PHYSICAL EXAMINATION RECORD Name: Pauline Search. Address: Waveland, Ind. Date of Birth: February 3, 1926. Age: 17. Home PAST HISTORY Give history of previous illness and treatments (medical and surgical): Diseases of childhood, otherwise in perfect health. Epilepsy or convulsive seizures-nervous or mental disease: None. Is there a history of tuberculosis in the family or among associates? If so, state particulars. No. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Pulse: 72. Temperature: 98. Height: 64 inches. Weight: 118. appearance: Good. Physique: Well formed. cous membrane: Normal. General Nutrition: Good. Skin and mu Vision: Without glasses-Right eye, 20/20; left eye, 20/20. With glasses Right eye, 20; left eye, 20. Evidence of disease: None. Hearing: Whispered voice-Right ear, 15/15; left ear, 15/15. Teeth: Loss upper incisors, left and right bicuspids and first bicuspid above. Two central incisors and two lateral incisors lower jaw. Artificial dentures: Plate upper, first left bicuspid; two incisors, first and second bicuspids, and first molar on right. Genito-urinary system: Normal. Hemorrhoids: No. Spine (including posture): Normal. Extremities (deformities, lameness, atrophies, varicosities, scars, and other abnormalities): Unsightly scar on lower lip. Reflexs: Normal. Evidence of mental or nervous disease: No. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR WOMEN Are menses regular? Yes. Do they interfere with work? No. DIAGNOSIS Fracture of superior maxilla, with fracture of alveolar margins of both jaws, makes it impossible to satisfactorily wear artificial dentures. Repeated change of dentures necessary. The use of unsatisfactory dentures is embarrassing to a young lady. Unsightly scar on lower lip. OCTOBER 14, 1943. W. M. MCGAUGHEY, M. D., STATE OF INDIANA, County of Putnam, ss: The affiant, after being duly sworn according to law, states the following facts, to wit: That he is a resident of Greencastle, Ind., and is over the age of 21 years. That he is a regular practicing physician, licensed under the laws of the State of Indiana. That he has recently examined one Virginia Search and finds her present condition as noted on attached sheet. Further the affiant sayeth not. Done in Greencastle, Ind., this 14th day of October 1943. STATE OF INDIANA, County of Putnam, ss: W. M. MCGAUGHEY, M. D. Comes W. M. McGaughey, M. D., the affiant, and swears that the statements contained herein are true. Witness my hand and seal, this 14th day of October 1943. My commission expires November 5, 1945. [SEAL] SAMPSON STONER, Notary Public, Putnam County, Ind. О 78TH CONGRESS 2d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT No. 1179 EDWIN H. TAYLOR, JR. FEBRUARY 23, 1944.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. ABERNETHY, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 1682] The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1682) for the relief of Edwin H. Taylor, Jr., having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: Line 6, strike out the figures "$6,779.21" and insert in lieu thereof the figures "$2,071.96". Line 9, after the word "injuries" insert ", medical, hospital expenses, and property damage". At the end of bill, strike out the period and insert in lieu thereof: : Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to appropriate the sum of $2,071.96 to Edwin H. Taylor, Jr., of De Funiak Springs, Fla., in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained as the result of a collision between the car in which he was riding and a United States Army truck on October 2, 1942, between Carrabelle and Tallahassee, Fla. STATEMENT OF FACTS It appears that on October 2, 1942, at about 8:30 p. m., an Army truck on official business, operated by an enlisted man, was proceeding south on the Shell Top Road between Tallahassee and Alligator Point, about 4 miles north of Alligator Point. The weather was clear and the road was dry but rather rough. At the same time a 1937 Ford Tudor sedan owned and operated by Edwin H. Taylor, Jr., of De Funiak Springs, Fla., was traveling north on the same road. It appears that, as the two vehicles neared each other, the Army truck was traveling on its proper side of the road; that the civilian vehicle was traveling on its left, or the wrong side, of the road; and that the two vehicles met in a head-on collision. Mr. Taylor's automobile was damaged beyond economical repair, and he was seriously injured. The Army driver left the scene of the accident, proceeded in his truck to Alligator Point, and did not report the accident to anyone. Mr. Taylor was soon found by a friend and taken to his home and shortly thereafter was taken by military personnel to the hospital at Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee. The driver of the Army truck states that he was traveling at approximately 29 miles per hour, and that the car driven by Mr. Taylor was on the wrong side of the highway. This evidence is contradicted by Mr. Taylor, who states that the Army truck was on the wrong side of the highway without lights at the time of the collision. It appears to your committee that the other occupants of the Army truck were Army personnel and their statements are made to coincide with the evidence of the Army truck driver. However, it also appears that had the driver of this Army vehicle been telling the true facts he would not have driven his truck away from the scene without ascertaining whether or not he had killed or injured the other party. This within itself indicates that he was guilty of negligence. An affidavit signed by Curtis A. Dunning, dated December 31, 1943, states that he visited the scene of the accident about 3 hours afterward; that when he approached the scene of the accident and for about 3 miles before, he noticed the tracks of the truck were from one side of the road