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Evening star., 1947-12-08

DR.. A. r. Sweeney, Gallinger
superintendent said a man who
suffered such an extensive head
wound ordinarily would not survive
Yesterday, however, DR.. Jonathan
williams, a neurosurgeon, operated
for three hours on Mr.. Maurer's
head. DR.. Sweeney said the surgeon
dug out the shattered bone and re-
moved the left frontal lobe of the
brain.
Today, Mr.. Maurer was being
treated with penicillin and strepto-
mycin to keep down infection.
DR.. Sweeney said he now has a
chance Of recovery.
Mrs. Maurer told police her hus-
band suffered from cancer Of the
tongue and frequently had threat
ened to take his Life.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Two Charged with Hitting
Police Cars and FLEEING

Two men were due to face Num-
cipal Court action today because
police said they drove away Satur-
day night after scraping Tenders
with police vehicles.
Pvt. Lewis Girard of Ninth pre-
cinct was getting data at Twenty
fifth place and Benning road NE
on another accident, he said, when
an automobile struck the parked
police scout car. When it did not
stop, Pvt. Girard set out in pursuit
and arrested Frank Nicholson, Al, OF
the 100 block of @ street NV. after
a chase eastward along Benning
road, police said. Nicholson was
freed under $1,000 bond on charges
Of driving while drunk and leaving
after colliding.
Alvin Talbert, Al, was arrested at
his home in the 700 block of Ninth
street NE. and charged with leaving
after colliding, police said, after q
car said to be his struck a patrol
wagon operated by Pvt. Arthur G.
Coates in the 800 block of Ninth
street NE. the patrol wagon was
answering a call Saturday night
Talbert was freed under $500 for
appearance in Municipal Court to-
dav-
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Retired Officers
FaceReyiew,Cut
Board Also Fuvors
Compensation Based
On Hundicup Degree
BY the Associofed Press

Compulsory re-examination of
more than $4,000 former officers
retired for physical disabilities
was in prospect today, along with
the possibility that some might
be due for cuts in their tax-free-
retirement pay.
+ Secretary of Defense ForrestaI dis
closed that an Army-Navy Person
mel Board has recommended that all
persons now retired for physical
reasons be re-examined,A and that
they be required to take periodic
denominations in the future.
In addition, the board suggested
that compensation for physical dis
ability be related to the percentage
OF actual disability, rather than a
flat three-fourth of base pay. The
percentage system is the one in use
by the Veterans Administration.
Reports to President.
MIR. Forrestal made known the
Personnel Boards recommendations
in an interim report last night to
President Truman.
The President, after the case of
retired Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers
f1ared into headlines at a congress
sional hearing last month, asked for
a full list of all officers retired for
disability since VI day. Later he
asked the services to take steps
to avoid such retirements from de-
veloping into "a possible racket"
Mr.. Forrestal said the complete
list asked by Mr.. Truman would be
in his hands by December Is.
The retirement issue reappeared
at the Capitol, meanwhile, with a
House Armed Services subcommit-
tee set to dig into the matter.
Chairman Elston told a reporter
the committee will mail ques-
tionnaire to all officers thus re-
tired except those with obvious
war-incurred disabilities such as
blindness or loss of an arm or leg.
80 Per Cent Retired as Disabled.
Mr.. Elston said that as high as
80 per cent of recent retirements
of high-ranking Army and Navy
officers have been for disability rea-
sons and his committee wants to
know if there have been any
"abuses" of the retirement law.
The QUESTIONABLE, he said, will
cover such information as:
l. How soon the individual officer
went into civilian employment after
being retired for disability.
2. How much pay he is receiving
on his civilian job.
3. Present physical disabilities.
4. Whether the officer has under
gone physical examination since
retirement, and results of any such
examination.
He added that If an officer, re-
tired for disability, Immediately
took over high-paying civilian job.
the so-called disability apparently
not interfering with his work, it
would be good reason for us to ex-
anime
Evening star., 1947-12-08
British Columbia Plans
Temperance Glasses
By the A.soeioied Press

