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'will mean ' a at -i . lilllliiil I in Polio Experiments Add Gamma Globulin To Everyday Words (Editor' note: Following b tha fint la a series of articles prtpntd by tha National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis concerning gamma jjlobu lin a a temporary preventive and tha foundation's atapa to ward control of polio.) Chaucer, perhaps more than any other man, can be called the architect of the English language. History had to wait three cen turies for a word-craftsman of similar stature to appear- His name was William Shakespeare. Now, 300 years after Shake speare, our vocabulary is being expanded and enriched again by a bewildering array of new ad ditions. This time, it is from the laboratories of the world that the newcomers flow. And like Chaucer and Shakespeare, scienists draw liberally upon Latin and Greek for the linguis tic foundations of their words. Such a word is gamma globulin This tongue twister was hurled into common conversational cur rency by newspaper headlines. 1 ield trials of this part of human blood as a temporary protection against paralytic polio were being conducted in Utah, Texas and Iowa, financed by the March of Dimes. The press of the nation duly reported their progress. When the tests did indeed show that GG (leave it to Americans to shorten tongue twisters) gave temporary protection against polio paralysis, an addition had been made to our family of everyday words. Gamma Means Three Gamma, of course, is Greek and means "three." Globulin, to confuse the issue, is based upon the Latin "globus," meaning a sphere, a small globe. This "third globe," then, is one of three globulins, the others being termed "alpha" and "beta", which remain after the albumin in human blood has been removed. This separation usually is ac complished through precipitation of whole blood in ethyl alcohol end the use of a centrifuge- (The farmer's cream separator also uses the centrifugal principle to part cream from milk.) The albumin thus obtained serves as a substitute for life- saving whole plasma. Globulins alpha and beta, though they con tain some antibodies, are worth less for the polio purpose. It is the gamma fraction which has proven effective against polio. System's Watchdog All of which brings up the next question What is an antibody? An antibody (from the Greek "anti," against, and the Anglo Saxon "bodig") is the system's invisible watchdog. Not only do an army of these guardians lie in wait for any invading bacteria or virus, others actually spring into being as soon as the invader makes his appearance. Since neither an antibody nor an attacking polio virus has ever been seen by a human being, scientists know of their existence only by the effects they produce. A nerve cell destroyed by polio is the calling card of either Brunhilde, Leon or Lansing, the three polio viruses. The whole. uncrippled body of a child who has been exposed to polio is evidence that the virus was in activated before it could cripple or kill. Scientists believe that anti bodies do not actually kill virus. In the case of polio, it seems that the antibodies hold the virus prisoner and thus incapable of doing damage. Not Final Answer That, incidentally, is why workers supported by grants from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis know that gamma globulin is not the final answer to polio- The injection of GG does not induce the body to manufacture its own anti bodies. When, after a few weeks, til the injected antibodies, have been discharged from the system, the person may be again defense less against polio. Thus more March of Dimes dollars must be invested in the testing and perfection of a safe, practical and reasonably perma nent vaccine. It is hoped that vaccine will prod the human system into producing its own antibodies which should give long-lasting immunity. Next: What is gamma globulin? WAC Joins Guards In Field Problems Camp Riley, Minn. (U.F9 A Milwaukee WAC donned a fa tigue uniform today and joined 8,200 fellow National Guards men working field problems during a two week encampment here. The WAC, Warrant Officer Olga Dornblatt, bad finally won a four year argument with Army brass over the right to train with other members of her reserve unit. Miss Dornblatt spent three years in North Africa and Italy as the only woman in a wartime OSS unit. She was given quarters with four nurses at the camp's service club. Lack of Equipment Blamed in Drownings Seattle (U.R) The Coast Guard said today five persons drowned in the Pacific North west during the past two weeks because of lack of life preserving equipment. Lack of life preservers was blamed for the deaths of three persons lost from a skiff off the Oregon coast, the drowning of one passenger of a capsized boat on Lake Couer D'Alene, and the death of a boy who fell from a boat near Reedsport, Ore. MAYBE HE DIDN'T SEE IT Adrain, Mich (U.R) John C. Bisorek, 19, knocked himself out over a girl. The Detroit youth was playing tag on a beach yesterday when the girl ducked under a life guard plat form. Bisorek chased after her but forgot to duck. He was carried away unconscious and treated at a hospital for a concussion. What Makes a Business Succeed? Let's have a linw in elementary economies, shall we? A basiaess succeeds wnen it delivers Hie fee ane" gets maid for it. A amines that doesn't eelirer end flats pai4, fails. After a while it sroes setting orders, end there's nothing