TWO MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE
1954 Achievements
Renew Faith in Hopes
To Wipe Out Diseases
- Br DELOS SMITH
' United Press Science Editor
New York U.R) This year
ef 1954 renewed faith in sci
ence's chances of some day un
derstanding the chemistry of the
body. You can't be sure it ever
will, but if and when it does,
disease will disappear and people
will die only when they wear out
or get themselves killed in wars
or automobile accidents.
"When you consider the stag
gering mysteries of chemistry,
Sot instance, the ever-renewing
jniracle of reproduction, you be
gin doubting that complete un
derstanding u even possible. Yet
just a little more understanding
of just a little part of the whole,
right now is promising to wipe
out polio. .
Opening Craeks
Furthermore, the body chem
ists or biochemists are opening
cracks into the mysteries of how
the billions upon billions of in
dividual body cells maintain
themselves and how the secre
tions of the internal glands act
end interact upon the chemistry
of the whole body. When these
mysteries are solved if they are,
we'll be able to deal effectively
with cancer.
Dr. Jona;i-E. Salk, father of
the vaccine which was injected
Jnto some 500,000 children last
spring, acquired a little more un
derstanding of the body's immun
ological chemistry, the processes
. that make the body forever im
mune to certain disease-causing
snicro-organisms once the body
lias ben invaded by them and has
succeeded in overcoming them.
Polio Knowledge
He learned that the three polio
viruses don't have to be "alive"
and thus be capable of causing
the disease, .in order to stimu
late the chemistry into manufac
turing end - maintaining anti
bodies against them. He also
learned that the number of anti
bodies to be found in the blood
etream at any given time, was
not a true index to whether or
siot the chemistry was hair-trig
Dr. Laughead Still on Firm
Ground aS Prediction Fails
For Second Time in 4 Days
-Chicago (U.R) Dr. Charles Laughead wouldn't have been sur
prised if his friends the "connoiters" had yanked him into outer
space Friday night. But he kept his feet on the ground.
As 100 persons watched, Laughead and some fellow believers
,ang Christmas carols and waited to be "lifted up" from the earth.
'Spirits Lifted
Laughead commented afterwards "I think maybe It was our
epirits that were lifted."
If this was so, Mrs. Dorothy Martin's latest prediction came
off better than did her forecast of a tidal wave last Tuesday.
Mrs. Martin, who relays "messages" from outer space to
Laughead, warned Chicago that it was due for destruction. But,
aside from a few snow flurries, Chicago didn't even get damp. '
Friday the 53 -year -old grandmother announced that she,
Laughead, and any one who wanted to go along would be "lifted
up" from her front lawn in suburban Oak Park at exactly 6 p.m.
- Later, Mrs. Martin said she was speaking in the spiritual sense,
but Laughead apparently felt he might spend Christmas in outer
space.
Packed and Wailing
The ousted Michigan State College doctor said the space men,
he calls them "connoiters," "sent a message that we should be
packed and waiting at 6 p.m. Christmas eve."
He admitted he couldn't be sure he would blast off because
"these space boys, they're unpredictable." Laughead, Mrs. Martin
and a few others turned up on the front lawn on schedule. Follow
ing the "connoiters " instructions, they sang Christmas carols.
Neighborhood children passed up the televised space adven
tures of "Captain Video" to be on hand in case the spacemen
showed up.
But, as the deadline passed, Laughead said it looked like no
one was coming. Maybe the crowd scared the space men away, he
said. .
As he returned to Mrs. Martin's home, Laughead said "as far
as we know" he would spend Christmas on the earth,
"We Just live from.day to day," Laughead said. ;
Patient in Mental Hospital
Climbs Tower;
Norman, Okla. (U.R) A men
tal patient at Central State Hos
pital climbed 100 feet up a water
tower Saturday and 'demanded
to see his wife. and three chil
dren. He climbed down again
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Thundering Explosion
Rocks Denver Region
Denver (U.R)-arA thundering
explosion, felt three miles away,
rocked a normally quiet Denver
neighborhood Saturday morning,
injuring two persons and causing
at least $35,000 damage.
