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Show stricken with tuberculosis after the World Series last fall' Hol-brook Hol-brook said. "Because Red's TB was discovered early, in less than a year Jie is completing recovery and is again traveling with the Braves. Utahns can take a lesson from that. "Unfortunately, in Utah most people do not detect their TB in it' 9 early stages. Three out of four new cases of TB are dis covered in an advanced stage of the disease. Their recovery takes longer. We have a long way to go in the battle against TB. Through the Schoendienst story, .we will reach people who may never have realized that TB can and does strike anyone, and that everyone every-one needs an X-ray or tuberculin I test each year to detect the dis- I ease early." f , I "Red" Heads T. B. Red Schoendienst, Milwaukee Braves star now completing his recovery from tuberculosis, has been named National Honorary Chairman of the 1959 Christmas Seal Campaign, according to Ward C. Holbrook, chairman of the local lo-cal State 'unit. "The famous ballplayer was |