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By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (U.R) An ear lobe
alert has gone out to the medical
profession, and doctors are star
ing suspiciously at those parts of
the female anatomy where the
ear rings hang. .
They're looking for the first
signs of split ear lobes. The
suspicion is that women are
going to pay this distressing
penalty for wearing heavier and
heavier ear rings unless they
are persuaded otherwise.
The heavier the ring, the more
powerful must be the clip which
Wheat Growers in 36
States Vote Saturday
On Marketing Quotas
By GAYLORD P. GODWIN
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R) Wheat
growers in 36 states will vote
Saturday whether to accept gov
ernment marketing quotas lor
their 1956 crop,
The outcome may determine
whether there will be unrestrict
ed wheat production in 1956
which would add to an already
huge surplus.
If quotas are approved by two
thirds of those voting, producers
in the 36 commercial wheat
states who stay within the acre
, age allotted for their farmers
will be eligible for price support
loans at $1.81 a bushel. This
would be 76 per cent of parity
Those who exceed their acre
age allotment will be subject to
marketing penalties of 45 per
cent of Darity price on wheat
grown on their excess land.
Croo Restriction
If quotas are not approved,
present law provides for sup
port at 50 per cent of parity, or
$1.19 a bushel for producers who
stav within their acreage allot
ments. If the quotas are voted
out, farmers can exceed their
allotment without penalty. But
if they do exceed acreage allot
ments, they will get no price
suDDort loans. Under law, the
wheat crop is restricted-to 55,
000,000 acres.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
T. Benson has called the voting
proposition a "difficult choice."
He has not asked farmers to
vote for or against quotas. Ear
lier this week he told a meeting
of the National Association of
Television and Radio Farm Di
rectors he would suggest a new
wheat price support plan to Con
gress if farmers reject quotas,
lie did not elaborate.
The department's wheat ex
perts say the voting "will be
close." Approximately 950,000
farmers are eligible to vote dur
ing 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time
in the polling booths maintained
by county agricultural stabiliza
tion and conservation (ASC)
committees.
To be eligible, a farmer must
grow more than 15 acres of
wheat. One department expert
made an "educated guess" that
"because of the apparent wide
interest, 400,000 to 500,000
farmers will vote." Last year,
285,000 farmers voted, 73.3 per
cent of them in favor of quotas.
The highest number ever voting
on quotas was 560,000 in 1941,
with 81 per cent in favor. There
were more wheat farmers then
than there are now.
The quota system is an at
tempt to cope with the huge sur
plus of the nation's most impor
tant bread grain. Behind the 76
per cent parity price level is a
school of thought that such a
guaranteed return is not enough
to cause the indviidual farmer
to keep on growing more and
more wheat as his major source
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The Austrian Ministry of In
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the cards are not necessary
since signing of the "Austrian
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Heavy Ear Rings Gals, You
With Two Cauliflower Ears
holds it to the ear. And the more
powerful the clip, the more
chance of killing the body cells
where the pressure is applied.
When an appreciable number
of cells have been killed, a tiny
hole appears in the lobe. If the
pressure continues at the same
place, the hole enlarges. Finally
it is large enough to split the
lobe and milady has a feminine
version of the cauliflower ear.
The alert was sent out in aJ
scientific publication of the Ab
bott laboratories which is mailed
to every licensed physician in
the country. It was based upon
of income. It is designed to en
courage him to try other crops
in place of wheat for a cash re
turn and thus reduce the wheat
surplus enough now on hand
and in prospect to care for this
country's needs for two years.
Wheat Farmers Vote
On Quotas Saturday
Jackson county wheat farm
ers vote Saturday on marketing
quotas for the 1956 crop. Any
producer having more than 15
acres of wheat for harvest as
grain is eligible to cast a bal
lot. Polls in the Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Com
mittee office in the courthouse,
will be open from 9 a.m. to 8
p m. .
Local farmers will join wheat
producers throughout the nation
in deciding whether they want
a 76 per cent parity, or $1.81
per bushel price support to go
into effect. Those who stay with
in the government acreage allot
ments will receive the price sup
port. If quotas are not approved,
the law provides for a wheat
support level at 50 per cent par
ity, or $1.19 per bushel.
Talbert Sehorn is secretary for
the local ASCS.
