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3 Improved Prosthetic
Arms 10 Be Ready for
Amputees Next Week

The first authorized producy of
the Governments research program
to improve artificial limbs will be
made available next week to about
$500 veterans who lost their arms
during wartime
This was revealed yesterday as
the product-three new-type arti-
fcial arms-were displayed by the
Prosthetic Advisory Committee of
the Veterans Administration.
Each veteran arm amputee, the
committee said, will be eligible to
get one of the arms at Government
expense regardless of how many he
now has. The arms cost about $500
each.
Columnist Robert S, Allen, chair
man Of the committee and himself
an arm amputee, stressed that the
new arms ARE not revolutionary"
But they represent the first marked
improvement in artificial limbs
since the Civil War;" he said.
Given Extreme Tests.
Actually. details of the arms-de-
veloped by the Northrup Aircraft
Corp. the A. J. Hosmer Corp. and
the Navy-have been we'll known
for about two years. But their
availability has been held up until
they could be tested extensively.
Mr., Allen explained.
Principal advantages of the arms
are their light weight, special elbow
controls so they can be locked into
many positions, and increased ma
neuverability. The Northrup arm is
the only limb so far, Mr.. Allen said.
which allows rotating wrist action.
The limbs were developed through
funds supplied by the VA and the
Army Contracts were let through
the Artificial Limbs Committee OF
the National Research Council
Mr. Allen also traced development
of artificial limbs and other aids.
One of the most important, he said,
is lifelike glove which, when fitted
over a metal hand" is almost in
distinguishable from real hand.
Thinner Glove Sought.
Most of those developed so far.
however, he said, are too thick and
heavy for easy wear. And while they
appear, lifelike, he said. they must
be treated with cosmetics.
Walter Reed Hospital research
stats are working on a thin glove,
just as lifelike. which could be
crumpled up like tissue paper" Mr.
Allen said. That" he added, really
would be revolutionary"
While development of artificial
arms still has long way to go, Mr..
Allen said the three plastic. light
weight arms he Displayed ARE far
cry from the old abominations-
when veterans had to put up with
buttons, harnesses, the odor of
leather and all the weight
Most veterans" he added, wore
the old arms they got for a while
and then threw them into cornor
and forgot them" Col. Allen was
wearing one of the new-type arms
displayed,
Other members of the COMMITTEES
present for the announcement in
Guided Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers, chairman of the House Vet
Grams Committee; Representative
Kelley. Republican, of Pennsylvania;
Harold NJ Dixon, double-leg
amputee and John H, Pratt, WASH
ington attorney who lost an arm
during World War H.
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Clash Of Kaiser, Rich
Ends With Pleasantly
And No Comment

Henry J. Kaiser's visit to a House
Expenditures Subcommittee yester-
day was distinguished by a lion-like
opening and a lamb-like close.
The West Coast shipbuilder and
steel manufacturer had asked to
testify. The subcommittee gave him
hearing later in executive session
after it's afternoon session was over
When the executive session was
over, reporters filed into the Offices
of Chairman Bender of the sub
committee to see Representative
Rich, Republican, of Pennsylvania
and Mr.. Kaiser shaking hands and
telling each other of the pleasure
Of their meeting. Earlier the two
had engaged in a heated dispute
over whether Mr.. Kaiser would be
heard
Join in mo Comment"
After the plessantries between Mr..
Rich and Mr.. Kaiser had been con-
cluded, Chairman Bender an
nounced he had called the reporters
in merely to say mo comment"
Mr.. Kaiser, smiling, added that he
had agreed to make no comment
either.
The desire of the committee at
the inception of this conference was
that there should be no comment"
he said
The earlier passages in the COM
mittee room had taken place after a
witness concluded his testimony
about the amendment of Govern
ment gasoline and fuel oil contracts
to allow the contractors higher prices
than originally stipulated.
Chairman Bender then read a
note Mr.. Kaiser had passed up to
him asking for permission to testify
at once since he was leaving Wash
ington within few hours. There
were objections. Several persons
talked at once, while photographers
flashed their lights.
This is a democracy" began
Mr. Kaiser, at one point.
Kaiser Testimony Delayed.
Mr.. Rich referred to Mr.. Kaiser,
who was seated directly behind him,
as that man." and strenuously OBJ
iected to his testifying before wit
nesses who had been summoned.
The upshot was that the sub
committee decided to hear Mr.. Kai-
ser later in the day.
Mr.. Kaiser explained he desired
to reply to the statement attributed
to Mr.. Rich that if the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. scaled down the
debt owed on Mr.. Kaiser's Fon-
tana lCalifD steel plant, the RFC
should be investigated.
He has asked that the debt be
reduced by s34,500,Oo0 leaving s55,-
100000 still owing He said Mr.
Rich's statement was threat
against the RFC.
Supply Aide Heard.
In it's afternoon session, the sub
committee heard witnesses from the
Bureau of Federal Supply formerly
the Treasury Procurement Division)
testify that the petroleum products
contracts were amended to allow
higher prices to assure the Gov
eminent getting needed supplies.
This occurred after OPA price
controls were lifted on July 81.
1916. Witnesses said the amend
ments were signed on advice of
counsel that the action could be
taken under the First War Powers
Act.
The General Accounting Office
later dsallowed the increases on
the ground that. although the high
er prices were allowed Ito facilitate
the prosecution of the war" hos
tilities had ended about a year be-
fore.
The subcommittee will resume its
hearings in October
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Arbitration Starts Monday
On W, N. "a. Pay Dispute

