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Evening star., 1948-10-13
Huqe Excavation Marks Start
lon Health Research Clinic

tional aid will come from students
engaged in research through fellow
ships set up by the service, he
added.
Legislation will be necessary, DR..
Topping said. to determine what
patients Will pay for treatment at
the center and how much
Officials, he added, also intend to
ask Congress for funds to build
housing for staff members who must
stay near the clinic. Preliminary
plans already call for construction
of a dormitory building, efficiency
apartments and large apartment
building near the hospital-research
center.
214 Mbre Acres Sought.
Congress has set limit expense
of $40 ,000, 600 for the project. About
5000, 900 has been appropriated and
another s25 900 900 has been granted
in the form of contract authorize
tions.
The Public Buildings Administra-
ton, meanwhile, is negotiating the
purchase of about 214 acres of land
adjoining the present a0-acre site
from the Sisters of the Visitation of
Washington, the Rev. G. Fleeland
Peters and the Woodmont Country
Club. PBA officials said agreements
have been reached with all the
owners and that the purchases are
being checked by the Justice De-
partment.
Purchase Of the additional land
was urged to give The Public Health
Service activities In Bethesda room
for expansion in future years.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Oyster Man Queried
In Glen Burnie KILLINGS
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

FERNDALE, Md, Oct. 13.-A ST.
year-old oyster shucker was being
questioned today by authorities in
vestigating the 27-day-old killings
of Mary c. Kline, 1s, and her escort,
John H. Mahlan, Is, of Glen Burnie
Chief John H. Souers. jr.. of the
Anne Arundel County police force,
said the man. who is colored, had
been sought almost two weeks on
the Eastern Shore for questioning
about the double Staying.
He was found yesterday in a
Baltimore oyster house. and when
he arrived at police headquarters
here, his pockets were filled with
unopened oysters.
The investigators said they were
checking his story of why he disap-
appeared from the Freetown commu-
nifty about the time of the slayings.
Freetown is not far from the place
where Mr.. Mahlan's abandoned car
was found.
Chief Souers said the man was
wanted by the Hagerstown police
and is being checked thoroughly in
connection with this case"
Sergt. George Bolm of the county
police and State Trooper j. j. Har-
baugh had made at least two pre-
vious trips to the Eastern Shore
looking for the man.
Meanwhile. two Anne Arundel
County officers took a pistol to FBI
headquarters in Washington for in
spection. Chief Souers said the
weapon had been picked up in An
napolis.
Three special investigative teams. :"
each composed of State, county and
Baltimore City police, are working
on the case.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Mckinley, Armstrong
To Get Training Cars

The Board Of Education today
voted to accept two dual-control
automobiles from the Inter-Indus-
try Highway Safety Committee so
driver training classes may be start
ed at Mckinley and Armstrong High
Schools.
In a special poll. the board mem
bers approved the offer of the COM
mittee to tend the cars for the in
struction. Such training already IS
offered in four vocational high
schools with two cars bought by Dis
trict funds. These schools are Bell,
Chamberlain, Phelps and Wash
ington.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
said that salaries for four teach
ers. of driving have been appro-
priated by Congress and are avail
able. Two of the positions are filled
at present and those two teachers
instruct at the four vocational high
schools.
Driver training first was intro
duced into the public schools here
in 1889 and taught in three voca-
tional high schools and one aca-
demic high school. The courses were
discontinued in 1941 when the Amer
ican Automobile Association, which
furnished the cars, was unable to
offer that service because of the
war Since then the AAA has
offered cars but the school board
accepted the Inter-Industry High
way Safety Committee offer be-
cause 1t was made first.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

