Science Building Up
Case That Itching
Caused by Enzymes
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Seine Editor
New York (U.R) Maybe sci
ence has found out, at long last,
precisely what it is that caused
people to itch.
Itching has been a prime mys
tery. It is "associated" with but
not caused directly by a number
of diseases. But even the health
iest people itch, in the same way,
in the same places.
Two British scientists have
' built up a convincing case that
itching is caused by enzymes
those being chemical substances
which needle other chemical
substances into activity and
change.
Not just any enzymes, said R.
P. Arthur and W. B. Shelley in
the scientific journal. Nature,
but only the enzymes with
which the body's chemistry
breaks down the proteins in food
into the "building blocks"
the amino acids with which it
then constructs the body's own
proteins.
Use Tropieal Plant
Like previous investigators of
the how and the why of the itch,
they began with the common in
gredient used in itching powder.
- That ingredient is the barbed
hair which cover the pods of the
tropical plant, Cowhage, a most
notorious vegetable because it
will set anyone to itching vio
lently.
In these barbed hairs they
found an enzyme which seemed
to be the itcher. That enzyme,
so far as known, resides only in
Cowhage. But it was a clue. They
made solutions of many of the
enzymes which carry out vital
functions in the human body.
Then they removed the enzymes
from the barbed hairs of Cow
hage and soaked the' hairs in the
solution of human enzymes.
With jeweler's pincers and
working under a microscope,
they inserted those soaked hairs
into human flesh. The protein-
. ase (protein-destroying) enzymes
invariably produced itching.
None of the other enzymes
would. They tried three of the
proteinases in pure form. Apply
ing very tiny amounts, they got
very emphatic results. Itching
started in five seconds and last
ed for 30 minutes..
' Want Explanation
The scientists thought the en
zymes caused the itching by free-
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and five finalists will compete
for the top title Friday night.
Contest officials said they
would announce today the most
popular girl in last Sunday's
pageant parade here.
All contestants in the contest,
most of whom had never seen
a movie studio before, yesterday
visited Universal-International
Studio which helps sponsor the
contest and will offer film con
tracts to the winner and the four
runners-up.
They were escorted from stage
' to stag by Tony Curtis, Rock
Hudson, Jeff Chandler, Victor
Mature and numerous other
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ing a chemical Substance from
its bondage with another chemi
cal substance. That substance,
they said, was not . histamine,
which is a decomposition product
of the amino acid, histidine, and
stimulates the flow of some of
the digestive juices and some di
eestive muscles. Heretofore, his
tamine has been the chief sus
pect. Yet there are some itches
which obviously aren't involved
with histamine.
The Arthur - Shelley report
drew a commentary in the dis
tinguished British Medical Jour
nal. Doctors are keenly interest
ed in getting a working explana
tion of itching. A standard medi
cal reference says: "Itching may
be the sole shzn of a serious
systemic disease, and a such de
mands careful evaluation."
Jacksonville
.Jacksonville The Flaming
Arrow patrol of Jacksonville
Boy Scout Troop 35 this week
had their first experience in at
tending a real trial at the Jack
son county courthouse. The boys
were impressed with the legal
proceedings. Participating were
Patrol Leader Edward Graham,
Assistant Patrol Leader Pat
Hubbard, Jimmy and Charles
McCormack, Jack and Jim Sut
ton, Richard Thieral, George
King and Charles Wall. The
Scouts were chaperoned by Mrs,
E. O. Graham, Mrs. Woodrow
McCormack and Mrs. H. w. Sut
ton. A later visit to the Jackson
county jail is being planned.
Mike O'Shea of Jacksonville
is at the Community hospital
this week recovering from sur
gery.
Mrs. . Harry Whitney and
granddaughter, Miss Martha
Whitney, returned last week
from Portland. They visited Mrs,
Whitney's aunt and uncle, . Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Hunter, Glad
stone, and a cousin, Elton Hat
tan, Portland.
Clarence Surber, Central
Point, grandson of Mrs. H. Whit
ney, is at Community hospital
and is able to receive visitors.
John Atterberry, Happy Camp,
Calif., is a house guest this week
at the Harry Whitney home.
Mrs. Robert Hill of the Jack
sonville Clothing store has as a
guest her sister, Miss Kay Rich
ardson, Cambridge, Ida. . Miss
Richardson plans to remain to
see the Jacksonville Jubilee in
August.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salt-
marsh have, purchased a home
near the old Jacksonville' fire
station and are moving in this
week. -
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Patter
son, 'Los Angeles, Calif., spent
last, week end with Mrs. Esther
Darting.
Mrs. Charlotte Evans, Med
ford, and a guest, Harry Cab
bage, Livermore, Calif., visited
in Jacksonville Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wright,
Chandler, Okla., visited in Jack
sonville with their old friend,
Mrs. Helen Maples of the Cot
tage Kitchen, this week. They
were enroute on an extended
trip throughout the northwest.
Mrs. Engleheart, Medford,
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. Lena Johnston in Jackson
ville. Mr. and Mrs. George Demmer
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dolan
spent last Wednesday fishing and
picnicking at TouVelle park; "
Ben Anderson was honored at
a surprise birthday dinner party
given by Mrs. Anderson at their
home Tuesday evening last
week. Guests present were Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Souza, Mr, and
Mrs. Richard Legg, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McKeen, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McBeth, Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Anderson of Medford, and
Mr: and . Mrs. Ira Brock of Cen
tral' Point Entertainment was
provided by Richard Souza
playing his accordion..
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Garrett,
Gleqdale, Ore., were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Hazen.
