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Evening star., 1951-10-02
Seven Hurtin Traffic Accidents
Woman Loses Leg in Mishop

of 6517 Wells parkway. .2iverdale,
slightly injured. Lesion Carnie.
SO. of 1905 Chesterfield avenue
Falls Church, a bus passenger suf-
fered a possible spine fracture.
In another accident in the $500
block of Central avenue, Capitol
Heights, Md, a Greyhound bus
and an automobile collided last
night. injuring two girl pedes-
trians and two persons in the car
State police said % passengers
were on the Washington bound
bus, which passed one car and
struck another as it was making
a left turn.
Auto Pushed Across Road.
The auto was pushed across
the road, striking Margaret L
Harris, 18, and her sister Roberta
| II, both of the 400 block OF
Sixty second place. Capitol
Heights. Margaret suffered pos
Slble fractures of both legs and
her sister severe cuts and bruises
Also injured were Clyde Keller
81. of the 7100 block of Centra
avenue. driver of the car, who
suffered a possible brain concus.
sion and head cuts, and his son
Bruce, 7. whose collar bone was
fractured.
Bus Passengers Unhurt.
No one was injured on the bus
driven by Willard M Sherbs
26. of the 1900 block of Oakie
street NV.
Mrs. Rachel Bristol. 68, of 5141
Nineteenth street NV, entered
Georgetown hospital with a broken
pelvis and possible skull fracture
after she was struck by an auto
as she left a streetcar platform
on Wisconsin avenue near Ed
munds street NV.
No charges were placed against
the driver. the, Rev. Kenneth S
Crofoot, 40, of 83171 Eastridge
avenue. Takoma Park. Police saio
Mrs. Bristol was not walking ir
the pedestrian lane.
Evening star., 1951-10-02

annual scientific assembly at the
Hotel Statler.
ANY one who knows the prob
lens (treatment of shock in burns
and other wounds) must recognize
the need for a national health
program" DR.. Evans said. But
that program is not now truly
effective.
Meanwhile, officials at blood
donor station set up just outside
the room where the doctors are
meeting reported that only II
donors have given blood since the
booth was set up yesterday
morning.
This is the first time in Wash
ington that a blood collecting sta
ton has been set up at q medical
meeting.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Blood Gifts Are Top Necessity,
Atom Burn Expert Says

A doctor studying atomic burns
for the National Research Coun-
Gil today said 1--WE invite disaster,
not from Russian strength, but
from our own negligence"
And, he said, we have been par
ticularly negligent in failing to
support blood-collecting programs.
How in the name of human
decency can we fail to respond
to this urgent call?" asked DR..
Everett I. Evans, chairman of the
subcommittee of the National
Research Councils Committee on
Atomic Casualties.
DR.. Evans made his plea for
blood at the conclusion of a lee
ture on burns and radiation injury
delivered to physicians attending
the District Medical Society's 22d
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Policeman Suspended
On Job Anniversary

A motorcycle policeman was un-
der suspension today-the first
anniversary of his motorcycle job.
Sergt. William Sanford sus-
pended Pvt. Paul j. Posterino. 81,
when the latter reported off duty
at midnight. The charge was
being under the influence of
alcohol so as to unfit him for
duty" Pvt. Posterino has been a
member of the Metropolitan Police
Department Since August /, 1949.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Blood Donations
Fall Far Short of Goal
OF 500 Gifts Daily

The Washington areas blood
donations fell far short of
quota yesterday. A total of
314 persons gave. but 500 each
weekday are needed to sup
ply area hospitals and the
armed forces.
To make, a donation. phone
the Red Cross Regional Blood
Center. 1880 E street NV,
Republic $500. Extension 511
or 514. In nearby Maryland
and Virginia, phone your Red
Cross chapter.
Yesterdays donor score:
Red Cross Center----250
Arlington ------ At
Walter Reed Hospital S
Hotel Statler ler--------- IL
Total donors
Daily quota ota------------500
Armed Forces weekly quota,
1850 pints.
Shipped this week, 72 pints.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
WAC Tells Court She Stole
ToGet Out of Army, Aid Family

