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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-03-29

Men might go to Haven with hall
the labor they put forth to go to
Hell.-Ben Jonson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

supervised care that is believed TO
ward off many cases of lifelong
handicap.
And much credit for the new ma
chine really goes TO Sister Kenny, the
Australian nurse who now is widely
known for her revolutionary hot. pack
method of treating infantile paralysis.
1t was her declaration that polio can
be detected by the appearance, feel,
and movement of muscles in afflicted
limbs that spurred Prof. r. Plato
Schwartz and Or. Harry Bouman TO
develop simple. efficient device that
actually can record very faint
muscular twitchings
While Sister Kenny mas taught
many of her technicians her manual
method of discovering the disease,
any doctor who hasn't had the benefit
of such training can use the new
electrical recorder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

lied chances of complete recovery
and may be the reason statistics to-
day show that 20 per cent of all polio
victims 20 through the remainder OF
their lives with Gripping defect.
1t is hoped that early diagnosis by
use of the robot detector can reduce
this figure and wipe out large per-
ccntage of deaths.
Putting the child to bed as soon
as his polio symptoms have been dis
covered also controls his fever,
matter that is as much for the childs
comfort as for his safety.
In some cases of a mild type this
is all that is necessary.
But if a child who has shown mus
Gle spasm develops a stiff neck and
back, doctors warn, he should be
taken TO a hospital without delay
There hot packs TO reduce pain and
bring muscles back TO normal are ap-
piled at once.
Half of these children, il is esti-
mated, will never develop any actual
paralysis because their plight has
been discovered in -time-Eor- them,
the heat treatments and careful
hospital supervision will be blessed
means of relieving pain.
Another p per cent may develop 4
temporary paralysis that will con-
tinuc from two 10 six weeks, then
disappear. Even this short.time dis
ability may be reduced markedly
when all cases are discovered early.
But the real goal of the fight
against polio is cutting down that 20
per cent of permanent injury TO mus
cles and the per cent loss of life
Not all OF this can be accomplished
without a direct weapon against the
paralysis virus, but the new diagnos-
tic machine is big step toward Civ
ing early treatment in milder cases.
Indirectly, this machine also makes
il possible to segregate these stricken
children from playmates and so re-
move one of the greatest hazards Of
the diseases spread.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

SpdSm n G s j s n a !
emitted by quivering
muscle fibres is easily
recognized.
An electric contact
taped over arm, leg or
neck muscles picks up
the spasm-induced cur
rent and records il on
paper in a series of
wavy lines. If these
muscle impulses were
amplified and sent
through a loudspeaker,
they would be heard as
a roaring "swooooosh!"
Doctors in and around
Rochester ound the
new machine Of inesti-
mabie value.
If a sick child was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

AS yet the new electric recorder of
paralysis symptoms is not in wide
spread USE but il is expected to be
come available in the very near future
wherever needed.
Since a large percentage of suspect
ed cases turn out TO be harmless, one
of the outstanding uses of the
Rochester robot will be the reas-
surance of alarmed parents that
their children have not contracted
infantile paralysis.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY 23
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
ebSfR-Eee SHoTo
BY ROBERT ID. POTTER
Science Editor

A SIMPLE but infinitely delicate
IA machine able to detect with
out fail the tiny, invisible
muscle spasms that always are pres
ent in the earliest stage of infantile
paralysis is sciences outstanding con-
tribution toward the conquest of
childhood's tragic Gripping disease.
This robot" diagnostician, recently
Perfected at Strong Memorial Hospi-
in Rochester, ~ Y, enables doc
Nrs to tell in minutes whether a
sniffly, feverish child, complaining of
sore muscles and pain along the
spine, is a possible victim of polio or
merely suffering from a cold or other
mild respiratory i'll.
Such early diagnosis is of utmost
Importance, all experts agree, since
il makes possible the first minute"
October -. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

