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'Acmm Ttlrphntol ENGAGEMENT EXPECTED PrlnCM Margaret Rom and Peter Ward, second son of the Earl of Dudley, whose reported romance has London seething, enjoy a brisk conversation at a night club. Formal en gagement announcement is expected. Polio Victims Found Filled With Courage Atlanta (U.R) Clyde Duncan is the final link in two ways be tween polio victims and the world as most people know it. The 22-year-o 1 d ambulance driver meets polio victims at the city airport and two Atlanta railroad stations. Thus he is the last person they see before enter ing the Warm Springs clinic for treatment, and when he brings them back he is the last person they see before flying or entrain ing back to normal life. It doesn't depress Duncan to eome in daily contact with vic tims of the dread disease. He said it gives him a "daily glimpse of hope and courage." He married a pretty infantile paralysis victim, the former Doris Rednour of Mount Vernon, 111, He met her at union station here in November, 1947, while taking her to Warm Springs. ANGLER-CATCHES" CHICKS Riverside, Ga. (U.R) Fishing in the Chattahoochee river, B. E. Freeman hooked a floating box with 20 live chickens in it. "Is it too Late, Doctor?" SOONER OR LATER, one out of every five living Americans may ask his doctor this question about cancer. The answer may be: "Yes ...I'm afraid so..." But, today, the doctor can say to increasing numbers of cancer victims, "No, it is by no means loo late . . . There is much that we can Jo... In foci, lour chances lor recovery THIS heartening reply reflects the great progress of medical science against cancer. And there is every reason to believe that, as the years go by, the ancient dream of conquering this disease in all its forms will be realized. Cancer research supported by the American Cancer Society has already yielded new surgical tech niques and improved methods of using x-ray and radium. More recently, research with radio active isotopes has revealed facts about processes heretofore com pletely hidden in the body's cells. It has also given scientists new knowledge of hormones and cer tain anti-cancer drugs thus mak ing possible more effective control of some types of cancer. Someday the moment of tri- HELP SCIENCE HELP YOU Join the 1950 Cancer Crusade by contributing to the American Cancer Society Published as a public service by ESTABLISHED IN 1910 Science Visiting American Doctor Finds Japanese Hospitals Unhealed, Dark, Dirty Laboratories Poodly-Equipped By Paul F. Ellis United Press Science Editor New York. Apr. 17 (U.R) Dr. Walter M. Bartlctt, consultant in internal medicine for the South eastern Veterans Administra tion office, Atlanta. Ga., has just returned from a six-weeks tour of army and navy hospitals in the Pacific and the east. Here are lome notes from his diary: Tnpler hospital in Hawaii is an all steel and stucco skyscrap er .. . Johnson Island has an underground hospital carved out of solid coral rock . . . Drama anine keeps the small fry from getting airsick and some adults . . . live frogs for pregnancy tests have a high priority for air trav el . . . air orews and flight nurses are experienced and patient baby sitters. , . . Air Crewmen Skilled Air crews are adept at feeding babies and changing diapers . . . they use rain water for drinking purposes in Iwo Jima as the well water is brackish . . . the only female on the island is a small rhesus monkey with personality umph over cancer will come. But it will come only through con tinuing research in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. Thousands of trained minds and an arsenal of complex and expensive laboratory equipment must be kept at work until the fight is won. Part of the money you donate will support research that may save millions of lives. Won't you give and give generously so that sometime in the future doc tors may never have to face an other patient and say: "I'm afraid it's loo late?" Remember: Cancer can strike anyone, but you can strike back. There's hope if you give for re search and the other vital activities of the American Cancer Society. at Work . . . the preponderant population of lwo Jima are rats. . . . Many Japanese caves cannot be entered without a gas mask. . . . Canasta has captured the occupation forces in Japan. . . . The Im perial Hotel in Tokyo is earthquake-proof. . . . Influenza B was prevalent in Japan in Jan uary and responds to nothing. Japanese hospitals and Osaka medical school are dark, damp and cold with no heat and the smell of death pervades the at mosphere . . . laboratories are dirty, poorly-equipped, miser ably arranged and in a state of jumbled confusion. . . . There is no semblance of sanitation in the University hospital . . . the main form of treatment seems to con sist of suspending cold water bags over the affected part hang ing to the head of the bed. . . . Practically no Japanese is seen smoking . . . poor teeth and i bad eyes are national character istics . . . you see very few crip ples on the streets in Japan . . . Japs do not have milk or cream and there are no dairy farms . . seaweed constitutes an import ant item of diet when dried . . . Japs are free of hypertension, peptic ulcer, gall bladder dis ease, hardening of the arteries and hyperthyroidism . . . the in cidence of tuberculosis is high . . . Japanese baby sitters don't sit they carry the baby on their backs and go on about their business as usual . . . drug ad diction is a constant threat to occupation forces and heroin is said to be available everywhere in Yokohama. . . . Many who have asthma in Yokohama get relief when they cross the bridge into Tokyo. . . . Tokosuka has a four-story. 