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. g.
Glasses on the wisdom of modera-
ton in use of alcoholic beverages
will be taught in the British Colum-
bia grade and high schools, effective
next term, Gordon Wismer, Acting
Minister Of Education, disclosed to-
day.
In explaining the program, which
includes a summer school for teach
ers, Mr.. WiSmer said:
"As long as legislation does not
favor prohibition and the gov
ernment is the selling and control
ling agency, the government will
consider itself responsible for educa-
ton in its use."
Evening star., 1947-12-08

or recommend admission to hos
pital without anxiety as to the
patients ability to pay.
The resources of the entire health
agency are available to supplement
the necessarily limited facilities Of
the health room.
Benefits Shared.
CHA subscribers and non-sub-
scribers employed at the two agen-
cies share these benefits:
l. On-the-job medical treatment
for minor ailments that would re-
suit in many hours of lost working
time if each worker took time out
to visit doctor or became too sick
to continue work.
2. Annual physical checkups,
without charge, using the X-ray
machines and complete laboratory
equipment at the main headquarters
of Group Health Association.
3. Free hypodermic injections
against various dieases. This is par
ticularly important at both agencies,
since they have a high proportion
Of foreign employees, drawn from
nearly 30 nationalities, who must
travel great deal.
4. Access to drug prescriptions and
medical accessories through the
CHA service, priced near cost.
Agencies Contribute.
The health room and its furniture
are furnished by the employers,
while medical equipment and staff
are paid for by CHA.
BY special arrangement, the two
agencies also are contributing part
of the cost of CHA membership for
those employees who wish to enroll
as subscribers. Their contribution
varies according to income and
number Of dependents, but is at
least $12 year for each subscriber.
Employees making under 5000 a
year pay only per cent of their
salary for family enrolment, with
the agency contributing to balance.
Officials of the two agencies were
instructed to study various health
insurance plans last year for adop-
ton by their employees. The Group
Health plan was adopted as the ope
most closely corresponding to the
health insurance plan of New York
City, used by United Nations en-
ployes there.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Chevy Chase Man Elected
Naval Reserve Treasurer

c. Carroll Morgan, 1 Quincy street
Chevy Chase, Md, has been made
treasurer of a Naval Reserve officers
group formed Saturday in Chicago
The new organization, which will
take the name of the Reserve OFF,
GERS of the Naval Services, was
formed by merger OF the previous
RONS and the Naval Reserve Off,
GERS Association. The two groups
held joint convention.
Other officers elected by the
RONS are:
Comdr. John P. Bracken, Phila-
delphia, president; Allen w. Corlett
Cleveland; Jesse Draper, Atlanta
and Boris Kramer, Olympia, Wash.
vice presidents; A. F. Kemp, New
York, secretary, and Alfred Block
Davenport, Iowa, Judge advocate.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Value Of 2-Way Radio
For Taxicabs Proved,
FEC Hearing Told

Two-way radio has proved its
value to taxicab firms, and an in
creasing demand for. authorizations
to use 1t in dispatching cabs can be
expected, the Federal Communica-
tions Commission was told today as
it opened hearings on policies cover
ing the general mobile radio fre-
quencies.
jeremiah Courtney, appearing for
the American Taxicab Association,
American Automobile Association
and National Bus Communications,
Inc, declared his clients would op-
pose any ALLEGATION plan which
would require large radio users in
the mobile field to subscribe to a
common carrier service.
To Offer Own Plan.
He said he would offer an alloca-
ton proposal which weuld give taxi
cab firms, bus lines, truckers and
other tisers more channels than pro-
posed by the FEC in tentative
pattern.
c. Franklin Smith, executive Sec
|retary of the American Taxicah
Association, told the commission
ltwo-Way radio had received more
fenthusiastic reception from cabmer
than any other development in the
industry in his experience. He esti-
mated about 10 per cent Of the Ma
tion's cab operators have been
authorized to use, it.
Mr.. Smith urged the FEC not to
gauge the worth of the radio dis
patching service by the experience
Of Washington cab companies using
it. He pointed out the Capitals
cab business was largely cruising
business, whereas most other cities
had a large home-call trade.
Interference Increasing.
Interference is getting progress
sively worse" in the New York
Metropolitan Area, where a number
of cab firms use the same channels,
the FEC was told. Despite this
problem, use of radio has increased
their business substantially, opera
tors testified.
All six present members of the
commission were on hand for
opening of the hearings in the
Commerce Department auditorium.
The FEC staff introduced exhibits
which showed 1924 fixed stations
and 1880 mobile units authorized
in the experimental mobile service
as OF November /. Another 100
fixed stations and 2,801 mobile units
were included in applications pend
ing on that date.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Cousins Hurt as Plane
Hits Wire and Crashes

