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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Negro Leaders Cite
Housing as a Cause
)0f Health Problems

Negro leaders last night asserted
that poor housing. inadequate hos
pitalization, lack of group health in
surance and the absence Of planned
families" are causing many of the
health problems among District Ne
gro residents.
These statements were made in a
panel discussion at the first forum
of a series sponsored by the Wash
ington Council of Social Workers
Speakers were DR.. E. Franklin Fra
zier, head of the sociological depart
ment, Howard University; DR.. Paul
B. Cornely, head of the department
of bacteriology, preventive medicine
and public health, Howard Univer-
sity: John L. Young, assistant super
intendent, District Recreation De-
partment, and Mrs. Marie B.
Schanks, field consultant, Planned
Parenthood Federation of America
The meeting was held at the Ver-
mont Avenue Baptist Church,
Linked to Whole Problem.
Terming the health problem of the
Negro an exaggerated expression of
community health as a whole" DR.
Cornely said the mortality rate
among Negroes in the District is 80
to 40 per cent higher than among
the white population and the Negro
age expectancy 10 to IL years
shorter.
Three times as many Negro
mothers die as result OF child
birth, and the infant mortality rate
is one and a half times that Of in
FAINT mortality in the white popula-
ton, he added. As q contributing
factor, he said 80 per cent of white
mothers are delivered in hospitals,
while only go per cent of Negro
mothers are hospitalized.
DR.. Cornely recommended that
Negroes be allowed greater partici-
patton in disqualification privileges,
the establishment OF a group health
insurance program for Negroes and
greater social action on the part OF
the Negro ito fight for some of the
facilities due him as an individual
OF the community"
Urges Better Housing.
DR.. Frazier said Negroes need bet
ter housing and advocated more
rigid enforcement OF sanitary laws.
In areas of Negro concentration. he
pointed out, IS per cent of the
houses are without toilets and bath
rooms, 20 per cent have no running
water and large percentage are
without central heating.
Fuller use of existing recreAtional
facilities was urged by Mr.. Young
IF We had some legislation pro-
viding that parents should take
their children to Fairgrounds after
school, maybe we could do more
with children as far as an effective
Irecreational program is concerned"
he said.
Mrs. Schanks advocated planned
families" as means of lowering
the mortality rate among mothers
and infants and toreduce the Incl
dence OF disease resulting from
overcrowding in congested areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

search and development OF the air
industry is even more important
than the mere accumulation of the
greatest number of airplanes.
Must Improve Equipment.
All OF our present aircraft and
equipment are in a sense obsolete, -
he warned, in that they are or may
shortly be surpassed in utility or
performance by other equipment in
the blueprint stage.
Unless our air force can contin-
ually improve the equipment in use,
we will find ourselves subject to at
tack by others, with no answer ex-
cept to take 1t on the chin,' he said.
Gen. Arnold revealed that most of
the American airmen in Europe may
go directly to the Pacific war when
We day arrives. Where possible
they will be granted leave in the
United States to visit their homes,
but he cautioned that the urgency
Of war may make the number OF
such leaves small. Crews will have
further training after they reach the
Pacific.
Devoting a chapter mainly to
aviation research and develop
ment, the A. A. F. chief high lighted
such revelations as the following.
In l945 or 1916 air power may
mean other as yet undisclosed types
Of planes. Even in 1852, he pre-
dicted, research may develop differ
ent types Of military aircraft with
destructive power, speed and accu-
racy now "undreamed" by man.
Working on New Bombers.
While the BIG Super Fortress is
proving its worth, the United States
Is working on three new types OF
giant bombers-the BIS, B-36 and
B-42 which We expect to be more
powerful and capable than those
now in operation
He implied that the Allies will
unloose a large-scale robot bomb
war against the japanese in the
Pacific after the end of the Euro
pean war. I'VE have ordered large
quantities of these bombs for test
firing" he said. Modified and i'm
proved models soon will be avail
able for possible use-this time b.
the Allies"
The A. A. F. is cooperating with
the Office of the Chief of Ordnance
in the development and adaptation
of still more powerful rockets toi
use by aircraft he revealed. Far
more extensive use of existing types
of rockets is also anticipated dur.
ing 1915"
Startling Development.
One Of the most startling techni-
cal training developments in mill
tary aviation-bullets which can be
fired safely at our own planes-was
announced in the report. After
months of experimentation, A. A. F
engineers have developed a plastic
.30-caliber fragile bullet which
breaks up upon contact with the
target without penetrating it and
which could be used on armor as
light as one-eighth inch dural plate
1t will soon be incorporated into
the gunnery program. -
The AAF also has new jet-pro-
PEELED plane. Since the first Jet
craft, known as the P-59, was built
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
French Envoy Back In U. 5.
With Economic Aid Plan