Nation in Throes of Severe
Shortage of Quality Banjos
By ROBERT SIMMERMAN
New York (U.R) There aren't
many shortages in this land of
plenty nowadays and it comes
as a real shock to learn we're in
the throes of a severe banjo
shortage.
You'd never guess it by listen
ing to the radio. There hasn't
been so much banjo music in the
air since the 1920's, when ban
joists like Harry Riser, . Roy
Smeck and Eddie Peabody were
men of the hour.
But that's why there's a short
age. A series of hit records fea
turing banjos solo or en masse
has revived the primitive cross
between a guitar and a tambour
ine which has been described as
the only musical instrument that
is truly America's own.
"I can't get enough of them,"
said Eddie . Bell, a purveyor of
banjos, new and used, in the
theatrical district of Manhattan.
"Between the musicians trying
to rent them and the college kids
trying to buy them I'm hunting
good banjos all the time."
The new boom was not an over
night affair. The instrument had
been popular in the 20's but then
gave way to the guitar, an instru
ment that is generally less ex
pensive and more versatile in
providing accompaniment for a
vocalist.
When New Orleans jazz en
joyed its postwar revival, the
banjo did too. It is a staple in
many New Orleans jazz groups.
Not until last year, however, did
the banjo itself begin to hog the
spotlight.
An Ames Brothers recording
of "The Man with the Banjo" be
came a hit Then followed "Hey
Mr. Banjo," recorded by the
Sunnysiders. Banjoist Somethin'
Smith turned the old tune "It's
i Sin to Tell a Lie" into a new
the fact that at least two cases
of split ear lobes have appeared.
Ceiling Needed
"Danger of split ear lobes
ought to impose some sort of
practical ceiling on the size and
weight of ear rings," it was re
marked. "But fashion is fash
ion!"
The two cases cited occurred
in Great Britain where the fash
ion for heavier and heavier ear
rings preceded the current
fashion for them in this country,
according to an expert on the
subject consulted by the writer.
Until these two cases, there
had been no cases of ear lobes
being split by habitual use of
clipped-on ear rings. The alert
pointed out that during all the
years when women's lobes were
pierced for ear rings, only two
cases of split lobes were re
ported. The two new cases were a girl
of 19 who had worn clipped-on
ear, rings for five years and a
woman of 26 who had worn
them for eight years. They were
reported by a British surgeon,
L. R., McLaren. The girl's lobes
began splitting at the tips, he
said.
Needed .Help
"Because she had very little
pain or bleeding, she kept on
wearing the ear rings for many
months, even though the pro
gressing deformity caused her
great psychological distress. For
six months before seeking medi
cal help she had become afraid
to go out without having both
ears completely hidden by a
scarf," the report said.
The . other patient began hav
ing trouble three years after she
became addicted to heavy clipped-on
rings. The trouble began
"as a small hole at the point of
maximal spring pressure. To
hide the holes, she persisted in
wearing the "ear rings." After
five years, the lobes were split.
The doctor sewed the lobes
together quite neatly, modestly
saying that he had "produced
good cosmetic results."
The alert to the doctors re
marked that "clipping ear rings
to the ear lobes instead of slip
ping them through. holes bored
in the lobes may appear less
'barbarous' and less risky." But
that's only the way it appears
in this day of "heavy ear rings
with correspondingly powerful
spring clips."
record hit ranking 8th this week
on Billboard's list of tunes most
often played on juke boxes.
Television helped out. Jackie
Gleason staged a production
number using 15 banjos. Sammy
Kaye's band is scheduled to ap
pear on' television this Saturday
night with an array of banjos
playing "The Banjo's Back in
Town."
Banjo-dealer Bell is doing a
brisk business in new banjos,
which sell for as high as $250,
and used ones, which can be had
for $25. Good banjos are so
scarce that part of his job is
getting old, neglected banjos
back into playing trim.
$40,600,000 Merger
Of Oil Firms Revealed
Houston, Tex. (U.R) A mer
ger of Johnston Oil & Gas Co.
and Texas Oil & Gas Co., involv
ing property and leases esti
mated at $40,000,000, was re
ported today.
Directors of the two Houston
concerns were reported to have
agreed on the merger contingent
on approval of stockholders.
