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Evening star., 1950-08-31
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through the
cooperation of the District OF
Columbia and Montgomery County
Recreation Departments and the
Film Center of Washington.
Washington, $3.50 pm.
Stoddert, Thirty-ninth and CAL
vert streets NV.
Keene, Church street and Riggs
road NE.
Powell, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV.
Sherwood, Tenth and G streets
NE.
Garfield, Second and F streets
Sc.
Fort Greble, Nichols avenue
and Chesapeake street S.W.
Cook, North Capitol and P
streets NV.
Rose Park, Twenty-seventh and
o streets NV.
Langston, 2210 Fl street NE.
Douglass Dwellings, 1000 Ala
bama avenue Sc.
Montgomery County, $3.50 Pm.
Jesup Blair, Blair road and
Georgia avenue.
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Parade of Coffins to Remind
Motorists to Drive Cars Safely

A big parade featuring AZ cof-
fms will move through downtown
Washington tomorrow morning as
a reminder to motorists to drive
safely over the Labor Day week
end.
The coffins will represent the
~ persons killed in traffic acci-
dents in the District so far this
year.
The parade is sponsored by the
Commissioners Traffic Advisory
Board. It will start at 11:45 am.
at Fourth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
The parade route, from the
starting point, is as follows: West
on Pennsylvania avenue to Sew
enth street, north on Seventh
street to F street, west on F street
to Fourteenth street, north on
Fourteenth street to I street, west
on I street to Sixteenth street,
souh on Sixteenth street to II
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Loudoun Teachers Visit
Education Offices Here

A group Of 113 school teachers
from Loudoun County, Va, yes
terday visited the headquarters of
the National Education Associa-
ton, 1901 Sixteenth street NV,
to learn its operation first hand
Ian Ross. assistant director of
business of NEA welcomed the
group, which has been attending
a weeks workshop at Leesburg,
Va. Accompanying them was Rob-
ert Myers, president of the
county's Education Association
who is also principal of Aldie
High School.
Miss Adelaide Dale, in charge
of the workshop, who is supervisor
of county elementary schools, also
was with the group.
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such as penicillin and chloro-
|mycetin.
We've also learned many things
about blood transfusions since
World War H." said Gen. STREET
Nov it's not unusual to give six,
eight. 10 or even IL pints of blood
for shock treatment or hemor-
rhage." =,
Then there's the relatively new
technique of pumping blood di-
rectly into an artery instead of q
vein. This makes the whole pro-
cess much faster. Brig. Gen. Sam
Seeley Of Walter Reed was one
of the pioneers in this technique
Hastens Recovery.
All these things, but particu-
larly the fast evacuation. point to
speedler. more complete recovery
for the battle wounded.
'The hospitals over there are
good" Gen. STREET. conceded, but
it's just impossible for them to
have all the facilities we have
here. Walter Reed just doesn't
lack anything"
Some of the patients. wounded
during World War II. have been
hospitalized for six years or more.
The first casualties from Korea
arrived July 26, and a few al
ready have been discharged.
Looking forward to two or three
more months In the hospital is
Pfc. Raymond Griffin. 20. of
Washington. Pa. He went into
'front.' line action with the 25th
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at a premium in the hectic war
years.
WAVES were quartered in some
of the temporary buildings in
West Potomac Park and Coast
Guard personnel were housed in
some of those on The Mall. These
buildings have been converted into
office space, since the demand for
accommodations for Government
workers is still high. GSA officials
said they have been unable to tear
down any "tempos" recently, be-
cause Of this great demand.
Leon Chatelain, jr., architect
and former president of the
Washington Board of Trade, last
September urged that we'll con-
ceived plan for a new Federal
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DR.. Seckinger's S New Title
Effective Tomorrow