Interior Departments nonsegrega-
tion policy, which conflicts directly
with the Recreation Boards strict
segregation rule for all its facilities.
In other actions yesterday the
board:
Denied a request of Gardner L.
Bishop, president of the Consolidated
Parent Group, which has been seek
ing use OF the yRosedale Playground
for colored people, for a hearing of
the groups views on the ground that
ample opportunity" for such ex-
pressions already had been given.
Denied a similar request of the
anti-discrimination committee of the
Young Progressives on the same
ground.
Informed the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, which had requested copies
of the minutes of each board meet
ing, that all board meetings are
open to the public and that dis
tribution of the minutes is made
only to those agencies with whom
the board has direct administrative
relations"
Denied as unnecessary" a re-
quest Of the Washington Highlands
Citizens Association for a meeting
with the Recreation Board, together
with the Board of Education, to
consider recreation plans for the
Oxon Run Elementary School.
Recreation Supt. Milo Christensen
announced retirement of Miss Marie
NJ. McAuliffe, recreation director of
the New York Avenue Playground
for 80 years.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
freedmen's S Official
Named 10 Policy Unit
OF Ga||inger Hospital

DR.. Paul B. Cornely, AZ. medical
director of Freedmen's Hospital, has
been nominated for membership on
the Policy Making Executive Com
mittee at Gallinger Hospital. DR..
Howard L. johnson, dean of the
Howard University Medical School,
said today.
The appointment was authorized
in the agreement that will send
Howard University's colored doctors,
interns and students to Gallinger
next year.
The committee will coordinate
activities of Howard, George Wash
ington and Georgetown Medical
Schools at Gallinger. It's members
include:
Dr.. Alvin r. Sweeney, Gallinger
superintendent; DR.. Daniel L. Seek
niger, deputy health officer; DR.. P. S.
Rossiter, Gallinger chief of staff j;
Dr. Harold Jeghers and DR.. Charles
F. GeSchickter OF Georgetown, and
DR.. Blain Harrell and DR.. John
Parks of George Washington.
DR.. Cornely, a graduate of the
University of Michigan, joined the
Howard University staff in 1884 and
was named medical director of
Freedmens last November. He re-
sides at 3l03 Thirteenth street NE.
While the first groups Of Howard
personnel already have gone to
Gallinger to observe training activ-
titles, treatment by the colored doc
tors will not begin until next July.
Under the agreement, each of the
three medical schools will furnish
25 per cent of the interns needed at
Gallineer. and the remaining 25 per
cent will be supplied by the Health
Department.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

lot of them got there just that way
Mr.. Keneipp, as a matter Of fact
has been waging sort of one-man
campaign against unnecessary horn
honking ever since he became traffic
director. He has no police arresting
powers, but he has a habit of invit-
ing motorists who toot at him un-
necessarily to drop in at his office
for brief, heart-to-heart chats. He
invariably succeeds in convincing
them OF the error of hteir ways.
One of Mr.. Keneipp's favorite
stories concerns the young lady
whose car stalled at an intersection
and who tried frantically to get il
going while young man in the cal
behind beeped steadily on his horn
Would Change Places.
After a while" MIR. Keneipp said
"she walked back to the young mans
car If you will take my place ur
there and try to start my car she
told him, Ill take your place back
here and keep your horn blowing
Actually, Mr.. Keneipp's campaign
has not been entirely a one-man
affair. In the first eight months
of this year, police arrested 125
District motorists for unnecessary
horn blowing. This is not a big
figure. viewed against the total OF
95,187 traffic arrests in the same
period. But it means the police are
arresting more tootlers this year
than they have, on the average, in
the last four years.
Section SO of the District Traffic
Regulations makes it unlawful for
anybody to use a horn otherwise
than as reasonable warning of
danger" 1t includes a prohibition
against horn blasts of more than
two seconds duration except in
emergencies, and it is considered
one of the strongest antitootling
ordinances in effect in this country.
Change Opposed.
A committee of the city's Traffic
Advisory Board is thinking of rec
ommending that this rule be
amended SO as to conform to the
uniform traffic code" recommended
by Public Roads Administration.
But the code is less tough than the
present District regulation, and In
spector Miller and Mr.. Keneipp op-
pose the change
The officials agree that the diff
Guilty Of enforcing the law lies, of
course. in the question of judgment
as to what constitutes danger" and
"a reasonable warning"
That is why. in his new directive
to the traffic police, Inspector Miller
will tell them to concentrate on the
offender who toots at an intersec-
ton simply because the driver in
front of him does not start fast
enough to suit his fancy. This, said
Inspector Miller, is a clear case in
which no possible warning of dan
ger" Is involved.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Alexandra Hospital
To Raise Rates

