Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1931, Page 5

il HEALTH DIRECTORS | STUDY FEVER PERIL [an- merican Group Told ‘F'YeHow, Scourge Still [ # MWenaces Nations. [~ BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ! The world must reorganize its defense yellow fever. ‘The virus of this scourge which was vastating nations a century ago still dsts in great reservoirs, the health of 14 pan-American nations told at their conference here to- y, while recent studies tend to under- Inine the sense of security, which came & generation ago with the American dis- ®overy that the disease was spread only by mosquitoes and not directly from [person to person. Procedure Is Explained. Development of a procedure for locat- Ing these yellow fever reservoirs, which hitherto has been very expensive and difficult, was_explained to the health directors by Dr. Wilbur Sawyer of the Rockefeller Institution. The yellow fever virus, it was ex- plained, apparently spreads from defi- nite focl in the tropical countries. Some of these exist in Brazil, presumably lim- ited in area. For some unknown reason neighboring areas with the same phys- 4cal conditons are free of the disaase. But in the focl, it was explained, the wvirus will persist for long periods. In- habitants of such foci develop an im- munity against the virus so that the disease appears among them only as a very mild iliness which may not even Tequire the services of a physician. How Disease Spreads. But when a mosquito which has Help School Milk Fund TWO “DOLLS” IN P.-T. A. PROGRAM. stung one of these mildly ill persons stings somebody else :n a non-immune arca, yellow fever appears in ‘its full wvirulence. Monkey Injected. Hitherto the only means of locating such a foci has been with a single va- riety of monkey which was found to share man's susteptibility to yellow fever. The monkey was injected with a8 “fixed poison,” a serum made from the blood of a yellow fever victim. This was concentrated by passing it through the blocd of generations of monkeys until a standard potency was reached, which would kill a monkey in a known time. With the “fixed poison” Wwas mixed some of the blood of a person in the suspected focus area. If the person happened to have had yellow Tever his blocd conferred on the monkey such immunity against the virus that the fixed poison had no bad effects. It was necessary to perform many such experiments in a suspected area. If the monkeys lived it indicated a yellow fever focus. If they died suspicion was removed. Process Was Expensive. But one monkey could only be used once, If he did not die of yellow fever from the mixed poison, he acquired | such immunity from the blood mixture | that he was not again susceptible. Nu- merous tests were necessary. The mon- keys were expensive, required much care and were delicate. It was an extremely e ve and slow way to make the yellow fever maps. The Rockefeller Institution doctors have found, Dr. Sawyer said, that whit= mice answer the same purpose if a smail amount of starch is injected into_the brain at the same time that the <ised poison and blood mixture is injected | into the peritoneum. If the biood con- fers no_protection against the virus| the rat dies within five days. The mice | are cheap, hardy and can be obtained in almost any quantities, so that a large sampling can be taken from the popula- tion of any suspected area. It is ex-| pected that they will make possible a | yellow fever map of the world. Foei in Brazil. This is particularly important, it was explained, for South America, where it is known that there are foci in Brazi] and where there have been recent out- breaks in other countries. The great | yellow fever reservoir, it is believed, is the interior of the African continent. | While these foci exist and remain un- | known and unguarded, it was explained the civilized world is not safe from the scourge. Even the Southern United | States, despite the efficiency of Ameri- | can sanilation methods, is Dot entirely safe. One of the jobs before the health di- | rectors is to frame a sanitary code for | air transport over national boundaries. | The extreme speed of the airplane makes it possible for them to transport | either virus-bearing mosquitoes them- | selves or persons who have been stung | by them, who will later be stung by lo- | cal mosquitoes around the landing port during the vellow fever germination pe- riod. A few such cases might start an | epidemic. Planes Cause Menace. At present airplanes in international | transport are subject to the sanfe sani- tary regulations as ships. But an air- plane travels so much faster that spe- cial rules of quarantine, airport sanita- tion, etc., are considered essential. Thf‘ airplane, unlike the ship, may set out