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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16
Doctor Says- -,
COURAGE HELPS
| CONQUER P0l]O
BY WILLIAM A.. O'BRTrH

n1 WILLIAM A. oBRIEN. " n
Recovery from mid c.ss,s
fantlle paralysis Chose wiki
vclve no paralysis is 500. n
but in the more severe cs,.,
Of the muscles may Be 80 e
weakened condition. T..
Of treatment after cocya,.u.oe
is to strengthen the vs.t..
muscles, TO train them II 1890
in the proper way s7d :.
vent the development q d.pt
ties. 'h.'
The body becomes t.,r
after IT a-tack Of iata.,ile LING
sis due to pain. muscle vea'
poor BED position, or the y.I1..
The bed-clothes, accor6.r, !. "
Robert L. Bennett (Jo9-. ~
Pediatrics1. During the ll.s,, .. :"
body can be kept in he n-,. ~
position by Testing the fes. tr,g.
q ct-ooa.7 and by hctdins :.
limbs in line with pillows a..
baas, o. special appliance, ~
Tea:h'r2 earn Individual a W.
his muscles in the proper W. ~,
the most difficult protlen
countered in training to.ms- 81,
tantile paralysis patients. w.,
muscles properly used az. 49,,
efficient than strong muscles, w.
properly used.
The inj1rel muscles receive. .
different rates Of speed. a.: y.
habits are formed By le.,e.
strong muscles take over T.. ~;
Of the weaker ones.
Some patients seem tt ,,,,..
how to perform certain ~cy.
ments, and trey nav hay. =
practice each many time, bs.o..
thew can do il.
Their condition is similar I, q.
experience Ct a person who h,
had a leg in 8 cas-. for ,9~s
time. Wher the cast is remove,
and he is told 10 perform a cs-.
tain motion he finds it impossible
to do so at first: but with prac..c.
he readily resumes control.
After all possible recover Ia;
taken place an operation NAV b.
performed on a joint 10 tuse II
or a muscle-tendon may b. trans,
planted TO + different position.
AS a general rule, braces az.
not worn unless they are abs,-
lutelv necessary, for they tend 70
interfere with proper muscle
training. The body can. be sup-
ported by using h~alt-crutches
which reach from the hands 10 The
floor.
Children who have had intantie
paralysis should 60 back 10 school.
as soon as possible, in order 70
be with their schoolmates In
many hospitals, bedside teachers
are employed.
Full vocational rehabilitation Is
not started until the degree. Of dis.
ability is determined, but prelini.
nary studies are made to help TIE
Individual start upon a possible
career
To get over the feeling 0, be,
ing handicapped former patients
are urged to realize their limi-
tations. I once asked a torme:
poliomyelitis patient what her
handicaps were. and she answered
that she did not have any. She
had learned by experience Whist
she could do and what she
shouldn't try to do.
Many authorities recommend
that Handicapped children go 70
public schools unless it is TOO dt.
ficult for them to get about the
building and to keep up with their
schoolmates. Handicapped cal-
dren have to compete with The
able later on, and it is best for
them to make the adjustment as
soon as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16
Yeah, It's Sometimes Very Strange
How We Forget The Important Things

noise-making anywhere in the
whole country.
I did read one news dispatch
that gave me pause, made me
wonder how long u happiness
owe a gladstone event lasts, how
much we remember things that
should mean a whole lot to US
all.
The dispatch came from But
falo, N. Y, where, to celebrate
the first anniversary of VI Day,
the city had as its guests a couple
Of the boys who took part in that
historic f~lag-raising on Two Jima.
Remember Two Jima? 1t must
have been pretty tough. l suspect
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16
Religion

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
A STORED MIND

Last evening we dined at the
home of an old friend, a Jealous
and skillful fisherman with whom
I have often shared the pleasure
of woods and waters. We exchang-
ed fishing stories. and talk flowed
quietly over themes of persons and
places and world affairs. We took
time out to listen to Lowell
Thomas, and my sage Quaker
friend made discriminating COM
ments upon the news. He is past
the Psalmist's span of years, but
keenly alert to all of life.
Times without number he il
Illuminated III conversation with
brief quotations from the past. I
know nc other man with so we'll
stored a mind. He told me that as
a boy on the farm, When following
the plow, he quoted aloud the poe
try he had learned in school and
home. His real wealth today is his
accumulation of knowledge and lit
erary beauty. There is. nothing
OF the pedant about him: his op
poslte citations are as candles to
illuminate the highway of talk. And
ais laughter fairly bubbles.
have often wished that l could
introduce this wise, witty and
wholesome friend to a few million
youngsters who do not know the
wisdom of storing their minds with
the best requests of the ages.
There is no preparation of old age
other than Religion, that dipenses
IT'S riches so wisely as a memory
feplete with the best poetry.
we thank Thee, u Father, for
the benediction of quiet lives, rich
IN minds stored with truth and
hoQ 1rku -
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16

hall meetings must, with no real &C
complishment but only fractional differ
ences destined to breed greater distrust
than existed at it's start.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16
TOP o. THE MORNING

