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FRANK JENKIN3 . ' BILL JENKINS
( Editor . . . Managing Editor.
Enured as second clasi matter at tlie post office at Klamath Falla,
Ore., on August 20, 1906, under act of Congress. March 8. 1819
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By BILL JENKINS
t n,. ioihi.r on nn Henart,
ment we learn that In last Sun- '
day's pigeon races here the bird
of Bobby Matt came In well!
ahead of that of his dad, Cecil,
. i, ,i ,,,, t ihpl
winning bird was picked by Cecil
for the bov.
Oh well, guess credit has to go
where credit is due. C. B. Matt
has been racing pigeons for a
good many years now, is an ex
president of the club and has the
know how that a man needs. He
aughta be able to pick a winner.
Rumor also nas it mat ne wouia
like the boy to so into partnership
with him, but that the other club I
member feel that the boy is do-1
ing alright racing on his own.
If anyone Is Interested in pigeon
racing you are more ttuin wel-1
come at any of the local lofts to-1
morrow to watch the birds come
home from Lapine, a 100 mile
race.
And If you think there Isn't any-
thing to watching a bunch of pi
geons you have another think
coming. It's really quite an art.
'Specially watching the rollers
go through their paces on a good
windy day. i
Sticking to traditions depart
ment: Frank Fleet, the Ice king,
Is faithful to his calling. He
doesn't have an electric rafiiger
ator In the house. Has a mon
strous big ice chest Instead.
Information for Frank: So do
we. althoiiBh we cheat a little.
We have both and our Ice . chest
Isn't as big as Ills by better than
a hundred pounds capacity.
CAUGHT IN
By DEB ADDISON
THE BOSS touched on a very
tender subject in "The Day's
News" Thursday In discussing the
matter of inviting outsiders in to
catch our fish and , shoot our
game.
The Oregon? State Highway
Commission tourist advertising
program, for which he is an ad
visory director,' very rlshtly tells
the world about" Oregon's magni
f'.oent scenery, variety of natural
wonders and fine highways, but
very carefully retrains lrom men
tioning that expendable commod
ity fish and game.
A great deul of the criticism
of chambers of commerce Is d!
reeled at the frequent boisterous
and wide open Invitations to come
in and shoot the birds and deer
and catch the fish. Such actions
make local nlinrods, fishermen
and farmers see red.
The Klamath County Chamber
of Commerce In recent years has
seen the liBht on' this score. Its
share of the Southern Oregon
Hospitality Unlimited advertising
program aimed at Calllornia va
cationers this spring told of scen
ery and roads, not fish. The "Yel
low Peril" was Invited to come,
look and loaf, only.
This dogma of the tin can tour
Is, is part fallacy however, The
ouldoorsman who betouls his own
WABHINOTON L It is up to ,
President Elsenhower now to sign
into law, and ho probably will, the
bill Just passed, by Congress to
guarantee balky witnesses Immu
nity to ledcral prosecution If they
answer questions about subversion.
This measure, If It becomes law,
almost certainly will hove a stormy
history and perhaps a sensational
one. It will be fought in the courts
at unconstitutional. If It works, it
may lead to startling disclosures
about communism.
! The, bill goes like this:
1. It is aimed mainly at Comniu-
uisls, past or present. Immunity
can be given only to witnesses in
cases involving copirucy to over- j
throw lh government, treason, 1
spying, and sedition. Immunity j
cannot be given for any other kind '
of offense.
2. A witness can't get Immunity i
for the. asking. He must tlrst re
fuse to testify by mvoling the Filth '
Amendment which soys a man
can't be compelled to say anything
which might Incrlmiuaie him. I
3. Hie Immunity can be given ;
only to a Filth Amendment wit-
nesa appearing bctore a conuies- ;
sional committor, a federal giand '
Jury or a federal court and only !
If his testimony is Important. ' '
4. The Immunity cunt be granted
at all unless two-tl-.l.ds of the lull I
committee before which lie has
. , I
Once the committee approves,
then
5. The committee lelf cant
grant the Immunity. It mii-t ask
a federal Judge to du so. The at
torney general has no vela even
though he objects, perhaps because
he hod been preparing to bring 1
the witness to trial soon. 1
Once the witness gets Immunity '
he cannot thereafter be prose-1
cuted In federal court for any i
answers to questions.
