Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1956 — Page 4

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Many 1857 models of the popular make automobiles will be on the market during the next sixty days. If you need a new car and don’t care as much about the very latest style, now is the time to make the purchase. Dealers are inclined to dispose of the 1958 models to make way for the new ones. Incidentally Decatur's dealers presently have the finest group of used cars they have had on their lots for a long time. It's a buyers market. 0 • — People don’t like to be held up at railroad crossings. That’s natural. Some times, when trains are switching it is a necessity. Thursday night, when there was considerable switching of box cars across the Pennsylvania railroad crossing on Washington street, motorists were compelled., to wait more than twenty minutes, while freight cars were moved tack and forth. The delay started at 7:85 o’clock p.m. and finally the crossing was cleared at 7:60 p.m. No lives were lost but it is mighty aggravating. 0 oL—— Beeinees failure* in the nation laet week totalled H 5. compared with 180 in the same week of 1955 and 184 in the same week of 1964. Total business failures in the nation to date this year are 8.612 compared with 7,370 in 1955 and 7,544 tn 1854. The writers of the Republican platform at San Francisco apparently did not have this information from the Commerce department. A vast majority of the business failures were of the small business variety, the Joe Smiths of the nation. According to the United States department of Commerce, 1,103 acres of land in Adams county were devoted in 1954 to the tomato crop. This county ranked 86th In the United States. The tomato crop is fast becoming a major farm income crop in this

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WKJG-TV (Channel 33) SATURDAY After**** . „ 12; 00 —Uncle Dav* and P*t* 12:30—Two Gun Playhou** I:B4—The Trail Ridera 2:oo—Movtetime •:•• —Bvaryday Nutrition 3;80 —Big Picture 4:oo—<Film Parade 4:4s—lndue try pn Parade 5; 00—Three Mesquiteera *6*o " —Adventur* <rt Kit Carson 6 >3o—Down - You Go _ 7:00 —Tony Bennett Show-Color B:3o—Man Called X 9:oo—Busie with Ann Southern 9:3o—Adventure Theater 10 00—Badge 714 l«:3(£2>SSt of Monte Crists 11:00 —“Kit Carson” SUNDAY Altar**** 18:00 —Man to Man 12:16—How Christian Science Heals 12;80—Thia is the Life , 1:00 —Musical Memo I:2s—Cleveland at Chicago 4:oo—The Ruggies 4; 30—John Wayne Theater 5; 80—Hoy Rogers Event** 6; 00—Topper” 6:3o—Flfentier 7.Ml—Steve Allen Show — 8:00—Alcoa Hour B:oo—Loretta Youhg Show 9:3o—Federal Men 10:00—Sunday News Special 10:10—Sports Today 10:16—The Pendulm 10:45—-“Arch of Triumph MONDAY Manila* 7:oo—Today 8; 00—Ding Dong School •30—Bandstand , 10:00—Home 11:00—firic, Tae, and Dough 11:80 —It Could De You Afternoea 12:00—Ne*»S r "'.jagjlO—The Weatherman 18; 16—‘Farms & Fanning " 12:30—Movietime I:ls—Editor's Desk (I’M—Tennessee Ernie Ford ' 2:OO—NBC Matinee 3.oo—Queen for a Day B:4s—Here's Charlie 4:ooComedy Time 4:3o—Ray MiHand Sfeow 8; 00—Cartoon Express B:ts—Two-Gun Playhouse Eveala* ... . * «:00—Gatewwny to Sports 4.15— Jack GrAy. News i-30—Alt Star Review 6.15— News Caravan 7 .00—Ernie Kovac g:oo—Tile Most Beautiful Girl in the World — 8; 30—Robert Montgomery f»:So—Man Called X - 40:00—Backet Squad fO::iO—The I-one Wolf 11W—-’"IW News & Weather” 41:13— Sports 41:30—T*«mhi of Pairs”

