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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND,,OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 1945
Lieutenant Whips
Problem of Gnats
At Pacific Base
U. S. Air Base, Central Pacific
UPiThe tent was broiling hot and
sweat rolled down the neck of the
slim young man squinting into a
microscope perched on a soap box.
"There, I think you can see it
now, sir," he said. He got up from
the camp stool and stepped back
a pace on the sand lioor.
Brig. Gen. Harold D. (Spud)
Campbell, island commander, sat
down and peered into the micro
scope. He saw on the slide below
several small, legless, wormlike
creatures, with a small brown
head and 12 body segments.
"Where did you get these fel
low's," the general asked.
"In the moist layers of decaying
vegetable matter down in the
mangrove swamps."
Pest Mystery Ended
The mystery of the breeding
place of the islands worst pest
had been solved. Control mea
sures now could be started
against the vicious little gnat of
the family Ceratopogonidae
commonly known as biting mid
ges, punkies, no-see-ums and sand
flies.
The man who solved the prob
lem was Lt. Carl Dorsey of (437
Woodlawn Ave., Webster droves)
St. Louis, Mo., and his associate
was Lt. J. P. Jones of Richmond,
Va. Both ere attached to the U. S.
navy epidemiology unit stationed
on this island.
The gnat does not carry dis
eases," but an intense itching de
velops in the area of its bite and a
large weal soon is raised. A sec
ondary infection usualy sets In
and the skin assumes an ulcerous
appearance.
While the victims have not had
to be hospitalized, the loss of sleep
and constant harassment from the
tiny pest menaced the efficiency
of aircraft pilots and other per
sonnel of the base, Dorsey began
a survey that lasted more than
two months before he found the
breeding place.
Corpsmen Guinea Pigs
He searched the beaches, the
fresh water areas, the swamps,
the odd ponds. The survey Includ
ed the use of human guinea pigs,
corpsmen of the epidemiology
unit, who stood stripped to the
waist and allowed kiiats to settle
on them while Dorsey and Jones
made observations.
Warsaw's Hour of Vengeance
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Polish Army units, serving with Russian troops, march through their cap
ital, Warsaw, pursuing German forces fleeing back into the Reich In face
of Russian blitz that has pushed forward on a 50-mlle front to within 1G6
miles of Berlin.
the dirty, blackish water he found
several of the thin, wriggling
wisps of larvae, and examination
under a microscope later confirm
ed his suspicion that they were
the larvae of the Island's vicious
little gnat. .
Under the sun-beaten, hot tent.
with its makeshift laboratory of
pacKing
ntmau OVnnhimniitn nv
The human guinea Dies WOrO print ml monenma umia otitnrl itm
observed at specific times and day after Dorsey made his dlscov
places about the island. They were ery. He is confident he can find an
vAiiutiuu Uy uay ana oy nignt, ami element which will cover the
the night experiments included
standing in a beam of light for
five minutes to determine wheth
er light attracted the pegts.
Dorsey correlated the rise and
fall of the gnat population with
the action 'of the tide and found
that there was a definite relation
ship. Twice monthly when the
tides were at their lowest ebb, the
Insect emerged from Its breeding
places in tremendously increased
numbers. And life on the Island
would become almost unbearable
during those periods
cient, soggy Incubators and kill
the pest long before they emerge
to dry their wings and forage out
in search of warm, American
blood.
The experiments with the hu
man guinea pigs also are continu
ing. The volunteers for this work
Include George E. Geiple of Glen
Rock, Pa.; Robert L. Van Buren,
of Modesto, Cnl.; Martin G. Aus
tin, of (4718 18th Ave.) Seattle,
Wash.; Jacob Kerbeshlan, of (178
Boyleston St.) Watcrtown, Mass.;
unyiess n. Kutherford of Wag-
Tt was not. however, until the i oner, Okla.; Wallace H. Frltsch of
dav he notified Gen. rnmnhnii (1180 S. 8th St.) West Salt Lake
that he identified the breeding cl,v. Utah; Jnmes G. Mermsen of
place of the gnat. Earlier In the (8U Wilson St.) Little Chute,
morning of that day he was
searching through a mangrove
swamp when he happened to look
back and noticed that his foot
print had filled with water.
Finds Larvae In Water
Dorsey returned and scooped up
Wis.; Gaylord P. Gaunt, of (7002
Ideal Ave.) Fort Wayne, Ind., and
James W. Harvev of (407 S. Pleas
ant St.) Gainesville, Fla.
FIND OWN FINC.EKPKINTS
Kansas Citv. MM After the roh-
some of the water In a dipper he bery of a small restaurant here.
carried to gather specimens. In I police exulted to find a series of
distinct fingerprints along the
counter beside the cash register.
