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TEW MEDFORD (OREOOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. Mar 153 Most States o Along With leeommeiidation to -- Halt- Pplio-;:: Vaeeiiiatlops- . . . Public Health Service Asserts 'Complete Faith' in Salk Vaccine Washington CU.R) The U.S Public Health Service, asserting its "complete faith" in Salk shots said today it hopes to get the na tion's stalled polio vaccination program started again late this week. Meanwhile however, it strong ly recommended that states hold up all inoculations until gov ernment experts run a new safe ty check on current vaccine stocks. The service expressed hope that some double-checked vac cine will be cleared for public use in a few days. But it admit ted it will be "later on" before the great bulk of present sup plies are approved. Delay Advisable This means millions of chil dren will get their shots much later than expected many when the polio season has reach ed or passed its peak. But Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U.S. sur geon general, said the delay is advisable. "We believe and I am sure that the American people join us in believing," he said, "that Disfigured Japanese Girls Reach New York For Plastic Surgery New York (U.R) Twenty five Japanese girls with dis figured faces and burn-scarred bodies arrived here today to be gin the most important 12 months of their lives. The Hiroshima maidens, as they have become known, will find out in the coming months of plastic surgery whether their faces ever can be pleasant to look at again. , Only Survivors They were enrolled in school when the atomic bomb hit Hiro shima 10 years ago. Their ages today range from 17 to 31. Twelve of the girls were class mates who had been sent to the school basement to clean erasers. The school was destroyed and they were the only survivors. "The Air Force C54 bringing the girls, three Japanese physi cians, the Japanese Methodist minister who helped the girls gain courage to face strangers with their disfigured faces and two interpreters landed at Mit chell Field near here at 3 a.m. (PST). Their plane left Travis Air Force Base, Calif., at 3:05 p.m. (PST) . Sunday after the girls were given a chance to rest and eat. The group landed at Travis Sunday morning on the flight from Honolulu. Only two girls will be in Mt Sinai Hospital, where the sur gery will be dene, at one time. Some of them will need as many as six and seven operations, and in between their hospital stays they'll be guests in homes ar ranged for by the New York Friends Center Association, a Quaker group. Flight Made Known The plight of the Hiroshima maidens was first brought to the attention of Mt. Sinai Hospital by Norman Cousins, editor of "The -Saturday Review," who visited Hiroshima in 1953. The hospital's Dlastic surgery staff volunteered its services, the State Department approved the project, and the Hiroshima Peace Center Associates, the American- Japanese Committee . and the U.S. Air Force joined in sup porting the undertaking. The girls all were "horribly burned" by the atom bomb ex plosion. Most of the burns were aiound their faces, although SPORTS seme of the girls have become progressively more handicapped as the muscles in their hands and arms steadily contracted from severe burns. Treatment Lacking The Rev. Koyoshi Tanimoto, who is accompanying the girls, here, helped the injured girls finds work and regain courage to face strangers. But until now they have had almost no medical treatment. . "There is nothing embittered about the girls," Cousins said. "Their attitude is a well adjust ed as any you can imagine. They were reluctant to appear in pub lic at first, but they have over come it gradually. in dealing with the lives of our children it is impossible to be too cautious." Scheele announced the vac cine recheck Sunday night in a 2,400-word report based on a 10-day study of the problem by America's top polio experts, in cluding Dr. Jonas' E. Salk, who developed the vaccine. The statement climaxed a week of uncertainty and con fusion in history's greatest mass immunization project. Anurec Parents "I want first and foremost to assure the parents of children who have received an injection of polio vaccine this spring that in the very best judgment of the Public Health Service they have no cause for alarm," said Scheele in the report. Scheele said the vaccine re check is designed to iron out bugs in the production line and to provide "additional factors of safety in' the distributed pro duct." , Although Scheele said the vac cine review should delay the vaccination program only slight ly, other experts think the time table is going to be thrown con siderably out of kilter. On April 22, the government figured there would be enough yaccine by June 1 to give two shot protection to 16,000,000 children. On Friday, Scheele scaled the estimate back to about 12,000,000 children. And the new delay is expected to reduce the total even further. Kept By Dichter Klamath Falls (U.R) By a nine-stroke margin, Ralph Dich ter of Astoria retained his Ore gon Golf Association Champion of Champions title here yester day. Dichter shot a 69 and a 73 for total of 142 over the wind swept, 6400-yard Reames Coun try Club course. Roy Wiggins of Oswego finished second with a 151. Don Mueller Closet In In Giant Hitting Record New York (U.R) Don Muel ler, the New York Giants' spray hitting right-fielder, closed in on a 25-year-old club record today when he extended his batting streak to 21 games. The record of 24 straight games was set by Fred Lind strom in 1930. Mueller has a long way to go, however, before he threatens either the National League rec ord or the major league mark The N.L. record of 37 straight games is held by Tommy Holmes of the 1945 Boston Braves, while the. major league mark is 56, held by Joe DiMaggio of the 1941 Yankees. Women's Golf MRS. TAMNEY WINNER Finals in the Women's Spring Handicap tournament have been completed. In the championship flight, Mrs. Frank Tamney de feated Mrs. Belle Schenck. In the first flight Mrs. Roger Clark downed Mrs. Al Hart. Mrs. Leslie Schneider defeated Mrs. Loren Haugen in the second flight and in the third flight, Mrs. Ed Rad zewit won from Mrs. C. B. Collins. On May 5, play of the day was fewest putts. In the 18-hole A group, Mrs. Belle Schenck and Mrs. Jack