area. Most of the crop is processed in the county and only a small percentage of the annual crop is shipped any distance. In the north part of the county. Decatur and Preble have two of the finest plants in the state, and in the south a third plant is located at Geneva. 0 8 National Newspaper Week, with the theme, “Tour Newspaper, Freedom’s Key To Better Living,” is scheduled this year for October 1 to October 8. It its of special interest to this community this year because Richard H. Miller, former Decatur resident and a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, is national chairman of the annual event. Mr. Miller with his family visited in Decatur recently. He is presently assistant* manager of the California Newspaper Publishers Association and he has been in newspaper work since his high school days in Decatur thirty years ago. During National Newspaper Week, all newspapers of the nation join in presenting to the public the .many values of a free press. Representatives of Lima-Bald-win-Hamilton Co., manufacturers of diesel generating plants, visited in Decatur last Thursday. Purpose of the visit was to lay before city officials a plan to enlarge the present diesel plant in Decatur as one of the three ways to solve the power problem in Decatur. The present building, according to engineers is large enough to house two more units, similar to the present 3,800 kilowatt engine. Purchase of two additional units plus a smaller auxiliary engine would give this city its presr ent power needs. Officials are gathering data -from the several > possible sources and also are I studying costs. Those who visited ) Decatur from Lima-Hamilton ini eluded Walter Rentschler, Hal s Cortez and Robert Ogg.

TUESDAY Morn lag 7:oo—Today 9:oo—Ding Dong School 9; 30—Bandstand 10:00 —Home 11:04—Tic, Tac & Dough 11:30—It Could be You Afternoon I’2:oo—The News 12;10 —Weatherman 18:15—Farms * Farming 12:30 —Movietime I:ls—'Editor's Desk 1:86—-Faith to Live By I:3o—Tennessee Ernie Ford 2; 00—Matinee Theater-— 3;00 —Queen for a Day 3:4s—Here's Charlie 4:00 —Cartoon Express 4:3o—Trouble With Father 6:oo—Wild Bill Hickok s:3o—Convention Evening 6; 00—Gatesway to Sports 6:ls—Jack Gray, News 6:2s—The Weatherman 6:3o—Franke Carle Show 6:4s—News Caravan I 7; 00—Dear Phoebe , ’ 7:9o—The Chewy Show B:oo—Jane Wyman B:3o—Circle Theater . 9:30—.8ig Town 10:00—Highway Patrol 10:3 O—U n covered ll;00--The Weather il'l:oo—News & Weather 14 :15—Sports Today 11:20—Jamboree WINT-TV (Channel 15) SATURDAY Afternnnn 18:00—Agriculture on Parade 12:30—Tom Harman's Work Slid 12:45Pre-Game Warmup I'2:ss—Game of the Week 4:oo—The Hopeful 4:3o—The Big Picture s:oo—Roy Rogers Evening 6:oo—Lassie 6; 30—Beat the Clock ' 7:oo—The Honeymooners 7:3o—Stage Show / 8:00—Two for the Money B:36—Russ Morgan Show 9:oo—Gunsmake 9:3o—High Finance 10:00—Grand Ole Opry 10:30 —Dollar a Second 11:00—Grand Ole Opry SUNDAY Morning 9;00 —Lamp Unto My Best 9:3o—Look Up and Live 10:00—Eye on New York IQ;3O—Camera Three 11:00—Let's Tai'* A Trip ’l:3o—Faith For Today Afternoon 12:00—This Is th* Ll.e 18:30—Wild Bill Hickox 1; 00—Broadw'ay Theater 2:3O—Nursing Life 3:oo—The Way 9:3o—Bandwagon '56 4:00 —Fa< e the Nation 4; 30— CBS Ne ws s:oo—Telephone Time 5;30 —You Ari There Evening 6:oo—Annie Oakley 6:30 -Private *ewtary

STRANGE AS B? SEEMS By Etete Hix 808 CROSBY- , / AfrttricSf! Champion Rodeo Riefer, OURIN6 Hl6 ROUeH-RlplNG CARKRHe PRftCTiChILY Wttf 60NI IN HS BoW

