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-itiulfer 01 act BlNGHAMTON PRESS Soot Sleuth Unmasks North Side's Banshee Thursday Evening, May 12, 1949 At Special, Unannounced Meeting i Hospital Board Rejects Plan to Kill $1 "Out-of-City Ward Surcharge (n Ait ttk li 8 No Stand Taken On Aligning Rates With Others in Area The Board of Managers of Denied Outside Income, RePass Quits $16,000 Job tlement when it was offered in Binghamton Pren Photo. MUSIC MERCHANTS Members of North High School band prepare for two concerts to be presented at 8:15 p. m. May 20 and 21 at school for benefit of music fund. Th ree bandsmen listen as Thomas Cummings runs through cornet solo.

Listeners, left to right, are; Charles Allen Robert Jones and Richard Tolley. By PHIL WILLON Dr. Paul E. RePass, City Hospital's X-ray special ist, resigned yesterday. Dr.

RePass quit the job he has had since last summer when the hospital Board of Managers de clined to permit him to combine a private practice with his hospital duties. The resignation is effective July 1. At the meet ing, it was disclosed Dr. Re-Pass has been negotiating with hospital official for several weeks in an attempt to reach Repass an agreement which would mean a larger annual income than he has received. While the hospital board never made Dr.

RePass a formal offer of a higher salary, hospital offi cials said he rejected such a set- They Pass Up City fciiiiiisitiiffi' ilf rmhsiissM CAWLEY All in Fun I PRISON, they always know Four Inmates of the House of 2 North High Concerts to Aid Music Fund Two band concerts will be presented next week at North High School for benefit of the- school music fund. The proceeds will be used to buy new sheet music, instruments and uniforms for members of the school band. Erik Leidzen of New York City, conductor, composer and orches-trator, will conduct the two programs, first of which will be presented by the North High band at 8:15 p.m. May 20 in the school auditorium. The second program, scheduled for 8:15 p.m.

May 21 at the school, will be presented by tha North band, augmented by student musicians from nine schools. These schools are Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, $50 Raise eiglied to Lure caped yesterday after one of their baseball players hit a home run over the wall. Of the modern penitentiary, It truly can be observed that stone walls do not a prison make. They appear to be more of a left-field fence. Officials of the unfortunate House of Correction seem to be failing in their attempt to steer their charges to a new way of life.

And will continue to fail just as long as the correction most in demand is in batting stances. SINCE the quartet consisted of married men, their act seems to be a result of home environment. They never finished a sentence there either. Baseball doesn't appear to be an appropriate game for reconstructing Not as long as the coach at third base is permitted to hold up a runner, who, himself, might just have stolen second. OFFICIALS explained that in spring the best recreation available appeared to be the national pastime.

In the case of the four escapees, it made their time pass faster than the officials ever planned. There seems to be an immediate need for new ground rules for prison baseball. If it's over the fence, it's a home run. If it's Inside the fence, it's out. If it's on the fence, it's up for reelection.

Early-Marrying Interns Interns are marrying earlier. As a result they worry more about how much they get paid as hospital employes while putting finishing touches on their medical education. Because of these circumstances i Binghamton City Hospital bv a 3-2 vote has declined to wipe out the $l-a-day extra charge made to out-of-city ward patients. The action, taken at an unannounced, special meeting of the board April 27, was disclosed at yesterday's regular May meeting. Elimination of the differential had been recommended by a committee of staff doctors, which also asked that the hospital's general rates be adjusted to correspond to charges at the three other Triple Cities hospitals.

NO DECISION While board members turned down the request for a uniform ward rate, they said no decision has been made on the other request of the staff committee. It is likely that conversations will be held with officials of other Triple Cities hospitals. Dr. Frank M. Dyer and A.

E. Gold voted to eliminate the surcharge for non-Binghamtonians. Z. Bennett Phelps, John R. Nor-mile and William H.

Bloomer opposed the step. The extra charge for non-city patients had been strongly recommended by City Council at budget time and was imposed by the board early this year. RAISED TO $9 At that time, ward rates for non-city residents were raised from $7 to $9. A $1 increase was voted in ward charges for city patients. Rates for semi-private and pri vate rooms went from $9 to $11 and from $10 to $12, respectively.

Other Triple Cities hospitals did not change their rates at that time. At yesterday's meeting, the board also: Wrote off $28,013.09 In old accounts receivable, but said an effort iwill still be made to collect the Mils. Reelected Mr. Phelps as vice-presi dent of the board, Mr. Normile as secretary and Dr.

