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Evening star., 1948-12-30
Error in Glenn Dale
Operation Probed by
District and Doctors
Ribs Token From Wrong
Side Of Chest in Move to
Collapse Womon's Lung

A complete investigation was
being made today by District
officials of an operation per-
formed Tuesday at Glenn Dale
Sanatorium in which surgeon
removed ribs from the wrong
side of a tubercular woman'S
chest.
/ Glenn Dale officials said the
womans left lung was tubercular
but the operation was performed on
her right side, which was unaffected
by the disease. The operation called
for eventual collapsing of the tuber-
cular lung.
The woman was reported In
serious condition today but Glenn
Dale officials said her prospects of
recovery are good. Her identity is
being withheld by Commissioner Guy
Mason who feels her condition might
be adversely affected if she learns
of the erroneous operation at this
time.
Full Report Ordered.
Health Officer George C. Rutland
and DR.. Daniel L. Finucane. super
intendent of Glenn Dale, were
ordered by Mr. Mason to submit a
full report Of the incident as soon
as he heard about it late yesterday.
The operation actually was per-
formed by Dr. Frank Ashburn.
Washington chest specialist who
serves as a consultant at Glenn
Dale, according to DR.. Rutland.
DR.. Ashburn, however, performed
the operation following an opera
tive schedule made out by DR.. James
S. Conant, chief of surgery at Glenn
Dale, both physicians told The Star.
1T was my fault. I scheduled
! it wrong" DR.. Conant told The
Star last night. 1T was just one
of those things"
| DR.. Conant said he did not re-
member exactly when he made out
the schedule-a brief outline of the
type of operation planned and the
date it is to be performed-but said
1t was at least five days before the
surgery was performed.
DR.. Ashburn said an X-ray of the
patients chest was in the operating
room, as was the erroneous descrip-
ton Of the operation. at 10 am.
Tuesday when he arrived to operate
He told The Star he looked at
both the schedule and the X-ray but
did not notice the discrepancy.
AS a result, DR.. Ashburn said, he
performed the operation according
to the schedule. known profess
sionally as a thoracoplasty removal
of ribs), the operation was made
preparatory to collapsing the wom-
ans healthy right lung. DR.. Ashburn
said the lung was not actually COL
lapSed, however, because such op-
erations are performed in stages.
He said he removed the top two
(See GLENN DALE, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1948-12-30
FAT Pilot Is Killed
In Crash in Germany

FRANKFURT. Germany. Dec. 30.
AN American pilot was killed to-
day in the crash of his FAT fighter
plane
United States Air Force head
quarters said the plane fell near
Zorneding, Germany. in the Mu-
Mich area. The cause is being in
tvestigated
The name of the pilot was with
held until his relatives are notified.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Black-harketing Charged
To U. 5. Colonel in Tokyo
By the A,socioted Pres,

TOKYO. Dec. 30.-Charges oil
large-scale black-marketing have
been filed against 1t Col. Arthur E
Tooze, Westbury, Long Island. Ny.
9th Army headquarters reported
today.
Col. Tooze, former commandine
officer of the 64th' Typographical
Battalion here, will be tried by q
general court-martial in Yokohama
in January
He is charged with taking anc
selling Government property, buy.
ing American currency on the blacl
market, illegally leasing japanese
property and attempting to suborr
perjury.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
a, 200 Reds Are jailed
By Greece in ; Duys
BY fhe Associated Press

ATHENS, Dec. 30-New arrests
of alleged Communists and under
ground agents in the Peloponnesus
today brought the total taken into
custody In three days to more than
4,200.
They were allegedly engaged in
furnishing supplies and intelligence
concerning government troops
movements to Communist Leader
MarkoS Vafiades' guerrilla bands.
Some were suspected of sabotage.
Units of the army's 9Th Division
meanwhile. cleared guerrillas from
hundreds of villages in the Western
Peloponnesus.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Navy Transfers Capt. Kane
Skipper Of Carrier Saipan