COURT REWS Marriage Licenses Robert Russell McFarland. 34. Decatur, and Mary Evelyn Hutnerickhoua*. 22. Ohio City. O. Marvin A. Taylor, 20. Decatur route six. and Carolyn Kae Christener, 17, Monroe. Jerry L. Wheeler. 20, Decatur, and Sharon M. Turner, 19, Decatur. Citation Ordered In the divorce case of Aurora Espinoza against Fred Espinoza, the plaintiff has filed a petition for change of support order and an affidavit for citation for failure to pay attorney fees. The citation has been ordered issued returnable Sept. 8. The plaintiff seeks an increase of support money for herself and nine children to 850 per week. Cause Continued The petition for citation filed by Marjorie Stetler against Louis Stetler has been continued on motion of the defendant. >. Complaint for Separation A complaint for separation for one year has been filed by Ray A. Schott against Alice A. Schott, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. A summons has been ordered returnable Sept. 15. Complaint Filed A complaint on promissory ttote has been filed by the Peoples Bank of Portland against Leo and Linda Velez and a summons has been ordered returnable Sept. 15. The plaintiffs seek atotrney fees and $571.76 for the balance and interest due on the note. Real Estate Transfers Clara L. Ewell etvir to Louis

7:oo—The Ed Sullivan Show - 8:00 —General Electric Theater B:3o—Alfred Hitchcock Presents 9:00—864,000 Challenge 9-30—San Francisco Beat 10:00—"Derby Day” L:3o—Weather, Sports MONDAY Morning 7:00—Good Morning B:oo—Captain Kangaroo 9.00—0 f All Things 9:30 —Arthnir Gogfrey 16:30—Strike it Rich 11:00—Valiant Lady 11:15—Love of LiLfe 11; 30—Search for Tomorrow 11:45—Guiding Light Afternoon 12:00—CBS News 12:40 —Open House 12:30—As the Wcirld Turns I:oo—Johnny Carson I:3o—House Party. .. .—- — 2; 00—The Big Payoff 2; 30Bob Crosby _i ------ , * - 3:oo—Brighter Day 3:ls—Secret Storm 3:3o—The Edge erf Night 4.30— Bar 15 Ranch Evening 6:oo—The News, Hickox 6:lo—Sports Extra 6; 15—Douglas Edwards 6:3o—Robin Hood 7; 00—Burns and Allen 7:3o—Talent Scout B:oo—Charlie Farrell Show 8;30 —Vic Damone Show 9:oo—Studio One .... 10:00—Adventure of Sherlock Holmes 11:30—News, Weather, Bports TIES DAK Morning 7:00—Good Morning in Kangaroo 9:00—“Of AH Things” 9:3o—Arthur Godfrey Time 10:30—strike tt Rich ’ ' ~~~ 11:00—Valiant Lady 11:15—Love of Life 11; 30—Search for Tomorrow I 11:45—The Guiding Light >P Afternoon 12; 00—Netos 12:10—Open H"Use 12:30 —As the World Turns 1:00 —Johnny Carson 1 ;,30 —House Party 2:oo—'Big Payoff 2:30—80b Crosby 3;00 —'Brighter Day 3:15 Secret Storm 3.30— The Edge of Night 4 00—My Little Margie 4:3o—Bar 15 Ranch Evening fi:oO—The News, Hickox 6;10 —Sports Extra, Grossman 6; 15—Douglas Edwards 6; 30,—Hold Journey 7:9o—Phil Silvers 7:3o—Navy Log — -' 8; no—Joe and Mabel B:3o—Gillie Star Theater 9:00—64,000 Question 9:3o—Star Perfonrraiiu-e 10:00—Warner Brotltths Present 11:00—Files of Jeffrey Jones 11;30—News, Weather, Sports MOVIES “Proud and Profane" Sun. 1:15; 3:®3; 5:31; 9:48 Mop at 7.18-946. DRIVE IX "Naked Dawn" & “Red Sundown” Sat. at dusk. “You’re Never Too Young" Sun. at dusk. ■ • ''East of Eden” Janies ,Dean -Sun. at dusk. -

