur's Low

DR.. William A. Browne, Alexandria
health oficer. said today that COM
municable diseases in the city are
at their lowest point Of the year.
Ponds and small bodies Of water in
the area are being sprayed to check
mosquito breeding, he said.
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Driver Hurt in Accident

Irving w. Daniel, %, of the 24OO
block of Columbia pike, Arlington
was injured yesterday when the
wheels of his car locked, throwing
it into ditch near Baileys Cross
Roads. police reported today.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
Dig My Mellow Spell

VOOt to every living hepster who
pens. The shark" is beat to hi
socks this early bright as the head
people have had all the cats on q
heavy slave for a couple of days.
Now I know what was in Babes
knowledge box when he wrote that
song of his Scrub, Sweep and Mop.
Tweeztr Chops has just come back
from the shorts and he said he had
much many kicks. I know he must
be beat for gold now, so I shall nix
on putting the bee on him. have
been lead to believe that. he may
pick up on South Sea Mama Chita
in the soon, later, or something like
that
Also, too, Mother McCree blew in
not long ago and he is the proud
pappy of which is Miss Portia Maj
orie Prince, one month and one day
old, as of now.
JazZtOe was whipped in the eye
balls, a while back. He was very
brought down about the whole
thing. All can say is watch that
happy oil old buddy, when you are
like that it don't count and it amt
nowhere" Shakespeare.
Here is an old stud 1 would like
to sing about, the Net Man. Now
they say that Mother Natures brew
when still runs deep and find that
to be true in his case. He never
blows his top about anything often.
Well, the other night, when he
thought no one was digging, heard
him blowing Body and Soul just like
the one and only Hawk of Coleman.
Well, bust my conk, who would have
thought it?
get knocked out every timeI dig
Haawae stamp the eighty eight. But
no need for me to rave on as you
all know it is lot of lick And what
is alSo,that cool boat of his gaSseS
me no end. If you can't Voot-Scoot!
Dig Chop and Pickup
The Sharke Me, Pfc. Edward j. Hall
Tweezer Chops. Pvt. Pepper Neeley
Mother McCree. Pfc. c. w. Prince
JaZZboe. ... Pvt. Earl Jackson
The Net Man. 80.
..... Cpl. Harry F. Benjamin
Haawae. ....... Pfc. Harold Brown
Babe ..... Pvt Emmett Wallace
BY the Sharke
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
The Quorts
oIking

My, my, what week! It has been
a tough one, meant Sore shoulders
and sleepy heads. Yeah, target prac-
tice! But I suppose guy doesn't
mind shooting rifle when he knows
he'll get five bucks and a three day
pay (if he qualifies). Why, all you
have to do is point your rifle at the
target and you'll get a bulls eye
every time. A gun is like a woman.
You gotta let it know that you're
the man, not the mouse. If you
don't, you'll get sore shoulder,
just like a woman gives you cold
shoulder. Strictly GIL, brother
After our excellent soldering this
week we had our usual pleasure.
We were entertained by Mr.. Chaun-
cy Lee, of troupe eighty three, and
cast. We had loads of fun; and to
prove it, the boys have been asking
for another entertainment before he
goes overseas.
3739 @. M. Goldbrickers Column
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's
Sgt Henry Johnson! He's finding
it hard to keep out of the way of
Pvt. Edna Reeves. You know, it's
hard to break promise to a Sc
rious girl.
What's your claim to fame, Sgt.
Taylor? Daisy" wants to be popular
like all the other girls. I'm sure
she's sorry about the little mis-
understanding, but she's right-you
shouldn't have gone to Mexico.
Pvt. Roland Eight Ball" Allen
has warned everyone that he intends
to make the best of his G.. I. dinner
by posting the famous Chow Hounds
general orders
PVT. JAMES MOTT.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07

