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Evening star., 1952-07-01

MROs GEOnOE " 1dOhfEs
Mrs. Thorpe, for II years, has
been chairman of the Women's
Safety Committee of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, and
for 10 years, chairman of the
legislative committee of the AAA
District Advisory Board.
Her traffic work led to a con-
Germ for the relationship Of
drinking to traffic casualties, and
she assumed leadership in a
movement which has led to estab-
lishment Of the present Alcoholic
Clinic.
Besides her work in the fields
of traffic and alcoholism, she is a
member of the board Of Barney
Neighborhood House. having been
president for five years. She also
is a member of the United States
Marine Corps War Memorial
Foundation.
A native of Morris, Mimi, she
mas llVed In washington Tor the
most part since 1914. She was
graduated from the University of
Michigan. took extension work
at the University of Munich and
had graduate work at Columbia
University.
Her writings include the book,
I'm the Path Of the Trade Winds, !"
and articles in the fields of art
and traffic. In 1888, she wrote
articles for The Star on traffic
in Berlin, Prague. Warsaw and
London.
Mrs. Thorpe is the widow of
Col. George c. Thorpe, u. S. M. C.
She has two daughters, a son,
and two grandchildren. Her home
lis at 2139 Wyoming avenue NV.
Evening star., 1952-07-01

Mr.. Turner is president and
business manager of Local II, In
ternational Union of Operating
Engineers.
He has been vice president OF
the Washington Central Labor
Union since January. 1946. He
also is a vice president Of the
Maryland-District of Columbia
Federation of Labor.
Mr.. Turner is president of the
Washington Clearing House or
Urban Re-development. Slum
Clearance and Housing.
Born in Beaumont, Tex, on No
vember 4, 1916. he was graduated
from. Eastern High School and
Catholic University. He took
three years graduate work at
Catholic and American Univer-
sites.
MIR. Turner has three children
He lives at 5707 Kansas avenue
NV,
Evening star., 1952-07-01

work was at Prairie View State
College in Texas and he took grad
uate work at the University Of
Chicago.
His wife. Mrs. Rose Catchings,
is associated with the social well
fare department of the Federation
of Churches. They have a son.
Lincoln, jr., Z.
Mrs. Jones succeeds Mrs. Ida
Taylor, and Mr.. Catchings, the
Rev. r. w. Brooks. The terms are
for six years.
jacob Is Veterans Leader.
Mr.. jacob. a native of WASH
ington, is a graduate Of George
town University Law School,
where he also won a masters de-
gree in patent law. He studied
engineering at George Washing
ton University.
He is a veteran of World War I.
having served as a pilot in the
Air Corps. He moved up the line
in National Cathedral Post No. 10,
American Legion, became depart
ment vice commander and COM
mander. and in 1850 was named
national vice commander of the
Legion.
Since 1946 he has been a MEM
ber Of the National Veterans
Preference Committee Of the Lee
gion. He lives with his wife Her
mione at 1905 Gramercy street
NV. The Jacobs have two sons,
Herbert, jr., and Robert.
Col. Campbell c. johnson Is
chairman of the Parole Board and
Hugh Rivers. secretary. Mr..
Jacob will be the third member.
Mr.. Rover left the board at the
end of last year.
The Commissioners reapp0inted
Mrs. Wade to the Board Of Cos.
metology on the recommendation
Of Mrs. Ethel M. Beebe. president
Of the board. Mrs. Wade's press
ent appointment expires Suly 6.
Evening star., 1952-07-01


