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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Washington the postwar capital of the world? =Haw-haw-haw, Not today, it isn’t. The statesmen are doing their stuff somewhere else.” “The President is sniffing the azalea bushes in Bermuda, the congressmen are

kissing babies at home, the supreme court has gone fishing, and there barely are enough cabinet members in town to start a small poker game. There's nobody in the White House except some cops and clerks. The secretary of state is in Paris, battling at the peace conference. Secretary of treasury John Snyder is thinking of taking off tonight «to. dein Mr. Truman where the flying fishes play. The secretary of war is in Massachusetts making a speech, The secretary of the navy just returned from an extended trip. Secretary of commerce Henry Wallace is taking his ease on his New York state chicken farm, ' Atorney general Tom Clark is in Germany.

Won't Be Disturbed

CAP KRUG, the secretary of interior, got in, all tired out, from Seattle, Secretary of labor Lewis Schwellenbach leaves today for Columbus, O. Secretary of agriculture Clint Anderson is packing up for a month at his ranch in New Mexico, Nobody's going to worry him there about the price of meat. He hasn't even got a telephone. The postmaster general, when last checked, still was in town, but fidgety. Many of the foreign ambassadors, led by Great Britain's Lord Inverchapel,

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(Donna Mikels is on vacation. Inside Indianapolis will be resumed on her return.)

Folsom Finds

GREELEY, Colo, Aug. 23.—Some archaeologists spend years digging for Folsom points and consider themselves lucky if they, find four or five. A museum with eight or 10 has a right to be proud. But here in Greeley is a man with over 500 Folsom points. He is Dr. William R. Ross, professor of geology at Colorado State College of Education. He: found them all himself with the help of the wind. Smithsonian institute experts have told him his collection is larger than all other collections combined. But let me explain what a Folsom point is. Some .years ago, near Folsom, N. M, the bones of a prehistoric beast were uncovered by a flash flood in an arroyo. Among the bones was found an arrow point different from the points American Indians were using when the first white men arrived. It was big news to the scientific world. It was evidence that pushed the antiquity of the Indian,

started referring to the Indian’ who made that fluted arrow point and killed that prehistoric beast as the = JFOlSOm MAN... «ou, here 12.000 to 20,000 years ago. Although they have found his weapons, they have never found him-— not, even a single bone,

D Dust Storms Bare Treasure

WHEN THE DUST storms played such havoc all over the West, Dr. Ross was school superintendent at Trinidad, Colo. He was intensely interested in geology and archaeology and spent all of his spare time on his hobby. Then one day he made an exciting discovery. He found the dust storms, by whipping away the topsoil, were uncovering scores of Folsom points, Dr. Ross kept mum—and kept going back to the * "dust storm areas. It took him several years to #ccumulate the collection of Folsom points that became the envy of the scientific world.

Science

FO the utidy Cikt vee EXPOCE JO Send BE rulre ‘moon within the next 18 months shohld be kept in mind whenever you hear navy officers tell of how they can design battleships capable of withstanding

atomic bomb attacks. Guided missiles, that is, rockets which can be controlled with great exactness, will constitute the methods of delivering atomic bombs in world war III. The army experts are not merely thinking in terms of rockets turned loose with pious hopes that they will land in the right spots after the fashion of London. It is thinking in terms of accurate controlled rockets that will land where it is intended that they should land.

Two Types of Missiles AS WORLD WAR II came to an end, experimentatiens with guided missiles was just beginning to get under way.. These missiles consisted of two types. First there were the remote. control types. These consisted of missiles guided or steered from ships or planes. The second type of missile steered itself. One such weapon developed by the navy was known as “fhe bat.” This consisted of a small glider plane carrying about ‘half a ton of TNT in its nose. This glider was carried below a fighting plane, The fighting plane aimed itself in the general direc~ tion of a target, perhaps an enemy ship at sea, and then released the glider. - . - Radar devices on the “bat,” made it possible for the bat to direct its own flight. It automatically changed its own direction of flight to keep heading for a turning or twisting target ship. 2

or his predecessors, back thousands of years, Scientists ~

The experts have decided the Folsom man lived

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ny gE C. Othman ey - - v ! _ have scrammed. Lord Inverchapel, accompanied by

his bag-pipe player, has gone to Blowing Rock, N. C. And why not?

