Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1944 — Page 2

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| Watchman H. C. Wilson said they . were.

Long - Range Predictions’

Based on Energy. Received By ‘Earth. :

— By Selene Service WASHINGTON, March 1.—Long~

range weather forecasting, based on |

accurately made measurements of variations in the radiant” energy received by the earth from the sun, are now practicable, Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, declared here yesterday in the Twelfth Hour lecture. Dr. Abbot told of successful trial forecasts made by himself during recent years. He predicted rainfall in the Tennessee valley during a given three-month period would be between 84 per cent and 87 .per cent normal. As subsequently measured during the period covered, it was actually 87 per cent normal. On the basis of what appears to ‘be a general tendency for the weather in a.given locality to repeat itself about every 23 years, Dr. Abbot made ‘what might be termed forecasts after the event for a numper of American cities, and com] pared them with he records of actual weather.

Great Droughts Predicted

Finally, for the. farther future, "Dr. Abbot predicted that great droughts in the Northwest in the ars 1975 and 2020 will result dn rious lowering of the water level inthe Great Lakes. As background for so bold an

undertaking as the forecasting of |;

weather on the earth by a study of conditions on the sun, Dr. Abbot reminded his listeners of the sun's enormous power as’ a radiator of free energy. But this radiation ‘is not steady and unvarying. Dr. Abbot has . identified not less than 14 cycles, or rhythmic curves of ups and downs, which the instruments main- © tained in three different parts of ‘the egrth by the Smithsonian institution have measured in solar Tadiation. i — Action of Sunspots

As one fairly direct cause of departure from the average, Dr. Abbot called attention to the way sunSpots operate. - Each sunspot pours out a great conical spray or jet of electrically charged particles, like 8 stream of minute bullets from 8 gigantic "machine gun. These sweep in vast circles as the sun makes its 27-day revolutions on its axis. These streams of particles have a scattering effect on the light that strikes them, so that when bone sweeps across. the earth there may be a drop of from one per cent to as much as five per cent below normal in the day-to-day radiation received on the earth. In conclusion, the speaker suggested the desirghility of adding half-a-dozen more solar observatories to the three now maintained by the Smithsonian institution,

TWO ARE VICTIMS IN HOLDUPS HERE

As he stopped for a’ traffic signal! . at Rural st. and Southeastern ave. . last night, Donald Rutherford, op- | erator of a filling station at 4014 . Southeastern ave., agreed to give two men a lift for a dollar. He drove them to 10th st. and College ave, where they forced him | out of the driver's seat and drove out near Ft. Harrison, There they took $9 from him, shoved him out of his car and drove away, Max E. Farquer, 1918 Dexter ave.

license plates on his car last night ~when a man came up behind him, | pulled a revolver and took $54 from ~hig billfold.

TWO PERSONS INJURED AS ENGINE HITS AUTO

Two persons were in a fair condition at the City hospital today after they were injured last night when a locomotive struck the car in which they were riding at the Monon railroad crossing on 25th st. The injured were the driver, Ar[yr Seliaday, 31, of 375 E. Emerson ave, and Edna Becker, 38, of 130 E. 30th st : Mr. Balladay told police that the crossing lights were not working.

“|héddcheese made by the family last

Chicago, chief secretary of the central district of the Salvation army, and Mrs: Chesham, will speak in Indiana this week-end: Col. Chesham will speak at the United Salvation army services Friday night at the Fountain

COL. ALBERT F. CHESHAM, {|

Square hall, at the Pendleton reformatory Sunday morning, and at the Citadel in. Indianapolis Sunday wight. Mrs. Chesham ~=WillI address several women’s organizations.

Chosen DeMolay '44 Sweetheart

This year’s DeMolay sweetheart is Miss Patricia Purdy, daughter of Mrs, Mystie Purdy, 2228 Langley ave., who was crowned. at the recent DeMolay sweet= “heart dance at the Scottish Rite cathedral, Miss Purdy .was selected from a group of eight contestants, all mem= : bers of Job's Patricia Purdy Daughters. She represented Bethel 9. She is a senior at Technical high school

SCHOOLGIRL FINDS WAR WORKER'S BODY

HAMMOND, Ind, March 1 (U.P.). ~An inquest was ordered -today for Friday into the death of John Dahlberg, 64, war plant worker, whose body was discovered on a driveway in dn exclusive residential district yesterday by a schoolgirl. Police said wet. elothing indicated the man might have been thrown or jumped into the nearby Little Calumet river. The body was marked by ‘bruises and the officers were tracing Dahlberg’s movements - of Tuesday to determine who had last seen him alive, Officers rescued him from -the river in 1940. At that time, Dahlberg said. he had fallen into the stream.

