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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL. TRIBUNE Wednesday, July 17, 1937 SOVIET NAVAL DISPLAY Against an Imposing 'jackdrop of Russian heavy cruisers and destroyers riding at anchor in Leningrad, speedy torpedo boats churn up waters of the Neva River during a display of Soviet naval and air might. Defense Minister Mar ihall Georgi Zbukov attended the review. Practical Test Devised To Warn Of Hepatitis in Donated Blood By DELOS SMITH United Pratt Science Editor New York 1fl A practical test has been devised which will indicate when hepatitis virus lurks in donated blood. It is not going to eliminate that unpleas ant liver disease, you can be sure, but it raould cut down sharply on the chances ol get ting it through a blood transfu sion. You will appreciate this ad vance when you understand that "the possible development of serum nepatitis alter transiu- tant hazard that Is not prevent- i But whole blood from other able, even by careful attention to details in the history of blood donors and the application of proved laboratory techniques." The words belong to Dr. E. R. Jennings, professor of clinical pathology, Wayne State Univer sity Medical College, Detroit, and four associates. They worked out the new testing method which involves putting donated blood into a chemical solution. If the solution reacts by be coming exceedingly clouded, then the blood is considered to sion of blood is the most impor- i be highly suspect. What makes serum or trans fusion hepatitis a big problem is that some people seem able to carry the virus around n their blood without it ever sickening them, and that the virus, like most viruses, is undetectable. Reporting to the technical journal of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, the De troit scientists recalled the fail ure of efforts to detect blood donor "carriers" of hepatitis virus through their medical his- ! tones. It has been proven that ; donors who never in their lives had shown the slightest symp tom of liver disease, were "car riers" of hepatitis virus just the same. They began working out their j test in 1854 in the Detroit Re I ceiving Hospital. Eventually they subjected the blood of 14, i 755 donors to it. The serum part of the blood of 567 of these 14, 755 created a high degree of I turbidity in the chemical solu- tion. The whole blood of these ", 567 was transfused into 193 ' hospital patients. Ten of the ' 193 developed serum hepatitis. MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for any worthwhile purpose on your FURNITURE - AUTO SALARY and repay in monthly Install ments. You may choose the terms most suitable to you up to 24 months. Loam may b paid in ad vance or in full at any tima. Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine St. - Central Po?nt Phone NO 4-! 273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. Cenvanisnt Parking If you like FUN .... You'll like the NUGGET donors which caused little turbi dity was transfused into 603 pa tients. And there were no posi tive cases of serum hepatitis among them. If the high-turbidity blood had been discarded, it would have meant the loss of 330 units of whole blood in order to prevent 10 positive cases of serum hepa titus and cases of "possible" serum hepatitis. The scientists granted that some colleagues would argue that the seriousness of the disease in the particular patients wouldn't justify discard ing so much blood. They also granted that the test would not detect all "car riers" of the virus. They had "knowledge," they said, of 10 cases of serum hepatitis result ing from the transfusion of low turbidity blood. These cases were not in their own study. Nevertheless,' they asserted, "the hazard of serum hepatitis is greatly increased when blood is transfused from donors whose serums have significantly ab normal values for thymol tur bidity." The principal reactive chemical in their solution is thymol which is derived from thyme, a member of the mint family and a seasoner of soups and sauces. Johnson Working To Keep Reason in Civil Rights' Debate By RAYMOND LAHH . United Press Correspondent Washington API Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson is working quietly but constantly to maintain what he calls "a climate of reason" in the Senate civil rights debate. As a result it now appears possible, even probable, an ac commodation can be worked out to pass a bill after much de bate but without a last ditch filibuster fight by Southern Democrats. Picture Could Change Again The picture has changed in the past week and could do so again, particularly if the ad ministration fights to keep the bill substantially as it passed the House. Meanwhile there is much talk of compromise. It is denied Johnson himself is working for any compromise formula. But his public state ments imply he forsees eventual passage of a compromise bill. Johnson has now talked his fellow Southerners into showing more restraint than they have on the civil rights issue in past I vears. Thev agreed to allow a vote today on a motion to form ally consider the bill, a motion which has rarely reached a vote in past civil rights tests in the Senate. Split in Two Camps Some Southerners read the 1956 elections returns, with the evidence of a Negro vote shift toward the GOP, to, mean civil rights legislation could no long er be stopped in the Senate. They now are reported split in two camps, those who want to fight until they drop and those who want to compromise lest they get a tougher bill forced through by means of the "gag" rule. Cave Junction City Councilman Resigns Cave Junction Councilman Roy W. Parmerlee resigned at a special city council meeting Friday. It was effective July 8. Parmerlee, who replaced Ken neth Deaton more than two years ago, gave as his reason for resigning the fact that his shift work at a local service sta tion keeps him away from many meetings. No replacement has been an nounced, although recommenda tions were made during the council session. On The Side By e. v. During (Distributed by King Feature Syndicate Inc.) Blessings on the falling out That all the more endears. When we fall out with those we love And kiss again with tears. Tennyson iJ'iMsswf.M?! tump eg i -"j7NA - To- acr-8'-. jo ! r--"7if Mrb-'sS 0-3:8 I & ' i : ; ; : 1 ' ? ztl I . 