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r SIX-figtDFORD (OREGON) MAIL Coronary Artery Disease Leading Killer; Understanding Editor'! Notr: The "five trtt killers." the diieases that account for the greatest mortality rate among adult Americans, are heart disease, cancer, cerebral hemorr hage, pneumonia-influenza and dia betes. The United Press asked five out standing authorities in those fields to write a simplified account of the causes, svmptoms. treatment, pre vention and possibility of conquer ing the "killers' By ROBERT W. WILKINS. M.D. Prtiident-Elcct American Heart Association Prof. Boston University School of Medicine Written for United Press CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE The leading cause of mortality today is coronary artery disease, which sets the stage for a "heart attack' Although it is but one of a number of different heart diseases, it is wholly or partially Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington AFL-CIO Vice President Walter Reuther, declar ing that the AFL-CIO had "sound constitutional grounds for bring ing corruption charges against Teamster President Dave Beck and the Teamsters union: "The AFL-CIO will not compromise with corruption." Hollywood Comedian Jerry Lewis, relating how his wife and two children were watching television while he captured a bur garly suspect at gunpoint: "They were laughing at the Jackie Gleason TV show. They didn't know their daddy was outside with a very unfunny come dian." Washington Dr. Masatoshi Matsushita, leader of a Japanese drive to stop Britain's forthcoming hydrogen bomb tests at Christ mas island in the Pacific, on his talks with Secretary of State Dulles: "He told me that unilateral abandonment of nuclear tests was impractical but that some day all nations could agree." New York Magistrate Albert Schanzer, in ordering Thomas J. Higgins. 22. accused slayer of 19-year-old Patricia Ruland, held without bail for a hearing: "Of all the gruesome crimes conjured in a girl's dreams you are charged with the most macabre." New York Asbestos heir Tommy Manville, disclosing plans for his tenth marriage: "It will be a small quiet wedding in some New York hotel." Back Stairs: The Easter White House By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer Augusta Ga. (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: White House reporters travel ing with a president usually try to give some slightly distinctive name to his headquarters when he vacations for any length of time. It has been the custom since President Eisenhower has been visiting Augusta to refer to his set-up here as "the vaca tion White House" or the "win ter (andor spring) White House," depending on the sea son. At this Easter time, however, there have been some variations. One reporter has been referring to the Eisenhower establishment as "th Easter White House," but what this fellow does after to day remains to be seen. Other variations have been the "White House on the green," referring to its location at the Augusta National Golf club, or "the - White - House - on-fairway" which is a bit more accurate since the President's cottage sits beside the 10th fairway of the plushy golf club. N ! J TONIGHT IS Vflfl; M . kith, 'Wst 1 I' TRIBUNE responsible for about 400,000 deaths yearly in the United States roughtly, 25 per cent of all deaths. To understand how coronary artery disease can lead to a heart attack, the layman can best begin by visualizing a wa ter pipe in the basement of his own home. In time, its bore may become roughened and narrow ed by lime deposits. Then one day a particle of lime becomes wedged in a very narrow pas sageway, and shuts off the flow cf water. Reasonable Analogy This affords a reasonable an alogy of what happens in a cor onary thrombosis, or heart at tack: Normally smooth arteries which nourish the heart muscle are narrowed by a long-term build-up of fatty material called The White House under any administration normally receives a certain amount of mail from crackpots who rage against the president and his family for an amazing variety of imagined grievances. Much of this mail is shocking to behold and the United States Secret Service maintains an elaborate filing system through which most "nut letter" authors are catalogued, identified, and if it seems necessary, committed to mental institutions. For the most part, the brutal ly worded mail, threatening everything from death to physi cal abuse, never reaches the ad dressee in the family of a presi dent. It is screened out by train ed operatives in advance and quickly