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the great wartime population influx
lowered the bed ratio.
Points to Nearby Areas.
Taken by itself, this rel elstive re-
duction, he said, does not appear
alarming" since the remaining
ratio was as high as it was, but he
asserted the District situation can
not be divorced from that of the
adjoining areas. There, the num-
Der of general hospital beds was
increased, since 1910, from 1923 to
724, but because Of the great rise in
population, the ratio of beds per
1000 population rose only from 1.3
to 2.
For the Metropolitan Area as a
whole. Dr.. Rutland said. the gen.
eral bed-population ratio has re-
manned unchanged since 194c at SO.
whereas the most frequently used
standard of adequacy is as beds per
1000 population By this standard
he said, the District now has
shortage of l068 beds Gauged by
the Census Bureau estimate. the
postwar population of the Metro
politan Area would be stabilized at
1900 900. This standard would call
for $50 general hospital beds, or
about $500 more than are now avail
able.
In his calculations, DR.. Rutland
excluded specialized hospital beds
such as are found at Walter Reed,
Mount Alto and ST Elizabeths Hos
pitfalls, but included Doctors, Gal
linger and FreedmenS, since they
supply general medical services.
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National Foundation Funds Aid
In Districts Fight on Polio
Supplies and Personnel Secured for
Hospitals; Troinine of Workers Financed

nurses and aides for Childrens and
authorized 27 for Gallinger.
The chapter brought Mrs. Bar
bara G. Welsh, physiotherapist
from California to supervise the hot
packing, and as discharges are made
Mrs. Welsh and Mrs. Iris Warner
another physiotherapist employed
by the chapter, will follow up the
cases in the Notwithstanding the
parents in hot packing. Where the
parents cannot afford TO pay for the
hot packs, the chapter will provide
them.
The chapter has spent S6,7O7 for
disqualification of the polio victims.
1t has bought S254274 worth Of
equipment, including an Emerson
hot packing unit, 10 new electric
washing machines, woolen wear for
the hct packing blankets, oil silk
and other materials used in the
Kenney treatment.
The outbreak dramatizeS what
has been going on for years, accord
ing to District Chapter reports.
Since the chapter was formed in
1889 it has spent nearly $4,000 on
braces, approximately $4,000 on
disqualification, $4,000 on physio-
therapy, $4,000 on special nurses,
$500 on school transportation of
crippled children, $4,000 on camp
tuition. 1t has bought two respi-
rators and sent DR.. Richard H.
Todd of Children's Hospital and
three physiotherapists to the Uni
versity of Minnesota to study under
Slster Kenny. To date the chapter
has expended approximately s93, :
775. Miss Wilson reported.
Sufficient Funds Reported.
Thanks to the participation of
Washington in the Presidents
Birthday Celebration. chapter Of
tlclals are confident the funds now
on hand will see the District through
the outbreak and any after effects.
AT present. 1t was reported, the Dis
trlct chapter has a reserve of
S205 900
Commissioner John Russell Young
announced yesterday he will serve
as District chairman of the drive
to raise funds to combat infantile
paralysis. scheduled throughout the
Nation from January ID through
January 81. He stressed the need of
replenishing funds depleted by the
present emergency.
The National Foundation, too,
has had heavy drains put upon it
during this years epidemic out
breaks of the disease Basil OCon-
nor, president of the National Foun-
dation, estimated yesterday that
more than Sl00O,000 already has
been spent by the National Founda-
ton to rush epidemic aid in money.
professional personnel, supplies and
equipment to 10 states and the Dis
trict.
Every one of the 26 respirators
owned by the National Foundation
and held in reserve at centrally To-
Gated depotS has been called into
use, Mr.. O'Connor said. Thirty-five
OF the Nations best physiothera-
plstS have been sent to IA States
ana more than six tons of wool for
not packs has been shipped into 13
states and the District, he reported.
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Prayer in Name OLD. {. Man
To Honor All War Dead