Top-String Lobbyists Gone : THERE'S NOBODY here for him to do business with. Even the, top-string lobbyists have .beat it, leaving the cocktail lounges to their underlings. Only senators on.the job you know about; they're the ones who are being interviewed these days on all subjects. At least one of these gentlemen stayed here during the dog days for this special purpose; it was his chance to get his picture in the papers. Many ‘of the government's second layer big-wigs are in far places and there's nobody much left, but clerks. Mostly they're sitting at their desks, looking glum. About 185,000 jobs must be lopped off the federal payroll before Oct. 1 by congressional edict. Although the veterans bureau is about to hire about 100,000 extra helpers, many a small time government hireling is ‘wondering how he'll’ make out as a haberdashery clerk. Only placé where business is booming in Washington is OPA, which is recruiting M-men (meat investigators),” figuring out new prices on hundreds of items, and cleaning out the files on such products as bobby-pins, dried octopus meat, and sleigh bells. I'm staying away from there. Makes me tired, just watching the activity. I think, in fact, that I'll drop over to the White House and take an airconditioned nap on a red leather couch in the reception room. Nobody’ll disturb me there.

By Eldon Roark

The Indianapolis

SECOND SECTION .

(Last of a Series)

Dr. Ross’ museum.

basement is devoted to his private

tools. He has fine specimens of rocks, ores and semi-| precious gems from many parts of the world. He! cuts and polishes gems himself, and has agate, garnet, jade, topaz, turquoise, and amethyst stones that made the ladies gasp..

Inside Lined With Crystals

KNOW WHAT A geode is? It is 4 round, rough common rock, and not a very pretty one. But when you crack it open, you get a surprise. You find it has a cavity lined with beautiful crystals, Many gems come from geodes. Dr. Ross has some wonderful specimens. : He also has a large collection of fluorescent rocks. They, too, look like ordinary rocks, but when they are placed under a purple light, they glow—orange, red, yellow, blue, white. ...Some of the rocks continue to glow after the light, is turned off. The light imprisoned with them bounces around for a million miles before it escapes. Dr. Ross’ ambition is to go on a scientific expedition to Alaska in search of the Folsom man. That, he believes, i§ where he is going to be found—frozen in a glacier and perfectly preserved. But he has learned to be cautious about such matters. One day he was lecturing his class in the field on | the places where fossils are most likely to be found. They were in an old gravel pit which he said would not be promising. He picked up a rock and cracked it open just to illustrate the futility of a search in such a spot. As the rock fell apart, his eyes nearly popped out. Quickly he shoved the halves into his pocket. An inquisitive student saw him. Sheepishly Dr. Ross exhibited his find. It was the most beautiful plant fossil he had seen in many a day.

By David Dietz | Shortly after the end of |

: world war IL Gen, Henry | os PROSE aid ! forces

andes $28: nul forces, “in that struggle, announced that experiments were going forward with target-seeking missiles that were attracted to their. target by light, heat, or metallic surfaces.

Example of Skill ONE OF THE most magnificent exa ent skill in remote control was give, Crossroads, the Bikini atomic bomb the use of drone boats and planes. Prior to the first test, there was a good deal of joking. among the-correspondents aboard the U.S.S. Appalachian, the press ship, as to what we would do if 6ne of the drone planes crashed on the deck of our ship. I say “joking,” because no one took seriously the idea that it would happen. But while the mathematics were against a drone plane hitting the deck of our ship, the chances of one or more drone planes getting out of control seemed very reasonable to most of us. Both the army air forces and the navy did a magnificent job of handling the drone planes. All of them were kept under control although one

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By HEZE CLARK

ANOTHER person has “admitted” the WAC murder. It was the fifth “confession” in the celebrated case J and, like the preceding ones, was a phony. : Latest claim to the dishonor of § slaying WAC Cpl. Moama Ridings came last March 20 all the way from Rock Springs, Wyo. High on = the crest of an alcoholic spree, a Southern Pacific railroad section hand confided to a tavern companfon:

“I killed a WAC back in Indianapolis in 1943 , ,

THE BAR acquaintance hastily relayed this information to the ome of the nation's major war-

They confronted

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borer here once,

But this was considerably before Aug. 28, 1943, when Cpl. Ridings &° was brutally slashed th Room 729 } On ‘that

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at the Claypool hotel.

date, the suspect was in another t go

city, - detectives discovered.

n » » 3 ~IN- THE- matter-of - “confessions” and clues, the WAC case was prolific. But police to this day have been unable to establish a motive

for the fiendish murder.