The blast demolished the Val
derde Feed store, and shattered
windows in- homes - and busi?
nesses as far as four blocks away.
The feed store was stocked
with farm equipment and grains
which went up in a spectacular
blaze following the blast, caused
by leaking gas.
' Milwaukee Changes
Mind About Old Law
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R)
The Milwaukee Common
Council's License ; committee
discovered a new law when
it attempted to draft an erd-
inance concerning the employ
ment of minors.
Aldermen learned that fe
male entertainers aren't al
lowed in the city's taverns, and
night clubs. They agreed the
law should be changed.
Dead line Sunaay Classified Is t
noon Saturday : 10 m. Monday for
atonday;. other days 3t Breviousdar.
gered to manufacture anti-bodies
in wholesale lots, the instant it
was challenged by one or anoth
er of the viruses.
Thus, he learned how to give
seeming immunity to polio with
out risking the body to death or
crippling by polio, and how to
ready the chemistry for whole
sale manufacture of antibodies to
polio viruses and how to trigger
the chemistry into frenzied ac
tivity. In laboratory experiments,
first with monkeys, then with
human beings, he demonstrated
this know how rather conclusive
ly. The mass vaccination of chil
dren is intended to prove it be
yond questioning.
Immense Unknown
But like most scientists, Salk
is quick to point to the immensi
ty of what isn't known about im
munologic chemistry when com
pared to the little which is. For
example, what is a virus? If it
can be "killed" and yet remain
enough "alive" to stimulate the
making of antibodies, then' was
it ever alive in the sense in
which we understand life? But
if it was never alive, then how
does it reproduce itself, some
times in astronomical ratios?
A virus conceivably could be
a chemical compound, with par
ticular affinities and disaff inities
for chemical compounds pro
duced by the body. AH this only
indicates the depths of the mys
tery. Nevertheless what Dr. . Salk
learned about polio immunology
should be applicable against oth
er viruses causing other diseases.
He is at work with influenza
viruses right now.
If the nature of viruses is a
$64 question, the questions of
cell maintenance and glandular
secretions are $6,400,000 ques
tions. To live and to reproduce,
the cell is in the same position
as the sum total of all the cells
the body. The cell must have the
correct foods - in the correct
amounts at the right time. That
goes for abnormal cells of cancer
as well as for normal cells.
Gets Request
four hours later when his family
appeared.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
men rushed the family here
from Ardmore, Okla., 84 miles
south, at the request of Hospi
tal Superintendent Dr. Harold
B. Whitten. .Whitten refused to
release the patient's full name.
Family Brought Here
The patient's wife, Mrs. Lillian
King, and their three children
arrived at the base of the tower
in two - patrol cars at 12 noon.
The youngsters, two boys and a
girl of 10, huddled around the
mother and looked at their 40-year-old
father on the catwalk
high above. " ; -.
"Look, we have . your family
here now," Whitten said. "Come
on down and have Christmas
dinner."
- The patient stared briefly
then carefully removed his glass
es and pocketed them, and made
a sure descent down a steel
ladder.
Donnie, 10 years old, broke
from his mother and ran to the
father as he reached the ground.
The boy and his father embraced
happily. ' ' . '
Ritzville, Wash. KU.PJ The
newly organized Washington As
sociation of Wheat Growers is
taking steps toward incorpora
tion, President John Stephenson
of Benge said Friday. He added
that efforts to organize county
units will begin early, next
month. The association was
formed recently when the Wash
ington Wheat League disbanded.
Sunday, December 26, 1954
Christmas Tree
Ignites; Two Die
In Roaring Blaze
Atlanta (U.R) Flames from
Christmas tree lights flashed
through a frame home and
killed a man and his wife Fri
day nieht. firemen reDorted.
