Show r FIGHT PNEUMONIA WITH SERUMS ' i Wider Use of Injections Checks Deaths From Some Types of Germs Now Prevalent Best Advice: Don’t Catch Cold! rV 1 1 u ” New York city’s new medical center is viewed from the air In the left foreground is the hospital of Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re search where much of the important experimenting with pneumonia serums has been conducted Inset: Dr Wendell M Stanley winner of $1000 award for isolating viruses causing colds influenza and other diseases I By WILLIAM C UTLEY The dread disease the open season for pneumonia attacks so quickly and with such telling effect is “going the rounds" more thoroughly than usual this year It has hardly reached epidemic proportions yet New Yorkers reported nearly 700 cases in the last week of the old year Chicago had 521 pneumonia deaths in December as compared with 330 in the same month of 1935 and other localities have been alarmed by similar outbreaks Although actual figures were not yet available at the time of this writing it is probable that pneumonia in its several types killed off nearly 100000 persons in the United States in 1936 That is as if some swift and terrible scourge had wiped out the entire population of a city like Savannah Ga Rockford 111 Wilkes-Barr- e Pa or Sacramento Calif — Fortunately there are aspects of$' THIS is Look out for that sneeze! Shun You may catch people like this colds Pneumonia usually with a cold or the “flu” their starts must go to bed take plenty of water and nourishing food There must be plenty of fresh air and if necessary some artificial means of supsuch as an oxygen plying oxygen tent If it is in a hospital there will be a nurse to keep constant watch and to keep the patient from injuring himself if he becomes delirious too The physician must keep constant watch visiting the patient often If the latter is restless quieting medicines may be used The doctor may strap the patient’s chest if pain is very great Must Avoid Visitors Recovery from a pneumonia for which there is a specific serum is usually more rapid than from one of the others sometimes coming within a few hours after the treatment Patients who suffer from a for no is which serum there type receive the same sort of general care and with the help of oxygen stand a good chance of pulling through but their recovery is apt to take a longer time It is of prime importance that’ no visitors be allowed for the good of society as well as for the health of the patient Persons in close contact with the patient may carry germs in their mouths and ought to wear masks and gowns It has been recognized by authorities that if we were to check the spread of pneumonia we might begin by checking the common cold and influenza for it is with one of these that nearly all cases of lobar start We should stay pneumonia out of crowds when there are common cold epidemics avoid persons who have colds keep ourselves from getting chilled overheated or generally “run down” Leading in the battle is the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research It was in the institute's hospital in New York city that the first patient suffering from Type I was treated with sepneumococcus rum and the organization has been foremost in developing pneumonia serums ever since Now Dr Wendell M Stanley genius of the institute staff has recently received the $1000 prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his discovery of the nature of viruses that cause colds influenza and some other diseases the picture which are heartening ease After a patient’s sputum is as well as those which are dismal typed the physician knows which Health authorities believe that if kind of serum to administer serum treatments were made uniOne difficulty in the use of seversally available and were aderums which is being overcome is quately administered deaths from that they are expensive Treatment which causes for one case of lobar pneumonia may inabout half the fatalities might be volve the use pneumonia of serums costing reduced 46 per cent $50 or more This is a real hardPneumonia Follows Colds ship for many families — indeed an There is a popular conception that impossibility for some But in three states — Massachusetts New pneumonia frequently attacks persons who were perfectly well But York and Michigan — the state health departments will supply free by some widely known authorities this is considered “the bunk” It serum to doctors for use upon patients who cannot afford to pay for rarely happens Pneumonia usually follows a cold it It is reasonable to expect that in view of the success of these If you would proor influenza states in reducing the number of tect yourself from it say health officers don’t disdain from losing a deaths other states will follow their day’s work just because of “a little lead before long Serums Highly Specific cold” stay home and take care of Serums have been used in treatiyourself If you are a mother don’t neglect a cold because there is ng pneumonia for more than 25 housework to do jand children to years but they were slow to grow take care of go to bed Don’t let into general acceptance and widea child go to school or a husband There are several reaspread use go to work 'if he is suffering from sons for this One is that the sea cold rums are "highly specific Type I A cold Is of course not always serum will help cases of Type I But pneumococcus only Type II sepneumonia in its first