MEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE. ilEDFOKD. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1934.
PAGE FIFTEEN
SUBSTANTIAL CUT !
IN LOSS BY FIRE
SEEN F0R0REG0N
First Nine Months Shows
2771 Fires in 1934,
Against 2970 Fires in
Same" Period of Last Year;
HOW BRIDGE LOOKS TO SWIMMER
SALEM, Ore. (UP) Substant al
reductions in fire losses during the
first nine months of 1934 as com
pared to the same period In 1933 were
reported today by A. H. Averlll, state
lire marshal.
During the 1934 period there wer
2,771 fires endangering property hav
ing a sound value of 929.238.496. anil
with an actual loss of $1262.934.
while In the first nine months of
1933. there were 2.970 fires, endau
Bering property valued at $35,312.32.
with an actual loss of $1,723,337,
J 9!) Fewer Fires.
In other words, there were 199 Ids
fires In the 1934 period than In tlv:
same time In 1933, with a reduction
of $440,403 In losses on property re
duced $6,073,726 In sound value, com
pared to that endangered this year
Total Insurance carried on this
j ear's losses was $26,604,922, and $1.
063.343 was paid by the insurance
companies to cover losses In the fire.
Percentage of loss to value was 4.3S
per cent. This percentage was .E0
per cent less than In the first nine
months of 1933, when Insurance to
taled $31,064,390, and $1,499,660 was
paid for losses by the companies, and
the per cent of loss to value was
4 as.
Heating Main Hazard.
Heating hazards caused, the great
est number of this years fires, 895.
rid endangered property valued a.
$4,381,870, with an actual loss of
$284,842. On fires caused In this
manner, $3,647,756 of Insurance 'was
carried and $231,377 was paid by tiio
companies to cover losses. The per
centage of loss to value was. 0 65.
The percentage of loss to value was
much greater In unprotected farm
areas than In protected cities, to
taling 47.62 per cent, compared to
2.P8 per cent.
There were 430 fires In unprotect
ed areas, endangering property with
a sound value of $921,114, and re
sulting In an actual loss of $438,685.
compared to. 2.341 fires In cities, en
dangering property valued at $28.
817 382, but resulting In a loss of only
$344,249.
Insurance on farm properties ta
taled $1,666,951, with $324,903 paid
by the companies for damages; while
protected areas Insurance was $24.
637.971 and $738,440 mi paid for
lceees.
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TABLE SALT MAY
AID IN FIGHT ON
Tail Tomato Plants.
AUGUSTA, Me. (UP) In his back
yard Leon E. Silver grew tomato
plants that reached a height of mere
then nine feet. He collected 300
quarts of plum tomatoes from the
vines.
Fox Hound. Whelps 16 Pups.
BARNESVILLE, O. (UP) A fox
hound owned by Oscar Morris, loca!
dog fancier, has Just whelped 18 puppies.
An unusual picture from sea level of the $80,000,000 San Fr.-u.iiscc-Oakland
bay bridge now under construction. The work It proceeding
ahead of scheduio and this i part of the eastbay section. (Associated
Press Photo)
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LOS ANGELES (UP) Peace offi
cers may soon be equipped wih an
attachment for their service pistols
which will make each officer a dead
ly marksman In the dark.
The device, known as the Auto
matic Nite Sight, the Invention of
A. B- Scott, Los Angeles engineer,
soon will be In quantity production,
although offered for sale only to
city, county and state peace officers.
The Invention, which fits securely
on the muzzle of a regulation police
pistol, consists of a small flash bulb,
a clover-leaf shaped aperture and a
system of lenses, in operation It
throws a clover-leaf shaped beam of
light along the path of the bullet,
with the bullet striking the point
where the Inner points of the four
beams of light meet. The secret of
the device Is In the lenses, which en
able the light to Illuminate the ob
ject aimed at, although a person In
front of the pistol cannot see the
rays.
Each set of the equipment . wilt
bear a serial number and Bales will
be registered Just as the sale of pis
tols Is now recorded.
Married by Sign language.
COSHOCTON, O. (UP) In & cere
mony conducted mostly In sign lan
guage, through an interpreter, Her
man Moore. 34. of Akron. O., and Eva
L. Parks, 19, Roscoe, O.. both deaf
mutes, were married by Justice of tr.e
Peace Milton J. Croft.