AS a memorial to all of Washing
tons men who have died in this
war, prayer in the name of 1t.
James w. Freeman. jr, who was
killed in action in France in June.
will be offered at the national con-
vention of the Disabled American
Veterans in Denver. September IL.
In the same manner. casualties
from all over the Nation will be
honored by inclusion of the name of
one veteran from hundreds of other
communities.
The postwar period has begun
for the disabled veteran" will be
the theme Of the 23rd convention.
1t. Freeman, son of Col and Mrs.
j. w. Freeman. 1912 Forty-fourth
street NV. was graduated from
West Point last year He was with
paratroop unit which established
the beachhead in Normandy on D.
Day, and was reported killed
June %.
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Several hundred servicemen and
veterans of two wars last night
saluted a lady on her 80th birth
day. They stood in long queues to
kiss her, or whirl her around the
floor in fast toXtrot. They stood
at attention in her honor, and SER
enaded her with songs. They pinned
corSageS of orchids, roses and gar
deniaS almost covering the bodice
of her dress.
They We're all her bows"
A letter from a soldier in the
South Pacific addressed to The
Mother of All Seryicemen. u. S. A.
was received recently by the District
Post Office, and promptly delivered
to this lady-Mrs. j. Nathaniel
Steed. known to servicemen of the
last war and the present one as
Mother Steed.
Heads League Work.
Dean of the Washington Unit
of the Women's Overseas Service
League, Mother" Steed heads the
league work at Servicemens Club
No. l, Ninth street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue NV. where the party
was held last night. She wrote the
club slogan, This is your home
in Washington. Please feel free tC
entertain your visiting parents ano
girl friends here and her job is
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to see to it that the boys feel just
that way.
But her job of "mothering' be-
gan before Pearl Harbor. During
the last war, she went overseas with
the Red Cross and throughout the
battle areas set up canteens for
emergency feeding. At Christmas,
she made candy in wash basins for
the men in the field She person.
ally solicited things her boys
needed. She possesses many awards
and medals from service organiza-
tlons for the work she has done.
Two Tables of Presents.
Last night two tables were needed
to hold the presents sent to her
hand-carved brooch from the
George Washington Chapter of the
American Veterans of World War
II; a blanket from the men at
Camp Springs; large basket of
candy and fruit from the Engineers
at Fort Belvoir; a birthday card
three feet high, bearing the sigma
lures OF the First AAF Unit at Boil
ing Field; gold fob watch from
the Junior hostesSes of the club: a
hand-painted citation from the Mil
itary District of Washington: a
mother-of-pearl necklace, handker-
chiefs, perfume, candy and other
gifts. She received cards or pres
entS from 48 States and from all
of the war tbp9terC
In her honor. stage stars from the
Lotus Club, the Windsor Room, the
Club 400, TradeWinds, the Statlel
Hotel, the Earle and the Capito
Theaters performed. Refreshment:
were served by the Business and Pro.
fessional Womens Club. The en-
tertanment was planned by the
War Hospitality Committee, anc
John A. Mack, president of the
Washington chapter of the Ameri.
can Veterans Of World War II actec
as master of ceremonies. The U. S
Navy School of Music Dance Banc
played.
Highlight Of the evening came
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Continued From First Page.