Mr.. Leahy, a practicing attor-
ney here for some 40 years. is di-
rector of District Selective Serv-
ice.
Born at Monson. Mass. on July
II, 1886, he holds degrees from
Holy Cross College, Worcester,
Mass, and Georgetown Univer-
Sity. &
He received the distinguished
service medal of the Cosmopolitan
Club of Washington in 1943, and
the Presidents Medal for Merit
lin 1916. He was appointed civil
ian aide to the Secretary of the
Army for the District in 1947, and
|reappointed in 1852.
He was honored in 1851 by the
District Bar Associations first
merit award in its 80-year history.
He was president of the District
tuberculosis Association in 1949
and 1850. He served as chairman
Of the Washington Chest X-ray
survey in 1948.
He lives at 1925 Garfield street
INV.
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named to succeed Attorney Leo
Rover on the District Parole
Board.
Mrs. Catherine v. Wade was re-
appointed to the Board of Cosmet-
ology.
Retired Nurse Here.
Mrs. Jones, who lives at 409
Fifty-eighth street NE, retired in
1888 after 20 years as a public
health nurse here. She is chair
man of the Health Committee Of
the Northeast Boundary Citizens
Association. Her husband was the
late DR.. Willis Jones. r.
Mrs. Jones is active in the af-
fairs Of the Calvary Episcopal
Church. She is vice president of
the Ionia r. Whipper Home for
unmarried Negro mothers. She
formerly served with Commis-
sioner Renah F. Camalier on the
Board Of Visitors Of City Hos
pitfalls. -
She is member of the Phyllis
Wheatley YWCA. the women's
auxiliary of the Medico- Chirurg-
[ical Society and the National
Council OF Negro Women.
Born at Institute, w. Va, she
has lived here for AZ years. She
was graduated from West Vir-
ginia State College and the Freed
mems Hospital School of Nursing.
Her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Hamil-
ton, Is a teacher at Lovejoy Ele-
mentary School and principal Of
the Giddings Summer School.
Native Of Texas.
Mr.. Catchings of 407 Hobart
place NV. has been minister at
Plymouth Church since 1947. He
is member of the Executive Com
mittee of Family and Child Serv-
ices of United Community Services.
He is on the board of the Urban
League. He was cited for his civic
participation last year by the
Afro-American. In 1850, he was
co-director of an international
camp at College Sevenol, Cham.
bon sur Lignon, in France.
A native of Houston, Tex, he
holds degree in theology and q
masters in philosophy from How
ard University. His undergraduate
Evening star., 1952-07-01
By WoIIoce E. cIoyton

Arresting a case of tuberculosis
Is only half the battle.
Statistics released by the Dis
trict tuberculosis Association re-
veal that SO per cent Of improved
tubercular patients sent directly
back to their homes from treat
ment hospitals viii either die
within five years or return to the
hospitals within that time with
again-active cases.
This discouraging fact was the
principal reason for the establish
ment of the Upshur street tubercu-
losis hospital as a rehabilitation
center. The convalescent center,
organized in 1943, is described as
"the only bright spot in the whole
tuberculosis situation in Wash
ington" by Edward K. FunkhouSer,
executive secretary Of the District
tuberculosis Association.
Since the Upshur street pro-
gram was set up. 80 per cent of the
patients who have been grad
ually discharged" during a FIVE
year study period are still well
and gainfully employed.
Work Tolerance Tested.
Under the rehabilitation pro-
gram-considered radical by many
persons when it was first pro-
ed-patients whose sputum
tests have remained negative
over a period of time are sent to
Upshur street to be hardened"
before final discharge.
Here, they are given occupa-
tional therapy so physicians can
determine their work tolerance" !"
If doctors feel the patient must
learn an easier trade than the one
he followed before he became Ill.
he receives that training at Dis
|trict trade or vocational schools, or
lat the Goodwill Industries work
shop.
Furthermore-and tuberculosis
experts say this is Of vital impor-
|tance-the patients are prepared
|psychologicaly to return to normal
living.
"a tuberculosis patient who has
been in a hospital for a year or
two has been living In another
world" Mr.. Funkhouser says. He
practically has to be taught how
to cross the street again"
Taught to BE Active.
DR.. David Leibovici. director Of
the Upshur Street Hospital, de-
scribes the rehabilitation program
in this way:
"Just a few years ago. a recu-
perating patient was merely told.
GO home and take 1t easy TAX
ing it easy meant different things
to different people. Many felA they
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Our Worst Heoth Problem
Arrest of tuberculosis Royoges
Fails to End Patients S Battle