They were Identified easily, but
the exultation ceased. The prints
included only those of the propri
etor and several members of the
police force who ate at the es
tablishment, across the street
from their precinct station.
Highway Access'
Bill Is Attacked,
And Also Lauded
By Kria W. Allen Jr.
(United PreM Staff Correspondent)
Salem, Ore., Jan. 26 UP) The
Oregon joint legislative roads and
highways committee today had
under consideration arguments)
opposing and favoring the pro
posed limited access bill, also
known as the "freeway" measure.
At a large public hearing late
Thursday, opponents of the bill
charged that it is a "vicious" piece
of leg'slation, "poorly conceived"
and an "unwarranted delegation
of authority," saying that It was
against the interests of hundreds
of small property owners of the
state.
Bill Favored
Officials of the state highway
commission, headed by T. H. Ban
field, chairman, R. H. Baldock.
engineer, and J. M. Devers, legal,
council, presented the highway de
partments favorable view of the
bill, sponsored by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and the'
Oregon Roadside council.
The measure would grant the
highway department large powers
in the regulation of Oregon roads,
Including the right to condemn
right-of-way property, and it was
this last provision which was
chiefly attacked.
L. R. Estell, representing motor
court owners, told the committee'
that the bill would kill a large
number of small roadside busines
ses, and "endless, expensive liti
gation" was forecast by A. B.
Sanders of the Oregon coast high
way association.
Safety Promise
The highway department rep
resentatives contered the charges,
stating that the department would
be required by the bill to protect
property owners and their rights
by provisions, that it would guar
antee the largest safety margin
possible and( that the bill- was
designed to 'fit Oregon into a
large national and international
picture of highway development.
The legislature yesterday was
largely concerned with plodding
through routine matters, which
were pointed up by an outburst
yesterday morning when the
house refused to pass a memorial
to congress in favor of national
service or total conscription.
Nisei's House Set Afire
NEW DYE SPEEDS PLASTICS
New York itPi A new dye,
which will hasten the manufac
ture , of plastics, has been an
nounced by the Wilmington
Chemical Corp. Heretofore plastic
manufacturers had to purchase
colored molding powder for each
color required, but now plastics
may be immersed in the new dye
and the desired tinting Is achieved
almost at once. Under the old sys
tem machines had to be shut
down for cleaning after one run
of a desired color. Now manufac
ture of one transparent, ,translu.
cent or opaque base material is
used and shut-downs are avoided
SPROUTS GOVERNORS
Boston UPi After working in
the same Boston law office, Jo.
seph E. Bly became governor of
Massachusetts, Robert F. Brad
ford lieutenant governor, and Hor
ace A.Hildreth governor of Ma'ne
Milk for Hoffenfots Ruled
Qui, Fred Ofhman Discovers
By Frederick C. Othman
(United Prcu Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Jan. 26 (IP) Henry
A. Wallace has done me a favor
and I want him to know I appre
ciate it; I'm not dreaming any
more about Hottentots.
It used to be (and don't go
reading any politics into this un
less you are a psychologist) that
every morning at two I'd dream
about a double row of fat and
sassy Hottentots, sitting on their
haunches, guzzling milk. Wallace
passed among them, handing out
quarts from his milkman's rack,
and the question was this: did
problem. Last night I did. not
dream about Hottentots swigging
milk. Mr. Wallace, I thank you.
The gray-haired Wallace (he
could have stood a trim) was tes
tifying before the senate com
merce committee about his ex
perience as a cabinet member and
Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida
said: .
"Haev you personally been fru
gal? What 1 mean is that some
of the people don't believe you
can make any money privately."
Wallace came back with a nifty
and if you think he was thinking
about Jesse Jones you're abso
lutely right. "I wonder," he said
in- Kive nmiciuuLs nomugt-nizuu j .1.- nuhiie believes that onlv
milk, or plain pasteurized grade- ' ,1 tonnP n oi th
A?
I never was close enough to
see and I was goirtg batty (going,
he says) when Wallace In seek
ing confirmation at the senate as
secretary of commerce, solved my
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millionaires can carry on the gov
ernment?"
Five hundred citizens in the
spnate caucas chamber applauded
that, and cheered. Wallace went
on to say that he, himself, started,
a business in Iowa that sold
S4.000.000 worth of seed corn last
year. Pepper turned then to those
Hottentots, who have been ruin
ing the Othman sleep these weary
weeks.
"It has been bandied about,"
Pepper said, "that you said once
you favored taking the money of
the American people to provide
a bottle of milk a day for Hotten
tots. Is that true?"
