Extra Chromosome Invariably Found
Among Victims of Mongolian Idiocy
Editor's note: Thli U th lasti
of four dispatches on the efforts
of science to expose the secrets of
me
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York - (UPD - Until re
cent years, it was generally
agreed that human cells con
t a i n e d 4 8
chromosom e s
except germ
cells, which
had 24. Now
it is firmly
establ i s h e d
they have 46
and that germ
cells have 23.
O n 1 v last
ueios smun year some
scientists began counting
chromosomes in the cells of
victims of one of the most
pathetic and baffling of hu
m a n afflictions, Mongolian
idiocy. So far, they've count
ed the chomosomes of hun
dreds of idiots and invariably
the count was 47, or one more
than normal.
Chromosomal disorders
have been demonstrated in
the past two years in scores
of persons of uncertain sexual
constitution, persons who bear
some physical characteristics
of both sexes. No such dis
orders have been found in
persons with normal chromo
some number.
Responsible for Cancer
DNA is the substance of
chromosomes and genes. You
have to suspect that faulty
DNA is responsible for these
and many other of our curses
and killers, including cancer.
Scientific techniques are
advancing at a terrific , pace.
It used to be that many "facts"
of life, such as the number of
chromosomes in human cells,
were deductions or surmises.
More and more "facts" are
becoming facts. When more
facts of , DNA are known,
science will have many use
ful and usable answers.
Cancer cells have an un
bridled power to multiply.
Yet they originated from cells
whose multiplication was
strictly disciplined. DNA con
trols cellular chemistry.
Automation Said
Biggest Problem
Washington (UPD President
elect John T. Kennedy was
reported to "feel that unem
ployment caused by the elim
ination of jobs due to auto
mation is "one of the biggest
problems" the country must
solve. " -
Kennedy's views were re
layed to newsmen by Rep.
Elmer J. Holland, (D-Pa.),
after he paid a call on Ken
nedy Thursday to discuss "the
impact of automation on un
employment." Holland showed Kennedy
still incomplete results of a
study he is making of the
number of workers displaced
by automation. The congress
man is conducting the survey
to bolster support for his pro
posal to set up a presidential
commission to help deal with
the problem.
Kennedy asked Holland to
submit a report on the study
when it is completed. The
President-elect did not indi
cate whether he would ulti
mately support the proposal
for a presidential commission,
Holland said.
Famed Prohibition
Era Agent Dies
New York - (UPD - Funeral
services will be held today for
former federal agent Moe
Smith, member of the Pro
hibition Era team of "Izzy
and Moe" who were respon
sible for arresting thousands
of bootleggers, bartenders and
speakeasy patrons.
Smith, 73, died Wednesday
at Sydenham Hospital. His
partner, Izzy Epstein, died in
1938.
Izzy and Moe gained nation
al fame for their comic antics
and disguises they used in
running down booze peddlers
during the early years of Pro
hibition. They posed as grave
diggers, conductors and politi
cians in their zeal to trap
violators.
TV CHRISTMAS PARTY
HoI!ywood-(UPD-Red Skelton
attended a Christmas party
Thursday via closed circuit
color TV. The red-haired co
median, recovering from sur
gery Monday to close a rup
ture in his diaphragm, lay on
his bed in Cedars of Lebanon
Hospital while fellow work
ers greeted him from his own
studio i'i miles away.
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sume. that something went
wrong'in the DNA molecules
inherited by the undisciplined
from the disciplined.
Punctures Membrane
That is the "mutation"
theory of cancer. Another
cancer theory involves virus
es. Viruses are tight bundles
of either DNA or RNA with
some proteins which often
serve as an outer coating. But
viruses are not made up of
cells. Indeed, they're not
even living things except
when they are in the cells of
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some living organism. possibilities in a workable
One particular virus at- understanding of the DNA
taches itself to the outer molecule, the closest to re
membrane of a cell and punc- alizatipn seems to be at least
tures the membrane. The a degree of control over can
virus' DNA pours into the I cer.
cell. Presently the cell bursts, Dividing cells must make
giving forth a multitude of
the children of the invader.
Somehow, the virus' DNA
combines with the cell's DNA
in a way to divert the cell's
chemistry into making viruses
instead of daughter cells.
Knowledge like that gives
hope of eventual conquest of
the viral diseases. Of ail the
DNA on a continuous basis.
Dividing cancer cells make a
perverted DNA which has
only the information and
drive for the manufacture of
other cancer cells. Cancer
scientists are seeking the
chemical tricks that will in
terfere with this making of
outlaw DNA.
Wall Street
New York - (UPD - Alexan
der Institute calls Chrysler an
attractive speculation on a
near and intermediate term
basis also offering .interesting
longer term possibilities based
on the possible recovery of
its share of the auto market.
"Full 1960 profits are ex
pected to approximate $3.25
3.75 per share, which should
allow either liberalization in
the current 25 cent quarterly
dividend or a substantial year
end extra.
"Projections of earnings in
the area of $6 to $7.50 per
share have been made for the
1961 year, dependent entirely
on a sound business year for
Chatter
the general economy,1
stitute says.
(he In-
Bache & Co. has added Gulf
Oil to the list of oil slocks
it recommends for trading ac
counts. This issue. B a c h e
says, is about to complete an
impressive base formation and
appears to have interesting
trading possibilities over the
next two to four months.
Waller K. G u t m a n of
Stearns & Co. says there is
very good opinion in analyti
cal circles that American Tele
phone will raise ils dividend
to $3.60 a few weeks before
the annual meeting next May.
Medford
SECTION B MEDFORD,
Portland - (UPD - Rail traffic
between Portland and Seattle
was back to normal today fol
lowing repairs to tracks and
cleaning up ot wreckage from
a freight train collision near
Castle Rock Wednesday.
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