WEST JEFFERSON, N. c., Dec
8.-Robert Douglas Osborne, a.. and
Allen s. Osborne, 23, cousins, both
of North Holston, Va, were injured
here yesterday when their light
plane crashed In a field near the
abandoned West Jefferson Airport
Robert suffered skull fractures
broken collarbones and bruises. Al
len received a fractured right knee
and bruises Both were taken te
Ashe Memorial Hospital here.
Witnesses said Robert was pilot
ing the plane. They quoted him
as saying the plane, which was run
ming low on fuel. struck . power
wire rs he attempted . landing
The plane was badly damaged.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Forum to Heor Dirksen
On Congress Problems

Representative Dirksen, chairman
of the House District Committee
will discuss the problems facing
Congress at 8:15 pm. Friday at the
Mayfower Hotel. The program is
sponsored by the Charles Carroll
Forum and Is the third of their
problems in America" series, ac-
cording to the Rev. Dr<James A.
Magner, procurator Of Catholic Uni
versity, who Is founder Of the forum
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Surgeon Stricken at Glenn Dale
Returning to Duty After Year

Glenn Dale Santorium, whose
patients have been without the
services of their only staff surgeon
since he contracted tuberculosis IL
months ago, will get him back Mon
day. A new surgeon also will arrive
that day.
Scheduled to resume his duties
after recovering from a mild attack
is DR.. James S. Conant, who came
to Glenn Dale in July, 1912. He will
be aided by DR.. Joe Van Hoy, a
thoracic surgeon formerly with
Bellevue Hospital in New York.
The arrival of the doctors will
make it possible to relieve Gallinger
Hospital of doing most of Glenn
Dale's chest surgery, in addition
to its own.
Laurey's Burden to Be Eased.
It will also take some of the bur-
den off DR.. James R. Laurey of the
Howard University Medical School,
one of the country's leading Negro
surgeons, who has been visiting
Glenn Dale for months to donate
his services to tuberculosis victims
in urgent need of surgery.
Solution of one of Glenn Dale's
most serious staff shortages comes
at a particularly opportune time,
with the city-wide tuberculosis sur
vey, which is expected to disclose
hundreds of new cases In need of
disqualification, scheduled to begin
next month.
Glenn Dale has never had more
than one staff surgeon before, ac-
cording to DR.. Daniel L. Finucane,
superintendent. The sanatorium
has been authorized to have two
men since July, 1916, but has not
been able to fill both positions.
DR.. Finucane said today it was
impossible to get a temporary re-
placement for DR.. Conant during his
illness.
Transferred to Gallinger.
As a result, when serious need for
surgery arose among the Glenn Dale
patients, their temporary transfer
to Gallinger had to be arranged.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Hearing on Nomination
OF Miller Postponed

A Senate judiciary subcommittee
today postponed until 10 am. next
Monday its hearing on the nomina-
ton of Watson B. Miller to be COM
missioner of immigration and Natu-
ralization of the Justice Department.
The hearing, which was to have
been held today, was put off because
of the absence from the city of
some members of the subcommittee.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
? International Agencies Here
Share in New Medical Service

Something new in medical serv-
ice-an employer-sponSored health
clinic linked with comprehensive
prepaid service of doctors care and
hospital treatment--now is available
to employees of two international
agencies here.
Group Health Association, the
cooperative medical prepayment
agency which operates two clinics
for its 13,500 subscribers, has set
up a branch clinic to give on-the-
job medical care to about 800 Office
workers of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development
and the International Monetary
Fund.
The health room has been in
operation since September /. It is
similar in appearance to those avail
able at most Government agencies
and many large business concerns,
with central waiting room flanked
by examining rooms. A public
health nurse is on full-time duty.
and doctor is available two hours
a day, or whenever needed if an
emergency arises.
60%o Covered by CHA.
The unusual feature is the fact
that go per cent of the employees
eligible to use the clinic facilities
for emergency treatment during Of
flee hours also are enrolled for the
complete Group Health Association
coverage.
In an ordinary Office clinic, the
doctor or nurse on duty can only
advise patients to seek follow-up
treatment for ailments detected
during clinic examinations but has
no way to help them get the needed
care.
The patient may not know what
doctor to consult, particularly If,
like many District residents, he Is
not native of the city and has no
family physician. Ignorance Of the
seriousness of the ailment and fear
of running up large medical bills
may keep him from following the
Office clinics advice.
The Group Health subscriber, for
a monthly payment of So per adult
and 50 for each child, is insured
against most ordinary doctors and
hospital bills. The Office clinic,
therefore, can refer him to any
specialist on the Group Health staff
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Washingfon's S Chinatown
Re-eIects Fonq as Mayor