but this was sight to make the
blood run cold, to make one thirst
for the strength and opportunity to
evenge these people.
AT the schoolhouse this afternoon
we saw horribly mutilated bodies
of peasants placed in rows. White
sheets had been placed over them,
AS if TO hide this hideous deed of
the enemy. Red dahlias had been
placed on them, but it was a futile
gesture, The whole atmosphere
cried out for revenge.
Pitiful Orphans Plead.
We saw pitiful little orphans beg
ging dead fathers to speak We
saw widows, who a few hours before
anXiously and hopefully awaited the
Yanks' arrival, sobbing Historically.
We saw the horribly hacked body
of 70-year-old grandfather, and
next to him his three grandsons.
All were working men in the village,
simple peasants who had only seen
the dawn of peace when death
struck them down.
The grief in that little room de-
fleS mere words. Almost our entire
regiment walked through it, curious
ly solemn as they approached the
entrance, but tight-lipped, stoney
rs they left. If they needed any
reason for pursuing the enemy, if
they needed any cause for tracking
him down and putting a bayonet
through him, they found it at Plo-
mion.
Remember Plomion." Who could
forget it?
The villagers told us the story
how a snipers bullet had killed a
Storm Trooper as he marched away
from the village His comrades,
knowing the Americans were still
miles away. re-entered Plomion and
seized the first IA men they found
on the street. They bound their
arms and legs with baling wire,
stood them up by the wooden cross
in the town square where they
often had paused to pray, and ex-
ecuted them.
But that was not revenge enough.
In insane fury they took axes and
split their victims skulls. In sheer
brutality they took bayonets and
mutilated the bodies. But that
was not satisfaction enough for
the death of Storm Trooper
Taking gasoline, they spilled it
around 40 of the neat little brick
and clapboard homes in the village
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An exhibition of 100 paintings and
drawings showing advances in the
practice of naval medicine will
open at the National Gallery of
Art next Sunday and will continue
until October S.
The subjects represented in the
pictures include medical treatment
in amphibious operations, 'front.'
line action at Tarawa and Bougain-
vile, shipboard first aid during bat
tie, air evacuation of wounded,
treatment Of casualties on hospital
ships and in naval hospitals re-
habilitation and occupational ther-
apy.
Among the artists whose work
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Mimi; George LefeVre, W., 26, of
Kolumbia, Miss; Stewart B. Bloom
81, Chicago; Arnold Kramish. 21
Denver.
Civilians Injured
The remaining injured, all civil
ians, are:
Edward Achuff, A, of Philadel-
phia; r. L. Kendig, 38, of Manoa,
Pa; N. Piscano, 81, of Philadelphia
and Albert l.. Young, il, "a, of Mount
Ephriam, N. j.
The Navy spokesman said all
were treated at either the Navy dis
pensary or the nearby Naval hos
pital, but did not reveal the extent
of the injuries.
Wife Went to Philadelphia.
Mr.. Meigs and his wife, Mrs
Betty S. Meigs, came to Takoma
Park from Baltimore several months
ago, according to Mrs. c. B. Smith,
owner Of the house in which they
lived,
Mrs, Smith said Mr Meigs left fol-
Philadelphia two or three days ago
She added that his wife, who is en-
ployed at the Labor Department
went to Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon, although she did not be-
lieve Mrs. Meigs knew of her hus-
bands death at that time.
Pfc. Tompkins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R j. Tompkins of the Arling-
ton address. is graduate of Wash
ington-Lee High School in Arling-
ton and George Washington Uni
versity where he majored in phys
les. He was active in glee clubs in
high school and college. He entered
the Army in July.
A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Pfc.
Tompklns came to Arlington with
his family about seven years ago.
Although he said he did not know
how badly his son was injured, Mr..
Tompkins added that military au-
thorities in Philadelphia had told
him Pfc. Tompkins was resting
eaSilV"
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AS FAR as money can help, the
funds contributed by the Washing
ton public through the Presidents S
Birthday Celebration are making it
possible to do all that can be done
for the victims of the polio out
break here, spokesmen for CALM
ger and Childrens Hospitals said
last night.
Half the funds raised here each
year through the Birthday Balls,
the March of Dimes and the Mile
O. Dimes are sent to the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
to combat epidemics and seek the
cause for the disease. The other
half remains here, to be used by the
District chapter of the foundation
L don't see how We could have
functioned during the present rise
in the number of cases without the
foundation" DR.. Daniel C. Seek
niger, acting superintendent of Gal
linger. declared. 1T has given us
everything we've needed-person-
mel, supplies, everything. Some
times, the foundation has been able
to get supplies we couldn't obtain
1t really deserves pat on the back
for what it has been able to do for
Gallinger."
A similar report came from Asst.
Supt. John j. Anderson of Chill
dren's Hospital. He said that every
thing the hospital had asked Of the
foundation had been received and
that the foundation had offered to
supply the hospital with anything
further the children might require.
Pay Nurses Salaries.
Miss Sarah E. Wilson, executive
secretary of the foundations Dis
trict chapter. gave this report on the
funds expended and obligated since
July l, when the number of cases
started to increase:
The District chapter has paid out
S2,004.69 for the salaries OF nurses
and aides to give the hot packing
in connection with the Kenny
treatment. 1t has employed %
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Alexandria to Close
Pool After Labor Doy

The Alexandria swimming pool at
Harvard and Cameron streets will be
open all day tomorrow, for the last
day Of the 1914 season, Douglas
Smith manager, announced today.
The bacteria test in the swimming
pool has been perfect all summer.
Mr.. Smith said, and the pool has
been emptied and cleaned twice a
week during the period in which
it has been in operation this sum-
mer
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will be exhibited are: David Stone
Martm and Irwin Hoffman, who
selected subjects at the Navy Medi-
cal Field Service School, Camp Le-
jeune, N c.; Joseph Hirsch and
Kerr Eby whose work depicts activ
ties at Pearl Harbor, New Caledonia,
New Guinea. Guadalcanal, etc;
Carlos Anderson and Julian Levy,
who found subjects at the United
States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth,
Va, and National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, Md.
David E. Finley, director of the
National Gallery, announcing the
exhibition, described it as a demon
stration Of the wartime role of
NaVV doctors
Evening star., 1944-09-03
7 Men in Stolen Car
Held After Capture
In Wild Chase Here