BY the Associated Press.
Jean Monnet, French economic
envoy -at-large, has returned from
Paris, bringing with him the French
approved supply program proposed
by the United States February 8.
Allied supply officials who negoti-
ated the civilian and military sup
ply program With Mr.. Monnet said
the French ENJOYS chief problem
would be to specify French needs for
all of 1945. He returned yesterday.
The program, based on COM
bination payment schedule of lease
lend and cash-and-credits. calls for
81, SOC. 000, 900 in United States ex-
ports and about $1,000. 0O0, 900 in
French reciprocal aid to the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

There is no official change in his
status.
Pfc. william FRANKLIN Matthews,
10, former St. Johns High football
star, and member of the 106th In
fantry Division, has been missing in
action since December 16 in the
Ardennes, the War Department noti-
fed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. j.
Matthews, 1851 Fort Davis street Sc.
A native of the District, Pvt Mat
thews was graduated from st.
Johns High School. He was Sc
lected for the all-star city football
team by several newspapers in l94l-
AZ. Before entering the Army last
March he worked for the War Pro-
duction Board. He went overseas in
October. His father has been with
the Police Department for 20 years,
and is attached to No. l precinct.
Prisoner
First 1t. Thomas M. Hamilton, 20
member OF an antiaircraft outfit
who was reported missing October
8 in Germany, is prisoner of war,
according to word received by his
wife, Mrs. Katherine Hamilton, "a
Chesapeake street SW.
Fellow officers wrote Mrs. Hamil-
ton, saying that they had captured
and questioned the Germans who
seized her husband. In this way
they learned 1t. Hamilton was sent
through prisoner-of-war channels
Later she received a card from her
husband, learning that he was
wounded in the chest.
1t. Hamilton is a native of Jack
son, Miss. He worked for Peoples
Drug here before entering the Army
over three years ago. Overseas
since last September, he has not
yet seen his son, Thomas, jr., who
celebrated his first birthday yes
terday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Miss Acadia Newman
WEEDS Stage Director

The marriage of Miss Acadia
Newman of New York and Wash
ington to Reuben Mamoulian of
New York and Beverly Hills. stage
and screen director, was announced
today by the brides sister, Mrs.
Arthur G. Drefs of ST. Louis, in a
notice sent to Washington news
papers.
Mrs. Mamoulin is the daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Berlin Raider Flies East,
Drops Message 10 Russians


A UNITED STATES 8tIr AIR
FORCE FIGHTER STATION, Eng
land, Feb. 27,-Two Mustang pilots
who escorted American heavy bomb
ers over Berlin yesterday flew on q
few miles farther and dropped a
message by parachute to Russian
Troops on the eastern front.
The pilots were Capt. Maurice
Morrison, Kalamazoo, Mich, and his
wingman, 1t. Donald Schoen, Sioux
City, Iowa.
The message said:
ITO Russian soldier
Berlin is getting nearer, COM
rades. It's kind of battered after at
tacks Like today by our 9th Air Force,
but it's still the host of those damn
Nazis. So, as you fight on closer and
closer. remember those planes in the
sky with the white star are with
you every rugged inch of the way to
total victory.
IAN AMERICAN SOLDIER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

Newman of Washington and a sister
of Miss Helen Newman, $500 Tilden
street NV. The bridegroom is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Zachary Ma
moulian of Beverly Hills. OF Rus
sian ancestry, he came to the United
States in 1923 to help organize and
direct the first national American
orchestra company. He recently
directed the Theater Guild produce
ton, Oklahoma.
The wedding. according to Mrs.
Drefs' announcement, took place
Monday, February IL, in Peekskill,
N. Y, before a justice of the peace.
Boris Lovet-Lorsky of Beverly Hills
was the best man, and the bride
was attended by Mrs. Jack Robin
son of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
IAN AMERICAN SOLDIER"

Half Of the total resources Of the
United States are now being devoted
to waging war. Since Pearl Harbor
expenditures have amounted to
about S1oe. 0oe, coo 200. More War
Bend money IL n4eded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
District Blood Donations
Appointments
yesterday ---- All persons