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W. Retaking Jr. etux. .25 acre in Prebl* Twp. Lewi* W. Reinking Jr. etux to Katharyne Nelson, part Inlots 1 & 2 in Preble. Katharyne Nelson to Louis. W. Reinking Jr. etux, part inlots 11 2 in Preble. Stratton Place Inc. to Decatur Lumber Co., Inc., inlot 99 in Decatur. , Alvin Andrews etux to Carl E. Callow, land in Washington Twp. Carl E. Callow to Roger A. Christener etux. land in Washington Twp -i „ Winifred L. Gerke etal.to Conrad H. Doehrman etux, inlot 1 in Williams. Clement Ray Gottschalk etux to Jean Kirchhofer, inlot 430 in Berne. , Jean Kirchhofer to Clement R. Gottschalk etux, inlot 430 In Berne. Leo F. Schultz etux to Earl W. Geyer etux, part out lot 24 in Decatur. ; Calvin L. Yost etux to Raymond L. Shepherd etux. inlot 20 in Decatur. (Richard K. Des Jean etux to Don L. Hakes etux, inlot a in Decatur. « . 20 Years Ago .. ■—" • -—— SeptergbOr 1^— County co rata if;, tdonere receive bids for construction of basement rooms in coiirt house which will house welfare.department. tj Three stolen autos found abandoned in county. About 175 teachers meet here tomorow for annual teachers institute. Dr. Frederick Gage, Millersville, Pa., and Dr. J. H. White. Pittsburg, Pa., will be speakers. C. E. Striker, county superintendent, will preside. — v —-•— Francile Oliver will replace Clyde Troutner at Brandyberry school in Washington township, trustee John Doan announces. Roscoe, Robert and Raymond Roudenbush win prize at iM-t Wayne triplet meeting for being most identical. - President Roosevelt Will visit Indiana state fair Saturday. i Mrs. Karl Grove and children pt Appleton. Wis., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Krick here. Miss Marcella Hower returned to Indianapolis today to resume Jfer teaching duties.

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Three Minor Wrecks Reported In County Arrest One Driver For Leaving Scene Three minor accidents occurred In the county early this morning, all at approximately the same Two involved hit and run drivers. Joseph Henry Baumer, 48, of Bryant route one, was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident after his car hit the bridge at the south limits of Geneva on U. S. highway 27 at about 1 a.m. He fled the scene and was later apprehended parked on state highway «7 two milea east of U.S. highway 27. Damage to the automobile was estimated at $450, Deputy sheriff Roger Singleton and state trooper Dan Kwasneskl investigated. Baumer was Scheduled to appear in mayor's court today. The otner hit and run accident occurred at about 1 a.m. on private property in Preble. A parked car owned by Mrs. Mildred Foley was damaged when it was hit by a vehicle which left the scene. Dan? age to the Foley vehicle was estimated at SSO, Sufficient evidence was left at the scene to trace the driver of the hit and run car. An investigation is being conducted by state police and the sheriffs department The third accident occurred on U. S. 27 near the site of the other accident and shortly afterward. A truck operated by Bernard F. Fleck. 41, of Fort Wayne, had stopped for the, other accident. Following the truck was a car driven by EH O. Edwards, 49, of Richmond. Edwards stated that he was blinded by the lights of an approaching truck and did not see that the Fleck truck was parked ahead. He crashed into the rear of the truck, causing $350 damage to the auto and none to the truck.

Gordon Appointed District President Thurl Gordon has been appointed president of district 9 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers succeeding John Gojack, who was ousted recently for deserGojack, who will no longer be aftion of his office. filiated with U. E. either nationally or in the district, is now business agent for I.A.C. (A.F.D.-C.1.0.) at a St Joseph, Mich, local John Marks is succeeding Dou Kimmel as special representative ofU E. in this aueiu-Tbßte offices are only temporary until the district 9 convention this fall. The district includes local 924, U. E, which represents employes of the Decatur General Electric plant. u —C Household Scrapbook I BY ROBERTA LEE 9 4 : 1 -C The Carving Knife* Keep the carving knife separate from the -silver when washing and there will be no danger of cutting a finger on its sharp edge while hunting for. it in the soapy water. Enamel Pans , Before a new enamel pan is used place it in cold water and pud on the stove until the water boilsiAllow the pan to cool in the water and its life will be lengthened. Baby’s Flannel Do not iron baby’s outing flannel gowns and petticoats. Merely brush them well and they will retain the desired softness.

