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Show hi - day, Blarch 5, 1942 THE WEEKLY RKFI EX SPEAICING-O- F By ROBERT McSHANE MwiW hy Wadm Newiqoew Listen, my children, andyou shall hear of a little cog in this SCARLET FEVER great defence program machinery of ours that plays an unspi'o fever is the most serious Scarlet tacular, but vital, role in the u hole defense setup . It is the manu- of the contagious duseases of childfacture of optical instruments for our armed forces. It uas thought hood because it is often a severe inthat the V, S. would he up against it when the supply of German flection and causes optical glass was cut off, but this was not the case. The optical many deaths and because, it may jdieisrtfli at Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, where some of these r cause heart or kidhas now 200 a staff of photos were taken, persons. r - Rog-Bornsb- y, 5 - s ' , ? ;. ' i' ' s T j 0 -- i I 1 ctn the bridge of the mighty bat tleship. North Carolina, Rear Ad- tniral Olaf M. llustvedt and his exec- utfae officer, Comnuir. A. G. Shefmrd (left) hold binoculars as they observe the effects of the firing tests at sea. left-hand- dal forget that Hornsby aver above .00 for four consecutive it taking In his average for that which Is something. .. c; nOdd Turn Baseball happens to be the one d' hit in which the takes a high place in any alias ranking. left-hande- ney disease. It is probably caused by a streptococcus though unlike diseases caused by ev-e- n left-hand- Q. A. Q. A. organisms i.AlJ other that type, patibnts of who have once had it are usually per' manently immunized against the disease. It is such a serious disease that the utmost precautions should be taken to prevent its spread even though the local quarantine regulations do not contain such provisions. It has been shown that the large majority of children uho have not had scarlet fever or who have not been immunized against it by repeated injections of the sterile toxin. and a fairly large proportion of adults are susceptible to the disease. Scarlet fever is primarily a throat infection with an organism, a streptococcus, that forms a toxin which causes the typical rash and the damage to the kidneys, which may enter the blood stream and Infect the heart or may spread to infect the mastoid or other sinuses. In a recent study of a large- series of cases, it was found that al the end of a quarantine period, 63 per cent of the patients were car- - has ever golf, no No left oa s big Championship. U. won S. Open ever the has pder British Open, the U. S. Amateur !a oops: Believe it or not, on the radio the other night "a" commentator had spent most of his time discussing the rubber crisis, and had ended with the words Rubber is one of our greatest needs," when the announcer went into his eulogy of a cigar.' ra d rs 'HlPhillip? 0 IMoe j right-hande- Piano Is Learned - With Clever Chart Sharpening the Eyes of the -Army and Navy With Lenses Senor Gomez ijORNSBYS entbr into baseball naii of Fame brings up once fERNON (Lefty) Gomez, the an ancient argument Who Yankees' veteran southpaw who , been the greater hitters the ataged a remarkable comeback last or those who swing year, is in hopes of another good the left side? season. El Goofy won 15 and lost five for swingeia offer ye a Babe the Rath, Sisler, Yankees in 1941. This will be George (bb, Qehrig, Jee JacksonTtrls' his 13th season with- the world's er and Ted Williams for . a champions,- - He haa been in five g lineup. This is quite a cot world series with them. His banner of talent U move against year waa 1934, when he topped the counter with league in practically all important 5! Hans Wagner, Nape pitching departments. He holds the iTt) Lajoie, Ed Delehanty, Harry world series record of six victories and Joe DtMaggio a and no defeats. Gomez recalls that, with Ed Bar fair crop also. wr row encouragement, he put on 23 being closer to pound following his excellent 1934 more than a full rit base, has season. Barrow expected the weight left the yjt'i advantage. Id say gain to give Lefty, more power. The ded hitting side had a slight r. but nothing to rave about t jt,Bornsby, Wagner, Lajoie, Dele lij p and DiMaggio could also Jean ;t the leather. left-haade- PAGE THREE 28-da- y THE FIGHT AGAINST GETTING A NEW TIRE What can 1 do for you? I want three new tires. (sharply) You want what? Q. A. Two new tires. (severely) How many? (meekly) One! Q. Whats