0zSCI1NCe

1t works on the principle that every
time a muscle in the body moves a
tiny electrical current is generated.
This happens when an eye winks, a
heart beats, or a person draws
breath. In the case of involuntary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

flicted arms and legs, her system is
a carefully planned procedure for re-
education of muscles already injured
by paralysis, not means of keeping
them from being so impaired
In the past, unsuspecting mothers
and fathers have been too prone 10
let sick children run around and play
until little feet began TO drag and
work with utmost difficulty, or other
troubles with locomotion developed.
This, experts point out, has leopard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

found to have muscle
spasms he was put to bed
Immediately. For it has
been proven through animal
experiments that immediate
rest is important if there
are to be no Gripping
after-effects.
Even though Sister Ken
ny uses manipulation of az.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Albert H. Smith, 7S, Dies;
Retired GP0 Proofreader

Albert Horace Smith, 78. who re-
tired from the Government Printing
Once In 1884 after reading proof
on the Congressional Record for is
years, died Of a heart attack yes-
terday at Suburban Hospital. Be-
thesda, Md.
A native Of Maine, Mr.. Smith
attended the public schools there
He learned the printing business on
the Wing and Courier, a Bangor
tMeo paper. Later he was EMPLOYED
on Boston newspapers.
MIR. Smith came to Washington
rs years ago to work on the Con-
gressional Record. He and his wife,
Mrs. Henrietta Smith, Devonshire
Court Apartments, Ais Wisconsin
avenue NV, celebrated their 5Oth
wedding anniversary last February.
Mr. Smith was at one time presi-
dent of the Maine State Society and
was a member Of Columbia Typo
graphical Union, the Association of
Veteran Union Printers and the
Presidents Union in Maine.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by son, 1t. Ralph Clifton Smith,
Alexandria, Va. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow at 2 pm. at
Chambers funeral home, 400
Chaplin street NV. Burial will be
In Abbey Mausoleum, Arlington.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Pan-American Board
Gets Argentine Issue

The issue of whether the Ameri-
can republics shall hold a confer
ence to consider the request of the
Argentine regime of Gen. Edelmiro
Farrell for recognition-denied by
the United States and Is other West
ern Hemisphere nations-was sched-
uled to come before a meeting OF
the Governing Board of the Pan
American Union today.
Indications were that the question
would not be decided today. The
State Department is known to be
strongly opposed to such a confer
ence, although it has been made
clear that its position will not be
adamant If meeting is wanted by 8
majority of other American nations
The United States opposition tt
the Farrell government is based or
the belief, stated in a long memo.
randum by former Secretary Hull
last summer, that the Buenos Aires
government not only has failed tc
fulfill its obligations to the United
Nations under the Rio de Janeirc
Pan-American agreement. but has
given practical aid to the Axis.
Argentina's request for confer
ence was made to the -Ameri-
can Unions Governing Board No.
vember /, and was forwarded BY the
board to its member nations for con-
sideration
Evening star., 1944-12-06

the explosion OF an enemy mortar
shell.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School in 1896, where he won q
letter in basket ball, he graduated
in 1910 from Bucknell College. He
was with the Chase National Bank
and the Johns Manville Corp. In
New York City before entering the
Army in May. 1912 He graduated
from the officers school at Fort
Benning in November, 1s42, and
went overseas last May.
About this time last year he was
seriously injured when pinned un-
der jeep which had rolled dowr
into creek somewhere in Ten.
nessee. 1t. Loves father is traffic
supervisor OF the Washington Blu
reau of the Associated Press.
Pvt. Norval E. Allen, 10. son oi
Mr.. and Mrs. Norval L. Allen, OF
1924 E street Sc, was wounded Sep
tember Is while fighting with the
infantry in Germany, the War De-
1partment has announced. He Is now
recovering in a hospital in England
from shrapnel wounds in his leg
arm and shoulder.
Born here, Pvt. Allen went to
Eastern High School and while a
senior was indicted into the Army
last February, and was sent over
seas in July. He formerly played
in several orchestras in local hotels
Pfc. John w. Rice, IS, of 1922 Co.
lumbia pike, Arlington, was wounded
September l3 in the European the
ater, according to a War Depart
ment announcement. His parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard A. Rice, said
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Employers Name Nine
For Wage Survey

