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Evening star., 1944-08-27
Boiling Field Hospita
Renovation Will Be
Completed Soon
OfficiuIs Declare Work
Will Make 1t Superior
To Most Of Type

Extensive remodeling and I'M
provements at the Boiling Field
post hospital, started months be-
fore Representative Fenton, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania made a
report criticizing the institution,
will be completed in two or three
weeks, Boiling officials said yester-
day.
This remodeling, it was reported,
includes the addition of new op-
Grating room, an X-ray room and
the al conditioning of at least two
wards.
Officials felt satisfied, it was said,
that the hospital is now the equal
and will become superior to most
of the similar type of post hospi-
tails in the country after the i'm
provements are completed.
Program Started in April.
They emphasized that the pro-
gram started in April, long before
Mr.. Fenton reported the findings of
his investigation to Chairman May
of the House Military Affairs Com
mittee. Criticized at the time as "a
fretrap, inadequate and unworthy
of the Nation" the hospital was in
spected last Saturday week by re-
porters who found little for COM
plant.
The new operating and X-ray
rooms will be fully and modernly
equipped, it was reported yesterday.
While the wards of the 250-bed
hospital generally have ceiling ven-
tilation to reduce the temperature,
two of the remodeled wards are be-
ing air conditioned. Heat in some
of the wards in the cantonment
structures had been criticized.
For the convenience of patients,
it was explained, electric plugs are
being installed for individual radios
in wards, as we'll as nurse call bells
for each block of beds.
Fire Protection Installed.
Linoleum has been laid on ward
floors and walls painted a pale
green, color selected as more
restful on the eyes. A sprinkling
system is being extended to provide
fire protection for all wards.
War Department officials last
night had no comment on Mr..
Mays announced intention of in
vestigating hospital conditions at
various posts.
Should the surgeon general be
asked to appear before the COM
mittee during any investigation, no
doubt he would willingly oblige, :"
the department stated Mr.. MAY,
however, has not indicated he would
hold public hearings but said yes
terday that If the survey now under
way reveals general complaints"
hearings would be scheduled.
Department officials said the sur
eeon generals Office, while it estab-
fishes policy for the Army Medical
Corps, has direct supervision over
only one hospital and that is Walter
Reed and the Army Medical Center.
Post hospitals, it was claimed, come
under the control of post COM
manders and the service commands
in the areas where they are located.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Women's COP Club
To Meet in Bethesda

Plans looking toward the CO.
ordination OF the work Of the
Dewey-Bricker- -Randall-Beall clubs
will be discussed at the meeting Of
the Montgomery County Wpmen's
Republican Club at noon Thursday
at the home Of Mrs. Leslie Arries,
552l Charlocote road, Bethesda. :
Members are asked to bring their
own lunch. The hostess should be
notified Of reservations not later
than Tuesday.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

Here is what the United States
Public Health Service says about
infantile paralysis in health leaf
let" on preventing spread of polio
myehtis"::
ANY measures to be advised
against the spread of infantile pa
ralysis must largely depend on proof
or assumptions as to the mode of
spread. Since proof is lacking, as
sumptions may vary according to
the evidence available and accord
ing to the relative importance which
one may assign to different parts of
this evidence. It should be said at
once that with able investigators
differing markedly as to the most
burdensome restrictions on the pub
lie, or on the families of sufferers,
are hardly justifiable.
THE assumption most generally
held, and the one with the least
evidence to the contrary, Is that
infantile paralysis is a human dis
ease; that the virus which causes
1t Is spread from human to human,
chiefly by those who show no signs
Of the infection, and that gaining
entrance to the body through the
naked nerve filaments in the ex-
treme upper part of the nose, the
virus spreads along the nerve paths
to do Its damage in the brain stem
and spinal cord. Any reasonable
assumption whatever must include
the idea that some people are much
more susceptible to the disease than
others.
The most dangerous route by
which the virus leaves the body of
a person spreading the disease is
but nasal and throat dis
charges seem more likely to diff
fuse into the air than do intestinal
discharges.
"A satisfactory method for the
application Of chemical preventive
treatment b the upper part Of the
nose Of children generally has not
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Cab Drivers Won't Ge
Refund il 0PA Wins
.S1,579,M Suit

