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Evening star., 1949-06-05
Fishbein Successors in Training;
Status of ANA Editor Uncertain
Denies Resignation
Now as Doctors Open
Atlantic City Meeting
by George Beveridee
Sier StoH Correspondent

ATLANTIC CITY, June 4.-The
future status of DR.. Morris Fish
bein, one Of the most powerful
and the most controversial-fig-
ures Of American medicine. was
an open question tonight as the
American Medical Association pre-
pared to open the largest gather
ing Of physicians in medical
history.
The vanguard OF an expected
1900 doctors began pouring into
this convention city today from
all over the world to attend the
AMA's 98th annual meeting. The
five day sessions will open Official
ly Monday.
DR.. Fishbein started newsmen
specializing over possible retire
ment plans today when he an
nounced that other officials are
being trained in his important
editorial duties with the organiza-
ton.
Best known as editor Of the
ANA Journal. DR.. Fishbein holds
posts in "a medical organizations,
some of them international.
Synonymous With Leadership.
While the ANA stresses 1t has
no single official spokesman"
DR.. Fishbein long has been syn
orymous in the public mind with
ANA leadership, and some men,
bers have been disturbed at the
Interpretation placed on his public
statements. The question may be
brought up. it was learned. when
the ANA house Of delegates be-
gins session Monday.
At press luncheon, the 60
ar-old editor said the rumor is
af1oat that he intended to retire
Immediately. He indicated this
is not the case and that he would
''be around for another five years
at least" However, after SO years
of ANA service. he said. he feels
1t is desirable to plan the carry
ing on of some of my functions,
particularly due to the tremendous
growth Of the medical group.
In training for posts he now
holds. DR.. Fishbein said. are:
DR.. Austin Smith. secretary OF
the ANA Council on Pharmacy
and Chemistry. for editor Of the
journal; DR.. Richard H. Plunkett,
an assistant editor Of the Journal.
for editor of nine medical speciality
magazine, and DR.. w. w. Bauer,
secretary of the Council on Health
Education, for editor of Hygeia,
the AMA's health magazine for
lay readers.
VIII Supervise instruction.
DR.. Fishbein said he planned to
train these people during the
period of development" and that
the would be restricted to his Chi
cago Office during the next few
months to supervise the instruc-
ton,
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Aerobais Badly Hurt
But Rest in Hospital
ey tAs AsasS A1ssa pssss

BALTIMORE. June 4. -- Twc
French circus performers were re.
ported resting well In Johns Hop
kins Hospital today where the,
were being treated for ~riou,
injuries suffered In q 4s-foot fal
from q uapess,
Rene and Madeline Rousseau
a man an dwtfe team billed Al
The Geraldos." tumbled from
their perch In the center rins oi
the Ringing Brothers. Barnum
and Bailey circus before some
10000 spectators last night.
Rene suffered q fracture OF the
spinal column and a multiple
fracture OF the left ankle. a riedi
cal report said. His wife suffered
serious injury 10 her back,
The RousseAus were appearing
in the United States for the frs,
time.
Madeline said audience noises
threw her OF her timing while
they were performing an intri-
cate exercise on the same trpese
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Body Of Slain Girl, 9,
Found in Cedar Chest;
Police Hold Veteran
By the Assosicisd Press

WORCESTER, Mass. June A.
The body Of Anne Marie Magnu-
son, 8, was found tonight in q
cedar chest in q neighbor's attic
Police held for questioning q
veteran who has been under phy-
chiatric treatment for two years
DR.. John C. Ward. medical ex-
aminer, said there is evidence oi
attempted rape at least" He
said he would perform an autopsy
later tonight.
The youngsters body was clad
only in a shirtwaist and one
shoe when found stuffed in the
box In the attic of Mr.. and Mrs
Edward F. McCann. The other
shoe was on the floor nearby but
her other clothes were not found
Exact Cause Of Death Unknown
DR.. Ward said the only mark on
the blonde, blue-eyed girls body
was a bruise on the right elbow
He added the exact cause of death
would not be determined until the
autopsy was completed.
Police Capt. Andrew r. O'Brien
identified the man being ques-
toned as John c. McCann, %. an
adopted son of the McCanns. A
veteran Of four years army serv-
ice, 80 months Of it in Europe as
q combat infantryman. he was
picked up in a local theater an
hour and a half after the chflo
was found.
Mrs. McCann discov cred the
body, hidden under a blanket ir
the chest, during a search of the
neighborhood when the child
failed to return home for supper
Police said the girl W IS last seer
walking with the young McCann
Baby Sitting i'm Afternoon.
She had been baby-sitting al
her home during the afternoon
with a 14-month-old state ward
boarded by the McCanns.
Investigators said the man had
walked with her from the Mag
nuson to the McCann home. The
houses are only two blocks apart
The McCann amily was out
shopping for the afternoon anc
the Magnuson child took the baby
to her own home to watch her
The body Of the child, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Magnuson
was jammed tightly into the
chest and the cover was. closed.
Evening star., 1949-06-05

