Show april pi proclaimed ro claimed As special month for control of cancer ath april as designated gnatek as cancer control month by president Pres idem 1 bfranklin franklin D roosevelt and april 14 to 20 named as cancer week n utah by governor henry H blood the utah field army barmy for the control of cancer will legin an extensive drive to acquaint utahna of 0 the danger signals of the dread disease pamphlets will ba b distributed m meetings held brief talks given at lub meetings and booths set up for the dissemination of information rexall drug stores throughout the nation with 25 in utah including 17 in salt lake lake city have offered their services and space in setting up educational booths vh ic literature will wid be distributed an end registered uniformed reg registered sred nurses lom bom hospitals and and agencies will be in attendance irom imm 1000 a m to p in monday through saturday during cancer week Club women will the army nurses ale aie not available seventy par par cent of all memberships funds rema n hi m utah to be s 3 sd d in expense of printing and alst e of lit cra ure and furthering the pr program of ca cancer acer cure and education urging early diagnosis aha remaining 30 per cent is used in research work and e wi h all sr se rices J aces donated cited by the army workers doctors and nu ss end crid the rexall stores it is the plan of the utah army to cue cuc expenses to a minimum and 0 collee collect ct enough memberships to start a small loan fund to provide P for the borderline border line C eases a s the salt lake cancer clinic nests neets twice each month anyone in the state may receive an exam nation and it will cost nothing with the salt lake county hospital fee of per day and the salt lake radium company donating the radium needed for treatments treatment 3 and no other charges for medical service many out of c city ity patients have had the development of cancers promptly checked dr clarence C little director of the american society for the control of cancer said at the opening of the 1940 drive death rates from cancer may now be cut cat in half through the scientific tiiu knowledge of the disease W war e know enough about the more common types to cure nearly halt half of the men women and children who die annually from cancer dr james ewing said cancers can be treated successfully with surgery xray X ray and radium treatments but early diagnosis is ne cesary |