The cab drivers whose complaints
launched the District OPA's ST.
1856 suit, fled Friday in District
Court. against 154 owners of locally
operated taxicabs on charges of
renting their cabs at above-ceiling
prices are doomed to disappoint-
ment whatever the results eff the
suit may be.
None Of the damages which might
be collected in the suit will 20 to
the drivers as a refund for over.
charges. Instead, all damages re.
covered must go to the, Treasury.
Assistant OPA Enforcement ON
Ger j. Grahame Walker explained
yesterday that most of the cab
drivers making the complaints had
expected to collect for the over
charge. While he had explained to
most Of them that there would be
no refund, he had several calls
yesterday asking when the refund
would be collected.
Regarded as violators Also.
Under OPA regulations, no refund
may be made In a business ceiling
price violation, since those accepting
the overcharge are considered by the
OPA to be just as guilty of the
violation as those who charge the
above-ceiling price.
The only way in which the VIC
timized cab drivers will benefit if
the OPA wins the suit will be in
the lowering of rentals charged
thereafter, Mr. Walker said.
When the records are completed
on the violations, Mr. Walker said
he believed the total damages
sought would be increased. The
average rental price on a cab, he
explained, is about 81 a day, and
overcharges were found to be from
so to almost 100 per cent.
Some Owners Cooperate.
Some cab owners, he said, were
very cooperative in quoting rental
prices charged now and those
charged during the base period of
March, 1912. For those who refused
to comply with the request, how
ever. he added, the OPA has only
the complaint of the drivers to 60
on.
The period Of violation. covering
about year, was very gradual, he
declared. Owners increased their
prices only 50 cents or 81 at q time.
As there is no actual ceiling price
on cab rentals. the prices are estab-
lished on charges during the base
period. The enforcement officer
said, however, that only about half
q dozen taxicab operators had
turned in their prices for that base
period.
In answer. to the question as to
how the OPA would determine the
base price for those who have no
records Of former rental charges,
Mr.. Walker said: THAT Is the $64
question and can't answer that
until I come to It,"
Evening star., 1944-08-27

imitation hay stacks, stubble fields,
hedgerows. orchards, barns, homes
and woodlots.
Early models fashioned at the
Army Service Forces Training Cen
ter near here were used as opera
tional guides to brief invading
ground troops. Most of the present
work. however. is to train model
makers for service overseas.
Four training sections, each COM
posed OF about a score of officers
and enlisted men, include land
scape artists. portrait painters,
sculptors. theatrical scene painters.
industrial designers and craftsmen
drawn from many trades.
Expert STAFF Available.
To name a few. Macmillan Elm
horn, commercial illustrator, stu
died art in Holland and Germany;
Bernard j. Rosenthal was a sue
cessful Chicago sculptor before en-
tering the Army; 1t. Robert p. Mac
Neil was New York industrial de-
signer; Frederick c. Shrady was a
White Plains IN. " portrait
painter, and Theodore Fuchs,
helped design some of the spec
tacular exhibits at the New York
Worlds Fair.
Speed with accuracy are the es-
sentials OF the new art, and the
artisans work with all manner Of
materials improvised on the spot
plaster. rubber, paint, metals, paper
and cardboard, wood and plastics.
Trees and shrubbery are repro
duced realistically and to scale with
moss imported from the subtropics
Over the exhibit was the groups
motto:
A picture is. worth 10000 werds;
Ia terrain model Is worth IN nnn live. /,
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Red Cross Receives Yorn

A large shipment of yarn has been
received by the Arlington Chapter
OF the American Red Cross and is
ready for distribution.
Production unit chairmen are re-
quested to advise Mrs. j. G. Menut
at once of their yarn requirements
and individual knitters are re-
quested to call at the Chapter
House, 1924 Wilson boulevard.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Two in q Bed,' Comedy,
Closed by Detroit Police
By the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 26-The comedy
Two in a Bed" which the pro-
ducer. James NJ McKechnie, said
had run 81 months in Los Angeles,
was ordered closed today by police
censors following special per-
formance in place of scheduled
public matinee.
Detective 1t. Charles w. Snyder,
police theater and motion picture
censor, said that If the play we're
rewritten and Objectionable material
deleted, wed be glad to see the
new production and give our
opinion"
Evening star., 1944-08-27

by $2,361 900 in view of the increas-
ing numbers of prisoners of war.
A large shipment of recreational
and educational equipment recently
arrived at the German prison
camps, it was announced. The ship
ment included 250,000 fiction and
text books requested by the pris-
oners, more than 400 cases of ath-
letic equipment, more than 100
cases OF musical instruments, so BIZ
cycles and Al cases of theatrical
eouipment.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
81, ,542 Dressings Mode

Two hundred and forty three
workers Of the Red Cross Surgical
Dressings unit Of the Silver Spring
Branch, Red Cross, made 54.542
dressings during July. 1t was an
nounced today by Mrs. william
Homer Carroll, chairman. This
group, Mrs. Carroll said, has turned
out 16S, ,S13 dressings since January /.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Civil Service War Fund
Drive Headed by Ryqh

Milton Rygh, chief of the supervi-
sion improvement program of the
Civil Service Commission, has been
appointed chairman of the Com
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Thousands on Waiting Lists
For Higher Priced Apartments
Only 1852 Family Units Opened Since
July, 1941, As Population Increases 150, 900
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHs.