to the other, and sometimes almost in a ditch on first one side then the other. He states in this affidavit that Mr. Taylor's car was far on the right-hand side of the road and that the Army truck was traveling on the left-hand side of the road and in the opposite direction. He states further that from the tracks as they appeared in the road, and from the location of the truck and automobile, and from all visible evidence and circumstances connected with the accident, the Army truck was entirely responsible for the accident; that the evidence in the road would indicate that the driver of the Army truck was intoxicated. Reference is made in the War Department's report that Mr. Taylor stated that he had taken two drinks of whisky before leaving his home. This is denied by Mr. Taylor as he states that he did not take these drinks of liquor prior to the accident, but after the accident-after he had been left lying in the middle of the road for 11⁄2 hours completely deserted by the Army driver, until a friend who was traveling the same road found him unconscious and carried him back to his home, and at that time they gave him two drinks of whisky in an attempt to revive him and keep him alive until medical aid could be procured. It is the opinion of your committee that from the evidence submitted the Army driver was not on the proper side of the highway, and that Mr. Taylor was on his proper side and that this collision was caused by the negligence of the Army driver. Your committee feels that Mr. Taylor should be compensated in the amount of $2,071.96 to cover his personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and recommend favorable consideration to the proposed bill, as amended. Appended hereto is the report of the War Department, together with other pertinent evidence. Hon. DAN R. McGEHEE, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., September 23, 1943. Chairman, Committee on Claims, House of Representatives · DEAR MR. MCGEHEE: The War Department is opposed to the enactment of H. R. 1682, Seventy-eighth Congress, a bill which would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay $6,779.21 to Edwin H. Taylor, Jr., De Funiak Springs, Fla., "in full settlement of all claims of the said Edwin H. Taylor, Jr., against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by him on October 2, 1942, in a collision with a United States Army truck which was on the wrong side of the road at Alligator Point, between Carrabelle and Tallahassee, Fla." On October 2, 1942, at about 8:30 p. m., an Army truck on official business, operated by an enlisted man, was proceeding south on the Shell Top Road between Tallahassee and Alligator Point, about 4 miles north of Alligator Point. The weather was clear and the road was dry but rather rough. At the same time a 1937 Ford tudor sedan owned and operated by Edwin H. Taylor, Jr., of De Funiak Springs, Fla., was traveling north on the same road. It appears that, as the two vehicles neared each other, the Army truck was traveling on its proper side of the road; that the civilian vehicle was traveling on its left, or the wrong, side of the road; and that the two vehicles met in a head-on collision. Mr. Taylor's automobile was damaged beyond economical repair, and he was seriously injured. The Army driver left the scene of the accident, proceeded in his truck to Alligator Point, and did not report the accident to anyone. Mr. Taylor was soon found by a friend and taken to his home and shortly thereafter was taken by military personnel to the hospital at Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee. On October 27, 1942, the Army driver involved in the accident made the following statement: (* * * I was driving at approximately 29 miles per hour. I know that because the truck had a governor on it set for a maximum speed of 29 miles per hour. I was on the W. P. A. road between the paved highway and Alligator Point. * * * About 4 miles north of Alligator Point I saw a car coming toward me on the wrong side of the road. I reduced my speed to about 15 miles per hour; and then to 10 miles per hour when I saw he was goint to hit me anyway. I was driving on the extreme right side of the road and he ran head-on into me. I had blinked my headlights several times just before he hit my truck to try to get him back to his side of the road. He did not seem to notice. "As soon as the accident happened I got out of the truck and went over to his I asked him what he was doing on the wrong side of the road and he said he did not know. He did not seem to be hurt and did not get out of his car. car. * * * "I was excited and very badly scared by the accident, and I guess that is why I left the scene of the accident and went on to Alligator Point in the Government truck. "When I got to Alligator Point I did not report the accident to Sergeant Hawkins immediately because I was too badly scared. After Sergeant Hawkins found out about the accident he sent another Government truck to the scene of the accident to see if he could be of any assistance. I went back to the scene with Sergeant Hawkins and Sergeant Shellnut in a jeep. "They investigated and saw how far the civilian vehicle had skidded after the accident. They measured and found that the back end of the car had skidded about a foot and a half further toward the wrong side of the road after it had been hit. The tracks showed that the front end had not skidded at all." Mr. Taylor stated on October 3, 1942: * * I am a civilian employee with the United States engineers at Carabelle, Fla. I left my home in Alligator Point at about 7 o'clock in the evening on October 2, 1942, and was driving north on the shell road from Alligator Point to Tallahassee in a 1937 model Ford Tudor. I do not remember at what approximate speed I was driving. I do not remember seeing the Army truck. I had |