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PRESIDENT SCRAPS ANOTHER OFFICE Roosevelt Not to Have White House Physician—Capt. Joel T. Boone to Rejoin Navy. WASHINGTON, April 1 (AP).—The of White House physician went by the boards today, with the departure for a new post of Capt. Joel T. Boone, naval medical officer. President Roosevelt does not intend to fill the vacancy left by Captain Boone, who has served as medical adviser to three presidents—Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. Decorated for his services in the war, Captain Boone is a popular and familiar figure in the capital. His new duty is on the staff of the naval hospital here and on July 1 he becomes chief medical officer of the U. S. S. Relief, American naval hospital ship in the Pacific. The Central National bank of Rutland, which had been closed since the banking holiday was declared on March 4 except for the limited functions allowed by the comptroller of currency, was reopened yesterday under a federal license permitting all banking functions on a full-time basis under the emergency banking act.