'ill 3- : I f ' -o Su.1. J jo -j o I ::V!! .T:i;-ii?.2 '1 . S I: : .: ! z- i l - - jf a 5 m o- I O to Z f,- -""'v.r-ji;s).f c . lBaataBeBstsssi"isssa""ttBBBsss1BssBB1B1B,BBBBBBBBBBBBBBIBBBBB1B"""B1"sett "My sweetheart's name is Sandra," writes a young man of Manhattan. "Has there ever been a song about a girl so named?" I do not recall such a song. There should be one. How about a touching ballad titled What Could Be Grander Than Sitting On The Veranda Holding Hands Wth Sandra? Not so good, you say? Perhaps you are right. However, give me time. I'll think of something. Heirs What are your prospects of being an heir to a fortune? I have nothing to dream about in that respect When I was a kid I thought perhaps an uncle I had in South Africa might leave me a few million dollars. Nothing ever came of it. As you may have noticed the wills made by some wealthy fellows are ex ceedingly strange. Have just heard of an Englishman who willed that his five brothers and sisters should toss dice for his fortune. The relative having the high toss to get all the money. Settlement of that will must have been an interesting scene. Incidentally, the man making the will instructed the executor to carefully check the dice be fore each throw to see none of the prospective heirs sneaked in a loaded pair. For InTentort People with inventions they feel may make them wealthy keep asking me how to go about realizing financially on their ideas. I am no expert on this sub ject. However, I can recommend a book titled, "How To Find A Buyer For Your Invention" by V. D. Angerman. published by the Science and Mechanics Pub lishing Company, 450 East Ohio St., Chicago, 111. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Horses and Women Italian girls have beautiful eyes but don't know how to han dle them . expressively. The French women are cleverest with the eyes in the matter of male attention. They are experts in the "come hither" look. Scan dinavian girls have the "sexiest" voices but have no style sense. Irish girls have the best com plexions. English women have the most beautiful legs and are most possessed of that' thing called "class". Such are the opin ions of a U.S. naval officer who has spent much time seeing the the world. We have asked him to join our Horses and Women Department. Maybe he knows something about horses. Allergy Hay fever is not caused by hay. Nor is it accompanied by fever. It is an allergy chiefly caused by airborne pollen (flower dust). The chief offender is ragweed. One of the leading authorities on hay fever treat ment is Dr. Joseph D. Wassar- sug. He has compiled a pamphlet titled "What You Can Do For Hay Fever," which is considered the outsanding work on the sub ject. This pamphlet is distribut ed by the Hay Fever Prevention Society, 158 Remsen St., Brook lyn, jn.x. rrice is zo cents a copy. Cot It Right A contemporary quotes the following: "I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it." He credits the observation to Vol taire. That's wrong. It does not appear in Voltaire's works and there is no record of his having said it. Suggestion Get out of the grandstand. Be a sport participant. That is not only more fun but can aid in keeping you a healthy fellow. What sport? How about bowl ing? Your wife can go for that, too. It is very good for the fig ure, especially the waistline. Housing Project for Elderly Persons Planned Chicago ilf The Chicago Housing authority has approved a $1,500,000 budget to finance its first housing project for eld erly persons. The budget contemplates use of the land at the Julia C. Lath rop housing project, now owned by the federal. government. Cost of building the new project is estimated at S950.000. plus S34, 000 for dwelling equipment. HAIRPIN MENACE Greenville, Miss. IOT Fe male swimmers must wear bath ing caps in city swimming pools here because the city is tired of pumps getting stopped up by lost hairpins. Syracuse. N. Y. W City Engineer Regis C. McNamara called police when another ve hicle struck his parked car. Of ficers investigated, handed Mc Namara a ticket for illegal park-it. DUD A-BOMB TRIGGERED The atomic detonation "Diablo," which failed to explode on June 28 and caused officials to climb a 500-foot tower to disarm the device, bursts forth with brilliant fury after it was triggered at the Atomic Energy Commission's proving ground in Nevada. Equal to approximately 10,000 tons of TNT, the device was the seventh detonation of the current test series. DODGE outperforms "other two" low-priced trucks! See actual road-test proof on page 10 of this section See the new Dodge -Truck -Take a demonstration ride at PARSONS MOTORS DODGE TRUCK HEADQUARTERS 215 East 5th Phone SP 3-3687 IV Grangers fo Help Resources Group Cave Junction Illinois Val ley Grangers agreed to assist the Water Resources group on Sucker Creek dam work at a meeting held Thursday night. Members of the Grange will aid in contacting property own ers' within the proposed irriga tion district, giving information on costs and benefits. A large map of the Sucker Creek project has been prepared for the Water Resources group by the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce. During the business meeting, Elwood Hussey presented a paper which he later submitted to Governor Robert Holmes at the Democratic club picnic Sun day. The paper, which was signed by most members present, ask ed the Governor to consider four improvement projects for the valley. They are the Sucker Creek dam; a tunnel under Ore gon mountain, to shorten travel time on the Redwood highway from the valley to Crescent city; a cut-off road from the Oregon Caves to Williams which would open the present Oregon Caves highway, eliminating backtracking to Cave Junction; and the need for a historical museum at Kerby. The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. 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