The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1952, Page 9

Hometown Gift For Miss America Today's Associated Press Photo LAKELAND, Fia.—Mayor James J. Muso presents Neva Jane Langley, Lakeland giel who became Miss America a stlver service set, Servicemen Get Chance To Sing In Choral Group A Servieemen’s Choral Group will be added to the program sch- edule at the USO. YMCA beginn- ing in October. All men interested in the group are asked to sign up with the program director as soon as possible. Rehearsals will be held once a week; and Miss Martha Morris of the Key West High School has agreed to instruct the group in the classical and semi-classical choral work. Headquarters for Bedroom Slippers Kid skimmer ... glove- soft kidskin with sturdy leather sole. In black and ted... SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT LISAN 6% DUVAL ST. SHOES OPP. MONROE THEATRE Overseas Transportation Dooley Assumes Protective Med. Post At Navy Francis H. Dooley, chief war- rant hospital eorpsman, USN, assumed duties of Protective Medicine Officer at the U. &. Naval Base this week. Dooley, a native of Estherville, Towa, enlisted im the Navy in 1941 and served at Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Munda and Ondaga islands in the South Pacific dus- ing World War B. Since then, he has served at various Naval hospitals in the U.S. and Guam and, more re cently, at the U.S. Maval Hos- pital at Yokosuka, Japan during the Korean Conflict, Immediately prior to to the Naval base, Chief Warrant Dooley underwent a course of in- struction at the i California. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the New York University, _ The depression of 1837 was be- lieved by merchants of that time to have been unusually severe be- cause of the lack of organized ager cies to cheek on the eredit status of business housee; the first oredit rating agency was established soon after that time, THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI SCIENCE NEWS By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor NEW YORK (@—The American By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK W—Many compa- College of Surgeons denounced fee- | nies are stepping up safety cam- splitting between physicians and | paigns as on-the-job injuries spurt surgeons today as “dishonest and unethical” and harmful to patients. | Thirteen college officials told of kick-backs in a frank news con- | ference with science writers. One | good weapon, they said, is to tell | the public all the facts. They said most doctors are hon- est, but a “few bad apples” split | fees, giving medicine a black eye. Some said the kick-back practice is widespread and growing in some areas. But it is hard to irove that any one is doing it. Twenty-three | states have laws declaring it ille- | gal. Fee-splitting means a division of fee between the doctor who first diagnoses a patient’s condition and the surgeon who operates on him. It leads, the college officials said, | to these evils: | Over-charging in bills; unneces- sary operations: “ghost surgery” when a person thinks his own doc. tor is operating and the selected or “ghost” surgeon does it after the patient is anesthetized; loss of publie confidence in doctors. Dr. Alton Ochsner of New Or- leans, immediate past president of | the college, said you should be sus- | Picious of fee-splitting if: Your doctor sends you to only | one surgeon and later you get no | bill from the physician, just a bill | from the surgeon. Your doctor doesn’t give you a cholce of surgeons to do the opera- tion he says is necessary or doesn’t ask you whom you want to do it. Tf you suspect fee-splitting, your recourse is to ask your county medical society to investigate. The societies have committees that do this Learn whether your hospital is approved and accredited by top medical organizations. The ap- proved and accredited by top medi- eal organizations. The approved hospitals set up safeguards against kick-backs, Four known surgeons, mostly members of the college’s Board of Regents and Governors, agreed that “in certain areas, fee-splitting is widely practiced by a large per- centage of physicians and sur- ” They would not specify these | areas, beyond the comments of two of the surgeons: Dr. Loyal Davis of Chicago, a college regent, said, “There is no question but that fee-splitting is on the increase in Chicago and the area. Dr. Newell W. Philpott of Mon- treal, $ regent, said he\did not know of it in Montreal bal hat he imew ft was done in some localities nearby. He told of one young sur- goon, starting in practice, who re- to make kick-backs and had to leave an unnamed town within six months. Ochsner said, “ff 8 young man | starts practice in a neighborhood | where splitting is rampant and re- fuses to do so beause he is he would starve.” The college sets high standards for admission of fellows (now num- bering 17,500), including a pledge not to split fees. About a dozen fellows have been ousted in recent years for breaking the pledge. De. Evarts Graham of St. Louis, ot POPULAR PRICES Located in the Meert of the City RATES REASONABLE with BATH end TELEPHONE WRITE or WIRE for RESERVATIONS honest, | upward. They are using