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Evening star., 1949-03-12
ernment had reported a frontie

eminent had reported frontier
clash between Israeli forces and
Trans-Jordan police in the region.
Deny Crossing Border.
In Tel Aviv, Israeli officials de-
MED that Jewish forces have
crossed the Trans-J Jordan frontier
or intend any threat to British
forces. About 1000 British troops
were sent to Aqaba last January
at Abdullah's request under Brit
ish- h-Trans-Jordan mutual defense
treaty.
The War Office refused informa-
ton on the size of the British
reinforcements or where they were
sent from.
A Foreign Office spokesman said
Israeli troops were reported on
the shore of the Cult of Aqaba,
across the Palestine e-Trans-Jordan
border from Aqaba. He refused to
give any further details of reports
to the Foreign Office.
The touchy situation at the head
of the Gulf of Aqaba arises from
the Israeli claim to the southern
sector of the Palestine Negeb
desert which would give Israel an
outlet to the Red Sea. Britain and
Trans-Jordan never have recog-
nized Israel's claim to the Red
Sea outlet.
Shore Allotted to Israel.
Informed observers in London
believed the Israeli outpost was
set up on the gulf shore before the
Israeli Trans Jordan cease-f1re
agreement to reinforce Israel's
claim to the area.
The smile stretch of Negeb
desert along the Gulf of Aqaba
was awarded to Israel under the
November, 1947, partition resolu-
ton passed by the United Nations
Assembly: The resolution never
has been enforced. however.
Israeli Foreign Minister MoShe
Sharet (Shertok) told neWsmen
yesterday in Tel Aviv that Israel
regarded the Red Sea outlet as
Jewish territory.
r. H. S. Crossman, a Labor M.
P. who returned recently from a
visit to Israel, has said Israel
plans to establish it's own port
there to aid the economic de-
velopment of the desert area and
Dead Sea mineral deposits.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Text Of Atlantic Pact
Expected 10 Be Made
Public Next Friday
Alliance Will Be Signed,
Probably by II Nations,
First Week in April
Ru Gnrnett D Homer

Anti Communist powers linking
their defenses in the North At
lantic security pact plan to make
the historic treaty public next
Friday and sign it here during the
first week in April.
This schedule was announced
after Secretary of State Acheson
and Ambassadors of the seven
other negotiating nations gave the
treaty text a final polishing late
yesterday.
The eight-nation lineup may be
increased to II by the time the
pact is signed. The Italian gov
ernment announced yesterday it's
intention to join the alliance.
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French Government
Faces Test tuesday
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Mar. 12.-Political foes
of Premier Henry Queuille made a
new effort today to topple his gov
ernment, but observers predicted
he would win.
The attack came as a De Gaull-
ist motion to censure the govern
ment after it had ducked a debate
on its policy in French Indo-
China. The General Assembly,
lower house of Parliament, voted,
439 to Is, early this morning to
bring the motion to debate on
Tuesday.
Parliamentary circles said Mr..
Queuille got into this situation
because he had maneuvered awk-
wardly to head off a debate on
the Indo-C Chinese issue, one of the
most controversial confronting
France.
They said more adroit handling
could have STAYED off the De
Gaullist motion, which the Com
munists promptly supported. Both
the forces of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle and the Communists want
to return to power in France.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
BY the Associated Press

LIVERPOOL, England, Mar. H..
Sir Robert Craigie, former Brit
ish Ambassador to Japan, looked
mournfully today at an American
automobile given his wife, and
decided that American presents
are sometimes heavy burdens.
The customs men charged him
f400 ($1 5000 and the collectors of
the purchase tax took their cut
$500 ($3,200).
Sir Robert and Lady Craigie re-
turned on the Cunard Liner Media
today from a three-month visit in
the United States. The car. a
sleek maroon Cadillac, was q gift
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Slain Woman's S Body Found
On j. :. Estate in London
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, March 12.-The body
of woman. her head battered
beyond recognition, was found at
dawn today on the grounds of
Winfield House. the million-dollar
London mansion built by Barbara
Hutton, the Woolworth heiress.
The woman, whose age was
estimated at 40 to so. has not
been identified.
Scotland Yard officers secured
the 15-acre grounds, searching
under trees and along a canal for
clues.
The mansion. now owned by
the United States Government, is
being fitted for use by American
authorities. 1t is called "a coun-
try estate in London Only
Buckingham Palace, in London,
has larger grounds,
Evening star., 1949-03-12
U.S.. Car Given to Wife Costs
Briton 81 ,8OOin ] ak at Home