A three man arbitration board will
begin hearings Monday in the Labor
Department on a wage-increase de-
mand by employees of the Washing
ton, Marlboro a. Annapolis Motor
Lines, Inc.
Approximately 100 employees of the
line, IS Of them drivers, are effected.
They belong to Division 1865 of the
Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric and Railway Motor Coach
Employees.
A company spokesman said par
tial fare increase granted by the In
terstate Commerce Commission
which went into effect August 81
averages less than / cent an hour
whereas the union previously had re-
fused a company offer to raise wages
5 cents an hour. The dispute was
then sent to arbitrati The union 8
old contract expired May II.
The bus line serves areas In South
east Washington and Prince Georges
County.
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Greeks Lund in Norfolk
To Take Over Gunboots

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. l3-The
first contingent of some 300 officers
and men of the Greek Navy. sent
to the United States to take over
six gunboats, arrived at Norfolk
yesterday.
The Navy tanker Merrimac disem-
barked II officers and 1863 enlisted
men at the Norfolk Naval Station,
where they were placed in barracks
for month of training.
The Navy tanker Auccilla also
was to arrive with 81 Greek Navy
personnel, Another group Of 100
will arrive later this month
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Uprisings in Venezuela
Que|Ied, Caracas Claims
BY the Associofed Press

CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 13.-
The government claimed control to-
day of scattered seats of rebellion
in Eastern and Western Venezuela
The Ministry of Defense said last
night government forces had re-
captured the western mountain town
of La Fria and its airport in a
brief fight with armed civilian rebels
An earlier government .communi-
que reported that troops had put
down a civilian uprising in the
eastern oil port of La Cruz, cap
turing several insurgents with ma
chineguns.
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October Inspection Set
For Police Uniforms

The annual inspection of police
summer uniforms will be held be-
tween October 20 and %, Mai. Robert
j. Barrett announced yesterday,
All Metropolitan policemen will be
called in at that time to have meas
urements taken for new uniforms If
their old ones won't stand another
summers wear.
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Seminurions to Enroll

WESTMINSTER, Md, Sept. 10
P).-Students from 16 States and
points as distant as China and
Australia will enroll for the 66th
academic year at the Westminster
Theological Seminary, September
or
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High and Low for Last 24 Hours.
Hish. 81. at ! pm.
Low, 70, at $50 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90. on AUGUST "A.
Lowest, z. on February b.
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Weather Report

District of Columbia Sunny.
warm and humid. High about 90
degrees. Clear with low around 70
degrees tonight. Tomorrow mostly
sunny and continued warm.
Maryland and Virginia-Clear and
warm tonight. Tomorrow mostly
sunny and continued warm.
Wind velocity, 10 miles per hour
direction, south-southwest
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
$50 am. September l3, 48 grains
per cubic yard of air.
River Report.
From United States Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
Earpers Ferry.
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Kidwell. Lillian c,
klemens, Dorothy H.
Lowe, Juanita A.
Lowery, Mary Booth
Major, Edna Mae
McFa dden, Hazel F.
Miller, Shirley Ann
Moore, Ava Thelma
Newman. Joyce z.
Parker. Joyce v.
Robertson. Rita H.
Shertzer. Beverly G.
Shook, Geraldine
Shifher. Marguerite
Simmons. Virginia c.
Sutton, Rae T.
Tinele, Catherine
Weithas, Rita H
william ms, Esther n
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80 Garfield Nurses
To Graduate Sept. II

