Chemical Agent in
Cigarette Smoke May
Be Lung Cancer Cause
Washington m U.S. Sur
geon General Leroy E. Burney
said today government scientists
have found a chemical agent in
'cigarette smoke which they sus
pect may cause lung cancer.
Burney, in an interview with
the United Press, identified the
substance as benzopyrene. He
said it is formed when the aro
matic oils in tobacco are burn
ed at a high temperature and
"cracked" much like crude oil
is cracked to make gasoline.
The chief of the Public Health
Service emphasized that "no one
has definitely isolated the cause
of lung cancer." But he said re
searchers believe "excessive and
prolonged" exposure to ben
zopyrene may be it.
Cites High Temperatures
Burney said benzopyrene was
found in significant amounts
only in cigareete smoke because
only cigarettes burn at high
enough temperatures 800 to
815 degrees Fahrenheit to
crack the aromatic oils. Pipe to
bacco and cigars burn at much
lower temperatures, he said.
Last week Burney issued a
' statement declaring there is "in
creasing and consistent evi
dence" that "excessive" ciga
rette smoking is one of the
causes of lung cancer. The Pub
lic Health Service made no
recommendation to the public
as to how it should act on this
information.
Asked by a reporter whether
the statement was a warning,
Burney said:
"It amounts to a warning to.
stop smoking cigarettes, but we
would like to have more posi
tive proof before issuing a warn
ing as such."
See Your Doctor
He said the Public Health
Service's present aim is to trans
mit scientific findings on cigar
ettes to state and local health
officials so physicians can ad
vise their patients on an indivi
dual basis.
In other words it you want
to know what to do about ciga
rette smoking, see your doctor.
"In our cigarette research la
boratory we have 16 scientists
and 13 are continuing to
smoke cigarettes," Burney com
mented. "I guess they feel this
is a personal decision and will
take the chance.
Burneys aid it "might be dif
ficult" to get the aromatic oils
out of cigarette tobacco to make
them safe if benzopyrene is prov
ed a cause of cancer.
Jury Finds Sprague
Innocent Friday
Portland W A circuit
court jury here Friday took only
28 minutes to return a verdict
of innocent in the false swear
ing case of Police Officer Rob
ert Sprague. The jury of eight
men and four women voted 10
to 2 in favor of acquittal.
Sprague had been accused by
fellow officer Jack Olsen of giv
ing him payoffs and Sprague was
indicted by the grand jury for
false swearing for denying Ol
sen's charge. The trial was bas
ed chiefly on Olsen's testimony
and Sprague's denial.
Monday another-police officer
Sgt. Francis J. Rondhuis, goes on
trial in the same court on the
same charge and with the same
set of attorneys on both sides.
Rondhuis was indicted for false
swearing for denying he made
a payoff to Officer Edwin
O'Drane.
Charles Chaplin Jr.
Arrested as Drunk
Hollywood TO Charles
Chaplin Jr., 32, son of the com
edian, today was to appear on
a plain drunk charge resulting
from an encounter with an irate
husband who threatened to "beat
his brains out."
Two officers, R. S. Fisher and
Jim Conrad, came to Chaplin's
rescue Sunday at a gay party
around the swimming pool of an
apartment house..
Fisher said Chaplin took ref
uge inside a locked apartment
after Robert Focht, 35, angrily
claimed Chaplin made "some re
marks about my wife." Chaplin
was taken to jail where he re
mained for 12 hours until an un
identified friend posted the $30
bail.
No Decision Made
On Navy's Coast Site
Washington (W Navy
Undersecretary W. B. Franke
said Friday the Navy still has
not decided where to relocate
its retraining command on the
west coast.
He said a decision was not
fcreseeable in the "immediate
future."
Franke said in a letter to Rep.
Hal Holmes (R-Wash.), that "no
recommendation has been made
to the chief of naval operations
for a relocation site, and no de
cision has been made to relo
cate." I
The undersecretary pointed
out further that "if a decision
is ultimately made to relocate.
it would be about fiscal 1960
before the matter could be given
budgetary consideration."
Ellensburg, Wash., and several
sites in California have been
mentioned as possible locations
for the installation.
