Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1937, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1937. ** A-S5 —_— s ey Be e, e aY 8 NG % A-5 Surgery Now Utilized to Cure Cases of Perpetual Cold Feet New Methods in Nerve Treating Are Reported to Medical Society by Dr. James C. W hite of Boston. NEW RELIEF ACT STUDIED BY STATE Estimates Vary on Tax Re- turn From Maryland Measure. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, May 8.—Estimates of the amount the State's new relief rev- enue taxation program will provide eontinued to vary today. Doubts, defenses and debatable questions arose quickly after the Leg- islature adopted the measure early yesterday and adjourned its special dession, Levies imposed by the bill are de- signed to produce some $5,000,000 a Jyear for the needy, with a State in- come tax of one-half of 1 per cent expected to provide about a third of the total. The State controller’s office was in- elined to believe the Legislature's es- timate of a $1,500,000 return from the income levy was too liberal. Estimates $2,000,000 Yield. Attorney General Herbert R. O'Con- machines, music boxes and registra- tion of documents. At the controller's office, it was pointed out that had the State income tax been in effect in 1934, it would have produced $1,000,000 and not $1,- 500,000 * This was estimated on the basis of Federal income tax returns from Maryland in 1934. ©O’Conor said his check-up on data in the office of the collector of in- ternal revenue indicated the income tax should yield $2,000,000. It is ef- fective in the calendar years 1937 and 1938, Opinion of Coad. Senator Coad said the measure pro- vided more for relief than the citizens should have to pay. He said “it im- poses an additional burden over the amount now being raised for relief to the extent of $2,000,000."\ “This, in my judgment,” he added, *‘cannot be accounted for in any other way except it be due to the insistent pressure brought to bear by organized relief workers.” He said he objected to the income tax chiefly because of its exemption clauses, which are the same as in the Federal tax, $1,000 for single per- sons and $2,500 for married ones. “As I see it,” he said, “incomes for State tax purposes might far better have excluded all incomes in the case of single persons less than $2,000 and in the case of married persons all incomes less than $3,500.” Gov. Harry W. Nice has said he NAVY WILL CONTINUE STUDY OF AIRSHIPS Swanson Points Out That U. 8. Ships Use Helium, Which Is Not Inflammable. Secretary Swanson was on record today as' declaring that the Navy will continue to study the possible use of airships as part of the naval establishment, despite the Hinden- burg disaster. The cabinet officer pointed out that & hydrogen fire resulted in destruc- tion of the German airship, whereas American ships use the non-inflam- mable helium. “Those who sponsored the Hinden- burg voyages have our deepest sym- pathy in this untoward calamity, and I deeply deplore the loss of life oc- casioned thereby,” Swanson sald. MATTSON SUSPECT HELD Federal Prisoner in Ohio Ques- tioned on Kidnaping. LIMA, Ohio, May 8 (#).—Federal agents held & man in jail today without charge after questioning him in connection with the Tacoma set- tng of the Charles Mattson kidnaping Cases of perpetual “cold feet”—and cold hands—now can be cured by the surgeon’s knife. New methods in nerve surgery by which this is accomplished were re- ported to the scientific assembly of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia by Dr. James C. White of Boston. Scientifically the condition is known as Raynaud's disease. The common expression that ‘“so-and-so has cold feet"—meaning he is afraid—has a basis in fact, Dr. White explained in an interview following the reading of his paper. When one is scared or afflicted with some other intense emotion call- ing for action, two things happen which are beyond voluntary control. One is activation of the sympathetic is to get the body ready to fight or run. Adrenal Glands Stimulated. The other thing that happens is that the adrenal glands are stimu~ lated to secrete into the blood stream an increased amount of adrenalin, which mimics in every particular the action of the sympathetic nervous system. The blood vessels in the feet and hands become compressed, and this results in coldness. Moreover, the sweating is increased, and the evaporation increases the coldness. Orinarily this kind of “cold feet” disappears with the passing of the fear or anger. But when the sym- pathetic system is overactive and there is an oversecretion of adrena- lin the condition may become perma- nent. There is not necessarily any emotional background to this con- rooms that are uncomfortable for everybody else. Eventually the re- stricted blood supply may destroy the function of the fingers and toes altogether. What are known as “mummy fingers” result. Gangrene may set in, making amputation neces- sary. Old Surgical Procedure. The old