Graduation exercises will be held
at 8 pm, September %. for SO
senior nurses of Garfield Memorial
Hospital. who have completed their
three-year training course.
The exercises will be preceded by
faculty tea in the hospital next
Friday and a dance next Saturday
night in the Hotel Statler, spon-
sored by the hospitals alumnae as
ISOLATION.
Diplomas will be awarded in the
auditorium of Wilson Teachers Col
lege. Eleventh and Harvard streets
NV. A reception will follow at Gar
field Hospital.
Those who will receive diplomas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-13

The United Stases has 1871 ma
tional forests with a total area Of
16l million acres.
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Arnold. Mary e.
Barger, Shirley r.
Beane, Barbara Mae
Burns, Martha z.
Cavanagh, Florence
Cockrell. Nancy W.
Crandall, Janet
bangle, Elma j.
Crane, Jean Hsrdeil
Drake, Janice c.
Ford. Eleanor June
Gehring, Dorothy l..
Gloyd. Ellen B.
Cole. Elsie A.
Godiel. Emily z.
Gregory, Virginia C..
Haynes, Betty Lee
Henson, Gladys D.
Huntley. Patricia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-13

Precipits ton.
Monthly precipitation IN inches In the
rs current month date(.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-13

Automobile lights must be turned
nne-half hour after sunset.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-28

Perfume, toilet water or body
powder are most effectively used
after your bath or sponge off"
Spray the toilet water on with an
atOmizer - many scents may be
purchased with an accompanying
atomizer or your special bottle may
be filled with the toilet water as
needed. Always apply perfumes,
regardless of whether it is the con-
centrated perfume, a toilet water,
or an eau de cologne, directly on
the skin. Do not spray the per
fume on your clothes. 1t may dam
age them, and perfume odors grow
stale after a day or so and dry
cleaning does not always remove
the scent.
To insure your always smelling
pretty" don't forget lin the order
Of their Importance the bath, de-
odorant, dress shields, body powder
and perfume.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-28
ST PAUL NEWS

ST PAUL NEWS
Mrs. Luella Brown, ST. st. An
thony Ave-, has returned after at
tending the wedding of Miss Evelyn
NJ. Walker, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. B. Walker of Sioux City,
Ia, on Sunday, Feb. 16. Miss
Walker married Mr.. Lawrence
Freeman of Sioux City.
Miss Jesse Sleet from Anchorage,
Alaska, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Carrie Sleet, 752 Iglehart Ave. Miss
Sleet will be in St. Paul for about
a month.
DIR. and Mrs. J. w. Crump, $50
Fuller Ave-, returned to St. Paul
on Monday, Feb. "a, from Honolulu
where they spent the last three
months visiting their friends the
Mole Smiths and Wilbur Woods.
They came directly from San Fran
cisco to st. Paul.
Birthday Party: Miss Madonna
L. Turner was hostess at her
twelfth birthday celebration in the
home of Mrs. Ira Rawls, 1901 Lyle
hart, Friday, Feb. 81. Each young
guest received favors and some won
prizes for the games played. Guests
were the following young ladies:
Misses Marian Adkins, Wilma Ali
son, Marcheta Allan, Beverly Kirk,
Patty Brown, Patsy Moore, Mar
jorie Morris and Gloria Roberts.
Miss Turner is the house guest Of
Mrs. Rawls while attending school.
DIR. W. c. Willis Of Detroit was
the weekend guest Of his brother
and sister in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
E. Willis, 1860 Sherburne Ave-,
while attending a class reunion at
the bennington hotel in Mime
apolis and the dental convention.
The Matinee Bridge club met
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25, at the
home Of Mrs. James Kirk, ST., 937
St. Anthony Ave. First prize was
won by Mrs. Manly Rhodes; sec
ond, Mrs. Fred Schuck, ST., and
third by Mrs. James Kirk. The next
meeting will be at the home Of
Mrs. Manly Rhodes.
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N. The evening wedding will be
attended emily by the immediate
family and friends with a recep-
ton following the ceremony.
The Ladies Aid Club of Pilgrim
Baptist church, one of the oldest
and most outstanding clubs in
church circles, was entertained at
the home of Mrs. n. J. Hunter, 3849
Fourth Ave. s., on Thursday, Feb.
20. Club guests were: Mines.
Mayme BurreIl, Wreatha Maxwell,
f. V. Marshall, Odessa MOppins,
B. D. Young and E. A. Glover. A
round table discussion was held
during the luncheon hour which fol-
lowed the regular business meet
ing.
The Delphian Club met at the
home of Mrs. Audrey Banks Scott,
1924 Fourth Ave. s., on Saturday,
Feb. %. The afternoon was spent
playing partner bridge with Misses
Mary Lee and Doris Escue winning
first prize and Mrs. Audrey Scott
and Miss Evelyn Escue winning
second. The club will hold the mi
tiation of Mary Crenshaw on Satur-
dav. March l
Mr.. Tom Carroll 1922 Oakland
Ave. 5, IS IN Iupelo, Miss, where
in-law. DR.. and Mrs. Walter Zuber
During his tbree-week trim he will
also visit in Birmingham. Ala.
Memphis, Tenn. and Chicago.
Inc NelghborhoOd Bridge Club
helu us lasI meeting at the nome
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-28
Shut-Ins In SANITY City