The title of DR.. Daniel L. Seek
niger, District Health Officer, will
be changed officially tomorrow to
Director of Public Health"
The change in title is provided
under a law passed by Congress
August /, directing that the new
designation take effect Septem-
Der /.
The law also states that the
assistant health officer of the
District be known as the Assistant
Director of Public Health. The
later position is held now under
an interim appointment by DIR
Arthur E. Cliff.
The change makes the title OF
the District Health Department
heads the same as those held by
heads of State health departments
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Red Korean bullets goes some
thing like this: from the front to
Pusan by ambulance or train,
thence to Japan either by ship or
plane. Wounded sometimes arrive
in Tokyo the day they are hit.
They are hospitalized overnight in
Tokyo, then are flown to Honolulu,
where there's another overnight
layover. Then it's to San Francis
CO, for another nights stop.
The last hop is from San Fran
cinsco to Westover Field, Mass,
and this is usually by huge C-97s
or C-74s. which can carry up to
100 litter cases with ease. From
Westover, patients are flown to
Boiling Air Force Base here and
transferred to Walter Reed by
bus.
They come in looking fresh, not
tired at ALL" said one Medical
Center spokesman. II remember
during the last war, when saw a
load Of wounded come in from
North Africa. They had been
sent over by ship. All looked
haggard and worn, like you'd ex-
pect battle casualties to look.
II can't get over how different
it is this thine"
Gen. STREET recalled that Just
the other day he passed a young
GI strolling on the hospital
grounds. bandaged on wrist and
chest. He had been machine
gunned 10 days ago. and here he
was, feeling fine"
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Division in Korea on July IL.
Near Yongdong. on July Is, an
enemy rifle bullet shattered his
left leg.
Seventeen days later, and a
month to the day from the time
he entered the fighting, he was
in Walter Reed. being rugged into
the ponderous Balkan frame
which holds a traction splint in
place.
A few wards away, Pfc. Toivo
]. Kujanpaa. 40, Of Gardner,
Mass. is recovering from SINH
lar leg injury. Pfc. Kujanpaa can
walk with braces now, but for a
long time he was confined to a
wheel chair. He's been a patient
since January. 1945.
Since Walter Reed IS the only
Army general hospital this side
of the Mississippi, that means it
must handle cases from all over
the East. In general. the Surgeon
Generals Office tries to see that
men go to the hospital nearest
their homes.
Not all the wounded in Korea
are evacuated in a few days, how
ever. Many lay over at hospitals
along the way, in Tokyo. Guam,
Honolulu or San Francisco, before
being flown here. Many casualties
with minor flesh wounds are not
even flown home, but are treated
IN Japan or elsewhere In the Pa
cif1c Theater.
The route taken by a victim of
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Commissioners
Urged TO Form
Citizens Group
Unit Would Advise
City Heads, Cangres:
On D. c. Matters

The Commissioners today were
asked to establish a Citizens Ad-
visory Council for the District.
to consult with the city heads
and Congress on matters OF con-
Germ to District residents.
The proposal was presented to
the Commissioners by Herbert P.
Leeman. president of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations, on
behalf of the federation.
The federation's proposal was
that the council should be kept
informed on needs of the District
and requests made of the Com
missioners by units of the District
government and the public for
budget expenditures.
Other Functions.
1t also would:
Keep informed on recommended
tions affecting tax rates, sources
of revenue, all proposals as to the
proportionate share of the Dis
trict tax burden which the Federal
Government should meet annual
ly, and all other matters pertinent
to the budget and taxes of the
District.
Consult with and submit advice
and recommendations to the Com
missioners from time to time be-
fore their final annual recon-
mendations on budget and tax
matters are made to Congress.
Make proposals to the COM
missioners on all matters of in
terest to District residents, in
Guiding proposals for legislation,
municipal ordinances and regula-
tions.
Send members, when authorized
by the council, to appear before
committees of Congress on mat
ters affecting the District.
II Members Urged.
The council would be composed
OF II members, actually living in
the District, whose terms would
be for two years except for the
chairman.
The president of the fedora
tion would be the chairman who
is elected annually. Five members
would be selected by the fedora
ton, and the remaining five
would be named by the Com
missioners. The president of the
federation is elected annually.
The commissioners took the
proposal under consideration.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Six D. c. Photographers
Are at Korean Front

Six Washington news camera
men are in the thick Of the Ko-
rean war, according to the White
House News Photographer, newly
renamed publication of the White
House News Photographers Asso-
citation. 1t was formerly called
the Press.
They are the 23-year old Jones
twins, Charlie and Gene; Stanley
Tetick, George Gaylin, Max Des-
for and Henry Walker. Charles
CORY, Associated Press Photog-
rapher who was in Korea at the
start, has returned to New York.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

