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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1954)
J .Sunday. December 3, 1934 MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUWE SETUf IS : ' - I ;,) -'S 3 i f ii I A x vv4 4A 7 . 1 ff 4f SERIOUSLY ILL Author James Hilton, 54 (above), is seriously ill in Long Beach, Calif .,l hospital with a myste rious infection. Hilton wrote "Lost Horizon" and "Goodby, Mr. .Chips." Building Offered To Central Point . For Use of City ' Central Point An investiga tion by an architect of a build ing offered to the city of Central Point for use as a combination city and fire hall was requested 'after a special city council meet 'ing on Thursday. , John Cupp suggested the Cow- ly building at the corner of Pine ;and Second sts. be sought by the .city for $21,500, and Cupp would buy the present city hall for $10,000, a difference of $11,500 The Cowley building has about 82 feet of Pine st. frontage and 140 feet on Second st. It is two stories high with a one- story addition on the rear. Will Make Study The council decided to have an architect's report on the build ing's condition and necessary rennovations to make it usable as a city building. The report is due at Monday's regular council meeting. There would be enough space available in the proposed struc ture to house the city's library, all city departments and a recrea tion center as well, officials said. Central Point voters recently approved a $20,000 bond issue for construction of a new fire hall and library building. Use of the funds for purchase of an old building and remodeling would necessitate another election, they added. ' Cabell Quits Post With Reed Trustees 4 Portland - (U.F5 Henry T. Cabell, president of the Reed College board of trustees, said Saturday he will resign his po sition later this month. -r. Cabell, 59, said he believes it lis time to give someone else a chance at the board presidency. He has been on the board since 1947 and has been president for 'the last five years. r Cabell's resignation would be the second from the Reed Coir lege board in recent weeks. Jus tice James T. Biand of the Ore gon Supreme Court resigned in October. -. NOW HOMO GENIZED FOR NEW GOODNESS f -11 NO ONE IS BORN WITH TUBERCULOSIS. Yon catch TB from someone who has the disease in active form. Programs to teach the facts about TB and to build good health for greater resistance to miecnon are earned on by 3,000 tuberculosis associations through oat the United States. Christinas Seal funds support this work. NOT A PRETTY PICTURE especially when yon are on the receiving end. A sneeze, a cough, a kiss, or fast talking by a per son who has active tuberculosis can spread the germs., The tuber culosis associations work toward early discovery of all cases of TB. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of all cases of tuberculosis are necessary to break the chain of infection and bring the disease under control. Today more and more cases of TB are being found in the earlier and more easily curable stages when new develop ments in surgery and chemotherapy are particularly effective. Christmas Seals help find TB. T.P AM) One fourth of the people in the United States are believed to be infected with the germs that cause tuberculosis. 400,000 Americans have active tuberculosis. 150,000 of these are unknown cases.' ' 110,000 new cases are reported in one year. 20,000 people die of f B in one year. Tuberculosis costs the American people approximately $600,000,000 a year. Yet tuberculosis caq be prevented and can be cured. The voluntary tuberculosis associations affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association are engaged in year-round programs in cooperation with other voluntary and official agencies for the prevention and control of tuberculosis through health education, case find ingrehabilitation, and medical research. A SIMPLE SKIN TEST, either Mantous (left) or Patch (right), determines whether tuberculosis germs are present. One fourth of the American people are believed to have the germs that cause tuberculosis in their systems. Tuberculin testing among school children is one of the TB control activities supported by the sale of Christmas Seals. A positive tuberculin test does not necessarily mean that the disease is present. It does mean that there has been an invasion of TB germs from some source. A chest X-ray and other laboratory tests are necessary to diagnose TB. Sjjjp THE DOUBLE-BARRED CROSS is the registered trade mark of the National Tubercu losis Association, a voluntary organization of doctors and lay men, supported by the annual Christmas Seal Sale. Today the NTA has 3,000 affiliated associ ations in every state and terri tory of the United States. The basic unit in the voluntary forces against TB is the local, self governing tuberculosis associa tion. The activities of the TB associations are financed by the annual sale of Christmas Seals. 'T A r ' TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKS THE LUNGS most often, although it can and does attack any part of the body. The TB patient requires special care: rest, diet, drugs, and possibly surgery. Christ mas Seal funds support programs of education for doctors and nurses in the latest techniques for treating and curing TB. The medical section . of the NTA, the American Trudeau Society, advances scientific knowledge about tuberculosis and promotes improvements in prevention and treatment ' M. m . TB MAY ATTACK ANYONE at any age of any race rich or poor. TB Is everybody's ( problem. In 1954, the voluntary tuberculosis associations celebrated the 50th anniversary of the National Tuberculosis Association, . the first organization in which doctors and laymen joined to fight a specific disease. Great progress has been made but TB is not yet defeated. The death rate has been cut 90 per cent, yet TB strikes every five minutes, kills every twenty second minute. There is no simple solution to tuberculosis today. But if modern knowledge about TB and modern techniques for its control are used to the fullest extent, tuberculosis can be defeated in this country. ' Hgs Ilia wi THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, in schools, homes where ever she goes, is a front-line fighter in the war against TB. The tuberculosis associations work closely with the nurses as well as with other official and voluntary health organizations in activities to prevent and control TB. ' OF THE 400,000 ACTIVE CASES OF TB in the United States about 150,000 are unknown. These people may be innocently spreading TB serins to family members, friends, and fellow work ers. When symptoms ameer: tiredness, loss of weight and appetite, persistent coughing, spitting blood; TB already has a head start. gill 0 J (! r., ir rif c THE CHEST X-RAY CAN FIND evidence of TB svea in the earlLwt stares of the disease when there are no outward symp toms. This is one of the strongest weapons in the attack on TB, Chest X-ray surveys of apparently healthy people are aided by the annual sale of Christmas Seals. i i - 1 TUBERCULOSIS IS CAUSED BY A GERM the tubercle bacillus. This rod-shaped villain first identified in 1882 is not easy to defeat. Modern drugs can check its development, but scientists still search for better drugs that will kill the germs without harming the human host Christmas Seal funds support medical research against TB. REST IN BED IN A HOSPITAL Is a standard treatment for tuberculosis, but ifs hard for a man to rest when he worries about his family and about his future. The TB associations work with hoaoHals and other arencies to help both the patient and his family adjust to the necessary treatment and to the often long and difficult period of separation. r PREPARING FOR THE DAY when he will leave the hospital is an important part of the pa tient's complete cure. Rehabili tation programs help prevent another breakdown with TB. Published as a Public Scrvict By . . . THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY Your Partner in Progress Since 1920 . m r ft g v. I
