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Vital Statistics Report of District Bureau

Prince and Beulan Sherman.
Leon and Wilma Swan.
Lawrence and Emma Thompson.
Herbert and Gertrude Walker.
Vincent and Sarah Wells.
Robert and Vivian Weaver.
Larence and Frances Wood.
GIRLS.
Charles and Dorothy Harris.
Everette and Rupertha Hunt.
william and Bernice Shtrter.
Robert and Susan Stokes.
James and Henrietta Wood.
Stephen and Louise Barkanic.
Howard and Hilda Black.
James and Josephine Burke.
Paul and Patricia Chaffee.
Gerald and Jane Collins.
Vincent and Yolanda Crawford.
Avron and Dorothy DeBosky.
Joseph and Angeline Duff
Charles and Ruth Fatrall.
Robert and Thelma Gray.
Charles and Lillian Hudson.
Daniel and Ann Kelly.
Arthur and Loretta Madden.
Robert and Vera Mellen.
Charles and Sara Morton. ir>
John and Margaret Murray.
Adrian and Emily Myers.
Charles and Annie Norman.
Robert and Jeanne Piper.
David and Nina Racher.
John and Nathalie Raedy.
Arthur and Gloria Riordan.
John and Evelyn Rumsey.
Russell and Louise Shew.
Robert and Lorraine Smith.
Harold and Doris SotZsky.
Joseph and Betty SWitkes.
Daniel and Dorothy Thompson.
George and Eleanor Tickell.
Frank and Catherine Vernon.
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Barron Youth Gets Bid
To Model Plune Contest

Roger L. Barron, II. Of Spring.
field, Va. who took high honors
in last July's National Capital
Model Air Show, has received an
Invitation to participate in the
Plymouth Motor Corporations
Sixth International Plane Contest.
This will be hid in Detroit,
starting Wednesday.
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Deaths Reported
1rror the D. C. Bureau Of Vital statistics.) }

Daisy Wissman, 70, Glenside. Pa.
iucis Ratino, 72, 635 5th st. ne.
Eva Beckett e. oESl i5l1 Erank5ind 81 Sd Ne
Mary Glasgow. 40, 3414 Porter st. NV.
Michael Keane, A, 24S0 10th st. NV.
cleo Potter, AZ, Kensington, Mo.
Fay Brown, ii, Arlington, Va.
ina Donnell. 27, 14O7 51st ave: Sc.
Mark Richards, 25.. 1880 End st: s.w.
Mamie Anderson, 81, 465 School st. sW.
Stewart Murray, so, Manassas, va:
Minnie Alston, 5S, 11O5 Que st. NV.
Leo Williams, SO, 61O R st. NV.
Katharine Clark, AZ. 2O26 Maryland ave.
christopher Burton. As. no address given.
Zelma speight, 81, 451s L. Eds pl. ne.
Monthien Phanit. SO, 1915 Calvert ST. NV.
Infant Donaldson. 3591 Blaine st. ne.
Infant SHEPPARD, Baileys Crossroads Va
Infant Dawson, 1914 rAichigan ave. ne.
Infant Allen, 1923 Montana ave. ne.
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Joseph and Ellen Walsh.
Irving and Sudan Warsinger.
Dolphin and Marie Waters.
Joseph and Betty Watson.
Henry and Ethel Wesley.
Carmel and Mildred Williams.
Carl and Mary Ballard.
George and Monica Betancount.
John and Dorothy Bethea.
Melvin and Minnie Blount.
Thomas and Mary Booth.
John and Pauline Campbell.
Samuel and Elmina Curtis.
William and Earline Eubanks.
roosevelt and Emma English.
Howard and Mary FitZhugh.
James and Jeane Harper.
David and Memphis Jacobs, jr.
Walter and Dorothy johnson.
Robert and Ruth Lawson.
Brazil and Fannie Murphy.
Frederick and Sarah Neville.
