PENICILLIN MIST
FOUND EFFECTIVE
FOR LUNG CASES
Drug Inhaled Through Oxy
gen Mask Success In
Some Respiratory Cases
Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y.
(U.R) Dr. Vernon Bryson, re
search scientist of the Long
Island . Biological Laboratory,
described today a new method
of treating lung diseases with
"penicillin .mist." ,
Bryson and two colleagues
perfected seven months ago a
process of breaking the liquid
drug into a fine fog. Patients
with lung trouble inhale the
drug through an oxygen mask.
"Indications are that it is prov
ing successful in the treatment
of some lung diseases," Bryson
said. ,
. Indications Good '
Medical evidence of the effect
of the method will be published
soon. , ,
"I'm a biologist, not a physi
cian. I can't talk about the med
ical results, but indications are
that It is very effective in cer
tain respiratory diseases," he
said.
The 31-year-old scientist was
assisted in developing the .new
method by Eva Sansome, mycol
ogist from the Carnegie Institute
of Genetics, near here, and Sid
ney Laskin, of his dwn labora
tory staff.
,", "Our problem," he said, "was
to determine if Penicillin could
be made into a mist and inhaled
without destroying the potency
of the drug.
Experiments Successful
tm mist was used success
fully on mice and rabbits and is
being used now experimentally
on patients in St. John s hospi
tal, Brooklyn, and at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan.
Bryson said he was reluctant
to "even mention the names of
diseases that can be treated by
this method, because, while a
certain drug or method of apply'
big it may be very effective in
treating one person, on another
person with the same disease, it
may have no results at all."
WEATHER
Northern California Rain to
day with showers tonight except
none south of Merced today;
Clearing Thursday with show
ers over mountains; little change
In temperature.
- s is jaeia
PLAN NOW for
in YOUR new home
For that home yon are planning to build or remodel-after
the war, you can probably enjoy the
luxury' and comfort of ELECTRIC HEAT-and
actually save money too. Here, mild winters and
abundant electric power combine to make "heat
by wire" ACTUALLY COST LESS!
On the Pacific Coast, from Seattle to San Diego,
thousands of homes have been heated for years by a
complete system of WESIX automatic Unit Heaters
for a current cost of $45.00 to $100.00 per year
many for as little as $10.00 per room per year I These .
homeowners enjoy the cleanliness, healthfulness,
work-free comfort, lower first-cost and negligible
upkeep expense of a WESIX electric heating system
at NO GREATER COST than ordinary fuel-burning
heating systems I
To get an early start in
the home-building race,
plan NOW with WESIX
heating engineers. Bring
in your house plans -get
detailed information on
Wesix Electric Heating
System -for YOUR home.
WESIX
ELECTRIC HEITER CO.
m PIKT ST SAN FRANCISCO S, CALV.
German Staff
y v
o o
' Mem Radio-TeUphoto)
Field Marshal Walter Model (left) and Marshal Karl ran Runstedt (extreme right) and other high-ranking
German staff officers study map of their great counter-offensive against the Allies at Nasi Western Front
headauarters. according: to German caution accompanying this radiophoto from a neutral source. .
EAGLE PT. PILOT
TUMBLES' FAR
A Ninth Air Force Fighter
Bomber Base, France Going
over Niagara Falls In a barrel
has lost its ferver for 1st Lt.
Roland L. Wisdom, Eagle Point,
Ore.! who, outnumbered ten-to-
one by FW-190s, "tumbled" his-
eisht-ten'P-47 Thunderbolt from
3,500 to 1,000 feet and lived to
tell the tale.
Flying top cover to dlvebomb-
ers near the Rhine, four Thun
derbolts led by 1st Lt. William
J. Kuntz, Johnstown, Penn.,
were attacked by 40 plus FW
190s. "We were at 3,500 feet when
they came at us with smoke
streaming," said Lt. Wisdom.
hauled back . the stick to get
shots in one's belly. . Suddenly.
my nose went straight up, fell
over backwards and I went
down tumbling. I lost control
I"-"""--""-""-""
Maps Great Counter-Offensire
when the stick snapped from my
hands and my head began bang
ing against the canopy. I cut
power and went into a spin. I
recovered at 1,000 feet and
heard Lt. Kuntz calling us to
make a run for home."
On return to base, Lt. Wisdom
learned that Lt. Kuntz shot
down one enemy and damaged
another, but that his own story
of "tumbling" a P-47 from 3.SUU
feet was without believers.
"The only thine that gripes
me," said Lt. Wisdom, called
"Big Stoop" for his six-foot-four
frame, "is that some bumb Jerry
probably claimed me as destroy
ed!" He is a veteran of 32 com'
bat missions in both the P-47
and P-51 and claims destruction
of a DO-217 on the ground.
Lt. Wisdom, 24, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles I.. Wisdom,
Eagle Point, Ore. -
BIRTHS
LAMB To Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert, Jacksonville, Dec. 24, 1044,
girl, 5V4 lbs., at Osteopathic
Clinic, . . (.
MURPHYt-To Mr. and Mrs.