Dyer as treasurer. Agreed to meet with a committee of nurses Monday at 4 p. m. to dis cuss the nurses' protest against a two- week cut in the four-week paid vacations they have been receiving. Highway Crash Award $350 A Supreme Court jury late yesterday awarded a verdict of $350 to Charles Ellsworth of 296 Main Street, Johnson City, for damages his car received in a highway accident.

Defendants in the trial was William Driscoll of Whitney Point, and William Hollander of Mara thon. The accident happened Jan. 22 in Route 11, one mile north of Hin-man's Corners. Mr. Driscoll had stopped his car because the radiator was overheated.

As he poured water into the radiator from a kettle he carried, his car was struck in the rear by Mr. Hollander's car. The Hollander car careened into the Ellsworth car, which was head ed in the opposite direction. No one was injured in the accident. Mr.

Ellsworth was represented in the negligence action by the firm of Chernin, Gold Anderson. The firm of Levene Gouldin repre sented Mr. Driscoll. Joseph Conway represented Mr. Hollander.

To 'Look at Congress' Three Triple Cities College faculty members will conduct a roundtable on "A Look at Con gress over WINK at p. m. bun-day. They are Prof. Alfred J.

Hotz, moderator, Prof. Albert V. House and Prof. Seymour Z. Mann, all of the college's political science department.

They will discuss United States agricultural, labor and foreign policies. kwJ 4 how to take advantage of a break. Correction, Plymouth, es Broome Judges Of Cattle Win A 'Broome County 4-H Club team won first place in a regional dairy cattle judging contest, It was announced today by Harold B. Sweet, county 4-H Club agent. The competition was based on ability to judge dairy cattle from photographs.

The Broome County team was first place winner in the Zone 3 contest. The zone covers Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties. Team members are Robert Hotaling of Nineveh and F. Leon Smith and Frank Smith of Deposit. They represented the county 4-H Dairy Club, which was awarded $5.

The county team also- placed sixth in state competition. A total of 3,760 club members from 46 counties took part in the state contest. To Be Graduated Certificates will be presented to 10 Southern Tier students at graduation exercises Saturday by the Rochester Institute of Tech nology. The Tier'students are among 625 members of the institute gradu ating class. They are: Lauren E.

Bennett, 55 Louisa Street, and Jan H. DeWitt, Walton, who is graduating from a course publishing and printing: Rodney W. Dunham. Binghamton R. D.

5. and Beverly J. Martin, 16 English Street, who are comDletine a course in re tailing: John P. Moran. Chenango Bridge: Robert H.

Phillips and Robert M. Stebbins, Sidney; Vincent w. tsua-ney, 133 Rutland Street, Johnson City, and James D. Conroy. 20 Brown Street.

Norwich, electrical course, and Charles Page, Endicott, applied art. and a relatively low pay schedule at Binghamton City Hospital, there has been a decrease in the number of interns available to the hospital for the coming year, the Board of Managers was told yesterday. Hospital Superintendent Marion E. Sawtelle asked the board to consider paying higher salaries to interns and residents. Mr.

Sawtelle said that at present interns receive $50 a month and maintenance. First year residents (medical school graduates who are taking additional hospital training beyond the one year internship) are paid $60. Second year residents receive $80 and third year residents, $100 A proposal that $50 a month be added to these salaries was re ferred to the Finance and Person nel Committees of the Board of Managers. A. E.

Gold, a board member, said the higher pay had been recommended by staff members. Mr. Sawtelle said that most hos pitals pay approximately $50 more a month than City Hospital. Two Named To Honor Roll George Jurik of Binghamton and John Mrkus of Endicott have been named to' the honor roll of Brockport State Teachers College. Mr.

Jurik, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jurik, 10 Downs Avenue, is a senior in the health and physical education division. He has been a member of the varsity baseball and basketball teams, Men's Lead ers and Officials Club, Men's Glee Club and the Mixed Chorus. Mr.

Mrkus, junior in the same department, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mrkus, 115 Hayes Ave nue, Endicott. formally. Hospital Superintendent Marion E.

Sawtelle said that Dr. RePass intends to return to Denver, to enter private practice. He was an instructor at the University of Denver when hired last summer by the hospital. At yesterday's regular meeting, it was disclosed that the board at an unannounced, special meeting April 27 defeated, 3-2, a mo tion which would have allowed Dr. RePass to combine some pri vate practice with hospital duties The resolution, supported by Dr.

Frank M. Dyer and William II Bloomer, would have allowed Dr. RePass to use hospital facili ties X-ray therapy for outside atients only and pay the hospital a tee of $2 per treatment. He would fix the charge to his patients. He would have continued to re ceive his $16,000 salary for X-ray work for hospital patients.

