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Show Hawaiian Scientist Says He's Been Growing Arthritis Tonder Drug' For Seventeen Years Br NBA Service HONOLULU (NEA) A new ally' in the battle - against arthritis and 'rheumatic fever is thriving in the gardens of an experimental ex-perimental station in Hawaii. -Disclosure that the newly recognized rec-ognized wonder plant, strops n-thus,, n-thus,, is being grown successfully here is the latest in a chain of vents that have made this year one of the most hopeful in history lor arthritis sufferers. . The plant is a potentical source of the synthesized miracle drug, cortisone, which the famed May6 Clinic in Rochester, Minn., re vealed several weeks ago. Tests with cortisone have brought im mediate and dramatic results for arthritis victims, although in most cases repeat injections are : required re-quired as with insulin. At Mayo Clinic cortisone compound, com-pound, is produced by a long and costly process requiring 37 chemical chem-ical steDS beginning with a ma terial obtained from, ox bile. To meet the needs of one patient for en day requires the bile from 40 head of cattle.And in the. U. S. alone, more than, 7,000,000 persons re , afflicted every year with some form of arthritis and rheumatic rheu-matic fever. vWhen it was found that the seeds of stropanthus, an old-world ttopical plant, might yield synthetic syn-thetic cortisone at less cost and with fewer chemical steps, the search for plants turned to Africa. The Federal Security Agency has sent scientists there to bring back seeds and cuttings for transplanting.',,;.,. transplant-ing.',,;.,. Then Dr. H. L. Lyon, director emeritus of. the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association experimental experimen-tal station, quietly got in ' touch with cortisone researchers and told them how stropanthus has been growing in Hawaii for 17 years. 'Thus far, it is not known how the plant is pollinated. But because be-cause of its sudden new importance import-ance as a source -of a miracle drug. Dr. Lyorf is conducting new experiments, as well as attempting attempt-ing to grow the plant from cuttings. cut-tings. The plants that have tnrived on his experimental farm tor 17 years, he believes, indicate indi-cate that Hawaii might be an Ideal location J for mass cultivation cultiva-tion of stropanthus. ; Another new drug, produced in laboratories of Chicago's stockyards stock-yards was revealed just about the .same time the search for stropanthus was in full cry. Derived De-rived from the pituitary glands of hogs, it is called ACTH (Adreno-Cortico-Tropin-Hormone) and is made by Armour Co., jone of the big four of the meat packing industry. in-dustry. ' ' - Like cortisone, its results have been astounding. In 1000 treatments treat-ments at the 45 clinics experimenting experi-menting with ACTH, every case of rheumatic fever has been cured; every case of arthritis has cither been cured or temporarily elieved. -.. Also like cortisone, the supply Gifer. & M; I HAWAIIAN SCIENTIST H. L. Lyon works in his experimental garden with stropanthus, the plant which thus1 far holds the greatest hope for the mass of arthritis sufferers. of ACTH is pltuuuy small, it takes the glands of 400.000 hogs to produce one pound of the drug. Although the other three big packers Swift, Cudany and wu-son wu-son along with several smaller houses are selling their hog pitui taries to Armour, the present yield is limited to 60 pounds a year. For the mass of arthritis and, rheumatic fever victims, stropanthus stropan-thus .seems to hold the greatest hope. As in the other- two sources of ARMOUR TECHNICIAN Joseph Jo-seph Fisher holds 25 milligrams of ACTH in .his :right hand; in his left, a' cluster of 200 pituitary pitui-tary glands from hogs, source of another - hope for arthritis victims. miracle drugs for- arthritis, tremendous tre-mendous quantities are needed. One ton Of plant seed would yield the same amount of cortisone as I5snn tons of hf or enouffh to rtreat one patient for a year. Plantings of 10 to 20 million acres might be required to meet the demands for the compound. Hawaii's Dr. Lyon thinks the islands is-lands may not only be able to help fulfill the hopes of arthritis sufferers, but develop a rich new island industry as well. Two Thrill-Seeking Railroad Tracks As CHICAGO, Sept. 28 (U.R) Two .Jeen-aged boys today told police that it was "great fun" to lie under railroad ' tracks -and let six trains run over them. Police were checking whether the pair had broken . any laws. They hoped the boys' stunt, wouldn't start a new thrill-seeking fad among the city's youth. Raymond Salaman, 16, and Thomas Collins, 15, were seized last night by detectives , from a cruising squad car. The officers watched them steal furtively up the em-' bankment of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad and ; squeeze into a shallow trench under the ties. j When Detectives Janies O'Neil and Johnv Pretzel reached the tracks they had pulled a sheet over them- ci selves and wefe waiting for " Tr first traln t0 roar over theni, a bare six inches from. their faces. "We were doing it just for a kick, we like to lie under the tracks and watch the trains go by," they explained Btab Penfcry aaemkers are iwWh $260,000 .im Pa j men. TW mrnmrtt mt m tiBUm plwa IbMmi k jmt part .f tbe KXTKA aawiagB, profits, bea aaeadkere. AD FMAEg4 C0-0t T CnHmirM Btaadkn ia Grade School Chooses Officers SPANISH FORK Officers in the various class rooms were chosen this week at the Thurber school according to Principal Arthur Grotegut. In the Sixth grade, the officers for the month of October are: Tonya Livingston, president; Jimmie Mendenhall, vice-president, and Faye Mitchell and. Brent Hansen, song leaders. Officers for next month in the Fifth grade are Ann Gardner, president; Carol Gay Rees, vice president and Kaye Durfee, secretary. In the Fourth grade, officers for this quarter include: Kent Cornaby, president; Janet Per kins, vice president; and secretary and treasurer, Carolyn Brickey The other grades are not yet or ganized. A hundred tons of water fall on each acre of ground during a one-inch ram. STUDENT SPECIAL $1.50 ' '. : Shaeffer Fineline Pencil FREE With each $5.00 purchase of school supplies. . this week only! Th Best School Supplies At a Real Saving: Slide RulesK $1.50 to $21.50 Brief Cases $12.00 up Zipper Cases (leather- .