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cape. near the room).

ie. ‘u volved. A ‘Claypool hotel lin: sobbed : bottle.”

A WOMAN arrested for drunkenness downtown. She told officers: “I killed the WAC and want to get it off my chest.” After soberp.she couldn't recollect say- ody x Ao a Lie tslp. ERR 2 rt a RRR shale eee 43

dered In and out, examined clues]

admit anything.”

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In addition to the Folsom points, he has|sheriff. The sheriff just as quickly modern Indian arrow heads and other weapons and c,mmoned FBI agents from Salt

| Lake City. talkative “suspect” swinging a pickax on a °° He couldn't recall anything about a WAC in Indianapolis. Indianapolis homicide squad, informed of this barroom banter, checked the sec They learned he actually had been a railroad la-

In the : ne Ege words of Homicide Detective Fae Police found plenty of evidence (above), many suspects, but no motives. ” “The motive is hidden and that's the toughest thing dbout it.” Others in addition to the Wyoming railroad laborer who falsely admitted killing Miss Ridings were: A New Castle, Ind. youth who said he slugged the corporal with a bottle and fled through a fire es(There was no fire escape The boy later retracted this, declaring he “made it up” to impress the local gentry.

en. boy, ‘who “1 killed her with a beer There was no beer bottle on the, murder scene, only liquor bottles. Of -this suspect; Homicide Detective Davis. later said: | body could have convicted him..He'd

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MRS. McNAMARA ran’ to a service phone and told the switchboard operator: “A WAC has committed suicide in 729. Better call ‘the police.” > The switchboard operator instea phoned Assistant Manager, John Ellers. By coincidence, Mr. Ellers was conversing witly two army men, Lt. Lesley Gwaltney Jr. of Stout field and Flight Officer William L. Taylor of Bowman field, Louisville. _ The pair followed Assistant Man‘ager Ellers to room 729. 2 There are varying reports as to what happened during, the next few hours. Somebody moved the corpse

and otherwise disturbed the room's

status quo, » 2 s ” s

LT. GWALTNEY tpok charge of the investigation and impounded

“ADy- the victim's personal effects. He

{also contacted Ft. Harrison author-

lities and arranged fo send the body

WILLIAM-LUALLAN, who made | there.

“confession”

back in October, 1944.

Luallan, a convict at Michigan City state prison, first implicated |

his wife, then himself.

But through various tests and reluc-

cross-examinations,

tantly conviced themselves Luallan

was spoofing.

He later repudiated all statements, explaining he perpetrated | the hoax to relieve the monotony

of prison life.

police

| After several conferences, the

Splurge | itary finally decided to phone

the local force. To the scene came Homicide Detectives Fae Davis and Noel Jones and Detectives Fred) Swego and James Partrain of the hotel detail, Deputy Coroner E. H. Hare also arrived. " While they itemized the evidence, a caller with % youthful voice phoned twice and asked for Cpl Ridings. When the detective, gazing down at the inert body, replied she wasn’t there, he banged the re-

got away for a few mongents and had to be chased

by its control plane.

The navy did an equally fine job of handling the drone boats which made the first radiological survey

of the lagoon after each bomb explosion.

If-anyone- thinks that guided - missiles capable of crossing the ocean are not now on their way, I refer him back to the army experts who now feel it will be only a matter of another generation until space

ships are making regular round-trips to the moon.

The afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 28, 1943 was sultry. Jostling crowds. thronged downtown streets. As usual, the Claypool lobby was a noisy vortex of humanity. » » »

BUT THE halls on the seventh floor were relatively quiet at 8:22 p. m. that night when Mrs. Lillian McNamara, Claypool housekeeper,

‘lished these facts:

ceiver on the hook. The call couldn’t be traced because it came from a pay booth.

