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I "tvl ? l'.U V IT iaf'yiTf a t FRANCIS HONORED If you will look to the right you will see the hero of this fiicture, Francis the famous alking mule of the movies. He has just won his fourth PATSY award (Picture Ani mal Top Star of the Year). Okeh, okeh, the girl on the left is actress Leigh Snow den, who you may see more of in "Francis in the Navy." GM Tops List of Defense Contracts Washington U.R) The De fense department has listed the 100 companies which received the most military contracts in the five years from July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1955. The industrial giants, headed by General Motors corporation, were awarded contracts amount ing to 577,100,000,000. This was 62.6 per cent of the grand total of $123,000,000,000 of military contracts for the period. The re maining 37.4 per cent went to hundreds of other companies. General Motors, formerly headed by Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson, was No. 1 on the list with contracts amount ing to $6,800,000,000 or 5.6 per cent of the total. Boeing Aircraft company was close behind General Motors with $5,500,000,000. United Air craft corporation got $4,200, 000,000; General Electric com pany, $4,000,000,000; Douglas Aircraft $3,900,000,000; North American Aviation, incorporat ed, $3,500,000,000; General Dy namics corporation, $3,100,000, 000; Lockheed Aircraft corpora t i o n, $3,000,000,000; Curtiss Wright corporation, $2,200,000, 000; Republic Aviation corpora tion, $Z,Z0O,TJ00,O00; Chrysler ) corporation, $2,000,000,000; the American Telephone and Tele graph, $1,900,000,000; and Ford Motor Company, $1, 800,000,000. Vild Swans Move Info Lake County Bend U.R Wild white swans, estimated at 10,000 strong, have moved in at Flag staff lake to form one of the largest concentrations of recent years at the northern Lake county chain of lakes. Game department officials re port that great flocks of the beautiful birds are winging their way from lake to lake in the Werner valley area. Flagstaff is one of a series of lakes that in cludes Bluejoint, Hart, Crump, Pelican, Mugwump, Campbell and Stone Corral. Iwif" i uiiiiimiiyjn ywww.t.....i--i.i.. in w I Fastest service to ,1 : j SAN FRANCISCO m . SEATTLE 3, hr, j j CHICAGO I NEW YORK i34 hrs. j . Fast one-stop service! j Leave 11:40 p.m. daily 'j ! Airport ferminof. In Medford call 3- f lli 3643 or on aufrtonnd froW egenr. Ji Medford United Press- -f ull Leased Wire Second Section Dr. Salk Advises Against Giving Third PoSio Vaccine Shot During Short Supply Editor' note: It ii a year since Salk polio vaccine was made available for widespread tise among children. Now another polio season is coming np. Millions of parents are asking whether their children need booster shots, whether they are protected by only one or two injections. To get the answers, the I'nited Press went to the man who probably speaks with more authority than any other. Or. Jonas E. Salk himself. By MICHAEL J. O'NEILL United Press Correspondent Pittsburgh (U.R Dr. Jonas E. Salk is strongly against giv ing third polio shots to any chil dren this year while supplies are short. , He said two injections will protect most children during the coming polio season. Third shots, recommended for the long run, should be delayed to make more vaccine available to children who need it most. "No child should get a third dose until all children have had two shots," Salk told the United Press. "For the good of the coun try, the third injections should be postponed until 1957." Salk talked rapidly, intensely, with the assurance of a confi dent, dedicated man. But there wasn't a hint of triumph in his voice. He spoke only of his sci ence, not of himself or his fam ily, not even about how soon his vaccine may bring polio un der control. Delay Third Dose Salk made it plain he decided to recommend postponement of the third shots this year only because there is now substantial evidence that two doses to a certain extent even one will give most children protection during the coming polio season. "On the basis of our 1955 ex perience," he said, "two doses can be expected to have such a good effect that little risk is involved in delaying the third. The third injection can be re garded as the one which pro vides a relatively long, effect. Since this is not our immediate concern in 1956, the third dose should be delayed while sup plies are short." Then what kind of protection can children expect this year if they have received only one or two shots? Salk, who speaks with more authority on this sub ject than perhaps any other man, provided this guide: - One shot: Between 60 and 100 per cent of the children who get one dose receive protection against paralytic polio. This dose sensitizes the body's defensive mechanism so that it reacts quickly and powerfully if polio virus threatens to invade the central nervous system. Since the first shot does not produce an immune response in all chil dren, however, a second shot is recommended. Two shots: Between 85 and 100 per cent of the children who receive two shots can expect protection. This is particularly true if the second shot is given at least two and preferably four, six or even more weeks after the first. Three shots: Indications are that between 93 and 100 per cent of the children who receive three shots are protected. In addition, the level of their im MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1956 munity appears to be equal to, and in some cases greater than, the immunity found in recov ered polio victims. The great remaining question is how long this vaccine-induced immunity will last. Will booster shots be needed every year. Or will a few doses provide long range protection as in the case of smallpox and diphtheria. Fourth Dose Waste Salk now is devoting much of his time and considerable en ergy to this problem. "Our studies have progressed to the point where we will be able to advise everyone well in advance if it becomes apparent that more than three doses will be needed. A fourth dose at this time would be a waste of vac cine." It was on April 12, 1955, that one of Salk's old professors, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., of the Uni versity of Michigan, told the world that the vaccine had proved amazingly successful in the field trials of 1954. The great mass innoculation program started in a blaze of optimism. Then, just two weeks later, children who had received vaccine made in California be gan getting polio. A wave of fear swept the nation. The vac cination program, so hopefully begun, plunged into depths of confusion, controversy, delay. 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And then, much later, Salk received his vindica tion in a coldly factual govern ment report: Despite the faulty California vaccine and the fact that most children received only one shot, the vaccine proved to Forecast Meeting Set Friday; Films Slated A film on snow survey activi ties will be shown at the annual water forecasting meeting for the Rogue Basin Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the courthouse audito rium. Sponsors of the session are the Rogue and Sams Valley Beagle Soil Conservation dis tricts. The water outlook is good and reports should be of special in terest to irrigation farmers and industrialists in the area, accord ing to A. E. Stevens, Rogue Soil Conservation district chairman, and Bruce Greives, Prospect, Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Con servation district chairman. The meeting will be open to the public. WLELEIES SOUTHERN OREGON'S OLDEST AND LARGEST EASY TERMS O YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD O HO CARRYING ST0P"S0FT- BED" Save as Never Before in - Ttxl-Mo 1956 Serto Aoooi. hx. 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