corps.
The newest unit showed into
"a Pacific post during the rainy
season and has shown such
boyish enthusiasm in living and
working in ankle-deep mud, the
commandant found it necessary to
warn against over-confidence.
Trained especially for combat, and
with the concentrations of Navy
Secretary Knox and Admiral Bill
Halsey behind them, they wait the
order to plunge into battle and de-
fend the title of "the finest bunch
of fighting men in the world"
The schoolish- looking Marines
are aware they're the Negroes first
to wear the red, white and blue of
the 69-year-old branch of the
service. Fully trained in the use of
automatic weapons, small arms, in
vasion tactics and assault, they
want to justify months of strenuous
training and hard living during the
"boot" days at Camp Lejeune, N. C.
Led by the highest ranking Negro
Marine in the South Pacific, First
Sgt. Nolan A. Marshall of New
Orleans, over half of the unit vol
unteered for the service and expect
30 months overseas duty.
Capt. James r. Adams, Plainsfield,
N. j., pulls no punches in praising
his troops, especially Sgt. Marshall
The long and slightly built Negro
has just turned 20 and gained his
rank in 13 months to become one of
the first in Marine history The
unit has 26 non-coms, and is the
only one with Negro holding first
sergeant rank.
At headquarters, Admiral Halsey,
theater commander, especially en-
phasized that his Negro Marines
are the ''beSt disciplined group in
the command. They were the only
group emphasized during the inter-
view with this correspondent.
Negro Marines are spread from
Pearl Harbor to the Russell Island
or roughly 5000 miles. Unofficially
the number exceeds 10000 now serv-
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07

sergeant. He is also an excellent
taXidt m Isl and leather worker,
spends much of his time writing,
and when one gets down to funda-
metals is a strictly soldering SOL
dier"
Sgt. Gentry has been interested
in horticulture about six years, ac-
cOrding to his own statement AS a
special student he attended the Uni
versity of Arizona where he took
courses in pruning and soil testing.
AS borticulturist at Fort Huachuca
he has worked under Col. Davis, Col.
Franklin and Col Hardy.
Not one to forget the adage,
charity begins at home" Sgt. Cen
try spends much of his off-duty
time working on the grounds that
surround his quarters in Bonnie
Blink. The attractive flower and
shrub filled front yard, the back
yard that is prettier than most front
yards and the Well-kept victory
garden plot on the side of his home
attest to Sgt Gentry'S success with
growing things and his evident
pleasure in keeping them growing.
During, the administration of Col.
Davis, he received all first prizes
given for attractive yards in quar-
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
Sgt. F. Gentry,
Horticulturist,
Is Kept Busy

One Of the busiest men on
the Post-now that spring is
no longer just around the cor
ner-is S-Sgt. Fleecy Gentry,
who is assigned to special du-
ties as Post horitculturist, and
directs the work Of landscaping
and Identification of grounds
around Service Clubs, resi-
dences, officers messes and
other buildings at Fort Hua-
chuca.
Horticulture, however, is
just one Of the many interests
of the versatile = and busy =
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
. News and Views
335th Sto. Hosp.
ss5th Station Hospital


have noticed something peculiar
about one of the members of our
unit who happens to. be a S/Sgt,
and who has been playing it cool
here lately. Perhaps you have no
ticed a certain young lady who
drives UP to his barrack in a Buick
car and in a few minutes-phoof! |!
all are gone. Not long ago he was
seen at a dance with SISgt. of
the WACs, and was really having
the time of his life. Can't you make
up your mind, Sgt. Mays?
This past week I had the good
fortune of being in Tucson with the
boys that played basketball. When
/ returned, I was asked why was it
I went to Tucson so much. and
practically every weekend. I am
quite sure that those who have been
to Tucson can readily answer that
question themselves, for it is one
place person can go and really
have a good time with the right
people. AS long as I have been in
the Army have never been to a
more hospitable place.
The 335th completed another one
of their journeys this week and if
you had been along you would have
called it a journey, too. If you had
heard them breezing along you
would have thought it was a glee
club or choir practicing as they
trampled on down that lonesome
road
Our whistle-blowing Sgt. Mack
Hobbley has been on furlough, but
now is back. Sgt. Hobbley received
such inspiration while at home that
when he returned to camp ne really
felt like doing some soldering. So
or order to be on the ball at all
times, he wakes up every morning
about four O'Clock, puts his whistle
in his mouth, goes back to sleep, and
when the bugle blows, he is out of
bed on the double and running up
and down the barrack, automatically
blowing his whistle. Now isn't that
something 1 ask you'll
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07

