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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
On the basis of these figures it
has been determined that tho
railroad's 1952 tax bill built up
at the rate of $2.72 a second, 24
hours a day throughout tho year.
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