were too Ill to work and became
permanent drains on their FAM
lilies or on the city. Now we're
teaching them they have a place
in the community and can fill it
without harm to themselves" 4.
The gain to the city and the
Nation is stressed by DR.. Howard
M. Payne, director of the Freed
mems Hospital tuberculosis service.
1--WE no longer have an in
exhaustible supply of people in
the country" he says. 'The re-
quirements Of the armed forces
and the manpower needs in a full
production economy demand that
we conserve as many people as
possible"
Although rehabilitation is still
such a new problem over the
country it is hard to put a none
Itary value on the program, Mr..
IFunkhouser offers these figures as
significant: +
In a new program undertaken
by the Delaware tuberculosis AS
sociation % persons with mega
tive tuberculosis were rehabili-
tated during 1851. Average cost
was $400 a patient. They were
trained in such occupations as
switchboard operators. cashiers,
radio repairmen and stenograph-
lerS.
All Get Jobs.
All have now found positions,
and the estimated annual income
for the group is $38,376.
Although the fledgling rehabili-
|tation program here is the lone
bright spot in a tuberculosis
problem which Health Officer
Daniel L. Seckinger terms the
|city's worst health problem, much
must still be done.
The Upshur Street Hosital had
80 vacant beds yesterday only be-
cause Of the seriousness Of the
tuberculosis situation here. Pa.
|tients are being hospitalized so
late that most have advanced
cases. They require longer hos
|pitalization. When-or if-neces-
|sary funds are obtained to give
adequate home and hospital care,
more patients will be ready for
rehabilitation quicker.
The occupational therapy rooms
at the hospital are small and over
crowded. More room is needed as
well as more diversified equipment.
Three Shocks Faced.
Mr.. Funkhouser says rei1abilita-
ton should begin with diagnosis.
'The new patient has three
shocks awaiting him." he says.
First. to be told he has tubercu-
losis; second. to realize. after he
gets in a hospital, tllat 40 per cent
|of the other patients Ire repeat
Evening star., 1952-07-01
House Group Approves
Probe Of Rain MAKING
BY the A.soeioted Press

A bill designed to determine
whether experiments to affect the
weather really are having any
effect was approved yesterday by
the House Commerce Committee.
Introduced in the Senate by
Senator Case. Republican. of
South Dakota and in the House
by Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, of Mississippi, the bill sets
up a commission to investigate
the whole field Of weather and
rain making and determine
whether any regulatory law is
needed.
The bill already has been passed
by the Senate.
Evening star., 1952-07-01
House Sends Trumun Bill
For Sea Water Study
By the Associoted Press

Legislation authorizing a 81 mil
lion study of means to change sea
water into fresh water was passed
yesterday by the House and sent to
President Truman.
The study would be directed by
the Interior Department.
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Nuyy ChupIoin to Speok

Navy Chaplain John H. Craven
will speak at a meeting Of the
Mems Brotherhood of the Fair
Park Baptist Church, 1919 South
Seminary road. Alexandria, at 7:20
O'Clock. tonight.
Evening star., 1952-07-01
First Advisory
Council Session
Sef Tomorrow
D. c. Reorganization
Placed in Effect at
Midnight Ceremony

District government reorganiza.
ton became effective last mid.
night. when the Commissioner.
delegated powers to city depart.
ments and appointed a nine.
member Citizens Advisory Coun.
Gil.
The widely representative coun.
Gil viii begin it's work at once
having scheduled a meeting ir
the District Building for 10 am
tomorrow. It will elect officer.
and name a iaiSon member with
District officials to arrange fol
space and other council require.
mentS.
The Advisory Council is made
up OF eight men and a woman
members of both white and col
ored races with many civic inter-
eSts. They are:
William j. Smith, Mrs. George
c. Thorpe. DR.. Edward, Mazique
j. c. Turner, Thornton w. Owen,
Joseph A. Kaufman, Woolsey w.
Hall. William E. Leahy and Rob-
ert v. Fleming.
100 Attend Ceremony.
The unusual midnight ceremony
was attended by almost 100 per-
sons. including city officials and
civic leaders.
This truly is an historic occa-
sion," said Commissioner F.. Jo-
Seph Donohue. "For the first
time in "a years of the commits
sioner form of government, the
Board of Commissioners has been
given the opportunity to re-
organize this city government to
the end that greater efficiency and
economy will be possible"
The midnight meeting was
necessary to avoid possible legal
complications. With reorganiza-
tion in effect at that hour, all
powers of the city departments
lapsed automatically. The COM
missioners adopted an order dele
eating the same powers tempo
rarily.
Friede Sits by Telephone.
AS Mr.. Donohue spoke, Herbert
Friede, acting District electrical
engineer, sat at q telephone con-
nected with the Naval Observa-
tory. When the Observatory gave
the signal for midnight, he noti-
fed Geoffreys Thornett, secretary
to the Commissioners, and the
board signed orders de1egating de-
partmental powers and appointing
the Advisory Council.
Mr.. Thornett had been reading
the orders to the assembled lead
ers. He interrupted himself to
say:
Its IL o'clock" and the cere-
mony began.
After Commissioner Donohue
welcomed the gathering, Engi-
neer Commissioner Bernard l..
Robinson expressed appreciation
to citizens who supported re-
organization. He was principal
proponent of the plan approved
by Congress.
Commissioner F. Renah Cana
lier spoke next. He said:
This is inaugurating a new era
in civic interest and promises to
become milestone from which all
future expansion of the municipal
government will be gagged"
When the two orders were
signed, the entire group adjourned
to the Washington Hotel roof for
a buffet supper.
Among those present at the
meeting was Col. j. Franklin Bell.
He served as Engineer Commits
Sioner of the District from 1928 to
1927 and was instrumental in set
ting up the first Citizens Advisory
Council to the Commissioners here.
Jesse Suter, civic editor of The
Star, also was at the meeting.
He was the first chairman of that
first Citizens Advisory Council.
The council lasted only a few
years.
Evening star., 1952-07-01

