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Show The Cache American, Logan, Cache County, Utah Pane Six keep vp the ncur A "... He ( Vr. Romeielt) died at Worm Springs, Ca. I'm sura that if he had had hit choice, he would hat a had it happen just that way lie luted Harm Springs, uhere, twenty yean ago, we started the great fight against in fan- tile paralytit in - 4 uhith he wat to in i j terested. He was r By AL JEDLICKA (WNU rUr ) JUNE 30, 1944, C. II. North representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, put in a long distance call to headquarters In New York. A serious outbreak of polio had occurred in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains and hospital facilities were being taxed to capacity. Answering Crabtrees urgent appeal almost immediately, the National Foundation sent $50,000 to the state to meet the emergency. ON Meanwhile, the local Mecklenburg and Gastonia county chapters had swung into action, furnishing sup plies and equipment for treatment of the sick and helpless victims streaming into the overcrowded Charlotte Memorial hospital and the State Orthopedic hospital nearby, The Red Cross recruited nurses, and the National Foundation sent down a physical therapist. But still the disease raged, and the stricken poured In: youngsters with limp and painful limbs, some unable to swallow or barely able to breathe. As ever, the dread disease made no distinction, as the helpless came In from mining villages in the hills, mill towns in the valley and from adjacent rural and Urban districts. Traveling to Hickory in the heart of the epidemic area, Crabtree conferred with Dr. A. Gaither Hahn, chairman of the Catawba county chapter, and Dr. H. C. Whims, county health officer, and it was determined to erect an emergency hospital outside the town on the site of a summer camp. Build Emergency Hospital. While Dr. Whims organized a crew of carpenters, plumbers, sanitation men, electricians and other workers. Dr. Hahn undertook to assemble beds, blankets, sheets, wool for hot packs, washing machines, wringers and other equipment to move in when ready. Again phoning New York, Crabtree obtained assurances that the National Foundation would rush skilled polio specialists to the scene, Dr. Robert L. Bennett, director of physical medicine at the Georgia Warm Springs foundation, being among the first to arrive. two-war- 40-be- d BECOVEBING patients must learn to walk all over again. Gregory Carley goes through the exercise at New York state gait-traini- FOUR-YEAR-OL- D after-effect- s, home. West "Bunky Haver-stra- Gar- Tin WASHINGTON t. BmmviII ... conl help but believe that the forte of hit will continue to help bring about those fine things which the world needs to badly, and that he wanted the world to have to much. tan see that famous smile now, and I tan see that hindly face saying to etery one of us, 'Co ahead and keep up the fight keep going Basil O'Connor, President, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Welter Sheod X L Fast Feathering Is Desirable in Poultry 3 WNU Wtshiattea Barttu. lilt tre St., N. Sale of Government Bonds to Continue IN ALL probability no other W. Superior Broilers Are Rapid Developers war- - time agency reached closer to the people of the nation In the home towns and onto the farms than the war finance division of the treasury department. It was responsible for the sale of more than 184 billions of dollars in government bonds. This agency Is now in process of liquidation, reducing its Wsshington personnel from about 400 to a skeleton force of about 40. Its vast are being state organizations trimmed to small groups which are to continue the sale of government bonds to the investing public. This decision of the treasury department to continue sale of government bonds as an Investment comes about as the result of two factors. The first Is to reap the benefit of 398 million dollars worth of advertising which has made the American public war bond conscious. Secondly, a recent treasury survey shows that 82 per cent of the people who have consistently bought war bonds through the four war years, want to continue doing so, if the bonds are available. A third factor is the Inflation angle. These billions of dollars invested by the people in war bonds have had a steadying Influence on the economic condition of the nation, and have helped probably more than any other one influence to prevent y spending. Three Stages In Polio. The first stage, lasting .from 24 to 48 hours, is marked by sore throat, nose Inflammation, nausea, vomiting and fever. The second stage is characterized by headache, stiff neck and back, tremor of lips and hands, general prostration, pain, muscle tenderness, disturbances of the reflexes and changes in the spinal fluid, with a gradual appearance becoming more intense as the infection of the spinal cord progresses. As many as 50 per cent of persons affected In this stage recover without harm, It is estimated. Without any break, the third stage develops gradually