6. But. once given Immunity, tlie
w itness must answer questions. If :
LAWNS
t Inw prli-r? You ran'l alw. h.va
both. Vt da quality work and fur
nl.ti ovrnlhiiif. Wo guaranlta a
toot aland of tra.al Phana 4?aii.
LAKESH0RE GARDENS
NURSERY
JAMES MARLOW
BY CARRIER
1 Month J 1.35
t Months S 8.10
1 Year U6.20
Prank Tucker, back from one
! of his Jaunts -around the countr.-,
informs us that If Were alf n t
n-" deer this year than any
other In history hell be mildly
surprised.
You have to drive wiih one
loot on the brake these days
"c
The newest addition to Klam
ath's tfatering spots held its for
mal opening on Thursday under
the direction of manager Charlie
Malin. Nice spot, -nice guys lo
tcrve "you. Deke Spearins and
Clifl Nelson, and a brand new
,Kn'- for a brand new
room
,h(. p0v;-Wow Room.
According to Charlie they had i
mte'ided to Just let it go as r ,
lounge because Ihey already I'.ad
a sign for that, but too many i
people mistook the sign to meo
the rest rooms. Now they have a
real fancy bow and arrow over j
the doorway,
And inside a pipe of peace. Just
in case.
Oscar Klttredge. our candidate
for the legislature, took off yes
terday for a tour of the district.
Whether or not Oscar kncwi all
the niflnes ol the people, the cor
rect highway numbers, the names
of the hotels and what not we
wouldn't know. But we are posi
tive he knows all the good fishing
streams and hunting areas.
And that's good. We have con
siderable more confidence In a
man who has gotten out and
around and seen the country at
first hand than we do those ca
reer politicians who concentrate
solely on people and politics.
THE ROUNDS
nest doesn't always come from
afar and doesn't necessarily con
fine his activities to the areas
along paved highways.
This column ran Into a horrible
example last weekend. . .rather,
hiked Into the horrible example.
A couple of exploratory one-day
hikes into the Skyline Trail coun
tiy previously had located a
couple of small lakes with satis
factorily willing and numerous
trout lor further negotiation.
Sell congratulation on seeking and
sweating out this locale was in
order. Satisfaction with the for
pst planners in setting aside such
primitive areas lo travel by Dob
bin and Shank's Ponies only was
expressed. A return overnight trip
was planned.
To moke a long story short and
to spore the vile adjectives, the
long toll up the trail through the
singing, primitive forest revealed
this:
The fish were largely gone ex
cept for five large trout that had
been oaught, cleaned and left to
rot In the shallows; the virgin
glade at the head of the lake was
strewn with bottles, tin cans and
oilier refuse; the beach trail had
been used for a bathroom I
Our guess Is that those who had
despoiled and befouled this place
were not fancy tourists lrom
Southern California,
he ifpuins the Immunity, Insisting
that under the Fifth Amendment
he still doesn't have to answer
questions, he can be cited for con
tempt of Congress, tried, and, If
convicted. Jailed.
7. Tlie procedure Is slightly dif
ferent when a Fifth Amendment
witness refuses to answer ques
tions before a federal grand Jury
or In federal court. In that cose
a U.S. District Attorney, with tlie
approval of his bo, the Attorney
General, may ask a federal Judge
to grant immunity. It the witness
still prefers the Fifth Amendment
to Immunity, he can be cited for
contempt of coun, tried, and, II
found guilty. Jailed.
Tills Is where the trouble will
arise:
The new law says only that the
witness could never be prosecuted
by the federal government for any
federal crime related to his testi
mony. It does not say the some wit
ness could not be prosecuted In a
slate court. For example: suppose
lie admitted committing a federal
crime and a state had a law mak
ing the same otfense a state crime,
too.
Tlie slate couldn't use his fed
eral testimony In a slate court
jj,,Y "u" ""3 "
n,, Lu .... ......
