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Chinese Communists Reported Training,
Arming Viet
Bv Robert C. Miller
United Press Correspondent
Lao Kay, French Indo-China,
Mar. 28 IU.R) French officers
said today the Chinese commu
nists across the border are train
ing and arming the Viet Minh
rebel movement in this country.
They said "several" Chinese
army men have been killed and
captured while fighting on the
Viet Minh side deep inside Indo
China. French border forts, they
reported, have been shelled from
the Chinese side.
The French said Vict Minh
troons repeatedly have escaped
into China when pursued up to
the border, and sometimes are
transferred through Chinese ter
ritory to a different Indo-Chi
nese fighting zone.
Doina Guard Duty
' I watched a man with a rifle,
, dressed in the Viet Minh unl
i form, doing guard duty yester
day at the Chinese border village
of He Kou, just across the wamsi
river. He was plainly visible
' through mv binoculars.
i A strong French patrol just
returned after 12 days of border
operations said two Viet Minh
j prisoners admitted they crossed
over from China where they had
been given refuge and help by
the communistts. The prisoners
told the French that "many"
Chinese came along with them
when they recrossed the border
to attack French garrisons.
The French commander at
Baxat, a border fort 15 miles
north of Lao Kay. said 300 reb
els attacked his fort from Chi
nese villages. Intelligence of-
ficers' said an entire rebel bat
talion had been transferred from
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Minh Rebel Movement
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western sector, loO miles away,
through Yunnan province in
China.
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Two weeks ago Chinese com
munists sent an ultimatum to
the French garrison at Man-
mei, 40 miles east of here, say
ing, " Leave or we attack, the
French did not answer and the
Chinese failed to attack.
French officers said Chinese
communists were smuggling
large quantities of captured na
tionalist arms and equipment in
to Viet Minh. One recent ship
ment was estimated to include
New-Found Serum
Converts Drunkards
Paris, Mar. 28 (U.R) A young
French medical doctor claimed
today that he had converted 12
confirmed drunkards into tee
totalers with single injections of
a newly discovered serum.
The doctor, Jean Oamard, 36.
said he believes he can cure
thousands more with the same
treatment.
Gamard said it took four and
one-half years of research on ani
mals before he developed the
scrum. His inspiration came
from the sight of railroad work
ers spending their pay buying
red wine, he said.
"Their wives and children suf
fered and so did they," the doc
tor said.
Gamard has refused to treat
hundreds of patients who tele
phone, write or stagger to his
home in Villeneuve-St. Georges,
a suburb of Paris.
"I now want to test my dis
covery thoroughly in hospitals
and laboratories before giving
any more injections, he said.
I am a country doctor, not a
research scientist."
Public health officials have de
scribed his results as "astonish
ing" and are investigating the
possibilities of conducting con
trolled research on the serum.
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30,000 rifles. Most of them, a
French captain said, were "bet
ter than ours."
The French said the rebels for
the first time are using medium
artillery which "certainly was
imported from China."
In the two heaviest attacks
ever made against the French
forts at Phelu and Nghiadc last
month, dead Chinese were found
among the bodies of Vie Viet
Minh attackers.
Officially Neutral
The Chinese officially are neu
tral in the Indo-China war. But
Emilc Cazimajour, Lao Kay dis
trict commissioner, said they
actually are encouraging their
soldiers to join up with Viet
Minh.
Dozens of captured Viet Minh
leaflets were shown me, all tell
ing of "direct help" the Chinese
are giving Viet Minh.
J he trench said the difficulty
of patrolling hundreds of miles
of the mountainous frontier, with
the limited troops at their dis
posal, is increased by the fact
that the rebels have the whole
China border as an escape route.
Husband Uncertain
For Sharman Douglas
London, Mar. 28 iU.R) Blonde
Sharman Douglas, daughter of
U. S. Ambassador Lewis Doug
las, doesn't care a hoot whether
she marries an American or a
Briton.
Anyway, she isn't thinking of
marrying anybody for a long
time, and she has no idea who he
will be.
The 21-year-old Miss Douglas
gave those answers today to
questions which have titillated
British and American society for
three years.
She didn't say whether her
answers would be news to Peter
Lawford, Hollywood actor who
sent her winging away from a.
New York airport for London
recently with a "just friends"
farewell kiss.
Her name has, been linked ro
mantically with those of half a
dozen noblemen since she came
to London three years ago. Law
ford's was the latest name on the
list, added during her recent visit
to the United States.
Shady Cove To Study
Teen-Age Club Plan
Shady Cove, Mar. 28 Two
representatives each from about
15 churches and clubs in Shady
Cove and adjacent areas will
mpct with a Mcdford YMCA
official at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Technical Problems
Face Use of Atomic
Engines In Planes
Washington, Mar. 28 '(U.R
Qualified officials indicated to
day that many baffling techni
cal problems remain to be
solved before atomic engines
can be used in aircraft.
The atomic energy commis
sion, the air force and the na
tional advisory committee for
aeronautics are cooperating in
an intensive research program
on atom-powered planes. But
none are willing to predict suc
cess in the early future.
While details of research arc
top-secret, it is known that the
two biggest difficulties are:
Shield Needed
1. Developing a light-weight
weight shield to protect aircraft
crews from the deadly radia
tions of atomic engines. This
problem will be attacked when
the AEC completes its materials
testing reactor due for construc
tion near Arco. Ida., next year
2. Finding some wav to con
vert the heat generated in the
atomic engine to propulsive
power, without the need for
cumbersome steam boilers hard
ly suitable for aircraft.
