Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1940, Page 6

Physicians Form Group fo Devise Care for Needy Committee Independent Of Medical Association In Medical Service Work By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 5—A group of physicians announced today forma- tion of a national organization to devise means of providing medical| service to the indigent and those ! the lower-income brackets while maintaining the system of independ- ent medical practice. Entitled the National Physicians’| Committee for the Extension of Medical Service, the organization stated it had nearly 25,000 physicians | voluntarily contributing to its sup- port either directly or thyough med- ical societies. Its central committee of 452 mem- bers includes representatives of every State. The organization, non-profit, has been set up by the doctors them- selves in the last four months and is independent of the American Medical Association,or other groups, but designed to carry on activities beyond the educational and scientific scope to which the association is Passénger Vessel, Bombed 8 Times by Nazis, Reaches Oslo Two on Norwegian Ship Traveling in Convoy Injured by Splinters By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, April 5—Bombed eight times by German planes, the Norwegian passenger ship Mira, with two of its 107 passengers slight- ly injured, arrived today from New- castle-on-Tyne. The two were injured by bomb splinters, other passengers reported. The Mira, a 1,152<ton ship, safled in a British convoy. Passengers said the first bombing occurred shortly after the ship started, and one German plane was believed to have fallen during the first raid. “The following day we were at- tacked anew about 11:50 am.” a| passenger said. “A violent battle followed and another plane seemed to fall. That same day, about 1;55 p.m. we were attacked again. | “The Germans had several planes | in this attack and came at us in| pairs. About 4 p.m. Wednesday there was a new attack and three | bombs were thrown at the ship and limited. “During the last few months,” a committee statement said, “there has been much agitation in connec- | tion with a so-called demand for a different type of distribution of | medical service. “This agitation led to a study of this vitally important problem by independent physicians. * * * “Fully realizing that this was a re- | sponsibility of the profession, phy- | sicians assumed the task of organ- izing this independent. group and | undertaking the necessary research and study to make more generally | known the methods, progress and achievements of the medical profes- sion and to aid in making more generally available the existing re- sources of medicine and the facil- ities of hospitals.” Committee headquarters have been set up in Chicago. Physicians will work toward meeting the com- mittee's objectives in thelr own | localities and forward their findings to the headquarters, which will serve | as a clearing house for ideas, ~ Local Physicians Join, ‘ But Form No Chapter { Doctors in Washington have been | advised personally of the formation | of the new National Physicians’ Committee for Extension of Medical | 8ervice, with headquarters in Chi- ago, and some local physicians have Joined the movement, it was learned today from the District Medical So- ciety. There is no intention, however, of setting up a new local orgnmza-} tion in this city to act as a chapter, | or a unit of the National Physicians’ Committee, it was said. The announcement from Chicago | today follows virtual abandonment by the Medical Society here of its | own plan proposed to provide pre- | payment medical care for the low income - groups through Mutual Health Service. The proposal here | was dropped, temporarily because of | lack of public support. U. S. Officials Gef Ride - In Substratosphere Clipper Army and Government officials were afforded the first opportunity to ride in the world’s first air- liner built for operation in the sub- stratosphere yesterday when Pan- American Airways’ clipper Flying Cloud, was flown in a series of demonstration flights from Bolling Field. The 45.000-pound continue its flights the rest of the week. First of three sister ships ordered by Pan-American, the clipper will shortly be placed in the international overland route from this country through Mexico and Central America to Rio de Janeiro. An all-time high for ticket selling was reported today from the Clip- per. Donald Duff of the Washing- ton office of Pennsylvania Central Airlines said he took two reserva- tions for passage on a P. C. A. ship while soaring in the Clipper 11,000 feet up. The reservations, to Norfolk, were made by H. A. Duke, vice president of Republic Steel Corp., with offices in the Investment Building, and Miss Jane Parreco. Passengers taken on the flight yesterday included Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Corps; C. B. Allen, vice chairman of the Air Safety Board, Civil Aeronautics Authority; Dr. Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska; Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff; Edward J. Noble, Undersecretary of Commerce; Charles S. Guthrie, assistant to Mr. Noble; Senator Pittman, Rear Ad- miral John Towers, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Rep- resentative Lea, R. Walton Moore, State Department counselor; Clin- ton M. Hester, C. A. A. administra- tor; Jwan T. Trippe, president Pan- American Airways; Charles P. Grad- dick, superintendent of air mail service, Post Office Department; Harllee Branch, G. Grant Mason, Jr., and Edward Warner. C. A. A. officials, and John C. Cooper, jr., vice president of Pan-American. The new clipper has a cruising speed of 247 miles per hour and & top speed of 300 miles. | airliner will Bureaus (Continued From Page A-1) the rest of the day were Work Projects Commissioner F. C. Har- rington and Chairman Woodrum of the House Appropriations Subcom- mittee handling the relief supply bill. Col. Harrington yesterday asked the Woodrum committee for $985,000,000 for W. P. A. in the coming fiscal year. Alexander a Caller. Another caller slated for today was W. S. Alexander, administratorg of the Federal Alcohol Administra- tion. The office of administrator of this agency would be abolished under the reorganization plan sub- mitted to Congress early this week, with its functions brought more closely under Treasury Department supervision. A fourth departmental reorgani- gation plan probably will be sub- mitted to Congress some time next week, Mr. Roosevelt said today. Apparently pretty much recovered exploded about 12 feet away. No- body was hurt. | “Exactly 35 minutes later five| | bombs were showered on us. All the | | passengers were standing on the | deck ready to go into lifeboats and | | had no protection against the at- stack. “The bombs rained on all sides of | the ship and several of them ex- | ploded close to us. | “At 4:50 p.m. two passengers were | hit by splinters from the bombs but | were not seriously hurt. We could see that a British destroyer hit one of the German planes.” Will Roosevelt Run? Mother Doesn't Know By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J,, April 5.— President Roosevelt's decision on whether he will seek a third term must be a well-guarded secret, for not even his mother knows the answer. The President's 85 - year - old mother, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roose- velt, said at a press conference yes- terday that her son had never said anything to her about running for a third term. Commenting on his possible can- didacy, Mrs. Roosevelt said: “I think he probably knows more than most people who would run for President. “He is an unusually well-educated | man. He had great opportunities and made full use of them to learn. | * * * He is particularly well fitted in knowledge of his country and other | countries, but I cannot say whether | I want him to run again. * * * | “I'd like to have him at home. He | is very fond of our country place and | I think.-he would enjoy being there,| but still he would be constantly | called away for this thing and that.” Mrs. Roosevelt came here Wednes- day to recover from a heavy cold. She said she was now “feeling fine” and expected fo rettirn to her New York home on Monday. | Caution is one automobile lem-\ sory you can't buy. THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, Mexico Retires Bonds Issued in Last Year By the Associated Press. 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