Melvin and Ethel Poindexter.
Robert and Mary Rayson. jr.
Willie and Katie Rogers.
Charles and Mary Rowland.
John and Mozelle Spann.
James and Mary Walden.
Andrew and Bertha Windear.
Earl and Matte Williams.
Aaron and Lavia Woodfolk.
Theodore and Evelyn Young.
Aubrey and Catherine Burch.
William and Alice Gilmartin.
Arthur and Florence Guess.
William and Madeline Hayes.
Daniel and Dolores Kosisky.
Willie and Carmela Liggan.
Daniel and Patricia Smith.
Donald and Virginia Tolson.
TWINS.
Leon and Margaret Carter. ST., |
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Births Reported
Rrom the D. c. Bureau Of vital Statistics

BOYS.
Theodore and Catherine Mucha.
Ernest and Dena Oliver.
Charles and Eva Smith.
Harold and Frances .Wertz.
Nicholas and Jean zapple.
Emilio and Mary Ambrogt.
Martin and Eleanor Ball.
Joseph and Patricia Bethhauser.
Robert and Ruth Branson.,,
James and Helen Brookwen
Patrick and Evelynne Carpenter.
Donald and Mary Connors, jr.
John and Ann Corless.
John and Aileen Dearie.
Charles and Hester DePue.
Oliver and Mary Durity.
aaanton aa5ra ana and dy6ta yDorotSy Eayll eabriell.
James and Mary Groble.
Raymond and Mary Hartzwen.
William and Mary Husto.
Jazz JACK AND and E1ai E%iiy, 1saslns' klslsr'
EdWin SaWfs and and fS Hazel Malcolm. jr.
NJ and Margaret Manchester.
William and Elizabeth Mclaughlin.
John and Inegert Poole,
Carlton and Helen Saunders.
Harry and Gladys Scheckman;
Henry and Antionette shavatt.,
Leonard and Elizabeth Shea.
James and Joan Slaughter.
Frederick and Joan Sorber.
Samuel and Alice Tancredi.
Philip and Heda Van Deyenter. II.
william and Audrey Walker.
william and Edna Waring.
Sture and Elizabeth Westeroerg.
Donald and Suzanne Williams.
Joe and Marion Wolk:
George and Veronica Bolts.
Joseph and Theresa Clay.
James and Florence Douglas
Thomas and Lillian Foster
Robert and Viola Frisby.
William and Barbara Franklin.
William and Odessa Saunders.
James and Joan Wood;
Charles and Clara Bailry.
Clarence and Gloria Butler.
George and Floree Caldwell.
Levi and Mary Chaplin.
Dorsey and Dolores Colbert.
William and Norma Davis.
Venanda and Doretha EDWARDS.
Walker and Lovennia Cant.
Arthur and Jean Green.
Leroy and Carolyn Hamilton.
James and Decide Harrison
Frank and Mary Johnson.
John and Elaine Jones.
Millie and Emma Leak.
Burgess and Audrey Lee.
Clarence and Vera Lewis.
Clarence and Eva Lucas.
Joseph and Gertrude Marshall.
George and Corinne McShay.
William and Ethelrene Parker.
isiah and Gertrude Pearson.
James and Florence Roy.
George and Josphine Saunders.
johnny and Mary Shaw.
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okborkood Cornivul

The Bakers Dozen Youth Cen
ter, 1911 Fourth street NV, will
sponsor a neighborhood carnival
at Z pm. tomorrow.
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Group Aids Blood Bunk

Trans World Airlines employees
OF Washington today were making
group blood donations to the
American Red Cross blood bank.
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Leon and Margaret Carter. ST., boys.
James and Leathia Evans, boys.
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Double deck Of cards
and case at no extra
charge sUitk purchase.
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By Colt HendIey, Jr.

Then it was revealed that the Per-
sonnel Committee had coded the ques-
tionnaires so that those answering
could be identified with the answers.
