Milford News | 1938-11-17 | Page 3 | Speeds to Mother-Youth Defeats Death

Speeds to Mother Youth Defeats Death v r v i sv . At , f 1 1 , f U - f ' - ! X " 4 1 " - k - " Henry L. Walther, left, reached by aid of short wave radio while deep in the wilds of Alaska, traveled by patrol boat, coast guard cutter and finally by plane, to hurry to the bedside of his ailing mother in Chicago. He made the 4,500-miIu trip when told that his mother was seriously ill and wished to see him before she passed away. Another mercy dash saved the life of 17-year-old David Burncll Van Dyke, Cluco, Calif., when i he was rushed to Hie University of California and placed in an iron lung. Unconscious and paralyzed from the shoulders down when placed in the respirator, lie is now definitely on the road to recovery.