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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE - Sunday, June 29, 1952 Major Polio Epidemic In Texas Seen; Simple Precautions Advised New York U.R) The facts of this year's beginning polio "season" are these: Texas prob ably is in for a major epidemic. As for the rest of the country, no one can say now. How to deal with these facts is this: Take simple precautions but live normally. The chances of you or any member of your family coming down are slight, even in Texas. No Sure Safeguard But there is no known pre ventative, no sure safeguard. You have to learn to live with polio around until medical sciencie conquers the disease. . Dr. Kenneth Landauer, direc tor of medical services of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis, is the authority for the facts and for the only sensible way of dealing with them. Like a general commanding a developing battle, he was dir ecting unparalled resources for this season's assault on man by the tiny but vicious polio vir us. Season Early In South His attention waa centered on Texas and the South where the "season" begins earlier than in the rest of the country. It had begun in Texas with such virulence that Dr. Landauer was frankly disturbed. Normally the polio season doesn't end there until August Normally it builds up to a peak around the first week of that month. Yet this year's case es .were running well ahead of those of 1950, which was a ma jor epidemic year. "Texas now has enough cas es and enough focal points of infection for a bad epidemic," Dr. Landauer said. "It may have an epidemic that will leave more dead and more crippled than ev er before. Texas In Good Shape "But Texas is in much better shape to fight an epidemic this year than ever before. It has more hospitals and more train ed nurses. And it has all the foundation's resources. We'll do everything we can in the way of equipment and special ser vices." , Through the national Red Cross nursing service. Dr. Land auer was mobilizing polio trained nurses and therapists all over the country. They will be sent to Texas, or elsewhere, as they are needed. The point when this movement begins is when the local supply of nurses and therapists is fully utilized. Polio is spread from person to person and some persons may be "carriers" while being healty and without ever showing any recognizable symptoms of polio. The sensible precautions Salem Man Head Of Slate Vef Affairs Salem U.R) William C. Dyer, Jr., of Salem is the new chairman of the advisory com mittee to the State Department of Veteran's Affairs. He was chosen here Friday to succeed Ray Dorris of Portland. Samuel M. Bower of Grants Pass was named vice chairman to succeed Dyer. F. R. Pender grass of Portland was re-elected secretary. Dyer is the World War II vet erans' representative on the com mittee. Bower represents the United Spanish War Veterans and Dorris, the Military Order of the Jurple Heart. TOWNSEND CLUB SPEECH Mrs. J. A. Ford, head of the Washington, D. C. legistlative bureau of the Townsend club ad dressed local Townsendites and other interested persons Friday at the Knights of Pythias hall. She spoke on "National Old Age Insurance." The speech was well attended, according to Town send officials. There's Only Smiles When You Haye a Jackson County Savings Plan Jackson County Federal offers safety for your savings; deposits insured up to $10,000; and your funds with us work for you. Current Divi dends at 3 per cent per annum. Banish worry through a regular savings pro gram at ... . Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association 126 EAST MAIN ' MEDFORD, ORE. Growing with Jackson County Since 1909 are personal cleanliness, avoid ance of sudden chillings and! fatigue, and quick attention from j a doctor should any symptom de- j velop. VA Funds Available To Provide Autos For Disabled Vets Funds to provide automobiles for seriously disabled veterans and to pay indemnity claims to dependents of deceased service men were made available to the veterans administration in the third Supplemental Appropria tions Bill recently signed by the President, it was announced Sat urday by the Portland VA re gional office. . The bill provides the VA with more than $285,000,000 for vet erans benefits, including $25, 000,000 for automobiles and $2,300,000 for servicemen in demnity claims. GI Bill Funds Also included in the bill are $148,000,000 for subsistence and tuition payments for veterans re ceiving education or training under the G.I. Bill; $60,000,000 for compensation and pension payments, and $50,000,000 for extra-hazardous ' deaths under the national service life insur ance act. Funds to pay indemnity claims to dependents of service men and eligible veterans who died since the beginning of the Korean conflict have been ex hausted since the latter part of April, 1952. Under the servicemen's in demnity act of 1951, servicemen on active duty on and after June 27, 1950, are automatically covered against death in active service in the amount of $10,000 less any National Service Life Insurance or U.S. Government Life Insurance in force at the time of death. For those" called to active duty for 31 days or more, this free in demnity continues for 120 days after separation or release from service. Because of the lack of funds, the VA also has held up pay ments on 6,287 approved appli cations for automobiles or other conveyances for seriously dis abled veterans. More than 1,500 other appli cations were pending on April 30 and the VA estimated that another 7,800 World War II and Korean veterans are eligible for the $1,600 grant toward the pur chase of a car. Will Mail Authorisation VA regional offices will mail each veteran, whose application is approved, authorization to purchase his automobile. The new automobile law, ef fective Oct. 20, 1951, did not contain an appropriation. The $25,000,000 just appropriated is the first money made available under this Act. The law applies to eligible dis abled veterans of World War II and those who served in the armed forces on and after June 27, 1950 the start of the Ko rean campaign. Eligibility Laws To be eligible for automobiles and other conveyances, these veterans must be entitled to compensation for any of the fol lowing service-connected dis abilities: Loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet. Loss or permanent loss of use of one or both .hands. Complete loss of sight in both eyes or permanent impairment of vision of both eyes to the de gree - as to constitute virtual blindness. 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