Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1934, Page 22

B—6 FOWLER FATHER Health Officer Has Seen City’s Standards Reach Unsurpassed Point. Ending 40 years' of active service in the District government, Dr. Wil- liam C. Fowler, health officer, retro- spectively turned back the pages of his career yesterday, and marked as one of his greatest contributions to the | health of the city. the determined and I successful efforts he made to improve ; the quality and purity of its milk supply. As father of the 1925 milk control act, and later, as its guardian, Dr. Fowler has seen Washington’s milk im- prove from only an average to a point where it is unsurpassed in quality and purity. “No city in the United States has better milk than Washington,” Dr. Fowler said. “And few cities have milk that can even compare with it.” Back in 1920, before science gave much thought to the disastrous effects of unpasteurized, unclean milk—when | new-born babies were dying at an alarming rate from pathogenic or- ganisms in their food—the raw milk shipped into Washington from the farm averaged about 1898000 per cubic centimeter. After the milk control act became effective five years later, the count dropped to an average of 220,000 per cubic centimeter. 1n other words, at that time, there were 220,000 organisms in every 14 drops of milk. Considered Babies. Dr. Fowler looked at milk in terms of babies' food. He calculated the average infant consumed two quarts of milk a day, or about 2,200,000 bac- teria. Then, with the aid of the milk control act, he went to work to clean up the dairy farms and the dairies, and to replace filth with sanitation at every point from the cow to the con- sumer. Now, the bacteria ccunt has been reduced to an average of 36,000 per cubic centimeter. That is the figure for raw milk, but after pasteurization, it drops to 6,000. But these 6,000 organisms, according to Health De- partment officials, are not of the dan- gerous pathogenic or disease pro- ducing type; they are the minute variety that give life to both milk end water. And while the bacteria count was being reduced, the butter fat con- tent, or the richness, went up. In 1928, the first year in which the Health Department charted this feature, the average butter fat con- tent of milk shipped into Washing- ton was 4 per cent. This average has slowly gone up and last year it reached 4.3 per cent. Above Standard. Incidentally, the grade A milk re- quirements for milk in most markets, in the United States call for a mlm-1 mum count of 100,000 to 200,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. The major portion of Washington's milk as delivered to dealers is 10,000 or less, which equals the bacterial re- quirements for certified milk. Improvement in the milk supply, however, has come only through the co-operation of the dairy farmers. These producers who furnish the District with its milk supply live in Maryland and Virginia. A few are in West Virginia, and about 90 per cent are members of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ As- sociation. These farmers have diligently fol- lowed the Health Department’s re- quirements, chiefly because it was necessary to keep in business, but partly because a premium is paid for ! purest milk with a high butter fat content—milk that gets a high rating from the Health Department in- &pectors, To these farmers the dairy busi- ness has become a highly specialized | OF LK REFORMS| | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Retiring Health Officer Is Honored Dr. William C. Fowler, health officer, who officially goes on the retired list Friday, was given a combina- tion birthday and farewell party on his 70th birthday anniversary yesterday by District officials and employes. He is shown with Mrs. Fowler and Dr. E. J. Schwartz (right), who is presenting him with a toy automobile containing money enough to buy a * “real” car. —Star Staft Photo. Five Generations to Attend Birthday Party of Woman, 100 Hundred Masses to Be Said for Mrs. Hanora Lally. Edgar A. Guest Amohg Those Sending Greet- ings to Woman. RS. HANORA LALLY, who| reaches her 100th birthday anniversary December 10 and | “still has something to live for,” will be honored by the saying of 100 masses in various | churches throughout the country and | will have five generations of 32 rela- tives present at her birthday anniver- | sary party at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Leo Lally Mattingly, 3158 Eighteenth street. Among others sending greetings will be Edgar A. Guest, the poet, who wrote that he hoped