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Milestone Reached in War
Of Science on Arthritis '
By PAUL F. ELLIS
(United Press Science Editor)
New York, Dec. 7 (U.B The battle to whip arthritis, one of
man's most crippling diseases, has reached a milestone comparable
to the day that the first atom bomb went off, a group of physicians
agreed today.
The doctors, members of the medical and scientific committee
of the arthritis and rheumatism-
foundation, said they were re
ferring specifically to the dis
covery of the new drugs corti
sone and acth and what they
have meant in the campaign
against arthritis.
Dr. Cornelius Traeger, one of
the group, recalled that out of
the first atomic explosion in
New Mexico only a small por
tion of the potential energy con
tained in the bomb wag utilized.
wihiiiw mi i i pin im ni
Old Salts Mrs. H. D. Her
ring shows some of the 400
old salt dishes she has col
lected . in 50 years, at her
home in West Los Angeles.
Thirteen foreign countries are
represented.
Ask Full Week
Hard Coal Mines
New York, Dec. 7 W The
. anthracite operators have asked
John L. Lewis' United Mine
workers to rescind the three-day
work-week in the hard coal
fields. Coal negotiations sources
said.
t The anthracite operators and
a UMW negotiating committee
met today for the first time in a
session which both sides hope
also might lead to a settlement
in the soft coal fields.
An operator source first dis
closed that the anthracite em
" ployes had asked that the three
day week be ended in their ter
ritnrv. A union sDOkesman con
firmed this. He denied any
Irnnwtariaa nf a further reDort
that the UMW representatives
had turned down tne request.
The anthracite workers have
been on a five-day week. John
TTMW head. Dut them
on a three-day week last week
when he sent striking son coai
miners back for the same work
week.
rn ths soft coal side of the
bitter industry dispute, Robert
R. Young, head of the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad, stepped
into the picture as a possioie in
termediary.
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So it is with the new hormone
substance, he said, and that as
time goes on the efficiency
like that of the bomb will be
increased.
The meeting here was with
members of the national associa
tion of science writers. They
were shown a new movie of
three case histories of arthritis
that were treated either by corti
sone or acth.
In each case there was drama
tic improvement, but in each
case the patient relapsed after
administration of the drug was
ceased.
Dr. Traeger said that under
present means of production it
would take the bile from all
the oxen "in the world" to treat
100 patients. Cortisone is man
ufactured from hormonal sub
stances in the ox bile that come
from the adrenal cortex. Acth
is extracted from the pituitary
glands of cattle.
The foundation is now in a
campaign to raise $2,000,000 to
carry out further research and
to purchase the rare drugs for
use in patients. Some of the
money, too, will be spent in the
training of physicians of tech
niques in administration of the
drug.
Only recently, the Merck &
Co., pharmaceutical house, Rah
way, N.J., announced that
the price of cortisone had been
reduced from $250 a gram to
$150, still a precious price. The
company also has again taken
over the duty of distribution of
the drug, an indication that the
scientists are making headway
in improving production meth
ods.
Doctors are finding the drug
causes bad side reactions in some
patients, but believe that in time
its proper dosage will be de
termined.
New Walkouts
At Oakridge
Oak Ridge, Tenn., Dec. 7 W)
New walkouts today swelled to
more than 700 the number of
construction men off the job at
the atomic energy commission's
new $66,000,000 gaseous diffus
ion plant here.
Gordon Molesworth, assistant
to the manager of Oak Ridge op
erations of the AEC, estimated
710 men already are idle or
would be out by nightfall at va
rious projects in the Oak Ridge
area.
Molesworth said those involv
ed included 250 AFL steamfit-
lers, irucK drivers and opera
tional engineers.
The AEC spokesman' said the
walkout had not spread to any
workers employed in production
of fissionable materials in the
AEC plants at Oak Ridge. Only
workmen on construction proj
ects are involved, he said. The
plant is being built to increase!
production of uranium-235 for
atomic bombs.
Molesworth said the AEC as
sumes that the walkout started
because the Oman Construction
company of Nashville, which is
constructing a gas line to Oak
Rug Shampoo
Appears Here
One of tne last aruagery-ria-
den tasks of the American
household, hands-and-knees rug
scrubbing, is on its way out with
the recent introduction of the
first home-size rental rug sham
poo equipment by the Clarke
Sanding Machine company of
Muskegon, Mich.
These revolutionary light
weight, attractively streamlined
appliances a shampoo unit and
vacuum pick-up will be
rented to the public through re
tail hardware, paint, lumber
dealers and other types of retail
outlets.
The American housewife can
now get off her knees -to rugs
and not only eliminate the tire
some and unpleasant task of
shampooing her carpeting by
hand but she also can be certain
her rugs are clean, with texture
revitalized and colors sparkling
in a way not possible with hand
cleaning.
In a nation-wide independent
survey among the 86 percent of
American housewives owning
rugs or carpets, it was revealed
recently that there is a huge
pent-up demand for rug sham
poo rental equipment. Seven
out of 10 women interviewed
said they would like to rent such
equipment. And it was further
shown that rugs will be cleaned
much more frequently now that
machines can be rented to do
the job. More than 90 percent
of the prospective renters said
they would rent the equipment
from one to four times per year.
Both the self-contained, self-
feeding shampoo unit and the
pick-up machines are as easy to
operate and as safe to use as an
ordinary vacuum cleaner.
Kidge, - used some non-union
workers on a short gas line lead
ing to the new gaseous diffusion
plant, designated as K-29.
1. Keep the Christmas tree
outdoors until ready to install
it. Place it in the coolest part
of the house, shutting off the
radiator closest to it. Do not put
electric trains around it. Be sure
tree lights do not burn when no
one is in the house. If needles
near lights start to turn brown
change the location of the lights.
When needles start falling, it is
time to discard the tree.
2. Avoid decorations near
chairs where people may smoke.
If lights are desired in win
dows, do not use candles. Keep
curtains and other flammable
material pulled back at least
six inches from electric lights.
Use non-flammable decorations
of glass or metal and "fire
proof" snow in decorating. Dis
pose of all gift wrappings and
packing materials after gifts
Don't Take Chances One
defective wire on your Christ
mas tree lights may mean
tragedy to your home.
Yule Safety
Christmas, the merriest time
of the year, frequently is the
time, of unexpected disaster.
In our effort to have a bright
and gay household, we burn
more lights than usual, taxing
our electric light circuits, we
use lighted candles and lots of
paper decorations! all fire haz
ards.
There are very few Christ
mas trees that really are flame
proof safety experts tell us, and
the ordinary Yule tree is one of
the most flammable objects
known.
If you want to have a safe
Christmas observe these rules:
have been opened.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1949 31
Fairview
Mrs. R. C. Dixon of this dis
trict is recovering at her home
from a recent severe heart at
tack when she was hospitalized
a part of the time. She and Mr.
Dixon were Thanksgiving day
guests of their son in law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Chandler and family in the
Grand Island district.
Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Bantsari
have had as their house guest
Mrs. L. E. McKinney, mother of
Mrs. Bantsari, who was recuper
ating" after a severe heart at
tack following treatments at a
McMinnville hospital. She has
been taken to her home near
Amity.
Mrs. James Watts and Mrs.
Carl Wood of this district, who
are members of the Webfoot ex
tention unit will attend project
leaders meeting on "Basic tools"
for extension work to be held
at the 4-H club building in Mc
Minnville December 7.
Ske Really Wants a
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