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SIX MECrORD (OREGOX) MAIL TBIBUlCg Friday, AMl tl. ItM Limited Protection Against Paralysis By Gamma Globulin (Editor's notex Following is tho fourth ia a series ox articles prepared by tho Na tional Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis concerning gamma globulin and tho foun dation' steps toward control of polio.) Field trial involving 54,772 children and supported by the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis have proved that Stale Moose Leader Due Here Saturday Elvin C. Goodman, president of the Oregon State Moose asso ciation, will be in Medford Sat urday. Aug. 22. to speak to the Members and guests of the Loyal Order of Moose, Medford Lodge 178 Goodman is a charter member of the Seaside Moose lodge and a holder of the Fellowship degree, which is the second highest honor given by the Loyal Order of Moose. He will speak on the civic af fairs of the Moose Lodge in con junction with community work and welfare. The talk is part of a booster program being put on h the local lodffe in order to put their fall civic affairs pro gram in motion. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. at 11 Newtown st, in the Moose halL SOME CUBE! Memphis. Tenn. U.B Six year old Pat Holt saw the movie "Titanic" and reported to her grandmother that "the ship hit an ice cube and sank." ffl n n MILITARY LbLLiACADEfAY OUest and most distinguished mil my school m the Northwest, board ing boys from first grade through high school. Special emphasis oa he fundamentals of education with emcdial assistance... the finest mib aary, athletic, and social training. tatollmtnti txctp'.ti my time. ysgt ! tacky - I r. Portlind 20, Oregon I cetaplew' Itentuc and ballaria. I gamma elobulin. a fraction of adult human blood, provides limited protection against the paralytic effects of polio. Re search scientists have shown that this temporary and passive immunity is due to tne presence of polio antibodies in gamma globulin. Gamma Globulin is not a vac cine. In contrast, a vaccine should provide longer-lasting protection against the disease. Temporary Protection An injection 01 gamma glo bulin provides an individual only with temporary protection asainst the paralytic effects of polio. This protection is created by the antibodies in Diooa con tributed by someone else. This is passive and fleeting immun ity, A vaccine, on the other hand, would induce the body to nroHucc its own antibodies. This the research scientists de fine as an "active immunity. While the protection quality of gamma globulin is of short duration about live weess a protective vaccine would be ex pected to endure for a much longer time. Many Have Immunity Research scientists estimate that about 80 ner cent of the population of the United States above the age of 18, has acquired active immunitv against one or mm tvrws of nolio bv having contracted mud, irequenuy im perceptible cases ox tne disease earlier in life. This indicates that the ereat majority of adults, even though they may not know that thev ever were infected by nolio. nossess orotective anti- a . bodies. It also is known tnai during their first six months of life babies rtossess the same number of polio antibodies their mothers have. This inherited un munity disappears during the chUd's first year. Infection by one type of polio virus does not induce immunity to either of the other two. This has been demonstrated by the fact that there are on record a number of cases in which pa tients have cantacted polio twice. Theoretically it is possible for patients to suffer the disease three times, but no such cases have been recorded. Not Final Answer Thus, research scientists are convinced that gamma blobulin is not a practical or final answer to the problem of poliomyelitis. At best, it is regarded as a tem porary stopgap during the epi demic season. This summer the limited amount of gamma globu lin will be distributed free of charge to state health officers by the Office of Defense mobil ization, a federal agency. All allocations of the blood fraction will be made by this agency of the government. Next: First steps toward polio control. I r . - - '?,' r- - -v t - v - i m Sua 11 - ;V t i t ' r " f : -i n!l ' '' I i mm,- - -" TAKE OYIJt-Tbe NwOonal me dio Station in Tehran, Iran, front which first newt of successful revolt against Premier Mos sadegh was broadcast after it's seizure by the shah's followers. It is shown being guarded by troops during previous aprising. Air Force Officers Tell of Tortures At Hands of Reds Freedom Village, Korea CJ.R) Communists beat and tortured American Air Force officers to force them to confess they waged germ warfare in North Korea, it was revealed here to day. Others were murdered. The veil of secrecy surround ing mysterious camp no. z where all Air Force officers are being held was ripped apart to day by three enlisted men who were sent to a hard labor camp nearby and saw brutal acts com mitted by thejteds. Chained Te Post They said one Air Force offic er taken to Manchuria for "ques tioning" was returned to North Korea and, because he would not confess, left chained to a post in the broiling summer sun until he died. Another Air Force officer was chained like a dog in a squatting position against a stone wall in efforts to make him confess to the germ warfare charges and thus support ea lies. Th thrc enlisted men who hmuffht back the diseustine tale were CpL David E. Fortune, 21j Pickens, S.C.; Cpl. ivin Ed wards, 22, Knoxville ,111.; and Cpl. William J. Caprin, Fulton N. Y. Father Upsets Tradition Of German School Decision Bonn, Germany (U.B A Hamburg father has upset dec ades of German tradition by which teachers instead of par ents decided which children were likely to attend a univer sity. Heinrich Bisping. middle class white collar worker, re volted a year ago when the Ham burg school authorities decided that his 11-year old son, Toni, would have to attend the so called "technical" branch of high school which, for almost all of its