An attractive WAC tearfully
told a court-martial today she
stole money in the hope she would
be ousted from the Army so she
could go back to Ohio to help ale
viate troubles at home.
Pfc. LYDIA K. Schubert of Fort
Myer testified she acted without
realizing that she could apply for
discharge on the basis of a hard
ship case. The trial is at Cam
eron Station, Va.
1t was the second theft for
which she had appeared before a
court-martial, and she said her
motives were the same in the first
case.
She said she intended to In
criminate herself when she took
the money out of a wallet and
sealed it in an envelope with a
letter she had received from her
mother. A series of letters from
home. telling of difficulties there,
prompted her action. she said
She said she did not intend to
spend the stolen money.
Money Placed in Cabinet
She further testified that she
placed the money In her wall
cabinet where the owner might
be able to find it and report her
Tears streamed down the
cheeks of the young defendant
when she was asked to read 6
letter from her mother telling OF
conditions in her Ohio home. Hel
chief defense counsel. Maj. Byror
G. Hyde. read the letter and ex.
planned that her father was MOI
doing so well, that her mother wa:
in poor health and that her sis.
ter would have to go to work.
The letter said that she woulc
have to send more money home
Miss Schubert said that she
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Capital Transit Asks
ice 10 Permit Chance
In Stock Split Plan

Capital Transit Co. today asked
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to permit a reduction ir
the par value of its proposed new
capital stock to $3.50.
The ICC authorized the COM
pany to split its outstanding 240.-
900 shares four for one anc
reduce the par value from
$lOG to $25 last July. but the
District Public Utilities Commits
sion refused to go along with the
idea unless the company elimi-
mated a $3.50 900 unclassified
item II. its assets.
Requires Stockholders OK.
To meet this objection. the
company in August filed with the
PUG plan to reduce the PAL
value Of the new split shares tC
$3.50 from $25 and total capi-
talizat:on to S18, 100000 from the
.presena s2E million, using the diff
ference to write off the intangible
item.
In its petition filed today, the
company notified the ICC OF this
change in plans for the split. The
change must be approved by COM
pany stockholders at specia
meeting october 10.
The proposal to write down The
value of the shares has had little
effect on the price for the ole
shares on the New York Curb Elk.
change. where it recently reached
Ia new high of 497s. 1t closee
yesterday at 48.
Item on Books Since 1895.
Recent prices contrast with the
$40 a share paid by controlling
interests headed by Louis E. Wolf.
son in 1949, when they took ovel
the North American Co. holdings
The questioned $5,250,OO0 item
has been on the books of Capita
Transit and its predecessors since
1895. 1t represents the difference
between a sum paid during the
merger of early predecessor com.
Ipanies for physical assets and the
Original cost to the origina
owner"
Evening star., 1951-10-02

tried to explain to her mother
that she just could not walk out
and come home. However, she
told the court, she could not stand
1T here and continue to get that
kind of letter from home.
She also testified that she sent
$50 home every month. She said
she never heard that it was pos
sible to get a hardship discharge
until the investigation of her case,
held subsequent to the act which
led up to the currentl trial.
Letters Read to Court.
Since that time she had OBJ
tained the necessary three letters
from people who knew her condi-
ton at home. These were read to
the court and all of them eX-
planned that the mother was in
poor health and fl1~ rcial cor =
tions were bad. They aided that
the daughter was needed at home.
She was asked whether the
Articles of War had been read to
her during the IA months she has
been in the Army. She said that
no one had explained to her that
there would be any other punish
ment than discharge for acts
committed in violation of these
regulations.
/ Defense counsel sought to prove
by the testimony that the young
woman could not be found guilty
! of the charge of larceny because
there was no intent on the de.
PENDANTS part to deprive the
'rightful owner permanently of the
property.
+ One defense witness testified
that following the defendants re.
turn to quarters after the money
was found in her locker, the de-
lfendant thanked her for report
ling her.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
George Kennedy to Speok

Early automobiles will be the
subject of reminiscence at the
meeting of the Association of Old
est Inhabitants at 7:30 pm. to-
morrow in the Old Union Engine
House at Nineteenth and H streets
NV. George Kennedy. Star Staff
reporter recently returned from
the revival of the Glidden tour,
will speak.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Big Farm Show
But No GumbHnq
AT Frederick Fair
By the Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Oct. "A
big farm show with lots of exhibits
but no gambling was promised as
the 89th Frederick County Fair
got underway today.
Frank N. Stauffer, president Of
the county's Agriculture Society,
declared there were several large
concessions on the midway but
they were coming in clean and
we're going to keep them that
way"
There will be harness racing
on the half-mile track but no
mutuel betting. The fair runs
throuSh Saturday.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Disable Won't Burn
Bridges in Front of
Him, He Tells Press

