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IrJcc/m to Me HEWOOD BMUN TT Is distinctly possible that the national election of 1936 will be fought out in California this November. Things grow faster on the coast and ! there U a four hours' difference in time. At the ! moment it is easv to see the difficulties which still | lie ahead of Upton Sinclair’s victory in spite of his sweeping triumph at the pnmiVies. Quite obviously some Democrats will desert and the pres* of the state and nation will be pretty solidly lined up against him. But perhaps the Fascist movement in California

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Roosevelt radicals have a right to expect something ' much better than- that from Franklin D. Roosevelt. | From the point of view of so-called practical politics the President may well have preferred the choice of George Creel, a fair-to-middling liberal. B B B The Linen Are Drawn r T~'HE Sinclair victory will be used by enemies of the New Deal to force Mr. Roosevelt’s hand. But I think that men and women who count themselves friends of the ‘ Roosevelt revolution” have a right to use this California phenomenon for precisely the same purpose. Now is the time for Franklin D. Roosevelt to indicate just how' far left I he purposes to go. For once I find myself in agreement with Mark Sullivan. I am one who thinks that the quarter back in the White Hrttise has driven ihe ball deep into the enemies’ territory. In that march there were one or two plays which resulted in long runs. But as the goal came closer the attack began to slow up. Or possibly it would be more accurate to say that the defense stiffened. Right now the lines are locked This is no zone for trick plays. Only sheer power will prevail and the forgotten men are shouting, "We want a touchdown!” Seldom in American politics has an issue been drawn so clearly. Frank P. Merriam. the candidate of the opposition, calls himself "a safe Republican.” I do not think there need be any doubt just which interests will find themselves safe with Mr. Merriam. The voter who goes to the polls in California in November will have to choose between the vigilantes and a sweeping program for social betterment. He will have to decide between a man who has pledged himself to free Mooney and an official who already has Indicated his willingness to aid the complete terrorization of labor. U B B He’st Sot a Paul Revere T3UT before this decision is made at the November election President Roosevelt will have to decide and announce which side he is on. He will be assailed, of course, with the counsel of caution. Some of his advisers will urge him to keep hands off and take the attitude that a fight for the governorship is a local issue concerning which the President of the United States should be neutral. I do not see how anybody can possibly be neutral about Mr. Merriman. He is either one of the most arrant reactionaries who ever stood for office in any American community or a second edition of Paul Revere. And I don’t think he’s Paul Revere. At this distance I can’t quite make out the horse. President Roosevelt will be advised that if he offers full and complete congratulations to Upton Sinclair the Republicans will intensify their campaign of crying •'Communist’’ or at the very least “Socialist.” But since they are going to yell that anyway I don’t see why the President should worry. I do not know at all that Upton Sinclair's E P I. C. plan will work but surely it would be good sportsmanship for the experimenter in Washington to hail the innovator in California. Indeed if I were in the close counsels of the White House I would suggest that the next time an administration measure is attacked as socialistic the best and most dignified answer the President could make would be. "Sure! So what?” The tiny Warded vote in the primary ought to be proof that the conservative group in the Democratic party is too small and feeble to merit attention. The party can not live any longer in a Carter Glass house. I want to see Franklin D Roosevelt throw stones. I want to see him pick the proper pebble and hurl it straight between the eyes of the Goliath of greed. It's up to Roosevelt. He has a grand day for it. "Oh. Lord, what a morning ” iCqpvrieht 1934. br The Times!

