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Medford United Pri Full Leased Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire SECTION TWO MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1955 Pages 1-10 Identity of Old Vessel Puzzles : Philadelphia (U.R) Seven years ago a ship's cargo was dredged from the Delaware river not far below the Phila delphia Naval Base. Historians and antiquarians are still trying to identify the sunken vessel which had been in the bed of the river for up wards of 175 years when the dredge uncovered it in August, Taome local history research ers think the sinking may have happened during the British oc cupation of Philadelphia in 1777 when the Deleware was under their control after they captured Mud Fort (Fort Miffin). The ship's cargo consisted of many items of British manufacture and may have been on its way m. to supply Howe's troops when " barracked there. Mrs. Marian Carson, of Byrn Mawr, an authority on early Philadelphia, has studied many of thr relics from the ship. Some she gathered and others were shown to her after being pumped ashore through a pipe line to Thorofare, below Wood bury, on the New Jersey side. Still, she has not succeeded in finding any evidence as to the identity of the sunken hulk, which was a large sailing vessel The American Dredging Co., which salvaged the cargo in 1948, has no information beyond what was known when the dredge came against something immovable in 30 feet of water near the Pennsylvania side of the river. A diver was sent down and discovered the cargo. Many of the ship's relics buckles, iron implements, fire place pots, locks, hinges, frag ments of blown glass bottles, pewter pieces and other house hold gear were gathered by members of the Gloucester County (N. J.), Historical So ciety. The society stored the collec tion In its Woodbury building and if waiting for someone to come along and solve he mys tery of the sunken vessel. The tiger beetle of the tropics exudes the fragrance of attar of roses, attracting bees whicB'lt devours. Infrequent Drunks1 Brain Waves Found Slowed Longer than Others By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (U.R) People who ire not drunks but now and then take one drink too many, should keep in mind that their brain waves are slowed for long er than people who are always having many drinks too many and so are drunks. The scientists who made that discovery thought it might well have more to do with automo bile accidents happening than out-and-out drunken driving. Better for a driver's muscular co-ordination to be disorganized. they reasoned, than for his brain waves to be slowed. Simple Experiment Drs. Gunnard Holmberg and Sten Martens made a simple ex periment. They took 10 men who were in their hospital for alcoholism of long standing. And they took 10 hospital attendants who were not alcoholics and had had comparatively little experi ence with drink-in-excess. Each man was given an intox icating potion of alcohol (in the form of the exceedingly potent drink, "aquavit,") and required to get it down in six minutes Thereafter, the scientists meas ured the brain wave frequency, the blood alcohol concentration, the heart rate, and the ataxia (lack of muscular coordination) of each man. Some Difference Measuring ataxia was effec tively done by having each man pick up small objects from the floor. The alcoholics were bet ter coordinated for this task while drunk than the non-alcoholics although the difference was not pronounced. The curves of blood alcohol concentration first rising and then falling as the effects of the very stiff drink wore off "were largely the same" al though the top of the curve for t.ie alcoholics was a bit higher. The heart rate showed a "pre liminary" and brief excitement. Then it slowed, "most obvious ly" in the non-alcoholics who then showed "a new abrupt in crease associated with nausea . . . and finally another decrease I associated with drowsiness." ! This didn't happen to the alco holics. In both groups, the frequency of brain waves shifted down ward and the amount of the downward shift was not signifi- Woman Survives Portland Bridge Jump Portland (U.R) A 25-year-old woman Tuesday night survived a 120-foot leap into the Willamette river from the Ross Island bridge, police reported. She was identified as Bonnie June Matthews, who was pulled from the water by Mike Hem- ges, an employee of a steel cast ing firm located near the bridge. Police were notified by Albert L. Harless, 22, who said he was riding with the woman when she asked him to take the wheel. He went around the car to the driver's side and she was gone. A motorist following the car in formed Harless the woman had jumped, police said. 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Slower Response But with the non-alcoholics, the brain wave frequency lows lingered for an average of 45 minutes after the blood alcohol ic concentration began to go down. The scientists pointed out that this concerned "sensory functions" the lower the fre quency of brain waves, the slow er the responses of the senses. "It is suggested that this lag may have considerable import ance as a risk factor in traffic," they said. In the non-lcoholics, "sensory functions are likely to be -strongly and perhaps most strongly impaired after blood al cohol concentration has already begun to decline." The scientists are Swedes. They made their experiments at a hospital in Bromma and re ported them to the Yale Univer sity Studies on Alcohol. Suit Against Unions Returned to Court Portland- (U.R) U. S District Judge William G. East has turned back to Columbia County Circuit Court an injunction suit filed by two wood products firms against striking unions. The Fir-Tex Insulating Board Company and Western Insulated Products Corporation filed the suit against the Carpenters Union, the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union and various union officials. The companies claim a picket line around their plants has ceased to be peaceful and was illegal. They ask for an injunction to prevent breaches of the peace. On defendants motion, the case was moved to Federal Court but yesterday Judge East ruled his court had no jurisdiction over the dispute and returned the case to the Columbia county court. Fluoridation Decreases Tooth Decay, Group Told ' Gearhart (U.R) Dr. David Witter, director of the State Board of Health dental health section, says fluoridation of drinking water definitely de creases tooth decay in children. 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