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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1957
Pages 1 to 6
Asiatic Influenza Epidemic Seen
Increasingly Probable Next Month
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspdonent
Washington W Public
health officials think it is in
creasing probable that this coun
try will have an epidemic of
Asiatic influenza.
On the wall of Dr. William H.
S t e wart's of
fice is a big
map of the
United States.
It is already
liberally
sprinkled
with red dots
which indicate
localized out
breaks in 13
Louis Cassels states from
Rhode Island to California.
Dr. Stewart is assistant to the
surgeon general, U.S. Public
Health Service. His main job
these days is preparing for the
expected epidemic.
His map depicts with long red
arrows how the disease has been
"seeded" all over the country
by Boy Scouts returning from
their annual jamboree at Valley
Forge, Pa.; by college girls who
attended a national conference
at Grinnel, Iowa; by participants
in a youth meeting at Davis,
Calif.; by sailors from ships
which came from the Far East to
San Diego, Calif., Newport, R.I.,
and Norflok, Va.; and by many
individual travelers.
The Question: When?
The big question is when these
localized outbreaks still rjSther
widely scattered will flare into
an epidemic.
Historically, most flue epidem
ics in this country flare up in
lata October or November. But
the deadly one of 1918 began in
Boston at the end of August and
swept across JJie nation like a
great tidal v6ve within four
weeks.
The best guess of public health
experts at tne moment Is that the
national epidemic is not likely
to start before Sept. 1- After
that, the probability will grow
greater with each passing day.
Drug manufacturers are work
ing shifts around the clock to
produce a new vaccine which is
expected to give about 70 per
cent protection against Asiatic
flu. Rut at best,, only about five
million shots will be available
to civilians by Sept. 15. After
that, vaccine will be pouring into
civilian channels at a rate of
about five million doses a week.
It takes 10 to 14 days for the
vaccine to take effect. So it is
obvious that an .early epidemic
would find comparatively few
civilians inoculated.
Priority System Set
Although no formal system of
rationing or priorities is plan
ned, the Public Health Service
is urging that doctors, nurses
and hospital workers get their
shots at the first opportunity. It
is imperative that they stay on
their feet during an epidemic, to
take care of the minority of pa
tients who will develop serious
complications.
Othe groups who perform es
sential community services
such as firemen, police, trans
portation workers also are be
ing asked to get vaccinated
early.
Elderly people who have
chronic ailments, such as heart
disease or tuberculosis, are par
ticularly vulnerable to influenza.
It is desirable that as many of
these as possible be protected
by va-cine.
Babies under 18 months of
age also are susceptible to pneu
monia resulting from flu, but
they sometimes have an adverse
reaction to the vaccine. The
health service has asked the
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American Academy of Pediatrics
to recommend whether infants
should be vaccinated, and if so,
whether a reduced dose is in
dicated. What about the average
healthy child or adult? Is it de
sirable forhim to be vaccinated?
The Public Health Service says
yes, if supplies are available. If
not, don't fret about It.
Remember that you aren't
likely tb die of Asiatic flu. The
death rate w ,s only two per
1,000 cases in Asia, where med
ical facilities are notoriously in
adequae. So far in this country
it has been much lower three
deaths recorded among about
20,000 cases.
VFW Commander to
Make Visitations
Henry G. Albrecht, recently
elected commander of District
7, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will complete his summer visita
tions of posts in the district
soon, it was reported today.
Albrecht will attend the Cen
tral Point post meeting Aug. 15,
the Shady Cove Steelhead post,
Aug. 16, and the Walter A.
Phillips post, Ashland, Aug. 20.
A caravan of district officers
and members will accompany
Albrecht to Cave Junction Aug
22 to assist the Illinois Valley
post in its membership drive.
A Camp White post visitation
will be made early next month
when the post's new quarters
are opened.
A district meeting for all
members of the VFW will be
held at Brookings Sunday, Sept.
15. The second annual .field day
will be held Sept. 21 at Camp
White.
Also on the organization's
agenda is a state-wide member
banquet of the Department of
Oregon at Grants Pass Sept. 22
starting at 10 a.m., at which all
posts of the state will participate.
Detective Agency
Here Changes Hands
The assumed business name,
Forest Green Detective agency,
has been retired by Richard
Koch, post sffice box 425, Med
ford, owner and manager of the
agency for the past four years.
Koch, who will remain as
manager of the agency at Pine
hurst and Fir sts.. Central Point,
reported that he had retired
the name so he will be able to
be a candidate for Jackson coun
ty sheriff on the Democratic
party ticket in 1958.
The business name of the
agency has ben assumed by
Erwin Taylor of La Mesa, Calif.,
who will arrive in the valley
this month.
Infant Drowns in Fall
Into Irrigation Ditch
Madras (IP) Mark Andrew
drowned Monday when he fell
into an irrigation canal near his
home at Little Agency Plains,
a small community west of here.