life would be kind to her many more years. “I have had many unpleasant days,” she says, “but the happy ones have more than balanced my life and made it seem ‘only yesterday.'” Perhaps her most unpleasant day was during the battle of Manassas in the Civil War, when the invading army of hungry, wounded soldiers entered her home near Alexandria, Va., and she feared that they might kill her and her baby. But by offering them food and dressing their wounds she and her baby were spared. Happiest Day Recalled. The happiest day, she recalls, was when she and the minister of St. Mary's Church in Alexandria persuad- ed a Civil War general to decide against using the church for his head- quarters. Among those happy mem- ories, she remembers when the min- ister stood at the door of the church, with a handful of his congregation behind him, and said: “This church is not mine to give. Only God can grant you the right to use it as a headquar- ters for war.” Mrs. Lally recalls that the general, gallant and brave though he was, bowed down and received the blessing of the priest. - The church was later used as a hospital. She was the oldest of nine children, MRS. HANORA LALLY. tingly and two other daughters. Mrs. William H. Breen of Chevy Chase, Md., and Miss Anna V. Lally, a Wash- ington business woman. Her diet, now reduced to fresh vege- tables, once included everything on the menu from soup to nuts. All through her life she drank a pint of fresh warm milk the first thing in the morning. “This, T believe, has stimulated me when I was feeling old and is really one of my secrets of long life,” she says. The present generation fascinates her, she declares. And because she feels that each new gemeration will be more interesting and progressive, she believes that she still has some- thing more to live for. “Even if it were another 100 y she laughs. ALSHTHTOTA NRAD PROGRAN Will Be One of Four to Speak in Catholic University Program. York and three high-ranking members of the Catholic clergy will speak today over a nation-wide radio hook-up in | the Catholic University's annual broadcast from 12:45 to 1:30 pm. A program of music also will be given. The other speakers are Bishop James E. Kearney of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah, who will be first on the program; the Most Rev. John A. Duffy, D. D., Bishop of Syracuse, and the Most Rev. James H. Ryan, Bishop of Modra and rector of Catholic Uni- versity. The latter will follow Smith, scheduled as the third speaker. All except Bishop Ryan, who will speak at the university, will speak in New York. ‘The broadcast is in preparation for the annual University day, next Sun- day. At that time prayers are to be offered for the success of the univer- sity, and a collection to be taken for it in 8,400 Catholic parishes through- out the United States. This annual collection is the chief source of revenue of the university. Bishop Kearney is to point out the contributions to American Catholic cultural life by the Catholic sister- hoods. The Most Rev. Mr. Dufly is to speak on “The University and Lead- ership,” emphasizing the importance of having one strong central head of | the Catholic educational system cen- | tralized in the Catholic University ! o Ameri C., LEADERS T0 MARK AIR ANNIVERSARY Capital Men Will Serve on Committee Arranging Aviation Day. Washington aviation, educational and business leaders yesterday were named by the Bureau of Air Com- merce, Commerce Department, as members of a national committee to plan the observance of national av- iation day on December 17, the thirty-| nm.tnnmunuy of the first airplane flight. The committee will make plans for the participation of every available Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Guard, Coast Guard, private and commercial airplane in the United States to participate in the observ- ance, the Bureau announced. It is planned to have all airplanes which can be mustered for the pur- pose take off and fly over their re- spective communities at 10:30 a.m,, December 17. Displays Arranged. Arrangements with airport managers and com- manders of Army and Navy fields and statio nd owners of civil aircraft, after the Nation-wide flights, to place their craft on display for public in- spection. Meetings will be held and addresses, broadcast nationally, will be made by aviation leaders. The Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce will be honorary members of the committee. Active members, as announced yesterday, are: Eugene L. Vidal, director of Air Commerce, chairma; to the president of the National Aeronautic