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Government To Spend 338,000,000 for Research in Battle on Disease
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PROMISES FEDERAL AID An intent President Dwight Eisenhower addresses a press
Cionference at Hartford, Conn., after promising federal aid to flood stricken areas.
1 he .President conferred with the governors of the stricken states. Left to right, seated:
Governor Dennis Roberts of Rhode Island, Governor Averill Harriman of New York,
Governor Abe Ribicoff of Connecticut, Val Petersen of Civil Defense, Ike and E. Ro-
.5iand Harriman of the Red Cross.
German Industry in Comeback
Thanks To Machinery From States
Dusseldorf (U.R) The sup
ervisor at the giant Krupp works
waved toward 'the rows of glit-
O tering machines, most of them
made i the United States and
Switzerland
'Vou see how foolish politics
are,y3he ' said. "You' take away
all ur old machines and re
placihem with new ones. We
are (se,ry satisfied."
ItCyas a sage commentary on
the ironic chain of events that
has brought Germany surging
bactlc to industrial power.
Jheru were nights in 1943 and
and 1944 when the Ruhr's grimy
citirt, were engulfed in fire from
Allied bomber strikes. One third
of the Krupp industries was to
tally destroyed. Another 40 per
cent wjS dismantled and shipped
all overQhe world. Alfred Krupp
von Bohlen und Halbach went
to prison as a war criminal.
(Jburears ago he was released
and today his factories, making
everything from false teeth to
steiJj) are in the thick of the
conetiJive global war for mAr
kets. Tljey have "the advantage
of (trand new machinery and
Piantso
Ttiere are those who term the
German comeback an economic
"miracle." It is no miracle when
you consider some plain facts.
The United States alone has
furnished more than $4,287,714,
000 to West Germany in ECA
and Marshall Aid funds.
The working man in West Ger
many is on a 48, not a 40, hour
week. The unions protest but
that is all they do.
The giant Volkswagen works
New Air Conditioning
System for Santa Fe
Chicago (U.R) A new dry
operating air conditioning sys
tem will cut operating costs two
ways on the Santa Fe Railroad's
new fleet of two-story passeng
er trains, .the company announc
ed.
The new system eliminates wa
ter supply and service for the
condensers and takes less pay
load space.
The air conditioning equip
ment, which will go into opera
tion' next year, -fits in a compart-!
ment at each end of the car,
over the wheels, instead of be
ing suspended below the floor,
exposed to dust and dirt.
at Wolfsburg early this month
turned out the one-millionth
model of the bug-like little car
since post-war production was
resumed. Sixty per cent of them
have been exported and the cap
ital reinvested in expansion.
British car exporters are gravely
concerned.
Perhaps the figures that best
tell the story of the "new" Ger
many are those for steel.
West German mills turned
out 10,284,000 tons for the first
six months of this year. The
1955 total probably will be
around 25,000,000 tons.
That compares with 88,311,
652 tons for American steel pro
ducers last year and an estimat
ed 45,000,000 for Russia.
It helps explain the bitter
struggle in international diplo
macy today for Germany as an
ally.
Germany is reaching into the
skies again, too. The Lufthansa
airline has been reborn with
routes crisscrossing Europe and
extending t6 the Middle East,
the United States and Latin Am
erica. The Messerschmitt and
Heinkel airplane factories are
tooling up.
3,800 Projecis
Will Get Funds
For Private Jobs
Washington (U.R) The
government reported today it is
spending S38,000,000 to help fi
nance private research in the
battle against disease.
Between now and next July,
the National Institutes of Health
will supply funds for 3,800 pro
jects in universities, hospitals
and nonprofit institutes across
the country.
Cancer Research
The grants average $10,000 a
project and involve the services
of some 18,000 scientists. They
will be used mostly for research
in infectious diseases, viruses,
and cancer.