The reported i'll and shut-ins Of
St. Paul:
Carrie Stokes, St. Joseph's hos
pital; Eva Ball, $50 n. Dale St;
Elizabeth Beasley, 499 St. Anthony
Ave; Fred Williams, IT'S St. An
thony Ave; Jean Waters, 73l Rondo
Ave; Nelson Balenger, Ancker
hospital; Lillian Lewis, 675 Igle-
hart Ave; Cudellus Jackson, CAT
w. Central Ave; Frank King, 377
N. St. Adams; Jessie Allison, 98S
Iglehart Ave; Lawrence Barnett,
Roy Houghton, Lulu Mckinney, 3lS
n. Grotto ST.; Jennie Young, BAL
st. Anthony Ave; Morgan Winters,
Veterans hospital; Alice Franklin,
480 St. Anthony Ave; Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Parrish, 800 W. Central Ave;
James Sullenger, Stella Sanders,
Alice Mayes, go W. Central Ave.
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meet Friday, Feb. 2s, 2 p. M, with
Mrs. W. B. Baines, 1894 N. Kent
st.
Mrs. Zeb Rudd of Chicago, ILL.,, is
in the city indefinitely to be with
her cousin, Mrs. Eva Ball, $50 N.
Dale St., who is recuperating from
a recent operation. Mrs. Rudd ar
rived Saturday, Feb. %.
Mrs. r. S. Harris, 445 N. Kent
St., has been called on to serve on
the Ramsey County Grand Jury this
term.
Baby Boy: Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Wood, SIT W. Central Ave, are the
proud parents Of a baby boy, born
Feb. "a, at Bethesda hospital.
Mother and baby are doing fine.
Mrs. E. G. Bethany Of 914 W.
Central Ave, entertained at a one
o'clock luncheon Monday, Feb. "a,
in honor Of Mrs. w. B. Woods Of
Somerset, Kentucky. Others pres
ent were: Mrs. B. F. Edwards and
Mrs. Julia Tolliver.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilson of
$40 Rondo Ave, left the city on
Feb. l6 for Milwaukee, Wis, where
Mrs. Wilson visited friends and
returned home Monday evening,
Feb. "a. Mr.. Wilson continued to
Hot Springs, Ark, where he was
called because Of the illness Of his
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M WAY I533.f1
~. BY neil O0DSOn RUSSELL