Appointments broken
yesterday --~--- sc persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building. 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV. by calling
District 5000 between 8 q m. and
$50 pm. weekdays. and 8 am.
to noon Saturdays.
A broken appointment sac
rifces time on the part OF
doctors and nurses that can
not be replaced 1t may sac
rifce the life of q man on
battlefield
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

children, Ramona, IL; Barbara, II,
and Marilyn. 10. Before he entered
the Army last March he was en-
ployed at the National Airport as
a guard.
Sergt. Thomas M. Bayne, Is, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bayne,
Grubb road, Silver Spring. Md, was
wounded December Is in Germany.
He was born in the District and at
tended Blessed Sacrament School.
When he entered the Army April IL,
l94l, he was employed by a Wash
ington contractor. His basic train
ing was taken at Fort Meade, Md,
and he was sent overseas with the
659th Antitank Regiment.
Corpl. Ivan M. Koontz, SO. brother
of Miss Nellie S. Koontz, 1921 Gar
field street NV, was wounded De-
cember II in Germany. His wife
is Mrs. June " Koontz, now living
in Seattle. and his father is Clyde
w. Koontz, Mclean, Va. Clyde R.
koont. brother, Is medical
corpsman aboard naval craft In
the Southwest Pacific.
Corpl Koontz Is a native of the
District and a graduate of Roose-
welt High School. Before entering
the Army last March he was en-
ployed by the Potomac Electric
Power Co.
Sergt. William H. johnson, 20, son
of Mrs. Christie Johnson, Culpeper,
Va, was wounded December 4 in
France. He entered the Army IN
1943 while in his last year in high
school there. He went overseas last
September.
Pvt. Woodrow w. Hurdle, 26, of
West Lawrence avenue, Kensington,
Md, was wounded December 10 In
Germany. His wife is Mrs. Joan N.
Hurdle and they have a 4-year -old
son. Jimmie Pvt. Hurdle was born
in Kensington and attended the
high school at Rockville, Md. Before
he entered the Army last May he
was employed by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission. He
went overseas last September with
an infantry unit.
Pfc. Clarence M. Suit, whose
mother, Mrs. Agnes Suit, lives at
TOTO Richie road. Seat Pleasant,
Md, has been wounded in the fight
ing in Europe.
Pfc. william E. Cooksey, whose
mother, Mrs. Fife M. Cooksey,
formerly lived at 1247 G street Sc,
has been wounded in action in the
European theater.
Pfc. Arthur w. Stone, whose
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Stone, is
listed as living at 6513 Buchanan
street Sc, has been wounded in tb :.
fighting in Europe.
Pvt. Yuen HI. Sin, whose next of
kin, Woo Y. Foy, was listed as living
at the home of high Chinese gov
eminent official, has been wounded
in action in the European area.
Stories of the following men were
carried in The Star soon after next
of kin were notified they had been
wounded:
Pfc. Charles J. Errico, whose
mother, Mrs. Theresa Errico, lives at
500 Eighth street Sc.
STAFF Sergt. Richard s. Moulden,
whose wife. Mrs. Marion, Moulden,
lives on Montgomery avenue, Rock
vile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

War Bonds are now owned by
some 85.000.000 individual Ameri-
cans. More than eight out of every
IL men, women and children in the
United States are purchasers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Missing

Hubert B. Turner, 20, machinist's
mate, first class, 1841 Columbia road
NV, was reported missing in the
Navy Department casualty list today.
He is q native of Gastonia, N. c.,
and was a member of the crew of a
Coast Guard craft in the Southwest
Pacific. The action in which he was
reported missing took place January
20. His wife is Mrs. Mary Gladys
Turner.
Mr.. Turner was graduated from
high school at Gastonia and was en-
ployed at the Washington Navy
Yard when he entered the service
March 10, 1912. Paul and Boyd
Turner, his brothers, are in the
Army.
william Henry HarIow, fireman,
first class. son OF william H. Har-
low, 322 North Pitt street, Alexan-
dria, Va, was reported missing in
The Star Of February and his
name appears on today's Navy casu-
atty list. He Is . coast euardsman.
Evening star., 1945-11-18

alive and Mrs. Karl Stefan, Justice
and Mrs. Felix Frankfurter, Mrs.
Robert H. jackson, Undersecretary
|of State and Mrs. Dean Acheson,
Assistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. James G. Dunn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward r. Finkenstaedt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Howe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, Vice Admiral and
Mrs. Emory s. Land, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul v. McNutt,. Gen. and Mrs.
James Doolittle, Gen. and Mrs.
Clarence Huebner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Meyer. Mrs. Truxtun Beale,
Mrs. George c., Thorpe, DR.. and Mrs.
Winfred Overholser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Lehman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Lippmann, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Garrett, Mrs. Matthew John
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Benefit Parties

