Show 1 NEWS T THIS HIS WE WEEK wedison EIson by lemuel F paron parton IL medical G man catches up with outlaw leprosy bously NEW EW YORK simultaneously dr earl B mckinley announced the isolation of the leprosy germ arid emil lud wig published his biography of the nile where the germ first was mentioned in graven headlines 4 years ago starting from scratch dr me kinley one of the cleverest of the G men who patrol the submicroscopic world caught up with the outlaw in 20 years he is the forty three year old dean of medicine of george washington university his announcement was made as he ar rived in manila where he was with the rockefeller foundation in 1927 and 1928 he will conduct further research among the 6 lepers of the culion island leper colony this work will be in behalf of the gen eral leonard wood memorial fund dr mckinley is a native of emporia kan ran educated in liberal arts and medicine at the university of michigan lie he continued his stud ies fes in bacteriology as the holder of a research fellowship of the pasteur institute of the university ot of brus sels he ile gained eminence in his profession in teaching and research work at the university of michigan baylor university and the college 0 of f physicians and surgeons of columbia university after his work in the philippines he was dean of the school of cal medicine at puerto rico he is a member of the international leprosy association and the american leprosy foundation he is an au dhority on the filterable virus the author of several books in his field including the geography of dis ease and a member of many learned societies news from the philippines is that chaulmoogra gra oil the ancient indian remedy is proving increasingly et ef at the culion island settle ment although it is not yet an abao lute cure but this with the isolation of the germ gives hope that the dreadful plague of mediaeval christendom will soon be van squished qui shed meet viscount halifax INFORMED INFORMED observers of british politics tell me that viscount hal cifax who fenced adroitly with the german von has risen within the last year to power unsurpassed by that of any other one man in england that it was his in ex orabIe decree that drove edward from the throne he is better known as lord ir win former viceroy of india in which office he disclosed a mastery of political subtleties never sus pecked in his years of comparative obscurity he is six feet two inches tall with a long pallid melancholy face broad forehead and big ingenious eyes the cagiest ca giest wariest and sub blest of all modern statesmen his ills father was a fervid leader of the anglo catholic movement in eng land in the son this religious fer vor has been sublimated in meta physical politics he is a tory it was believed he was willing to make a deal with hitler to divert germany eastward but the word now is that the fascist threat to the balearic islands and the canary island on england s lines of empire had implanted in his mind some deep misgivings about a german tie up 0 0 A mexican caballero STRAIGHT graustark is the kj life story of gen jose gonzalo escobar who may be repatriated by the mexican decree of amnesty for political exiles he found his wife at a beauty contest a texas contest too she was the famously beautiful concepcion goeldner of el paso and mexico city the handsome hard boiled and bucko general escobar in a long and glamorous plot of amour and fighting was one of general calles best officers he was the hero of the shelf of death battle in 1925 suppressing the de la huerta revolt he suppressed the 1927 uprising and rode into mex ico on a handsomely caparisoned white horse with the bands playing and the crowds cheering two years later he hid in a clump of soap weed shed his gaudy uni form medals and all put on a peon s soiled dungarees and strolled across the national boundary line under the eyes of his enemies he ile had started a revolution of his jus own it didn dian t jell his beautiful wife traced him to ahouse a house in prince arthur street in montreal with a lawyer she ar rived to tell him she had started divorce proceedings he could turn on charm by just pushing a button senora IC cobar wilted into his arms and it has been a ruth and boaz story ever since the divorce proceedings were withdrawn his enem es charged that he had taken a half million gold pesos with him wt wl en he fled 0 consolidated news feature service |