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
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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
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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
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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.
A case came up recently when a
house fire burned for five minutes
longer than would have been neces
sary I? the suburban number had
been available to the person who
reported the fire. The call went to
the city department first, and then
waa shuttled back to the suburban
agency. 1
The business phone number of
the department la 7745.
For fires in the suburban district
protective area, phone 7744,
Use ot the water clock began In
Oreeoa is the fifth century before
Christ, at about the time Hippo
crates began the development of
medical science.
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