Inc apartment shortage
building location has he.n
to start postwar waiting ~ ~ N
esgnng themselves to the fact that
want out for the duration are
oo"n into what they arrive o
OF the 84o0 licensed apartment buildings in Wahnpto
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Bine Crosby in Britain

LONDON, Aug. 26 (P.-Bing
Crosby arrived In Britain today to
entertain troops In Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Washington Women
Christen New Ships

Mrs. Richard v. Oulahan of 32ls
Reservoir road NV. and her daugh-
ter Suzan of Bryn Mawr, Pa, Off
ciated as sponsors yesterday at the
launching of a Liberty ship al
Panama City, Fla, named for her
late husband, who was for many
years head of the Washington bu-
reau of the New York Times.
The S. S. Richard v. Oulahan
according to the Associated Press
was the 37th Liberty ship completed
at the Wainwright Yard at Panama
City
Mrs Thomas E. Hughes of Wash
ington christened the Navy SUBJ
chaser PC 1850, which was launched
yesterday in Morris Heights, N. Y.
at the yards of the Consolidated
Shipbuilding Corp. Mrs. Hughes
is the wife of the WASHINGTON
manager of the Cleveland Diesel
Engine Division, General Motors
Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Mrs. Roosevelt Urges
Nearby Hospitals 10
Build Isolation Wards

If nearby Maryland and Virginia
counties can obtain sufficient funds
to build contagious disease wards
in their hospitals, they certainly
should do SO to avoid further over
crowdlng at Gallinger Hospital, Mrs
Roosevelt said at press conference
today.
Though she said she did not know
much about the current discussion
OF failure Of nearby counties to make
provision for care Of contagious dis
ease patients, Mrs. Roosevelt said
she was concerned when the prob
lem began to affect Gallinger.
Regarding national affairs, Mrs
Roosevelt said Vice President Wal
lace had told her some time ago that
"he wanted very much" to visit
China. 1t was announced yeSter-
day he will do so in the summer as
the personal representative" of
President Roosevelt. She herself
has no plans to go anywhere at
present, she said.
Commenting on the President S
vacation in the South, Mrs. Roose-
welt said she found it hard to get
him to take enough rest because
there were so many essential
things" for him to take care of
first. He works SO hard, she said
that eventually he reaches a point
where rest becomes the most es-
sential of all the items awaiting
his attention.
She denied again rumors that she
had advised long quarantine periods
for any one returning to the United
States from the tropics. This story
in various forms, has been circulat-
ing since the start of Mrs. Roose-
Velt's trip last summer.
Commenting on how such stories
start, she said sometimes it's poll
| tics and sometimes it pronapando I,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
AImos Temple Bond
To Mark 18th Year

The 25th anniversary of Almas
Temple Military Band will be cele-
brated at dinner at $50 O'Clock
tonight in the Sphinx Club, 1915
K street NV, James A. Councillor
potentate, announced today.
Special guests will include L.
Whiting Estes, who was potentate
in 1919 when the band was Or
ganized, and four of the original
bandsmen. They are George A.
Fisher, manager; Fred E. Blood and
James r. Russell, clarinetists, and
Otto Hammerbacher, trombonist.
Fred Wilken, Almas Temple record
er and band director since 1920
is In charge of ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Fumes Kill I, Overcome [
After Buffalo Hotel Fire

BUFFALO, N. Y, April l2.-Two
men were killed last night and six
others were overcome by coal gas
fumes after fire which was quickly
extinguished at the Hotel Statler,
Killed were Fred Kick, 49, Ebe.
nezer, a coal passer at the hotel
and Edwin Hawks, Buffalo, fireman
of engine No. g..
Theodore Kruger, hotel manager
said he did not know what caused
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
VIII Address Nurses

DR.. L. E. Burney of the United
States Public Health Service viii
deliver the commencement address
at graduating exercises for SIS nurses
Of the Capital City School of NurS-
ing, at pm. Friday, at Gallinger
Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Mrs. Roosevelt Gets Book
Before Author Sees II