.u"im uic a, Mir use ins irucr-
al testimony os a lead on which 10
gather evidence
which to trv i
mm In a slate court? There's no
-inswer. And there won't be until
... L. ' ' - i
J d. .",prem' Curt me dny e'v" i
The lirst "Bimreme Court
test
miKhl come the first time a wit
ness received Immunity from a
federal Judge but kepi silent under
the Filth Amendment and was
Jailed for contempt. He could
oiRtie:
This new legislation was an at
tempt lo get around Ihe Fifth
Amendment s protection and even
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ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
No region that has ever produced
"gold" has ever escaped Its quota
of lost-mine stories. The Klamath
Region is no exception for Its story
of the fabulous "Lost Cabin" mine
Is to be found in every corner of
our far-flung area. It was search
for the 'Lost Cabin" that led to
the discovery of Crater Lake, a
story which has been given in this
I column. Likewise we have carried
tho story ot the "Lost Cabin." told
by Joaquin Miller. "Lost camn
stories are legion, even down In the
lower reaches of the Klamath Re
gion do we find the "Lost Cabin"
story in tlie "Lost Cabin" diggln's
of old Klamath County (Del Norte.)
Fabulous lost mines are to be
found scattered oil the way from
our Oregon Country down into the
barren regions of the deserts of
the Southwest. It has been said
that there are at least some 75
famous legends of gold mines that
have been discovered and then lost.
Their locations are often placed in
the most unlikely places, for after
all, the old story Is that "gold Is
where you find It." Sometimes
some of these fabulous mines have
had their roots in fact, but prob
ably more often the basis has been
fiction. Some of the fabulous mines
may hove been discovered and
worked, their discoverers little rea
lizing that their find, at one time,
was the actual site of some fam
ous legend.
Who has not been intrigued by
the story ot the "Blue Bucket" of
Oregon; the "Lost Dutchman" of
the Superstition range of Arizona;
the old "Ounslghl" of the Pano
mints of Death Valley: the "Peg
Leg" of the Son Bernardino des
ert; the "Soldier" of the Arizona
Oilas; the "Phantom" of Colorado;
and oi'r famous "Lost Cabin?"
These famous phantoms of fortune
beckon every lover of history and
the outdoors for you might be the
fortunate person to discover one of
the fabulous deposits of "gold."
Many intensive and costly searches
have been made over the. many
years since these famous mines
were allegedly discovered and then
lost.
Another "Lost Cabin" story Is to
be found In the dusty flies of the
Shasta Courier, of June. 1858. which
reads; J
"A young miner not satisfied with ;
what he had, dared to cross the
mountains to the coast. The lonely
gold seeker struck It rich, the earth
yielding the yellow treasure In
abundance. He built a cabin and
panned for gold. Each day It was
hidden from possible thieving eyes.
Vet's Mailbag
To speed up processing of GI
home loans, Veterans Administra
tion has asked supervised lenders
lo process GI loons without ob
taining VA approval in advance.
Banks, savings and loan associ
ations and Insurance companies,
supervised by federal or state
banking authorities, originate
more than 50 per cent of all GI
home loans. VA gives them the
privilege of making loans wlthoui
advance approval by VA and then
coming to VA for guaranty.
Non-supervised lenders, mostly
mortgage brokers, must still get
prior approval of VA before mak
ing GI loans.
A. a result of the easing of tlie
OI mortgage money market since
the beginning of the year, the
number of home loan applications
has increased sharply. During
June. VA received 464.239 loon ap-
plications which was a 75 per cent ,
Increase over the 26.454 received
in June 1953.
In view of the Increasing work
loads m VA offices and the de
sirability of closing GI loans with
the least possible delay. VA asked
supervised lenders w-ho have been
tpuriinn In In.n annllratinn vni-
va s prior approval to reconsider
inrir pracuces.
va empnasizen inai as long as
the price of the property does not
VA emphasized that as long as
exceed the reasonable value set
bv VA appraisal and the veieran
is eligible, there Is no need for
contacting VA In routine cases un
til after the loan has been closed
and fully disbursed.
destroy It by forcing a man to
testify against himself and against
Ins will.