Nine nominees for employer rep
resentatives of hotels, restaurants
and allied industries were selected
yesterday for three places on a
committee scheduled to meet jan
uary 16 to advise the District Min
imum Wage and Industrial Safety
Board on regulation of minimum
wages for women employees.
The nominees were chosen by &C
employers last night at the Munic-
ipal Center. Employees already have
selected nine nominees. From each
group the members Of the board
will appoint three, adding three
other persons to represent the gen.
eral public.
The conference has been called
by Mrs Albert Atwood, chairman
of the board. to study current wages
and living costs and to make recon.
mendations to protect the health
and morals" Of women workers
The minimum wage scale, fixed ir
1888 is based on the cost of living
In 1887.
Nominees chosen yesterday were
Lew Mohler, Thomas H. Evans, r. N
McConihe, J. w. Marriott, Arthur
Hsrnet, l.. G. Earnest, Lotion Wes-
lev, s. w. Keesee and Henry B.
Williams,
Evening star., 1944-12-06

stems solely from Government con-
trolls both present and future" as
result of the lower courts decision.
Mr.. Cahill cited what he called the
"absurdity'' of the Government ar
gument, which, he said, is that the
AP can't choose those with whom it
will deal, while the so-called unitary
organizations, such as United Press,
possibly may do SO.
Mr.. Cahill said the lower court
held, in effect, that because AP is a
news service, it is a public utility.
This reasoning is based, he said, on
the contention that since it is the
press there Is a general public in
terest and that public utility regula-
tion is justified.
He argued that the lower court
"lost sight" of the Sherman Act S
prohibition against restraint of COM
petition and rested its decision SOLE
ly on the full illumination" theory.
Justice Frankfurter interrupted to
observe that a denial of AP mem
bership is Withholding something de-
sirable and that 1.-The denial of some
thing presumably advantageous is a
restriction of competitive field"
| No News Superiority Implied.
To Mr.. Cahill's assertion that the
lower court had not held the AP to
be better than United Press or other
news agencies, Justice Frankfurter
said he was not implying that one
service was superior to the other but
that AP and UP services presumably
are an advantage to a newspaper.
1t would not be a wide jump, JUS
tice Frankfurter said, for a court to
say it would be an advantage to have
both.
Attacking the lower courts 'full
illumination" theory, Mr.. Cahill said
no newspaper with a major news
service is without comprehensive
news Of the world, and with all this
news, is fully Illuminated" The
AP bylaws are in no way related
to that issue, he argued.
Justice Frankfurter at one point
wanted to know II. the Governments
legal theory requiring admission OF
all comers to the cooperative news
association could be applied to other
co-operatives dealing in such things
as peanuts and potatoes.
Mr.. Cahill explained that in the
AP case it was applied only to the
press, but said 1t was the Govern
ment's contention it could be ap-
plicable to any one.
Chief Justice Stone inquired sew
eral times about the basis of the
suit and remarked that he had al
ways understood one purpose OF the
Sherman Antitrust Act was to pro-
mote competition. He commented
that when one railroad takes In an
other, the Supreme Court had been
decreeing that at couldn't be done. .
Evening star., 1944-12-06
| father and 4. Children
Die in Baltimore Fire;
Mother Badly Hurt
BY the Associates Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. GA father
and his four young children lost
their lives today in a fire which
swept their four-room home and
burned the sole remaining men,
ber OF the family, the mother, so
severely she is not expected to
live,
Only one occupant of the house,
q 19-year-old niece, escaped the
flames. She was bruised when she
fell from second-story window.
The dead:
George r. Sands, 81, the father:
Mildred Sands, IL; George B. Sands.
8; Howard Sands, ~ months; Diana
Sands, 7 months.
Mrs. Agnes Sands, 80, the mother,
was taken to the South Baltimore
General Hospital with ird-degree
burns and injuries suffered in a leap
from a second-flo window to a
concrete sidewalk.
Niece's Injuries Minor.
The niece, Mrs. Anna Ridge, 10,
was treated at the hospital for her
minor injuries. Her husband, Will
liam, is q paratrooper overseas.
The house was destroyed by the
flames, which police believed, were
started by an exploding oil stove on
the first floor.
At the hospital, police said, Mrs.
Dfdoo fn1d ttnyH eh al
the second floor with Mildred and
George when she was awakened by
shouts of fire from one OF the chill
dren. Getting out of bed, she found
flames shooting up the stairway
and blocking passage.
She said she could hear the in
fants, in the front room with their
parents. screaming and crying.
Grabbing Georges hand, Mrs. Ridge
said, she attempted to drag him to
the bedroom window, but the child
resisted. Mrs. Ridge said that di-
rectly in front of the window. the
boy wrenched loose and, off balance,
she plunged through the window on
to a shed below.
Jumped to Sidewalk.
Before Firemen arrived, witnesses
said, Mrs. Sands jumped to the side
walk after screaming for help from
the front window.
Firemen found the father on the
floor near the bed, his arms en-
veloping the two infants protec-
lively. Mildred, the f1remen related,
evidently ran from the rear room to
the parents room and collapsed atop
the bodies Of her father, brother and
sister.
The 8-year-old boy, George, was
found sitting beneath the sill of
the back bedroom window, his head
against the wall, still alive, but ex-
tensively burned. He died three
hours later.
A witness said neighbors were
baked in efforts to get into the
house by intense heat and flames
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Yank Held in Shooting
OF British Diplomat
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HONINGHAM, England, Dec. g.
Detective Inspector Garner an
nounced today the arrest of an
American soldier in the gunshot
death Of Sir Eric Teichman. so. for
mer British Embassy counsellor at
Chungking.
The soldiers name was not dis
closed.
Garner said the charge was "of
serious nature" but did not de-
fine it. He said the soldier was ar
rested at an American camp and
remains in American custody. to
appear before an American court.
Sir Eric was found dead on the
grounds of Honingham Hall Sum-
day night after he had gone out
in search Of poacher.
At the inquest Garner said Sir
Eric had been slain by a .30-caliber
bullet similar to those used by
American troops.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
he has already sent them his Purple
Heart decoration.