Convention committees already
are at work on vital health reso-
lutions. setting the pace for stands
by the house Of delegates on legis-
latiye proposals involving health
insurance, aid to medical educa-
ton and other major issues be-
fore Congress. Some members are
hopeful the ANA will decide to
draw up a strong approach tc
the problem of high medical and
hospital costs. Strongly opposing
President Truman'S compulsory
health insurance plan. the asso-
ciatton has not indorsed outright
any alternative legislative pro-
grams.
The group also is expected tc
vote again on the Blue Shield
proposal Of DR.. Paul r. Hawley to
indorse Nation wide contracts tc
be offered industry for coverage oi
their workers under existing
voluntary prepayment medical
care plans, controlled principally
by doctors. Plans for similar
national set-up involving hospitals
moved under way independently
when the ANA failed to indorse
the medical care proposal last
winter at a st. Louis meeting.
800 Papers to be Presented.
More than 800 scientific papers
will be presented during the flve-
day meeting, covering every phase
of health and medical practice
and scientific exhibits illustrating
many advances in medicine are
being set up.
Full-color television Of surgical
and diagnostic procedures. shown
on a large scale basis for the first
time, will be another pioneering
step for doctors during the week
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, OF
Arkansas, and Glen Whitaker,
public relations executive in charge
of the AMA's national educational
fund which Is financed through
the much-publicized $25 assess
ments on doctors, will speak at O
preconvention session tomorrow
night.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Swiss Doctor Reveals
New Chest Treatment
Against tuberculosis
., g Scott csr..seaasa. 81 n. s.s.

ATLANTIC CITY. June a.
revolutionary new technique Il
attack tuberculosis bacteria In luni
cavities by gradually opening q
channel through the chest val
was explained TO doctors attend.
ing q meeting Of the American
College OF Chest Physicians today
The college meeting Is one o1
several held in connection with
the American Medical ASsocia.
tons 98th annual convention,
which opens Monday.
DR.. Gustav Maurer OF Davos
Switzerland. said the new tech.
nique was developed in order II
gain direct access to tubercult
bacilli within lung cavities. The
cavities. closed of to germ-killtns
drugs introduced intramuScularly
contains thousands Of tubercu'
losis-causing bacteria which con-
tinue to decide the patients fate
and dominate the communica-
bility OF tuberculosis. DR.. Maurer
said.
Seaweed Put i'm Body.
The channel is made gradu-
ally by inserting stems Of lami-
naria-a type of seaweed-directly
through the chest wall and into
the cavity. The seaweed. which
contracts In size when dry, is
swelled by body fluids. literally
pushing aside body tissues to form
the pathway.
When the channel is about
three-quarters of an inch In di-
ameter. he said. gauge. soaked
with a solution Of antibacterial
drug can be pushed through the
body and into the cavity. Within
an average Of II days. DR.. Maurel
said. cavities have been found
free of the disease causing germs
Since March, l948. the tech
nique has been used on 80 patients
who were considered otherwise
hopeless" the physician said
while all are alive. he stressed that
there is no means OF knowing
how many would have survived
without the treatment.
Patients Help Themselves.
The cavities are treated usually
by surgery. which often involves
the removal of ribs. or by col.
lapsing the entire portion of one
lung. the doctors. said. The new
technique is not yet in use in thi!
country. they said.
Patients are able to insert tht
drug soaked gauze through thu
channels themselves, DR.. Maurel
said. The gauze Is used to retair
the drug. which otherwise woult
leave the lung cavities through
bronchial passageways.
The channels made by the wee6
insertions gradually disappear q.
the chest wall comes together. he
said. leaving only pin-point scar
Evening star., 1949-06-05

hampefed u the
emciency rating
system were tn
cluded In II.
Consequently.
the sabeonmif-
tee Is expected
70 urge the fun
committee to
consider q sep
arate bill 10
c n q n sc he
present rating
system. II Is
pro blematical.
n o " q v e r
whether ~pa-
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Chicks Go Crozy