from the second, with pain continuing severe, muscle spasms occurring, and finally paralysis setting In on the affected members. Bureau Being Streamlined Because of the absence of any Already termination of employpreventive measures, emphasis is ment notices have been sent to insince treatment placed upon hundreds of these wartime emfantile paralysis destroys nerve tisployees, and from glamorous Ted sues and attacks either the spinal R. Gamble, the young director of cord or lower part of the brain WFD, on down the line, there is a in its beginning stages. general exodus. One of the recent developments in Gamble is succeeded by Verne treating polio embraces Sister Ken- Clark, state director of the Iowa k method, originally war finance committee, and Indiana nys sponsored and financed by the Na- sends Lou Carow, its director of tional Foundation. Under procedure public relations, to take over the job carried out by trained personnel. of director of press, advertising and Miss Kennys system calls for the radio for the new peacetime bond pplication of sections of woolen selling agency. blankets wrung out in boiling water, Purchase of government bonds on the stricken areas to prevent con- through the payroll savings plan will traction, twisting and distortion of be continued by the treasury, and it affected muscles. Splints and band- is expected that special benefits will ages formerly used to avert damag- be awarded to those companies are not utilized un- which, during the war, set up special ing after-efiecder this technique. bookkeeping arrangements to keep track of the sale of millions of 'Iron Lungs Used. In the "bulbar cases where the dollars in bonds through weekly delower part of the brain is involved, ductions from pay checks. Holdings of these government respirators or iron lungs are often bonds by the American people, enof difficulties because required 70 million people, promore than countered in breathing. Since paof security never tients cannot swallow, their saliva vides a back-lo- g before such a large segby enjoyed so flow into their down lungs, may it is important to keep their heads ment of the population. Of the 184 billion dollars worth sold, approxibelow the level of their chests. 53 billions were in the small k method matelyand G bonds held Sister Kennys E, F largelyby is continued the usually through individual investors. And sale of paralysis stage and often beyond the these government bonds accounted, acute period. Parents are trained d of the for about to carry on the treatment. Follow- roughly, cost of the war, the other ing the passage of the crisis, surhaving been raised by taxgery, muscle retraining, fitting of ation. braces, physical therapy and other New Drive in Spring measures may be required. The treasury department is exOf all persons in this country to get its new campaign for pected struck by polio, it is estimated that 50 per cent recover completely, 25 the continued sale of these governto 30 per cent show slight residual ment securities underway early in as soon as the new paralysis, 15 to 20 per cent suffer the spring, just marked effects and 5 to 10 per cent organization is set up. Then those die. In all instances, quick diagno- folks to whom regular purchase of sis and treatment are necessary to government bonds has become a habit, a thrift habit, may resume afford opportunity for recovery. their purchases with the same obAvoiding Infection. jectives in mind that caused them Because of the importance of re- to Invest during the war. specting preliminary precautions Mr. Clark, the new director of the during polio epidemics, the National bond division of the treasury, made Foundation has compiled a series of a splendid record in Iowa during helpful hints to minimize the the war, particularly among the chances of infection. farm and rural sections of this Since the great majority of cases rural state, and his record no doubt involve children up to nine with a accounted for his selection to head large percentage of the 10 to 14 age the peacetime agency. His selection group also susceptible, parents are also gives rise to the implication advised to watch closely instances oi that the treasury also plans to lay vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, se- particular stress in its selling provere headache or signs of cold or gram on the value of government fever. Similar symptoms in adults bond purchases to farmers and residents of the rural areas, since Mr. bear observation. No delay should be made in call- Clarks experience was concerned with farm areas. ing a physician, since early treat- principally ment often spells the difference be- Weeklies to Aid Campaign tween recovery and disablement. It would also give rise to the beExhaustion from strenuous exer- lief that the treasury plans to go to cise should be avoided along with the weekly newspapers and small sudden chilling, as from plunging in town dailies in the rural areas to cold water on a hot day. Removal carry the message of the new bond