FORMER WILLKIE -

Times Special ELWOOD, Ind. March 1.—Miss' Mary Elizabeth Cox, Elwood school teacher for 53 years who numbered Wendell L. Willkie among her pupils, died yesterday at the Mercy

A native of Madison county, Miss Cox began ‘teaching when she was

|16. After a year, she attended In-|

digna university and then came to]

Services will be Friday in the First Bapiiss chur church,

HOME-MADE CHEESE KILLS BABY, POISONS 4

SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 1 (U.] P.) —Paulette = Szalay, 15-month- |

{old daughter of . Mrs. Christine |

Szalay, died yesterday and her] mother, two aunts and grandfather | were. reported in a serious condi- | tion ‘as the result of food poison. ing. » Coroner T. C. Goraczewski sald the poisoning was caused by” eating |

week and improperly refrigerated.

FALL FATAL TO WOMAN Mrs. Anna Brantlinger, 1606 Ludlow ave., died yesterday at the City hospital where she was taken on Jan, 10 after she fell at her home

Russians Using

To Treat Badly Wounded

By Science Service | At first the experiments were

BALTIMORE, March 1.—Promising results with onion paste used as! a dressing for infected wounds are] reported by Dr. I V. Toroptsev and Dr. A. G. Pllatova, of the Tomsk State’ University and the All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine, ©, 8. 8. R., In the forthcoming issue of the American Review of Soviet Medicine, published here, The experiments with onion paste | as a weapon against infection ‘and | an aid to healing of wounds followed reports by Dr. B, Tokin, that the essential oils of onions, garlic

and broke her. leg.-She was 70.

Onion Paste

{tried with 25 patients but lack of {onions forced the doctors to limit themselves to 11 patients. Of these seven had amputations of the arm, one of the thigh and three of the foot. ' Before treatment all the extremities showed distinct purulent inflammation, in some cases with a marked odor, as well as swelling of the soft tissues. Some patients complained of pains in the amputated areas;

After the first phytonicide treat-

ment, the doctors report, all the wounds without exception became

and other certain strong- scented vegetables contain substances that | aki bacteria, protozoa, and even | § Br organisms like yeast cells | s of certain lower animals. | acteria-killing substances neides. They have ntified chemically, olatile, so that

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rose-colored instead of gray and the {patient no longer complained of pain. After the second treatment {the pus condition: subsided and the {odor - disappeared. After: five days al the cases showed extensive soft epithelinlization. * | Positive results, with atowth of new tissues and wound healing, did tnot occur in all patients. However, Soviet scientists seem to feel | that phytoncides have a place in treatment of infected wounds along

gith synthetic preparations such as||

sulfa drugs.

other sqptists that the juices of oranges, tomatoes and coniferous plants have Wy healing effect « on

TEACHER IS DEAD os

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If it was a fever or a fight—a cut’ finger—or just a child's fear in the night, you were at his side soothing, comforting, banishing fear or pain with cool, capable, tender hands. And ‘even when he a into long Souin and his voice changed you were hovering near ever ready ro. help—and when you gob too motherly, you'd hear his "Aw, Mom!" But you both knew that if the going got too tough he would look to you for

8 little "making over." . But now he's far away, in such a man's world, and you can't be there

to help him with his problems and his hurts, his aches, and his pains.

Of course it can't take your place, but it's a comfort to know that whatever the need Red Cross can supply it. If Ws a personal problem, there's a Field Director to whom he can go for help and advice. On foreign soil he can get a bit of home in a Red Cross Club, Or if he's in some. | remote spot, there's a Red Cross Clubmoble that visits his outfit regularly. Through the services of Red Cross life giving blood plasma is there when he needs it. If he's hospitalized, Red Cross is at hs side cheering him and helping him in every way possible, If he's in a prison camp, ! \Red Cross food parcels and Prisoner of War kits get through to him to

bring him the little comforts he needs.

Yes, your Red Cross is always at his side no matter what the circumstances.

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to help him =

It takes money for this far-flung service which is always with dim. You can help Red Cross do a better fob by being gener; ous in the 1944 Red Cross War Fund Drive."

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