Alexandria Hospital today an
nounced a -a-day increase in rates
for all rooms, effective Friday.
Hospital Administrator Van c.
Adams said the new rates will be So
for ward rooms, SO for semiprivate
rooms and s11 and s12 for private
rooms.
Mr.. Adams said the hospital is
running an average $4,000 monthly
deficit and that the deficit for seven
months ending in September
amounts to $4,000.
The average of $13.79 bed-day
which it cost the hospital to operate
in 1947, has risen to s15.03 a bed
day now, Mr.. Adams said. The ST.
a-day increase to the patient thus
will be less than the increase in pro-
viding the service, he stated.
Mr.. Adams declared the new rates
for ward and semiprivate rooms
would bring Alexandria Hospital
Into line with those rates gen.
orally charged in the metropolitan
and suburban area"
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Druftees' and Veterans Guide
BY Maj. Themes N. NioI-

your ears and decides that you are
or are not totally deaf. He doesn't
take your pulse or measure your
blood pressure or anything else.
All he does Is check your particu-
lar ailment and decide that it def
nitely is an ailment which disquali-
fies you from the draft-or he de-
cides it isn't.
He then reports his findings to
your local board and 1t decides
whether you go to the nearest re-
cruiting station for your preinduc-
ton physical. If there is any doubt
at all in the minds of the board, you
will have to take the full physical
check.
A whole list of ailments has been
sent to all local boards. These
disabilities are definite and sharply
defined. I can't give the whole list
here, but it includes: Amputation of
arm or leg, partial loss Of hand or
foot, tumor of the brain, complete
blindness or complete deafness,
severe deformities Of the skull,
severe asthma, idiocy or imbecility.
These are standout disabilities,
and they have to be obvious to the
medical adviser. If there is any
doubt. you've got to be checked thor
oughly by Army doctors.
What If your disability is such
that you can't yourself go down to
your local board for medical inter-
view? Any reputable physician"
can file an affidavit. So can any
authorized representative" of
State or Federal agency. They do
it lin your behalf.
AS soor, as the local board Git
makes the final decision, not the
physiciarD decides you have one Of
the obvious defects. you'll find your
self in 4-F. You'll keep that classifi-
cation as long as you keep the defect.
.. (From AP NewsfeatyeesJ
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Teen-Age Boy and Girl
Stricken With Polio

Two new polio victims have been
admitted to washington hospitals,
raising the total number of cases in
the Capital area this year to 204,
the District Health Department
reported TO-DAY.
OF the total, 108 of the patients
have been District residents. At
this date last year 10 District resi-
dents and 28 residents of nearby
Maryland and Virginia were listed
by health authorities.
The new cases are a 14-year-old
boy living in the TOO block OF Ken
meth avenue, Takoma Park, Md,
admitted to Gallinger Hospital yes
terday, and 15-year-old colored
girl from the 4600 block of Sheriff.
road NE, admitted to Children IS
Hospital Monday.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Vanderbilt TO Give Lecture
In Silver Spring Tomorrow

Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr, journa-
list and traveller, will speak on "Eu-
rope Today" at the opening of the
Town Hall lecture series sponsored
by the Silver Spring Rotary Club.
The program will be held at 8:l5
pm. tomorrow at the Silver Spring
Armory
Mr.. Vanderbilt has just returned
from a 10-week trailer trip through
Europe. 1t was his 124th trip to
Europe.
John r. Pagan is chairman of the
Town Hall Committee, which has
arranged for three other programs
during the winter. All will be for
the benefit of the Rotary Clubs
student loan fund.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

