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Spillway Gets Some Use at Detroii Dam - 4 ' - ' lammer'i sudden burst af beat, followinf closely a hte and of Salem. Cooler temperatures of the past two days are expected to aaow4adea sorinc. sent Cascade streams soaring from runoff on slow the runoff to normal again, however, with ' dancer of the weekend. For the first time in a year water was spilling over flooding. (Statesman Photo). the spillway at Detroit Dam on the North Santiam Kiver east! ; I : Polio Immunity Test Needed to Serum, Diphtheria Conq ueror Save Says (EdiUr's Kate: A iiscerenr promises defeat for a dread chil dren's disease; the public clamors far the tratmeas aid acclaims the lacoTerer. That was the staiy af the Salk Taccine. Bat it was very different for the man who helped vine eat diphtheria, ance n far greater killer than polia) By FRANCES LEWTNE NEW YORK UR What is the next great need in medicine's fight en polio? Dr. Bela Schick, who discovered the skin test for. diphtheria sus ceptibility years ago, believes it is a similar test for polio. It would tell whether an individual is immune to the disease, and thus would help solve the immediate shortage of Salk vaccine. "It would be nice,but you can not order such things," Dr. Schick said in an interview. He added that researchers already are hard at work on such a test But he fears that the nature of the polio virus will make the search more difficult than it was in the case of diphtheria. "I was lucky," he smiles. Now 78, a jolly, smiling man, stooped, bushy-brewed and grey . haired, he is still a practicing pe .diatrician. Dr. Schick's 1913 dis covery is rated a major milestone In .the research whiclv has almost wiped out diphtheria m a child killer. , 7to Fatal Yearly In New York in the 1920's, there were as many as 11.000 diphtheria cases a year, 700 of them fatal. Last year there were 20 cases, two fatal But there . Is one great contrast between the Salk and Schick con tributions to medical history Where the polio vaccine was ac cepted instantly, it was IS years before the diphtheria test received Widespread recognition and use. Both Dr. Schick and Dr. Jonas Salk used the building blocks of other scientists, then neatly dropped in the keystone. Parents all over the world were eagerly waiting for the reports of the Salk vaccine test But: "There was little interest in Im munization in Austria," Dr. Schick recalls. It remained for the United States, his adopted home, to take up the challenge and lick diph theria. Even so. the physician had to personally join a campaign to educate the public. "Many people were against it." he said. "Many people were afraid." Slogaa Used It took the press, radio, movie appeals. 85 million pamphlets and even buttons reading "I am Schicked are you?" to get the drive across. Dr. Schick bad gained fame in the field of pediatrics and for his pioneer work in allergy before bis diphtheria test became a house hold word. The modest five-foot, five-inch tall doctor got a total of eight medals. But the first, was awarded on the 25th anniversary of his dis covery. Dr. Schick, who held Louis Pas teur as his idol, was an assistant in a clinic in Vienna wnen ne de vised the test He had to teach on the side to help support himself. The diphtheria bacillus had been discovered by bacteriologist. Edwin Klebs in 1883". A year later, Fred erick Loeffler had isolated it and demonstrated its growth in cul ture. In 1890, Emil von Behring discovered an antitoxin to combat the disease. Later, Von Behring worked out . an immunization with a mixture of toxin and antitoxin. But this mixture was difficult to evaluate at first and Von Behring refused to permit its general use unless it could be administered un der clinic control At that time. Schick recalls, it was not practical to think of wide spread immunization with the Von Behring toxin-antitoxin. Minnie Quantity Dr. Schick discovered that by the injection of a minute quantity of diphtheria toxin into the skin, it could be determned whether an individual is susceptble to diph theria. No reaction at the place of. infection means immunity against the disease. His test was noted in medical circles. "For five years it was perfectly quiet few people paid