traced down without adding this extra worry to the man attempting to run the gov ernment. There was a slip - up some years ago, however. A truly re volting letter from an obvious mental case got through the mail screen and into the hands of Margaret Truman, daughter of the former President. She was horrified and imme AN WARD WEEK THE TONIGHT, 7:00 You are cordially invited to attend our Pre-Vue showing of Ward Week Merchandise Tonight. Every part of Our Store will be crammed with Special Priced and exciting Merchandise Values for this great Sale. There will be Door Prizes every 15 minutes given out on the Main Floor, starting at 7:15 and a Grand Prize at 8:45. Get your entry TICKET FROM HOSTESS AT DOORWAY. Nothing to sign, just get a ticket. Door Prizes! - Free Balloons For the Kiddies -Door Prizes! Monday. April 22, 1957 Sought cholesterol which becomes hard- ened and roughened by lime de posits. - With dramatic suddenness, such a rough, narrow channel can be blocked by a small blood clot, and the part of the heart muscle that fails to get its sup ply of blood starves from a lack of oxygen. If the area involved is large or strategically located death may result. In most cases, how ever, the patient lives, recovers and goes back to work usually at his former job. What causes the arteries to be come narrowed, roughened, and plugged? How can the cholester ol build-up be prevented? Once established, can it be controlled or eliminated? These unanswered questions are among the greatest challeng es facing medical science today Research investigators, aided by the Heart Fund, are studying many promising clues; general ly, they fall within such areas as diet, hormones, body chemis try, heredity and exercise Understanding Our primary target is an un derstanding of the basic causes of fatty deposiis in the coronary arteries. Once these causes are known, we should be able to es tablish controls, preventive as well as remedial. Meanwhile, dramatic advanc es already have been made in the diagnosis, care and treat ment of patients with this disor der. Lives are being prolonged through the application of this new knowledge even after an at tack has occurred. Yet great gaps remain to be bridged gaps that can be filled only through costly, time-consuming, basic research. Clearly, this is a task for the nation's fin est minds and best research fa cilities. If we give our dedicated scien tists the financial and moral support they need, I am confi dent that we shall speed the day when we can effectively control this leading affliction of man kind. diately took it to her father who blew up over the fact that any one, however anonymous, should write his daughter such a letter He. quickly issued orders that the letter writer be traced down and it was a tricky case. Agents of the Secret Service and the Post Office Department persisted in their efforts, how ever, and finally after two years, found the poison penman and took legal steps to see that he no longer annoyed and fright ened the daughters of the nation by his abberational fan letters. If the current weather in Au gusta doesn't clear up Eisen hower's cough, there is little left for him in the way of warm climate except the equatorial re gions. For the first few days, of his Easter trip, at least, the weather here has been ideal bright, sunny and the tempera ture above 80, with cool nights ideal for sleeping. His first day was muggy and humid, but that cleared away last Friday and the swimming pool at the Bon Air Hotel was as crowded as in mid- EXCITING EVENING PRE GREATEST SALE OF THE TO 9:00 M. Is That So? By EUGENE BURNS Ringer-Naturalist A quarter million blooded dogs were recruited for World War II. Many of these served-at the front. And certainly,, they performed in a greater variety of ways than ever before. Japanese burdened their dogs with timed 50-pound anti-personnel bombs to carry into Ameri can-occupied positions in- the dead of night. The Germans, who opened the war with some 100,000 highly trained doberman pinschers and German shepherds, taught their patrol dogs to point an enemy to 4-aa-sT his handler at distance of 100 feet. The British developed hounds who ferretted out Ger man non-metallic land mines which escaped electric magnetic detectors. But the Russians surpassed all other fighting nations in their unique use of dogs. To give you an idea, in snow country, the Soviets used white samoyeds with matching white harness and sled on which rode white- clad snipers. They trained anti tank suicide does which de stroyed many German tanks in the Kalinen front. This we know from