Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1957 — Page 8

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Controversy Centers On Substance For Cancer

By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor (Cep; right 1957 By United Press) NEW YORK. (UP i—lf' there hadn’t been an Andrew Conway Ivy, there would have been no Krebiozen controversy. Only an Ivy could have maintained himself against the scientific community for almost six years—end only an Ivy would have investigated the stuff in the first place. He is a two-way doctor, a P||O. as well as an M.D. In h» youth he enjoyed nothing more than putting on boxing gloves. In 1949 when Krebiozen first cafhe to his attention. he was vice-president of the University of Illinois in administrative charge of the Medical. Dental, and Pharmacological Colleges, and he was head of the Department of Clinical Science and professor of physiology. ' Nor was that the full measure of his eminence. He was universally recognized as a cancer expert, a director of the American Cancer Society, an influential figure in the councils of the American Medical Assn, which had honored him with medals , and scientific appointments, chairman or member of many scientific committees, frequent adviser of the federal and state governments on scientific matters, recipient of six honorary doctorates and many other recogtlitiOqS. . Tap of Heap .. As he sat in his Chicago office on a Summer day in 1949, he was, most definitely at the top of the heap. His secretary said a man wanted to see him, and he said, let the man come in- Being Ivy. his door is always open to anyone at any time. For years he had thought that the day might come when someone would talk through that open door with the answer to cancer. The man spoke no English and was accompanied by a Frenchspeaking American businessman. Through this interpreter, he said his name was Steven Durovic and he was a Yugoslav emigree living ih Buenos Aires and engaged there ih a pharmaceutical business with his brother, Marko. He was a doctor of medicine, Durovic continued, having gotten his degree from the University of Belgrade where he had been a professor of medicine until forced into exfie by the post-war revolution which overthrew the monarchy.

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His only credentials were his own say-so. He was a scientific unknown—he had never contributed a word to “the literature.” But he made sense at once to Dr. Ivy. He said he «had obtained from the blood of horses, a substance which he believed horse body chemistry ' had produced for the purpose of 1 protecting horses from the over- ! growth of new body tissues. Un- ' controlled growth is the essential 1 mechanism of cancer. Agrees To Test 1 What Durovic wanted to know, ! would this substance protect other < animals, particularly man, and 1 would Ivy test it and find out? Ivy 1 said he would. Being Ivy, he had tested anything which made even 1 a little sense theoretically; indeed, 1 his major scientific reputation was I for being an utterly tireless inves- < tigator Naturally, he asked Durovic for ! the details. Durovic said he would 1 not disclose the precise methods ’ he had used in obtaining the ma- < terial; nor would he provide the pure substance for chemical anal- 1 ysis. He was the discoverer and he expected to profit from it, he i said, and he was afraid other I pharmaceutical interests would pi- 1 rate it. He added that he had al- I ready put well over I million dol- s lars into his experiments — his 1 family’s money and the money of investors. I To any other scientific invest!- • gator, Durovic’s secrecy Wou Id a have closed the door. The secret 1 remedy, the unknown chemical 1 compound, the magic potion rouse < blinding suspicions in practically < all scientific minds, and you can see Why because the secret rem- i edy is the essence of medical < quackery. Scientific ethics enjoin t very strictly against secrecy. But t Ivy had always been unorthodox. ; Entitled To Profit i Being Ivy, the mere possibility ; of Durovic’s material being "bio- 1 logically active” against cancer in < man was the paramount consideration. Believing in “the'American 1 system of free enterprise," he believed the discoverer of such a i substance was entitled to profit 1 from his discovery, he explained ’ to this reporter, adding that, any- I way, he was concerned with the ; scientific aspects, not the commer- i cial ones. 1 So Durovic supplied the maten- ; al, which he had named Krebiozen. It was dissolved in vegetable i oil in ampules Ivy had only Duro- ] vic’s word that it was a white , powder—even to this day he has ( never seen the substance in its pure form. Nor has anyone else, aside from Durovic and his brother. That is the basis for opposition charges that perhaps it doesn’t exist. Ivy injected ampule contents first in animals, then into himself. In that way, he found out it was, at least, harmless. His animal experiment#, so dearly prized by orthodox scientists, were sketchy but indicated the material was active. He proceeded to two human beings with far advanced — and hopeless—cancer. Their tumors shrank. Thus Ivy began an investigation which continues to this day. However, all incredible hell soon broke loose. If it hadn’t happened you couldn’t believe it. Senate Committee Defeats Attempt WASHINGTON (UP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee Monday defeated an effort to retain in the Agriculture Department the power to enforce fair trade rules in the meat packing industry. Chairman James 0. Eastland <DMiss.) told reporters the committee agreed to vote next week on a pending bill which would transfer enforcement power to the Federal Trade Commission, which directs fair trade regulation of most other industries. COUNTY'S (CeatiaaeS from Page O»e) ind the Adrian Burke farm, east i of Decatur.