te deliver. A business that delivers aad doesn't get paid, fails. Pretty soon it can't afford te may for tha luxury of staying in basiaess, A business starts as a risk: tha proprietor's capital, his faith hi his ability to make aad hold easterners. If, having risked his money to offer a service, be secures customers and doesn't keep them, he fails. The only, way yea can stay in business is to keep on rendering a service for which people will come back. If wa didn't keep ear customers, we'd have had fa dose ear doors. Let see asaka another point. Whoa a basiaess becomes established, this has happened only De cease ever the years enough pscpla have been wea to that business te continue patronising it. Yea con have confidence ha such aa That ie why yea can have confidence h our cleaning. See years while other cleaners have coma and gone wa have stayed right here, growing a little every year. Satisfied auitomoii coming back aad coming bach aad sending their friends to as. The best advise t know of to give yea about taking care of year clothes is to say BRING THEM TO fez IIS MEDFOQD CLEANEE10 34 N. HOLLY PHONE 2-dS0O FOR FREE PICKUP ft DELIVERY Joe E. Rarratt . tobt. C Wright A f Kindness of France's Friend May Result in Trouble in Morocco United Press Forelca News -Hor PhU Newsom is on vacation. For the next four weeks his for eign affairs column will be written fey Waiter G. Runuie of the Unit Press foreign news staff. By WALTER G. BUNDLE United Press Correspondent The French in Morocco are threatened with the fate of the man whose friends killed him with kindness. Their greatest friend in that troubled North African protect orate is 75-year-old Thami El Mezouari El Glaoui, a sunburned warrior, expert horseman Pasha of Marrakech and ruler of 2,- 000,000 fierce Berber tribesmen. France's most influential en emy for years has been Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef, lineal descendant of the prophet Mo hammed, collaborator with the anti-French Istiqual party and sultan of Morocco. Unwanted Sultaa El Glaoui, motivated by friend ship for France and a number of more personal reasons including an abiding and deep-rooted hatred for the Sultan, has or ganized the Berber Pashas and Ciads in a determined drive to topple him from his scented, silken throne. That act of friendship it not the unvarnished favor to France it would appear to be on the surface. It was taken over the objections of and against the advice of the French government which is bound by treaty to sup port the Sultan's power. The French fear that El Glaoui has kicked up arrow which will explode into bloody civil war Guardsmen Alerted In Indiana Strike Indianapolis (U.R) Indiana National Guard troops were alerted today to move into the 28-day-old Indiana Bell Tele phone strike and help state po lice prevent violence. Gov. George N. Craig alerted the guardsmen for duty as state troopers stood guard at the reopened Bell exchange in Clin ton. Some officials of the striking CIO Communications workers took a dim view of Craig's in terference in the labor dispute. One said the governor was 'stumbling in the dark." Anoth er said Indiana is becoming a "police state." Rep. Coon To Study Spending in Europe Portland U.R) Rep. Sam Coon said today that he will be among a group that will make congressional study of United States spending in foreign coun tries while on a tour of Europe and the Near East. He said he would make the trip with two other congressmen. They will leave Washington September 17. Rep. Coon said the party will investigate the use of U.S. funds for State Department installa tions and also observe the opera tion of the Voice of America. and could spill over to set the Arab world aflame. They fear that power in his hands might open the way for harsh measures against the Arab population. Whatever the future develop ments. El Glaoui has become a power to contend with. He wields his power from a glittering palace that . might have been taken from the pages of the Arabian Nights. Located on the rim of the Sahara, it is guarded by six-foot, ebony-black slaves armed with two-foot-jewelled daggers and adorned with bracelets of solid gold. The source of his power Is the nomadic tribesmen he com mands; hard-riding, hard-fighting blue-veiled Chleuhs who never expose their faces before women and whose arms are long barreled rifles, swords and "cru sader's" shields. Their weath ered visages are stained a per manent blue by their veils. Old West Sagas Said Best for Enjoyment Kingston, R. I. (U.R) A motion picture study group at University of Rhode Island has decided that for "pure enjoy ment" nothing beats the cellu loid sagas of the Old West. The annual summer study group, college professors, stu dent and area residents, took a long serious look at the doings of bad men on the screen since the 12-minute classic "The Great Train Robbery," set the pattern of the western movie 50 years ago. "Most of the group said the series was the most enjoyable so far," Chester A. Berry, direc tor of the program since it start ed in 1947, said today. "Very surprising result." Nothing in o Name, Autoist Discovers Greenville, S. C. (U.R) Jack McCall of Greenville will tell you there's nothing in a name. McCall parked his car on a street during a recent heat wave. When he returned some time later, the heat had cracked a window in the vehicle. The car was parked on Frost street. Tuesday. Aognst IS. 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