Evening star. [volume], December 04, 1938, Page A-8, Image 8

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Sniper Is Indirectly
Responsible for Boy
Pianist's Injury
Gun Fires When !t Hits
Floor; Hurts Held
Not Permanent
If little Joe Steer wants to go
ahead and become a young genius
on the piano—as he might well do
—a gunshot wound in his elbow', for
which the sniper was indirectly re
sponsible, won t upset his plans.
Joseph, 12-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry B. Steer. 6315 Flori
da street, Chevy Chase. Md., was
injured in an accident at home
the Friday before Thanksgiving, but
the full details have never been
told.
At that time the sniper's mad
shooting had nearby Maryland resi
dents pretty jumpy and Mr. Steer
decided to take a gun along when
he left for choir rehearsal at the
Rock Creek Church.
ne was examining nis .38-caliber
revolver in the kitchen and his son
was standing nearby playing with
one of these toys called a yo-yo.
Suddenly the weapon slipped from
the father's hands. When it struck
the floor it discharged. The slug
pierced the boy’s lower abdomen,
glanced off his hip bone and ranged
upward, going through his wrist
and finally fracturing the elbow
and imbedding itself there.
They fixed Joseph up at Garfield
Hospital, but it was several days
before they removed the bullet.
Joseph has the battered piece of
lead for a grim souvenir and al
though he still carries his arm in
a sling, doctors think he will regain
full use of it.
Joseph has shown some talent
as a pianist, blit he’s only been at
it a few years—not long enough
to determine whether his future
is assured. He comes by some of
his musical ability naturally, inas
much as his father, an economist
for the Forest Service, is the or
garnlst at RocR Creek Church.
George T. Underwood's
Funeral Rites Today
tp» ctkl DUpatch to The Star.
PISCATAWAY, Md., Dec. 3—Fu
neral services were held today
in St. Mary's Catholic Church for
George T. Underwood, 82, who died
Wednesday of a heart ailment after
an illness of about three weeks.
The Rev. John Horstkamp, rector
of the church, officiated.”
Mr. Underwood was a well known
farmer in this section and had been
active in the Democratic party most
of his life. He served for several
years as a supervisor of county
public roads. He is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Robert Tilch of
Silesia and Miss Nellie Underwood,
with whom he lived here, and a
son, Claude Underwood.
JOSEPH STEER.
—Star Staff Photo.
Commissions for Women
In Army Urged
In order to release for combat
service in military emergencies
men commissioned officers, Con
gress should empower the Army to
issue commissions to women, in
cluding physicians and laboratory
technicians, according to the
American Medical Women's Asso
ciation.
A resolution to this effect was
adopted yesterday afternoon by the
Board of Directors of the society in
midwinter session at the auditorium
of the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Medical opportunities for women
throughout the country are slowly
but steadily increasing, according
to a report by Dr. Elise Strange
LEsperance of New York City.
Dr. Martha Tracy, dean of the
Women's Medical College of Penn
sylvania, announced the awarding
of several scholarship loans to
women medical students.
The Refugee Committee of the
association, headed by Dr. Rita
Finckler, Newark, N. J.. was author
ized to extend its work by estab
lishing committees in every State.
The committee is obtaining affida
vits for admission of colleagues in
Austria and Germany to the United
States.
Dr. Kate B. Karpeles of this city,
national president, presided, and
entertained the group last night at
a buffet supper at her home.
Benefit Payments
To Go to Farmers
Months Earlier
Congress May Be Talking
Of Changes in Act
When Checks Go Out
By the Associated Press.
Agriculture Department officials
said yesterday that benefit pay
ments under the 1938 crop program
would be distributed this winter and
spring—several months earlier than
similar payments have gone out in
past seasons.
The earlier payments were de
cided on, they said, with the ob
jective of increasing farm-purchas
ing power at a time when market
receipts are low.
About $500,000,000 in benefit pay
ments are to be distributed. Offi
cials said grower application? for
payment would be received during
December and January and the
first checks would go into the mails
in February.
The bulk of payments made un
der the 1937 program went out dur
ing the past summer and fall.
When the 1938 checks reach farm
ers, Congress may/be debating pro
posals to substitute some other type
of farm legislation for the present
law.
9 Wallace Oppose* Upheaval.
Low farm prices were an issue in
agricultural areas during the recent
political campaigns, and some suc
cessful candidates for Congress
argued that a new attack should be
made on the farm problem.
Secretary Wallace has opposed
any drastic change in the present
law, asking that it be given a longer
trial.
Most of the 1938 benefit payments
will go to producers of cotton, corn,
wheat, rice and tobacco for planting
within acreage allotments and for
'following specified soil-building
practices.
Later next year, possibly in Sep
tember and October, the department
will distribute $212,000,000 in price
adjustment payments to growers of
the major crops who comply with
the 1939 program. An additional
$50,000,000 will be distributed to
sugar growers during the spring and
summer.
To Total 762 Million*.
These payments, totaling $762,
000,000, will be the largest amount
ever available for one year. Officials
said they should boost the 1939 na
tional cash farm income above the
$7,625,000,000 estimated for this year.
Farm economists said preliminary
reports indicated that gross farm
income—cash receipts and products
retained on the farm for home con
sumption—would total about $8,
875.000,000 this year, compared with
$10,003,000,000 last year and $5,284,
000.000 in 1932.
This year's cash income by major
commodities was estimated as fol
lows: Grains, $830,000,000; cotton
NORTH BEND, WA$H.—-ONE STEP FROM DEATH—Here’s what hapened when a gale blew down a
tree 7 feet thick Just after Harry Maloney (standing on road) stepped out of this State Highway
Department auto.■ _—A. P. Wirephoto.
and cotton seed, $710,000,000; fruits
and vegetables, $900,000,000; tobacco,
$285,000,000; meat animal, $1,900,000,
000; dairy products, $1,450,000,000;
chickens and eggs, $575,000,000.
President's Health Plan
To Be Discussed
Dr. I. S. Falk, chief of health
studies in the Bureau of Research
and Statistics. Social Security Board,
will discuss the' program of health
measures proposed to President
Roosevelt by the Technical Com
mittee on Medical Care at the De
cember meeting of the Council of
Social Agencies at 12:15 p.m. to
morrow in the Central Y. W. C. A.
Another speaker will be Dr. Robert
Olesen, Assistant United States Sur
geon General, who will discuss the
city’s needs in the Nation-wide
health campaign.
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Playful Monkey Stabs
Man With Knife
SPRINGFIELD, 111.—John Stetn
hoft was stabbed by Will Colvin's
pet monkey over pickings from the
Stelnhoft lunch pall.
Jocko, the monkey, appeared while
■" :-—— «
Stelnhoft was unpacking the lunch
In the shade of Colvin's orchard.
Jocko started pickinr Ur -hi's -rom
the pail and then stabbed Stelnhott's
arm with a pruning knife when the
man tried to drive him off.
The monkey scampered into a
nearby tree and Steinhoft was taken
to a hospital.
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