from a real, but unknown virus focus, | make a forced landing in such a place, or land in another part of the world a assenger who has been infected, but not had time to develop any overt symptoms of the disease. Such a code for the world is being considered by the League of Nations and the pan- American directors will examine this| and propose such alterations as they consider necessary to meet new world conditions. Recent work indicates, members of the conference explained, that the virus may be carried by more than one spe- cies of mosquito and that it can be transmitted from mosquito to mosquito without man as an intermediary. Scourge Hard Hit. The work of Walter Reed and the American and Cuban army doctors Wwhich resulted in largely climinating | yellow fever as a scourge of the civilized | world, seemed to show that the disease eould be transmitted by only one va- riety which first stung a victim of the disease and then a well person. Thus| by eliminating this mosquito as far as | possible and affording adequate protec- | tion an epidemic was made impossible. | But that was before the days of the air- plane and the discovery of probable wirus foci. At present much of the yellow fever eountry is unknown—especially such as | may exist in the deep Brazilian jungles | and the interior of Africa. Eut the ex- treme specificity of the white rat test 15 expected to enable medical explorers | to0 mark off such foci on the map in short order. Tested in Virginia, Tts specificity, Dr. Sawyer explained was tested in Virginia, where a few survivors of the last great American yellow fever epidemic still survive. An ©old gentleman who had had yellow fever was found and a small amount of his blood mixed with the fixed potson. The injected rat survived. Then blood from the generation born since was used and &ll the injected rats died on schedule. Surgeon Gen. Hugh S. Cumming yes- terday was elected president of the con- ference. While yellow fever is the chief topic under discussion the health di- yectors plan to consider such matters @s water and mflk supplies, internation- al activities against trachoma and other gram of the Seventh Division Parcnt-Teacher Association in the Hine Junior High School itorium. Left to right: Larry Guess, 3 years old. TWO little “dolls” who took part in the District school milk fund pro- 1710 E street southe: southeast. , and Lorr: aine Smith, 5 years old, 1601 H street —Star Staff Photo Phone Call Lures Physician From Home to Treat Child’s Ear. | — \ By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, April 21.—Dr. I. D. Kel- ley, jr., prominent eye, ear, nose and throat specialist and son-in-law of the late William Cullen McBride, wealthy oil magnate, was believed by police to have been kidnaped last night after he had been lured from his home by a telephone call for his services 2s a physician. His automobile was found today in St. Louis County Dr. Kelley was called from his home t 10 o'clock last night by & man whose name, Mrs. Kelley, the physician’s wife, said sounded like “Holmes.” Mrs. Kelley, sitting near the tele- phone when the physician was called said the man apparently asked for Dr Kelley to meet him at the western e of the city, near Clayton, a suburb, treat his nephew for an ezr Vietim Used Own Car. The doctor declined the caller's prof fer of an automobile and said 20 in one of his own automobiles When the physician failed to return at midnight, Mrs. Kelley became un- easy and cailed relatives, who in turn got in touch with Lon Hocker, presi- dent of the St. Louis Police Board, and city and county Police Departments be- gan an organized search. County and city police were a clue as to the whereabouts of physician. No demand for been received by the doctor’s fam far as the authorities know. Filling Stations Are Questioned. “Holmes” told the physician that nephew_had been operated on rece; by a Chicago physician' whose name, Mrs, Kelley said, sounded like Ballinger The caller told Dr. Kelley that th Chicago physician had advised seek Dr. Kelley's help if complica developed in the case. Mrs. Kelley said she heard the p sician repeat, “Just east of the termi bridge aeross Clayton road” and blocks east of the filling station,” parently meaning one of several fi stations at North and South and CI. ton roads, at the western edge of city. The police questioned resident the flling station attendants without gaining any clues. without the ap- IMPERIAL JAPANESE GO TO PHILADELPHIA Prince Terms Capital Visit “Hap- piest” in 25 Nations Seen on World Tour. Coneluding & six-day Capital, Prince and Princess Takamatsu of Japan left for Philadelphia at 10 o'clock this morning on a private car attached to the Washington-New York express of the Pennsylvania Rail ‘A group of American