from Lady Craigie's mother, widow
of Pleasant A. Stovall of Savan-
nah, Ga.
Sir Robert estimated the value
of the car, slightly used, at about
$1,000 ($4,000>.
An excise official on Liverpool's
rain swept docks explained that
the fact that the car is a gift
makes no difference-that pur-
chase tax and import duty amount
to 100 per cent.
II think the import duty is very
heavy and I shall take UP the mat
ter with customs headquarters in
London" said Sir Robert.
Never bring a car to England" !"
said Lady Craigte.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Hoover Group Urges
Regulatory Boards
Powers Be eCurtaiIed
Federal Power and Air
Sofety Rules Included
In Proposed Changes
By Francis P. Douglas

The Hoover Commission recon-
mended to Congress today various
steps to reduce delay and
inefhciency" in the Governments S
regulatory commissions and sug-
gested that some of them be
stripped of executive functions
The report. the 18th submitted
by the 12-man commission on
Government reform. specifically
proposed:
/. Power planning functions
of the Federal Power Commission
be transferred to the Interior
Department.
2. Issuance of rules for safe op-
Grafton of aircraft should be trans
ferred to the Commerce Depart
ment, with the right of appeal to
the Civil Aeronautics Board. The
commission said the investigation
of aircraft accidents should re-
main with the CAB.
3. Salaries of all commissioners
and board members should be
substantially raised" to attract
men "of the desired caliber.' The
board also recommended salary
increases for staff members of the
regulatory bodies for the same
reason.
4. Extension of bipartisan repre-
Sentation to all commissions.
5. The Budget Bureau, aided by
legal experts, study and suggest
means of improving the work of
the agencies and reducing their
cost.
Other Savings Indicated.
Nine agencies studied by the
Hoover Commission cost $57,333,
900 during the current fiscal year
and, it was reported, some re-
duction in this figure can be
made"
But the real savings can be
found elsewhere" the commission
added. Delay and inefficiency in
regulation involves large costs to
the regulated industries themselves
which must be passed on to the
public by one method or another
Expedition will mean vast savings
as we'll as better Justice
The commission said also that
subsidies, to the air lines and ship
ping industry for example, prob
(See HOOVER, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1949-03-12
100000 Fire Burns
Two Louisiana Oil Wells
Nv the Associoted Press

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. r.
Metal work of two oil wells
smashed by explosions is crum-
bling into the Gulf of Mexico to-
day as raging flames melt the
structures in a $1,000,000 blaze.
Flames from the we'll roar 100
feet above the salt waters.
One well is the Shell Oil Co. S
No. 2, a mile and a half from the
entrance of Pass a Loutre. east
ernmost mouth of the Mississippi
River. The other is an uncom-
pleted well alongside.
One man of the crew OF IL
aboard the rig suffered second
degree burns. His condition was
reported good"
ALI others of the crew escaped
in motorboats.
Paul Lewis, field foreman for
Shell. visited the scene after the
blast and said he believes intense
pressure of gas escaping from the
uncompleted well caused the ex-
ploSion.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Vatican Celebrates
10Th Anniversary Of
Pope S Coronation
PontificoI Mass Held in
Sistine Chapel; ENJOYS
Attend in Full Dress
By the Associofed Press

