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Evening star., 1950-11-10

Doctors Brian Blades and Will
liam B. Ford reported the devel-
opment in the current issue of
Surgery, Gynecology and OBJ
stetrics, official journal of the
American College of Surgeons. DR.
Blades is professor of surgery at
George Washington University
DR.. Ford, formerly at George
Washington, is now a staff sur
geon at Glenn Dale Sanitorium.
Doctors use the device mainly
for chest surgery, but DR.. Blades
said it appears useful for abdomi-
nal operations also.
Severe pain often follows chest
surgery and the two doctors said
this often accounts for failure
to obtain permission to perform
necessary and sometimes lifesav-
ing operations.
Inserted After Survery.
The device, perfected during
the last IL months. works like
this: The tubes are inserted when
the chest cavity is still open after
surgery. Three, or sometimes
more, tubes are secured to the
ribs with silk or catgut. One
open end of each tube is secured
at the point where chest nerves
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Trade Boord to Greet
New Congress Members

Repeating its procedure in the
two previous elections, the Wash
ington Board of Trade has tele-
graphed congratulations to newly
elected legislators of the S2d Con-
gress, and have made plans to
greet the new congressman when
they arrive in Washington.
On the evening Of January 4 an
invitational, black-tie Welcome
to Washington" dinner will be
given at the Hotel Statler. The
annual affair will be attended by
top businessmen, governmental
leaders and others.
On the same day, wives Of the
new Congressman will be guests
at tea at the Carlton Hotel. Mrs.
Thornton w. Owen, wife of the
trade boards president, will be
hostess. She will be assisted by
wives of the boards officers and
directors.
The board will have a special
man to assist Congressman and
their staff in locating housing
facilities, and personal visits will
be made to the new members after
their arrival here.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
GNU Doctors Develop Method
ToControI Pain in Surgery

leave the spine. At the other
end of each tube is a metal nozzle
where novocaine is injected. When
the chest cavity is closed after
the operation, the tubes are left
under the skin, with the nozzles
and a few inches of, tube pro-
truding from the side of the chest.
The nozzles are held together by
a cork. A syringe is attached to
the nozzles and novocaine pumped
in when necessary.
The tubes put the killing
drugs just where they're needed,
DR.. Blades said. This permits the
use of novocaine and reduces the
amount of morphine a patient re-
quires for pain relief. Large doses
of morphine. he stated, often cause
undesirable reactions.
The tubes are left in from three
to nine days and two cubic cent?
meters of novocaine are injected
in the tubes at two to four-hour
intervals. The tubes are simply
pulled out when need for them has
passed.
Valuable for Troops.
DR.. Blades said the apparatus
would be valuable for treating
severely wounded soldiers, es-
pecially when they are being
transported. The patient is not
moved or disturbed when injec-
tions are given. an advantage over
injections through the skin by
needle.
Doctors at George Washington
have used the device on more than
100 patients, all successfully. Dr.
Blades said.
A study showed that use of
novocaine with the apparatus re-
duced the amount of morphine
used by more than a third. Nor
Iphine sometimes makes a person
unable to cough. Dr. Blades ex-
planned, and the ability to cough
is important after major chest
surgery.
For stomach surgery, small
holes are punched along the length
of the tubes to give a spray effect
necessary to deaden these nerves.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Conducted Week End Hikes
In Parks Here Announced

Weekend hikes in Fort Du-
pont Park and Upper Rock Creek
Park for those who wish to see
the autumn leaves at their best
were announced today by Supt.
Edward j. Kelly of National Capt.
tai Parks.
Naturalist c. Kenny Dale will
conduct the Fort Dupont hike
from to 5 pm. tomorrow over
winding trail of several miles.
He will meet the party at Randle
Circle, Minnesota and Massachu-
sets avenues Sc. The hike also
will end at this point.
Naturalist Robert S. Shepard
will lead a party from 2 to pm
Sunday>through upper Rock Greek
Park. The group will assemble at
Sixteenth and Geranium streets
NV. and will return there. Both
guides suggest sturdy shoes, since
the trails are rough.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Arlington Man S|ugged
And Robbed Of S18 by Trio