Today s Science

BY DAVID DIETZ

THE National Air Races, scheduled to start in Cleveland tomorrow, come just as the world of science is celebrating the centennial of the birth of one of the great pioneers of aviation. Samuel Pierpont Langley. On Aug. 22, 1834. Professor Langley was born. Best known to the public as an early experimenter with flying machines, he is remembered by scientists as a great physicist and astronomer and the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. He came to the Institution In 1887 after twenty years of service as director of the Allegheny Observatory near Pittsburgh. At the observatory, while carrying on researches which established his position as a physicist and astronomer, he also began his experiments with the flying machine. However, he did not publish these experiments until after he had become secretary of the Smithsonian institution. warn WATCHING the birds led Professor Langley to study them and his paper on the soaring flight of birds i$ one of the classics of aeronautics. He finally constructed a model flying machine, equipped with a very light steam engine. He demonstrated this model on May 6. 1896. in the presence of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. and other scientists. The model, which was thirteen feet long, was catapulted from a houseboat on the Potomac river. It flew more than half a mile and landed without damage upon the surface of the river. The machine was recovered and made a second successful flight. A few months later he built a model which flew three-quarters of a mile. He then turned his attention to what he called an •'aerodrome.'' a flying machine large enough to carry a man. a a a DISCUSSING these attempts to launch his machine. Professor Langley wrote. "It seems proper to emphasize and to reiterate that the machine has never had a chance to fly at all but that the failure occurred on its launching ways. "The failure of the financial means for continuing these expensive experiments has left the question of their result where it stood before they were undertaken except that it has been demonstrated that engines can be built of little over one-half the weight that was assigned as the possible minimum by the best builders of France and Germany" It ta difficult in these measured, restrained words of Langley to get a picture of how disappointed he must have been. He was then 70 years old. A chorus of ridicule and unsympathetic comment throughout the nation made it impossible for hits to obtain funds to go on with the work. He died on Feb. 27, 1906.

went too far and Sinclair may profit by the back swing. With two months more in which to campaign he likely is to gain l strength rather than lose it. At the moment I am interested chiefly in the national implications of the Sinclair sweep As this is written President Roosevelt has made no comment on the result. Mr. Farley has been quoted as saying. "If Sinclair is the choice of the party there’s nothing else we can do but congratulate him.” That certainly is praising with faint damns. I think the

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ASTRID, BELGIUM’S FAIRY QUEEN

Wife and Mother First , King’s Mate Shuns Politics, Court_ Intrigue

Vonr Qarrn Astrid It shown in the light of • true helpmate to her terioutminded hatband. Kinr Leopold 111. in the trtiele below—the last of two written about the lovelr Scandinavian prince** who came to reicn over the Belgian*. BY ROSETTE HARGROVE NEA Service Stars Writer BRUSSELS. Aug. 30.—Astrid, queen of the Belgians, is fulfilling her destiny. She has all the qualities that her people could desire. A model wife and devoted mother, a radiant and romantic princess—what more could the Belgians demand? Princess Astrid-Sophie-Louise-Thyra, youngest daughter of Prince Oscar-Charles- William of Sweden, brother of King Oscar of Sweden, was born in Stockholm Nov. 17, 1905. Her mother is Princess Ingebcrg, sister of King Christian of Denmark, and King Haakon of Norway and first cousin of George V of England. She married Leopold, duke of Brabant, on Nov. 6, 1926. in a civil ceremony in Stockholm. The religious marriage took place in Brussels four days later. She was 21 years old. Heralded as the “princess of the snows.” Queen Astrid is not, however. a typical Scandinavian type. Her likeness to her French great-great-grandfather. the Bearnese Bernadotte who became Charles XlVth of Sweden, and whose portrait hangs in the gallery of the Napoleonic marshals at Versailles, is said to be striking. She also counts in her ancestry one of the most glorious figures of French history. Prince Eugene, and the pathetic Empress Josephine, besides being a direct descendant of Coligny, the famous French admiral.

No great changes will take place in the young queen's mode of living for some years to come, is the opinion of people in court circles. With the coming of her third child, her people think it only natural that she should devote herself to their rearing and education. This is a further point of contact with her devoted people, for Belgium is a country of large families. The affection with which the Dowager Queen Elizabeth is surrounded makes every one hope that when she has recovered somewhat from her crushing sorrow, she will once more turn to the innumerable charitable enterprises in which she has always been so interested. Besides serving as a palliative to the dowager queen’s grief, this will considerably lighten the young queen's burden and allow her to devote herself to her husband and children. Queen Elizabeth's post-war activities include, among many other more obscure ones, the Red Cross, relief for

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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen — WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Probably no legislation in the mass of revolutionary bills passed during the last session was more unprecedented than that of giving the President power to negotiate tariff treaties without ratification by congress. In passing this, congress relinquished a prerogative jealously guarded for more than 100 years. But it did not relinquish it without a struggle.