cases, and third, that he cannot,
in all probability, go back to his
old job.
1--WE need more social workers
and counselors to help him iron
out his troubles, help settle both
|ersome home difficulties and con-
vince him that life can be worth
living after necessary readjust-
|ment."
DR.. Leibovici sa0s that a ma
tional study showed the average
cost Of care of a tuberculosis
patient to be $4,000. For re-
curing cases, the cost to the COM
munity over the patients lifetime
reaches as high as 100000.
Through proper rehabilitation,
we can precent many of these re-
|currences Of the disease" he says.
"The savings apparent certainly
make the program worthwhile. I"
THE above Is the fifth in .
series Of articles on the TB
problem. Tomorrow, the ques-
ton of free care for all TB
patients viii be discus1ed.)
Evening star., 1952-10-05
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Evening star., 1952-11-16
Witness Testimony
Indicates H-Bomb,
Scientist Says
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.-The
size and power of a secret bomb
exploded recently in Pacific tests
can be estimated by fragments of
information from an eyewitness
letter, according to a Philadelphia
scientist.
DR.. I. M. Levitt, director of the
Fels Planetarium of Franklin In
stitute, said last night the explo-
sion was 16 times as great as at
Hiroshima and probably was a
baby" hydrogen bomb composed
of 80 pounds of critical material
held in a liquid state at 400 de-
grees below zero in q super
thermos bottle.
Dr.. Levitt was quoted by John
Raleigh over an NBC news pro-
gram. Mr.. Raleigh said DR..
Levitt based his estimate on in
formation from a published letter
in which a spectator at the tests
told of being 81 miles away and
feeling 180 degrees of heat.
Mr.. Raleigh said that IF an
American scientist can take a
distance and degree of heat and
reach a conclusion. the same thing
can be done behind the Iron
Curtain"
The letter was not identified on
the broadcast. but a letter pub
|lished by the Lima (Ohio) News
November 10 from an unidentified
eyewitness described 180 degrees
heat from 30.4 miles away, gave
the time of the explosion and said
a fame two miles wide shot five
miles into the. air and destroyed
the bombs island site. Several
other letters from self-described
witnesses have been published in
other papers.
A full-scale hydrogen bomb, Mr..
Raleigh added, would contain
about ton of material, generate
heat 10000 times that of the sun
and wipe out an area extending
from New York City to Trenton,
IN. j.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-02-14
Roads Commission
Awards Contract
On 24O Relocation

Construction of the interchange
that will give access to the Wash
ington National Pike at its inter-
section with U. S. Route Is on
the southwestern edge of Freder-
lex will be accomplished under a
contract awarded by the State
Roads Commission to T. Edgie
Russell, Frederick contractor.
The new highway, a relocation of
U. S. Route 240 to provide an en-
tirely new road from Frederick
to Washington, is under construc-
ton from Route Is to a point
south of the Montgomery County
line, with southerly extension
planned for this year.
The overpass structure that
forms the heart of the interchange
at Route Is already has been COM
pleted under separate contract.
The Russell job will provide the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-02-14
New and Used Car
Market Regulation
Explained by OPS