Suppose a registrant is completely
deaf but is classied la. Does he
have to travel all the way to a pre-
induction physical EXAM station
when it's almost certain that he will
be deferred?
The answer is-probably not
Here's why:
Local boards are doing the best
they can to screen out all registrants
who are obviously deferable for
physical reasons. Doing this, of
course, accomplishes two things: 1t
saves the Government the cost of
transporting registrants from their
homes to physical exam stations and
it saves the registrants lot of un-
necessary bother.
Most local boards ask the co-opera-
ton of a doctor in deciding whether
a registrant is physically. unfit to
such an extent that sending him
along to a physical exam station
would be wasted time. These doctors
don't get q cent. Like everybody
else in your local board Except one
clerk) they do their work for moth
ing.
They don't, Iofacially. give medical
exams. They give medical Inter
views"
Let's say that you are the deaf
registrant. Chances are your local
hoard will call Vol, in either after
or before you have been classified
lit doesn't matter for an interview
with the medical adviser. Why?
Because somebody on your local
board knows that you are totally
deaf. Or because it was obvious
when you registered. Or because
you request an interview.
You get a notice from your board,
anyway, to come in there on GER
tain day for your medical interview.
The medical adviser simply checks
Evening star., 1948-10-13

"All this was forest land several
weeks ago. said an official OF the
National institute of Health.
He pointed to a huge excavation
in the rolling Bethesda hills. where
about dozen bulldozers were chew
ing out chunks of earth to make
way for the foundations and lower
floors Of the long-aWaited Clinical
Center for research and treatment
of major diseases.
Construction crews moved in early
last month to begin the first stage
Of the $4O,O00,0o0 project. They
have nearly year to finish three
underground levels. Other phases
of the l3-story building will be
provided for in later contracts.
The first contract also calls for
preliminary grading of the grounds
and construction of roads near the
center, which is located on site
adjoining the Institutes of Health
across from the Naval Medical
Center.
July, 1851, Is Target Date.
An attractive bungalow, standing
on the edge Of the excavation, will
be moved to a safer location else
where on the grounds of the insti-
tutes. 1t was part of the estate Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, who
contributed the 90-acre site for use
by the Public Health Service.
DR.. Norman H. Topping, associate
director of the institutes. said July.
1851. has been set as the targe.
date for opening the doors of the
new center. 1t will provide 500
beds for patients, carefully selected
according TO their illnesses. The
specialized treatment needed by pa
tients will be as much considera-
ton as the research value they can
offer, DR.. Topping said.
About half the space in the vast
structure will be taken up by labora-
tories. The research will center on
cancer, heart and mental illnesses
the major causes of sickness and
death. Special sections also will
deal with such long-term illnesses
as arthritis, which are becoming
increasingly important to an aging
population" officials pointed out.
Atomic Energy Research.
One wing of the center will spe-
cialize on radioactive isotopes and
other developments of atomic energy
research. Plans call for installa-
ton, DR.. Topping said, of a small
cyclotron in the wing. Another new
development planned is to carry
television into operating rooms, to
replace the amphitheaters that are
common in most hospitals.
A separate building will house ex-
perimental animals used at the in
stitutes, and another will be con-
structed for research of the new
antibiotic drugs.
Dr. Topping said it's "too early"
to talk about recruiting the vast
number of personnel who will be
needed to carry out the ambitious
program at the new center But he
doesn't anticipate any great diff
culties
Consultant Program Is Considered.
For one thing, he said, a consultant
program probably will be set up to
draw the services of top medical
specialists at universities here, at
Johns Hopkins University in Balti-
more and at the University of Penn
sylvanla.
In addition to workers at the in
stitutes, he said. the Public Health
Service also has colonies" of ex-
perts scattered throughout the coun-
try on specific research projects,
some of whom probably will be
called to duty at the center. Addi-
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Americas Club to Meet