Mrs. Roosevelt got copy of a new
autobiography by Mrs. Marie Man
ming Gasch, originator of the
Beatrice Fairfax column and for 40
years a news reporter in New York
and Washington, before the author
herself received one, it developed at
press conference today.
Il got the book--Ladies Now and
T'hen'-Mrs. Roosevelt called to Mrs.
Gasch before she began her confer
ence at the White House.
The author gasped a little and
asked for peek She has not YET
gotten a copy herself. she explained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Canadian Speaks TONIGHT

DR.. j, D. H. Donnay, professor OF
mlneralogy at Laval University
Quebec, will speak before the Geo
logical Society of Washington at {
o'clock tonight in the assembly hal
of the Cosmos Club. DR.. v. T. Allen
and S. E. Clabough, both of the
Geological Survey, also will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12

, the fire, but said there was virtually
no damage to hotel property.
AT least half a dozen" firemen
are in the hospital after having been
overcome by fumes, Fire Commits
sioner John Tubridy said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Gas In Stomach
and Bowels
RELIEVED OR NO COST

Every person who is troubled with
excessive gas in stomach and bowels
should get a package of BaaImann's
Gas Tablets and try them for quick re-
lief of the distress.
Sharp pains in the abdomen are
often due entirely to gas pressure.
Many sufferers occasionally have a
burning pain at the pit of the stomach,
called heartburn. Others complain at
times of palpitation, labored breathing,
sour risings, nausea, boating head
ache or dizziness, any Of which may
result from gas pressure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-12
Money-Back Guarantee

6aamann's Gas Tablets are made
especially for the relief of excess gas
and discomfort resulting from gas pres
sure. They contain no physic. Sold on a
positive guarantee of money back If the
first bottle should fail to give satisfac-
ton with results Any good druggist
can supply you. Caution: Use only as
directed. Always on hand at
Leading Washington Drug Stores.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-16
St. Antoine Six
Loses Match To
Ann Arbor Team

After defeating Fisher "Y." 40
the 81 Antoine YMCA volleyball
team lost 3-2 game when they
played the Ann Arbor team al Ann
Arbor. ST. Antoine lost the first
two games. 1873 and 1873. 10 the
state champions.
Coach Parker Gamble reshuf-
fled his team for the third game.
and with Laverne Smith. star
spikcr for ST. Antoine. hitting his
stride, the Detroit team took the
third game l5-l3
Potentially, 81. Antoine ~" has
one OF the strongest teams in many
years, but are lacking in expert
ence However each game brings
the know how" that only comes
from playing.
Some are predicting that the
meteoric Jesse Owens and Russell
Brown will develop into two oi
the finest spikers in the city. Their
addition 10 the present SQUAD a,
81 Antoine y" means trouble 10
competition in the city and state
Coach Gamble believes that ne
can win mos; OF his games with
veterans Laverne Smith. r. G..
Schuster and Theodore Van Buren,
Soik!ng. and with boosters Walter
House. Lester McFall. Thomas
Briscoe. j. l. Knox. Bill Adams
and Hewitt Williams.
Those OF Us who are doubtful.
viii watch this years win and
lost column with interest.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-16
Va. Union To Have
Grid Team In 1915

RICHMOND, Va.-After an ab-
sence Of two years from inier-col-
ieg!ate football circles. virginia
Union university Will return 20
sridlron competition next Septem-
Der. according 10 an announce
nent made by President J. NJ. e.
,lSon
Dr. Ellison indicated that the
decision 10 return 10 inter-collegi-
ale football was made by a unan-
.mous vote Of the faculty commit
'ce on athletics with full support
OF the executive committee ~ the
board Of trustees ard the enthusi-
aStic endorsement Of the student
body"
Coach Henry r HucleS. Panther
mentor. will attend he annual
meeting Of the ClAA Al Hampton
Institute on Dec I. with inStruc-
lions 10 arrange q schedule for his
charges for the l9+S season Mean
while. the administration o. the
Richmond institution S seeking a
coach 10 assist Hucles and l. D
Smith with the lai5 squad.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-16
Fred Dawson Wins
Army Boxing Bout

tNDlANTOWN CAT. Pa Az
three of Indian'own Cops three
nan all-NeCro boxing team sweep
through 10 the finals VI INC regional
champ on>hip of the Tn I'd Service
mm7nd tournament Just concl d.
Cd. with two Gappcrs winning
titles
Aberdeen proVins Grounds
which entered tcn-man team
Won the competition. STAGED al
EdSewood. Nd. with 2t points and
'ndlsntown Gap was runnerup in
the seven-camp event with Is
points.
Private Fred El>ton ei the G. p
who boxed under the name Of
Freddy Dawson IN civilian life.
pounded out thrce-round dc
ciSion over the ou,cd BUDDY
Garcia ~ Aberdeen in tho feature
~ tho thrcc-day tournament They
are lishtwci gh'S. ElSton Is ma
tive ~ Chicago
Sergeant Garland Reynolds. l96
~ The Gap. defeated Pfc Norman
Wright. lo2. of Perry Point 10 take
the heavyweight title in decision
bout.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-16
Strong Competition In
Wolverine League Rises