Mrs. william Levy will be as
sisted by Mrs. Morris Stein and Mrs
Hennie King at the annual linen
shower and luncheon to be given to-
morrow at the Home for the Aged,
1125 Spring road.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, Jewish
Consumptives Relief Society Of
Washington. will give its annual
donor luncheon Wednesday at the
Mayflower Hotel for the benefit OF
the Denver Sanatorium.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Czech ENJOY
To Eutertain

The Czechoslovakian Embassy will
honor one Of It's native artists, Pia-
mist Rudolf Firkusny. Wednesday
evening following his appearance
with the National Symphony Or
chestra in Constitution Hall. Ambas-
sador of Czechoslovakia and Nine
Hurban have invited more than 200
guests, including Ambassadors of
the United Nations, State Depart
ment officials and leading persons
on committees of the orchestra, to
meet Mr.. Firkusny who will be the
guest of the Embassy during his
stay in Washington.
Among those invited are Dr. Hans
Kinder, Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Spr,iille Braden; Represent
Evening star., 1945-11-18

'Wlnittall, Gen. and Mrs. Carl Spaatz,
Mrs. Anne Archbold. Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Babin Of the duo-piano team
LOT vronsky and Babin.
Evening star., 1945-11-18

MRS. TEPPER.
Before her marriage to Mr..
Sol Topper OF Baltimore the
bride 1oas Miss Sophie Fischer,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Fischer. Mr.. Topper re-
Gently returned from 80
months military serDice In
the European theater.
-UnderDood Photo.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08

been a Miss FiX;t. I haven't hest.
tated to use any stratagcm | could
think of to make people do what I
believed was good for them. Usually
I've been right. But | could be
wrong-fundamentally."
There's something" Aggie said,
about not being your brothers
keeper, in the Bible. A good pro-
gram. I'm going to phone"
He did so. IVES Wickman, how
ever, was not at Headquarters. He
was not expected until morning.
The sergeant offered to send up an
other man.. Aggie decided to wait
until morning. 1t was a terrible
decision-not from Aggict view
point but from the viewpoint Of
chance. He went to bed awhile later
and fell into a troubled sleep. A
creaking Of the stairs woke him up.
Sarah pushed open his door as
the lights clicked on. She was wear
ing a heavy wrapper-a velvet one.
Upon her form it looked like a fur
coat. A towel, under which an ice
bag audibly squdged, encircled her
neck. There was red on her cheeks
high and spotty-like bad make
up.
You're worse!" Aggie e1.
claimed. "IH get Davis-.'
She shook her head and sat down
in the largest chair his room con-
tanned. She thrust out her feet,
which were encased IN lambskin
boots. Get me a stool. | want to
talk"
Aggie showed his arms into the
sleeves of his dressing gown. There
was no stool in his room. He made
one, of a box and a pillow. He ar
ranged his aunt's feet, and stripped
a blanket from his bed to tuck
around her. Then he switched on a
bridge lamp and sat down. facing
her. He smiled, and she smiled back
at him.
"Shoot," he said.
Her first words were an apology
to herself rather than a prelude to
a definite subject. II can't ask YOU
not to repeat what I'm going to tell
you, A@gie, because it isn't that
kind of information-and this is
not a time when innocent people
can be required to keep secrets. l
must not say what I'm going to-
and yet I've got to. | decided. only
now. I'm old and I'm i'll and I'm
not as astute as l used to be. | de-
termined that you would have to
judge about things just as Danielle
evidently has done She smiled
again. "lt's funny. Nobody has done
my thinking or my judging-ever."
Aggie reflected her expression
and waited.
cts about Hank Bogarty. Since
he hasn't turned up. I'm going to
tell you. Davis threatened me, if 7
talked. l had a long note from
Waite yesterday in the same VEIN
and another today. I-personally-
haven't anything much to lose. They
have. Which is the reason I've kept
my mouth shut"
(To be continued)
Copyright, 1913. bv PHILIP Willie:
Distributed u hIn- teaiufcs sl-l-cate. I1a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08
Discoveries of Medicines

