Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1940, Page 9

Tests Are Proposed 'On Recruits fo Avoid . Shell-Shock Cases Association Would Put Psychiatrists at Enlistment Stations By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, May 21.—Many potential deserters and shell-shock victims will be eliminated from Uncle Sam’s emergency army be- Zfore they even don a uniform. ‘The American Psychiatric Associa- tion was told today by its president, Dr. William Sandy, of Harrisburg, Pa, of plans to examine every re- cruit as to his nerve as well as his physical capability. He declared a military question- haire now is being circulated among psychiartrists, having as his ob- Jectice “preparedness for meeting the requirement of any national emergency.” The association, he said, is seek- fng to have trained psychiatrists available at every station to assist other medicial examiners in de- termining the mental fitness of re- cruits. Under the plan it would no longer be possible for adventurous boys to enlist by telling untruths, or for psychopathic and potential nervous cases to pass examination and later become wards of the Government. 30,000 Cases from Last War, ‘There are now more than 30,000 cases of nervous disorder in vet- erans’ hospitals as a result, of the last war. Dr. Sandy declared it is planned to reduce that number greatly in case the United States becomes involved in the present war. Military psychiatrists attending the annual meeting of the associa- tion said mental examinations are particularly necessary in the selec- tion of airplane pilots. In addition to sound health, the pilot of today's 350-m.p.h. planes must have per- fect co-ordination of brain, nerves and muscles and the ability to act instinctively. Dr. Burtrum C. Schiele of the University of Minnesota declared that the people who say they “didn’t sleep a wink all night” may have been dreaming that they were awake. He has invented an apparatus to record the movements of sleeping persons. A professional man com- plained of insomnia and insisted | that he tossed about all night. The device, consisting of a stirrup at- tached to one foot and connected with an electric recorder, showed that the man had more than six hours of steady sleep every night. Settle Down Finally. The device shows, Dr. Schiele said, that most people toss and turn | for as much as a half hour, then settle down to uninterrupted slum- ber for the first half of the night | with the second half being slightly | disturbed. heavy meals as well as emotional excitement causes more tossing around while sleeping, he said. Using only waste materials such as corn shucks, pencil stubs and discarded bowling pins, hundreds of patients in Kentucky's three hos- Mince pie and other| pitals for mental diseases have found | a path to recovery through occupa- tional therapy at virtually no cost to the taxpayers. Their handicraft is being dis- played at the association meeting here by Dr. J. G. Wilson, director of the Kentucky Division of Hospi- | tals and Mental Hygiene. “Everybody knows the value of occupational therapy,” he said today, “but the usual reason given for its neglect is the lack of funds. We didn’t have any funds, but just by | salvaging scraps and junk usually | thrown away we have been able to help bring the people out of them- selves and start many on the road to recovery.” Hats Made of Corn Shucks. From corn shucks the patients are making women’s hats, stool and chair seats, handbags and draperies. Bcraps of baling wire from the hos- pital farms become baskets. Thread unraveled from feed, burlap and sugar sacks is crocheted. Old bowl- ing pins, supplied without cost by How to By DEWITT MACKENZIE, Associated Press Foreign Affairs Writer. The German claim of having smashed through the allied front and reached the vicinity of the Eng- lish Channel] at Abbeville means, if it is substantiated, that the allies are in a precarious position. It doesn’t mean, however, that the allies have been crushed. It is almost folly to discuss this wholly confused situation as it now stands. We need much more infor- mation before we shall be able to pass judgment, and for that reason we should hold steady until we get that information. However, there can be no harm in speculating on what the de- velopment may mean, provided it is understood that it is speculation without sufficient details at hand for a considered opinion. Position Not Clear. The Germans say they have crushed the French 9th Army and captured the general staff with the commander, Gen. Henri Honore Giraud. It isn't wholly clear just where the 9th was holding at the moment of the crash, but it would seem | that it had been blocking the route in the the Valley of the Somme, near Peronne, which is a famous military route to the coast. The Nozis claim to have smashed on the captured Amiens and Abbe- ville. This would mean that they have achieved in at least some measure what the Kaiser's forces attempted in the spring of 1918, when they all but won the war in their great attack along the Somme. What the Germans don't make clear is the strength of the forces employed in this thrust. We must assume that a