= » tJ > MEANWHILE, Dr, Hare estabCpl. Ridings had first been slugged on the left forehead with a coke bottle. The bottle lay under the bed. Then the killer broke off the end of a

MANY HAVE 'CONFESSED,' BUT CRIME IS UNSOLVED—

"WAC Murder Still A

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ON THE slightly mussed bed lay a man's pen, a neat pile of fresh clothing and a copy. of Thorne Smith's novel, “The Stray Lamb.” Her overnight bag had not been disturbed. Her personal belongings turned up only 21 cents. ? Four unopened bottles of cocacola” stood on the dresser with a glass partially filled with the dregs of a whisky-coke highball. The victim was quickly identified as Cpl. Maoma Little Ridings, a physiotherapist in the Camp Atterbury base hospital. 2 : an 8

A DESCENDANT of a prominent

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powerful shoulders and arms. ‘She was a divorcee. Since joining the WAC and reporting to Camp Atterbury, she had become known as a “party girl.” The autopsy established the fact that Cpl. Ridings had been dead about two hours when her body was discovered at 8:22 p. m. Two bellboys provided interesting information, however. One told detectives he had been ordered by the bell captain to take a half-dozen cokes and a pail of ice to room 729 at 4:48 p. m, He said when he entered the room, Cpl. Ridings was standing before the dresser.

x . » ¥ A SECOND WOMAN, he related, was reclining on the bed. This

fluffed-out - veil. topped off a smooth round face

tractive, but not extraordinarily so

Warm. Spr ings. G8. family, at one

ident Roosevelt had known her as “Husky,” so-cdlled because of her |.

woman he desciibed as attired in a black dress, black hat and a Her - dark. hair

said: the bellboy, and she was atAnother bellboy said he received

a call for ice from room 729 at about 6:20 p. m. He lugged a carton

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1946

Mystery

DETECTIVES traced ownership of the pen found in Cpl. Ridings’ room to a Camp "Atterbury officer, a resident of New York, with whom she had frequent dates. Picked up for questioning, he admitted he had an engagement to see Cpl. Ridings later that same Saturday night but emphatically denied having contacted her before her death. He volunteered to take the lle detector test. The graph indicated he falsified his story in but one respect. When asked whether he had contacted Miss Ridings in any way on Saturday night, it showed a marked disturbance. “Look, brother,” said Detective Davis. “You'd better tell the truth or you'll find yourself up against a murder charge.” ”

"nn » THE SUSPECT then broke down

: and confessed le was the mysteri-

ous caller who phoned the room shortly after the corpse was discovered. Sleuths were sent to New York to explore his past. But.he produced an alibi and his past was unmarred. So he was released. The developments rained thick and fast. The “confessions,” prev-

t iously noted, poured in,

An anonymous letter: said the “woman in black” was a female impersonator. A milk wagon driver found a WAC skirt in a patch of weeds in the 1900 block, Tibbs ave. A guest said he saw a “woman in black” scurry into the seventh floor service elevator shortly before police arrived. - An E. Washington st. laundry reported a blood-stained shirt had been left there by a “pint-sized” man who gave no name or address. An urchin appeared at detective

headquarters. with a rain-soaked |

.note reading:

“Bob—Maoma Ridings -will ‘be at

“1 the hotel the 28th. Make a early

visit. Don't worry.” ;

= J - » ALL THESE ‘were eventually exploded. The “pint-sized” man

proved his shirt was bloodied when he had some teeth yanked out. The “womah in black” seen running into the service elevator was established as a guest of the hotel having nothing to do with the case. The WAC skirt belonged to somebody else. The note was.discarded as the product of a crank. Sleuths’ noses twitched with anticipation, however, when they arrested a Claypool food handler, a former school . teacher who - had served a prison sentence for a sex offense against a 10-year-old girl But it was learned thie suspect left his day job at 6 p. m. and arrived GA ed condi Jit THY EL Ree hark an hour and 34 minutes later. Nothing was found against him except his past. ” ~ - “ ANOTHER ex-convict was arrested when police learned via registration cards that he had checked into the Claypool immediately after Cpl. Ridings. He readily admitted he had week-ended frequently at the Claypool since his parole and. subsequent employment in a state institution. He was released. Try as they might police were unable to piece together an intelligible crime pattern from the welter of clues. Cpl. Ridings was believed to have left Camp Atterbury with not much more than six or seven dollars and police were able to account for the difference between | that and the remaining 21 cents) through expenditures. . Room 723, the number on the matchbook, was frequently the site of a poker game, but police couldn't connect it with the WAC case, The quarter found in the room remains »| unexplained,

» ” “all* previous -sus~pects were vindicated. Today, De- | tective Davis says he doesn't believe | the actual murderer has éver been

: » .|" EVENTUALLY

And he wants

Who Will Speak For U. S. Unions At ILO Session?

