Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1930, Page 27

MATERNITY DEATHS WILL BE REDUCED Mothers of New York to Be Assured Adequate Care by Physicians. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—A meth- ©d promising to save the lives of 10,000 of the 18,000 American mothers who die annually from childbirth was made blic yesterday by the Maternity ter Association of New York. It is a simple system of assuring the mother adequate medical care before | and after the birth of the child, work: out in eight years of practice on New ¥ork's East Side. The death rate for East Side mothers who did not receive special care in i 3 ¢ about 6.2 | Pe | B e T 0 6 mothors | ward trend of wheat_despite prices in per 1,000. Among the 4,726 mothers who did receive special care through . the Maternity Center Association the | death rate was only 22 per 1000 a yeduction of nearly two-thirds. The figures were compiled by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. | ‘The lives of many babies also were saved by adequate care for the moth- | ers, the report said. Still births and @eaths of infants in the first month of life were reduced by almost half. DANVILLE TO GET NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING Town's Needs to Be Cared for in| Allocation of '$115,000,000 Federal Appropriation. 1 N _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1930. * MILNOR, GRAIN STABILIZATION HEAD, IS STUDY IN CONFIDENCE Quiet Man Who R graphed Enters Chicago Wheat Pit With Millions of Dollars to Save Farmer. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 17.—At the head deck of the Government-financed Stabilization Cerporation, which has bulwarked the wheat market of the United States against world depres- sion, is George S. Milnor, quiet, urbane, confident—a composite of thousands of successful business men in thousands of small cities. Possibly none ever entered the fa- mous Chicago wheat “pit" with more millions of dollars at his command :nd greater freedom ta use them. Cer- y no trader ever had a more culiar commission—halting th down- Winnipeg. Liverpool, Buenos Aires and other foreign markets. Began at Bottom 20 Years Ago. Milnor is from Alton, Ill. He began at the bottom with the Sparks Milling [ Co. there sbout 20 years ago. He resigned its presidency early this year to succeed William G. Kellogg as gen- eral manager of the Stabilization Cor- poration. '} Since the middle of November the Stabilization Corporation has kept the December price above 73 cents, while elsewhere in the world wheat markets it has been dropping steadily down- ward. How many million bushels of wheat it has bought only Milner, Chair- man Legge of the Farm Board and a few other high-ranking Government Bneeial Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, December 17—/ While Danville was not included in the | @& public building program at Washington, ; correspondence between Senator Claude Swanson and Congressman Joseph | Whitshead and the Danville Chamber | of Commerce indicates that the need | for a n°w post office here is expected 10 be taken care of under the allocation | of the additional authorization of $115.- | 000,000 for public buildings, recently | provided by Congress. The Danville claim has been before the Interdepartmental Committee on Public Buildings in Washington for sev- | eral months. J. W. CARPENTER ESTATE | ESTIMATED AT $225,000 Staunton Attorney Qualifies as Administrator for Weyers | . Cave Banker. I Special Dispatch to The Ster. | STAUNTON, Va., December 17.—The ; estate of John Will Carpenter, Weyers | Cave bank president and large land | owner of Augusta County, who died last Tuesday, is estimated at about $335.,000. The deceased left no will, and upon request of the heirs J. W. H. Pilson, Staunton attorney, has qualified as ad- ministrator. Bonds and other negotia- ble constitute a large part of the estate, while there are large real | estate holdings. The several Carpenter | farms embrace mearly 700 acres. | “The heirs are E. F. Carpenter, broth- | er, Weyers Cave; D. H. Carpenter, ; brother, Rockingham County; Mrs, Em- | Ana L. Crawford, sister, Rockland Mills. | Beveral nieces and nephews, children of | two deceased sisters, also will share in | the estate. STUDENTS TO PRESENT CHRISTMAS SONG STORY “His Star” to Be Put on at Wash- ington-Lee High School at Ballston. Seecial Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., December 17.—His | Star” s Christmas song story, will be | ted by the Girls Glee Glub of Washington-Lee High School at the assembly of the seniors on next lesday morning at 11:30 o'clock with Miss Flora Heins, 2s the reader. In the sfternoon at 3 o'clock the program will be presented for the juniors and the blic will be invited to attend. Miss : line Whitlock, musical director of the school, will have charge of the pro- gram. POSEY TO HEAD LODGE ©Centenrial Chapter, A. F. and A. M., Holds Annal Election. By & Staff Correspondent of the Star. UPPER RO, Md., December 17.—W. B. Posey, Prince Georges County tural agent, was_elected master of Centennial Lodge No. 174, A. F. and A. M.. at the annual meeting following _a brnquet in Trinity Hall. er officers chosen were: W. H. « Townshend, senior warden; C. J. Outten, gmior warden; H. S. Wood, secretary; lenry Witt, treasurer, and H. 8. Lowe, tyler. Charles Entwistle was re-elected as | one of the three trustees of the lodge. | J. C. Buck was appointed to fill the un- expired term of Trustee B. Wesley Cranford, who was killed in a fire truck | sccident. | Mr. Posey succeeds J. Paul Smith as master of the lodge. - Drought Problems:to Be Studied. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., December 17. a5pectal problems’ which have arisen the past season because of the drought wil' be studied at the annual Winter meeting of the Maryland Hor- ticultural Society in the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, on January 6 and 7, | . Secording to A. F. Vierheller, secreta Eugene or Realistic. Ex- ReTL Operators. Includes alr trim. two shampoos and finger wave. one Nat. K225 . WHELANS 1105 F ST. utly Shoppe” Third Floor gfuses to Be Photo- officials know. And they are not telling. “How are things going, Mr. Milnor,” | he was asked. “Perfect,” was his quiet reply, “just perfect.” " el “Have you stabilized wheat prices?” “Well, we believe we have for this year, anyway," in the same quiet tone. U. 8. Not on World Basis. “We' don't tend to affect world supply, demand or price. As a matter of fact, the Prlee of wheat in the United States is not fixed by the world | basis in anything. “If I have somebody come in here to paint my office, he is not paid on| the basis of what a painter receives in | Europe. “The immigration laws stop the Eu- | | Topean painter from coming in. The | tariff protects the manufacturer. We | believe the farm relief laws do the same for the farmer.” l market. This country is not on a world |~ MARYLAND COAL TRADE REPORTED IMPROVED Approximately 11,000 Tons Being 8hipped Daily From Georges Creek Region. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., December 17.— A decided improvement in the coal | trade is r!xoflod in the Maryland ?:Il region. Ximately 11,000 tons dally are being shipped from ‘the mines in the Georges ‘Creek Valley. About 30 miges are in operation and 3,500 men are employed. They are averaging four and one-half days' a week. The Maryland division of the Con- solidation Coal Co., which has 900 men at work, has lost only one day in the past two weeks. It is thought the infinx of orders will cause this program to be maintained. During the Summer the mines worked but half time. The Piedmont and Georges Creek Co. has four mines averaging three to four d]lys; week. About 350 men are em- ploye Quality Furs at Low 1930-31 Prices Milnor s too busy to be casually| reached for an interview. Appointments | are rare, and once made, likely are to| | be postopned several times. He will not | {be photographed. He is middle-aged, | | medium-sized, with light brown hair, quiet, courteous. His office is quiet. | Pictures of farm activities hang on the | | wall, yet he never lived on a farm, C(TUARANTEED Satisfac- tion,” isn't just a by-word here but the real reason why women have confidence in Shaffer Furs. Shaffer Fur Co. 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