Suffering from q new disease,
chicken madness. chicks three TO
five weeks old In some parts OF
England shiver and run In circles
with outstretched wings, then coll
lapse. London reports. DR.. w. p.
Blount, poultry expert. says the
sickness may be caused by vitamin
q deficiency. affecting growth OF
nerve tissue.
Evening star., 1949-06-05

rate efficiency rating legislation
could be enacted this late In the
session
At first. the subcommittee head
ed by Senator Lons. Democrat,
OF Louisiana. seriously considered
including efficiency rating system
changes In the Reconsideration
measure. This was prompted by
the fact that the Government .
efficiency rating system was set
up In the Classification Act OF
1928. which the subcommittee nov
plans 70 overhaul.
The subcommittee tentative
decision not TO include efficiency
rating changes in the reclassifiea-
tion measure had been advised by
Government personnel offieials
and union leaders. who declared
In closed sessions with the group
that 1t would confuse and divert
attention from the pay bills.
However. the group Is being
asked to write a provision In the
pay measure allowing non-veteran
employees TO appeal their efIlei-
ency ratings all the way to the
Civil Service Commissions Board
of Appeals and Review. At pres
ent. only veterans have this right.
The commission says II will
soon send Congress its recon-
mendations for overhaulins the
present rating system.
ECONOMY-It's also doubtful
whether the subcommittee's pay
bill will contain provisions for a
reduction in personnel to Offset
the cost OF increased salaries.
At first. the group toyed with
the idea. but the feeling now Is
that 1t would be impractical. The
question Of personnel reductions
should be dealt with by the two
appropriations committees in
Congress. rather than the Civil
Service group. 1t Is felt.
However, some general state
ment Of policy calling on Federal
agencies to do what they can to
reduce personnel wherever pos
sible might be included In the
measure.
AMOUNTS-Tne subcommittee
meets again tomorrow In cxeeu-
tive session and hopes to repor,
It's bin to the full committee by
the end Of the week. As reported
here previously. the administra-
tion's proposed average raiss of
$50 probably win be Increased in
subcommittee by $3.50. However.
1t isn't likely that Congress will
be inclined to so along with this
addition.
Top leadrs In Congress say the
only kind Of pay bill with any
chance Of enactment this year is
the administrations reclassiflca-
ton measure with average $50 In
creases. And even this kind OF a
bill may be ifampered by the time
element which faces all legislatio
pending in Congress from now un-
til adjournment.
NAvY-The Navy Department
has ended its restrictions against
the distribution Of union literature
on Navy premises. Many Navy
ofices have allowed empioye
unions to use bulletin boards and
other facilities for posting and
distributing union literature, but
other Navy bureaus forbade such
activities.
The action followed . long fight
by the three Washington area
vice presidents Of the AL Ameri-
can Federation Of Government
Employees TO get the ban lifted.
They are Floyd p. Swigert,. tr.,
Trail Price. tr.. and Charles r.
Sharkey.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Ken War
ner. q National Security Resources
Board ofYicial. viii address 4 visit
ing group OF German personnel
a -
Evening star., 1949-06-05
500 March in n. Y,
Protesting failing
OF Three Reds in Trial
o. ne Asss<sssss pseas

