ChemicaS Discovery Gives
New Hope For Cancer Test
By DELOS SMITH
Uniled Press Science Editor
New York IP An ex
ceedingly odd chemical dis
covery has renewed hope
lhat science will some day
come up with a relatively
simple and thoroughly reli
able test for hidden cancers.
The discovery was that the
virus which causes hoof and
mouth disease in cattle has
a definite reaction in the
blood of healthy persons that
it does not have in the blood
of persons ill of cancers.
No one should take this
to mean a reliable cancer test
is near, but it certainly shows
that such a test is within the
realm of scientific probabil
ities. The virus and samples of
human blood were brought to
gether in test tubes to see if
the former would "fix" the
"complement" of the latter.
You see, blood forms a fer
ment which, together with
anti-bodies, has the power to
destroy disease - causing or
ganisms such as viruses.
Results Astonishing
That ferment is called
"complement." To see if it is
working and active against
any given bacteria or virus,
you confront a blood smear
with the organism. If the
"complement" joins with an
tibodies and comes together
to destroy the organism, it is
said to be "fixed" and the
reaction is "positive."
A team of Italian scientists
confronted samples of the
blood serum of 1,399 persons
with hoof and mouth, virus
in this complement fixation
test and got astonishing re
sults. Of their subjects, 931 were
healthy and normal so far
as the eye could tell. The
complement was fixed, that
is the reaction was positive,
in 911 of them 97.85 per
cent.
Tried On Other Diseases
But 101 of the 1,399 had
cancers which had originated
in the epithelium or surface
layers of body tissue. Only
six gave a positive reaction.
The percentage of negative
reaction was thus 91.08.
That is highly suggestive,
of course, that a negative re
action to hoof and mouth vir
us indicates the presence of
cancer. But if the existence of
cancer does prevent a posi
tive reaction, then how about
the existence of other dis
eases? So the scientists worked
with serum samples of 367
persons with a huge variety
of diseases affecting the
heart, blood vessels, lungs,
endocrine glands, liver, kid
neys, bladder, as well as an
assortment of infectious dis
eases. Of these, -303 or 82.56
per cent reacted as the nor
mal healthy persons had and
as the cancer patients hadn"t.
Scientists Interested
The scientific team was
headed by Drs.. A. Serra and
P. Lovisetto of the University
of Turin, Italy. In their re
port to the International
Technical Journal, "Nature,"
they remarked that "the diag
nostic interest of this special
reaction of the complement
fixation test is evident."
To compound the oddity of
it all, only one type of hoof
and mouth virus would, set
off the reaction. The others
were not active. Nor were a
number of other viruses that
cause disease in animals but
rarely if at all in people.
The possibilities are many
and, needless to say, the
scientists now are running
them down. Any test for hid
den cancer has to be 100 per
cent reliable; it can have no
false positives and above all,
no false negatives.
Opposition No Block,
Benson Tells Farmers
Washington IP) Agricul
ture Secretary Ezra Taft Ben
son told four young farmers
Saturday that opposition to
his farm policies has "not dis
couraged me one bit in these
last five years."
Benson said he was confi
dent that "by winning the
support of the people we can
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Vote For EARL
FOR
County
Judge
Former Mayor
of Medford
Th office of County Judge in
Jackson County is first and fore
most a BUSJNESS MANAGEMENT
JOB. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, as
well as a record of public service,
is a highly important qualification.
EARL MILLER owns and operates
his own successful business in
Medford. He was also a successful
MAYOR of MEDFORD; served on
the City Council, Budget Commit
tee and Planning Committee in
Medford. He has long jmade a
study of county problems.
To further assure successful ad
ministration of county business in
the interests of ALL the people in
EVERY section of the county, his
office in the Jackson County
Courthouse will remain OPEN TO
ALL as much of the time as pos
sible. He will always be readily
accessibly ' for friendly discussion
and counsel on all problems affect
ing Jackson County taxpayers.
I
Paid Adv. Earl Miller for County
Judge Committee. Collier Buffing
ton, Chairman, Hillcrest Road,
Medford.