officiz Japanese embassy staff, headed spective, by Undersecretary of Castle and Ambassador Debuchi them off. In saying farewell the Prince told the undersecretary the visit had been “the happiest” he had in 25 coun- tries visite 50 far in his tour. The youthful Prince, second brother of the Emperor, and his Princess paid farewell respects to President and Mrs Hoover yesterday afternoon. The Prince and Princess were honor guests at s formal dinner given last night by Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Castle. This was their last formal appearance in the National Capital and was the second function they attended yesterday. Mr. Castle is & former am- bassador to Japan, The imperial couple had been lunch- eon guests &t the Japanese embassy yesterday prior to their White House call. { Their visit to Washington included & number of formal functions in their infectuous eye diseases, tuberculosis and the control of narcotic distribution. — Total production of British wheat last ar was 2,140,000,000 pounds, a reduc- 400,000,000 {ounds. or nearly 16 cent, from that of 1929. " honor, with sufficient time for them to visit points of interest. One of their | last trips was a visit late yesterday to Potomac Park to see once again the che'r‘r; blou&mx hlnzl': trees were pre- sen to Was! n by Tokio two | decades ago. | - KIONAPERS SEIZE SAYS ADVERTISING Frank Arnold Tells of Profes- sion’s Struggle to Stop All Untruths. Advertising, from a disreputable be- hen it was so untruthful that honest merchants refused to have any- thing to do with it, has grown to be “one of the most honest parts of business,” Frank A. Arnold, director of deve ment of the National Broadcasting Co., told the Advertising Club of Washington at a luncheon today in the auditorium of the N Press Club. was not until 1900 that the poten- ertising b°gan to be ap- ted and real effort was made to n house 1 order that legitimate might use this great force in ising goods and expanding in- Mr. Arnold said. Tells of Rennaissance. Advertising clubs were organized, d to the formation in 1905 of wn as the Associated Advertis- ibs of America, he explained. e beginning advertising.” he higher standards of d ethics adopted, ad- ing grew in stige, dignity usefulness and the character of aged in the work until at s advertising takes its rig the professions most ind.” this progress, he said, n to organized advertising, Advertising Federation of s been the militant leader. advertising has striven o ise and misleading ad- aid, sponsoring legislation a criminal offense to of Deception Prevented. t-ld of methods employed by va- 1 firms to insure absolute 1 advertising, including cash re- to employes who Teport & mis- , the checking of copy by lab- tests and the setting up of andards of practice. hers cf advertising throughout the Nation,” Mr. Arnold said, “have co- ndidly with advertisers of in their efforts to main- tain the dependability of all advertis- Mr. Arnold was introduced by James W. Hardy, president of the club. Nor- man C. Kal, chairman cf the commi tee, announced plans for a dinner dance 0 be hel club at the new Shore- ham Ha 14, Couple Held in Jail. X, Va., April 21 (Special).— d b tel May 1 Bren white girl are being held here in jail for investigation following their arrest <t night upcn complaints of citizens of the t: No formal charges have been placed against the couple. Army Pilot Killed Ne(ririMani]la. NILA. April 21 (). —Second Lieut Burnside of the Army Air killed today in the crash of seated pursuit plane at Fort burg, near here, during aerial y practice. Lieut. Burnside came Philippines from Iowa last Oc- Lumber Millwork Plumbing Doors & Sash 45, colored, and a 16-year- | TAR, WASH C. A, R. CONVENES FOR H SESSION Pomp Marks Opening Here in Corcoran Art Gallery—Mrs. ' Arentz Presides. “The work and value of & nation is| in its children, for through them we | | perpetuate ourselves,” declared Mrs. Samuel Shaw Arentz, national president of the Children of the American Revo- | lution, at the opening of the thirty- | sixth annual convention of the society this morning in the auditorium of the | orcoran Art Gallery cPauU’nEd after the senior pu(flnlltl society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the opening of the conven- | tion was marked with much pomp and colorful ceremony. Music by the United States Marine Band, accompanied the | march of the procession of the pages. | in which the colors were carried by ihree young boys, members of the or- ganization, striking a different note from the entirely feminine procession of the D. A. R. Addresses Convention. ! 