Stewardess Dietf* . In Auto Accident WORTHINGTON, Ind. (UP) — Ruth A. Scholar. 23, a Delta Airlines stewardness from College Park, Ga., was killed Friday when her auto ran off Ind. 67 into a gully near nhere. Trade In a wood oown — Decatur

CHATTER m. yvnnSTLING, as gaily unconW cemed as a mud-splattered boy on a creek bank on a summer afternoon, Dr. Chadbum Mays walked into the handsome Board room, closed the door behind him and stood against it as he looked at the men seated ' about the table. He glanced at his watch; he was exactly on time. His eyes picked, out the newcomers. The room was filled now, almost crowded. Dr. Wil-kins-Smith was there, his eyes apprehensive, a dead cigar in his hand. He was flanked by a couple of men who were probably lawyers. And there was still another addition, a handsome man, sixtyish, in a Palm Beach suit, who held himself aloof, his face stem. “Dr. Mays," began the Chairman, speaking warily. "Just a minute, Doctor," said Chad, pleasantly courteous. He fished in his trouser pocket, brought out a comb and a pair of dark-rimmed glasses. He put the glasses on, and with a comb and his hand he smoothed his rumpled hair into flat, parted primness. Then, his manner delicate, he walked around the table, slowly past Dr. Wilkins-Smith, who blew out his cheeks, and gobbled for words. There were a few smiles around the table. John Blandin made choking sounds, and when Chad sat down he solicitously poured his friend a glass of water. Chad’s expression still was the gravely anxious one of C. Mil-quetoast-—or Charles Dr. Gaskins rapped sharply for attention, but no sooner had the Chairman begun to relax in the thought that he had things well In hand than Dr; Mays was on his feet. “Mr. Chairman!” he said loudly. “Please, Dr. Mays . . . " . Chad swept his hand across his face, gathering the glasses away ffom his eyes. "Oh, look, Gaskins!" he cried. "Why don’t you let this meeting get down to cases, and at onee ? You know good and well you called it to see what chance the clinic has of getting rid of that lawsuit. If you’ll let me talk I’ll tell you what those chances are.” He turned and smiled at Dr. WilkinsSmith, who still sat like a punchstunned fighter, his lawyers as solicitous as any seconds or handler*.

CHAPTER 32 AS STELLA and Newell McCrillis came through the door, Newell accepted Chad’s darkrimmed glasses, put them on, and npdded cheerfully to Dr. WilkinsSmith, who looked more and more like an exceedingly sick man. "Why, hello, Doctor!” Stella said pleasantly. “I didn’t know you were here.” She smiled with equal friendliness upon John Blandin, who gave her his chair and Joined Newell on the wide window sill. "This is a discussion, Mrs. McCrillis,” Chad told her, “not a __ trial, or anything like that But you know of course that a law suit has been brought against this clinic and the connected with it You know that your examination here, and your experience at the County Hospital, occasioned that charge of malpractice. Now, of course, I can testify—present to this group —an account of what the clinic did for you here. Its clinical examination of you, its microscopic tissue tests, and its diagnosis. We send our patients to a hospital or to a doctor with a brief account of our findings, and sometimes with suggestions. We gave you such a report—and you took yours to the County Hospital." “Did you tell her to?” asked the big sandy-haired lawyer on Wilkins-Smith’s right side. Chad smiled at him. Then he turned back .to Stella. "Now, Mrs. McCrillis,” he said gently, "will you please tell the gentlemen here what happened at the hospital, whom you saw, what ’ was done, and so forth?” "Dr. Mays will have told you what to say,” drawled the same lawyer. Stella looked at him. “We were asked to come to the clinic this afternoon,” she said quietly, and firmly, "because of this meeting. No one told me what to say. 1 got the general imprebiien that I jnight be asked to undergo further tests and examinations—by . outside . doctors, you know?” Her fingertips rested upon the white bandage which showed above the collar of her green dress. The big lawyer subsided. Stella’s eyes fell for a minute 1 upon the man in the Palm Beach suit He was writing busily upon a pad of white paper. She glanced around at Newell, at’Chad, then • lilted her head and began to

