Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1948 — Page 32
Research Group Will Serve 2 Years On Advisory Body
Dr. Maynard K. Hine, dean of the Indiana University School of Dentistry, has accepted a twoyear appointment to the National Advisory Dental Researc: Council created in the U. 8. Public Health Service by the 80th Congress, The 12-member council will conduct research into the cause,
prevention and methods of treat-|
ment of dental diseases. It also will promote co-ordina-tion of dental research and pass upon applications from universities and hospitals for grants-in-aid for dental research, training and instruction. Meetings in Washington The appointment will not conflict with Dean Hine’s administration of the dental school but will require his presence at council meetings in Washington, D. C. Membership in the council includes the Surgeon General of the U, 8. Public Health Service, chief medical officer of the Veterans Administration, the Surgeon General of the Navy and the 12 appointed members. The act of the 80th Congress appropriated $750,000 annually, beginning July 1, 1949, for grants and other duties of the council and for the erection of a building to house the group.
_ Father Finds Two Tots . Stabbed to Death
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 25 (UP) «Mrs. Margaret Harper of suburban St. Louis Park was held under observation today on suspiction of murdering her two infant children with a hunting knife, Mrs. Harper's husband, Harry, returned home from work last night and found his son, George, 2, and daughter, Margaret, five months, stabbed to death with a hunting knife. A third child, Harry D. III, 5, was at his grandparents’ home at the time. Coroner Russell R. Heim said Mrs. Harper suffered a nervous breakdown about a month ago but apparently had recovered.
City Sends Two Tons Of Clothing to Europe
Two tons of clothing, including 750 suits and overcoats given by Indianapolis men for the needy of Europe, are on their way east for shipment abroad. The clothing, together with garments for women and children, were collected and shipped as a Thanksgiving expression of local
families. The wearing apparel was collected by the churches under the sponsorship of the Indianapolis Church Federation. It will be distributed by World Church Service.
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|Association for the Advancement
Dr. Maynard K. Hine . , . appointed to dental research council,
Uranium Changes Growth of Plants
By Science Service 8ST. PAUL, Minn.,, Nov. 2 Uranium, the atom bomb element, Is able to cause hereditary changes in plants when supplied in the form of its nitrate salt. Experiments demonstrating such changes in two widely différent kinds of fungi are described in the forthcoming issue of Science by Dr. E. C. Stakman, professor of plant pathology at the University of Minnesota and president-elect of the American
of Science.
When supplied to the spawn of ordinary mushrooms, it produced mutants that grew from five to seven times faster than the original mushroom strains from which they were derived. Another fun-
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