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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1949)
THURSDAY. AUG. 11, 1949 HtKALD AND NEWS. KLAMAIH rLLS. OKtCON PACE SEVIN i Atomic Researchers Using Modern Noah's Ark To Find Effects Of A-Bomb Blast n imir.i.Aft i.aiinkn NK ('orreeiHiiidrni WAHHtNOTON iNKAi-Tlie Int. fit semi-annual peek Into the my tarlmia tnm InkhimUirlm, revealed by the atomic energy cornmlaalnira tirnereaa report tn toiigrraa, shows a modern NiMhi Ark. Animals were llmt used to study tnnu eatenalvrly at thi lliklnl trail, whera null, V1" and rows were placed (board lha target ships to see how they would (are In the blasts. Hlnre thrn. AKC's um of anlmala hai been rratly Increased and now aln Inrlvulri work on bugs, flh and blrd. During Ilia lt dx nmnlhi. amnnf othrr things, tliry'n brrn putting Postman Has Long Route In Australia BYDNKY 1 Around IIM mites ' loin la tha pnatman'a Mcekaiherre MarUla Bar cirrult In tha center of Western Australia, Lanitha of some of tha othrr 3U9 road mall routes In Western Auairalla'a north are- Cernarvon-Yardie creek. 5M milra: Leonora l-a lera-Wlluna, 41 nillaa. Mall roiilrectnra In Uia raa cover 3.27'. 130 milea year almit all rough buh trarka tn anma of tha world's front sparsely Dniiulatad country. only four vara ago tha poatal autllorlllea dispensed with park horara In tha North Kimberleya area. In 1 h monaoonal season thee horaea often had to fight through fliHida. plixl thm'lgh deep mud. awim ewolien rlvrra. Mall man might go AO nillea to deliver halt a dosrn Ictiera. Hut air eerv. lira have now taken eurh haaarda nut of mall deliveries In many parta of Atiira)laa north tiny laad ahlrlda around tha rata' endocrine gland a. and expoalng thrm to radiation. Kndocrlne glanrta furnlih aome vital Julcea to tha blood of both rata and humans A a rrault of thli work. It hai barn discovered that rata ao protect ad llva longrr than tha onaa whoaa endocrine glauda ara trft agpoard. (loal of tlita Una of research la tha linprovamrnt of trrallng radiation sickness In humani. At tha Argonue laboratory In Chicago, thry'ra itudylng tha rffrrt of radiation on tha circulation of blood In bale. A bat'g wing la thin ner than tlaaue paper and tha blood flowing through It oan ba aaally nbeervecf! Tha report aaya. "After tha bat waa exposed tha circulation of tha blood slowed down, largely because broken crlla and othrr or ganic debrli clogged tha blood ve. aria." At tilt tamo plara frogs wart given tha equivalent of fatal doaa of X-rav and then frown Immedl- alely. While chilled they lived for montha. When allowed to thaw out they died quickly. Thla aludy haa revealed that cold parka help In treating teraotu who ara only par tially burned by radiation. In their efforta to make tha detec tion of radioactivity mora aenaitlve, ; arlemiata have found a new tech I nlque Involving horneta. Tha oom- mon hornet trnda to concentrate I barium a product of uranium fia , alon in lie body. By placing horneta i at key polnla near an atom reactor, the scientists have been able to de I tect radio-barium leaka long before 1 Uiey could ba detected by Oelger , counters. I Innocent victims of the flrat atomic bomb blaat In New Mexico In I IM1 were aome cattle who were e- posed to dual made radioactive by tha teat. Moat Immediate effect noted was that Ihrlr hair turned gray "Forty-nine of tha M fowa have produred calve, all of which ara 1 normal.'' tha report aaya. "A total V-V. VVvt -v V .V. i c- V u - A TIIK OLD t.HAV ('() turned that color after eipoaure to radio active dual alter flral atomic blaat In New Meaira In IM3. Tha anlmala, therwlae, area Dor rami and ara sUII being aludied. of 7 calves havo been produced uid 41 arc on hand. Ona of tha expoaed bulls waa bred to expoaed cows and from thrae matlnga 3 normal calves were produced. There la no evidence up to date of any adverse effects on tha fertility of either tha exposed cowe or bulls. It Is planned to autopsy several of the steers for poaaible Internal Injurlra and experlmenta will ba made to determine If there Is danger In eating the meat of such anlmala. Evrn flan are doing their bit to further the AEC's work. Olant squid are being expoaed to radiation In an effort to determine how the delicate aheatha which surround nerve cells ara affected. And several genera tions of salmon and rainbow trout are under study to are what ex posure to radioactive aubstances does to marine offspring. First resulu show "the larger the doaai e received by the first genera tion of rainbow trout, the more descendants will die or develop ab normalities Rifle Club Takes To Throwing Rocks HAMBURG. Germany ( Use of firearms by Germans except po lice la still banned by the military government ao a Ruhr Rifle club had a problem wnen the time came for their annual ahooting match. The traditional blrd-ahaped target had been set up In a tree. The marksmen finally knocked It down by throwing atones. -Hope military government wont think we are practicing grenade throw ing and prohibit this too." com mented one member. Hawker Gives Cop Shiner SINGAPORE iTt A U-year-old woman vegetable seller earned tha questionable distinction o f being the flrat person In Singapore to give a member of thla Island's new women police force a black eye. I,an Choon waa sent to prison for six weeks for assault and was fined (10 for hawking without a license. Policewoman Mlsa Bual Oan waa I the chief wltneaa agalnat Lam. Wearing a definitely discoloured left eye. Miss Oan said she tried 1 to arrest the vegetable seller only j to receive a sharp left to the eye. Mlaa Oan had to call a police con- stable to bring aaaemblance of I order. African Relic Proves Puzzler LEOPOLDVILLE. Belgian Congo MP) A small terracotta aculpture about ten Inches high la puzzling archaeoloarlsta In Leopoldvllle. The statuette Is of a woman's bust and has a tightly knotted necklace around the neck and a maaklike ornament over the eyes and fore head. It waa found by a Dutch Catholic missionary about 13 feet below present ground level In the Lemba valley outaide Leopoldvllle. Natives attribute It to a legendary tribe "BalbaU" who were supposed to have lived In that area. TOONERVILLE FOLKS (""7 " Whisky Bill" Wortle l m atV-U Waf" M riS I r ol,Oe.5-na 7 v ar HC5 A BIT HEAVY FOR THE SKIPPER TO MOVf. OFF THE TROLLEY TRACKS. Bluff Called With Wine KIEL, Oermany li Tha cltl tens oi the west Oerman state of 8chleswlg-Holsteln cor.iplalned that their cabinet mlnisiera were living too well. When the state parliament dl cuaaed the matter, Minister Praal I mann rone and out two hnttlM ne wine on the table. "I herewith In vite all deputlea who live more modeatly than I for a bottle of win In my one-and-a-half-room apart num." ha said. "I think two boU I ilea are enough." German Mayor Has His Own Way WITTMUND, Oermany UP) The mayor ot this East Frisian town asked the state for money to build an urgently needed new achool but , waa refused. Promptly he offered the tax office building, owned by the town, Irr sale. The state gave him the money he had wanted. NEW PLAYS MOSCOW, Aug. II IJT) The Vakhlangava theater haa scheduled for autumn production a play called "Missouri Waltz" The Trans port theater recently announced It would present a new play called "The Mad Haberdasher." Suburban Fire Number is 7744 The suburban fire department re ports that many realdenta of Its pro- tecuve area do not know the fire number of the department. 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