SA @SS@S WV k<@ @S1AAS AAAaa SA%SA
outside the Federal House Of De,
ton today In protest against ths
falling Of three Of IL top Amer
/ can Communists on trial for con.
spiraey.
; The wives Of six of the accused
Communist leaders. including twC
OF those refnanded 20 jail. pa.
raded In the demonstration. Chill.
dren Of two Of the IL defendants
carried placards reading. Our
fathers fought FasciSm: fres
them now
The three. John Gates. Harry
Winston and Gus Hall. we're ord
cred imprisoned yesterday afte.
their hectic. 20-week trial explod-
ed into q new outburst Of disord
er and confusion In the Federal
courtroom here. They, along with
the other defendants. are charged
with conspiracy to advocate the
violent overthrow OF the Govern
ment. Gates, editor OF the Daily
Worker. was jailed for contempt
Of court and Winston and Hall
for denouncing his sentence.
Gratified by Protests.
Meanwhile. through one OF the
battery Of defense attorneys de-
Tending than at the trial. they
issued q statement saying they
were tremendously gratiiedF
over sharp protests from some
quarters against their detention.
The attorney. Harry Sacher
visited the imprisoned men today.
After releasing their statement. he
condemned the refusal Of prison
authorities to permit IAN adequate
conference" with his clients. He
said he had to talk to them
through "ap aperture which made
real consultation impossible"
The jailed Communists said
they had noted with special salts
faction" comment by Henry Wal
lace In which the Progressive
Party leader termed their deten-
ton shocking" and q threat TO
American political liberties.
| Their statement added: Amer
leans recognize that the purpose
of this jailing is to deprive the
defense of the opportunity to pre-
sent its case and to railroad the
defendants to jail"
Refused to Identify Group.
| The immediate cause OF the
trio's confinement was the refusal
Of Gates to answer q question re-
garding identities Of members of
a Communist national veterans
committee. The committee helped
him prepare q postwar party pam
phlet for veterans.
Gates refused on the ground that
they were employed in private in
dustry and that II he divulged
their names they would lose their
jobs.
Federal Judge Harold r. Medina.
who has had frequent brushes
with the defense attorneys and the
defendants. held Gates guilty Of
contempt. He ordered him jailed
for 80 days. or until he agrees to
answer the question.
Hall and Winston were ordered
jailed for the rest Of the trial when
they leaped to their feet and bit
terly denounced the judges ac-
tion. The three. along with their
lco-defendants. had been free In
IS. 900 bail each.
Later. defense counsel made two
vain efforts to get other federal
judges to grant new bail for the
jailed men. 1t Is expected that the
action will be renewed before q full
three Judge session Of the Circuit
Court of Appeals Monday.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
The FederoI Spotlight
The FederoI Spotlight
Changes in Efficiency Roting
Removed From Poy Bill Draft
Nv Joseph fe2ae

The Senate cv Service ssocormsee Feoera
has tentatively decided eveaaasag
Governments eesenrT rating
ncAtcn
group eeseve s.eency rAnx ayx.r ou.saosez
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Sure Cure for Seusickness

A sure cure for seasickness, Sir
James Bisset, former commander
OF both the Queen Mary and Queen
Elizabeth. told Australians at Mel
bourne. is to drink a cup Of sea
water.
Evening star., 1949-06-05

methods NJ Warner has hAe
wscs pe1sos2sssl sxyegsacs lu Gsas
Government a. Chairman Murray
Of TIRE Hosase C5ssl Service Cae.a
rslitee 10 reccreTtax frusn rs re.
cent aaness ard expects 10 be bach
on The leA this week VeynSx,
Williams has Joined tne eastlsar
STAT Of the Army Me1acai Censrg
An cossStAoa ey SenAtci
Schoeppei Republican. O: Kansas
blocked passage thr other aas or
The Senate consent calendar O.
the bail TO aathos1ar the psoses.
SaonAl personnel Of The NAiscaAi
Advisory Committee fog Aeronaa
tics 10 attend accredited gracaa ts
schools for further research aae
study William Roele DAanEGAsa
O! the PUBLIC Roads AcmInsSsrA
ton. who has served the lASs thFwe
years as administrative difevtos
OF the Presidents Highway Safety
Conference. has been awarded thr
Federal Works AeeneyAs pastla.
guished Service Award. TAe pre-
sentation was made IN recognition
Of Mr., Dsinman's outstanding
record Of achievement as admin
istratise director.
BE sgye 10 tsxsea ta fodag @!
fl:Is ana, opeT WMAL, The
Star stastoa, for Joseph Yeaass
Federal Spotlight hsoadecsf.
teGfarIac additional aeas aHa
ptesns OF the Gonevamrms
scene
Evening star., 1949-06-05

and should be abolished o. TaGl-
caiiy cverhaused. the members feel
that consideration o. the paw re
classification measure would be
Evening star., 1949-06-05

Monthly precipitation In inches I'm
Capttai tcurrent month % date1:
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19
Suspect Is Held
In Theft Series
OUer Weekend
Continued from nrst page1