Two colored men were held for
investigation at. No. IL precinct last
night after a 15-minute chase dur
ing which police fired three shots at
what they said was a stolen car be-
fore it finally crashed into a parked
automobile. .
Twelve scout cars joined in the
pursuit which police described as
the most reckless and dangerous In
the District in long time. Booked
are Robert Lee Sims, 20, Baltimore,
and Alexander M Buffalo, "a,
Goldsboro, N. c.
Directing the chase, which sent
the pursuers and pursued careen-
ing through Washington streets at
80 miles an hour, was Pvt. John
Abernathy Sobolewski of the Police
Radio Station.
Pvts. Joseph L. Costello and HON.
er L. Truax in Scout Car 12I first
picked up the trail at Mills and
Rhode Island avenues NE. They.
chased the speeding car into a curb
at Fifth and Rhode Island avenue
NE, but just as the police car
pulled up, the pursued car raced
off again.
The pursuit continued, as police
fired the three shots, to Florida
Iavenue and lexington place NE,
where the fleeing Car almost crashed
head-on into streetcar. The auto
swerved, however, and bounced
over loading platform. At Trux-.
ton Circle, the car sped around the,
circle in the wrong direction and
almost collided with another au-
tomobile.
Pedestrians scattered as the race
continued. At New York avenue
and North Capitol street one man
ran into parked car in his haste
to avoid being run down
At the direction of Pvt Sobolew-,
ski, all roads in the vicinity of the
speeding vehicle were blocked. At.
| TruXton Circle, Scout Car 1872, man
ned by Pvts. r. D. Weaver and NJ.
M. Conner, picked up the chase,
which took them TO Lincoln road
and Quincy place NE, where the
automobile crashed into a parked
car.
One colored man jumped out and
ran but was caught by scout car,
officers. The other, still dazed, was
caught in the automobile
/ The car was stolen in Baltimore
police said. The men are being,
held for investigation.
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Sister Kenny Praises
District Medical Men
For Fight on Polio

Sister Kenny, noted Australian
nurse, concluded her visit to WASH
1ngton with praise for the medical
profession here which Is carrying
on under hospital labor shortage.
She expressed her thanks for the
District doctors attitude" toward
her work.
Meanwhile, the Health Depart
ment reported another infantile
paralysis case, raising the total
since July / to 159.
Sister Kenny told 1000 persons
gathered at the Statler Hotel last
night that she hopes some day a
Kenny Institute" using her method
Of treatment exclusively, will be
set up here as it has been in Min
neapolis.
Il would be proud to assist in
establishing such a center" she
said
Replies to Questions.
Her comments, made during a
broadcast from the meeting, were
in answer to questions by Dr.. James
Cumming, director of the >pidemi-
ology bureau of the Distrit Health
Department, who spoke for. DR..
George C. Rutland, District health
officer, who was unable to appear
DR.. r. c. Williams, assistant sur
geon general Of the United States
Public Health Service, asked the
nurse if she intended to 60 on work.
ing in the United States.
Il am at the service of AmericaS
she replied. 4
In an earlier radio interview, Sis
ter Kenny also praised doctors here,
pointing the difficulty they faced
with severe outbreak of polio in
the midst Of shortage Of nurses
and other trained hospital person.
mel.
Wants Mothers to Know.
Il want Washington mothers to
know how excellent are the doctors
caring for their children" Sister
Kenny concluded.
Sister Kenny was scheduled to
leave for Minneapolis today Dur
ing her visit she demonstrated her
methods to three large groups of
doctors and nurses, broadcast twice
and inspected Children's Hospital
in addition to her public meeting
last night.
More than 300 persons were un-
able to crowd into the meeting and
stood outside the Statler for two
hours to see the nurse merge Those
inside stood and applauded as she
walked out escored by DR.. Cumming.
Meanwhile. the Arlington Coun-
ty public schools postponed OPEN
ing from Tuesday to- September II
as precaution against polio.
Robert L. Haycock, superintendent
of District public schools, has stated,
however, that the schools will open
as scheduled September 18, unless
DR.. George c. Rutland, District
Health Officer, suggests that open
ing be postponed.
The 15eth case, 6-year-old boy
from Southeast Washington. was
diagnosed at Childrens Hospital
yesterday. One suspected case, a
24-year-old woman, also from
Southeast, was admitted to GAL
linger Hospital yesterday.
The Virginia Health Department
announced the number of cases
throughout the State had risen
above 400 during 1914. The Bristol
(VaD School Board has postponed
opening of its schools from Tuesday
to September IL to give time for
study of development of cases in
that area.
The Maryland State Department
of Health reported 12l cases in the
State this wear,
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1akoma Park Man
Dies in Philadelphia
Navy Yard Blast
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1.-Two
men, one from Takoma Park, Md,
were killed and nine others. in
Guiding an Arlington, Va, soldier
were injured today in an explosion
in small building at the Philadel-
phia Navy Yard, the Fourth Naval
District announced. Five OF the in
jured men were soldiers. :
A Navy spokesman said details of
the explosion, which was followed
by fire, were not available.
The dead were listed by the>Navy
as:
Douglas P. Meigs, 26. of Montgom-
cry avenue, Takoma Park, an en-
ploye of the H. J. Ferguson Co,
Cleveland, and Peter N. Bragg, jr.,
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when Mother Steed cut the large.
two TERED cake, inscribed with,
Many Happy Returns, Mother
Steed U. S. Receiving Station" AS
she sliced into it, she said, You
know, boys, tonight is worth work
ing 30 years for"
And seaman first class, with.
a Pacific war zone area ribbon on
his chest. bent over to her 5 feet !,
kissed her, and grinned at the ma
rine on his right, She's a great old
girl, isn't she?" he asked. "
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"a, FdyetleVule + ,
Ark, a naval
chemical engi-
neer.
The Arlington
man hurt was
Pfc. John E.
Tompkins, %, Of
729 North Bar
ton street, Ar
lington.
The other in
jured Army men,
all privates first
class, are:
M e RI y n L.
norcN,, 90 @f
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