stage if you have a cold accompanied by rum will combat Type II pneumoa fever — better call a doctor Time coccus only and so on This spewas when he could not tell very cific nature was not sufficiently unhad whether pneumoderstood you for a long time quickly Often nia or not and could not begin adthe wrong serum was administered treatthe sufferer failed to improve and ministering the ment until the cold had a stranglethe blame was laid upon the sehold upon you rum In addition the serums obThe modern physician does not tainable in the early days were to take such not always of the best quality have ordinarily chances He can take a small porThe earlier a serum is admintion of the sputum a sufferer istered the better the chances of the patient’s recovery coughs up and send it to a bacterioAmong the health The delogical laboratory earliest symptoms are chill pains in the chest or side and a short partments of some states maintain branch laboratories at convenient dry cough The patient feels faint points for use by doctors If such has trouble breathing and develops a laboratory be close by the docAs the heart strains a high fever tor may have a full report within to get blood through a congested half an hour lung the pulse beats faster and faster There are two kinds of pneumoThe blood is not able to nia bronchopneumonia and pneumopick up enough oxygen from the1 coccus (or lobar) pneumonia The lungs and the patient may start to assume a rather blue color former occurs usually as a comSeek Immunizing Agent plication of some other disease Desensitixing Fatients and often strikes elderly persons Ironically enough the day Dr In the usual procedure after a infirm and It is who are feeble Stanley was to present his paper rehas obtained a physician report before the association he was unresponsible for about half the anof the vealing pneumococcus able to attend its type nual death toll from pneumonia meeting being the patient’s illness he stricken with influenza causing The lobar form caused by ovalBut his tests the patient’s sensitivjty to the It declared that shaped germs called pneumococci paper was read serum amount A small of dilute other half for the is responsible viruses are capable of muta g or horse serum is dropped into one from one form to anchanging 32 Types of Pneumonia eye and a little of it is injected unare able to proother Thus der the skin Lobar pneumonia is an acute inBefore the curative duce a new they disease through a sponserum is given steps must be taken fection in which the lung’s light mutated form It is betaneously to desensitize sensitive patients spongy tissue solidifies cannot conlieved that the great epidemic of tain air and is inefficient for breathIn the first dose the amount usu1918 was caused by a sudden mutafills with The lung bloody ally injected into the veins is 20 tion of great virility ing and when the sufferer exudate cubic centimeters This is done Dr Stanley and his assistants at coughs his sputum is at once The patient begins to feel the Princeton N J laboratories There are 32 known Ivpes of the better after the first dose but an- of Rockefeller Institute are now other injection will be made the pneumococcus germ which causes trying to find ways to immunize us The bacteriolosecond day and probably another lobar pneumonia from the qold and influenza viruses gist’s report to the physician tells the third day In cases which have They have so far reported success been discovered early enough the in rendering him which type is causing the disinactive 36 out of 57 ease in each case submitted Over patient may be well after the third varieties of plant viruses by treatof the cases are caused s dose of serum but must spend ing them with the serum of rabsome time resting in bed1 bits which had been injected with by germs of Types I II V VII From the moment a case is diagand VIII For each of these types the same virus without producing there is a specific serum which nosed as pneumonia the sufferer any disease effects the must dsHe care in the have used Ne— be strictest Union fighting may - Intermountain Hews FAHWEE MORE AUTO LICENSES INJURY LIST REDUCE CAR SHIPMENTS GROW FEAR TYPHOID FEVER BUILDING BOOM SEEN IDA—Sale of BLACKFOOT automobile license plates Ift Bingham county during 1936over than $10000 more creased Ison 1935 announces Harrison county assessor Total receipts for 1936 were $7357439 compared to the 1935 total of $6302521 IDAHO FALLS IDA— From per cent lost time high of 25550 million man hours injuries per under the CWA in 1933 the acc- ident rating on government pro-to jects in Idaho has been cut 1825 per cent under the WPA Lester Roberts of Pocatello stata sixfor the representative safety teen southeastern Idaho counties reports In 1935 under the IERA the rating was 9924 per cent prodRUPERT IDA— Farm ucts in car lots shipped from Rupert in 1936 numbered better 2070 bettering by 215 cars the at the same class' of shipments Union Pacific freight office in Rupert show Potatoes topped the 850 shipments both years with 1936 cars in 1935 and 1040 In does not repreThis of course sent the- season’s potato shipments in either case as the potato year for season’s shipping terminates in June BUHL IDA—Chlorination of rural water supplies between Filer and Buhl is urged by Dr L A Lambert of the state health department after a survey Occasional cases of typhoid fever have been reported in the area recently and water should either be boiled or