Frank D. Fong, 80 First street
Sc. was reelected mayor Of WASH
ington's Chinatown last night, but
it was all "just joke" Mr.. Fong
said today.
About $50 members Of the On
Leong Association, group of Chi
nese businessmen, reelected Mr..
Fong to a fourth term as the asso-
cations secretary. The mayoralty
was thrown in as an added compIi-
ment, according to Mr.. Fong, res.
taurant proprietor.
Reelected president of the asso-1
citation, also for a fourth term, was
Lee Toy, laundryman, 800 Sixth
street NV.
The group met at $40 H street
NV.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Senator Wiley to Address
Oldest Inhubitunts

Senator Wiley, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, will address the Associa-
ton of the Oldest Inhabitants at
it's annual banquet starting at 7:3O
pm. tomorrow in the Kenesaw
Apartments, 3060 Sixteenth street
NV.
Brooke Johns, chairman of the
Montgomery County Board Of Com
missioners, will entertain with banjo
and song and the Metropolitan
Police Departments Silver Shield
Quartet will sing. The quartet
members are r. L. Harding, G. M
Hedrick, Luther Bower and D. w.
Hedrick.
Evening star., 1947-12-08

Consequently, 1t was often necessary
for the patients to occupy Beds at
Gallinger for a month or more.
This aggravated Gallinger's own
serious shortage of facilities for
tuberculosis patients and further
burdened its limited staff assigned
to tuberculosis care. The Gallinger
shortage is already so acute that a
51-bed tuberculosis ward has been
closed for two years.
According to DIR. Alvin R..
Sweeney, Gallinger superintendent,
the hospital has taken about one
new. surgery case week from Glenn
Dale and has four or five in the
hospital at time. The shortage of
beds has often made it necessary,
when Glenn Dale requested that
one of its patients receive an opera
ton, to ask patient at Gallinger
to volunteer to go out to Glenn
Dale in order to make q bed avail
able.
DR.. Sweeney and DR.. Finucane
point out that such transfers in
volve considerable time and effort
by the hospital staff, already hard
pressed to meet the needs of tuber-
culosis patients. DR.. Finucane
added that the difficulty of getting
a bed at Gallinger often meant a
delay of weeks before an opera
tion could be arranged.
Associates Help DR.. Laury.
Unpublicized hero Of the surgeon
shortage at Glenn Dale this year
has been DIR. Laurey of Howard and
Freedmen's Hospital.
Although his medical school duties
constitute full-time job, he has
managed to spend an entire day at
Glenn Dale at intervals of few
weeks, performing a large part OF
the operations there.
In his work, which has reduced
the number Of patients needing
transfer to Gallinger, DR.. Laurey has
been aided by the Freedmen's Hos
pital anesthetist and several asso-
ciates.
DR.. Finucane recently paid tribute
to the Freedmen's medical team
for the outstanding service they
have rendered to Glenn Dale Sana-
torium," in testimony before the
House Appropriations Subcommittee
examining the 1948 District budget
He said today he thought Glenn
Dale would become surgically self
sufficient, at Least in chest surgery
within a very short time"
Evening star., 1947-12-08
.2U. 5. Buildings
Urged as School
For Negroes
| Copper Introduces
| Measure in Senate
| For Transfer
By HoroId B. Rooers

Senator Capper, Republican, O
Kansas introduced in the Senat:
today bill to transfer from Gov.
ernment ownership to the Booke'
T. Washington Birthplace Memoria!
OF Rocky Mount, Va, two moderl
Defense Homes Corp. buildings here
to be used for training colorec
youths of low educational status.
The structures are the Lucy Diggs
Slowe Hall for colored women al
Third and U streets NV, and the
George Washington Carver Hall fol
colored men at Second and Elm
streets NV.
The structures are each of four
story, f1reproof, brick construction
with modern facilities. They were
erected by the Government during
the war to house colored war work
ers here, and are currently occupied
by SGT tenants.
Transfer without Compensation.
The Capper bill would authorize
the commissioner of the Public
Housing Administration to convey
the property to its new owner with
out compensation.
It would be used exclusively by
the new owner as a National Insti-
tute OF Industrial Training for
Negro Youths. The students would
include colored veterans of World
War II, who, because Of limited edu-
cation, are not eligible for college
training benefits under the CT Act
of 1914.
The measure also provides that II
the new owner should use the prop
erty for any purpose except for such
training of colored youths title to
the property would revert to the
United States.
The measure also provides that II
the property goes to its new owner,
the United States would be relieved
OF "all maintenance and other ex-
penses in connection with such
property
Buildings Cost $1,449,S53.
The Slowe Hall was completed in
1912 and cost the Government
$S47,4 according to report from
Defense Homes Corp. to Senator
Capper. Carver Hall, completed in
1943, cost the Government $6O2,419.
Slowe Hall has 299 single and
double rooms, with accommodations
for 800 colored women. Carver Hall
has lit single and double rooms,
with accommodations for 206 resi-
dents.
The Booker T. Washington Birth.
place Memorial, according to infor-
nation given Senator Capper, Is
managing a Nationwide program
for Industrial training for colored
youth Of low educational status to
tenable them to be more efficient and
Ito earn higher pay in service and
industrial occupations.
This organization sponsored a
commemorative half dollar in trib-
ute to Booker T. Washington which
Congress approved and is now being
sold by the Government at the
premium price of 81. The so cents
profit goes to the memorial program.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Umtees' Chief Transferred

