Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1946 — Page 15

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Modesty is Restored * A LADY who waits for a streetcar at of Maryland and Illinois sts. reports an the scenery over there. Some of the women

window owner for replacing the immodest model with

and Virginia at about noon. A rather well-dressed lady got trapped right in the center when the traffic light changed. She began. loosing a verbal barrage of profanity that scared even a hardy male nearby when the thoughtless diivers whizsed right through puddles and splashed mud all over her. It might not have been ladylike, but we can't say we blame her,

Hunt and Peck Music

EVER SINCE we played hookey from plano lessons we've been sorry that we could never be the life of the party. Now we find there's still a chance. Some enterprising company is manufacturing a “Typatune.” It's like a small-size typewriter, with standard keyboard and all. Only when you type, music comes

Health Boon

(Fourth of a Series)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Powerful DDT may become one of the greatest health boons ever developed in the United States because it offers mass control of disease. The U. 8. public health service throughout the war, and now in peacetime, sent crews of DDT sprayers through Southeastern states fn a war on Virtually 100 per cent control can be achieved for rural areas by spraying the inside of houses. Adult mosquitoes resting on these walls do not live to pass along malaria picked up in their feasts on human blood. For communities of 2500 or more, the health service is seeking control largely through elimination of the mosquito larvae.

Will Kill All Larvae

SWAMPS and other breeding places can be effectively sprayed by planes, boats and power Sprayers, As little as one-tenth of a pound per acre will kill all larvae. Unfortunately, the compound's residual qualities are weakened in outdoor applications. The effects are lost after about two weeks. . The mosquito also carries yellow fever, dengue, filariasis and encephalitis. : Fears that returning troops might heighten the prevalence of disease in-this country so far appear unfounded. DDT proved one good defense. The introduction of typhus-bearing lice was prevented with the extensive use of DDT powder. Most elaborate methods are employed to halt the entry ‘of other disease carriers. ; Houses treated with DDT will be freed of mosquitoes for three or four months. Flies, another

Science

OR THE SEVEN chief causes of death in peacetime America, only one has yielded significant ground to recent medical progress. That one-is pneumonia, now treated with sulfa drugs and penicillin. The other six are heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, accidents, cerebral hemorrhage and tuberculosis.

Looking over the six, we note that three, namley ,

heart disease, kidney disease and cerebral hemorrhage, all begin with high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. These three diseases together cause one-third of all the deaths from all causes in the peacetime United States. : It may be truly said, therefore, that the chief medical problem ~before the United States today is that of high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. The second problem is the conquest of cancer. It is difficult to know what to say about acci,dents. Certainly it is a shocking thing that accldents should rank fourth among the causes of death in peacetime.

Disease of Poor - THE SITUATION with regard to tuberculosis is equally shocking. Each year 40,000 young men and women between the ages of 15 and 45 die of

Dr. Kendall Emerson, managing director of the Nationef ‘Tuberculosis association, has called the disease a national disgrace. He says that it is a “disease of the poor,” the result of poor housing, malnutrition, harmful occupations and nervous strain, to' the Journal of the American Medi-

cal association the hospitalization alone of the vie-

My Day

LONDON, Wednesday. —In looking at the many assembly delegates who have been in public life in thelr countries, often in the diplomatic service, I cannot help feeling that one of the most difficult things to achieve here is going to be frank state-. ments of what any individual really thinks and feels. However, unless we are going back to the old idea of & balance of power—of one group lined up against another—it seems to me that everyone in open Ctonference must speak his mind. We must say things so clearly and explicitly that no country has to wonder afterwards Just exactly what was meant. It has not been the habit of nations to deal with each other on the basis of complete frankness. And yet I have a conviction that, only if we come to this ‘understanding face its own situation in relation to similar situations in ‘other nations. The other evening I stopped in for a few minutes ‘at tHe English-speaking union, where some of the Poys and who went to homes in America during war holding a dance. That they want fo develop their relationship because spent in the United States is a good for future understanding’ between

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Letters Cover Wide Range of Topics

SINCE 1 have been getting such an enormous quantity of letters, I think you may be interested to know the type of things that people over here write ‘to me about. There are many who ask about the rules and regulations for obtaining visas, how they can get to the United States or Canada, what kind of And some of them, I

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‘rate from diabetes in the United States in 1900 was

will we be able to make each nation

Ralph Davis . . . He can prove to skeptics that his hen lays king-size eggs.

out. A book of music that goes with it has the tune written up with the sequence of letters that will turn out a tune; Afer you get going, you can stick in some embellishments, too. , , . Some people riding the |. Oollege line thought the much-discussed express service had been put in recently. Cars were leaving downtown with the passengers being told on loading that the first stop was either 15th or 20th st. It wasn't a permanent innovation, however; just a temporary measure to expedite travel during the tie-up. « + » A reader out on Churchman ave. who doesn’t want her hame used asks us how to get rid of squirrels,. The furred animals cause property damage every summer .and fall, she tells us. We don't know any answers offhand. Might try putting up a “Home-Made Squirrel Coats Sold Here” sign and scare ‘em off.

