10-Year-Old Boy Reports
President Truman's Talk
Editor' Hole: Tommy Piper.
10-year-old, fiilh grade student
at the Campus school, labora
, lory school of tha Lock Haven.
"Pa Slale Tsachars collaga,
was ona of ihe 3,000 school
children who heard President
Truman's speech today. Tom
my, a grandson of William
Piper Sr., president of the
: Piper Aircraft Corp.. is a re
porter on "The Campus." his
school paper. He wrote the fol
lowing account of Mr. Tru
man's appearance for the
United Press.
By Tommy Piper
'(Written for the United Press)
' New York, March 15 (U.R)
"Hail to the Chief!"
A song called "Hail to the
Chief was played as the presi
dent came into the grand ball
room. As he came into the room
the people stood up and clapped
for two or three minutes. After
that the president came in with
some Secret Service men with
him and at least one policeman
at every door.
Picture Taken
Then a man that was with the
president went down the stairs
and sat down at a round table in
front of the stage, that was his
aide. After the president had
been seated and everybody else
had been seated a man from the
back of the room on the balcony
called everybody's attention to a
green light that was blinking off
and on and said that he wanted
to take everybody's picture and
to look that way. So everybody
looked that way to get their pic
ture taken.
r After he had done that we
started eating. On the back of
the stage there was a lot of flags
of all colors and in the frount of
the stage there was a long table
with chairs in back of it.
Fiction "Stores" Awards
Next some men came in with
a big cake. After everybody had
finished eating they had a man
stand up and tell the awards for
poetry, articals, and fiction
stores. Then a woman came out
to announce the awards for the
junior high school.
Then they introduced the May
or of New York citey and a man
from Clombia university. Then
the president made a speech
about the press and being a news
paper man. Then he talked
about a convention they had
when he was a little boy at the
age of sixteen. Then he .told
about what he had done when
he was young. He told about
how he had voted for Wilson and
thought that Wilson was one of
the greatest presidents . of all
time. -
Reason for Trip
Then he told about why he
had come from Florida. The rea
son was very simple. He had
come to talk to' us so we would
grow up to be good men like
him.
Then he talked about being on
a newspaper when he was a
little boy. Then he told us that
we might end up in the White
House just like him.
Then he said that being in the
government was tiresome but
very nice and also that every
nation needs a government.
He also talked about the in
crease in rich people.
He also said that if Wilson
had been able to have his own
wishes there wouldn't have been
a World War II.
I thought the whole thing was
pretty good.
(See Story Page One)
Confession May Clear
Six-Months-Old Crime
Portland (U.R) Los Angeles
authorities today notified Port
land police that a man has ad
mitted he shot a person in an
attempted hotel robbery on 4th
avenue here six months ago.
Portland police believed that
the confession may clear up the
mystery shooting July 7 oflast
year when a night clerk at the
Grove hotel was shot in the ab
domen. ,
The victim, Charles Christy
Vetter, survived the shooting.
Los Angeles police said the
confession came from Lin Bow
Dong, believed to be Chinese.
Only Woman Candidate
In Presidential Race
Topeka, Kan. (U.R) The
"only woman candidate for
President" declared herself Fri
day. "Dear Sir: " Please put my
name on the ballot in Kansas for
President of the U. S. A.," read
a note received by Paul Shana
han, secretary of state of Kansas.
The message was signed,
"Mrs. Agnes Waters, the only
woman candidte for President of
the U. S. A.,"" and listed the re
turn address as 936 New York
avenue, N. W., Washington, D.
C.
Shanahan had no comment.
Big Jet Bomber
Ready for Test
Seattle (U.R) The second
Boeing Stratofortress, new eight-
jet heavy bomber and sister ship
to the XB-52, was rolled from
the factory to the runway Satur
day for ground tests before
taking its first flight.
The new ship is known as the
YB-52. It will be the first of the
two "monster" jet bombers to
fly. However, officials said the
Air Force had not announced
when 'the maiden flight would
be made.
As was the case with the first
Stratofortress, which was taken
off the assembly line last No
vember, the YB-52 will undergo
tests on engines, functional sys
tems, equipment, steering, brak
ing, engine acceleration and
control surface action. ;v
Meanwhile, the XB-52, first of
the Stratofortresses, has been
retuir.ed to the factory for in
stallation of equipment which
was not available at the time of
its roll out.
The iron ore resources of Min
nesota were depleted by steel
production approximating 109,-
000,000 tons in 1951. '
Five Marines Injured
While En Route Home
Yuba City, Calif. (U.R) Five
Marines, on their way to their
homes in the Pacific Northwest
after being honorably dis
charged, were injured Saturday
when their sedah hit a railroad
semaphore five miles north of
here. " - .4
Sgt. Andrew D. O'Quist, 21, of
Seattle, the driver of the car,
and Cpl. Edgar Allen Reel, 23,
of -Woodenville, Wash., suffered
critical injuries. They were
taken to Yuba City Community
hospital.