LAZY SUE
"Tomorrow"!
. Spud Picker
Todov!"
LEWIS MFG. CO.
i
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Time
COLLECTOR,
30 BACK
4MD SETS THIS SONG AHD DANC2-
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For months he toiled and reaped.
Then he was discovered by a prowl
ing Indian, left for dead at his
cabin door. Somehow escaping he
made his way, wounded as he was,
to civilization. There Just befoie
passing away, he divulged to
friends the spot of his cabin and
the fabulous sum cacned away. To
this day, old prospectors will tell
you. that the 'Lost Cabin' mine is
somewhere In the French Hill dis
trict of Del Norte county, though
it has not been located." ,
Thus the undefinable location
spreads from place to place In our
region from the area about Crater
Lake, to Mount Shasta, to the Pa
cific Coast. Wherever gold is found
so is legend and it is only natural
that the "Lost Cabin" should ap
pear In the Coast Range of the
Klamath Area. Gold mining on the
coast started out in the old Klam
ath County back in 1852 and was
carried on successfully Until the
Rogue River Indian wars made
mining a hazardous occupation.
Placer diggings on the Smith and
the Klamath River, the black sands
of the ocean beach, hydraulic min
ing at Happy Camp, Sailors' Dig
gings. Althouse Creek, and other
locations produced gold in paying
quantities.
The great boom ended as sudden
ly as it started with the war years
of the sixties, desolation settled up
on the country. The "Del Norte
Triplicate" writes in a nostalgic
mood: "In spite of the desolation,
there was something fascinating
about the ghost camps of Del Norte
those Hell-defying diggln's where
humanity by the hundreds existed
j In tin shacks, naper huts, or brush
lean-tos on the banks of some
mountain stream. The crumbling
ruins of a log cabin with Its door
wide open, sagging, hanging by an
old leather hinge; a deserted, silent
camp where no longer wisps of
smoke swirled from soot-darkened
mud chimneys; the big ore dump
of a prospestor's dream: the wind
ing switchback trail, climbing the
slope into the unknown; the horse
shoe, threadlike trail grown up
with brush: scenes once full of ac
tion, Ihe air echoing the tap of
the miner's pick, the thud of the
woodsman's axe. the throaty song
of humanity. Places once the habi
tat of some human, now desolate,
forsaken. Circumstances had taken
their toll In disappointment."
In such surroundings with such
a background of memories. It is a
natural tor the legend of the "Lost
Cabin" to remain a ghost of the
"golden era" of the past.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Q. My mother and father are de
pendent on me. If I go to school
under the Korean GI bill, could
I count them as dependents, for
GI olllowance purposes? Or arc
the dependency allowances limited
to wives and children?
A. Under the law, you would
be permitted to include your par
ents as dependents, so long as
they are in fact dependent on you.
Malin Club Host
To 4-H Members
Klamath County 4-H Club mem
bers, leaders and their families
were guests of the Malln live
stock clubs Sunoay, August 8, ai
thj
Malin Park. Three hundred
aiiu live 4-H'ers enjoyed the pot
luck supper and swimming party.
Malin livestock cluo leaders
Wayne Fisk, Truett Weatherby,
Earl Wilson. Elmont K e n y o n,
Keith Gentry and Ted Gordon in
tend to make this an annual
event.
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KIAMTH FALLS
lilt nniiia 1
By Jimmy Hatlo
HE GOESIT 7 PAt ...
.
HAL BOYLE
; NEW YORK W Some people
I orueve ;award J. Touhey Jr.
ought to get the Medal of Honor.
But tha U.S. Army, when it gave
oig td his goodby papers,
stamped the word "undesirable'
oi. them. This still grieves Touhev
He doesn't like being regarded as
an unaesiraoie Hero.
"Either the Army should take
mc back Into the service, or give
me an honorable discharge," he
saia.
The point at issue is whether
Touhey was right or wrong in
knocking down eight Russian
soldiers in Vienna five years ago.