By Ruth Gmeiner

vicious germ-spreader, are eliminated by only two treatments a season. According to the health officials, individual families can do much to prevent the spread of disease by DDT-ing their own houses. However, federal, state and local authorities are planning campaigns to move against disease-festering centers on a big scale,

For Direct Attack

THE SCIENTISTS pointed out that DDT will be used in hand-in-hand, not instead of, direct attacks on disease, such as draining stagnant water and killing rats. Dr. Fred C. Bishopp, agriculure department entomologist, foresees that DDT eventually may provide one answer to the deadly sleeping sickness, which is transmitted by insects. He suggests DDT is likely to prove “a great boon to the peoples in many lands” now infested by infection-carrying gnats, flies and fleas, which cause chronic conjunctivitis, trachoma and its resulting blindness, dysentery, cholera, plague and other diseases. : H. H. Stage of the department believes that mos-quito-borne diseases can be’ stamped out entirely on islands such as Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Sardinia and Hawaii, Their small area and isolation ‘make permanent eradication within the realm of possibility. DDT may spell death for these other loathesome carriers; the tick that spreads Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and sand flies which transmit sand fly fever) and, in South America, verruga. i The new bug-eradicator also promises to open new doors to the control of livestock pests that cost farmers millions ‘of dollars annusily.

(Tomorrow—DDT on farms.)

By David Dietz

tims of tuberculosis costs the United States $70,000,000 a year. In 1938 there were 202,021 persons in the United States under treatment for tuberculosis in 1140 institutions. Surely the time has come, as Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the U. S. public health service, has suggested, when it would be worth our while as a nation to expend the necessary sum to stamp out tuberculosis once for all. The expenditure would soon pay for itself by eliminating the otherwise annual bill for medical care, hospitalization, etc.

Diabetes on Increase OTHER DISEASES, not in this list of seven chief killers, are likewise serious problems for the nation. Let us take, for examples the subject of diabetes. The whole world was thrilled when Banting and his associates perfected insulin. Yet the fact of the matter is that insulin is only a treatment for ‘diabetes. It keeps the victims alive longer. But fit neither cures the disease nor prevents it. - Moreover, diabetes is on the increase. The death

approximately 10 deaths per 100,000 population. In 1938 it was 23 per 100,000. Aproximately 30,000 Americans die annually of diabetes. Prior to the outbreak of world war II, Dr. Wilburt ©. Davison of Duke university published a study of child deaths, in the Journal of the American Medical association. It was Dr. Davison's opinion that 180,000 children die unnecessary deaths each year in; the United States. There are 240,000 child deaths annually in the country. Of this number, according to Dr. Davison, 21 per cent were due to curable diseases and 56 per cent to preventable conditions.

By Eleanor Roosevelt | join their husbands in the United States. Some of them have heard nothing from their husbands and are even more anxious, Also, there are letters of welcome and letters of appreciation for what my husband did for the people of the ‘world. _. Occasionally, there is a letter such as the one I have before me now, which is somewhat caustic in tone, The writer notes that Secretary Byrnes pledged that the United States would fulfill her obligations to the world, then asks me how that is to be done when “great numbers of United States servicemen appear to be simply intent on getting back home.”

G. 1's Wonder What Obligation Is

THE GENTLEMAN, of course, does not realize that our men are always more than willing to do a job when they know that it is important and that they are the ones who havé to see it through. All that our servicemen are asking today is to know clearly what their obligations are and what real work there is for them to do over here. These men are young, and they feel that life for them at home is waiting to begin. They do not like to be idle—and some of them have too busy. By that I do not mean that they have not had work to do, but it has not been the kind of work that they felt was essential.

Our men oyerseas are not shirking their job-—they just don’t quite understand ‘what their job is. It is hard to remember that, as an individual in a foreign

country, you are always your own country's ambassador—making a friend for your country or making an enemy. ! > ] ; In addition, I'm not sure how many of

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men ‘realize that they. not only represent the United States, but also the greatest democracy in the world,

They should understand how that democracy.