The tariff bill was passed despite a continual barrage from the Republicans, and only after administration leaders had painted in rosiest hues the flow' of trade it would start from these shores. These treaties were to be pushed through immediately, in order to cope with cut-throat competition from other nations. It was an emergency situation, and a glowing picture was painted of the results to be accomplished during the summer. The summer is nearly over. Al- I most three months have elapsed since the heralded tariff-bill was passed. During that period only one treaty with Cuba, has been signed under the-new’ bill. The Cuban treaty was begun one year ago. was almost completed before congress voted emergency tariff powers. nan THE status of the reciprocity situation briefly is this: Francis Sayre, assistant secretary of state in charge of tariff negotiations, is in Europe on vacation. has been there most of the summer. Dr. Herbert Feis. economic adviser of the state department, also is in Europe, has been there most of the summer. An elaborate machine for the negotiation of tariff treaties has been created but appears too topheavy to function. Eleven countries have sent their representatives to the state department—Spain, Brazil. Mexico, Chile. Bolivia. Peru, Portugal, Sweden. Norway. Italy. Argentina —to ask for reciprocity treaties, without result. The United States, they were told, was not ready. Mr. Hull is polite but evasive. Stagnation has been almost complete. an a REASONS for this are threefold: 1. There is a split within the administration on tariff matters. 2. There is no driving force within the state department to whip tariff treaties into shape. 3. In some cases it is feared that tariff treaties negotiated during a congressional election may react against the administration in November. This is definitely the case with Argentina. Its commodities are agricultural, would compete with the midwest farm belt, and an Argentine treaty is considered political dynamite at present. But with most countries, the issue goes far deeper. It results in part from long-smouldering feuds within the New Deal. One feud is between Professor Moley and Cordell Hull. Another is between Hull and George Peek. So far Cordell Hull has not been willing or able to put a bombshell under this mass of inertia. Tariff treaties were one of his life's ambitions. But he is a gentle soul. Also he is sometimes not altogether aware of what is going on in his own department. For example, the other day he said publicly the question of sending an American high commissioner to the League of Nations "never had been discussed.” Every one else in his department knew it had. So. until Mr. Hull gets his dander up. or until the tariff split in the administration heals, the much-vaunted tariff treaties, hailed as erne of the greatest steps of the New Deal, will have tc jsuf-

war widows and war orphans, wounded war veterans, and the re-education of blinded soldiers. Queen Astrid presumably will retain her interest in baby and child welfare work. Politics do not interest Queen Astrid. Besides, the new king, like his father, considers this subject one outside a woman's domain. All he asks is that she be there with her happy smile and tender, protective manner to help him cast off the cares and burdens of the country when he is tired and preoccupied. B B B Essentially frank and honest. Astrid abhors intrigue and flattery. If at any function, whether at the court or elsewhere, she detects the faintest sign ‘of maneuvering to approach her, she oolitely, but firmly, turns away. On the other hand, she never shows signs of fatigue or boredom. She has great physical endurance. During the harrowing ceremon-

fer ministrations from the congealed and lifeless hands of career diplomacy. (Copyright. 1934, bv United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) LIBERTY LEAGUE IS TARGET OF HURLEY Same as ‘Smear-Hoover’ Group, He Says. By United Pres* WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.—Patrick J. Hurley, former secretary of war, sharply criticised the newly formed American Liberty League today and charged it was financed by the same group that led ‘ the smear-Hoover campaign.” “I have never joined a smear gang,” said former President Hoover’s cabinet member.

DROUGHT PROVIDES BRIEF RESPITE FOR HAY FEVER VICTIMS

That red-nosed clan of summer outcasts, the hay fever sufferers, should be the one singular class of people who would look forward to bigger and better droughts. In homes where the air ordinarily is clouded with sneezes and sniffles the hay fever season was delayed two weeks this year because ragweed pollen could not flourish amid the drought. Dr. Charles W. Myers, city hospital superintendent, said today. The ragweed is a hardy and persistent plant, Dr. Myers continued, and the hay fever sufferers now are inhaling large doses of grown ragweed pollen. Dr. Myers said that a recent national survey showed that there was more ragweed to the square yard in Indianapolis than in any other city. Dr. Myers scoffed at the that the recent cold snap had proved a boon to the sneeze clan. “The only thing that can save the sufferers now is an early frost,” he said. CHURCH TO CONCLUDE OPEN AIR SERVICES Last of Such Mid-Week Rites to Be Held Tonight. The last of the open-air midweek sendees of the Central Avei nue Methodist Episcopal church will be held at 7:45 tonight on the lawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Ramsay. 5726 Central avenue. Dr. Charles Drake Skinner, church pastor, will lead the discussion and the Epworth League choir will sing.