People are always expecting TO get peace
in heaven; but you know whatever peace
they get there will be ready-mate. What
ever Of making peace they can be blest for
must be on the earth here.
Ruskin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16

The United States Is the object of envy
of many Kations of the world and manv neo-
pies. Our Treasury is mos attra ctive to them
immigration to our shores is something th,t
they dream OF. 1 do rot favor and I shall
not vote to make it possible for the Inter
national Court of Justice tc decide whether :,
of immigration to our shores is q
domestic question or an international oes-
tion.-Sen Tom Connally Cd Of Texas
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16

We thank Thee, our Father, for
Inc benediction of quiet lives, rich
IN minds stored with truth and
beauty. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-16

While we are hot on the trail of in
dustries for the Wilmington area and
earnestly endeavoring to build a great
citv here on the Cape Fear, there is
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Two Face Grand Jury Action
In Theft Of Two-Car GARAGE

Larceny of two-car garage was
the charge lodged by police against
colored man and woman ordered
held for the grand jury yesterday by
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage
The garage, police said, vanished
in a period of two hours May
from the rear of 716 Lamont street
NV, where one of the defendants
Geraldine Phillips, A. is a tenant
Charged also in the theft is
Willard Twyman, Al. of the 150C
block of Twelfth street NV. who
police say works for the District
refuse department.
Detective John P. Meshkoff Of
No. 10 precinct said Mrs. Phillips
told him she saw a District truck
haul the garage away.
Twyman. however, said Mrs
Phillips gave him permission to dis
mantle the garage and haul away
the lumber, and even offered him S;
for doing so, the detective reported
The lumber was found in Twyman's
back yard. he added, but police have
not yet found the metal parts OF
the structure, which he said Twy-
man denied taking.
The garage, valued at $3.50, was
the property of Michael Kapneck
44l1 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Red Cross Forms Glasses
For Canoeing Instruction

Formation of classes in basic ca.
noeing for all those 16 years of age
or over was announced yesterday
by the District of Columbia Chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
officials said that applicants must
either hold or pass an intermediate
swimmer test Glasses will begir
Tuesday, June 4, and will be helc
from 6 to 7:30 pm. on Tuesdays
and Thursdays at Dempsey's Boat
house, Thirty-sixth and K streets
NV. There is a 50-cent fee for ca
noe rental, but instruction will be
free and will be given by author
lied Red Cross water-safety in.
structors. Applicants must produce
proof of age.
Those not now qualified as inter-
mediate swimmers must take tests
women going to Central High
School, Thirteenth and Clifton
streets NV, tomorrow and Wednes-
day of this week, at 7:30 pm. ano
men going to the Catholic Univer-
sity gymnasium, Seventh and Mich
igan avenue NE, tomorrow and
Friday at 7 pm.
If the demand Is sufficient, Off
cials said that daytime classes ir
canoeing will be organized after
schools close for the summer.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Committee Chairmen
Hear Details Of Plans
For Soap Box Derby

The high command" of the
Washington Soap Box Derby met
Yesterday to discuss arrangements
for the revival of the coaster classic
July 90
Derby Director o. c. Holleran.
who presided, outlined the organiza-
ton plan for committee chairmen
present and emphasized that the
Derby will be completely safe. both
for participants and for spectators.
Careful pre-race inspection of the
boy-built cars and experienced sup
ervisory personnel at the start.
along the course and at the finish
line will assure preservation of the
events safety record. he said.
The meeting was told that racer
Wheel-and-axle sets were on their
way to Washington and, despite
transportation difficulties, were ex-
pected to be available within a few
days. Some Firestone sets already
have arrived. and others are en-
route from Goodrich. it was said.
1t was announced that official
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Man Seeks to End
| Wne's Silence by
Calling Firemen