The Hoover commission last
May rapped the administration
for not asking Congress for
money for the backlog of re
search projects supported by the
National Institute. At that time,
the commission estimated that
723 projects costing $7,400,000
could not be started for lack of
funds.
Ernest M. Allen, chief of re
search grants for the National
Institute, said the estimate provr
ed somewhat low. But he said
the increase Congress voted in
the appropriation for medical
research grants would cut the
backlog to about 450 projects.
Reviewed Twice
1 All applications for grants are
reviewed twice before they are
approved. First, one of 20 study
sections composed of technical
experts looks over the proposed
project. Then it is reviewed by
the advisory council for the ap
propriate institute within the
National Institutes. The Insti
tutes, research branch of the
Public Health service, has seven
divisions for cancer, heart, men
tal, microbiological neurologi
cal, dental, and arthritis, and
metabolic research.
Allen said the grants program
has unquestionably increased the
the nation's supply of scientists.
The projects provide "on the
job" training in research to
many young technicians, he said.
About 15 per cent of the funds
provided for grants going into
training of research workers.
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Reversal of Sex
Useless Unless
Chemically Based
Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R)
Sex reversal is worthless if
there is no physio-chemical or
anatomical basis for the change,
according to Dr. William C.
Baum, University of Michigan
surgeon.
."A person who has a normal
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FIRST OVERHAUL
Ephrata, Wash. (U.R) The
huge generators in the Grand
Coulee Dam power plant, are
being overhauled for the first
time since the giant dam was
completed in 1941. -Power Sup
ervisor A. L. Darlan said.it will
take about six vears to overhaul
all of the 18,108,000-kilowatt
generators in the dam's two
powerhouses.
50th Year
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1955
Pages 1 to 10,
New York Planetarium Display Rivals
Outclasses as Attraction for Children
- By H. D. QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York JU.R) Dear
Parents: The circus, at long last,
has a serious rival. Here in our
town there's a place that pulls
the kids in swarms. There isn't
an animal on the premises. The
lure is high adventure, mixed
with (shhh) higher education.
Around 250,000 kids basked
in its wild charms last year,
transported beyond the blue yon
der into the mystery of space in
a universe cobwebbed with glow
ing Stardust.
How can captive circus lions,
tigers, elephants . and honking
seals compete with the adventure
of a new frontier the rough
est and most .challenging yet
just opening in front of man
kind's nose?
Wonder Dome
The place is the Hayden Plan
etarium, a wonder, dome of as
tronomy, " make-believe, and
truth. The big top here is a dome
simulating the heavens. Onto it
can be projected the stars in
their courses, the sun, the moon,
and even the tiny satellite which
the United States plans to shove
up into the sky.
But this main event has been
going on for years in planetar
iums of several cities. A new
fascination here lies in the side
shows, geared to rocket travel
in space.
You get into the mood just
outside the dome room when
you encounter a display titled
"your weight on other worlds."
You step onto five scales, each
calibrated to show how much
you'll weigh if you ever get to
another heavenly body. Thus,
this reporter, who weighs about
150 pounds on earth, found his
poundage would be: On the
Moon, 25; Mars, 59; the Sun,
4,300 (a good, crisp figure); Ven
us 132; Jupiter, 410.
Hard by is the "Viking Hall,"
dominated by a huge, full scale
Viking rocket. Red and green
luminus cutaway sections show
the workings inside. Parts of the
rocket were taken from an ac
tual Viking that soared more
than 140 miles upward.
Weird Lights
Across from it, in weird blue
lights, flashes a sign, "reports
from out of this world." Under
it are listed the reports the Vi
ing has sent back from upper
atmosphere to the Naval Re
search laboratory.
Nearby speeding, looping
lights show "way stations in
space" the paths that man
made satellites may follow
around the earth.
One exhibition -shows robot
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"Solar system and rest rooms."
And there's a real visit from
space. The largest meteorite on
exhibition in the world you
can reach right out and pat it.
"A Story
That Needs
Telling"
SEE PAGE 8
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