Capitol, were torn down. The
unsightly Federal dormitories fac
ing Union Station Plaza were
razed. So there was some progress
in the fight.
Last September, two temporary
buildings at third street
and Constitution avenue NV.
were torn down by the Navy to
make parking space. They were
part of the old Naval Hospital
establishment.
World War II found some World
War I temporary buildings still
standing. The Army, Navy. State
Department, Housing Administra-
ton and other sections of the
Federal Government occupied
temporary structures, with space
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Korean War.Wounded Get Worlds Best Treatment

Almost every day. a little shut
tie bus or ambulance pulls up to
the gates of Walter Reed Army
Hospital and discharges a load of
new patients.
Some walk quite easily. some
hobble, and some are litter cases.
All are here for treatment at one
of the finest. most up-to-date
hospitals in the country.
Since July 26, there's a new cat
egory of patients-the ones flown
from the battefields of Korea. AL
ready about ITO of them are re-
covering at Walter Reed. :.
These wounded get treatment
no different from a soldier who
might have broken a leg in an
automobile accident or lose a hand
in a washing machine. All get
the best.
The Korean-wounded are not
pampered in any way. Scattered
throughout the wards with the
other patients. they eat the same
meals, listen to the same radio
programs over their pillow loud
speakers, see the same visiting
celebrities and entertainment
groups. Some Of the wards iden-
tify them with strip of blue on
their progress cards. That's all.
THE only difference is" OBJ
served one official, "is that the
ones from Korea get interviewed"
For the most part. they're
younger than their counterparts
from another war five or six OF
seven years ago. The battlefields
are closer in their memory this
time. too.
Wounded Arrive Faster.
According to Mai. Gen. Paul H
Streit. commanding general of the
Army Medical Center, of which
Walter Reed Is a part. many SOL
diers are comfortably bedded down
at the hospital as early as four or
five days after they are wounded
in Korea. During World War II
casualties from the Pacific Thea
ter usually took about a month to
six weeks to arrive at Walter
Reed.
The reason: Fast. efficient air
evacuation in huge cargo planes
which can carry as many as 10o
litter cases at once.
In general, the whole picture for
the Korean wounded is many times
brighter than for soldiers in the
last war.
Overall treatment" observed
Gen. Streit. 'is very, very much
better than the best In World
War H."
Besides the newly perfected sys-
tenn Of fast air evacuation, the
Medical Center chief cites several
other advances. One Of the best
known is greatly improved tech
niques in using the anti-biotics,
Evening star., 1950-08-31
District Pilot Killed
As JET Plane Crashes
In Maryland Field

1t. Michael E. Alkire, %. Dis
trict Air National Guard pilot, was
killed when his F-S4 jet plane
crashed and burned during a
thunderstorm near Emmitsburg,
Md, last night.
The jet plane exploded with a
roar which could be heard for
several miles, the Associated Press
reported.
The wreckage of the craft was
scattered over a wide area of the
Frederick County cornfield of Roy
Sanders, 3 miles east of Emmits-
burg, on the Taneytown road. A
deep depression in the field indi-
Gated the plane hit the ground
with terrific force before explod-
ing, Maryland State police said.
IT saw a red flash about $50
pm. and about three seconds later
there was a loud BOOM" DR.. w.
R. Cadle of Emmitsburg told
police. He was accompanied to
the scene by Trooper Kenneth
Bond.
Plane Circles Area.
! The plane apparently circled
the Emmitsburg area during the
thunderstorm, residents of the
area said.
The scene of the crash was
only few miles from the Penn
sylvania State line, the foothill.
of the Blue Ridge mountains.
1t. Alkire lived with his mother
Mrs. Ruth E. Mckee, at 1901 N
street NV. His father, Col. Darl
H. Alkire, is deputy for materie
with the Far East Air Force ir
Tokyo. The young flyer was borr
in Honolulu and was graduated
from Wilson High School here In
1945. He survived a jet plane crash
at Olmstead Air Force Base in
Pennsylvania last June.
A public information officer at
Andrews Air Force Base here said
the F-84 which crashed was one
of two which took off from An
drews at 7:12 pm. for a routine
night fight, as part of the annual
exercises of the District Air Ma
tional Guard.
Ships Lose Contact.
The Inflated plane few through
clouds at about 5000 feet and
apparently lost contact with the
other ship. The pilot of the lat
ter plane, looking over his shoul-
der, noticed 1t. Alkire's plane was
missing, and then was unable to
contact it by radio. Both ships
were said to be flying on instru-
mentS.
Y When the second F-84 reached
clearing sky, the pilot looked down
and saw the first F-84 burning
on the ground.
! Both Thunderjets were with the
121st White House" Fighter
Squadron, composed of District
area men and commanded by 1t.
Col. Willard w. Millikan, of 3346
Martha Custis drive, Alexandria.
The public information officer
said the crash occurred at 1857
pm.
The plane was first reported
down by another plane flying near
Greenbelt. Md, whose pilot said
the jet had crashed in Greenbelt.
The Prince Georges County fire
board sent several ambulances
into the town. and a search began
for the plane.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Civic Groups Oppose
Liquor Permit PIeu