The refusal of his estranged wife
to talk with him about a reconcilia- =
ton led Joseph Beedle, So. of the
1900 block of Seventh street NV. to
send the Fire Department out to her
home Friday, he told Municipal
Court Judge Thomas D. Quinn yes
terday.
"I love the woman" Beedle ex-
planned to the court. When she
wouldn't talk to me l said I was 60
ing to call the Fire Department, and
that's what I did.
Judge Quinn sentenced Beedle to
$50 fine or 90 days in jail for turn
ing in false fire alarm.
The wife, Mrs. Grace Beedle, lives
in the 5000 block of Wisconsin ave-
r11p
Evening star., 1946-05-26
DR.. Petiot, With Smile on Lips,
is Executed for " Murders

mounted the block, smiling family
as he approached the knife.
At 5 am. lorry backed into the
main gate of La Sante Prison. Ten
minutes later it came out, carrying
a casket with Petiot's body, and
numbered away to a cemetery.
Shortly afterward an official no.
tice was posted on the prison gate.
announcing that at sos am. the
law had exacted the full price from
the man convicted of collecting
money from his victims on pretense
of helping them to escape Nazi-oc-
cupied France.
The macabre case dated back to
early 1914. when black smoke pour
ing from chimney of Petiot's Rue
la Sueur mansion aroused the sus-
picion of neighbors, who summoned
police. In the mansion were found
furnace with the burned bones of
the victims and limepit with hu-
man remains. Months later Petiot
was arrested.
Petiot denied that he killed for
profit. He boasted he was men,
ber of resistance group which exc
cuted collaborationists and Gestapo
agents. But the court maintained
his victims were Jews and other ref :
ugees attempting to escape the Ge-
stapo and Vichy authorities, who
were lured to the mansion with
promises Of help.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Popertroopers Plan Drive to Pay
For ChiIdren's Hospital Ward
Star Staff Photo.

Notices were mailed to the schools
Thursday and soon after the open
ing Of school on Friday, Jefferson
Junior High School reported that
the pupils would cooperate fully
and that the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation would match dollar for dol
lar whatever the paper collections
at that school net Congress Heights
School also notified the campaign
director of participation a few min
utes after the Jefferson report was
received.
Yesterday the mail brought
pledges of support from H. D
Cooke, Reno, Terrell Junior, Emery
Logan. Taft Junior. Stevens, Hilton
Peabody and Barnard. Three others
all top producers during the war
Mcfarland Junior. Garrison ano
Hardy, reported that they are
coming back in for the drive tc
provide the hospital ward for chill
dren.
Last weeks collections under the
regular schedules netted more thar
$4,000 pounds of old newspapers
and magazines.
Schools which collected half a
ton or more included Murch. 4642
Janney. 3,067; Mann. 2,348; Stod-
dert. 6,735; Benning. 3,546; Webb
l275: Lafayette, 1911; Congress
Heights, 5.592; st. Thomas, Apostle
6,965; Ludlow. 5,o54: Hayes, 1,244;
Hilton Peabody 1893.
Collections tomorrow, together
With the leaders. will be as follows:
Evening star., 1946-05-26
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, May 25. A headsman
wrote the final chapter today in one
of the weirdest murder stories in
Paris criminal history. Slight, So
year-old DR.. Marcel Petiot, a faint
smile on his lips, paid with his life
for the cold-blooded murder for
profit of 27 desperate people.
Public executions have been
banned in France since 1899, and
only a few witnesses, among them
his lawyer, Rene Floriot, saw the
mass murder of the Rue la Sueur &c
to his death on the guillotine. Pres
ident Felix Gouin two days ago re-
| jected a plea for a reprieve.
The lawyer thus described the
swarthy little doctors last mo-
ments:
Petiot was awakened shortly after
AIS am, and told his jailer. 81
know what this is He smoked one
cigarette calmly. hastily scribbled a
letter to his wife and another to
his son. and then told the waiting
guards:
Gentlemen, am yours"
| At the foot of the guillotine block
he received the last religious rites
from a priest Ito please my wife
| Then, manacled to his guards, he
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Mentally Tough Yanks
Survived Jap Camps,
Army Survey Reveals
By Thomas R. Henry

