The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10

ing distance of the room.
 Patton's wife was enroute by air from Washington, accompanied by Col. R. Glenn Spurling, a leading Army neurology surgeon.
 Hugh Cairns, British professor of neurosurgery at Oxford University, arrived by air from England today at Mrs. Pattons request and imme- diately began examining the gen. eral.
 Doctors and nurses have been warned not to speak to newspaper men concerning Patton, and the hos- pital grounds are closed to the press. Inside, American soldiers talk freely about Patton, saying he is in bad shape.
 One of them said, T wonder if any of us would have the guts to go in and slap his face after he gets little better"
 Head Wounds Suffered
 Diagnosis of partial paralysis was made at p. m. yesterday some six hours after the crash occurred outside Mannheim, but was not re- leased until today.
 The General also suffered head wounds, which now have been stich- ed up. He was lying today in hos pital room guarded by white-hel-- meted military police while his wife and a famous nerve surgeon rushed to his bedside by plane from the United States.
 The daShing silver haired war rior was injured shortly before noon Sunday when a 2 1-2 ton U. s. Army truck smashed into the side of his Cadillac sedan outside Mann helm as he was enroute to hunt pheasants.
 Reported Conscious
 He was reported conscious and "at least partially like his old self to- day. Guards an 24-hour duty were ordered to keep everyone outside hearing distance of his first floor room in the 130th Station Hospital because he didn't like 1t when he heard somebody outside the door talking about him.
 Patton'S wife, Beatrice, always a loving booster throughout the ups and downs of his stormy career, took of in an Army plane from Washington Sunday night to help nurse him. She was accompanied by Col. R. Glenn Spurling, a leading Army neurology surgeon, who was called from train in Cincinnati, flown to Washington and hustled aboard the plane for Germany.
 Hospital reports this morning said Patton was able to move his feet and hands freely. When lifted from the car yesterday, he com plained that his feet lacked feeling A cut on the back of his head has been stitched shut.
 Bled PrOfuSely
 Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, Patton's chief of staff who was accompany ing him, said Patton fell across his lap in the back seat of the car when the crash occurred and bled pro- fusely from his head wounds.
 Gay escaped injury, as did Pfc. Horace L. Woodring, Patton's driver, and T/5 Robert L. Thompson, driver of the truck.
 An Army accident report said the accident was caused by carelessness of both drivers.
 The 1888 Cadillac sedan had a smashed radiator and right front fender, and it's motor had been pushed back into the body. Blood was smeared on the back seat customs to head height, and below the seat was a four-inch red pool.
 Neither Driver Careful
 The accident report said the se- dan was speeding in 25-mile zone when the truck, six wheeler, coming from \le opposite direction swung across the road before enter ing 8 warehouse. It struck the se- dams middle.
 8 quarter-ton truck pass us to lead the way. Shortly later, perhaps minutes, General Patton said, look I saw the 1-2 ton in front of us. It had turned 180-degree angle. I had time to say sit tight when we crashed"
 Thomaston and woodring said they failed to see each other in time to avoid the crash.
 Mai Gen. A. w. Kenner, chief surgeon of the European theater, led the staff of doctors at Patton's bedside, seeking the true extent of his injuries.
 Head of Paper Army
 Patton known affectionately as "Old Blood and Cuts" has been commander of the paper" 18th U. s. Army, with headquarters ct bad Nauheim, since October, when he xuoc ra1invnd oo nammandar Of tha