proposed changes In the law.
These include such matters as odd
age pensions, disability allowances,
medical care, disqualification, aid 10 de-
pendents and young children, death
benefits, and the like.
The new bill would also help service
people in getting jobs. by setting up q
nationwide system Of u. S. employment o.
fees for all workers. This will be q serv.
ice to employers as well. and will wipe out
the chiselling private agencies that have
preyed on workers in the past.
The new bill will cover all workers,
including farm workers, domestic work
ers, seamen and the self-employed. On
der the present law, passed nearly 10
years ago, millions Of men and women
in these categories are left unprotected.
The new social security bill is waiting
for hearings in both the House and Senate.
High up on CLOS list Of progressive legis-
lation is the job of getting this bill passed.
CLIO aims to get it done in ample time
for rehabilitation after the war.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Cost of Living
Up? Try Eating
A Hamburger!

Any serviceman buying a hamburger re-
Gently knows lot about the cost of living
the way hamburgers have shot up in price
and slid down to the sawdust level in
quality.
That the cost of living has risen 435 per
cent is proved in a detailed study made by
the CLIO and AFL and presented to Pres
ident Roosevelt.
The average rise Ia nearly twice what
government figures estimate. Food In
up "A percent. clothing 72.2 percent,
household goods 81 percent rent Is
percent
These big jumps hit the workers hard.
with their wage rates fixed by law at Is
percent above 1871 by the Little Steel for
mula They hit hard at servicemen's fam
lilies too, with their allowances fixed by
law.
That is why the CLIO is constantly fighting
to push the cost of living down. why 1t
has led in the fight to increase servicemen's
dependency allowances and why it Is ask
ing for an end to the Little Steel" wage
formula.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Go Pushes For Security Plan

A NYONE who ever drew an unem-
- ployment check knows what social
security means-the difference between
selling apples and having an income
that you can rely on temporarily at
least until you land another job.
The veterans Of the first world war
found out all there is to know about selling
apples. It's CLOS aim to make sure that
veterans of this war never learn a thing
about apple selling, or the other kinds
of insecurity either.
That's why CIO is pushing hard for Con-
gressional action on the new Social Sc
curity bill that will expand and increase
the present Social Security system-espe-
cially for the men and women coming out
of the armed forces.
The new bill, which amends the pres
emit law, is called the Murray-Wagner-
Dingell bill, after the men who are
sponsoring it in Congress. CLIO had
big hand in writing it and is taking
the leading part in pushing for it's
early passage
The first thing every service man will
want is a job. Until he gets one no mat
ter how short the delay. he should be
covered by unemployment compensation to
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

One Of the curses of a day-wage job
has been recurring periods of unemploy-
ment, layoffs of a week here, a month and
maybe longer there. that take substantial
slices out of a workers yearly income.
It's cinch that after the war the land
year. The kids are still going to be
hungry 365 days out of 365. And shoes and
pants and hats and overcoats will still
wear out at the same old rate. What's
to be done about this, for servcemen and