Show GETS QUARTER MILLION FOR LOSS OF EYES NEW YORK June 20 BY By The Associated Press Press PreEs Dr Joseph G. G Yocum of ot N. N Y was c-as awarded damages by b a sealed verdict opened today In the Supreme court for total blindness by a a. bolt while ho he was a. a passenger In an subway train Dr Yocum who Is 60 50 years old was formerly a surgeon at the Skin and Cancer hospital and the Pres Pres- Presbyterian Presbyterian hospital He lIe sued for tor a ahalt half halt million dollars At the trial the doctor testified that the bolt that caused the in- in inJury injury Jury jur was part of ot the operating mechanism m of ot a door that it had become detached and struck his left leCt eye Mr Yocum received degrees from Leland Stanford Columbia and Harvard universities He served In Inthe Inthe inthe the French British and American armies In the World orld war and has been decorated for distinguished service by both the French rench and American governments During the war he performed more than major operations upon soldiers |