The human mind is tough-in
tough persons.
This was never better exempli-
fed than by about 1000 American
soldiers who survived the ordeal
of beatings, starvation and occa-
Sional torture in japanese prison
camps.
They have been studied by Army
psychiatrists - teams of medical
specialists assigned from the Once
Of the Surgean General, and report
has just been submitted by 1t. Col.
Norman c. Brill.
The psychiatrists were interested
chiefly in the factors that were re-
sponsible for the survival of these
men when SO many of their COM
'rades, in about the same physical
condition when captured, sue
cumbed. The closest they came to
finding a common factor, however
was what is described in Col. Brill's
report as tremendous will to live. -
Otherwise they differed among
themselves in about every possible
way.
Lived for One Day.
All of Them says Col. Brills
report, lived only for the day. In
deed, when one of them would con-
centrate on, or begin to hoard food
or gave way to morbid thoughts
concerning the seemingly hopeless
situation, he was earmarked by his
companions as quite likely to die
shortly. A prisoner who would
hoard his rice allowance for sew
eral meals in order to enjoy the
sensation of one large meal was re-
ferred to as rice happy This was
generally an indication of deteriora-
ton and early demise.
When those of lesser spirituaI
strength became i'll they were likely
to give up, quit eating entirely, anc
frequently would die in a few days
1t seemed to some of the exam.
liners that courage was the best
word to explain survival. II
seemed that the only common fac
tor among the survivors was thai
they had courage.
Never Quit Struggle.
They never stopped in theil
struggle for survival. They ate any.
thing available, including cats. dogs
silk worms and other things re.
pulsive to normal human beings.
When struck with dysentery anc
malaria they would nevertheless at.
tempt to carry on. This strength
and courage had no connection with
social background or education"
Few of these men, Col. Brill says
expressed any concern about theil
ability to readjust to life in the
limited States
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Miami Area Reports
lis 45th Case Of Polio
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI, Fla. May 25-Dade
County's infantile paralysis cases
rose to As today with the admission
of an 11-year-old Miami boy to
the polio ward of Jackson Memorial
Hospital.
1t was the first case reported in
more than 36 hours.
The new case, with the addition
of a 2-year-old victim brought here
from Key West last night, increased
the State total to l27 for the year
There had been Is cases in Florida
at the same time last year.
There have been 10 deaths in the
State, in Dade County.
The Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration yesterday cleared the flight
of plane carrying 1000 extra
pounds of cargo-DDT for use in
the Miami polio area.
The shipment, $3.50 pounds of
the insecticide. was held up here
by the railroad strike.
Contrary to earlier reports that
the shipment was flown South by
the Navy, Stewart Hayden of the
Hoosier Air Cargo Co., a Baltimore
concern, said that it was shipped
by that COMPANY.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Moscow Radio Says Pope
Interferes in Elections
BY the Assoeioteu Press

LONDON, May 25.-A Moscow
radio commentator said tonight thai
the Vatican had been interfering
quite openly in Italys election
campaign.
Commentator K. Hoffman. in a
broadcast heard here said the Vat
lean was Threatening Catholic vot-
ers with eternal torments in the next
world if they cast their ballots for
the left wing candidates" in the
June 2 elections.
Pope Plus XII told a Catholic
womens audience at St. Peters on
May IL he hoped the voters would
elect candidates who would guaran-
tee respect for God" Last Sunday
he urged an audience of sisters OF
the Order of Assumption to assist
in educating vanguard of women
who will constitute in political and
social life living cells of religious
feeling
The May % edition of the Vatican
newspaper, Osservatore Romano
published an episcopal letter of the
Umbrian bishops warning Catholics
that voting for Marxist or anticler-
ical parties would expose them to
the sanctions of canon law"
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Thousands OF Washington school
children, the Papertroopers and
others who have been engaged in
the collection Of wastepaper, are
joining in an all-out drive during
the first week OF June to collect
sufficient wastepaper to endow a
4-bed ward in the proposed new
building for Childrens Hospital.
The 4-bed ward, which will cost
approximately $1,000, will be a per-
manent memorial to the work of
the Papertroopers in helping the
Government TO solve the critical
problem of containers during the
war.
To meet their goal it will be
necessary for the children in all the
elementary and junior high schools
to average IS pounds each during
the week. Each school desiring it
will have two collections during the
week. Additional trucks are being
lined up to keep the paper flowing
from the schools to the freightvard
Since the war many schools have
dropped out of the paper collection
but already encouraging indications
have been received that many of
these schools will be back in the
drive during the June week cam
paign.
On page B-4 of today's Star, a
brief summary of the accomplish
ments of the Paper Troopers since
the first collection on December l
1941, indicates the probability that
the goal will be met
Howeer, as a further aid to them
in tbs drive to aid in providing hos
pital facilities for children. house
holders without children are being
urged to help by taking their owr
accumulations of paper to the schoo
nearest them if they have a car ane
if not to notify a neighboring schoo
child that paper is awaiting them
Schedules of collections will be
published later to aid in determining
when and where to take or send the
paper.
The suggestion when first laid be-
fore the Congress of Parent anc
Teacher Associations won immediate
approval
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Soap Box Derby Guide