1In her address to the convention 2.8, Arentz said, “I came into 1 \;ork be- | cause I felt the need of putting my | energy into character building organiza- L | tions, because of the danger from the | foes of our Government ai the present time. It is therefore no small responsi- rests on each of us, for our ds of right must not be lowered. | 1st strive always for sincerity of | purpose in upholding and extending the institutions of American liberly and atriotism.” B Throughout the audience, numbering | many earnest young faces, were seen two or three small boys and girls in pic- turesque Colonial costumes. Conspicu- ous by her daintiness and her solemnity during the ceremonies was d‘mlr!u(h! | Betty Anderson of Clarendon, Va. a member of the Richard Lord Jones Chapter, dressed in a vellow satin gown | and carrying a demure little bouquet of violets. The smallest member present this morning was little Betty Roberts, month-old daughter-of Mrs. Samuel oberts of 1507 R street. Boy Recites Creed. with serious face and manly volce, old William Tyler Page, 3d, on of William Tyler Page, author | of he American’s Creed,” led the audience in the recitation of the creed The children's own son, “Our Flag, of Liberty,” written expressly for them by the founder of the societ; Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, was sung by Maudr“ Maxwell Galloway, accompanied by Mrs. Clayton Emig. Greetings were given from the | | society's first member, Miss Margaret | Lothrop, daughter of the founder. Mr. Justice Van Orsdel, president of the | Sons of the American Revolution, gave | | greetings, followed by a few words from | Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, the Jast Washington born at Mount Vernon, and a great-great-grandniece of George Washington. | Children to Carry On. | Miss Helen Harmon brought greet-| ings from the District Society, D. A. R “In sponsoring societies of the Chil- dren of the American Revolution,” said | Miss Hammond, “‘we realize that the children of our beloved country are thz hope of the Nation's future and must | be taught the ideals of patriotic citi- | zenship that actuated our revolutionary ancestors at Lexington and Concord. As we retire from active service we look to the children to carry on the work of Washington and his compatriots and to | safeguard the institutions of our coun- try as founded by them.” . | State Flags Presented. State flzgs were presented from Ne- braska by Mrs. G. B. Miller, the gift of the Crete Sociely; from Pennsylvania by Arline Spannuth, the gift of the Conrad Weiser Society of Reading; from Texas by Mrs. O. E. Baker, from Ohio by Mrs. George Malone and from Oklahoma by Mrs. Mary Lambert, the gift of the Priscilla Mullins Society of Tulsa A history of the State of Massachu- setts. was presented by the State di- rector, Mrs. Mary Horton MacDowell. A short eddress of welcome was made by the director of the Corcoran Art Gallery, Mr. C. Powell Minnigerode. Reports of the national officers and of the Auditing Committee occupied this afternoon’s session, which opened at 2 o'ciock, PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN FIRST D. A. R. CASUALTY | Mrs. James Bliss Crankshaw Slips on Step and Wrenches Arm. Altoona Delegate Is Hurt. Mrs. James Bliss Crankshaw of Penn- sylvania, candidate for vice president general, was the first “casmalty” in the | ranks of the D. A. R. today. She slipped on a step leading back of | the stage in Constitution Hall, wrench- | ing an arm, but refused hospital treat- ment. A physician was sent for to de- termine the extent of her injury. Five minutes later Mrs. A. C. Hazard of Altoona, Pa., received a gash on her cheek under the right eye when she fell down several balcony steps. After re- celving first-aid treatment in the emer- | gency room, Mrs. Hazard was sent to Emergency Hospital. 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MECH A R Ballston Circle to Meet. BALLSTON, Va. April 21 (Special). —Harmony Circle of the Cen ral Metho- dist Episcopal Church South will hold an all-day meeting at the home of its president. J. J. Bray, North Clements avenue, Wedn: y. Saddle horses for private usually taught five gaits use are ¥ A-S \BUFFALO HIDE NECESSARY Indians Could Not Dance Without It—Helpful Officials Invited. | By the Associated Press. The Indians of the Santa Clara Tes- ervation in New Mexico needed a buf- | falo hide for their ceremonial dances. There were no buffalo left in thelr | parts, so they asked the Interior De- partment for aid. A nice, big bull died in Yellowstone National Park just about then and the hide was cured immedi- ately for the benefit of the Indians. Today officials responsible for the transaction received an invitation to at- | tend a special buffalo dance to be given in their honor. The date of the dance will be set as soon as costumes are com- | pleted. MR. AND MRS. 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