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Hardwood That Resists All
Cigaret, Alcohol Damage
To Be on Market by Fall
By TERESA REESE
U. P. Staff Correspondent
Chicago (U.R) Genuine
hardwood furniture tops that re
sist burning cigarets and alcohol
will be in the stores by fall, the
Fine Hardwoods Association
predicted today.
Auto Workers Meet
With Motor Firm
In Five Cities
Detroit (U.R) American
Motors and CIO United Auto
Workers negotiators met at the
local level in five cities today
with the first phase of their
national contract completed. .
The negotiators adjourned the
national level talks until July 12
Thursday after reaching tenta
tive agreement on a paid vaca
tion plan for 22,000 AMC work
ers. Spokesmen said the recess in
the national talks was called to
allow negotiators to meet locally
at AMC plants in Detroit and
Grand Rapids, Mich., Milwaukee
and Kenosha, Wis., and El Se
gundo, Calif.
- The vacation plan agreement
concluded the first phase of the
talks on the national level. Leon
ard Woodcock, director of the
union's AMC department, said
the vacation plan was the only
issue discussed so far in the
national contract talks.
Meanwhile, Chrysler Corp.,
the only member of the auto in
dustry's "Big Three" which has
not reached agreement on a new
contract with the UAW, has an
nounced it will begin negotia
tions Monday, a week earlier
than scheduled.
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The group announced approv
al of a process for manufactur
ing table, chest, bar and desk
tops with "super resistant genu
ine hardwood surfaces that can
be finished in any color or ef
fect." The association said you can
burn a cigaret completely to ash,
spill nail polish, polish remover,
alcohol or fruit juice on the hard
wood surfaces without damaging
them.
"For example," said the asso
ciation, ' "in the alcohol . proof
tests, pure 100-proof and even
unlikely-to-be-spilled 190 proof
alcohol were used in addition to
the standard whiskies, without
surface marking occurring."
Association President Burdett
Green said the hardwood sur
faces are made with a combina
tion of "approved finishes and a
process of laminating aluminums
foil into hardwood plywood con
struction." Many Can Use
The advantage, he said, is that
any plant which makes plywood
can use - the new process. The
furniture tops can be constructed
with the rest of the piece and fin
ished, at the same time.
He said that 28 firms making
walnut, mahogany, oak and cher
ry furniture are in "various
stages of production" and will
have somen of the hardwood
pieces on the retail market
"within a few months."
The association so far has ap
proved the finishes of five man
ufacturers for use in the process.
"It's a synthetic finish," he
said. "It's not a varnish or a
lacquer."
He said that furniture tops
made with the new process can
be finished in a high gloss, a
dull patina or one of the hew
natural open-pore "in-the-wood"
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Friday. June 24, 1955
Vote of Confidence in Salk
Vaccine May Speed Up Program
By MICHAEL J. O'NEILL
United Press Staff Writer
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment's ringing new vote of
confidence in the safety and ef
fectiveness of Salk vaccine
seemed 'to signal clear sailing
again today for the nation's polio
vaccination program.
Jn a formal statement, UiS.
Surgeon General . Leonard A.
Scheele officially reaffirmed his
faith in the vaccine even though
its safety was challenged this
week by three of America's most
distinguished polio scientists.
"The Public Health Service re
peats its belief that the. present
Salk vaccine is effective and is
safe for use," Scheele declared.
"In short, we continue to endorse
the manufacture and use of this
vaccine."
He emphasized his confidence
by calling the government's vac
cine clearance committee into
secret session Thursday night to
consider millions of doses of vac
cine which have beep, submitted
for federal approval.
Immediate Release Doubtful
Insiders said they doubt that
much, if any, vaccine will be re
leased immediately since testing
data on most , of the batches is
incomplete. But tire committee's
study is expected to lay the
groundwork for the release of a
great deal of vaccine in the near
future.
Scheele issued his statement
lafe Thursday after a panel of
polio experts voted 8-3 in favor
of the vaccine at a round table
hearing before a House com
merce subcommittee.
His purpose was to try to
check a new wave of doubts and
anxiety set in motion among par
ents and physicians by the
charge 6f the three dissenting
scientists that the present Salk
vaccine is not sufficiently safe
and should be discontinued tem
porarily. Chances Are 'Negligible'
Scheele said the chances are
"negligible" that any vaccine re
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