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f- J -. - , . . - ' L v T X ptf'tip' I y't'U' ' ' ' ' . '; - ' , . MOTHER NATURE LENDS A HAND A five-inch snowfall, the heaviest experienced by the Canadians in Korea this year, provides a natural camouflage for these Sherman tanks of the Lord Strathcona Horse Tanks. (Canadian Army photo.) Science at Work By PAUL F. ELLIS United Press Sciatica Editor New York4J.R Most physic ians, until recently, have be lieved that the great distasters CORRECTION SCREENS advertised in Wed nesday's paper should have carried a discount of 15 WILSON'S CAMERA SHOP 229 EAST MAIN STREET of pregnancy toxemia, still birth, premature birth and con genital defects are matters be yond their control. Recent research shows that such catastrophes are often due to hormonal disturbances, infec tions or other unfavorable condi tions attending pregnancy. Fur ther clinical evidence shows that these conditions frequently re sult from poor nutrition, and that correction of this with a really good diet can reduce sub stantially the incidence of these tragedies. A current project designed to provide a definitive answer is being sponsored at, the Philadel- MWft Chili Powder fttll "7 cillW A lively blend of chillies and spices Yj fj$r l tobMexican A" KEKEKSER! SchiEurr, Products are never packed luder any other nam phia Lying-in Hospital by the National Vitamin Foundation, the Milbank Memorial Fund, and others, under the direction of Dr. Winslow T. Tompkins. He hopes to compile a large volume of in formation not only on diet and the use of vitamin and protein supplements, but also on the in fluence of . pre-pregnant weight, weight changes during preg nancy, hemoglobin levels of the blood and other physiological factors.. Diet Helps Birth Dr. Tompkins initial report indicated that vitamin supple mentation and high-protein diet had a marked effect in prevent ing premature birth, especially among the underweight women. Less than 9 per cent of the un derweight women given supple ments delivered prematurely, as against 22 per cent in the con trol group of underweight moth ers. Dr. Tompkins project is the most intensive in more than a decade of research on nutrition in pregnancy, which dates back to the discovery in 1941 of the connection between congenital blindness and deafness and Ger man measles. This opened the way to explore what other ex ternal factors might exert a role in tragic "pregnancies and stimu lated research that is'demonstrat ing the importance of nutrition in healthy childbirth. War-time rationing in Great Britain provided an unusual op portunity to study nutrition be cause it improved the quality of Underwater Atomic Test Transfer Asked Spokane (U.PJ A suggestion that Navy underwater explosion tests scheduled to be carried out in Idaho Lake Pend , Oreille migljt better be conducted at Omak lake in Washington was made here Thursday. Jerome Drumheller, Spokane mining man, said he was mak ing a careful study and intend ed to ask the Navy to transfer the proposed tests to Omak lake, 10 miles . southeast of Omak, Wash. He said the lake is deep and that its alkaline content makes it unfit for fish. DIVER SEEKS BODY Port Angeles, Wash. (U.R) A diver was to resume a search Thursday for the body of Cyrus Maxfield, Forks, " Wash., be lieved to have drowned Wednes day when a logging truck plung ed into Lake Crescent. diet for the poorer sections of the population, even though the na tional caloric intake was re duced. Interesting Study Studies showed that improved diet reduced sharply the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths. In Wales stillbirths fell 35 per cent and newborn deaths, half of which are due to prematurity and congenital defects, were cut nearly as much in the first two years of rationing. A study of 20,000 women showed ' a drop in stillbirths and infant mortali ty when they received extra milk during pregnancy, a re duction especially sharp in se lected groups that received B vitamin or vitamin A and D supplements. The opposite picture appeared during the siege of Leningrad. Russian physicians discovered that starvation made women temporarily infertile. During the latter part of the siege the num ber of pregnancies fell by more than 80 per cent. During the first six months of the siege, the stillbirth rate rose to twice nor mal, the percentage of prema ture births mounted to 41.2 per cent and newborn mortality went up to 21.2 per cent among women who had conceived be fore the siege. In 1943 a study of 216 preg nant women at Boston Lying-in Hospital showed the close rela tion between the mother's diet and the condition of her infant Ninety - four per cent of the babies born to mothers with ex cellent diet were in good or superior condition, one achieved by only 9 per cent of the infants of mothers with poor diets. 