the Germans but the vital secret of how the dog performed and why the explosions occurred at exactly the right time is still undisclosed. The Russians also used thous ands of ambulance dogs for dou ble duty in deep snow which stopped vehicular traffic; the dogs hauled wounded to hospi tals in sleds and returned with loads of ammunition. One team of four such dogs on the Central front in five weeks hauled 1,239 wounded soldiers through waist- deep snow who might otherwise have frozen and perished and on the return trip brought 327 tons of grenades, machine gun bul lets and shells to the frontline troops. Hundreds of such teams were in operation. Other dogs worked singly, even packing dis assembled 20mm cannon. Even more unusual, the So viets developed canine para chute troops; dogs equipped with self-opening 'chutes strapped ,to their backs and trained to wear gas masks. Their duty was to ac company human paratroops on missions deep within enemy ter ritory. The units were complete so that when they made the drop and were released from the 'chutes, the dogs could protect their masters from the local citi zenry and once the post was set up, act as sentries, vicious kill ers, messengers or scouts. Then, too, many dogs were used for Red Cross duty during World War II. To an ambulance dog, friend and foe were alike when wounded and dying. When great offensives are in progress, causalties lie bleeding to death in gullies and thickets and under debris because men tend to crawl away to hide to protect themselves from further harm. There as he hides in fear, his wounds grow stiff and sore. He - VUE OF YEAR! Jerry Lewis Nabs Burglary Suspect Hollywood (U.R) Comedian Jerry Lewis said today that he was cold but not frightened when he held a burglary suspect at gun-point for ten minutes Saturday night while his wife and children were watching television. Lewis said he got his gun and guarded the suspect, identified as George W. Sheffield, until police arrived. "I was ready to shoot to pro tect my family," Lewis said. "I held him at gunpoint for ten minutes, - half frozen to death. All I had on was a T shirt and trousers." Lewis said Sheffield came to his home earlier and made re marks about "killing people." The comedian said he ordered him to leave and then got his gun, Lewis' wife and children were unaware of what was hap pening. Sheffield was booked and later jailed on suspicion of bur glary. Lewis said police told him that the suspect had a burg lary record. grows weaker. Often, too, man gled unconscious men will lie side by side with corpses both looking horribly alike. This is the way it is on a battlefield. And even though the corpsmen search conscientiously for these hidden-away wounded, nonethe less countless would be doomed were it not for these alert dogs with the canvas packs strapped around their middle, marked with the blessed Red Cross sym bol, who seem to know if a man gled body holds the barest thread of life. The proof of their work as if it were needed? One ambu lance dog in one night found 16 men who were missed entirely by the medical department. In another night, on a 20-square mile battlefield before Rheims, a corps of nine Red Cross dogs recovered from the shattered terrain 252 casualties many of whom could not have lasted the night. (Copyright, 1957. by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges; will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Trib une, Box 575 Sausalito, Calif. mm New square element follows square shape of pan, gives even heat over entire cooking surface. Thermometer-type thermostat controls heat from edge to edge, not just in one spot as in ordinary fry pans. Open handle prevents burned fingers, permits easy balancing when filled. Look for the square pan with the square element TROfflBMDGE 214 West Main House Tax Committee Working on Program WithWarm-UpAction Salem (U.R) The House Tax ation Committee headed by Rep. Clarence Barton, Coquille Demo crat, worked diligently today on its taxation program, hoping to bring it to the floor of the House within a week or so. Meanwhile, as a warm-up ac tion, it introduced two taxation measures today. Inheritance Tax One, House Bill 797, provides for payment of an inheritance tax on the survivorship of joint ly owned property, including es tates by the entirety' except homesteads under $25,000, and on life insurance policies to talling more than $60,000. The measure would remove the $3,500 widow's support and $5,000 . homestead i deduction presently allowed and increase the tax rates from .5 per cent to 2 per cent, with the average