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Log Between Peaceful Ways,
Mobilization May Save War
The surest deterrent against another war is to narrow the time
lag between our normally peaceful ways and the mobilization
that war requires, declares Bernard M. Baruch in an exclusive
article in the February Reader's Digest.
If the gap is bridged, no enemy will gamble upon overwhelming
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On Horseback Again Supreme Court Justice William O.
Douglas, who was seriously injured in Washington State's
Cascade Mountains last October when his horse rolled on
him, takes his first horseback ride, near Tucson, Ariz., since
the accident. He has been resting in Tucson for several
months. (AP Wirephoto)
Death Isn't so Terrifying as We
Are Led to Believe, Writer Says
"Look death in the face," counsels J. D. Ratcliff, in the Feb
ruary Reader's Digest. "His countenance isn't so terrifying as we
re led to believe.
"All available evidence indicates that death is generally wel
comed by the aged and infirm, offers merciful relief to the sick.
Although they have feared?
death all their lives, the over
whelming majority of people are
willing to meet it when it
comes."
Testifying to the absence of
agony and terror in death is the
experience of thousands who
have "died" by drowning, elec
tric shock, asphyxiation only
to be revived by prompt medi
cal attention.
These people, Ratcliff points
out in an article condensed from
Liberty, "have indeed returned
from the dead . . . and invaria
bly, they report that there was
no anguish, no pain, no terror
merely an all-enveloping peace."
The final flutters of a failing
heart pump an ever-diminishing
supply of blood, Ratcliff says
and pain attending the final ill
ness disappears as sensory per
ceptions fail.
Oxygen starvation that, ac
companies failing circulation af
fects the brain; the patient drifts
into darkness without pain
without sensation. The final
blacking out, preceding death
is in no wise different from
falling asleep.
The great physician, Sir Wil
liam Osier, studied 500 deaths
Only 11 showed mental appre
hension, only two showed signs
of terror.
Dr. Arthur MacDonald adds
his testimony: "The belief that
dying is accompanied by se
vere suffering may arise from
misinterpretation of outward
physical signs. The act is con
fused with symptoms of the dis
ease which preceded death.
There seems to be a pause in na
ture the disease has conquer
ed, the battle is over. The body
fatigued by its efforts to sustain
itself, is ready to die. All is
tranquility."
Dr. Alfred Worcester, profes
sor emeritus of hygiene at Har
vard, says: .,
"Death is almost always pre
ceded by a perfect willingness
to die. It is easy at the last. . . .
All competent observers agree
that except in Imagination there
is no such thing as 'death agony.'
Contractions of the dying body
are merely the contractions of
reflex muscles. Facial contor
tions are involuntary and not in
dicators of pain. Remember,
faces are often contorted in
sleep."
One physician, carried to the
brink of death by a severe heart
attack, reported his sensations
as those of mild intoxication.
Three others, who drowned but
were revived found only peace
and pleasantness after the ini
tial struggle was over.
William Hunter, 18th-century
anatomist, murmured with his
last breath: "Had I strength to
hold a pen I would write how
epsy and pleasant it is to die."
Japan attempted at Pearl Har
bor.
But that time lag which is the
crux of our danger is being ne
glected, Baruch warns. "Such
neglect, becoming ever more
perilous as the potential enemy
acquires a stockpile of atomic
weapons, is all the more tragic
because it can Be remeaiea so
easily."
Stating that the cost of full
mobilization measures would
be slight, the author contends
that this small expenditure
would strengthen our defenses
far more than would larger
sums spent for other military
purposes. If we can reduce the
time lag by a year, the margin
might ave the whole democrat
ic world."
Baruch urges three actions
to accomplish this end.
First, we should enact into
law now a full, stand-by mobil
ization plan. Under this plan,
emergency laws would be pass
ed at once and held ready for
instant operation upon joint
proclamation by congress and
the president. "To wait until
war starts before we begin to
legislate is to invite disaster, for
Washington itself may be the
target for destruction."
These stand-by laws would
cover an "impartial ' selective
service; the prevention of prof
iteering; the power to give mili
tary needs priority, to ration
scarce materials, and to impose
higher taxes and price controls
Such laws would prevent the
"wait and see" attitude of the
fall of 1941 which, Baruch says,
prolonged the war at least 1
year.
Creation of a permanent mo
bilization agency, composed of
civilians and capable of swift
expansion, is the second step to
insure that there will be no fu
ture "too little and too late" pe
riod in which we might be ov
erwhelmed. "It is time we stop
ped treating the task of mobiliz
ing America as a job for volun-
The third major requirement
"a constant, vigilant inven
tory of our natural resources in
relation to the probable de
mands of another war." Rela
tive wartime and peacetime
needs for many raw materials
are widely different, and where
ever the variance becomes dan
gerously wide, steps should be
taken to narrow it.
The essence of the American
dilemma, Baruch emphasizes, is
that totalitarian countries are
perpetually mobilized, while a
democracy such as ours tends
to resist the necessary measures
until the emergency is at hand.
Damage Suit for Name
In Movie Title Lost
Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 25 (U.R) A
woman whose daughter's name
was used in a movie title has
lost her suit for $400,000 damages.
U. S. District Judge Royce
dismissed Mrs. Celia F. Ivers
suit against Paramount Film Dis
tributing Co. after he and a jury
saw the movie, "The Strange
Love of Martha Ivers."
Mrs. Ivers alleged the film
violated the privacy of her
daughter, Martha. But Savage
said any injury the girl sustain
ed was purely imaginary.