of tonsils and adenoids during out- program to the people. Both secrebreaks is inadvisable. Swimming taries of the treasury, Morgenthau in polluted water, and contact with and Vinson, have paid high tribsuspected victims, are extremely ute to the weekly press as being Personal cleanliness "the strong right arm of the treasdangerous. should be observed, and community ury for the tremendous Job they did sanitation should be maintained at during the war in carrying war bond all times. appeals to the people. The treasury feels the war bond thrift habit inculcated in the people so strongly during the war is too good a trait to eliminate, hence, although the old war finance division is in process of liquidation, the new division is at the same time in process of getting underway for a new government bond campaign. They feel that these 82 per cent of the people who want to continue W . their bond purchases should have the opportunity, although there is no expectation that bond purchases will be on the proportions of the wartime drives. hot-pac- ts SHEILA NUNAN, paralysis victim, enjoys the muscle reeducation program at Childrens hospital, Boston. Physical therapist Deborah Kinsman is giving Sheila the knee extension treatment. physical therapy at the Childrens hospital in Denver, Colo., was also called upon for assistance. With such incomparable teamwork, largely energized and supplied by the National Foundation, 68 per cent of the 344 victims treated up to September 20, 1944, made About half complete recoveries. of the 32 per cent with residual paralysis are expected to return to normal life. Only 3 per cent have died, a very low figure for this dread disease. Fight Polio All Over U. S. Known as "The Miracle of Hickthe work accomplished in ory, North Carolina during the polio epidemic of 1944 was typical of the service rendered by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis throughout the country during the worst outbreak since 1916. In Hickory alone, the organization expended $389,474 up to November 1 vf 1944, with the 99 state chapters contributing an additional $57,000. Leader in the fight against dread polio since its inception in 1937 under the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who himself overcame the paralyzing effects of the malady, the National Foundation acts as the centralizing force in comba:-in- g the disease. With funds donated by generous Americans during the March of Dimes each year, the organization provides for important research into polio, trains specialists and controls the distribution of necessary assistance during out- and scientific institutions for studies virus and prevention and treatment of of after-effect- s. Thousands Trained in Therapy. Both physicians and nurses have been given especial training in orthopedics and public health, with the latest major project embracing the expenditure of $1,267,600 for 1,000 scholarships for physical therapy at approved schools and universities. Able to quickly mobilize skilled specialists, the National Foundation, as in the case of Hickory, is in a position to employ them where needed the most. In instances where the demand was widespread, funds were furnished for shuttling personnel from one area to another, with the, trained specialists often teaching willing bystanders techniques in treatment to care for the afflicted while they moved on elsewhere. As the March of Dimes extends this year from January 14 to 31, being dedicated to the memory of the late President, the nation js reminded that polio is no respecter of persons, nor is it confined to any particular section of the country. Records for incidence of polio for the first 10 months of 1945 show that the 12,671 reported cases were well scattered throughout the U. S. Though the North Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with their large populations, were hit the heaviest, the east north central states of Ohio, Indibreaks. ana, Illinois, Michigan and WisconAlong with the National Foundasuffered considerably along with sin tion, the local chapters, retaining states of Arkansas, half of the funds raised during the the west central annual January campaigns, furnish Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Known to be caused by a virus the means for financing such neclives in sewage, is found m which as in services the community essary hospitalization for polio victims, the human intestines and is carried medical,, nursing and physical ther- by flies, infantile paralysis occurs apy care, ambulance transport and in three stages. Early diagnosis is provision for braces and splints difficult because of its similarity to Further, the local units purchase other sicknesses, like the common equipment for communal use and cold or scarlet fever. t I $ I I J r f $ f l1 ptupiiuiuiy- 1 WUU-U- Iljljl rett of Linville, N. C., made a speedy comeback after suffering an attack of poliomyelitis that crippled his arms, legs and neck during the North Carolina epidemic of 1944. Stricken on Jnly 7, he