The three board members who opposed the motion were A. E. Gold, John Normile and Z. Bennett Phelps. Ilospitnl -wt 1 acauon siasii Flouts Policy, Nurses Claim The two-week cut in vacations for Binghamton City Hospital nurses is in conflict with a statewide policy of the New York State Nurses Association, Albert E.

Launt, District 5 president, said today. The state association recom mends a 40-hour work week and four weeks vacation, Mr. Launt said. City Hospital nurses, now on a 40-hour week, received four weeks off with pay until this year. Notice erf a cut to two Weeks was posted by Hospital Superintend ent Marion E.

Sawtelle last week. TO MAKE PROTEST A committee of nurses is sched uled to protest the reduction to the hospital Board of Managers Monday. Mr. Launt said he had "taken up the situation with the head quarters office of the state as sociation in Albany." we have," he added, "been urging a 40-hour week and month vacation for hospitals throughout the state. 1 bpli that City Hospital nurses here nave a legitimate protest." SUDDEN NOTICE He said that City HosDital nurses anected by the order "had Deen led to believe they would re ceive a one-month vacation this year only to be told suddenly that iney could have only two weeks.

under the state association's program, Mr. Launt added, the nurses would receive two weeks vacation the first year of a three- year plan, three weeks the second year and a full month the third and subsequent years. On a nationwide basis, he said. the American Nurses Association ha a similar plan which has been adopted by many hospitals. Cars Crush Ankle, Foot H.

Ross Hawks, 76. of Hallstead. R. D. 1, suffered an ankle fracture last night when pinned between his automobile and garage at his home.

Mr. Hawks, who. was admitted to City Hospital at 8:30 p. is reported in fair condition. At tendants said the victim told them the car rolled backward when the brakes released.

Claude Layton, 20, or 29 Grove Street, Windsor, who suffered a right foot injury in similar fashion, was discharged from the hospital after treatment at 9:50 p. m. Mr. Layton, an employe of the Binghamton Container suffered the injury when his foot became caught between a light truck and a steel beam. Sentence Suspended On Check Charge A Waverly man drew a suspended 30-day "jail sentence yesterday after pleading guilty in En dicott Police Court of issuing a fraudulent check.

He gave his name as Michael Long, 26, of 401 Fulton Street, Waverly. Endicott detectives said the man was charged with issuing a $30 fraudulent check to Brotan's Clothing Co. in Endicott. He was ordered to make 'restitution. The man will be turned over to Elmira police, detectives said, to face violation of probation.

G. L's Repaid On Insurance A of Southern Tier World War II veterans have been receiving refund schecks in recent weeks for overpaying their G. I. life insurance premiums. Stanley H.

Hill, head of the Veterans Administration (VA) office in Binghamton, said "some veterans have brought the checks to his office to find out what they are for. Some recipients of the government checks have confused them with dividend payments, a VA spokesman said. It seems that the surprise "bonuses," totaling many thousands of dollars througout the nation, are an unexpected byproduct of the VA's efforts to start insurance dividend checks rolling by the enti of 1949. The veterans are being told by local VA officials that the checks represent "gravy" that they are being reimbursed for having paid out too much on past premiums, and that they will get their dividends later. The checks now going out wiir have no bearing on the size of the dividends the recipients eventually will receive.

The overpayments were dis closed in an audit of accounts that has been under way for many months in preparation for the declaration of insurance dividends. Underpayments also are being discovered, according to the VA. No attempt is being made to collect these amounts due now, but they later will be assessed against the dividends. I By TOM "THE SLEUTHS of the Bingham 1 Health Bureau, who pur sue smells and smoke mostly, found themselves chasing a ban shee tals week through the North Sid. It moaned and whined on the oft spring air.

The of a Republican councilman, Harry Harrington, became distressed The more superstitious waited for the worst Mr. Harrington listened to the weird melody in the air, and called City Hall for help. "Do something, he said. Dr. Robert Broad, the boss of the 'Health Bureau, called on his ace smoke chaser, Sam McWhir- ter, abandon 1 is soot safari and start hunting noises.

Sam cocked his ears and fared forth after a somber word of caution from Councilman Harrington. "It may, the councilman said gravely, "be a Democrat" MeWhirter moved warily into the North Side and The Noise came. Children clutched their mothers skirts. Romancing 13th Ward cats trembled, under the flowering dogwood. It was weird.

