In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
; A thought:
Assuming that capital pun-
is nment is a grim and awful
thing (which it is)
Assuming (as on the long
record of history we are en
titled to assume) that the
death penalty doesn't prevent
crime
Assuming that capital pun
ishment is on its way out in
the modern world
WHAT SHOULD WE DO
WITH PEOPLE LIKE THE
PENNSYLVANIA MANIAC
WHO WENT ON THE LOOSE
WITH HIS HIGH-POWERED
RIFLE AND SHOT DOWN
HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT
AND LEFT AS HE WOULD
HAVE SHOT RABBITS?
I17HAT do we do when a
mad dog is loose in the
neighborhood?
Do we call the Humane So
ciety and have the rabid ani
mal confined in the pound?
Or do we put it out of the
way?
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
THESE are grim questions.
They deal with a grim sub
ject. But they deserve some
thought.
ENOUGH of that.
Let's get back to Brazil
which is much in the news
in these days.
TTOLLYWOOD OLD-TIMERS recall a night when those
two brilliant but recalcitrant old sinners, John Barry
more and Gene Fowler, were dining together at the Brown
jjemy. .ts anymore was
coughing incessantly.
"Jack," Fowler finally
told him, "there are two
kinds of cough: a hang
over cough, and the one
you haven't got-"
Former Vice President
John Gamer of Uvalde,
Tex, when past 80, admit
ted he no longer could see
well enough to do any
shooting on a hunt, "No, I
can't see well enough to
shoot," he . would assure
guests when he called for
them at the airport, "so I
just do the driving."
Frank Sullivan once asked a Texas host the size of his ranch.
"No matter what you figure," the genial host assured him, "my
place is just four times as big!"
I960, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
The Medical Roundup
GEORGE MIMNAUGH, Ore
gon director of the savings
bonds division of the U.S.
Treasury Department, was re
turning a few days ago from
a meeting in Washington. He
was traveling by train, and in
the lounge car he fell into
conversation with an Ameri
can who is in business in Bra
zil in a large enough way to
have some 1700 people work
ing under him.
'The conversation came
around to the cost of living,
and this gentleman said to
Mr. Mimnaugh:
"In 1958 in Brazil the cost
of living increased 22 per cent
over 1957.
"The official figures for
1959 had not been compiled
when I left, but the general
estimate among informed peo
ple in late December was that
in Brazil the cost of living in
1959 rose 50 per cent over the
22 per cent it had risen in
1958." I
Emeritus Consultant In Aleeielne.
M&yo CUrJe
Emeritus Professor of Medietas).
Mayo Cllnle
7
HE then asked: "What's the
prime interest rate in . the
U.S. now?" meaning by that
the interest rate on prime se
curities, what is called "prime
paper" in New York.
Mr. Mimnaugh answered:
"5 per cent."
"Hmmmmmm," his com
panion said, "in Brazil our
firm has a small line of credit
remaining on which it pays
12 PER CENT interest. The
rest of its business borrowing
is being done at the rate of 30
PER CENT."
MR MIMNAUGH shud
dered. His companion
grinned and added:
"I was in China at the peak
of the Chinese inflation, and
I saw speculators pay 60 per
cent interest for the USE OF
MONEY FOR ONE DAY.
How could they do it? They'd
buy a piece of property for
$25,000 in the morning and
sell it before noon for $50,000.
. "That's what runaway in
flation does when it gets
loose."
r can't happen here?
I suppose not.
But this conversation indi
cates that it's beginning to
happen in Brazil.
that
TJOW did Brazil get
way?
ITS GOVERNMENT
SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY
WITHOUT COLLECTING
ENOUGH IN TAXES TO
BALANCE THE BUDGET.
That's the long and the
short of it,
Paternity Suits
I am happy to see that the
Pennsylvania Superior Court
recently ruled that a defend
ant in a pater
nity suit is en-
titled to a
new trial if
the jury
ignored the
blood -group
ing tests,
which can tell
definitely that
he couldn't
ib. alvarez possiDiy nave
been the father of the child.
Unfortunately, -the tests can
not prove that he was the fa
ther of a -certain child; they
tell- only that he could or
could not have been. It is to
be hoped that more and more
courts will accept the reports
of the able laboratory work
ers who can now supply this
very definite information. I
recently read a report of an
expert on these paternity suits
who said that a considerable
percentage of men are now
paying for the support of a
child who certainly is not
theirs. They . either . did hot
contest the suit, or they lost
out in court.
