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o lfewt F;ir2i ?rWm vw GRIM REMINDER A modernistic monument, dedicated to Peace and marlrprl with Iptronrlc ctaHntr in nort ivr Hirosnimas." stands before the battered ruins of what was (flnce Hiroshima's Industrial Promotion Hail before the atomic bomb. The hall and the area around it turned out n to be ground zero for the blast that levelled the city and virtually ended World War n. This week is the 10th an- niversary of the event that changed the thinking of Life in Boston Goes On As Usual Despite 271 Cases of Polio Boston tU.R) The polio out break was described by a fed eral official as an "epidemic" and by state officials as "not too (larming," but life went on much (is usual today in a city that has reported 271 of the state's 699 (cases. During the corresponding pe riod last year, there were only C0 cases in the state. There were XL deaths from the dread disease Jhis year. No Steps To Close Beaches City officials took no steps to (close city beaches or other gath ering places for children or (adults. Movie operators reported Cthe usual seasooal slump during iDt weather, but the pennant 'bungry Red Sox continue to at (tract capacity and near capacity (crowds. Boston Health Commissioner (John H. Cauley advised tourists it was "advisable to delay visits Ocgfc children to Boston from other (lections until the incidence of Klio subsides. "The number of cases of ad (jjltji; with polio in the city is ex tremely small. There seems no Occasion to restrict the3 visits of (dults to the city." But Caulev said. "We're not going to put a gate around the Tcitv." Health Commissioner Alex ander Witkow of Worcester, a city in the central portion of the state, has advised residents "There is no logical reason . . . to skip swimming, baseball games or anything else because Boston and other parts of the state are experiencing a heavy incidence of polio." Epidemic Proporlions The situation in Boston was described as having reached epidemic proportions" by C. C. Dauer of the Public Health Serv ice in Washington. Dr. Joseph Reardon of the state Health Department said the situation "is not alarming." "We are running many more cases than usual" this year, but the ratio of paralytic to non-paralytic cases is about normal," he said. There were 82 cases reported in the state Thursday, record number in one day. Of these cases. 47 were paralytic, 29 non paralytic and six not classified. State Health Commissioner Samuel Kirkwood said Boston would enter a "real epidemic" if the total in the city, reached 320, or 40 cases per 100,000 population. Graphite, the "lead" of lead pencils, was discovered on the roots of a large oak blown over in a storm near Borrowdale, Eng land, in 1554. MEDF0RD United Press Full Leased Wire SCj f Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1955 Pages 1-8 Tropical Storm Thrashes Waters Off West Indies Miami, Fla. (U.R) A tropical storm howled into West Indies waters with winds up to 65 miles per hour today and threatened to become the first full-blown hurricane of the year before nightfall. The Weather Bureau . at San Juan, PR., said the tempest ap peared to be increasing in in tensity. Shipping in the Leeward Islands was alerted for possible hurricane warnings tonight. Planes May Scout An advisory at midnight lo cated the center of the storm, designated "Connie," at 750 miles east of San Juan and pre dicted it would hold a west to west-northwest course for 6 to 12 hours. A spokesman at the Jackson ville, Fla., Naval Air Station said that' if the storm continued building strength hurricane hunter planes would make an immediate scouting expedition. Connie, third major tropical storm of the year, was first re ported two nights ago by a ship which radioed it was lashed by winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour in the Atlantic. Early Renort "We have never had such early reports on a tropical storm be fore," a Miami Weather Bureau spokesman said. The storm report came on the heels of the year's second trop ical tempest, Brenda, which sprang up suddenly in the Gulf and invaded the Louisiana shore. Brenda was unofficially clock ed at 75-miles per hour just be fore it moved inland and blev itself out but was never official ly designated a hurricane. The first storm, Alice, arose and died in the Atlantic last Jan uary without reaching hurricane strength. Actor Sonny Tufts Faces Damage Suit Hollywood (U.R) Actor Son ny Tufts, twice sued by dancers for biting them on the thigh, was accused in a $10,000 dam age suit today of beating a 22-year-old woman and pinching her on the "upper thigh." Mrs. Adriene Forman, of North Hollywood, charged in her suit filed Thursday that the actor struck, beat and bruised her in a Studio City, Calif., res taurant last July 27, causing her serious and permanent injuries,. Her attorneys said Tufts brought his meal over to Mrs. Forman's table, sat down unin vited and "began to annoy her." They said the actor "ran his hand up her leg and .pinched her on the upper thigh." O o o "Henry always stares at every OK Used Car that passes!" Henry is like a lot of people (OK buyers all) who know a good thing when they see it! What could constitute a better used car buy than this a car that's been thoroughly in- spected, reconditioned, and warranted in writing by the dealer! .Sold only by an Authorized Chevrolet Dealer ' y- Look L4n . at Bartlett Phone 2-6115 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE I . AUGUST issa j . JSSSf. ;" SUBNORMAL RAINFALL is forecast for California's coastal region in 30-day forecast by U. S. Weather Bureau. Above normal rainfall is anticipated for Washington, Oregon, Ne vada, Arizona. Map shows bureau's predictions.(International) Actors Strike Agaist Television Hollywood (U.R) The Screen Actors Guild, AFL, went on strike against producers of tele vision shows at 12:01 a.m. today in a walkout that might affect some of TV's biggest shows. A three-year contract between the Guild and producers expired July 25. A spokesman for the Alliance of Television Film Producers and the Association of Motion Picture Producers said further negotiations aimed at settling the dispute probably would not come until "some time next week." He said both sides ex pected to resume talks, but no date had been set. Brinks' Bandit May Have Fled To Canada Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) A phantom-like bandit who shot a Brink's guard in an abortive armored car holdup apparently slipped through a police dragnet and fled into Canada, authorities said today. ' " . Police said a man answering the description of the bandit had crossed the International Peace Bridge into Ontario. The report was the only clue police had on the whereabouts of James Salemerio, 35, alias Jimmy Sheridan, the machine gun outlaw who engineered the Wednesday night Brink's holdup. It was the third time that Sale merio had slipped through police nets to freedom. He escaped in a hail of bullets immediately after the $498,500 holdup at tempt failed. Key issue in the walkout is the Guild's demand that actors be paid for second runs of films in which they appear. At present, performers receive payments for the first and third through sixth runs. Freshman Year Block Some College Students Ann Arbora, Mich. (U.R) One-third of the students who en ter college as freshmen never make it to their sophomore year, according to a report by Dr. Ira M. Smith, retired registrar of the University of Michigan. "The freshman year is the big gest stumbling block to a college degree," Smith said. 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