surgical procedure, Dr. White said, was to cut out the seg- ments of the sympathetic nervous system leading to the ‘hands and feet. This was fairly successtul &s & cure for cold feet, but, ror some reason unknown to the surgeons, it had little effect on the fingers. It is now found, the Boston surgeon said, that purely by accident the surgeons ‘were cutting off from the feet not only the sympathetic nervous system impulses, but the adrenalin. They were failing, however, to limit the adrenalin supply to the hands, with the result that the blood vessels in the fingers remained constricted. The result now can be achieved by cutting the sympathetic connections of two spinal nerves, leaving un- touched the ganglia outside the spinal column which are the “centers” of the sympathetic system. V. F. W. Ball Tonight. The Washington Post of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars will hold its ANIMALS EXHIBIT HOMELAND TRAITS Mammalogists Told of Terri- torial Customs Among ' Various Species. Animals also have their “states.” The curious phenomenon of terri- toriality among mammals was de- scribed to the American Society of Mammalogists, meeting here today, by Dr. Willlam H. Burt of the Uni- versity of Michigan. Many species, he said, have the custom of setting aside a tract of ocountry as “home” and defending it vigorously against all comers. This is most common during the breeding season, when it is important that the helpless young be protected from in- vaders and that there be a sufficient food supply. Squirrels carry the idea & step further and have permanent foraging territories. Old animals in established territories are familiar with every retreat and are relatively safe from predators. Young animals, trying to establish themselves in new territory, are more Vulnerable, and this is where preda- tion is most effective in keeping numbers down. “The population of breeding ani= mals per unit depends on the size of the territories held by individuals. An area will hold just so many breeding animals of a species and no more. The surplus must move on the unoccupied territory. “Once established, an animal may remain in the same territory through- out life, although many of them shift about from time to time.” Whales, dolphins and seals in the far distant past quit the land to be- come creatures of the sea. Exactly »| the opposite course was followed by moles, the mouselike iittle creatures that spend their lives under ground, according to a study presented before the mammalogists by Berry Camp- bell of Western Reserve University. Studying the shoulder structure of the moles, it found that it must have been developed for swimming, | since it is specifically adapted neither for walking nor digging. In the millions of years since the moles emerged from the water, they have had to readapt their structure to a digging life underground. annual “Derby day” ball at 9 o'clock tonight in the Broadmoor Hotel. Guests of honor include Col. Wallach A. McCathran, department com- mander; Mrs. Roberta A. Fewcett, president of the department’s Ladies’ Auxiliary; Lieut. Horace W. Line- burg, department commander, Ameri- or estimated it might yield $2,000,000. Senator J. Allan Coad, Democrat, of | &t. Marys, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, objected not only to the income tax, but to the entire measure, against which he voted. In addition to the income tax, other levies are on whisky. beer, amuse- ments, automobile titling, cosmetics. réregistration of motorists, pin-ball Said Dr. Burt: “The size of the|= territory varies with the species and seems to depend on the food and sheiter requirements and ability to travel. The territory of a predator will naturally be larger than that of the prey. “Young animals usually leave the | K territory of the parents by the time || Psychometry Delineations they become mature. In some in-| e L AT stances the parents drive them out. Srace Onay e one case of last January. Agents, who declined to be quoted | directly, sald they took samples of the man’s handwriting and sent his fingerprints and photograph to bu- reau headquarters in Washington. nervous system which compresses the blood vessels, speeds up the heart, ! causes sweat to pour from the sweat blands and the eyes to “‘pop out” and brings about most of the other symp- toms commonly associated with fear or anger. Carrying emotional im- pulses from the brain, the function | perature of about 93 they sink to|can Legion, and John T. Chedester, of this nervous system, which lies | somewhere in the 70s. Sufferers can|department commander, Disabled outside the central nervous system, be comfortable only in superheated American Veterans. would act on the bill May 18, either signing it or vetoing it. It was re- ported he would sign it. dition of perpetual “cold feet,” Dr. White stressed, but 9 cases out of 10 are in high-strung young women. The victims are in a pitiable con- dition. 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