‘SECOND SECTION

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946

By MILDRED KOSCHMANN

A NEW Sacramento will be launched tonight when 150 or more Indianapolis exsailors will meet for one grand, ‘ long-awaited get-to-. gether. :

the strictly Hoosier club of about 220 Indianapolis sailors and 15 from the Michigan City area who started out on the U. 8, 8. Sacramento more than a year before the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. : » - . BACK in November, 1940, the lo-

cruiser, was to get a. general overIt was then that John Stearns, 1521 W. Vermont st., suggested that

would some day give the BSacramento club a good start. That some day is today. That $110 which the gobs from Indianapolis dished out back in 1940 is the starting-out fund of the organization,

fences, more exchanging and more recollection of cld days than a have seen in a long,

it that the idea became a reality.

» » . THE SACRAMENTO, which acquired the name, “The Galloping Ghost of the China Coast,” in the

The “new Sacramento” will be :

they take up a collection which

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1930s, was the third ship in Pearl Harbor to fire at the Japs. Unofficially the crew of all Hoo-

sier officers and men is credited ©

with downing two of the 37 planes which attacked the harbor on Dec.

7, 1041, The ship missed getting hit by Jap bombs, since the enemy = planes

working in territory where enemy subs were known to be operating.

But 1942 also was the year for

were going. The famed Sacramento pulled back into a West Coast port

'NEW-SACRAMENTO' WILL BE LAUNCHED HERE TONIGHT

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John Stearns... he suggested the get-together,

separation of the 235 Hoosiers. They|and is now believed to be scrap-pile were transferred so rapidly that no| bound. one knew where most of the others| Since 1942 the Sacramento's orig-

inal crew has been represented in practically every battle in the At-

from her decks.

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lantic and Pacific. Mr. Stearns, for one, participated in anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic. = Parvin Benefiel, 4466 Carroliton ave, for another, fought in about every campaign in the Pacific,

. n » » ONLY SEVEN of the original crew stayed on the Sacramento as she worked out of the West coast harbors. They are Mr. Crouch, who lives at 2034 N. Harding st.; Floyd

Burke, 2821 W. Jackson st.; ‘Ralph

Moore, 1302 Glenarm dr.; Jack

Moore, 163 Union st, Southport: }

Jim O'Connor, 734 W: 32d st, and Hubert Simpson, 1420 W. 36th st. But today most of the blue~ jackets are civilians again like Charles J. Haessig now an apprentice printer at The Times. And tonight's the night they've looked forward to for more than five years,

VV ASHINGTON, Jan. 24.— The Japs are ‘supposed to like fairy tales but they never got much enjoyment from the “Fabled Fifteen.” This unit—air group 15 in navy officialese—was the scourge of the Pacific air war. It ranged from the central to far western Pacific, participated in campaigns in the Palaus, Philippines, Formosa, the Nansel Shotos, the first battle of the Philippine sea, Leyte gulf, the famous “Marianas Turkey Shoot” and Iwo Jima. Its leader was Cmdr. David - Campbell, 35, of Los Angeles, who is the navy’s outstanding hero of world war II and is probably its most decorated man. His deeds, according to an une official committe -of newspapermen and representatives ‘of veterans’ organizations, give him a slight edge over such other famous navy commanders as John Bulkeley, renowned PT-boat hero; Norman H. “Bus” Miller, another noted air ace; and Eugene B. Fluckey, intrepid submarine skipper. ” » » McCAMPBELL has earned the following decorations: congressional medal of honor, navy cross, legion of merit, silver star, distinguished flying cross with two gold stars, air medal with gold star, American theater, American defense with bronze “A,” Philippine liberation medal, victory medal and expert rifieman award. The McCampbell log read something like this: Highest-scoring navy ace with a total of 34 airborne enemy planes destroyed. This is the greatest number ever shot down by an American pilot during a single tour of combat duty. Nine * aircraft destroyed In one flight—unequalled in the annals of combat aviation, : Enemy planes destroyed on the ground by strafiing—20. Separate combat missions flown —81. » » » DURING seven months and more than 20,0000 hours of operations, McCampbell’s “Fabled Fifteen” destroyed more enemy planes—315 airborne and 348 on the ground—

THE SGT. YORKS OF WORLD WAR I1—NO. 3

Cmdr. David McCampbell, navy ace, knocked out 34 Jap planes to set a record for the highest total of enemy planes shot down in a

single tour of duty.

and sank more enemy shipping— 206,500 tons sunk and over a million tons damaged—than any other air group mn the Pacific, The fury of their bombing and strafing attacks resulted in the sinking of the Jap battleship Masahi, 45,000-ton sister ship to the Yamato, three carriers and a heavy cruiser. Damaged were three battle ships, a carrier, five heavy cruiser, four light cruisers and 19 destroyers. Twice in 1944, McCampbell led his group against overwhelming Jap attackers, and it was for these actions that he received the CMH. o » ” IN THE first two engagements on June 19, he led a much smaller force against 80 Jap carrier-based aircraft who were spotted by the radar.