The War Department announced
yesterday that Brig. Gen. John M
Devine, commander of the universal
military training experimental unit
at Fort Knox, KY, has been trans
ferred to Fort Monroe, Va, effective
January 7. He will be succeeded
Dec. 26 by Brig. Gen. Joseph r.
sheetz, now on duty ct the 4th Army
headquarters, San Antonio. Tex.
Evening star., 1947-12-08

the church, Con-
necticut avenue
and S h e p herd
street NV.
| Mr.. Fleming
will discuss cur
rent n a Ito n a ]
problems. The
r ev. Gil ford
H O m e r r j c h.
mond. pastor Of
the church, pre-
diets that more
than 100 menu
bers and friends
of the church
will attend.
As ON addad
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Journalism Series 10 Hear
Du pont Advertising Man
speeloI pispuseh 10 The stor

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. g.
Russell A. Applegate, assistant ad-
vertising director for the du Pont
Co., will discuss that corporations
advertising procedures at 8 O'Clock
tonight at the third session Of the
Journalism Assembly Series spon-
sored by Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
The seminars, including regular
lectures by newspaper and advertis-
ing authorities are under the direc-
ton Of o. w. Riegel, director of the
Lee Memorial Journalism Founda-
ton at the Virginia school.
Evening star., 1947-12-08

attraction the Singing Squires, a
quartet affiliated with the Society
for the Preservation and Encourage
ment of Barbershop Quartet Sing
ing in America. will entertain with
| favorite ballads.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
FIemming Will Speak
At Chevy Chase Church

Civil Service Commissioner Arthur
S. Flemming will address the men OF
the Chevy Chase Methodist Church
Wednesday, following a dinner at
Evening star., 1947-12-08

unions. This committee, he said
today, Is NOT connected with Mr..
Brown or the organizations he rep.
resents.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
Look Mugozine
Editor Speaker
AT Kiwunis Club

Andrew II Hepburn, a travel
editor fof Look Magazine, was The
speaker at Tuesdays meeting Of
the Kiwanla club AZ the paseagous
Ia Country Club
Mr. Hepburn and q photonfas
phcf. Bob Hanson, are here be-
cause the magazine Is interested
IN doing a feature on the Miaeia.
slppl Gulf Coast "a one Of the nna
tion's top vacation areas.
During his talk. Mr.. Hepburn
asked that persons with IDEAS that
might be- useful IN the series *
press them to him, or 10 Fefne
barnes AZ the Chamber If Com.
mprre. who lnuodueed the speak
en-.
The speaker was complimentary
toward the Gulf Coast Ia his re-
marks bui Indicated that Va were
misaing Some good bets IN net
capithilzinR ON what nature had
given AS.
He Indicated that he would IN
corporate 4 number ~ pictures
Trim this county IN hls series Tot
the national magazine
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

The members o. the Harla Home
Demonstration club enjoyed =
party on Friday afternoon. De
eembaf 0, NJ the hunt Of Mrs
Sophia Murphy with Mrs fldHut
Bafla serving ~ hostuaH.
plans for next year were dis
cussed after which Miss Vela
MaK lnlev, home demonstration
agent gave some very helpful
hints ON how 20 preserve The
color Of leaves used ia Christ
mas decorations.
A number Of members pufuhaH
ed Christmas seals from the Jack
son County Tuberculosis AHaueIh
ton
A delicious plate lunch was
served by the hostess. after which
numbers were drawn and each
member received a nln bearing
that number MIHa Mckinley was
also presented a alft from The
club
Those attending the meeting
were Mesdames Tom nAfia. Pat
Ware. Vaughn Holder Ednaf IA
ria, sophia Murphy and Mas We
Ia Mckinley