"They say I caused an inter
national Incident," remarked Ed.
"But I say the Russians started
It. They got no right to push a
man around and call him a spy.
They got what they deserved."
The 8-foot-l former military po
liceman now weighs 350, and he
feels sad in every pound. But he
was a mere 240-pound broth of a
boy, not quite 20 when the event
happened that ruined his military
career. "I never got to tell my side of
the story at the time," he com
plained. Here is his version:
"I had spent a month in the
hospital with athlete's foot. When
I got out I stopped at a bar. I
drank a bottle of cognac maybe
more.
"I must have drunk It too fast
because when I left the bar to go
to the barracks I got on the wrong
streetcar and fell asleep. When I
woke up I saw I was In the In
ternational zone and got off.
"I was feeling bad and leaned
against the wall oi the Imperial
Hotel, holding my stomach. It was
a Russian hotel. A Russian offic
er and two armed sentries came
out . and made me go into tlie ho- j
tel. The officer called me a spy
and said I had been taking pic
turs of Soviet porsounel. Then they
stood me against a wall and forc
ibly searched me. They were pret
ty rough
The Russian officer said he still
1'iought I was a spy, even though
he saw I didn't have any camera.
Mc said I must have handed the
camera to someone passing by.
"Then he said he was going to
turn me over to the American mil
itary police. I got scared. I thought
it was a trick that he would take
me to the Russian zone, and I'd
never get back.
"I made a bee-line for the door.
A sentry put his bayonet to my
stomach. I knocked it awuy. an('
the Russian officer grabbed m
from behind. That's when I went
berserk. I saw red."
Touhey turned' aijd kneed the of
ficer, who cried out, and then Rus
sain soldiers poured In from every
side. Working with both fists and
on iron chair. Touhey mowed
them down. They overwhelmed
him once, but he broke free and
I crashed through a plate glass
door before another wave of Rus-
sian reinforcements finolly ground -
cu him
They broke three of my ribs, put
a 3-inch gash In my head, and
kicked out four of my teeth," Touh
ey recalled. "They also spit In my
face and called me a capitalistic
dog."
International military police, at
tracted by the uproar, then came
into the hotel and broke up the
struggle.
"The Russians put the whole
blame on me." Touhey recalled
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imeH a colonel's skull and broken
two guys Jaws
Ed admits he made one serious
error on that lateful morning.
"I shouldnt have drunk that
cognac so fast." he said. "But I
didn't start any trouble with the
Russians. They did. And If I was
In the same situation again. I'd
do the same thing. The Russians
are no good.
"When I was in -the hospital lat
er, one of our generals visited me
and said, 'As an o.'ftcer I have to
bawl you out, but as a man I'd
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TLME CHANGE
The calendar reform that Is
being promoted by a society with
the intention of simplifying our
present method of reckoning by
making the days of tht week
come on the same day of the
month Is not what it seems to
be for the method used to ac
complish that breaks the cycle o!
the week. The plan is to begin
tha year on Sunday and have the
weeks come In regular -order
when December 30 will 'be Satur.
day, then their plan is to call
nrember 31st. vear day and not
a day of the week, then call the
next day, which Is really Mon
day, Sunday, then continue In that
cider excepting leap year when
another day will be added be
tween June and July.
Thus the cycle of- the week be
broken which has been Observed
from the creation of the earth ex
cept for short periods by certain
nations, one of which was France
which tried to substitute a holiday
every ten days for the weekly
evele, but ttm only lasted a short
time and Russia tried a similar
plan but had to abandon it.
The cycle ot the week was
marked off at creation by the ob
servance, of the sevemn any
bath and the cycle of the week is
mentioned in Genesis before the
giving of the ten comnvnarnents
on Mt. Sinai' and I have a list
of seventeen of the languages of
Europe and Asia, which yet oa
the seventh day. the day we call
Saturday, sabbath. 8ome of them
have done so before there ever
was a rfew.
Millions observe Sunday in hon
or of Christ's ressurrection but
those promoters propose to make
them take another day except on
occasional years. .