Wallace said he never had said
any such thing. He said the pres
ident of the National Association
of Manufacturers said he Said it.
What happened, Wallace con
tinued, was that he was having
dinner one night at one of those
flossy places where he sat next
to Mme. Maxim Litvinoff, the
wife of the former Russian am
bassador to Washington.
"And I turned to her," he tes
tified, "and said half In fun and
half seriously that what this war
was about was over whether
everybody shouid have the privi
lege of having a quart of milk a
day."
Even as he said tills, I knew I'd
not dream about those thirsty
Hottentots again and I breathed
a sigh of relief. I also learned
that somebody else besides me
had the w rong idea about Hotten
tots. Name of Roosevelt, Frank
lin n.
The president of the United
States, himself, thought Wallace
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for Coushs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Sumrnio Dot, one of the first Japanese-Americans to return to theWest
CoaRt, points to charred side of his Newcastle, Calif., Dome, which unlden
tiiied Dersons nt.fmntort in niWA . .. . , . . .
, - ""- fcw:iiywj were hum oiaae U3 ayna
mite the building and to Intimidate hfjn and his family with gunshot
had urged the furnishing of each
Hottentot with a quart a day. Or
so Wallace testified, chuckling.
"That shows you the power of
propaganda," he added. "The so
called new dealers again and
again can be deceived by the
propaganda - of their enemies.
Even the elect can be deceived."
Even Othman, whose dreams
will be pleasant henceforth.
velt. For 21 years he was chief
accountant for the Brooks-Scanlon
Lumber Company Inc.
Besides his wife he is survived
by a son at Vancouver, Wash.,
Kenneth Minor.
Services Are Held
For Bend Pioneer -
Portland, Ore., Jan. 26 UP)
Funeral services were conducted
here Thursday for Frank O. Min
or, 78, pioneer postmaster at
Bend.
A resident of the Masonic and
Eastern Star home on Baseline
road since October, 1940, he died
there last Friday. Last Feb. 8 he
married Emma Young at the
home.
A native of Hillsdale, Mich.,
Minor in 1904 went to Bend and
later was appointed postmaster
under President Theodore Roose-
Madras Student
Enlists in Navy
Donald Dean Ashcraft, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Ashcraft, Mad-1
ras, was enlisted as an apprentice !
seaman In the United States naval .
reserve at the Portland navy re
cruiting station 'Wednesday, an
nounces Chief Specialist Paul Con- i
net, recruiter in charge of the
Central Oregon navy recruiting
station, Bend, who processed Ash-1
craft's application. He has been'
transferred to the San Diego naval
training center for his indoctrina-;
tion training which will last three,
months.
Donald was a student at Madras
high school. He has an older
brother in the navy who is how on
an LST in the Atlantic area. ,
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YES, we know there's
a war going on!
-but here's how we're trying to overtime
the difficulties of wartime travel
Our trains are longer and schedules are Blower now.
Space is hard to get. People frequently have to stand in
line to buy tickets or to get into the dining car. In short,
our service isn't what it was before the war.
The main reason is, of course, that our volume of pas
senger traffic is five times that of 1940, with just about
the same number of cars we had then. And, like every
body else, we are short of help.
However, this company is determined not to just give
up and blame everything on the war. Wherever possible
we have taken aggressive steps to lessen the difficulties
of wartime travel. For example:
IOur "train assignment plan" for coach passengers
has to a large extent eliminated overcrowding and
standing on our long-distance trains. We endeavor
to sell only as many seats as are on the train, and
each passenger gets a reservation slip.
2 "Passenger aides," capable trained women, have
been stationed on long-distance S. P. coach trains.
They assist women traveling with children, help pre
pare "formulas" for the babies, aid the aged and
infirm, and perform other services to make the
journey as comfortable as possible for everyone.
3 In. spite of the shortage of help, we have greatly ex
panded telephone reservation bureaus, increased our
m forces handling reservations, and devised new reser
vation systems, which are constantly reviewed. The
situation is toot perfect; but it is much better than
it was.
We have increased the number of chair car porters,
so that cars are now generally kept quite clean,, a
difficult problem because of the litter from box
lunches, etc. Big trash boxes in the vestibules have
helped, too.
"Train service agents" have been added to the staffs
of long-distance coach trains. These men supervise
all service features on the train, direct the chair car
porters, see to it that the trains are kept tidy, try to
overcome difficulties and meet emergencies.
We don't claim that all our people are perfect. They're
human beings, and are under the strain of crowded war
conditions. By and large we think they're doing a swell
job and we're proud of them.
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