Even eerie. "WLy, that's not so eerie," said MeWhirter. "Sounds like the old D. H. to me." An old railroader, MeWhirter proceeded to the D.

which said something like, "Who, us? We got the newest engines you can get going up through the North Side. Diesels. Hot stuff." "Aha!" said MeWhirter, and he turned in his report to the municipal health chief with a terse, "Case closed!" and departed, his eyes on the smoky horizon. "Yes," Dr. Broad informed newsmen omfortably.

"There Is one little detail everyone overlooked. It Is that these new Diesels are a type that boost their horsepower by per cent by using fans to push their own exhaust throrgh a supercharger to speed up the turbines. The fans get nicked and as they revolve at high speeds, they set up a high and ghostly whine that had the North Side extremely upset and us (he smiled quietly, putting down his magnifying glass) nearly baffled. "Everything will be quiet soon on the North Side. American Locomotive and Baldwin Loco' i motive people are working on it." GOOD SAMARITAP" OF THE DAY: An upper Front Street woman refuses to let me use her name, but she ought to get some recognition for her unselfishness and compassion.

She read here Tuesday of the Binghamton woman who subsists on $11.75 a week, who can't afford meat or eggs and who wrote me a letter asking bewilderingly about government plans to get rid of millions of tons of fresh pork in order to keep op the price. The Upper Front Street woman called me for the destitute Binghamtonlan's name and address and said she would deliver a dozen of her hens' eggs, free, every week. The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau Tor Binghamton and vicinity: Partly cloudv.

not quite so cool tonight, low near 38. Friday partly cloudy, a little cooler, high near 60. For Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, cooler in interior Friday. For Western New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, cooler Friday. Official temperature at midnight 48 Official temperature at 8:30 a.

m. today 4 Official temperature at p. m. yesterday 64 Maximum temperature yesterday 64 Minimum temperature last night 38 Mean year ago today wai 62 Two years ago today it wis. 60 64 Five years ago today it was Precipitation for last 24 hours to 10 a.

m. today Sun rises Friday at 4:46 a. Sun sets Friday at 7:14 p. m. Temperatures in Other Cities 0.00 H.

L. Albany, Y. SI 33 Boston. Mass. 4 Buffalo.

Y. SO 37 Canton. Y. 34 Oucas-o. m.

71 Detroit. Mich. Hamsburf S9 3S Huroa. S. D.

St 48 Jacksonville 75 70 Miami. Fla. 73 New Orleans 80 S3 New York SO 45 Philadelphia 45 Pittsburgh 81 47 Svracum SI 84 Wasninctoa Ui rESDAY, Bernard H. Chernin, the attorney, started to leave an airplane at Washington's National Airport after having flown from New York and was very pleased to be met by a gang of press photographers and a crowd of people making cheering noises in his direction. "I felt," Mr.

Chernin reported, "that my efforts finally wre being appreciated." Just as he was to take a deep bow, a woman with a bouquet of flowers rushed past him and gave them to another woman who had been sitting behind the lawyer on the way from New York: Madam Vijayalakshmi Pandit, woman ambassador from India to the United S'-tes. Always polite to a lady, Chernin retired from the field and took a lonely cab into the capital. Jack Frye, the president of General Aniline Film flies his own airplane. Ilarry a service man for the Cluse typewriter agency at 123 Chenango Street, la wonder-in; whether he has had his own little private earthquake. Yesterday morning, the floor trembled under him, the plate glass window in the agency rattled and the door shimmied omi nously.

He checked cautiously, found that people in neighboring buildings had felt nothing. One of the neighbors came over, sat in Haven's chair, felt it tremble. Haven called newspapers, asked what was going on. He still can't figure it out. Another member of the Binghamton Central High School Class of 1924 (25th reunion dinner Saturday night at th- Masonic Temple) who made a name for himself is Arnold Mitchell, Edward Corsi's assistant industrial commissioner in the Southern Tier.

The class yearbook -reveals that young Mitchell was a violin player of some ability. Cedars to Elect Officers May 24 The Cedars, a Triple Cities area group of persons of Lebanese and Syrian lineage, will elect officers at 8:30 p. m. May 24 in Masonic Temple. Election arrangements were an nounced last night at the temple.

Plans were discussed for a joint installation ceremony and Parents Day dinner at 6:30 p. June 12 at the Hotel Billinghurst. Two leaders of the Syrian and Lebanese and American Federa tion of Eastern States will speak at the affair. They are Cosmo Ansara of Springfield, president, and James Batal of Fitchburg, executive secretary and editor of the Federation Herald. On July 3, the organization will conduct a "mahrajan" or outing at John Yaman Park, Owego.

Mrs. Miles Heads Auxiliary Slate Mrs. Rosemary Miles is a can didate for president of Post 1227, American. Legion Auxiliary. Other members nominated for office at a meeting Tuesday night in the clubhouse, Vestal Avenue, are: First vice-president: Mrs.

