Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1940, Page 32

W.C.T.U. Convention Is Urged fo Profest "Nip Bottle’ Sales 200 Delegates Attend Spring Rally of District Union Some 200 delegates, representing 28 member unions and approximate- ly 1500 members, yesterday attend- ed the spring rally and quarterly convention of the Woman'’s Chris- tian Temperance Union of the Dis- trict of Columbia, held in Ecking- ton Presbyterian Church. The convention was featured by reports of officers, department heads | and an address by the Rev. Henry | B. Wooding,«minister of Eckington | Presbyterian Church, who con- demned the sale of liquor, particu- larly in stores which deal both in liquor and groceries. He held that | only through temperance education can a stop be put to drinking. The Rev. Mr. Wooding saw encourage- ment, however, through recent re- ported reductions in consumption of hard liquors but expressed regret over a reported increase in con- | sumption of wine. Mrs. Iva B. Stout, State sec- retary of the Loyal Temperance Le- gion department of the W. C. T. U,, | declared that in the United States there are 191,000 more places where | liquor is sold than there are church- | es. She urged the W. C. T. U. members to appear before the Al-| coholic Beverage Control Board at a hearing scheduled for next Tues- | day on proposed sale of so-called | “nip bottles” of champagne, so that they might protest against put- | ting the proposal into effect. Membership Gain Reported. Mrs. R. L. Collins, membership chairman, reported an approximate membership of 1,500 in the District W. C. T. U.. and said there has been a decided gain this year although no definite figures have yet been com- | piled. | Mrs. Richard Meadows, State | secretary for the District of the Youth Temperance Council, de- scribed the council's work as an| important part of W. C. T. U. activi- | ties, emphasizing particularly the value of presenting the council's temperance programs before Sun- day school groups throughout the | city. | Mrs. William Watt, the W. C. T_‘ U.’s speech contest director, reported that temperance speech contests had been conducted among youths by several of the unions. | A warning to W. C. T. U. mem- bers to differentiate between propa- ganda and uncolored truth was sounded in an address by Miss Mary Downey, the organization's director | of international relations for peace and delegate to the conference on the cause and cure for war. Miss| Downey told of discussions and opinions at the conference. Reports on the regional W. C. T. U. conference, held last month in Baltimore, were made by Mrs. Marie N. Brinley and Mrs. Bertie | Farmer. Report on Funds Received. Mrs. Frances Winters, treasurer of the District union’s board of trustees, reported about $1.200 had been received this year for the head- | quarters, located at 522 Sixth street N.W. A report on funds also was made by the District union treas- urer, Mrs. Darrel C. Crain. Other features of the day’s pro- | gram included vocal selections »hy Mrs. George A. Cook, accompanied | by Mrs. J. W. Peed; devotional| services, conducted by Mrs. Everett Eaton; greetings by Mrs. H. B. { Wooding and a roll call of the| member unions by Mrs. Earle Wil- fley. Mrs. Franklin Adams intro- | duced the Rey. Mr. Wooding. | Recently enrolled life members of | the District W. C. T. U, whose names were read at the meetings, included Mrs. Francis S. Browne, | Mrs. Mamie Jenny, Mrs. Anna C.| Frensner, Miss Effie Ritchie, Mrs. | Maud Banker, Mrs. Jenmie A. Mc- Dormand and Mrs. Sarah Hunter. | Plans for a boat trip down the | river on June 26 were announced at the meeting by Mrs. M. L. Coch- ran, chairman in charge. Mrs. Ida W. Ramsey, president, presided. | Following the regular sessions a | temperance motion picture was shown by Mrs. Ella M. Robinson of | the Takoma Park Union of the Dis- | trict W. C. T. U. SociaI»Agencies fo Study Child Welfare Laws Proposals by the Council of Social Agencies for legislation requiring | the licensing of child-placing agen- | cies and a strengthening of the Djs- trict's paternity law are to be con- sidered at a meeting of the Board of Public Welfare next Monday, al- though little hope is held for any action at this session of Congress. While the Welfare Board is ex- pected to approve the plan to re- quire licenses of child-placing agen- cies, the draft of any proposed leg- islation must be reviewed by the corporation counsel’s office, the Commissioners and the Budget Bu- reau before the Commissioners may sponsor the bills. There is but one more District day scheduled in the House, slated for May 13. Proposals for the licensing feature developed following protests over the activities of unlicensed “baby brokers.” The other proposal calls for re- placement of the District’s Bastardy Act of 1912 with a stronger paternity law, one feature of which would require parents to support children up to the age of 18, whereas the present law places the gge limit at 14 years. Will Play for Patients The 5th Battalion Band, Marine Corps Reserve, will play a concert for the patients at Glenn Dale Sana- torium Sunday at 11 am. It will be the first of a series of such concerts at local hospitals, and will be con- ducted by Master Technical Sergt. George W. Scott. ADVERTISEMENT. Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH ease because of loose, Wabbly false teeth. FASTEETH. an improved alkaline (non- acid) powder_sprinkled on your plates holds them firmer $o they feel more| comfortable. Soothing and eooling gums made sore by excessive acid| mouth. Avoid embarrassment caused by loose vlates. Get FASTEETH today &t full-time stafi of Gallinger Hospital here, today was credited by the American Medical Association with a new surgical method which ap- pears to have solved one of the oldest problems of surgery—lung complications following amputation of a leg. Dr. Veal, at the hospital, confirmed THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, D.'C. Surgeon Devises Method To Save Lives in Amputation Dr. J. Ross Veal, surgeon on thelan Associated Press dispatch from Chicago, headquarters of the A. M. A., that the new surgical method had been used successfully by him in preventing involvement of the lung. Some of the operations had been performed in Gallinger Hospital, he explained, while others had taken place at the Louisiana State Uni- versity Medical School at New “The Avenue"=Tth, 8th and D Sts. MEN'S STORE Orleans, where he was assistant pro- féssor of surgery. The pulmonary involvement which has persisted for years as the great- est risk in removing a gangrenous leg was averted by tying off a vein in the affected limb at a much higher point than has been customary. This “high ligation” method, de- scribed in the journal of the A. M. A., was credited with preventing the formation of blood clots in the stump. Such clots are fatal when they break off, enter the general circulation and become lodged in the lungs, obstructing blood vessels there. Dr. Veal reported that not a single lung complication developed in 28 consecutive cases in which he tied oft the thigh vein just below the groin, rather than close to the point of amputation, although five died of other causes. This compared with 97 deaths in 275 previous amputations with the older method of ligation, including 41 deaths (or 422 per cent) from some type of lung complication. 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