ters. His interest in horticulture
stems from the good old days"
when the 25th Infantry was in the
ascendancy at Fort Huachuca and
Companies I, K, L, and NJ of the
3rd Battalion held competitions for
the most attractively Handicapped
barracks fronts. His company in
variably won. Hoa
In addition to having made a rep
utation for himself as horticultur-
ist around the Post, Sgt. Gentry has
also served as Post taXidermist. To
attain proficiency in the art of taxi
dermy he attended and was gradu-
ated from the Northwestern School
of taxidermy in Omaha, Neb. He
has mounted dead heads and made
open-mouthed rugs for all of the
old officers at Fort Huachuca from
four years ago back to his earliest
years in this section, which date
from 1928. At his home he has
many examples of taxidermy adorn-
ing the sunporch and living room:
horned owls mounted on suagaro
cactus stumpS, heads of fawns and
buck deer, wild boar's head, and
rugs made from the hides of wild
and domestic animals.
Of his 20 years and almost seven
months service in the Army, Sgt.
Gentry has spent many years III
the vicinity of Camp Stephen B
Little at NogaleS and Fort Huachu-
ca. A native of Lexington, KY, he
volunteered for Army service in
February, 1914, at Cincinnati, Ohio
From 1914 to 1915 he served in the
Philippines and during most of the
United States participation in
World War I was stationed on the
Mexican border. In the organiza-
ton headed by Gen. j. j. PerShing
and commanded by Col. Charles E.
Young he took part in fo1Gays from
Columbus, NM, into Mexico during
the heyday of Pancho Villas border
terrorization.
During his 25th Infantry days.
Sgt. Gentry was especially proud of
the fact that he walked post in front
of Gen. Pershing's and Col Wynn's.
tents at Dublon, Mexico, where he
was made private first class. THAT
wac III 4O4O, llC
Gently, when private first class
was almost somebody"
AS a member of the old 25th In
fantry, Sgt. Gentry helped to build
one of the landmarks of the Old
Post, War Department Theatre No.
l, fact of which he is also proud.
During his infantry period in which
he ran the gamut from guard duty
to ration breakdown he left Fort
Hauchuca twice after coming here
in 1928-once to go. to Louisiana on
maneuverS and once to serve in the
state Of Washington
Sgt. Gentry is married to Mrs. L.
E. Gentry, with whom he recently
observed their seventh anniversary.
Mrs Gentry is authorized on the
Post. asa saleSwoman of nationally
known; lines Of cosmetics and woni-
ems dresses, suits and coats.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
Childrens Room in Old Post
s't Library Is Being Beautified

One of the most attractive rooms
in the Old Post Library will be open
Tor inspection soon when improve
n1ents and decorations are complet-
ed in the children's room of the Ii
brary building.
The. room, which is we'll stocked
with variety of juvenile literature,
will be in the charge of Mrs. johann
ma Saulter.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07

Once again bring to you good
example of what the people back
home are doing in the line of de-
tense. We now have Mrs Ruth
Richards, wife of Pfc Garfield
Richards of the 335th, who is an
operator of the New York City
Transit System in Brooklyn and is
doing an excellent job. This is only
an example of what some of the
colored women are doing on the
home front to help win this war.
We can be proud of such people
and wish them the best of luck in
their undertakings.
CPL. WILLIAM K. DAVIS.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
Neqro Marines Win Admiration
Of Vets in Southwest Pacific


ADVANCE BASE, South Pacific - (By Courier) -Neoro
Marines, upholdng tradition which has bazed from the Halls
OF Montezuma the Shores of Tpo have the situation we'll
hand in the Pacific Young and tough cocky yet
serious these United States Marines have landed dug n
the admiration from veterans who expressed
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07

ing in the corps. Defense battalions
as we'll as service units have been
formed and are thought functioning.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-07
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he following tabuaon shows War Bond pay reservations
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
SARAH e. AUSTIN, Deceased
THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS
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TENNEY and ]. LOWELL OLIVER, the
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Attorney for Executrtx,
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