comparatively small mechanized spearhead had been jammed through to the coast, to be | followed by supporting troops. Must Send Strong Support. In order to make this break- through stick, the Nazis must pour strong support through the gap in the allied line, else they will have merely tossed some mechanized con- tingent out into the blue to wander about on their own. If it proves that the Germans have broken through in force, then what does it mean? To my mind the worst aspect of the situation would be that the large allied forces in Belgium would bowling alleys near the hospitals, | are turned into stool legs, nut dishes, hammer and chisel handles. When you say “my stomach went down to my boots’ ’or “my heart came up to my mouth” you are cor- rect. Dr. Flanders Dunbar of Columbia University told the association last night that such effects do occur, al- though not so exaggerated. Recently a doctor watching a pa- tient’s stomach under the fluoro- scope saw it drop sharply from normal during the examination when a telegram was read to him telling of the death of his closest friend. Crime Held on Decrease.y Crime definitely is decreasing in the United States, James V. Ben- nett, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said in an address before the association yesterday. The prison population of the country has jumped from 130,000 to 175,000 durihg the last 10 years, but those figures do not indicate more lawlessness, he said, reporting: “The increase in the number of prisoners probably is dee to the im- position of longer sentences and to the fact that new laws have made crimes of those acts which were not previously regarded as criminal,” such as the sale and use of mari- huana or hashish. AncHor FeNcES BERRALL-JASPER COMPANY 615 Colorado Building Phone NAtional 7677 SEE MT. SHASTA on Southern Pacific SEE TWICE AS MUCH of the West on your trip to the SAN FRANCISCO WORLD’S FAIR Southern Pacific gives you a choice of Four Scenic Routes to California. By going to San Fran- cisco on one of these routes and returning on anetber S. P. route, you actually see twice as much of the West. For example: GO on the "Sunset Limited” Go by train to storied New Or- lelnl (or enjoy a 4% day cruise on our S. §. 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We can at least say that it would take masterful allied general- ship to save a disaster. The German break-through also presumably would ease the way to Paris and we can expect that the Nazi drive toward the capital, which had lost some of its momentum, now will be increased again. Easy Striking Distance. If the Germans are able to get hold of the channel ports, espe- clally on the Northern French coast at Calais, they will have achieved their objective of getting back up against England for air force opera- tions. Calais is only 20 miles from England’s Dover, and easy striking distance from the vast port of Lon- don, into whose miles and miles of inflammable docks a huge slice of the world's shipping goes. Now is the time to watch Musso- lini If in his mind the Fuehrer is approaching a decisive victory, the Italian chieftain may decide that this is the accepted hour for Italy’s entrance into the war. An attack along the Italo-French border at this crucial moment would greatly increase the precariousness of the allied position. Seadragon Off for Pacific PORTSMOUTH, N. H, May 21 (#)—The submarine Seadragon, commanded by Lt. Comdr. John J. Johns, ieft today for the Pacific Coast after completing surface and undersea trials off the Isle of Shoals. INVITATION Chapter Backs Marvin In Promotion Dispute A vote of confidence was extended President Cloyd Heck Marvin of George Washington University b; the university clhiapter of the Amer- ican Association of University Pro- fessors yesterday in connection with recent difficulties between the uni- versity and Miss Martha Gibbon, assistant professor of English. Miss Gibbon resigned recently after the university declined to as- sure her tenure after 1944. She charged Dr. Marvin had told her she did not need a Ph. D. for promotion and placed her case in the hands of the association. In yesterday’s statement, the uni- versity chapter of the association asserted: “The George Washington Univer- sity Chapter of the American Asso- ciation of University Professors wishes to express its appreciation of the president’s (Dr. Marvin) con- tinued interest in developing a fac- ulty code in keeping with the prin- ciples of tenure and academic free- dom indorsed by the American As- sociation of University Professors. In view of certain recent unfor- tunate publicity concerning tenure and academic freedom at the George Washington University, the chapter wishes to go on record as stating that, in the opinion of the chapter, | the president has abided by both the letter and spirit of the faculty code. ity of a national emergency looms, the chapter wishes to voice its con= fidence in the leadership of the ad- ministration in the difficult days that lie ahead.” The statement was signed by B. D. Van Evera, president of the chap- ter, and L. Clark Keating, secretary. 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