Earl Davis, 42, , was found
dead in a chair and his wife
Helen, 4i, died under a bed
where she apparently sought
refuge from the blaze, firemen
said.-; . ...
Investigators believed the fire
was caused by an overheated
Christmas tree light circuit. A
neighbor told inspectors that
Davis had burned the lights al
most constantly for three weeks.
A box of .22 caliber cartridges
that had been placed under the
tree as a gift went off "like an
arsenal," according to a passer
by who tried to enter the flam
ing house before firemen reach
ed it. 'Ifi i W
The cartridges were a gift of
the Davises to their son, Ernest,
15, who was working as a de
livery boy or a drug store at the
time of the fire.
Passerby Saves Woman .
Another passerby broke into
a rear entrance of the dwelling
and led the elder Davis' mother
Mrs. Mae Fuller, to safety, de
tectives said.
J. Harris, a Negro, was credi
ted with an attempt to save the
victims. He saw the flames while
walking past the house and
kicked in the front door, invesi-
gators said.
"Fire jumped out at me and
it sounded like a whole arsenal
went off in there," Harris said.
Board of Chamber
To Meet Jan. 6
V
An organizational meeting for
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce's new officers will
be held Thursday, Jan. - 6, at
noon in the Medford hotel, ac
cording to Don McNeil, chamber
manager.
The new meeting date has
been set as the-.first "Thursday
in each month for the chamber
board of directors, instead of
the last Friday as in 1954.
Purpose of the first meeting in
1955 will be to crystalize cham
ber policies, lay out committee
organization and plan immedi
ate, action for important cham
ber projects carried over from
1954 as uncompleted.
Officers for the coming year
are John Pletsch, president; R.
B. Thierolf, ' vice-president, and
Elwood Hedberg, treasurer, t
"McNeil also announced a
workshop session in' Portland
Feb. 6-8, which will be ', a joint
meeting with Oregon and Wash
ington chambers. The: session
will be geared especially for
chamber officers and board
members, the manager added.
U.S. Sends Gifts
Behind Iron Curtain
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) - The
United States government sent
gifts of food behind the Iron
Curtain Saturday. - -
The White House ' reported
that four ships are expected to
arrive at Iron Curtain, ports this
Christmas Day with food . for
peoples still left hungry , by
floods last spring.. ,. '
The shipments are part of an
eight and one-half million dol
ar program set up by the govern
ment some months ago.
The report said the ships are
arriving at Settin, Poland, and
Rijeka, Yugoslavia with cargoes
of American wheat and corn for
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and
Yugoslavia.
A shipment of 203 tons of
butter for Yugoslavia is sched
uled to arrive before the new
year.
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Mass. is carried from New York hospital where MmSLS,';
surgery, bound for convalescence. His wif ?S : broiX? Z fl
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Santa, Helpers
Make Tot's Holiday Bright
- Madison, Wis. (U.R) Santa
Claus had a good start Saturday
toward making "everything
come out all right" for 5-year-old
Martina Whit, who was
burned saving her baby brother
from fire in the bare flat.
Dolls and toys plied up in the
little Indian girl's hospital room,
The gifts came in "by the bag
ful " nurses said.
City officials reported they
would start a trust fund for
Martina and her infant brother
Armand, with cash contribu
tions that poured in from coast
to coast. :
Pitcher Receives
Unexpected Gift
Milwaukee (U.R) The wife
of Milwaukee Braves pitcher
Lew Burdette presented him
with an unexpected Christmas
gift.
In fact, everybody was sur
prised by the suddenness, in
cluding police officers, who de
livered a six-pound, 15-ounce
baby for Mrs. Mary Burdette
Saturday .morning.
Burdette said his wife was
not expecting their second child
until the first week in January.
But an emergancy call to sub
urban West Allis, Wis., police
was necessary Saturday morn
ing. The baby was born on the
way to the hospital.
Thirty-three - year - bid police
patrolman and ambulance driver
Clarence Long performed the de
livery in the back of the ambu
lance. It was his second such
performance of duty. Patrolman
Harry Stobba assisted.