Price Stabilizer Michael
v. Disable. who is a handy
man with a phrase, came
up with a new one this
morning.
Leaving the White House
after a conference with
President Truman, Mr.. Di-
Sale was asked about re-
curing rumors, that he is
leaving the Government on
November 1-or some other
date.
Asserting that he was
not getting out, he was
asked by a reporter, mot
at all?"
We'll, I'd hate to burn
my bridges in front of me-"
the Price Stabilizer parried.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Arlington Library Site
Proposal Hit by Boch

Proposed purchase of a public
library site on Fairfax drive ir
Arlington at a cost of $4,000 ha!
been criticized by Fred w. Bach
Independent candidate for the
Arlington County Board.
The commercial property To-
Gated near the new Kann's de-
partment store at Tenth street
and Fairfax drive in North Ar
lington is not suitable for a IL
brary site, according to Mr.. Bach
because of the noises attendant
to a main thoroughfare.
He said the board could pur-
chase property off a main high
way "at a fraction of the cost
involved in the proposed purchase
Evening star., 1951-10-02
ID Episcopal Bishops
At Conference Here

Twenty-four Episcopal bishops
are attending conference on
Christian education at the College
of Preachers on the Washington
Cathedral grounds.
The conference opened the 22d
year of the College of Preachers
which offers post-ordination
training for the clergy and meet
ings for educational and lay lead
erS during the year. The bishops
meeting started yesterday and will
close Thursday. DR.. Theodore O.
Wedel. warden of the College of
Preachers, conducts the con-
ferences.
Evening star., 1951-10-02

Two traffic accidents involving
buses and a streetcar injured six
persons last night and a freak ac-
cident seriously injured a woman
pedestrian.
In the latter mishap. Mrs. Mar
garet Boze. 38, colored, of TITS
California street NV, was struck
by an auto which suddenly
emerged from an alley in the 100
block of P street NV.
The car dragged Mrs. Boze
across the street and struck a
pole. She was taken to Emer.
gency Hospital and her left leg
Iamputated:
During Driving Lesson.
Police said the auto had halted
in the alley to permit Willie, Lee
Lewis, 80. colored, of 1912 Florida
avenue NV, to take over the
wheel from Mrs. Ida Grover, "a
colored, of 206 Brooks court NV.
whom he was teaching to drive.
AS they were changing positions
the man accidentally stepped on
the accelerator. police said. Both
were charged with failing to give
full time and attention, while
Lewis also was charged with per-
mitting an unlicensed person to
operate the car and Mrs. Grover
with driving without a permit
Each was released in $500 bond.
Bus, Streetcar Collide.
A Capital Transit streetcar and
w. v. & M. bus collided at Con-
necticut avenue and K street NV.
about HAS pm. Both operators
said they had a green light, and
several witnesses confirmed then
statements.
The streetcar was derailed and
its operator. Charles Taylor, %,
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Of Services
VisuaIized in BUDGET
For Juvenile Court

Expansion Of Juvenile Court
services is visualized in the city
court budget requests for fiscal
1858, which were released by the
Commissioners today.
The budget request for Munic-
ipal Court, Juvenile Court and the
Municipal Court of Appeals to-
tailed s3,087,900, an increase of
s221,758 over the current appro-
priations. Fifteen new employees
were asked for Municipal Court,
and nine for Juvenile Court.
Top job in the line asked for
Juvenile Court is an administra-
tive assistant for Judge Edith
Cockrill, at a salary of $500 a
yccr.
Duties of Assistant.
This assistant would relieve the
judge of many of the extra
judicial duties" it is contended
The request said the judge spen
long hours on the bench and doe
not have time. for properly han
ding the administrative work o
the court and for devising pro
icedures to Co ordinate the Worl
of the several operating units 0
the court"
| Also asked for the administra
tive setup is a statistical analyS
at $4,000 a year.
"At the present time the sta
Itistics that are available canno
be fully utilized because they lacl
intelligent analysis of the delin'
quency trends in the District a!
to areas, types of offense, age. race
and sex classification" the reques
stated.
| Four social workers were askec
for the social work department o.
Juvenile Court. These workers art
needed to handle the additiona
case load brou~ht about by a new
ilaW, passed lest January, enlargine
the jurisdiction CT the court in the
case of children born out of wed
lock.
Three Social Workers Sought.
Three additional social workers
to serve as probation officers also
were requested. They are needed
to bring the court to the stand.
ards of the Natinoal Probation
Association, which call for nc
more than so cases to a probation
officer. The case load now aver
ages above rs per worker.
Municipal Court asked a total
of Is new employees, all to meet
the increasing work load in all
branches of the court. These in
lclude a court reporter, a law
clerk to do research for the
judges, two probation officers ano
various categories of clerks.
Municipal Court also request:
$95, 900 for completion and fur.
nlShlng OF two cOurtroomS on tht
third floor of the Civil Division
Building. installation of jur;
boxes in the Small Claims court.
room and Landlord and Tenant
courtroom, and completing two
judges chambers and secretaries
offices.
The requests of each court
branch were as follows:
Juvenile Court, 1888, 800; NUM-
Icipal Court, $864,200 and Munich
pal Court of Appeals, $98, 300. Also
included was an item for $1,766,.
900 for payment to District Court
and to the Justice Department fol
services rendered.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Library Building TO Open
AT Fort Meade Today
Special Dispo.ch 10 The ssor