.m.. M.himmidn' observe Frl-
j... . marred day. Jews andi
Seventh Day Adventists observe
from sunset Friday to sunset Sat
urday as sacred time and a large
class will continue to do so re
gardless of the reform calendar.
Several nations have already
voted to adopt the proposed cal
endar when It Is accepted by the
United Nations so the change is
well on the way but so far it has
been voted down by the United
that perhaps time
has been lost and we do not know
the true cycle oi me " -tronomers
tell us that is impos
ible lor they can tell the exact
time an eclipse took place thou
sands of years ago and just where
l, ..... uiathl.
n-: -ineir keeDS exact time
i. . true science
and should not be confused with
astrology whicn is
n,unHar ran be made bet
ter without breaking the weekly
cycle and I am for It. but we do
not neeo more ----
world, lor we have enough now.
F, L. Chllwood
Fliers Group
To Visit KF
luncheon Sunday at the Pilots'
Lounge at the airport will honor
a group of private tilers irom
i Sacramento.
Thls group represents the eighth
annual air tour, co-sponsorea oy
the Sacramento Couniy Sheriff's
Air Squadron and the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce, me
chamber's aviation committee's
chairman. Thores Johnson, has
been in charge of flight plans In
Sacramento.
The flying businessmen from
the California cap'.tal plan to
leave Saturday and make a luncn-
eon stop at Medford and spend
the night at Eugene where a
ception and dinner Is planned for
them. They are expected here in
time for luch Sunday. i
About 25 local and company
ships plan to participate in the
flight and will carry some 30
chamber members in addition to
the pilots.
Total mileage for the flight will
be nearly 850 miles for the two-
! day trip. This is the first time
the flight has been made into Gre
gon, aunougn tne group nas oeen
n,,a In Ttftnn T .fl t VP.T1. tH" in.
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eluded stops at Bakersfield. Santa
Barbara and Monterey,
j Several city and county officials
I will accompany the group and it
I Is expected that a representative
group of Klamath Falls business
men will be on hand to greet !
them. H. O. Juckeland, chairman
in charge of aviation for the j AM4ai rii!llAi
Klainath Countv Chamber of! "OlCr lrillcr
: Commerce, is in charge of local
arrangements.
like to shake your hand.'"
But Touhey, unemployed since
he was laid off by a steel miU
recently, believes the Army ought
to take him back or give htm an
honorable discharge.
"In three years with the Army
I never went AWOL once, he
said. "I understand they even
were considering giving me a good
conduct ribbon at the time
this
whole thing happened."
and Breeding
Phono 7714 or 784
Devoted GOC Member Finds
Time For Many Activities
Dorothy Louise Stewort was born
Into a life of service. The oldest of
10 children, she began serving oth
ers right in her own family. Just as
soon as she grew tall enough to
lift a broom, dry the dishes, and
help her mother raise her young-
n
DOROTHY LOUISE STEWART
er brothers and sisters. But Dor
othy was glad to do her bit while
she was growing up.
Dorothy Stewart was born on a
little farm near Fargo, North Da
kota, January 11, 1911, Her parents
were William L. and Bertha John
son, (both now deceased). Later
she and her family moved to Al
berta, Canada, and lived on a
farm near Mlnburn. It was on this
farm that she learned to be a trick
rider- on her trusted pony, and
readly accepted the challenge of
competing with other performers
In .many of Canada's famous ro
deos. Dorothy attended the same
school In Canada, with Jerry Amb
ler, one time resident of Klamath
Basin, now a rodeo and movie star
in Hollywood.
In January of 1928. she met John
Campbell Stewart at a dance held
in the country schoolhouse near
LMinburn, Canada. In August of the
same year she became the bride
of Stewart, the wedding taking
place in the home of the bride s
parents,
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THE DOCTOR SAYS
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
"My hearing Iras been affected
by noises in the ears." "For a long
time I have been troubled with
spells of dizziness. I am deaf in
one ear. One doctor diagnosed my
trouble as Meniere's disease. Can
anything be done for roaring and
hissing noises in the ears? This
drives me almost crazy at times."