Marie Gleason: second vice-president. Miss Marguerite Gross; secretary, Mrs. Betty Seeley, and treasurer, Mrs. Frona Doyle. Mrs.

Betty Dearstvne. Miss Gross, Mrs. Florence Murphy and Mrs. Gleason were nominated as delegates to the Broome County Legion Auxiliary Nominated as members of the executive committee were Mrs. Thelma Myers, Mrs.

Lucy May and Mrs. Katherine Riley. The slate of o'ficers nominated at Tuesday's meeting will be elected in June. Humor Is Termed Necessity to Doctors Doctors depend on humor to counteract the effects of their daily contact with "blood, sweat and tears, according to Dr. Rol land J.

Main of Norwich. Dr. Mains, medical editor of Eaton Laboratories, addressed the Binghamton Exchange Club yes terday afternoon in the Arlington Hotel. Central High School. East and West Junior High Schools, John son City and Union-Endicott High Schools, Vestal Central School.

Port Dickinson Union School and Montrose, High School. Mr. Leidzen will arrive in Binghamton on May 19 to begin rehearsals with the North High musicians. These rehearsals are planned for 7:30 p.m. May 19, 11 a.m.

May 20 and 9:30 a.m. May 21. The musicians from tne otner schools will take part in the rehearsal May 21. More than 100 students will play in the program that night. The concert programs will consist chiefly of Mr.

Leidzen' own compositions and arrangements, many of which have won national recognition. Other composers whose works will be played in clude Gershwin, Romberg, Grieg, Grofe, Ketelbey, Ernest Williams, Sousa, Alford and Goldman. Mr. Leidzen is arranger for the Edwin Franko Goldman Band of New- York City. Class of '24 To Hold First Get-Together Members of the 1924 alasa of Binghamton Central High School have not got together as a group since graduation day, nearly 25 years ago.

Saturday night they wilL A- committee of class members has arranged a twenty-fifth anniversary celebration, which will begin at 6:30 p. m. Saturday in the Masonic Temple. KELLY TO ATTEND Daniel J. Kelly, who was superintendent of schools in 1924, will be on hand, accompanied by Mrs.

Kelly. So will Mr. and Mrs. John Hummer, now of Syracuse. Mr.

Hummer was principal of Central in 1924. He retired last August as assistant superintendent of Syracuse schools. Teachers who were senior class instructors in 1924 also will be honor guests. A 1949 touch will be lent by the presence of Mr. and Mrs.

E. T. Springman. Mr. Springman is now Ceneral's principal.

High point of the evening will be a comparison of the class phophecy of 1924 with the records of class members as they stand in 1949. CLASS SONGS The program also will include songs of the Class of '24, led by Ray Hartley, who was Central's director of music 25 years ago. A Kendall Roberts, of Troy, a member of the class will be master of ceremonies. The committee arranging the celebration has heard from about 75 per cent of the 213 class mem bers to whom letter were sent. Committee members are: Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Robinson. Dr. and Mrs. Alvln Carpenter, Mr.

and Mrs. Horace Boyd. Miss Phoebe English, Miss Donna Hammond. Miii Katheryn Rieg. Ross Talbott and Kenneth Space.

6 Prize Horses A team of six championship horses, owned by Wilson Chicago meat packing firm, will be exhibited in Binghamton Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. The horses Clydesdale geldings whose weight averages one ton will be wearing 600 pounds of harness, will be pulling a Ipound wagon and will be driven by Art z.err, veteran unicago driver. Area officials of Wilson Co say the team will be exhibited both mornings and afternoons In principal Binghamton street. iZti ti if IK, Mr jt- Binghamton Press Photo.

THREE FOR SEA These three Binghamtonians left today for New York City, where they'll take navy recruiting examinations. If they pass, they'll sign up for three years' duty and start training at the Great Lakes, Training Center. Left to right, front: Raymond P. Novitske, 20, of 164 Crary Avenue; Jerome A. Patrick, 17, of 52 Lydia Street.

Rear: James F. Norris, 19, of 298 Robinson Street. Binghamton Press Phoi j. PANDORAN DANCE Arrangements committee for the second annual Pandoran Society dinner-dance at 7 p. m.

Sunday confer on plans. The affair will be in Arlington Hotel. Left to right: Miss Edith parson of Binghamton, Miss Janet Buckley of Binghamton, Miss Jeanne Thomas of Endicott, Miss Julia Rick-ard of Binghamton and Miss Joanne D'Aprile of Geneseo..