I Modern Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE o -—.— — Q. If one fa visiting a friend in another town for a week’s stay, and has no other friends in that town, is it all right to visit them, too? A. A week is quite a long visit, and it would be all right to call on the other friends, being sure, of course, to pick a time when your hostess has no other plans for you.

-Beconcny,* cnaa commued, “you’ll want to know how to counteract the bad publicity given our clinic. Naturally. So—may I proceed?” Dr. Gaskins said, "Hem!” but before he could say anything further there were admonitory rumbles along the table, and he sat down, nodding to Dr. Mays. “Highly irregular,’’ he salved his dignity. “So was that lawsuit,” agreed Chad, dryly. For a minute he stood thoughtful, and then he began to tell of the medical case under attack. He called in the technologist from the laboratory; he asked Dr. Blandin for a confirmation; he told of detecting the ailment on Stella’s neck, and he repeated what she had told him of its history. And then he paused. When he spoke again, he seemed to have changed the subject "I felt *rom the first that there was something phony about the opposition to this clinic," he said wistfully. “We had all the doctors in four suburbs behind us, with us, for us. All except one hospital and one set of doctors. One doctor. Naturally I asked myself why. And I didn’t much like the answer I got" He put his hand on the tabletop and leaned toward the long circle of men. "I had to decide that we were threatening somebody’s racket So I asked myself, 'What racket?* And in my investigations of that made in various ways ...” he grinned wickedly at Dr. Wilkins-Smith, who was chewing his cigar into shreds, “1 found that the system in the tax-supported County Hospital is to pay its Superintendent a pro rata fee—salary—bonus—for the cases diagnosed and treated, the payment being set according to the seriousness of the cases. Now that in itself, gentlemen,” his air of ethical outrage was magnificent, “is a perfectly foul system, and it should be-the immediate concern of the citizens of this county to change it. Such systems of payment do occur elsewhere, of course—and th»y work, where the doctors concerned are honorable, trustworthy men.” He paused briefly. “They work where an adequate staff is maintained, complete with tissue committee, and so on. Which brings me to another situation that needs looking into. The matter of the tissue audit at

speak. - ——. “I’ve had this skin trouble for some time,” she said thoughtfully. "After my examination here at the clinic I was hopeful. You know, these days, cancer is a very real dread. I went to the County Hospital expecting to get the treatment which the doctor here had advised.” “What was that doc t o r*s name?” asked Dr. Gaskins. , "It was Dr. Blandin,” she said, turning to smile at John, who nodded. "You see,” she explained ingenuously to the Clinic Board, “a patient comes in here, and answers a lot of questions. And then you get some tests. In my case, they took a—well a slice from this neck-business. And finally a doctor talked to me. Dr. Blandin called it ’evaluating the findings.' He said he thought my neck-thing was serious but would respond to treatment. I asked him Where to get that treatment, and he said to take my report to almost any accredited hospital If I had no preference, he said, the clinic would give me a list of several but would not recommend one. "Well,” she resumed. “I wasn’t frightened or anything like that, the way it said in the law suit. In fact I was relieved. But I knew I must take care of the condition, and since I’d already chosen the County Hospital to receive my report —we had no family doctor, and my husband said I might as well make use of the County institution—l went there for the treatment Fihst I saw a young doctor, Dr. Bequette; he was an intern. He looked at my neck, had a nurse wash it—and then he asked me to wait and see Dr. WilkinsSmith. I knew Dr.' Wilkins-Smith was a gynecologist, and I asked why. But the intern said he also was Superintendent at the hospital and would want to see a case like mine. He took my clinic card and went off. I never saw him again. “Well, I waited an hour, maybe. Then a nurse came aiid took me down the hall to Dr. WilkinsSmith’s office. He was very nice to me—so nice that I got scared, and my neck began to hurt That was funny, because it.never had hurt before, especially. I guess his solemn manner made me nervous—and afraid. He examined my neck, then he sat down, and after