George, Rt.' 1, Box 477, Dec. 23,
1944, boy, 8V4 lbs., a Osteo
pathic Clinic. . .
WESIX psttnud finttrt tritb $tttimtiv4
automatic controls, tombiut both RADIANT
mud CIRCULATING best. Rsdimut bH
for fetich, dintt wmrmtbcirmlstint bst
mbout 200 fi. ptr minuti, warms tntirt r9M
vntly, with NO COLD DRAFTS
Smm off tf ADVANTAGES tf
WESIX ELECTRIC HEATIN0
f CORRECT HTATTNG-flooft ilmott M
wirm u cdliasf-NO cold drain.
2 CLEAN NO loot or fanuca doit ttm
housework, laundry, detain and deco
ra bog.
$ AUTOMATIC-NO work tcndlnt heat.
iaf plant. NO nncertaintr of fuel fnpplr
with heat by wire.
4 EACH ROOM AT WARMTH DESIRED
Thermostat la a ait beater in ach rooa
maiataina warmth.
HEALTHFUL NO
mbosdoa or gag
ied oat of air.
fames), NO oxrteo burnt
A FLEXIBILITY for 24 -hoar winter heat
or ipriog and fail cool hour, juic snap a
witch.
7 ECONOMY-aare hondredi of dollar
9 on InitalUtjoo com. UiuaUf coats leaa
per year than fad.
$ LONG LIFE many Wetfct He ran hav
placements.
crrea u yean witn i
i oo repair or re
WESIX ELECTRIC HEATER CO.
IN MSI STtflT, rMNCISCO 5,CAll.
PlcM mill ru TOW 20'ptst Uoltnttd coloc
booklet which ihowi maof mod pro home
whoM ownen eojoy the lainlT of WESIX tlec
trie heu it NO GREATER COST thin for
ordiurr feel. I cndoM 10 ccao la MiJBpf to
corer root COM of wrtppuig tnd milling. 1
MtNum-
Strert No.
Of Rani Roau -
Iron Lung, Mother,
. Baby Doing Nicely
Battle Creek, Mich.. Dec. 27
(U.R) A three-pound Christ
mas baby and her 37-year-old
mother, who gave birth while
confined in an iron lung, were
resting comfortably at Commun
ity hospital here today as author
ities attempted to locate the
serviceman father fighting on
the western front.
The- mother, Mrs. Iva Hitch
cox, Abscota, Mich., was put In
an iron lung 15 weeks ago with
infantile paralysis. The baby was
delivered by a Caesarian opera
tion, performed by Dr. Frederick
J. Negles, Battle Creek.
Dm MiU Tribune Want Ads.
LT.
RECEIVES THIRD
MEDAL CLUSTER
An Eighth Air Force Bomber
Station, England First Lt.
Mark K. Miller, Jr., 21-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark K.
Miller, Sr., 017 Yakima place,
Seattle, Wash., has been dec
orated with the third oak leaf
cluster to his air medal, it was
announced recently by the com
manding general, eighth air
force.
Lt. Miller Is a bombardier of
a B-17 Flying Fortress in tne
veteran 457th bombardment
group of the eighth air force. He
has participated in many huge
daylight precision bombing as
saults on industrial and military
objectives in Germany and nazi
occupied continental Europe.
Among the targets were those lo
cated in Munich, Merseburg and
Cologne.
He is a graduate of the Med
ford high school, Medford, Ore.,
where he was active in the
sports program as a member of
the baseball and football team.
He then entered the Oregon
State college to study engineer
ing and was a student there
prior to his entry into the army
air forces on September 29
1942.
E
KILLED IN BLAZE
Spokane", Wash., Dec. 27 (U.R)
A captain of the Spokane fire
department, Walter F. Gustaf-
son, 49, whs killed and seven
other firemen were injured in a
spectacular blaze on the top
floor of the Lomax fireproof
warehouse here last -night.
The fire was believed to have
started In a shipment of paper
napkins. It quickly spread to
large quantities of stored paper,
engulfing the entire floor with
billowing smoke which trapped
the firemen.
Gustafson's body was discov-
EVERY WOMAN CAN'T SERVE
IN THE ARMY OR NAVY
NURSE CORPS.::
but
Help by learning how to
Help by volunteering for work in civilian hospitals
relieving registered nurses for Important wartime work.
. ' The Army and Navy needs Registered Nurses to help in the great task of maintaining the health
and spirits of American men. As President Roosevelt recently said, "One of the most necessary things to
keep up the morale of our fighting men is the knowledge that competent nursing care is
always at hand for those injured in battle. The record made by the sixty thousand nurses who
are serving with the Army and Navy is one in which every American citizen can take pride.
.We: will need more nurses in the Army and the Navy and I know, you will not fail in providing them.'
IF YOU ARE UNTRAINED...
take a borne nursing tours. There Is an urgent need bom now and In the future for women
in the home to know how to take care of illness when It comes, to prevent It, when possible.
Or you may volunteer as a nurses die. The saccess of this project to train women to become
Red Cross Volunteer Nurses Aides is one of the spemcolax proofs of the ability of American
women to meet an emergency.