An Arlington man was slugged
over the head and robbed of $18
last night as he took a short cut
across a vacant lot, en- route home
from work.
The victim, John G. Spencer,
of the 1900 block of South Twenty
eighth street. was taken to Arling-
ton Hospital for treatment of head
cuts and other possible head in
juries.
Police said Mr.. Spencer was
walking through a lot at Arling-
ton Ridge and Glebe roads when
three men set upon him from be-
hind. He yelled for help. Two
women passersby heard him and
had a nearby gasoline station at
tendant summon police.
The police said they had only
a meager description of the at
tackers.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

McMurtrie Rickert. He attended
Princeton University and was
graduated from there cum laude
with B. A. and M. A. degrees in
the Glass of 1928.
Travelled in India.
He next travelled in India with
DR.. Frank N. D. Buchanan
founder of the Moral Re-Arma-
ment Program. in which Mr..
Rickert had been an active leader
through the years. He later
taught in Peiping, China, before
he came here as a teacher at
Jefferson Junior High in 1880.
For the last four summers Mr..
Rickert had spent part of his va
cation as a faculty member for
the MIRA theological training CEN
ter on Mackinac Island, Mich.
He was one of the sponsors Of the
Rifle Club at Western.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Bradley Rickert, and
four children, Jonathan Bradley,
Philip Van Dusen, Stephen Nc
Murtrie and Elizabeth Ann Rick
ert, all of the home address. He
also leaves a brother, Thomas H.
Rickert of Essex Falls, N. j., and
a sister, Mrs. Charles Scoville
Wishard of Pottsville, formerly of
Washington.
Funeral services will be held in
the Washington Cathedral at a
time to be announced later. Burial
will be in PottSville.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Total Employment Gained
10 Pei. Here in September

Total employment in Washing
ton rose 1.6 per cent in Septem-
ber from August, the District of =
flee of the United States Employ
ment Service reports.
The agency noted that Govern
ment employment during the same
period increased / per cent and
added:
"The impact of defense activi-
ties caused by the Korean develop
ments is beginning to be felt in
the local labor market
1t said Army, Navy and Com
merce Departments show the larg-
est increases and that most in
demand are typists, stenographers,
engineers, translators and tabulat-
ing machine operators.
Workers in the. service group
showed l per cent increase also,
the USES said.
Between July and September
job openings increased about a
third over the same quarter a
year ago. Total new applications
for work in the three months were
about equal to last year, although
the number of women applicants
increased 10 per cent, the report
said. ,-...s.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Sawyer Terms Reports
He II Quit EXAGGERATED

Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
today dismissed with quotation
persistent reports that he would
resign from the Cabinet.
He told news conference that
such rumors, as Mark Twain said
about reports of his death, were
greatly exaggerated"
Mr.. Sawyer's possible resigna-
ton had been mentioned in spe-
culation on reshuff1ing of Presi-
dent Humans Cabinet in the
wake of Republican upsurge in
Tuesdays congressional election
Asked for comment on the elec-
ton results, Mr.. Sawyer said:
Its an off YEAR"
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Florida judge S Resignation
Accepted by President

President Truman today ac-
cepted the resignation of Federal
Judge M. Neil Andrews of the
Northern District of Florida,
whose nomination was rejected by
the Senate last August.
Judge Andrews had been serv-
ing under a recess appointment.
The President sought unsucceSs-
fully for nearly a year to have
him approved over opposition of
Senator Russell, Democrat, OF
Georgia.
The Senate finally ruled out the
nomination along with those OF
three other appointees - Judge
Carroll o. Switzer of Iowa. Martin
A. Hutchinson of Virginia to the
Federal Trade Commission, and
Frank Hook of Michigan to the
Motor Carrier Commission. The
other three also were given re-
cess appointments.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Man Sentenced
To4-12Yearsiin
.Embezz|enlent
Richardson, Clerk for
Mochinist Union, Had
Misused Large Sums

Richard G.. Richardson, 27, to-
day was sentenced by District
Court Judge David A. Pine to serve
from to IL years for embezzling
funds from the International As
sociation of Machinists while
working as bookkeeper at union
headquarters, Ninth street and
Mount Vernon place NV.
Richardson's sentence was on
pleas to counts which accused him
Of embezzling only $4,000.
Judge Pine, however, said the
court had been told Richardson
had spent over 5000, 900 in period
Of about two and a half years.
Defense counsel, in turn, informed
the court that after conferences
with Richardson, he had been able
to account for only a little over
100000.
Judge Pine a week ago had post
poned sentencing Richardson un-
til today in order to get further
check on huge sums the defendant
had admitted spending on living
expenses.
Richardson had been indicted
last month on counts which &C
cused him of embezzling a total
OF $4,000. His guilty plea, in
turn, was to counts which covered
only the $4,000.
Judge Pine, in imposing SEN
tence, said he had given "long
and serious consideration" to the
case. and expressed the hope that
Richardson eventually may be-
come rehabilitated. He added that
Richardson had come from a good
family and had had more than
usual advantages.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