your full name? A. -- Luke Z. Woggle. How old? Q A. About two years. Q. Youre older than that! A. Oh, I thought you meant age of my old tires. . CAY, you can really PLAY I Wouldnt you love to hav the that said of you? You can, you know, teach yourself to play with a chart. You dont have to be talented! What kind of car is it? Pretty good except for the rubber. Our piano lnilructlon book. InQ. I mean what make? cluding keyboard chart, has tho basic chorda youll need lor. playing the A. Its a flivver. abort-cu- t way. Explains elements of muAre you a doctor, nurse, miliQ sic, gives three alra for practice. Send or officer veterinarian? tary your order to: A. No, but in this emergency anything can happen to me. . . READER-HOMSERVICE Q. Do you use your car exclusiveIII Mines St. Saa Francisco, Calif. ly for delivering Ice, coal, wood or Send 15 cents In coins (or your copy Q A. -- Ufe-al- oil? A. No, it only LOOKS that wayl Is it used to transport farm products? A No;, those apples have been on the floor for three months. Q. Do you urfe it in garbage Q A. No; the kids mess it up that way. WW MTtfo out KDI-I8- 18 9 19381381 following season proved otherwise. The overweight hurler was very much of a flop. Oat with ao Injury a couple of yean ago. Lefty piled on quite a Bomber of pounds. When he limped home with only three victories and ' Vi. three defeats for the season, he waa convinced that aurplus weight waa n thing of evO. Too, his arm looked an 1 iT though it were gone for good. Bat be came back again last seaaon to The lathe machine at the left is used for centering lenses and win 15. With any lock, his 183 victhe edges through with the, optical center. Right: Lookexgrinding tories for the Yankees should be in parts of binoculars as they are assembled. ' flaws 204 for to this season. ing panded Lefty's major league debut wasnt a howling success. He yralked into his first big league game in 1930 against Detroit when two men were on base. Lefty took two long windups and both base runners stole home. Senor Gomez departed 'for St Paul with a minimum of delay. In 1932 he was . back with the Yankees to stay. He had proved ilia ability and the Bronx Bombers welcomed him with open arms. His mates, together with a few million fans, hope that El Goofy will hit the 200 victory mark before the 1942 season draws to a close. " ROGERS HORNSBY MB) In has even come he British Amateur .crown. 4, no on to There Jen. left-hand- event hny major golf have been goed left-hande- d no Vardon, Hagen, Hogan or den. The portside entriea 'Can if in the low 70a, they can break here and there, bat they are lost aujor events. Bat no great one es, W, f there are no such left star as Cobb, Ruth, and many others. Just Aerial Artist Cornelius Warmerdam, the this is no scientist seems to California Dutchman who w. If so many people can handle recholds all world nseball bat to effectively as elated la both and ords, disappointnot why golfers? ed over hit recent triumphs. i Other Just a short time ago. Warmer-daSports made the highest vault in hisIbe same Is true in tennis. There gravity-defyinThe girl at left is cleaning optical elements that will later be leap of 15 tennis tory a been good 7 4 inches. feet assembled into a battery commander's telescope. Right: Two Nor 'Tens, but few champions. "Of coarse 1 was thrilled at setting pretty maids check on finished prisms and lenses. Brooke was one. The Austra the new record, Warmerdam said, a was a star. R. L. Murray was but I guess Ill never really be dher. satisfied ontil Ive cleared the bar But the is crushing preponderance at 18 feet. I had my heart aet oa on 'die other tide Bill Tilden, that mark. reaching Johnston, Rene Lacoste, Ells Warmerdam 'established the new srth Vinei, Don Budge, Maurice -' Loughlin,- - Bill Lamed,-FrePer record tm his" thlrd'arid final try 53rd Boston A. A track I Anthony Wilding. Norris Wil- - at the J3U.'on through the present gen games. Not content with this mark, Shoo. in he requested officials to raise the The star bar to 15 feet 10 inches. outnumber the present in After resting half an boor, WarThe star outnumber the star merdam went back to work. He ten to one. made three rapid tries. On his final vault, he appeared to clear the bar Ac tame Is true In pole. All great at more than IS feet. In descendhave been right-han- d !a golf uded Jack-Speak- er ld left-oder- pole-vaulti- s, - m g left-hand- ed ectlf s . iTlM -- d right-hande- rs gen-lio- n. right-hande- rs y Players Deverenx Milburn, wingers y Hitchcock, Cecil Smith, Lois 1 Polo w. cant recall any left-han- d players. Maybe there are h games where you pick up some of a bat to hit thghall base-i- s the only sport that can show line of top-notc- left-hand- h ed era. Ibere have been great ers Waddell, Grove, Ruth, k. Gomez, Plank. And foot-ba- s kickknown fin left-footed fine passers. But tide of baseball the is far below the average of left-hand- ed ed left-hand- left-hand- ed rival. VB itiU let the scientists figure right-hande- d ( hut Hornsby r r W , 1 ing, however, his elbow grased the crossbar Just enough to knock it off tbe supports. Quite a number of track fans refuse to believe that Warmerdam wout clear IS feet. After all, he came mighty close to it In Boston. It wasnt long ago that 14 feet waa considered a stratospheric leap. Tbe California school teacher baa bettered that mark by more thaa a foot and a half. He la tbe only man who ever haa cleared better thaa 15 feet, and be haa managed to do that more thaa 24 t i times. But the difference between his new 'record and his goal hoped-fo- r la 444 inches. Even the greatest pole of them all knows "that those comparatively few inches may be an Insurmountable barrier. vault-e-r SPORT SHORTS . Field binoculars in actual use. A soldier is spotting aircraft during maneuvers. He tells his partner what he tees and the partner relays the information to headquarters. a . rwsby has been something mare SI Charlie RUfflng is the first pitcher treat Utter, a fine lnfielder ever to win 200 games for the Yan- " winning manager. Ha also Is kees. tba best Ins true tors that basa- - C Norwegians, who brought skiing oer baa known. Far soma nn-- to the United States, organized the reason baseball never baa present National Ski association at bat an the Instrnctlan side. Ishperoing. Mich., in 1904. main idea In baseball Is to 4 Bing Miller, new White Sox tba bat an a line, sat stp er coach, caught 20 games In France Eva seen Hornsby correct during the first World war. taaR mare than once. If baae--I C Danny Litwhiler of the Phils and bad the training and tba Clyde McCullough of the Cubf jut that gslf gets the Improve borne run in every National league k ld be terrific. park last season. -I W$-I04d- 194010260-- Q. How people In your many family? A. Q. Six. What , is your wifes maiden name? Jennie. Where are you employed? Say, am I here to get a new tire or some new life insurance! A. Q. A. Weve got to be careful to conserve rubber. Its important to be sure you are the sort of person who would get the most out of a tire. Q Address What's CJhis? Its 55 feet of Intestines, 5 or times the length of your body, thru which everything you eat must past. Nature - usually needs no helo, but the wrong food, or to much of it, can cause temporary blockage (constipation) with aggravating gas, headaches, listlessness er bad breath. ADLERIKA, with its 8 carminative and 8 laxative ingredients, relieves gaa bowel action D-1- A-- 3. V CONSTIPATION FEEN-A-MIN- T, , FEEN-A-MIN- T ii -Ml .Paul Office. Pessimist says the begin worrying over now following the Emergency stamped snvtiops.l Q. What would be the cause of Emergency. pimples or sores in the ear? N. S. Roosevelt wants to create the A. Dirt er acne. that tbe United States most Impression is the What Q. frequent cause of strep Infection and what la was attacked by Japan, which la not Berlin newspaper item. true. the best corrective? F. E. Just Imagination, eh? A. One ef tbe many varieties ef streptococci. Avoid people with cold This country will spend a and sore threat. Reep wounds or dollars a week for war. It burns covered with sterile game. Is just pia money, the Idea being Use pasteurised milk and milk U pin the Axis te the mat. Tbq Send questions to Dr. Nathan S. Davis III. thing to WlnnsUa, 111. ( tncloaa a Ts the j Jl ri tHENJ.HQUAIU bU-U- oa iiAii Name like 00 4. of QUICK COURSE IN PIANO PLAYING. Got to know your background. your druggist A. Im a special case. My wifes live with me snd they all rieri of an "hemolytic streptococ- relatives Do You demand transportation In my car. Jingle Conteat? cus which was probably the ont not a bus! Q Its Raleigh Cigarettes are now runcausing the disease. A. Thats what you think! ning another series of weekly conModern methods for the control of tests for those who can supply the scarlet fever should be adopted