FORT MEADE, Md, Oct. @
The new post library building is
to be opened here today.
| Under construction for nine
months, the new building includes
classical music room, a young
peoples room and main reading
room. 1t contains about $4,000
volumes of fiction. non-fiction.
and technical books.
The library is to be open from
noon to 9 pm. Monday through
Friday; l pm. to pm. Saturday,
'and l pm. to 9 pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1951-10-02

next June. DR..
Charles E. Bish
is principal OF
the school.
The program
has been initi-
ated by tn e
Mckinley Par
ent Teacher
Association. It's
president, Mrs.
A n d re W A.
w e av er, has
n a m e d Mrs.
F r a n kiln G.
Sartwell chair
m on 0f tho
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Physician Describes
How Engines Digest
Wound Infections

Physicians attending the OPEN
ing session of the District Medi-
cal Society's 22nd assembly yes
terday heard Col. August w.
Splitter of the Walter Reed Medi-
cal Center describe the success
full use of engine solutions in
clearing away damaged and
poisonous tissues from the wounds
of Korean veterans.
Engines in the solutions stim-
ulate the digestion" of bacterial
colonies and blood segments in the
wounds in the same way that
engines in the stomach stimu-
late digestion of food.
The action of the engines on
the unwanted materials causes the
waste to be reduced to a fluid like
state, which is then drained from
the wounds.
Faster Healing Noted.
Through use of this aid in treat
ment of wounds. Col. Splitter said
some wounds were cleared up
without secondary surgery; ampu-
tation stumps healed faster, with
further surgery sometimes un-
necessary. and debris" around
compound fractures was removed
He emphasized. however. that
engines are in no way a substi-
tute for surgery.
Col. Splitter. chief of the hos.
pitfalls orthopedic section. re.
ported on 33 selected cases which
had been treated with an enzylne
solution known as "streptokinase-
streptodornse." This solution /:
made from liquid engines giver
off by streptococcus germs grown
in the laboratory.
Another 20 patients have been
treated with an engine solution
developed from beef pancreas
Both accomplish the same pur-
pose.
The healing time for most am
putation stumps was reduced from
as high as six weeks. to three
weeks, Col. Splitter said.
Results were noticed in all cases
within 48 hours after the initial
engine application, he said. In
many cases. several applications
were necessary.
The solutions are applied either
through a tube inserted under a
rubber dam" cemented around
the wound or by application Of ar
engine jelly over the entire sur
face of the wound.
In Use at Walter Reed.
The solutions IN use at Walter
Reed for about the last year, also
seem to increase the effectiveness
of antibiotic drugs. Col. Splitter
said.
In another, discussion of the
same subject, DR.. William S. Til
lett pointed out the solutions have
no harmful effect on living
healthy tissue. In fact. he said
repeated applications of the solu.
tions may actually stimulate re.
growth of tissue.
DR.. Tillett, pioneer in research
on enzyme-aid in wound treat.
ment, is professor of medicine al
the New York University College
of Medicine.
Evening star., 1951-10-02

committee in charge.
Mrs. Sartwell, the former Mar
garet Bennit, class of 1923, is a
past president of the Mckinley
PTA. 1t is estimated that there
are $4,000 living graduates of the
institution. The committee re-
quests that graduates, particularly
married women, who cannot be
reached from the class rolls, COM
municate with it through DR..
BiSh'S office in the school.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Non-Segregated'
FireDepartment
plan Indorsed
City Heads Approve
Using Men as Needed
| Regardless of Race