7 IW. 01 m 4ie tour- a mona ctacker pack -fdat-oeate 'em all -fir f , -s.H Snow iS P. 4 r A t Crackers ara singly-staeked, no need to "break them apart" be- fnrm tAminnl Make in Color Serve without taking the pack off the shelf thanks to the end opening I Re-fold the wrapping of each packet in a flash keeps crackers oven-fresh to the last! 4 m-sm. Enjoy the tastier good ness of thinner, crisper SNOW FLAKE SAITINES. Kept fresh est-of-all because of wax paper protection! HKKKHEff The cracker wrapping women voted "easiest to use!" Sure, you can get excited about a cracker! A Snow Flake Sal tine, crisp as crisp, thin and fresh as a cracker can possibly be! Share their goodness with soups, salads, snacks all your meals. Set how much better Snow Flake Saltines make everything taste! At your grocer's now in the new 4 In-er-Seal Wax Packets. AKED IT NABISCO NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY CROCHET a leaf-lunch-set in Nature's own beautiful colors! Spring greens, autumn russets, yellows, reds. Fern design on V-stitch background. In No. 30 cotton, larger doily is 15x16 inches. . Pattern 7269 has crochet direc tions for leaf doilies in two sizes. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern to Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 5640, Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with PAT TERN NUMBER. NEW! The 1952 edition of our Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book! Brimful of new ideas, it's only Twenty cents. NINETY ONE illustrations of patterns of your favorite needlecraft de signs, plus SLX easy-to-do pat terns printed right in the book. Patent Awarded for Non-Slip Bathtub Elmira, N. Y. (U.R) At long last America may be improving the bathtop. Two Elmira men, Arthur E. Fowler and Albert Dressier Jr., have been granted a patent on a new type of bathtub by the U. S. Patent office. This tub eliminates the danger of slipping as one steps over the side of the conven tional tub. You can stand straight f 1 ' " Newest suits feature full, sweep ing skirts beneath brief, waist nipped and hip-arching jackets. This suit has a striped taffeta petticoat to match the jacket lining. Of Italian worsted. A Bender and Hamburger design. Mrs. Lauritz Melchior Puts On Blue Bonnet To Get F.N.E.! Mrs. Lauritz Melchior knows the secret of FJ4.E.1 She puts on Blub Bonnet Margarine to get Flavor, Nutrition, Economy! Like the wife of the world-famous tenor, you'll love the delicate, sunny-sweet taste Blue Bonnet adds to any food! Youll appreciate its nourishment, too. No other spread for bread is : richer in year-round Vitamin A! And youll welcome its economy. Two pounds of Blue Bonnet cost few thai one pound of high-priced spread! So remember the tetters . . . F. . . . N. . . . E.! AU-VegetabU BLUB Bonnet Margarine gives "all three Flavor! Nutrition! Econom-e-e! Thursday. March S. 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Insect Control System Studied at University Riverside, Calif. U.PJ A 3,- 000-year-old system of insect con trol is under study here at the University of California experi ment station. The system is based on pest-eating ants. Dr. Stanley E. Flanders is plan ning tests on rearing of useful ant colonies that can be moved around as apiculturists do bees. The colonies would be turned loose on insect infestations in fruits and grains. It's not as simple as it sounds, however. The entomologist explained that only some ants have the right habits and it will take a lot of careful study to learn to con trol them. The common Argentine ant that plagues California house- and walk right into it. The tub has a knee-high leak proof door in its side. The door will neither open nor close as long as there's even a cupful of water in the tub. It took the two men nine months of spare-time to devise the tub. The "brains" is a cylin-der-and-float arrangement which keeps the door locked when" there's water in the tub. Cse Mail Tribune Want Ads holds with its raids on the cake drawer and jelly cupboard won't do. "Certain ants that are harvest ers or protect scale insects and aphids are harmful, Dr. Flan ders said. "We want to cultivate only those that eat insects. "Ants were used by the Chi nese for control of citrus bugs and caterpillars," the professor sa.id. WINDOW SHADES MADE TO ORDER BARNARD'S 317 E. 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PEANUT BUTTER 14 oz. jar........ 39c