best last line to jingle. Over 100 not I do all From Q. the facta, everywhere. These include: liberal prizes each week. Watch cerwe a can think classify you for 1. Isolation of the patient this of tificate above paper for details. Adv. therate 2. Dick testa on all contacts, inA. the clasa? Whats top cluding adults to determine their Q susceptibility to the disease. A. Never mind a new tire. Til 5. Culturing of material from the settle for a tire patch and a used nose and throat of all contacts on Inner tube! blood agar plates to determine Buy Defense Bonds whether or not they are carriers. IT SEEMS SO 4. Take the temperature and in spect the throat and the upper part Ive very often heard It said That doughty generals die In bed; of the trunk of all contacts. If the temperature and inspection That, far from the repugnant strife, lead one to suspect tbe imminence They, Buffed la feathers, part with life. of scarlet fever, passive Immunization may be produced by Injecting at least 150,000 neutralizing units of But, looking ever Hltlera list. scarlet fever antltoxln.or of an 'Ade- And at the ones tbe Raaalaas mistd quate dose of convalescent serum Ive come to the conclusion tad At tbe first stga of a eold, make up your mind to avoid aa much or (at least 40 cc.). One week after the That Nasi generals die la bad. . the anUfilnr. eneeslng. eoreneae and passive Immunization dose or aa stuffy condition of your nostrils as Indoor The soon at a contact is found ausceptl poealble. Inaert Mentbolatum la each noetrll. AIM rub tS vlgaroual We are glad tohear that Bill ble, active immunization with five on your ebaet. You'.. bo delighted Knudsen his on. works with bat "It with tbe way MentboUtura eombats graduated dosea of scarlet fever eold mleery and belpe reatore toxin la begun. If the contact givea help me think. be saysWe are fork Jan or tubee, JOc. t a negative skin test and a negative a charter member of the League of f culture, be needs no treatment. All Indoor Hat Wearers, and have stood who are carriers, who have posi- for much criticism through the tive cultures, must be isolated and years. We wore our bonnet as a boy if also susceptible, must be Immu- editor of the New HaVen Register. nized at once by the active method. We wore It constantly on the- copy DON'T IKT A contact ' who la susceptible but desk of th',oldGlob. 1e- have who has a negative culture, need never taken It off at work since. To not be Isolated. All patients snd remove It tor a minute means a comSLOW YOU UP , all carriers must be quarantined un- plete stoppage of thought and conla to a know fidence. that It e bowela When ere tlugglah and you Ifeet good til cultures made from the nose and headachy end everything ; throat are negative for the hemolyt- man like Mr. Knudsen belongs to Irritable, effort, do ea miUiona do chew debit our club. i ic streptococcus. tbe modern chewing . When methods auch xs have been gum laxative. Simply chew mar new a before you go to bed eleep with Mickey Reoncy la the care of outlined were used out being diitur bed next morning gentle, rled man sad It makes millions scarlet fever patients in Evanston. thorough reljef, helping you feel ewell ef Americana suddenly feel eld. I1L, the number of cases dropped er!n, fotp of your normal pep. Try Jl U dlfflcult te Imagine 'that NT. Taatea good, ia bandy KEEN from 188 in 1938 to 65 in .1939 and Kid One Nnmber and economical. A generous family supply the Mickey, 117 of consecutive cases In a series ef the Mevte Werld, new has te there were no contact cases. ReguFEEll-MM- To bring home groceries, help hang lations similar to those adopted in hU in and de part pictures of Evanston on recommendation selecting new wall paper. Dri. Gladys R. IL and George Dick should be adopted by all local and We hear that Mickey may now state health departments that the play the judge in the Judge Hardy HOTEL BEII LO!,:0:iD number of cases bf acarlet fever seriei, with Louis Stona playing the may be reduced at least proportion- kid part OGDEN, UTAH ately In si1 parts of the United States. Ima Dodo got one of those sugar ration stamps the other day. But the says she put It In her coffee and There's one liberty we have it wouldnt even dissolve. in a democracy we would be Bay Defense Bonds better off without that's the ADD WONDERMEN. No. 8756 An sble man liberty to be needlessly unla Jeptha Beans: , healthy." 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