The Child Who Doesn't
Walk Right .
In the proceedings of the
staff meetings of The Mayo
Clinic (Dec. 9), there is a
group of articles by several
experts on what can be wrong
with a child who doesn't walk
right. Sometimes the child
keeps stumbling and falling
down, or he may be awkward,
or. he may have a stiff walk,
or weak legs, or "poor track
ing", or he will not be able
to keep up with other chil
dren, or with his parents. As
the several experts said, such
a child should be studied by
a neurologist to see if he has
some rare . disease of the
nerves or brain or muscles.
The trouble may be due to
something wrong in the cere
bellum a special part of the
brain which has much to do
with maintaining body bal
ance. Rarely, the child will be
found to be poisoned a bit by
some drug that he is taking
regularly, or he may have a
neuritis, or multiple sclerosis,
or perhaps a form of hysteria.
I remember a distinguished
orthopedist who told me that
every so often he would see a
child whose limp was psychic
in origin.
Dr.
blood
tained
and a
Alvarez' booklet on
pressure may be ob
by sending 25 cents
large, stamped,1 self-
addressed envelope with your
request to Dr. Walter C. Al
varez, Dept. MMT, The Regis
ter and Tribune Syndicate,
Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
Portland - (UPD - The annual
brotherhood award of B'nai
B'rith has been given to for
mer Gov. Charles Sprague
here.
Strokes io Be
Program Subject
"What is the difference be
tween a stroke and a heart at
tack?" This and other questions
concerning "strokes" will be
answered by a medical panel
on "Adventures in Medicine,"
the Jackson County Tubercu
losis and Health association
sponsored television program,
at 1:30 pjn. o'clock this after
noon over station KBES-TV.
It will, be the first in a
series of Sunday afternoon
presentations, according to
Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, associa
tion television chairman, the
program having been viewed
for the past several months
on alternate Mondays.
Appearing on today's pan
el will be Dr. John L. Welch
and Dr. Ray L. Casterline,
specialists in diagnosis and in
ternal medicine, and Dr. Hen
ry E. Storino, neurosurgeon.
The physicians will describe
the most common types of
strokes and their causes, and
explain modern methods of di
agnosis and treatment. Plates,
sketches, and x-rays will be
shown in illustrating various
phases of the discussion.
The topic of "strokes" was
chosen for National Heart
Sunday, Mrs. Burton said, be
cause strokes, while frequent
ly being confused with heart
attacks, are also the result of
blood vessel disease and as
such are included in the field
of interest of the American
Heart association.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
To The Oyster
A Pearl is a Pain
No osyter relishes the idea
of growing a pearl. If this
bivalve had its way there nev
er would be such a beautiful
thing as a "precious pearl."
The pearl is a very uncom
fortable experience to the
mollusk. It is a "cross" some
unfortunate oysters have to
bear and the poor thing has
to die in order to lose it, for
once a pearl is started it al
ways remains an irritation
and a burden. To the oyster
that is "stuck with it" the
pearl is a pain in the neck,
to a creature that really has
no neck.
Nearly all the precious
stones or gems that mankind
prizes so highly for adorn
ment are geologic in origin.
They have been created by
the pressures of great masses
of weight over long periods
of time, plus actions of wa
ter and gases.
The pearl, however, is bio
logical or what could almost
be considered to be chemical.
The pearl is the result of an-
Chile Union Not
To Welcome Ike
Santiago, Chile - (TJPB - The
Communist - controlled Cut
Union Federation says Chil
ean workers will not welcome
President Eisenhower to this
countryt but it has not called
specifically for hostile demon
strations. "There are contradictions
between Eisenhower's formal
statements about good neigh
borliness and his administra
tion's imperialist economic
policy toward Chile," the Cut
said in a statement.
The federation assailed U.S.
policy in Cuba and demanded
independence for Puerto Rico.
Eisenhower arrives here
Monday.
Strong Market for
Green Fir Reported
- Portland - (UPD - A strong
market for most items of
green fir dimension despite
slow Midwest buying was re
ported Friday by Crow's Lum
ber Market News Service.