These and many other similar let
ters reflect the widespread difficult
ty which people have from what Is
probably Meniere's disease (there
are, of course, other possible couses
for these difficulties but in this col
umn I am dealing exclusively with
the condition known as Meniere's
disease).
Meniere's disease, or Meniere's
syndrome as It Is sometimes called,
is a rather loose name used to
cover several different kinds of dis
orders in the inner portion of the
ear, the , symptoms of which are
much alike.
It was first described over a hun
dred years ago by Prosper Meniere,
a Frenchman, who gave it Its name.
Occasionally, the symptoms which
make up Meniere's syndrome are
the result of tumors, injury, frac
tures, or infection, for example, but
In most cases the cause is not so
obvious.
m general it is considered to be
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Dr. Herman Robbins, Worcester
County medical examiner, said the
boy died of shock and loss of blood.
Tlie whirling machine jerked oil
the arm at the shoulder.
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him to secrecy until the find could
be confirmed
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Later, In 1930, they moved to Ta.
coma, Washington. Five children
were born t them, among them
one set of twins, James Allen and
Janet Ann.
Mrs. Stewart's busy life as wife
and mother, didn't, prevent her
from accepting new challenges.
She is one of aviation's pioneer
women pilots, having held a pilot's
license for over 15 years, along
with her husband John, who Is also
a licensed pilot. Together they
make many cross country flights
and participate in "fly away break
fast" flights with other basin fly.
ers.
During World War n, Dorothy
and her husband were actively en
gaged in Civil Air Patrol flying,
she as a Second Lieutenant and
her husband a First Lieutenant.
When Dorothy Stewart learned
the Ground observer Corps needed
more volunteers to man the tower
at- the "airport, the fact she lived
over 30 miles from the tower didn't
stop her lrom accepting a new
challenge, so again she entered the
field of service to her country. Her
oldest' son Bill, signed her up for
duty (Bill is a Ground Observer
also and with her youngest son,
James (the twin) drove her an
the way from Kirk to stand her
two hour per week watch. The re
turn trip home made her car
speedometer register a little over
100 miles she had driven to do her
part, with many other Ground Or
servers who feel it their duty to
assist the A'r Force in keeping a
constant vigilance in the air to
safe guard the American way of
life.
When Sgt. Donald Trainer,
USAF, stationed here to advise
and help direct the activities of the
Ground Observer Corps of the Ba
sin, learned the story of Mrs, Stew
art's long drive and willingness to
serve her country he immediately
set out to lessen the burden for
her, and today, Dorothy Louise
Stewart is supervisor of a new post
right at her own home In Kirk,
and her husband John Is chief ob
server. The new post was set into
action June 28, the call letters
PNI1B. The post. is operating on a
24 hour schedule, with the coopera
tion of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company allowing the use of
their special, telephone system.
You too, can be a Ground Observer,
and your country needs your help.
Dial 3272 or 6871 for further Infor
mation, the result of accumulation of fluid
or dropsy in the deep portion of
the ear called the labyrinth.
This dropsical condition does not
develop In young people, but be
comes more and more common st
affer the age of 45.
It usually involves one ear at
first. Actually the attacks of diz
ziness generally bother patients
more than the unpleasant noises or
even the loss of hearing.
The treatment of Meniere's syn
drome not due to accumulation of
fluid or dropsy depends on what
can be done for the original cause.
In the case of Meniere's disease
of the dropsical variety, the prob
lem is difficult. Many victims find
that drinking a lot of fluids tends
to bring on an attack. As a result
some forms of treatment are aimed
at reducing the Intake of fluid or
trying to remove as much fluid
from the body as possible.
Several medical treatments have
been tried. Surgery Is also em
ployed with success In some cases
and not in others. Surgical treat
ment is lable to bring varying de
grees of relief.
Unless people fall and hurt them
selves as a result of dizziness, Men
iere's syndrome is more annoying
and uncomfortable than It is dan
gerous. This form of dizziness does not
interfere with activities or bodily
functions except those related to
balance and hearin. Nevertheless it
produces a lot of distress and bet
ter measures of treatment are bad
ly needed.
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