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Science Looks Deep Into Caverns Of Mind of Skid Row Alcoholic By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York BR Science has looked deep into the dark cav erns of the mind of "Fred," a typical skid row alcoholic bum, andPhere is what science saw. But first, a word about Fred. He was 27 years old, not only unmarried but virginal. His I.Q. was 130, which is considerably above average. Of build, he was tall and wiry. Exteriorly he seemed quite all right. Deep in the dark caverns of his mind, and unknown to its conscious surface, was the con viction that he had been de prived of his masculinity by a wom identity vague. On the mind's surface the reflection ol this was an envy of women. Ex ample: "Women, if they're foxy, ran oot thi ffraw in no time that a man knocks himself out work ing for." . s GE BUY THE NEW AUTOMATIC - ELECTRIC Water Heater Wasti a Load of ! Clothes EVERY HOUR 4AII Day Long . ; ONLY $5.00 H A MONTH ! NOTHING DOWN HOME APPLIANCE il 115 EAST MAIN " pAomvrheecl Daer " Water Heaters" '" In the depths, he belieyed he could recover his masculinity only by "stealing" the mascu linity of another man. But he knew he was too helpless to get away with it, which "undoubt edly accounts for his avoidance of criminal acts despite the raging fury expressed in con stant fantasies of shooting any man who bumps into him on the street, or mowing down skid row bums with, a machine gun, and despuite his admiration for professional killers." On the surface he was bitterly aware of being'a.bum and angry because ' others were aware of it. Deep down, he was a show off, with a "self -created image of father as the audience. Father was "a powerful man sitting back, watching to . see. how wretched and wicked the son can make himself." For this, deeply hidden audi ence of one, Fred was "immers ing himself in misery and in evil. Then the father is imagined as appalled and horrified by his behavior. Finally, moved to pity, the father takes him and shields him. Only the real father is un willing to act his assigned role in this little .' plot.' The bewil dered patient finds that he has been playing to an empty thea-1 ter." When Fred first started to drink heavily in his teens, the Two Airmen Discover Similarity in Lives San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) In structors at the language school at Lackland Air Force Base are convinced that coincidences come in bunches ': "' . ' . Airman 3c Henrich Hogen dorf and Airman 2c Heinrich Marschik noticed the similarity in their first names when they joined the school's staff early this year. Then they discover ed how far the coincidence goes. Marschik rwas - born - near Frankenburg-Eder, Germany; Hogendorf a few miles away. Both were-born, on Feb. 3, 1930. . Hogendorf came to the United States in 1950 as a cadet ;n the Dutch Air Force and was assign ed to Randolph Air Force Base, also near, San Antonio.' During the same, period, Mar schik was studying at University of Oregon as an exchange jour nalism student.. Hogendorf re turned to the United States as an immigrant in' 1953; Marschik in 1952, . . '; -;' . r Both; applied' for .citizenship on the same day', took their citizenship-' tests on the same day and were, both declared U. . S. citizens at the same time by 4he same federal judge on July 25.. scientific report on him contin ued, "it was 'with the idea that the more you could drink, the tougher and stronger you would become.' The intake of alcohol is equated with the successful theft of a ' man's virility. The patient is thereby enabled to per ceive himself as a strong, self reliant male." Acted Out Nightmare The combination of skid row and alcohol helped Fred to "act out" his "nightmare" over and over again, the "nightmare" be ing that he was "both irrepar ably deprived and irreparably injured." In his periodic escapes from skid row, he still suffered "his loneliness and mental torture" but nobody knew about it. On skid row, "he wears his misery on. his ragged and dirty sleeve. Father will now surely come to His aid. . '. but father fails to charge to the rescue. The patient is furious. Both alcohol and skid row further permits the patient to express his rage against so ciety, and against, most particu larly, the father. Fred would demonstrate before all that he is the misbegotten child of in eptitude." The scientific report on Fred was made by Dr. Stanely Rosen man of the College of the City of New York, to the Yale Uni versity studies of alcohol. Here tofore, he pointed out, the alco holic derelict had been studied in the main from a social view point. His feeling seemed to be that it was time for the science of the mind to make a contribu tion toward understanding what makes the derelict tick. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Pre si Correspondent Pigs Require Gold -For Gaining Weigh! Urbana; 111. U.R) Hogs have to be "air-conditioned" if they are to gain weight properly during ' hot summer months, a University of Illinois : animal science specialist says. ' - - - G. R. Carlisle reported experi ments showed that hogs kept at 70 degrees temperatures made normal, weight gains, requiring only, about 350 pounds of feed for each 100 pounds of gained weight. ' But when the temperature was 'raised to 100 degrees, the same hogs almost stopped gain ing, and they needed nearly four times as much feed, about 1,400 pounds, to gain 100 pounds of weight .- Carlisle suggested farmers provide about 10 to 12 square feet 'of shade for each hog and keep a fresh supply- of water near the shade and feeders. . - - Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday.. - . . iIIIIl i v v - , , ' t . - . 