The Commissioners today ap-
proved the opening steps toward
integration of the ranks of white
and colored men in the District
Fire Department for the first time
in 80 years.
Fire Chief j. A. Mayhem told
the city heads the department now
has 16 colored men not assigned
to companies. He said the alter
natives to integration would be
to create another colored COM
pany.
Chief Mayhem said. however.
that he felt integration would be
"a more economical way to run
the department, inasmuch as We
could use an extra man where
needed, rather than hoard the
men until we get company"
This indicated that any new
men joining the department would
be assigned without regard to
race. The department presently
has rs vacancies.
Details in Writing Asked.
The Commissioners approved
the plan but called for the details
in writing from Chief Mayhem.
At present there is some inte-
grafton at top level. There are
not enough colored officers for the
five colored companies, so fivs
white officers are assigned to three
of the companies.
There are Al white companies
and two rescue squads. The force
has a strength of 1868 men, 106
of them colored.
The colored members include
the Is unassigned men, 81 in COM
Ipanies and three on special detail.
one to the fire marshal, one to
Commissioner John Russell Young
and one as liaison man between
the chief and other departments.
The 16 unassigned men now a-s
being used for inspection purposes.
/ Chief Mayhem said the five
colored companies would be left
intact for the time being. 1t was
indicated, however. that they may
be broken up in the future.
May Avoid Breakup.
In two of the colored companies
this probably would be avoided
since non-competitive officers
would have to go back to their
previous competitive status on
reasSignment.
: Before November l, 1919, de-
lpartment officials recalled. there
d. was integration in the department.
t At that time, however. Engine Co.
S No. 4 was placed in service as an
= all-colored company and the
f others have developed since then.
= White officers were assigned to
K colored companies beginning in
f 1949.
Chief Mayhem told the Com
missioners in that year that a
t study had indicated that from a
strictly administrative point Of
: view. complete integration Of
{ colored and white firemen would
be most economical.
In the present discussion. there
have been some thoughts of turn
ing Engine Company No. 9 into a
.colored unit. Chief Mayhew,
, however. adopted the small scale
.integration program as his recon-
mendation.
! Union Meeting Studied.
' 1t. Alvin Davis, head of Local
, No. SO of the International As
; Isociation of Firefighters, may call
: a special meeting of the local to
take a stand on the subject Of
segregation in the department.
Four years ago the local took
the position that segregation
should be maintained.
1t. Davis said, however, that a
number of men had approached
him with the view that the local
stand was detrimental" and
should be changed.
1t. Davis said he would decide
whether to call a special meeting
after discussion with Chief May
hew.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Howoii Delegate Stricken

Joseph R. harrington. Hawai-
ian delegate to Congress. under
went an appendectomy last night
in Emergency Hospital. He was
reported in satisfactory condition
today.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Mckinley High Celebrates
Golden Jubilee This Year

Mckinley High School will cele-
brate its 50th anniversary with a
golden jubilee program which will
begin in the near future and end
Evening star., 1951-10-02
FIoris PTA to Meet

The F1oris (Va.) Parent Teach
er Association will meet at 8pm.
tomorrow in the school.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-12
FREEZING NOTES

Elders Alonzo Edwards and
Fred Taylor of Clinchco and Tar
pom, respectively, are holding a
series of night meetings at Pine
Creek church this week. Large
crowds are attending each meet
irg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Price of At
lex, KY, are visiting Mrs Prices
parents, Mr. and Mrs Lum Mul
Inns, as well as other members Of
the family here this week.
Elcaney Phipps is having a
large chicken house built on his
ranch here this week, in addition
to making other improvements on
the place.
Mrs. Tennessee Kendrick, after
attending the funeral of her aunt,
Mrs. Rosa Moore at Shelby Gap,
KY, last week and then visiting
relatives hereabouts, returned to
her home in West Virginia. Her
father, Oscar Phipps, went with
her and will visit there for a
while.
Raymond Beverly, senior at
Berea College, visited homefolks
here, Friday until Monday. He
will graduate in June.
The campaign for county Of
fees has so far created scarcely
a ripple of interest here. Appar-
emily few have even bothered to
qualify to vote in the coming No
Vember election.
A lady, born and raised within
the confines of this precinct, now
living in Detroit, was back visit
ing recently. Discussing condi~
tons generally in Michigan, she
;aid, Il used to think affairs were
bad here in Virginia, but, after
seeing as much Of Michigan as I
have, I have decided that it is
much better here than in Michi-
gan"