treated before use to insure against further spread of the disease the doctor points out POCATELLO IDA— A noxious weed control plan for 1937 is being urged by local farm operatives TWIN FALLS IDA— Bank dein Twin Falls hovering posits Just under the five million dollar mark as the year closed showed a 35 per cent increase during statements annual the year show BOISE IDA— A residence construction boom in the smaller by Idaho towns is predicted Harry Whittier former Moscow banker and head of the federal Idaho administration for housing “In the years 1935 and 1936 most was in of the home construction the larger towns and for homes costing in the neighborhood of $4000" he said ‘Indications are that 1937 will see heavy construction In smaller towns and for homes in the lower price brackets” BOISE IDA —The bureau of mines estimated the value of gold silver copper lead and zinc produced by Idaho1936lode and plac- at $26981er mines during 000 compared with $19522704 in 1935 The gold output decreasounces 3800 ed about The output from 10240-95of silver increased to 14400000 ounces copper 2850000 2095867 to from pounds lead from 158040250 to 180400000 pounds: zinc from to 92500000 pounds BUHL IDA— Postal receipts e set an high at the Buhl office of last year reports Postmaster L P Runyon who lists a total of $1872864 for the year or a gain of nine per cent over 1935 SALT LAKE CITY UT — Actions to prevent a widespread influenza epidemic in Utah have been taken by the State Board of Health following reports that a number of cases of “flu” are in Salt Lake City and that the disease has hit epidemic proports ions in State regulations pertaining to the prevention and control of influenza and were broadcast arrangements made for local health officers to notify the state department of aggravated conditions SALT LAKE CITY UT— A ten million dollar market for homes awaits enterprising members of the building and allied industries in Utah during 1937 This was the statement of national and state Federal Housing Adminisastration officials recently sembled in Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY UT— Total the resources state anticipated by close of the fiscal year June 30 1937 will amount to $339645614 it was disclosed in a report issued to Gov Henry H Blood bv E R Miles director of the budget This figure includes a cash balance of $1375000 on hand July 1936 SALT LAKE CITY UT — December proved a profitable month for the State Liquor Commission it was disclosed in a recent report During the month a total of $75000 in profits was acquired for the state This total the largest monthly remittance ever made bv the commission brought the total amount naid into state coffers during 1936 to An additional $400000 $100000 was realized in sales tres from the year’s liquor business IDA— Several cases MOSCOW of smallpox and many cases of influenza and pneumonia in Latah county caused health authorities to issue a call for vaccination and for care of colds BLACKFOOT IDA —Assisting in the formation of a county hog pool which in 1936 sold 6248 hoes for a total of $126 02416 as well as assisting in the formation of a county wool and limb pool were among Pe nrtivitms of tin"haro County AeentM L Tillery ps shown in his pnnual report quo “Fog Rain — and Death9 By FLOYD GIBBONS to tell you” says Edward Wagness of New York city “is a story of FEAR It belongs to the United States navy and for 12 hours strong men were trying to laugh off their quaking knees and the apprehension that something was going to happen to them That something WAS adto going happen was what everybody believed and nobody mitted The trouble was that no one had any idea of WHEN it was going to happen But on with the story!” And with that introduction Ed Wagness goes int oone of the most astounding tales of what men’s imaginations can do to them that I have ever heard in all my life To get the whole yarn right from the beginning we’ve got Ed to follow the career of a battleship— the S S Charleston says she was built at Newport News Va In 1905 and commissioned for duty in the Atlantic fleet In 1906 she was ordered to in December West Pacific and coast fleet the as flagship of the of that year she made the trip around the Horn But before leaving for the West she put into New York harbor for provisions and liberty for the crew Astounding Message of the Visitor vessels in the navy The Charleston was one of the first and people were interested in her She received quite a number of visitors and one visiting day a little old lady came aboard and asked the officer of the deck if she could see the captain “Of course” says Ed “she was not accommodated for cranks were always trying to tell the captain how to run the navy But the officer of the deck out of politeness asked her if there was any message he could take to the captain” The little old lady wasn’t stumped Yes there was a message “Please tell the captain” she said “that the Charleston will be blown up in Magdalena bay Mexico on the eighth day of It will be a foggy rainy day and she will be May 1908 blown up by a tramp steamer which will come from nowhere and will refuse $o give any information concerning herself” That Gave the Crew a Big Laugh That was a big laugh for the crew Imagine a foggy rainy day in Magdalena bay they chuckled Why there hadn’t been a drop of rain there since time began They put the old woman down for another crackpot and forgot about it That is they did until