Capt. Joseph L. paddy Kane,
commanding officer of the aircraft
carrier Saipan, which joined the
joint Air Force-Navy effort to
rescue IL airmen on a Greenland
icecap this week. is being relieved
of his command and sent to the
Office of Chief of Naval Operations
here, Navy orders revealed today.
Navy officers said the orders were
issued prior to the departure of
the Saipan from Norfolk. Va, for
the North Atlantic Friday. They
did not know when Capt. Kane will
make the transfer.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Fina|P|ans Shaping Up Dutch Claim Capture
ForGreat StopRussia OF Last Important
Aid in Europe, Orient Area in lndonesia
South Sumotro Oil Field
Declared Token in Almost
Undomoged Condition
kY the ASSnninted prass

| BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 30.-Tht
Dutch announced today tha
they have seized the last eco.
nomically important area con.
trolled by the IndoneSiar
Republic, the Djambi oil field!
in Southern Sumatra.
ON the whole, the installation
were undamaged," the communiqu'
said, referring obliquely to Repub
lican scorched-earth tactics. Effort
to set fire to them resulted in a few
unimportant fires only. Resistanc,
was negligible"
A Republican radio station, broad.
casting from somewhere in Java.
said guerrillas made synchronizec
attacks early yesterday on Dutch.
held Malang, Semarang, Walikukur
and Bandjarnegara.
Some buildings were destroyed a,
Malang, policemen posted at the
towns borders we're captured anc
tom tom beating by the popula
ton added to the confusion of the
defending Dutch troops" said the
broadcast, heard in Batavia.
Another Leader Seized.
The seizure of Djambi Wednesday
marked part of the Dutch Armys
race to complete its campaign be-
fore the imposition of cease fire Or
ders. The Dutch told the Security
Council Wednesday that these would
be effective in Java at midnight New
Years eve and in Sumatra two or
three days later.
The communique also reported the
capture of Chief of Staff Daanjaja
of the Republican Siliwangi Divi-
sion. 1t said Daanjaja was respon-
sible for the infiltration of Republi-
can guerrillas into Dutch areas OF
West Java.
The Dutch position ever since the
police action" of 1947 has been that
the Dutch occupy not only the eras
where their troops are in actual
physical position, but also the areas
between their columns penetrating
into the interior. This view was
sustained in effect by the Renville
truce agreement.
The Dutch have occupied all
major Republican cities in Java
and have linked up many of them.
The capture of Djambi opens the
way for similar linkup between
Dutch forces in Northern and
Southern Sumatra.
This dispatch passed through
Dutch censorship. The Indo-
nesian Republicans have no
standard news channels to the
outside world
Newsmen Barred From Fronts.
Despite the speed of the Dutch
advances, news correspondents and
photographers are still not per-
mitted to visit the fronts. Requests
today to see the South Sumatran
fighting brought a fiat refusal.
This reVerses the Dutch policy of
last year, when newsmen accom-
panied troops.
A six-nation consular commission
called back to activity by the
Security Council to observe the
Indonesian scene, held a prelim-
mary, informal meeting. A COM
munique said the purpose was to
consider means of complying with
the Councils resolution"
The commission is made up Of the
consuls general of Australia, Bel
GUM, China, Brance. Britain and
the United States They will meet
again tomorrow.
The United Nations Good Offices
Committee, a second international
group here observing the progress
of Dutch military activity in In
donesia, said through it's press at
tache that 1t had nothing further
IN ropnrt
Evening star., 1948-12-30
In observance Of New Years Day, The Stor
will not be published Saturday, January
Bomber's Propeller Kills Wave
Boarding Plane at Air Station

to Pensacola. Unable to obtain a
ride then. she returned to the sta
ton this morning, when she OBJ
tained space on the bomber.
She was boarding the plane, Of
ficers said, and had crouched a
little as she walker under wing
from the rear. The big blades
struck her in the head and left
arm.
The Public Information Office
said she had been visiting in New
York Her home is in Philadelphia
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Moves by Barrett Hint
Dissatisfaction With
Mitchell Grill Case
Questions Dour's Story
As He Sees City Heads;
Two Witnesses Shifted

