Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1935, Page 13

- PRETTYMAN TELLS |DISEASE BATTLE . OF SOCIAL LAWS Corporation Counsel Out- lines Program to Monday Evening Club. A program of social legislation for the District—including the “farm” idea for habitual drunks, the lunacy bill, amendments to the child labor, gambling and narcotic laws, modern- ization of the parole system and es- tablishment of magistrate courts i police precincts—was outlined last night by Corporation Counsel E. Bar- rett Prettyman. He addressed the Monday Evening Club, a group com- posed of social workers and those in- terested in social problems. In advocating the farm and rehabil- ftation center plan for taking care of habitual drunks, Prettyman cited a number of cases which had not been cured by jail sentences and fines. “Habitual druoks,” he said, “are not » criminal problem—they are a social problem.” To eliminate the crowded dockets of the minor courts, Prettyman pre- sented his plan to establish magis- trate courts in the police precincts to handle traffic and other minor cases. He declared the present sys- tem of handling these cases was “com- pletely antiquated.” He branded the Juvenile, Police and Traffic Courts as & “national disgrace.” Discussing the District unemploy- ment compensation act, he predicted that all employers will be brought into line by operation of the law. District of Columbia—Cloudy, prob- ably occasional rain tonight and to- morrow; colder tomorrow afternoon and night; moderate southwest winds, shifting to northwest tomorrow after- noon. Maryland—Probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; colder tomor- row afternoon and night. Virginia—Probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; colder tomor- row afternoon and night. West Virginia—Occasional rain to- night and tomorrow: colder tomorrow and in extreme west portion tonight. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear today. Report for Last 24 Hours. Yesterday— Today— Temp. Baro. Dei Ins. 4P .7 & pm 06 Midnight - 67 Record for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 78, 1:15 p.m. yesterday. Year 80. 74 Lowest. 63. 5 a.m. today. Year ago. 57. Record Temperatures This Year, Highest, 98, on July 20. Lowest” —3, on January 28. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) ighest 01 per cent. at 4 am. today. West. 56 per cent, at 2 p.m. yesterday. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. Aggam Sun, today __ 8un. tomorrow Boon, today .. 1:53 am. 4 p.m. —.__Aufomobile lights must be turned on ©ne-half hour after sunset. Precipitation, Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to H 093, 223w - SR DRa D piasibe ot e LIS November December 3 Weather in Various Cities. ETON;G“'“I".E g r F] 5§ 3 g 5 F = 3 - Cloudy .10 Rain Atlantic City. Baltimore. Birmingham Bismarck Huron. Indjanapolis Jacksonville . iami. Minneapolis N. Orleans. La. New York, N ¥. Oklahoma_City .. Greenwich time. tod: ‘Temperature. Etockholm, Swed Gibraltar. ' Spain_. “CREAMED” RUBBING ALCOHOL Doesn’t dry out the skin Good news for people with dry, ten- der skins! Spry, the rul in cream form, soothes and softens | the skin. Economical; can’t spill. Use [t for — aches — pains — sore muscles—sprains—stiff joints —fever—tired feet—cuts— bruises—after shaving. Contains 70% sbeolute alcohol, U. 8. Gevt. standard for rubbing alcohol compounds. LARGE T0 OPEN TONIGHT Public Invited to Attend Meeting to Hear of Tuber- culosis Drive. A concerted attack against tubercu- losis will be launched tonight at a mass meeting in the District Medical Society Auditorium, 1718 M street. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock and there are to be six speakers represent- ing the forces combining to fight the disease. The public has been invited. This year's campaign is a $99,000 W. P. A. project and features X-ray examinations to be made available without charge to all those wishing to be tested. The District Medical 80- clety hopes at least 10,000 will register for the tests and has appealed to citi- zens, through speakers at civic asso- ciations and other channels, to sign up and to induce their servants to be examined. Dr. George C. Ruhland, District THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1935, health officer, meeting. ‘The necessity for' early determina- tion of tuberculosis will be discusscd by Dr. Charles R. L. Halley of the Medical Soclety, while Dr. William C. White, president of the District Tuber- culosis Association, will speak on “Tu- berculosis Clinics.” Mrs. H. G. How. land, president of the Instructive Visit- ing Nurse Society, is to speak on the services of her organization and similar humane enterprises. The other speak- ers will be Dr. Willard M. Lane, presi- dent of the Medico-Chirurgical So- clety, who will discuss the “Tubercu- losis Education of Medical Students,” and Elwood Street, director of public welfare, who will appeal for more hos- pital beds for tuberculosis sufferers. Dr. Ruhland has started to fill his staff of @5 case-finding workers, med: al experts and clerks who will handie the city-wide control campaign. will preside at the Addis Ababa Tours Listed. Excursions to the “new Italian Ter- ritories in Africa” are being advertised by all leading Italian travel agencies. 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