was admitted to the Hickory emergency polio hospital the same day. He progressed rapidly tinder the expert care he received there and by August 15 he was in the convalescent ward. There he was given physical therapy treatments to torrect a slight weakness of his right shoulder and arm. good for those who need help and to bring tome relief from their tuf-Tifering, Repvit&i C; ) Early development of feathers by a chicken is a good Indication that it will make a and otherwise desirable broiler or fryer. This is the conclusion reached by research workers of the U. S. department of agriculture, after three years of scientific studies. Prospects for superior market quality are still better if the chicken gains weight rapidly between the ages of 3 and 8 weeks and has a fairly broad breast at the end of that period. These characteristics were found to be inherited. A poultry man, therefore, can improve his breeding stock, for the production of broilers and fryers, by selecting those chickens that feather and develop rapidly during the first few weeks d 1 CV 4 1 - - , SfV A ' j? j s FAST FEATHERING - I - M run-awa- ld As the project took form, with Workmen laboring under floodlights d te rush completion of a hospital, the surrounding country caught the humane spirit engendered by the National Foundation, its local chapters and the county health officials, and contributed to the effort. Mills donated blankets and rent nants for hot packs; stores gave furniture, lamps, electric refrigerators and sheets; lumber yards drew on nearly depleted stocks to pro reconstruction N. Y. also conduct extensive educational campaigns to acquaint the public with the character of the disease, fight on infanDespite the all-otile paralysis, much remains to be accomplished. So far, no preventive or cure has been developed. Med leal knowledge is limited to thwarting unnecessary complications or repairing crippling Though it is known that a specific virus causes the sickness, that vi rus has not been isolated to permit more intensive study or the development of some form of immunizaNeither has it been detertion. mined with certainty how the infection enters the human system. Of its $10,000,000 in expenditures since 1933, the National Foundation has allocated over $3,000,000 to research and education. Substantial grants in aid go to various colleges vide construction material; local Red Cross units made up hospital gowns, caps and masks; the telephone company set up a switchboard and ran trunk lines in; the fire department maintained a constant vigil with special equipment, while the police operated a bus between the new hospital and Hickory. As the epidemic raged unabated, however, additional facilities were needed with tents given by the army, four more screened wards were established. From Chicago, 111., Dr. Edward A. Piszczek, who as director of the Cook County Health Unit had led the fight against a polio epidemic there in 1943, was summoned to supervise the care and treatment of patients at the Hickory emergency hospital. Gus Valdcmar, technical ' director of 1&ut I- particularly interested in that fight a fight to do good for the rest of huto do manity IhteHome. I r i s 1 1 hot-pac- one-thir- two-thir- 'Jii. 'V ! L.S10W FEATHERING, of life. Differences among birds are not so readily apparent at a later date. Selection for fast feathering can readily be made when the chicks are about a day old by noting those that have the longest feather sheaths or partially developed quills. Agriculture In the News Cranberries J. Dryden called craneberries, cranberries were found growing wild in the marshes by the Pilgrims m 1620. Containing 13 Important minerals and vitamins they are highly prized as a food article. During late yeais they found their place in the indusBy Originally trial W field. Cranber- ry wax added to other waxes will raise the melting point of these waxes. Ursolic acid from the wax of cranberry skins has important therapeutic applications. The oil from the seeds is used in shampoos Cranberry meal has become valued as a filler for plastics. Improved Machinery New Plow New type plow adjustable for deep plowing will find many uses. A new plow designed by Oliver corporation, Chicago, has additional bases set a few inches below and behind, as well as to one side of the upper bases. The latter are adjusted to normal depth for conventional plowing, while the lower bases, by widening and deepening the cut, crumble the plowpan, or hard undersoil hither to left untouched, mixing it slightly with the lower portion of the top soil. New Poultry Disease A new disease, known as "Newcastle disease, is said to be prevalent in many parts of the world causing severe losses in poultry. II has made its appearance in the United States. Veterinary associa tion authorities say that the symptoms include sudden deaths, droopv appearance, ruffled feathers, coughing and sneezing, and sometimes nervous disorders such as curled toes or wing paralysis. So far death loss in the U. S. has been low. . |