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Sinuses Clear
Washington U.PJ Doctors
have determined that President
Eisenhower persistent cough ! conducted in Medford and Hood
Reports on Pear Storage Tests
Highlight Short Course Session
Frldar. February 22. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Reports on pear storage tests I od, the buildup of carbon diox-
ctfoes not stem from a sinus or
luB congestion.
?he 0 President's lungs and
sinuses were X-rayed Thursday
at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Haerty said after
wards that the X-rays turned out
"what they called negative
both the sinuses and the lungs
were clear."
Hagcrty said both Dr. Howard
McSnyder, Ihe President's phy
sician, and Gen. Leonard D.
Heaton, hospital commandant,
described the President's condi
tion as "fine" except for "a
cough."
Mr. Eisenhower has suffered
from a persistent cough since In
auguration Day Jan. 20, when he
stood outside for nearly four
hours in cold, damp weather
watching the inaugural parade.
He apologized for the cough
to his national TV-radio audi
ence Wednesday night at the op
ening of his speech orrthe Mid
tie E;it crisis.
The President left the White
House for 'ihe hospital late
Thursday afternoon with Dr.
nyder. He returned in less than
an hour.
Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower
was taking a spray treatment for
his scratchy throat.
River with polvethylene bags
were among highlights in Thurs
day's session of the perishable
food loss prevention short
course held in the Jackson coun
ty courthouse auditorium Wed
nesday and Thursday.
About 110 fruit growers, ship
pers, handlers, carriers and con
tainer company representatives
attended the course from Ore
g o n, Washington, California,
Idaho Illinois, New Jersey, New
York and Canada.
Combined reports of W. M.
Mellenthin, superintendent, Mid
Columbia branch experiment
station. Hood River, and Elmer
Hansen, Oregon State college
horticulturist, were presented
in the final session on the sub
ject of polyethylene bag storage
tests.
Control Concentration
The tests were directed pri
marily at controlling the concen
tration of carbon dioxide gas in
polyethylene bags and plastic
line boxes used to package
pears. The popularity of the
use of poly bags was noted in
the report.
More than 3 million were
used during the past season in
attempts to extend the keeping
quality of fruit through mois
ture retention, Mellenthin said
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ide which in turn causes "brown
core" in pears, has been under
study for some time.
Researchers said attempts to
regulate carbon dioxide build
up by perforating the bags have
been successful.' In sealed bags
several things contribute to var
iations of carbon dioxide con
centration. Bags are often accidentally
punctured or torn, causing
changes in levels. Respiratory
activity of the fruit, itself, varies
by varieties, maturity, season
and temperature. As a general
rule, Mellenthin said, pears
with the higher respiration rates
such as Bartlett and Bosc tend
to develop higher carbon diox
ide contents in the bags.
Lower Rales
Even varieties with lower
rates of respiration such as the
d'Anjou produce carbon dioxide
in amounts which become criti
cal from the standpoint of
brown core. Experiments at
Hood River during the past year
also showed considerable varia
tions in carbon dioxide of pears
from different parts of the val
ley. Fruit respiration and accumu
lation of carbon dioxide is also
greatly affected by tempera
tures, it was pointed out. Respi
ration of fruit increase eight
fold when moved from 30-de-gree
storage into temperatures
of 65 to 70 degrees. Carbon di
oxide content increased from .5
to 2 per cent up to 7 and 10
per cent.
Difficulties of controlling car
bon dioxide levels in poly bags
are that some of the holes may
be covered up during packing
with the results that carbon di
oxide concentration tends to ap
proach that of sealed bags. This
was overcome to considerable
degree by using more perfora
tions, Melenthin said, but often
results in too much aeration that
nullified to great extent the
value of bags for moisture re
tention. Another Method
Another method tried experi
mentally was use of polyethy
lene coated kraft paper as box
liners or as large shrouds to
cover a 36 box pallet. Tests
.show that such material main
tained carbon dioxide concen
tration in the range of .4 to 4.4
per cent in the case of box lin
ers and .8 to 3.2 per cent in the
pallet covers. Mellenthin be
lieves this type of material may
have possibilities for commer
cial use if certain handling prob
lems can be worked out.
A paper on irradiation and
perishable foods was presented
by Dr. John P. Nielsen, nuclear
engineering section, Stanford
Research Institute, Menlo Park,
Calif.