Volume of orders in both
rail and cargo increased sharp
ly in the week end ending Feb.
20, Crow's reported. I
Area Drivers Get
Licenses Suspended
Salem The department of
motor vehicles has released
names of 419 drivers whose
licenses were ordered sus
pended during the period be
ginning Feb. 15 and ending
Feb. 18.
Length of suspension varies,
depending on charges in
volved, recommendation of
court, discretionary action by
tne department or require
ments of Oregon law. The de
partment said some of the li
censes invloving court recom
mendations may have been re
instated after suspension was
ordered.
The department warned
drivers that the penalty for
driving while suspended is a
jail sentence of no less than
two days and up to six
months, and there may be im
posed a fine up to $500.
Under licensing . procedures,
this will also result in an ad
ditional year of suspension.
. Among those suspended in
Jackson county were:
Drivinr while under the Influence
of intoxicating liquor (Manda
tory suspension)
Henry FredncK Hertager, 43, or
post office box 171, Eagle Point,
90 days.
Sibyl Kodgers Jacobs, Si, of 1Z4U
North Riverside ave, Medford, 90
days.
Hewitt Edward Fairish, M, of
Camp White, 90 days.
Discretionary action or oeparimeni
Ernest Alonzo Parker, 83. of
507 North Main st., Phoenix, failure
to appear for required tests. 1 year.
New Registrars
Named in County
Four new registrars to reg
ister Jackson county residents
have been announced by
Courty Clerk E. M. Madden.
Margaret McGinty, 103
King St.; Clarence H. Red
mond, route 4, box 393. Med
ford; and Walter L. Town
send, Camp White, will regis
ter persons at the Democratic
headquarters, 232 West Fifth
St.
Mrs. Frank (Kathleen) Bash
will register persons at 1325
Bundy st, Medford.
A total of 73 registrars have
been certified by the local
elections repartment, Madden
said.
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imal secretions; a secretion
brought about by the animal's
body to combat an irritant
which is foreign to the flesh.
Real Beginning
" This irritant, the real be
ginning in the development
of a pearl, can be of various
kinds. Most are the result of
the egg-laying habits of some
parasitic marine worms.
These worms puncture the
flesh of the mollusk and lay
one or more eggs in the
wound. If the body of the
oyster cannot throw off or
otherwise rid itfiilf of the egg
it does the next best thing,
it attempts to cover up the
foreign object with a secre
tion which, upon hardening,
becomes a material called
"nacre."
The marine worm that de
posits the egg, spends differ
ent stages of its life in the
bodies of various animals.
Some of the adult worms are
found in sharks. And wher
ever sharks are in abundant
supply, there in the same lo
cality are usually found . the
most pearls in the nearby
oysters.
Pearls that are sometimes
found in the bodies of fresh
water mollusks probably
have parasitic worms whose
life cycle makes it necessary
for it to pass some stage of
its development in another
animal.
A tiny grain of sand or
any other irritant imbedded
in the tissue of a living mol
lusk does the same thing. It
becomes coated, over and
over, with thin layers of nacre
and may eventually develop
into a pearl. All genuine
pearls are "laminated." They
are all composed of thin lay
ers of nacre, each layer
flowed atop the nucleus, un
til the object reaches a size
which will destroy the host
that "fathered it."
Follow Shape
The better pearls, the per
fectly round or oval ones,
would of necessity have had
to begin with a perfectly
round or oval irritant. If the
object was elongated or an
gular the resultant pearl
would be the same shape.
Pearls are always the same
color and luster as the own
er's shell. The more beauti
ful the shell's interior, the
more beautiful will be the
pearl that grows therein.
The so-called "blister
pearls" are usually the result
of a hard foreign body or
irritant coming to rest be
tween the mantle, which is
the soft part of the mollusk,
and the inside of the shell.
As the nacre covers the ob
ject, it also becomes "fixed"
or attached to the shell.
These, the so-called "bister
pearls" have little or no val
ue. It is the "free floating"
pearl the one in the mantle
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itself, that can become the ' MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
pearl for which men have Sunday, Feb. 28, 1 960
been known to kill in order
to possess; or the lady to "had a pain in the neck."
wear as a precious jewel. (Released by The Register
And all because an oyster and Tribune Syndicate. 1860)
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