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Show 'Death Ray-for Drain Operations LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 UJJ A deathrray waa' being perfected today to perform brain operations without ar surgeon's' knife, f Dr. Isadore Rud wick' of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania -. State college ' said the Same sound waves that kill" small animal in less than two minutes can be used for healing work -on the brain. The sound waves selectively stimulate or destroy brain tissue,. Dr. Rudwick told the Acoustical Society of America. They can eliminate a section of diseased -bratn tissue- the section a mr- eon would cut out while leav-ig leav-ig the rest of the brain untouched. un-touched. Experiments on . small animals show that the funneled - supersonic super-sonic beam apparently generates lethal heat within the body. The sound is ust above what humans 'can hear and is 10,000 times the "path level" of the human ear. Mosquitoes drop dead in 15 seconds, sec-onds, cockroaches and mice in a minute and caterpillars in 139 seconds. A piece of cotton caught fire five seconds after the ray was turned on it. The ray -sent the rodents' fur temperature to 20S degrees (F) Their skin, became fragile, their muscles stiffened and their ears fill off. Dr. Rudwlck doubted that the death ray ever could be used in warfare. "The largest possible machine that could be built to produce Such death ray would loie Its effectiveness lets than 10 feet way," he said. , No Decision Yet On Mexican Labor SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 13 (U.R) There has been no decision as yet as to whether Mexican nationals na-tionals will be allowed in the United States next year to work as agricultural labor, Carlos Grimm, Mexican consul, said here today. Grimm said he had been informed in-formed that while recommendations recommenda-tions have been made by both the United States and Mexican governments gov-ernments that such labor be admitted, ad-mitted, no agreement has been signed as yet He said that if and when the agreement is signed, the exact number of Mexican nationals admitted ad-mitted to the United States will depend on Mexico's labor needs and the demand for them in the L&nited States. Fireproofing Of Christmas Trees While there is not too - much danger of fire with Christmas trees nowadays, the trees can be made fire-resistant and be kept fresher and greener looking and. the needles prevented from fall ing by standing the trunk in a bucket of water, advises Raymond Ray-mond R. Moore, Utah state extension ex-tension forester. Buy a tree that has been cut as recently as possible, put it in water promptly, and keep it in a cool place until it goes into the living room for decoration, he advised. ad-vised. As soon as you take the tree home, cut off the end of the. trunk diagonally at least an inch above the original cut, then stand it in water with the cut surface submerged. To tell whether a tree is fresh before buying, break off a small branch and see whether the wood under the bark in moist. If you want to insure its freshness, fresh-ness, after taking it into the house stand it in a bucket of sand and keep the sand moistened. If the weight of the bucket will not hold the tree up, build the tree stand over the bucket, Mr. Moore advised. Although several chemical solutions so-lutions have been suggested for "fire-proofing" the trees, both by spraying and by adding to the water, none has proved as successful success-ful as just plain water, the forester for-ester reported. Egyptian StuderitsPrptestP " V-' , 1 i i 1 JL ' Jlf1 W"1'&- 'JM1 J .. SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, December 14, 1947 5 ,NubbihsBp IJENVEH, Dec 1$ W9 Con siderable . concern, over-the' condi tion of 6-year-old Forrest "Nub- blhs" Hoffman of Cheyenne; Wyo was exoressed today by the surgeon-specialist who has overcome strong, odds v to date in' keeping the youngster- alive. The boy, who was given a "Christmas" in November 1944 because he was not expected to live until Dec. 25 of that yeav, was back in the hospital, and his condition was reported "poor, The specialist said that unless improvement-in Nubbins' condition condi-tion is rapid, the youngster will observe Christmas in his room at Mercy hospital here 13 days hence. It was three years ago this month, Dec. 7, that the first operation op-eration was performed in an effort ef-fort to save the child, after his life was despaired of because of a bladder obstruction. The opera tion, one of three to correct the disorder, was termed a success. f-, a lecuna operauwo.; wu per formed by the surgeon-specialist last Oct. 8, and the brown-eyed lad survived it. despite . odds of about "1,000-to-l" against him. Nubbins, son of Mr, and Mrs. Marshall H. Hoffman, was to undergo un-dergo further examination today. At the time of the operation in October, the surgeon said . -another operation may be necessary, but that it would have to await the lad's recovery from the most recent surgery. (MA TtUphoto) An angry, sullen mob of students and workers shouting "Give us arml," and carrying banners reading "Down with America," "Down with Russia," sulked through the streets of Cairo. Egypt, clamorln to be . led in a Holy War to prevent the partition of Palestine. Virginia Hill's Hospital Room Put Under Guard PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 13 U,R Guards surrounded the hospital room today where Virginia Hill, girl friend of the late gangster Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel, was re covering from what wait at least her fourth overdose of sleeping pills in six months one was registered as Mrs. ribbons, sccordlrig nprmi nan oi v-nicago, oui rw lice Chief Earl O'Clair Identified her as the red-haired associate of the mobster who was assassinated in her Moorish mansion last June. Everyone, including- officers,!. were barred from heo guarded room. Two private Pigeon Show Under War at Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 13 (U.K) Things will be "coo coo" at tho Remington Arms plant in Salt Lake City this weekend. The Salt Lake premier pigeon show, sponsored by the Pigeon Fanciers Association of Utah, is underway with more than 700 fancy birds entered. Best birds In the 28 show va rieties will splot $400 cash and to show su perintendent Ken Taylor. The show will end today. 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