at 1 per cent. House Bill 798 would increase the gift tax rates and make other Local Girls Community Club Scheduled to Opening date for the Girls Community club, now under construction in Medford, " has tentatively been set for July 1. Committees have been appoint ed to select decorative color 'Bow Street Runners' Nab Fleeing Driver London (U.R) Back in the early days of London the first municipal police were called the "Bow Street Runners," and thereby hangs a tale. A patrol car of Scotland Yard's famed "Flying Squad" chased a stolen Jaguar racing car through the downtown Lon don streets Sunday night at 60 miles an hour. The police car rammed the fleeing car just outside the Bow st. police station. The noise of the crash brought out more po lice, who ran down the fleeing driver on Bow st. Colombia Shaken By Earth Temblor Bogota (U.R) Colombia's worst earthquake in seven years shook the northern and eastern portions of this country Sunday, rocking tall buildings and caus ing panics in some places. There was no report of casual ties or serious damage. Westinghouse adjustments to conform to the inheritance tax changes. Also -, introduced was a meas ure, house bill 800, appropriat ing $27,612 to the Department of Justice for the Multnomah county vice investigation and prosecution in the 1955 bien nium. The Senate had 13 measures up for third reading and final action today, including Senate bills 274 and 275 designed to strengthen the authority of the public utility commissioner in the regulation of railroads. Also up for final Senate action were two Senate joint resolu tions. One, SJR 32, would pro vide for an interim committee to study the feasibility of com bining the State Fish and Game commissions. The other, SJR 36, provides for an interim commit tee for highway study. The House had a light agenda with only five bills up for final action. Open on July 1 schemes and furnishings, and i the campaign to finance the i building will be stepped up next j month, committee members said. I Committees Named ! Mrs. Marrs Gibbons is in j charge of interior decorating and ' equipment for the entire down- j stairs. Other members of her ! committee include Mrs. C. O. : Lovejoy, Mrs. Mamie E. Sleeter, Mrs. A. A. Lausmann, Mrs. . Aletha Vawter and Mrs. B. G. Harding. On the second floor committee are .Mrs. Leonard Mayfield, chairman, Mrs. Hugh Coleman, Mrs. T. K. Oliver, Mrs. R. J. Keeney and Mrs. J. B. Miller Mrs Dolph Phipps and Mrs. Martin Luther are supervising construction of the building. Mrs. R. G. Owens is assisting the treasurer, Mrs. M. M. Mor ris, in tabulating the gift con tributions. Letters Sent Out Letters were sent out last fall asking financial aid for furnish ings and for the endowment fund. The quota, $50,000, has not yet been reached, it was re ported. Donations received from civic organizations include $100, Women of the Rotary; $100, Daughters of the American Revo lution; $50, Lady Lions; and magazine subscriptions from Al pha Beta chapter, Beta Sigma Phi. Until completion of the build ing, all mail may be addressed to the Girls Community club, post office box 225, Medford. Automatic FBI IV Regularly $22.95 LIMITED TIME . $11795 w cam be sure us & FLYHH SSSKr Phone 2-5211 Marines, Infantry Schedule 'Attack' Balboa, C.Z. (U.R) Some 15, 000 U.S. Marines and airborne infantry will land on opposite' sides of the Isthmus of Panama Wednesday to simulate attack on the Panama Canal in America's biggest Caribbean war game since World War II. U.S. Air Force and Marine planes will cover the landings. A reinforced Marine regiment, supported by warships, will land from the sea near Cristobal on the Atlantic side of the narrow neck of land linking Central and South America. At the same time, an Army paratroop battalion will be es tablishing an "airhead" on the abandoned Rio Hato Airbase, on the Pacific Coast some 90 miles west of Panama City. As soon as the strip is secure, a second Army battalion will be flown in as reinforcements. For purposes of the maneuver, it will be assumed that the troops at Rio Hato have been driven back from the canal and are in defensive positions. The Marines will be assumed to have seized part of the canal's west bank as a preparation to sealing Enable the deaf to hear with BOTH EARS! End handicaps of trying to tmr with one overworked ear. Enjoy full dimensional hearing. Hear clearly who it talking . where sounds are coming from. FREE CONSULTATIONS Jackson Hotel, Medford Tues., April 23rd 1 to 8 p.m Evening consultation by appointment Harry L. 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