OF all the discoveries of medi-
zine, there is none that is, to me, as
fascinating, as mysterious and as
aWe-inspiring, Everything else,
nearly, is sensible and logical. If
you have a fever, it is due to min
ate plants getting into your sys-
tenn and breeding. If one Of your
glands stop fu~nctioning you Will
get along lust as well by eating
the extract of such d gland taken
from an animal. If your gallstones
offend you, take something that
initiates natural sleep and have
somebody pluck them out, with no
PAIN to yourself.
All these seem so reasonable
its a wonder they weren't dis
covered by the Egyptians. But to
create a light that will go through
parts of your body, Opaque to your
natural eyes, and see what is in
side-that is truly out Of this
world.
In the fifty years hat have
passed since that discovery, work.
ars with the X-ray have made re-
markable strides in extending its
usefulness. What is it capable of
doing and what is it not capable
of doing? That question I wish to
answer briefly in the following few
articles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Daniclle said, a feel-better
than | have-ever since it hap
rsucj. Do you mind my-chucking
Tic whole business on you?'
Ae2ie grinned. Yeah. It's quite
4 load"
She sighed. "You're a very funny
man. You look like a cartoon pro-
f.--or. In the club-you're about as
comfortable as a rabbit in a lions
cave. And yet-the things you
saow. The things you've doae,"
Nonsense. Sitting dust in ruined
sites. Measuring the heads of ma
i've rug wcavers.'
Nonsense, yourself! l had Dad
borrow a couple of your books from
Sarah. You've got more nerve than
1uzan-and a vocabulary that
makes a sap out of Webster's die
tionary. Come on. Take me to din
nor, It'll make people talk. Whoever
| dine whit makes people talk.
Y.Ill husband that's ridiculous
for a man that attacked a gorilla
with a garden fork"
Aggie blushed as they started
INTO the club.
Danielle took his arm. ~ wish
things weren't like this" she said.
Il wish I'd met You long ago-and
some other way" She laughed. "Or
married YOU when | was six. Like
those natives in India you wrote
about. You'd make such an interest
ing husband. SO nice to 90 on trips
with. There's Beth. Are YOU as
keen about her as the rumors say?
She's extremely beautiful-and |
suppose having spent so much
time in the tropics-you prefer
brunettes.'
She looked at him wickedly and
his blush deepened. But the glimmer
in her eyes faded back to anxiety.
I'm incorrigible," she said.
Aggie walked back to Rainbow
Lodge in the early part of the eve
ming. He had left Danielle at the
c!ub-with Ralph Patton and Beth
and Bill Calder. Left her sitting
with them, talking, killing time,
listening to the radio. 1t seemed to
Aggic that, having told all she
knew. she had completely relaxed.
The burden was now on his Shout
ders. He had no idea what to do
about it. If Sarah were only a little
less silent and truculent-mora con-
tidlng-he would tell her. He decid-
ed, as he walked, that he would
tell Sarah part Of it, anyway. He
needed help.
She a in bed. Around her were
unopened books, unplaycd games,
unread magazines. She looked at
her nephew with disturbed eyes
and said, III You want to learn
patience and humility, try the
humps. What's ~afoot??'
w ell-for one thing-they
haven't found Bogarty's BODY
Il know it. IVES was hcre-mak-
ing a sick call-and prying harder
than a burglars jimmy on the sub
jcct Of HANK
Il was wondering" Aegic said,
If YOU happen to have any old fox
.rap5 lying about?.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08
coRPSES At - --T
INDIAN ): STONES <MM@NIe
0' E/"e /L7U9@s SYNDICATE NC. =

Sarah squinted at him. Thou
sands. Help yourself. IVES told me
about the fox. " hat good Will it
do You to catch it?"
lie shrugged. Il Just have a
hunch Id like to-that's all. Like
to see that collar. Like to check the
teeth with pictures Of the bite on
Calder,s hand. I'm not kidding"
Welt you really want toll
have Windle get you some, in the
morning. doubt if it will help You
find out who killed JIM
on, know that. What I want to
find out is-wherc's HANK"
Sarah was staring as classify as
he had expected. You knoW-l"
He was almost supercilious. ooh,
yes. George Davis"
Don't be an IDIOT"
lie had reasons for doing it of
which we are all aware. He's strong
enough and decisive enough. His
abb for that night is rotten. Cir
cumstantial evidence shows he was
probably or the scene of the crime
shortly after diagnosing YOU re-
moving traces of his original pres
ence. A brilliant analytical mind
broken down after years of morbid
and vengeful brooding. Oh, YES.
George is u man. Question is
| = h - II ~, 49,. - ..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08
One Chief Lesson

One of the chief lessons all sur
geons and x-ray men have had to
learn is hat the one they should
have learned at their mothers
knee-"Lead US not into tempta-
ton, but deliver US from evil"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08

About two months later he was
able to photograph, before the
Wurzburg Medical Society, the
bones in the hand Of their Presi-
dent, Professor Kolliker. Those
were in the days when Germany
was really great, great by reason
Of its men Of science and Of in
.ellect.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-08
Bv LOGAN CLENDENING, MD.

THE X-RAY is very close to
having its golden anniversary. 1t
was in November, 1895, that Pro-
fessor William Rocntgen, in his
laboratory at the University of