Music by five well-knoWn COM
posers will make up the program of
the first Neighborhood Concert by
the National Symphony Orchestra
this season.
The concert will be presented
next Monday night, at Eastern
High School under auspices of The
Evening Star. It also will be
over The Star Stations,
WMAL and WMAL-FM.
Opening selection to be led by
Conductor Howard Mitchell will
be the overture to the opera
"Fidelio" by Beethoven.
Then the orchestra will play
the "Siegfried- -Idyll" by Wagner, a
march from Symphonic Meta
on Themes by Weber, I"
by Hindemith; the popular Blue
Danube Waltz" by Strauss, and
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Evening star., 1950-11-10
Nancy Rheem Dies;
Granddaughter Of
Late Harry Wardman

. Nancy Rheem. socially prom
inent here. died last night at
George Washington University
Hospital after an illness of two
years.
The granddaughter of the late
Harry Wardman,> developer of
Washington properties, she was
the divorced wife of John Alden
Talbot. jr., also a socialite here
and in Palm Beach.
Miss Rheem, who was % at her
death. charged in the divorce pro-
ceedings that her husband caused
her great mental anguish" be-
cause he had become infatuated
with Screen Actress Lana Turner.
She and Mr.. Talbot were married
April 26, 1947 in the Washington
Cathedral.
Native of District.
Her mother is Mrs. Alice w.
Millholland. wife of Col. George
H. Millholland. U. S. A., retired.
She made her home with them
at 2715 Cortland place NV.
A native of the District, Miss
Rheem was graduated from Hol-
ton-ArmS School and attended
Vassar College.
Mrs. Talbot was granted a
divorce at West Palm Beach in
July, 1948. The court restored
her maiden name and approved
a financial settlement.
Travelled Widely.
Miss Rheem was a member Of
the Army Navy Country Club. She
travelled widely and on her most
recent trip to Europe consulted
internationally known doctors in
an effort to regain her health.
Her father, Edmund D. Rheem,
lives in Los Angeles. He was a
partner in the defunct mortgage
investment firm of Swartzell.
Rheem and Hensey.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Tuesday in the Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Van Dusen Rckert, 48, Dies;
Popular Teacher at Western
Outstanding Scholar
Spoke 6 Languages;
Honored by '4o Class

One Of Western High Schools
most admired teachers and friend
to thousands of pupils there, died
here last night.
Van Dusen Rickert, linguistic
and sociology teacher at Western,
died Unexpectedly of heart at
tack at his home, 3414 Newark
street NV. He was 48.
Mr.. Rickert, a teacher in the
District public schools for 20 years,
also had taught at Jefferson
Junior High and Roosevelt High
Schools.
Outstanding Scholar.
The high school teacher was cne
of the most outstanding scholars
on the faculty of the District high
schools" Western Principal Ma
thaniel A. Danowsky said tooay.
He could speak half a dozen Ian
guages fluently. among them Chi
nese, he added.
Western feels a great sense of
personal loss. not only as friend
but as a fine teacher and born
leader Of young people" Mr..
Danowsky said.
In addition to his teaching, Mr.
Rickert had been chairman of
the Board of Admissions at West
arn since 1947. In this position
he interviewed all incoming pu-
pills from other schools.
Honored In 1949.
The students there honored
him in their 1949 Year Book with
this inscription:
"As he had dedicated his
years here to teaching and guild
ing us. so we, the Senior Glass,
dedicate our 1949 Westerner to
Mr. Rickert. His congeniality,
sense of humor and keen interest
in people have helped to make
our years at Western both profit
able and enjoyable"
Mr.. Rickert was on the staff at
Roosevelt when he first went to
Western in 1945 as acting as
sistant principal for nine months.
He returned to Roosevelt in No
vember, 1945 and taught there
until his permanent transfer to
Western in February. 1947.
Born in Pottsville, Pa, he was
the son of Van Dusen and Almira
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Couple Gets $4,000
For Loss Of Man 'sEye
In Fight With Employer

