Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1923, Page 18

SflT DEPLORES LACK OF DOCTORS Admiral Asserts Inducements Offered by Navy Fail to Attract. Br the Associated Press. Graduates of medical, dental” and Pharmaceutical colleges and of nurses' training schools are finding the opportunities of eivil life so at- tractive that the medical department of the Navy in baving increasad dif- ficulty in getting suitably trained personnel General E. R. Stitt, in his annual re- rort made public today, declares that, despite an intensive campaign during the year, including the send- ing of 12,000 personal letters to young doctors, it was not possible to keep the Medical Corps up to its authorized strength. “It is apparent,” Dr. §titi said, that the inducements offered by the Navy are not sufficient to attract the voung physician. 1t seems, there- ore, that some legislative action will cessary in the near future if the al Corps of the Navy is to be ruited up to the strength for which ropriation was made by Congress, even if the vacancies occasioned resignation, retirement and death are to be filled.” sHealth conditions generally in the Navy during the fiscal vea for its work Surgeon t xeems certain,” said. The death rate was “the lowest the N and wdmissions to the were unsually low. Durlng the year care of the Navy certain,” . “that the time must soon come n. despite all the efforts and re- ., & certain number of bodies arried as ‘unidentified,’ must be ed unknmnn und those ‘un-j Tocuted as ‘missing: COOLIDGE HONORS EX-BANKER | NEW YORK, December 26.— I prison reform. has announced that President Coolidge has appointed him international prison commissioner to succeed the late John Koren. Mr. Chisholm is known as an ardent ad- vocate of the international code of procedure in the handling of p oners, which, he said vesterd: would try to have adopted by the International prison congress when it meets in London in 19 report | 4 l Abe Martin Says: lf“é%" Nobuddy but a giant ever found his size in pajamas. These days when a feller calls on th’ President an’ says it wuz jest a friendly visit, an’ that nothin’ wuz discussed, we kin believe him. (Copyright, National Newspaper Service.) —_— SCHOOL HONOR ROLL. Seat Pleasant Children Neither Ab- sent Nor Tardy. Dispateh to The Star. V' December t Pleasant, irdy since the beginning of school in September William_Carr, Hubert Kaldenback, | Charles Shellhorn, Roland Watson, { Cody Whittington. Caroline Richard- . Dorothy Dixon, rian Richardson, oris Brown, Mar; Rog- ¥ Beane, Fa Mary Shellhorn. WILL HONOR MME. CURIE. PARIS; December 26.—Mme. Marie Curfe, working with Prof. Pierre Curie, in thelr mod laboratory in Rue I'Homond, made adium At 4 hour rie’s experiments . President Mil- members of her momentous discovery of twenty-five years ago today. o'clock this afternoon, th that saw Mme. crowned lerand, acco the cabinet, the diplom several prominent meet at the Sorbonne to the annivers: ic corps and entists, celebrate ‘| Re .ce Claims Farmers Are Suffer- {ASKS ACTION AT.ONGE ON SHOALS DISPOSAL ing From Delay in Utiliz- ing Plant. Expedition in disposing of the Mus- cle Shoals property in order that the manufacture of commercial fertilizer may not be longer delayed is urged by Representative B. Carroll’ Reece, republican, of Tennessee. Unless the government can gej & better offer or stronger guarantee. for the production of fertilizer ti proverty_should be leaged or sold tc Henry Ford, Representative Reece udvlles “In the development Shoals,” Mr. Reece sald, “the nitrate or fertilizer features, together with | due regard for the national defense, | should be the primary consideration. “A continued delay in the dizposi- tion of Muscle Shoais cannot be jus- tified. The farmers are entitled to rellef. The plant at Muscle Shoals working to capacity will produce an- nually 250,000 tons of Chilean nitrate or 2,000,000 tons of the plant food in- gredients used in ordinary commereial tertilizer.” of Muscle ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. Special Dispatch to The Star. FORESTVILLE, Md., Decemper 26. ~Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the annual Christmas entertainment of the For- estville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School is to be held at the church A number of interesting features are | planned. 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