Heavy Winds, Rain Throughout State Gusty Winds Hit At State Capital - By UNITED PRESS A two-week rash of violent weather which concentrated oh a wide band across Indiana’s midsection continued today with high wind and heavy rain in the forefront. w •” 3 ' »A Gusty winds up to 63 rpfies per hour plowed through Indianapolis shortly after midnight, but little damage was left behind. The capital got less than half an inch of rain. At Martinsville, nearly two inches of rain fell in a three-hour period just after midnight. Montezuma got 1.33 inches and Danville an inch- Half an inch or less fell at Bluffton. Vincennes, Rushville, Seymour, Bedford, Fort Wayne, Evansville and South Bend, with the cities in the extreme south and north getting the least. It was the second night in a row for storms. Benton and Warren Counties were struck by a wind and hail storm Sunday night which ruined hundreds of acres of wheat, oats, soybeans and corn in a narrow strip between West Lebanon and Boswell. Com stalks which had grown knee high , , and. higher were shredded by hail desvrwcvr uy some farmers as big as golf balls. Warren County Agent John F. McKee made a preliminary estimate of two million dollars damage to crops and farm buildings. liiis morning’s rains, many of which came in rumbling thunderstorms, cleared the air a little and temperatures generally were lower than early Monday. South Bend and Lafayette had lows of 64 this morning, Fort Wayne 66, Indianapolis 67. At Evansville, however, the night was sultry with a low of 75. Highs Monday ranged from 83 at Fort Wayne to 93 at Evansville. Highs today were expected to range from 84 to near 90, lows tonight from 60 to 70, and highs Wednesday from the mid to upper 80s. The outlook for Thursday was generally fair, but the weatherman, didn't indicate whether it would warm up, cool off, or stay about the same as WednesdayNo precipitation was in sight for the upper two-thirds of Hoosierland, but scattered thundershowers today and early tonight were on tap for the south portion. Handley Named To Safety Committee SPRINGFIELD, 111. (UP) — Gov. William G. Stratton, chairman of the national governors* conference, Monday appointed Gov. Harold W. Handley of Indiana to the nine-man Highway ’ Safety committee. Pleads Guilty To Murder, Given Life INDIANAPOLIS (IF — Criminal Court Judge John H. Daily late Monday sentenced Lawrence Smith, 29, Indianapolis, to life imprisonment on Smith’s plea of guilty to first degree murder. Smith signed a written confession that he shot and killed Will Burks, 40, Indianapolis, father of 12, on a vacant lot here Oct. 2, 1956. He said he killed Burks after a previous fight with the victim in which Smith suffered knife wounds. He said he obtained the gun during a service station holdup. Variance Granted By Zoning Board Members of the city's board of zoning appeals granted a variance to Mrs. Viola Richards, of 854 Dierkes street, during a meeting of that group, held Monday evening. Mrs. Richards first sought to secure a building permit to transform her present one family dwelling, located at the above address, into a two-family, or apartment house. The permit was denied because the request did not comply with specifications set out in the present zoning ordinance. . An appeal was made to the board of zoning appeals, which heard the request last night. It was the opinion of the group, which consisted of Deane Dorwin, Walter Gilliom and Bob Yost, that the variance be granted, and would not infringe on the original specifications. f. . ■ ’Color-spot' your room with I #& National •magazines I show how a bright new , > spot of color adds zest, freshness to a room. Fwl ~ Try the bK 8 h, > «*y **«-* colors of Lustaquik on furniture, cabinets, hampers, waste baskets. Flows on easily, is self-smoothing. Dries dusf-free in a-' hour. 18 tempting colors. KONNE Drug Store

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Child Is Cured Os - Complete Paralysis Remove Tick From Young Girl's Scalp JACKSON, Miss, (UP)—Doctors at the University of Mississippi Medical Center cured a 3-year-old girl of complete paralysis when they removed a pregnant female tick from her scalp, authorities revealed today. / The rapidly spreading paralysis first bit young Myrna Ann Tubby, a Chbctaw Indian of near Philadelphia. Miss., Wednesday when she complained that her legs were weak The girl was brought to medical center here Thursday as limp as a rag doll. She couldn't roll her head or wiggle her toes. She could not even talk and her arms flopped as limply as her braids. One doctor heard about the case and told a resident physician at the university teaching hospital “it sounds like tick paralysis so be sure to look for a tick.” Acting on the advice, doctors found an engorged tick in the little girl’s head. They gently worked the tick loose and within 90 minutes the youngster was moving her legs and whimpering. A parasitologist at the medical center said tick paralysis is only caused by the bite of an "engorging female tick of a certain species which secretes venom during a period of rapid egg development”

Judge Orders Jury Stay In Courthouse Judge Orders Hoffa Jurors Be Confined WASHINGTON (UP) —The jury in the - Jimmy Hoffa briberyconspiracy trial Monday was ordered confined to the courthouse for the remainder of the case, apparently with a view toward speeding up the dragging, 4-week-old trial. t Both aeiense and government attorneys said they had not requested the order and Federal Judge Burnita S. Matthews gave no explanation for her dramatic action. I The attorney for Hoffa, a Teamsters vice president, objected to the order. He said he had never heard of a jury being held in the courthouse during a trial for a non-capital offense Hoffa and his co - defendant, Miami lawyer Hyman I. Fishbach, are accused of arranging to pay New York lawyer - investigator John Cye Cheasty SIB,OOO to get a job with the Senate Rackets Committee and feed them information on its investigation of the Teamsters Union. Cheasty has testified that he pretended to go along with the alleged scheme while working with the FBI and the committee to trap the two defendants.

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Two Boys School Escapees Nabbed EVANSVILLE (UP) — Evansville authorities today prepared to return two 16-year>old boys who were captured here Sunday after escaping fjom the Indiana Boys School at Plainfield July 4. The youths, who said they fled from the school in their pajamas and later obtained clothes, told authorities they walked barefooted from Indianapolis to Evansville, a distance of 169 miles. They turned in when one of them ‘became ill as the result of a foot infection.

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