attention." Dr. Schick smilingly recalled in his Eastside New York office. Nothing was done on a large scale until the 1920s. By that time, Dr. Schick had come here to head the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hos pital in New York City. In 1924, a year after Dr. Schick's arrival here. Dr. G. Ramon of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, discov- DAILY CROSSWORD have Freak Storm Wrecks 30 Light Planes PHOENIX. Ariz. IP - A freak ish 70-mile-an-hour thunderstorm whipped across Phoenix Sky Har bor Airport Sunday, crumpling 30 light planes like dry leaves and causing about $150,000 damage. At the same time, the airport control tower reported a wind of 32 miles an hour only half a mile away. The storm was part of a state wide downpour that sent rain down on Arizona's parched farmlands. No injuries were reported at the airport, where gasoline, spilled from the wrecked craft and spread across the rain-soaked airstrip. The storm struck without warn ing The planes were on the ground in front of the hangars. A heavy rain and hail cut visibility to zero. "I heard a tremendous roar," said Jim Wood of the Sun Valley Air Service. "Then the wind caved in the wall of my office at least a foot About II of the 30 planes were believed a total loss. One flying service lost all but one of its 11 planes. ACROSS 1. Divan 6. Stop! 9. Cain know " ledge 10. A sleep image 12. Madden 14. Back f the neck 13. News-papers them 1$. Biblical name 17. Vegetable 18. Operatic melody 20. Bone (anat) tl. Leading actor or actress St. Place of learning 27. Adhesive substance 29. A kind of cake 10. This terri tory was fa mous for a gold rush 22. Minus 33. Polynesian tree 24. A way out 38. Doctrines 29. Behold! 40. Plant, as seed 43. Oriental nurse 44. Allure 46. Kind of beer 48. Angry 49. Brood of .' pheasants (0. Wavclik molding DOWN 2. Dispatch 2. Used in rowboata .What a friar ia called 4. Wrath . Head (abbr.) .River (It) 7. Escape, as fluid t. Primary roots . Meadow 11. Child's di. setae 22. Goddess of mischief 18. Branch of learning 19. Part ofa play 21. Relating to , space 22. An amulet 21. Man's name ' 25. Merit star, jack i 26. Coin (Swed.) 28. Piece out ! 31. Pin of a : wheel 25. Type Of "I , architec- i i ture 27. The 'Three Wise Men" F7EQ5H1 S&iSi i ered that the weakening of diph theria toxin with formaldehyde made possible immunization against diphtheria. Mass Immaahtation i The way Was clear and safe for the mass immunization and Dr. William H. Park. New York - City health commissioner, took on the job, assisted by Dr. Abraham Zingher. j . j Within three years,! they had launched a campaign to wipe out the disease. : The money for the gigantic im munization drive came 'from the city, from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., and from the Mil bank Memorial Fund, j ( Dr. Schick, married but with no children of his own, was respon sible for helping to save the lives oi countless children.' I In 1933, 20 years after his dis covery, he received a book signed by one million New York City school children in appreciation of his work. ' Five years later, he got his first medat of recognition the gold medal of the New York Academy of Medicine and the i accolade of its president Dr. Alexander Mil ler, that "your place is among the great benefactors of mankind. Since his retirement from the Mount Sinai post in 1942. Dr. Schick has been director of pedi atrics in Beth-El Hospital in Brooklyn. The Bela Schick Department of Pediatrics at Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University here was named in his honor. Like the great physicist for whom the college of medicine was named. Dr. Schick has always shunned personal publicity. It is much easier to live in the shade," he says. ! . Peron Mob Routs Church Step Gathering BUENOS AIRES, Argentina to- A mob of several hundred govern ment supporters Sunday night rout ed Vita gunshot and stones ranks of Catholic churchmen standing guard on the steps of massive Met ropolitan cathedral in downtown Buenos Aires. The mob, shouting "Long live Peron, down with the Pope," roughed up a few of the faithful in the street burned a car in- front of the adjoining Episcopal palace, and smashed windows in the pal ace with a hau of stones. Seven