Urges New Roads
For World Peace
Plus Weapons
Asilomar, Calif. (IP) Dr.
Glen T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize
winning nuclear scientist, be
lieves the United States
should develop all the wea
pons of atomic age warfare
but should seek new roads
to world peace.
The University of Califor
nia scientist told delegates to
the opening session of the
World ' Affairs council of
Northern California that to
be unarmed or partially
armed in the same world as
a totally armed Soviet Union
"is unthinkable for us and
for our friends."
However, he suggested that
"massive exchanges" of Rus
sian and American citizens
would bring a better under
standing between the coun
tries. -
Seaborg said he was not re
ferring to summit conferences,
but to a "really massive ex
change of visitors, students
and trainees numbering in
the tens of thousands at
least." i
"The purpose of these visits
would not be to engage in de
bate as' to which political
system is better, but merely
to replace faulty information
with true and perhaps
even to get across the idea
that deep down inside the
other fellow doesn't really
wish to blow one to smith
ereens," he said.
win over members of Con
gress who have opposed us
Selected this week by the
U.S. Junior Chamber of Com
merce as the nation's four
outstanding farmers, the
group met with Benson to dis
cuss agricultural problems.
The winners of the contest,
cosponsored by the American
Petroleum Institute, are Wil
liam Erwin, 32, Bourbon,
Ind., Cyrille Faure, 35, Visa-
lia, Calif., Thomas La Chance,
34, Somersville, Conn., and
Felix O. Bullard, 35, Monti
cello, Fla.
Faure asked Benson if he
had been discouraged by the
opposition to his efforts to
reduce government regulation
of agriculture. .
"I have never been discour
aged in these last five years,"
Benson replied.
"There are many members
of Congress we'll never change
by sitting down and talking
with them," he continued. But
he said by "educating" the
voters the support of such
congressmen could be enlist
ed.
In response to another ques
tion, Benson conceded that
there are "inequities" in the
laws regulating agriculture.
He said he has been working
to remove them.
Fishing Junks
Halted By Reds
Hong Kong OP) Armed
Communist Chinese patrol
boats have been stopping
Hong Kong fishing junks in
the territorial waters of this
British crown colony, Chi
nese report. '
A government spokesman
said five patrol vessels flying
Communist Chinese ensigns
were stopping fishing junks
Thursday, and holding them
as long as 40 minutes before
releasing them.
Royal naval units sent to
the scene reported all quiet.
The Chinese Communists
announced recently that fish
erment who wished to use
fishing grounds near the
Pearl fiver estuary must join
the Red-sponsored Fisher
men's cooperatives.
They said that after May 1
all other vessels will be sub
ject to seizure.
New Effect Seen
On Cosmic Rays
Iowa City, Iowa OP)
A "new effect" on cosmic
rays has been revealed by the
American satellites, Explorer
I and Explorer II, Dr. James
Van Allen of the University
of Iowa said Saturday.
Van Allen, in charge of in
strumentation of the Explor
er satellites, would not dis
close anything further aboit
the new effect now.
The new data received from
both satellites via a magnetic
memory tape recorder and
other recording instruments
must remain "secret" for a
while, Van Allen said. But i
he added that additional in-1
formation might be available
in tne next two or inree
weeks.
$30,000 Back Pay
Ordered Restored
San Francisco OPI The
State Belt railroad has been
ordered to rehire a switch
man who was fired 11 years
ago with back pay estimated
at between $30,000 and $60,
000, believed the highest such
award in history.
Asst. State Atty. Gen. Her
bert Wenig said the award
was made to James W. Brew
ster, now a San Francisco cab
driver, last week by the Na
tional Railway Adjustment
board in Chicago.
The defendant in the case
which may be appealed in
the courts was the State
of California which operates
the Port, of San Francisco.
The Belt Line is under the
Port's jurisdiction and con
nects major railroads with
the waterfront area.
Huge Cargo Barge
Built In Seattle
Seattle OP) The world's
largest cargo barge was
launched in Seattle Saturday
at the Todd shipyard.