DR.. Alberto H. Vasquez Of the
State Departments Office of In
ternational Information and Gull
tural Affairs will speak on "Impres-
zion on Europeans by the Discovery
of the New World" at 8 pm. tomor-
row at meeting OF the Club de las
Americas in room 1881 at the Com
nerce Department.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Six Questioned
After Bandit
Kills Druggist.
Customer Witness
To Shooting; GunmoI
FIees Without Loot

Working with a good descrip-
tion of the slayer, police ques-
toned six suspects today in the
fatal shooting of Nathaniel
Johnson, 54, during a holdup last
night at his drugstore, 600 Third
street S.W.
In business for 80 years at the
same store, Mr.. johnson, colored
was the victim of a bullet fired by
nervous bandit shortly after 10
pm.
An account of the shooting was
furnished by customer, Mrs. Edna
Muse. $50 Third street S.W., who
was standing few feet away when
the gunman made his unprovoked
attack.
She said she had made a purchase
and Mr.. johnson was walking
toward the cash register when the
robber, colored man lettering in
the store, announced:
DOC johnson, this is a holdup."
Too shocked to recall the sequence
of events clearly, she said she
thought the druggist turned slightly
and seeing the gun, started to flee.
Saw Druggist Crumple.
She heard shot and saw Mr..
johnson stagser toward the pre-
scription room. where he crumpled
to the floor, Mrs. Muse continued.
The bullet, believed to be As cali
ber, passed through the mans back
and chest, police said
The slayer dashed out the front
door, making no effort 70 pick UP
any money, and brushed past 13-
year-old Bernard White, colored, of
the 300 block of E street NV. He
then ran south on Third street.
Within half an hour, police had
rounded up half a dozen men an
swering the general description of
the slayer. They were viewed by
Mrs. Muse at police headquarters
During the night and early today,
all available robbery and homicide
squad detectives. directed by Capt.
Robert v. Murray and 1t. jeremiah h
Flaherty, questioned upwards of so
persons.
Search Quickly Begun.
All cruisers and park police cars
took up emergency positions at key
points within minutes after the
alarm was given.
Police were told to look for a
dark-skinned man. feet 8 or 10
inches tall, weighing 140 to $50
pounds and wearing glasses.
He had thin features and was
wearing light gray felt hat with a
wide black band, a three-quarter-
length tan or olive green trench
coat with belt, large patch pockets,
and dark-colored trousers.
Judging by his reported skittish-
ness and the fact he operated in
front of witness, police decided the
slayer was an amateur bandit. His
reference to DOC johnson" indi-
Gated the robber knew his victim,
but police pointed out that Mr..
johnson was widely known, and the
robber might have lived in the
neighborhood years ago.
Bullet Recovered.
The fatal slug was recovered and
Is in good condition for identifica-
ton purposes, it was said.
A native of Roanoke, Va, Mr..
johnson was graduated from Howard
University. Throughout the South
west area he served as a druggist
and was known for his kindness and
interest in the community's welfare.
His home was at $50 Rhode Island
avenue NV. He attended St.
George Episcopal Church regularly.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Fannie Grasty Johnson; a son. lie
Count johnson, a District fireman,
and a daughter, Miss La Verne
Johnson, fourth grade teacher at
Smothers Elementary School,.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Ex-Germon U-Boot Sunk
In Chesapeake Tests
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. ia for
mer German submarine was sunk in
Chesapeake Bay September % in
tests to determine the lethal range
OF depth charges, a naval spekes-
man disclosed yesterday.
The submarine, the U-1105, was
sunk of Piney Point, Md.
The Navy now is testing new
equipment and techniques for rails
ing sunken submarine, using the
U-1105 as the guinea pig.
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