VATICAN CITY. Mar. 12.-The
Vatican today celebrated the 10th
anniversary of Pope Plus KITS
spiritual rule of the worlds Roman
Catholics with a colorful, solemn
mass in Rome's famous Sistine
Chapel.
Cardinals. prelates. priests and
members of the diplomatic corps
assigned to the Holy See attended
the pontifical mass marking the
anniversary of the Pope's corona
ton.
The Pope, dressed in a white
cape and wearing his triregnum-
a beehive shaped crown-was
carried reverently to the chapel
in his Sedia Gestatoria, or rulers
chair.
Throngs of faithful along the
route cheered him. shouting Viva
il Papa! Viva il Papa!"
The Pope impaired benediction
to all present at the end of the
mass along with a 30-year indul-
gence
Diplomats Attend.
Members of the diplomatic corps
wore full ceremonial dress and
decorations. Fourteen cardinals,
dressed in long red, ermine-
fringed capes were present.
Greetings came to the pontiff
lCan pOpE POGO AOl
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10 Unhurt as Truck Cuts
Front Off Baltimore Trolley
By the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, Mar. ia
motorman suffered only face cuts
and nine passengers escaped in
jury today when a trailer truck
sheared off the front end Of a
trolley.
Police said the escape of Motor
man Clarence Bedell. 81. with
only cuts from flying glass was
almost miraculous.
After the collision, the four
rear wheels of the truck were
resting on the floor of the street.
car. Flames shot into the air
from short circuits. soaring the
side of the truck driven by Robert
P. Rupard Of Statesville, N. c.
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considered rather rare but not
dangerous, DR.. Learmonth per-
sonally informed Queen Elizabeth
that her husbands condition was
satisfactory.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip. who had remained over
night in the palace to be near the
ailing King. left at noon.
A room of Buckingham Palace
had been converted into a surgery
for the operation. 1t was the
same room in which King Georges
first grandson, Prince Charles,
was born last fall.
A bulletin issued by the physi-
clans said:
"An operation of lumbar SYM
(See KING Page A-2)
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Two Buses, Four Autos
Pile Up; ID Injured
By the Associated Press

AUBURN, Calf. Mar. 1.-TWO
Greyhound buses and four auto
mobiles piled up when a woman
driver stopped to adjust her wind
shield wiper in a mountain bliz-
zard yesterday.
Six persons were taken to hos
pitals and eight others suffered
lesser injuries.
The buses were en- route to San
Francisco from Salt Lake City.
The accident occurred on high
way 40 near Colfax. It blocked
the Transcontinental route for
more than two hours.
Evening star., 1949-03-12

Denmark is investigating the con-
ditions of membership. Portugal
and Iceland also may come in.
Designed to discourage any
Russian move toward war by
making clear a joint determina-
ton to oppose aggression from
any quarter. the security pact has
been under negotiation since last
July by the United States, Can
ada, Great Britain, France, Bel
GUM, the Netherlands and Lux
embourg. Norway joined the
team last week.
Foreign Ministers to Come Here.
The signing ceremony here next
month is expected to bring to
Washington the foreign ministers
of most of the governments in
volved.
"As many of the foreign min
listers that can will attend the
signing" Belgian Ambassador
0C0ptinued on Page Az. Col. g.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Mcclellan Loses Second
Son After ReburYing First
By the Associofed Press