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county Hospital I can produce testimony, if necessary, to back my charge that their pathological records are not aa tamest and as truthful as they should be. But in the matter of pay-rattag alone, the County Medical Society should not endorse such practices." "You are auro of your tecta, Doctor?” asked ths small dark man at Wilkins-Smith’s aide. “Yes!” said Chad pleasantly. The facts about paying the hospital superintendent can be found out by an examination of toe County Treasurer's books. They have an Remised record of what they pay to every person employed, garbage collectors. Chief Doctors, dog catchers—everybody. That was no trick to dei termine. And, aa 1 say, a lot of group* practice Hospitals pay weir staff men according to the cases handled. My problem was not to determine the method of pay so much as to decide if the County ’ Hospital Chief was making phony ; diagnoses in cases like—- ' er—cancer, so that he could up his take. If he was doing tost, he wouldn’t want his racket ettoer detected or stopped. “To get my information, I had no choice but to set a trap. I remembered Stella’s dermatitis I had already suggested to her that she come to our clinic for a check-up. She did come and our routine clinical examination disclosed a severe dermatitis, with a microscopic examination indicated. This was noted on our short-form report. “In this single and particular case, we went on to make that tissue examination ourselves, and determined that the condition was pemphigus, beniyn /omOiaL This circumstance you know, and we knew, could be allayed by Roentgen therapy, aureomycin, vitamin regimen—the sooner, toe better, naturally—and may X say that it is already responding to that care? The diagnosis cf pemphigus was noted <m our longform report, but not the histology that preceded it But X want Stella to tell you herself what happened when she took our short-form report of severe dermatitis and our recommendation for further tests to ths County Hospital” He walked down the room to the door, opened it, and easies "Stella, will you and Newell cone ■ in, please?” (To Be ContteMOdA

ne nad talked to me for a bit, he told me to brace myself, that he would have to tell me, honestly, that I had cancer. "I just sat there for a minute. Os course the word itself was a shock. But mostly I wondered how he knew. He’d looked at my neck, but that was aIL And you'd think he would make some tests, wouldn’t you? What with the clinic's recommendation—and if he really did feel it was a serious case?" "Yes, Stella,” said Chad softly, "we’d think he would be more thorough." "Well, anyway," She continued, • “he thought the word cancer was scaring me, and he quickly said I was not to worry, he could cure it By that time, my wits were working, and I reminded him that the Clinic had said my condition was not serious but had recommended tests. He looked sort of mad, and leaned toward me—" She paused in troubled thought “And then,” she resumed slowly, “he said that the Clinic’s opinion was worthless, that the whole thing amounted to a fraud. He said it sort of sadly, adding that he’d had twenty years of experience with cases like mine. He said he’d found that the clinic was making a lot of mistakes, and he felt that something should be done about it, to protect the public. Then he went on to ask me if 1 would be willing to cooperate with him in a project which he had in mind.” She glanced briefly toward Dr. Wilkins-Smith, and color rose in her cheeks. She put one hand to her throat “He sounded very noble," she said faintly. “And he asked me if I would be willing to cooperate in a suit be planned to bring against the clinic—because, you know, of what he called its superficial examinations and its attempt to diagnose such things as TB and cancer and hearttnmble. He called the whole thing a Vicious movement trafficking with the health of our community. He said that he needed a clear-cut example of mistaken diagnosis, and mine seemed tailor-made He explained that he meant to finance the suit personally, and he hoped that I also had the interest of my neighbors enough at heart to cooperate. He said he would give „ my case extra-special care. In time , . —— — —- (To Be