Five Milford establishments were
broken into sometime between mid
night Saturday and a. m. Sunday
In each place an unsuccessful
effort was made to open safe.
Each place was ransacked but, so
far as has been determined, the en-
tire loot of the thief or thieves
consists of SIS, two suits and a
fashlight.
In the earlier robberies, pre-
sumably solved by the arrest of
Herbert Lee Napier, 3S, and Will
liam Paul Napier, 33, both former
ly of Pittsburg, KY, four safes were
cracked and total of approximate
ly $4,000 was stolen. These thefts
occurred in Georgetown, Dagsboro
and Nassau.
The places visited last Saturday
all within a couple of blocks OF
each other-were: The 1. d. Short
Company office on Causey Avenue
Wollter's Dry Cleaning establish.
men on Southwest Front Street
Milford Tractor Company, Scott
Motor Company, owned by Vina
Bennett, and the Charles Null
holland Service Station, all OF
Church Street.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wright re-
turned home Monday after spend
ing the past week in Buchannon,
w. Va, with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Rehyemer
Of Stewardstown, Pa, spent Friday
and Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Miller. Mr.. Miller and son
Linwood accompanied them to
Phila., and attended the Yankees
and Athletics Baseball game on
Sunday,
Mr.. Albert Merritt of Whining
ton spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Cordrey, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Garrett
and children left Sunday to cpend
week in Rehoboth Beach.
Mr.. Roger Vickers of DagsborC
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Franklyr
Eskridge.
Mrs. Marian Cubbage is visitins
in Wyoming, Del. with her brother
Mr.. Harry Clark.
| Capt. Harry Williams left Mon.
/ day for N. Y, after spending the
past few weeks here with his wife
/ Rev. and Mrs. M. T. Romans ar,
visiting in Coatsville, Pa, with re
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. c. D. Burton O
Phila., Pa, were weekend guest
of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. job,
T. Phillips.
Mrs. Rosa Taylor and son of Sea
ford were dinner guests Sunday o
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Milburne.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19
India Has Prohibition
Troubles

MADRAS, Indian Prohibi-
ton offences are increasing in Mad
ras India's most completely dry
province. In July, there were 5,5S1
offences in all rs districts of the
province Nearly half of these were
cases of illicit distilling of spirits.
The French-Indian settlements adj
joining the Madras province are
convenient bases for liquor
smuggling, government reports
said. Bottles of liquor are being
brought into Indian territory con-
cealed in tea chests.
The government banned public
apathy for the increase in prohibit
tion offences. It said that when
prohibition police raided a "sus-
picious'' village in Kurnool dis
trict, they were received with a
barrage of stones. Even the viii
lage prohibition committee failed to
cooperate in the detection of Of
fences.
A member of the provincial leg
islature, the Yuyaraja of Pith a.
puram, has given notice of resolu-
ton advising the government .tC
drop prohibition in the province
which, he says is unsuccessful, anC
results in the loss of a third Of
the provincial revenue.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19
Czechs Thank Stain
For Plant

PRAGUE = (F} - A hammer
and sickle toting beauty queen was
elected during the ''Radostne Dny
Stalinovcu Joyous Days of the
Stalinites)" held at the Big Stain
synthetic petroleum. plant in north
western Bohemia.
The Joyous Days of the Stall
mites" were held on the fourth an
niveRsary of the handing over of
the Stain plant to the Czechs by
the Red army. The plant was built
by the Germans during the occupa-
tion of Czechoslovakia. Therefore,
technically, it constituted Russian
war booty.
However, it was given to the
Czechs as a gift by special order
of Stain. Henceforth, every year
the Communist-controlled Czech
government holds a thank you
festival. However, the Czechs are
having a hard time putting the
plant on paying basis. The Ger
mans built it to produce synthetic
gasoline at any price. After the
war, equipment for the production
of subsidiary petroleum products
had to be installed at great cost.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19
All Members To
Attend Camp Barnes
tcontlnued from arEt -,

case of an emergency. A qualified
life guard will be on duty at all
times, and will also give swimming
lessons.
Glasses in music, nature, first
aid, arts and crafts, good grooming,
metal work, camp cookery, etc..
will be taught during the morning.
The afternoon program will con-
sist of games, swimming, group
meetings and other activities of in
terest to young people. Each day
will be concluded by short wor-
ship service, followed by a camp
fire program at night.
The cost of the camp will be $10
for each member for the entire six
day period. Campers must furnish
their own transportation to and
from Camp Barnes. Parents and
friends are welcomed to visit the
camp at all times.
Local volunteer leaders of Della
ware All Clubs have been invited
to a weekend of camping at Camp
Barnes, near Roxana, announces
MISS Jean Lee, state 4-H Cluh
specialist. August q and % have
been set aside for the pleasure oi
the adult leaders, who will arrive
at 10 a. m. Saturday and stay until
the following evening.
A program of swimming anC
other sports, handicraft, square
dancing and music will be Offered
for the leaders. Miss Lee believes
that the camp session will also give
the men and women a good oppor
tunity to hold informal discussion!
on All work and compare All ex
periences with other leaders.
Each All Club has one or more
volunteer leaders-rural men ant
women who are interested in tn
welfare of young people. They hell
club members with their projects
attend club meetings and ar
available when "a members need
encouragement and advice. Loca
leaders work closely with count
All Club agents and extensio
. specialists of the University
Delaware.