Association, vice chair- man; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of District schools; Harry W. Blee, chpirman of the Committee on Civil Aeronautics, National Aero- nautic Assoclation; J. Carroll Cone, assistant director of Air Commerce; Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New | Ray Cooper, general manager of the | Church. Provide a Glass Top Before Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving is an GLASS TABLE TOP. festive linens and silverware . . . and insur- ance against burns, Ask for estimate. Visit the Ezhibit of Housing Program. Bus and 7th Sts., on Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. begin- ning Nov. 26th. NOVEMBER 25, also will be made| Elliott Roosevelt, assistant | 1934—PART ONE. National Aeronautic Association, com- mittee secretary. Robert V. Fleming, president of the Washington Board of Trade; Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, Chief of Army Air Corps; Ma). Roy 8. Geiger, chief of Marine aviation; Clark Howell, chairman of the Fed- eral Aviation Commission; Rear Ad- miral Ernest J. King, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Dr. George W. Lewis, director of research, National Advisory Committee for Acronautics; William P. MacCracken, jr., former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Bernarr Macfadden, chairman of the Advisory Committee, Independent Aviation Op- erators. ‘Thomas J. Morgan, president of ths onautical Chamber of Commerce of America; Leighton W. Rogers, ex- ecutive vice president, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; David 8. Skinner, executive secretary, Cham- of Commerce of the Uaited States; Lawrence Shaw, national di: rector, Junior Birdmen of Amcrica Fred L. Smith, president of the Na- tional Association of State Aviation Officials; John F. Victory, secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Edward P. Warner, vice chairman, Federal Aviation Com- mission, and Chester H. Warrington, president, Washington Air Derby As- sociation. —— LATE JUROR LOSES $7 Makes Only $3 After Being Fined $10. GREAT FALLS, Mont. (#).—George | P. Hurst served one day on a jury and | now is $7 1n debt to Cascade County! George. it seems, arrived late for his duties, incurring the wrath of the court. He was reprimanded and fined $10, but was retained on the jury, earning $3. Net loss, $7. —_— GEORGIA TOWN AIDED [ SRR w Yorker Gives to Cedartown Bocial Center Building. CEDARTOWN, Ga. (#).—A social | ! center here has had two buildings | contributed by Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer of New York, one costing $50,000 and | the other $35,000. The center is spon- | sored by the Methodist Episcopal ideal time to own a Ornamental as the scars and scratches. the Washington Better Terminal, between 6th E. J. Murphy Co. 710 12th St. N. W. NAtional 2477 BOARD TOREVEW CODEFREELABOR Relations Tribunal to Seek Test of Authority to Handle Cases. By the Associated Press. The Labor Rclations Board decided yesterday to consider cases involving industries not under N. R. A. codes. In hearing the “one or two” cases of that kind now before it, the board announced it would consider “argu- ment on the question of its authority and jurisdiction under public reso- lution No. 44 to handle these cases. Text of Statement. “The National Lavor Relations Board has been asked in one or two BENGAL $IO instances to take jurisdiction of mate ters arising in uncoded industries. “Some doubt has existed as to the power and jurisdiction of the board in such controversies. After careful consideration the board has decided, when hearing these specific cases, to hear argument on the question of its authority and jurisdiction under pub- lic resolution No. 44 to handle these cases, and will entertain petitions for elections, etc., reserving for final de- termination the primary question of Jurisdiction.” Concerns A. P. Operators. One of the cases of this type now before the board concerns Associated Press telegraph operators. The _Commercial Telegraphers’ Union petitioned the board for an election among the Associated Press operators to determine whether that union represented them for collective bargaining. Edwin 8. Smith, & member of the | board, advised the union by letter that the board could not consider the case because the Associated Press was not under a code. Later, however, the board decided to_reconsider the petition. The board did not disclose what other case, if any, of similar nature was under consideration. 