One keeps reading these gushy interviews the press which
brides from other shores completely bowled
with life in this wonder Several weeks having
nnvrrer ed
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sisters), Mrs. May Williams, Ruth
Burton and Mrs. Gertrude Smiley
eagles grandmother). The little
tots were served ice cream and
cake.
Mrs. Essie Mae Pastel, 1918 18th
Ave. N, who has recovered from a
recent illness will leave shortly for
a vacation in New York. She will
visit with her sister, Mrs. Jesse
Mae Sartin.
Mrs. Ada BludsOe. AIS COlfax
Ave. ~, left Friday, Feb. 81, for
Des Moines, Ia, to be at the bed
side of her sister, Mrs. Maude
Jones. She was accompanied by
her granddaughter, Jacquelyn An
derson. Mrs. Doris Anderson, 1929
Clinton Ave. s., left Tuesday, Feb.
rs, to be with her aunt, Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Anderson travelled with her
two children.
The Missionary Society of st.
Peter A.ME. church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Hazel Curry, 1886
Fifth Ave. s., from 2 to p. m.
The feature Of the meeting will be
talk to be given by Miss Ruth
Harvey from the office of the Coun-
Gil Of Church Women who has been
a missionary in India and China for
over 20 years. Further entertain
ment will be supplied by Mrs.
Winona Minis and Mrs. Ivie Mas
sengill. All members are requested
to be present. Rev. H. C. Boyd,
pastor, and Mrs. Dovie Phelan, re-
porter.
Omission: The names of Rev. J.
W. Graham and Mrs. Ella Clayburn
were inadvertently omitted from
the guest list of the surprise party
given in honor of Mrs. P. Buford,
4036 Fourth Ave. s., on Feb. g.
Mrs. Buford received many grand
gifts.
Mrs. Lillian Jackson, $40 Bryant
Ave. N, has recovered completely
from her recent illness.
The Merry Maids club met at the
home of Mrs. Harriet Smallwood
$50 Hoag Ave. N, on Friday, Feb
81. Club guests were: Mines. May
Faison and Mollie Goodman. The
club will meet this week with Mrs
Edna Stokes, 1927 Fifth Ave. S.
To Wed: Miss Ann Payne, 81
Royalston Ave. N, will become the
bride of Mr.. Carlos Mendoza, co.
Olson Blvd, on Saturday, March
at the home of her niece, Mrs
Thelma Benford, 9O5 Aldrich Ave
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father. From Arkansas, Mr.. Wilson
will also visit in st. Louis with his
nephew and then 20 to Chicago to
visit his sister.
The LOafers Club met on Wednes-
day, Feb. 10, at the home Of Me-
z. T. MunsOn, 200 N. st. Adams.
Mrs. Alberta Davis, sos ROnds
Ave, who has been Ill with the flu,
has improved.
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America eight months, approximately but this the
chance she'd had really the country
husband in Minneapolis visiting relatives his while
found life here little her liking than Chicago still
bewidered by the complete change in her environment
People seem to forget England is my home" she said
MY mother and father and sisters and brother
and miss them much Americans who England
don't forget their eOuntry!
could happening Everyone she'd met
here had probably been showing the grandeus
and expecting her to be faerd by the able
live in this that with the usual of the American mind
they had forgotten doesn't overheard whole lifetime
ties environment and conditioning a fell swoop.
Among things couldn't understand about life in the
USA the persistence with which Americans drink when
they handle their liquor gracefully
be going sOmepace anypace rather than home
daily living contradictions that this is the worlds
democracy.
Don't get the wrong idea; girl complaining Many
these things gathered from inference rather than direct
me AT the bottom all the suggestion that the dahng lieu
she had married somehow different
She was puzzled insure of the future.
all Of the day after l had talked
with this to shores wondered how others
of the brides bewidered
been increasing hints of late that all well with
of them. Americans selfish lot forget
that just bound to the soil of this land by birth and
heritage of
tries Apparently the husbands of of foreign girls
completely the
readjust to entirely of life. 1t takes than
modern shops, clOsefu clothes and the
rl make happy in the long Naturally,
things wonderful who has lived in
country torn apart by war and suffering from its aftermath
but after the novelty off they be replaced by
standing, patience and genuine affection.
Men take much granted often thinks that
he home lifelong friends
necessarily be content too He thinks that the mere fact of his
her all all 1t if he is the type who makes
effort help her through difficult problems
and little personal peeves.
significant though foreign
Of the puzzng the life
They thing arrive find exactly the opposite in practice
This international double standard home another for the
world going lot of trouble of these days we're
careul-a lot of trouble.