Less seriously injured were
Cpl. Richard Dale Bauman, 20,
of Spokane, Wash.; Cpi. Donald
James Perry, 18, of Seattle; and
Cpl. Larry Bruce McGoldrick,
18, of Seattle. They were in
Beale Air Force base hospital
where attendants said they were
in "good condition."
Fire, Auto Accident
Kill Washington Men
Tacoma (U.R) Two 38-year-old
men met death here Satur
day one by fire, one by auto.
Howard Wiegand was found
burned beyond recognition - in
his home early Saturday; Rich
ard Jackson was killed when the
car in which he was riding failed
to negotiate a curve on Park
avenue, near Parkland.
Sunday. March 16. 1952
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Radioactive Gold Wires Used
I n New Treatment of Cancer
Columbus, O. (U.R) A gold
wire about the size of fine sew
ing thread offered a new method
Saturday in the treatment of
cancer. . , .
Dr. William G. Myers, a medi
cal researcher at Ohio State
university where the .treatment
has been developed, emphasized
that the method was no "cure."
Improvement '' "
It does, however, give promise
of improvements over radium,
cobalt-60 and radon, currently in
use, Myers said.
The method of treatment is
similar' to that of radioactive co
balt needles.
Small lengths of gold wire are
sent to the atomic energy plant
at Oak Ridge, Tenn., where they
are made radioactive in an atom
ic pile. The wire, encased in a
lead container, then is flown
here.
Diameter of Needle
This wire is then inserted in
gold tubing, which has a dia
meter about the size of a sewing
needle. The tubing is then cut
into various lengths, depending
on the amount of radiation de
sired and these inserted into the
cancerous tissued
Cobalt needles must be - re
moved after they have been in
cancerous tissue a few days,' to
prevent harmful radiation
burns. This is one advantage of
the gold needles, which can be
left in the tissues until they
"burn out." ,
Lose Radioactivity
Myers explained that the tub
ing and wire combination,
known as "seeds," rapidly lose
the-r radioactivity. At the end
of 2.7 days, the seeds have lost
half their radioactivity.
By the end of Bine days, less
thaa 10 per cent of the original
radioactive strength remains.' ;
Tried on Four Types
Myers said the new method
has been tried on tour different j
tvoes of cancer in mice and
proved effective in all cases. The
researchers plan to contmue
their studies of cancers in rats
before they attempt to use the
treatment on humans.
The doctor said he foresaw the
day when radioactive gold seeds
will be kept in stock at large
medical center for use as soon
as a cancer is discovered.
STATION MANAGER QUITS
Seattle (U.R) O. W. Fisher
resigned Friday as general man
ager of radio station KOMO and
was succeeded by W. W. Warren,
KOMO program manager and
treasurer. Fisher will continue
in his capacity as president of
KOMO and Fisher's Blend
Stations.
The area of Alaska is more
than twice that of Texas. -
ALDON IS
COMING!
Cooks and Stewards Union
Found Guilty of Contempt
Seattle (U.R) Superior
Judge Malcolm Douglas has
found the National Union of
Marine Cooks and Stewards
Ind. in contempt of court.
His action Friday was at the
request of 93 former union mem
bers who were awarded total
judgments of $475,000 in a libel
action here last year against the
union.
The judgments of $5,000 each
were for damages caused when
a union officer circulated a bul
letin indirectly charging-the 93
men with being strikebreakers.
The judge found the union in
contempt because it had not
turned over $298,000 in U. S.
government bonds held in the
union's San Francisco strike
fund. The union had been or
dered to place the bonds in the
COWBOY SINGS BLUES
Hollywood (U.R) Cowboy
Singer Tex Williams sang the
blues today because a burglar
who looted his home couldn't
resist his two pearl-handled six
shooters. The thief also took 50
pennies, Williams said.
I hands of Wilbur Zundel, Seattle
attorney appointed receiver tor
the Seattle local of the union.
' Douglas said he would decide
what action to take against the
union after two weeks of delib
eration. Attorneys had asked the
judge to put the Seattle local
into receivership.
labor Department Use
Explained to Citizen
Washington (U.R) A cur
ious citizen in Newman, Ga-
wrote the Labor Department:
.- "Dear Sirs:
"Would you please send me
any information on how your
dept. works and what good
your dept. is."
The department sent him a
pamphlet called "A Short His-
tory of The Department of
Labor."
Buffalo, Wyo. (U.R) Mrs.
Frank Schrater's White Austra
hen laid an egg six and one
quarter inches around the
center, and nine and a quarter
inches around the long way, it
was learned Saturday.
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