110 CASH ALLOWANCE ON YOUR OLD GAS RANGE REAL HOST | (Iscluded) Lifetime Ranges $26.50 $32.50 $49.50 $59.50 $74.50 $94.75 Terms celain_grates green_tris folding REAL HOST: b finish, extra large oven nally priced at § BENGAL S! thing [ ht ne finer L bought at any price; was $138.00. May Be Arranged. Phoae NAtional 8905 industry! They have invested nearly | born in County Roscomon, Ireland, $7,000,000 in buildings and equip-|and is the only surviving one. She ment alone for the production of | came to the United States 88 years Washington’s milk. This does not|ago and settled with relatives near include the value of the farms or | Alexandria. Alexandria, then a busy | about $3,000,000 invested in cows. | river port town, was much larger than Refrigerating and steam sterilizing | Washington. She was married at the apparatus are a part of the modern equipment purchased and used by the farmers because Ho milk leaves the farm until it is cooled to the proper temperature and the cans have been sterilized under a germ destroying steam. Even the cow's teats and ud- ders are washed and wiped before each milking. In fact, the dairy farmers, to get the highest possible rating from a Health Department in- spector, must use clear, individual towels for washing and drying the udders at each milking. In addition, the dairy attendants must pass medical examination if the produrcr is to receive a high rating on his milk. Ice Cream Milk. No milk, except that used for ice cream, comes into Washington with- out meeting these exacting require- ments. Milk used in ice cream, how- ever, must meet the approval of in- spection authorities in the States in which it is produced. Strict control is maintained over the supply under the Health Depart- ment’s rating and permit system. No dairy farmer is allowed to ship into the District any milk or cream for fluid consumption without a permit from the Health Department. The milk that does come in must conform to the standards outlined in the milk control act, and the subsequent regu- lations promulgated under that law. To procure a permit, the producer must keep all of his cattle free from tuberculosis and meet the numerous other health and sanitary standards prescribed by the department. Other- wise the permit is revoked. . Tattooing Attracts Women Who Like Hearts and Flowers DENVER (#).—Tattooing, says a Denver exponent of the ancient art, is attracting more woman customers than ever. Most of the work he does, however, is what this tattoo expert described as “little stuff,” such as hearts or flowers or anchors at 25 cents each. 1t has been a long time since Le has had anybody who could part with $150 to have “Cleopatra at the Bath” etched upon their backs. This is & 12-hour job, incidentally. Every tattoo artist has hundreds of designs ready at hand, but many pa- trons oring their own. Photographs are popular. “Sometimes impulsive women want their sweetheart's name tattooed on them; then they fall out of love and want the name taken off,” says this tattooer. “The easigst way to do that is to cover the name with a floral age of 23 to John E. Lally, a promi- nent lumber merchant in the city. Three Children Living. Of her own nine children, only three are still living. They are Mrs. Mat- 2 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Truth lectures, Hamilton Hotel, 11 am. and 8 pm. TOMORROW. Lecture, Miss Janet Richards, Wil- lard Hotel, 11 am. Card party and dance, Notre Dame | de Namur Alumnae Association, May- flower Hotel, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 pm. Bingo and card party, benefit Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. 1, 25 Seaton plack northeast, 8 p.m. Banquet, Businéss and Professional Women, La Fayette Hotel, 6:30 p.m. in the Maytag TMAYTA MAKES THE MAYTAG —uce - SENSATIONALLY LOW You must see the genuine quality before you can appreciate how. much you get for your money. ® This is only one of the reasons why housewives bought more Maytags in half of 1934 than in all of 1933. Ask your Maytag dealer for a dem- onstration in your home. It is free. [ J For homes without elec- tricity, any Maytag may be bad equipped with gasoline Multi-Motor. PIANOS Craftsmanship that moves unhurriedly at its task, skill that puts achievement of an ideal above all else, have made the Mason & Hamlin supreme amongst pianos. May be purchased on EASY TERMS ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY 1239 G $. Cor. 13th THE 1893 Founded ’ $4.00 MAYTAG COMPANY 517 10th St. N.W. All Electric Model Maytag Washers available with Electric Pump at slight additional cost. 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