The Washington Soap Box
Derby, sponsored by The Star
and the District Department of
the American Legion. is open to
boys II to Is years of age. in
elusive. Boys reaching their
llth or 18th birthdays in the
period from June l to August
l8, inclusive, are eligible.
Each entrant must obtain an
official rule book from the
Washington area Chevrolet
dealer nearest his home and
have entry blanks signed by
parent or guardian.
The coaster cars must be boy
built at $40 maximum cost
with not more than Sc of the
total being spent for wheels and
aXles. Precision wheel bearings
are prohibited.
These design limits are pre-
scribed: Length. 80 inches;
width, 42 inches; height, in
Guiding windshield, 30 inches;
weight of racer, 135 pounds:
combined weight of racer and
driver, $50 pounds.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Greek War Relief Leaders
To Discuss Aims Tomorrow

George Skouras, national vice
president of the Greek War Relief
Association, will discuss his organ
ization's work and objectves with
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
and other Government officials and
GWRA leaders at a luncheon at
12:45 pm. tomorrow at the National
Press Club, Achilles Catsonis. local
representative of the association
announced last night
Other guests, Mr.. Catsonis said
will include Postmaster General and
Mrs. Hannegan, Assistant Secretary
of War and Mrs. Symington and
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Russell.
Mr.. Skouras is completing a Ma
tion-wide tour of 81 cities where he
discussed Greek relief problems in
view of the scheduled termination
of UNRRA in December.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
History Society Plans
Fight 10 Save Home
Of Francis Scott Kew

The Columbia Historical Society
has formed committee of Gov
eminent officials and prominent
Washington residents from its men,
bership to save what is left of the
Francis Scott Key house at the
Georgetown end of Key Bridge from
being demolished to make way for
the highway loop planned to con-
meet the K street elevated high
way with the bridge.
The committee also will seek to
raise 100000, it was learned yes
terday, to restore the building to its
original form and use it as society
headquarters and a meeting place
for similar groups on Govern
ment permit.
A meeting of the committee has
been called for 4 pm. Tuesday in
the Union Trust Co. board room.
Lived There 20 Years.
The home was occupied by the
composer of the Star Spangled
Banner for 20 years in the early
l800s.
The District Highway Department
and the Public Roads Administra-
ton, which are to build the road
connection on a $3.50 Federal aid
basis, plan to demolish the build
ing now on the site, to make way
for the roadway. The National
Park Service. which has custody of
the property, plans to install
bronze plaque to commemorate the
site and the man for whom the
bridge was named.
Only the foundation remains of
the Key home The building now
there was built by the owners as a
store in 1912 after attempts by the
Francis Scott Key Memorial As
sociation to raise funds for the pur-
chase and restoration of the property
failed.
The present building was pur-
chased by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission in Octo-
Der, 1881, and demolition of the
building has been approved by the
commission.
The Park Service has tried to find
a way to save the house site without
lmpairing the efficiency of the high
way connection but gave up the at
tempt by 1912.
Plan Fight on Program.
The historical society, however,
which has no headquarters building
like those built by societies in other
cities, plans to fight the present
plan. Officers of the special COM
mittee feel engineers should be able
to re-plan the roadway so that the
building can be restored.
District Commissioners John Rus
sell Young and Guy Mason are listed
as on the committee, but whether
the Commissioners will feel they are
in position to serve, in view of the
fact the District Government has
approved plans for the road link
was uncertain.
Commissioner Mason said YES
terday he had received notifca-
ton OF his appointment from F.
Regis Noel society president, but
was unable to say whether he could
serve without further investiga-
ton of the implications.
Restoration of the building was
opposed in 1888 by Francis Scott
Key-Smith and Anna Key Palmer,
Key descendants. They preferred
an obelisk or fountain instead, feel
ing there was too little left of the
original home. MI Key-Smith is
listed as a member of the commit
tee.
Supreme Court Justice Harold H.
Burton has agreed to lend his name
to the committee as honorary chair
man. Wade H Ellis, Washington
attorney, is chairman: George R.
Linkins is vice chairman and Chris
Jacobsen and Fred S. Tyler are
treasurer and secretary respectively.