the night New Entry with
three wins and three losses 10
their credit. chalked up three more
victories when they BUNDLED Wen
dell Packing, 2265-2i65 Cock
tail Lounge won three from u. S.
Steel 2388-2247 Ralph Var
Buren, led Hardin Woodchoppers
20 two wins and one loss when
they encountered Briggs Local 742.
Van Buren, scored $40 series as
the Woodchorpers connected for
22So against Briggs 2270.
Palmer League
Jones Cleaners won three from
Victory Five by a landslide. 2468-
1910 Highland Park was
victor over Composite Lodge for
triple win. 239l- 2093 Club
Deliese, captained by Alexander
Singleton won pair from Yankee
Potato Chips. 2364-2440. Doctors
humbled Northeast AC, 2337-2207.
AS they won A pair.
UAW-CIO League
The Falcons and Millenbach
shared the spotlight on Thursday
night as tho two teams came 10
grips. the former winning the Sc
RIGS by the score OF 2540-2505
pW 400 won two from Local 50
2l96-2285 Local 400 squeezed
two wins from Moo. 23O6-23
FAA stripped Tire Plant for a
triple win. 2280-2209 Local 2
NreStled A double win from New
Steel 1861 -2352.
Transportation League
John R-Oakland took three wins
from Second. 22l6-i974 Wood
ward ran over LaWton for A triple
viciory 70 the tune of 2l7o-
C!airmount won a pair from JEFF
i7rSon. 2l60-207l Baker banged
away for two wins over Grand
River. 2l67-2039 Fourteenth
tr!pped Dexter for a triple win.
2207-l9
Palper DSR League
Ben Rector's keglerS won two
games from Joel Jones. 20O2- 1857
Gordon Warwick knocked the pins
down for two wins over Charles
Mason, l833-l790 Cleo Jackson
conquered james FERGUSON by the
lose score OF 1863. 1901.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-16
Russ J. Cowans'
Snort Chatter

Less than a month ago Abe Sap
erstein's Harlem Globe Trot,ers
opened the basketball season by
dropping game 10 the Detroit
Representative team. Two nights
later Assumption College trounced
the former pro champions. and then
came losses IN Toledo and Cleve-
land
The Globe TrOtters. hit by the
drafting Of players for the armed
forces and war jobs, were far be-
low the level Of 1910 when they
won the national professional title.
Ted Strong Is in the army, Sonny
Boswell has gone into business in
Chiago. Babe PRESLEY and Duke
Cumberland were employed in
Cleveland. Only Bernie Price.
crack center. was with the team.
But conditions have changed In
the past two weeks. Saperstein
has bolstered his team with the
return to the fold Of PRESLEY. con-
sidered one Of the best courtmen
in the country. and Duke Cum
berland. q Toledo boy who Is rec
Ognixed rs q top guard
That the Globe Trotters have i'm
1roved is indicated in game here
last Sunday nigh; when the former
champions trounced Cincy Sachs
Mansfield team. 1897
y x X
Bllv Arnold. Ph.,aIelnhia vel
'crwc gh;. IS BEING hailed BY East
crn SPORTS SER bcS As ne best piece
~ fighting flesh 20 come across
ne flStic horizon in many moons.
This may be true. but there's a
vounGStcr IN Chi"aso who is offer
me- serious challenge 70 .Arnold's
rlch, 10 tina; title HIS name is
George Sugar CoS,ncr.
Monday night Costner. whose
home Is in Cincinnati. stonp.d
Tommy James. Chicago weller
weight, In the second round Ia score
his twentieth knockout IN =, vic
tories. Cnstnrr'S record Of 81
straight kno"knuts was MARRIED
when the IllinoiS Commission dis
qualified sgt lou Woods In his
hout against the hard-runchinc
roS'r"r Woods had been on the
floor several times.
Arno'd has -rcs;c- mar-in q!
Nnockou' vI''or.eS than CoStncr.
1T the Ch.cacoan is Cor.u. Vit1
nc power and speed ~ = Suoer.
fortress. and l. ne continues q,
nc present rstN. VIII soon Ne m
Inc 'or 4 battle WITH Ray Sugar
Robinson.