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Mar.
Ex-senator Mcclellan, Democrat,
of Arkansas was called here today
by the death of son after attend
ing re-burial service for another
son who died while serving in the
Army.
John L. Mcclellan. jr.. %. died
at the Veterans Hospital today. A
second-year law student at the
University of Arkansas. he was in
jured in an automobile accident
Wednesday night.
Senator Mcclellan was en- route
here after attending funeral serv-
ices at Sheridan, Ark. for Pvt.
Max E. Mcclellan. who died in
North Africa in 1943.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Ex-Detective Escapes
New York City Hall in
Wiretapping Inquiry
Former Treasury Agent
Held; Device Found on
Tommony Chiefs Phone
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. ia former
New York detective under inves-
tigation in a reported plot to tap
wires of municipal officials escaped
early today by jumping from a
City Hall window. Hours later, he
was still at large.
City Hall sources said they be-
lieved the escaped man. former
city detective, might have fled to
New Jersey to seek. the aid of a
leader in an anti-O'Dwyer GOOD
Government" campaign.
Mayor William O'Dwyer an
nounced at 1870 am. that the
former detective. Kenneth Ryan
had admitted he was hired by an
attorney to get confidential in
formation on city officials.
Ryan was a wiretapping expert
in the 20 years he worked for the
Police Department. He retired
SIX mOnCnS ago.
At 7 am, Ryan asked permis-
sion to 60 to a restroom in Mayor
O'Dwyer's City Hall suite. Al
lowed to do so. he jumped from a
window to nearby steps in the rear
of the building and vanished.
At 7:30 am, according to City
Hall sources. he was seen enter
ing a taxicab which took him
across the George Washington
Bridge to New Jersey.
Still in custody at City Hall was
Edward Jones, time Treasury
Department agent. The Mayor
said he also was involved in the
wiretapping plot.
New York police asked New Jer-
sey authorities to watch the coun-
try home in Allamuchy, N. j., of
Clendenin j. Ryan, former secre-
tary of the late Mayor Fiorello H.
La Guardia. Clendenin Ryan is
head of the National Foundation
for Good Government and a bitter
political foe of Mayor ODwyer.
1T is believed that CKenneth)
Ryan headed for the home of
Clendenin Ryan to seek financial
aid" City Hall spokesman said.
At his sprawling Panther Ledge
farm in Allamuchy. Clendenin
Ryan said, Il don't know him
Kenneth Ryan and he's not
here" he refused further comment.
Clendenin Ryan. a grandson of
Thomas Fortune Ryan, the finan-
cier. announced Thursday he was
establishing the Good Government
Foundation and underwriting it
for $5O0,000.
The organization will expose
corruption in public office every
where" he declared. 1T will go
anywhere. in Louisiana, Georgia,
and other States"
Clendenin Ryan also has
launched a determined drive to
oust Mayor O'Dwyer in this falls
election.
On Wednesday he went to City
Hall with a series of questions for
the Mayor. One of them asked
whether Frank Costello, gambling
figure. is really "the boss of New
York City"
Mayor O'Dwyer did not COM
ment on the questions except to
say another crackpot."
Yesterday Clendenin Ryan went
Evening star., 1949-03-12
King Could Obtain
His Operation Free,
But Probably Won't
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 12.-King
George, who called in nine
of Britain's best doctors for
his operation today, could get
the surgery free under the
nations socialized medicine
program if he wanted to.
But Buckingham Palace Of
ficials weren't saying whether
the King has chosen to come
under the free medicine"
plan.
Best opinion in unofficial
circles familiar with the royal
household was that it was
highly unlikely"
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Italian Reds Project
Intensive Drive to
Beat Atlantic Pact
By the Associoted Press