Pakistan Minister
Starts Two-Week
Tour of Country '
Washington W Pakistan
Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed
Suhrawardly ended his capital
visit Saturday and departed on
a two-week tour of America's
wide-open spaces and some of
its most crowded cities.
Seeing him off at Washington
National Airport, Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles assured
Suhrawardy that the United
States and Pakistan would "go
on as allies hand in hand."
The prime minister had con
ferred with President Eisenhow
er and other top officials during
his three day visit in Washing
ton.
Eisenhower and Suhrawardy,
in a joint communique released
by the White House, reaffirm
ed their "determination to sup
port and strengthen the system
of collective security forged in
Asia," the Southeast Asia Treaty
and the Baghdad Pact.
First Slop
Suhrawardy and his party
will make their first stop at Col
orado Springs, Colo., for visits
to Pike's Peak and the Air Force
Academy.
He leaves at noon Sunday for
Winslow, .Ariz., where he will
travel by bus via Cameron and
Rim Drive for the Grand Can
yon. After an overnight stay at
Grand Canyon JNational Park
the prime minister will see a
Hopi Indian ceremonial dance
the next morning.
Monday, he leaves for Pres-
cott, Ariz., and a lunch given by
the mayor in his honor. Suhraw
ardy then takes off for Las Ve
gas, Nev., arriving at 2:45 p.m,
The visitor will tour Hoover
Dam. then spend the . night in
Las Vegas.
The Prime Minister leaves
Tuesday for Los Angeles, arriv
ing at 10:30 a.m. (p.d.t.) at Bur-
bank airport. He will visit the
Lockheed Aircraft plant and
that night he will be guest of
honor at a party given by for
mer actress Mary Pickford.
Tour Studios
Suhrawardy will tour the,
MGM film studios in Hollywood
Wednesday morning and visit
Disneyland that afternoon. The
motion picture industry will hon
or him at a dinner Wednesday
night.
The next day he will tour an
oil refinery before leaving for
Castle Air Force Base, and then
he'll drive to Yosemite National
Park. Suhrawardy will stay in
the park Thursday night.
Suhrawardy will depart from
Castle Air Force Base Friday
morning for San Francisco,
where he is due at 11:15 at In
ternational Airport. The prime
minister will have a news con
ference that afternoon in the
Pakistan House.
He will spend Saturday at
Bohemian Grove, speak to the
Bohemian Club and remain ov-
Unsuspecting Dupes
Sought in Mystery
Of Body in Trunk
New York W Police search
ed today for two men, believed
to have . been unsuspecting
dupes, who delivered a trunk
containing the bullet - riddled
body of a 52-year-old painter to
a Railway Express office for
shipment to Los Angeles.
A check of fingerprint files at
FBI headquarters in Washington
identified the victim as James
Malloy of New York, formerly
of Philadelphia.
Woman Thought Killer
The small caliber of the weap
on used, a .22, gave rise to the
theory Malloy had been shot by
a woman, police said.
His body, pierced by three
slugs and wrapped in New York
City newspapers, was delivered
Thornton To Press
Policeman Trials
Portland HPi Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton said
Sunday he expects to proceed
with the trials of five Portland
policemen who are accused of
swearing falsely before a grand
jury, despite the acquittal of
police Sgt. Robert W. Sprague
on a similar charge Friday.
The five are charged with
swearing falsely when" they told
the grand jury they did not give
presents or gratuities to fellow
policemen to influence their en
forcement of laws. i
The Dalles Boy Dies
After Auto Accident
The Dalles API Melvin
Barnes, 15, died at Mid-Colum
bia hospital Sunday of a skull
fracture he received in an auto
mobile accident on Mill Creek
road near here Saturday night.
State police said that Barnes,
ol the Dalles, was a passenger
in a car driven by Marc Sanders,
la, which struck a concrete
bridge abutment. Sanders suf
fered a concussion, but his con
dition was listed as "satisfac
tory."
'PREMIUM' GAS
Cedar Rapids, Iowa ID)
Richard Kossina, 28, gave a new
twist to an old practice, accord
ing to police. Charged with oper
ating a still, Kossina alibied:, "I
made the stuff to mix with gaso
line for my outbroad motor."
ernight. He will leave for Sac
ramento, Calif., by car the next
morning and visit the mosque
there.