Dr. Neilsen reviewed the brief
history of the research carried
on by the Armed Forces and
private industry in the field of
food preservation by the use of
irradiation. He noted that pri
mary research has been in the
fields of sterilization and pas
teurization but predicted that
the next great milestone in food
preservation would be in the
field of irradiation.
Gamma. Bela Ray
To date, no studies have been
made on the effect of gamma
or beta ray irradiation of pears,
but Dr. Neilsen said much of the
work done with other perish
ables would be useful in deter
mining the practicality of its
use with this fruit. -
Remarks by Dr. G. W. Wood
bury, agricultural department,
University of Idaho, chairman
of the concluding session, ended
the course.
Wednesday's meeting featured
reports on loading of pears in
A lugs by E. H. Collins, Gate
load Manufacturing company of
Medford; and result of tests of
transit temperatures in carloads
of pears with various icing
methods, H. A. Schomer, senior
physiologist, U.S. department of
agriculture, Wenatchee,- Wash.
A tour of local packing and
storage facilities was conducted
Wednesday afternoon.
In charge of local arrange
ments for the meetings were
representatives of the Medford
Pear Shippers association and
the Jackson county extension
service.
The Family Council
Ertltiir'i nnta: The Family Counrll rnnsktf of m 1ud?e. a DSTChiatrist,
three clergymen, m newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Eacb
articJe is a summary of an aettia report. The Family Council does not give
advice; It merely reports on problems Utat have been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
Mrs. D. M. My daughter-in-
law calls my clubs silly.
Frances M. I'm not used to a
small community.
Mis. D. M. My son and his
bride recently settled in our
community after having lived in
another city for six months. I
am very active in church anil
other activities here and I was
very eager to bring my new
daughter-in-law into contact
with all the nicer women.
Imagine my surprise when
Frances said she didn't like club
work, she didn't like women and
she had no intention of "wast
ing" her time getting involved
in church bazaars and "silly
teas." I am extremely hurt. The
work we do is far from silly or
time-wasting. I, alone, have
raised thousands of dollars for
charity and groups that I head
have attracted considerable at
tention because of the worthi
ness of the causes we advance.
My friends all assume there is
bitterness and hostility between
me and my daughter-in-law and
she has set tongues wagging all
over town.
Frances M. Before we moved
here, I told my husband I wasn't
used to living in a small com
munity, and I didn't feel I could
adjust. to the very things that
are making for trouble now. I
am accustomed to lots of per
sonal privacy and I don't like to
have my time taken up by proj
ects in which I am not interested.
My mother-in-law had hoped
to enhance her prestige by
bringing me into her groups. I
had a rather glamorous job in
the city before I was married
and my mother-in-law announced
to me the first day I got here
that "the girls" were all impa
tient to meet me. I didn't come
here to be looked over or shown
off or to "set tongues wagging."
I have told my husband that
his mother is making it impossi
ble for me to live here. I have
had my career and now I want
to live a quiet life, fussing about
my home until I have a family.
The Council These two strong
minded women have fallen into
a most unpleasant trap and are
headed for a great deal of trou
ble and misery unless they can
learn to be more understanding
of one another.
Mrs. D. M. let her excitement
and pleasure at having her
daughter-in-law near her run
away with her and assumed far
too domineering a position one
which any bride might resent,
more especially a young woman
new to the community. Frances
may have come to like Mrs.
D. M.'s groups and her friends
if she did not feel that she was
being pounced upon before she
got her breath in her new life.
On the other hand, Frances
came into the community on the
defensive and started to battle
her mother-in-law at the first
hint of intrusion on her person
al privacy. A smile and a tactful
explanation of the understand
able fact that she was more in
terested in her new home than
in club work at this time might
have been sufficient to tone
down her mother-in-law's over
eagerness. She had no right to
attack, as she did, all of this
woman's activities. She may
come to feel, later on, that these
groups are not so silly or time
wasting as she now assumes.
These two women owe one
another apologies. Mrs. D. M. I
should let Frances know she is ;
welcome in any of the groups j
as soon as she feels inclined to
enjoy this kind of activity, but j
that she will not be urged to -join
against her wishes. Frances j
should let her mother-in-law
know she plans to keep an open '
mind about the groups until
such time as she feels inclined
to test them for herself.
(Copyright 1957, General
Features Corp.)
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