Wood tied with 31. B group winner was Mrs. Thomas H. Emmens with 32. Mrs. Ed Radzweit won C group with 30 and in the D. group, Mrs. Jerry Olson and Mrs. T. C. Groomes tied with 35. In the 9-hole D group, Mrs. R. . Heysell won with 16. The Ashland invitational will be played here Thursday, May 12. Luncheon will be served at 1:30 p.m. 18-hole medal play with Ashland will begin at 9 a.m All lady golfers who are not paired with Ashland players are asked to make their own pairings or they may be paired at the -lun cheon. If the golfers are not able to play as paired, they are to contact Mrs. L. C. Burt (phone 2-8143). Pairings for 18-hole Ashland invitational, are as follows: Mrs. Pat Eidswick, Mrs. Vivian Vin cent and Mrs. Anise Clark: Mrs. Cath erine Nelson, Mrs. Betty Harrington and Mrs. Ruby Schneider; Mrs. Peggy Peters, Mrs. Jane Temple and Mrs. Florence Culbertson. Mrs. Mary Lib vons. aits, jean f men ana Mrs. Bene Schenck; Mrs. Irene Tallis. Mrs. Esth er Haugen and Mrs. Ruby NutUng; Mrs. Pat Hersh, Mrs. Anise Clark and Mrs. Jerry Wood; Mrs. Mane Pntch Two Areas Refuse To Comply With Federal Request By UNITED PRESS Most states obeyed a govern ment recommendation to halt Salk polio vaccinations today. Eut there were at least two out right refusals to comply and some state officials grumbled. A United Press check showed that 31 states and Alaska im mediately agreed to stop Salk vaccinations until current vac cine stocks are "double-checked." But Michigan authorities flat ly refused to go along with the government recommendation. In Utah, doctors and state officials joined in deciding to continue giving children their first Salk inoculations, although the sec ond round will be held up. Majority Accept The majority of state officials accepted the "strong recommen dation" of U.S. Surgeon Gene ral Leonard A. Scheele without question, even though it meant a last minute change of plans in some areas. A number of states and cities had planned to start mass inocu lations of first and second graders today, but called off the vaccinations after Scheele's statement. These included Ore gon, Connecticut, Maine, Ver mont, Washington, and Los An geles. Many state health department heads voiced unshaken confi dence in the Salk vaccine and some indicated - dissatisfaction with the suspension, even though they went along with it. Vaccina Called Safe In Michigan, authorities based their decision to ignore the gov ernment recommendation on their conviction that "they might as well wait until next fall. Kansas authorities said the sus pension will mean a one to three week delay in shots and children will be out of school before the program can get under way again. But in Iowa, Health Commis sioner E. G. Zimmerer said it was "just as well' the program was suspended "because of the rising public hysteria. New York (U.R) The Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis considared today the possibility of calling off its in-, oculation program for New York and New England because of the delay in production of Salk anti- polio vaccine. Foundation officials are at tempting a Solomon's decision: Should they attempt to pro vide one shot of vaccine for each of the nearly nine million first and second grade youngsters tney planned to inoculate, pro viding perhaps a 50 per cent im munity to all? Or should they try to orovide second shots for Southern and other youngsters who have al ready received one shot, giving them perhaps 90 per cent immu nity at the expense of nearly one million children who would re ceive no vaccination this season? In either case, said one foun dation official," "We must live to face the wrath of the public in the fall" if the decision is proved to be wrong. And no one can be sure today' just how essential is the second shot in providing im- Mobilgas Look for this sign.. . CHEVROLET OWNERS - ; New gas stops knocks saves, too! Entirely new grade Mobilgas stops knocks in 8 out of 10 pre-1955 Cbevrolets, yet sells in the price range of regular. Ferndale refining plus Mobil Power Compound produces this new grade Mobilgas which gives smooth, knock free mileage. In the recent official A. A. A. run over the rugged 1323-mile 1955 Mobilgas Economy Run course, a 1952 Chevrolet averaged 21.9 miles per gallon on new grade Mobilgas. Polio Foundation Faced With Big Decision munity to the crippling disease. Foundation spokesmen were disturbed by the decision of Sur geon General Leonard A. Scheele to hold up the vaccine program for further study in the face of his own statement that the in cidence of polio among vacci nated children was no higher than would be expected, except Minneapolis Hit By $1,000,000 Fire Portland Fishermen Drown in Willamette Oregon City (U.R) Two Portland fishermen, a father and son, drowned in the Willamette river near here Saturday when their boat overturned, .spilling them into the river. The body of Fred Miner, 53, was recovered near where the boat turned over by the north entrance to the U. S. locks at West Linn. Saturday night the body of his son, Raymond Mi ner, 31, was recovered by Del- bert Ellis, an Oregon City fish erman who was helping sheriff's deputies with the search. Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R) One of the worst fires in Min neapolis history raged through two downtown buildings Friday night and caused damage esti mated at $1,000,000. The blaze threatened to spread through the Loop, Minneapolis' business district, before firemen ended a two-hour battle by bringing it under control. The flames first shot through the six story McNutt Glass Co. building and spread to the W. S. Nott Co. building, also six stories tall. Two walls and part of a third crashed from the Mc Nutt building into the street. Dense smoke sprang from rub ber stocks in the Nott building and spread a pall over the dis trict. Traffic was clogged as thousands of persons watched the blaze. At one point, ' firemen fought 14 roof fires in a four block area. Three firemen were in jured, none seriously. in the case of those who received one manufacturer. Cutter Labor the already banned vaccine of jatories. FORGETFUL SHERIFF Cheboygan, Mich r (U.R) Sheriff Harold Werner wrote himself a traffic ticket when a pedestrian pointed out that the officer didn't have a 1955 license plate on his trailer. 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