Burdette and police said there
were no complications. "
1 Burdette, a leading left hand
er on the Braves' staff, said "It
was a fine Christmas present.'
Progress Report
Jacksonville City Attorney
Ervin - Hpgan reported to the
city council last week that the
state of Oregon has money
available to purchase the city's
proposed sewage bond issue at
the present time, according to
B. J. Christianson, city recorder.
Certain state legislation aids
municipalities in sewage system
development, providing funds
are available.
Approximate cost of .TaeVsnn.
ville's new , system would be
$100,000 for the line and $60,000
for the disposal svstem. with
possible federal aid, the recorder
continued.
No further action was taken
on the progress report by Hogan.
- in otner nusines, the council
decided 4t6 1 consider on Jan. 4
the condemnation of the old
Barkley place on Third st. for
use as a residence: Fire hazard
is themain objection tn th
building. '
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Sunday for
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ft
Find Way to
M. B. Bernstein, East Orange,
N. J. sent $25 and Glen Trosher,
Tictorville, Calif., sent $10.
The gifts and money came in
response to Martina's confidence
that "Santa Claus will make
everything come out all right."
Own Clothing Afire ;
The little girl carried Armand
from their unlighted third floor
flat Wednesday night while her
own clothing was blazing.
Martina apparently started
the fire herself when she tried
to light a candle for light in the
flat, furnished only with a cot.
The children's mother was
away at a tavern and at first
was charged with intoxication
and child neglect. Later she was
released, but authorities said
juvenile officials would decide
what to do with the children.
Washington Pair Die
In Automobile Crash
Kalispell, Mont. (U.R) Ben
T. Sieben, 47, and his wife
Pearl, Dallesport, Wash., were
killed Friday night when their
car plunged off U. S. Highway
2, 20 miles east of West Glacier,
Mont.
The Sieben car was approach
ing a horseshoe curve on the
narrow winding highway skirt
ing the southern edge of Glacier
Park when their car skidded on
the snow-packed road, teetered
on the edge, then plunged 130
feet down the canyon wall that
falls off into Flathead River.
The couple was en route to
the home of relatives in Cut
Bank, Mont., when the accident
occurred. t
Smart hostesses know that setting
milk on social occasions is just r 1
sound as t be familiar advice ..."
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mill PROBUGERS'.LEAfiU
Ohio Man Sends Out Cards
To Repay for Early Help
By WILLIAM H. MEYERS
UP Staff .'Correspondent -
Chicago (U.R)- Those "fine
people in Ohio,", who have been
receiving a Christmas card from
A. Sander for "many years, are
going to stay on his holiday
greeting list as long as he lives.
The cards have turned up reg
ularly - each year in the Ohio
Secretary of State's office. They
ask the secretary to pass on to
the people of the Buckeye state
the greetings of "A. Sander."
Oregon's Vehicle
Insurance Rates
Under U.S. Average
Portland Oregon policy
holders paid less than the nation
al average for automobile insur
ance during 1953, according to
statistics just released by The
Spectator, " national : insurance
trade journal. :
Oregon insurance buyers paid
an average of $71.73 for liability
and physical and property dam
erage was $78.35.
Oregon, with 1.01 per cent of
the national population, accoun
ted for 1.36 per cent of the reg
istered vehicles, and 1.26 per
cent of the automobile premi
ums written. . . s
Figures compiled by The
Spectator show Oregon had a
total of 663,788 registered pas
senger vehicles, for the period
on which the figures are based.
During the same period, . the
number of registered passenger
vehicles in Washington was 847,
121, and the California total was
4,435,500.
The average Washington pre
mium was $67.94, and the Calif
ornia average was $87.19.
Christmas Eve Blast
Kills Eleven Persons
Parkin. Ark. (U.R) A
Christmas Eve party involving
two Mexican farm families pre
paring hot tamales, ended in a
kerosene stove explosion, killing
11 persons.