School people regarded this as fla
grant double-cross.
Widespread newspaper publicity
about these secret proceedings was
followed by public reaction against
the School Board. Many civic groups
condemned the whole procedure,
Then, Mr.. Sharpe announced, one
day, that the questionnaires and the
key to the code had been burned.
In thus bowing to public opinion,
the board did not try to defend the
Personnel Committees action. Mr..
Sharpe just stated that everything
had been put to fire and that board
members had not actually seen the
answers or the key to the code-this
being handled by board employees
available to the members, however.
Mr.. Lees committee then wrote an
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do permit some payment for the res
cue Of men from a sinking ship, re-
gardless OF whether or not property
is saved. $50 the salvage company
may realize slight payment on that
score.
'SoIvoee' Defined
During this 14-day battle against
the sea, the word salvage" was men
toned repeatedly in connection with
the Flying Enterprise. In English law,
salvage is defined as the preserva-
tion of life or property at sea. Actu-
ally, it is merely q reward for per-
forming a service beyond the normal
routine Of ship on a voyage. Its dis
pensation is under the Jurisdiction of
admiralty courts. The right to a re-
ward for saving life or property in
danger was recognized by common
law courts long before admiralty law
became effective. The origin of the
rule has been traced to an old Ro-
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denied the report, he went so far as
to hint it was true.
A lengthy conference with District
Court Judge James r. Kirkland last
Monday changed Mr.. Sharpe's mind.
Judge Kirkland heads the judges
committee that selects candidates for
the school board. The IL District
Court judges. as a group. appoint
board members.
MIR. Sharpe's decision ended the
hopes of Adelbert w. Lee, School
Board vice president, for a six
month tenure as president of the
board. AS vice president, he would
have taken over until next June 80,
when new president is to be elected.
Mr.. Lee. long a severe critic of DR..
Corning led the attempt to GUST the
school superintendent. Although the
ballot was secret, apparently Mr.. Lee
was Joined by Mr.. Sharpe and DR..
Phillip T. Johnson. colored member
of the board, in voting against DR..
Corning. The defeat they suffered
just about winds up Mr.. Lees career
on the School Board.
He has announced he will not
stand for reappointment next June
when his term expires. He has been
member-and controversial one
since 1943.
The battle over DR.. Corning's re-
appointment brought out one amaz-
ing item. The procedure Of the board
In evaluating the superintendent was
termed a strictly new approach by
leading educators.
Coded Questionable
The personnel committee, headed
by MIR. Lee. devised q secret question
naire which was sent to some so Of
DR.. Corning's. subordinates. Fifteen
questions were asked concerning DR..
Corning's administration of the city
schools. Instructions accompanying
the questionnaire said the answers
did not have to be signed.
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Your Hospital Bill Make You Sick? Here's Whv

Recently, a harried-looking man
paying hospital bill inquired sar-
castically: Did you bill me for the
water my wife drank?" ..
This unhappy hospital patron may
have thought himself justified in
complaining about the size of his bill.
Hospital costs are at an all-time
high. and unquestionably will go
higher before 1852 runs it's course.
Already. some District hospitals
are talking of another rate increase.
Freedmen's Hospital recently upped
its charges for private and semipr!-
vate rooms, and increased the costs
of some services. -s .......
The Hospital Council of the Ma
tional Capital area has estimated
that the average cost Of hospital
care in the II member voluntary
hospitals has increased 127 per cent
since 1945. ........'.. ..
The Good Old Days .>. ~.
Perhaps the man at the cashiers
window was recalling his last hos
pital experience. when the room his
wife now occupies for SIT a day was
available at. say, SO day. At that
time, he remembers, the list of "ex-
tras" was considerably shorter, too.
The explanation of the sharp up
ward trend in hospital costs is most
complex. Paradoxically, a big rea-
son is that the service rendered
the type of care given-is much
more efficient than it was 10, or even
five, years ago. Unquestionably, too,
the inf1ationary spiral has a lot to
do with increasing costs.