A blind laborer and his wife late
yesterday were given a split award
of 100000 damages against the
husbands former employees who
had put out his eye in a fight.
This decree by a District Court
jury marks the first time wife
actually has been granted dam
ages for loss of her husbands
marital companionship and serv-
ices since the United States Ap-
peals Court here last May ruled it
wifely right.
At the same time. the award of
$4,000 to the husband and
$25, 200 to the wife total one of
the largest in recent years here.
Judge F. Dickinson Let's received
the verdict.
Both Sued Contractor.
1t benefits Chauncey Harris, 46,
colored. and his wife, Clarice, Al,
both of 4458 B street Sc, who
brought their assault and battery
suit against Benjamin H. Piper
So, colored, a contractor, of 1875:
New Jersey avenue NV.
Attorneys Louis Ginberg ane
Jacob Permut produced evidenc.
showing that Mr.. Piper and Mr.
Harris got into an argument two
years ago over Mr.. HarriS's re.
fusal to continue working for the
contractor. The lawyers con-
tended Mr.. Piper first hit Mr.
Harris on the head with a shovel
and then threw a brick at him,
gouging the laborer's left eye.
Mr. Harris. for some time, had
had virtually no sight in his right
eye. AS a result of the loss of
his other eye. he became totally
blind. Mr.. Ginberg argued. Since
his injury. Mr.. Harris and his
family. including four minor chill
dren. have been on public assist
ance, it was pointed out.
Defense Contention.
Defense counsel countered that,
although there had been a dispute
between the two men, Mr.. Harris
injured his left eye when he fell
against the handle of a shovel
sticking in a Sandpile.
Although they were kept from
the jury. criminal records of the
court showed that Mr.. Piper, in
October, 1949, was sentenced to
serve from / to years for COM
mitting mayhem and assault on
Mr.. Harris.
He recently obtained a condi-
tional release from prison.
Attorneys Ginberg and Permut
said Mr.. Piper resumed his con-
tractor business after his release
and they determined he had sub
stantial assets before filing suit.
They said they would take imme-
diate StepS to collect the award.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

less than $50 pounds, told De-
tective Sergts. Remy G. Ducote
and James Knott that the blow
was struck when she started to
fight him as he tried to put her
to bed when she, came home after
a night of drinking.
Charge May Be Cut Further.
The charge against Wilgus was
reduced from murder to second
degree murder when the case
came before United States Com
missioner Cyril S. Lawrence this
morning. The bond was set at
$4,000 and a hearing was sched-
uled for Thursday. The commits
sloner said the hearing would
determine whether the charge
would be further reduced to man
slaughter.
An autopsy was to be performed
today.
Wilgus and the woman lived at
913 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
in a rear downstairs room. Ac-
cording to the account he gave
police they had dinner at his
mothers home last night and
then returned to their own home
before he started back to his sta
ton at 424 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE.
About IL pm, he related, she
telephoned him and suggested
they have a few beers at a place
near Ninth and M streets NV.
Later, he said. she insisted on re-
manning there when he suggested
they 60 home and that he left her.
Tells of Racket" in Bath.
About 3 am, he said he was
awakened by demands of the
landlady that the racket stop"
in the Wilgus bathroom. He said
Miss Bruce and another girl were
talking loud"
He then got up and attempted
to help Miss Bruce undress when
she started to claw at his face.
1t was then, he said, that he
struck her once. high on the head.
When she failed to revive in
about 80 minutes. he called an
ambulance about AS am. AT
5:19 am, she was pronounced
dead.
Wilgus told police they had
been living together about 18
months and that her home was in
Knoxville, Tenn. They also
quoted him as saying he is mar
ried to another woman.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

and pain, OBJ
stacles in ma
jor operations,
two Washing
t on surgeons
reported today.
The appara-
tus e m p ! oy S
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ghetti . S iZe d
tubes about a
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Evening star., 1950-11-10
Mann Gets New Post
In Stute Department

Thomas c. Mann, director of the
State Departments Office of Mid
die American Affairs since last
January, has been appointed
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter American Affairs.
Mr.. Mann, who has worked in
the department and in United
States Embassies in Uruguay and
Venezuela since 1912, succeeds
Willard F. Barber, recently made
Counselor of the American En-
baSsy in Peru.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Information Service
Opens Today for
Week End Operation