Persons Bart At least seven persons were hurt. Some of the church's supporters apparently were hit by the bar rage of stones, but no one was seen to be hurt by the several shots fired. About an hour after the incident city firemen sped to the scene and dispersed the government demon strators with streams of water. The outbreak heaped fuel on the seven-months church state contro versy in which President Juan Pe ron has accused some high church men of trying to undermine his regime politically, a charge church officials have denied. Saturday night the dispute reached a new peak of bitterness when church followers held a Cor pus Christi parade in Buenos Aires streets despite a government ban. Supporters Gather - Government supporters began gathering Sunday before the cathe dral, shouting hostile slogans. The situation grew tense when about an equal number of church men lined up in ranks four or five deep on the church steps, con fronting the jeering Peronistas, A priest was inside at the time performing a special mass for sup port of the International Euchar- istic Congress which opens in Rio de Janeiro next month. The church supporters stood firm for an hour on the cathedral steps, ducking stones and fruit hurled by the Peronistas. Barrage ef Stones Then a small band of Peronistas rushed up with a heavy barrage of stones which slammed against the walls and pillars of the cathedral. The churchmen retreated from the steps and down the street, pur sued by Peronistas. The attackers, carrying a large Argentine flag, rushed up the steps to the big front doors, which were quickly closed, leaving some of the worshipers who had attended Mass still inside. Balked, the mob turned on the archbishop's palace, smashing its windows. Trumans Head Home After Portland Visit i j . PORTLAND W Harry Tru man, j who spoke at a regional Jefferson-Jackson Day Democratic banquet here Saturday night, left Portland by train for Independ ence,! Mo., Sunday. j The former president, i who was accompanied on the trip by his wife, j conferred with Democratic leaders before leaving. Earlier he and Mrs. Truman, Rep Edith Green (D-Ore) and Sen.! and Mrs. Morse (D-Ore) attended services at Portland's First! Christian Church where Mrs.. Green is a member of the congregation. The Trumans both were sun burned from riding in open cars in Portland's Rose Festival pa rade Saturday. Statesman, Salem, OrY, Monday, June 13, 1955-Sac 1)-7 f stardtjr'l Aaiwtr ' I ! 2S.A tool bouse i 40. Kingdom i (Asia) : 41. Eight (prefix) ! 42. little 45. Attempt 47. Music note FLOURY TRAIL NORTH LITTLE ROCK tfl After 26 sacks 'of flour were stolen from a grocery store, police follow ed a white powdered trail to tne home of a suspect, where they said the flour and loot from an other burglary were recovered. Sat To, Tender Spars ! I" 1 ' ! 1 2 P W """"" """""" 'u " " "i!rLliiII jT 11 It 2 4i 4i 43 p 5" 4J "i" wA 11 Wr w l (mm filEficEO o o o I i4HilWSa t WiUf Beaver Boys State Opens at Corvallis CORVALLIS m The! American Legion's Beaver Boys State pro gram, aimed at teaching good cit izenship, opened here Sunday. Some 400 high school boys from throughut Oregon are! expected for the week-long session. Delegates will elect city officials and then a governor. On Friday they' will go by bus to Salem to visitj the capital area and Gov. Paul Patterson. j Funeral Services Set Today for Mrs. Rue SILVERTON Funeral serv ices for Mrs. Agatha Rue, widow of Ole Rue, will be 2:30 p.m. Mon day! at the Memorial Chapel of the Ekman Funeral Home. The Rev, Luthro will officiate. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery. Mrs. Rue died Thursday at 88. WOMAN HURTS WRIST Mrs. J. F. Hartlingi Silverton, suffered a sprained wrist Sun day; evening in a two-ear crash at Lana avenue and Silverton road, city first aidmea reported. Police listed the drivers as John Franklin Hartling and William Jay; Wilkinson, Mapleton. Mrs. Hartling was sot hospitalized. FATHER'S DAY, JUNE 19 THEY'RE TOPS FOR POPS ! LANCER SPORT SHIRTS High at Court Senator Hotel 7S $25 to $1500 Cat Ska xhm rath ym want BM ajaita. way. pttan first, "taw aaack". ItM la l-Ttl- 1-DAY. Single or married men and women in all kinds of work are eligible. 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