students, is the end. of their formal education . Bisping brought suit against the city school authorities, de manding his son be permitted to study at the so-called "schol ar" branch of high school, which prepares its students for univer sity study. Twice,- Bisping has won his suit, but each time the school authorities have blocked him by appealing to a higher court. At the moment, Toni still attends the "technical" school. Case Pending It may be two 'years before the next higher court to which the school authorities have now appealed is even established. They have appealed to the fed eral administrative court, to '6.95 '6.95 Labor Day Safety Service Special ' Take advantage of this Special for your safety and insure against costly repairs. Tune Motor as Follows: Check Compression Set Feints and Test Condenser Clean, Test, and Adjust Spark Mugs Set Timing Adjust Carburetor Mixture Set Fan Beh Tension Check All Lights Clean and Reoil Air Cleaner Test Battery Condition Lubricate as Follows: Complete Chassis lubrication Bring Transmission to Proper Level Bring Differential to Proper Lrvel Fill Brake Master Cylinder Inspect, Repack, and Adjust Front Wheel Bearings Fill Steering Gear Housing Inspect Exhaust System for Safety Inspect Tiros for Cuts, Nails, etc Wash and Vacuum Car Pick Up and Delivery Service $6.95 - Please Call for Appointment -$6.95 DARRELt Cai'LLER GO. Rocket OldsmobiU Safety Tested Used Cars 415 S. Riverside Phone 2-6209 which no Judges have yet been appointed, Under the traditional German school system, children go to the so-called "people s school, com parable to the American grade school, from the age of six to 10. At the end of the first four years, each child is tested. Based on the results, the teachers de cide whether the child shall go to the "technical" or "scholar- branches of high school, which train children for six years The first time Toni was tested the teachers decided he was "scholar" material. But the sec ond group that tested him de cided he wasn't smart enough for that branch . , A lot of German parents have been disappointed when their children were separated by edict from the "scholars." fHsnine is the first one ever to do some thing about it. The choice of a school is of such importance to the development of a child's npr- sonality, he said, that only the parents can taxe tne iinai de cision. Conant's Remarks The courts said he was right, provided the prospective student was not so lacking in intelli gence that he would delay the progress 01 ms classmates in the "scholar" aohnnl Bisping Is not alone in pro testing the age-old system of se lection for universities. A num ber of thou Cht fill npnnln nrs h. ginning to believe that this sys tem is, in xact, depriving Ger many of potentially treat minds. U. S. High Commissioner James B. Conant, former Presi dent of Harvard universitv. rniu ed the problem recently while aaaressing a scientific group in Benin, uonant, himself a re nowned physicist, noted that there seems to be no young gen eration of German scientist coming along to replace the old timers. Conant blamed It on the selection system. First Test in Tenth Tear "In Eurone and Britain ' said, "there is in general a trad tion bv which th fir tect n talent takes dace In th tenth year of life. At this age, the de cision as to wnether a child shall attend a school to prepare him for a universitv is marie Thn. in the tenth year of life, Euro pean cnuaren are more or less divided into two groups." In the United State. Cnn.nt continued, this decision ia nnt made until around the 18th year" ox uie. He much preferred the Amer ican system, said Conant because the simple fact that a child intelligent dtmt not m oan that also has the character, the will and ability to work in order to become a successful scientist, lawyer or diplomat. he Moittun Leogve Sets Rain-Making Discussion Discussion of tho possibilities of conducting a rain-making pro gram during the dry months of 1954 will be considered at a meeting of the Moisture Con servation League next week. The meeting, to be held at 7:30 p.m- Wednesday, Aug. 28, will be in Room 212 of the Leverette building. Memben with Ideas on the proposal are asked to at tend the discussion meeting. FFA Members Invest Total of $1,748,029 Salem (U.B The 3609 atcive members of the 81 Future Farm ers of America chapters in Ore gon last year have a total in vestment in farming of $1,748, 029.17, Ralph L. Morgan, state supervisor of vocational agricul tural education, said today. Morgan, in his annual report to the U. S. office of education, said this makes an investment of $484.35 for each high school boy enrolled in vocational agriculture. Total labor Income from vari ous projects amounted to $891,- 631 or $247 per boy. SP's 1952 Tax Bill $6,363 in Medford, $11,393in County Southern Pacific company paid $6,368 tax bill on p rop ery in Medford for th year 1952, according to R. H. Holmes, district freight " and passenger agent for the railroad here. To tal taxes paid by SP within Jackson County came to $110,-393. Southern Pacific's total tax payments in 1952 amounted to $85,669,925, Holmes said. This was more than three times the amount of dividends paid to Southern Pacific stockholders during the year. It does not in clude the taxes the railroad is required to collect for the fed eral government on ticket pur chases and freight charges. Federal taxes amounted to 75 per cent est the railroad's tax bui. r Federal taxes amounted to 75 per cent of the railroad's tax bill. Holmes said. Almost $45, 000,000 went for federal income tax and over $18,000,000 for railroad retirement tax. Unem poyment insurance tax and oth er federal taxes amounted to almost 2,000,000, bringing the PARTING GIFT . Newport, N. H. J(U.R Mrs. H. H. Tennyson reports a hen that lived to be 15 years old and laid an egg the day she died. federal tax total to $64,516,512. State, county, city and miscel laneous : taxes . paid by ' SP amounted to over $21,000,000, Holmes added. 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