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Show u WHO'St WHO'S WHOS ' t ? 1 WHO'SNEWS NEWS NEWSj NEWSTHIS WEEK WEEKBy THISWEEK THISWEEKBy THIS By LEMUEL F . PARTONNEW PARTON PARTONTSJEW TSJEW NEW YORK - Once at an al alley alley al- al alley - ' ley s end in Guayaqu Guayaquil this re reporter reporter reporter porter then young and mdlscreet indiscreet mdlscreetbecame indiscreetbecame indiscreetbecame became involved mvolved in an argumentwith argumentwith argument argumentwith with certain of ofMedcs ofMedics ofMedics Medcs Medics , K 0 O . the native Clti citi CltiIII citiIll citlIII III Ill Will Wll Wlland Willand , and zenry who in inFever inFever inFever sisted slsted that NorthAmericans NorthAmericans North NorthAmericans A Fever m rn en S . Americans ate ateonly ateonly ateonly only dog meat Your correspond correspondent ent knew only enough Spanish to toget toget toget get him into mto trouble and was usmg using usmgIt usingit usingit It diligently to that end when Dr DrRobert DrRobert DrRobert Robert Entwistle once ot of o1 Philadel Philadelphla Philadelphia Philadclphia phla phia later a student and practltlon practitron practitioner practltloner practitroner er ot of tropical medicine medlcme along the thewest thewest thewest west coast fever ports appeared appearedHe appearedHe He calmed the excitement and andsaved andsaved andsaved saved his countryman much em embarrassment embarrassment barrassment and possibly a broken brokenIt brokenhead brokenhead head It was l&e le lke lice & : magic the way wayhe wayhe wayhe he piped everybody down . . They Theyloved Theyloved Theyloved loved and trusted him and he was wastheir wastheir wastheir their authority on everything everythmg from frommternatlonal frominternational frominternational mternatlonal international relations to beri ber ! beri berL bert . . [ So today It seemed almost almostbke almostlike almostlike bke like old cld news to read m in a dis- dis dispatch dispatch dis dispatch - patch from ( rom Lima that it was an anAmerican anAmerican anAmerican American doctor and not a astatesman astatesman astatesman statesman who possibly more morethan morethan morethan than any other one man has In Induced induced Induced duced respect and good will for fortlus forthis torthis tlus this country , down around and andbelow andbelow andbelow below the equator With a num num- number number number - ber of other American Amencan doctors doctorsOr , . Dr John 0 D Long ot of the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States Public Pnbhc Health service servicehas , . has been carrying carrymg on a fight fightagamst fightagainst fightagainst agamst against the bubonic bubomo plague plaguemalaria , malaria chagres fever and other othertropical othertropical othertropical tropical curses in m Ecuador , Bra- Bra Brazil Brazil Bra"zil Brazil - " - zil Pern Peru Chile Clule and other coun countnes countries countries tnes tries He holds dec decorations rations from fromhalf fromhalf fromhalf half a dozen South Scuth Amencan American Amencancountries Americancountries Americancountries countries He and his Ius bus col colleagues colleagues colleagues leagues have served only in re- re re - - sponse spouse to specific speclfio specafio requests for fortheir fortheir their services and the sum of oftheir oftheir oftheir I their theirefforts efforts has been to allay allayIII allayill allayill III ill will dispel prejudice and andmlsunderstandmg andmisunderstanding andmisunderstanding mlsunderstandmg misunderstanding and promote promotefnendly promotefriendly promotefriendly fnendly friendly relationsDoctor relations relationsDoctor Doctor Long 64 years old quiet quietprecise , , precIse unassuming unasswmng is a typIcal typIcalAmencan typicalAmerican typicalAmerican Amencan American professional man whose whosehome whosehome whosehome home town was Mt Pleasant Pa PaAfter PaAfter PaAfter After his gradual graduat on from the med medIcal medreal medical Ical real school of the University Urnverslty of o1 ofPennsylvama o1Pennsylvania ofPennsylvania Pennsylvama Pennsylvania he entered ent red the nation national national national al public health service became its itsassistant itsassistant itsassistant assistant surgeon and assigned to tothe tothe tothe the Phil ppmes ppines won eminence emmence In InhIs inhis mhis hIs profession m In his work m in san sans sanstation sanitation ! tatlon tation and in fighting fightmg disease In In1926 1926 he was loaned to the ChIlean ChIleangovernment Chileangovernment Chileangovernment government for a similar smular encounter encounterthere encounterthere encounterthere encounterthereIn there thereIn In this writer wnter s observation of ofSouth ofSouth oSouth ( South American countries countnes par par- partleulanzed particularized particularized - ticularized tleulanzed instances of civlhzed civilized civlhzedbehavior civilizedbehavior civilizedbehavior behavior , fair dealing dealmg and re- re regard regard re regard - - gard for native traditions and andamemtles andamenities andamenities amemtles amenities once the fear of pred pred- predatory predatory predatory - atory designs had been over overcome overcome overcome come were effective efIettlve where aU all aUelse allelse allelse else failed including mcludmg our mosteloquent mosteloquent most mosteloquent eloquent offerings offermgs of official officialfnendshIp officialfriendship officialfriendship fnendshIp friendship . - - 'THE THE ' HHE THE New York aquarium aquanum gets getsthree getsthree getsthree three African Afncan fish which have havehIgh havehigh havehigh hIgh foreheads and bigger brams brains brainsm brainsin 10 in proportion to their size than anyother anyother any anyother other crea creatures creaturesPlan creaturesP/an creaturesP an tures turesPlan Plan / I Q Rahngbelow Ratingbelow Rating below the Prl Pri PrlRare PriRareFesh PnRare Rare RareFesh Fish Fsh , With Wth Wthmates Withmates , mates ThIS ThISOut ThisOut ThisOut Out Size Sze , Brarnmakes Brainmakes Brain Brarn makes themskI themskittish them themskittish skI skittish tl1sh and anddoesn anddoesn anddoesn doesn t seem to get them anythmg anything anythmgalthough anythingalthough anythingalthough although they manage to keep out outof outof outof of aquaria aquana and frying frymg pans These Theseare Theseare Theseare are the first ever brought to thIS thIScountly thiscountry thiscountly thiscountlyDr countly country countryDr Dr Charles \ M 1\1 1 Breder Jr Jrplans Jrplans Jrplans plans to go to Africa Afnca as soon socn as aspossible aspossible aspossible possible to check up on ou their I IQ IQ IQ Q The ancient Egyptians re- re revered revered re revered - - vered and protected them in the thebelief thebelief thebelief belief that their huge brain bram cav cav- cavities cavities cavities - ities were inhabited mhablted by the sculs souls sculsof soulsof soulsof of departed men Doctor Bredcr Breder Bredcrthinks Brederthinks Brederthinhs thinks a study of their intelll intelli intelllgenee intelliBence intelligence genee Bence if any in m relation to their theiroutslze theiroutsize theircut-sue theircut sue out-slze out slze out-size size - - brain braID might be enlight enlight- enliglrt- enliglrt enlightenmg enliglrtenmg enlightening - - eningDoctor enmgDoctor ening enmg Doctor Breder \ vsas was as a boy Icthy01 icthyol Icthy01oglst icthyologist icthyologist oglst ogist at Newark where the family familywas familywas familywas was apt to find the bathtub full of o1 ofklllIes o1krllies ofkillies klllIes krllies and sticklebacks In his ex exammatlOn examination exanimation ammatlOn amination tor for a biologist s job m in mthe inthe inthe the fisheries bureau he confounded confoundedhIS confoundedhis confoundedhis hIS elders and beat out Ph D en entrants entrants entrants trants in m the competition He was wasassistant wasassistant wasassistant Aquariumtor'14 Aquariumtor14 AquarIumfor"14 Aquariumfor14 assistant director of the AquarIum ' " - for"14 for14 for-14 for 14 years and became director directora directort a j } ; ear agoDoctor ago agoDoctor Doctor Breder is Slid s\ld s ld s ' \ ud to rank rankaU rankall rankall aU all other scientists He Is 40 40years 40years 40years years old a fragile clerIcal clerIcallooklDg clericallooking clericallooking looklDg looking man with blue eyes and andycllow andyellow andyellow ycllow yellow hair But his appcarance appearance is appearanceis appcaranceis deceptive dcceptlve On the Richard RichardOglesby RichardOglesby RichardOglesby Oglesby Marsh expedition e-peditlon e peditlon eapcdition ' - to tothe tothe tothe the Chucunaque Chueunaque river country In Incouthern insouthern insouthern couthern southern ; I 1 anama anolma in 1921 In Inwhicli lawhich whicli \ hleh Dr J L Bacr Baer of the theSmithsolllan theSmithsonian theSmilhsoman Smithsolllan Smithsonian institution lDshtutlol1 lo&t lot lo.t lost & : . hIs hIslife hislife hislife life Doctor Breder Brcder came camethrough camethrough camethrough through c\\ c ; swimmingly cln1nungly \ ln1nungly , with no nochagrl's nochagres nochagres chagrl's chagrls chagres ' fever or beriberi hen bers beri bcrl and anda anda a br-iud br iud bnl1d brand - new fish Jls Its , Itsname ts nolmc name njmcRivulus , Rlvulus Rivulus CIlucunaquc Chucul1aque Chucunaque BI Bieder eder IsID Isn Is Isn ID > , n 8 pt body type typc five &i\teenthsof &i i teenthsof sr.tcenthsof sr.tcenths srtcenths si & \ . tcenths tcenthsof of an inch mch longer than the fish 0 Conso id Iditcd Id.tcd Idtcd . itcd Nb Nc N < .wb wb \\b b . \ b Fcarurcs Features FcarurcsWNU FeatureswNU FcacurcsWNU WNU Service |