Five members of t h e tenant
farm families were injured in
the explosion at 10:30 p.m. 12
miles south of here.'
Authorities said the Ruel Mon
tana and Pete Santana families
were firing up the stove to pre
pare hot tamales for their
Eve, celebration. ; '
HHS HOSTESS
Usually, the cards have born
the ' inscription, : "God Bless
America." But, except for the
return address, here has been
nothing to identify Sander.
Found by Reporter , ?;...;
Friday, a United Press report
er found the retiring greetings
sender and learne4 why he has
sent the cards and why he will
continue to send them.
"A. Sander" is Anthony Sand
er, a 65-year-old bachelor, who
lives with his sister and works
in the salvage freight depot of
the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad.
1 came to this country from
Krakow, Poland in 1905," Sand
er ?said. "My uncle sent me
tickets from his home on, the
farm of Tom Humphrey near
Flughins, Q.
Worked in Card
'As soon as I got to Flushing
I went to work in a coal mine.
I'll never forget how good
the men of Flushing were to me,
a poor immigrant boy-and their
wives too. There wasn't a qay
that the men didn't try 4o help
make my Work easier." ..
- t . -9 ri XI
aanaer leu ms nome on
Humhphrey farm after three
years and came to Chicago. He
worked first for the Soo line
and then for the Northwestern,
which has employed him more
than 40 years. i
"I was so grateful to the peo
ple of Ohio for being . so' nice
to me that I always send the
secretary of state a Christmas
card to tell the people thanks,"
Sander said. ; v
Sentence Suspended,'
But Watch It Brother
Spokane (U.R) Police
Judge Gordon Lower had the
Christmas spirit Friday. He
suspended sentences for all
men brought before him on
charges of drunkenness.
But he also warned them
his Christmas spirit was short .
lived. If they were back be
fore Monday, the judge said,
they would go lo jail.
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December 26 - "BRIDGING THE
BARRIERS OF PREJUDICE"
"WITH THKj
She's the one who can make you feel
' at home, even though you're away from home.
She's the one who takes a second look at the
foods and beverages most generally associated
with your home life, then shrewdly serves
them up to you right in her own home,
v Milk is certainly a "must" in everybody's
home. That's why it's about the friendliest,
most welcome beverage you can serve your,
guests. And milk goes with everything...itom
p2stry to cheese and crackers, from candy to
TV tidbits.
Union Official
la
in
Tampa, Fla. U.R) An official
of ; the AFL seaman's union
charged Saturday that he was
falsely accused of a murder plot 1
against another official o h
could be . "drummed out of the
union." ; j
Ray White, union vort asent
here denied as "just a big smear"
the charge that he instigated a
plot to murder Paul Haul, of
Hackensack. N.J.. an eononent
for the post of union secretary
treasurer.;
Never Heard of Plot
White said he never heard ef
the alleged plot on Hall, the in
cumbent, secretary-treasurer, un
til he was arrested three nights
ago at the request of Hackensack
authorities.
He said Hall himself had "rin
ged" a phony plot to discredit
his charge that HSU had refused
to allow "proper government au
thorities to investigate, port by
yvit,, um vuuiv wcuim pro
gram." v.- .
Hall wanted him "drummed
out of the union," White claimed.
Could Not Benefit
White said that ' under the
union constitution he could not
benefit from Hall's death be- "
cause it would cause the forth-.
coming election of a secretary
treasurer to be called off, al-
though the death would hurt his
cnances wnen tne election might
finally be held.
White admitted that he was
acquainted with James E ' Cobb.
who was arrested in Hackensack t
two days ago as the accused gun- -man
in the murder plot He said C
he had in the past hired Cobb as
a "janitor." ' "
Cour D'Alene, Ida (U.F9
Francis J. Russett, 37, Spokane,
brakeman for the Milwaukee
Road, was fatally injured Fri-,
day afternoon when he fell be-,
tween an engine and freight.
car uuriug swiicnuig operations
near here. ' .. ,' -
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