May 1908 The Charleston took up her duties in the Pacific She was m MagShe dalena bay in October 1907 then returned to San Diego Calif was back in Magdalena bay in the spring again for target practice into May” says Ed “and we were still there The “April blossomed The sky was still a perfect blue and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky But some of the prophecy had been forgotten — well amost forgotten more superstitious on board did remember and on the night of May 7 we all turned into our hammocks wondering “The eighth of May dawned COLD FOGGY and d of since no one knew when But we told ourselves it was only a coincidence How could anything happen to us Besides the tramp steamer hadn’t shown up yet On the surface aU was serene Men laughed and joked as they went about their work But many an anxious eye was cast toward the mouth of the harbor AND THEN IT HAPPENED!” About three o’clock that afternoon the men on the Charleston could make out through the fog the general outlines of a tramp steamer Ed says that along about that time many a ruddy entering the harbor It began to look as complexion took on the general hue of a bag of flour if the little old woman knew what she was talking about No merchant It was too dangerous what with battleships ever entered that harbor ships firing big guns all over the place But there she was moving straight toward the Charleston and the Charleston’s frantic signaling could get no response from her whatever Waiting for Something to Happen Says Ed: “She steamed past us and anchored about 500 yards off She refused to give us her name or call letter our starboard side and all we could get from her was that she had lost a propellor blade and had dropped into ship another No tramp as miserable as she was ever carries a spare blade and we knew it but nevertheless over the side went a diver “Through the fog we could distinguish nothing but outlines as we tried to watch his movements but we imagined more and more as the day wore on and a dark night began to settle down We were served a hearty supper but our appetites weren’t any too keea Rumors ran riot imaginations started to do their stuff and that empty feeling began to find its way into the pits of oar stomachs The smiles were gone from the faces of strong men Inaction was killing as by torture If they were going to strike for God’s sake let them do it now De something—do anything But do it!” Awake All Night — for Nothing The bugler sounded lights out and hammocks— but there were dogthat night “They sat gone few men who rolled into their hammocks around in litttle groups and wondered” says Ed “and anyone walking around the deck could Bee little piles of life belts placed here and then by some gob or bunch of gobs who weren’t taking any chances Even the commissioned officers kept pretty close to their preservers Men What was the idea anyway? Who'd want to detalked and speculated stroy the Charleston? And so the night wore on” The night wore on— and NOTHING HAPPENED I “Just before daylight” says Ed “we heard the tramp hoisting anchor Soon she was steaming past us on her way out to sea And then after heaving sighs of relief the entire crew fell to and cursed that rusty old tub as only strong healthy sailors can curse” TIHAT I have C— A WNU Scrvlc V1 The center around which paper making spins is the machine says a writer in the Scientific American It is a gigantic combination of intricate mechanisms which takes in raw stock at one end and spins forth paper at machme apthe other A proaches 200 feet in length weighs nearly a million pounds and costs in the neighborhood of a half million dollars Because it is a grouping of machinery one might say that there ts a hazard every foot of the length There are some fifty individual motors about twenty - five pumps thousands of feet of pipe and many miles of wire Every unit must coordinate perfectly to deliver a product that is satisfactory The Cloak Was Titian That dress maketh the man was noted long ago Titian the famed Italian painter of the sixteenth century walked home m his working clothes unnoted but returning immediately to the street again in his court costume of purple velvet every person he met bowed and did him homage Dgusted Titian back in his studio threw the cloak on the floor exclaiming “Thou then art Titian so much for drapery I” “ England’s Government The supreme legislative power of the British Empire is vested in a Parliament which is dominated by the House of Commons of which the premier is the responsible head Parliament is summoned by writ of the king on the advice of the privy council and the king opens and closes each session The king has a right to veto bills passed by both houses of Parliament but in practice his veto is obsolete as custom has decided he must sanction every bill which Parliament approves and resolves to make law Whatever the 'theoretical powers of the king may3 tW they are unquestionably limited- to his personal influence over his ministers that Trees Flowers of Bible Times The International Bible Encyclopedia lists the following trees and flowers as growing in gardens in Palestine in Bible times: Oleander vitex (species of verbena) plane carob hawthorn sumach laurel broom buglos scabiosa myrtle squills thistles acacia arbutus ole- aster styras (mock orange) Judas tree caper rockrose villosus (popanpy) crocus cyclamen narcissi emones ranunculus gladioli iris orchids flax and borage fcl |