"Wide interest throughout the
State concerning OPS automobile
regulations has been experienced
in the past week." said Hugo R.
Hoffman, Maryland OPS Director
today. People wanting to buy
new or used cars, private individ-
uals wanting to sell their present
autos as well as dealers have been
flooding our office with calls and
letters asking for information"
Two regulations govern the SELL
ing of automobiles, Mr.. Hoffman,
pointed out. The new car regu-
lation is called OPR SO. Under
this regulation definite dollars-and-
cents ceilings are placed on all new
cars, and specific charges for such
things as handling and condition
ing them for delivery must be
posted by the dealer. He must not
only post his ceiling prices in an
easy-to-see part of his showroom
but he must also give the purch
aser detailed invoice outlining all
charges within seven days after
completion of the sale.
st is also important to note"
Mr.. Hoffman, explained, "that the
buyer of new car does NOT have
to take any extras. New car sell
ers may not compel a purchased to
buy such things as radios, heaters,
spotlights and the like"
Under the used car regulation,
CPR 81, there are specific dollars
and-cents ceilings for all makes up
to cars ten years old-other than
those more than % years old.
These ceiling prices are contained
in special appendix to the regu-
lation. All cars being offered for
sale by a used car seller must
have a tag or label on the car
listing the OPS ceiling price. As
with new car sales, the used car
seller must give a detailed invoice
to the purchaser within seven days
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-02-14

doors, featuring food freezer
that will hold up to IS pounds of
frozen foods. The other two I'M
perials have single, full-length ex-
terror doors. One has a total ca
pacity of 1916 cubic feet, including
a food freezer holding 40 pounds
Of food, and the other is a nine
cubic foot model with a food
freezer for 43 pounds.
In addition to the Imperial Cy-
cla-matic Frigidaires, there are
ten handsomely-styled Deluxe
Master, Standard and Special re-
frigerator models from four to II
cubic feet. All have new conven-
fence an operation features.
Other Frigidaires products in
clude a complete line of electric
ranges in 40, 80 and 81 inch
widths, some featuring the revolu-
tionary wonder Oven" in which
one can bake broil or bake and
roast at the same time in the same
oven at different temperatures.
Laundry Equipment
There also is line of home
laundry equipment, including an
automatic electric clothes washer,
dryer and ironer; a line of food
ireezers with capacities from 9 to
Is cubic feet: complete line of
electric, automatic water heaters,
and an electric dehumidifier.
Smart Raymond Loewy styling
with advanced engineering design
have been Incorporated in all
these new product lines, Mr.. Lam
Ter said,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-02-14
In 1852
In 1852
Local Man Attends
Frigidaire Meet;
Tells whats New"

The 1862 Cycla-matic Frigidaire
food freezer and refrigerator COM
bination features convenient "Roll-
to-you" selves and new kind of
cold called Levelcold, according to
Benjamin Lanier Of Wire & Lam
Ter, Rockville, who returned re-
Gently from Frigidaire sales
meeting in Baltimore, where more
than 600 dealers attended.
Mr.. Lanier said that in the new
Frigidaire, every shelf glides out
full-length on nylon rollers, bring
ing more food within easy reach
than any other refrigerator ever
built. In addition, there are three
shelves on the door for handy stor-
age of small items.
He said the Levelcold is a safer
cold for preservation of all kinds
of foods because temperatures
within the refrigerator do not
"see-saw" with weather changes,
heavier usage, or during automatic
defrosting.
Safe Cold
Through development Of rev.
dictionary Cycla-matic, Frigidaire
engineers have made possible con-
slant, safe cold automatically nm
der all conditions, whether on the
coolest night Of winter or the hot
assured by thermostats inside and
test summer afternoon. This is
outside the refrigerator. There is
also a built-in Food Safety Indi-
Gator.
Emphasizing the Importance Of
constant, low temperatures in the
middle of the safety zone, Mr..
Lanier pointed out that tests have
shown that in some foods there is
TT6 times more bacteria growth in
four days at 80 degrees, the top
of the safety zone, than there is
at 40.
The Cycla-matic system is found
in the three Imperial models of the
1852 Frigidaire refrigerator line.
Each Of these models has sep
arate food freezer completely in
sulated and sealed from the re-
frigerator portion of the cabinet.
There is no defrosting heating de-
vice in the food Freezer. and tenn
peratures are maintained at a
konstant zero-zone safe level for
preservation of frozen foods for
months.
Mr.. Lanier pointed out that
Levelcold temperatures are main.
tanned in the refrigerator section
by concealed cold-wall chilling
co.'s and a Refrig-o-plate on the
back wall of the compartment. The
Cycla-matic system regulates the
flow of cold, controls humidity,
and hanishes frost before it coll
lects, providing automatic defrosts
ing in the refrigerator without the
use Of clocks, timers or heaters of
any kind.
Big Food Freezer
There is handsome los cubic
foot Imperial wit htwo exterior