NEW YORK (UP) New type de
pendable engines are the latest ally
of the big air liners In overcoming
unfavorable weather, as seven-ton
transports can when required to be
flown to an altitude of 27.200 feet
with full load, show actual tests
made with one of United Air Lines'
twin-engined coast -to-coast Boeings.
This enablea the pilot, when neces
sary, togo to an altitude well above
the elevation of even unusual storms,
and wfTen above the bad weather the
pilot holds his true course by the
directive radio beam.
However, airplane executives said
this altitude Is only Infrequently
used, as passengers prefer cruising
at 8000 to 10.000 feet. The ability
to cruise one of the Boeings at an
altitude of four and one-half miles
above sea level. If the occasion should
arise. Is due to the production of an
engine which produces one horse
power for approximately one and one
quarter pounds of weight, and Is
geared and supercharged to give low
altitude efficiency at rarefied elevations.
California Scientist Experi
ments With 'Deutron Gun1
to Transmute Salt Ra
dium With Powerful Ray
BERKELEY. Cat. (UP) Radium
treatment for cancer, long regarded
la too expensive for the patient of
ordinary means, soon may become a
commonplace method of treating the
disease as result of the discovery of
Prof. Ernest O. Lawrence of the Unl-
I verslty of California.
I After exhaustive experiments with
; a "deutron gun," Dr. Lawrence found
j that ordinary table salt, composed
1 of sodium and chloride, contains ra
; dlum-llke substances of great poten
tial therapeutic value.
Discovery Announced ,
The "atom smashing" physicist an
nounced his findings In the Physical
Review, a science publication.
Through the use of tho "atom
gun," Dr. Lawrence transmuted "salt
radium" by bombarding samples of
salt with a one and three-quartor
million volt ray of deutrons. . The
salt red turn discharged rays more
powerful than those from the price
less radium used by medical science
m Us treatment of cancer, according
to Dr. Lawrence.
T h a salt's sodium constituent
changes from under the bombard
ment, becoming "heavy sodium" of
atomic weight of 24 Instead of 23.
This heavy sodium disintegrates In
the same manner aa mined and re
fined radium, but for a period much
shorter than the rare mineral.
Powerflul Ray Otvrir Off
During the disintegration, a new-
lerful ray Is given off from the trans
, muted substance.
The discharge, while lasting only
hours or perhaps days, is surncientiy
long for therapeutic use, according
to the physicist.
Rays of Invisible light are dis
charged from the "salt radium' with
energy estimated at five and a half
million volt.
Radium used fn hospitals gives two
and a half million volt gamma rays.
Drr. Lawrence emphasized that
while ordinary radium radiates mixed
rays, some weak and some strong,
the salt rays are puro and unmixed.
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Multiple Birth$
Are Common To
This Ohio Family
MONROEVILLE, O. (UP) As a
mother, Mrs. Edith Stewart. 39,
believes she la entitled to some
sort of national honors. She has
been the mother of twins, triplets
and a second set of twins. In suc
cession. All are living. Besides the
multiple children, aha has four
others.
The "dupllcatea are : Float a,
Forest Ie and Fay be lie. triplets,
now 3; the first set of twins
Allene and Eugene, 5; and the sec
ond set of twins Louts Jamea
and Lois May, Just one year old.
The four other children are
Dennis, 16; Vivien, IS; Virginia,
10: Donna, 7. v
LIGHT DRINKERS
Car Rams Bridge Into rreek.
SHADYSIDE. O. (UP) Thi time
the bridge es well as automobile got
the bad end of a crash. A Wheeling!
W. . Va., machine which rammed a
bridge spanning Wegee creek smash
ed the bridge into the creek. The
occupants of the car were unhurt.
PHILADELPHIA (UP) Even the
moderate drinker Is a menace on the
highways, according to Dr. Evert
Kendlg, of the school of pharmacy of
Temple university.
Dr. Kendlg offers scientific proof
that his contention la right.
"Laboratory experiments show," Dr.
Kendlg asserts, "that from the time
the eye begins to record an object
until the Impulse la transferred to
the brain and thence to the nerves
and muscles such as applying the
brakes, or turning an automobile
one-fifth of a second, tinder normal
conditions, has elapsed."
