Show TILL TELL THE WON next tuesday the united states will commemorate the twentieth anniversary of our count rys entry into the great world war a war in which american soldiers were killed or died of disease we would not pass this up lightly but we cannot refrain from calling attention to the fact that these soldiers lost their lives offering resistance si against a very tangible enemy while during that same period a far greater number of american citizens lost their lives by nonresistance non resistance against the enemy cancer only recently in our country was started the mobilization liza tion of the field army to fight cancer by use of the coni con i weapon education in this battle there is nothing to lose and much to gain the handicap is that it takes time to teach the world how to use the weapon edu I 1 1 cation the work of teaching of fibers and members of the field army how to use this weapon was started in our own district two weeks ago when the initial meet ing of officers of the field armyl army 1 and interested recruits was held 1 I at this meeting visiting physicians who addressed the women assembled I 1 gave some impressive statistics one death out of every ten each year in the united states among persons over ove r 40 years of I 1 age is caused by cancer the great loss of life from cana cancer can be reduced or prevented if people can be brought to a realization othe seriousness of the situation and to the fact that cancer can be cured if it is recognized and treated in time science claims no cure for cancer in its advanced stages although research constantly goes on cancer is not contagious or infectious surgery the xray X ray and radium offer the only cures and these only if the case is taken in time the field army should be given general support in its fight to control this scourge |