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Exchange Club, luncheon. Washington. Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club. Sahara Grotto, luncheon, Grotto Club. Harvard Club, luncheon. Lincoln. Reserve Officers, luncheon. Board of Trade. Delta Tau Delta, luncheon, Columbia Club. Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, Lincoln.

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Smiling Queen Astrid and eager little Princess Josephine-Charlot ingle with a Brussels crowd to watch a parade go by.

ies of the king’s funeral, her husband’s speech from the throne, his entry into Brussels, she preserved her calm, sweet and serene manner, leading her children by the hand and at the same time straining every nerve to give him

STATE WHISKY RECEIPTS GAIN Tax Doubled in August, $60,000 Pouring Into Excise Coffers. Whisky tax receipts have doubled in August as result of the state drive against bootleggers and illegal sales, Paul Fry, state excise director, said today. “The whisky tax alone for this month will amount to approximately $60,000,” he said. “We have the Lake county situation well in hand,” he added in commenting on a state drive conducted there recently. “A large quantity of stampless liquor has been confiscated and is being held by the courts to be used as evidence in prosecutions.” Mr. Fry did not mention investigations being conducted in other border-line cities and communities where illegal sales were reported heaviest. Asked whether action is contemplated against Indianapolis beer taverns which are advertising openly "cocktail hour at 5 o'clock,” Mr. Fry said, “I haven't seen any of the signs yet.” , SCREEN WRITER HURT Frances Marion Injured in Auto Wreck on Coast. By United Pres* HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 30.—Frances Marion, screen writer, was in a hospital today suffering from serious injuries received in an automobile accident. X-Ray pictures at Good Samaritan hospital showed she was suffering from a fractured collarbone and multiple contusions. The screen writer was returning from San Francisco where she had spent a fortnight recovering from the suicide of her divorced husband, George Hill, film director.

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that moral support he so sorely needed. Her gracious and sympathetic manner is commented upon by everybody who meets her—from the highest diplomat to the court dressmaker. “She makes you feel

THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP B B St tt B B By Ruth Finney

With Ruth Finney on vacation today's column has been written by Benton J. Stone of The Times Washington staff. WASHINGTON. Aug. 30— One of organized labor’s most energetic and ready fighters—Francis J. Gorman—will direct the national strike of United Textile Workers of America. A former textile worker with experience in the rough and tumble of labor organization and strikes. Mr. Gorman likes action—and gets it. He is 44 years old, about five feet three inches tall, muscular, and always neatly dressed.

“We’re sick and tired of fruitless conferences,” he announced pointedly when he arrived in Washington to set up the strike organization. Headquarters were quickly established here. Publicity counsel was obtained. District organizations were set up. Tens of thousands of pamphlets were ordered. Pep talks were prepared for strike leaders —a campaign was carefully planned, although it was done with amazing speed. tt tt tt IN the midst of the work Mr. Gorman took time out—a short time—to reply to an invitation of the cotton textile industrial relations board to confer on the threatened strike. “Our experience in the operation of the board thus far gives us no confidence in its ability to adjust the issues now at stake in fairness to labor,” ne wrote. “We shall not enter into any discussions or proceedings unless or until we have valid assurances that the employers in the industry are prepared to meet the issues through representatives fully authorized to act conclusively and immediately.” Work in preparation for the strike immediately went on. Easily accessible, the strike leader answers all questions directly and with good humor. His biography? “Born in England. “Came to America when I was 13. Went to work immediately in