A drink of liquor or beer, ac
cording to Dr. Kendlg. will increase
the lapse of time, "which means the
driver, who has had a drink. Is much
more likely to have an accident than
Is the non-drinker."
Citing statistics. Dr. Kendlg said
during the first nine months of 1934
in Pennsylvania, there has been an
Increase of 03 per cent in automo
bile accidents in which liquor was
a contributing factor.
Acorns (iolf Tees.
GALT, Ont. (UP) Members of the
Waterloo Golf and Country club have
found a way to save money. Instetd
of purchasing tees, at about 25 cents
a hundred , the golfers are us! ng
acorns as ball stands. They break the
acorn shells In half, each half mak
ing a perfect tee.
TABOOJBY NAZIS
National Labor Act in Ger
many Strictly Prohibits
Cessation of Labor
Name Arbiter for Disputes
rule becama valid for the trade In
question throughout Germany.
After the minister of labor stepped
in. It was practically Impossible for
the unions to call a strike, for In
at- doing they could be held responsible-
with their fund for any dam
age. Naturally, the unions did not want
to run that risk. Hence during the
strict application of the "Labor A1
Vltratlon Act" only few local strikes
were called.
Br F.RlC KF.VSER
(United Press Staff Correspondenc.)
BERLIN (UP) Strikes nd loct
ot;ta are unknown In the new Ger
many. Both are strictly prohibited
under the "National Labor Act."
The Nazis like to point to this fact
as conclusive proof of their auocess
in overcoming the "class struggle"
theory either preached, or at least
tolerated, by their predecessors. I
Strikes Ised.
During the decade preceding the
Nazis' ascent to power, strikes and
lockouts were used In Germany to
settle labor disputes. From 1934 to
1931, the number of work-days lost
throigh both strikes and lockouts
smounted to 91.557,200; of this totn!
44.313,500 work-days were lost through
strikes and 47,343,700 through lock
outs. However, during the years Imme
diately preceding the Nazi regime,
the strike wave In Germany already
had been receding. In the years 1929
to 1931 Inclusive, work-days lost by
labor dispute totaled 10.427,900 7.
026.400 lost by strikes and 3,401,500
by lockout.
This decline partly was due to the
economic depression.
Partly, however, the extent of
strikes and lockouts during the Im
mediate pre-Hitler era was due to
administrations! and legislative mea
sures. Labor Arbiter Named.
Labor legislation provided that all
.abor disputes had to be submitted
to a government arbiter. In cavi
bis efforts for a compromise failed,
the arbiter settled the dispute by
special ruling. Tho parties were then
given a specified period usually four
weeks to accept.
If either refused, the minister of
labor could declare the arblter'a rul
ing aa binding. In this case tne
Generation of power at Bou!dr
dam 1 expected to atari January 1,
1936.
3 STATES ORGANIZE!
MEN A, Ark. ' (UP) Over 1200
farmers In Missouri, Oklahoma and
Arkansas have Joined the Southern
Tenant Farmers' Union for the
"emancipation" of share-croppers. Lu
cien Koch, a director of the move
ment, said after a tour of the three
Mates.
Koch, who said the "share-croppers
live under circumstances worse
than these prevailing In feudal times''
found the "membership realizes pret
ty well the nature of the struggle
ahead of It."
The organization opposes 511ml
nation of share-crop work, charged i
against the New Deal, and the con- j
sequent reduction of the tenant!
farmer to the status of a day la- I
borer,
The retail price of Ruxton
Rye is a small price to pay
For complete wnlikey satis
faction and assurance of
quality, purity, and better .
taste. Ruxton Ryo is
naturally aged, not
processed.
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Nanking (AP) Centuries ago,
thj Chinese knew the value q sea
weed as a remedy for goiter, Dr,
Bernard E. Read of the Lester Insti
tute of Medical Research, Shanghai,
said In a medical address here.
While old-style Chinese medical
practices are closely tied up with
superstition. Dr. Read said, there Is a
foundation of scientific fact in many
of the ancient remedies. He recom
mended a thorough. Investigation ol
the folklore and superstitions of the
ancient Chinese in the field of medicine.
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