The new Information Service
for members of the armed forces
will be open this week end, and
every week end thereafter until
further notice. at 1400 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
The service is a resumption OF
the information bureau operated
during World War II and will be
run by the Armed Services Hos
pitality Committee. The commit
tee met yesterday in the District
Building to discuss the opening al
l pm. today and plans for the
future.
Milo Christensen, acting chair
man of the Facilities Committee
said the Pennsylvania avenue To-
cation is not satisfactory but will
be used until a better place can
be found.
The center will be open only on
week ends for the time being
Hours of operation are from
pm. to 8 pm. Fridays and 10 am.
to 8 pm. on Saturdays.
Mrs. Truman Accepts Post.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle
chairman of the Hospitality Com
mittee. announced that Mrs. Tru-
man. wife of President Truman,
has accepted honorary chairman
ship of a Home Hospitality Com
mittee.
Mrs. Martin Vogel will serve as
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Omar
Bradley, wife of Gen. Bradley,
head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Other members of the committee
include Mrs. Harold Burton, wife
OF the Supreme Court Justice:
Mrs. Fred .Vinson. wife of the
Chief Justice; Mrs. ALT Heiberg
and Mrs. Charles Bunker.
The Hospitality Committee also
heard a report from Walter L.
Morgan on the series of Saturday
might parties the American Legion
now is sponsoring and on the
status of the Legion negotiations
for use Of the Belasco Theater.
Center Planned at Theater.
The Legion plans to open a
Iservicemen's center in the old
theater, where the Stage Door
Cantten was operated by the
American Theater Wing during
World War II, as soon as negotia-
tionS with the Government are
completed.
New members of the Hospitality
Committee announced yesterday
included DR.. Frederick Reissig o1
the Washington Federation OF
Churches, Randolph Myers, gen.
eral secretary of the YMCA; Mrs
Homer Case of the Soldiers
Sailors. Marines and Airmen's
Club. Lawrence Zook, president
of the Federal Employees, Recrea-
ton Committee: DR.. Donald
Bautz, Inter-Lutheran Mission
Clem Preller, president of the
Building Trades Council. and
Glenn Watts. executive secretary
of the CLIO Industrial Union
Council.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Mrs. Gurrett to Study

BALTIMORE, Nov. 10 (P.--
Mrs. Florence Garrett, supervising
nurse of the Montgomery County
Health Department, was among
10 Maryland nurses named yes
terday by the Civil Defense Or
ganization to- study aspects of
atomic warfare at a special school
Ia Rochester. N. Y. next week.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Democrat Women Elect
Officers in Fuirfux

Mrs. George G. Landrich was
elected chairman of the Demo
cratic Women of Fairfax County
last night at a meeting in the
home of Mrs. John w. Rust, jr.
in Fairfax. Others elected were
Mrs. Tom S. Vernon, jr.. vice
chairman; Mrs. Charles Manley
secretary, and Mrs. Charles
O'Shaughnessy, treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Blair High Parade Opens
Homecoming Tonight

A parade on Georgia avenue at
I o'clock tonight will open Mont
gomery Blair's homecoming cele-
bration which includes football
game against Coolidge High
School at the Blair High School
stadium tomorrow.
A dance, sponsored by the Blair
Alumni Association at the school
on Dale drive. Silver Spring, will
end the celebration tomorrow
night.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
HyuttsviIIe Dance Tonight

The Hyattsville High School
Band Boosters Club will sponsor
a dance at Sis o'clock tonight in
the high school auditorium. Mrs.
Robert Fiery, vice president. is in
charge, assisted by Mrs. Lester
Ballard and William Tatspaugh.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

from what he
told police was
q single blow
with his fist.
Preli minary
examination by
q allin g e r
Hospital doctor
indicated Char
lotte Bruce. "a,
a slightly built
115-pound bru-
nette, died Of a
broken neck.
G e org e B.
Wilgus, a small
man weiohir1p
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Armistice Day Dinner

The Christian Women's Fellow
ship of Antioch Christian Church,
Vienna. Va. will hold an Armis-
tice Day dinner at 5 pm. tomorrow
at the church, on Beulah road in
Vienna.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
By Ted Mcdowell

A plastic tube pain-deadening
device developed at George Wash
ington University Hospital helps
patients overcome fear of death
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Woman |sKiIIed
By BLOW Of FIST;
Man Charged
Service Station Aide
Tells of Defending
Himself in Fight

A 28-year-old gas station at
tendant was charged with second
degree murder today a few hours
after his common-law wife died