The Rev. Harry Ayers, Salem,
was a visitor at the Assembly of
God church several days last
week. He is a representative of
the church's extension plan, and
held a Thursday evening service
at the church. An evening meet
ing and dinner for the teachers,
their, husbands, wives and offic
ers of the church' was held July
15 at the home of .Mrs. W. L.
KimbelL Sunset dr., Medford.
Twenty-four guests were present,
including Mr. Ayers. The prob
lem discussed at the meeting was
how to get larger attendance at
Sunday school classes.1
' Mrs. W. L. Kimball: president
of the Women's Missionary
council, reported that the ladies
had "made 46 mattress . covers
and some, aprons' at a meeting
last week to be used at their
Youth Camp at Mt McLoughlin.
Several Jacksonville children
will be attending the camp which
starts this week.
The Jacksonville IOOF lodge
will hold an outdoor picnic on
July 24. The lodge is furnishing
ice cream. It is a potluck affair.
The picnic grounds are just north
of McKee bridge. All Oddfel
lows and their families and
guests are invited to attend. -
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Kemano. B. C. (U.R) We
were at the 2,600-foot level of
the mountain here,-looking at
U'V nothing in
particular cut
the snow on
top, when
came a lady
bear.
She was fol
lowed by her
next of kin,
two of the cut
est teddies
you ever did
see..
This was
the cruel North Country. The
concrete-pounding reporters on
the trip had come to look at the
new Kitimat- smelter develop
ment, which one day will be the
biggest of its kind in the world.
Eventually 550,000 tons of
aluminum will be processed
here annually.
So what do they see but three
black bears. The newsmen, fi
nancial writers mostly, and
therefore on the serious or fact
wise side, were, on this day, in
a holiday mood.. . . ..
Gifted Actress
Every last one, except this
character who .forgot his
Brownie, carried a camera. Most
eager of the group was a bright
scribe from the New York Times
named Jack Ryan. . -
Jack was trying a new color
movie camera on for size.
Well, the bear looked a little
hungry, so ah unnamed member
of the group produced a candy
bar and pitched it in the direc
tion of the lady bruin. She was
interested, and right away start
ed to play Hollywood. She came
up . real close and bur eager col
league. Jack, got the closest of
the close and started grinding
away.
The bear, whom we named Te
biatha, in honor of the late aunt
of - one of our crowd, did a few
tricks. ' She stood on her hind
legs. She turned and put her
hinder to the wind and the
while there was a clicking of
still black, and white cameras
from the likes of Nat S. Finney
of the Washington bureau of the
Buffalo Evening News, and
others. Also the movie fellows.
Tebiatha stood up, gulped the
last of .her sweets and headed
for the woods, followed by her
family.
I asked Jack what a lady bear
looked like, close up. He looked
a little miffed. .
Unpleasant Surprise
"How do I know?" he said.
"But I'll fill you in when I de
velop these films. But let me
tell you something I know
a little about bears," '.
- Jack opened his brand new
movie box to reload his film and
let out a howl. He hadn't load
ed it in the first place, and all
the while he had risked life and
limb .to record something which -he
never can prove.
"What'll my wife say." he
said. "She'll never believe that !
me, a fine amateur photo
grapher, got so close to a lady
bear without bringing back some
evidence "via film. I feel like a
ruined bruin, myself."
"Well," said the unamed char
acter who. provided - the sweets,
"you caused me to throw away
my last candy bar. I like candy
bars."
"But worse," complained
Jack, "I didn't get a chance to
ask the lady bear what is on
the other side of the mountain.
I've always wanted to know."
Well, Jack felt a little better
the day when he saw the other
side of the same mountain. And
to be real truthful about it, it
looked just like the side we
saw the day before.
PEIPING AIRS 'SUMMARY
Tokyo (U.R) Communist
China's official Peiping Radio
today broadcast a brief sum
mary of the first day at the Big
Four Geneva conference. It
made no editorial comment, but
devoted most of the time to So
viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin's
speech.
Dead line for Sunday Classified Is
at noon Saturday.
4-H Club News
Gold Hill Lamb Fair
A trophy for the champion
sheep showman will be one of
the highlights of the Gold. Hill
Lamb fair. The fair will be held
Thursday, July 21, beginning at
10 a.m., on the property between
the Gold Hill Grange hall and
the city hall. There will be a
food booth where lunch can be
bought. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Grace Gail,'
Chmn. of Publicity.
Tuesday, July 19. 1953
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Big Joke; Dummy Placed in Street
Portland (U.R) A practi
cal joke by two boys nearly cost
the life of a man last night. ".
John Van Lahingham saw
what he thought was the life
less form of a young boy lying
in the street. He jumped in front
of an oncoming car and carried
the form to the curb only to
find it was a dummy .y .
The car driver, Al Weaver,
said he barely missed striking
Van Laningham. .
Weaver and Van Laningham
searced the neighborhood until
they found parents whose chil
dren owned the clothes on the
dummy. Two boys, one 12 and
cne ' 13, admitted putting the
dummy in the road as a joke.
Police, who were called by
Van Laningham, burned the
dummy, and left punishment of
the boys to the parents.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
Sfcrfe Prison Escapee
Captured by Police
Salem (U.R) Harold Walter
Poierier, who walked away from
a State Prison work gang at Rei
ser Friday afternoon was cap
tured by police Sunday. - ;
Poierier was found hiding in
the basement of a Salem home,
and returned to the prison.
The escapee, serving a 10-year
sentence from Deschutes Coun
ty for larceny, disappeared while
harvesting peas with a work
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