By FRED W. PERKINS Soripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Labor’s ' biggest jurisdictional dispute has caused Labor Secretary Schwellen« bach to make a tentative and techs nical retreat, and it brought William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, hurrying back from his executive council meeting in Chicago. This is the recurrent row between the A, F. of L. and C, I. O. over which shall represent American labor in the international labor ore ganization, which will meet next month in Montreal. The one which gets the final nod from President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes will be recognized for the time being as the “most representa tive” of United States labor. That title means much in the A F. of LC, I. O, warfare—"face™ prestige and, they say, principles, ¥ - . - MR. SCHWELLENBACH took a quick stab at settlement two weeks ago by deciding that the honop should be alternated between the two big labor bodies. That meant C. I. O. should get it this year, the A. F. of L. having held it previously without a break, No public announcement was made by Mr. Schwellenbach, but C. I. O, President Philip Murray disclosed the action, describing it as “correct both from the legal and practical point of view.” : “We maintain that such equality with the A. F. of L. is the minimum necessary to insure that American workers be adequately represented,” Mr. Murray added. “The decesion is a long-delayed act of justice.”

Murray was premature in assuming the Schwellenbach decision was final. ; The A. P. of L. adopted a heated resolution at the Chicago meeting and it has communicated in strong terms with President Truman and with Secretary Byrnes. The meeting late yesterday in Mr. Schwellenbaon's office was a technical retreat for the secretary - because it was a discussion 6f why he should or should not reverse his decision. Those present were asked to say nothing about it. Mr, Green was there, flanked by Robert J. Watt, the long-time representative of A. F, of L. in international labor affairs. ©. I. O, arguments were presented by Lee Pressman, gene eral counsel, and Michael Ross, die. rector of international department, . Also participating was .

now Washington representative of the” Brotherhood of Railway Traine men,” whose president, A. F. White ney, has been lining up recently withthe C. 1. O, ‘® 8-8 THE CONFERENCE lasted more than two hours, with Mr. Schwellenbach and Assistant Secretary David A. Morse trying to produce a compromise. Mr. . Green wouldn't budge from his adamant stand that the I.L. O. constitution says “most representative,” and that the A. PF, of L. is such in the United States, Mr, Pressman interpreted that law, as stated by the international court of. justice in a ruling on the I L, Os * constitution. ‘The C, I. O, spokesmen also suggested politely that Secretary Schwellenbach ale ready had made ‘his decision. Mr. Schwellenbach has about a week to figure it out. The A. F. of L. won't compromise. The C. I. O, stands on ‘its rights. - One side or the other is going to be mighty dise pleased,

pence, The Women— Parents Urged. .

“BUT-IT ‘NOW appears-that Mr.

of ice to the room, found the door{quizzed by police.

knocked at the door of 729. No

My Day

NEW YORK, Thursday.—None of us can help being worried and indignant over the shooting down of two of our unarmed transport planes which had wandered over the Yugoslav border. Conceding that there may be some hidden reason why our planes are forbidden to fly over a friendly country, it still seems a little difficult for the layman to understand. It seems, too, a trifle ironic to have American planes shot down, and Americans possibly killed, by planes .and ammunition which had probably been acquired through lend-lease from this country!. 1 remember the bitterness we felt when our boys in the Pacific, after some Japanese bombing, picked up bits .of material with. the imprint of “Made in the ' United States,” and realized they were getting back scrap or manufactured materials which had been bought from us. At least that material was used against us by an enemy in wartime. But what is used against us by Yugoslavia was furnished to them as an ally to help them win the war, in which their interest was even more vital than

ours.