Three moves by Supt. of Po-
lice Robert J. Barrett today indi-
Gated that he is still dissatisfied
with the results of the explosive
Mitchell'S Grill case.
l. He appeared before the Com
missioners to discuss the case and
is believed to have added that it be
reopened.
q He told a reporter at the Dis
trict Building htat he does not be-
lieve a statement made by a detec-
tive who is new figure in the case
g. He included in a list of routine
police changes two transfers of men
who had testified for the grill in
the hearings on a long list of alleged
violations of Alcoholic Beverage Con.
troll Board regulations.
Maj Barrett, while waiting to SCI
the Commissioners, said he did no
believe Precinct Detective Charlie!
K. Daub, whose testimony supported
the story told by Pvt. Franz
Manthos. 1t was Pvt Manthos who
started all the fireworks by accusing
Pvt. Samuel E. Wallace of sand
bagging" the grill.
Verdict Reversed.
The grill was found guilty by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
of Al liquor law violations, based on
evidence collected by Pvt. Wallace
This decision was reversed by the
Commissioners earlier this week.
1t was at the appeal hearing
Tuesday before the Commissioners
that Detective Daub appeared in
the case.
Defense Attorney F. Joseph Dom
ohue told the Commissioners they
could check the veracity of wit
nesses by calling a third person
Daub-to confirm a statement made
by Pvt. Manthos and denied by Pvt.
Wallace.
The statement was that Pvt.
Manthos and Pvt. Wallace met at
precinct No. l in the presence of
a third person, after Pvt. Wallace
had investigated the grill, and dis
cussed the case.
Daub Statement Questioned.
Pvt. Wallace has denied that any
one else was present when he dis
cussed the case with Pvt. Manthos
Charles Stofberg, special assist
ant to Commissioner John Russell
Young, was told to get in touch
with Mr.. Daub and ask if he saw
such a meeting. Mr.. Stofberg said
Mr. Daub told him on the telephone
that he was present at the meeting
1t is this statement by Detective
Daub who is reported on sick leave
today. that Maj. Barrett declared
he does not believe.
Maj. Barrett appeared chagrined
by the Commissioners action in
dismissing liquor law violation
charges against the grill and throw
ing out the guilty findings of the
ABC Board.
He declared Pvt. Wallace did not
himself bring the original charges
against the tavern, 235 G street
(see POLICE TRANSFERS, A-4D
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Judge Casey Assigned
To Juvenile Court

Municipal Court Judge Walter j.
Casey has been assigned to Juvenile
Court indefinitely due to the illness
of Judge Fay Bentley.
At Juvenile Court, reporters were
told Judge Bentley's sister had ad-
vised court officials that the Judge
is in a nursing home.
The judges sister. Mrs. Charlotte
Jones. said the judge had been re-
moved from the Washington Sani-
tarium to nursing home on doc
tors orders for complete rest.
Judge Bentley has been off the
bench for more than six weeks.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Air Force 81 Gets Life
For SIuyinq D. c. Man
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Dec. 30.-Sergt. Ross A.
Davis Of Middlesboro, KY, has been
sentenced to life imprisonment after
a general court martial convicted
him of Staying S/Sergt. Edward F.
Tut at the Okinawa post exchange
last November.
Tut, who was from Washington,
and Davis were members of Air
Force units on Okinawa.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Ann Sheridan Recovering

LONDON, Dec. 80 lP.-Movie
Actress Ann Sheridan has been
suffering from a very bad cold, but
associates said today she is much
better now and will be back to work
Monday" She is making the movie,
II Was q Male War Bride"
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Truman to See Press

President Truman will hold news
conference at 4 o'clock this after
noon.
Evening star., 1948-12-30

(See RULES, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
XII a.; i 5:
"

DANCE.
Thomson Recreation Center. Twelfth and
l. streets NV. at $50 o'clock tonight.
Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth
and @ streets NV, Teen Dance ct 7:3O
o'clock tonight.
MUSIC.
The Phillips Gallery. 1900 Twsnty-nrst
street NV; sonata program, Sidney Ed
wards, cello. and Ward Davenny, piano
at $3.50, o'clock tonight. s.u..,..
and g streets NV, record rendezvous,
at $50 o'clock tonight.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Barnett Alden Gallery. 1877 Randolph
place NV; open to 10 pm. weekdays
and 2 TO pm Sundays; paintings BY
I. Rice Pereira, through January.
Silver Spring Art Gallery, 9216 Flower
avenue, open daily from 10 am; to 2
pm. paintings BY Louise Hibbens. through
PHILIPS Gallery, 1900 Twenty first street
NV; open II am. to 10 pm; Mon.
days. II am. to 8 pm. Tuesday through
Saturday and 2 to pm. SUNDAYS; modern
art exhibits, also q Retrospective Loan Ex-
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hibition Of Kokoschka. through Janu-
National Gallery Of Art. sixth street
and Constitution avenue NV; open 10
am. to 3 pm. weekdays and to 10 pm.
Sundays; paintings and SCULPTURE COM
prising the Mellon, Kress, Widener and
pale collections and gifts from other
The Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV; open am. to pm. Mondays
through] Saturdays. Paintings and draw
ings By Marguerite Burgess, through
Thursday.
Pan American Union, Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV; open 8 am.
Saturday. Painting and exhibits.
Corcoran Gallery Of Art, Seventeenth
street and New York avenue NV; open
IL to 4:30 pm. Mondays, 10 am. to 4:30
pm. Tuesdays through Fridays. 8 am. to
$50 pm. Saturdays and 2 to B. Pm. Sun
days; water colors by artists OF Washing
ton, for an indefinite period.
Library Of Congress. First and East
Capitol streets; open 8 am. to 10 pm
Mondays through Saturdays and 1880
am. to 10 pm: Sunday; exhibit commem-
tory, through February. IL. 1919; original
manuscript Of Lincoln's three-page "au-
photography" for an indefinite period.
National Archives, exhibition hall. Con.
stitution avenue between Seventh and
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Eighth streets NV; open s:45 am. to
urdays and 1870 to 5 N. Sundays and
holidays.
Fish and Wildlife Service, under main
lobby in Commerce Department Building,
am. to 4 PIN. daily: display OF animals
and fresh-water hsh.
Studio Group Christmas Show, No. 4
Hillyer Court, open Saturdays 10 am.
to 400 pm, and Sundays / to pm,
for an indefinite period.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club, 1905
L street NV; lounge, library, writing
desk, billiard tables and radio.
Servicemen's Victory Center, Ills Penn
sylvania avenue NV; free canteen, open
daily, noon to midnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27