Emergency Hospital spent $780,
731 for food in 1910. The cost 10
years later was $170,646. The fuel
bill was increased by $15,O3l. Main
tenance and repair leaped from an
expenditure of $3,428 in 1910 to $29,-
1913 in 1850. OF course, the Emer-
gency Hospital building, an old struc-
ture, required a great deal more re-
pair after another 10 years. But a
similar problem faces a majority of
the hospitals in the District. Most
hospitals have old buildings.
Wages Way Up
Wages have taken an increasing
amount of hospital income. At
George Washington University Hos
pital, 81 cents out of every dollar
goes for wages. Nationally, the aver
age hospital payroll accounted for
SGT per cent of all expenditures in
1850. In 1945. the percentage was
SO per cent.
All hospitals in the last few years
have had not only to keep abreast
Of current wage levels but also, at
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man law that spontaneous services"
in the protection Of life and property
should be rewarded.
It is the owners of the ship in
trouble who pay the award granted
by the courts. In most cases, how
ever, they are insured against the
necessity of making such payments
AS Isbrandtsen was In this case.
Under United States salvage laws,
mariners are not under any obliga-
ton to save property at sea. But,
when human lives are in danger, they
must respond to a distress call. While
British statutes provide some form of
compensation for the saving of life
without recovery of property, Ameri-
can law holds that some property
must be saved to qualify rescue
ship crew for any reward for the lives
snatched from peril.
The reward is an arbitrary matter,
based on manys9actors pertaining to
the individual case. The amount Of
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After many months of concentrated
sound and fury in the District Board
Of Education, the natural inquiry at
this point concerns the significance
of it all.
The only clear cut thing that
emerges Is that DR.. Hobart M. Corn
ing has been reappointed superintend-
ent of the city's public schools for his
third three-year term. Nothing else
seems to have been solved-and the
split to vote for DR.. Corning on
January 2 hints at more alarums be-
fore this school term is ended.
After DR.. Corning's victory, which
was in doubt up to the minute the
votes were counted at that special
session of the Board, the same old
problems continue to face city
schools.
c. Melvin Sharpe, School Board
president, provided the last furry
in the years much publicized activ-
tiles when 1t was reported he in
tended to resign from the board.
While he neither confirmed nor
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situation has changed. The hospital
gradually has been transformed
from charitable service for the poor
to a self-supporting service for the
entire population. The people who
pay the bills are now the same people
as the ones who receive the services.
In other words, the new philan-
thropist is Mr.. Average Citizen, who
has to support the hospital to the
best Of his ability.
The Silver Lining
For all this, the average citizen.
the unhappy man at the pay win
dow, is getting more for his money
than he realizes.
Because of the new drugs and
procedures, his hospital stay, in the
District, has decreased from 8.78
days to 6.8 days in five years. In
the last 16 years, the average length
OF stay on a national basis has
dropped from % days to 9 days.
Because Of early ambulation prac-
tlceS, which now are standard pro-
cedure, the patient starts recuperat-
ing while still in the hospital. A
wage-earner is back on the, job in
perhaps half the time he would
have needed few years ago. His
chances of living to get back on that
job are, of course, much better.
Many constructive critics of the
hospitals complain the institutions
have done poor public relations
job in getting over to the public the
problems they face and the services
they sell.
The Positive Approach
DR.. Anthony J. j. Rourke, presi-
dent Of the American Hospital AS
sociation. told recent meeting of
the Observation-Disclosures Hos
pltal Association that the hospitals
should stop being ION the defensive"
about their costs. Leo SCHNEIDER.
administrator Of Garfield Hospital.
has constantly advocated a public
program designed to make the public
more sympathetic with hospital
problems.
Many hospitals, perhaps somewhat
belatedly. have started programs to
make patients feel an integral part
of the hospital, rather than just a
case number in it.