Heart decoration.
Born in Arlington, Pfc. Rice at
tended Washington-Lee High School,
prior to entering the service in No
vembe', 1943. He was wounded in
France, the announcement said. A
brother, Walter, recently received 9
medical discharge from the Army
after being hurt in Sicily, and an
other brother, George, is a staff
sergeant at Camp Stewart, Ga.
Pfc. Claude E. Hawes has beer
wounded in action, the War Depart.
ment has announced. His sister
Miss Frances Hawes, was listed al
living at 112 c street Sc.
Pfc. Fred J. Kennedy, son of FREQ
H. Kennedy of 2208 Penn street NE.
has been wounded twice since D day
and since August 4 has been re.
covering in a hospital in England
according to word received by his
mother, Mrs. Stella Henning, New.
ark, N. J..
She stated he has been overseas
with the infantry for 10 months ano
has been awarded an Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Purple Heart, Coco
Conduct Medal and the European
Theater Ribbon with two stars.
Capt. L. Marbury Linton, 80, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel G. Linton
Riverside, Md, has been wounded ir
action on the western front, his
parents have been notified by the
War Department.
Capt. Linton was q member of the
ROTC at Maryland University anc
entered active duty just after the
Pearl Harbor attack. A brother
| Pfc. Samuel C. Linton, jr., Army All
Forces, is In England.
Pfc. James n. Bufch, "a, son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Burch, WAL
dorf, Md, has been wounded in &C.
ton in Germany. Pfc. Burch at
tended public schools in Charlie.
County.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
ForrestaI Predicts
Jap Air Resistance
Will Stiffen Greatly
By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.

VSAA<A<AEAFA w xAAxA LIZ
japanese air opposition is ex-
pected to be considerably stiffel
now that the Pacific war hal
been carried closer to the enemy
homeland, Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal told press con-
ference today. He also said JAP
anese planes are getting better
and that the American technical
advantage, so marked earlier
now is very thin.
He said this means we face "s
long, bitter battle before the eff.
fectiveness and striking power of the
Jap air force can be neutralzed
Like ours, Secretary Forrestal said
the Jap air force now is larger than
ever, their production is increasing
and, partly by copying American
technical improvements. the Japs
have reduced our technical advan-
tage to slender margin.
THE Japs now have vastly i'm
proved planes,' he said. I'VE have
met very few of the new ones In
combat, and there is good reason to
believe they are holding large stock
OF these new army planes in reserve
on the Jap mainland"
In the battle for the Philippines,
the Secretary said, American carrier
planes and carriers engaged major
forces of land-based planes for the
first time in history
Recalling damage incurred in en-
gagements which routed japanese
naval forces near Leyte, he said the
enemy aerial opposition was the
stiffest" met in some time
Asserting I'VE can expect still more
opposition as we go along" Mr.. For
restal said:
THE nearer we get. the more the
Jan can construct his air defense,
as we'll as his ground and sea de-
fenses."
Mr.. Forrestal pointed out that
fighting Jap carriers and navy
planes was one thing, while taking
on the enemy land air force is an
other. We will run into Jap army
planes in increasing numbers from
now on as we approach closer to the
heart of the japanese Empire, he
said,
Evening star., 1944-12-06
120- -Doy Term in Theft