1000 characters Is made by the
Passion Play Committee, the Ober.
ammergau Community Council, six
experienced citizens and the parish
priest.
Performance Of this play in the
little Bavarian village fulfills the
pledge made In 1883 at the end
Of q plague, when it also was az
firmed that only native-born vii
layers or those who had lived there
20 years might participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
Oberommergou Storts
Passion PIoy Casting

Boards are starting to grow In
Oberammergau as the casting Of
characters for the 1850 Passion Play
gets under way. Selection of over
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15
Christmas in Song

group has sung in Great Falls, Hell
ena, Townsend, Billings and Red
Lodge. In May, 1949, the group has
been invited to sing in Big Timber
for the district convention of Mon
tana Federation of Women's Clubs
and in June they will journey to
Fort Harrison to sing a program for
the veterans under the auspices of
the B. P. o. Elks state association.
The personnel of the group
changes from year to year as mem
bers move away or come to the
community. They are teachers,
housewives and mothers. Two of the
members, Mrs. Elmer Duncan and
Mrs. Howard Maddox, are wives of
ranchers. Mrs. Duncan drives 80
miles to attend practices and func-
tons.
The accompanist and director are
music teachers. Mrs. William Romek,
accompanist, is a graduate of the
University of Kansas with a major
in music. Mrs. Enrico is a graduate
of Montana State college and re-
ceived her music training at Gin
cinnati Conservatory of Music, Mon
tana State college and the Univer-
sity of Michigan graduate school of
music. The rest of the group are
lovers of music who have no spe-
cific training in vocal work other
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15

simply lets them defrost by stand
ing at room temperature. After they
are defrosted, she may want to warm
them gently in the oven if her family
likes hot breads. They must not get
too warm, though, lest the frosting
melt.
White fruit cake seems to have a
special holiday air. Maybe that is
because the fruits in it look so gay
and colorful. Here is one that makes
handsome gifts. The recipe makes
about five pounds of cake. Baking
the batter in small pans shaped like
toy bread pans about Az inches long
makes attractive little cakes that
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15

than the training they receive sing
ing with the group.
There are four of the original six
members still with the group. They
are Margaret Souders Enrico, direc-
tor; Janice Fisher Romek, accom-
PIANIST; Mrs. FeidIia Page Morrow
and Mrs. Margrette Olcott. Other
members are Mrs. Louise Whitcomb,
Mrs. Margaret Skeen, Mrs. Kath-
crime Garlich, Mrs. Vivian Ward,
Mrs. Aileen Maddox, Miss Dorothy
Burton, Mrs. Lillian Lampi, Mrs.
Temple Hamrell, Mrs. Rena Benne-
dick, Mrs. Virginia Brophy, Mrs.
Madge C~areveau, Mrs. Betty Jean
Sandretto, Mrs. Laura Nordstrom,
Mrs. Gaynell Schwin and Mrs.
Leone Duncan.
We pass this story along as one
of the organizations which any COM
munity is fortunate to have. 1t gives
pleasure to so many, both those who
listen and those who participate.
= = +
This Christmas season, in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and
f~orty-eight, may friendship keep
your heart warm; may service for
others bring you joy, and may love
and understanding bring you peace.
This is my wish to each of YOU
AMY MARTIN.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15

their flavor improves with each day.
Dough for refrigerator cookies can
be made, shaped into rolls or bars,
wrapped in wax paper and then
stored until holiday time. A cold
room is a good storage place. A
freezer is even better.
Those fortunate ones who have
freezers can bake beautiful coffee
cakes and rolls and freeze them I'M
til giving time" These sweet breads
al be frosted and garnished with
nuts and fruits before wrapping for
freezing. The poinsettia coffee cake,
or the Christmas tree coffee cake,
are handsome gifts. The recipient
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15
Mrs. Santa's BakeshOp
BY CLARA GERHARD SNYDER Director, Wheat Flour Institute