Emergency Hospital, among 9TH
ers. distributes QUESTIONABLE j, to
each patient. designed to find out
whether the patient is satisfied, happy
and well-disposed toward the hos
pital.
Responses have been generally
satisfactory and patients have indi-
Gated they appreciate the interest
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Carlson Didn't Have to Stay on the Flying Enterprise

danger involved for the rescuers, the
time and total expense all are figured.
The company which went to the aid
Of the Enterprise. If its efforts had
been successful, would have been
entitled to q relatively large amount,
because Of the very fact that it did
SO on o mo cure, no pay" contract.
The entire deal was q gamble, and
this would have been taken into ac-
count.
Erroneous Impression
The impression seems to have be-
come widespread. In discussions Of
the Enterprise case, that If Capt.
Carlsen had left his ship and 1t sub
sequently had been picked up, the
person who made the pickup would
have been entitled automatically to
the full value Of the derelict ship and
its cargo. Admiralty law experts here
say there is no basis for such an idea,
although they add that in the case Of
a derelict ship. which can be sal
vaged by any one. the award Of the
court would be extremely high.
Without seeking to detract from
the heroism Of Capt. Carlsen, more
over, these experts point out he did
not have to stay aboard the Enter
prise even to keep it from lapsing into
derelict status. He could have re-
tanned command Of the ship, they
say. by maintaining a position from
which there was "hope Of returning
to it." The fine point here appears
to be the difference between COM
plete abandonment, and merely find
ing a safer place to stay until the
ship could be navigated again.
When the tug Turmoil placed line
on the Enterprise, Capt. Carlsen
could have boarded the tug without
losing his rights as a master of his
ship. II another salvage tug had
attempted to take over, he could have
ordered them away. However, after
the Turmoil's hawser broke, Ad-
miralty lawyers say. the captain
could have, had he desired, contracted
with another tug to tow him into port.
Regardless Of Capt. Carlsen,s rea-
sons for sticking it out, the people
Of Falmouth, England, last week
hailed him as a typical sea dog in the
old tradition of wooden ships and
iron men,"
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evaluation report. It consisted of an
explanation of the committees pro-
cedures, similar to that earlier re-
leased by Mr.. Sharpe, and a two-par-
agraph explanation of DR.. Corning's
work. The two paragraphs are still
secret. Although luke warm, they
were not cold enough to make six
members freeze DR.. Corning out.
Still remaining are all the prob
lens that have plagued the School
Board and contributed, in part, to
the uproar of the past year.
Colored schools are still crowded.
Colored classes are still diversified and
there is need for more colored
teachers. In certain areas, white
schools also are jammed. In others,
white schools are half empty. The
setting up of centralized cafeteria
system for the schools, although
authorized by Congress. remains to be
worked out. The pressure from col
ored groups, in the form of law suits,
to break the dual school system is
being stepped UP.
Deodlines for DR.. Corning
The School Board appears headed
toward more positive approach to
these problems. One Of MIR. Lees
main contentious about DR.. Corning
is that the school superintendent
procraStinateS on school business.
Mr.. Lee said he felt q deadline should
be set for DR.. Corning on any mat
ter brought to his attention by the
School Board. Already this tactic
appears to have won the approval
Of other board members, as was evi-
denced at q committee meeting Just
few days ago. when headlines were
set on each matter under discussion.
The next big change on the school
scene will be this June. AT that time
three Of the School Board members
come UP for reappointment: Mr.. Lee,
Mrs. =. c. Magdeburger and DR..
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taken in them. Satisfied patients
help make successful fund drives.
Hospitals also are installing bed
side telephones, television sets, and
are taking steps to knock down the
prejudice against hospital food"
Some even publish small newspapers,
sent to ever-increasing mailing lists.
The hospitals need friends, in every
walk of life and of every financial
status. Some are managing to meet
expenses principally because of in
come from endowments from friends
OF the past, or from the contributions
Of friends Of the present. And this
circle Of present friends must ever
WIDEN. as gifts get smaller and
smaller in the face of rising taxes
and living costs.