Some surprise was expressed
here at a speech in Cleveland
last week by Andrew Kalitinsky
an engineer attached tn Oak
nidge. Tonn., by Fiiirrhild Air
craft Corp. under an air force
contract Kalitinsky is assigned
to the "Nepa" project nuclear
energy for propulsion of aircraft.
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To Be Shown Here
In Religious Film
Miracles of nature, including
fish that lay eggs on dry land,
radar in a bat's nose, the hu
man eye and heart and the hom
ing pigeon's unerring instinct,
will be portrayed In a 40-minute
natural color motion picture to
be shown by churches in Cen
tral Point on Wednesday,
March 29, and in Medford on
Thursday, March 30.
Produced bv the west coast
studios of the Moody Bible in
stitute, the film. "Dust or Des
tiny," is the fourth in a series
of scientific pictures with reli
gious emphasis.
showing Times
The Central Point showing
win be at the community BiDie
church at 7:45 p.m. In Mcdford
the presentation is scneciiiieci
for 7:45 p.m. at the high school
auditorium. Both showings are
open to the public. Medford
Ministerial association is spon
sor here with 14 churches co
operating. The fish that lay eggs on dry
land are the grunion, members
of the smelt family. Lapsed-
time photomicrography in the
film shows the development of
the grunion egg from the time
laid unti it hatches.
Giant Helicopter
Ready For Ground Test
Culver City, Cal., Mar. 28
(U.R) A giant helicopter built by
Howard Hughes was wheeled out
of its hangar here today for
ground tests.
Hughes, who also built the
world's largest flying boat, dis
closed he had made the world's
largest helicopter as he prepared
it for its first public appearance.
Dubbed the XH-17. it had a
136-foot rotor powered by two
General Electric J-35 turbo-jet
engines, with exhaust nozzles
leading to the rotor tips. Engi
neers said it was capable of lift
ing tanks or heavy artillery and
moving them around.
The craft first was designed by
the Kellett company of Philadel
phia. Hughes bought the rights
to it in the fall of 1948 for a re
ported S150.000.
April 2, at the Shady Cove
school to discuss the feasibility
of organizing a teen-age club.
If the group determines that
the project can be undertaken,
general meeting of teen-agers
and others interested will be
called, it was stated. The first
meeting is not public.
Test Date Set
Kalitinsky said a date has
been set for test-flying an atomic-powered
plane capable of circ
ling me globe of surjersonic
speeds. He did not indicate when
the elate Is.
ine atomic energy commis
sion declined to comment on the
speech, but officials called at
tention to a recent Los Angeles
address by Dr. Lawrence R. Haf
stad. the AK.C director nf reactor
development, and leading auth
ori on atomic engines..
Hnfstad said that "developing
anv kind of an aircraft reactor
will be extremely difficult" and
intimated that it is too early
to tell when it will be feasible
11 ever.
To Continue Research
Government policy, he said. Is
tn continue intensive research
tor the next two or three vears,
by which time It might be hoped
mat data might become avail
able to permit a re-evaluation
and a more decisive conclusion
Ha f start also remarked that
"the pessimists, in general, are
those best informed'' about the
progress of aircraft reactor re
search. "The ontimists either are not
yet aware of the verv real im
mediate difficulties, or they are
betthiR heavily on new Ideas
and new developments arising
during the course of the work,"
be said.
Longer Life Free of Ills
Seen By Medical Science
By Paul F. Ellis
United Press Science Editor
New York, Mar. 28 Ol.P.i
Medical science is on the fron
tier of a new era from which
may come a cure for many of
the disabling, crippling and
aging diseases of the human be
ing.
The scientists believe that this
new era may lead to opportuni
ties to give man a longer luc,
free of destructive ills.
For the first time in history
the medical scientists have their
fingers on knowledge that may
lead them to the basic cause of
disease.
The knowledge comes from
experimental work with two
chemical substances. One is
known as acth. The other as cor
tisone. They are powerful hor
mones, substances that the hu
man body apparently needs in
proper amounts to keep the hu
man machine in perfect running
order.
The doctors emphasize that
neither acth nor cortisone is
available to the public as yet.
The supply is so scarce that it is
being used exclusively for re
search while scientists seek ways
to increase production.
Acth is short for adrenocorti-
cotrophin. A hormone that stim
ulates the adrenal glands. Corti
sone is short for 17-hydroxy-ll-
dehydrocorticosterone. A hor
mone manufactured by the adre
nal glands.
Right now both hormones are
doing things for medicine that
even the most optimistic scien
tist wouldn't have dared predict
only a few years ago. Supplies
of acth are being made from the
pituitary glands of hogs. Sup
plies of cortisone are being pro
duced from ox bile. They are
probably the most precious sub
stances in the world.
There is a battle royal going
on among research scientists for
quantities of the substances to
try on human ills. Work is going
on in at least 100 laboratories.
And trials on human beings are
being made in at least 100 hos
pitals and institutions.
oo tar, the hormones have
been used in experimental treat
ment of more than 50 different
types of disease in man. The dis
eases include cancer, arthritis.
rheumatic fever, high blood
pressure, asthma, tuberculosis,
poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis.
some allergies, alcoholism and
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