Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1946 — Page 20

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«By PAUL F. ELLIS United Press Science Writer

NEW YORK, Sept, 19.—~Embryo chicks are being used in the post-

war era's first concentrated research drive to find a cause and cure of

will grow on the

op Halt Growth ¢ hope that today, tomorrow of sometime in the near fufe a compound or a mold, such

“as the type that produced penicillin, will be found which will halt the

+cerous cell completely.

In another well-equipped laboratory, other experts are experimenting with the chemical compound makeup of male and female sex

hormones. It has been established that certain abnormal hormones seem to be prevalent in cancerous males while not found in normal males. This research in the hormones

as they are related to cancer has|

been going on for years, but recent

+ ealculations have inspired the ex-

perts to redouble their efforts. Also Use Radioactivity The experiments with hormones at Memorial hospital have been made on minute amounts secreted in urine. Breaking the groups of hormones into their constituent compounds has been a complicated Job. To insure accurate tests on the same category of cancerous patients, the hospital pays a nominal fee for samples from cancerous

experiments at Rockefeller institute show cancerous membrane surrounding an embryo chick an chick can be hatched in the usual 21 days with no inhe

they will concentrate all“€fforts on that particular phase: so are proving ey are a friend of laboratory tests on such it has been established t cancerous tissue transplanted from one human being to another will die. That is propf that cancer is not infectious. White mice, however, have been inbred to such an extent that they have been developed blood line. In these cases, cancer can be transplanted. Some experiments with mice have shown that in isolated cases, cancer cells can be reconverted into normal tissue. This is another reason why ‘cancer scientists aré” mobilizing their efforts in the research to find a cause and cure for cancer.

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to a pure

Finishes 30 Years As Phone Worker

‘Edwin J. Hoeferkamp, 1539 Pleasapt st, line foreman with the Indiana Bell Telephone Co., be-

| comes a 30-year-service man today

and is eligible to wear the gold) emblem. Beginning the telephor

hone Co. in Seymour, Mr. Hoef-| erkamp later worked with several other telephone companies as lineman troubleman and foreman, In 1916, Mr. Hoeferkamp started with the Bell system as a lineman for the Central Union Telephone Co. here, He was promoted to cable foreman in 1923 and to line foreman in 1924. Mr. Hoeferkamp has been a member of Telephone Pioneers sincé January, 1931.

Hoeferkamp

Organizations

Naomi chapter, O. E. 8, will have a stated meeting In the Masonic temple at 7:45 p. m tomorrow. An obligation cere- | mony will follow Nellie | worthy matron Hugh worthy patron.

hipman 1s

and ohnston, !

Mrs. Harold Wilkens, 727 N. Linwood ave, will be hostess for the meeting: of the Priday Evening Crosstown club at 8 p. m, Friday.

James CO. Gribben, exaltedy ruler of Elks, lodge 13, assisted by the lodge officers, will | preside ‘at an initiation of 35 candidates | | in Antlers hotel at 8 p. m. riday, A | | buffet luncheon and entertainment will | | follow at 10 p. m.

LOCAL BRIE

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Marschke, 931 E. Raymond st., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with a family dinner. Married Sept. 19, 1896, both are 70 years old. They have five children, Mrs. Erna Froelich, Mrs. Lillian Gardner, Mrs. Elizabeth Schultz, Mrs. Frieda Shutters, and Erwin Marschke, and seven grandchildren.

The Holy Name society of Sacred Heart Catholic church will’ hold its fall dance in the church Rall Sept. 27 from 9 to 12 p. m. Jack Sauer is general chairman,

Lt. Dean A. Doyal, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Galen T. Doyal, 1518 Edgemont st. who is stationed in

Research also is going on in the Yokohama, Japan, recently was propossible application of radio-active| moted to captain. He is a graduparticles of a split atom such as|ate of Shortridge high school and heavy carbon and the use of ma-| The Citadel of Charleston, 8. C.

chines turning out tremendous electronic power, even greater than the atom smashing cyclyotron and the! conduct gospel services at the Vol-100-million volt betatron X-ray| unteers of America Mission at 7:45

machine.

As to the experiments with crude penicillin, even though the purified drug is useless in cancer treatment,| be honored at the 26th anniverscientists believe the results re.|sary dinner of the Prospect chap-

Mr.

p. m, tomorrow.

Past patrons and matrons wil

and Mrs. Lee Fisher will

o W. 8. Major, research engineer for Bituminous Coal Research, Inc. | of Pittsburgh, Pa., will speak .on | “Over Fire Air Jets for Stationary | Boilers” at a meeting of the Indi- | ana chapter of National Association of Power Engineers, Inc. at 7:30 p. m. today at 321 E. 16th ste .

| Reorganization of the Shag] Shanty teen canteen at Riley park community center was under way | today with a drive to recruit new | members. Highlights of the winter season schedule include dances | each Monday, Thursday and Sat-| urday night.

When Trolley Operator: James! Plumber, 26, of 2133 Beecher st. reached the end of his line at Minnesota and Harlan sts. last night, one of two passengers on the car stuck a gun in his back and escaped with $20, he told police.

Effective with the first departure tomorrow of the James Whitcomb Riley train, operating between Cin-cinnati-Indianapolis-Chicago two additional delux, reclining seat

1| coaches and an additional dining

car will be added, L. J. Hennessey,

ported are “too significant to ig-|ter 452, O. E. 8, Tuesday at 6:30 | York Central system, said today.

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p. m.

In the campaign to screen the \

10,000 or more strains of ‘bacteria,

A ‘business “meeting will follow a

USE VITAMINS ON TYPHUS WASHINGTON—One of the B

fungi and plant life, the experts| luncheon of the “past presidents’ |vitamins, para-aminobenzoic acid,

that looks promising.

| 9, Daughters of Union Veteran

When such an occasion arises| tomorrow in Ft. Friendly.

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