He leaves Sacramento for Salt
Lake City Sunday for a tour of
the tabernacle and to hear an or
gan recital.
After staying overnight, Suh
rawardy on Monday goes to
Omaha.
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to a 42nd st. Railway Express
office Saturday afternoon by
two men, each about 28 years
old, whom police believe were
hired messengers unaware of
the trunk's contents.
The corpse was discovered
five hours later when express
workers, suspicious of the strong
odor emanating from, the trunk,
forced the lock.
A medical examiner said Mal
loy had been dead about 24
hours when his body was dis
covered. The small trunk 35 inches
long, 15 inches deep and 20
inches wide was addressed to
a "Hal Jefferson" of the Ambas
sador hotel in Los Angeles. But
hotel officials said no person by
that name was registered at the
Ambassador, nor was there any
record of anyone by that name
having stayed at the hotel.
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Police received good descrip
tions of the men who delivered
the trunk to the express office
by car.
They remained in the office
about 25 minutes while a clerk
weighed and insured the black
tin trunk. After paying $40.92
for the shipment with $50, one
remarked:
"Let's go out and drink the
rest up."
HEADY SMOKE
Chicago iipi Three Chicago
area Marines lit up some mari
juana today while police looked
on. They were burning a four
acre plot of the narcotic with
Marine Corps flame throwers.
AUTHOR DIES IN FIRE
Detour, Mich. IIPI John Nev
ille, author and ex-newspaperman,
died Sunday in a fire that
destroyed his home at Spring
Bay, four miles north of this
community. He was 56.
Monday. July 15, 19S7
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Zacharias Heads
English Ford Division
Henry Zacharias, 725 ' South
Keene Way, Medford, has been
named manager of the English
Ford division of Crater Lake
Motors, Inc., West Main and
South Fir sts..
He is operating the division
at the company's car lot on
Sixth and Fir sts. His appoint
ment became effective on July
10.
Zacharias was employed at
Crater Lake Motors for a short
time about a year ago and re
turned to the company on July
10. He has lived in Medford
since 1938 and was an appliance
dealer prior to entering the
automobile business about a
year ago.
Portland (IT) Portland
marked up its 21st 1957 traffic
fatality today after Arthur J.
Cox, 43, died in a local hospital.
Cox was injured in a two-car
collision June 12.
McLEOD
Couple Meet In Honolulu
McLeod Mrs. Walter Hillman
went by plane to Honolulu re
cently, where she met her hus
band, who was on his way back
home after spending three years
in Korea.
Hillman is bringing with him
his young grandson, Johnny, to
visit in America for a while.
The Hillmans' son is married to
a Korean girl.
Mrs. Paul Lorrance has re
turned from a month's visit with
relatives in Vancouver, B.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Colskie,
of South Gate, Calif., are the
house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Schuder and family. Mrs.
Colskie and Schuder are brother
?.nd sister.
Miracle Boy To Get
Motion Picture Test
New York Iff! Eight-year-
old Benny Hooper, "the miracle
boy of Manorville" who survived
nearly 24 hours at the bottom
of a well shaft is getting a chance
to become a movie star.
United Artists Corp., announc
ed Sunday that Benny will be
given a screen test within the
next few weeks for the starring
role in a movie about a boy's
camp.
Benny has not been told about
his opportunity. However, his
mother said she asked him if he
would like to appear in a movie.
. "All he said was 'Oh, boy,' "
Mrs. Hooper related.
Mrs. Marge Smith and daugh
ter, Penny, moved to Gold Hill
recently.
Mrs. Sheryle Vaughn of Med
ford, is staying with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Vaughn, at their ranch on Lau
relhurst road.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Garret
and family, of Ashland, Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Netherland and fam
ily of Medford, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Carlton and family, of
Trail, helped their dad. Herb
Carlton, celebrate his birthday
at the Carlton home July 4 with
a family picnic.
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with a 32-year-old meal ticket
which he purchased when he
was a Mankato bus driver. '
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