$3.50 up Pens Complete, New Shipments af Shaef f er C $3.75 up Parker $5.00 up Eversharp ". . $3.75 up ( fcsterbrook ... , $2.00 ,Wearever ...... $l;0f 3-ninj? Binders . , 25c up Dictionaries x..: 98c up' Hraftinjr Sets, German made $10.00 up 10U can 6ca ci(L &t?.- 43 East Center Lads Lie Under Trjains Pass Over to the astonished officers. They told O'Neil and Pretzel that they discovered the opening, about 10 inches deep, last week and crawled into it. Six fast suburban trains . whipped over them. The only trouble, they, said, was that the trains sprayed them, with soot and dust so this time they brought along a sheet to protect their clothes. Sharon PTA Picks Officers OREM Elected to head the Sharon. schooT PTA for the coming com-ing two years is Mrs. Ray L. Carter. Car-ter. Melvin Beckstrand, principal will serve as first vice-president and Mrs. Lloyd Louder has been elected second vice-president and Mrs. Nelson A. Snow, secretary-treasurer. secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Carter was named to replace Mrs. Ralph Knight who recently resigned. Principal Beckstrand presided at the recent election meeting, in troducing teachers at the school this year who in turn spoke briefly, brief-ly, outlining class rooms proce dures and methods. Progressive trends in education were also a toDic of discussion, with teachers explaining the method allowing each student to progress accord ing to his ability to learn. , Parents were asked to partici pate in a vote on reports of student stu-dent progress, indicating whether they preferred the report card method or that of parent and teacher consultation periods. The majority favored using both procedures. The showing of a film on the new strip film projector presented to the. school last year as the annual an-nual project of j the PTA was the concluding program event. Parents visited individual class rooms ana consulted wun me teachers following the adjournment adjourn-ment of the meeting. Provo Pilot Makes Emergency Flight WithCattle Serum Serum for a contagious , dis ease reportedly killing cattle "right and left" near Kanab and Fredonia, Ariz., was flown to the stricken herds Tuesday after noon by Merrill Christopherson, manager of the Provo city munic ipal airport. Kanab veterinarians called Mr. Christopherson for help in picking pick-ing up and delivering the needed serum. The flight from Salt Lake to Kanab was made in slightly more than two hours, he reported, report-ed, where waiting cars rushed the serum to tbe afflicted herds. Timp Ward Holds Court Of Honor OREM A Boy Scout court of honor was held at the Timpano-cos Timpano-cos ward in connection with the opening MIA program Tuesday evening. A. L. Dickerson, junior scout leader was in charge of the affair. In discussing the scouting program Mr. Dickerson told par- that "nothing helps to make bet ter citizens than an active scout program," and urged better sup port from parents in; sponsoring the program. William Cox, member of the National Parks council staff, presented pre-sented awards to Larry Dicker-son, Dicker-son, first class; Merrill Palmer, Sharon Beagley, Kenneth Marshall, Mar-shall, second class; Lamar Hig-bee Hig-bee tenderfoot award; Norman Rowley, Treron Carroll, merit badges. It takes about 9.77 quarts of milk to make one pound of but ter. Postoffice Clerk Appointment Made OREM Word has been re ceived by Acting Postmaster Leo C. Broadhead today of the appointment ap-pointment of Reed Hacking, as lerk in the Orem postoffice. Mr. Hacking has been serving as car rier on rural route one for the past several months. Named to replace him On a temporary basis was f red Fielding who will serve as carrier until permanent appointments ap-pointments are announced by the postal department in Washington D. C. The appointment of Mr. Hacking as clerk was effective as Sept. 16. Postal examinations have been taken by four Orem men for the position of postmaster and word is expected soon as to the permanent perma-nent assignment. Home Nursing Class Planned 1 SPANISH FORK Plans for a Red Cross home nursing class are underway here, according to Red Cross Chairman Willis Hill. The noma nursing directors, Mrs. Helen Jackson, Mrs, Vera Snell, and Mrs. Betty Ruth Jensen are meeting this week to work out the details and: arrange for a time and a meeting place. Instructions as to how-to join the class will be published in the near future. Each lady completing the course will be awarded a certificate. certifi-cate. No charge is made to enter the class. Problems of caring for sick children and home health will be among the topics discussed dis-cussed and any mother will find many things which will definitely benefit her and her family by attending at-tending this course, leaders said. These ladies will also be qualified quali-fied to act as Red Cross volunteers volun-teers in nursing if ever an emergency emer-gency requires their help. This class is making homes stronger and healthier and is another serv ice to the community furnished by the Red Cross, according to Mr. Hill. - DAILY HERALD Wednesday, Sept 28, 1949 WANTED ALL KINDS OF HIDES! Highest Prices Paid for BONES WOOL HIDES PELTS FURS and dead and useless animals Pelt prices for dead and useless use-less sheep. Prompt Service UTAH HIDE & TALLOW CO. S Miles West of Spanish Fork Phone 88 HAMILTON'S CANDY DEPT. RE-OPENING TOMORROW THURS. 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