1,000-bcd hospital underground . . . earthquakes occur at any time in Osaka and Kyoto ... a saw in Japan cuts when you push . . . ten per cent of the Japanese have positive blood which means syphillis. In Japan there is onlv one doc tor for every 25,000 of 80,200, 000 population. Butte Falls Butte Falls, Apr. 17 Every one interested in playing on the town baseball team met April 17 in the U.n i o n hall The team is being sponsored by Medco which has bought new suits and equipment. Charlie Ferguson was chosen manager. Regular practice nights are Tuesday and Thursday, weather permitting. Mrs. Jim Arnold is staying at the home of her son and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Green and new granddaughter Jeanette Maud, in Medford. She expects to be away another week or more. While she is gone Mrs. C. Ferguson is taking her place in the post office. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Gillham of Cottage Grow visited her mother Mrs. J. P. Hughes here last week. P.-T.A. held election of offic ers for the coming year at the meeting April 10. Mrs. Seely Tedrick was elected president; Mrs. Ross Bowles, vice president. and Mrs. Sam Hughes re-elected secretary. Loren Moore underwent sur- gry in a Medford hospital 1 ursday. The large school bus has been unable to operate this week be cause of a broken spring. Johnny Belle Woods who makes her home with Mr. and I Mrs. Lou Geppert, has been ill r with pneumonia. Her patents. Mr. and Mrs. Perry woods of Cottonwood, Cat., were here over the weekend and took herl home with them for the next week. I Mrs. Michael Staak, the for-' mer Dorothy Kent, now living in Connecticut, visited friends 1 and relatives here last week.' She is staying with her mother, Mrs. Clarence Hansen in Med ford. j Mrs. E. A. Dorf has returned home from San Francisco where she underwent an operation.! While there she stayed with her' daughter. ! Nation's Representatives Meet to Seek Causes of War Moscow, Ida., Apr. 17 (U.P.1- More than 100 representatives from throughout the country met here today to attempt to "isolate the germs which are causing a social disease known as war." They were meeting under the sponsorship of the William E Borah foundation for the out lawry of war for three days on the University of Idaho campus. Actually, the term "outlawry oi war is oDsoiete. ur. uvid A. Martin of the U. of I. and chair man of the foundation, explained it this way: Won't Prevent War "We have come to the conclu sion since the foundation was set up here in 1929 that outlaw ing war won't prevent it. Instead, we are looking for the cause of war and conditions of peace. We are trying to 'isolate' the 'germs' wnicn we Delieve cause wars. A prominent array of speak ers were scheduled for the meeting. Dr. Hans Morgenthau, professor of political science at the University of Chicago: Dr. Harold Benjamin, dean nf th school of education at the Uni versity of Maryland; Dr. J. B. The Cnitntv 0raHr ic uni-lrinn on the town streets and county roads. Mr. and Mrs RuH Pnuin hail visitors from Klamath Falls over me wecK end. Regular Granep meeting will be Monday pvenimr Ant-il 17 All Grangers are urged to at tend. Mr. and Mrs. Sfnnt nf T Angeles, with Mr. and Mrs Harry Bradford, former resi dents, visited friends and rela tives here last week. Mr. and Mrs Rn nnwln. ha4 visitors over the Easter week end from Toledo and Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Henshaw Visited hie cictar near two days last week. STYLE 505 A stitched undercup to give give extra firm support . , of slipper satin . . . white,, blue . . , pink . . . maize . orchid . . . black. 1.50 STORE NAME S wimf r fen - Condlifee, professor of econom ics at the University of Califor nia, and Dr. Charles E. Martin, head of the department of polit ical science at the University of Washington. "We have come to the conclu sion that the civilized world cannot survive another war, Dr, Martin said, 'so we must find a means of preventing war. It's not an answer we'll find during this meeting, by any means. But we are trying to sow the seeds of the idea of finding a way of preventing wars. Impressed With Work The history of the foundation began when Salmon O. Levinson, prominent Chicago attorney, set up a $50,000 endowment for the Borah foundation in 1929. He was greatly impressed with the work of the late Sen. Borah from Idaho in his efforts to out law war. It is said that Levinson sold the idea of outlawing war to Aristide Briand. French minis ter of foreign affairs, who was co-author of the Kellogg-Briand pact for outlawing war. A total of 62 leading world powers signed the pact in 1929. Levinson