The Capitol View Civic Associa-
ton and the George H. Richard
son School Parent Teachers As
sociation in a joint meeting last
night opposed issuance of a liquo,
license in the $500 block of East
Capitol street.
Meeting in the auditorium OF
the school, Fifty-third and Blaine
streets NE, the groups also ap-
proved measures to stop vandal-
ism at the school.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Third War Threat May Erase Tempos of Earlier Conflicts

The threat Of a third world war,
ironically enough, may rid Wash
ington at last Of temporary build
ings left over from two previous
conflicts.
A 30-year fight for removal Of
the hot, unsightly and, f1imsy
structures appears to hinge today
on whether the "tempos" would
be an added hazard to the Capital
in event of a bombing attack.
President Truman's new build
ing dispersal program, If approved
by Congress, will eliminate the
worst of the structures. Since the
end of World War I, Government
officials, civic interests, The Star
and other groups have campaigned
to clear the city of the left overs.
The buildings occupy needed
park land, deprive the people OF
recreational facilities in a fast
growing community, contribute to
the danger of general fires, and
are considered a blemish to areas
planned for scenic beauty.
Buildings Are Uncomfortable.
The temporary buildings are
uncomfortable in the high sum-
mer temperatures for the Govern
ment workers unfortunate enough
to have to work in them. They
are considered to be a fire hazard
and because Of their wooden con-
struction are deemed by officials
to be extra dangerous in a bomb
ing situation.
General Services Administration
for the last five years has had a
fixed policy of getting rid Of the
"tempos," as soon as possible. But
the rub was, there was nowhere
else to put the Government.work-
ers occupying these structures.
"If the new dispersal program
is achieved to its full extent, it
will be possible to tear down the
temporary buildings" John L.
Nagle, deputy commissioner for
real estate management of GSA,
said today.
He made it clear there has been
no time fixed for tearing down
these buildings nor has the order
in which they would be demol-
ished been ascertained.
Largest of the temporary
buildings are the Navy and NUM-
tions Buildings, running from
Seventeenth to Twentieth streets
along Constitution avenue. They
were erected in World War I, as
were other buildings of a less sub
stantial nature. The Navy and
Munitions buildings. of reinforced
concrete, are practically perma-
nent.
Mr.. Nagle said they are very
large, in first rate structural con-
dition and accommodate a great
number of workers.
Accordingly, Mr.. Nagle said
the Navy and Munitions buildings
would be among the last to go in
any demolition program.
But there are other temporary
buildings, of comparatively flimsy
construction, scattered through
out the city. They were erected
in the 1917-19 war period.
World War II brought its own
crop OF temporary buildings. They
were erected from 194l to 1945.
Another memento of World War
I is found in Tempo 2, at New
York avenue and Nineteenth
street NV, west of the Interior
Department.
Years after World War I, some
of the temporary buildings in The
Mall, one with large smokestacks
obscuring q proper view Of the
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building program be erected along
East Capitol street. He advocated
destruction of the temporary
buildings.
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming
former Federal Works Admins
traitor, now Undersecretary of
Commerce for Transportation, in
April Of last year urged dispersal
of Government employees out of
Washington as one means of tear
ing down the temporary buildings.
AS far back as February, 1943,
with the war still on, the Fine
Arts Commission saw the need for
tearing down the war-built tenn
porary structures, as soon as the
war was over. It is still the COM
missions announced policy.
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District 10 Allow
Milk Imports
For 6ODays
Provision Extended
To Let More Duiries
Meet Regulations
By Horriet Giffiths