ROME, Mar. 12.-Palmiro
Togliatti said today his 2,000,-
000-man Communist Party
will wage an intensive cam
paign in Parliament and the
country against Italy'S entry
into an Atlantic Pact.
= I'VE will do everything the
law permits" he told report
ers. He said the campaign
will denounce the govern
ment's policy and try to hold
the government back from
the road it has taken and
which leads toward war"
Evening star., 1949-03-12
B-36Comp|etes
NonstopF|ight
0f9,600Mi|es
10000 Pound Load Of
Bombs Carried More
Than Half of Way
By the Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Mar. Il.
"A B-36 bomber with two of its
six engines dead, landed at Cars
well Air Base at 7:57 am. (CST)
today after a record nonstop. nom
refueling 9.60O-mile fight over the
United States.
1t was the longest nonstop flight
ever made by a B-36.
The sensational fight exceeded
by 687 miles similar simulated
bomb-run flight from Fort Worth
to Honolulu and return made last
December 6-7. ending on Pearl
Harbor Day.
The great silver ship climbed
into the air at 1920 pm. (CST
Thursday and flew 43 hours and
81 minutes. carrying a 10000
pound bomb load 5000 miles. The
bombs were jettisoned in the Gulf.
of Mexico at lis pm. yesterdays
CarsWell Air Base said it carried
fuel for two more hours of flying
when it landed.
Went to Key West.
Leaving Fort Worth the bomber
few northward over Minneapolis.
then westward to circle Great
Falls, Mont. Then it looped south
eastward across the Nation in a
great diagonal course to Key
West, Fla
After jettisoning its bombs. the
bomber roared northWestWard.
passing over Denver at 7:12 o'clock
last night.
Great Falls, Mont. was sighted
for the second time at 1876 last
night and the plane made turn
at Spokane, Wash, at l1:58 pm,
heading homeward.
The bomber bucked into ter
rife headwinds at 1856 am. today
over Casper. Wyo.
On March 2, CarsWell Field
sent a smaller B-50 bomber on
nonstop trip around the world.
Refueling four times in the air,
the Lucky Lady II girdled the
globe in "a hourse and l minute
and few more than $4,000 miles.
Two on First Trip.
Two men who made the Pearl
Harbor Day distance flight were
on the ecord-breaking trip which
ended today.
They were Maj. John D. Bart
lett, project officer for B-36 train
ing for the 7th Bombardment
Wing of the 9th Air Force. who
directed the flight and 1t. William
Grabowski, Bergenfield, N, j.,
flight engineer.
The Super Bomber. with Capt.
Roy r. Showalter of Mobile, Ala,
as pilot and plane commander and
1t. Clarence E. Horton, San An
tonic as co-pilot. carried a crew of
II men instead OF. the usual B-36
crew of IS.
Members of Crew.
Other crewmen were Capt. Earl
N. Yaden, London, KY. bonn
bardier- -radar man; Maj.
Joseph A. Brown. Gillespie. Ill,
aboard in the same capacity and
responsible for dropping the bomb
load; M/Sergt. John L. Corley,
Fort Worth, and M Sergt. Carl w.
Arey, Susquehanna, Pa. flight en-
gineers; T/Sergt. j. P. Fleming,
Westland, Wyo., radio man, and
S/Sergt. Clarence E. PaWkett, San
Antonio; P. C. Cothran, jr., Tam
pa, Fla, and Albert L. Claggett,
Fort Worth, gunners.
Tired and unshaven after the
fight, the men had worked eight
hour shifts while those off duty
slept in the aft compartment on
stretcher- type hunks the B-36
carries.
Because of engine trouble and
because weather was closing in at
Fort Worth, Maj. Bartlett directed
the plane to land.
The engines failed today.
Without engine trouble and the
headwinds encountered, Maj.
Bartlett was confident the plane
could have exceeded 10000 miles.
Only squadron personnel, wives
of several crewmen and a few
fr;nndc r,era ON hand to welcome
Evening star., 1949-03-12
Gustuf Reaches Riviera

NICE, France, Mar. IL R.-
King Gustaf V of Sweden arrived
here today for a vacation. 1t was
the 90-year old monarch's 41st
visit to the French Riviera.
Evening star., 1949-03-12
6-Inch Snow in West Virginia

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Mar.
II. P.-Snow ranging from l to
6 inches in depth. with tempera-
lures in the low 20's was reported
in most of West Virginia today.
Evening star., 1949-03-12

(See WIRETAPPING, Page A-2D
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Continued on Page Az, Co
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(See POPE, Page A-2.)
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(See KING, Page A-2D
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Continued on Page AS, Col. 2
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CONTINUED on Page AS, Col. s.,
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Sunny and rather windy this afternoon;
high about "A. Clear and cold tonight; low
about %. Tomorrow fair and milder in
afternoon. Full report on Page A-2)
Evening star., 1949-03-12

(See FILIBUSTER, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1949-03-12

(See HOOVER, Page A-3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
More Drug Stores
To Assist in Diabetes
Detection Campaign