IF YOU ARE A SENIOR CADET NURSE...
serve your final six months of training in an Army hospital Complete your valuable training
so that yon can qualify to relieve a registered nurse.
IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED NURSE...
join the Army or JJavy Nurse Corps now 1 You may mean the difference between life and death
to our wounded men.
ered on a stairway after the
smoke had cleared. Another
fireman, Bob Snoddy, fell from
the fifth floor of the warehouse
when his gloves failed to hold on
an icy hand rope.
Snoddy, still conscious, was
taken to a hospital where physi
cians reported he had miracu
lously escaped critical Injury
although both of his heels were
fractured.
T
Los Angeles, Dec. 27 (U.R)
The California Taxpayers' asso
ciation today estimated that the
population of the state of Cali
fornia on Jan. 1, 1945, will be
8.842,700 an increase of 469,-
620 over Jan. 1, 1944, and a gain
of 1,935.300 since April, 1940.
when the last official census was
taken.
The Increase since the census
is about 28 per cent.
The association, basing Its esti
mate on school enrollment, em
ployment records and ration
book registrations, reported that
21 California counties have
shown increases of 20 per cent
or more in population since
1940, while 13 have shown de
creases.
Los Angeles county, with an
estimate Jan. 1, 1945, population
of 3,441.000 is four times more
populous than any other Cali
fornia county, the association
said. Since 1940, Los Angeles
county has grown by 655,360
persons, or 24 per cent.
San Francisco county Is the
second largest with an estimated
population now of 750,000, an
18 per cent gain since 1940.
bilIThahtTahk
Hollywood, Dec. 27 (U.R)
William S. (Bill) Hart, silent
motion picture star, today will
see his old home in West Holly
wood dedicated as a public park.
Dedication will be made by
Mayor Fletcher Bowron and
park commission officials. Hart
has donated $50,000 for con
struction and operation costs.
He now lives at his Saugus, Cal.,
ranch.
M Women
take proper care of their own families .
For full particulars about Home Nursing,
Nurses Aides, Cadet Nursing and Army and Navy Nurse Corjs
phone or. visit local Red Cross Headquarter.
We&Mfda. Dee. IT. 1144 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
JACK FRANKISH OF
UNITED PRESS IS
KILLED BY
A Belgian Village, Dee. 23
(U.R) Jack Frankish, United
Press war correspondent', was
killed Instantly today by Ger
man bomb.
The bomb exploded about 18
feet from where Frankish was
standing outside a small hotel
Three Belgian soldiers were
killed by the same bomb and
about 30 1st army PRO officers
and men and half a dozen war
correspondents were slightly in
jured. The hotel was virtually de
molished.
Frankish was felled by the'
concussion of the exploding
bomb and struck in the back by
fragments. Death was Instantan
eous. He was 30 years old.
(This dispatch was held up un
til the widow, Mrs. Barbara
Frankish, was notified yesterday
in California, where she is liv
ing with her two children, Gall
and Brian.)
El Centro. Calif., Dec. 27
(U.R) Jack Frarkish, 30, a Unit
ed Press war correspondent, was
killed Saturday on the western
front, the war department in
formed his widow, Mrs. Barbara
Frankish.
Frankish, veteran of 10
years with the United Press,
went abroad last spring to help
cover the allied Invasion of Eur
ope. He was the second United
Press war correspondent lost in
a little more than a month
John Andrew failed to return
from a Superfortress mission in
southeast Asia early in Novem
ber and the fifth to die in war
coverage. Two others are prison
ers of war.
Frankish had been at the
front in France and Belgium for
three months after covering the
development of the robot bomb
blitz. He joined the United Press
in 1935 at Philadelphia.
Frankish was a native of On
tario, Calif., and got his first
. , . help bjt
newspaper job on the Ontario
Weekly Herald when he was 15.
The modern Jewish resettle
ment of Palestine began In 1882
after a wave of pogroms in Rus
sia. Irritable. deDresaec! raooda m Aftm
related to constipation. Take Nature'
Remedy (Nit Tablets). Contains no
chomicaia, no minerals,, no phenol
derivatives. NR Tablets are different
flct dillerent. Purely vegetable a,
combination of 10 vegetable ingredi
enta formulated over 50 years ago.
Uncoated or candy coated, their
action is dependable, thorough, yet
gentle, as millions of NR's have
proved. Get a 2of! box today... or
larger economy sizo. All druggist,
Caution: Take only as directed.
Nl TO-NIGHT TOMOMOW AIMOH1
ALL-VEGETABLE LAXATIVE
TABIETS-W
ONE WORD SUGGESTION
FOR ACID INDIGESTION-
'TUNIS'
Room For
One More Good
Mechanic
Best working conditions in
Medford. Clean shop, well
equipped, automatic heat, hot
water, high rate of pay with
paid vacation. Large parts
stock.
See LeRoy Cline or
Frank Humphrey
HUMPHREY MOTORS
33 S. Riverside -r Dial 4980
wives will he com
home to i
Mrs."Gay"orMn."6lom"
This interna urns priperti eM nltasii If itt
BLITZ-WE INHARD COMPANY
mUk epprtvel Amnict Red Cross.