A GIFT from your kitchen is al
ways in good taste. 1t may be
a little box of a half-dozen cookies
to take the place of a Christmas card.
It may be a fruit-filled coffee cake,
with or without the shiny new cook
lie sheet on which it was baked. It
may be a sandwich loaf, or q rich
fruit cake still in the glass baking
dish in which it came from the oven.
Many of these baked gifts can be
made long before Christmas. Fruit
cakes need to be made now so they
will have a few weeks to mellow.
Spicy little cookies, such as pepper
nuts, should be made now, too, for
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15
An Editorial

CLOSELY associated with the
- Christmas season have always
been the carols, the hymns and the
oratories. 'The Messiah" is a holiday
tradition in many communities.
Some time ago we heard of the
interesting work of the Red Lodge
Woman's Club chorus and so we
asked the director, Mrs. Margaret
Souders Enrico, if any special music
would be prepared for the Christ
mas season.
Back came the reply that "Decem-
Der il a busy month for the choral
group. On Dec. 5 they will sing for
the Elks memorial service, Dec. 8
the community Christmas tree will
take place and on Dec. Is the chorus
will illustrate the music for the
music department of the Woman's
club, as the members do every
month from October through April"
At the community Christmas
tree there will be candy for the chill
dren, and, of course, Santa Claus
has been invited and is expected as
always to make his appearance.
Since its organization the chorus
has given various concerts and par
ticipated in programs, observances
and conventions held by the various
business, fraternal and social organi-
cations of the city and state. The
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15
slice into dainty pieces for serving,
WHITE FRUIT CAKE

One-fourth-pound candied citron,
finely cut; A-pound candied orange
peel, finely cut; A-pound candied
lemon peel, finely cut; A-pound
candied cherries, sliced; A-pound
dates, coarsely cut; A-pound dried
apricots, coarsely cut; A-pound
pressed figs, coarsely cut; k-pound
white raisins; Ia cups pineapple
tidbits; 2 cups sifted enriched flour;
l teaspoon salt; liz teaspoons bak-
ing powder; 1 cup shortening; l cup
sugar; S eggs; "a cup pineapple juice;
k-pound moist shredded coconut; z
cups sliced blanched almonds.
Combine fruits and add k-cup
flour. Mix well. Sift remaining III
cups flour with salt and baking
powder. Cream together shorten
ing and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after each
addition. Add flour, alternately with
pineapple juice, beating smooth after
each addition. Add floured fruits.
coconut, and almonds. Stir only un-
til we'll blended. Pour into pans that
have been lined with wax paper.
Bake in very slow owen CTS de-
grees F.) liz hours. Remove from
oven and decorate tops with candied
pineapple, cherries, citron, and al
monds. Continue baking in slow
oven 600 degrees F.) " to l hour
longer, depending on size of cakes.
Cool before wrapping.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15

Those little cookies called pepper
nuts emigrated from northern Eu-
rope to find a welcome here. They
are hard, crisp bite-sized Cookies"
that really do contain pepper. This
is my own mothers favorite recipe.
Each year she makes great quaint
ties of them about Thanksgiving and
stores them. AT Christmas they fill
little baskets and bowls and boxes
and make their way, gayly wrapped.
to all the neighborhood.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-15
Peppermint Recipes

Six cups sifted enriched flour; 2
teaspoons baking powder; IA tea
spoon cloves; "a teaspoon black pep
per, IA teaspoon cinnamon, "a tea
spoon allspice, liz teaspoon salt, "a
cup shortening, " cup white sugar.
" cup brown sugar, 1R cups maple
syrup, IL cup cold coffee, "a teaspoon
anise seed, " cup chopped Brazil
nuts.
Sift together flour, making powder
and spices. Cream together shorten
ing and sugar. Add maple syrup
and coffee. Add flour mixture with
nuts and anise seeds, working the
last portion of the flour in with the
hands if necessary. Cover and let
stand overnight in the refrigerator.
When ready to make, roll dough into
long rolls, " to %-inch thick. Cut
off half-inch bits, place on INCREASED
cookie sheet and bake in moderately
hot oven (400 degrees F.) Is minutes.
These may be kept for a month or
more, the flavor improving with age.