Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1929 — Page 27

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FIND TRACHOMA IS MAIN CAUSE OF BLINDNESS Highly Contagious Disease Is Spread by Use of Same Towels. By RrAtnct Ben ire NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The chief cause of the nearly 2,500.000 cases of blindness existing In the world today Is trachoma, Lewis H. Carrls. managing director of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, stated today on his return from a world conference on blindness held at The Hague. Tills disease is found in nearly every part of the globe, but It is at Its worst in oriental countries. It most is prevalent in Egypt and along the borders of the Mediterranean a, in Palestine, China, the Balkan mates, India, the hot sections of Brazil, and, in our country, among the inhabitants of the Appalachian end Ozark mountain districts and ■miong American Indians. Trachoma is a highly contagious disease. The roller towel has been the cause of many epidemics of the disease in industrial plants. A common family towel is also a potent spreader of the disease among members of the same household. Pmertv, crowding and insanitary living conditions are important factors in the contraction and spread of trachoma. Causes Growths on Lids The disease causes redness, painful inflammation and granular growths, looks something like sago, within the lids. These irritate the cornea, producing ulcers and later nears. The scar formation may produce an opaque layer covering the pupil which results In loss of sight. In individual cases t'.e disease tnpy be checked by proper treatment. but trachoma is so widespread that it can no* be entirely controlled until more is known of Its cause. , Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, working at the Rockefeller institute for medical research, thought that he had found the organism or germ causing trachoma. Since his death the work has been continued, but further results have not been announced. Other investigators have considered diet a causative or predisposing factor. Immigrants Are Watched The United States for many years has refused admission te> immigrants showing symptoms of trachoma. The United States public health service has been conducting extensive studies of the disease in the sections of this country where It is prevalent. The other major causes of blindness are venereal diseases, babies’ sore eyes, smallpox, glaucoma, congenital defects and accidents. Most Gasoline Pumps Fair | Time* Sprrinl ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 15. Twenty per cent of filling station gasoline pumps in Madison county have minor defects, but as a rule most are in good condition, Allen C. Forrest, inspector of weights and measures, found on a trip through the county. Some pumps were found to be giving short measure while a few others were giving more than paid for. All faulty pumps were ordered repaired.

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EXPLORERS FIND RELICS OF MEN OF COPPER AGE Many Problems Will Be Solved by Study of Excavated Articles. Bm Brlrnre Krrrire PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.—Relics of men who inhabited Czechoslovakia between 3000 B. C. and 300 A. D. have been unearthed by a joint expedition from the University of Pennsylvania museum and Peabody museum of Harvard. In the course of less than a month's preliminary search, nineteen archaeological sites were uncovered, the director of the expedition. Vladimir J. Fewkes, reports. His first official statement, announced today following his return, declares: “Results obtained justify a belief that many of the most important problems relating to the antiquity of mankind may be more closely approached, and possibly solved, by* extensive excavations in Czechoslovakia.’* The preliminary expedition worked only in the province of Bohemia. Three of the sites containing traces of early inhabitants were dated as

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being of the Eneolithic, or Copper age, to 2100 B. C. and 1800 B. C., a period Just before the discovery of bronze. Three graves of these 'people were found, and also part of a

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settlement where the earth still holds quantities of their pottery, bone awls and chisels, stone knives, clay spindle whorls and loom weights used in making textiles.

“A huge house pit with two fire places and an unusual ash nit with stone slabs for heating and pebbles for cooking also were found,’’ Mr. Fewkes states. ‘These latter dis-

coveries are of an unusual character and it is believed that a careful analysis of them will add considerable to our knowledge of the Eneolithic age.”

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Fayette Pioneer Die* ORANGE, Ind.. Nov. 15.—John R. Gray, 90, is dead. He was one of Fayette county’s pioneer residents. He leaves his widow and a son.