The barge, which is 299
feet long, 75 feet wide over
all and has a hull 21 feet in
depth, will join the large fleet
of the- Upper Columbia River
Towing company and its asso
ciate companies.
Built at a cost 'of $1,600,000
the huge barge is capable of
carrying five million board
feet of lumber and has a dry
cargo space of 170 thousand
cubic feet.
The first trip for the barge
will be to haul . petroleum
from Seattle to the mouth of
the Columbia river. It will
continue to Coos Bay, Ore.,
and then to Los Angeles.
Company officials said it
would be used chiefly in runs
between Seattle and Alaska.
Los Angeles OP) Prop
erty taxes for public school
districts throughout the coun
ty for the current fiscal year
totaled $329,280,483, account
ing for almost half of the
county's tax revenue, it was
learned Saturday.
Magazine Mountain, at
2,785 feet, is the highest point
in Arkansas.
CARTOON CHIDES FRANCE
London rtP! The Daily Ex
press Saturday caried a car
toon showing a guard dozing
outside the French National
Assembly Building. Instead of
counting sheep he was count
ing premiers.
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Emergency Salk
Comes To London
London JIP) An emergen
cy shipment of American Salk
polio vaccine arrived in Lon
don Saturday and apparently
marked the end of a growing
domestic .political quarrel.
The three cartons of vac
cine, produced by a Detroit
firm, were immediately rush
ed -to a British testing labo
ratory to be checked.
More shipments were to
follow to relieve a shortage
of anti-polio vaccine in the
country.
Charges of "bungling in
competence" erupted against
the health ministry when it
was announced that supplies
of domestically-produced po
lio vaccine were depleted
with the polio season just be
ginning. The government countered
with a special order for emer
gency shipments of American
vaccine.
Establishment of the U.S.
marine corps was authorized
by the Continental Congress
in 1775.
New Perception In
Movies This Week
By VERNON SCOTT
U.P. Hollywood Writer
Hollywood dPi First ap
plication of subliminal percep
tion. tin movies was demon
strated this week, but the au
dience was so engrossed in
looking for "subconscious"
symbols it ignored 'the pic
ture. Using a process called Pre
con, drawings were superim
posed on the film in rapid
succession, faster than the
conscious eye could see.
When the villain menaced
the heroine snakes were flash
ed onto the screen. For love
sequences a heart winked on.
During frightening, suspense
ful scenes of the mystery
drama the words "blood" and
"death" were used.
To scare the living bejab
bers out of the audience a
skull was employed.
Gimmick Distracts
For demonstration purposes
at a press preview of "My
World Dies Screaming" a 10
minute segment utilizing sub
liminal techniques, was
shown, followed by another
showing with the symbols
plainly in evidence.
During the initial screening
viewers nudged one another,
announcing they could spot
the subconscious signals
clearly.
Does It Work?
Advance knowledge of the
gimmick . distracts attention
from the picture. It also cre
ates an added sensation of
anticipation.
Whether it achieves its pur
pose heightened emotional
response to particular scenes
is still in question.
Viewers could not agree on
their reactions. A better test
would be a showing in which
the audience was not aware
of the experiment.
The second film with the
symbols visible surprised
viewers. They chalked this up
to scratchy film.
Still in its infancy, sub
liminal perception is not ex
pected to bail motion pictures
Kaff Appointed
UP Bureau Manager
Tokyo OPI The appoint
ment of Albert E. Kaff as
United Press bureau manager
in Taipei, Formosa, was an
nounced Saturday by Earnest
Hoberecht, United Press vice
president and general man
ager for Asia.
Los Angeles HP) Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight said Sat
urday he feels the governor
ship provides excellent train
ing for U.S. senatorship.
out of the doldrums. It is not
I spectacular enough. There
also is doubt that the public
favors having its collective
subconscious mind massaged
by a bunch of film producers.
Nevertheless, the process
has been christened with a
fancy name, "Psychorama," in
the hope that potential movie
goers will believe the process
holds startling innovations.
A mass audience survey
will be made following re
lease of the picture. If it fails
to prove effective, audiences
can relax and attend movies
content in the knowledge that
the subconscious is free of
snakes and skulls.
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