tended for two more months the
eight-year-old emergency pro.
vision permitting importation o.
outside milk into the District.
Purpose of the extension, they
said, is to permit larger number
of dairies to comply with new Dis
trlct regulations on the production
and distribution Of milk adopted
last month.
The regulations were designed
to enlarge the supply of locally
produced milk.
Longer Extension Urged.
Health Officer Daniel L. Seek
niger, who earlier this week had
recommended 30-day extension,
today asked that the importation
provision be continued so days.
It was to have expired today.
The Commissioners said in
their order that the number OF
diaries which have passed inSpec-
ton for the independent pro-
ducer is Exceedingly small"
Re-infposition of the ban on
milk not inspected by the District
Health Department is expected to
cut off some $4,000 gallons a day
now coming in from outside
sources.
This milk has. been furnished
by some of the 200 independent
producers in this area, and not
by members of the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
ton.
Extension Granted July 1.
On July l the Commissioners
had extended the time for impor-
tation from go days, and DR..
Seckinger was instructed to add
as many dairy farms to this milk:
shed as could be inspected and
approved.
He said that 235 farms on the
eastern shore of Maryland, in the
neighborhood of Cumberland, Md.
and, in Myersdale, Pa, had been
inspected at least once, but that
only 19 permits had been issued
A number of other farms withdrew
their applications after failure tc
comply with District regulations.
The 10 approved farms, DR.
Seeking ger said, would increase the
milk shed supply by approximately
760 gallons of milk day.
$4,000 Gallons Produced.
He said the com bined "emer-
gency" and local milk production
is 10000 gallons daily, of which
1880 gallons is designated as
emergency" milk over which the
local Health Department has no
inspectional jurisdiction.
The latter figure was furnished
by officials of Embassy and Wake
field dairies, both independents,
DR.. Seckinger said.
The present $4,000 gallons
coming into the Washington mar
ket provide a surplus of 21,000
gallons.
DR.. Seckinger said this surplus
would be reduced to 5000 gallons
when the $4,000 gallons of out
side milk are cut off. This is con-
sidered too low a figure, as the
Health Department believes the
surplus should be at least 10 pei
cent.
$50 Dairy Farms Needed.
The health officer estimated
tA approximately $50 approved
a. farms, in addition to the 19
already approved, would supply
sufficient extra milk.
DIR. Seckinger said many dairies
have not been able to comply
with the new regulations because
of structural deficiencies, condi-
ton of equipment and certain
dairy practices.
Among the various provisions
of the new regulations was one
permitting use of chemicals for
sterilizating equipment as we'll as
the previously required steam
method. This will permit a large
number of dairies to ship to the
Washington market. Steam, how
ever. still receives a preference on
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Television

400. WNBW-Today With Mrs
Roosevelt; Paul Hoffman, Economic
Co = operation Administrator, and
Senator Harry P. Cain of Washing
Evening star., 1950-04-02


700, WNBW-Leave 1t to the
Girls: Macdonald Carey is the male
guest.
1880, WOIC-This Is Show Busi-
ness: Rise Stevens, Richard Tucker
and Aida Alvarez appear.
500, WNBW - Supper Club:
Marsha Hunt visits Perry Como.
500, WOIC-Toast of the Town:
Songstress Rose Murphy and French
Singer Georges Guetary are among
Ed Sullivan's guests.
900, WNBW - Television Play
house: Gloris Leachman and Leora
Dana co-star in Frank SWinnerton's
"Nocturne.
1000, WOIC - Celebrity Time:
Joan McCracken, Lenore Lonergan.
Phil Silvers and Joey Faye are guest
panelistS.
1000, WNBW - Garroway at
Large: Dancing Star Avon Long
Is guest.