also talked with Bo rah who aided in getting the support of Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg in drawing up the international pact. Annual Meetings Th foundation held sporadic meetings during its early years. It was not until 1948 that it be gan a program of regular annual meetings with Dr. Martin as chairman. Martin says the foundation is trying to draw in physical and biological scientists to find out what their thinkers can do to helo further peace. we are trying to go at this problem scientifically. Dr. Mar tin says, "with the attitude that war is the greatest menace to society today." : 4 i'ti ' f f if Vf i'A j 4 STYLE 185 Plunging neckline in slipper satin well divided bust . . . firm uplift . ideal for low summer dresses. TEJf MEDFOFD (OREGON) Marriages and Divorces Decline For Third Year Washington, Apr. 17 (U.R) Marriages and divorces declined in 1949 for the third year in a row, the U. S. public health service said tonight. Preliminary tabulations for the nation and its territories and possessions, it said, show 1.585. 440 marriages and an estimated 386.000 divorces. Marriages and divorces were at their highest level in the coun try's history in the first post war year, 1946. Since then, mar riages have dropped 30.8 per cent and divorces 36.7 per cent. 12.S Per Cent Drop The provisional total for 1949 is 12.5 per cent below the final total of 1.811,155 marriages in 1948. And on the divorce side, the 1949 estimate of 386,000 is 5.4 per cent below the final es timate of 408.000 in 1948. The health service figures that there were 10.7 marriages per 1.000 population in 1949, the lowest since 1939. the rate for 1948 was figured as 12.4 mar riages per 1,000 population. The divorce rate for 1949 was estimated at 2.6 per 1,000 popu lation, compared with 2.8 in 1948. NEVER A DULL MOMENT Greenville, S. C. (U.R) Sher iff R. Homer Bearden sometimes takes a dim view of family life. At 6:45 p.m., he answered a "man-beating-woman" call. Ten minutes later, he hurried to where a man was beating his whole family with a hammer. At 7 p.m., Bearden went out to stop another man from slugging his wife. Figure-molding Brassieres that are styled to bring new allure to every woman! They give firm support to the average size . . . add flattering new curves to tiny figures . . . create firm, youthful silhouettes for the fuller bust! There are so many different styles, too . . . styles that give you glamorous lines under all your fashions. Come in and let us help you select the style that does the most for you! j ! SI V V Slipper s V i-Vicf "n,,r Vyr 1,50 1.50 MAIL TRIBUNE Sailor To Follow Columbus' Route Oslo, Norway (U.R) Clyde W. Deal, a 35-year-old lieutenant in the U. S. Coast Guard reserve, from Davis in the neighborhood of San Francisco, will cross the Atlantic this summer ajorig the so-called southern way, the route which Columbus followed. His starting point will be Man dal, the southernmost Norwegian town, where his ship, the 33-foot sea cruiser Fortuna II, was built. Lt. Deal arrived in Mandal to supervise the fitting out of For tuna II. She is a beautiful ship built of Oregon pine on oaken ribs, rigged with one foresail, mainsail and topsail. She also has a small auxiliary motor. Deal will leave Mandal with a fellow-American and a Norwe gian sailor on board and sail south along the Swedish coast, through the Kiel canal and the English channel into the Bay of Biscay. Before making the "big jump" he will cruise in the Mediterra nean for a month or two and then proceed to the Madeiras, which is his last port before the Atlantic crossing. Deal plans to land somewhere on the northeastern coast of South America and then sail through the Caribbean Sea, north along the American east ern coast and to New York. NO FLEAS IN HOP CORINTH, Mass. (U.R) Claude Smith contends there isn't a flea in Flea Hop, Ala., his home town. He said it got its name when some wild goat; took over the old school-house years ago. "They were full of fleas, and the fleas got so bad around the little building that you couldn't come close to it." he said. STYLE 125 J yjp tin bandeau with shirred . . dainty frilled trim . , B cups . . . Monday, April IT, 1S50 Armed Forces Take Peaches Over Pears Washington, Apr. 17 U.R) When it comes to a choice be tween peaches and pears, the armed forces will take peaches. In a list nf tentative elimL ed requirements for canned fruits ana vegetables to oe procured from the 1950 pack for all serv ices, tho armv nuartarniacta. corps said it probably will need iu.fi i, uuu puunos oi peacnes and 2,156.000 pounds of pears. Thp PStimatac nlcn in.li.J. 9,597.000 pounds of corn, 7,774. 000 pounds of string beans and 3,205.000 pounds of peas. SDinach? Onlv nna halnina please! 371,000 pounds. "Your Office Boy" Since 1927 - SALES SERVICE Royal Typewriters, Victor Adding Machines, G. F. Desks, Chairs, Files Across from the Rialto Theatre RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 So. Bartlett Medtord Wt bras STYLE 215 Princess style . . . with embroid- red self frame , , , Inside band . . . white . . , blut . , . pink. 2.50 21 N. Central Are. Medford it llit MtttMHt; ay W JUws W rW rant