His body was recovered from
the ditch shortly after playmates
missed him. Efforts at resuscita
tion by the Madras fire depart
ment failed.
Portland OT Larry Land
graver says he has no immediate
plans to seek the chairmanship
of the Multnomah county Re
publican central committee.
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TELLS OF PAYOFFS At
torney Stanley Lehrer tells
the Senate labor rackets
committee in Washington
that a New York City labor
racketeer demanded $2500
"protection" to bar other
unions from picketing shops
which signed a "sweetheart"
contract with one of his
unions. He said his members
agreed to pay Johnny Dio
$25 for each employee to
ward off jurisdictional pick
eting. w.
Many Red Spies Said
'Important People'
New York flfl Boris Mor-
ros, winding up a counter
espionage career, said Monday
many Soviet agents in the United
States 'are important people."
Morros, whose cloak and dag
ger activities led to the indict
ment of five alleged spies, said,
"many of the Soviets' most ac
tive workers in this country
don't come from the rank and
file, nor the under-privileged.
"They are," he said, 'people
who have the kind of contacts
which will be useful to the So
viets and they are being paid for
their job of treason to the U.S."
Morros told a news confer
ence he is through with danger
ous international intrigue.
The 67-year-old agent, who
worked under FBI instructions
while ostensibly spying for Rus
sia, met reporters for the first
time since his "double dealings"
ended last January. '
MANUFACTURER DIES
Boston (IB Jacob (Jack)
Sandler, 59, president of the A.
Sandler Co., shoe manufact
urers, specializing in shoes for
"junior misses," died Sunday
while playing golf.
On The Side By E. V. Durling
(Diirributtd by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
Holland is the most densely
populated country in the world.
It has 900 population per square
mile. Also has the highest life
expectency in the world. Arid
the lowest death rate. There is
only one doctor for every 1,000
persons in Holland. That is all
that are needed. If there were
more they couldn't make a liv
ing. The government concerned
about a lack of space for the
growing and long lived natives
recently suggested birth con
trol. The Hollanders would have
none of that. They like children
and plenty of them. In Holland
people having only four chil
dren are considered practically
childless.
Passing By
Frank Stevens, Guiding
genius of one of the world's most
remarkable catering organiza
tions. Operates concessions at
innumbarable racetracks, major
league ball parks, football stadi
ums, convention halls, etc.
Frank is one of the second gen
eration of Stevens in the organ
ization. There are many third
generation executives of the
family in the outfit. As the
Stevens are noted for being
prolific parents, there are also
many youngsters of the fourth
generation being readied to join
the company. ,To give you an
Crash Fatal To Seven
Eindhove, Holland (IB A
speeding commuter train crash
ed into a slower commuter-pack
ed train during the morning
rush hour Monday. j
Seven persons were killed 'and
more than 50 injured.
idea of a typical Stevens opera
tion, consider the Roosevelt
Raceway concession, which in
cludes 73 food stations. In addi
tion to several luxury type res
taurants there is a cafeteria, 13
bars, five table service bars, 15
snack stands, 13 cigar stands, 12
beer stands and six ice cream
stands.
Horses and Women
Married women make the
best secretaries. The concentra
tion of the bachelorette secretar
ies on their work is handicapped
by their endless thinking about
love, boy friends and their
matrimonial chances. So, sir, if
you want to increase your secre
tary's efficiency, help her find
a husband. If you are a bachelor,
r.iarry her yourself.
Among The Married
A Seattle subscriber informs
me that on July 8 this year she
gave birth to twin girls. What's
so wonderful about that? Well,
she is in her 40s and a grand
mother. This is her 13th blessed
event. She has two married
daughters. So, sir, you see it
is as I am telling you. Just be
cause your wife is in her 40s,
has married daughters and is a
grandmother, don't get the idea
she will not be featured in an
other blessed event. She may
have twins. Who knows, even
triplets.
Asides
Doughlas Fairbanks Jr., is
cften referred to in the British
press as "Sir Doughlas Fair
banks." He apparently offers no
corrections or objections . . .
Am asked by a Cincinnati sub
scriber If I care for German
food. Answer is, not particular
ly. However, I can occasionally
go for an order of Kartoffel
Pfannekuchen or Wiener Schit
zel. Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Is
Bettina, the ex-model who is
scheduled to become the bride
of Aly Khan a blonde or a
brunette? A. The lady referred
to Is a freckle-faced redhead
which, as you know, is said to
be a -very powtrful type as to
male attraction. Even more so
than the brown-eyed honey
bloflde . . . Q.Have you ever
heard of a rich barber? A. Can't
say definitely that I have. How
ever, I know a barbar in Bev
erly Hills, Calif., who owns a
shop that employes 1G manicurists.
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