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so much at home, so entirely at ease, that you take leave of her with the feeling that she was really glad to meet you and talk with you,” one of her admirers told me. B B B WHEN Leopold was appointed king, the royal couple refused to move into the Laecken palace, preferring to remain in their modest Stuyvenberg house, situated on the Laecken estate, where they had spent so many happy years. Queen Elizabeth, at the request of her son and daughter-in-law, stays on, therefore, in her old apartments, surrounded bv all the cherished memories of her life with the great soldier king. Now that she is queen, Astrid’s household has been increased. There are three more ladies-in-waiting. a mistress of the household and a mistress of the robes, for formal state functions. As crown princess, Astrid had two ladies-in-waiting who attended her in turn every other week and who usually accompanied her when she appeared in public. There was no formality about this, however. Both young and pretty, they were considered more as friends than court ladies. King Leopold's tremendous sense of duty, instilled in him at an early age by his father, is shared by his young queen. Thoroughly aware of the responsibility of her position, she readily accepted her share of the heavy burden. Her face bears the imprint of the tragedy of King Albert's death. From the very first, she had adored her husband’s father, who called her “mv ray of sunshine,” so that she felt his loss very acutely. The Belgians express the greatest confidence in their young and attractive queen. They know that she will unerringly pursue her calling, dictated, as are all her impulses, by a loving heart and fine sensibilities.

Rhode Island mills. Worked in New England cotton, wool, worsted and silk mills from 1903 until 1922—almost twenty years. Joined the union in my occupation as wool sorter. “Held various local union offices. Selected to represent the United Textile Workers in 1922. Elected vice-president (of the union) in 1928. Served on President William Green’s (A. F. of L.) committee on southern organization for three years. “Married and have five children. On Secretary of Labor Perkins’ national re-employment committee and commerce commission of Rhode Island. Nominated for labor commissioner of Rhode Island by Governor Theodore Francis Green in 1933. “And that’s absolutely all there is.” nan 'T'HERE is more. Mr. Gorman is not a “left wing” or radical leader in the labor movement. For yetTrs he has been on the “front line” in the labor field as an organizer, speaker and worker. He was in Marion, N. C., when seven strikers were killed. “How much in strike funds have you got?” he was asked. He smiled and replied: “Well, someone has correctly said ‘less than a million dollars.’ “But we’ve got determination and grit. EDUCATOR MISSING IN GLACIER PARK REGION CCC Recruits to Join in Search for Ohio Professor. By United Press GLACIER PARK. Mont., Aug. 30. —Search for Dr. F. H. Lumley, Columbus, 0., reported to be a member of the Ohio university faculty, missing since Aug. 13, will be augmented by recruits from CCC camps, park authorities said today. Dr. Lumley, accompanied by a couple said to be Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Owen of Cambridge, Mass., left a resort near the Canadian border on Aug. 13 for Crosley lake, a sev-enteen-mile hike along a trail marked for tourists. The Owens registered at a resort at Crossley lake the same day, but Dr Lumley failed to appear PARIS ‘ATTACKED’ BY BOMBING SQUADRON “Enemy” Breaks Through Defense Lines in Maneuvers. By United Press PARIS, Aug. 30.—Bombing airplanes in grand scale maneuvers reached Paris despite all defenses today within an hour of the opening of the “battle” and impressed Parisians with the menace of a war. Seventeen bombers of a theoretical attacking fleet penetrated a cordon of defending planes and anti-air-craft guns, with the aid of poor visibility; flew high over Le Bourget field and the northern surburbs of the capital and, swooping down to drop theoretical bombs on the air field, prevented the strong defense force from lising.

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Fair Enough MMM& \ T the present WTiting, your correspondent is -U*- having serious soul trouble over an expense account item of S2B. This item is for two of those white suits which are worn in New Orleans in the summer. They are rather fetching in New Orleans, but no good in New York where white suits are worn exclusively by the apprentice doctors, who go out riding, with their legs crossed jauntily, in the ambulances from Bellevue and

Fordham. If you were to wear one of those white suits in New York you would be a conspicuous object and might be picked up for practicing medicine without a license. If these suits were any good in New York your correspondent might be tempted to pay for them himself, and save them for next summer. But it looks as though they will have to go into the expense account and this raises the question, “Who gets the suits?” They wouldn't fit the boss. Either boss. One boss is about