Matthew Pascal Walker, Al, no
fixed address, was sentenced in
Municipal Court to 100 days in Jail
yesterday on charges of stealing a
record player from the automobile
of Vladimir Bazykue, secretary at
the Soviet Embassy Bazykue had
parked his car in the HOO block of
Sixteenth street NV, and Walker
broke into it, police said.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Pearl Hurbor' Service

A Pearl Harbor" service will be
Joined in at 7:30 pm. tomorrow by
IA Seventh-day Adventist congrega-
tions at the Capital Memorial
Church, Fifth and F streets NV.
in honor of the 300 men and women
members serving in the armed
forces.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Blood Quote
tFor District, Pentagon and

CFor District, Pentagon and
Mobile Units)
District quota per
week --.----- 5000 pints
Donations last week 3,715 pints
Donations so far this
week ----- 1890 pints
Today's appoint
ments ---.-- 748 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center
in the Acacia Building, 81 Lou
isiana avenue NV, by calling
District 5000 between 8 am.
and $50 pm.
Thus far in this war, 988 men
from the District area have
been reported killed.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Wounded

NV, have been
informed by the
War D e par t.
ment.
A ! e t t er re-
ceived from him
in a hospital in
England notified
his parents he
was much i'm
pro v e d, an d
might be back
on duty soon.
He was leading
a rife platoon,
a according to one
of his ! e t t ers.
when injured nv
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate:
Votes on Beaver-Mahoning water
way; gets st. Lawrence seaway pro-
posal.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
siders resolution calling for free en-
try of Jews into Palestine.
Senate and House conferees meet
on postwar highway bill.
House:
Considers $4l5, ,324,000 supplement
tai appropria ton bill.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

in action September Is in Italy, his
father has been informed by the
War Department. Pfc. Gray, who
had been reported missing since Oc-
tober IL, is the second colored youth
from Calvert County reported killed
In action.
Staff Serst. w. Eugene Purll, &c,
was killed in Germany November Is
+ the War Department has notified
his wife, Mrs. Frances Purll, 46 Crit
tenden street NE. The report Of
Sergt. Purll's death was carried IN
last Fridays editions of The Star
when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Purll, of 36 Eighteenth street
Sc, were notified.
Wounded
First Lit. Horace A. Lowe, jr., 26
Of this city has been wounded In
action along the Siegfried Line, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace A
Lowe, of 8 Rhode Island avenue
Evening star., 1944-12-06

You too can wear wings dreaming
Peace on Earth"-one extra bond
for Christmas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
Surge In Triumph
 Over Broad Plain
Continued from Page l.)

partially encircled by the American advanced elements.
 German artillery countered with a barrage on Mignano, through which supplies had been moving up to the 5th Army front.
 Official reports on yesterdays Fly ing Fortress raids indicated the 18th Air Force raiders struck a crippling blow to Germany's war industries and railway supply lines in the Turin sector.
 The Villar Perosa raiders, attack ing in two waves, laid ''very heavy concentration" of bombs squarely across the bearing factory-a pin point" target measuring only 500 by 1900 feet in area.
 With Germany's big bearing fac- tories at Schwenfurt already badly damaged by British-based raiders, the Villar Perosa plant accounted for a large proportion of the bear ings needed for German tanks, planes, guns and motorized equip ment.
 AhONO6EaPhS
 Reconnaissance photographs re- vealed that about one-quarter of the factory roof collapsed under the weight of the American bombs and showed the entire target area splat- tered with bomb craters.
 Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombed the factory last on Nov. and 10, but bad weather at that time prevented accurate appraisal of the results.
 The smaller bombing force that pounded Turin was believed to have ripped up a considerable section of the rail yards and left that big in- dustrial city at least temporarily without railway facilities.
 Only three Allied planes were lost in the widespread operations against loss of seven German planes.