The names of five additional
drugstores which will take part in
the District Diabetes Associations
free urinalysis campaign in an
effort to discover unknown cases
of diabetes were announced yes
terday.
The program is in line with the
national observance of Diabetes
Detection Week, sponsored by the
American Diabetes Association.
Names of 10 drugStores which
will pick up urine samples were
announced late last week and the
total grew to % with additional
volunteers yesterday. They are:
Georgetown Pharmacy, 1874
Wisconsin avenue NV: Van SAINT
Pharmacy, 1910 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV: Kenesaw Pharmacy,
Mt. Pleasant and Irving streets
NV; Corwin's Drugstore. 170l
Eye street NV, and the Naylor
Pharmacy, 3039 Naylor road Sc.
The campaign has the full CO.
operation of the District Pharma-
ceutical Association. President
Samuel w. Stewart said yesterday.
Under the program, the associa-
ton will pick up samples Of urine
left at the drug store collection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Elaborate Ceremony
Set for Cornerstone
Rites at u. n. Oct. "a
b. the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 15.-The
United Nations completed today
an elaborate program for the died.
ication by President Truman on
U. N. Day-OctobeES 24-of the
organizations permanent head
quarters in Manhattan.
Mr.. Truman heads a list of dis
tinguished speakers at the cere-
mony. Others to make addresses
are Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo,
chief Philippine Delegate and
president of the U. N. Assembly,
American Chief Delegate Warren
r. Austin, New York Mayor Will
liam ODwyer. Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York, and John D.
Rockefeller, jr.. the donor of the
headquarters site.
Truman Speaks at 1890.
After the President speaks at
1890 pm. Secretary General Try
eve Lie, accompanied by Wallace
K. Harrison. U. N. chief architect,
will 60 from the rostrum erected
on the headquarters site to the
point where the cornerstone is to
be placed. He will deposit in the
stone a copy Of the original U. N.
Charter and specially done copy
OF the universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
Mr.. Lie will make a brief speech
from the cornerstone site. The
59-nation General Assembly will
meet in full and formal session in
seats arranged on the street bor-
dering the site just before the
speeches. After Mr.. Lie completes
his address. the plenary meeting
will adjourn.
The ceremony in New York will
top a day of United Nations cere-
monies around the world. United
Nations Day marks the date that
the United Nations Charter be-
came effective in 1945.
High Rostrum to Be Erected.
The scene is planned this way:
There will be the high rostrum
used by the Assembly, with Gen.
Romulo, Mr.. Lie and Mr.. Lies ex-
ecutive assistant, Andrew w. Cor
dier, sitting above the dais for
speakers.
On the dais with President Tru-
man and the other speakers, i'm
mediately below the three officers
of the Assembly, will be the seven
vice presidents of the United Ma
lions Assembly. They are the
chief delegates Of the United
States, who are Mr.. Austin unless
Secretary of State Acheson decides
to come here for the session, and
the top delegates of France, China,
Britain, the Soviet Union. Brazil
and Pakistan.
Foreign Minister Andrei Y. vi
shinsky is the chief Soviet dele
gate.
Rites Begin at Noon.
The emony will begin
promptly at noon. Between II am.
and noon the combined bands of
the New York Police. Fire and
Sanitation Departments will play.
Seats are being arranged for
10000 persons, including delegates
and their guests. officials and
guests of New York City. officials
of the United Nations and men,
bers of the United Nations Secre-
tariat.
If the weather is bad, the whole
eremony-minus the cornerstone
will take place in the Assembly
hall at Flushing Meadows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

centers and will make tests for the
presence of sugar in the urine
first sign Of diabetes.
Persons with positive findings
of sugar will be notified as soon
as possible. If the tests are mega
tive. no notice will be sent.
DR.. Samuel Benjamin, president
Of the associations clinical sec
ton, said residents should collect
urine samples in a clean 2-ounce
bottle about two hours after eat
ing breakfast rich in starches.
Then the bottle. with name and
address attached. should be left
at one of the drug stores by 10 IN.