Losing Picture 2. "3
Children's Hospital has managed
to meet expenses" over the last few
years as the result of gifts and the
income from small endowment.
Emergency Hospital showed deficit
in 1949. broke even in 1850, and lost
about $4,000 last year. Some invest
ments have been disposed of to meet
the losses.
Casualty Hospital has consistently
managed to make its way" How,
ever, Providence. supported by a
church. group and doing a large
amount Of charity work, has consist
emily lost money. So has Sibley
Hospital. over the last few years.
One form of help toward which
the hospitals now are looking is an
increased payment from the District
for INDECENT patients. The Commits
sioners' budget is expected in a few
days. Health Officer Daniel Seek
niger has recommended that pay
ment. to the private hospitals be
brought up from the present figure
of 50 day to the $3.50 which CAL
linger Municipal Hospital officials fig
ure it costs to keep patients there.
Slow Starvation
On such payment, the private
hospitals won't make any money
but they won't lose as much.
That old bugaboo, nationaliza-
ton, has the hospitals fearful to par
take too literally of Federal funds,
while at the same time anxious for
the help the funds would bring.
Conversely, many hospital officials
fear that increasing costs to the aver
age man will inevitably bring some
form of socialized medicine.
The solution to the problem, If
there is one, seems as full of COM
plexities as the situation itself.
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johnson. The terms are for three
years. .....
There is some indication that Mr..
Sharpe will carry out his intention
to resign along with Mr.. Lee. This
would give the judges q chance to
appoint four new people to the
School Board.
Wesley S. Williams, colored at
torney, and Mrs. Arcadia Near
Phillips, wife of a prominent real
estate man. were named to the board
only last July. They have not been
members long enough to become
deeply involved in factional disputes.
Mr.. Sharpe was reappointed last July
also.
Mrs. James w. Williams, the third
colored member: DR.. James A. Gan
non, the main supporter of the school
superintendent, and Albert E. Steinem,
attorney, all come up for reappoint-
ment in July, 1858. But at least until
the end Of the school term this year,
indications are that business will be
as usual on the board.
Evening star., 1952-01-13
By Hugh Humphrey

The heroism Of Capt. Kurt Carlson,
who stuck with his crippled ship last
week until she plunged to the bottom
of the British coast. is explainable in
terms Of the traditions OF the sea.
Contrary to popular belief. however,
the laws Of the sea do not seem to
have been involved in his decision to
stay aboard the Flying Enterprise
right UP to the last minute. at the risk
of his life.
Not only is there nothing in admi-
ralty law to make such decision nec-
essary, but there do not seem to have
been any strong financial considera-
tions involved. So far as the owners,
the 1sbrandtsen Line. was concerned,
the loss would have been covered un-
der any circumstances by a thunip-
ing insurance payment.
And so far as other companies and
individuals were concerned, the epic
effort to save the Flying Enterprise
would not have saved them much If
it had proved successful. AS things
turned out, 1t actually cost them a
great deal Of money.
According to an Isbrandtsen on
cial. almost a million dollars was
lost in trying to tow the. relatively
small freighter into an English port.
He cited the cost of keeping an Amer
ican destroyer standing by for 10
days. estimating the total outlay at
100000. Another escort cost $4,000
a day. he figured. Then he made up
the total by Jumping the expense of
tugs, ships which took aboard the
crew and passengers, the cable and
transatlantic telephone cost, and
the increased staff employed by the
ship line during the emergency.
No Added Navy Cost
While it is impossible to dispute
some Of the costs cited by the Is
brandtsen officer. Navy sources point
out that the expense of operating
the American destroyer did not
create any additional drain on the
budget. First, they say, the warships
involved were on routine duty cruises
and would have been burning the
same amount of fuel, regardless Of
their work. A sailors pay is the
same, no matter what the circum-