a junior welterweight and the other weighs about 212, whereas, these suits are a fit for a 165-pounder built on long, narrow lines. BUB Graciousness In Past 'T'HEY aren’t as gracious about these matters nowA adays as they were a few years ago. If it is a suit of special clothes, suitable to the climate or the occasion, the auditor may ask you to turn in tine merchandise before he will O. K. the bill. Back in 1916. it was horses, horses, horses. The war correspondents with General Pershing’s column and elsewhere along the Mexican border were having horses shot out from under them in the poker games every night. There was a high mortality in flivvers, also, as the competition grew tougher and some of the more venturesome journalists found themselves lured to the slaughter by ten-spots, back to back. In France a journalist had auditor trouble with the home office over a mere matter of a set of binoculars, price sls. In his expense account he listed SSO as his paper’s share of a formal dinner to General Seibert and SIOO for a dinner, twice as formal, in honor of General Pershing. A little bit nervous about these entries, he wrote at the bottom, “one pair binoculars. $15,” and the auditor wrote back to call him, in effect, a chiseler. His own father was a leader in the binocular business and he knew that a decent pair couldn't be had for less than S4O. St B B Office Money Pays 'T'HERE will be no repetition here of the case of A the journalist who followed the lost balloonists up into Ontario by dog-train and itemized in his expense account not only SIOO for an AJaskan husky which fell dead in the traces, but SSO more for flowers for the bereaved bitch. But your correspondent had a trying time himself one winter in Florida when he was ordered to draw SSOO and make a personal investigation of the* gambling houses which were operating in flagrant violation of the morals of the moment in the United States. Up to this time, your correspondent, operating on his own resources, had had no trouble IdSfcig interesting sums of money almost every night but now that he was playing on office funds, the numbers began to come up and it was only by the most reckless conduct at the tables that he was able to avoid a profit. On the third night the SSOO was still intact and it took a suicidal attack on the 50-cent slot machines to close out the research with an apologetic loss of SSO. The auditor in that case did not challenge the account but you could tell from his manner that he had nothing but contempt in his heart. They still talk about it around the shop after the paper has gone to bed and ask what has happened to justice, anyway? B B B The Suits Aren't Much PROBABLY in the end, the poor will get these white suits. That is the way they have been doing in recent years. They save such tackle In the auditor’s store room until the end of the fiscal year and then send it all down to the poor. One year they had quite a collection in one of the shops in New York. The poor got several fur suits turned in by the man who went south with Admiral Byrd and a complete formal wardrobe, including cutaway, striped pants, plug hat and stick surrendered by the journalist who had toured the country with Queen Marie of Rumania. But the poor ought to be warned about these white suits. Though they are free at first the upkeep is something hellish. They are good for only one day at a time and it costs $1.50 to launder them. (Copyright, 1934, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Your Health

Bl' DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

NO matter how much parents watch their eh m dren, the little ones will manage to get things into their mouths that are not suitable for foods or that are seriously poisonous. It is important, therefore, that you watch your baby and keep dangerous substances away from it. Records show instances in which children have eaten bichloride of mercury tablets, large amounts of cathartics containing strychnine, or other dangerous preparations. Two Texas physicians have collected the records of seven cases of gasoline poisoning and sixty-five cases of coal oil poisoning in children, in one hospital, over a period of two years. The ages of the children ranged from 10 months to 4 years. Eleven per cent of the children died as a result of drinking these substances, including 9.2 per cent of those who drank coal oil and 28 per cent of those who drank gasoline. In the fatal cases, the children lived from two to eighteen hours after drinking the poisonous material. a a a ABOUT one-third of those who drank the gasoline or coal oil also got some of the material into their lungs, as a result of which they developed inflammation of the lungs. Inhaling of coal oil or gasoline is far more serious than taking the material into the stomach. Those who drink such fluids show symptoms of intoxication, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. Those who inhale gasoline or coal oil in large amounts develop serious inflammation of the lungs. Absorption of such material from the stomach is likely to be a very slow process, and if the case is caught early, it is possible for the doctor to get the material out of the stomach by pumping or by causing the child to vomit. a a a UNFORTUNATELY, there is no specific antidote for either gasoline or kerosene poisoning. The only thing to do is to get as much of the oil as you can out of the stomach as soon as possible or to send it through the bowel by use of a strong cathartic. When the material is being pumped from the stomach, there is always gagging and it is necessary ot make sure that none of the gasoline or coal oil is inhaled. For this reason the Texas doctors feel that it is probably advisable to produce vomiting by any good method and to get the material out of the stomach in that manner, rather than by pumping the stomach with a long tube.

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