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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE I linl M'lhlli Hollywood (U.R) Lew Ayres gave up acting two years ago, and today he unveiled the reason for ms Jong absence from from the screen a 5V2 one-man movie on religion. . Ayres scrap ed to get her his own earn ings, bid good bye to the diz- Aline Mosby zy whirl of Cinema City and began an eight month tour of 17 countries. He took only a 16mm camera and one assistant. They accomp lished the staggering feat of a film documentary on the world's great religions, excepting Christ ianity. Ayres collected so much material he wound up with three movies, totaling 0V2 hours, and a book, "Artars of Asia." He's taking the films on tour around the country, beginning with San Francisco Oct. 31, as his "con tribution to peace." Production Previewed While his fellow actors were discussing their latest movie suc cesses over late steaks the other night, Ayres proudly previewed his production for film execu tives. Now, he said excitedly, "There's talk of the films play ing in theaters. Lew stood quietly watching his friends file into the projec tion roonv and looked unlike a oheman movie maker.. In recent years the one-time star of the "Dr. Kildare" . series has been devoted to religion and art. "I made this film because I hoped it would add a grain, a little contribution, to our under standing of our Asiatic neigh bors, and; that is so imporant Eow,"i lie 'explained. j ' ' "I feel people should know more about. Oriental religions because religion is such a factor in Oriental thinking. These films show the religions, the ideals of a' billion , arid half persons. That's three-fourths of the world's population.".. j Ayres filmed "authentic music and religous chants." He ap pears in the three movies when he interviewed religious leaders. Editing the films took him a year. And when will he return to acting? "Oh no, I have too much to do," he said. "I've given up acting for the time being. Next year I'll do a film on Christian anity and that will be a two year project. You can' eliminate any sect or denomination." Microscopic Drill Pierces Human Hair Schenectady, N. Y. (U.R) General Electric Co. instrument makers have gone one better than' the old bromide about splitting hairs. They can drill holes in hair and then thread wire through the holes. . . For this highly delicate task, GE's general engineering labora tory uses a one-mil drill .001 inch and too small to be seen by the naked eye. It could be snapped or bent by accidental contact even with a piece of paper tissue. A microscope and a steady hand are needed to thread the minute hole made by the drill. The instrument makers have suc ceeded in lacing one-mill wire, one-thousandth of an inch in diameter, through a strand of nylon stocking, even smaller than human hair, the company said. Douglas fir plywood plants in California, Oregon and Washing ton have an annual .combined capacity of 3 V2 billion. ; square feet of 3 8th inch thick' ply wood. . More than 40,000,000 visits to national : forests were - made by recreationalists- in all States in the Union last year. Tutsday. October 18, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRU Back Stairs: Stopover at Washington? By WARREN DUFFEE Denver (U.R) Backstairs at the Denver White House: It hasn't been checked out with President Eisenhower yet, but he may stop "off in Washington for three or four days en route to his Gettysburg, Pa. farm from Den ver. His doctors are aware that a six-hour flight, even in the plush Columbine, can have a fatiguing effect. For that reason,' they are giv ing serious thought, to landing the Chief Executive in Washing ton first. That way they ; could give him some rest . before he takes the long automobile ride from an airport near Gettysburg to his farrn Among the hundreds of gifts that poured in for the President's 65th birthday was a mink bow tie. A New York furrier sent it. Taciturn Sherman Adams, the granite-faced presidential assist ant who bosses the White House staff, has his own private nick name for White House Press Sec retary James C. Hagerty. It's "Shamrock." Although Hagerty's bulldog face looks like the map of Ire land itself, he isn't an out-and-out Irishman. . Most people think he is, how ever, and he's long since given up trying to explain that he's really only part Irish; that much of his ancestry is from North Ireland at that, and that he's an Episcopalian Adams has a reputation as a stern, hard worker. But he en joys a sort of awesome respect among the White House staff. After he arrived to take over operations at the temporary White House, one staff member was asked if his early-to-work habits meant any change in routine. "No, we don't have to come to work any earlier," was the reply, "but we have to be on time." ' . Despite . his reputation for, sternness, the former New Hampshire governor knows how to relax in his off hours in his own way. - H puts on nondescript loung ing clothes, gets behind the wheel of a big maroon White House Cadillac, and drives through the picturesque canyons of the nearby Rockies. Est Want Something For Nothing? . . . then don't read this ad! Wi'n not giving anything away ... We're only offering you brand-new, quality broadloom at a very reason abk price. flllAlilV Sierra, the all wool yUQIIIJ textured broadloom shown here, it made by the famous Lees Co. 13- Price 3s I Come in and see cu... pare it with other quality broadloom . . . you'll know it's reasonably priced. at only $Q95 . . . .. . Pr$q.yd. 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