all kinds of de- a renewe drive against the doctor | vices to impress safety rules on employees’ minds ‘rom desths— pictures on letters to foremen to chairman of the regents, said the college might put on TV and radio shows about the evils of fee-split- | Shows about the evils of fee-split- ting. Dr. Paul R. Hawlezy of Chi- cago, college diector, said the field staff was being increase to investi- gute alleged cases of kick-backs. The Bureau of Internal Revenue has informed the college that it won't allow kick-back payments to be listed as income tax deductions in states where fee-splitting is eith- er illegal or not accepted practiee or custom, Fee-splitting was rampant in Co- lumbus, O., six years ago, the sur- geons said. A Columbus surgical society was formed and it agreed that every surgeon would have his books and income tax returns in- speezed by an independent auditor. Fee-splitting was ended almost overnight, they said. Bikini bathing beauties on match book covers. Many larger corporations have safety directors and organized calapaigns. Some offer prizes for ideas, or for low accident records. A 12 per cent rise in occupation- al injuries since the start of the Korean War is reported by the National Labor-Management Man- power Policy Committee. It says that last year some 16,000 jlost their lives and two million others had lost-time injuries. The committee adds that more than 70 per cent of the job injuries were in plants, stores and offices with- out organized safety pr ms. The cost to industry and to in- dividuals may run well over 1% billion dollass this year. The Con- necticut General Life Insurance Co. figures the average cost of accidental injuries (of all types) is $823. Kemper Insurance esti. | mates that an industrial accident costs management five times as | much as the medical cost for the victim. It counts in production de- lays, investigation time, paper work and re-" -ement costs. | The foreman is regarded as the key man by many companies. Con- tinental Oil of Houston, Tex., to keep its foreman alert sends them reports of accidents on stationery | with a skull as watermark, and | the caption, “Portrait of a man ;who wasn’t careful.” The Titanium Division of the Na- tional Lead Co. in St. Louis has a | different approach—match covers with alluring pictures of girls to illustrate safety rules. Example: A bathing-suit cutie to remind EXPERT BODY AND FENDER WORK— AUTOMOBILE PAINTING FREE ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN (WE FINANCB) WILSON'S AUTO TRIM G. E. SCHMUTZ, Mgr, Cor. Greene and Simonton Sts. Phone 608 Friday, September %, 1952 ©THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 9 (RATNER Na aE Se workers that materials in ware- houses should be well stacked. The company’s series of six de- signs has been selected by the Match Industry Information Bu- reau as “Match Book of the Year” from 1,989 entries. Here are some other companies using match covers as safety re- minders: Colorado Fuel and Iron, Pueblo, Colo., gave out 50,000 books with pay checks, as part of a safety campaign which the company says brought its accident frequency well below the average for all steel companies. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad dis- tributed 60,000 match books with safety slogans to workers. Th’) 2nd other devices, brought the company from sixth to fourth place among the nation’s major rail lines. covers for six y_ars, at a rate of 75,000 a year, with designs adapted from the National Safety Council Posters. Many other companies use port- ers and slogans. Canada Packer’s Ltd. of Toronto likes this one: “Save your skin and get your pay.” CMI Alumnae Meeting Scheduled Next Week A special C. M. I. Alumnae meet- ing will be t 'd Friday, October 3, at 8 p. m. at the home of the pre- sident, Angela Caro, 101’ ~ "son street. Mother’s “ub members are in- vited to attend this meeting. Plans for a Hallowen festival will be decided on at this time. When light shines through thin The Nestle Co.’s chocolate plant |layers of mercury it transmits a at Fulton, N. Y., has used match | bluish-violet light. FOR HOME or COMMERCIAL USE... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clear, Pure Cube »» Crushed ICE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. (ICE DIVISION) TELEPHONE NO. 8 “83c RETURNED TO BETTORS AFTER EACH RACE” (Ad in The Key West Citizen, September 20, 1952) 1,000 People Bet $8300 IS RETURNED TO BETTORS $10,000.00 SEY WEST. FLORIDA FIGURES DO LIE! See What Happens to Money Spent at a Dog Track GIVEN: Suppose that on a certain night 1,000 people patronize the dog track and bet $10,000 on the first race. Assuming that no more patrons come in during the races, and therefore no fresh money is injeeted into the betting, here is what happens: First Race Bet Second Race ' Third Race Fourth Race Fifth Race Sixth Race Seventh Race Fighth Race Ninth Race Tenth Race $8,300.00 $6,889.00 $5,717.87 $4,745.88 $3,939.04 $3,269.40 $2,713.60 $2,252.29 $1,869.40 Now for the BIG Question: WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING ?? This Ad Sponsored by Pessone Opposed to a Monsce County Dog Track Company, Ine. 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