The Japs ‘threatened an entire surface force and the “Fabled Fif-

teen” moved in to intercept, With amazing skill, McCampbell personally destroyed seven hostile planes in the resulting scramble. The Japs retreated, their force almost deci< mated. A similar situation arose in October. With only one assisting plane, McCampbell intercepted and attacked a formation of 60 Jap landbased planes approaching the fleet. He shot’ down nine, and along with the second plane, managed to disorganize the enemy group which retreated without inflicting damage on fleet units, » ” »n “HIS GREAT personal valor and indomitable spirit of aggression under extremely perilous combat conditions reflect the highest credit upon Cmdr, McCampbell and the United States naval service,” read

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. HAYFEVER, asthma, certain varieties of headache, eczema ands hives are all manifestations of allergy. From 5 to 10 per cent of the population suffers from allergy, but this does not represent an increase as physicians and patients alike have simply become more allergy conscious. When allergic individuals avoid the substances which causes their attacks, they are normal. “Although -there is a popular misconception that they . more intelligent than average, there is fair evidence to show that allergic persons suffer less from diabetes, cancer, tuberculosis and high blood pressure than -non-allergic people, and that their life span is un-

44%

affected by their disease except in complications

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Common Affliction of Man

Allergy ‘Takes Many Forms

ALLERGIC attacks are provoked by eating, drinking, breathing or touching .a substance to which we are sensitive, Food, beverages, spices, condiments, house dust, animal dandruff, face powders, cosmetics, tobacco, insecticides, drugs and chemicals may cause allergic attacks. Drugs and chemicals are more apt to cause skin reactions than other varieties of allergy. Heredity plays an important role in allergic sensitivity. Some patients develop their at-

tacks after coming in contact with extremely small amounts of the offending substance, while others must receive a heavy. dose before trouble develops. Allergic reactions can develop im-

DURING allergic attacks, a chemical substance called histamine is liberated by the cells. Scientists have been searching for drugs which will act as antagonists to histamine, and benadyrl is being tried with fair success. Patients can be of great as sistance to their physicians in care fully recording the circumstance under which ai attack started. Sufferers are urged to note the day on which their symptoms started and stopped and thoSe ddys in which they were worse, No clew is too insignificant to overlook. A physician was consulted by several men whose faces broke out on Sunday evening or Monday morning. Investigation showed that all had gone to sleep while reading the Sunday paper and

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had allowed some. of the sheets 10] |/s2e fall over their faces. Skin patch tests revealed they were sensitive

the citation he received after this He narrowly escaped death on several occasions. In May, 1044, while . leading his group against strong Marianas fortifications, his plane was hit by flak. The afterfuselage and controls were seriously

stayed over the target, directing operations. It wasn’t until the mission was completed that he limped back to the carrier. The navy awarded him the DFC for his heroism. The genial commander is now on duty at the naval air station, Norfolk, Va., as deputy chief of staff to commander of fleet air and as commander of carrier air groups. » . » HE WAS born in Bessemer, Ala., Jan. 16, 1910. He attended Staunton Military academy, Staunton, Va. and Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. before his appoint ment to the U. 8. Naval academy from Florida by Senator P. Trammell in 1929, While a midshipman, he was extremely popular with his classmates, qualified as an expert rifleman, and was active in athe letics. ‘ He played baseball, was a mem-

ber of the Navy swimming team,| was 1031 A. A. U, diving champiob, Mid-Atlantic states, and was East-

ern Intercollegiate diving champion in 1932. Upon graduation from the Academy on June 1, 1933, he was honor« ably discharged from the U. 8. navy and appointed ensign in the reserve During the following year he was employed as an aircraft assembly mechanic and with a construction company. In 1034 he turned to the navy as a regular and served on several ships until he went to the naval air station, Pensacola, Fla. for flight instruction.

LAFAYETTE STORE BURNS LAFAYETTE, Jan, 24 (U. P).+~ Firemen estimated today that $36,« 000 damage was caused by flames which destroyed Southworth’s Student bookstore yesterday. The fire started in the furnace room of the two-story frame building.

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