Food Shipments Defended 1 DO NOT WANT food and medical supplies con~ fused with military supplies, since the former were sent to Yugoslavia to help the people and I hope that we will always distinguish between the people and their governments in countries which are not our type . of democracies. In "our democracy, we can hold the people responsible for the government, While the people in countries like Yugoslavia, Russia apd some other European countries, can, still bring pressure in the long run, they cannot act as quickly, and their information is often less complete than ours, so they cannot be held completely responsible,

In spite of indignation and anxiety over what has

Teacher Colleges Expand to Meet Needs

standards and surveys wrote Vet-(10,100 students if they get addiati of erans. Administrator Gen, Omar N.|tional facilities, the committee said. The American Association Ofjg.aqiey that, at the rate of pres-

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (U. PJ.

eachers' Colleges reported yester- | ept, enrollments, day there will be room for {thou- leges definitely sands of additional student teachef throughout the nation this fall. The association's committee on

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. the expedient.

beginning of the fall term. These 34 colleg be abla to take

By Eleanor Roosevelt

occurred, I cannot help, wondering where we have failed. There was a time during the war when we enjoyed the trust and respect of little and big nations everywhere. What has happened to turn that, in some cases, into suspicion and disdain? We cannot blame our leaders, because we are a democracy.

Somehow we the people have failed.

Have We Decided?

answer.

overhead.

Then looking down, hse blanched. Lying between the door and the bed was the

half-nude corpse of a!with a long purple .inkstain,

whisky bottle, using the jagged

She was conducting a|edges to sever the victim's jugular routine check of towels and linens so she unlocked the door with her master key. But something blocked the door after it swung half open. She noticed the chandelier was lit

| vein. And as she lay bleeding to death the assailant cut her face and slashed her wrists. The wrists had been deeply cut, but bled very little. Lying in blood near her outstretched hand was a quarter. The corporal’s thigh was smeared On

woman, her head in a congealed| her room desk was a matchbook

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| pool of blood. The woman wore | inscribed, apparently in the same a WAC blouse and a’ dark slip, but ink, with the numerals “723.” The

IN OUR HASTE to get back to the business of this had been disarranged, appar-|telephone book was opened to a

normal living, have we forgotten to be the great people that we were expected to be? We were the hope of the world—the people from whom justice and better. things were expected. I don't think we were expected to be Santa Claus in a material way, though that is frequently said, but I think we were expected to stand firm for the right as we saw it, and not for

Perhaps the trouble has been that, on most of the international questions which have arisen, the people of this country have not bothered to decide what they thought was right. Take, for instance, Trieste, which is probably tied up with some of the things that have recently happened; take the question of Albania and of Italy and her claims. These are three questions on which the people of this country could and should have clear opinions, and they should express them to their leaders, ‘ Have they done this? I think not. We want to avert war. Therefore, wg must build up the United Nations. But we do ndt help them to find a permanent home—our voice is heard only in protest. We seem to have forgotten to weigh our values and®to realize that we have to pay for the things we want, The payment which can bring about friendly and peaceful solutions is infinitely less costly than the payments which will have to be made if we are going to be an enemy to all the world.

And another 43 teachers colleges 34 teachers col-|state that although their’ lists’ are

ently when she fell to the floor.|page on which was scrawled some Glass from a brown whisky bottle octagonal was strewn in the doorway.

doodling and the last name of a North side resident.

open slightly and shouldered his way inside. He said there was nobody in the room, but a voice chirped from the bathroom, “leave the ice on the dresser and there's a quarter for you.” He said he picked up the quarter and left. Police were excited momentarily by discovery that the second .call for ice was not recorded on the bell captain's book. The bellboy then explgined he had taken the call directly and never reported it to

said, he could “fudge” 20 cents Miss Ridings had paid for the ice and which ordinarily would be turned in to the hotel till

to dispel rumors that police and | military authorities “covered up” for |

their investigation. “I wouldn't have cared if a suspect had four stars on his shoulders,” he insist, “If he'd been involved, he would have been "arrested and thoroughly investigated. Detective Davis still has hopes of solving the crime. He still keeps in

a “high ranking brass hat” during

To Talk Frankly With Daughters

By RUTH MILLETT

. TT IS OFTEN hard to tell a teene age girl anything—as many parents too well know. - But somehow parents, concerned for their daughters’ safety, have got to make them see that in a time

his files more than 500 names and | addresses—those of Claypool hotel |

{And he concludes: “Some day we'll get what looks like a silly little tip . . . and the |case may unfold before our eyes.”

would be able to!now filled for the 1946-47 year they

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THE DOCTOR SAYS: Change in Altitude Has Effect on Composition of Blood—

Phosphorus Used to Reduce Red Cells

Other artificially

~ » » IN POLYCYTHEMIA, the body manufactures an excessive number of red blood cells, for no particular reason, The ‘condition is to be distintemporary increases take on 6015 more students by the are seeking additional faculty and |in red cells due to a lack of oxygen, equipment which ‘would enable as in mountain climbers or in peres repoft they will |them to provide courses for as mary sons who move from a lower~to a care ‘of anotherias 16,738 additional students, higher altitude (when they move . ial 3 \

radio - active chemical elements used in treatment are strontium and iodine. Although radio-active chemicals have been restricted during. the process of investigation, the patient with polycythemia can obtain this treatment through his own physiclan.