Nation's Honor Students Cast
Nominations for Hall of Fame
By LEO TURNER
(United Press staff correspondent)
New York, Jan. 25 (U.R) The nation's high school honor stu
dents have urged the election of Presidents Woodrow Wilson
and Theodore Roosevelt and the Unknown Soldier to the Hall of
Fame, Mrs. Bertha L. Lyons, curator, said today as nominations
poured In for the 1850 installations in New York university's
Shrine of Great Americans.
Elections to the Hall of Fame
are held every five years. A
maximum of seven native-born
Americans may be selected. The
candidate must be dead 25 years
before he can be considered.
Nominations for this year's
election will be received until
April 1. Ballots will be prepared
and mailed to the 118 prominent
persons composing the college of
electors on June 1. They are to
be returned on October 1 and
the results announced on No
vember 1. To be elected to the
shrine, a candidate must receive
a majority of votes.
The Hall of Fame, an open air
colonade 630 feet long and 10
feet three inches around the
Gould Memorial library at the
university, was established in
1900 when 29 outstanding Amer
icans, including George Wash
ington and Abraham Lincoln,
were named.
Christopher Columbus, dis
coverer of the continent, is not
included. He was foreign born.
Seventy-seven persons, in
cluding seven women, have been
elected so far, and bronze busts
of 76 of them sit on pedestals in
the circular colonade.
Nominations already received
from students and the general
public include Benjamin Ban
neker, John Burroughs, William
Robert G. Ingersoll, William
James, Gouverneur Morris
James Edward Oglethorpe, Wen
Lloyd Garrison, John Gorrie,
dell Phillips, Lucy Stone, Joseph
Wharton, Sarah Margaret Full-
William Crawford Gorgas,
Charles Thompson Harvey,
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, La
fayette Eliphalet Nott, Robert E.
Peary and Charles Steinmetz.
cecause tney received more
than 20 votes in the 1945 elec
tion, George Westinghouse, Hen
ry David Thoreau, Edward A.
MacDowell, Henry George, Su
san B. Anthony, Josiah Willard
Gibbs and Theodore Roosevelt
receive a place on the ballot
automatically.
The members of the high
school honor societies have been
invited to cast honorary ballots
this year. The ballots will not
be counted toward the election,
but will be compared against
those of the 118 electors.
Wife of Tin Heir
Says Drugged
New York, Jan. 25 (U.R) Jua-
nita Eden Patino accused an
"emissary" of her multimillion
aire Bolivian husband today of
drugging her in an attempt to
gain custody of her five-year-old
daughter.
The sultry 28-year-old dancer
told police her mysterious re
appearance in Fredericksburg,
Va., last week-end after a week-
long "blackout" was another
nerve-wracking incident in her
three-year marital battle with
Ramon Patino, 35, heir to a
$300,000,000 Bolivian tin for-
tun.
Mrs. Patino was brought to
her home here Monday night
from Virginia by her twin sis
ter, Anita Eden, and placed in
the care of a physician. Miss
Eden said her sister was suffer
ing from "severe mental shock"
which made remembrance of her
experiences "slow and difficult."
Mrs. Patino said the last thing
she remembers the night she dis
appeared was having a drink in
a midtown Manhattan bar with
Emiliano Rengifo, an employe
of her husband.
She said Rengifo has tried
without success to force her to
sign papers releasing all claims
against her husband for $40,000
he owes her for support and giv
ing him custody of their daugh
ter, Valerie.
"I had two or three drinks of
brandy with him," she said. "The
next thing I remember is run
ning down a road toward
bar in Fredericksburg a week
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Mysterious Chemical Raises
Hob With Women's Clothing
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 25 (U.R) The gallant mayor who couldn't
stand to see the ladies lose their unmentionables had his street
cleaners hosing the downtown section cleaner than it's been in
a decade today.
The street-cleaners were not so sympathetic to bending their
backs in an effort to wipe out;
the mysterious chemical reaction
Tenor's Tribute Eugene
Conley, of Lynn, Mass., tenor
in Bellini's opera, "I I'uritani"
at La Scala, Milan, Italy, dusts
a statue of the composer be
fore the opening night.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Ian. 25, 1950 9
that has caused women's stock
ings, blouses and unmention
ables to virtually vanish within
seconds.
It may save tha ladies' stock
ings," one grimy laborer com
plained, "but it's sure ruining
out of my socks."
The weird nylon blight has
been going on spasmodically
since the war. City health au
thorities theorize the nylon at
tacks are caused by atmospheric
moisture, combining with fuel
soot to make an acid which eats
things made of nylon
The women raised a ruckus
with Mayor Haydon Burns after
their clothes disappeared in the
most embarrassing places,
One federal office building
worker said she walked away
from a file cabinet with her
blouse intact; when she reached
a desk a few feet away it was in
shreds.
Another lady's stockings dis
integrated as she walked to
church in her finest get-up.
Such incidents did not exactly
cause the men untold anguish.
But the besieged Burns asked
the fire department to wash the
streets as a possible preventive
measure. Fire Commissioner
Richard D. Sutton, who probably
will run against Burns for mayor-commissioner
in 1952, flat
ly refused. He said the mayor
couldn't tell him what to do.
He did consent to lend hli
hoses to the street cleaning de
partment. Yesterday and today
the sanitary workers sloshed
hundreds of gallons of water
over downtown thoroughfares.
later minus about $10,000 worth
of jewels."
Mrs. Patino said custody of
the children could not be set
tled until Patino agrees to come
to this country to complete set
tlement of the term of a di
vorce for which she filed two
years ago. ,
The yard originally was based
on the distance from the tip
of the nose to the ends of fin
gers on an outstretched arm.
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