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M.D,

RADIO-ACTIVE phosphorus pro=duced by the deuteron bombardment of either ordinary red phosphorus upon a copper target in the external chamber of -the cyclotron or of an iron phosphide probe placed in deuteron stream has been successfully used in the treatment (increase in red

back, the red blood cells return to normal numbers). In polycythemia the red bone marrow grows at the expense of the yellow marrow, until all the marrow spaces are filled with red marrow. n " » THE BLOOD vessels are engorged with the extra blood, which gives the patient a striking appearancehis skin is bluish red. The polycythemia victim is usually distressed by the extra blood in his system. He complains of fullness in the head and of dizziness. The condition is not to be confused with that of ordinary plathoric, red-faced, stout individuals, for they experience no “increase in the red blood cells. ’ ~ o » IT HAS BEEN known for some time that X-rays and certain chemicals will destroy that portion of the over-active bone marrow which causes the increase in red blood cells, . The alternative treatment has been to bleed the patient when his blood vessels became too full. Radio-active phosphorus is wsed

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in treating polycythemia because of its internal radiation effect. The solution, injected into the vein, lodges in the bone marrow and in the rapidly-growing red blood. cells, where it gives off its rays.

o ” ” RADIO-ACTIVE phosphorus 1s ideal, for internal use, too, because it loses half its strength in the first two weeks after manufacture, a fact which permfts it to be handled without danger. J i Phosphorus is a hatural element of the body;-and in metabolism it is broken down to sulphur, which is non-irritating. « ' After treatment with radio-active phosphorus, the patient does not feel the effect for 60 to 90 days. If he is troubled by the excessive amount of blood in the interval between treatment and effect, he may be bled.

9.8 a 0 PATIENTS are urged to eat less meat when the red cells are being

destroyed, for meat contains iron.| %

The radio-active phosphorus

its most beneficial effect is in poly~ cythemia. It must be used with care, but up to the present time no serious reactions have been observed in any case. Sim. a. QUESTION: My husband has coronary heart disease, He gets nervous spells, and his doctor insists that these are not coming form his heart. Is this possible? ANSWER: Yes. Everyone with heart disease worries to some extent. about his condition, and it is possible to become nervous about it. Have your husband follow his physician's advice.

MAJOR IS ACQUITTED IN LICHFIELD TRIALS

BAD NAUHEIM, Aug. 23 (U, P.). —Maj. Herbert W. Bluhm was acquitted by an eight-man military court today of charges of complicity in the mistreatment of U. 8. soldiers at the Lichfield, England, detention nter, Maj, Bluhm was accused of “au-

when every day's newspapers ree port brutal sex-crimes a’ girl's life

the bell captain. In that way, helguests on the night of Aug. 28, 1943. | may depend on her own caution and

good judgment. > In the majority of crimes ‘in which girls are victims, the girl involved did one of two foolish things, . ” ” ” SHE WANDERED into a lonely city-park with her date, or parked with him along a, country road putting herself at the mercy of any hoodlum that happened along. Or she “picked up” a date or ace cepted a ride with a stranger who turned out to be a criminal, Police can't protect girls who take such chances. Their only protec tion is in realizing the danger in such situations—and only parénts can make teen-age daughters see that danger, ' | It would help, too, if paren would be realistic enough to say to a daughter: “Bring your date home and the living room is yours, on » " THE TROUBLE is, most. parenty are reluctant to admit to a daughter what ‘they know from; their own youth to be true: That necking is a part of dating. . - They would rather close their eyes to that fact when their own kids are growing up, and pretend that their own children are above “that sort of thing.” If parents would be more realistie —daughters would be less likely to take foolish chances. It's a matter every father and mother who have a dating daughe ter should discuss frankly with her, Dodging the issue all too often only

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